Thursday, February 6, 1986
MADISON
COUNTY LIBRARY
GENERAL DELIVERY
MARSHALL NC
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Alumni Night At Madison
Madison High School will host an Alumni Night on Feb. 11.
All former Madison varsity basketball players will be admit
ted free to the game against Mitchell County. Varsity action
gets underway at 6:30 p.m. Former Patriot players will be
entertained in a hospitality room during the evening.
Laurel VFD Plans Dance
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The Laurel Volunteer Fire Dept. will sponsor a dance on
Saturday night beginning at 8 p.m. in the fire hall. Everyone is
invited to attend. Admission is $2 and proceeds will benefit the
fire company. A local country and rock band will provide
music.
DA Rusher Unopposed j
District Attorney Tom Rusher will
not be opposed for re-election and will
begin his second term of office next
January. The DA's post drew no
Democratic challengers and Rusher
is unopposed in, his own party.
First elected in 1962. Rusher suc
ceeded Clyde Roberts, who retired.
Before assuming the DA's post,
Rusher served as an assistant district
attorney in the 24th Judicial District
for 11 years. Prior to that, he served
as a substitute judge in Buncombe
County District Court and was a
Hoember of the Asheville law firm of
Parker, McGuire and Baley.
A graduate of both the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the
UNC Law School. Rusher lives in
Boone with his wife, Jane, and their
DISTRICT ATTORNEY JAMES T. son, J.T.
RUSHER The 24th Judicial District is com
... unopposed for second term posed of Madison, Yancey, Mitchell,
Averv and Watauga Counties
Court Repairs
To Begin
Construction crews could begin
work on replacing the sagging roof of
the Madison County Court House in
early March, but the architect super
vising the project doesn't expect
them to be completed until sometime
in May. That was the discouraging
word the Madison County Board of
Commissioners heard Monday after
noon during their monthly meeting in
Marshall.
Mars Hill architect Wayne Roberts
presented the commissioners with a
completed set of plans for the project
and told them that advertisements
for bids on the contract could be
ready as early as next week. Roberts'
plans have been sent on to Raleigh for
final approval by the state Dept. of
Insurance \
The (dans call for removal of the
present roof in sections and replace
ment^ fatigued support trusses. In
addition to removing the faulty sup- ,
port trusses, Roberts' plan calls for
replacing the three present supports
with six wooden trusses.
The project will also involve the
removal of the courthouse cupola and
clockworks. The architect told, the
county commissioners that a decision
will have to be made on whether of
not the cupola will be returned to the
roof after repairs. Roberts also said a
decision on who would repair the
cupola will have to be made when it is
determined if the structure can be
renovated.
County attorney Larry Leake
pressed Roberts for a date comple
tion of the project could be expected.
Leake asked if the courtroom could
be completed by May 1, and the ar
chitect expressed doubts because of
uncertain spring weather conditions
which might further delay the pro
ject.
District Court sessions have been
conducted at Madison H.S. since the
courtroom was closed for repairs in
Dec. A number of Superior Court ses
sions have been cancelled and the
growing backlog of cases |s worrying
county officials.
Leake said that the county will face
additional expenses if Madison Coun
ty cases are tranferred to Yancey
County for hearing and asked that an
incentive clause be written into the
construction contract for early com
pletion of the reroofing project.
-In other business. Health Dept
director Ed Morton reported on his
plans to purchase new furniture and
lighting for the Health Dept, offices.
Morton said he believed the cost of
the purchases could be absorbed in
his present budget Morton also asked
the commissioners to re-establish a
public health nurse position on his
staff and the request was approved
The commissioners also approved
a $2,655 for roofing repairs to the
Beech Glen Community Cmter.
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Commissioners, Aldermen
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Approve Resolutions
Opposing Nuclear Dump
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500 Attend Nuclear Dump
Hearing In Mars Hill
An estimated 500 local residents attended a Thursday night
meeting in Mars Hill to hear of state plans to challenge the
construction of a nuclear waste depository on a 105-square
mile tract in Madison, Haywood and Buncombe Counties. Of
ficials of the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources
and Community Development sponsored the meeting to in
form local residents of plans to monitor the selection process
being conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy.
The Mars Hill meeting in Moore Auditorium was the third of
the week conducted by the state officials. Earlier, hundreds
attended hearings on the UNC-Asheville campus and at
Tuscola H.S. in Waynesville.
Many residents voiced their opposition to the plan while the
state officials outlined strategy to prevent the WNC site from
being among the finalists in the selection process. The DOE is
currently conducting a 90-day period in which public response
to the plan will be accepted.
The state officials urged Madison Countians and other WNC
residents to present a united opposition to the plan to create a
permanent storage dump for the nuclear waste.
On Monday night in Mars Hill, groups organizing to oppose
the dump met to co-ordinate their efforts to influence the
DOE.
MADISON HIGH STUDENTS PREPARED ANTI-NUCLEAR
waste dump banners last week for display at Mars Hill
meeting. Preparing the banners were, (1. to r.) Beth Kiser,
Sandy Robinson, Jeanie Wood, Lor a Harrison. Lisa Gahagan,
David Robinson and Sam Brittain. Ph-? b? c?
Primary Lines Are Drawn
As Filing Period Closes
The battle lines have been drawn
for both the Democratic and
Republican primaries as the filing
period for local offices closed on Mon
day at noon.
Democrats will face primary tests
for the county commission, school
board and tax collector slots on the jj
No.vtinbei bailvt Loc'&l Republican
primary elections, will be held for
both the county commission and
District II on the school board. The
races for sheriff and clerk of Superior
Court have been decided in both par
ties. -v-:y
PONDER. JIM CODY UNOPPOSED |
Incumbent Sheriff E.Y. Ponder and |
Clerk of Court Jjm Cody will not face
a primary fight in May. Ponder will
be opposed by former Sheriff Dedrick
Brown in the November general elec
tion. Jim Cody will face Republican
Doyle B. Cody in the November vote.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Democrats will hold primary elec
tions in both school board districts. In
District I (Mars Hill-Beech Glen
Grapevine-Ebb's Chapel), in
cumbents Franklin Anderson and
Gerald Young are -running against
challenger Rita M. Murray of
Grapevine. Mrs. Murray entered the
race on the final day of the filing
period. In District II, incumbents
Robert Z. Ponder, Edward T. Gentry
and Floyd Wallin will face challenger
Donald L. Massey.
The Republicans will field Mars
Hill attorney Edward Krause and op
tometrist Dr. Lester L. Stowe in the
District I race. In the District II race,
Mike Jenkins, James L. Baker Jr.,
Dewey Griffey Jr. and Jimmy Dean
Henslcy will meet in the May
primary to decide the candidates for
the three available seats.
Baker. 31. entered the race on Mon
MIKE JENKINS
DEWEY GRIFFEY, JR.
JIMMY DEAN SHELTON
day morning. A native of Madison
County, he has served as the county
assistant district attorney since 1963.
The son of Leonard and Lib Baker, he
is a graduate of Marshall H.S., and
Mars Hill College. He is a member of
the Marshall Baptist Church and
received his law degree from Mercer
University. Baker and his wife,
Karen, make their home on Skyway
Dr. in Marshall.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMMIS
SIONERS
The county commission races in
both parties attracted the largest
number of candidates. In the
Democratic primary, incumbents
James T. Ledford, Ervin Adams and
Virginia H. Anderson are opposed by
challengers Bobby Capps, John A.
Hensley and Dr. Reese A. Steen
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> Rep. Bill Hendon hat asked
, cat arch-rival James McClure
( larke for his support o I legislative
efforts to prevent the lot ation of a
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would remove'.
Western North Carolina from a list
of 12 candidates for an East Coast
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monitored nrtmvabie storage
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for Oak Ridge Tenn. That is Just 7t
mites from a 10ft square mile site or
the Ha\
line listed by the federal De
of Energy as among 12
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and nuclear waste votes give us
some reason for concern.'
Hendon. during his Friday news
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