Serving — * Black Mountain * Swannanoa * Montreat ^ Ridgecrest Directors ejection set in .Strannanoa Tuesday, Ju]y !2, per i hvtng within the Swan )oa fire district wiii have [ opportunity to vote for a ? board of directors for the )t-78 fiscai year. to confusion in last ^ voting, the polls will be i only from 7 p.m. to 6:30 at Me firehouse. A ^nation committee will ;ent names to be placed on ) ballot, and a space for !t-in candidates will be Jiiable, according to Emma [wford of the Ladies iliary. A short committee kttng will precede the hion. pose persons who have not up for the Neigh ^ood Watch program may ) at the election, she ad e Swannanoa Fire Department wiii be offering a free course in first aid and cardio-puiminary rescusitation (CPR) begin ning Friday Juiy 8 at 7 p m. to aii residents of the fire district. Sessions wilt iast from 7 p.m. to iO p.m. each Friday at the firehouse. Two instructors from A-B Tech wiii teach the course. The Board of Directors wiii be hoiding their monthiy meeting Juiy 7 at 7 pjn. A joint meeting of firemen, iadies auxiiiary and jr. iadies auxiiiary wiii be heM Juiy ii at 7 p.m. On Juiy 28, two engines and ii men were caiied to put out a trash fire at the Beacon Dump. The department conducted two investigations iast week. On June 30, one man in vestigated a smoke alarm at a residence on Eastwood Ave. that was set off by a grease fire on a stove. On July 1, three engines and 15 men were j called to an investigation of ! smoke at the Tack Shack on U S. 70. No damage was reported. Last month, the department reported four fires and seven drills, accounting for a total of 507 man-hours. Fireman of the month is Barry Roberts, a veteran of the department for nine months. He has formerly served on the Center Pigeon Fire Department in Canton. ] He is an employee of the ! Juvenile Evaluation Center and lives in Swannanoa with his wife, Debbie and daughter. Health system plan available : Western North Carolina §a!th Systems Agency!) §verning Body has abiished and adopted a ^ft Heaith Systems Pian. ts pian is now being for review t?y in vested citizens in a series of hiic hearings. The WNCHSA Health Systems Plan 4s a statement of desired achievements for improvement in the heaith status of area residents and in the health system serving western North Caroiina. Copies of this pian are g SMTWwter AoMse g &ro&ew info The breaking and entering a summer house on iawassee Ave. is under in stigation by the Black ountain Police. Owners of the house scovered that a lawn mower id [adder were missing from basement of the house, but and nothing else missing, hey had no idea of when the burglary took place. Asst. Chief Jim Wiseman said there are no suspects at this time. Police issued three traffic citations last week. Two ac cidents were recorded, on U.S. 70 east and on Hiawassee Ave. Many Black Mountain Police worked, without pay, during their time off to direct holiday traffic over the weekend. available for public inspection at all main public libraries in the 26 counties of western North Carolina. Persons wishing to obtain a copy of this draft may do so by writing or calling the Agency* main office in Morganton T Telephone (704) 433-1630. Copies of this plan will be distributed according to the WNCHSA Public Access Policy at cost of reproduction. Ail interested person* are invited to submit their recommendations and comments regarding this p'*" by writing the Western North Carolina Health Systems Agency, P.O. Drawer 1749, Morganton, NC,26655, or appearing at one of the puMic hearings Written comments regarding the plan will be accepted until August 29, 1977. A hearing is scheduled at August 1, University of North Carolina - Asheville, 7:30 pjn., Lecture Hall. A ris^y Afoore sees arf j9M&/tsAe<% by Dan Ward At !4, Kristy R. Moore is etng the first book shei abated being published. Mom* Cooking, a coUection favorite recipes from folks ' over Western North BHHM L-aronna and collected by Kristy^ Mom, Joyce, went on sale July 4. Kristy drew the hundreds of illustration in the booh while she was a 13-year old eight-grader at Swan nanoa School last year. Kristy , who will study art at Owen High School neat year, would "Sit down and draw two of three'cartoon-like sketches each day to go with favorite recipes sent to her mother from area peopie. in her spare time, she wouid also paint rocks and con ventional canvas. She also has worked with ceramics, pot tery, and has carved wooden flowers. Her youthfui en thusiasm for art even rubbed off on iittie brother, Jeffrey ,5, who did a sketch for Momk Cooking. Joyce Moore satd she decided to put a recipe book together because peopie she knew were always borrowing each others most favorite recipes. She put an ad in a number of newspapers in Western North Caroiing of fering a prise for the best recipes-only the most favorite recipe from each individual. The result is a collection of everything from Potato Chips and Chicken Casserole to a number of ancient mountain recipes -from ancient mountain folks. She said she thinks that the fact that Jw recipes are ail from people from Western North Carolina will make the book attractive to tourists. She has had them placed on magazine racks in the area so that travelers can find them as easily as local people. In the *neantime, has Kristy been spoiled by becoming a published cartoonist at 14? "id like to do cartoons-but I like all kinds of art,'was her reply. a goodf ft/we by Dan Ward Holiday tragic, the heat, and a lack of publicity may have kept some away from Black Mountain over the weekend, but all-in-all, Valiey residents seemed to have a good time. In Mon treat, a would-be masked Jimmy Carter, com plete with surly secret service bodyguards accompanied a fire truck, paraders and a police car in a parade on July In Black Mountain, the Swannanoa Valley Medical Center Fair on July I and 2 attracted a good number of craftsmen and other exhibiters, but drew a smaller group of fair-goers than last year. Proceeds from the fair, however, are expected to be near those of last year, a spokesperson for the center said. The Black Mountain Swannanoa Jaycees vs. Black Mountain Fire Department donkey baseball game resulted in tons of laughs and bruises-but an audience of only about 300. The firemen won that game with two runs in the last inning-resulting in a score of 2 to i. Tom Turner, riding for the Jaycees, set a new baseball record of being thrown 10 times. The firemen also put on a rescue demonstration at the Black Mountain Grammar School. The Fourth of July tesavmes in Black Mountain were for the most part a huge success, with a tremendous crowd turning out for the dedication of the Oid Dept. At the depot, iocai women demonstrated quilting and spinning wooi. Betie Mordell and Marshall Cole were awarded engineer!) hats for their efforts in renovating the depot. The depot is now open as an arts and crafts gallery and museum. EM Weber, president of the Chamber of Commerce emceed the dedication, and Mayor Margaret Slagle cut the ribbon to symbolically open the depot. Black Mountain also featured a short parade, in cluding cowboys and an an tique- car, as well as fire engines and a group of senior citizens in colonial costumes who sang patriotic songs at the depot dedication. A number of persons set up arts and crafts displays on Cherry Street. Although reviews from Cherry Street businesses were mixed, ac tivity on Cherry Street ap peared to be lively. Musicians performed on a makeshift stage in front of the Music Shop on Cherry Street throughout the day. In the evening, a large number of people filtered back to Cherry Street to participate in square dancing sponsored by the Black Mountain Recreation. Live music was Nature Center fee changed western norm Carotins Nature Center, operated by the Buncombe County Parks and Recreation Department, has announced a new ad mission fee schedute effective July t The change in fees was made by the Board of County Commissioners at a recent meeting. General admission to the Nature Center wi!) h* so per person Special group rates have been established for pre-scheduled educational groups from Buncombe County. Other non-profit educational groups from Buncombe County, such as scouts, day care centers, senior citizen groups, making advanced arrangements will be ad mitted .t a half-rate of 25 cents per person. performed by the Bear Creek Ramblers ./aycees %a%ce ^a^ona/ jproyecfs by Dan Ward The Black Mountain Swannanoa Jaycees have been awarded a third place certificate nationally for their Swannanoa River Cleanup project last year. In addition, Bob Watts, project chairman, received a third place cer tificate for outstanding projects. Mike Moser, district director for the Jaycees, received the certificates for the Black Mountain Swan nan oa Jaycees in Seattle at the national Jaycees con vention June 29. The cer tificate honored outstanding chapters in the Energy and Environment category. The Black Mountain Swannanoa Jaycees received a first piace in the Energy and Environment category for the River Cleanup at the state Jaycee convention iast month. The Jaycees, under Watts' supervision, were responsibie for removing 18 junk cars and 15 truckloads of trash from the Swannanoa River between Ridgecrest and Oteen. The river is now designated a trout stream and has been stocked with fish. The river is now safe for canoeing. The state, as a resuit of the cleanup, has spent (60,000 to (70,000 to prevent silt from the construction of 1-40 from polluting the river. Margaret Slagle, on behalf of the Town Board, has congratulated the Jaycees on winning the award. Fire district okayed, rates reviewed by Dm Ward The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted June 90 to expand the Swannanoa Hre district & indude aii areas the Fire Department requested except some of itA proposed eastern borders-ieaving the -Drexel, Kearfott and Ex-Ceii-O plants within the Black Mountain service area. The Board split 3-2, with Chairman Curtis Ratdiff and Comm. Doris Giexentanner objecting to modifying the eastern boundary. They said that they felt that the rates now charged persons in that area were unfair to Black Mountain residents, who must pay taxes for the service. Biack Mountain Fire Chte: Ma