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Weaverville
Council waits on new 5K race
Tire & Tinting
By Matt Tate
The sight of hundreds of joggers
Name Brand New and Used Tires for low, low prices
pounding the pavement of Main
Street Weaverville comes with a
Custom Window Tinting
price. It’s those costs that have the
Weaverville Town Council con-
cerned about allowing a second 5K
5 free tire rotations with purchase race through town.
A $100 value!
Randy Bassham, executive direc-
tor of the North Carolina Mountain
(proof of purchase required) Area Youth Soccer Association,
brought his proposal for the All-Star
M-F 8-5:30 / Sat. 8-1
5K Race to the council’s monthly
meeting Monday night (Jan. 26).
7 Creek View Dr. 828-989-9582
After a 30-minute discussion, the
board decided to table the issue until
(next to Erwin HS)
828-254-0680 its February meeting so more infor-
mation, including feedback from the
Weaverville Business Association,
“The Lord is my strength and song can be gathered.
and is become my salvation” Psalms 118:14
Weaverville Town Manager Mike
Morgan said the race would take
Sam’s Radiator
time from every policeman and
fireman the town employs. It would
& Auto Service
cost the town $6,600, although he
and Bassham have held deliberations
about defraying some of those costs.
Call owner Sam McAbee
Council member Dottie Sherrill
828 252 5070 expressed concerns about spending
town money on the race.
889 Riverside Drive • Asheville, NC 28804
Bassham and Morgan discussed
beginning the race at 8 am on March
Randy Bassham discusses a proposed race to be held in
21. The race’s tentative track would Weaverville.
follow closely the Firecracker 5K
race, organized by the Kiwanis Club working on a holiday would receive
of North Buncombe. time-and-a-half pay, thus increasing
That race is held every July 4, the costs to the town.
when many businesses are closed Bassham said the race would be
and thus not affected by the closure a part of the national Grand Prix
of Main Street. Council members Circuit and could attract 500 run-
worried closing Main Street could ners, generating what he estimated
curtail Saturday morning shopping to be more than $12,000 in revenue
on Main Street. Bassham countered for the town.
North Buncombe’s
full service hospital
by saying the intent of the race is “We want this to work for the
providing care for small
to bring awareness to downtown Town of Weaverville,” he told the
animals and horses
Weaverville. council.
“What we have here is a balanc- Bassham also hopes the race will
In an overweight pet, is
ing act,” Councilman Doug Jackson build awareness of the project he has
there more to love?
said. been working on the past four years,
Obesity in pets can cause health issues just
as it can in humans. In fact, pets are built to be
Race director Leigh Lewis plans the Multi-Purpose Athletic Complex
more physically active than most of their human
to meet with the Weaverville Busi- (MPAC). The proposed complex counterparts and therefore need to be kept at a
ness Association to state her group’s would bring, among other elements,
healthy weight in order to enjoy an active lifestyle.
Overweight dogs have less endurance to run and
case for bringing a second race to soccer fields and running trails to the
their heart, muscles and respiratory system are all
Weaverville. North Buncombe area.
asked to do more work than they are designed for.
Council members asked about When prompted by Sherrill about
As a result, the excess weight increases your pet’s
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probability of developing health problems such
moving the race to a holiday, such the progress of MPAC, Bassham as hip and joint pain, serious heart conditions,
as Memorial Day, when businesses said he had an agreement in spirit
as well as diabetes, to name a few. With any pet,
flexible payment options
and especially with cats that can be tricky to slim
might not be affected. Morgan told for the land near the town limits of
down, there are many methods a veterinarian can
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