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Paul Ayers made his own
wood stove to heat the
building his business is in,
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Hunt Proclaims ‘Child Find Day ’
Federal F unds Serve
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Handicapped Children
For Fiscal Year 1979, the
Yancey County School System
was allocated (24,305.00
through the Title VI-B project
to provide services for unser
ved and severely handicapped
children who are inadequately
served.
Priority for the use of the
funds is in compliance with
PL 94-142. The first priority is
given to providing services for
handicapped children with
spiecial needs who are unser
ved by any agency, beginning
With the mandatory school age
population, 5-17. The second
priority for use of the funds is
to provide services for
inadequately served children
beginning with the most
severely handicapped. The
third priority for use of the
funds is for child find services
-locating and identifying han
dicapped children.
! The Yancey County School
System is in compliance with
the law in the use of the funds
in the following ways:
One person has been con
tracted to provide tutorial and
related services to unserved
children. This same person
also provides tutorial and
related services to severely
handicapped children who are
inadequately served in three
elementary schools within the
county. This person is also
responsible for conducting
Child Find Activities.
Two teacher aides have
been employed to serve TMR
children and severely han
dicapped children.
A portion of the funds has
been used to purchase the
following services: physical
therapy, speechtherapy and
psychological services.
Also, a portion of the funds
has been used to purchase
special supplies, materials
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State dean water grants
totalling more than $9 million
have been authorized accor
ding to Howard N. Lee,
Secretary of Natural Resour-
Library Board
Library Board members -
were appointed at the regular
meeting of the Yancey County
Commissioners on Monday,
February 5, at the courthouse,
Bumsviiie. Board members
are Clyde Ayers, Patty Car
ter, Harlon Holcombe, Rush
Wray, and Elizabeth Westall.
wood stove sales are
booming in recent years as 1
people rediscover the joys 1
(and savings) of heating with §
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and equipment for children
served under the Title VI-B
Project.
Services are provided for all
identified exceptional children
in the Yancey County School
System. MOnies are made
available through state
allocation to serve these
students.
If any person knows a han
dicapped child between the
ages- of birth-21 who is not
enrolled in school and who is
not being served by any agen
cy, please contact Iva Nell
Buckner (682-6101) or June
Fender (682-3271).
Governor James B. Hunt
earlier in the year had
proclaimed- November as
“Child Find Month” and-the
first Monday of each month
thereafter for the remainder
of the 1978-79 school year as
“Child Find Day.”
The law regarding the child
find census is stated below:
Chapter 927 requires an an
nual census of ali children
with special needs up to 21
years of age.
“The census shall include
the number of children iden
tified and suspected with
special needs, their age, the
nature of their disability, their
county or city of residence,
their school administrative
unit residence, whether they
are being provided special
educational or related ser
vices, and if so by what depar
tment or agency, whether they
are not bc ! ng provided special
education or related services,
the identity of each depart
ment or agency having
children with special needs in
its “care, custody,
management, jurisdiction,
control, or programs, the
number of children ..with
ces and Community Develop
ment. The grants from the
$230 million Clean Water Bond
of 1977 were authorized by the
state Environmental
Management Commission.
The funds, to be used for
planning, design and con
struction of wastewater
treatment fadlities and for
collection sewers, are being
offered for nearly 100 projects.
"Burnsville is one of the com
munities which has been of
fered a grant to plan a
wastewater treatment
system; the amount of $1,875
is being offered.
each department or Agency,
and such other information or
date as the Board shall
require.” .(§eption 115-364 (j))
Summer Jobs For Youth a
YCC Jobs Available
Interested 15-18 year olds
will have the opportunity to
combine environmental
education with practical en
vironmental work this sum
mer through a program an- ~
nounced by Secretary of
Natural Resources and Com
munity Development Howard
The Youth Conservation
Corps program will offer 1500
jobs at various federal, state
and local facilities throughout
the state.
The deadline for filing ap
plications is March 15. Studen
ts can find out information
about the program through
their high school counselors
by contacting regional offices
of the Dept, of Natural
Resources and Community
Development or by contacting
local recreation departments.
All applications should be
sent to the YCC Selection Of
fice, P.O. Box 800, Falls Chur
ch, Virginia 22046. *f>lots for
North Carolina will be filled
random# by computer.
Most projects will be eight
weeks long. The students will
receive 10 hours of environ
mental education instruction
during the week. The remain
der of the week will include
conservation projects,
preparation of nature trails
and other environmental edu
, cation facilities. , •
* “If students want an oppor
tunity to work outdoors and
improve recreation facilities
for their fellow citizens and
don’t mind hard work, this is
the program for them,” said
Howard Pulley, North
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Over 60 Jobs Affected In County
CETA Program Funds Cut
As a result of a phase down
in the Comprehensive Em
ployment and Training Act
(CETA), Yancey County
Commissioners will have to
phase out the current Title VI
program by April 1.
The United States Depart-.
ment of Labor has announced
an overhaul of its CETA public
program in an attempt to
eliminate poor management,
fraud and other abuses of the
$lO billion project.
The . new program,
designated as Title 11-D,
which becomes effective April
1 sets tighter eligibility
requirements geared more to
poor, long-term unemployed!
people; reduces wage rates; |
limits job employment in a|
public job to 18 mpgths andj
Carolina YCC recruiter.
Workers will be paid $2.90 per
hour.
Students will live at five of
the project sites. Those are at
Stone Mountain"' State Park
and 1 Medoc Mountain State
Park and federal facilities at
Blowing Rock, Cherokee,
Western Carolina University
and Camp Lejeune.
Non-residence sites to which
students will need to commute
are: Asheville Parks and
Cattlemens
Meeting Set
The Yancey County Cat
tlemens’ Association will hold
its winter meeting at the
newly remodeled Amberjack
Restaurant on Thursday,
February 8 at 7:00 p.m. A
steak supper will be served by
Wm. O. Riddle and his
restaurant staff. The supper is
sponsored by FCX and an in
formational program on Cat
tle Nutrition will be presented
by representatives of FCX.
The business portion of the
meeting will include the elec
tion of a new slate of officers
forthe coming year. All men*
bers are urged to attend this
important meeting; prospec
tive members and all those in
terested in the improvement
and promotion of cattle in the
county are invited to attend.
DOT Considers
Road Funding
The North Carolina Board of I
Transportation will hold its I
February meeting in Raleigh. I
Scheduled for Friday, I
February 9, at 10 a.m., the!
meeting will be held in the!
board room of the Highway!
Building located in downtown I
Raleigh.
During its meeting, the!
board will consider for ap-l
proval 22 highway f!ft*i
provement contracts totaling!
$27 million. Four of these con-1
tracts are for surfacing and!
resurfacing 29 portions oj
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encourages private industry
' to participate more with the
government in creating new
• Jobs.
i The County now has 62 per
i sons on CETA payroll in Title
VI. When the current Title VI
program ends their em
ployment will be terminated.
However, these persons will
be able to remain at their
present job under the direc
tion of the North Carolina
Employment Security Com
mission for an additional 30
days while they try to secure
other employment.
Yancey County will receive
| aa increase of $40,000 in Title
| II for the 4-1-79 to 9-30-79
| period, which will allow the
| County to increase our num
i her of participants in Title II
I'eation Department;
and County Parks and
'eation Department;
ir Parks and Recreation
rtment; Greene County
Dept.; High Point P&R
; Mecklenburg County
Dept.; Elizabeth City
Dept.; Henderson-Vance
Dept,; Garner P&R
tept.; Marine Resources Cen
sr, Morehead City..
Also the U.S. Forest Service
i Robbinsville, Burnsville,
ranklin, Highlands, Murphy,
roy, Pisgah Forest, New
tern, Marion, Hot Springs;
he Pee Dee National Wildlife,
Vadesboro; Mattamuskett
tat’l. Wildlife, Swan Quarter;
lari Sandburg Home, Flat
lock; and Blue Ridge Park
ray (Oteen), Asheville.
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YANCEY COUNTY Manager David
Blankenship (1.); County HUD Director Ran
dy Thomas; Eva Clayton, Assistant Secretary
North Carolina Department of Natural
Resources and. Community Development;
by approximately 7.
Eligibility requirements in
clude: have to be unemployed
15 of the last 20 weeks and
must be unemployed at the
time of (original) application;
Yancey Selected As Site
*s
For RIP Demonstration
North Carolina and the State
of Washington have been
selected as demonstration
states to participate in a Rural
Initiative Program, the pur
pose of which is to make
housing and ' community
development programs work
in rural areas and small
communities.
In North Carolina, Yancef
County is one of fourteen cities
and counties which have been
selected as demonstration
sites for the program. The
HUD Greensboro Area Office,
* the State of North Carolina,
the Neuse River Council of
Governments (Region P), and
four communities-Aurora,
Bladen County,
Boone/Watauga County are
receiving funds for technical
assistance to carry out the
Rural Initiative Program.
HUD will provide assistance
to the towns of Maxton, North
Wilkesboro, and Gibsonville.
The State of North Carolina
will provide assistance to
Pender County, Yancey Coun
ty, Princeville and Hender
sonville. The Neuse River,
COG will provide assistance to
Mt. Olivet Beaufort, Craven
County and Greenevers.
Aurora, Bladen County and
Boone/Watauga County will
receive funds directly from
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1979
not have voluntarily ter
minated, without good cause,
last full time employment; be
economically disadvantaged
and not have been employed in
Public Service Employment
HUD to participate in this
program.
The purpose- of funding
these four different types of
governmental agencies is to
see whether HUD money and
assistance are most effec
tively used when funneled
through the state, a council of
government, HUD, a locality,
a combination of all four.
J Each of these four groups will
be examining ways in which it
can assist rural communities
in North Carolina most effec
tively utilizing the financial
and staff resources available
to them.
The need for this program
was seen when it was nojed
that there are nearly three
times as many housing units
lacking complete plumbing in
rural areas as there are in ur
ban areas. In addition,
housing in rural areas is over
crowded. While these facts
illustrate the need for housing
assistance in rural areas, in
1976 only two percent of
HUD’s mortgage insurance
was written inTural areas.
In response to the over
whelming problems in rural
areas, HUD formed, a Task
Force on Rural and Non-
Metropolitan Areas. The Task
Force prepared a report
which concluded that rural
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15*1
(PSE) for 78 weeks in a five
year period. This rule requires
that any participant enrolled
on October 1, TSfB leave the
program no later than Sep
tember 30.
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America. , while urgently
needing housing and com
munity development assistan
ce, is not receiving all of the
help it should from HtfD. ' v
In addition, the Task Force
recognized that many rural fc
and small communities are
not aware of HUD programs
and encounter difficulty when
they do attempt to use HUD
programs.
In carrying forth the Rural
Initiative Program, the state
of North Carolina will em
phasize four areas: housing,
economic development,
management capacity
building and community
(Cont’donpage3)
Ringling Bros .
Circus Coming
To Civic Center
The 108th edition of Ringling
Er" f hers and Baraum and
Bailey Circus will open at the
Asheville Civic Center March
9 for performances through
March 11. Circus spokesmen
claim that four new produc
tion extravaganzas represent
$2 million in costumes, props
and special effects, stating
that this year's circus will be
better than ever.