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Three Yancey Members Os Burnsville Little Theatre Company
Summer Jobs For Students
SCS Job Openings
BY RAY DORSETT
Soil Conservationist
This summer the Soil
Conservation Service will
again have openings for
hiring of a limited number of
college students in agriculture
and engineering for student
training positions. The open-
students studying in the fields
of Agriculture, Biology, Soils,
Wildlife and Civil Engineer
ing.
These jobs give students
the opportunity to train on the
job in their related college
MH A W eekend Respite
Program Now Available
The Irene Wortham Cen
ter, Inc., in Asheville, North
Carolina, through the Blue
Ridge Community Mental
Health Center, has been
awarded a grant from the
Western Regional Office to
provide a week-end respite
care program for mentally
retarded persons residing in
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Dancing Classes Begin
Laura Edwards, a senior at Harris High School in Spruce
Pine, teaches dancing classes for children, ages four to seven.
Her classes include acrobatics, ballet and tap. She has two
classes a week, one for Spruce Pine children and one for
Burnsville children. Ms. Edwards started her classes at the
request of a group of parents who recognised her ability and
wanted their children to continue the study of dance. She plans
to major in the teaching of dance at the University of North
Carollna-Greensboro. She Is assisted In her teaching by Debra
Johnson. Their students will present a recital in the spring.
Photo by Ann Hawthorne for the Toe River Aits Council
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fields during their summer
vacation under trained and
professional employees of the
Soil Conservation Service.
The three basic fields which
students are trained in are soil
conservation, soil science and
engineering. If the student
shows the potential and the
•tferstrcr iW tjv stre has a gbod
opportunity to become a full
time employee after gradua
tion from college. As an SCS
employee you will be hired
under the Federal Civil
Service and become eligible
for many benefits.
the area served by the
Western Regional Office of
the Division of Mental Health
Services.
The Week-End Respite
Care Program will be avail
able for a total of 18 weekends
through the end of the current
fiscal year. The hours of
operation for each weekend
BURNSVILLE, NX. 28714
For further information
you may come by the Soil
Conservation Service Office in
the Burnsville courthouse or
write to the Soil Conservation
Service, P.O. Box 27307,
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
in care of the State Adminis
trative Officer.
If you are interested it is
important that you apply as
soon as possible so that the
necessary steps for hiring
may be taken.
The applicants are chosen
without regard to race, creed,
color, sex, or national origin.
will be from 4:00 p.m. Friday
up until 8:00 a.m. on Monday
morning. The program will be
located at the Irene Wortham
Center, 916 West Chapel
Road, Asheville, N.C.
This service will be pro
vided for 10 persons each
weekend. There is no age
limit restriction, nor a restric
tion on the severity of the
handicap except in cases
where more individual atten
tion is required than the
program allows (severe beha
vior problems) or where the
individual requires more me
dical attention than the
program provides. There will
be no provisions within the
program to care for indivi
duals requiring nursing care.
Because these 10 persons
must make prior arrange
ments for full weekend
enrollment, there needs to be
provisions for last minute
emergency placements. For
this reason, there are provi
sions within the staff-child
ratio to allow for the admis
sion of an additional 5 persons
during the weekend for last
minute emergency Place
ment.
The primary purpose of
the Week-End Respite Care
Program is to provide imme
diate weekend relief for
families of a mentally retar
ded person, regardless of
reason. Priority will be given
to persons from families with
a family crisis such as death,
birth, illness of a family
member, divorce or separa
tion. However, the service
will also be available for
lesser events such as moving,
a vacation or holiday trip, or
immediate relief from the
often arduous tasks related to
the day-to-day management
of the handicapped person. If
space is available and reser
vations have been made with
the Center in advance, the
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Final Performance Of 6 The
Fantasticks 9 This Weekend
The Burnsville Little
Theatre will present a final
performance of their produc
tion of The Fan tas ticks on
Saturday evening, January
24, in the Burnsville Elemen
tary School Gym. Curtain is at
8:15 p.m.; tickets are 52.00 1
for adults and SI.OO sot
students.
Simplicity is the keynote in
this musical. The Fantastk ks,
a parable about love with
word? and music by Tom
Family Musicale
Slated Saturday
On Saturday evening,
January 24, at 8:00 p.m., the
Yancey County Family Musi
cale will take place in the
Presbyterian Church, Burns
ville. This event offers a
chance to enjoy the music
making that goes on informal
ly in the county and also to
hear some of our local
students and graduates who
are studying music seriously,
Among those performing
are Linda Deyton Denny,
piano; Susan Hensley and
Charles Boone, voice; th?
Simmons Family, gospel and :
folk music; the Angei Family,**'
Jaycees Celebrate
\Jelly Week 9 Today
Members of the Yancey
County Jaycees will be
knocking on the doors of
Burnsville and Yancey County
citizens on Thursday, January
22, in an effort tt> celebrate
“Jaycee Jelly Week.”
Yes, they are celebrating
by raising funds for the North
Carolina Jaycees Burn Center
which serves the burn victims
of North Carolina.
The design for the North
Community
Development
Meeting Set
All officers of organized
communities in Yancey Coun
ty are invited to attend the
Extension Community Deve
lopment Council meeting.
According to Win. C. Bled
soe, County Extension Chair
man. The council will convene
7:00 p.m. Thursday night in
the courtroom. The business
agenda includes:
--Community Development
Program 1976
-Any changes desired by
communities
--Budgets and allocations to j
various contests
-Western N.C. Community
Development Program 1976 j
—Dates.. Deadlines.. Sche
dules
For any additional infor
mation call the Agricultural
Extension Office 682-6186 or *
682-2113.
March I
Os Dimes I
Gospel Sing I
On Sunday, January 25, I
1976, Mr. Edd Ball will host a |
benefit gospel singing at East
Yancey High School, Burns
ville, N.C. to help raise funds
for the March of Dimes. The
singing will begin at 2:00 p.m. ’
Jones and Harvey Schmidt,
has become not only the
longest running hit in off-
Broadway history, but an
international favorite as well.
The songs, including “Try to
Remember,” have been re
corded by artists from Ed
Ames to Barbara Streisand.
Directed by Bill Wilson of
Mayiand Technical Institute,
the two-act production will
feature Chris Day, Chris
Baucom, Mike McAuliffe,
folk music; and Lisa Mauney,
trumpet. Mrs. Mauney will
play with some of the
members of the Mountain
Heritage Band, including Sam
Stewart, Anne Hunter, Deb
bie Woody, Kim Aldridge,
Cindy Higgins, Robbie Mor
row, Patricia Banks, Patti
Buchanan. /-
Everyone is invited to
attend and to meet the
performers after the concert.
A similar Family Musicale,
featuring Mitchell County
talent, will take place at the
Methodist Church in Spruce
Pine on Saturday evening,
January 31, at 8:00 p.m.
Carolina Jaycee Burn Center
to be built at the Medical
Center in Chapel Hill is
nearing completion. Con
struction of the General
Support Wing which will
house the burn center is
scheduled to begin in the
early months of 1976, with
completion expected in early
1978.
So throughout “Jelly
Week” the residents of
Yancey County and North
Carolina are being asked to
donate the price of a jar of
Jelly to the Burn Center. You
can help—when a volunteer
’ knocks on your door, gei a jar
of jelly and aid the burn
victims of North Carolina.
Remember, this is “Jay
cee Jelly Week.” The Jaycees
of Yancey County urge you to
join them in celebrating.
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Another In a series of progress reports on the M avian d
Technical Institute Building. This picture was taken during the
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1976
Maria Mandala, Martha Ann
Westall, John David Stewart,
Tommy Carr, and Pat Hardy.
Music is directed by Sue Koch
with Bill Gouge at the piano,
Joel Robertson on the guitar,
and Sarah Stewart on the
flute. The choreographers are
Carmela Mandala and Kim
Robertson.
The Burnsville Little
Theatre has been on tour with
this production since its
opening performance of Sa
turday, November 22nd. The
Fantasticks has been well
received by audiences in the
tri-county area with perfor
mances at Burnsville, Spruce
Pine, Avery High School, and
at Lees-Mcßae College. Out
of town guests for this final
performance include Dr. John
Lee Jellicourse, Head of the
Drama and Speech Depart
ment of the University of
North Carolina-Greensboro;
Dr. David Batcheller of
UNC-G; Dr. John Joy, Man
aging Director of Parkway
Playhouse for 1976; and Mr.
James Reynolds who will be
directing at the Parkway
Playhouse in 1976.
You will find that The
Fantasticks provides an even
ing of lovely and nostalgic
entertainment. It is a family
show which the entire family
can enjoy. Come and.perhaps
you too can try to remember...
Uniform Wage
Now Being Enforced
North Carolina’s Uniform
Wage Payment Law goes into
effect Thursday to make sure
employees covered by the
state Minimum Wage Law get
the wages and benefits their
employers promise them with
no surprises.
The State Inspections and
Services Division of the N.C.
Department of Labor, which
Lions Club
To Meet
There will be a Burnsville
Lions Club meeting Thursday
night, January 22, at 7:00
p.m. in the Community
Building. The program will be
on the Heart Fund. Speaker
will be Maurice Woodruff. All
new members are urged to
attend.
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Joyce Watte
New Ass’t
Extension
Agent Here
Miss Joyce Wat+s has
been appointed Assistant
Home Economics Extension
Agent in Yancey County
according to a joint announce
ment by the North Carolina
Agricultural Extension Ser
vice and the Yancey County
Board of County Commis
sioners.
Miss Watts, a native of
Ohio, js the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert L. Watts of
Route 1, Killbuck, Ohio. She
is a recent graduate of Ohio
State University with a B.S.
degree in Home Economics.
will enforce the law, will
require that employers notify
employees in writing of their
wage payment rate, when and
where they will be paid, and
policies relating to sick leave
and vacation time. Employers
must also notify employees of
any changes in wage condi
tions before they occur, and
may not arbitrarily deduct
money from a pay check or
deny vacation pay they
already promised} j
The law also,requires that
employers keep employment
records for each employee on
file for three years.
Employers violating this
law can be prosecuted by the
labor department in civil or
criminal proceedings, de
pending upon the offense.
Those falling to pay an
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week of Jaaiuu-y 12, 1976. Another couple of weeks should see
the boilding wider roof. Photo by Mike Cnmmino.
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Election
Set For
March 23
A Presidential Primary
and special election will be
held on March 23. Absentee
ballots shall be authorized
and permitted in these elec
tions and ballots shall be
available not earlier than 30
days before the primary.
All voters who are proper
ly registered will be eligible to
vote in the special elections on
the constitutional amend
ments and State Bond refer
endum. Only voters register
ed as affiliated with the
Democrat or Republican par
ties shall be authorized to
participate in the presidential
preference primary. Demo
crats may vote the Democrat
ballot and Republicans may
vote the Republican ballot.
Anyone wishing to vote in
the March Primary must
register by February 23.
Registration may be done at
the Board of Elections office
in the Courthouse on Monday,
Wednesday or Friday of each
week or with the Registrars or
Judges in the precincts.
Candidates filing for the
August Primary must file not
before 12:00 noon on April sth
through May 28th, no later
than 12:00 noon on that date.
The August Primary will be
held on August 17*. 1976. The
Board of Education will be
elected to office during the
August Primary. Any regis
tered voter may vote for the
Board members since this is a
non-partisan election.
The General Election will
be held November 2, 1976.
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