Old Buncombe County
Genealogical Society meeting Te Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society will meet at 2 pm on
Saturday (May 22) in the society library at 128 Bingham Road (Suite 700) in Asheville. Te program, “Up the Cherokee Path and across Leatherman Gap with the Grant Expedition Against the Cherokee, 1761”, will be pre- sented by Scott Withrow, a native of Rutherford County. Tis expedition preceded the better known Rutherford Expedition and one of the young officers participating was Francis Marion, who would become known as the “Swamp Fox.” Withrow has been able to identify much of the exact path taken by this expedition (especially in Macon County) through his research. Te presentation will be followed by a time for questions and dis- cussion. Tere is no charge for the presentation and the public is welcomed to attend. For more information or directions, call OBCGS at 253-1894 or e-mail
obcgs@bellsouth.net.
Fire department meeting Te annual meeting of the Barnardsville Fire Department will be
held at 7:30 pm on June 7 the fire department on Dillingham Road in Barnardsville. Residents of the fire department district are invited to attend this meeting.
Claxton barn ribbon cutting Claxton Farm will hold an official ribbon cutting on the new event barn
from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm on May 27. Tis new barn replaces the previous structure that was lost to fire last November. Contact Micah Hartley or Lindsey Stuzman at 658-1390 or email
events@claxtonfarm.net for more information.
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Roundabout proposal cont... Continued from page 1 Several local business owners hope
the town’s aldermen consider the roundabout’s impact before voting. Roland Reece, owner of Newbridge
Tire Center near the proposed circle, watched traffic Tuesday afternoon and said the circle would only encum- ber traffic, not help it. “It’s going to impede the flow of
traffic – bad,” Reece said. He is also concerned about the ef-
fect on his business, which has been located in Woodfin for 35 years. “It’s going to do damage to our
business because people are going to get tired of waiting,” he added. Currently Reynolds Village is
home to the YMCA, CarePartners, Impressive Salon and several offices. New China and Tuesday Morning are moving to make way for AvL Tech- nologies’ new facility. Lesley Groetsch with Reynolds
Mountain said with the satellite- technology manufacturers moving in as well as five new mixed-use build-
ings planned for the next several years, traffic in the area will steadily increase. Another benefit of the circle, she
added, is that it would give a Woodfin a defining delineation from Asheville. Dennis Murphy said other con-
gested areas on Weaverville Highway/ Merrimon Avenue needed to be ad- dressed before Reynolds Village. “It seems to be highly aimed at the
benefit of Reynolds Mountain’s plan,” he said N.C. Department of Transporta-
tion regulations eliminate the possi- bility of a traffic light because of the proximity to the Elkwood Avenue light, Young said. Traffic flow has the right of way in the circle and incom- ing traffic must yield. Young cited a 2001 Insurance Insti-
tute for Highway Safety Report that found traffic circles reduce serious crashes by 76 percent because of the reduced speed cars must employ when traveling through them. Te proposal, which is estimated
Woodfin School reunion Tere will be an alumni reunion for Woodfin School at the Woodfin
Community Center on May 29. For more information contract Woodfin Town Administrator at the Woodfin Town Hall, 253-4887.
Papers seek copy editor Te Weaverville Tribune/Leicester Leader is looking for a copy editor
to proof their weekly editions. Duties of this paid position would in- clude approximately two hours of editing each Wednesday. For more information or to apply, call 484-4203.
to cost about $250,000 and would be backed through DOT funds, was first brought up in 2008 and since under- gone revisions, including alterations to the lanes on the circle’s northern end, he commented. Other concerns mentioned were
about the impact of the circle’s in- creased usage during Interstate 26 construction or delays as well as room for large emergency vehicles and trac- tor-trailers in the roundabout. Te second public hearing con-
cerned the town’s ongoing develop- ment of a landlord ordinance that would require a certificate of occu- pancy granted by the town before a property could be rented. Te certifi- cate would ensure certain living con- ditions have been met. A certificate would be granted once
the town’s code is met and would remain in effect unless voided by a violation, Young said. Financial pen- alties of $500 and $25 per day would be assessed to any landlord who rents a unit without a certificate under this proposal. Te intent of the proposed ordi-
nance is to prevent unsafe housing from being rented without placing a burden on responsible homeowners. Forty-six percent of Woodfin’s hous- ing is believed to be rental units. Sharon Ponder, who owns 16 rental
properties, said many of her problems come from damages done by the rent- ers. She estimated she spends between $2,000 and $7,000 in repairs every time a unit turns over. “People do not take care of some-
thing that is not theirs as a rule,” she said.
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