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Workmen were silhouetted in the morning sun last week, as they attached
the crane to the chimney flue, (photo by Cynthia Reimer)
New chimney
going up
The Black Mountain Middle School
will have a new chimney before school
opens next fall, according to Principal
Gene Dellinger. The chimney was
struck by lightning about 8:15 p.m.
June 2. Because of the danger of falling
debris, school was cancelled for middle
school students for the few days
remaining in the semester.
Last week a crane arrived in the school
yard and the 30-foot chimney was tom
down to the roof line by Cooper
Enterprises of Asheville.
Dellinger said the replacement, to be
built during summer vacation, will be a
shorter model. The old one was built in
1927 to handle smoke from a wood-and
coal-burning furnace, he explained,
while die new one will be built for a oil
furnace and does not need to be as tall.
“Everyone’s anxious to know if it will
be ready when school open,” Dellinger
said.
New director appointed at
Marjorie McCune Center
The board of directors of WNC Lions
Inc. has appointed Diane Lewis to
suceed Lanny Armstrong as director of
the Maijorie McCune Home for the
Blind and Handicapped.
Lewis, a licensed practical nurse, has
served as director of nursing at the
center for the past year and a half.
A Michigan native, Lewis worked at
Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital and
Highland Hospital in Asheville after
moving to this area. She is married to A1
Lewis, and the couple resides on the
grounds of the McCune Center.
The McCune home has 40 residents,
either handicapped or blind, and is
filled to capacity, Lewis said. It was
founded in 1979 by the Lions and
continues to be funded by that organiza
tion.
Former director Lanny Armstrong left
the center May 15th after serving as
director of the home since it opened.
Review to feature
'old Montreaters'
This year’s Montreat Madness Review
Will feature performances by “old
Montreaters” who have performed in
former shows. “Hie review will begin at
8:15 Saturday, July 18 in Anderson
Auditorium in Montreat.
Director of this year’s review is
Margaret Wardlaw Gilbert.
The review is open to the public.
Tickets are $2.50 at the door, or $2 if
purchased in advance at the Assembly
Inn’s front desk.
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Margaret Wardlaw Gilbert (director of this year’s review) and Henry Wilde
performed in the 1J50 version of “Madness Review.”
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Town Council
Use less water. Board asks
by bill Studenc Jr.
Blade Mountain Town Council voted
Monday night to allocate up to $18,000
to make the new well at the golf course
operable as soon as possible.
The money will go toward purchase of
pumps, electrical hook-ups and other
necessary equipment to make the new
well, located on the fifth fairway,
functional.
The well will not be part of the water
project funded by a Farmers Home
Administration loan and an Appalach
ian Regional Commission grant. Be
cause it was not drilled to the specifica
tions required by those institutions,
money for the well will have to come
from the town’s own resources.
The board dedded to act on this
measure with haste, partially due to
new information by Water Department
head, A1 White,concerning the town’s
water supply.
White predicted that at the town’s
current rate of water usage (over
400,000 gallons a day), Black Moun
tain’s reservoir will be dry by the first of
August.
It will take about 30 days for the new
well to be tapped into the existing water
system once work is begun.
The board also decided to ask for
volunteer cutbacks in water consump
tion, and especially to ask users of Black
Mountain water to restrict water-wast
ing activities including car-washing and
lawn-watering.
Mayor Tom Sobol spoke against man
datory cutbacks, saying, “If we pass a
set of restrictions, we also have to pass
the means to enforce them. So we’ll
keep it on a volunteer basis.” He added
that mandatory cutbacks will be enacted
if the need arises.
Street paving
In other action, the board awarded a
street paving contract to W arren Broth
er’s Company, with the lowest bid of
$47,570. The contract includes paving
or repaving and repair of 14 streets in
Black Mountain.
Sourwood Festival
Mayor Sobol officially declared August
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5-8 Sourwood Festival W eek and invited
everyone to join in the events and
festivities.
Traffic lights
The mayor also read a letter from the
Department of Transportation concern
ing placement of traffic lights at the
intersection of Sutton Avenue and
Highway 9 and at the Ingle’s Shopping
Center entrance on Highway 9. Accord
ing to the DOT, no lights can be
installed until any dangerous accident
patterns are detected.
Lake safe for boating
Alice Schweitzer, head of the recrea
tion department, reported that Lake
Tomahawk has been deemed ‘ ‘safe” for
water sports by the Department of
Health and asked permission to hold
supervised boating events on the lake.
Possible activities could include a
homemade boat race during the Sour
wood Festival and a caioe safety clinic.
The board hesitated to grant permis
sion until the possibility of town liability
in case of an accident could be
determined.
Sign request
Action on a request by the McDonald’s
Corporation for a 100-foot sign at the
new restaurant to be located at the
Ingle’s Shopping Center was passed on
to the Planning Board.
The proposed sign exceeds the height
limit set for signs in Black Moutain, but,
said Alderman Doug Stafford, is neces
sary to attract enough interstate traffic
to make the restaurant a success.
Vacancies filled
The board elected George Venturella
and Walter Hall to fill vacancies on the
Planning Board created by expiration of
the terms of former board members
Sam Lackey and Steve Roberts.
The board also elected James Osteen
to replace Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board Chairman Stanley Garland whose
term expires next week.
Fire report
Smoking
starts fire
in mattress
A house fire on Flat Creek Road
occurred when an occupant smoking in
bed set a mattress on fire July 12.
Damage was contained in one room.
Two engines and 19 men were dispatch
ed to the blaze.
False alarms at the Western Caolina
Center on July 9 and In-the-Oaks on
July 11 were apparently the result of
systems malfunctions, according to Fire
Chief Gary Bartlett.
A car fire occurred July 11 on
Broadway behind the Western Auto
Store.
At 10 p.m. Monday, firemen answered
a call at a tractor-trailer about a mile
west of the N.C. 9 exit on 1-40. Brakes
on fire caused minor damage to the rig.
Blade Mountain firemen practicing fire-fighting techniques Monday night burned a
house on Flat Creek Road and Cotton Avenue. Swannanoa, Riceville and Broad River
Volunteer Fire Departments also participated. (Photo by Dennis Harris)
Ma Bell to ask increase
Southern Bell notified the North
Carolina Utilities Commission this week
that it intends to file for a general
increase in telephone rates in North
Carolina on or about August 3.
The Company said it had not finally
Man arrested
for assault
on girl, 12
A McCoy Cove man was arrested
Friday night in connection with a sexual
offense involving a 12-year old girt. The
Buncombe County Sheriff’s Department
arrested Billy Eugene Wright, 36, in
connection with the alleged June 27
assault.
Buncombe County Social Services was
contacted by the girl’s mother when she
became aware of the alleged assault.
The district attorney’s office was in
formed and they instructed the Bun
combe County Sheriff’s Department to
investigate the case, according to a
spokesman for the Sheriff’s Depart
ment.
Wright was held in the Buncombe
County Jail over the weekend. A district
court hearing was held Monday morn
ing and no bond was set at that time.
determined the total amount that will be
sought or the specific increases that
would be applied to categories of
service. Hie filing complies with a
North Carolina requirement that notice
be given at least 30 days prior to a
general rate request.
Southern Bell’s most recent rate
request was filed in September, 1980,
based on a 12-month test period that
began in August, 1979. At the time of
that filing, the Company provided
documentation to substantiate $110
million increase in annual intrastate
revenues. However, on April 16, 1981,
the Commission ordered an increase of
only $42.7 million, following nearly nine
months of investigation and hearings.
Weath@
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review
July 7--high 84, low 61 degrees; .02
inches precipitation.
July 8-high 88, low 60 degrees.
July 9~high 89, low 63 degrees.
July 10~high 87, low 66 degrees.
July 11-high 89, low 63 degrees.
July 12~high 88, low 64 degrees.
July 13-high 88, low 64 degrees.
Weather Information courtesy of
WFCW Radio, Black Mountain.
Hours changed for
dog warden services
Beginning June 29, the Black Moun
tain Dog Warden will handle all calls on
dogs and other animals only on Tuesday
and Thursday mornings of each week.
Anyone having an animal for the Dog
W arden to pick up may call City Hall or
the Black Mountain Police Department,
and leave name, phone number,
address and message. The Dog Warden
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will return these calls on either Tuesday
or Thursday mornings, and, if neces
sary, pick up any unwanted or stray
animals on the same morning.
An exception will be made, however, if
the call concerns an emergency or
involves an animal that has bitten
someone. In these cases, the calls will
be returned as soon as possible.
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Miss Twig
to be named
A contest to select Miss Sourwood
Twig for 1981 will begin this week.
Participants must be three or four years
old as of August 1. They will be
expected to be present at activities
during the Sourwood Festival August
5-8, including the parade, horseshoe
pitching contest and special events at
the Depot
Winners will be announced at the
Black Mountain street dance Saturday
night August 8. Cash prizes will be
awarded. Interested people should call
the Recreation Department (669-2052).
by the deadline for entry, 4 30 p.m. July
17.
Hendon aide
to hear issues here
Bob Orr, district assistant to Congress
man Bill Hendon, will meet with
constituents and local officials in Black
Mountain at Town Hall at 9 a.m. July
20.
Orr will be visiting many communities
and towns in the 11th Congressional
District during July. The purt oae of the
visits, he said, is to discuss problems or
issues which concern citizens. Everyone
is invited to attend the meeting.
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