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PAGE 2 THE YANCEY JOURNAL DECEMBER 2, 1976 do vou know ■■ * phone directory can help you? Don't take your directory for granted. It has a wealth of useful information 0n... • Where fe get products and services.. .the Yellow Pages • Emergency calling • How to place Long Distance calls easier, more economically • Customer service information Helping you with extra conveniences... an important part of Continental's job. — — [^T 1 Westco Telephone Company • A member of Continental Telephone System ~ - , .. :gr. r An Equal Opportunity Employer i t ■ *Jf £m —>*—(^vWVn— ?S S ' -- ' • • ' • * - - . . . -.. .V w/ --- West Bend Slo-Cooker r y aha * 1 @ {Discounted V $ Prices West Bend Bun Warmer ' r* / iff Discount |\ Prices Burnsville Norelco Burger Cooker (Double) Discounted Prices Norelco Coffee Maker All At Discounted Prices POLLARD’S DRUG STORE BY RAY DORSETT Soil Conservation Service In North Carolina a law many people are unaware of is the Sedimentation Law. In summary this law states that a landowner who disturbs more than one acre of land is required to have a sediment control plan on this construction. The acre includes measurements of roads, parking areas, etc. This plan must include means for control of sediment washing of the property and revegetation of the area after construction is complete. Violators of this law are subject to a daily fine for sLxty days and thereafter possible imprisonment., Any site in which construction was begun or has been going on since July 1, 1973 falls under this legislation. If soil is washing off their property onto someone else or in a stream or pond the landowner or landowners are in violation. This law also covers realtors and developers cutting roads to lots. The Soil Conservation Service will give you free assistance and help you develop a sediment control plan to present to the Department of Natural and Economic Resources. You need not pay for this assistance. ' One such landowner in Yancey County who received this assistance was E.L. Briggs. He discovered that a tract of property he owned on Mitchell Branch was in violation of this law. He contacted the Soil Conservation Service and we gave him information on stabilizing the site, sloping the steep banks, and reseeding the area. Besides conserving soil it changed this site from a raw eroding area to a pleasant, grassy green industrial site. If you think we might be of assistance to you feel free to call us or come by our office in the county courthouse. Pictured above, E.L. Briggs property when in violation of the Sediment Control Law; below shows same site two months later after grading and seeding have taken place. A tgptow*^' ■'''’"' m. .. „*o4r \ P®*®** - Jrt~:^~*)* m |f J j»_\i "***^w^- • *.r^ ■ ' jp^ i -;• ' j£j*. •.s. ,T s '■’ Timex Watches Big JFj Mens & Ladies All At Discount Prices Litronix Calculators-, Discounted SJS «** S 2 **«•* |bk*bb Are You A Lawbreaker? Papermate Pen & Pencil Sets All Discounted Amity Billfold’s /len & Ladies All At Discount \\ \jjztr Prices Phone 682-2146 GSKDHFIST H)v.Lo of Txe Wet* ‘VflNcty Couwty Couw-nvy 5 tons (o r Wo- IX THE YANCEY JOURNAL BOX 667 Burnsville. N.C. 28714 Phone |704) 682-2120 Edward Yuziuk.Publisher Carolv n Yuziuk Editor Pat Randolph-Manager Brenda Alien-Staff Published Everv Thursday By Tw in Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Paid At Burnsville. N.C. Thursday, Dec. 2, 1976 V 01.4, Number 48 Subscription Rates By Mail: In Yancey County One Year $5.00 Six Months $4.00 Out Os County or State One Year $7.00 Six Months $6.00 Annual Awards -I j: . V Luncheon Held * Several hundred rural leaders and officials of the 18 western counties are expected to be on hand for the annual awards luncheon of the Western North Carolina De velopment Association on Saturday, December 4, at the Asheville Civic Center. This will be the 27th annual meeting of the development program, which is one of the nation’s oldest and most widely recognized ‘self-help’ community improvement ef forts. Area winners of the community improvement pro gram for 1976 will be named at the meeting and $7,500 in area awards were provided this year to be presented to the top winners. Representing Yancey County in contention for top area awards is Brush Creek in Division A-(less than 75 families). Green Mountain represented the county in final judging to select the Community making the most progress in its overall youth program. The luncheon will be catered by residents of the - Dix Creek #2 community, in the Leicester area of Bun combe County, who are using the project to help raise funds to pay for a site for a community center. Tickets are $2.75 each and may be secured from the N.C. Agri cultural Extension Service office in each county. Ed Broadwell of Clyde, a director of the development association, will preside at the meeting. Richard Wynn, publisher of the Asheville Citizen-Times will present awards to the overall com munity winners and Randal Lyday of Brevard, area chairman of the community development program, will present awards to communi ties and youth groups being recognized for outstanding youth projects. Mrs. W.E. Duncan of Rutherfordton will present leadership awards to the ‘‘man and woman of the year” in community develop ment in Western North Carolina. Congressman Roy A. Tay lor, a long-time participant in the awards meetings will be present along with Mrs. Taylor. They will be honored p Public Mice The Board of Commis sioners of Yancey County and The Town Board of Burnsville are considering preparation of a joint application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for grant funds made available by the Housing and Community De velopment Act of 1974'. These funds are to be used to provide for decent. housing and a suitable living environ ment and expanding econo mic opportunities principally for persons of low and moderate income. These funds are basically to be used in areas with population concentrations. Two public hearings to determine if application is to be made and the activities for which funds will be requested will be held in the Yancey County Court Need To Buy Auto Insurance See Your Farm Bureau Insurance Agent We sell atuo comprehensive and collision at a 15% discount. We also give a 10% discount on fire lines and have paid a 20% dividend for several years. See us for your insurance needs. Yancey County Farm Bureau Insurance Mary Sue Bailey, Agent Carlie Rice, Agent East Main Street Phone 682-2077 and recognized iii remarks to be made by Jerry Sutton, ’■ Macon County dairy farmer ’ and president of the Clark’s ( Chapel Community Club and'; Frank H. Brown, Jr. of Cullowhee, former vice chan-‘‘ cellor of Western Carolina University. The Community Develop ment Program is sponsored by the WNC Development Association in cooperation with the N.C. Agricultural' Extension Service and local sponsors and agencies in each county. This year 97 com munities in 15 of the western counties have participated. Awards and sponsors for the communities in division A are: First prize, S4OO, Sears;} second prize, S3OO, The\*, Northwestern Bank; third prize, S2OO, Iveys of Ashe ville; fourth prize, SIOO, Gerber Products Company. Also in Division A Honor able Mention awards of SSO each are being provided by ( Lowe’s of Asheville, Mat thews Motors, FCX, Inc., Biltmore Dairy Farms, Chero-, kee Historical Association, Ingle’s Markets and WLOS-' TV/FM. In division B (75 to 150 families), the sponsors are: First prize, S4OO, American Enka Co.; second prize, S3OO, J.C. Penney Co.; third prize S2OO, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Asheville; fourth prize, SIOO, Sealtest Foods. Honor able mention awards of SSO are sponsored by Gerber Products Co., Belk, Cherokee Hist. Assoc., The Man Store, Sears, First Union National Bank, Western Carolina Tele phone Co., and Rose’s-Grace Plaza. For the communities with 150 or more families in division C the sponsors are: First prize S4OO, Asheville Citizen-Times; second prize, S3OO, Champion Papers- Drexel Heritage Furnishings; third prize S2OO, General,, Electric Co.; fourth prize SIOO, Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. Honorable Mention spon sors are Belk, Free Service Tire Co., Sealtest Foods, Cherokee Hist. Assoc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Southern Bell Telelphone & Telegraph Co., Pearlman’s, FCX,Inc., Sky City, and Rose’s Westgate. house at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 2, and Monday, December 6, 1976. All in terested persons are invited to attend. South Toe Dance Set There will be a dance at • the South Toe Community Center on Saturday night, December 4, at 7:30. Music will be by Mike Loftis and the 1 Southern Country. There will’ be a door prize, cake walks,', and an evening of good entertainment. Tickets are 51.50 with children 12 and under free. Proceeds go tO' buy equipment for the build ing.
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