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PAGE 2 *V$ - A THE YANCEY JOURNAL FEBRUARY 17, .977 I p —■ ■ ■ "■ ■" ' ''' '■ — 1 '"■"■l JTft Heetth Hews I mIH* 1 €■ Views One simple rule to help you understand To a pharmacist co operation means patient compliance. hen patients fail to under stand or forget prescrip tion directions, that’s one thing. But without their voluntary compliance and cooperation, drug therapy would become an exercise in waste, and possibly even in danger. In our pharmacy we make sure our patients Pollard’s Drug Store Burnsville 682-2146 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EARN AN EXTRA INCOME WITH US. they serve iheir country on'’ weekend a month, right in their own community. Cal! your local Army Reserve unit for details. It's listed in the white pages of the phone book under ‘U,.S. Government” THE ARMY RESERVE. FARTOF WHAT YOU EARN IS PRIDE. A Jr M PRELL lL O LIQUID K™ Jji LA SHAMPOO LOTION few fcm\ 11 OZ. A- At% 6.5 oz. lotion value 49 VALUE V $2.39 I 5284 FOR ' DRY ___________________ _ __ skin $4 99 I U**JJ m ALPHA IBi \ BATH OIL 4« va?u E Sinutab II 8 & H Ij * 409 I sinus */2 oz. \\ \—-Jf f ~~ spray value j tAQQ - sinutab $1.79 SIVHIS 1 tl ** v *« r smua ’ pra » ™;r n SI 19 VJzJI —"II 1 MASSENGILL • 102. value $lB9 POWDER SIZE $2.89 J[ - _______ 'NI Massenglll v " 3 OZ. TRIAMINICIN TABLETS VALUE {ft' VALUE 59 'j.., sl-34 $212 VALUE QQt $1.39 I ▼ a w MiMH Bfv^yj*]▲ j ▲ POLLARD’S DRUG STORE Phone 682-2146 Burnsville —V': r~ni “get the mesbetge.” We have a simple rule. Before you leave our pharmacy with a prescription, you must understand the “how” and the “why” of your medication now to take and why you should follow the directions for best re?ulte. The impor tance of knowing all this should not be taken lightly. jbTk~\\fiy* I Will Rogers used to say that everybody talked about the weather and nobody ever did anything about it. He ignored the fact that the talk itself can sometimes be helpful. How else could mountain folks endure their present miseries at sub-zero temperatures? Joe Miller, h Boone druggist, recently posted some of the more colorful (and printable) expressions over heard from the early morning sessions of the coffee klatch in his store. Raymond Jones, a resi dent of Sands: ‘‘l tell you that wind was so keen and strong this morning that it blew all the barbs on my fence all the way to end post.” Unidentified coffee drink er: “I wrapped up in the middle of night at ten below zero to answer a call of nature. Blamed if the wind wasn’t so strong it was playing anty-over with the outhouse!” Fred Reece, Sugar Grove: “It was so cold on Monday that I saw two dogs with jumper cables trying to get a rabbit started!” ' James Green, Cove Creek: “1 heard a knock this morniiig and went to the door. Danged if it wasn't the outdoor thermometer trying to get in out of the cold.” ' • eecb ' : <*v, John Robinson, Boone: “I looked out the window the other day and saw my neighbor’s hound dogs in full cry after a rabbit, though for some reason I couldn’t hear their barking. Today the yard was full of sound but no dogs--it took a warm day to thaw out their barks.” Pete Leonard, Beech Mountain: “I was passing this car in a sort of congested area. The driver wouldn’t give me passing room so I laid down on the horn. He stijl wouldn’t move over, so I brushed on by him. About that time a patrolman pulled me over and cited me for not sounding my horn when I passed. I tried to tell him I had, but I couldn’t convince him. This morning about three I woke up and heard a horn blasting somewhere. Finally 1 looked in the garage and figured the patrolman was right-my passing honk had just thawed out.” A letter from Cynthia King, a former Wallburg resident now living in San Jose, California, comments on a tall tale by the Parson of Possom Holler printed in this column recently. “My husband’s father, Mr. Ben E. King of Wallburg, enjoyed telling an occasional tall one himself. His wife taught us all to recognize that he was telling another one by the way his nose wiggled. It became a family joke.” She also adds to our cold weather stories by passing along the following: In rebellion against the frigid artic air, our water pipes froze and broke in four places on Christmas Eve. We ftnally caught up with Farmer Bjork, the local plumbing expert, whilst he was warming his usual spot at Max’s Tavern, and he kindly rushed right over to stave off the encroaching flood. “I had a feeling it was going to be a cold one,” he quipped as he sloshed thru ankle deep, dirty basement water to pull the plug on the electric heater. "But when I saw that earthworm trying to rob a woolly caterpillar of his coat, I knew it was serious!” Readers are invited to send folk material to Folk- Ways and Folk-Speech, Box 376, Appalachian State Uni versity, Boone, N.C. 28608. h/amess DO YOU WEAR SHOES? sms GDo® do ®m QomtpDsgasssiHi] 7®dq [D®w Ufoon^y^yixicsDC 3 sOQ®©gsC(teiroQsisGg© 1 SPECIAL PURCHASE 30%-50% SAVINGS NATIONALLY ADVERTISED BRANDS! Town & Country Shoe Store On The Square Burnsville School Issues: Teacher Workday (Editors Note: This is the first in a series of articles furnished by the office of the Superintendent of Schools which are intended to inform the general public on school issues.) The teacher work day, [ which might more descrip tively be called a pupil-less school day, is a day for which a teacher is paid to work at the school when there are no pupils present. Older teachers can well remember the time 1 when they began receiving 1 pay for work on the first of the 180 day school term and their 1 pay ended on the last day that 1 students attended in the spring. This meant that all preparations, including lesson plans, record keeping, report 1 cards, registers, preparing and grading tests, attending teachers meetings and work shops, and a multitude of other tasks had to be done on the teachers’ own time at night or on weekends and was without financial compensa tion. 1 In recent years the legisla ture has provided for teachers to be paid for this type of work. Consequently, while student attend school nine months, the teachers are paid 1 to work ten months. During the ten calendar month period 1 in which most teachers are paid for work, each local school system is expected to ; work into its calendar 180 days of school for students, seventeen and one half teacher work days, nine holidays and twelve and one-half leave da^s. Most school systems pro vide for from four to seven days of work for teachers before school begins in 1 August and two to four days '< after schools close in the spring. The remaining days are scheduled throughout the school year usually at the end of grading periods to be used for grading papers, recording grades, parent conferences, etc. Also, time is allowed for > teachers to attend workshops and participate in other activities that help keep them up to date on procedures and techniques. This year’s loss ,of school time because of inclement 1 weather conditions has forced school administrators and local boards of education into ' a precarious position. Teach -1 ers work under a signed ; contract with the local board of education which has the 1 responsibility of devising a school calendar that meets the state requirement listed above. Yet, in Yancey County over ninety percent of the money to pay teachers’ salaries is provided by the state board of education which insists that teachers | work a specified number of days in order to receive full pay. These circumstances have necessitated the use of an unusually large number of teacher work days during the month of January.. .School officials readily admit that \ 1 this is not the best way to use such a large number of teacher work days, nor was this the intended purpose for which they were provided. However, under the condi tions which have developed this year, this seems to be the only alternative. i Meeting For Xmas | Tree Growers A meeting for Christmas 1 Tree growers will be held at , the Avery County High School 1 \ on Thursday, February 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. i \ Dr. Fred Hain, Assistant Professor, Entomology and Forestry, will discuss Spruce Spider Mite & Twig Aphid Control Measures. Other to- 1 pics of discussion will include: , Private Nursery Operation- Procurement of Seedlings and Growing Transplants, Iden tifying Root Diseased Plants and Control Measures for Phytophthora Root Rot in both Fraser Fir Plant Beds and , Field Chemical 1 Weed Control for 1977, and \ Marketing Information and 1 Outlook for Christmas Trees. Also Mr. William Husxter, i Jr., Extension Professor, For- ' estry, NCSU, will assist individuals desiring informa tion on record keeping and , 1 federal and state income tax 1 , regulations pertaining to [ Christmas trees. <, If you have questions call \ 1 682-6186. All Christmas tree growers are urged to attend. j Surveyors’ Society Met i The Western Chapter of the North Carolina Society of \ Surveyors, Inc. met in Ashe- i ville on February 7, 1977 to install the new officers for the year of 1977. The officers are William S. Callaban, Presi dent, of Rutherfordton, N.C.; Dallas G. Miller, Vice Presi dent, of Burnsville; and R. Larry Green, Sec.-Treas., of Marion, N.C. Open Letter To EMC Members My name is Charles Tolley and I am die General l Manager of French Broad Electric Membership Corporation. You have probably Just received or wiß be receiving, in the next few days, what is probably the highest electric bill yon have ever received. If you will look at the KWH usage, yon will probably see that you have used more than you have ever used before. The reason for. this is the recent cold weather we have been experiencing. Your children have been out of school and at home. You have cooked more meals, used more hot water, washed more clothes, and have been forced to stay inside the largest percentage of time; all of— which means your usage of electricity has greatly increased. Also, the cost of electricity Is higher than It has ever been. Everywhere we turn we are coached, prodded, and begged to conserve energy. Our Governor and our President have pleaded with you and me, the American Public, to conserve energy and yet we refuse to do soi NATONAL ENERGY POLICY President Carter, in a recently televised speech, states that he plans to establish a National Energy Policy by April 20, 1977, and he predicts that the policy would, and I quote “Require substantial sacrifice by the American public.” This substantial sacrifice can mean only one thing, and that is, ! higher prices for electricity, fuel oil, gasoline, natural gas and coal. The theory behind all of this, I believe, is that if we will not voluntarily conserve energy, our government will allow its prices to go so high that we will not be aide to afford to use the quantities we are now using. I, as your manager, cannot change that and no one else as your manager could change that. Your Board of Directors cannot change it. ONLY ONE GROUP CAN HELP •> i There Is only one person and one group at people who can lower your power bill, and that person is you; that group of people is your household. If you do not cut back on the usage of electricity, you can expect M pay even higher and higher prices. In the Bible, there was a king named Belshazzar who one night saw a handwriting on the wall of his palace. The king could not read the writing and asked a man named Daniel to interpret the writing for him. I am not a Daniel. I am merely an ordinary person as you are, but if you cannot read the writing on the wall, I will read It far you. Take your most recent power bill and multiply It by 2-Yes! Double It! In the next three to five years, that is what you *”UI be paying for'the same amount of electricity you <iave used today. Our newsletter has repeatedly urged you to conserve energy. We have explained to you ways it can be done. OPERATIONAL COSTS Oyer $.65 out of every dollar French Broad EMC takes In, goes directly to Carolina Power and Light Company for electricity. The other $.35 maintains 2,500 miles of line, pays 91 employees, operates over 30 vehicles, and completely covers our entire operation. I don’t think you can find a power company anywhere that does any better, with the exception of T.V.A. power which we cannot buy or use by Federal law. The employees of French Broad Electric are your friends and neighbors. They were bom here, they have grown up here, and are raising their families here just as you are, and they pay the same high prices for everything that you pay, and I would like to ask you to treat them as you would like to be treated. If you have a question or complaint about your bill, by all means, please let us know and we will be happy to discuss It at great length with you. Yoga Classes Yoga classes will be giv< at the Yancey County Publ Library Monday eveninj starting February 28, at 7:< p.m. There is no charg Classes will be supervised 1 Carmela Mandala. [I Don t sniff at a food yoi think may be moldy. This cai send spores directly into th respiratory tract. THE YANCEY JOURNAL BOX 667 Burnsville, N.C. 28714 Phone 704-682-2120 Edward Yuzluk-Publisher Carolyn Yuzluk-Editor Pat Randolph-Manager Brenda Alien-Staff Published every Thursday „ By Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Pair At Burnsville,N.C. Thursday, Feb.l7, 1077 V 01.5, Number 7 Subscription Rates By Mail) In Yancey County One Year 55.00 Six Months $4.00 Out oftounty or State OaajYear 17.00 Six Months $6.00
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