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A Christmas Parade full of smiles and laughter

Jane Mummert dies

By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News Jane Mummert, the president and CEO of Yancey Humane Society, died Saturday. She was 68. Mummert had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and waged “a courageous and hardfought battle,” said Tim Tipton, the humane society’s executive director. “It is with a heavy heart that

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we announce the passing of our beloved president and chief executive officer,” Tipton wrote on Facebook. Mummert was born in Indiana and had worked with the American Red Cross and in other leadership positions before retiring to the mountains with late husband Jack Mummert, a World War II Navy J a n e M u m m e r t , aviator. president of the Yancey Humane Society. See page 3

County finds $200k in uncollected taxes

By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News New state law now limits the county’s ability to hire outside firms to collect unpaid taxes, despite the fact that a company h i r e d b y Ya n c e y County was able to

identify $28 million of value in undeclared business property and helped collect more than $200,000 in unreported taxes. For two years the county contracted with Tax Management See page 3

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Thank you for supporting FVC of Yancey In June of this year I wrote one or more letters to our local newspapers basically begging this community for your support after the Family Violence Coalition of Yancey County, Inc. was reeling from a $19,400.00 cut from state/federal grant funds. Like many small private, nonprofits, we never have had a cushion of funds to fall back upon, so when this decrease in funds hit us during Fiscal year 2012-2013 it really did hurt. After reading my letter in the papers, some of you received fund-raising letters from board members. You immediately responded with an out-pouring of donations and phone calls, asking me and board members, “What do you need? What more can we do to help?” I am happy to say that we did make up our budget deficit from FY 2012-2013, but we are now working through FY 2013-2014 with this same loss of funds in our budget. Your donations have enabled us to keep our doors open and all programs operational. While this past year has been stressful for me as the executive director of the FVC, it was the year for me where I actually felt the MOST supported and loved

by Burnsville and Yancey County. I have attended a regional meeting with the N.C. Council for Women in October and then two weeks ago had a long lunch meeting with the new executive director for the N.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The Coalitions can legally lobby for our causes – domestic violence and sexual assault – with the N.C. State lawmakers. The executive directors in the rural counties are greatly concerned that the State of N.C. might ultimately be moving in a direction of centralizing services. Changes might occur in how programs are funded, and if the State of N.C. should decide to fund our programs based on population size, then our county and other counties with small populations could see further cuts to grant funding. All of the rural agency executive directors, me included, will fight any changes of this kind and we will keep our communities informed so that we can all rally against changes in policies that would hurt our local programs. We need to keep our victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in our shelter within our county. With heartfelt

thanks, I do thank you all for your donations and ask that you continue to support the FVC of Yancey County. We are keeping our FY 20132014 budget exactly the same as FY 2012-2013 and have trimmed where we can, but since we do have to remain operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, we cannot shave off any more dollars from our yearly budget. We have not expanded our programs during the past few years and I feel the need to explain that the more long term housing program being planned by Mary Honeycutt is not an FVC program. Some of our clients will be eligible for her program once she has her place operational, but we are not building any new shelter nor any housing units. I have had several people ask me about our “new shelter” and have had to explain that we are just trying to keep our doors open and remain status quo. May you and yours enjoy a safe and blessed Christmas season. Peace on Earth begins at home. Together we can bring Peace on Earth! Samantha Lane Phipps, FVC of Yancey County, Inc.

Please don’t make North Carolina more like Ohio

By Betsey Russell It’s one thing to talk in the abstract about North Carolina being 46th in teacher pay. It’s another thing when your seventh grader brings home a letter from a veteran teacher at her school explaining that it has become financially untenable for him to support his family, and that he is leaving to find work in another state. Just to be clear, this is an excellent language arts and social studies teacher. My daughter says he’s great at making language arts interesting, which isn’t easy. And his departure in the middle of the school year leaves a great void that won’t be easy to fill. I wrote the above about a month ago, and the teacher has moved to Ohio because he could not support his family on the $38,000 salary he made in North Carolina with 10 years’ experience and a master’s degree. My comments sparked a response from an Asheville-area lawmaker who argued that the state of Ohio actually spends less on teacher salaries than North Carolina.

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In a way, he’s right. In Ohio, the state itself provides only about a third of education funding, and local taxes are responsible for the majority of education budgets, which include teacher pay. In North Carolina, about 70 percent of education funding has always come from the state, and about 30% from local taxes. But no matter how you slice it, teachers in Ohio earn more. National Education Association annual state rankings show that the average teacher salary in Ohio was $56,715 in 2011-12, 23% higher than North Carolina’s $45,947 average. (And by the way, it takes 16 years of teaching in North Carolina to reach the $40,000 mark.) So, should North Carolina try to be more like Ohio, and shift the burden of education spending to local governments to boost teacher pay? No, for three good reasons: First, fragmenting public school funding creates even larger gaps between “have” and “have not” school districts. Ohio’s salary data for 667 school districts shows a pay range for a starting teacher with minimal qualifications from just above $25,000 to more than $43,000. If you live in a wealthy suburban district, you may be able to generate the bulk of school funding through higher local taxes. But if you live in an urban area or rural county with no strong local tax base, you will struggle to attract highly qualified teachers and adequately maintain and supply decent schools. This proved problematic in Ohio, where the state supreme court declared in the 1997 DeRolph v. State case that the uneven funding of education through districts violated Ohio’s constitution, which requires a “thorough and

Seeking help finding helpful couple

This September my girlfriend and I were hiking a 30 mile section of the AT. We stopped near Carvers Gap where an older couple was sitting enjoying the view. We asked the couple to take a scenic picture of us which they happily obliged. While getting ready for the picture, I dropped down to one knee and proposed to my girlfriend. We were so in the moment that we never thought to ask the couple for their names. I’m not sure if they live around Carvers Gap or not,

efficient system of common schools throughout the state.” Now, twelve years later, they’re still trying to clean up the funding mess. Second, despite the variance between districts, one reason Ohio’s average teacher pay is so much higher than North Carolina’s is because Ohio has strong teacher unions. Whether you like unions or hate them, they help ensure that Ohio educators get paid like professionals. In a “right to work” state like, North Carolina, that union option doesn’t exist. Third, and most importantly, North Carolina’s own Constitution fundamentally guarantees a state-level investment in public education. Article 9, Section 2 of our constitution states that, “The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of free public schools, which shall be maintained at least nine months in every year, and wherein equal opportunities shall be provided for all students.” The leaders who drafted the Constitution understood the value of strong, well-funded public schools. They recognized that if we want to be competitive and sustainable as a state, then educating our children must be a priority at the state level — and that includes teacher pay. That’s not to say that local districts shouldn’t supplement salaries – in fact, almost all of them do. But public education is a cornerstone of our shared values in North Carolina, and funding it can’t be an “every district for itself” issue. In the spirit of our Constitution, we shouldn’t treat our teachers, and our students, like they do in Ohio. We should treat them better. Betsey Russell is a nonprofit communications consultant who lives in Asheville.

but I was basically shooting in the dark in hopes to locate them, so I could thank them for the beautiful photo they took of my fiance and I. It is a photo we will cherish for the rest of our lives. I was also hoping to invite them to our wedding if I was able to get in contact with them. What I was hoping was to put something in the newspapers of the surrounding areas and hope that they happen to read it. If you could help me, it would be greatly appreciated. Ben Smith Smitty2398@gmail.com

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Christmas Carol still running at high school auditorium It’s a timeless story you and your kids will love – Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol. Parkway Playhouse’s family invites you and yours to a great holiday treat that everyone will enjoy: a musical adaptation by Andrew Gall of

the Dickens tale, complete with ghosts, vibrant costumes, familiar carols and holiday cheer. Among the 30-plus actors in the production, half are local children from area schools who add an even warmer touch to this popular production, now in its

From the front The couple had traveled the world as part of Jack’s job, and initially retired to Beech Mountain, where Jane was active in animal care with Avery and Watauga county agencies. The couple relocated to Yancey County to escape the winters at Beech Mountain, but Jack died soon after they arrived in Burnsville. Jane turned her focus on the animals of Yancey, helping transform the Yancey Humane Society from a small shelter to one that focused heavily on getting pets spade and neutered, and on getting animals adopted. “Yancey County owes Jane Mummert a debt, not only for the care she showed for our animals but also for how she cared about the people in this county,” said society board member Eric Penland. He said Jane deserved every possible accolade. “If Yancey County gave an award for ‘unsung hero’ then she deserved it time and again,” Penland said. Tipton said Mummert “was a very kind and caring person who had an extraordinary love for animals. She also had a tough side, though, and would make no

excuse about sticking up for her principles, for sticking up for the Yancey Humane Society, the staff of the humane society, and, as she called them, her babies - the animals in her care at the shelter.“ During her tenure at the shelter Mummert received numerous awards and accolades for her accomplishments, including the p r e s t i g i o u s Governor’s Award for Volunteerism in 2010. Tipton said she was “an excellent writer. She authored too many articles and columns to name.” Former County Commission C h a i r m a n Wa l t e r Savage said Mummert “was always willing and able, and she tried to benefit the humane society in any way she could.” The current c o m m i s s i o n chairman, Johnny Riddle, announced Mummert’s death at the start of Monday night’s commission meeting. “Jane will be missed,” he said, and he asked residents to remember her in their prayers. H o l c o m b e Brothers Funeral Service is handling arrangements, which were incomplete as of Tuesday when this paper went to press.

Mummert dies after battle with cancer

third year. A Christmas Carol will run for three performances on Friday, Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday Dec. 15 at 3:00pm. A ll performances will be held at the Tomberlin Auditorium of Mountain Heritage High School. Tickets can be purchased by calling 828-6824285, visiting the Parkway Playhouse w e b s i t e a t w w w. parkwayplayhouse. com , as well as at the door before each performance. Tickets

range from $10-$15. Who has not heard of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who is opposed to celebrating Christmas and indifferent to the sufferings of the poor in Victorian London and is the main character in this famous story of redemption. Scrooge’s stingy, cold-hearted nature and subsequent transformation has made him and his stories one of the most recognizable characters of all time. The book is generally considered one of the

greatest influences for the restoration of the Christmas holiday and it has never been out of print. “Response to this show is why we keep doing it” commented Parkway Playhouse Artistic Director, Andrew Gall. “It is a story that never fails to revive the Christmas spirit in all of us. It is comforting to come to the show, settle into your seat take part in the telling of a great story while singing some of the most popular Christmas music of all time. This

is an annual project that means a lot to us and we hope you will come out and join us. You will leave the theatre filled with Christmas cheer.” The cast of the Parkway Playhouse’s production features audience favorite Bruce Chuvala, who is reprising his role as Ebeneezer Scrooge for the third year. The music in the production was arranged by Burnsville native Andrea Bailey.

County collects more than $200k in past due funds From the front Associates of Charlotte to ensure that businesses paid the appropriate and fair amount of personal business property tax. While collecting taxes is a common and expected activity in most North Carolina counties, it is not necessarily the norm in Yancey. The current county manager says the tax office management has made efforts to enforce tax law on all residents, no matter their status or position, but this current effort actually appears to have succeeded. “We’re simply doing our jobs, to comply with state law,” said County Manager Nathan Bennett. “I couldn’t tell you why the county didn’t collect it before,” he said with a shrug Monday. Tax Management Associates was hired by the county to perform audits of business personal property listings of the county’s largest industrial and commercial businesses, Bennett said last week. “The county is required by law to audit these business listings to ensure compliance with state law.” Bennett said TMA audits identified $28,570,361 in business personal property value in industry and commercial businesses in Yancey County. “That equates to a total tax due of $201,914.18, and we have collected that amount.” He said one local industry paid its business

personal property tax without complaint when the bill was presented. He said a company manager said the firm had been prepared to pay the tax, but hadn’t done so because the county never billed them. Tax Management Associates was paid 35 percent of the unpaid tax amount due. Bennett said “the county has paid TMA fees to date of $36,204.73.” But efforts to collect taxes through the use of such ‘contingency fee’ contracts apparently rubbed some the wrong way, and Raleigh has made it against the law to hire outside such collectors, Bennett said. “The N.C. General Assembly - in 2012 - ended the authority of counties and municipalities to use contingency fee contracts, so the contract with TMA ended with the exception of four audits that were in process prior to that authority being rescinded,” Bennett said. “TMA has no contract with Yancey County now, and when those pending audits are complete our relationship with TMA will end.” Asked why the state would eliminate a program that seemed successful, Bennett said that while big business might accept the fact that taxes are legitimate, they convinced legislators and the governor that counties and cities should not be able to hire private firms on contingency to actually collect those taxes.

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Obituaries Jane Mummert

(Gary) Peterson and Martha Elizabeth (Kevin) Hughes; sons Dennis Wayne (Brenda) Miller and Johnny Lynford (Becky) Miller, and sister Helen Sturgill all of Green Mountain; brothers Clifford Barnett of Green Mountain and Carl Barnett of Burnsville; grandchildren Shawn Peterson, Lindsay Miller Greene, Amberley Rohr, Vanassa South and Will Freeman; eight great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral was Dec. 5 in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home with Marvin Silvers and David Garland officiating.

Jane Mummert, the president and chief executive officer of the Yancey Humane Society, died Saturday. She was 68 and succumbed to cancer. Arrangements were incomplete as of Tuesday morning. Holcombe Brothers Funeral Service handling arrangements. See story on Page 1.

Nancy Penland Foxx

Nancy Penland Foxx, 88, of Bald Creek, passed away Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, at Brookside Rehabilitation and Care. A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Herbert and Mary Louise Peeler Penland and the wife of James R. Foxx, who died in 1984. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Mary Louise Currie. Nancy was a retired Yancey County School Teacher and a member of Bald Creek United Methodist Church. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Funeral was Tuesday in the chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. The Rev. Mike Shuford officiated. Burial was in the Holcombe Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Bald Creek United Methodist Church, c/o Nan Proffitt, 43 Beechwood Drive, Burnsville, NC 28714 or Hospice of Yancey County, 856 Georges Fork Road, Burnsville, NC 28714.

Maurice Buchanan

Ralph Frank Harris

Bainbridge, Kyndall and Jackson McCurry and Joshua Young; a sister, Louise Shaw and husband, Jack, of Cheraw, S.C.; his companion, Margie Patton of Morganton; and nephew Rodney Shaw. Funeral was Friday in Victory Baptist Church of which he was a member. The Rev. Scot Garland officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to Victory Baptist Church, P. O. Box 3, Micaville, NC 28755.

Diane Hobson Hughes

Maurice Buchanan, 88, of Ellis Road Extension, Spruce Pine, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at Brian Center in Spruce Pine. He was born in Mitchell County to the late Roscoe and Nell Blackburn Buchanan. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brothers, Jim and Phillip Buchanan and his sisters, Lucy Buchanan, Marcella Pitman and Sylvia Woody. Maurice was a member of the Pine Branch Baptist Church and was a Navy veteran of World War II. He played and coached softball for many years. He enjoyed gardening, his family, and gospel music. Survivors include his wife, Mattie Lee Buchanan of the home; his son, Marvin Buchanan of Spruce Pine; his daughters: Melissa Clark of Nebo and Marquita Buchanan of Burnsville; sisters Margaret Wright of Spear and Emma Jean Johnson of Spruce Pine; and four grandchildren. Funeral was Saturday at the Pine Branch Baptist Church with the Rev. Steve Williams officiating. Interment was in the Pine Branch Baptist Church Cemetery.

Diane Hobson Hughes, 62, of Odoms Chapel Road, Bakersville, died Dec. 4, 2013, at her home. She was a native of Mitchell County and was a member and pianist at Spring Creek Baptist Church. She was employed as a pharmacy tech at Hospital Drive Pharmacy in Spruce Pine. Survivors include her husband, Roger Hughes; her mother, Doris Young Hobson of Bakersville; daughter Sherry Diane Hobson,and husband, Michael, of Bakersville; two sons: Roger Todd Hughes and wife, Misty Silvers, of Green Mountain, and Thomas Braden Hughes, and wife, Rebecca Lynn, of Bakersville; one sister, Marguerite Young of Salisbury; and grandchildren Charis Diane Hobson, Michael Seth Hobson, Tristen Todd Hughes, Evan Lee Hughes, Laken Alexander Hughes, Skylar Hughes, Landon Braden Hughes and Haven Landrey Hughes. She was preceded in death by her father, Guy Hobson, and granddaughter Charis Diane Hughes. Funeral was Friday with Bob McCurry officiating. Interment was at Green Young Cemetery.

Max McCurry

Idella Barnett Miller

Max McCurry, 77, of Cane Branch, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Thad and Maude Young McCurry. Max was a Navy veteran and a retired employee of the N. C. Department of Corrections. He enjoyed farming, his cattle, attending church, politics and his breakfast crowd. Surviving are his children, Pam Bainbridge of Charlotte, Steve McCurry and wife, Holly, of Asheville, and Kim Young and husband, Sam, of Burnsville; five grandchildren: Nicole and Matthew

Idella Barnett Miller, 88, of the Pigeon Roost community, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Woodard and Martha Willis Barnett, and wife of the late Wayne Hansel Miller. She was also preceded by her sisters, Pearl Bennett, Lola Barnett and Marie Barnett, and a brother, Floyd Barnett; and grandchildren Creighton Wayne Miller and Millicent Miller. She was a homemaker and a member of the Upper Pigeon Roost Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include daughters Faye Elaine

Ralph Frank Harris, 87, Conover, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, at Catawba Valley Medical Center. He was born Mar. 1, 1925, in Micaville to the late Delzie Harris and Lela Hise Harris Chapo. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son, Thomas Frank Harris, and two sisters, Pasty Evans and Faye Pyle. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, Hazel Lindsey Reid Harris of Conover, two daughters, Beverly Stone and husband, Gary, of Conover and Gail Hefner and husband, Dennis, of Hickory; four stepchildren; a brother, Phil Harris and wife, Mildred, of Burnsville, two sisters: Robbye Murphy and husband, Robert, of Lincoln, Calif,, and Carol Little and husband, Gary, of Cleveland, Tenn.; grandchildren Dawn Newton and husband, Jeff, of Hickory, Sean McNeal of Austin, Texas, Laura Herran and husband, Roy, of Montrose, Colo., and Scott Harris and wife, Rebekah, of Bossier City, La; eight great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren, and 17 stepgrandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Catawba Regional Hospice, 3975 Robinson Rd., Newton, NC 28658. Funeral was Dec. 5 at Oxford Baptist Church, Conover, with internment following in the church cemetery.

Your Representatives Sen. Richard Burr (R) Washington address: 217 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-3154 - Fax: (202) 228-2981 Asheville: Federal Building, 151 Patton Ave., Suite 204 Asheville, N.C. 28801 Phone: (828) 350-2437 - Fax: (828) 350-2439 Sen. Kay Hagan (D) Washington address: 521 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-6342 - Fax: (202) 228-2563 Asheville address: 82 Patton Ave., Suite 635 Asheville, N.C. 28801 Phone: (828) 257-6510 - Fax: (828) 257-6514 11th Congressional District Rep. Mark Meadows (R) Washington address: 1516 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-6401 N.C. Elected Officials N.C. Senate District 47 Sen. Ralph Hise (R) Address: N.C. Senate 16 W. Jones St., Room 1026 Raleigh, N.C. 27601-2808 Phone: (919) 733-3460 and (828) 766-8329 Email: Ralph.Hise@ncleg.net N.C. House District 118 Rep. Michele D. Presnell (R) Address: N.C. House of Representatives 16 W. Jones St., Room 1025 Raleigh, N.C. 27601-1096 Phone: (919) 733-5732 and (828) 682-6342 Email: Michele.Presnell@ncleg.net

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Data suggests WNC schools are losing teachers By Angie Newsome Carolina Public Press Last week, the N.C. Department of Instruction released a report to the General Assembly on the turnover rates of North Carolina’s teachers. The report, marked as a draft, showed that teacher turnover rates were more than 14 percent across the state. That’s a five-year high statewide. And the same is true among the 17 westernmost counties in the state. For the 2012-2013 school year, 828 teachers left teaching in the 18 counties of Western North Carolina, according to the report. The highest turnover rates for the year were found in Jackson County, which had a rate of more than 17 percent. It was followed by Yancey County (at 13.97 percent), Henderson County (at 13.49 percent) and Asheville City Schools (at 13.19 percent). The lowest turnover rate across the region was found in Transylvania (7.46 percent) and Clay (9 percent) counties. Dr. Tony Tipton, superintendent of Yancey County Schools, said last week that Yancey County “has lost two quality employees this school year that left and went to another state to teach for more money. Over the summer we lost two highly qualify new teachers that chose to go to Tennessee instead of taking a position with us. They started start out making around $10,000 more as beginning teachers than in North Carolina.”

But while the turnover rate in We s t e r n N o r t h Carolina reached a recent high, it was the second-lowest among t h e s t a t e ’s e i g h t regions, according to the report. The highest 5-year turnover rate was found in the Sandhills/South Central area of the state. And the highest rate overall for the year was found in Northampton County, where the teacher turnover rate was more than 35 percent. The report also detailed findings on why teachers were either leaving the profession or changing school districts — all of which contribute to the turnover rate. In Jackson County, more than 37 percent listed that the turnover was for “reasons beyond their control” — which includes teachers who retired with full benefits, individuals who resigned for health reasons, those who

resigned due to family responsibilities and/or childcare, death and those who resigned due to family relocation. In both Henderson and Yancey counties, turnover was attributed most to leaving the district but staying in education. At Asheville City Schools, the largest reason cited for turnover was also for reasons beyond their control.

Farm City Honors

Yancey County farmers and the County Extension office celebrated Farm City Week 2013 with an awards breakfast at First Baptist Church in Burnsville. Recipients of annual farm awards - at right - included Jake and Violet Henson, represented by their daughter Wilma; Phil Harris, Robert Buckner, Nicaela Blanton, Janis Holder, Renee Wessel, Jim Stockwell, Becky Wilson, Blake Tschudy, Bill Baker and Joann Collins. Look in this newspaper next week for a complete story about the Farm City Awards.

Superintendent outlines weather policy for schools

By Dr. Tony Tipton Yancey Schools Superintendent As the seasons change and the possibility of snow becomes greater, it is time to update everyone of the Yancey County Schools plan for inclement weather days and making up any missed instructional days due to unsafe road conditions. With the passing of Senate Bill 187, effective July 1, 2013, public school systems can have a school start date of no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and end date no later than the Friday closest to June 11 (unless a weather related calendar waiver has been approved). Yancey County Schools does have an approved weather waiver which allows for an end of school date past June 11. This law shifted our school year by two weeks – our

later start on August 19th could result in a June 17th or later end date. All public school systems must have a minimum of 185 days OR 1,025 hours of instruction. The Yancey County Schools calendar, set at 180 days, exceeds the instructional hours required by the state. Extra hours are used for early dismissals and delayed openings. These changes to the school calendar requirements have cancelled the need for automatic Saturday School. Please keep in mind that every day missed pushes the last day of school back. That is why it is impossible at this time to project the final last day of school. With this new plan and the typically unpredictable weather here in Yancey County, there is a

possibility that the end of school will be in late June. Parents should keep this in mind when planning your family vacation. Once winter arrives, employees of Yancey County Schools are on the roads by 4 a.m. checking across the county for ice or snow dangers. They coordinate with the DOT and the Sheriff’s Department. While student safety will always be our first concern, every effort is made to have school whenever possible. That may mean calling for a 2 or 3 hour delay in starting school until the roads have been cleared. When dealing with changing road conditions, everyone must remember that buses are on the roads and picking up students 2 hours prior to the scheduled start of school and up to 2 hours after school is dismissed returning

students home. This sometimes requires making decisions based on what might happen a few hours later in the day for both the safety of the students, our staff and our bus drivers. The Connect 5 Call System will be used again this year to notify parents by phone of delays, early dismissals and school cancellations. Parents are encouraged to make sure their child’s school has their latest contact information for Connect 5 announcements. We will also share closings or schedule announcements with area television and radio stations and with the newspapers. The school announcement line is 682-7322. We post updates online at www.yanceync.net .

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May you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! A letter to you from Danny and Sharon McIntosh

Ice covers signs and landscaping Sunday morning at the intersection of the Blue Ridge Parkway and N.C. 80 South. While some areas of Yancey experienced ice like this, most of it settled in areas to the east and northeast.

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For the past eight years we have tried to provide open and honest government, experienced leadership and good stewardship of your tax dollars and available resources. We Sharon became fast are very proud of friends with Lulu the strides we made Roman in preparain infrastructure tion for Hee Haw improvements us- 2012. ing state and federal funds. We have provided services to you and provided our employees with benefits and resources they need to be safe and productive. All the while holding the tax rate steady, balancing the yearly budgets and rebuilding the town’s finances. I have enjoyed representing the town through active participation in the High Country When the request Council of Governwent out for mem- ment where I was ber governments to selected as the outlocal electseek artwork for the standing ed official of the year new High Country 2011-2012. I also was Council of Govern- proud to be the first ments office building town of Burnsville in Boone local artists representative that I John Doyle and Rolf know of to serve on Holmquist did not the advisory comhesitate when asked mittee and serve as to donate. We were an officer as I was so blessed to make elected treasurer for many great friends three years. Sharon and I have during our term. enjoyed promoting the town through active participation in many events like the literary festival, Christmas parade, crafts fair, Hee Haw and many, many concert events at the town center. The development of the celebrations of our local music heroes Lesley Riddle and Claude Boone provided us the opportuni-

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ty to make many noted friendships and lifelong memories. S h a r o n’s promotion of our Memorial Day We e k e n d gave everyone many memorable moments like the celebration of our WWII POWs, annual parade, flyovers of a TA-6 Texan t r ai ne r, P-51 Mustang fighter, an Avalon Wes Stower in his P-51 and a tre- Mustang appears between m e n d o u s the flag and the town hall demonstra- as he approaches the town tion by a square for a Hero Day flyRoyal Air by. Force jet powered fighter. Also, the displays of photographs and stories have told a great story of Yancey County heroes from all types of emergency services. A great memory is certainly the presentation of quilts to our veterans by the Mountain Piecemaker Quilt Guild. The many successes of Hero Day are too numerous to mention here! We say all of that to say this to you: Our appreciation Thank you for allowgoes out to the ing us to represent Yancey County our hometown from C o m m i s s i o n e r s the office of mayor who stepped up to for eight years! Your celebrate George friendship and supis important Lee Griffith and port to us and we look the Burnsville Ea- forward to seeing gles by naming the you around town! A Lincoln Park ball special thanks to the field in honor of over two hundred our local legend! voters that would take the time to write my name on the ballot this year. Also, from our house to yours, a very merry Christmas and a blessed new year!

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Potty training can be earlier, and it can be easier Q: My 18-month-old kicks me and hits me when I try to change his diaper. He doesn’t do this for his father or grandparents. Should I hold his legs down until he gives up or will this worsen things? A: Holding his legs will definitely make matters worse. The solution, of course, is to toilet train him. I know, the current pediatric party line is he’s too young, he hasn’t shown certain “readiness signs,” and if you just leave him to his own devices, he’ll toilet train himself. That is baloney. The fact is, just as it’s much, much easier to house train a 4-month-old puppy than a one-year old dog, it is much, much easier to toilet train an 18-month-old human than one who’s 30 months old or older. The older the dog/child, the more difficult it will be to teach the new “trick.” The further fact is that the standard list of toileting readiness signs is bogus. As I point out in my book on toilet training, these “signs” were snatched out of thin air by certain professionals - the “pioneers” were pediatricians Ben Spock and T. Berry Brazelton - who were trying to lend an air of science to what is a relatively simple,

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straightforward process. The only readiness sign a pre-1960s mom (before the toiletbabblers began babbling) paid any attention to was her own readiness to stop changing and washing diapers. Here is my one-paragraph, less-than-150words toilet training program: Purchase a toddler potty. Put it in the bathroom. Show your son how to sit on it. If you haven’t already, let him see you using the “big potty.” Toss the diapers and dress him in thin cotton underwear only (no pants when at home) so that his “stuff” goes down his legs and otherwise causes discomfort. Purchase a kitchen timer. Tell your son it’s the “potty bell.” Set it to ring every hour, on the hour. Load your son up with liquids and drink lots of

water yourself. When the timer rings, tell your son it’s time for the two of you to sit on your potties. Take him into the bathroom and help him sit. Then sit yourself (when dad’s in charge and whenever your son’s around to watch, he should also sit). Make using the toilet a family affair! In no time, your little kick-boxer should be using the potty with minimal help from you. If for whatever reason you’re not ready to toilet train, then the backup plan is to let his dad and grandparents change him as often as possible. When there’s no alternate diaper changer available, then just change him, kicking and all. Don’t say anything while doing so. Just work around his kicking as well as you can. To maintain your cool, try singing a song. May I suggest “19th Nervous Breakdown” by The Rolling Stones? I remember going through the same thing with our son, who was also our first. We used cloth diapers with him. They required pins. His struggling was cured rather quickly after a few pins accidentally pricked his skin. The old technology did have its merits. Family psychologist John Rosemond answers parents’ questions on his web site at www.rosemond.com.

Specialized reading instruction offered to area school teachers A non-profit organization in Camp Spring Creek co-director Mitchell County has received Susie van der Vorst said. The funding to train up to 10 public funding is intended to train up to 10 school teachers and assistants public school teachers or assistants in advanced methods of reading who teach reading. comprehension and literacy. “We’re so grateful to all the Camp Spring Creek Outreach organizations that contributed to Center hopes to train five Yancey make this funding possible,” said County Schools teachers and five van der Vorst. “The training is from Mitchell County schools. free. We can work with individual The training is designed to schedules to offer the course give educators greater skills in during their free time.” systematically explaining the The Classroom Educator Class structures of the English language. is a 35-hour course that teaches Camp S pring Creek w as the structure of English, primarily awarded a $20,000 People in focusing on ways to meet students’ Need grant funded through the individual reading needs both Community Foundation of Western within small group or whole class North Carolina, the Lipscomb instruction. Family Fund, the Fund for Mitchell Tamara Houchard, who teaches Week of 12/9/13 - 12/15/13 County, and the Nelle Crowell 6-8th grade ELA at Harris Middle Fletcher and G.L. Crowell Fund, School, said these specialized

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methods for teaching reading were “definitely that ‘missing link’ in my professional training.” Houchard said the Camp Spring Creek training helped her to better understand the foundations of the English language and, more importantly, be able “to teach my students - at any level - how to read, understand, and comprehend in a systematic and logical way. No reading teacher could ask for more.” While this Classroom Educator Class is especially designed for K-3rd and Exceptional Child teachers, “we will take anyone interested,” said van der Vorst. “We would like school principals to contact us if they have teachers or assistants who are interested.” Following course completion, participants will receive one year

of mentorship through conferences and in-class visits from van der Vorst, who is also the instructor. The reading instruction is based on the Orton-Gillingham philosophy of teaching. OG, as it is commonly called, uses a languagebased, multisensory approach to learning that relies on a student’s problem-solving and creative thinking skills to circumvent processing weaknesses. Although OG is most commonly used for children with dyslexia, van der Vorst said the method has been successfully incorporated into learning environments for students of all styles and abilities. Any educator wanting more information may call the Camp Spring Creek Outreach Center at 766-5032.

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