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Product: ASHBrd PubDate: 12-13-2013 Zone: ACT Edition: 1 Page: Local-A User: jmatsick Time: 12-12-2013 21:30 Color: Kl OBITUARIESNEWS ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013 B3 Legislator arrested on felony tax charges "She had been working with the Department of Revenue to handle the situation and was surprised by the charges. ELLIOT ABRAMS, attorney for Deborah McManus EVA BURRELL CORN CANDLER Eva Burrell Corn, age 80, of 89 Pete Luther Road, died Saturday, December 7, 2013. Mrs. Corn was born November 6, 1933. She was a retired Buncombe County school teacher and a member of Canton First Baptist Church.

A devoted Chevrolet owner, she loved teaching, animals, traveling, gardening and bird watching. Eva was also an avid football fan especially for the Pisgah High School Bears. She made the best scrambled eggs. A daughter of the late Geter Wayne Burrell and Reva Rogers Burrell, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. "Bob" Corn who died in 2007; son, Robin Corn and brother, Don W.

Burrell. Surviving are her daughter, Debbie Jackson and husband Charles of Asheville; daughter-in-law, Carol Corn of Canton; brother, Danny J. Burrell of Weaverville; sister-in-law, Mildred Burrell of Waynesville; grandchildren, Ashley Corn, Meredith Corn, Nathan Jackson and wife Amy, and Brittany Paul and husband Chris; great grandsons, Cody and Cayden Jackson and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 15, 2013, in the Chapel of West Funeral Home, 17 Merrimon Ave, Weaverville, with Reverend David Burrell officiating. Burial will be in West Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to service, at the funeral home. Flowers are acceptable and appreciated. For those who desire, condolences may be offered to the family under Mrs. Corn's obituary at Tillis dated Wednesday, McManus says it is with "deep sadness" that she must resign her legislative seat "to focus on a personal matter that has arisen." "It has been one of the greatest honors and pleasures of my life to have served the people of the 54th District, and I am proud of what we have been able to accomplish," McManus wrote. "I will remain forever grateful for the opportunity to serve and for the support I have received throughout my service." House Democratic Leader Larry Hall of Durham issued a brief statement, saying only that McManus had notified him of her resignation "over a personal financial matter." "I accepted her decision and I thank her for her service," Hall said.

McManus was blindsid-ed by the charges. "She had been working with the Department of Revenue over the past few months to handle the situation and was surprised by these charges," Abrams said. "We will be reviewing the evidence in the case and will be discussing this matter with the Attorney General's Office." In a letter to N.C. House Speaker Thorn A Gastonia company wants City Council to rezone this property so it can build apartments on it. Council has delayed a decision, saying the city has a small supply of property suitable for industrial development mark BARRETTMB By Michael Biesecker Associated Press RALEIGH A state legislator has resigned following her arrest on felony tax charges.

The N.C. Department of Revenue announced Wednesday that Rep. Deborah H. McManus, D-Chatham, faces three counts of embezzlement of state property. The first-term lawmaker from Siler City is alleged to have used her position working as a bookkeeper for a medical practice to embezzle more than $47,000 that had been withheld from employees to pay state income taxes between January 2011 and July 2013.

The agency said the 56-year-old Democrat had appeared before a magistrate at the Wake County jail and released under a $150,000 bond. neer working on the project, told council only about 10 acres of the site can be built on because the railway right-of-way includes the western edge of the property. Preparing the property for a single manufacturing plant would be difficult because the land slopes from east to west, he said. Property records say a company in which former City Councilman Carr Swicegood is principal owner acquired the property in 2005 and sold it to Triangle in May for $650,000. Swicegood said he had listed the property for sale for virtually the entire time he owned it "and really had no interest from any industrial (buyer) or any interest, really." He said it is a shame that council is delaying the apartment project and that the odds of an industrial user coming along are slim because property is cheaper outside the city.

or accountants, surveyors or architects." Classes and conferences will generally be held at the Enka campus, but the center could provide specialized training for companies, she said. The Center can build on Asheville's growing reputation as a travel destination. Many of those attending a class or conference may want to bring family and stay longer to see the Biltmore House or other attractions, Moro tion of the brain "protrudes or herniates into the opening at the bottom and back portion of the skull that leads to the spinal column," according to the documents filed with the Medical Board. The condition creates pressure on the brain stem. Hypoplastic posterior fossa decompression surgery is performed to relieve pressure on the brain caused by Chiari malformation.

Under a previous order of the board, Rosner's pa primary commencement address. An honorary degree will also be presented to Cullowhee poet Kathryn Stripling Byer, who served as North Carolina's first female poet laureate from 2005 to 2009 and was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame in 2012. Mars Hill University's graduation is set for 5 p.m. Dec. 20 in Moore Auditorium.

Eighty-one graduates are expected along with 15 students who completed studies in August. The graduation ceremony will be the first since Mars Hill became a university in August 2013. "This momentous occasion is visible evidence not only of the evolution of the institution, but also of its commitment to prepare graduates for an evolving world," said Dr. John Wells, the university's executive vice president. The keynote speaker will be Dr.

David Smith, pastor of First Baptist Church of Lenoir and honorary trustee of MHU. Student speakers are J. Brady Adcock, a business administration major from Pfafftown and Tabbatha Ay ers Garland, a social work major in the adult and graduate studies program from Burns ville. The invocation will be given by Joo Kyung "Esther" Kim, a chemistry major from Thessaloni-ki, Greece, with special music provided by Sarah Emily Richardson, a musical theater major from Apex. The university will also present honorary doctorates to retired faculty members Bob and Rachel Chapman of Mars Hill.

The Chap-mans retired in 1991 with a combined total of 89 years service to Mars Hill College. All three ceremonies are free and open to the public. Hot Tub Sale the area. City staff did not make a strong recommendation on whether to grant the rezoning because there is "such a mix of uses that it was hard to determine whether or not this proposal was compatible with the neighborhood," planner Jessica Bernstein told council. She said the city had received no opposition to the project, and no one spoke during a public hearing Tuesday.

Ratchford sounded surprised at the delay Wednesday. "All we were trying to do was add units to the market," he said. "We were hoping council would feel the same way." Rents in the complex, to be called The Avalon, would range from about $800 to $1,225 a month, he said. That's higher than city affordable housing guidelines, but Ratchford said the complex would still help moderate rents because it would increase the number of units on the market. Thomas Jones, an engi Her first appearance in Wake County District Court was scheduled for Thursday.

It was not immediately clear if she has an attorney. Calls to McManus' home and legislative office were not answered. Her husband, Dr. Keith McManus, runs the medical practice from which the legislator is accused of embezzling. Her lawyer, Elliot Abrams, said that Deb A shortage? Ben Teague, executive director for the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County, said he is glad council postponed a decision but declined to say what he thinks it should ultimately do.

Typically, once property goes from industrial zoning to residential, "There's no going back," Teague said. The property would never be the site of a large industry, he said, but might be attractive to smaller operations. Teague said it is difficult to say how many sites the area has similar to the Sweeten Creek Road property, but in general, "There's not an abundance of industrial real estate." Councilman Jan Davis said Tuesday that council should be careful about turning down a proposal for needed housing, particularly if no one else has offered to build on the property for years. "We have a fair amount of industrial activity occurring just outside our city limits. These people have to have a place to live," he said.

Councilman Gordon Smith said the property may still have industrial potential. "We've just come out of a great recession. We're just seeing industry beginning to relocate here," he said. "There may be opportunities that will emerge in the next several years. Once we re-zone this, it's gone forever." sani said.

The Center already has a full spring schedule, including Biro's one-day seminar in March and as well as additional sessions in April. There are also entrepreneurial sessions, social media technology classes, and coding workshops through Tech Talent South. A-B Tech's departments, like the culinary department, may be able to use the center to put on conferences in their particular disciplines, McDonald said. "It's wide open." tients had to have an independent evaluation by a licensed, board certified neurologist. However, Rosner could still do the surgery without agreement from the independent neurologist.

The Medical Board said in its notice of charges against Rosner, which was filed earlier this year, that Rosner had done decompression surgery on patients where independent neurologists "did not find the indications for surgery." COLLEGES Continued from Page B1 With more stringent financial aid policies in place, these students now opt to graduate staying at the most one or two extra semesters," Fernandes said. The graduating class also includes five veterans or active members of the U.S. armed forces who will wear red, white and blue cords. An additional nine students will receive master of liberal arts degrees from the university's graduate program, which is structured to have most students complete studies in December. The commencement address will be delivered by Mary Lynn Manns, professor in the department of management and accountancy.

A member of the faculty for more than 30 years, Manns received the university's Distinguished Service Award and its Alumni Distinguished Faculty award in 2013. Western Carolina University's fall commencement begins later that same day at 2 p.m. in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center. The ceremony recognizes the fall graduating class and a group of new WCU alumni who received degrees after this year's summer school sessions. Chancellor David 0.

Belcher will preside over commencement and deliver the charge to about 800 of the 900 graduates. "Our largest degree for the fall graduating class is the bachelor of science in nursing with 94 students," said Laura Mallonee, graduation coordinator at WCU. "A lot of the nursing students are attending both the convocation and a separate nursing ceremony." Graduating student T'Shana Marie McClain, a sociology and psychology major, will give the HO HO 1478 DELLWOOD RD. WAYNESVILLE, NC 28786 LOCALLY OWNED "HOME AND DELAYS Continued from Page B1 The property's former owner said Thursday he had offered it for sale with the industrial zoning for several years but had no takers. Vice Mayor Marc Hunt suggested delaying action on Triangle's rezoning request until Feb.

12 so that city staff can research the city's supply of industrial sites and report back to council. He quoted a consulting firm's finding in 2003 that, "Asheville and Buncombe County have the smallest total inventory and most limited mix of developed industrial sites and parks of all metropolitan areas that the firm has examined in recent years." Council, he said, has since rezoned several parcels with industrial zoning for other uses, further shrinking the supply of potential sites for manufacturers and other industries. "If a consultant were to look at it again today, it would be even worse," Hunt said. No opposition The property is located between Sweeten Creek Road and the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks, about a quarter of a mile north of the road's intersection with Henderson-ville and Airport roads. It is bordered by a business park to the north and a scattering of buildings with businesses to the south, but there are also several residential uses in TRAINING Continued from Page B1 Entrepreneurial Development Foundation, aims to bring opportunities for professional credentials along with training in leadership, coding, entre-preneurship and other areas.

The idea came from faculty's request for more training opportunities closer to home, explained Marilyn McDonald, the foundation's executive director. "A num- DOCTOR Continued from Page B1 unnecessary surgeries. It was suspended again in 2009. In 2010, the Medical Board reinstated Rosner's license, but put in place several conditions. On Thursday, the board agreed to amend those conditions.

The amended order says that in certain cases, before performing any For information, click on AshevilleProfessionalStudies.com or email KatherineMorosaniabtech.edu. OF THE SELF-CLEANING, SALT WATER, CARBON NEUTRAL ber of them wanted professional-level training to maintain their credentials." "We want to help people stay here and get their training, whether it's in executive leadership or career development, instead of having to go to Raleigh or Atlanta," said Katherine Morosani, new director of the Asheville Center for Professional Studies. "We want to be a learning destination, whether it's for lawyers elective or non-emergency surgery for hypoplastic posterior fossa or Chiari malformation, Rosner must have the patient undergo an independent exam by a board certified neurosurgeon. If that neurosurgeon determines the patient isn't a suitable candidate for the surgery, then Rosner can't do the surgery, according to the consent order with the Medical Board. Chiari malformation occurs when the hind por HOT TUB" SEE OUR SWIM SPA DISPLAY TRY ONE OUT! SAVE UP TO $6,000 CASH DISCOUNTS SERVICE MOST BRANDS 4i 'Z7' SERVICING WNC SINCE 1994 LARGEST SELECTION IN WNC "fTsjP'F tfdffll s'7.

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