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MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY GENERAL DELIVERY MARSHALL NC 0003? 28753 Serving Madison And Northern Buncombe Counties Thursday, January 21, 1988 25c Residents of the Hamburg section of Ma dison County wait for word from authori BILL STUDENC PHOTO ties after they heard a plane crash into a mountainside Monday afternoon. Plane Hits Mountains; Witnesses Hear 'Boom' From Starr Report* Horace Waldroup of the Ham burg section of Madison County was reading the newspaper when he heard the airplane Monday afternoon. The craft was obviously in trou ble, Waldroup and his neighbors would later say as they gathered at Terry's Fork Church, their eyes scanning the mountainside above where rescue crews were sear ching for the wreckage of the plane. Jeffrey Belevich, 25, of Porter, Texas, died when his single-engine Piper slammed upside down into a mountainside on the Buncombe Madison line at about 3:50 p.m. Monday, spreading wreckage in both counties. "It was making a real strange noise," Waldroup said. "It even excited my dogs, and they started I i 1 1 i barking." Moments later, residents of the Hamburg community in Madison County, and across the ridge in the Poverty Branch section of Bun combe County, heard the crash. "It was just one big boom," said Harley Honeycutt. "The motor was Just going wide open, and then it sounded like a 12-gauge shotgun. It was making a racket before it -Continued on Page 8 Reems Creek Golf Club Petitions For Annexation By R.T. KOENIG Special to The New* Record Developers of a $35 million golf club in Reems Creek have petitioned Weaverville officials to annex 90 acres of the club's 200-acr* parcel in to the town limits. The petition for satellite annexation was made public Monday night during the Weaverville Town Council's monthly meeting. Town attorney Bill Barnes told council members that the area covered in the proposed annexation would include all subdivisions and thoroughfares within the Reems Creek Golf Club. The club, located between Union Chapel and Pink Fox Roads, is approximately 1.2 miles from the present town limits. Barnes explained that only 90 acres of the club's 260 acres are included in the annexation request because state law limits satellite annexations to no more than 10 percent of corporate limits. The Reems Creek Golf Club is be ing developed by Kenmure Associates of Hendersonville. Plans announced last June call for creation of a 6,500-yard gold course, swimm ing pool, tennis courts and clubhouse. Developers foresee construction of 180 single-family homes and 75 multi family homes along the gold course. The town council has set Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. for a public hearing on the pro posed annexation. The location of the hearing was not determined during Monday's meeting. Town officials, anticipating a large turnout for the -Continued on Page 8 North Buncombe Taps Mclntyre n.. nn ? omine?ii ** ... ... oy niLLaivuuit Editor One look at Thomas K. Mclntyre's resume was all North Buncombe High School Principal Ivan Randolph needed to realize he'd found his man. Randolph selected Mclntyre, S3, from IS candidates to replace Coach Tom Weaver, who stepped down in November with a 15-35 record after five years at North Buncombe. "We looked at his experience and his previous qualifications," Ran doipn said last week. "After review ing all of the applicants, we felt that Coach Mclntyre was the best qualified of all the applicants." The Buncombe County Board of Education apparently agreed, giving Mclntyre the stamp of approval last Thursday. Mclntyre, who will also serve as athletic director, will assume the reigns of a struggling football pro gram, coming off its second con secutive 1-9 season. "I hope we can see a winning record in 1988. I don't have a five year plan; I've got a one-year con tract," he caid. "I don't like losing. I think football ought to be fun. Winning is fun. Los ing is hell, and 1 don't want any part of it," he said. Mclntyre's credentials show that he may well be the man who can rebuild the Black Hawks into a foot ball power, Randolph said. -CoaUnued on Page ? Thousands Seek Role In Film So you want to be in pictures? Join the chib. Mora than 2,100 other residents of Western North Carolina want to be in pictures, loo. That's how many folks turned out this past weekend for a casting call tar roles aa extras in the action -adventure film Trapper County," scheduled! to be shot in Madison School Merger Debate Rages At Meeting By BILL STUDENC Editor A standing-room-only crowd pack ed Madison High School Monday night as county school officials listen ed to two hours of public comment concerning a state recommendation calling for the consolidation of most county schools. A parade of speakers from Hot Spr ings, Spring Creek, Laurel and Walnut addressed the Madison Coun ty Board of Education during the special meeting, called solely to give board members a chance to hear what the public had to say about the possibility of major changes in the school system. And the public had quite a bit to say. Most speakers told the school board they are opposed to the recom mendations made by the N.C. Divi sion of School Planning - but that's where the agreement ends. Some residents (Spring Creek, Walnut) said they are committed to keeping a school within their com munities, while others (Hot Springs, Spring Creek) said they agree with the idea of consolidation, but not as recommended by state planners. Others (Laurel) said they could ac cept the state plan with minor changes. The N.C. Division of School Plann ing recommended last month that county school officials phase out schools at Hot Springs, Laurel, Mar shall and Walnut and construct north of Marshall a consolidated middle ? ohorl for students, in kindergarten . through the fifth grade. Schools for K-5 students would be retained at Spr ing Creek and Mars Hill. The state also recommended that all county students in grades 6-8 be transferred to a consolidated middle school to be built in Marshall. During Monday's public hearing, school board Chairman James Baker opened the meeting by warning the more than 250 people in attendance that he would not tolerate an out-of control gathering. "We are all here for the same reason. There are no enemies in this room. At most, there are differences of opinion, and that's healthy," Baker said. "There are certain remedies available if the meeting gets out of hand. Should that happen, I will ad journ the meeting, get up and walk out," said Baker, an assistant district attorney. "I get paid to argue in the courtroom. I don't want to argue here." Each of the six school districts - Hot Springs, Laurel, Marshall, Mare Hill, Spring Creek and Walnut - was given 30 minutes to present their views. School officials say they will take the public's comments into con sideration when they adopt a final plan for future school construction. Madison may be eligible for a portion of $95 million in "critical needs" money. Applications for those funds must be completed next month. Here's a look at what folks had to say Monday night, broken down by -Continued on back page BILL STUDENC PHOTO Roland Twining of Walnut addresses Madison County school officials about the possible consolidation of several schools in the county. Consolidation Issue Divides Residents Of Spring Creek By BILL STUDENC Editor The controversial issue of school consolidation has divided the Spring Creek community into two factions. Some Spring Creek residents say they want to fight to retain a school in their community, while others have banded with a group of Hot Springs residents to call for the construction of a consolidated school in the western end of Madison County. Laurel community residents are apparently united in their desire to retain a school in Laurel, but say they will accept a consolidated school in western Madison if some of the smaller schools must be eliminated. Residents of all three western Madison communities are in agree ment on one thing - they do not want their children bused to consolidated schools in the Marshall area. Their main reason for opposition is the lengthy bus trip over winding moun tain roads to reach a centrally located school. The N.C. Division of School Plann ing has recommended the elimination of most schools in Madison County and construction of a consolidated middle school in Marshall and a con solidated elementary school north of Marshall. The Madison County Board of Education last month adopted those recommendations as the long range plan for the county school system. But board members say they only accepted the state recommendation "as is" because they did not have time to make changes before a Jan. 1 deadline for the submission of a plan, and say they can amend the plan. The state's recommendations have left residents of smaller communities scrambling to come up with plans of action to prevent the loss of schools in their areas. Spring Creek residents held a com munity meeting Friday night, while separate meetings were held Satur day night in Hot Springs and Laurel. Hot Springs residents had hoped to present a unified approach along with Spring Creek and Laurel during Mon day's school board meeting (see related story), but learned Saturday of the division in Spring Creek. -Continued oa back page Movie Producers Meet Town Officials By BILL STUDENC Producers of "Trapper County" met will) the Marshall Board of Aldermen Friday to bring officials up to date on the notion picture to be filmed this winter in the Marshall and Aaheville areas by Noble Entertain men*, > lac. Producer John O'Connor and pro duction manager A r thKeeterwarn ed the Marshall Board of Aldermen during a special meeting that the making of a movie isn't all lights, camera and iction. making a movie, residents should rind it entertaining, O'Connor uid. "It's always ? major curiosity," he ?aid "I think it'U be fun, and I you'U get a kick out of it" The two flMln question officials had about the movie? The
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