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me AsHevtlte CHIies, Wad, Sept. II, ItM WNC Beautiful Contest Winners State Officials Talk On Macon Erosion test. The awards were presented ai 200 people representing every county In western North Carolina gathered for lunch at the Governor's Western Residence. The contest is sponsored by the WNC Development Association and the N.C, Agricultural Extension Service, OLVOI OIRORNI HUM Writer Clark's Chapel Community Club of Macon and HQdebran Elementary School of Burke were named winners In the WNC Reautlful contest Tuesday, while Jim end Carolyn Cloiwe of Macon were champions in the Mobile Home Safety and improvement Con WRLX Radio Changes To 'Contemporary' trict conservationist for the U.8, Department of Agriculture, presented a slide program on how apiculture, land development and road construction are affecting life In Western North Caroline. gilt and sedimentation caused by erosion are harming fish, and In turn the entire natural food cycle, said Rob Brown, fishery biologist with the Wildlife Resources Commission, He said 4,000 miles of trout waters traverse North Caroline, end that a mountain trout stream to a fragile environment, Those attending were encouraged by the speakers to contact their local ana slate representatives, urging them to pass stricter regulations (or lend use end development, The alliance will sponsor the second pari of the forum Oct, at 7 m.

at the Macon County Community Building, where It will cuss solutions to the erosion problem and what can be done by Individuals and county government, ByOEBillWIMBlRLY CilUan Corraapondant r'HANKUN About 30 wapiti listunod here Mondny state and federal officials described how sail loss la erosion In Macon County Is ea much as DO times the aooentable average, The forum, the first of two sponsored by Western North Carolina Alliance, an organlMtien of Individual and community groups from seven counties, was designed to educate people in the Franklin area so they might participate In decisions about land management In the region, Richard Moore of the N.C, Oeparlment of Natural Resources and Community Development asked residents who ire aware of severe erosion problems to contact the district Natural Resources and Community pevelop-menl office in AshevlUe. With a staff of five to cover an IB-county area, the department relies information from Individuals, he said. Moore and Une Price, dis Former U.S. Rep. Roy Taylor of Black Mountain, president of WNCDA, presented the awards in the community beautlflcation division, dividing 11,000 emong the competing areas.

David Bumette, western district chairman of the extension service, handed out another 11,000 to groups In the non-community beautt-fication division, Clark's Chapel was winner in the community contest, winning 1300, followed by See Off of Transylvania (1300) and Avery's Creek of Buncombe (1100), Hlldebran Elementary won the non-community competition and 1300, with Mountain Heritage High School of Yancey taking second and Sandy Mush 4-H Club of Buncombe third' The Clouaef wonJSOO in the mobile home contest. They were followed by Charles of Mary Coleman Of Merita's Creek In Cherokee County, who won 1200, and Gladys English of the Upper Laurel Community of Madison, who won third and 100, Clark's Chapel completed a long list of projects this year, Including roadside pickups and mowing, five new entrance signs, M0 individual names and areas of community "aro Portraits to troaiuro worm caring mmorit $095 includ 3-S7 10 wallet tile includes denoill No iDDSIntmtnt niotiitrv. tit for oh additional suDiool In porlrtll divhoo. rm our Miwiton. ((wllon jurnld or puf tnonay Mown, AIM AllibH In AiWIIIon Te Black rnti wiivn Backaround youpie raaiU'l Porlrells Passport Pholoa Oopy 4 Raatoiauon Announced flower plantings.

The community club sponsored a yard of the month contest, autumn and Christmas scene contests, beautified community center grounds and more than half Ihe residents planted flowers around their mailboxes. To win ita division, Hlldebran Involved 010 students along with the rest of the community In east Burke County. Projects Included Improvement of flower and shrubbery beds, a plant-s-tree project, new shrubs, hanging baskets, planters, klndergar-den flower projects, Arbor Day observance. Utter pick up and paper and can drives. The Clauses, who live lust west of Franklin, Improvemed their mobile home by addlna a front norch, foundation, landscaping, exterior patnUnji iiing ana air conoitiomng.

Other awards included; COMMUNITY DIVIIIOM Manarehle menl en: Norton ol Jackson, North Hominy Hovpo4, Lrhvlllt Folllol Yfrv, WnUiDurn ol Ruitu rforif Oreoler Iv aWoaliin. Saluda ol Polk. Marlln'l Crift at tniraeie, Qrqssv Branch of Swain, tlotpch. Will tllolW flarkor Helohli Ql.tfanilir. ton.

Arbucklt of Yanctv, Yellg lei hi Ciiir- terwatle mi nlrty hey stiburnof Hull jtta at Polk, raaraa Club of Ru Maolspn, Ison. Franklin Gordon Club ol Macon. Lake. MMad Manor Oarden Club ol Henderson, sovan nab Club ol Jackson. Beoufillcallon commlf.

In ol McPowtll Criometr ol Commerce, SH qui. Sears1 sis By TONY KIM Staff Writer Busy listening music la out and "contemporary" hit music la In, at least In AshevfUe. Starting Monday, AshevUle's la changing call letters and dropping It easy listening format. The station, which reaches six states, will be known ai WKSK-FM Klsa KM and wilt switch to a "contemporary" hit format, according to program director John Stevens, "We'll be playing what used to be called Top Forty music," Stevens aatd, The station, purchased earlier this year by WISH Radio is changing formats because the new owners "found listener support for easy listening music waa leas than exepeoted," it said In a press release, "What Is bolls dawn to to the potential la much greater for contemporary music radio than easy listening," said Rick Cullom, news director. The decision to change formate and call letters was made a few weeks ago, Cullom said.

"The station (formerly WUOS-FM) had been easy listening for many years, and we had intended to stay with that format," he said, But because many out of town stations with contemporary formate are picking up a "significant" number of listeners here, the new owners Utilities Commission Delays Decision CltUan-Timas Western Bureau KRANKUN The North Carolina Utilities Commission delayed a decision Tuesday on whether It will allow employees of Nantahala Power and Ughl Co. to purchase the utility from its parent company, Aluminum Company of America. A.C()A petitioned the Utilities Commission in February 1083 for permission to sell the Franklin-based firm to NPW employees, AI-COA and NPil, are under orders to refund 40 million la customers of NPtU That order is under appeal to the North Carolina Supreme Court. The Utilities Commission ruled the decision to allow the sale would be deferred until the refund and several rate increase decisions are settled. "We're pleased that the North Carolina Utilities Commission panel Request For Bus Change Upsets Some Area Residents omn oooo ron PortTHAiTf tawn thru rnwiiR i a.

Studios locatad In moat lrw Saart null Horn. Studio Hour Sunday: Stora Hours (whara star It open) Monday Tuesday: Stora opening until 6PM Wadnaaday-Satuidayi Stora opanlng until ona hour pilor to store that heard the application found no reason to reject employees as owners of Nantahala Power and light said William Jontt, president of "While the North Carolina Utilities Commission panel deferred a final ruling on the sale proposal, we feel it gave conditional approval because its news release stated, apart from the commisson's concern over the refund obligations, there would appear to be no basis for rejecting Nantahala employees as the purchasers of the company. "We take this to mean that the employees' stock ownership plan is an acceptable purchase method, and Nantahala employees are acceptable owners," Jants said, serves 38,000 customers In Macon, Swain, Jackson, Cherokee and Qraham counties. pleaded auiltv to one misdemeanor crtarat Of AFOC fplso pretense. Joyce Urtdsev, u.

of HC Mountainside Apartments, pleaded auiltv to one misdemeanor chareo ol AFDC Iraud and one Medicaid fraud Choree. Sarlna Lynch, 31, of ISA Lee Walker Helobll Apartment, pleaded auiltv to on misdemeanor AFOC Iraud charao. Lolindo McAfee, 31. ol Hlllcresl Apartments, pleaded auiltv to ont misdemeanor charge of AFDC welfare fraud. Sherry Owen, 3).

of 37A Plsoah View Apartments, pleaded auiltv to am misdemeanor cbaroe ol AFDC fraud Patricia Phllun, Is, of 7H Hlllcresl Apartments. Pleaded auiltv to one misdemeanor choree of AFOC fraud and one of Medicaid Iraud. LaFave Plckinson. V. ol wc Piiaah view oartmenls.

charoed with four felony counts of AFOC fraud. Those chorees were bound over lb Superior Court and another Medicaid Iraud charge against her was continued. Patricia Tlmpson. IX at 3QA Oeaverylow Apartments, charaed with one AFOC felony count. Thai case was bound over tp Superior court.

decided to change formats and eel) letters, he said. In the most recent ArWtron radio rating survey, WRU-FM third, with a 01 rating, which means that 0.1 percent of the people listening to radio from 0 a m. to midnight were tuned to WRU-FM. First place went to WWNC, with a U.7 rating (the largest In the nation). WISH waa second, with a 104 rating.

The ratings survey, taken May 20 through June 30 in Buncombe and Madison counties, also showed that FM stations In Anderson, S.C Knox-vllle, and Johnson City, had listeners here. The new Kiss FM, which la going after listeners the It to 44 age bracket, will also have live announcers In the studio, Cullom said, WRLX-FM waa automated. The station will go off the air sometime after midnight Sunday and will return as Kiss FM about a.m. Monday, he said. This will be the third set of call letters for the station In the past nine months, it was known as WLOS-FM under the ownership of Wometco Enterprises, which sold it to WIKE Radio Inc.

in February, when It became WRU-FM, Meanwhile, W18E-AM aatd It will alter Ita format more for a Uj 54 age audience and will play more oldies from the '00s and 70s. before the hour. On the return trip, the oteen bus will stop In the marl piaza at in minutes past eacn nour- Route 14, Haw Creek, will leave Prltchard Park on the hour and service the mall area from the new stand outbound at IS minutes past the hour and inbound at 15 minutes until the hour. Entlra atook of si Start Portrait Studio Use your Eight Charged In Buncombe In Welfare Fraud Crackdown A request by owners ot Ashe- vllle Mall that AshevlUe Transit Au-thartty buses servicing Oteen and Haw Creek begin using a constructed bus stop stand on U.S. 74 in front of the mall Instead of stopping behind the mall haa some area residents upset, The change, which becomea effective Sept.

17, will apparently affect a number of elderly people who ride the buses to the mall to shop. "I know a number of older peo- pie thli ile who are very much upset about a change," said Uz Hoberts ot AshevlUe. "What's going to happen to them when the weather is bad? Crossing that busy highway to catch the bus home would be bad enough (or a younger person, but for the elderly it will really be dangerous," The time schedule will remain the same with the Oteen bus No, 13 leaving Prllchard Park on the half-hour and reaching the new stand at the mall-K mart PUwa at )5 minutes LAP QUILTING By; Penny Wortman beginning Sept, 10th In train oara class limited to 15 for more Information call Robbie at Blltmore. Fabrics, rXi 2 Lodge Street Blltmore Village AshevlUe, 28803 Open MotvSat, From Staff Ruperts The crackdown on. welfare fraud in Buncombe County continued Tuesday as eight county residents pleaded guilty to various chargos of Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AKI)C) and Medicaid fraud, and were sentenced In Buncombe County District Court.

Probable cause was found in two other cases, and both were bound over to Buncombe County Superior Court. Mark Terry, chief fraud investigator for the Buncombe County Department of Social Services, said violations in the cases heard Tuesday involved more than 10,036 in AFDC fraud and $4,708 in Medicaid fraud. Defendants were each given suspended sentences, supervised probation periods and 100 hours community work service to be carried out through the Buncombe County Alternative Sentencing Office, Sentenced were; Pamtla Dansbv, of 11 Shlloh Mobile Homo Park, pleaded auiltv to two miutemeanor haraei on AFOC Iraud and ona Medicaid Patrice Elliott, al IS Tunnel Road, leaded auiltv to a misdemeanor cnaroa ot AF PC traud. Anita Hamilton. U.

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