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p%'*S3S'i§8"**""'* i*= PUQUiy VArlnA, N. C. 27506 Second ciass postage paid at B/ac^ Mountain. i\iC 2S7H Thursday, Ju!y 14, 1983, Volume 31. Number 28 Memberof ^heNCPA The sAdnmedng sundgAt on ZaAe Susan, a Montreot /ondmarA s/nce tAe ear/y years o/* tAt's century, /nutted residents and con/erees a/ZAe to en^oy suntmer acdtTt'U'es sucA as su'/mm/ng. canoe/ng or taAtng a tum aAout tAe ZaAe Zn apadd/eAoat 7Ae tAree-stor/es stone AuZ/d/ng re/Zected on tAe ZaAe's nnrro/^ZZAe sur/ace Aas Aad fnany uses. Aut Zs currently seraZng as tAe CoZZegZate ActZuZt/es Center /or Afontreat-^nderson CoZZege. PAoto Av PnsrZZZa Nop A/ns Limited number of low rate mortgages to be available Potential homebuyers may apply for a limited number of 10.15 percent mort gage loans beginning Monday, July 18, as the result of a $45 million bond sale by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency. The 30-year, fixed-rate loans are designed to aid low and moderate income, first-time homebuyers. At least a five percent cash down payment is required, and applicants must have a sales contract in hand before filing a loan application with a lender. "We wanted to provide some mortgage money now because summer is a prime homebuying time. Many families are looking for homes and a great many houses are for sale. Also, interest rates have begun to rise again and we felt that our lower interest rates would help keep the momentum going for homebuying within the state," said Gary Paul Kane. Executive Director of the Agency. This is the Agency's second single family bond sale within three months. Demand was so great that funds from the Agency's $21 million bond sale in April were gone in one day. The Agency recommends that inter ested persons work with a real estate professional or on their own to locate a house which they think they can afford. Then they should contact a lender to file a loan application. Lending institutions in Buncombe County that will have some of these mortgages available are the Asheville office of Asheville Federal Savings and Loan, Clyde Savings and Loan, Wachovia Bank and Trust Mortgage Department, and the Kissell Company. Stipulations for those applying for mortgage monies include that appli cants cannot have owned a home during the previous three years and copies of federal income tax returns are required for the past three years. For the first time, some of the lenders are working with builders to reserve portions of their allocations for new construction. The time period during which the loans must be submitted to the Agency is extended from 120 days to 270 days to allow for construction under this new Builder's program. Forty-nine lending institutions across the state are participating in the Agency program. They will accept and process applications before sending them to the Agency, which ultimately purchases the completed mortgages. Lenders have been instructed not to take applications until Monday, July 18; no appointments can be scheduled before that time. The Housing Finance Agency was created by the state legislature to work with private lending institutions in providing mortgage financing to low and-moderate income families. It is self-supporting, and supplies money to make mortgages through the sale of tax-exempt revenue bonds. JVC. E/popnt/) District Congressnian damps McC/arp CJarA^ toured t/)P Veterans /i&THfHsfratJon Dospita/ in Otppn on 77)ursday. daiy 7. ^t -? pm. Rpp. CJarAp met witA Mr. y^rtAur dandy. MpcJJca/ Center D:rpp(or and otAer adnt:n:'sJradop medicai pprsonnp/. Dp tAen toured surpica/ and medicai wards. oisidnp u<itA indioiduai padpn^s and sfa// members. Congressman Ciarbe is pictured [at rip/) t] abooe as be preets /Libert Rboades o/Ciyde. JVC. JT/M)adps was a serpeant in d)p ^ir fbrce and was scbeduied to be reieased Jasi Saturday. Inside OBITUARIES CHURCH NEWS SOCIAL NOTES FORUM COMMUNITY CAIENDAR CLUB NEWS ARTS CHRDREN'S CORNER REAL ESTATE CLASSIFIED SPORTS PAGE2 PAGE2 PAGE3 PAGE4 PAGE4 PAGE5 PAGE6 PAGE10 PAGE10 PAGE11 PAGE12 At Aldermen meeting Zoning changes approved; golf carts to be purchased Mayor Tom Sobol and the Black Mountain Board of Aldermen met at the regularly scheduled monthly meeting held at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 11, in the town hall. All the Aldermen were present except Doug Stafford who was out of town on business. In an open session that lasted approximately an hour and a half, action was taken on a number of routine matters. The proposed zoning changes were approved in a 4-0 vote on the third reading. Mayor Sobol asked for com ments from the audience or board before the vote was taken. As on the first and second readings, there were no comments. Again on a 4-0 vote, approval was given to purchase additional carts for the golf course on a lease-purchase plan. The carts will be paid for with revenue generated by their use. Steve Edmonds, Rice, Lanter win election Three members of the Board of Directors of the Swannanoa Volunteer Fire Department were elected on Tues day, July 12, in balloting held from 2-7 p.m. at the fire house. Ballots that were counted by a computer were used in the election. Results were tabulated shortly after the polls closed. Election results are as follows: Elroy Edmonds 223 Icon Rice 213 Kenneth Lanter 202 David Bartlett 191 Foster Stuart 190 Rick Harwood 172 Anyone who lives in the fire district and is subject to the fire tax was eligible to vote. A total of 405 people voted. Each voter was allowed three ballots as three directors were to be elected. TTie three candidates receiving the highest number of votes were elected to the board. Edmonds, Rice and Lanter will officially join the board at the Aug. meeting. King noted that many people who wish to rent carts on Saturday and Sunday are turned away because demand for them exceeds supply. Carl Bartlett commented that the used carts pur chased last year have already "more than paid for themselves." On a motion made by Gay Fox, the board voted by 4-0 to authorize the town manager to accept bids on needed repairs for the Dunsmore Cove Dam. Gary Bartlett, Chief of the Black Mountain Fire Department, has written a letter to request that an independent survey of the town's fire-fighting re sources be re-evaluated. He said that since the new water system has been completed, he believes that the current Class 7 rating could be lowered to a 6 and possibly a 5. This would mean that property owners within the city limits could expect a resulting reduction in fire insurance rates. The inspection team is expected to come in Aug. and a reply from the s'ate insurance service office couid be anticipated by Oct. There was a discussion about the possibility fo replacing a fire engine this year rather than next when regulations will require that such action be taken. Bill Anthony, Chairman of the Urban Forestry Commission submitted a report. The mayor asked the aldermen to study this preparation for action on its recommendations at the Aug. meet ing. Tom Nesbitt was re-appointed to a one year term on the board by acclamation. Town Manager A1 Richardson said that Harold Dotson will be retiring on Sept. 1, but indicated that he might continue with the town on a part time basis. The Aldermen held a closed session to discuss routine personnel matters. No action was taken. Why are the fire hydrants different colors 1? by Tim Riddle If you've been wondering why the fire hydrants in Biack Mountain have been changing colors, Chief Gary Bartlett of the fire department says that the system is undergoing standardization and the colors help ^identification while hy drants are replaced. Hydrants with red barrels have a national standard thread while those with yellow barrels have an Asheville thread which requires an adapter. The color of the bell (cap) identifies hydrant flow capacity in gallons per minute (gpm). Of the nearly 180 hydrants on the system, over 80 percent are green capped (1000 gpm), with the remaining few either yellow capped (500-1000 gpm) or red capped (under 500 gpm). News plans Sourwood Festival l ab The Biack Mountain News is ptanning to publish a special Sourwood Festival tabloid as an insert to the July 28 edition of the paper. In addition to being an insert, extra copies of the tabloid will be distributed to the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce and to retailers in the Valley to be given to visitors and customers. The tabloid will have a complete schedule of events for the festival which is set for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 5 and 6. Black Mountain News advertisers will want to get their special message in the tabloid. Call the News office at 669-8727 if you want to help promote the festival through advertising. Andy Hutchinson is the retail advertising manager. Yard Sales: "One man s trash is another man s treasure "?rt.asH,.ps -^.a T^y ' ^avAy^car/oatf J O"*. ^*ht\ & n con*" Ay Pnscf/fa AFopA/ns PAoitos &y Phsct/Ja Mop^ns "Garage Sbte, " "Yard&te, " or "Moutng Sate" on a stgn tacAed on a tree or ttsted on tAe c^assf/iiedpage o/a newspaper ts an o//er /ew can refuse today. Tast Saturday, tAe NEWS Matted /roe sates tn tAe Mittey and tatAed uttA buyers and setters. 7Ae buyers ere tooAtng /or bargatns. mosdy /or tAetr oun use. 7Ae setters totd us tAat pots and pans are /requentty requested. GtotAtng. parttcutarty tn/ents, men's and targe st^es tn uomen's etotAtng are popu/ar ttems. Smatt etectrtcat appttances sett wett. espeetatty /bns. Gne tadv satd tAat sAe Aad sotd seoerot /ans tn tAe sates sAe Aas Aad tAts summer. WAen asAed wAat tAe teast eacA Aad sotd sometAtng /or. most reptted "a ntcAet, " Autone group totd tAat tAey Aadgtoeu some tAtngs away/ TAe most anyone Aad patd /or a stngte ttem u-as %ts5. WAat were some o/ tAe most unusuat tAtngs sotd? AYre wood. <! p.^b..-'. macAtne and an etectrteat range u ere named OtAer poputar /tew^ , . booAs, AouseAotd ttnens and tn/dnt /umtsAtngs. One tody sotd tAat sAe "Aad a reat good ttme ' wAene!*er sA, <. .. \.. n; sate. v4notAer satd tAat sAe "met tAe ntcest peopte'' and tt's fn,, t ' /bund some bargatns /eoutdn 't restst.
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