THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 5, NO. 2
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Horses Frigid; Florida Owner Basks In Sun
On Yancey Highways:
Accident Report
An accident on Monday,
January 3, at 9:00 a.m. on the
Jacks Creek Road 4 miles
north of Burnsville resulted in
three injuries.
Jean H. Silvers, 34, of
Route 1, Burnsville was
driving a 1973 Mercury south
on Jacks Creek down a hill on
snow and ice, when she
observed a Roadscraper being
driven, northbound, by James
McKinney, age 44, of Green
Mountain.'
When the Mercury was
braked, it skidded to the right
off the pavement, then hack
onto the road, across the
center, and struck the road
scraper. The car then spun
around to the right and struck
a barn.
There were two passen
gers in the Silvers' Mercury,
Karen Silvers, age 11, and
Tammy Silvers, 12. The
y ambulance took two of the
occupants of the Mercury to
i
Memorial Mission Hospital in
Asheville and one to Yancey
, Hospital. All were treated and
released. The driver of ihe
roadscraper was uninjured.
Damage to the Mercury
was estimated at $1000; to the
barn and equipment, $35; and
no damage to the roadscrap
er. Trooper A.T. Morrison
investigated.
An accident on Wednes
day, January 5, at 6:20 p.m.
on U.S. 19E involved two
vehicles. Love Fox, 68, of
Route 6, Burnsville was
driving a 1970 Volkswagon.
Susanne B. Webb, 22, of
Route 3, Burnsville was
driving a 1973 Chevrolet.
Miss Webb was stopped in
the road behind another
vehicle that was making a left
turn into a school driveway.
The VW applied brakes and
skidded into the rear of the
Chevrolet.
There was one passenger
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in the Love Fox vehicle, Irene
Fox, age 59. Driver and
passenger of the Fox vehicle
were taken to Yancey Hospital
but were not seriously injur
ed. There were no passengers
in the Chevrolet; Suzanne
Webb was subsequently ad
mitted to Yancfy Hospital.
S4OO damage was estima
ted for the Volkswagon and
S2OO damage to the Chevro
let. Trooper A.T. Morrison
investigated.
A two-car accident on
Saturday, January 8, at 6:15
p.m. occurred on US 19
Bypass in Burnsville. Johanna
Vranna, 50, of Route 3,
Bakersville was driving a 1968
Ford. She was stopped in the
northbound land waiting for
another vehicle to make a left
turn. Shelby Robertson, 61. of
Route 3, Burnsville approach
ed in a 1969 Buick, applied
brakes and attempted to go
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Snow Days
Pose Problem
If you think the low temperatures, snow and ice
arc causing inconvenience in your work schedule,
consider the dilemma of the Yancey County School
/ Board! Schools have already been closed a total of
13 days this year. It will be necessary for students
in Yancey County Schools to attend classes on
Saturday, for the first time in six yedrs, to make u|
some of the time lost due to weather conditions.
During the school years since 1969, Yancey schools
have been closed by bad weather an average of only
eleven days each year.
Local school officials and teachers dislike the
idea of Saturday school as much as the students do.
But even if they welcomed the idea, there’s a hitch:
a regulation of the State Board of Education states
that school employees cannot be required to work
six days in a week. Therefore, If lost time is made
up on Saturday it must be done during a week in
which a day of school was lost.
Another regulation of the State Board of
Education leaves little choice in the matter of when
school days will be made up when an excessive
number of days are lost. This regulation states that
there must be 180 days of school for students. It
also requires that teachers be paid for 197 Vi days of
work, l2Vi days of annual leave and 9 holidays
within a ten-month period. Since Yancey County
teachers began work on August 11, 1976, their term
of employment for the current school year must end
on June 10, 1977.
Beginning with January 13 there are 103
regular school days, 4ft teacher workdays and 2
holidays left in the schedule for the 1976-77 school
year. But counting January J 3, there are only 107
weekdays left on the calendar through June 10
when the teachers’ term must end. When you
consider that winter offiejpll* began less than 4
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uncertain weather yet to go through, it will be an
exercise in official ingenuity for the Yancey School
Board to see how many school days can be wedged
in around the rules and regulations and snow
during the days to come..
Yancey School Superintendent Ed Hunter and
other school superintendents In North Carolina
mountain counties plan to petition the State Board
of Education to extend the teachers’ work term past
June 10, 1977, or reduce the required number of
school days this year since It will be virtually
impossible to put in the mandatory number of days
‘Mr. And Ms.’ At Earl Young Home
Simmons On
Bus Committee
James Simmons, Trans
portation Supervisor and chief
mechanic for the Yancey
County School System, has
been selected by the Trans
portation Division of the State
Board of Education to serve
CB Coffee
Break Is
For Lisa
The Mt. Mitchell CB Club
is having a "Coffee Break"
Saturday, January 15, start
ing at 6:00 p.m. There will be j
door prizes given away. All
proceeds will go to Lisa
Haney. All CB Club members
and the public are urged to
support this worthwhile event
to be held in the Micaville
Elementary School.
on a special committee which
will study and revise school
bus specifications. The com
mittee will meet in Raleigh for
a two-day session for this
purpose on February 16-17.
James is a graduate of
Micaville High School and the
Nashville Auto-Diesel Col
lege. He has worked with
Ballew Motor Company in
Marion and the McDowell
County Board of Education for
eight years. He later served
three years as Transportation
Supervisor for Haywood
County before assuming the
same work in Yancey County
four years ago. James has
been recognized by the
Transportation Division as
being one of the most capable
and dedicated supervisors in
the state. Appointment to this
special committee is further
recognition of his ability
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1977
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Water Flows Around Snow Covered Rocks In Cane River
Music In The Mountains:
Concert Slated
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The Trio Pro Arte will
present a concert of music by
Beethoven. Brahms, and
Handel-Halvorsen on Satur
day evening, January 22nd at
8:00 p.m. in the Presbyterian
Church. Burnsville. The Trio
is composed of Anne Epper
son, piano; Vartan Manoo
gian, violin; and Denis Brott.
cello; all of the North Carolina
School of the Arts faculty.
Ms. Epperson has re
ceived awards for outstanding
accompaniment as well as for
solo work. She has served as
staff accompanist at Julliard,
at the Aspen Summer Music
Festival, the Western Opera
Theatre, and with Jascha
Heifetz at USC. Mr. Manoo
gian received First Prize from
the Paris Conservatory and
has studied with Ivan Gala
mian. Ha* has appeared as
soloist in Switzerland, Ger
many, Italy, and Japan as well
as in the United States and
has participated in numerous
festivals including the Pablo
Casals Festival in Puerto
Rico. He has toured for the
State Department cultural
exchange programs. A num
ber of contemporary compo
sers have dedicated their
works to him. Mr. Manoogian
Tax Assistance For
State Tax Returns
Mr. Jesse Sigmon, local
Revenue Officer for the North
Carolina Department of Re
venue. advises that personnel
to assist in filing State Income
and Intangibles tax returns
wtit oc avatiante on MOiuidv ot
each week through April 15.
1976. The office is located at
the Pus l Office and assistance
is available Oft this day
between the hours of 8:30
a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
'sioman r*»nnr»cfc *t..«
i5 c ;
is also a professor of renown
and is working on die
publication of a new violin
method
Mr. Brott, a young Cana
dian musician, is the winner
of many "firsts”, including a
coveted International Cello
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the pre
addressed forms which were
mailed to them from Raleigh.
Taxpayers filing their own
returns should mail those
which indicate a refund to
North t arolina Department of
Revenue, Post Office Box P,
Raleigh, North Carolina
27634; other completed re-