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21 Candidates
File For Office
The date of the 1982 Primary and School
Board election has not as yet been set. When a
plan for reapportioning the United States
Congressional Districts and the NX.
Legislative Districts is finally approved, the
date of the election will be set. The earliest
possible date is now June 1. The Board of Elec
tions will publish the revised schedule as soon
as word is received from Raleigh. County
candidates who filed before noon on Monday
appear in the box below.
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Candidates for 1982 Primary
and School Board
OFFICE
DEMOCRAT
REPUBLICAN
Chairman
County
Commissioners
Alton Robinson
O.W. Deyton
Ben Lee Ray
Members
County
Commissioners
David Hall
Clay Miller
Kenneth Hicks
Frank Fox
Bobby Ray
Edd Yoimg
Clerk
Of Court
Johnny L.
Deyton
Arnold Higgins
Sheriff
Martin (Jr)
Wilson
Dan Wayne Ray
Kermit Banks
Coroner
BOARD OF EDUCATION
B. Frank Deyton
Maurice Penland
Billy Joe Young
Charles B. Gillespie Jr.
William (Bill) Swartz
Leroy Bishop
Steve Boone
Hunter Announces
For NC House Seat
Robert C. (Bob) Hunter of
Marion today announced that
he intends to file as a can
didate in the Democratic
Primary for re-election to the
North Carolina House of
Representatives for the 41st
RUBLRT HUNTER
District comprised of Mc
Dowell and Yancey Counties.
He was elected in 1980 to serve
a two year term.
Mr. Hunter stated that the
deadline for filing for the Nor
th Carolina House of
Hendon’s
Representative
To Visit
A representative from
Congressman Bill Hendon’s
District Office will be in
Burnsville Thursday,
February 11, at 10:00 a.m. in
the courthouse.
Representatives from Hen
don’s office are meeting with
constituents in each county of
the 11th Congressional
District to hear their views
and comments as well as any
problems they may be having
involving the Federal Gover
nment.
Demo Precinct
Meeting Set
There will be a Democratic
Precinct Meeting of South Toe
Township on February 4, at
7:00 p.m. at the South Toe
School. All Democrats are in
vited.
Representatives has been
delayed to February 15,1982 to
March 1,1982 due to redistric
ting. He indicated he has had a
lot of friends and supporters
ask if he were going to file for
re-election. He stated that he
will file for re-election for the
41st District House seat when
the registration period for that
office opens.
Mr. Hunter resides in
Marion with his wife, the for
mer Nancy Hinson of
Belmont, North Carolina, and
has one daughter, Megan, who
is 8 years old.
He attended law school at
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and is
a member of the law firm of
Story, Hunter k Evans. He
serves on the following House
Committees: Election Laws,
Finance, Legislative
Redistricting, Local Gover
nment II, Judiciary III, Rules
and Operation of the House,
and Transportation.
Because of Representative
Hunter’s interest in improving
our property tax revaluation
methods. Speaker Liston
Ramsey appointed him to ser
ve on the Property Tax Study
Commission. He also serves
on the North Carolina Courts
Commission, the Governor’s
Commission on Sentences and
the Criminal Justice Commit
tee of the Southern Legislative
Conference which work to
reduce crime and improve our
system of justice.
Representative Hunter
sponsored legislation to
benefit the customers of
utilities companies and a bill
to allow local law enforce
ment officers to assist state
law enforcement officers
when requested.
He introduced a bill which
resulted in the successful ap
propriation of funds to the
Yancey County Board of
Education to keep one full
time secretary in each of its
public schools.
Representative Hunter said
that he has tried to do
everything that he could for
all the people of McDowell and
Yancey Counties in order that
we may have the best possible
services that we can
reasonably afford while
keeping our taxes low and
maintaining a balanced
budget in our State.
WCEVlOURNAL
(vOL.10,NO.5
BURNSVmLE, N.C. 28714
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1982
TVA Tours Site Of
New County Park
Mr. Tom Berg and other TVA
Recreation Specialists toured the
former Toe River Ranch & Camp
ground Thursday with Alton
Robinson, Yancey County Com
mission Chairman.
The county received the 20.53
acre parcel of riverfront property
on Christmas day as a gift, and
the commissioners asked the help
of TVA authorities in planning the
most efficient and economic use
of the land as a county recreation
park.
The visit by TVA was the first
step in their plans to develop a
comprehensive program and
make recommendations to the
county commissioners, according
to Mr. Berg.
TVA is also working with the
county on the purchase and
development of other sites along
the Toe River to be used as public
access sites for launching canoes,
rafts and small boats, increasing
the county’s recreational of
ferings.
PICTURED, the former Toe River Ranch & Campground, which was
deeded to Yancey County on Christmas day, has several recreational
buildings on its 20.53 acres which TVA planners toured Thursday.
ESC Offices
Closing Delated
Glenn R. Jemigan, chair
man of the Employment
Security Commission (ESC)
said that the action by the
commission Friday has
delayed closings of ap
proximately 48 offices and
reduced employee layoffs
from 400 to 230 from now until
March 31,1982.
This is a stop-gap measure
which will have a one-time
non-recurring use of the
Special Administration Fund
in the amount of $1.9 million;
and unless Congress restores
the federally mandated cuts
retroactive to October 1,1981,
or communities provide
financial support for offices,
closings will have to occur.
Chairman Jernigan and
commission members in
dicate that from now until the
next commission meeting
Februarv 11.1982, every effort
will be made to communicate
with communities offering
assistance, and the com
mission will be formulating
and defining the assistance
needed.
Our Congressional
delegation is continuing to be
made aware of the impact
which will result from man
dated federal cuts and a
resolution from the com
mission is being forwarded to
them which requires their
assistance through the
restoration of the funds which
have been cut. The com
munities represented at the
commission meeting today
are continuing to solicit the
help of Congress in addressing
this problem.
This is a positive action by
the commission in conjunction
with the Governor’s support to
avoid losing essential services
to our communities, em
ployers, and the unemployed
Benefits Extended
Based on information received from our
Central Office in Raleigh, staff in Em
ployment Security Offices in North Carolina
will start taking Extended Benefit claims the
first week in February. Persons eligible must
have exhausted regular unemployment
benefits and have opened a claim after
February 1,1981.
All persons who wish to file for extended
benefits in Yancey County are encouraged.to
report on Wednesday, February 3, 1982 to
Room 3, Yancey County Courthouse between
8:30 a.m. and4:30p.m.
Businesses Invited
To Energy Workshop
Public Hearing Slated On
Tobacco Program Proposals
In a business and energy
survey conducted by the Mit
chell County Energy Program
just before Christmas there
was a great deal of interest
expressed about ‘how to save
money on my energy bill.’
Almost all of the 46 businesses
surveyed wanted to know
more about the different ways
to save by improving their
building for cold weather, hot
water efficiency and better
operation of their product
development.
Surprisingly, only five of
those businesses Imew they
were billed on a peak demand
charge!-A charge which can
be substantially reduced with
peak load management
techniques correctly used.
On February 4,1982 the Mit
chell County Industrial-Com
mercial Energy Workshop
(Cont’d on page 2)
John J. Cooper, North
Carolina State Executive
Director of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conser
vation Service, encourages all
flue-cured tobacco farmers to
attend the public hearing on
tobacco to be held at the Kerr
Scott Pavilion at the State
Fairgrounds in Raleigh from
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on
Friday, February 12,1982.
Senator Jesse Helms,
Chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Agriculture,
Nutrition and Forestry;
Congressman Charlie rose.
Chairman, House Agriculture
Subcommittee on Tobacco and
Peanuts; and Kentucky
Senator Walter “Dee” Hud
dleston are sponsoring the
meeting.
The purpose of the hearing
is to assist the Congress in
evaluating proposals which
would make adjustments in
the tobacco program. The
recently-enacted farm bill
provides that the tobacco
program shall be operated at
no cost to the Government.
Senator Helms said, ‘‘This
hearing is our first step in ad
dressing legislative adjust
ments in the tobacco program.
We hope to fine tune and
strengthen the program so
Sales & Use
Tax Report
Local one percent Sales and
Use Tax collections for the
month of December in area
counties were reported as
follows: Mitchell County
collected $36,915.63 in Decem
ber, 1981; Avery County
collected the sum of $33,201.70
and Yancey County, the sum
of $29,727.19 for the same
period. Madison County
collected $24,745.63 in Decem
ber, 1981.
that tobacco farmers and
those whose livelihoods
depend upon tobacco can be
assured of continuation of the
program in the future. We
have a rather difficult task
ahead, and I hope we can deal
with those issues in a sound,
timely, and bi-partisan man
ner so that farmers can get
about the business of
producing the world’s best
tobacco at a profit and do so
without further uncertainty.”
Oral testimony will be taken
from federal and state elected
officials, representatives of
organizations, individuals who
request permission to testify
in advance and individuals
from the floor, in that order,
and as time permits.
The public is invited and en
couraged to attend this most
important tobacco meeting at
the State Fairgrounds in
Raleigh starting at 10:00 a.m.
on February 12.
Yancey
Library
Has Heat
Problems
The Yancey County Public
Library has been experien
cing heat problems due to a
faulty heating system which
only 20th Century Heating
Company (who installed the
system) can service although
the county has had others at
tempt to correct the mal
functioning parts.
The necessary heating
system parts are on the way
(says 20th Century Heating
Company) and until they
arrive and are installed, the
Yancey Public Library is on
an ‘‘afcmormal schedule”:
Hours: 2 to 5 daily (unless
frightfully cold); No Saturday
hours; Evening hours depend
on how cold the day has been.
Please call 682-2600 before
coming.
The Library staff regrets
this interruption in the
Library’s hours of service, but
we ask for your cooperation
and patience. No overdue
fines are being charged for the
month of January and will not
be charged until the Library is
on a normal schedule. Patrons
who have requested inter-
library loan books and films
will be notified for checking
out such items.
Any questions concerning
the Library’s schedule and
books, please call between the
hours of 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Patrons
are reminded that the
Library’s book-drop is open 24
hours for their convenience.