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PUquay V*rlna, H. C. P7306 Second ciass postage paid at Biacic Mountain. i\iC 2S7iJ Thursday. August 4. 1983. Volume 31. Number 31 JB/ac%c AlbMHfain Afidd/e ScAtto/ Capps Is Named New Principal R,.cer C Capps has been appointed principal of the Black Mountain Middle School by 'he Buncombe County School Board He assumed his du'ies there on Friday, July 29 Capps is beginning his twentieth year in public education. He taught for two years in Wilkes, four years at Swan nanoa, and at Glen Arden the first two years that that school was in operation. His first administrative post was as the last principal of Shiloh. He spent only "from July to Halloween" as principal a' Bil'more on an interim basis and then was the principal of Haw Creek for the remainder of that school year and the following one Hans for the present Haw Creek school were worked out under his principalship. For the pas' 8 years he has been an effective and popular principal a! 'he Reynolds Middle School since i's open ing in 1975. l^s' year he served as President of the Buncombe County Uni'e of the North Carolina Association of Educators. He has always worked with young sters in 'he middle school age group and is "in education for the children." He firmly believes that each child deserves an opportunity for the best possible education wherever he is and Capps will "set the stage (at BMMS) so the teachers can provide" that for the youngsters in this community. Capps has already evaluated what he considers to be necessary improve ments to the building. One item high on Childress to chair Asheville Area for WWC fund drive Gran P Childress, regional agency manager for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company in Asheville, has accepted the post of Asheville Area Chairman for the 90th Anniversary Fund Drive of Warren Wilson College. Dr. Reuben A. Holden, college presi dent, and James W. G. Wollcott, general chairman for the fund drive, made the announcement as the college steps up work for the campaign's Asheville phase, which will take place in January and February of 1984. Childress, a chartered life under writer, is a former president of the Asheville Association of Life Under writers. He is past chairman of the Board of Trustees of Asheville Country Day School, and has served on the Advisory Board of the Asheville chapter of the Salvation Army, of which he is past president. Childress is also a former chairman of the Board of Stewards of Central United Methodist Church in Asheville. Bom in Mount Airy, N.C., he is a graduate of the Oxford Orphanage High School in Oxford, N.C., and of the University of North Carolina a! Chapel Hill. The Warren Wilson College 90th Anniversary Campaign has raised $2.9 million toward its goal of $4.5 million, which it plans to meet during the celebration of the college's 90th anni versary in 1984. t Sourwo Festivnt 7de CowwnniTy 7)*ee Zdp/ecT CowwtTTee ad/ daae a /iw/Ted nawder o/ Soari/ood sap/ings /or sa/e of Tde O/d OepoT on Friday. .4ag. .5. /row 70 a. w. - 5 p. w. 77ie cosT o/ Tde sap/ings a t// depend on Tdeir size. deginning aT $.5. Tdoceeds a d/ de sdared dy Tde CowwiTTee and die O/d Z/epoT. doT non-pro/fT ^roaps. 71de CowwiTTee ad// ase iTs sdare To pare/iase add/dona/ Trees To o/fer /or sa/e To die cowwaniTy /n T/ie spdng o/ /9<Sd. 77ie O/d OepoT a d/ ase iTs s/iare To sndsidize T/ie cosT o/ T/ie cowwnniTy prograws sac/i as Sdnday aT T/ie Zade. AZiiSi'ca/ enTerTainwenT a d/ de provided a'iTdoaTcosTon T/ie grassy area ne.tT To Cood B/ecTric Co. on Broadway near T/ie Fes Tito/. On fhday. ^ag. 5, Jiwwy darwd/o-SoaTd/ander a/// per/orw /row 7-.? p. w. O. W PeTers /row ZZendersonoide ad/ p/ay /row <?-5 p. w. and 77ie Swyma Band -odgnna/ conTewporary sTy/es--ad/ per/orw /row 6-/? p. w. On .SaTarday. ^4ag. d. Z/oderT Saain a id p/ay /row noon - 7 p. w. 77ie B/acd MoanTain ZZea/Td C/ad ad/ sponsor T/ie Sbaraood Bencd Zd-ess ConTesTon SaTarday. ^ag. d. deginning aT 7 p. w. Weigd-ins ad/ degin aT noon. 77iere ad/ de a %d enTry /ee.* cdecds sdoa/d de wade payad/e To Tde dea/Td e/ad. 77iere a d/ de eigdT aeig'dTdiai'st'ons and eacd conTesTanT ad/ dai^e Tdree aTTewpTs To acdiete dis waaawaw /i/T. Zor addidona/ in/orwadon or enTrv /brws, conTaeT Tde dea/Td c/ad aT 669-2740. the list is to have the floors tiled and storage facilities improved to free up additional instructional space. Storage racks for chairs stored in the C'nhina tion gym-auditorium have already been ordered. He has a new schedule planned that t . . %es Am ue - ^ 'c'rs for their high school education. H is also his intention to make better use of 'he s'aff by reviewing 'heir teaching credentials, i.e. having teachers 'each "in field" according to their certifica tion. Sixth graders will be instructed in self-contained classrooms, bu< seventh and eighth graders will change classes. Band and choral instruction will begin in the seventh ^rade. Capps stressed that communication is most important. "Parents ought to talk reguiariy with their sons or daughters to find out what is going on in school." He also recommends that parents have at least two conferences a year with classroom teachers. Another important thing that parents can do to help with the education of their children is to see that their children attend school every day. Capps also stated that this age group is the one with which he prefers to work. He coaches IJttle league Ball, likes to go fishing and is "trying to compete" with his son Greg, age 9, at golf. He is married to Janice Capps, a math teacher at Owen. Christian Writers Conference slated Afrs. Yuonne Lehman The Blue Ridge Christian Writers' Conference will be held at the YMCA's Blue Ridge Assembly from Sunday, Aug. 7 through Thursday, Aug. 11. In 1975, Yvonne Lehman and her husband, Howard, incorporated them selves and started holding Christian writers' conferences at Blue Ridge after she had tried unsuccessfully for several years to interest others in holding such sessions in this area. Today it is known in all areas of the nation for the expert help it offers its students in all areas of Christian writing. Inside the 7VE!FS FORUM PAGE2 COMMUNITY CALENDAR PAGE2 SOCIAL NOTES PAGE3 THE ARTS PAGE4 SPORTS HIGHIJGHTS PAGE 5 CIAJBNEWS PAGE6 OBITUARIES PAGE7 CHURCHNEWS PAGE7 RE AI, ESTATE PAGE8 CIASSIFIED PAGE9 Sourwood Festival August 5 and 6 According to Mrs. Lehman: "This year's conference wiii have a marvelous facuity of published writers, publishers, and editors. I think it will be one of the finest conferences we have had. We offer help to the novice as well as the experienced writer. One of our unique Services is to provide writers with face-to-face interviews with publisher and editors from the Christian market place." Mrs. Lehman is an accomplished writer, having won numerous awards for both books and articles. Her published books are: Red Like Mine, published in the U S. and Germany; Dead Men Don't Ciy and Fashions of the Heart, published in the U S. and Germany, and Holland. Her first historical novel, In Shady Groves, will be on the market in December, and a second romance novel is scheduled for publication in 1984. Mrs. Lehman's expertise as a writer and her success at getting published are making her sought-after as a speaker, seminar and workshop leader at writers' groups all over the country. In June of this year, she was a panelist in a workshop at the Romance Writers of America Conference in Washington, DC. According to Mrs. Lehman, enroll ment for the Christian Writers' meet is excellent, but there is still room for those wanting to attend. Commuters or part-time students are welcome also. Anyone interested in learning more about the conference may write Mrs. Lehman at P.O. Box 188, Black Moun tain, N.C., 28711, or call her at 704-669-8421. ' ' Correction In the article concerning the Amateur Horseshoe Tournament written by Mike Allison on page 12 of the Juiy 28 edition of the News, a typographical error was made. The registration fee for aduits for the tournament should have read $2 (two doilars), not (20 as appeared in the artide. Also, the fee for youths should have read (1 (one dollar), not ^ t". In addition, Gary Bailey and Jack Kingrey, last year's single winner and runner-up are ineligible to compete in this year's tournament, but will partidpate in the Tourna ment of Champions to be held on Saturday, Aug. 6. Also, Herman Denny and Gary Bailey will not play in the tourna ment as they were last year's doubles winners, but they, too, will compete in this year's Tournament of Champions. For additional information, cali Bob Antozzi at 669-2052. jRo#er C. Capp s Mayor Sobol appointed Andrew M. Kistler, n. Mayor of Morganton and President of the North Carolina League of Municipalities has appointed Black Mountain Mayor Tom Sobol to serve as a member of the Community and Economic Development FMicy Committee for that organization. Based on the recommendations of the League Committee for the 80's, the League's Board of Directors agreed to appoint four standing policy committees to cover subject areas similar to the policy committees of the National League of Cities. These policy committees will annually review municipal policy issues and make recommendations on policies at both the State and Federal level. In addition, the committees will annually review proposed policy resolu tions submitted by member cities and towns and make recommendations on these proposed policies to the League Board of Directors. The first meeting of the Community and Economic Development Phlicy Committee has been set for August 10 a< 10:30 a.m. in the Albert Coates Local Government Center in Raleigh. VFW Post 9157 to host District Meeting There wiH be a meeting of District 16 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Sunday, Aug. 7 in Black Mountain. Pbst 9157 will host the meeting that will begin with a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. in the Lake Tomahawk Clubhouse. The meeting will be held immediately following the meal. Sixteenth District Commander J.W. Blankenship of Biack Mountain wiii be presiding. State Commander Jack Ragan wiii be the department representative. Ail members of the host Post 9157 and members of the ladies' Auxiliary are invited to be present. Police Report by Tim Riddle A Black Mountain man died eariy Monday from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head, said Black Mountain Police. John W. Fincher, 45, of Portman Villa Trader Park was found on the floor of his bedroom by his wife, Dollie T. Fincher. Police reports state that Mrs. Fincher left their mobile home at midnight to heip a netghbor. She returned 2 hours later and found her husband on the floor. Police found a 30.06 rifle at the scene. Fincher's three-year-old daughter was asleep in another bedroom during the incident. Black Mountain Police also arrested a 28-year old Swannanoa man in connec tion with a robbery at 100% Laurel Circle. Dr. William Vitzthume is being held under $17,000 unsecured bond. "Set/-/mage, " a styiing saion /or men and u^omen, Aas mooec?/romOMf7<S. 70inSwannanoa, to tAe comer o/^ Mmce and BiacA Afoan&n'n /4oenues in BiacA Mountain. Ou^ner-operater Joan Sei/ Aas Aeen in Ausiness /or /ijteen years, tAe iast year and a Aai/ in SYcannanoa. Be/ore sAe operated in /ttianta. Ber Ausiness Aoars are Monday, Wednesday fAroagA Saturday, .9 a. m. - A p. m. Aut Ay appointment oniy. SAe specializes in perms, /rostings, /aciais and good Aair cats. SAe sei/s a compiete iine o/ Aair and sAin care prodacts. 77:e netc teiepAone namAer o/^ "Sei/^/mage" is 669-62S6 Joan is picatured aAcoe Aioa*-drying a /resA cat /or one o/* Aer /irst customers in Aer neta BiacA Mountain iocation.
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