Do You Get The We’re Not Wanted?
Senior Citizens To Speak
At Region D Public Forum
BY MRS. JOHN RAMSAY
This is our last opportun
ity, in the Yancey Journal, to
invite Senior Citizens-and
urge you--to come to the
Public Forum meeting to be
held in Boone next Wednes
day afternoon at one o’clock,
April 27. The meeting will be
held at the beautiful Continu-
Organic
Co-op
The meeting to organize
the Burnsville Organic Food
Co-op will be at the Yancey
Learning Center Friday, April
22 at 7:30. All interested
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For further information call
682-3722 or 682-2670.
Notice
The Mt. Mitchell Golf
Club will meet April 28th at
7:00 p.m. Anyone interested
in participating in the Men’s
Golf League Call 675-5454 Pro
Shop.
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Auditorium, Stage Is Setting
For First School Musical
Music and drama students
are beginning to reap the
benefits of the Bruce Tom
berlin Auditorium at Moun
tain Heritage. The stage will
be a beautiful setting for the
upcoming production of “Bri
gadoon,” the first musical to
be presented by a school in
Yancey County. Three perfor
Resolution
The Yancey County Board of Commissioners
met In Regular Session on Monday, 4 April 1977, at
9:00 A.M. in the Commissioner’s Room in the
Courthouse at Burnsville, North Carolina; with Carl
Carter, Chairman, Alton Robinson and Clay MlUer,
Members, present.
WHEREAS, there is a current proposal that a
portion of Yancey County, North Carolina, be
incorporated into a proposed National Park which
would also include portions of adjoining counties,
and
WHEREAS, we, the Yancey County Board of
Commissioners, have thoroughly studied and
Investigated the matter, have reviewed study maps
which have been prepared for said proposed
National Park and have heard the views of citizens
throughout Yancey County, and
WHEREAS, on the basis of our investigation
and study erf the proposed park, we have concluded
that the location of such a park in Yancey County is
not in the best interests of Its citizens,
NOW, THEREFORE, be It resolved that we, the
Yancey County Board of Commissioners, are
opposed to the establishment of a National Park,
*lthln the boundaries, of Yancey County, North
Carolina.
Be It further resolved that copies of this
Resolution be sent to the following: The Governor
of North Carolina, Members of the General
Assembly who represent Yancey County, the
United States Representative, Lamar Gudger, and
United States Senators Robert Morgan and Jesse
Reims.
Carl Carter, Chairman
Alton Robinson, Member C' M "’ ”Wr
ing Education Center, Appa
lachian State University.
All of our elected officials
in the seven county area have
been invited to participate;
our mayor, our town officials
and our county commission
ers of Yancey County.
Senior Citizens of the
seven county area are gather
ing to tell of their concerns
about taxes, unemployment,
mandatory retirement; trans
portation, etc. Ashe County is
preparing a presentation on
Transportation; Alleghany on
Home Repairs; Watauga on In
Home Services; and Yancey
will present the Burden of
Taxes for Senior Citizens.
South Toe Senior Citizens
~ the
will have lunch together at the
Continuing Education Cafe
teria. However reservations
must be made in advance for
lunch so if you are a South Toe
Resident and wish to join us
please call Philip Nordstrom
or John Ramsay for lunch
reservations.
Some of the Senior Citi
mances will be given: May 12,
13, and 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Brigadoon is a magic
village in Scotland which
comes to life every hundred
years and disappears after a
single day. The village school
master, played by Donny
Laws, tells the story of
Brigadoon to Tommy and
zens who t* a ve hot lunches
together at Community
Center in Burns'hlle Uvfer the
direction of Mrs. Hazel
Thomas will be leaving \yith
the WAMY bus and have a
picnic lunch on the way to
Boone.
Philip Nordstrom and Mrs
John Ramsay are the repre
sentatives from the Yancey
County Council Committee on
Aging which meets in Boone
each month. The Reverend
H.C. Clinard from Mitchell
County is Chairman of the
Council. Cheryl B. Earnhardt
is Planner for the Aging of
Region D-C.O.G.
This Forum on April 27,
Wednesday, has been plan
a »>h«i Council ta aiwe
Senior Citizens of Region D
the opportunity to get to
gether, share together and
present their concerns to the
officials of our seven county
area. Region D area is mainly
rural and mountain as in
contrast to the more eastern
counties of North Carolina.
There will be a keynote
speaker, Dr. Arthur Flem
Jeff, played by Jerry Collins
and Kevin Shirley. In 1777 a
miracle happened to the
village. The miracle would
cease, however, if any native
of the village left.
Performing lead roles in
the large cast are Hope
Rhymer, Jerry Collins, Pat
Atwater, Kevin Shirley, Jim
Edwards, Scott Westall, and
Kim Aldridge—to name a few.
In reality, the production will
be the result of the labor of
dozens of individuals. Mr.
Jerry Collins and Mrs. Lisa
Mauney are directing the
chorus and orchestra; Mrs.
Kim Robertson is coaching
the dancers; Mrs. Westall is
being assisted by dozens of
students working on cos
tumes, set, properties, and
publicity.
Yancey County’s high
school students have done an
excellent job of adjusting to a
new school and to each other.
The highest compliment you,
the adults of the community,
can give them is to come see
this production. Give them
criticism if it is needed, praise
if it is deserved, but at least
come out to see and hear their
work.
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ming is sending Mr. Willis
Atwell who is Director of Field
Liaison of the Administration
on Aging. Mr. Atwell will fly
in from Washington for the
meeting on Wednesday.
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Yancey Citizens Raise Hands In OppositionMjm
Congressman Lamar Gudger, speaking at a Town Meeting at the
Bruce Tomberlin Auditorium at Mountain Heritage last Saturday night,
asked for the Yancey viewpoint on the National Park issue to take to his fellow
legislators in Washington. He was left In no doubt whatever as to that
’Viewpoint as he asked for a show of hands in opposition to the Park.
Chairman and spokesman for Yancey Citizens Concerned, Charles E. Willis
of Bi skk, pictured top right, later passed out petitions to be signed as visual
THE YANCEY
JOURNAL
[ VOL. S, NO. 16
Gudger Addresses Members: f
Chamber Dinner Held
BY CAROLYN YUZIUK
One hundred forty Yancey
County businessmen and wo
men attended the annua)
Yancey County Chamber of
Commerce Dinner last Satur
day night, April 16, at the
Mountain Heritage lunch
room and heard Congressman
Lamar Gudger speak on the
National Park issue.
According to Gudger, the
feasibility/suitability study on
whether to create a Mt.
Mitchell National Park is not
even begun yet, will take a lot
longer to complete than is
now contemplated, and even
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BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
if the decision is to go ahead
with a Park-which is unlikely,
says Gudger, because of
many problems—it could be
twenty years or so before the
Park became a reality.
Gudger repeated these
remarks later at the Town _
Meeting held in the Tomber
lin Auditorium at Mountain
Heritage High School.
The dinner was well
attended by members of the
Chamber, and new Directors
were chosen from ballots cast
during the preceding week.
New Chamber of Commerce
Directors, who were recog
nized at the dinner, are Rick
Miller, Carolyn Yuziuk,
Dudley Robertson, Claude
Vess, and Dr. David Cort.
Their term is for three years
and they join present mem
bers of the Board of Directors.
In an informal aside
following his talk on the Park,
Congressman -Gudger men
tioned the new brochures on
Yancey County, designed by
Brian Westveer, which were
seen for the first time by
many chamber members on
Saturday night. The colorful
brochures, with an aerial color
photo of the Burnsville Square
and surrounding mountains
on the front, describes Yancey
evidence of the unpopularity of the National Park question for Gudger tries A*
to Washington. j- &
The crowd packed the 1000-seat auditorium and many were left standing, ‘
subject save the Park was mentioned, and although the meeting was an |
National Park within its boundaries as a threat to their homes, the* ||
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THURSDAY,APRIL 21,1977
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County as “The Unusuaf
County,” and Burnsville as
“A Natural High.” A map oq
the back of the folder names
and locates communities
throughout Yancey County.
Jerry Newton, Chamber of
Commerce Executive Direc
tor, says that one of the
biggest membership drives iit
the Chamber’s history will
soon be underway, and will bq
aimed not only at businesses
but also at all community
minded citizens who want
their voice to be heard in the
shaping of Yancey County
interests for the future.