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p 1 >ISON COUNTY LIBRARY general DELIVERY MARSHALL NC 9ft -rur?* ? Al ' r fcfc ..Tv . . I , 20733 Of Our Communities Since 1901 f, July 23, 1987 ? w ?? ? ~ k *pt ' ~i v*: Y? r dlft? mm- ' 8 ? 3 ; Mi. / . -fl of | I ! I ' - TWT ? irVW" ___ The South 's Gonna Do It Again hMW driving by Vance Birth place Mar WeavervlUe aver the weekend might have thaaght they'd gene hack in time. The Mth Narth CareUna Regiment held a Civil War-era eaeampment an the birth ing history laterpreUtiea." Ahave, the traepp prepare ta engage the e*emy. Right, dnunaun lay fcw. BILL STUD ENC PHOTOS Pot Haul Tops $3.5 Million From Staff Report* The Madison County Sheriff's Department confiscated what authorities say is $3.5 million worth of marijuana plants, located this week by surveillance planes from the Henderson County Sheriff's Depart ment. The two-dav operation resulted in one of the largest findings of illegal crop in Madison County, Madison County Dedrick Brown said Tuesday. The marijuana confiscated by authorites Monday and Tuesday is the largest amount discovered in Western North Carolina so far this year, and the largest since more than $70,000 worth of marijuana was found in Transylvania County last year, Brown said. Some 3,000 plants were located in the Grapevine area Monday by deputies, also working in cooperation with the Mars Hill College Campus Police Department. Brown estimated the "street value" ot the plants at $2,992,000. That value is based on a N.C. State Bureau of Investigation figure of $1,600 per marijuana plant at maturi *y Another 169 marijuana plants were discovered Tueday in the Petersburg section, near Coate's Country Store. The plants, found in a field sur rounded by screening, have an estimated street value of $270,000, Brown said. i A third cache of 208 plants was found late Tuesday in the Roberts Branch area of the Little Pine sec tion, he said. Those plants would have been worth some $330,000 on the street, Brown said. Planes from the Henderson County Sheriff's Department were in Madison County Monday and Tues day to help spot marijuana fields. Brown said. Madison County Chief Deputy Dal Peek flew with the agents from Henderson County during the two-day operation. No one has been arrested 10 connec tion with the confiscated marijuana, but authorities are continuing their investigation. Golf Resort Corhing To Mars Hill Area By STEVE FERGUSON S Staff Writer I A 660-acre golf resort is umlar construction in the Ivy River sec tion of Madison County near Man HUI, due to be completed by next summer. The resort coukt generate 935 million in property sales, said Charles Stanseil, real estate broker for the property. "It's a lifferent develops Itogethei <?t to \ We will to our raurt Al Pheasant Run DSS Did Not Err In Child Abuse Case E? By BILL STUDENC Editor The N.C. Department of Human Resources has ruled that the Madison County Department of Social Ser vices properly carried out its duties during its investigation of child sex ual abuse charges against Andrew "Junior" Chandler of Revere That finding came after an "on-site review" of allegations concerning the agency's handling of the controver sial case, which ended in the April conviction of Chandler on several child sexual abuse charges. Chandler, 30, was sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus an addi tional 21 years. Following that con viction, a group of Chandler's friends and relatives asked the Madison County Board of Social Services in May to investigate the way DSS employees handled the Chandler case ~ and similar cases of child abuse. The Madison board agreed to ask David Flaherty, secretary of the N.C. Department of Human Resources, to determine if county Social Services agencies properly investigated the charges. A team of investigators from the state Division of Social Services came to Marshall last month and ex amined DSS records. Although DSS Director Anita Davie said last month that the state officials had verbally given her department a clean bill of health, that was not official until after Flaherty received a written report front the investigating agents. Flaherty has since received that report, and has found nothing out of the ordinary in the county DSS's handling of the cases, Don Bowen, deputy director of public information for the Department of Human Resources, told The News Record Tuesday. "We conducted an on-site review of allegations concerning the Depart ment of Social Services in Madison County relative to the department's carrying out its roles and respon sibility in protective services cases," Bowen said. -Continued on Page 8 Weaverville Seeks Water Source From Authority By MARGARET A. STUDENC News Record Correspondent The Weaverville Town Council has taken what officials see as one more step toward solving the town's water supply problems. The council has presented a propos ed contract, drafted by town attorney Bill Barnes, to the Asheville Buncombe Water Authority. The con tract, if approved, would provide Weaverville with water for the next five or six years, until towo-of trials find a new source o< water. V < 4 "This Ib going to 4* -a milestone * which will alleviate the problem in the meantime," said Weaverville Mayor Reese Lasher. Town officials are also looking at several possible permanent solutions to Weaverville's water supply pro blem, including a proposed $10 5 million project to tap the Ivy River. Weaverville's share in the cost of that joint project, which as presently envi sioned would include the town of Mars Hill and the Woodfin Sanitary District, would be 92.3 million. Mtween $S <> H ntillic> laid Whitllaki h Uieqpe in) piMted si. im>- 1*38 weath. actors ouk n the w?y] ne 'It depends a tot on what** Lou will cost from 00,000 to sa.d Stpiisi'll It >? to fUKl a 4100.0OO lot . Nt th Carolina in a nice r ? don't Mini m *her i .talk M The contract with the Asheville Buncombe Water Authority would on ly be an interim solution to the town's water woes, Lasher said. Weaverville has had a moratorium on the construction of new water lines outside town limits since 1974. i Under the contract, the water authority would supply the town with a yet undisclosed amount of water. The town also wants a 24-inch water line laid north from Asheville to Weaverville within a year. -Continued on back page Town Council 'Says No' To Drug Testing Plan By MARGARET A. STL DEN C fjEWS Record Correspondent Weavervilie officials "just said no" Monday night to the random testing of town employees for drug use Councilman David Lankford, in a motion presented at Monday's meeting of the Weavervilie Town Council, proposed "random drug testing of all town employees to see if illegal drags are used." His proposal failed to win the support of the rest of the council, however, and the matter was dropped. Lankford, although not a town employee, said he would volunteer to be the first person tested. Lankford said he Is aware of il legal drug use by a certain town employee, but did not name the employee. Weaverville Mayor Reese Lasher and other council members expressed reservations -Con tinned on back page Dodson, Lawson File For Town Elections By BILL STUDENC Editor Two more candidates - one in Mar shall and one in Hot Springs - have thrown their names into the hat for November's municipal elections. John Dodson will seek his fourth term as an alderman in the town of Marshall, while Johnny A. Lawson, in unsuccessful candidate for Hot Springs aldermen in 1965, has decided to try again. Dodson, 34, and Lawson, 46, filed for their respective board of ildermen races Friday. ma i Lawson, a 20-year employee with M.B. Haynes Electrical Co. in Ashevilie, said his top priority, if elected, is to upgrade the Hot Springs Police Department. "We've had a kit of trouble in our police department the past three or four years." Lawson said. "We've had people suing them for all sorts of things and keeping them tied up in court." Both former Police Chief John Bar rett and his replacement, Terry Lee Getman, found themselves facing -Continued on back page ? State School Plan Gives $10 Million To Madison, $80 Million To Buncombe Prom Start Reports A 10-year plan to fund construction of schools across North Carolina, ap proved last week by the General Assembly, would set aside more than $10 million for schools in Madison County and MO million for those in T E ? on
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