North Buncombe Hero Tis week’s Hero of the Week
is Weaverville resident Hank Smathers. For more than 30 years, Smathers has picked up trash on his walks down Salem, Church and Main streets. He said he cut off a brook stick and attached a nail to one end to pick up stray litter. Since he started, he said he has seen a reduction in the amount of trash in Weaver- ville. “Tere’s just not as much stuff
thrown out as it used to be,” he said. Still, he said he has gone
through several of his homemade trash-collecting devices through- out the years. “He thought as long as he
walked, he can do something else as well,” his wife Aldine said. He has not been picking up
as a much lately due to his age, but he still gets out when he can. He and his wife will soon move to Mars Hill Retirement Com- munity. Friend Bob Evans said Smathers’s efforts to keep Weav-
erville clean will be missed when he moves. “His contribution to a cleaner,
more litter-free Weaverville may not be noticed at first, but it will be missed by all who have talked to him and have marveled at how much he has done over the years,” Evans said. Smathers’s quiet, efficient
contribution to the town is the reason he is this week’s Hero of the Week. Evans nominated Smathers for this honor.
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Response to Republican attack
Dear Editor, I found the paper from the week
of Aug. 5 - Aug. 11, 2010, as I was cleaning out my car. I took a trip to Washington, D.C., where I met with Tea Party people and Tea Party Patriots from across the U.S. I kept the paper because of a letter writ- ten by Jerry Edwards of Asheville. I saw that letter in another paper as well. I think that Mr. Edwards needs
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to understand how long the Demo- crats have been in control in D.C. Te last count I had they have con- trolled Congress since 2006 and the current president was a senator at that time. Where was he when all of this was passed? He was in Congress passing the legislation that raised the debt ceiling, forc- ing the federal government to give loans without any proof of income. He was supporting the policies
that he now blames for the problem. You see, when Obama complains
about the past he is criticizing his own record. Tis is not about parties; this is about our freedom which also includes the freedom to fail if you do not make the right de- cisions. Tis is about the liberty to succeed which in turn permits us to fail. Tis is not about Democrats and Republicans; it is about poli- ticians that get full retirement for one term served in D.C. It is about closed-door meetings determining what your neighbor can tell you to do with your property. It is about someone looking for someone else to provide them a job and yet they want to tell the employer what they will do and what he is to give to them. It is about non-profits that do not understand that it takes profits to keep non-profits in place. Yes, Mr. Edwards, millions are
fed up with them working their rears off and then being blamed for someone else’s problems. Tey are also tired of being taxed to death to provide for non-producing illegal occupants of their country and peo- ple expecting free gifts. Te message we are sending is “get off our backs
Council approves cont... Continued from page 1
struggled to sell sites since its inception. Only a handful of homes are in the 162-acre devel- opment. Asheville attorney Brian Gul-
den advised the council on deci- sions since regular town attorney Patsy Brison works for Roberts & Stevens, a law firm that has represented MHO in the past.
Councilman Gene Knoefel vot- ed against the measure. In other news, the town
thanked resident Jill Britton for her years of service on the Buncombe County Greenway Commission. Dearth is replac- ing her. James Rogers and Carol Ken-
dall were re-appointed to the Weaverville Tree Board.
Obama and stop your socialistic ac- tions before it is too late.”
Don Yelton Weaverville, NC What about the traffic?
Dear Editor, Commenting on James Latimore’s
letter, I would most respectfully beg the Woodfin Water Board to post- pone their plans to replace water pipes on Riverside Drive. I live in Weaverville and have
found it increasingly difficult to get to Asheville because of various road projects. Riverside Drive is still a viable op-
tion. If it, too, is torn up, it will be even more difficult. On another topic, I am wondering
what solution there is to the new signs that are already peeling. It appears we would have done better to keep our money and do without signs.
Jill Britton Weaverville, NC
Call for Girl Scouts A kick-off event for Buncombe
County Girl Scouts will be held from 10 am to 1 pm on Aug. 28 at the office at 64 W.T. Weaver Blvd. near the University of North Carolina-Asheville. Food, crafts and more will be available to any area girl in grades kinder- garten through 12th interested in joining the program. Call Emily Malenchak at 252-4442.
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