Second c/ass postage paid
at Black Mountain. MC 2#71J
Thursday, October 20. 1983, Votume 31, Number 42
Member of the NCPA
!n United Way mid campaign report
Generous gifts are pledged
1/nda B&m&4?nsA:p [at /e/'t] o/* tbe B/acb MoMn^an^ branch o/ /Vortb Caro/Zna
/Vat/ona/ Banb and Erma Rhodes o^ Bassman on 0/d O & 70 near B/acb
Mounta/n are /oaned e%ecudoes to tbe Z9&? C/n/ted Way Campaign o/
y4x/[eo://e-Bancom&e County.
77[ese bus/ness tcomen go Znto area o///ces and tndas&ies at tbe /ntdtadon
o/* basenesses to "te// tbe On/ted Way story." 77tey accomp/Zsb tb/s by
sbon'/ng //7ms, ansa'enng paest/ons and condacdng tears o^ On/ted Way
agenc/es.
Afs. B/anbensb/p says that sbe bas a oery persona/ /nterest /n tbe On/ted
Way because ber bear/ng /mpa/red son rece/oed be/p /rom an On/ted Way
agency a'ben be a*as younger, Be /s current/y enro//ed as a student /n tbe
B/acb Moanta/n Pnmary Scboo/, sbe Zs p/eased to report
Waiter St. George Giadding,
1983-84 United Way of Asheville
and Buncombe County Campaign
Chairman, presided over a mid
campaign report luncheon held at
Bill Stanley's in Asheville on
Wednesday, Oct. 12.
Among the representatives of 21
businesses and industries who
shared major success stories were
Wayne Williams of the Black Moun
tain Regional Mental Retardation
Center, Cal Leigh of Chemtronics.
Ken Luckadoo of Northwestern
Meet t/:e Candidate Tom Sobol
Tbm Sobo/ /MM aMMOMwccf Ais candidacy /or re-e/ecdon /or Mayor of
BiacA AfouaAo/n. T7e Aas served three terms as Mayor and presently serves
on the Buncombe County Board of 7h^nsporfadon Efficiency Councd, the
A^ortA Caro/ina Teague of Muntctpa/tdes Commission on Economic
Oeve/opment, and previous/y served on the /Idtnsory Councd of Craggy
TAison.
Sobo/ said. "B/ocA Mountain is de ve/oping a strong community
entAustasm,' a spirit of pardcipodop of everyone from u^Aose ef/brts tAe
to ten Aas been named to tAe Governor's Community of Exce/Zence /or tAe
7982 and 7988 rosters.
77te past two years have a7so brougAt success in a smootAer running Ctty
TAid. tAts Aas been due in port to tAe restoradon of autAonty to various
department Aeads [tAus /feeing tAe toten administration to respond to more
appropriate dudes]. TAe /tnnncud pordon of BTacA ATbuntain is stronger
with severe/ capita/ expenditures being Aand/ed on a /ease-puncAase option
basis tcAicA increases casA /Zow. Enady aging ordinances Aave been
revamped, and BAase 7of tAe new abater system is comp/eted.
As /or tAe future, tAere is no ceding on tAe accomp/isAments possib/e
with tAis Aind of pride and enthusiasm present in tAe to urn cidxenry. Our
goa/s inc/ude. Comp/edng TAase 77of tAe abater system by insta//ing new
distribution Zines, and fo/iowing tArougA with committee recommendations
on tAe 71^4 (Tennessee ^a//ey ^4utAority] Tbwn Ti/e and /forestry
Commission, as wed as otAer prO/ects. Enady, we must be certain in an era
of cuts, deficits and increasing costs to receive our /air sAare of a//
government grants and aids.
A/ost important; Aowever, is tAe condnued deve/opment of our
teamworA spirit, a spirit Tam deep/y proud to be a port of As we move
/orword Turge you to remember tAat our greatest asset is ad of us worAing
together."
Bank, Jake Neu of Singer-Kearfott,
and Jean Shorter of Tandy (TDP) -
ai! representing Valley concerns
Typical of the reports were Cal
Leigh's statement that Chemtron
ics, with 54 employees, had 100
percent participation. Jake Neu
announced that pledges at Singer
Kearfott had already doubled last
year's total pledges. He also said
that there would be a corporate gift
given to the campaign.
Gladding said that pledges to that
date totaled $733,775; this
represents 46 percent of the $1.6
million goal.
Gladding pointed out that, while
the results represented a successful
mid-point in the campaign, many
major companies and numerous
individuals have not yet been heard
from.
Many of the representatives at
tributed the success of the cam
paign thus far to the enthusiasm
and hard work of loaned executives
such as Linda Blankenship of NCNB
and Erma Rhodes of Bussman.
By Monday, Oct. 17. the total
raised had risen to $888,797. or 55
percent of the goal, according to
Gladding.
The final report luncheon will be
held at the Asheville Civic Center
on Friday, Oct. 28. Gladding
encouraged all volunteers and
participants of the campaign to
make pledges before that date so
that the campaign can end on
schedule.
The United Way of Asheville and
Buncombe County supports 38 non
profit agencies providing services in
the community. Three new
agencies, Mountain Area Hospice,
Big Brother-Big Sister and the
Buncombe County Council on
Aging, will receive funds for the
first time in 1984.
Leaf pick-up
wili follow
garbage schedule
The Town Manager has an
nounced that leaves will be picked
up within the town's limits on the
garbage pick up schedule.
Anyone who wishes to have gound
up leaves for muich should call
Waste Tech at 255-7700.
Planning Board
meeting
moved up
The Hanning Board of the Town
of Black Mountain will not meet on
the last Monday in October, which
is their regularly scheduled meeting
night because it will be a holiday.
Instead, the board will meet on the
preceeding Monday, Oct. 24 at 7
p.m. in the Town Hall.
Proposed sub-division regula
tions will be discussed with the
focus of the meeting on street
specifications. All local contractors
and other interested parties are
invited to attend this open meeting.
Eight file for
municipal election
According to information ob
tained from the Buncombe County
Board of Elections, the following
persons bled as candidates for the
scheduled Tuesday, Nov. 8
municipal election in Black Moun
tain before the deadline for filing
which was noon on Friday, Oct. 7.
For Mayor: Margaret Slagle and
Thomas Sobol.
For Alderman: Carl Bartlett.
Michael Begley, Ruth Brandon, Gay
Currie Fox, Steve King and.Douglas
Stafford.
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Autumn beauty in the mountains
Grant to be used for Lake renovation
ZSctured above [/-r] ar^.* Zbm Sbboi, Aiderman Cart Rardett, AAierman Gay
Zbx, 7bivn AZana^er A/ JTtc/mrtfson and JRecrea^ton and ZbrAs Director Rob
Antoni on tAe sAore o/* ZaAe TbmaAaicA iast TAursday morning immediateiy
a/ter a press con/erence caiied to announce that the toum Aad received a
$50,000 matcAing grant tArougA tAe Z^epart/nent o/*Abtaro/ Resources and
Community Development /iom Zand Water Conservation Zbnds.
Joseph Griihsley, Natural Re
sources and Community Develop
ment Secretary for North Carolina,
announced last week that Black
Mountain was one of 18 units of
local government to have been
recomrnended for a grant for out
door recreation projects under the
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Program.
The grants, totaling approximate
ly $1.4 million, included one of
$50,000 for Black Mountain. This is
a matching grant and will be met
wtn a 33u,uuu appropnauon to
repair and modify the Lake Toma
hawk Dam. The remaining $20,000
will be raised by in-kind services,
citizen donations of time, money
and equipment use, and prelimi
nary costs.
The state had made an engineer
ing evaluation of the dam and had
told the Aldermen and Mayor that
the lake had to either be drained or
be repaired at an estimated cost
of $30,000. If the town did not act,
the state said that it would send in
the Army uorps 01 engineers to
make the necessary repairs and bill
the town $30,000.
After due deliberation, the Aider
men decided that the nine acre lake
and the adjoining four acres of
recreational facilities that include
the clubhouse, pool and tennis
courts should be preserved for use
by the public as a whole. Bob
Antoxzi, Director of the Black
Mountain Recreation and Parks was
directed to apply for a grant.
The objectives of the project
include the repair and modification
of the Lake Tomahawk Dam, the
improvement of the safety of the
park area around the lake, and the
development of special park areas
to be used for walking paths,
picnicking, open play and other
uses. Plans of the Tbwnlift Com
mittee and the Urban Forestry
Commission will include beautifica
tion of the area at a later date.
The grant recommendations are
now being forwarded to the Nation
al Park Service in Atlanta for final
approval. Response from the Park
Service is expected within the next
30 days.
Following the final grant notifica
tion, plans call for the selection of a
planning committee, community
hearings on the tentative plans, and
the completion of architectural
drawings and engineering specifica
tions.
Bidding will follow for the dam
renovation, lake dredging, land
forming and the construction of a
silt pond at the upper end of the
lake.
Construction is tentatively
scheduled to begin in the spring.