VOL. 3, NO. 17
lAwards Presented; Educator Speaks I
At Chamber of Commerce Dinner |
Record-breaking attendance
and an excellent speaker at the
annual Yancey County Chamber
of Commerce Dinner last Friday
night made this event one of the
most successful yet held. Mr.
Robert A. Mullen, Educator
from Raleigh who was keynote
speaker at the dinner, challeng
ed those present to give educa
tion their fullest attention and
best efforts in the future.
A S3OO Scholarship was
presented to Donna Kates, Cane
River High School student; and
$l5O Scholarships were received
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by Renee Wilson and Broma
Bradford, East Yancey students
who tied for the honor. These
scholarships were from the
Chamber of Commerce and are
awarded annually.
Sportsmanship Awards were
also presented by the Chamber
to a boy and girl from each high
school. Randy Thomas and
Renee Wilson were awarded the
trophies from East Yancey; and
Bobby Mathis and Rhonda
Stilek, both Cane River stu
dents, won the trophies from
that school.
BURNSVILLE. N.C. 28714
The first S2OO Journalism
Award, sponsored by The Yan
cey Journal to encourage stu 1
dents in their English and
Journalism studies, swas pre
Cane River student, and SIOO to
George Powers, East Yancey,
for excellence in their Journa
lism class. Carolyn Yuziuk,
Journal Editor, made the pre
sentation to Linda; George
Powers could not attend as he
was with the FFA team compet
i ing for state honors.
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CAROLYN YUZIUK GIVES JOURNAL AWARD TO LINDA DOANj
Banks Joins
NSA Efforts
Yancey County Sheriff Kerfnit
Banks announced today that he
has been chosen to participate
in the National Sheriffs' Asso
ciation’s efforts to reduce burg
lary and larceny nationally and
in Yancey County.
The National Sheriffs’ Asso
ciation, with headquarters in
Washington, D.C., is a profes
sional law enforcement associa
tion with more than 24,000
members in all American states
and territories. Sheriff Banks
has been chosen, .according to
the NSA Executive Director
Ferris E. Lucas, because of his
demonstrated concern for the
safety of the citizens of Yancey
County.
The program to combat burg
lary and larceny, known as
“Operation Neighborhood
Watch”, is designed to make
the citizens aware of these ;
specific crimes as well as to
enlist citizen support to reduce
these offenses.
Advisory assistance and
pledges ’of cooperation have
been received fro''the United
States Chamber of Commerce,
the United States Jaycees, and
the National Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution.
Sheriff Banks was notified
by NSA Executive Director
Lucas that he will be furnished
with information and educatioi
al material which will explain
the citizen’s role in “OperaLok
Neighborhood Watch” in Yan
cey. Lucas commented that for
the program to be successful,
the cooperation of the law
abiding citizens is essential.
Highway Meeting Set
A second public meeting concerning the proposed
highway improvement of US 19 between the Cane River
Bridge and the Madison Couaty Line in Yancey County has
been scheduled for Tuesday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Yancey County Courthouse is Burnsville.
The purpose of the second meeting will be to present
alternate types of improvement which were discussed at the
initial meeting which was held in March.
Public meetings are being jeld according to the provisions
of the North Carolina Highway Action Plan which urges
public participation in the earliest stages of highway
planning.
Representing the Division of Highways will be N. B.
Benson, Rural Transportation Engineer, and T.C. Clark,
Project Planning Engineer. Adiitional information or written
comments should be directed b either of the above persons
at: N.C. Division of Highways, Planning and Research
Branch, Highway Building, Rileigh, North Carolna 27611,
Telephone 829-7842.
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Bluegrass And Country Music At Maxwells
The Toe River Valley Boys will play Bluegrass and Country
Music in front of Maxwell Furniture Store in Banks Family Square,
Burnsville, on Saturday morning, April 28. The Music will begin at
9:00 a.m. Maxwell’s is having an Inventory Closeout and has
chosen this means to celebrate the sale and bring in the public for
Special Song
Service Here
There will be a special song
service at the Covey Rock Free
Will Baptist Church in Green
Mountain, N.C. on Sunday
night, April 28, at 7:00 p.m.
according to pastor. Rev. Holt
Herrell. „
The Covey Rock Church
Youth Choir, The Gospel Way
Quartet from Radio Station
WKIN in Kingsport, Tenn., the
Heart Warmers Quartet from
Bristol, Va.. the Joy Makers Trio
from Johnson City, Tenn., the
Crabtree Quartet from Roan
Mtn., Tenn., The Primitive
Quartet from Candler, the
Youngs Chapel Quartet from
Burnsville and little Lissa Joe
Potter from Bakersvile, " N.C.
will be there. Lissa is a soloist.
everyone is invited to attend
this special service.
Turkey Supper
The Bald Creek PTA will
sponsor a turkey supper on
Saturday. April 27, in the Bald
Creek cafeteria from b:00 to 8:00
p.m. Tickets are $2.00 per plate
for adults and SI.OO for stu
dents. Come out and help
! suppo*. 1 our schools. ,
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Rep. Messer: Land Use Bill Unfair
To Mountain Business, Landowners
(This article was taken from
THE MOUNTAINEER, publish
ed in Waynesville, N.C., the
April 17, 1974 edition.)
State Representative Ernest
Messer of Canton yesterday
warned that “people had better
take a close look” at a mountain
land management bill that is
scheduled to come before the
General Assembly next fall.
It boils down to this,”
Messer said. "A property
owner has the right to do what
he wants with his land; the bill
implies that the land belongs to
k everybody. No longer is the
home a man's castle.”
Messer made the remarks
during a meeting of the WNC
Associated Communities at the
Holiday Inn in Dellwood.
"People should know about
it and take a close look at it,”
the representative said about
the bill; some people ride
through the mountains and see
all the beauty and then say it
should stay that way. Well,
mountain people have to make a
living and want to keep it
beautiful also.”
Messer called the bill one of
the most controversial pieces of
legislation that has come before
the General Assembly since
he’s been there. ”I’ve gotten
hundreds of letters from the
mountains in opposition to the
bill,” he said. “I think that
I’ve only gotten ore that was in
favor of it.”
Messer explained that the
mountain land management bill
was introduced along with a
coastal land management bill
during the just finished legisla
ture. The coastal bill was finally
passed at the last minute after
opponents amended it heavily.
“It .was amended and cut
down enough so that the coastal
people think they can live with
it,” he said. Messer said that
he had helped opponents dilute
the bill for the same reasons he
opposes the mountain land bill.
Messer said that a statewide
enjoyable experience. One Gallon of $1 Bills will be given away
at Ibis time also-so be sure to register at Maxwell’s if you haven’t
done so already. And be sure to be present to eqjoy the best
Biuegrass and Country Music around!
land use bill passed the General
Assembly that will leave it up to
county commissioners to come
up with land use plans. A study
committee then recommended
the two separate bills for the
coast and mountain regions. No
land use bill is proposed for the
Piedmont. ‘lt's sort of one of
those divide and conquer deals,’
Messer said.
Messer said that three ele
ments of the bill raised the
controversy. He explained that
the bill proposed to establish a
state committee for the moun
tains and one for the coast that
would be able to control de
velopment in these areas. The
original proposal had the gover
nor appointing all 15 members
to each committee.
“People were skeptical
about the membership,” Mes
ser said. “The Piedmont could
end up controlling development
in the mountains and along the
coast.”
The final draft of the coastal
land management bill allows the
governor to appoint three mem
bers to the commission and the
rest must be chosen from a list
provided by the coastal coun
ties
Car Wash By
Boy Scouts
On Saturday. April 27, 1974
the Boy Scouts of Troop #502,
Burnsville. North Carolina will
sponsor a car wash in the
parking lot of the First Baptist
Church. The purpose of this car
wash is to acquire funds toward
the purchase of an Activity Bus
to be used for transportation in
the, various scouting events
throughout the year. The car
wash will run from 8:30 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m. at a charge of
$2.00 per car. Please come out
and support this worthwhile
project.
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A second feature of the bill,
which is aimed at controlling
mountain land development, is
a proposal to set up an area of
environmental control bordering
park and forest lands. Under
this plan, a one-mile perimeter
around state forests, national
forests, national parks and state
parks would be controlled by the
state. “You couldn’t cut down a
tree, move a rock, or dig a hole
without first getting approval
from the commission,” Messer
said.
The Pisgah National Forest
and Smoky Mountain National
Park virtually surround Hay
wood County and if the one-tr ile \
perimeter was imposed, some
populated areas such as Maggie
Valley would be affected.
“The third issue that has
brought controversy was a pro
posal that the state could take
land’ by condemnation.
“The coastal bill will be a
test bill for the mountain bill,*’* ‘
Messer said. He said that both
bills were similar before oppon
ents whittled down the coastal
bill.
“Everyone should look at
our land use,” Messer noted.
"It is a very serious problem. ,
We’ve got to work at it. But
there is away to do it and away
f not to do it.”
Messer said that he thought
the counties should work out
land use planning before the
state does it. “We shold take a
positive position rather than a
negative one,” he said. “We
should propose alternatives.”
Messer Saitj that the General
Assembly was hot enthusiastic
about the bills during the past
session, as the results of the
coastal bill struggle indicated.
But he pointed out that next fall
because of elections. ■ \
But Messer appeared to
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