THE YANCEY JOURNAL
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VOL. 5, NO. 15
Meeting With Gudger Will
Follow Chamber Dinner
BY JERRY NEWTON
Chamber Exec. Director
The Yancey County Cham
ber of Commerce is sponsor
ing an open meeting with
Congressman Lamar Gudger
Saturday, April 16, at 8:30
p.m. in the auditorium of
Mountain Heritage High
School. This meeting should
not be confused with the
Editorial:
Time To Act!
BY CAROLYN YUZIUK
The National Park feasi
bility/suitability study is of
great concern to Yancey
County people-and we should
be concerned before it’s too
late!
Despite soothing words by
our legislators who want us to
realize that this is only a
study, believe tb.at.Jiow is„
the time to worry. When great
powers and pressures in
Washington are brought, to
bear on an issue under study,
the issue often becomes so
separated from the people at
the grass roots level that no
one really knows what’s
happening until an idea
becomes a reality.
Roy Taylor’s proposal
was for a three-year study of
the feasibility of establishing
a Mt. Mitchell National Park.
Although the study is not due
to begin until May of this
year, much of the groundwork
has already been laid. Now a
news release from the Nation
al Park Service, dated April 8,
1977, tells us that the
feasibility/suitability study is
expected to last only 8
months.
The news release also
mentions that the study area
covers the Black Mountain
Range, federal land adjacent
to the Blue Ridge Parkway,
and the Craggy Mountains, as
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*25 Awarded To FFA Team
I The Yancey Soil and Water Conservation District has awarded $25 to the FFA Soil Judging
team at Mountain Heritage High School. The team consists of Wade Biddlx, Frankie Gouge,
David Gibbs, and Scotty Hicks. They are coached by Mr. Herb Allen.
* The team won First place in the District Contest held In Haywood County on March 22. They
participated in the State Contest held in Yadldnville, N.C. on April 2 and took Fourth place honors
there. The team has been invited to participate In the National Contest which is scheduled for May
»-5. If the team can raise the funds they hope to attend the contest which Is being held In
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The Yancey Soil and Water Conservation District is proud of the success these boys have
achieved and wish them luck In their future contest. Pictured above are FFA students of
Buncombe, Madison, Yancey and M'* **>«*•' - engnged in a Soil Judging Contest.
Photo by Ray Dorsett
Annual Chamber Dinner
which will be held in the
cafeteria beginning at 7:00
in the evening. The Annual
Dinner is a business meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce
and is restricted to Chamber
members and invited guests.
The open meeting has
been described by Congress
man Gudger’s office as a
well as Mt. Mitchell State
Park.
Whether our homes and
lands could or would be
confiscated for a Park is not
the issue at present, although
that thought is understand
ably of primary importance to
every individual who lives in
the study area. What is of
major importance right now is
the overall view Os what the
creation of a National Park
would do to Yancey County.
In providing an extreme
sort of land protection, many
thousands of acres coming
under the National Park
Service would have limited
access and tough restrictions
on land use. Not only would
this land be lost to us as far as
the free use we now enjoy, but
the remainder of our land
that which is not taken for the
Park-would surely become a
garish nightmare for resi
dents and tourists alike.
It is strange, but sadly
true that the National Park
Service in taking part of an
area into their protective
custody, creates havoc with
the peace and beauty of
surrounding lands. As many
people crowd into our area to
view the beauty in the Park
itself, so many other people
will crowd in around the Park
boundaries to take advantage
of the big tourist dollar to be
spent.
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
‘‘Town Meeting”, but we
would prefer to call it a county
meeting because the topics of
discussion will concern all the
citizens of Yancey County.
The meeting will begin
with Congressman Gudger
giving a IS or 20 minute
report on activities in Wash
ington. The remainder of the
meeting will be conducted by
Congressman Gudger has
stated that the study would
disclose many problems.
Among these he mentions
that North Carolina is not
interested in yielding up its
number one State Park to
federal control, the logging
business on National Forest
lands would be suspended,
and owners of small tracts
confiscated would be against
a Park.
These are problems, in
deed, but the thousands of
people living in Yancey
County who are not loggers or
living in the study area must
also be heard as a strong voice
of opposition, both at the
State and National level.
Citizens of Yancey County
should attend the ‘‘Town
Meeting” at Mountain Heri
tage auditorium this Satur
day, April 16, at 8:30 p.m.
(note: The time was mistaken
ly printed as 7:30 p.m. on a
card sent to area residents),
and let Congressman Lamar
Gudger hear your views.
Write to Governor Jim Hunt,
Senator Robert Morgan, Sen
ator Jesse Helms, and anyone
else who can carry your
emphatic ‘‘No Park, Please”
to the United States legis
lators.
The time to be concerned
is now. The time to act is now.
a moderator who will suggest
topics for question and
comment by the audience.
There has been an informal
agenda suggested which in
cludes such topics as: the
National Park Study, local
road construction, the Blue
Ridge Parkway, Social-
Security, Housing, taxes and
others.
We hope to conduct an
orderly, informative meeting.
The Board of Education has
generously allowed us to use
their facilities and fire regula
tions will be enforced. There
will be no smoking, drinking
or eating allowed in the
auditorium.
Due to the length and
complexity of the evening’s
activities, the Board of Direc
tors has decided to cancel the
exhibits by local clubs and
organizations. We hope to
start organizing the exhibits
earlier next year and make
them an important part of the
program.
Special
Planned
It’s Special Olympics time
in Western North Carolina!
The date is set for April 22 on
the campus of Appalachian
State University in Boone,
four schools from Yancey
County will be participating.
They are Bald Creek School,
Micaville School, South Toe
School and Cane River Middle
School.
The Special Olympics is a
National Activity held region
ally each year for Exceptional
Children. It is a track meet
consisting of four events:
softball throw, 50-yard dash,
standing broad jump and the
wheel chair race. Each child is
eligible for two events.
The primary purpose of
the Special Olympics is to
allow each Exceptional child
to experience success. Each
child competes only against
children on his level.
The participating schools
of Yhncey County would like
to thank Wanda McNeil and
the staff of the Yancey Public
Health Dept, for their out
standing efforts in setting up
and securing the required
physical examinations for the
county’s forty participants.
We would like to thank Dr.
Carolyn Cort for so generous
ly giving her time to adminis
ter these examinations free 6f
charge to each child.
The participating schools
of Yancey County would also
like to express our gratitude
to the Mt. Mitchell C.B. Club
who, under the leadership of
Mr. Carl Penland, has gra
ciously donated the entire
sum of SIOO.OO required as an
entry fee for the Special
Olympics by each participat
ing county. This money helps
cover the cost and expenses of
the Olympics and insures the
Exceptional Children of Yan-
Cey County the opportunity to
participate and succeed at the
Special Olympics.
Our Exceptional children
are a valuable asset to our
community. They can serve us
in many varied ways if only
given the opportunity. The
Special Olympics helps them
develop self-confidence. We
invite you to support and
encourage the efforts of these
Exceptional Children by at
tending the Special Olympics
tn Boone.
Cane River Students Visit Journal
Students in Tom Koch’s 7th grade class at Cane River Robinson, on Thursday, April 7. They learned something about
Middle School visited The Yancey Journal and Yancey the composing and processing of a newspaper and job printing
Graphics, accompanied by their student teacher, Belinda during this visit, and eqjoyed the trip.
Micaville Kindergarten Comes To Town
On Friday, April Bth, the Micaville Kindergarten class
presented an Easter Program for their parents, teachers and
friends at the Micaville Elementary School. Following the
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Auditions
Are Slated
Auditions for the Burns
ville Little Theatre spring
production, ‘.‘The Rainma
ker,” will be held this week at
Ae First Presbyterian Church
in Burnsville.
| Tryouts will be April 14
and 15, Thursday and Friday
Evening from 7:30 to 9:30
tm. and on April 17, Sunday
temoon from 2:00 to 4:00
p.m. All persons interested in
acting or production should
attend one of these tryouts.
‘'The Rainmaker” will be
directed by Jim Priesmeyer.
“The Rainmaker,” a com
edy by Richard Nash, takes
place during a drought in the
west. The father and two
brothers of a girl are more
worried about her becoming
an old maid than about their
dying cattle. When a smooth
talking character claiming to
be a rainmaker appears, all
their worries about the
drought and their daughter
seem to be over. “The/
Rainmaker" is a delightful
and touching story.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1977
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Pottery Class Begin* J
Mike Cyzycki, who with his wife Becky runs a pottery studio near Bakersville, will an
introductory pottery class on Thursday at the Newdale Community Center from 7 to 10 p m The* '
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program they enjoyed a trip to Burnsville and ate lunch at
Bantam Chef. Joyce Dale, Teacher, and Betty Robinson, Aide,
accompanledThe students to Burnsville.
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