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'Peopieand issues'series
to feature speakers here
On Saturday, February 7, at the Black
Mountain Library, the League of
Women Voters will sponsor the Popular
People and Issues series, presented by
UNC-Asheville. There will be four
meetings.
The topic of the first meeting will be
"The Pursuits of Equality." The
speakers will be Dr. Deana Grams of the
Dept, of Philosophy at UNC-Asheville
and Dr. Robert Yeager of the Dept, of
English at Warren Wilson College. The
moderator will be Dr. Elizabeth McCub
bin, former superintendent of the N.C
Correctional Center for Women at
Raleigh.
There will be a coffee hour at 9:30
a m. The meeting will begin at 10 a m.
A ministry to the
needy - ABCCM-East
needs your
continued support
and wiU be over at 11:15. The public is
invited.
For more information, contact Patsy
Woods, 669-2577 or Lois Cook,
669-8279.
There wili be four programs in the
Popuiar People and Issues Series. In
each program, a national issue with a
regional impact will be explored by a
team of two university scholars. The
emfhasisis on the historical background
of the problem and on the value choices
implicit in it.
Each program consists of a pair of
essays to be published in the Asheville
and Hendersonville newspapers, a tele
vision program on WFBC consisting of a
30-minute discussion of the issue by the
two participants, and a town meeting
sponsored by the League of Women
Voters.
Newspaper essays will be published
the third week of each month and the
other activities coordinated with
publication.
Other topics wiii indude "Rural Life
in Western Carolina"; "Economic
Growth and Environmental Quality";
and "Public Education in Western
Carolina."
Weather Review
Jan. 16-high 43, low 21 degrees.
Jan. 17-high 28, low 15 degrees.
Jan. 18-high 49, low 20 degrees.
Jan. 19-high 56, low 34 degrees.
Jan. 20-high 50, low 30 degrees, trace
predpitation.
Jan. 21-high 42, low 36 degrees, .34
inches predpitation.
Jan. 22-high 42, low 29 degrees.
Clingman'sDome: high for the week,
33 degrees;low, 12 degrees; 8-10
indies of snow with 1-2 inches new
snow.
Courtesy of WFGW Radio, Black
Mountain.
Wiison receives
Tom McAn Award
Tim Wiison, Owen Warhorse star
running back, has added another honor
to his iist, the Thom McAn Award,
given annually to Buncombe County's
most outstanding senior athlete.
ThnWHson
Wilson watched his teammates from
a wheelchair in 1979 after a knee injury
put him out of the game He was
sidelined again this year when the same
injury flared up after only seven games,
but by then he had already accumulated
1,349 yards to lead all Western North
Carolina large school rushers. Wilson
led the 4-A 3-A ranks in scoring, and led
his team to second place in the Little
Mac conference.
The 6-foot-l, 205 pound tailback was
named Buncombe County Back of the
Year this year and was named to the
Citizen Times All-Western Team.
Wilson also excels in academics.
According to his record, he is sixth in
his senior class with a 97-point grade
average and a Morehead Scholar
Nominee. He was chosen Most
Outstanding Student by the Governor's
School. He has received individual
subject awards in math, chemistry,
history and French.
Wilson has been a student council
officer and a member of Beta Club,
French Club and Fellowship of
Christian Athletes.
Wilson will now compete for the
national honor which includes a $1,000
scholarship for the winner. The award
is given by the Thom McAn Shoe
Company.
Some books at Owen
concern committee
Citizens concerned about some of the
boohs in the Owen High School iibrary
met last Thursday at Owen to organize a
committee aimed at getting the books
removed.
A iist of boohs found offensive by
organizers of the meeting included
"The Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice
and Men" by John Steinbeck, "Catcher
in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger, "Ander
sonville" by MacKinlay Kantor, "The
Essential Lenny Bruce" by John Cohen,
Smokingand matches
said iargest cause
of fires in citv
According to the Black Mountain Fire
Department annual report for 1980
issued iast week, the largest cause of
fires in the city of Black Mountain was
smoking and matches. Outside the city
limits, the most frequent cause was
heating units.
Other major causes included elec
tricity and electrical equipment,
spontaneous ignition and incendiarism
(willfully set fires). There were no fires
causes by lightning reported in 1980.
The Black Mountain Fire Department
consists of four paid firemen and 36
volunteer firemen who spent 3006 man
hours fighting fires and 2318 man hours
in training.
The fire department did 125 in
spections, 27 reinspections, finding
three fire code violations, which were all
corrected. They condemned two build
ings and demolished two buildings.
Total days of sickness for all firemen
was zero. There was only one injury
during the year, for which 41 days leave
was taken.
Average on-duty strength for the year
was three paid and 14 volunteer
firemen. The largest fire-fighting force
deployed was 36 men.
Fire calls were broken down as
follows: dwellings, 32 fires; other
buildings, 14; brush, grass, woods, 45;
mobile homes, 4; vehicle, 20; false
alarms, 42; investigations, 25; rescue,
73.
The Black Mountain Fire Department
laid out a total of 9,925 feet of fire hose
in I960.
"The Learning Tree" by Gordon Paries,
"Soul on Ice" by Eidridge Cleaver, and
"Jory" by Milton R. Bass.
"The Grapes of Wrath" and "Ander
sonvllle" are Pulitzer Prize winning
novels.
Moderator of the group was Wendell
Runion, pastor of Asheville Baptist
Tabernacle. About 15 other area
pastors gave brief statements condemn
ing the books, and asked for support.
Runion then opened the floor for
comments.
Bennie Ellis, Jim Aycock and an
Owen High School student spoke
against censorship. Ellis pointed out
that books such as "The Grapes of
Wrath" have been on the shelf for
almost 50 years.
Members of the school board, county
school administrators and Owen High
Plrincial Charles Lytle were invited to
attend the meeting but did not.
Lytle explained that there is an
eight-year old procedure for making a
complaint about library materials. A
grievance form must be submitted and
then a media advisory committee from
the faculty and community will review
the material, he said, and make a
decision about its removal.
"I think folks ought to follow these
policies," Lytle stated.
He added, "We don't force any child
to read anything a parent or child finds
objectionable."
Runion said that a grievance will be
filed and that he first wanted to
organize a committee before submitting
the grievance.
Great Decision begins
by Herman F. Allen
Dr. Ted Uldricks, Department of
History, UNC-A, will present the open
ing talk for the Great Decisions program
in Black Mountain. Dr. Uldrick has
recently published a book on the history
of Soviet foreign policy. He has
traveled extensively in Russia. His
subject for this opening meeting on
Tuesday, February 3, 7:30 p.m, Black
Mountain Library, will be, "lire U S.
and the Soviet Union: Dilemmas of
Power and Peace." AH interested
persons are invited to attend.
Dr. Hugo Thompson will lead a
discussion group on the same subject at
the library, Wednesday, February 4, at
10 a m.
Background reading books are now
available at the library at a cost of (5 a
copy.
The Great Decisions program at
Highland Farms begins on Monday,
February 2, with a discussion group
meeting from 3 JO to 5 p.m in the
Music Room. A second discussion
group will begin meeting on Wednes
day, February 4 in the Upper Lounge
from 7:30 to 9 p.m
The lecture meetings and discussion
groups wiH meet for eight consecu
tive weeks. The lecture by Dr.
Robinson of Western Carolina Univer
sity will be given on W ednesday, March
11, Black Mountain Library, instead of
on Tuesday, March 10.
For information on the program in
Black Mountain, call Dorothy or Her
man Alien at 669-8132; for Highland
Farms, call Paul Limbert at 669-8956.
Yellow ribbons at the Juvenile Evaluation
Center remind all who pass that .freedom is a
precious thing.