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www.yanceycountynews.com vTo be a voice, and to allow the voices of our community to be heard.v Oct. 31, 2013 • Vol. 3, No. 44 v Recipient of the E.W. Scripps Award for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment v
Police complete two different reports of wreck by sheriff’s son By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News A reckless driver smashed a pickup truck into a gas pump at the Mountain Energy gas station on the east side of Burnsville last Monday, and Burnsville Police issued two different final reports about the accident. One report, provided to the manager of the Mountain Energy Gas Station and marked that the case is “closed/cleared,” says that the teen driver of Chevrolet truck Watch video the faced no charges. But of the wreck a copy issued the same day to this newspaper online at and marked “closed/ yanceycounty cleared” says that the driver, the teenage news.com son of Sheriff Gary Banks, was charged with reckless driving. A week later, no charges had been filed against the 18-year-old with the Yancey County Clerk of Court, and the gas station management had still only been told that no charges were filed and that the investigation was finished. Video recorded by the store’s security system and obtained by this newspaper shows that it took nine minutes from the time of the accident for Burnsville Police to arrive on the scene, and Story continues on page 6
Funds arrive for Senior Center
Photo by Jonathan Austin/Yancey County News
Gov. Pat McCrory, right, gives N.C. Rep. Michele Presnell a happy greeting Monday as the governor arrived in Burnsville to tour Altec and Glen Raven. A spokesman for the governor said he wanted to hear from business owners and managers about what they need and want to make business succeed.
By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News T h e Ya n c e y C o u n t y Committee on Aging has received official word that the USDA will provide a $930,000 low-interest loan for the construction of a new Yancey County Senior Center. The announcement was made last Tuesday in a ceremony in Burnsville. “This project provides a significant benefit to Yancey County citizens providing necessary programs and services,” said USDA State Director Randall Gore. “USDA is pleased to participate in this much needed project.” Additional funding for the new senior center, to be built near the health department, comes from a state grant and local funding. County Manager Nathan Bennett said the county and the Council on Aging are “waiting See page 4
Town election Chamber to allow horses in parade on Tuesday The municipal election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 5, as residents of Burnsville select a mayor and two members to the town council. Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. at Burnsville Town Center, 6 South Main St. Absentee ballots are not allowed in this town election. Three candidates
appear on the ballot for the town council: Ron Powell, Ruth Banks and Tim Tipton. Two candidates are on the ballot for the mayoral race: Theresa Coletta and Tom Storie. Mayor Danny McIntosh did not seek re-election, but has mounted a campaign for a town council seat as a writein candidate. Sample ballot inside!
By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News The Chamber of Commerce has decided to allow horses and horse-drawn wagons in the annual Christmas parade, reversing an earlier decision to ban horses. “In keeping with a long-standing tradition to have horses and horse-drawn wagons in the annual Christmas parade, the Burnsville Chamber Board of Directors again welcomes horseback riders and wagon drivers to participate in the parade,” the chamber said in a statement released last week. Chamber Executive Director Ginger Johnson said the initial decision was made because “children were at risk of injury” due to the
horses at or after last year’s Christmas parade. “I’m not worried about insurance. I’m worried about people getting hurt.” But horse lovers responded, forming a Facebook page complaining about the decision. Allen Bryant of the Ramseytown community said the chamber shouldn’t blame all riders for the actions of a few. “I think there are other solutions the chamber could explore.” “Horses are part of our heritage,” and a traditional part of the Burnsville Christmas parade, Bryant said. Some people think horses can get spooked, he said, but “If I didn’t feel comfortable with the horse I wouldn’t bring it” to the parade. See page 4
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Will N.C. see increase in infant mortality?
By Tom Vitaglione The current administration of the state Department of Health and Human Services is not noted for its openness in communications, so it was no surprise that the news release indicating that the infant mortality rate in our state had increased in 2012 was short, relatively incomplete, and buried in a recent weekend news cycle. Since infant mortality is not only tragic in its own right, but also considered to be an indicator of our community’s overall health status, it is a disservice to the people of the state to give short shrift to the release of this important information. We are fortunate that the North Carolina Child Fatality Prevention System is in place to convene experts and community advocates to give serious study to the infant mortality data and to developing recommendations for improvement. The infant mortality rate in our state has dropped by more than thirty percent since this system was implemented in 1991, and its recommendations have been a big part of this success. Infant mortality rate increases in each of the last two years are a bump in the overall downward trend. Ignoring the possibility of an upward trend however would be hazardous. That’s why it is particularly disappointing that the data release was downplayed. Here are some highlights that need to be considered: • The release indicated that the infant mortality rate had “ticked up” to 7.4 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, up from the 2011 rate of 7.2, and the 2010 rate of 7.0, which was the lowest ever reported in our state. These somewhat sanitized rates do not make it clear that 45 infants died in 2012 that
would have survived if the 2010 rate had been maintained. In fact, if our rate had continued to improve as expected, perhaps as many as 100 more infants would have survived. Each one of these deaths is a family tragedy and –cumulatively – a societal tragedy. • Almost all of the increase is due to a 7.8 percent increase in the African-American infant death rate, which remains more than twice the rate for white infants. This continuing disparity should be a source great disappointment, if not outrage. • Infant mortality rates, as with so many other important indicators, are not the result of happenstance; they are the result of years of investments made by the General Assembly, and the hard work and perseverance of public and private providers. That’s what led to the 7.0 rate in 2010, when North Carolina ranked 37th among the states, the first time we had climbed out of the bottom ten. • Perhaps not surprisingly, 2010 is also the year in which the General Assembly began reducing investments in infant mortality prevention services. Positive health behavior education, including infant safe sleep and smoking cessation, as well as highrisk maternity clinic services in the eastern part of the state were dramatically reduced or eliminated (though the clinic services have been restored). Since almost half the deliveries in 2012 were to women who were overweight/obese (with the risk complications of hypertension and diabetes), and 10 percent smoked during pregnancy, it is no wonder that infant mortality is increasing. • These high-risk behaviors and conditions need to be under care before pregnancy occurs, but a large percentage of our women are uninsured. That’s why it is particularly disappointing that the
governor and the General Assembly chose not to accept the Medicaid expansion offered cost-free to the state under the Affordable Care Act. Many of the states with a worse infant mortality rate in 2010 are adopting the Medicaid expansion. It is thus likely that North Carolina will slip back into the bottom 10 states with regard to this important indicator. It may also mean that Gov. Pat McCrory will be the first governor in 30 years to leave office with a higher infant mortality rate that when he took office. • Finally, the release is misleading with regard to the supposed ongoing reduction in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), a designation that has traditionally been used when no other cause of death could be determined. In the last few years, however, infant death scene investigations have significantly improved, which has allowed medical examiners to decide that a homicide occurred, or that an “undetermined” designation should be made. Both of these categories have increased in recent years – a fact that likely offsets the SIDS numbers. Thus, more study of issues around infant sleep environments is needed. The controversies that have put the Department of Health and Human Services in the news are not only unfortunate in their own right, but they distract Department leadership from other issues of critical importance, such as an increase infant mortality. Let’s hope that these controversies are resolved soon, so that more attention can be placed on meeting the needs of North Carolina’s children and families. Tom Vitaglione is a Senior Fellow at Action for Children North Carolina.
You Decide: Can growth solve our economic problems? By Dr. Mike Walden North Carolina Cooperative Extension I recently had a very interesting conversation with a prominent state leader. The person was picking my brain about various economic issues, one of which is our low rate of economic growth. The leader wondered if boosting the growth rate could be one of the keys to solving many of our problems Before I address this question, let’s first look at where we stand in North Carolina on economic growth. Long-run, we look pretty good. From 1977 to 2012, the annual growth rate in economic production in our state averaged 3.4 percent, well above the national average of 2.8 percent. The state was also a leader in job creation. Over the same
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time period, North Carolina’s jobs increased an average of 1.8 percent each year, while jobs in the nation were up only 1.3 percent annually. The numbers have been less impressive since 2000. A big reason is that both North Carolina and the nation went through two recessions in the first decade of the new century. North Carolina’s economy also had to adjust to changes and dislocations created by international trade agreements. However, what is often overlooked is how well North Carolina’s economy did in the middle of the 2000s (2003-2008), when there was an economic upswing. Annual job growth doubled that in the nation (1.3 percent vs. 0.6 percent), and the yearly improvement in state economic production was stronger than for the country (2.9 percent vs. 2.3 percent). The Great Recession is over, and there has been economic growth in the last three years. North Carolina’s aggregate economic production is up an average of 1.8 percent during each of those years, and the growth rate in jobs has actually exceeded the national pace (1.5 percent vs. 1.4 percent). Still, our state has 120,000 fewer jobs than before the Great Recession, and there are more than 400,000 persons officially classified as unemployed. So our state is growing but not at rates we once were. What if we could grow faster? How much difference would this make? Let’s say, for example, we could boost our annual economic production growth rate from the current 1.8 percent to 3 percent, similar to what it was historically. This would mean 240,000 more jobs -- on top of those created by the current growth rate -- over the next five years and could cut our unemployment rate in half by 2018. State budget issues would also be eased with faster private sector growth. Public revenues available for spending by the state are directly tied to the performance of the economy. Available revenues increase faster when the economy is doing better, and revenue growth stalls -- and sometimes drops -- when the private economy is underperforming. And a stagnant or shrinking revenue pie inevitably sets up clashes between spending categories for pieces of the pie. Increasing the state’s annual economic growth rate from 1.8 percent to 3 percent would mean
more than $280 million more in annual revenue available for spending in the state’s General Fund. This would translate into $100 million more each year for K-12 education, $48 million of additional annual funds for higher education and $68 million more yearly for health care services and assistance. Sounds good, correct? But the big question is how to achieve this higher rate of growth. If it were easy, it would have been done long ago. Unfortunately, economists don’t have a magic formula. Clearly a better skilled and trained workforce is part of the answer, perhaps today more than ever. But what mix of early childhood education, teacher training, teacher pay, technology and parental involvement gives us the best results? If we can’t do all of these, which ones should receive priority? Educators all around the world are debating this question. And what about infrastructure? It used to be that roads were the easy answer, and certainly North Carolina’s focus on roads in the last 60 years was a big part of the state’s economic improvement. However, today infrastructure is broader and includes not only highways but also airports, high-speed internet and access to energy sources like natural gas. Even with faster growth, there are limited infrastructure funds to spend. Where should they go? Finally, let’s not ignore some of the downsides from faster economic growth. More growth likely means more conversion of open space to developed space, greater demands on our natural resources like water and energy and the possibility of greater pollution. Also, economic growth isn’t necessarily spread evenly among people and regions. In fact, recently, economic growth has favored higher-income households over lower-income households and cities over rural areas. So while growth may move up the average, it may not improve all parts of that average. Is economic growth the answer to many of our problems? As always, I’ll let you decide. But even if the answer is “yes,” achieving it may be as elusive as the Cubs winning the next World Series! Mike Walden is a William Neal Reynolds professor and North Carolina Cooperative Extension economist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics of N.C. State University.
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Sample Ballot Yancey County, North Carolina November 5, 2013 Ballot Style G0001
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BALLOT MARKING INSTRUCTIONS:
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Ruth L. Banks Ron Powell Tim Tipton
b. Where authorized, you may write in a candidate by filling in the oval and writing the name on the Write-in line. c. If you tear, deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it to request a replacement.
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TOWN OF BURNSVILLE
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Mayor
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Theresa Coletta
This is a sample ballot provided by the Yancey County Board of Elections office. This sample accurately reflects the municipal election ballot that will be used in the Nov. 5 election.
Tom Storie
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TOM STORIE MAYOR TOWN OF
BURNSVILLE 40 years work service and experience with the town.
Dedicated to better serve
ALL of the people and the Town of Burnsville with FAIR, EQUAL, OPEN, HONEST GOVERNMENT FOR ALL. Paid for by the candidate
Write in
Danny McIntosh
Council Member
a. With the marking device provided or a black ball point pen, completely fill in the oval Q to the left of each candidate or selection of your choice, like this:
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During late 2002, thenMayor Grindstaff convinced the town council to stop paying me to be fire chief. His tactics were certainly unfair, unprovable and unethical. I was (and still am!) proud of our fire department and its accomplishments. I felt that they were happy with me, as they had elected me TEN TIMES to be their fire chief. When you elected me mayor in December 2005 (with Mr. Grindstaff on the town council, due to Heather Hockaday’s immediate resignation upon taking her oath) it only took until the third council meeting for a plan to be devised to ‘deal’ with me. During the February 2006 meeting, town attorney Robert Phillips asked me to ‘put a price’ on my loss of pay and benefits as fire chief. When I did he said that any settlement the town would make with me included my resignation as mayor. I replied: “The people of the
town did not elect me to resign.” Eight years later I am
very proud of the successes the town has seen, however I have not agreed with all the things the town has done. Last week the team of Coletta, Banks and Powell pointed out that the vote to adopt the “design guidelines” was 4-1. Here are some more 4-1 votes: the vote to illegally hold the design guidelines public hearing; the vote to NOT let the town attorney review the design ordinance; the vote to NOT let you, the residents of Burnsville, voice your approval or disapproval of the design ‘guidelines’ in this election; and the vote to ‘bail out’ the liquor store. I call my votes doing what’s right. You might call it not
following the crowd. You elect council members to lead, not to hide behind a committee. You elect council members to do the business of the town in the boardroom in town hall in open meetings, not at social gatherings or secret meetings. It is clear that the current council intends to enforce the most restrictive zoning ordinance I have ever seen. If you write in my name for TOWN COUNCIL on election day I will work as a council member to restore your property rights and stop the assault on small business and free enterprise. If you are a resident of Burnsville I ask you to write my name in on the ballot for a council seat so I can work to keep Burnsville the local commerce center. I will work to see that town services are provided and that our town resources are managed effectively. If you need a ride to the polls just call me at 682-2365 or 284-0108. (Paid for by the candidate.)
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A regional mystery around a camp fire
When I was in my younger days, the youth boys went on a camping trip with the church. We had an obstacle course that ran through the woods. We built fires and roasted marshmallows. One evening we all sat around the fire pit and one of the youth counselors shared a story with us. He told us about the history of the land we were on and how the Indians once inhabited the area. He told us where we could look for arrow heads the next morning and each and every one of us was locked into his words. He then told us how on one side of the creek that we could see from where we were sitting, a young Indian bride lost her life prematurely one evening. Afterwards, the widowed Indian warrior swore that anyone he caught on the shores after dark he would exact his revenge on them. Each night he would paddle his canoe up and down the banks in his pursuit. As if on cue, one of us saw a shimmering light through the swamp bathed cypress trees. Then we heard the slap of the water as the ‘Indian warrior’ paddled toward us. Of course, it was a counselor from the girl’s side of the creek paddling as this whole ghost story was staged. However as a pre-teen, it was as real as it gets and we all slept with one eye open in the tents that evening. Resting to the east of the Linville Gorge is a non-descript mountain with a relatively flat peak. So vanilla in its stature, Brown Mountain would hardly be recognized except for one very unique feature. Between October and early spring a splattering of lights appear on a regular basis. The Brown Mountain Lights have spawned much investigation
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Parade can include horses
From the front The parade will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7, beginning at 3 p.m., and will start near the Avondale Mill staging area. All participants must register and pay a fee, and will be required to review safety regulations and sign a waiver releasing the Town of Burnsville and the Chamber of Commerce from liability for accidents, injury, or damage before, during, and after the end of the parade. The parade committee also reserves the right to deny participation to any individual displaying unsafe or inappropriate behavior. Registration and waiver forms will be available on the Chamber website. Participants can also register by mail or in person at the Chamber at 106 W. Main St., Burnsville, NC 28714. If you have questions about registration, please call the Chamber at 682-7413. Further instructions on staging areas and lineup times will be available once all the areas are confirmed.
into the mystery including television shows and numbers of blog posts and videos. The causes have many theories but none have become definitive. One legend is of a mighty battle between the Cherokees and Catawba Indians that turned particularly b l o o d y. A f t e r the battle, the widows went in search of their
massacred husbands by fire light. Songwriter Scotty Wi s e m a n r e l e a s e d a bluegrass hit sang by stars such as the Kingston Trio and Roy Orbison that told of an old slave who was in search of his departed master. The United States Geological Society investigated the lights on several occasions. In October of 1913, the USGS sent D.B. Sterrett to find out what the lights were and why they appeared. After a few days, Sterrett determined the lights were the result of the locomotive traversing tracks on the other side of the mountain. However, in 1916 there was a great flood that washed the tracks away, yet the lights continued to appear. So in 1922 the USGS once again investigated
the lights. This investigation generated a conclusion that the lights were automobile lights, stationary lights, or brushfires. While I have seen the lights myself, I disagree with the conclusions that have been taken. One evening one of the wishful watchers noticed a flickering down toward the valley. “There they are,” he voiced in exhilaration. But it was not. I had a high powered spotting scope and could make out the individual logs on the fire as well as a blue tinted light that would appear and disappear. The blue light was the screen from a cell phone that would be visible when unobstructed from the camper’s head. However, the lights, the true Brown Mountain Lights, I cannot explain. Could it be the ones that are explained are not truly the Brown Mountain Lights? And are the unexplained a mourning apparition in search of a lost love?
Bill Howard teaches hunter education and bow hunter education in North Carolina. He is a member of North Carolina Bowhunters Association and Pope & Young, and is an official measurer for both. He can be reached at billhowardoutdoors@gmail.com.
Counselors available for Medicare open enrollment through Dec. 7 Medicare Open Enrollment for Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage will be held through Dec. 7. Trained SHIIP (Senior’s Health Insurance Information Program thru the Dept. of Insurance) Counselors will be on hand to assist Medicare beneficiaries at the Yancey Senior Center Monday thru Thursday by appointment. Please call 682-6011 for an appointment. Also, this year, we will have a SHIIP Counselor stationed at Ingles’ Supermarket on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 9 a.m. until 1p.m. During the last week of open enrollment there will be a counselor there each day. The SHIIP Program does not endorse any individual insurance company,
nor are we selling a product. We simply show beneficiaries what is available and let them choose the plan that best fits their needs. Please call 682-6011 for more information.
Mayland offers class on tapping tree sap This class will help you prepare for the “flow” so you will be ready to sap and boil. Learn how and when to tap the trees without having to buy equipment. And learn how to make natural spiles from sumac, recycle jugs/jars for collecting sap, and learn the old-fashioned, outside boiling down method. Class will be held on a working farm (The Mushroom Hut @ Fox Farms). Class begins on December 14 at 1 PM. For more information visit www.mayland.edu and click on the Continuing Education link or call 828-682-7315.
County and Council on Aging officials pose after a ceremony held last week to announce that USDA funding will be provided to build a county senior center.
USDA announces senior center funding
From the front on the USDA to approve our plans” for the senior center, which he said can be expected within two weeks. “Then we’ll be clear” to put the project out for bid. Bennett said there are local contractors qualified for such a job, and said “we’d like to see a local contractor” do the work. The final
decision on who builds is up to the Council on Aging, he said. Bennett said the bid process might be delayed until spring due to issues that come with such construction in the winter. The building has been designed by Mike Cox of Architectural Design Studios in Asheville.
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Obituaries Nancy Ann Richardson Nancy Ann Richardson, of Phillips Knob Road, Burnsville, died Friday, October 25, 2013. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 29, 1934, the daughter of Glenn and Katherine Bohrer. She was the owner of “Nancy’s Nearly New” clothing store, serving the Burnsville community from 1992 until she retired. She was a member of Higgins Memorial United Methodist Church, and a joyful volunteer with the youth program Train Up/Living Inside Out, and Good Eats. She was a “Walk to Emmaus” graduate, and delighted in spending time with her family. She is survived by her sons: Don Richardson of Greensboro; granddaughters Jessie of Greensboro, and Lori, stationed in San Diego, Calif., David and daughterin-law, Cindy Richardson, of Burnsville; granddaughter Serena and husband, Alan Lapp; and great-grandchildren Jonathan and Kaley, all of Orange City, Fla.; stepgranddaughters Carmen and Tomika of Asheville; her sister, Cindy Murphy of Hudson, Ohio; sister and brother-in-law, Carol and Tom Kubit of Catawba Island, Ohio; a brother, Thomas Bohrer of Parma, Ohio, and numerous nieces, and nephews. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11 am, Saturday, Nov. 2, in the Family Life Center at Higgins Memorial United Methodist Church. The family suggests donations to Higgins Memorial United Methodist Church kitchen fund or the “Good Eats” program.
Elberta Burleson Buchanan
Elberta Burleson Buchanan, 78, of N.C. 80 Bakersville, passed away October 24, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family. She was a native of Mitchell County and a daughter of the late Jesse and Venie Grindstaff Burleson. Elberta was a homemaker and she enjoyed taking care of her family and her flower garden. She attended Mine Creek Baptist Church. Survivors include; her daughters; Jeanette Chang (Moises), of Bakersville, NC, Loretta Revis (Robert), of Waynesville, NC, and Norma Helms (Chris), of Spruce Pine, NC, five grandchildren; Stephanie Chang, Jennifer Chang, Rachel Revis, Brian Helms, and Lauren Helms, one great grandchild, Gabriel Troutman. She was preceded in death by; her husband Sherwin Buchanan, four brothers; James, Frank, Paul, and John Burleson, seven sisters; Ruth Grindstaff, Jennie Buchanan, Ellen Howell, Anna Mae Burleson, Mae Grindstaff, Mary Hughes, and Edith Wyke, and one great grandchild, Caleb Troutman. The family will receive friends Saturday, October 26, 2013 from 5:00 until 7:00PM in Henline – Hughes Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 3:00PM in Mine Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Mark McKinney and Rev. Kenneth Murphy officiating. Interment will follow at Silver Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery. Flowers are appreciated or memorials may be made to; Hospice of Mitchell Grady Peterson County 236 Hospital Drive, Spruce Pine, Grady Peterson, 93, of Peterson Road, NC 28777. Poplar Community, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2013. He was a native of Sammie Mildred Buchanan Mitchell County and was self employed as a carpenter. He was a member of Bailey Sammie Mildred Buchanan Harrald, Fundamental Brethren Church. He enjoyed 90, of the Ledger community, passed fishing and spending time with his family. away October 22, 2013, at her home. He was a son of the late Dove and Nellie A lifelong resident of Mitchell County, Jane Edwards Peterson. she was a daughter of the late Samuel He was preceded in death by his wife and Delia Buchanan. Sammie enjoyed of 66 years, Edith Bennett Peterson, who gardening, traveling, photography, and was passed away in 2007. He was also preceded an avid reader. She was a member of Roan by his brother, Elmer, and his sister Haven Mountain Baptist Church. Peterson. Survivors include; her husband of 42 Survivors include a son, Walter Lee years, Floyd Harrald, of the home, one Peterson and wife Idaleen, of Poplar, grand sister; Elva Buchanan (wife of the late children Stacey and wife, Suzy, of Green Morris Buchanan), of Bakersville, three Mountain; Toby and wife, Blythe, of the nieces; Wilma Hall and husband Wayne, South Toe Community, and Corey and and Barbara Williams and husband Ronald, Casey, of Green Mountain. all of Spruce Pine, and Margaret Pendley F u n e r a l w a s S u n d a y i n B a i l e y (wife of the late Eddie Pendley), of Fundamental Brethren Church with Pastor Morganton,; four stepdaughters: Sandra Reid Bagby officiating. Interment was at Lee Thompson, and Sherry Lynn Gill, Hughes Cemetery, Green Mountain. of Kingsport, Tenn., Lesa Kay Calton, of Flowers are accepted and appreciated. Hiltons, Va., and Judy Wagner, of Ronda; several stepgrandchildren and several
great-stepgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by two nephews, Kenny and Richard Buchanan. Funeral was Friday, Oct. 25, in the chapel of Henline – Hughes Funeral Home with the Rev. Harold Grindstaff officiating. Interment followed at Roan Mountain #2 Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Mitchell County 236 Hospital Drive Spruce Pine, NC 28777 or Roan Mountain Baptist Church.
Debra Sharon Lowery Harkins
Debra Sharon Lowery Harkins, 57, of Belmont, died Wednesday, October 23, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. A native of Mitchell County, she was a daughter of Thelma Ruth Hall Lowery and the late Arnold Lowery. Debra was a dedicated and loving wife, mother and grandmother who loved to cook and was a “river rat,” having enjoyed rafting, swimming, boating and anything to do with water. Surviving, in addition to her mother, is her loving husband of 23 years, Jeff Harkins; son Chris Lowery and wife, Christie, of Spruce Pine; sisters Caryoleen Ward, Lillian Vaughn and husband, James, and Cynthia Hollifield, all of Spruce Pine and Betty Vance of Cherryville; brothers Ronnie Lowery and wife, Pat, of Marion and Johnny Lowery and wife, Judy, of Spruce Pine; grandchildren Christopher James Lowery and Michael Howard Lowery both of Burnsville, and Karen Bailey of Connecticut; step-grandchildren: Sabrina Woody and Todd Woody both of Spruce Pine. Funeral was October 26 in Crabtree Chapel Baptist Church. The Rev. Dallas Renfro and the Rev. Russell McKinney officiated. Burial was in the Crabtree Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery. Memorial donations be made to Gideons International PO Box 611, Spruce Pine, NC 28777.
Jon Koerner Jon Koerner, 64, of Burnsville, passed away on Monday, October 21, 2013, at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. A native of Blackwell, Okla., he was a son of the late Albert and Ruby Twyman Koerner. Jon was owner and operator of the Computer Help Shop for a number of years. Surviving are his wife, Valentina “Tina” Caraeva Popova of Edmond, Okla., and a stepdaughter, Yulia Popovia also of Edmond, Okla.. No services are planned at this time.
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Two different reports issued about wreck
From the front returning about 10 seconds later. only three minutes for the sheriff to arrive. Burnsville Police Officer Brandon Mitchell Though the accident involved an out-of- wrote in the accident report that the teenage control vehicle spinning into a gas pump, driver said “that he pulled into the store parking responding law officers didn’t contact the fire lot and started spinning and lost control of his department. vehicle and hit the gas pump.” Asked to comment about the response time, The official report says nothing about the whether a charge was filed and why the fire driver power breaking in the street or fleeing department was not called, Police Chief Brian the scene. Buchanan wrote in an email that the driver The newspaper has two videos of the events, “was charged by Officer Mitchell with reckless one of the gas pumps and one of the inside of driving and the citation was entered into our the store. The outside camera shows the wreck, system and should be at the clerk’s office. the truck leaving the scene, it returning, and There is sometimes a delay from the time a then the sheriff arriving. The sheriff can be seen citation is written by an officer and a sergeant running across the parking lot to enter the store. turning the clerks copy in due to having to enter The interior video shows that the sheriff the citation into our system. took his son by the arm and tried to lead the The chief continued: “I spoke with the sergeant on duty that night and he stated that both officers on duty were out of the vehicle on the other s ide of town when dispatch notified them of a parking lot collision at the Shell station with no injuries, so their response might have taken a few minutes. That same sergeant did not call for the fire department because he did not feel it was necessary after arriving on scene and observing the damage. There was no smoke from the pump area, only dust that had been kicked up from the parking lot. The driver was on scene when Special to the Yancey County News they arrived so a charge of leaving This image from video at Mountain Energy gas station shows Sheriff Gary Banks, the scene of an right, pushing his son out of the store minutes after a truck driven by the teenager accident was not careened into gas pumps at the Burnsville store. necessary.” The store video – which can be viewed at teenager out, but the young man seemed to balk, www.yanceycountynews.com - shows that the wanting to stay. The video shows that the sheriff truck was on store property prior to the accident physically turned his son and forcibly marched and that it circled the pumps at the station and pushed the teenager across the lobby and then pulled out onto East Main Street, facing out the front door. The exterior camera shows uptown, and came to a stop in the roadway. him lead the teenager to the sheriff’s vehicle. Witnesses say the teen driver “power braked” After that it took Burnsville Police six more the truck – applying the brake at the same time minutes to arrive on the scene. he was revving the motor – before the vehicle Burnsville Fire Chief Niles Howell says shot back onto the parking lot, spun around the his department routinely responds to vehicle island closest to East Main Street and careened accidents in town, but said the department was into the gas pump on the side facing away from not called for this wreck. “We can’t respond if the street. we aren’t dispatched.” The truck appears to nearly hit a man who Others trained in fire protection say it was had just gotten out of his car and was walking odd that the fire department wasn’t called, given towards the gas pumps. That man gave the store the circumstances and the fact that the store a written statement saying that “the kid starts owner needs to be assured that there was no power braking his truck in the middle of (the) leakage or lingering risk of explosion. road and starts spinning through the parking The police report says there was no drug or (lot) and comes several inches from killing me.” alcohol use involved in the accident, though it The video also shows that the pickup fled does not say if the driver was tested. Witnesses the scene of the accident immediately after said they did not see officers conduct a sobriety the wreck, and the witness statement mentions test at the scene. this as well. In the video, the Chevrolet can be The accident caused $1,150 in damage to seen leaving the scene – speeding away up East the pump and to a commercial trash can. The Main Street towards the town square – before report says the truck is owned by Gary Banks.
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Law enforcement practices at Cane River Middle School
Angie Weatherman provided these images of the rapid response drill that was held at Cane River Middle School on Friday, Oct. 25. Law enforcement from several agencies worked with school officials to practice their response during a school lockdown scenario. Students were not attending class that day.
Work begins to repair cupola on courthouse A crane has appeared behind the Yancey County Courthouse to heft materials to the roof for the repair of the leaking cupola. County Manager Nathan Bennett said he sought four estimates to repair leaks that have Homemade bread, let water into the desserts and courtroom during specials every day! wind and rain storms. Breakfast He said the best work 7-11 a.m. Mon.-Sat. was offered by East Lunch Coast Steeple Co. of 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. M-Fri. Taylorsville. (11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sat.) Bennett said the county has budgeted Now open for dinner $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 f o r t h e Wednesday, Thursday, Fri. & Sat. 5-9 p.m. repairs. The cupola atop the building Entertainment leaks, he said, and 7-9 p.m. Pete the repairs will make Wednesday McWhirter & Friends! that structure secure. He said the cupola is Thursday 7-9 p.m. welded to the frame Open mic of the building so it for Piano Players! cannot be lowered to Coming soon! Trivia the ground. Thursday - stay tuned for information! Typical Mountain Boys, Bluegrass at it’s best! Friday 12-2 pm
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What do you say to kids about school shootings? A radio talk show recently called to ask how parents should explain school shootings to their kids. My answer: It depends. I prefer, for the most part, for parents to say nothing unless their children ask questions. And then, when a child asks, for parents to say as little as possible. My rule of thumb has always been to give children only the information they need, when the absolutely need it. An aside: The selectivity of this question says more about the media’s tendency to create drama than any real need on the part of children. For example, when ten children are killed in a school bus accident somewhere, no one in the media calls to ask me how parents should explain school bus accidents. To “explain” school shootings to a child who has not asked questions about them accomplishes nothing of value and is very likely to cause a sharp spike in anxiety. After all, it is a given that the parent in question is explaining because she is anxious, and it is also a given that anxious parents precipitate anxiety in children. The question, then, becomes: What should a parent say about school shootings if a child has heard and expresses worry about them? Under
Land Transactions These are the land transactions with tax stamps recorded at the Yancey County Register of Deeds office during the period of June 3 – July 8. The values are based on $2 tax paid for each $1,000 of the transaction. June 3, 2013, $340, Bank of North Carolina to Larry and Kathi Carlson, Lot 118, Wolf Laurel Heights. June 3, 2013, $250, Kevin and Joan Stafford to Edward and Tina Canipe, 1.876 acre on NC State Road 1377 in Jacks Creek. June 5, 2013, $52, Burke McCandless to Charter Communications, .06 acre, South Toe township. June 6, 2013, $450, Leslie Ann Bennis and Charles Eric Johnson to Kathy Jo Weisfeld, Jonathan Simon and Benjamin Simon, lot 9, White Oak Estates, South Toe township. June 7, 2013, $6, Max McCurry to Pamela Bainbridge, Charles McCurry and Kimberly Young, an individual percentage interest in property off Cane Branch Road. June 11, 2013, $453, Rebecca Robinson and Perry Robinson to North Carolina Department of Transportation, right of way in Crabtree township. June 11, 2013, $8, Rebecca Robinson and Perry Robinson to North Carolina Department of Transportation, right of way in Crabtree township. June 13, 2013, $40, Internal Revenue Service and Alvin and Mona Woody to Gene Howe revocable trust, 7.89 acres off Bulldog Mountain Road, Green Mountain. June 13, 2012, $10, Trent and Emily Allen to Heather and Jonathan Cox, 1.07 acre in Crabtree township. June 13, 2012, $28, Jennifer and Andy Buchanan to Clyde and Diane Kendall, 1.444 acre along Tall Timber Lane, Green Mountain. June 14, 2013, $4, Judy Burford to NC Department of Transportation, right of way, Egypt township. June 14, 2013, $347, James Ray Gilley and Veronica Lynn Gilley to NC Department of Transportation, right of way, Crabtree township. June 14, 2013, $4, James Ray Gilley and Veronica Lynn Gilley to NC Department of Transportation, right of way, Crabtree township. June 14, 2013, $200, Nina Jobina to Virginia Camp Yancey, 3.066 acres off NC State road 1446, Cane River township. June 14, 2013, $280, Faye and Clyde Kerns and Buris Jr and Lisa Ramsey to James and Darla Kegley, .69 acre off South Toe River Road. June 14, 2013, $40, Michael Dean Higgins, Renee Higgins, Deborah Youch, Danny Youch, Shirley
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That’s a special category because there are things children can do to prevent being kidnapped. My mom warned me of kidnappers. She told me to never get in cars with, allow myself to be led by, or accept candy from strangers. That warning saved my life when I was five years old and a man tried to lure me into his car with the promise of a soda if I would direct him to a certain store. I immediately turned and ran and the man sped off. My mother - single at the time - said she was proud of me for following her instructions. She went around the neighborhood telling the other parents what had happened and also, of course, told the police. I remember a policeman coming to our house and asking me for a description of the man and his car. I’m sure there was increased vigilance in the neighborhood for the next few weeks, but all the kids were out playing the next day. I’m sure it worried my mother greatly, but she never let on. Thanks, Ma.
those circumstances, the response should be reassuring (“Your school is safe”) and brief because lots of words can confuse a child and lead, again, to anxiety. Something along these lines, perhaps: “There are people in the world who do bad things. Sometimes these people are bad and sometimes they’re just confused. This is a very bad thing that’s happened. No one understands “What if a child asks what he should do if a shooting occurs at his school?” Commonsense dictates that the parent should say, “You should follow instructions from your teacher. Do what your teacher tells you to do.” Family psychologist John Rosemond “What about kidnappings? Shouldn’t answers parents’ questions on his web site at parents warn their children about the possibility www.rosemond.com. of a kidnapping?” Savannah Sellers and John Sellers to Danny and Karen Higgins, two tracts in town of Burnsville. June 14, 2013, $560, Jeremiah Ayers to Michael and Casey Davis, three parcels in Green Mountain. June 17, 2013, $210, Donald and Claudette Childs to Leslie S. Scott, two parcels in the Pensacola township. June 18 2013, $920, Mt. Mitchell Bavarian Village and Alberts Inc. to Pies of Life LLC, 1.20 acre off NC 80, South Toe township. June 18, 2013, $1,500, Jerry and Susan Roth to the Beau Houston Trust, lot 35 unit 1, Mountain Air Country Club. June 20, 2013, $60, Karl Scharf to Karin Cooper, .9 acre, Prices Creek township. June 20, 2013, $318, Ferrell and Anna Lou Hughes to James Ray Gilley and Veronica Lynn Gilley, a parcel in Blackberry Ridge Subdivision. June 20, 2013, $370, Joann Collins to James and Keitha Swaim, .0447 acre, Seven Pines Townhomes. June 20, 2013, $342, PNC Bank to Vladimir and Yana Tirarenko, 8.823 acres, Stepping Stone Creek Estates. June 21, 2013, $6, Allen and Amanda Chrisawn to Billy Ray Edge, .19 acre, Crabtree township. June 21, 2013, $300, Cole and Jayme Maier to Cody Whitson and Lindsey Fender, .56 acre off Robertson Street, Burnsville. June 21, 2013, $43, Harrington Bank to John M. Cannizaro, a parcel on Heritage Ridge, Mountain Air Country Club. June 25, 2013, $325, the Daphne Hinerman Estate to Juanita Gibbs, 8.91 acres off Styles Road. June 25, 2013, $60, Teresa Bryant to Brandon and Lori McCourry, parcel in Barebridge Fields subdivision, Burnsville township. June 26, 2013, $30, Carl and Connie McConnell to Keith and Sarah Jones, .38 acre in Jacks Creek. June 27, 2013, $300, John and Deborah Jenkins to MAT CC LLC, Unit E, 101, Camps at Creekside Condominiums, Mountain Air. Jun 27, 2013, $34, Roger and Sheila Byrd to NC Department of Transportation, right of way in Crabtree township. June 28, 2013, $520, Gary L. and Wanda Cooper to Gary and Morgan Cooper, 3.44 acres, Jacks Creek township. June 28, 2013, $88, the Madge Lee Allen estate to Joyce Letterman, two parcels of 12 acres on Sronce Creek, Cane River township. June 28, 2013, $460, Robert and Terri Fowler, trustees of the Fowler Living Trust to William and Janet Brooks, 1.26 acre at Bear Wallow Heights. July 1, 2013, $39, Gary and Myra Peterson to Joseph and Leann Rivald, 1.05 acre, Riverside Hills subdivision, Cane River township. July 1, 2013, $1, the Arnold Eugene Shrader estate
to Mildred Shrader, lot 2C, Acorn Townhouses. July 1, 2013, $666, the Claude I. Carter Revocable Trust and the Ruth L. Carter Revocable Trust to Timothy and Suzanne Trautman, 3 acres off Overlook Drive, South Toe township. July 1, 2013, $200, David and Mellanie Coates to the Walter E. Brewer Jr. Trust, 12.65 acres, Cane River township. July 1, 2013, $166, Edmund and Patricia Powell to Canus Consulting Group LLC, Lot B1 unit 1, Alpine Village Condominiums. July 1, 2013, $148, Deanne and David Woody to Curtis and Lashasta Fox, .85 acre, Mountain View Acres. July 2, 2013, $480, Edd and Carolyn Robinson to James and Aileen Laws, 19.95 acres in Crabtree township. July 2, 2013, $15, Joyce and Bennett Allman to Larry Dean Bodford, .44 acre in Burnsville. July 2, 2013, $182, Mildred and Arnold Shrader to Richard H. Adams, lot 2C, Unit 2, Building C, cluster 3, Acorn Townhouses, South Toe township. July 2, 2013, $370, Kathy Weisfeld to Kenneth Thomas and Barbara Wulff, 2.8 acres off Grindstaff Road, South Toe township. July 3, 2013, $250, United Community Bank to Great Oaks NC Owner LLC, 1.246 acre on Roland Street. July 3, 2013, $150, the John Kenneth Welton estate to Hugh Buckner, 1.24 acre off State Road 1396, Cane River township. July 3, 2013, $1,330, Vina and Constantine Morros to Ronald and Ruth Ann Sabol, Unit 12, Boulder Pass, Mountain Air Country Club. July 3, 2013, $110, James and Diane Miller to United Community Bank, .390 acre, Scronce Creek Road. July 8, 2013, $3, June Liles, Penny Rose and Randal Rose to NC Department of Transportation, highway right of way in Egypt township. July 8, 2013, $546, James and Mary Lee Banek to David Leibowitz, 2.2 acres, Cane River Hamlet subdivision. July 8, 2013, $50, Teresa Bryant to Kenneth and Diane Fejes, .879 acre, lot 32, Barebridge Field Subdivision, Burnsville township. July 10, 2013, $30, Patricia and Robert Miller to Brian and Ginger Rathbone, 1.16 acre, Middle Creek, South Toe township. July 11, 2013, $2,400, Rita Meeks to Sandcastle Alliance LLC, Austin Mountain, Lot 29, Unit 3, Mountain Air Country Club. July 12, 2013, $392, Edwin B. Crenshaw Family Trust to James Deloatch, lot 277, Wolf Laurel Estates.
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Toe River Chamber Ensemble to perform on Nov. 5 The Toe River Chamber Ensemble invites the public to their Annual Fall Concert on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church on the Burnsville Square. This concert is free and open to the public. This season’s program will include the “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” by C.W. Gluck as part of his “Orfeo and Euredice” that premiered in Vienna on October 5, 1762. The “Dance,” occuring in Act II of the opera, is a tune, which nobody who has heard it is likely to forget. The calm contemplative beauty of the Elysian Fields is perfectly captured by this music which is both tranquil yet seems to be somehow threaded with melancholy. Also offered is “Fandango and Alborado,” part of Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol and featuring lively dance orchestration
based on Spanish folk melodies. Joseph Norris, a Mitchell County resident, arranged three Renaissance songs by Hans Leo Hassler, who is considered to be one of the most important German composers of all time. Rounding out the program will be two ensemble pieces - the string ensemble will play “The Virtuous Wife” by Henry Purcell and the flute choir will play “Fugue Bwv 542” by J.S. Bach. The Toe River Chamber Ensemble is the Toe River Arts Council’s own community orchestra. First organized in 1975, the Ensemble consists of approximately two dozen local musicians of all ages who meet weekly to rehearse. The Ensemble are musicians from Yancey, Mitchell, Avery, Madison, and Buncombe Counties, and from many backgrounds, professions
and ages - farmers, librarians, salespeople, potters, ministers, photographers, office and construction workers, teachers and students, doctors and hospital technicians; the list goes on and on. It is an interesting cross-section and a demographic blend created by a shared love of classical music. Lisa Mauney has directed the group for over 20 years and is its current director. The Toe River Chamber Ensemble is made possible in part by a Grassroots Arts Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency, and is sponsored by the Toe River Arts Council. TRAC is also supported by the United Way of Mitchell County. For more information, please call 828-682-7215.
TRAC, students picked to design national ornaments
The Toe River Arts Council has been chosen to coordinate the design and creation of the ornaments for North Carolina’s tree for the 2013 National Christmas Tree display in President’s Park in Washington, D.C. Students from Mountain Heritage High School - Christy Edwards’ Art II class and the Yancey Evening School under the advisory of Randall Rountree and Gred Gross - join local artists and youth from each U.S. state, territory and the District of Columbia who were selected to design and create 24 ornaments for their respective state or territory tree. “It is a great honor to be selected because of the esteemed position of the National Park Service in our nation, preserving both our cultural and natural resources for current and future generations. The Blue Ridge Parkway and the Appalachian Trail both thread their ways through our counties,” said Denise Cook, Executive Director
of the Toe River Arts Council in Mitchell and Yancey counties in Western North Carolina, “so we understand the value of the Parks Service. “We are also excited to be a part of the National Christmas Tree display because it will showcase the creative energies and spirit of collaboration in our community.” Under the direction of local artist, Cassie Floan, ornaments were designed and created by the two Mountain Heritage classes. Personal inspiration and the natural beauty of the area were used to create narrative ornaments depicting scenes familiar to the mountainous region of North Carolina. Students worked with paper silhouettes and natural objects to make multilayered pop-up sculptures. All used their imagination and personal connections to the area to portray their culturally rich scenes. “We are very pleased that artist Cassie Floan and students from Mountain Heritage High School’s
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Art II class and the high school’s alternative Yancey Evening School program will represent North Carolina in this year’s National Christmas Tree display,” said Neil Mulholland, President and CEO of the National Park Foundation. “This time honored tradition is the perfect way to kick off the holiday season.” Four weeks of holiday events in President’s Park will kick off with the 91st National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony presented by the National Park Service and National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. The exact date of the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be announced in the coming weeks. As one of America’s oldest STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA YANCEY COUNTY
holiday traditions, the National Christmas Tree Lighting began on Christmas Eve in 1923, when President Calvin Coolidge lit a Christmas tree in front of 3,000 spectators on the Ellipse in President’s Park. Since 1923, each succeeding President has carried on the tradition of what now has become a month-long event presented by the National Park Foundation and National Park Service. In addition to the National Christmas Tree display, President’s Park hosts a variety of familyoriented holiday attractions, such as the Santa’s Workshop, nightly holiday performances, a Yule log, nativity scene, and model train display. For information announcements, visit www.thenationaltree.org.
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Before the Clerk 12 SP 34
CHARLES DEAN CASSIDA, executor of the Estate of JOHN KENNETH WELTON
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David Allen Welton, Lawrence George Welton, David Marcus Silvers, Robert Henry Welton ,Charles Dean Cassida TO: LAWRENCE GEORGE WELTON or any Known or Unknown Heirs of and all persons claiming under LAWRENCE GEORGE WELTON TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-captioned proceeding. The nature of the relief sought is to sell the below described Real Estate in accordance with the provisions of NC G.S. 28A-15-1(a). Pursuant to order duly entered by Tammy R. McEntyre, Clerk of Superior Court of Yancey County on the 25 day of January 2013, the undersigned Commissioner will, on the 28th day of February, 2013 at 12:00 PM, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash the following described real estate: BEGINNING on the Locust stake corner of the east side of SR 1396, now marked by a set iron pin, located S 34-20-00 W 206.13 feet from the HoffmanBurleson corner, and running N 55-18-02 W 20.00 feet to the center of SR 1396; thence with the center of the road and the line of Fonzie Crain N 08-39-38 W 62.50 feet, N01-13-27 W 52.91 feet, N 05-01-31 E31.81 feet, N12-43-17 E 73.39 feet, N13-16-52 E 59.24 feet; thence leaving the road with the Hoffman line N 86-24-12 E 30.50 feet to a fence post, N 86-24-12 E 24.95 feet to a set iron pin, S 24-10-48 E 134.07 feet; thence with the Burleson line S23-53-21 E 256.74 feet to a set iron pin in the Allen line; thence with the Allen line S7217-13 W 91.26 feet to a set iron pin; thence with the Ledford line N55-18-02 W 162.13 feet to the BEGINNING. The highest bidder at the sale shall be required to make a cash deposit of 10% of the successful bid pending confirmation or rejection thereof. You are required to answer this Petition not later than 09 December, 2013, being 40 days from the date of the first publication of this Notice and upon your failure to do so, the Petitioner will seek the relief sought by the Petition. This the 31st day of October 2013. Nycole R. Howard Esq. Commissioner P.O. Box 746 Burnsville, N.C. 28714
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Breakfast Breakfast Pizza WG Cereal WG Toast/Juice Peaches Milk
Breakfast Chix Biscuit WG Cereal WG Toast/Juice Fruit Cocktail Milk
Breakfast Sausage Biscuit WG Cereal WG Toast/Juice Pears Milk
Breakfast Ham Biscuit WG Cereal WG Toast/Juice Peaches Milk
Lunch Turkey Pie Meatball Sub Sunbutter S’wich Glazed Carrots Mandarin Oranges Peaches/Milk
Lunch Hamburger Steak Chix Taco Salad Roll/Salad Refried Beans/Baked Apples/Fruit Cocktail Milk
Lunch Hot Dog/Baked Ham/Mac&Cheese Cornbread/Sunbutter S’wich/Baked Beans Slaw/Pears Cherry Crisp Milk
Lunch Pizza Stix w/marin Ham&Cheese S’wich/ Sunbutter S’wich/Corn/Sweet Potato Puffs/Peaches Cranberry Crunch Milk
Thurs, Nov 7
Friday, Nov 8
Breakfast
WG Cereal WG Toast Applesauce Juice/Milk
Breakfast Breakfast Pizza WG Cereal WG Toast Mandarin Oranges Juice/Milk
Lunch Beef Taco Chix Salad Wrap Sunbutter S’wich Broccoli/Great Northern Beans Pineapple Bits Applesauce/Milk
Lunch Chix Pie/BBQ Rib S’wich Sunbutter S’wich Baked Potatos Glazed Carrots Mandarin Oranges Fruit/Milk
Pancake&Sausage Stix
Food for thought for middle school Friday, Nov 1
Monday, Nov 4
Tuesday, Nov 5
Wed, Nov 6
Thurs, Nov 7
Friday, Nov 8
Breakfast Breakfast Pizza WG Cereal WG Toast/Juice Peaches Milk
Breakfast Chix Biscuit WG Cereal WG Toast/Juice Fruit Cocktail Milk
Breakfast Sausage Biscuit WG Cereal WG Toast/Juice Pears Milk
Breakfast Ham Biscuit WG Cereal WG Toast/Juice Peaches Milk
Breakfast
WG Cereal WG Toast Applesauce Juice/Milk
Breakfast Breakfast Pizza WG Cereal WG Toast Mandarin Oranges Juice/Milk
Lunch Turkey Pie Meatball Sub Green Beans Glazed Carrots Spiced Baked Apples Mandarin Oranges Peaches/Milk
Lunch Hamburger Steak Chix Taco Salad Roll/Salad Refried Beans/Baked Apples/Fruit Cocktail Milk
Lunch Hot Dog/Baked Ham/Mac&Cheese Cornbread Baked Beans Slaw/Pears Cherry Crisp Milk
Lunch Pizza Stix w/marin Ham&Cheese S’wich Corn/Sweet Potato Puffs/Peaches Cranberry Crunch Milk
Lunch Beef Taco Chix Salad Wrap Broccoli/Great Northern Beans Pineapple Bits Applesauce/Milk
Lunch Chix Pie/BBQ Rib S’wich Baked Potatos Glazed Carrots Mandarin Oranges Fruit/Milk
Pancake&Sausage Stix
Chowing down at Mountain Heritage Friday, Nov 1
Monday, Nov 4
Tuesday, Nov 5
Wed, Nov 6
Breakfast Breakfast Pizza WG Cereal WG Toast/Juice Peaches Milk
Breakfast Chix Biscuit WG Cereal WG Toast/Juice Fruit Cocktail Milk
Breakfast Sausage Biscuit WG Cereal WG Toast/Juice Pears Milk
Breakfast Ham Biscuit WG Cereal WG Toast/Juice Peaches Milk
Lunch Turkey Pie Meatball Sub Mega Pizza Glazed Carrots Green Beans Baked Apples Peaches Milk
Lunch Hamburger Steak Chix Taco Salad Chix Tenders Roll/Salad Refried Beans/Baked Apples/Fruit Cocktail Milk
Lunch Hot Dog/Baked Ham/Mac&Cheese Chix Quesadilla Cornbread Baked Beans Slaw/Pears Cherry Crisp Milk
Lunch Pizza Stix w/marin Ham&Cheese S’wich Corn/Sweet Potato Puffs/Peaches Cranberry Crunch Milk
Classes @ Mayland
through this intermediate course building upon ideas for searching for the best light, utilizing light, creating mood, using filters, adding flash Computer Skills for the Workplace (24 in the field and using creativity for a great shot. hours) (No Class on 11/28). Class begins on November Computer skills are a necessity in almost all 7 at 6 PM at Yancey Learning Center. workplaces. Gain new computer skills or brush up on skills that you already have in this class Let’s Make Soap (3 hours) New! that focuses on making your more computer Learn the cold process of making lye efficient. Learn the basics of office software soap from renderings. You will also learn to that is a fundamental part of the common incorporate goats’ milk into the soap, learn workplace. (No Class 11/28 or 12/26). Class about the curing process, and how to check begins on November 7 at 6 PM at Mayland’s the pH of your soap. This class will be held on Yancey Learning Center. a working farm (The Mushroom Hut @ Fox Farms). Directions will be provided. Class Intermediate Digital Photography (12 begins on November 23 at 1 PM. A second class hours) will be held on November 27 beginning at 1 Take what you learned in the Digital PM. For more information visit www.mayland. Photography class one step further. Professional edu and click on the Continuing Education link photographer Jason Penland will lead students or call 828-682-7315.
Thurs, Nov 7
Friday, Nov 8
Breakfast
WG Cereal WG Toast Applesauce Juice/Milk
Breakfast Breakfast Pizza WG Cereal WG Toast Mandarin Oranges Juice/Milk
Lunch Beef Taco Chix Salad Wrap Chix Fillet S’wich Broccoli/Great Northern Beans Pineapple Bits Applesauce/Milk
Lunch Chix Pie/BBQ Rib S’wich Ch. Garlic Flatbread Baked Potatos Glazed Carrots Mandarin Oranges Fruit/Milk
Pancake&Sausage Stix
Teachers, do you want another way to show how great your students shine? Then send the news of their success to this newspaper, your local newspaper! Send news and photographs to Jonathan@ yanceycountynews.com
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