Sept. 29, 2011

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www.yanceycountynews.com vTo be a voice, and to allow the voices of our community to be heard.v Sept. 29, 2011 W Vol. 1, No. 38

Tears shed Middle School Mash-Up for DSS

By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News

Three women stood before the Yancey County Department of Social Services Board of Directors Monday night and pleaded for the right to at least see their children or stepchildren. The three all said social services had removed the children and either placed them with foster parents or at the facility at Crossnore. All three weren’t necessarily arguing that the children should be permanently returned to them; what they communicated was more for the opportunity for them or others in their families to see the children and communicate with them. “My kids have been in Crossnore for four and-a-half years,” one woman said. “My

mom can’t even call and wish them a happy birthday. Crossnore has told my youngest child their mother was bad because I smoke cigarettes.” All three women spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting, and each was allotted three minutes. A good portion of that time they battled their tears to try to explain what they wanted the board to know. “I was proven never to have neglected my children but you took them,” one woman said. “Until the day I die, they will know that I have been fighting for them.” Another woman said she was speaking for her husband and her stepchildren, who she said were taken from him four years ago. See page 5

Fire Marshal surprises school with ‘real’ drill

By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News

Ya n c e y C o u n t y Fire Marshal Neil McCurry slipped into Micaville Elementary School unannounced on Monday and quietly pulled an aerosol can from his pocket. Aiming it at a smoke detector, he let go with a burst of ‘canned smoke.’

The reaction was immediate and a surprise to everyone else in the school: Alarms blared, lights flashed - for all anyone knew, the beautiful rock building was burning. “Very few” people knew of the drill beforehand, he said. See page 10

Photos by Jonathan Austin/Yancey County News

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