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NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION, PACK MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, A SHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA PECIAL TO THE CITIZEN-TIMES For more than a century, the Vance Monument has marked the center of town. The 5 0-foot-tall obelisk was a owering structure, something to reflect the far-reaching influence of Zebulon Vance, orth Civil War-era governor. Its prominence has sometimes raised concerns ecause of ties to slavery. or more than a century, the Vance Monument has marked the center of town. Buildings in Pack Square Park have come and gone.

oadways have changed. The square itself has become bigger. hen it was built in 1896, before high-rise businesses dominated the cityscape, the 50-foot obelisk was a towering structure, meant to be een from the distance, something to reflect the far-reaching influence of ebulon Vance, a former governor and U.S. congressman. Encompassed by Pack Square Park, the monument has watched over arkets, circuses, parades, street preachers, protests and celebrations of all kinds.

Its prominence has also sometimes raised concerns because of ties to slavery. The Civil War-era politician owned slaves, just as he owned BY BETH WALTON FOR SOME, VANCE ONUMENT HISTORY OT SET IN STONE GROUPS DEBATE SLAVEHOLDER LEGACY, SIGNIFICANCE OF DOWNTOWN LANDMARK FRIDAY 03.13.15||CITIZEN-TIMES.COM|| A GANNETT COMPANY THE VOICE OF THE MOUNTAINS SERVINGASHEVILLESINCE1870 TRANSCENDING MOZART Asheville Amadeus Festival to bring classic music to the masses. Inside Scene Classifieds C8-9 Comics C4-5 Living D1-6 Lotteries A3 Mountains A2-3 B1-6 Obituaries A13-14 Opinion A15 Puzzles C9 Sports C1-7 Stocks A13 TV D4 INSIDE High: 45 Low: 44 Full report, C10 $1.00 Vol. 146 No. Eleventh District U.S.

Rep. Mark Meadows said Thursday the United States must with and that there will be moves to eep some beneficial aspects of the Affordable Care Act should the U.S. Sup reme Court overturn it. In remarks to more than 70 people at ameeting of the Council of Independent Business Owners, the Jackson County Republican recalled the Irani- a hostage crisis of 1979-81and said I ran is working on missiles that could be used to attack the United States. Iran, Meadows said, is country that been at odds with for over 30 years.

To think that changed vernight is not being realistic and it is ot actual eadows praised the controversial March 3 speech to Congress by Benjamin Netanyahu in which the Israeli prime minister warned that talks with Iran to limit its nuclear capabilities will result in very bad that would threaten security. got to stand firmly; we need to make sure we stand with Israel and the prime minister did an unbelievable job of articulating Meadows said. is time that we recognize (Iran) for who they he said. the reatest sponsor of terrorism in the Meadows is a member of the House oreign Affairs Committee and its Sub- ommittee on the Middle East and North Africa. Israel, he said, been a nd is my passion in terms of foreign Meadows said after his remarks at Meadows suspicious of Iran, backs I srael Republican says parts of ealth overhaul to stand BY MARK BARRETT ASHEVILLE An Asheville obstetrician under investigation by the N.C.

edical Board following the home-del ivery deaths of three babies was also a efendant in a previous medical mal- ractice suit in Henderson County. he civil lawsuit was filed against Dr. John David Hayes in 2007 by the parents of a child who, the lawsuit alleged, suffered permanent disability in her left arm because of decisions made by Hayes uring her birth at Pardee Hospital, according to documents at the Henderson ounty Courthouse. he girl, who was born Oct. 1, 2005, will suffer for the rest of her life phys- i cal pain and mental accord- i ng to the lawsuit.

has sustained permanent injuries and disfigurement and has lost the normal use of her left arm and Besides Hayes, other defendants amed in the lawsuit were his clinic, Hendersonville-based Oakland Park Health, and Pardee Hospital. I addition to the arm injury, the hild, now 9, suffered multiple skull ractures during her birth but escaped Doctor in home-birth deaths was sued in 2007 BY SABIAN WARREN.