THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 5, NO. 34
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Safety Campaign Begins
Yancey County begins its annual drive to alert motorists to drive with extra care in school areas
and near school buses this week..and during the weeks to come. Colorful “School’s Open”
posters are being displayed throughout the county as part of the national effort by the American
Automobile Association and the Carolina Motor Club to reduce the death and injury of our
children.
Citing national figures revealed in a recent AAA nationwide survey, Sheriff Banks pointed out
that each y ear some 500 school children aged 5-14 are killed and nearly 11,000 iqjured as they
travel to and from school. Because the AAA study showed that kindergarten and first grade
youngsters suffer the greatest number of school-route pedestrian injuries, Banks urged parents to
walk with their children at least on the opening day of school to make certain that die youngsters
take die safest route to school. If at all feasible, the Sheriff said, parents should avoid driving
children to school because this only adds to the traffic confusion around school areas, thus
creating extra hazards for all youngsters going to school. Pictured are Sheriff Banks [right] with J.
Ed Hooks, District Sales Manager for the Carolina Motor Club-
Erosion Control Plant
Vital To Conservation
BY RAYDORSETT
District Conservationist
You see it on roadbanks
and pastures, lawns and
athletic fields, grassed water
ways and field borders. It is
harvested for hay. What is it?
North Carolina’s most valu
able erosion control plant and
most widely used forage
plant-Kentucky 31 tall fes
cue. Conservationists and
agronomists agree that, with
well over 1.5 million acres
planted, KY-31 is far ahead of
any other grass used in the
state.
What makes KY-31 so
valuable? A vital point is the
wide variety of soil and
moisture conditions on which
it thrives. It will grow
vigorously on ’'both wet and
dry sites, or those that vary
between the two conditions.
While best suited to the clay
and loamy soils of Yancey
County, it will do well on
almost any soil.
EROSION CONTRQL
Other virtues include the
nutrition it will provide cattle,
either as pasture or hay, and
the excellent erosion preven
tion qualities KY-31 provides.
Its wide use shows that Tar
Heel farmers know a good
thing when they see it.
Have you ever heard of
“Suiter's Grass" or "Camp
bell’s Improved Broom
sedge?” If the answer is yes,
you’re among the pioneers in
the use of tall fescue in North
Carolina. These were two of
the names that KY-31 tall
fescue was called when it was
first being introduced into
widespread use in North
Carolina.
Tall fescue failed to
generate much interst when it
Gudger At
Men’s Club
The regular monthly din
nor meeting of the Burnsville
Mpn’s Club will be held
Monday, August 22 at 6:30
p.m. All members are urged
to attend to meet and talk with
the guest speaker, Congress
man Lamar Gudger.
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was introduced into this
country from Europe in the
1880’s, but interest grew
rapidly when it was released
in the early 1940’5. Paul
Fescue Protects Stream Bank From Erosion
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Fescue Heading Out io Seed On A Roadbank
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
Tabor, retired SCS Plant
Materials Specialist, credits
the adequate use of commer
cial fertilizer as the chief
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Federal Em<
Yanc
Yancey County in the
North Carolina 11th District
has been declared an emer
gency drought impact area, it
was announced by Congress
man Lamar Gudger. The
designation came from the
Federal Interagency Drought
Emergency Coordinating
Committee.
The action makes individ
uals and communities in
Yancey- eligible for special
assistance available from the
U.S. Departments of Agricul
ture, Commerce and the
Interior, and the Small Busi
ness Administration.
Department of Agriculture
assistance includes emer-
Helms’ Assistant
To Meet Citizens
U.S. Senator Jesse Helms
(R-N.C.) announced today
that Mike Holt, Staff Assis
tant for Piedmont and Wes
tern North Carolina, will be in-*
Bakersville and Burnsville on
Tuesday, August 23, to meet
with local citizens.
Holt will be available to
receive suggestions and to
make note of problems
between the hours of 10:00
a.m. and 12:00 noon in the
County Commissioners’ Room
in the Mitchell County Court
house in Bakersville and
between 2:00 and 3:30 p.m.in
the County Commissioners’
ergency Relief Available
er Gets Drought Help
gency loans to farmers to
cover losses and restore
production, and emergency
water system loans and grants
to communities under 10,000
population, both programs
provided through county of-,
fices of the Farmers Home
Administration. Cost-sharing
for special drought and flood
conservation practices also
may be provided by the
ASCS, pending availability of
funds.
Department of Commerce
assistance is available thru
the Economic Development
Administration, in the form of
loans and/or grants to states
and local governments repre
senting over 10,000 persons,
Room in the Yancey County
Courthouse in Burnsville.
Holt’s visit is part of a
continuing program to give
North Carolinians an oppor
tunity to keep in close touch
with their Senator.
Senator Helms Said, “Mr.
Holt will be available to
answer questions, discuss
problems and to receive
suggestions, all of which will
be relayed to me here in
Washington.”
“I sincerely hope that
many people in the Mitchell
and Yancey County areas will
visit Mr. Holt in order that I
might haye the benefit of the
thinking of the people of
North Carolina.”
Statewide
Survey On
Problems
Governor Jim Hunt an
nounced recently a statewide
survey that will give Yancey
County residents a chance to
say what they think are North
Carolina’s biggest problems,a
and what they think state
government should do about
them.
The survey, called “North
Carolina Tomorrow,” is being
conducted by the State Goals
and Policy Board, of which
Hunt is chairman. The Board,
which was recently reactiva
ted by the Governor to get
more citizens involved in
decision-making, meets in
Raleigh Tuesday to kick off
the project formally.
In announcing the “North
Carolina Tomorrow” survey,
Gov. Hunt said, “I think the
people of this state want the
chance to tell us what they
think the problems are, and
what their government should
do about them. The more we
know about what’s on their
minds, the better job govern
ment can do. And, after all, it
is their government.”
Scheduled to continue
through September, the sur
vey is the most ambitious
project of its kind undertaken
by any state. Other states,
such as Georgia, Idaho,
Washington, and Hawaii,
have tried statewide goals
setting projects, but with only
limited success.
In addition to open-ended
questions about the state’s
most imnnrtant nrohlpmv
musi important prooiems,
there are questions about tax
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to offset significant hardships
caused by the '7O-77 drought.
Interior department assis
tance includes loans for
construction and conservation
activities on * federal and
non-federal irrigation pro
jects.
The Small Business Ad-
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Summer Theme
Today is the first day of school. As students go back to the “daily grind” they already view
scenes like this one with nostalgia, although there are some hot weeks left for summertime Run.
This summer was one of the hottest ever, and the chilly waters of our mountain riven and streams
came into their own as temperatures soared.
Bring your best photos or slides with the theme “Summer” to the monthly photography
meeting this Thursday at 7 o’clock p.m. at the Adult Learning Center in Burnsville. Evening
activities include a photo contest, a demonstration-presentation, and a workshop. Bring a camera
and tripod for workshop on multiple images with flash. Beginners and advanced photographers
will find the M.T.I. meetings helpful and fun.
New dale Summer-Photo by Brian West veer
Kivette , Bryans Paintings
On Exhibit At Library
Paintings and graphics of
Everett Kivette and John
Bryans, co-directors of Paint
ing in the Mountains, are on
exhibit at the Yancey Library
through September 8. Library
hours are 9 to 5 Monday
through Friday, 9 to 1 on
Saturday, and 7 to 9 p.m. on
Monday through Thursday.
Mr. Kivette and Mr.
Bryans have held classes here
for the past twelve years.
They have painted in this area
since they met in 1948 as
students of Frank S. Herring
and Edward S. Shorter at The
Burnsville Painting Gasses.
Both artists are representa
tional painters. Mr. Kivette
specializing in watercolor,
acrylic, and linoleum block
while Mr. Bryans works in
watercolor, aciylic, and silk
screen. Mr. Kivette will show
mountain scenes. Long Island
and North Carolina seaside
ministration can provide eco
nomic injury disaster loans to
small businesses in emer
gency drought impact areas.
Applicants for the AGri
culture, Commerce and Inter
ior programs must sign up for
their specific drought assis
tance no later than September
views. Mr. Bryans’ works will
include local subjects, paint
ings from sketches made in
Italy, and miniatures of
imaginary subjects.
Mr. Kivette is a native
North Carolinian, a graduate
of Mars Hill and Wake Forest
colleges. He also studied at
Democrat
Picnic Set
There will be a Democrat
picnic supper at East Yancey
Middle School, 27 August
1977, from 5 o’clock until 7
o'clock p.m. It will be a
friendly get-together with
entertainment. If the weather
is had, the meeting will be in
ihc school gym. Otherwise, it
will he on the ball field. There
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30th. Rural projects funded by
the Department of Agricul
ture and Interior programs
piust be completed by Novem
ber 30. Community projects
funded by the Depts. of
Commerce and Agriculture
must be completed by April
30, 1978.
ColumOia University and the
Univeisity of Heidelberg,
Germany. He has contributed
a number of articles on North
Carolina to newspapers and
magazines and is currently
engaged in preparation of text
and illustrations for a book on
Scottish immigrants in North
Carolina.
Mr. Bryans attended the
Ringling School of Art and the
Jerry Farnsworth Studio in
Sarasota. Florida. He is a
native of Ohio. For twenty
five years he was an instructor
at Hills Art School in
Arlington, Va. This fall he will
open his own studio in
McLean Va. In addition to
teaching. Mr. Bryans is a
member of Spectrum Gallery,
an artists cooperative in