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Pick the Footbaii Contest winners ! S('ron<)C]ass!*os(anePaida) H);n-k Mountain. \C 2B7H Thursday, November 17. 1977, Vo!. 34., No. 5 DEVOTED 10C% TO OUR COMMUNITY THE 6ROW)NG SWANNANOA VALLEY Serving -- * Black Mountain * Swannanoa * Montreat * Ridgecrest 15ft'nln per copy own emptoyees pump water /rom dammed creebbed to expose water in ^Dan Ward) New signs, einbhouse renovations in store by Dan Ward Clubhouse renovations, new street signs and "tying up loose endshighlighted the last meeting of the present Black Mountain Town Board. The board voted to allocate $7,89! in non-earmarked federal revenue sharing funds to renovate the downstairs of the clubhouse on Lake Tomahawk for senior citizens' activity. About $6000 of that money will be used for equipment of various sorts for recreation for senior citizens, Town Manager Jon Creighton said. New signs The board also voted, after some debate, to accept an opportunity the Governor's Highway Safety Pmaram to Burst main found, fixed by DM Ward ore than a week after vy Hooding damaged ch Mountain water iinea, a ah in a MMnchmain sing a ioss of 800,000 ons per day was finaiiy td November 14 and was tr repair Tuesday, ive engineers from the era! Disaster Assistance Administration aided Black Mountain employees in wading up Flat Creek in search of the leak. Town workers began testing stream water in the area of the leak on November 7, but were unable to obtain a sample showing chlorine because flood waters diluted city water seepage. On November 14, the break was pointed just east of the Flat 1-40 bridge under Creek. Town employees worked until 9 p.m. Monday damming the creek to reroute it whiie repairs could be made. They were expected to have the leak repaired Tuesday. Water pressure was restored to normal Monday when the broken main was shut off for repairs. The town Yloccoa by Dan Ward iorth Carolina officials retrying & prevent a Mter such as occurred in rcoa, Ga. two weeks ago - passing the Dam Safety "in 1971. Because of it, rth Carolina dams such as se at North Fork Reservoir ! Bee Tree Lake are in cted reguiariy. ii! Alien, environmentai !ineer and technician for Land Quality Section of the partment of Natural and unity Resources, said that both dams were inspected immediateiy after November 6 Hooding, and that North Fork Reservoir had been inspected shortly before. Both dams were found to be safe, he said. "We are trying to inspect the high-stress dams at least once a yearf Allen said. "But we have been carrying out an intensive inspection program from helicopters and on the ground since the Rood,' he added. Under the lWi Dam Safety Law. ail dams more than IS feet high and containing more than 10 acres of water must qualify hr permits before they may be built. Agencies building the dams must submit engineer-approved designs that meet state specifications Dams huiit before 1071 must meet state safety criteria and undergo regular inspections. Allen said the North Fork dam passed an inspection made the Monday after the flood. He also said that Bee Tree's reservoir has been inspected since the flood. was supplied with water from a six-inch line from Dunsmore Cove Reservoir and others from the Asheville water system. The day after county health officials recommended Black Mountain residents boll water, a determination waa made that the water was safe for drinking without boiling, according to Town Manager Jon Creighton. Creighton also said that the federal government will reimbnrse the town for reparation coats to public property. This Includes "a whopping bill' for the coat of damming Flat Creek long enough to repair an eight-inch line buried underneath, Creighton said. Creighton also said that the murkiness of Black Mountain' a water will disappear as the water In the reservoir settles. It waa stirred up slightly last week when town employees tested water pressure at hydrants throughout town to try to locate the break in the water system, caused by flooding November H. THE CHARLOTTE instaii modern reflecting street name signs throughout Black Mountain. Under the program. Black Mountain will be required to pay 30 percent of the cost, or about (1500, according to Creighton. Aid. A.F. Tyson opposed replacing the cement sign posts now used, saying they are unique and last a long time. Others said the cement posts are hard to read, costly to paint and replace and will be outlawed by pending federal regulations. The cement posts will be auctioned when they are removed to make room for the new signs. Tap increase On the recommendation of Aid. John Mundy, the board voted to increase the cost to builders of installing sewer water connections to correspond with rising costs and rates used by other municipalities. The cost of installing a water tap is raised from (110 to (225, for a sewer tap from (50 to (120, and for a street cat from (25 to (50. Mundy noted that he will be one of the first to have to pay an additional (50 for a sewer hookup to his home. Attorney resfgns Assistant Town Attorney Wiliiam Eubanks said that To m Attorney J'jh Williams It fsatgnisg Awe position with the town. tinder Williams' recommendation, made via Eubanks, the board appointed Eubanks town attorney for a month untH it decides on an attorney for the nest two-year term. Under a recent ordinance revision, Eubanks is eiigible for the position of town attorney because he has been a Black Mountain resident for over two years. Eubanks also capsulised three pending lawsuits against the town. He said that the town will probably be found under municipal sovereignty to be immune from prosecution in two cases. They are a suit OBSERVER SUNDAY, filed against Blade Mountain poiicemen and a fireman for assauit, and a suit against the town buiiding inspector for faulty inspection of a house. A third suit involving ownership of a right-of-way names the town as one of the sued parties only as a legal formality. The town is more or less a bystander, Eubanks said. Eubanks said that legal work for the town has been simplified considerably because Creighton draws up ordinances and files legal notices rather than passing that responsibility to the town attorney. Reservoir dispute In order to "tie up loose ends' before she leaves office, Mayor Margaret Slagle asked that Aid. Tom Sobol, mayor elect and co-manager of Valley Realty, come to a settlement on a long-standing dispute with the town over a reservoir built by Valley Realty at Sky High Acres. The town has maintained that Valley Realty owes about (2600 for installation of pipe done by the town for the Sky High water system. Valley has maintained that it does not owe the installation cost, because it was done under recommendation by A1 White, water superintendent, and was later disapproved by county health officials. Aid. Sobol also said that the disputed amount was only about (BOO. Aid. Sobol agreed that he wanted to see the matter settled because "I don't want to hear two years (as mayor) of Tom Sobol did this or Tom Sobol did that!' He and the rest of the board Hnally came to an agreement that Valley Realty pay half the installation cost and the town pay the other half. After consultation with Valley Realty management Tuesday, Aid. Sobol said the realtors will pay the enthe amount under dispute. After installing a vent and a lip around a manhole cover, the reservoir will meet health code spedRcations and will * AFR1L9, 19iH. ' aMe to replace a condemned reservoir, 10 feet away, now suppiying Sky High and Oid To!i Road Rodents. Bids retaken Because Matthews Ford couid not meet specifications for a truck in its bid accepted last month, the town will again advertise for bids on a four wheel drive truck for the street department. Water deal with Asheville Creighton fold the board that a response from Asheville officials on a proposal from Black Mountain to install a 10 inch water line directly to North Fork Reservoir will probably not come for another month Creighton said Asheville and County ofticia Is were to meet Tuesday to discuss expanding the Asheville water system to accomodate communities that will not be abie to compiy with Clean Water Act restrictions. Asheville city elections have also delayed an agreement from officials there, Creighton said. Sweeps are VIPs oy MM warn On a crisp, fail day in another time, people may not have turned their heads to see what were the low men on the social totem pole - but now 'hey are celebrities. Richard Riggs and Mickey McMasters, of Hen dersonville, have appeared in the valley lately to perform their duties as oJmney sweeps - complete with top hats and tails. "It's been a real good job,' Riggs said. "When people see us all dressed up It puts a smile on their faces. They love to watch.' "Yeah, they run and get their instamatics,'McMasters added. Riggs, who also works with stained glass, said chimney sweeps are more than a novelty. Before electric and oil heat overshadowed wood heat, sweeping the chimney was recognised as a necessary yearly chore to prevent flue fires and maintain a good updraft. With the resurgence of wood hear, people aren't aware of the need to keep their chim neys clean, he said. He noted that there were 41,000 chimney fires nationwide last year. McMasters, who spends most of the year making wood crafted signs, said he has been surprised at how much waste sometimes they find in chimneys. "We* ve found pigeons in them and everything, Tie said. "We actually did one where we carried five garbage cans of soot out.' Michey McMaetere and Richard Rigga denton strate their trade at the Depot. fDan Ward) The two, who began their unusual occupation this year, commented on the worst jobs they've had to tackle. "We had one where the house was full of white rugs the first week we did this,' McMasters said. "We spread out more plastic than you've ever seen.' Nationai Music Festival of America to Make ±HacR_Motmfam Music Center of United Staffs varonna as tne musicat cen of North America! This sounds * mebody was dreaming, but that wiii be taking on soiid suh the 15th of next August when Auditorium buiit by the Nations.' " iestivai of North America will "'own ot'en at Biack Mountain, h* Auditorium wii! seat 31.600 '!? there is room for a chorus of <* on the stage, and Waiter Dam o is ntusicai director. Capitaiized "O.ooo. officered ^y some of the "M men of the Nation and hav as president Judge Jeter C. Pritch <* man whom many have aiready big enough for the presidency ^ L nited States, the Music Festi yot oniy appeais to those who iove '* but to the Nationai pride It is sserted that the promoters tn ! " ith the aid of the peopie of this 'on. to ntake Black Mountain the *c*t idacc for great music in the States, then, not to stop there, tv cha!tenge the entire wor'd to anything of iike nature wh en H* it. ^description of the Attditorium. as t^ted by accomt'any ng photo ns foiiows: ^ auditorium at Biack Mountain tinned fog- musicai entertainment to he H permanent building of . atone, steei and concrete. ^ site seiected inciudes 10 acres * *n a cove at the foot of a moun L '-*f the 10 acres the budding wiii ^'Pproxitnateiy three acres The "<!er of the site is to be iuid out the greater part and most ffU'e imtt of which wiii be at ^"t of the Auditorium. Some r he 30(kAno square feet wiii be *!*" to parks. Besides there wd! " attractive approaches to the Public roads. One ,^<n ,s front the front and wiii tect wide by 1.300 feet iJng. yter wiii be from the side of the " front of the Auditorium and 1, , *** " second puhiic road ' ^ite was purposeiy seiected bs nc nafurai rise and back ^ hich means economy in con of the buiiding and because umb^ of other conditions, as ') with reference to other de ^. ^"ts. distance from station n <o one miie and the views from ^ r as weii as the beauty of the c&ve itself were deciding factors. The Auditorium proper la designed to Heat 21.500 peopie. 2.000 of whom will be in the chorus on the stage. The stage contains approximately 12, 000 square feet; the orchestra pit 1.0')0 square feet; the distance from the front of the stage to the rear of Auditorium is 350 feet; theAuditorium is 400 feet wide at the widest point and 485 feet iong from front to rear. The buiiding is in the shape of a megaphone with the stage as the mouthpiece. The width of the build ing at the front is 236 feet. The seats are arranged circular from a common center. Exery sxty-four feet there is a iarge wide cross-aisle lead ing across the entire building from the exltn on one side to the exits on the other side These wide cross aisles are connected to each other and to the other parts of the hulldlng by means of a number of smai er ais es running at right angies to these cross aisles. The seats will be of comfort able orchestra chaiis. ' There are a very great many exits, the total combined length of which equals 200 l'nea! feet. Wherever pos sible steps have been avoided and in c! nee substituted The Aud torium is lighted natural ly by means of grouped windows in the tides and rear of Auditorium, some of which are 5o feet high and by means of re ling lights in the ceiling. It is lighted artificially by means of the indirec' and semi-indirect electric lighting systems, which means there will be no glaring improper or objec tions bic iights and a soft, evenly dis tributed well lighted interior. Ventilation is from the ce ling and from the s'des and rear of the build ing. The number of columns supporting the roof has been reduced to a min- ! imum which necess tated some large , spang with steel trusses There will beaspace 128 feet wide through the' centet of the building from the front i to the ,car that will be unobstructed with a column. The columns will be! covered with ornamenta! brick to 1 m^tch the wails TheceilingwiUbeofwoodbeameat ceiling with coves in front of the stage i and on the two sides of Auditorium. The stage isbuiitofwoodwith wood panelling and the seats are con- ! Auditorium of the National Musical Festive! of America. atructed ao they may be removed eas ily to permit of the ancient Greek piay* being ataged. in front of and a part of the Audi torum buiiding are the ground floor iobbya, ioungin^ rooms. toiiet ana coat rooms and storage apace. On the second, third and top doors are tne ofHcea of the chorue and of the or ganization besides bath and toiiet roema rooms for practice, rest, sieep ing and storage. There wiii be in ai! approxi<hateiy 50 rooms in connection with the Auditorium. The iarge and handsome room for the dtrec ore is on] thetopHoor ItisHniahedinhard-' wood with high watnscottng ptiaater and beams at) consistent with the mag nitude of the project. The contract wiii be tot tomorrow for the coarrpieHon of the bunding by the fOth day of August. Submitted by t^ic&iSo/esbee. * <*77<V *A*WJ34*-*6)t**J 4 "Another nightmare,' Riggs said, "was a three Kory house with a tin roof.' Suceeding at those two jobs eariy in their career has given the two confidence to stick with it. Now they dean about five chimneys a week. Riggs first struck on the idea of being a chimney sweep while digging swimming pools. "I decided there had to be something better,'he said. "We saw their was a need and deddedto be chimney sweeps ' "We checked it out,' Mc Masters said. "We went down to the library and read up on it. In fact, there's a chimney sweep union. But we wanted to do it the primitive way the way they've done it for years'instead of more modem vacuuming methods. The two arrive on the job in top hats and tails. They cut down on clothes cleaning expenses by wearing white shirts they buy at thrift stores for 25 cents each. The history of the weil dresaed sweep is nebulous. "At first I think it started out as something of a joke, to show up with top hats in such a nasty jsb,'Riggs said. To clean a chimney, they first piace a sheet of plastic over the fireplace opening to prevent soot from flying into the room. Then, they cRmb onto the roof and scrub the inside of the chimney "hJ. dry brushes on iong poies. Finally, they clean the shelf near the fireplace damper and scrub the inside of the fireplace. Of course, they clean up the mound of soot they've acquired. Cleaning chimneys was not always a fun ^b, McMasters noted. In the last century, children were often lowered into the chhpMy^ to Mub them by hand. Many ofthe children were doomed to die of cancer at an eariy age. These modem day sweeps, however, keep the soot out of their lungs, if not off thetr formal working clothes.
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