tnside: . . . Mountain Living Magazine
L Thursday. September 3, 1981, Volume 29, Number 36
New water tanker wi!! affect
some fire insurance rates
A 1963 truck, donated by Ridgecrest
Baptist Conference Center, and a
secondhand tanker trailer purchased for
(1,000, may reduce fire insurance rates
for some businesses and homes in the
East Buncombe Fire District, Black
Mountain firemen said.
A new standard state rating system
requires "3,000 gallons of rolling water
on the initial alarm" to be available in
areas with no fire hydrants. Currently,
Black Mountain has 12-1700 gallons of
water available. Additional water avail
ability will change areas now listed as
"unprotected" to categories with lower
insurance rates.
Black Mountain firemen have been
making repairs on the vehicle for
several weeks.' In another month or so,
hopefully, we'll have it serviced,"
Fire Chief Gary Bartlett said.
Labor and money for repairs has been
donated by volunteers, he said. Brakes
were rebuilt, the exhaust system and
manifold repaired, seats recovered and
the whole ensemble painted fire-engine
red with the town seal on the door.
Still to be installed are valves in the
tank and a pump, an additional cost of
(3,500 which firemen are asking area
businesses and individuals to donate.
Those in outlying areas are not the
only ones who will benefit from the new
tanker, Bartlett said. Several areas
within the city have no water available.
For example:
-A fire hydrant on Black Mountain
Avenue has been nearly covered with
asphalt as the street has been repaved
over the years, making it inpossible to
open the water valves.
-On Tenth and Rhododendron, a fire
hydrant is against a fence, making it
impossible to get a wrench on the water
valve.
—At Connally Street and Mon treat
Be/ore . . . and a/ter. vo/anteer
/tremen did tAe awrA on tAis
veAtc/e, trans/omang it into a
tanAer taAicA tad/ serve tAe Bast
Bancombe AYre ZAstrict
Road, a street sign creates the same
problem.
In other locations, water pressure at
hydrants is inadequate for firefighting,
Bartlett said.
Those who will save the most on
adjusted insurance rates are institutions
such as Blue Ridge Assembly, Ridge
crest, and Montreat-Anderson College
which will save about $350 a year.
Individual rates for a $50,000, $100
deductible policy should go from $310 a
year for a frame home to $228, and from
$268 for a masonry home to $196.
Owen over
Erwin, 18-14.
The Owen TAgA WarAorses^
casAed tn on a rosA ojf emors
TWday mgAf Co apsef fAe Aeaody
/aoored A!rwtn TAgA
6{ports wrtCer Aon TAice gtoes
iAe defads o/ tAe CoacA-and-go
gante on page sue.
Story on page 6
Emptoyee suggestion
wins Evans award
by Cynthia Reimer
Suggestion number 6016 was a
winner for Barbara Teagarden Evans,
iead nurse in the detoxification unit of
the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center
(ARC). Evans' suggestion brought her a
certificate of recognition, two days
annual leave and a check for $848.63.
Under a state employee suggestion
system called "Brain Storm, " Dr. Sarah
T. Morrow, secretary of the Department
of Human Resources, instituted a cash
awards program for suggestions which
save institutions time and money. Most
cash awards are $25-200. Evans' inno
vation, now used by other state institu
tions as well, saves nurses an hour and
a half a day.
"At the end of each shift I got
writer's cramp," Evans explained, from
filling out patient reports. She devised a
form on which nurses could make check
marks, freeing them to spend more time
and give more attention to patient care.
Evans was honored last Thursday be
co-workers when she received the
award from J. P. Johnson, director of
personnel and productivity for the
Department of Human Resources.
Johnson replaced Dr. Sarah Morrow,
scheduled to give Evans the award, who
had to ieave unexpectedly for Washing
ton.
An employee suggestion goes
through a lot of red tape and several
bureaucratic processes, Johnson said in
making the presentation. "You'd better
believe it's a good one if it comes out
the other side!"
William P. Johnson, Black Mountain
ARC director, introduced other disting
uished guests at the awards program,
including State Representative Gordon
Greenwood and Wayne McDevitt, di
rector of Governor Hunt's western
office.
L Henry Coker, ARC chaplain, gave
the invocation.
Also speaking was Steve Hicks,
deputy director of alcoholic programs in
N.C.
Evans, a former voice teacher at
Lees-Mc Rae College in Banner E!k,
said she plans to use the money to buy a
piano. She has been a nurse at the ARC
for the past five a years. She received
her nurse's training in New Orleans.
As for brilliant - and lucrative
ideas, Evans said, "I've got another one
but I haven't turned it in yet.!"
Poiice and fire report
J3arAaraE!uans'parents, tAe T^ayardens, /otned tAefr
daayAter at an awards proyra/n &tst weeA. ^<ans
recetoed an award /rom tAe state /or a suyyesdon sAe
made wAtcA saoes eacA nurse an Aoar and a Aa// eoery
day.
Accident fata! to pedestrian
Swannanoa Volunteer
Fire Department
On Monday, Aug. 24, Swannanoa
firemen extinguished a fire at Owen
manufacturing. The biaze was confined
to a small area. Also on the 24th, the
Swannanoa Rescue Squad was called to
1-40 at 11:15 a m. when a pedestrian
was struck fatally by an eastbound
tractor-trailer. The victim, Ray W.
Eaton of Swannanoa, apparently step
ped in front of the vehicle.
Swannanoa firemen assisted in the
search for a 78 year old man lost in the
Leicester area. He was found unharmed
on Aug. 26.
On Sunday, an ambulance was called
to Wards Trailer Park where an infant
had stopped breathing.
Black Mountain
Police Department
On Aug. 25, breaking and entering
was attempted at the Black Mountain
Middle School. An ax or other tool was
used to chop a 12 by two inch hole in the
roof at the back of the school. On Aug.
31, a window was broken in the kitchen
area of the same school and entry was
gained. Nothing was reported stolen.
Three cases of worthless checks have
been reported in the area in the past
week and one arrest made in connection
with the checks.
A motorcycle was stolen on Aug. 30
from Hiawassee Ave.
Weather
review
Aug. 24-high S3, low 57 degrees.
Aug. 26-high 73, low 61 degrees.
Aug. 27-high SO, low 57 degrees.
Aug. 2S-high 80, low 51 degrees.
Aug. 29-high 74, iow 54 degrees.
Aug. 31-high 80, iow 57 degrees.
Weather courtesy of WPGW
Radio, Black Mountain.
Middle income families and small
savers will be the ones to benefit from
new tax free savings certificates, Wen
dell Begley, executive vice-president of
Black Mountain Savings, said today.
And area home buyers and some home
owners will ultimately benefit from the
savings deposits expected to be genera
ated by the new certificates, called All
Savers Certificates of Deposit.
Tax legislation passed this summer
by Congress authorized financial insti
tutions to pay savers the tax-free return.
The rate of return is determined at
auctions held every four weeks, Begley
said, and will vary depending on
comparable Treasury Issues.
The certificate account can be opened
with as little as $500, Begley said. The
one-year certificates can pay savers as
The Otaen TRgA &A00J MiarcAyn^ Rand Aas a neto director, Afs. Rdte Slattery, and
neu/ ayd/crms, parcAased Ay tAe Rand Rooster c/aA, /or tAe J98J-d2 scAoo/ year.
Tax-free savings to benefit savers, home buyers
much as $2,000 in tax free interest for
those filing joint tax returns, and up to
$1,000 for those filing single returns.
Assuming a rate of 12 percent,
Begley said, savers with joint taxable
income between $24,600 and $29,900
would have to earn a yield of 17.65
percent on competing taxable instru
ments to match the 12 percent available
in the All Savers plan. "Those yields
are available," Begley said, " but
generally not with the low minimums
and deposit insurance." Begley also
said the new saver* tax break would be
especially appealing to households in
federal income tax brackets over 28
peroent.
Once depositors open the account,
the rate is guaranteed for the full
12-month period, he said.
Fiddier
dosses
to begin
Fiddlers and those interested in
becoming fiddlers are invited to join a
14-week class taught by Bucky Hanks at
Warren Wilson College. Registration
for both beginning and intermediate
instruction will be held this week. Call
Ow college as soon as possible to
register.
"Bucky Hanks is one of the area's
finest musicians," said Appalachian
Music Director David Holt. "We have
been very pleased with the guitar and
mandolin classes he has taught here
before."
The beginning class will meet at 7
p.m., intermediates at 8 p.m. Costs for
the class is 835. For more information,
call 298-3325, ext. 239.
The United States has had one of the
lowest personal savings rates of any
industrialized nation because of a tax
structure which has discouraged sav
ings, Begley said. Legislation creating
tax-exempt savings was intended to
encourage middle-income Americans to
save. Begley stated that with the tax
break for savers, a considerable amount
of new deposits should be generated.
These deposits, which will be at a lower
cost to the financial institutions, will
make more money available for home
buyers, most likely at more affordable
rates. "The local housing market has
suffered from the scarcity and high
costs of mortgage money," Begley said.
All-Savers Certificates will be avail
able at Black Mountain Savings and
other banks, savings and loans and
credit unions who wish to participate
beginning October 1.
Highway Patrol hopes
to reduce accidents
The State Highway Patrol will beef up
trooper visibility on N.C. highways in an
attempt to stent) the number of acci
dents, drunk drivers and deaths that
traditionally accompany the Labor Day
weekend holiday, the governor's office
announced this week.
"This is the final long weekend of
summer," said Burley B. Mitchell Jr.,
secretaiy of the N.C. Department of
Crime Control and Public Safety, "and
the roads will be clogged with people
getting in that final trip to the beach or
the mountains.
"This is always a dangerous situa
tion, and we often note an increase of
traffic accidents and deaths at this time
of year. Please be careful when you
drive and have a safe and happy
holiday."
Eighteen North Carolinians died on
the state's highways iast year at this
time.
State Highway Patrol Commander
John T. Jenkins added his warning to
Mitchell's. "Motorists can expect to see
more troopers on heavily traveled
roads, and the Patrol will again be
participating in Operation CARE (Com
bined Accident Reduction Effort),"
Jenkins said. Troopers have also been
instructed to be alert for disabled
vehicles and to give assistance when
needed, he added.
The Labor Day holiday period begins
at 6 p.m. FYiday, Sept. 4, and ends at
midnight Monday, Sept. 7.
__—
i AY ""* ^
LABOR ^ CLOSED
^ 4 ^
pridm ^ ^ —