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Thursday. December 1, 1983. Volume 31, Number 48
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Postmasters tell tips for mailing
With the Christmas mailing
season just ahead. Black Mountain
Postmaster Keith Nelon and Swan
nanoa Postmaster Roy Blankenship
are offering tips for customers to
assure that their cards and
packages arrive on time and in good
shape.
In addition to shopping and
mailing early, customers are urged
to properly address cards and
packages with the name, house
number and street (or post office
box number), and the city, state and
ZIP Code reserved for the last line.
" It is also a good idea to put a slip
of paper with the recipient's name
and address on your return address
inside the parcels, and be sure the
addressing on the outside of the
parcel includes your return address
and ZIP Code." the Postmasters
say.
Customers are also reminded to
check the size of their envelopes
before mailing Christmas and other
holiday cards. Letter size standards
require that envelopes be at least
3H inches high and 5 inches long to
be accepted for mailing.
The Postal Service is also asking
customers to put an ounce of extra
care into preparing parcel post and
other packages for mailing. Parcels
will arrive at their intended destina
tion in good shape if you follow a
few simple suggestions:
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Arson suspect arrested in Swannanoa
Charles Edward Plemmons. 43,
of Starnes Cove Road. Swannanoa
was charged early Saturday. Nov.
19. with second-degree arson and
felonious breaking and entering
according to the Buncombe County
Sheriff's Department.
The suspert (g charged with
breaking into the home of Marilyn
Chadwick of Long Branch Road,
Swannanoa, and setting fire in the
basement, according to Fire investi
gator David C. Bossard of the
Sheriff's department.
When Miss Chadwick came
home, she found the suspect and a
small fire in the basement of her
home. She extinguished the fire
with a garden hose. The fire caused
minima! damage and no injuries
were reported
P!emmons has been released
under $5,000 unsecured bond.
Chamber of Commerce
Annual Banquet set for Monday
The annual Black Mountain -
Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce
banquet will be held on Monday,
Dec. 5 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in
Montreat.
Executive Secretary Andy
Andrews will speak on the general
activities of the Chamber. Other
speakers and their topics are as
follows: Wendell Begley, overview
of the work of the Economic
Development Committee; Mike
Clevenger, EDC luncheons; Bob
Watts, parking project on Cheny,
State and Broadway streets; Hugh
Thomas, curriculum and plant
needs of the middle and high
schools; Jim Aycock. '83 Ski Chal
lenge; Steve Minnick on the Build
ing Fund Campaign: and Susan
Garland speaking as out-going
Chamber President.
Christmas project to help those in need
The Black Mountain Police
Department and the auxiliary are
sponsoring a project to help the
elderly and those in need in the
community during the Christmas
season. Non-perishable food items
and-or money to purchase such
things are being solicited from the
community.
Checks only will be accepted and
they should be made payable to the
Black Mountain Police Auxiliary.
Both food and checks may be left at
the police station on State Street
talent hhow to benetit
Child Care Center
The Swannanoa Valley Child Care
Council, Inc. will sponsor a benefit
talent show on Saturday, Dec. 10 in
the Owen High School Auditorium
beginning at 6 p.m.
The first place winner will receive
$100, the second, $50; the third.
$25.
All money raised from the show
will be used to purchase materials
to make renovations needed for a
recently purchased building in Lytle
Cove that will be the new home for
the Valley center.
A11 persons interested in entering
the show should caH the current
location of the day care center at
669-2436.
Everyone who purchases a ticket
to the show may cast one baHot for
the child of his choice that now
attends the center. The youngsters
who receives the most baHots will
be awarded a $50 U S. Savings
Bond.
Dr. Keener to tell
how to Hear It All
Robert Keener of Warren Wilson
College wiH present the Christmas
program at the Friends of the Black
Mountain Public Library on Mon
day, Dec. 5. The program will begin
at 8 p.m. in the Education Room.
Dr. Keener will use selected
recordings of Christmas music to
illustrate his theme, "Hear it All."
The program is open to anyone
who is interested in learning to
listen to music. The social hour
begins at 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Keener is completing his
twentieth year at Warren Wilson.
He has taught music in public
schools and has served as organist
and choir director in churches. He
holds a Bachelor of Music Educa
tion from MilliMn University, Deca
tur, Illinois, and a Doctor of Musical
Arts in the Literature and
Performance of Choral Music from
the University of Colorado.
Currently he is Chairman of the
Division of Fine Arts at Warren
Wilson. He also serves as Director
of Music at the Warren Wilson
Presbyterian Church.
In addition to his work at the
College, Dr. Keener is an active
member of numerous professional
music organizations, including the
position of Musical Director and
Conductor of the Asheville Choral
Society.
according to Chief Crait Slagle.
Aiso, Chief Sagle asks that
anyone in the community who
knows of someone in need, pass
that information on the the depart
ment. Many such people are known
oniy to a friend or neighbor.
Weekly Weather
Weekly weather courtesy of
WFGW-WM1T, Black Mountain.
Nov. 22--High 72, low 22 degrees.
Nov. 23--High 61. low 21 degrees.
Nov. 24-High 65, low 20 degrees.
1.37 in. precipitation.
Nov. 25-High 57, low 22 degrees.
.23 in. precipitation.
Nov. 26--High 65, low 20 degrees.
.01 in. precipitation.
Nov. 27-High 60, low 20 degrees.
.23 in. precipitation.
Nov. 28--High 70, low 44 degrees.
.97 in. precipitation.
Co-operation
requested
in leaf pickup
The Town of Black Mountain
would like to request that residents
of Black Mountain not rake or pile
leaves for pick-up into drainage
ditches, culverts or catch basins.
During the last heavy rain, many
problems have been experienced
with leaves clogging up ditches and
culverts this affecting water run off.
Although town crews have been
working to correct the problems,
citizens continue to rake the leaves
back into the ditches.
The Town would like to thank
everyone for their cooperation this
year during the leaf season. It is
hoped that all of the leaves in town
be picked up by the first of the
year.
Fixed rate mortgages made available
First-time homebuyers may apply
for a limited number of 10.35
percent mortgage loans beginning
Monday, Dec. 5, because of a
record $120 million bond sale
authorized today by the North
Carolina Housing Finance Agency.
The bond sale is expected to
provide from 2,500 to 2,700 fixed
rate loans for low and moderate
income families. Applicants must
have a sales contract in hand before
they file a loan application with a
lender, and all applicants are asked
to provide copies of their federal
income tax returns for the past
three years. Incomes cannot exceed
limits set by the HFA.
There is no need bo line up at
lending institutions prior to Decem
ber 5 because lenders have been
instructed not to take pre-applica
tions that date.
Each participating lender will
select applications at random until
their commitment is filled. If a
pre-qualified applicant fails to
qualify for a loan, the lender will
select another potential borrower.
This may be the last low interest
rate made available for single
family homes by the UFA for some
time. The authority of all housing
finance agencies to issue tax
exempt bonds to finance single
family homes ends December 31,
and only the federal government
can extend that authority.
Although many observers think
the ability to provide tax exempt
financing may be re-instituted, that
may not be until mid-1984.
Applicants cannot have owned a
home during the previous three
years; incomes for two-to-four
persons cannot exceed $29,100 in
urban areas and $26,700 in rural
areas.
Participating lenders in the Ashe
ville area (the area closest to Valley
residents) are: Cameron-Brown,
Clyde Savings and Loan Associa
tion, First Federal Savings and Loan
of Hendersonville and Wachovia
Mortgage Company.
Anorexia recovery is painful process
by Tim Riddle
"1 lost my ability to laugh, love
and cry," she said in a weak,
monotone voice. It was the voice of
an anorexia nervosa victim.
"lean feel those things now, but
it's still hard to show them," she
explained, trying to convey some of
the problems associated with the
eating disorder beside the marked
weight loss.
"The anorexia patient has a
distorted image of herself," said
Dr. Anthony Sciara, group facilita
tor of an eating disorder group that
meets in Asheville. "They see
themselves as fat."
She is anything but fat, weighing
a mere 81 pounds after seven years
of self-starvation and ceaseless
exercise.
"I was at my worst last winter
when I weighed 64 pounds," she
said faintly. "1 was riding my
exercise bicycle one hundred to one
hundred and fifty miles a day."
Sciara says that anorexia strikes
women more than men and is
marked by a weight 20 to 25 percent
below ideal. Several other symp
toms indicate an eating disorder -
rapid weight loss, excessing exer
cise, and cessation of the menstrual
period.
Recovery for the anorexic is a
slow and psychologically painful
process. "I went up to 87 pounds,
but I got real scared, she said. Her
doctor would like her to reach a
weight of 90 pounds, a goal she
hopes to attain in the next six
months.
Sciara explains that recovery and
the function of the support group is
a far cry from merely getting the
patient to eat. "Basically, the issue
is control, because the person feels
out of control," says Sciara.
"They know they can be success
ful in food control, so we don't get
into that area." Sciara added that if
someone tries to take away the only
thing the anorexic has control of.
they tend to withdraw more than
usual, said Sciara. (Continued on
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