Satellite Campus Approved By Board
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"This is just food for thought,'* Ed
wards said. "I see a good joint educa
tional program for our adults as well
as our students coming out of this.''
The commissioners agreed Thurs
day to also look at the school proper
ty.
A-B Tech has been operating in
Madison County for 25 years. Haynes
told the commissioners.
"It is our feeling that the need for
adult education is continuing," he
said.
A proposed four-lane highway into
Tennessee would bring new industry
into Madison County, and would also
bring a need for trained workers,
Haynes said.
"Madison County could be the
number one county in terms of in
dustrial development in all of
Western North Carolina," he said.
"Just look across the mountain in
East Tennessee. That's an indication
of what could happen here. And we
would like to get in place for
whatever happens."
And a Madison County campus of
A-B Tech would help the county get
ready for such development, he said.
According to the agreement,
Madison County officials must select
the site, and then agree to assume
responsibility for maintenance of the
building once it is constructed.
The facility will probably be a
12,000-square foot building with
classrooms, a small auditorium and a
utility lab with air. water, gas and
three types of electricity.
The commissioners could have
opted to assume repsonsiblity for con
struction of the building, but agreed
to give that responsibility to A-B
Tech's trustees.
The county could also deed the pro
perty to the college, but agreed to
lease to the college a building built
under the school's supervision on
county property.
In other action Dec 18, Richard
Kingston of Marshall read a letter to
the comissioners in support of their
efforts.
Kingston warned that controver
sies and criticisms of the commis
sioners did nothing but hurt the im
age of the county.
"The election is oyer." he said
"This is not the time for personal
agendas and partisan strategies. This
is the time for us to put our dif
ferences aside and work together to
help you gentlemen to help us prosper
and grow."
The board also heard a recommen
dation from Eddie Fox, the county
emergency management coor
dinator, that rates for ambulance use
be raised.
Fox recommended:
? Raising the rate for a one-way trip
to the hospital from $45 to $55.
? Raising the rate for a one-way trip
to the hospital, with oxygen, from $50
to $55.
? Raising the rate for a time spent
waiting during a roundtrip to the doc
tors office from $10 an hour to $25 an
hour, for visits longer than 30
minutes.
Rates currently used in Madison
County have been in effect since 1979,
Fox said.
The commissioners took no action .
The commissioners, during last
Monday's meeting, heard a request
from Drew Langsner that the county
look into a bale-filling system instead
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by April.
The commissioners also heard a
complaint from former deputy Prank
Ogle, who said that the county had not
recorded 18 months of his time with
the sheriff's department, which
would hurt the amount of his retire
ment check.
The board agreed to investigate the
complaint.
Former Marshall Mayor Betty
Wild brought last Monday's meeting
to a close by reading a letter stating
that Capps and Commissioner John
Hensley had met with other county of
ficials in the courthouse basement
Dec. 19 in what she said amounts to a
"secret meeting."
Capps admitted that he had gone in
to the basement to look at pipes and
the furnace, but said no county
business was transacted.
Hensley then showed up with his
son, Capps said.
"No business was discussed while
we were down there," Capps said.
Mars Hill Adopts Sign, Zoning Ordinance
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"Thai's the wonderful thing about
having a board of appeals. We cannot
write an ordinance for each specific
sign," Roberts said. "We know there
will be specific instances where peo
ple might have to have an off
premises sign "
Enforcement of the ordinance will
be up to the town building inspector
After nearly a half hour of discus
sion. Tilson called for a vote.
"We've all had discussions
numerous times." he said, in
reference to nearly a year of debate,
public hearings and more debate sur
rounding the proposed ordinance.
One more lime, I'll ask for a mo
tion to pass the town zoning or
dinance.'' he said
Alderman Augusta Jenkins, who
made (he same motion earlier this
month only to have it die for lack of a
second, made the motion again Mon
day. Alderman Grady Worley second
ed the motion, which passed
unanimously.
The ordinance updates the town's
zoning codes and puts them all into
one ordinance. It also creates a new.
higher density R-4 residential zone.
In other action, the board approved
a resolution requesting the release of
$91,233 in Senate Bill 2 funds to be us
ed for. some $200,000 in repairs to
water lines in place for more than 50
years.
The board also warned that the
town would begin enforcing its dog or
dinance.
Allanstand Cottage
Industries Remembered
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ing lunch, and do two or three quilts
in a day.
Two things happened to signal the
end of the booming craft business in
Allanstand. The road through Allans
tand. N.C. 208. ceased to be the main
road to Tennessee. A new road took
traffic away.
By about 1930, Annie Gosnell told
Miss Goodrich it was hardly worth
keeping the shop open.
Then in 1931 Miss Goodrich retired.
The school closed. At that time the
looms were given to the sales room in
Asheville, which became incor
porated with the Southern Highland
Handicraft Guild
The post office at Allanstand closed
in 1932. Gradually, even the
Presbyterian Church built by the peo
ple in the community fell into disuse.
Miss Goodrich's property was sold to
H.W. Cook, and later to the present
owner, Mrs. Gayle Isensee.
The craft shop was sold to Donald
Stines and moved to the main road
nearer Marshall, where it continued
to be a craft shop for a while, then
passed to other uses.
But the name Allanstand remains
on the quality craft shop in Asheville,
which hands out to tourists a leaflet
explaining that the shop's roots were
in the Allanstand community in
Madison County.
Photo by Elizabeth Squire
The old school and church at Allanstand are still standing.
The Greater Ivy Community will sponsor a New Year's Eve
square dance at the community center beginning at 8 p.m. Ad
mission is $3 per person. There will be a live band, great danc
ing and beginners are welcome. Everyone is invited to attend.
Mars Hill Board To Meet
The Mars Hill Board of Aldermen will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Monday in Mars Hill Town Hall.
Hot Springs Board To Meet
The Hot Springs Board of Aldermen will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Monday in Hots Springs Town Hall.
Organizational Meeting Planned
A meeting of Marshall area residents interested in organiz
ing several annual "Come Home To Marshall" events
throughout the year will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 2 at the
Marshall House. Among the interested groups are Toys For
Tots, a Christmas decoration committee and the Marshall
Christmas Pageant Committee. Activities will include fund
raising events.
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