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Serving Madison And Northern Buncombe Counties Vol. 88 No. 7 Thursday, February 18, 1988 Madison High School's Lady Patriots clinched tftt Highlands 2-A Athletic Conference championship with a thrilling doable-overtime win over Sylvi Webster. ?T : u See Page 6 1 v Federal deficit- reduction steps have forced area post offices to close during the loach hour. ?j See Page 8 [* BILL STUDENC PHOTO Fender Bender No one was seriously injured in a two-car collision involving a N.C. Highway Patrol cruiser Tuesday on the U.S. 25-70 Bypass near Marshall. See Page 8. Private Sources Provide $15,000 ForBrklge Spans By BILL STUDENC Editor Private sources have provided $15,000 to save the remaining two spans of the historic Redmon bridge near Marshall for a proposed park on the French Broad River. That money has been used to pay the contractor for the remainder of scheduled demolition wort, at the bridge and tcrpurchase two that are still intact, said Christine Strickland, a Marshall refcl estate agent who has joined tbe effort to form a county recreational park at Redmon. Strickland said she could not name the individuals who provided the Slabbing Victim Won't File Charges From Staff Reports A Weaverville man who was stabbed 82 times last Wednesday night has refused to press charges against two suspects identified by the Buncombe County Sheriff's Of fice. Gerald Dodd, 41, was discharg ed Monday from St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville after being treated for multiple stab wounds. Dodd told Buncombe County authorities that two men stabbed him and set fire to his mobile home, located ft the comer of Aiken and New Stock roads near Weavervilie. But when the Buncombe County Sheriff's Department arrested one suspect, an 18-year-old man from Indianapolis, Ind., Dodd refused to -Continued on back page i money, saying they preferred to re main "behind the scenes." Although other sources of funding > /for the development of a park have i not yet been nailed down. Prank Roberts, the Marshall real estate agent who initiated the effort to save the bridge, says things seem to be falling into place. "..Two spans of the original bridge will be restored as a monu ment to be used as an observation deck/fishing pier," Roberts said. Madison County officials have con firmed that demolition work at the bridge has been halted and that plans are under way to obtain funding for a park along the river. "The bridge spans, it is my understanding, are being acquired by private funds, solicited by Mr. Roberts, and that the spans will ultimately be donated to the county and to the park," said Larry Leake, Madison County attorney. Leake has written a letter to the N.C. Department of Transportation requesting that the bridge abutment not be demolished. -Continued on back page Return Of Bambi Madison Man And His Horse Make Friends With Young Deer By BILL STL'DENC Editor If you happen to be driving through the Paint Fork section of Madison County and see a man petting a small deer, don't start doubting your sarii ty. It's only Floyd Hensley and his newfound pet, Bambi. The deer, a young doe, has set up bouse with Hensley's big old plow horse. Jim, who rules ever a pasture behind Hensley's home. "I don't know why, but it took up with that horae,' Hensley said recently, stroking the deer's head as asrwsysts over there, but It won't have a thing to is at least five tiiqw tike neighborhood dogs chased the deer away. "It took up with that old horse and before the dogs ran it off, everywhere the horse went, it went," Hensley said. After the deer disappeared, Hensley assumed he wouldn't see it again. Much to his surprise, the dear was back alongside Jim the horse on Feb. 2- 40 days later In the past several days since the deer's return, Hensley has been able to train it to respond when he calls it. The horse wouldn't run when I came up to it, and I reckon it thought everything was all right, he said "But it sure teek a smart bit to get to wh era I could pet it," he said. Hensley, when calling lor U* deer, Weaverville Delays Annexation Vote By BILL STUDENC Editor Developers of the Reems Creek Golf Club will have to wait another month to learn whether the town of Weaverville will annex 90 acres of the $35-$50 million residential develop ment. The Weaverville Town Council, ex pected to vote Monday on Kenmure Associates' petition for voluntary an nexation of 189 homesites. agreed to postpone a decision until its March meeting. That decision came upon a motion by Councilman Ronnie "Butch" Davis, who said he was not satisfied with a written document spelling out certain conditions to be met by Ken mure Associates, the Hendersonville based firm developing the country club community in the Reems Creek Valley. Developers of the golf club have said they will pay for the installation of a sewer line to reach the site, and for a water pump station at Hamburg Mountain to serve the development and improve service to some 125 families in the Ox Creek area. The total estimated cost of those projects is up to $375,000. Council members asked after a well-attended public hearing last week that the developers put those agreements in writing. During Monday's meeting, Coun cilman Bernard Koesters made a mo tion to approve Kenmure's petition for voluntary satellite annexation of the development, located 1.2 miles from the current town limits. Coun cilman Harold Payne seconded the motion. But before the council could vote on the motion, Davis made a motion of his own - to table action on the annex ation request until the council's March meeting. -Continued on back page Tempers Flare During Commissioners' Meeting By HASSIE PONDER News Record Correspondent Tempers flared during Monday's meeting of the Madison County Board of Commissioners as Chairman Robert Capps and Commissioner Reese Steen disagreed on several itsues. (j* .. P JPi Health, additional improvements to the courtroom and the recording of the meeting by Steen. Steen did not vote against the ap pointment of four members to the county health board, but said' he did not approve of the way they were selected. Commissioner John Hensley made a motion to appoint the new members, and Capps seconded it. "We are reverting back to the first two meetings we had," Steen said after the meeting. "John passed a list Steen apparently tore up the list of names. When attorney Larry Leake later asked for the list for the minute book, Hensley said that Steen had torn it up. The new board members are Steen, Porter Wallin, Marie Ponder and Wayne McDevitt. Steen said although he support* the new members, he is disappointed that Hot Springs now hat no represen tatives on the health board. "We're rewting back to old time politics," he said after the meeting. Capps and Steen also disagreed over the expenditure of 95,000 for im provements to acoustics in the cour troom of Madison County Courthouse. Steen said he preferred that the coun ty seek bids for the improvements. -Contimwd on back page Insurance Rates Could Drop 20%, If Fire Tax Approved By BILL STUDENC Editor Residents of Beech Glen, East Fork and Grapevine townships could see their homeowners insurance rates drop by as much as 20 percent, if a proposed fire tax district is approved. That's the word from Jerry Grimes, supervisor of the Govern mental Services Division of the N.C. Department of Insurance. "Many times in a fire tax district, the amount of mqney added to the property tax is equal to or offset by lower insurance rates from being in a rated fire district," Grimes said. f Grimes met with members of the Mars Hill, Spring Creek, Ebbs Chapel and Laurel fire departments last week. Much of the discussion at that meeting centered around a proposal to create a fire tax district in unincor porated areas currently served by the Mars Hill Fire Department. The Grapevine, East Pork and Beech Glen townships now receive fire protection from Mars Hill at po charge. But Mars Hill may stop pro viding fire protection, unless residents of the townships agree to a special fire tax. Mars Hill officials say they simply cannot afford to continue providing free fire protection to surrounding communities. Eddie ltox. Mars Hill fire chief, estimates that some 85 per cent of the calls answered by the town's fire department are outside the municipal limits. Town officials are hoping that residents of Grapevine, East Fork and Beech Glen will support a fire tax to provide additional funding to the department - and ensure a continua -Continued oa back page Marshall Writes Off Accounts The Marshall Board of Aldermen agreed Monday night to write off as uncollect* We more than ??,*? in "dead accounts" on the town's water department books. Board members agreed to remove the names of 57 separate account- ,? holders - M residential ?n and three commercial customers - who
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