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Mars Hill VFD Auto Show Set
The Mars Hill Fire Dept will sponsor an Auto Show on July
26 and 27 at the Mars Hill Elementary School stadium A (
gospel singing will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday
dinner from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the fire
department. Everyone is invited to attend. (
Broyhill To Tour County July 25
The Republican party is sponsoring a Jim Broyhill Ap
preciation Dinner to be held on July 25 beginning at 7 : 30 p.m. ''
in the cafeteria of Madison High School. Everyone is invited to
attend and meet Mr. Broyhill and the Republican candidates 1
who are running for office in the upcoming election.
Davis Family Reunion July 27
The decendants of Garfield "Doc" and Susie Rice Davis will ?
meet at the Old Mill Wheel Cafe on July 27 at 12 noon, i
Everyone is invited to attend and bring a covered dish. :
Slagle Family Reunion Planned
The Slagle family reunion will be held on July 27 at the
Beech Glen Community Center beginning at 1 1 a m . Everyone
is invited to attend.
Redmond Family Reunion Set
A special invitation is extended to the kin and relatives of J
the Redmon clan for their 30th family reunion, to be held this
Sunday, July 27, at the Redmon Cemetery in Leicester.
Registration will be from 11 a.m. to noon.
Directions : Take Hwy . 63 ( New Leicester Hwy . ) off 19-23 to
Rock Garage in Leicester. Turn on Alexander Rd. to Bear
Creek Rd. and turn left at crossroads of the Missionary Bap
tist Church sign. Follow signs to cemetery. The road is now
paved to the cemetery. Please bring your own chairs.
Waldroup Family Reunion Sunday
The family of the late Ed and Mary Waldroup will hold their
family reunion on Sunday, July 27, beginning at 11 a.m. at
Rocky Bluff. Family members and friends are invited to at
tend this covered dish reunion.
It's Hot!
Thermometer Hits 101
Marshall residents continued to suffer from both record heat and drought
and the month-long heat wave continued this week with no relief in sight.
On Tuesday, the thermometer soared to a record-shattering 101 degrees at
3:48 p.m. in downtown Marshall. An all-too-brief early evening shower
brought a measure of relief and temperatures dropped to the high 70's bv
nightfall.
Forecasters say no relief from the worst drought in decades can be expectf
in the coming week.
Weaverville
Extends Zoning
Jurisdiction
By ROBERT KOENIG
Important decisions regarding zoning
were made during the Monday night
meeting of the Weaverville Town
Council. The council rezoned two por
tions of South Weaver Blvd. and voted
to extend the town's zoning jurisdic
tion to one-mile beyond the town
limits.
The Town Council voted
unanimously to designate a large
tract of South Weaver Blvd. as an R-2
zone, permitting development of
multi-family housing. The decision to
rezone from R-l to R-2 was a setback
to a Tennessee developer's plans to
build a supermarket and other stores
on the 10- acre tract directly across
from Bi-Lo Plaza
In another zoning ruling, the coun
cil unanimously voted to designate a
one-half acre lot on South Weaver
Blvd. as C-8, permitting commercial
development of the tract on South
Weaver Blvd. adjacent to U S. 19-23
In a surprising move, the Town
Council narrowly voted to extend ton
ing jurisdiction to a one-mile area
the twon's limits. At their
had re
Mayor Lasher indicated the town
has no plans to impose restrictions at
this time. However, the council will
soon consider a sign ordinance that
could be applied both within the town
and in the one-mile outer area.
Lasher also announced that the
Town Council will meet 'With the Bun
combe County Board of Education
and County Commissioners on Aug. 4
at 7 p.m. in the Weaverville Primary
School to discuss plan&for the school.
Lasher said that trailers which have
been installed to replace classrooms
at the school fail to meet the town's
fire code. The Aug. 4 meeting has
been requested to discuss this and
other issues, including a proposal to
use a 10-acre tract on Main St for a
recreation area jfor the
schoolchildren.
The council delayed a decision on
imposing mandatory water conserva
tion until next Monday. Former
Mayor Dr Lawrence Sprinkle urged
the council to delay imposing the
restrictions and to obtain water from
AsheviUe instead. Hie council is ex
pected to meet Monday night at 7
p.m. to reconsider conservation
measures
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NEWS RECORD
SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY SINCE 1901
Thursday, July 24, 19W 25c
Wolf Laurel Resort Fights
To Avoid Bankruptcy
By WILLIAM LEE
Up until recently the brochures for Wolf Laurel showed peo
ple horseback riding through settler's village, playing tennis
jn the all-weather courts, and swimming in the 'W' shaped ;
pool.
Today, the pool is closed to repair cracks in the bottom, the
tennis courts are also cracked and faded, and the riding
stables have been non-existent for years.
Today, Wolf Laurel Golf and Ski Resort is struggling to '
avoid bankruptcy.
On July 2 French Broad Electric informed Bald Mountain
Development Corporation, the parent company to Wolf
Laurel, that unless its past due power bills were paid by July 7
their electricity would be shut off. It amounted to approx
imately $20,000 for three months of unpaid service. An
emergency meeting of the stockholders produced the
necessary funds, mainly out of the pocket of one of its
stockholders, Joe Earman. But that was only the tip of the
iceberg.
As of June 30, with a little over $18,000 in its banking ac
count, the Bald Mountain Development Corp. had ac
cumulated approximately $335,000 in debts. That didn't even
include a $900,000 loan that principal owner-stockholder Fon
dren Mitchell took out from Household Finance Corporation to
pay Bald Mountain Development Corp. debts for 1984. That
was to come due September 13, 1986.
In their first move to stave off possible financial collapse, an
advisory committee to the stockholders removed Mitchell as
general manager, as allowed in their corporate charter, and
Joe Earman was named interim general manager through
November 1, 1986.
In Mars Hill
EMPTY SWIMMING POOL AT WOLF LAUREL RESORT
has been closed to repair cracks in the pool floor. The resort's
financial problems have caused a delay in many maintenance
projects.
"I told the stockholders that I'd be willing to take on this
responsibility only until November or until a deal is made for
its (Wolf Laurel's) sale," Earman informed property owners
at a Property Owner's Association meeting this past weekend.
"I do not work for Mitchell, for the stockholders, the proper
ty owners, or the advisory committee. I am totally indepen
dent. I am taking no compensation while serving as general
manager, and I'm only staying on to resolve the cash flow and
debt situation for this mountain," Earman said candidly as he
went on to inform the property owners of the current finances.
According to Earman, Wolf Laurel has daily operating ex
penses of approximately $4,000, totalling over $100,000 a
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Sewer Problems Are Discussed
Aspects! meeting of the Mare Hill
Board of Aldermen was held Tuesday
night to discuss problems with sewer
tap installations.
After almost two months without
any problem according to town
manager Dahryl Boone, contractors
hired by Mars Hill residents are sud
denly experiencing trouble in
locating tap points on the main sewer
lines
Iron post markers had been placed
where the taps were supposed to be
found, but contractors are finding the
taps to be further down the line than
plotted or deeper than designated in <
the engineering plans.
The end result is that a number of
residents are finding their front yards
dug up in an effort to locate the taps.
According to Fred Huffman, one of
the contractors at the meeting, the
taps are being found as much as nine
feet from the stakes and as deep as 12
feet underground.
"You can't dig up someone's front
yard and just leave them stranded,"
Huffman said.
Aldermen John Chandler also in
formed the board members that the
lines arcn'l ruou tog straight, and in
some cases, are running uphill,
preventing sewage flow. There have
also been instances where taps have
been found on the opposite side of the
pipe than plotted in plans
Mayor Owen Tilson informed the
contractors that they should "stop
work at the point where the tap is sup
posed to be and it will be up to us to in
form Cooper Construction."
"Our contract is with Cooper Con
struction and we hold them responsi
ble," Tilson said.
Alderman Augusta Jenkins made a
motion, unanimously approved by the
board, that contractors' work be tim
ed separately from the point where
the taps are supposed to be and Mars
Htll will pay the bill from that point
on. The town will them withhold funds
from Cooper Construction to pay for
the extra work required to install the
taps.
The board will meet again next
Monday night in a special session
beginning at 7:30 p.m. to discuss
plans for repairing the town watersh
ed spillway.
Vandals Strike In Greater Ivy
Signs, Mailboxes Destroyed; Two Marshall Teens Chained
Vandals swept through parts of the
Greater Ivy community late Satur
day night, leaving a path of destruc
tion along Paint Rock and Walker
Branch Rd. The vandals damaged as
many as 33 mailboxes along road
sides and also destroyed several
welcome signs erected by members
of the Greater Ivy Community
Development Club
Two Marshall teenagers were ar
rested early Sunday morning at the
Raleigh English home on Puncheon
Fork Rd. The English home had also
been heavily damaged by vandals.
Jeffery L. Flynn, 19, and Nick E.
Morton. 19, of Marshall were charged
with damage to personal property in
connection with damages to the
mailboxes and welcome signs.
Charges in connection with damages
to the English home are still pending.
Sheriff E.Y. Ponder said. The pair
have been released on bond pending a
court appearance.
Mr. and Mrs. English had been
staying with relatives at the time of
the incident. Sheriff Ponder
estimated damages to the home's
contents at between $6,000 and
$10,000.
Sheriff Ponder also reports the ar
rest of two Buncombe County men
wanted for a series of break-ins. Ar
rested were Merrill Justice of
Asheville and Scotty Ray of Weaver
ville. Both men are charged with
three counts of larceny in connnec
tion with the theft of five saddles and
bridles; a power saw and four tires
and wheels. The two men were
reported to be in custody on Tuesday
night.
Vandals ' Aftermath
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