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Mm«. Krais Comments (Cont'd from page 1) vision gave birth to this festi - val,' which has made gre at music available to this rural area. Madame Kraus cherishes the festival because all who participate in it in any capa - city "are guided by totally idealistic motives. They offer the best in rmsic and everyone, I feel, is capable of recogniz - ing the best, even if he doesn't rationally understand why he is drawn like a rrfagnet to it. " In addition, she fervently avows "music is a source of elevation of the soul, a consolation in grief and revitalization of body and soul". Her Mozart pla no concert! recordings are cherish ed in countless homes. Madame Kraus is deeply sen sitive to beauty in eveiy aspect of life. She is especially appre ciative of die glorious mountain scenery ofNoith Carolina. No matter how great the demands of her career, or how travel wearysheis, the beauty that surrounds her home in Celo re stores her. Even her bedroom has glass walls, enabling her to view the encircling mouilaLns. Reaching out the hands vhcse playing has won her fame and glory, she exclaims "I embrace the world! I love the world?" hi turn, the world responds to her with love. Meeting Set The Mitchell and Yancey County Presbyterian Men will meet at the Grassy Creek Pres byterian Church on Monday, July 30. Supper by the Ladies of the Church at 7:00 p. m. Business meeting and worship service at 8:00 p, m. All men are welcome to come. NAS AVING SACCOU NTNOWSSS No! We’re not trying to give you an eye test. What we are trying to do is give you a far-sighted idea. Now is the time to open a savings account with Asheville Federal Savings. The high interest rates we pay will really open your eyes! So, take this little reminder from us . . . OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT NOW! pQshevfflm SFmderul Savings tsisss, <* One Child Gets New Chance For Future By Jerry Blackwelder Donald was bom in a small North Carolina town into a fam ily situation that left much to be desired. He was kept in a crib until rge four. He was culturally deprived, brutalized to the extent of having scars on his back from beatings and neg lected. At the age of 10,Don ald and his brother broke into a school. He was sent to a cor rections center, then to a men tal hospital, and finally to a center for the mentally retarcbd, The future for young Donald seemed dark until he met Dr. Jim Tompkins, who was new to North Carolina and an employee of the Durham Child Advocacy Center. (Dr. Tompkins is now executive director of the Gov ernor's Advocacy Council for Children and Youth, an agency of the Department of Human Resources.) "I was impressed with Don ald, " Dr. Tompkins says. "He was not mentally retarded, but was there because of court ac tion. I felt he had no business there. " Dr. Tompkins, in co operation with administrators at the institution, enrolled Donald at the Wright School for emo tionally disturbed children in Durham. Dr. Tompkins went one step further and assumed responsibi lity for Donald on weekends aid holidays in November of 1972. He described Donald's first weekend this way: "Donald used his hands to eat. He used utensils backward ly. He didn't know how to wash, take a shower or brush his teeth. He had no concept of matching clothing, and he was a junk - collector, compulsive counter, a holdover from his dealings with tokens at the institution. " Donald, at age 13, was at the second grade educational level. The weekend adoption sys tem lasted until May of thi s year, when Donald left Wright School and Dr. Tompkins to go to a church-supported Childrens Home, hi seven months, Don ald had reached a seventh grade level in arithmetic and a sixth grade level in all other subject* There were no indications of his former primitive habits. Jim Tompkins says he bad two motivations for taking Donald into his home and life. "Fiat, I liked the kid. He's neat and likeable. And I want ed to give one child one chance in life. "And I wanted to show,in a professional way, that this type of program can work. Families across North Carolina could be 'springing' kids from institution like this and providing them with family environments, " he said. Dr. Tompkins explains that children are often placed in institutions or correction cen ters simply because they have nowhere else to go. "Many are there not because they're mentally retarded, but because they're abandoned, abused, neglected, or placed by court action. " Institutions welcome the idea of parents "springing" children. Superintendents, as well as so cial workers from the units, are available to work out the most suitable plan for families to adopt the children, either for weekends and holidays, or for longer periods. "If a small portion of our population would get involved, our institutions would be empty of children who shouldn't be in these institutions," Dr.Tomp - kins predicts. It is obvious that Donald has made his marie on Jim Tomp - Free Water Safety Classes The May land Red Cross Chapv ter, which serves Mitchell,Yan cey and Avery Counties, will sponsor free water safety classes far beginners and advanced swimmers at Camp Hemlock on Route 80, in Yancey County, according to Earl C. Van Horn, Chapter Chairman. He announced that classes will be conducted daily from 5 to 7 p. m. 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ELK & IYNN JOHNSON CITY _—— PHONE 542-4112 kins, and sold him on the value of such projects. "Why, if the children's home program works out, that kid could be my boss in ten yean," he said. through Saturday, July 28, by Dwight Butner of Burnsville, a fully-qualified Red Cross Water Safety Instructor. Registrations for the course should be made by July 20 at Camp Hemlock or with Mo. Lillian Hbllifield, Chapter Se cretary, on the lower floor of Trinity Episcopal Church, 414 Hemlock Ave., English Woods, Spruce Pine (Phone 765-2422). Bookmeblk Schedule The Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Regional library Bookmobile will be visiting the following persons or residences on the Seven Mile Ridge run in Yan cey County on Thursday, Au gust 2, 1973* Nell Hoover, Grace Blalock, Fanny Ray,Gla dys Robinson, Cora Burgin, Clara Lee Chrisawn, Westall's Grocery, Evelyn Wil son, Arlene Whitson, Louise Robinson, Adelaide Briggi, Margaret Gouge, Pearl Thomas and Hattie Mae Geouge. Anyone else who lives close to these people and who wishes to have bookmobile service, please contact Mrs. Barbara Dupkoski after 4 p.m. on Tues day, Wednesday or Thursday at 765-4673. THE YaI«:EY JOURNAL Wildlife A field: Cover Should Be Left (Cont'd from page 1) was so devastating. The hills and mountains have been jjj stripped of cover. Every tree that offered any potential as' J useful lumber has been cut. When the 1940 rains came, there was nothing on the mountains to hold back the water, and the effects of that ! flash flood are still evident after more than 30 yeas. But this time, two factor: helped. For one thing, the rains were not quite as heavy, and also, the mountains have re-forested. Had there been no cover on those hills Memor ial Day weekend, flood damage would have been severe. Perhaps we have learned something about the effects of bad land management. The trend now is—or should be— toward small, selective timber cuts. Even on small cuts, water and soil holding cover should be left. ' > s "hi my lifetime up here," one long-time resident told me, "large timber sales and severe flooding have always gone hand in hand. " Hopefully, with better understanding and improved forst management, the potential for another 1916 or 1940 flood will be curtailed. This last flood, as destructive as it was, could easily have been much worse. PAGE 3 JULY 26, 1973
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