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Contel Seeks Rate Increase Average Bill Would Jump 21.5 Pet. Continental Telephone Co. of North Carolina, Madison County's local telephone utility, has asked the state Utilities Commission to approve $4 5 million in rate increases in the com ing year. In announcing the proposed rate in crease, Contel president John A. Feaster said the increases were need ed to offset losses in revenues and in creased depreciation expenses brought about by the deregulation of the telephone industry. About one-third of the proposed in creases are needed to recover revenues which previously came from customers renting telephone equipment from the company. Feaster said Contel has lost some $1.5 million in revenues as businesses and residential customers purchase equipment they formerly leased from Contel. The other $3 million in the rate re quest is necessary due to increased Marshall Continued from Page 1 While the police expenses have declined, the town's Water and Sewer fund has spent more than half its budget of $70,000 with nine months re maining in the fiscal year. Ward's report states that Water and Sewer expenditures for the three months en ding Sept. 30 were $37,621, leaving on ly $32,379. The September financial report also indicates that the town is over budget in recreation and tax collec tions. A $1,052 bill for what was described as 'printing' accounts for tax collection expense being $620 over budget. Mrs. Ward also presented the aldermen with a list of delinquent privilege taxpayers. She said that the list of vendors required to pay the tax will be increased in the future. The Wards have asked that the town move their monthly meetings to the second Monday of each month, but the board took no action on the re quest at Monday's session. As has become a tradition at the monthly meetings, the aldermen heard several complaints from residents regarding the condition of water and sewer lines. Bradley Iver son complained of a leaking water line on his Roberts Hill Rd. property, Evelyn Collins complained about the lines leading to her home and James Jones spoke about a leaking town line in the basement of his mother-in-law's home in Rollins. Mayor Wild asked Sammy Lunsford to have the town crew give the problems at the Collins' home top priority. The problem presented by Jones was more complex. Jones pointed out that several homes in Rollins above the railroad tracks have not been con nected to new water and sewer lines serving the community. He told the board that he brings water to Mrs. Tweed from Asheville because the water in her home is "undrinkable." Sammy Lunsford said that the town cannot afford to install a main line to the homes above the railroad. He sug , ? ? ? ? i Business Owners: Keep your bottom lineTup! Contain your costs, when ever possible, by getting second opinions from the professionals. A Nationwide Agent can ex pertly review your business insurance coverage to give you that vital second opinion that may one day help pre vent your bottom line from bottoming under! Call Nationwide Insurance today. Roy L Reeves Box 697, Marshal 649-2011 NATIONWIDE NSUi ICE 48tlOOWlfl? (JO yOM' I IR SI I ILUERHMSI 7 expenses as a result of depreciation rat* changes and plant addition. Contel is currently in tile process of installing digital switching equip ment in Madison County. Contei's operating costs have not increased in the past year, Feaster said, because of service improve ment programs and increased pro ductivity. Contel is asking the state Utilities Commission to approve a new rate structure that would produce a 21.5 percent increase in local service charges. Among the changes in the proposed rate structure would be the elimina tion of zone charges for rural customers. More than half Contei's customers currently pay these milage charges, Feaster said. The elimination of the zone charge would mean that rural customers would pay the same monthly rate for service as customers residing within towns i gested that the town's engineer, Bill Lapsley, inspect the site and provide the town with a cost estimate on the project. The board also approved sending Richard Kingston to a two-day meeting of the N.C. Downtown Development Association in Winston Salem in Nov. at a cost of $60. Mavor Wild closed the meeting served by Contel. Another proposed change in the rate* would affect customers in Weavervilie and Syiva only. Contel has asked the Utilities Com mission to approve a new "Optional Usage Pricing Plan" that would pro vide customers with a flat monthly allowance of calls. Any calls above the monthly allowance would be bill ed at a higher rate. The service would not be available to party-line customers. If approved, the plan will be tried on a one-year experimental basis. The Utilities Commission is ex pected to act on Contel 's request ear ly next year. A series of public hear ings will be conducted before a ruling is handed down Earlier this month, Southern Bell began instituting a 50 cent charge for long distance information. shortly after 9: IS p.m. by administer ing the oath of officer to the town's newest police officer, Larry Davis. Davis was hired at the Sept. 24 meeting following the resignation of officer Chris Bowman. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Marshall Board of Aldermen is scheduled for Nov. 5. Correction Mayor Wild has requested that The News Record retract a portion of a story which appeared in last week's edition concerning the meeting of the Marshall Board of Aldermen on Sept. 24. In that story, we said, "Wild made the letter from Whalen public, along with a memorandum from town at torney, Charles Mashburn." Mr. Whalen is the Asheville attorney who represented Charlie Sexton in his dispute over wages owed to him by the Town of Marshall. Mrs. Wild has requested that we retract the above statement because she did not present The News Record with a copy of the letters. In fact, The News Record obtained the letters from town secretary Linda Dodson, who also supplied the members of the Board of Aldermen with copies of the correspondence. While Mayor Wild did not present the letters in question to the press, it was done by her employee, presumably with her knowledge and consent. The News Record regrets any con fusion that may have been caused by our account of the meeting. Trout Plenty of Rainbow T rout at Hickey's Fork Trout Farm lAM-aledOff2l2 Shelton Laurel $1.25 each Ingle's Seamless Gutter And Repair Call For Free Estimates 689-2819 "We Stand By Our Work" Rt. 2, Mars Hill - Owner: Larry Ingle HOTSPRINGS HEALTH PROGRAM MEDICAL, DENTAL and HOME HEALTHCARE By Appointment, Monday-Friday Hot Springs Dental Center 649-2 1 1 2 or 622-3245 Home Health Care 649-21 12 or 622-3245 Marshall/Walnut Medical Center 649-3500 Laurel Medical Center 656-26 1 1 Hot Springs Medical Center 622-3245 Weekend hours: Saturday, Hot Springs 9:00- Noon Saturday, Marshall/Walnut 2:00-5:00 Sunday, Laurel 2:00-5:00 Main Street Gulf 649-3599 Located next to Cody Motor Solos on Street in Mankall. Open from 7:15 a.m. until 7:00 p.n. Monday throufh Saturday till 6:30 ?i? IMW* 0 Mm. 19% 00 lto|<<>*r Mm- EmM WwraMy. Fw RM?iid?llewwi with Fwdwe ilMf *WMle*ek. Mr PriM t? Ciw?H>i CoUt I """"" Main Street Gulf "A Full Service Station" 8CS tillersdo a lot more than till Because the Wterunit can berepuced tya lot of other imptements. Like the snow blower 0r? town mower Ore wcktebar cutte appreciate it. Com# in and chick out thi* mechanical me serptece Aak to see the BCS inaction Wool Branch Sales 1 Ser :e Hunters Celebrate Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Hunter of Marshall will celebrate their twen tieth wedding anniversary today. They were married on Oct. 3, 1963 at the First Baptist Church of Mars Hill. Mr. Hunter is a retired farmer and lifelong resident of Madison County. He is employed by the Asheville Citizen-Times Co. Mrs. Hunter, the former Vienna Sharpe of Statesville, is a retired staff member of the Mars Hil College library. The couple will be honored by their daughters, Joann Freeman of Mar shall, Beraadette Buckner of Weaver - ville and Joyce McClure of Marshall DWI Arrests Decline State Highway Patrol Commander Colonel David L. Matthews announc ed today that Patrol DWI arrests for July, 1984, declined 21.4 percent when compared to July, 1983, arrests. "Our troopers charged 3,309 drivers with DWI in July," Matthews said. "This is 902 less than were charged with DWI by our Troopers in July, 1983." "Governor Hunt's Safe Roads Act is having the impact on drunk driving that everyone hoped it would have, " Matthews said. "Fewer people are drinking and then getting behind the wheels of an automobile. "I want to thank and commend our citizens for observing the law and refraining from drinking and driv ing, Matthews said. Matthews warned, however, that while DWI arrests are declining from last year, traffic fatalities are in creasing. He appealed for drivers to observe all traffic safety laws and to stay within the speed limit. "Speed kills," Matthews said. "(Xr Troopers are reporting more people on the highways and more people are speeding. Also, inattentive drivers are causing a number of accidents. 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Rummage Sale ? Homemade Apple Butter ? Apple Cider Bright Hope Laurel Methodist Church is located off Hwy. 23 Puncheon Fork & Windy Gap Road Bedroom Suite 5 piece solid pine Triple dresser Ok mir ror, chest, headboard, 6 night stand. Reg. $529.00 Sale I ? V0 DOWN PAYMENT WITH iP PROVED CREL IT!
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