Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 11

COMMUNITIES ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES Wednesday, July 21, 1999 B3 ASHEVILLE WAYNESVILLE Folkmoot once again a hot ticket for fun Some performers at Folkmoot had difficulty arriving 1 1 A -1- because of visas, airline problems ft Gov. Hunt OKs reward for case By Phil Alexander STAFF WRITER Buncombe County sheriff's investigators hope a $7,000 reward is enough to make someone talk in a 4-month-old murder case. Gov. Jim Hunt has approved a $5,000 reward to go along with a $2,000 reward from Asheville-Buncombe Crime Stoppers for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the death of Darlene Darby Murray. Murray, 41, was found shot to death in her Tryphena Road mobile home in Upper Hominy on March 11.

An autopsy revealed she died of two small-caliber gunshot wounds to the left side of her head. In April, Sheriff Bobby Medford predicted an arrest in the case within two weeks. But although detectives have built a substantial circumstantial case that leads to one suspect, they still want direct evidence as well as information on whether the killing was part of a conspiracy. "The potential is there for more than one person to be involved," Detective Lt. Sam Constance said Tuesday.

The key piece of evidence they are also missing is the handgun with which Murray was shot Constance said detectives have held back on making charges in in anticipation of the reward and the hope that it will make an even stronger case when they do begin filing charges. It is the second time the governor has offered a reward for a Buncombe County sheriff's investigation. A total of up to $17,000 including $10,000 from the victim's husband is available for information into the death of Judith Bradford Smith, a Boston-area resident reported as missing in Philadelphia whose remains were found in Buncombe County in 1997. Anyone with information on either case should contact Asheville-Buncombe Crime Stoppers at 277-1000. Constance said he and other detectives need even seemingly trivial bits of information.

Call Phil Alexander at 232-5857 or e-mail at FROM STAFF REPORTS So far, so good. Folkmoot officials say the festival is still a booming success -ticket sales appear to up. And that's despite some of the dance troupes' troubles with visas: Ivory Coast dancers finally arrived Tuesday morning after visa troubles, Folkmoot spokesmen said. They lost their plane tickets and had to fly on standby from west Africa to Belgium and then to the United States. "And they have to perform tonight," said Folkmoot official Sheila Dale, from the Waynesville Middle School gym, where the cheerful troupe was rehearsing to hand drums Tuesday afternoon.

"I don't know how they're doing this." "I've seen a lot of groups like this, and they're one of the best," said Tom Jordan, a volunteer who returns to Waynesville every1 summer from his home in New York to work with the dance festival. Other dances slated for the remainder of the two-week-long festival include an American troupe, expected to perform Thursday night. The group will feature some traditional Appalachian dancing as well. The festival wraps up Sunday. For details, call 452-2997 or visit (www.folkmoot.com) on the Internet.

Reach Tracy Davis at 452-1467 or JOHN COUTLAKISCIT1ZEN-TIMES Another day of rehearsals and performances for Folkmoot, the annual international folk dance festival featuring performers from around the world. Tuesday evening featured events in Maggie Valley, Franklin and Cullowhee. ABOVE: Turkish dancers join hands. RIGHT: It looks strange, but it really is part of a dance performed by the Turkish troupe. This is a rehearsal at Waynesville Middle School Tuesday.

Send in your calendar items to WNC CALENDAR, co Asheville Citizen-Times, P.O. Box 2090, Asheville, N.C. 28802 or fax to (828) 251-0585. Please postmark days prior to event EVENTS FREE TOURISTS GAME: Quality Forward and BellSouth will offer free admission to the Asheville Tourists game tonight at 7 to all who bring an old, outdated BellSouth phone book. The first 200 kids, aged 12 and under, will also receive a free Tourists baseball cap.

PIANO CONCERT: Pianist Christopher Harding will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday at Brevard College in the main concert hall of the Paul Porter Center for Performing Arts. Admission is free and the public is invited. DESIGNING A GARDEN: The Botanical Gardens at Asheville will sponsor a guided tour through Asheville's botanical gardens at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The center is located just off Broadway at 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd. on the UNCA campus. For details call the Botanical Gardens at 252-9150. SCHOOL REGISTRATION: Enka Middle School's registration for new students will be from 9 a.m.-l p.m.

Monday at 390 Asbury Road, Candler. Please bring a utility bill with your name and address, student's social security number, immunization records and birth certificate. CHRISTMAS IN JULY: The Third Annual Carolina Christmas Show is coming to the Hickory Metro Convention Center from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. July 23-25. Tickets are $5 for adults and children under 16 are admitted free.

For details call 1-800-232-4936. MEETINGS BARBERSHOP HARMONY: Sweet Adelines International invites all women singers to an interest meetingfirst rehearsal for a new barbershop chorus at 7 p.m. Monday at the Arden Seventh Day Church on Airport Road. Call 684-4254 for information. WNCUG: The Western North Carolina NetWare Users Group will meet at 5 p.m.

this evening. Call Tim Sanders for details and directions at 628-0440. CLASSES, PROGRAMS CRIME PREVENTION: The Buncombe County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council will meet at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 22 in the Buncombe County Training Room. WNC Rwrafl N.C.

counties look for piece of state's economic prosperity to meet around the state in coming months, hearing from rural residents touched by job losses. But the group also plans to quickly begin considering proposals put forward by Carlisle, the state Rural Economic Development Center and state educators. the-sky proposals. "If we don't put real issues on the table, then I made a mistake being here," Bowles said. "I hope in the end what we recommend is real, concrete and doable." The group spent much of the morning hearing from state officials lay out the problems faced by rural counties from old, inadequate sewer systems that have hampered communities from recruiting new industry to a sharp decline in traditional, low-skill manufacturing jobs.

State Commerce Secretary Rick Carlisle said the loss of traditional manufacturing jobs will continue. Rural areas are increasingly seeing investments from high-tech industries, but they are less labor-intensive, he said. "It does say that the pace in the near-term is not going to be fast enough to keep up with the loses," Carlisle said. More than 110,000 jobs have been lost since 1995 to plant closings and permanent layoffs. Total agricultural income dropped from $8.2 billion to $7.2 billion between 1997 and 1998, with tobacco income alone shrank 17 percent.

Bowles said the task force plans AL HINDOOS UINYL THERM Alside Doublehung Tilt-In Sashes Limited Lifetime Warranty Alside Vinyl Siding Free Estimate 39 yrs. In business By Scott Mooneyham ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER A state task force charged with finding ways to help rural North Carolina share in the state's prosperity began has begun its work amid dire predictions about a troubled farm economy and loss of manufacturing jobs. Several counties in Western North Carolina rank high in unemployment figures, and manufacturing losses have been felt from Swain to McDowell counties. "It's not right for half of this state to be doing great and the other half not to have a chance," Gov. Jim Hunt told the N.C.

Rural Prosperity Task Force. Hunt discussed communities like Spindale in Rutherford County, where a mill closed, taking away 42 percent of the town's tax base. Hunt appointed the 21-member task force earlier this month to study ways to improve rural economic development in the wake of shifts in the farm and manufacturing sectors. One of its most important jobs will be to inform more prosperous areas of the state know about the problems in the rural areas, he said. Former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, the group's chairman, said its final report won't be composed of unrealistic, pie-in- Former Owner Aluminum Sales Inc Shepherd Enterprises 377 Merrimon Ave.

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Look For Your IT 'J FELDENKRAIS CLASSES: Felden-krais movement classes to improve comfort, posture and balance will meet at 6 p.m. every Monday start ing July 26 until September. To reg ister, please call John Dzubay at 236-9877. Daily i i -w 1 men Specials In Your Daily AV BIS ifimmr.d i IB" Voice of the Mountains Auto FLETCHER ARDEN BLACK MOUNTAIN Paintinn CANTON IJEICFST WEAVERVILLE SWANNANOA ALEXANDER IS Collision YNESVILLE 7 FOOTBALL CAMP: The North Buncombe Youth League will conduct football camp for children ages 7-14 beginning Monday until July 30. The cost is $20 per child and information can be obtained from Stuart Hamlin at 645-5367 or from Steve Brown at 645-6577.

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM: The Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace and The Thomas Wolfe Memorial Historic Sites are co-sponsoring a children's summer program call "From Backcountry Chores to Boarding House Games" at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 27 and Thursday, July 29. Admission is free, but participation is limited to forty children, ages 6-10 each day and pre-registration is required. For registration information call 253-8304.

REUNIONS JONES-HALL: Descendants of W.T. and Cornelia Hall Jones will reunite at 10 a.m. at the Newfound Community Club on Newfound Road. Bring food, pictures and guitars. For details call Helen T.

Hall at 298-7779. CULLOWHEE HIGH SCHOOL The Cullowhee High School 2000 Reunion Committee needs an updated class list from 1940-1988. If you have information, please send it to Mutt Moss Morris, RO. Box 2692, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723.

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