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Weaverville Council To Meet The Weaverville Town Council will meet in Weaverville Town Hall at 7 p.m. Monday. Animal Carnival Feb . 22 Carnival of the Animals by Sainte-Saens will be performed on Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. in the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium at the Asheville Civic Center. Admission will be $1 for children and adults. Young Republicans To Meet The Madison County Young Republicans Club will hold its monthly meeting on Feb. 22 in the Madison County Courthouse at 7 : 30 p.m. All members and prospective members are urged to attend. GOP Sets Precinct Meeting The Madison County Republicans will hold their precinct meetings on Feb. 28. Republican Convention Set The Madison County Republican Party convention will be held on Saturday, March 21, at Madison High School starting at 4 p.m. All Republicans are urged to attend this meeting. A Lincoln Day dinner is planned for this date. Alzheimer Group To Gather The Madison County Alzheimer's Association Support Group will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m., at the Marshall Senior Citizen Center. Those with family members or with friends who have Alzheimer's Disease or other dementing illness are welcome. For more information, call 649-3246. Soccer Registration Under Way For registration in the Madison County Youth Soccer pro gram, call 649-2223, 649-3518, or 689-4420 by Sunday. A final registration period will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Feb. 21 in the Mars Hill College gym. A soccer clinic will W held Feb. 28. Call the above telephone numbers for more information. Democratic Women To Meet The Madison County Democratic Women will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the Western Steer Steakhouse in Mars Hill. Responder Class To Be Held The Laurel Fire Department will host a 40-hour first responder class, with classes beginning tonight at 6 p.m. Call Eddie Fox at 649-3815 for more information. Tobacco Affairs Has New Official The director of tobacco affairs for the N.C. Department of Agriculture has been named an assistant commis sioner of the agency effective Feb. 1. . Wei don B. Denny will replace Melvin H. Hearn, who has held the assistant commissioner's position since January 1975. Hearn retired Jan. 31. Denny was a 31-year employee with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation Service. He was North Carolina's executive director from 1966 to 1969 and concluded his career as national ASCS deputy ad ministrator from 1977 to I960. After retirement, he joined the NCDA as a commodity inspector. "Weldon Denny has done an outstanding job as head of tobacco af fairs for almost one year just as be has done in all his jobs," said N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham in making the appointment. "I'm glad I had a man like Weldon on my staff who could replace Melvin Hearn because it will take a man with a lot of know-how to take Hearn's place." Denny's experience with the USDA brings a new dimension to the NCDA, Graham said. His responsibilities will include a "concerted effort" to help the family farmers in North Carolina through programs administered by the NCDA and USDA. "His knowledge of federal farm programs will be an asset in helping to blend together the federal and state programs that will benefit our farmers," Graham said. At 60, Denny is a native of Surry County and a graduate of Pilot Moun tain High School. He attended George Washington University and the University of North Carolina. Graham said the state will miss ? Hearn, and called attention to hit agribusiness background, ?aying that his service to the state and the nation were outstanding. "He was a classmate at N.C. State, a co-worker and a close friend for many years. We're going to be friends for a lot more years, but I'm sure to miss him as a fellow state employee working for farmers," Graham said. State Says Most Fires 'Preventable' The large fires in North Carolina during the past two years have been the worst fires in the state since 1963. But landowners can help prevent forest fires through a new program of the N.C. Division of Forest Resources. The Landowner Hazard Reduction Prescribed Buring Program is designed to eliminate the build-up of dead leaves, grasses and twigs on the forest floor that burn very easily dur ing periods of extreme dryness and high winds. Several of the larger fires of 1986 could have been more easily controll ed with fewer acres lost if these bur nable fuels were eliminated, officials said. The objective of the program is to reduce the threat, or hazard, of the burnable fuels through a planned, or prescribed, controlled burning pro cess done by the Division of Forest Resources. Telephone Repairs IDOL COMMUNICATIONS t20 NORTH MAIN STREET * WEAVERVILLE, NC 28787 fc m 658-21 1 5 Complex Sales, Installation and Service Under the program, the division will train landowners bow to control burn safely, write prescribed burning plans for landowners to follow, plow fire lines to contain a burn and pro vide advice on suitable weather con ditions for burning. Actual burning will be done only during December, January, February and summer months. These are the times when forest fire danger is lowest. Contact your local county forest ranger or N.C. Agricultural Extension Service Aent for more information. Church News Laurel Church Holds Singing Hie Middle Laurel Church of God will have a singing Satur day starting at 6:30 p.m. The Rev. Ray Fletcher, pastor, in vites everyone to attend. THE NEWS RECORD USPS 388-440 Second Class Mail Privileges Author u?d At Marshall, NC 28753. The News Record is published each Thursday by The News Record, Main Street. Marshall. 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