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I The serenity of winter was captured in this photo
ken at Wolf Laurel Golf Course by Andy Andrews
of Montreat. The photo is one of 12 appearing on the
1979 Mountain Meditations Calendar created by
Andrews and John Crawford.
I Mountain Meditations calendar marks 6th year
by Dan Ward
'Tien the 1979 Mountain
Citations Calendar runs off
( presses this month, it will
its sixth year-marking a
>wth from a private
nstmas gift to an in
national institution,
ts creators, John Crawford
Black Mountain and Andy
drews of Montreat, have
:n trying to make the best
the calendar's popularity.
We've begun to look like a
all fish that a big fish would
( to swallow,' ’ Crawford
said.
The first issue of the
calendar, which features
Andrews’ photographs and
scripture chosen by Crawford,
was sold individually by the
two and in local gift shops.
From those 5,000 copies
selling at $1.50 each, the
venture has grown to 20,000
copies sold in 223 individual
stores and through seven
distributers nationwide priced
at $2.50.
The idea for the first
calendar came from
Crawford. After he and his
Highway work
approved
Buncombe County can look
fward to nearly $103 million
future highway im
ovements.
The recently updated North
“■olina Highway Im
uvement Program lists
Khway construction projects
r Buncombe County in the
"ount of $102,941,750.
he Highway Improvement
r°gram, approved by the
°ard of Transportation
its January 13 meeting,
a planned and programmed
’urae for highway con
uction that balances an
,‘Paled revenues against
tunated project coats
uugh 1984. Secretary of
importation Thomas W.
.. *haw J«‘-. commented
“t the program, a project by
project schedule of road
building across the State,
“emphasizes the major need
for East-West highways to
connect our ports to the
Piedmont and the mountains.
It reflects the Governor’ s
pledge to make economic
development a reality for
Norht Carolina.”
The 1978 Highway Im
provement Program includes
four separate I-4C . ojects,
totaling more than 875 million.
These include the 842 million
1-240 project through
Beaucatcher Mountain, a 3.8
mile segment of 1-40 from NC
9 to Ridgecrest, a 4.5 mile
segment under construction
from Swannanoa to Black
Mountain, and a 89.1 million I
40 and US-74 interchange east
of Asheville.
family visited Europe in 1972,
they wanted to send a
Christmas gift to people they
had visited that would reflect
the flavor of Western North
Carolina.
“We decided we couldn’t
find it (the ideal gift), so we’d
create it. So we hit on the
Mountain Meditation
Calendar,” he said.
Andrews was constantly
receiving requests to show his
slides on nature scenes from
this area, so the two decided
that the popular photographs
along with well-chosen verse
would make an ideal gift.
Designing the calendar has
turned out to be a major
project for the two.
“We start out with 30 or 40
prints and sort them based on
first impressions,’ ’ Andrew’s
said. “Then we get down to
about 18.’ ’ From there, he
takes the prints to others-last
year it was groups of students
-and narrows the pile down to
the 12 that have the most
impact for others. “Withir nn««
picture, the students last
year picked the same 12. We
feel they have some sort of
common appeal,’ ’ Andrews
said.
From that point, Crawford
takes over. “Oftentimes it
takes as long or longer to get
the quotes as to get the pic
tures. I’ 11 usually bustle
myself away in a room with
the pictures laid out in front of
me and start thinking ‘What
does this say to me,’”he said.
“Usually the best messages
are in Psalms or Job.”
“We try to say This is God’s
creation-take care of it,’ ’
Crawford said. “We aren’t
just trying to use a nice verse
with a nice picture. It says’
Look at that verse, look at that
picture and back at the verse
again."
“A lot of people have written
to us and said ‘This is the sort
of inspiration I want to send to
Aunt Suzie or my son in
college," Andrews added.
An unexpected bonus for the
entrepreneurs was the
number of personal ties they
have gained through the
calendar. Andrews said they
have received Christmas
cards from as far away as
Alaska from persons who had
bought the calendar and felt a
kinship to its creators.
“People will write to me and
say ‘How did you know where
my grandfather's farm is?”’
Andrews said. While some
people may be correct in
recognizing scenes depicted
on the calendar, many are
obviously far off, he said. He
doesn’t have the heart to tell
those claiming the photos
were taken in Kansas and
Minnesota that all were taken
within 100 miles of Black
Mountain.
"It’s interesting how people
will identify with it,”An-irews
said.
In addition, Crawford said
he makes it a point to get to
know store managers who
stock the calendar.
Distribution of the calendar in
the Appalachian region alone
has brought him a number of
friendships.
The calendars grace walls
as far away as Japan, Brazil
and Zaire.
Their fans sometimes
surprise the two, especially in
that mor * are bought by
college students than
conference-goers in this area.
“I've seen the calendar
hanging in a missionary’s
home. That isn’t surprising,' ’
Crawford said. “But I’ve also
seen it in a mechanic’s shop.”
“That is especially
gratifying,"Andrews said.
“If it does a lot of good for
people and makes just a little
money, we think we’ve done
all right,’'he concluded.
Andy Andrews and John Crawford with proofs of their 1979 calendar. (Dan
Ward)
10 show up at
grant hearing
by Dan Ward
Cold weather apparently
kept many inside Monday as
only 10 persons attended the
first of three hearings on how
the town of Black Mountain
could best utilize a Com
munity Development Grant
from the Department of
Housing and Urban
Development.
While committee member
Joe Williams said he was a
little surprised that the tur
nout was so small when
campared to a hearing held in
1973 that drew 54 persons, he
said the turnout was not verv
different from other
towns. He did say he hoped
more would turn out in the two
remaining hearings-the one
to be held in the Craigmont
Community particularly.
The other hearings are
scheduled for February 1 at
7:30 p.m. at the Black
Mountain Grammar School
and February 2 at 7:30 p.m. at
Carver School
One proposal made Monday
came from A.F. Tyson, who
asked that funds be applied for
the beautify the downtown
area. Tsyon said that such a
project, would spur the town’s
economy and allow it to follow
through with its own
programs, rather than rely on
federal grants.
Frances Welton asked that a
grant to create an in
structional day camp for
children-prima rily from low
income families-be applied
for.
Bill Ricketts suggested that
federal funds could be used to
repair sidewalks downtown
especially as an aid to the
elderly.
Tom Sobol said that water
lines need to be replaced in the
Craigmont section and that
fire hydrants need to be in
stalled. As a developer, he
said he has seen three cases
recently when low or
moderate income families
could not obtain FHA loans to
build on their own lots because
of inadequate fire prevention
standards in the area.
He also noted that he
recently discovered that two
households in Black Mountain
do not have indoor plumbing.
“This is 1978 and these people
3till have to use an outhouse,"
he said. He said the town is
under an obligation to see that
everyone in the town limits
has water and sewer services
made available.
Set fires investigated
A fire that caused $3,000
damage to a shed and
property belonging to Henry
Tetrev of Lake Eden Road
January 27 is suspected by
Black Mountain firemen and
Sheriff’s investigators to have
been willfully set.
A spolesman for the Bun
combe County Sheriff’ s
Department said the fire
cannot be legally called an act
of arson, because arson refers
to purposely setting fire to a
dwelling. An investigation is
underway for unlawful bur
ning, however, he said.
According to the
spokesman, Tetrev said he did
not know who would have set
the fire or why, but knew that
a full can of gasoline he had
kept in the shed was missing.
A lawn mower and other
equipment was destroyed
in the fire, he said.
The Black Mountain Fire
Department responded to the
fire with two trucks and 15
men.
Willful burning was also
determined to be the cause of
two mattress fires at Travel
Eze Motel unit 8 on January
29. Two trucks and 23 men
responded in the first incident
and two trucks and 21 men to
the second. That unit had
been gutted by an earlier fire.
A fire January 23 caused by
hot woodstove coals destroyed
the garage and a car at the
Smith residence at 314
Tomahawk Ave. Three trucks
and 23 men responded to the
fire, estimated to have caused
$6,300 damage.
Also that day, one truck and
11 men checked on an
overheated fuse box at the
Reed residence at 206 Ninth
St. No damage was reported.
On January 25, one truck
and nine men were called to
investigate water damage to
a furnace at 205 Montreat Rd.
Two trucks and 10 men
responded January 26 to a
report of smoke backing up in
the chimney of the Shaw
residence on Lake Eden Road.
No damage was reported.
On January 26, two trucks
and 16 men put out a fire
caused by dust in the cyclone
at Black Mountain Wood
working on Vance Avenue. No
damage was reported.
The county ambulance
service made 21 routine and
three emergency runs last
week and were not needed on
another.
Steve King of the Black
Mountain Fire Department
said that a 24-hour course on
fire pumps will begin this
week at the Fire Station.
Bread River firemen, as well
as those from Black Moun
tain, will attend, he said.
The course will be taught by
Tom Landry of the Depart
ment of Insurance, Fire and
Rescue Services Division.
Drugs taken in breakin
After a virtually crime-free
month in Black Mountain, two
breakins and the theft of a
truck have been reported to
Black Mountain Police.
On January 27, the office of
Dr. Eugene Knoefel was broken
into and an undetermined
amount of drugs were stolen.
On January 28, a chain saw
and antique record player
were taken in a burglary of the
Avery Allen residence on
Oconeechee Avenue. The
items were valued at $650.
A police spokesman said
there are suspects in the
burglaries, but they have not
yet been questioned. Both
incidents are still under in
vestigation.
The police issued eight
traffic citations, assisted
sheriff’s police and the Black
Mountain Department
and answered 75 calls last
week.
Filing deadline soon
for primary election
The Buncombe County
Board of Elections has an
nounced that the deadline for
filing for candidacy in a up
coming elections is 12 noon
February 6.
Mailed notices of candidacy
must be in the office of the
Board of Elections by that
time in order to be placed on
the ballot The board also
noted that a statement of
organization was due to be
filed by January 28.
Offices to be filled mclude
US senator. 1I.S
representative, N.C. senator,
N.C. representative, four
district court judges and
district attorney. On a county
level, offices are open for
clerk of Superior Court,
sheriff, and three seats on the
County School Board.
Candidates filing for the
office of soil and water con
servation supervisor have
until July 7 at 12 noon to file
for office.
The Board of Elections also
noted that the voter
registration deadline for the
May 2 primary is April 3.