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Black Horn .tain Library 105 17. J'ou^hen^STTTWt. Black Mountain, L.C. 28V11 tursday, September 23. 1982, Volume 30. Number 38 Mem ber of the NCPA Second class postage paid at Black Mountain. NC 2#7J1 OM7M %Mt%S jfbr JjKce//ence sfafMS by Priscilla Hopkins )The Black Mountain-Swannanoa Camber of Commerce was the spon ^ring agency in Black Mountain's bid ffor a Governor's Community of Excel lence award. T^is is an on-going program for North Carolina communi ties whose latest population estimate or census figures do not exceed 15,000. To meet the award winning criteria, the community must have a sponsoring agency, an economic development or ganization, a promotional materials committee which must provide an up-to-datebrochure and a 10-15 minutes slide presentation about the features of the community, a marketing committee, a development team composed of citizens who are knowledgeable about such local topics as transportation, utilities, taxes and other liveability factors of the community, an existing industrial committee, a financial organi zation that has the ability to finance the development of industrial properties, an accurate community profile, and at least one industrial site that will be available for a spedned time. For more than a year, many people in the community have been involved in Hus project which culminated with a formal presentation to the inspection team last Wednesday, Sept. 15. Bill White, Jr., President of the Chamber headed the development team who made the day long presentation. Others who were responsible for presentations in specific areas were Mayor Tom Sobol, W endell Begley, Herb Edwards, Kathy W acaster, George Venturella and Travis Childs. Also on the committee but unable to attend because of being out of town were Kelce Lytle and Bob Watts. Frances Berry, Community Dev elopment Director, and Tony Caudle, Regional Planner from The Land of the Sky Council were also present. The state inspection team members were Priscilla Hartle, Ray Cantrell, Clem W right and Hugh Stevens. The format of the first portion of the presentation was structured so that one of the panel members portrayed the representative of a prospective indus trial company--in this case an auto mobile head light manufacturer-who quizzed the members of the presenta tion team on various aspects and facilities of the community. Then each developmental team member made a more formal presentation on items in his area of expertise. The afternoon portion of the presentation was spent in an on-site tour of existing area indus tries. The meeting concluded with an informal critique of the developmental committee's presentation by the panel. Hie committee was praised as one of the best prepared groups the panel had encountered. Informal assurances were given by the pane! that Black Mountain would qualify for the award, but formal presentation will not take place until November when the mayor will go to Raleigh to accept the award. A principle benefit to the community to be derived from the successful completion of this program will be assistance from the state department of Commerce in the economic develop ment of the town of Black Mountain. Also, colorful signs will be erected at the entrances of the corporate limits stating that the town is a Governor's Community of Excellence. 7n fheNeuis . . . ^^por^ -jp. 2 Valley FoF^cs - 3 Editorials - 4 Around the Valley - 6 Obituaries - 10 jBd/y Ed !Ebee/er domg^ tvbaf be docs best. ^EWsci/Za ^fopbms pbofo/ Wheeler headlines United Way Kickoff by Priscilla Hopkins "Asheville, Reach for the Sky" is the theme for the United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County's 1982-83 Cam paign. Headlining the entertainment for the 250 community leaders who atten ded the campaign's opening luncheon held at the Hilton Inn on Wednesday, Sept. 8 was the Swannanoa Valley's own balladeer, Billy Edd Wheeler. He performed with Timberline, a Nashville based band. In the soft-spoken style that is his, Wheeler told of the first time he had taken part in an United Way campaign opening. It was more than a decade ago that he had come with his' father-in-law, the late Arthur Banner man, then President of Warren Wilson College. "And," he told the group, "the United Way has been a family tradition ever since." His wife and mother-in-law were in the audience as he spoke. He entertained not only with his singing and guitar playing, but with a "down home" humorous story about how he gets the inspiration for the songs he writes. The idea for the lyrics to' 'Imcgene" came about when he was playing golf with a man who, Billy Edd had been told, was very wealthy. During the early stages of the game, his partner remarked without preamble that perhaps Billy Edd had been told of his wealth. Yes, Billy Edd acknowled ged nodding his head, he had. "Well," continued the man, "I am rich. And I've earned every penny of it, for my wife is half Indian and half bulldog and she's either on the warpath or sitting around on her tail a'growlin'!" Wheeler also sang two other of his songs, "Coward of the County" and "Ashevil!e--Land of the Sky". The latter is also the title of his latest album. Several of his albums are available at The Old Depot in Black Mountain. Wheeler was warmly received and given a standing ovation at the conclu sion of his performance. Timberline had played earlier in the program. The four young men who produced its toe tapping country style music were Eric EMer, guitar; Chet Couth, drums; Chuck Fey, bass and Dave Flemming, rhythm guitar. Campaign chairman Robert Fleming said that volunteers will be contacting individuals and businesses until the end of October. He expects good response from the community because "people are generous once they understand the need...and in these times of great economic stress, more people have need of counseling and in meeting their bills." Two new agencies have been added this year, Heipmate, Inc. and Hospice of N.C. bringing the total of agencies served by the United Way to 36. A moving multi-media presentation titled "winners" was prepared by Price-McNabb, an Asheville advertising agency. The presentation stressed that the winners-the volunteers of the United Way campaign-are people who want to work and win something more out of iife by helping others. As one volunteer was shown saying, "Winners are the peopie who get involved in forming the future, not just living." Fleming echoed this theme in his dosing remarks as he chalenged those who would lead this year's campaign to "reach for the sky" as they worked to meet the goal of $1,450,000 which is up 9 percent over last year's record achievement. Doug Stafford, a Black Mountain Alderman, is an associate of Price McNabb and was in charge of all the arrangements for the highly successful kick-off session. Aldermen struggle with zoning problems by BiM Anthony Do you live in a residential zone of Black Mountain and would you like a mobile home park in the three acres adjacent to your house? That is the political test question before the Board of Aldermen following a public hearing Sept. 15 intended to air the town's proposed* new zoning or dinance. While controversy has focused for 10 months on business identification signs, the aldermen instead were brought up short last week without a consensus on how to respond to those people who, usually for economic reasons, prefer to live in mobile homes, and how not to dismay those who don't want mobile homes next door. Hie aldermen and their Planning Board have recently moved in the direction of preventing new individual mobile homes, while accepting the alternative of mobile home parks. Most of the officials agree that people who want to live in mobile homes should be allowed to do so, but where? Rejecting the notion that only specific neighbor hoods should be labeled acceptable for mobile home parks on the premise such communities chosen likely would be the poorer in town, and not wishing to add to their unattractiveness, the aldermen and planners were prepared broadly to allow the parks in both the higher density R-10 and lower density R-20 zones. However, according to the drafted ordinance, such parks must have a minimum area of three acres, and no one at the Sept. 15 meeting couid recall an empty area in the R-10 zone so iarge. That leaves R-20. The controversy last week developed between residents of the S. Blue Ridge Rd. community (R-20) and Jack Brown. The latter was recently denied a permit by the Board of Adjustment to create a recreational vehicle park on his property in the vicinity of S. Blue Ridge Rd. and Brier Brook Road. Now Brown wishes to use the acreage for a mobile home park, and he told the aldermen, in effect, he would consider it discrim natory not to be permitted to do so. Dr. and Mrs. A! Wagener led the neighbors opposed to Brown's proposal at the zoning ordinance public hearing. They argued that an area zoned for low density is precisely not the place designed for mobile home parks. Unable to resolve the problem Sept. 15, the aldermen called for more research on their legal alternatives, and scheduled another public hearing for Oct. 7. That follows a previously scheduled meeting by the Hanning Board Sept. 30, and is before the aldermen's regularly scheduled action meeting Oct. 11. When the zoning ordinance will come to a vote is uncertain, although some have predic ted no sooner than November, 12 months from the time the McDonald's sign prompted a moratorium on the issuance of new sign permits and redrafting of the zoning ordinance. As for the original sign controversy, the aidermen apparentiy have no pro Mem with Artide X of the planners' zoning ordinance draft. That would permit free standing business identifi cation signs not more that 85 square feet on each side and up to 25 feet tall. Also permitted would be "reader boards" attached to the free standing signs up to 25 square feet per side, and various signs attached to buildings up to 50 per cent of the front street wall surface. Bill boards now in place may remain, if kept in good repair. 7<?// Ainus tAat tAe Jones Aids Aoue /band tAe Great TArmpAin, or so it seems anyway. 77n's 7 75 iA. giant grew in tAe pumpAinpatcA o/Riiiy Jo Jones o/ tAe Groce mont section o/Swnnnanoa. Jones tried a new seed tAat Aad a Aistory o/ producing giants an sure enoagA, tAis, and anotAer wAicA is stiii growing [and may top tAis one in si?e] were AotA groa^n in Ais Patton Cooe garden. Pictured witA tAe pumpAr'n emeritus is Aii Jones, age 5. second grader at Siaannanoa Pdmary. and Ais Aig sister Joann, age 77, a seoeatA grader at Swannanoa Middie ScAooi 77te pianned /u^re /or tAe giant is to Aaae Ais TTaiioween /ace painted on ratAer tAan cut, and tAen to Ae cut into sedges /or tAe neigAAors to maAe pumpAin pies. Care to guess Aow many pies can Ae made /com 775 pounds o/ pumpAin? [ATdcgie Tauterer pAoto] JSMC&eye Cove MHns by Priscilla Hopkins Buck-eye Cove, which lies to the south of U S. 70 just west of Swanna noa, has been organized as a commu nity dub since Jan. of 1975. Each year since then, the community has entered the two annual competitions of the Western North Carolina Development Association, Inc. whose parent assod ation is the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service. In Aug. of each year, Community Beautification competition takes place and in Oct., the Overall Community Development is judged. The residents have not only entered all of these competitions since they organi zed, but have always won a first, second or third place in them. In the Keep North Carolina Beautiful competition sponsored by Quality Forward, they have won several certificates and a silver bowl. All the certificates and trophies are proudly displayed on the walls of their community center. Annie McMahan, President of the Buck-eye Cove Community Club, spoke with justifiable pride of the accomplish ments of the community as she showed off the community center that had been built on a "pay as you go" basis. The exterior is of Wayne-edged siding, felled from pines that grew in the cove and sawed into boards at a sawmill at the upper end of the cove. The interior is paneled with rough poplar planks. A complete kitchen, bathroom and large meeting room fill the main floor and a full basement is below. People in the cove provided all the labor except for the dry-walling and plastering; these services were hired only because no one in the community knew how to do them. Use community raised funds for the materials needed for the project with Poor Man Suppers, two flea markets (which netted (800), a hamburger fry where the men-folk took a turn at cooking, and a Garden Variety supper featuring food grown in members' gardens. lire community dub meets the first Thursday in the month and the meeting is always preceded by a covered dish dinner. The long range goals of the group are community beautification and development. Some of the projects that help implement these goals are an active Community Watch program a monthly award for the most attractive yard from April to October, (the winner turn to page 5
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