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Heat poses potential health hazarr/s
The Swannanoa Valley S^zz/es
Record breaking temperatures in the
high nineties set records in the Valiey
during the past week. Buncombe Coun
ty Schools dismissed eariy on Monday
and Tuesday. Aug.22 and 23 because of
the heat, which may be a first time
occurence in the history of the school
system.
Two employees of the Charles D.
Owen Manufacturing Company, Inc., in
Swannanoa were treated for heat ex
haustion at Memorial Mission Hospital
and released.
In near-by Asheville, a 100 degree
reading on Sunday, Aug 21, set an all
time high for that date, breaking the
previous one of 99 degrees set in 1936.
Also on Sunday, a record temperature
of 110 degrees was recorded in
Fayatteville, which was the high for the
nation on that date.
Dr. J.N. MacCormack, head of the
North Carolina Department of Human
Resources Communicable Disease Con
trot Branch has issued a warning to
citizens across the state to take extra
precautions to protect themseives in the
extreme heat.
He stressed that heat related illness
es can be serious problems particularly
for older people, infants and those who
suffer from chronic diseases.
He has said that people who work
directly in the sun such as field
laborers, construction workers and chil
dren who play outdoors are especially
susceptible. But, he cautioned, in the
current heat wave, everyone must be
aware of possible problems caused by
the high temperatures.
Dr MacCormack described the
symptoms of three heat related ill
nesses :
Heat Exhaustion - normal or slightly
higher body temperature; pale clammy
skin; excessive perspiration; tiredness
and weakness; possible headache and
cramps; dizziness, nausea or vomiting,
and possible fainting.
Heat Cnunps - muscle cramps, often
beginning in the stomach and legs.
Heat Stroke - high body temperature
of 106 degrees or higher; hot, red dry
skin due to lack of perspiration; strong,
rapid pulse; and possible delirium or
unconsciousness.
He said that heat stroke is very
serious and can be fatal. Anyone who
has the symptoms should see a physi
cian or get to a hospital immediately.
Dr. MacCormack made a number of
suggestions to use as precautionary
measures to avoid heat related ill
nesses. They are to drink plenty of
liquids, possibly as much as 50 percent
more than normal thirst requires; stay
out of direct sunlight; avoid alcoholic
beverages; increase salt intake unless
on a salt-restricted diet; try to stay in a
cool, well ventilated area. People with
Buckeye, Bee Free win awards
The Buckeye Cove Community has
been chosen as the winner in the
Buncombe County Community Develop
ment Beautification competition that
was heid on W ednesday and Thursday,
Aug. 10 and 11.
The community has entered the
annual competition for a number of
years and has won numerous awards.
Some of the projects that contributed to
the award were regularly scheduled
trash pick-ups and the use of the
Buncombe Alternatives program to help
with the removal of an unsightly area
dump.
"Yard of the Month" awards have
been given within the community as an
incentive for property owners to beauti
fy their premises. Community planters
have been built and planted, one of
special note at the entrance to the
community which is located west of
Swannanoa to the south of U S. 70.
Also, trees were planted to celebrate
Arbor Day
Mrs. Annie McMahan is President of
the club and Mrs. Helen Hall is
beautification Chairman.
An Honorable Mention was won by
the Bee Tree Community Development
Club, Inc. That group organized about
four years ago under a Community
Watch program and gradually expand
ed its activities to include not only
community beautification, but taking up
community problems suds as road
paving, clean-up of dump sites and
some environmental concerns
Urban Forestry
Commission makes report, recommendations
In a comprehensive, written report,
the Urban Forestry Commission sub
mitted the summary of a year's work
and made forma! recommendations for
action to the Black Mountain Board of
A Mermen at its regular meeting held on
Monday. Aug. 8.
First on the list of recommendations
was a suggestion for an amendment to
the zoning ordinance that would deal
with hazards created to traffic flow if
vegitation were allowed to encroach
onto public property The commission
noted in the report that numerous
complaints had been made by citizens
about trees or other plantings that were
creating a hazard to pedestrian or
vehicular traffic in specific areas. One
instance of this was the 4-way stop at
the intersection of Laurel Circle Drive
and Church Street where the view is
obstructed by tree limbs over-hanging
the roadway from private property.
A recommendation was made to
co-ordinate with state authorities on
excessive water flow at the intersection
of Old U S. 70 and Highway 70 on the
decorations along Broadway and Sutton
Avenues when presented.
The commission asked that Mr. Tom
Nesbitt be re-appointed to a one year
term on the commission for the sake of
continuity to the work of that group.
Members of teh Urban Forestry
Commission are Wiiiiam Anthony,
Chairman; Harold Patton, Vice Chair
man; Caro! Tyson, Secretary; Susan
Gariand and Tom Nesbitt.
A copy of the complete report of the
commission is available at Town Hall.
western outskirts of the town. Sugges
tions for landscaping the area in the
next fiscal year were also made.
It was suggested that directional
signs to the golf course be erected and
that the planting of sugar maples and
scarlet maples be planted along Old.
U S. 70 on the eastern approach to the
town be undertaken during the current
fiscal year.
It was recommended that the Board
look favorably upon suggestions that
will be made by several civic groups for
new Christmas tree plantings and
4[ new ajyproacA to aw oM jorob/ewt
Outpatient treatment helps alcoholics
by Priscilla Hopkins
Traditionally, acknowledged
alcoholics have committed themselves
to a hospital or clinic stay of a month or
more during which time they hope to
"dry-out" and break their addiction to
the drug, alcohol. The disadvantages of
such treatment have been separation
from family, time away from work and
the social stigma attached to the person
seeking treatment when others learned
of the problem
But recently, an alternative form of
treatment has had remarkable success.
Since March of this year, the Mountain
Industrial Health Services, Inc. in
Asheville has been able to offer a
different, less expensive kind of help to
clients who have come not only from
Asheville, the Swannanoa Valley and
other sections of Buncombe County, but
also to those who have come from
Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Colum
bia, S.C. to take part in the program.
Black Mountain resident Carol
Garland is the Program Director of the
MIHS Alochol and Drug Treatment
Center. She works with Bruce Elliston,
a physician, and Mr. Don Boone, MSW,
who is the clinical director in a new
approach to treating victims of alcohol
or other drug addiction.
In a 10 day program, the person being
treated is an out-patient. Instead of
Caro/ Gar/ano/
being isolated from the family, one
member goes through the program with
the patient so that support and under
standing for the patient are possible.
The program indudes alcohol educa
taion, introduction to and association
with an AA group, constant involve
ment of all members of the immediate
family, in counseling, supervision by
the physician and a strong life saence
program that teaches the patient value
clarification, assertiveness training, and
stress management.
Mrs. Garland points out that the cost
for the thirty day program is often three
to thirteen thousand dollars because of
in-patient services. The fee at MIHS is
only !1000 and covers the counseling of
the entire family.
The privacy afforded the patient is
important, too. The absence from work
could easily be covered by vacation or
accumulated sick leave. Many patients
do not want their employers to learn of
their problem, but Mrs. Garland says
that some employers are aware of the
problem and program and pay for the
treatment for an employee. She points
out that it is practically less expensive
for an employer to retain a highly skilled
employee rather than to bear the
expense of training a new one. Also,
many employers are compassionate and
genuinely want to help someone who
needs help.
The community's image of an alco
holic as a "skid row bum" is erroneous.
Victims of alcoholism are from every
age group and race, both sexes and
every economic and educational stratum
of society. The female alcoholic does
bear a double stigma, Mrs. Garland
says, however, because it is still less
socially acceptable for a woman to be an
alcoholic than a man. Therefore, the
condition is denied and concealed
longer and women are often in worse
physical condition when they enter a
program than are men. Housewives are
particularly vulnerable because they
have fewer "environmental controls."
i.e., they are not necessarily seen on a
daily basis as an employed person
would be, so it is easier to conceal the
condition for a longer period of time.
The elderly are also very vulnerable
because of dramatic changes in their
lives-such as the death of a mate-that
precipitates the abuse of alcohol. It is
sometimes difficult to identify older
problem drinkers because health prob
lems related to advancing age have
similar symptoms.
Mrs. Garland had extensive
experience in working with men and
women with drinking problems and is
credited with founding the women's
program at the Alcoholic Rehabilitation
Center near Black Mountain where she
was a counselor for eight years. The aim
of the MIHS is to help problem drinkets
understand that thei illness can be
treated and that they can return to
happy, productive lives.
Black Mountian has A A groups that
meet at St. James' Episcopal Church
and at the ARC, including an A!-Anon
group on a regular basis Some groups
are open and some are closed.
For further information, contact Mrs.
Garland at 255-3799. Strict confiden
tiality is maintained.
stemming from surface grave! pits.
Residents of Bee Tree Road, 0)d Bee
Tree Road, Summerhaven, and Long
Branch are members of the dub which
has no dues and meets bi-monthly.
Officers of that community dub are
Mr. Bill Sites. President; Mrs. Marjorie
Gash, Vice President; Mrs. Shirley
Clouse, Secretary-Treasurer.
Judges for the contest wre Tim Reid,
suburban editor of the Asheville Citi
zen; Agnes Crump, secretary to the
Buncombe County Board of Commis
sioners and Ann Hall, who substituted
for her husband, Bob Hall, of North
Carolina National Bank.
The Sandy Mush community placed
second and Avery's Creek took third
place in the contest.
Fire Report
Chief Gary Barttett reported that
there were no fires in Black Mountain
last week.
The fire department did make several
first responses.
out air-conditioned homes might want
to visit an air-conditioned buiiding, such
as a shopping center or store: dress in
ioose, iight-coiored dothing that will
reflect the heat. Cooi showers or
swimming also may heip; and beware of
certain medications. Some medicines
and drugs such as tranquilizers increase
the risk of developing heat stroke.
Consult a physician for advice.
People are not the only ones who
suffer from the extreme heat; animals
can be victims, too. Pets shouid be
given plenty of water to drink and kept
in a cool, well-ventilated place They are
never to be confined to dosed cars or in
areas where there is no shade
available.
Although there have been nearly a
dozen heat related deaths across North
Carolina, there have been none locally,
according to Buncombe County Health
offidals.
The Black Mountain News will be
only open from 9 a m. - noon on
Friday, Sept. 2 and on labor Day,
Monday, Sept. 5. This arrangement
is to allow its empioyees some time
off for the holiday, but to offer
convenience to the public in bringing
in news or ads over the holiday
week-end. Regular business hours
will be resumed on Tuesday, Sept. 6
with the office opening at 9 a.m. an
closing at 5 p.m.
A reminder: the regular news
deadline is 5 p.m. on each Monday
the advertising deadline is noon each
Tuesday. Your cooperation in
observing these deadlines is
appreciated.
Weekly Weather
Weekly weather courtesy of WFGW,
Black Mountain.
August 14--High 80, low 50 degrees.
August !5--High 78, low 48 degrees.
August 16--High 81, low 52 degrees.
August 17--High 87, low 54 degrees.
August 18--High 89, low 54 degrees.
August !9--High 94, low 62 degrees.
August 20--High 92, low 58 degrees.
August 21--High 97, low 61 degrees.
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Campaign chairmen
announced at WWC
Two new chairmen for Warren Wil
son College's 90th Anniversary Cam
paign have been announced. Larry
Smith of Black Mountain has
been named Chairman of the Swan
nanoa Vaiiey and Biack Mountain phase
of the campaign, and A Han G. Robert
son of Asheville will chair the Individuals
Division.
Dr. Reuben A. Holden, college
president, and James G. Woollcott,
general chairman of the fund drive,
made the announcement as the college
steps up work for the Asheville phase of
the campaign, which will begin in
January of 1984.
Smith, retired from a career in
marketing and distribution with the
Eastman Kodak Company, is a board
member of the Swannanoa Valley
Medical Center and is treasurer of the
Warren Wilson Presbytenan Church.
He was formerly president of the Black
Mountain-Swannanoa Kiwanis Ciub
that meets at the Monte Vista Hotei in
Biack Mountain.
Robertson, a retired YMCA director,
is on the Board of Trustees and Board
of Directors of the YMCA Biue Ridge
Assembly, and was a member of the
Board of the Black Mountain Rotary
Club. Currently, he is a member of
Warren Wilson's Board of Advisers, is
with the Friendship Force International,
and is Chairman of the Board of
Directors for Highland Farms, Inc.
The Warren Wilson College 90th
Anniversary Campaign has raised (3.1
million toward its goai of (4.5 million,
which it plans to meet during the
celebration of the college's 90th
anniversary in 1984.