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a reference to the deputy charac- ter Barney Fife from the popular “The Andy Griffith Show.” In other aldermen news, the


board approved an approximate- ly 50-lot subdivision that will be


known as the Orchard at Crest Mountain. The development, located on


the town’s northwest border, will be positioned near the Crest Center. Developer Reese Lasher said


ABC land sale nets $700,000


By Matt Tate Te Town of Woodfin recent-


ly sold the ABC store land on Weaverville Road for $700,000, allowing the system to operate debt-free, Woodfin Town Ad- ministrator Jason Young said. Te town entered into a 20-


year lease to keep the store on the property, he added. Te town has owned the property for years. It was once


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boy,” fiancée Marie Zarzycki re- marked. Higgins died at the age of 70


on Jan. 7 at Mission Hospitals surrounded by his family. He is survived by Zarzycki, three chil- dren and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The former Weaverville police chief spent his retirement years in Madison County as the owner/ operator of Big Pine Ranch Out- fitter and Trail Rides. Zarzycki said they were to-


gether for two years, and in that brief time, they took trips to Wyoming and Montana, enjoy- ing wagon trails and horseback rides. “Just about anything in life he


wanted to do, he did,” she said. Higgins was born in 1940 and


grew up in Yancey County. He spent several years as a barber and farmer in the Mars Hill area. Zarzycki said in his mid-40s,


Higgins went back to school to pursue a career in law enforce- ment. He became the leading homicide detective with the Buncombe County Sheriff ’s Of- fice. In 1986, he came to Weaver-


ville, where he served as police chief until his retirement in 1998.


Greg Stephens, who took over


as the town’s police chief for Hig- gins in 1998, said they worked together for eight years. “He taught me a lot about law


enforcement. He was a mentor in my early years as chief,” Ste- phens said. True to his cowboy spirit, Higgins was taken to the Mars


Hill Baptist Church Cemetery by a horse-drawn covered wagon driven by his son Mark Higgins and friend Jackie Lunsford. The fraternal order of police


honor guard presented full hon- ors as he was laid to rest. “He loved his family,” Zarzy-


cki said. “The community has lost a good, good person.”


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the home of the Woodfin Pub- lic Works Facility until it was moved to make way for the ABC store that opened in 2007. Young estimated between


the lease payments the store was making to the town and its debt-service payments, the sys- tem will save about $4,500 per month. Te store had $147,079 in


sales for the month of Decem- ber, down more than 14 percent from the same month in 2009.


the property will have eco- friendly features and possess un- derground utilities. The roads in the development will be named after national parks. The lots are priced between $45,000 and $150,000.


Family fun night


Te Town of Woodfin, in


conjunction with the Neighbor- hood Y in Woodfin, is hosting a family fun night from 5 pm to 8 pm on Jan. 28 at the town’s com- munity center. Woodfin Town Administrator Jason Young said the event will have activities for kids, tips on how to live health- ier, demonstrations from Earth- Fare and more.


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