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March 4, 2021 • 24 Pages Volume 38 Number 41 FREE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Franklin Mourns Loss of Longtime Public Servant Mayor Bob Scott The Macon County & Shopping Guide See Pages 5, 6, 7 March 4, 2021 • 24 Pages Volume 38 Number 41 FREE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER www.themaconcountynews.com Franklin mourns loss of longtime public servant Mayor Bob Scott Franklin and Macon County lost a wonderful pub- lic servant last night. Vice Mayor Barbara McRae passed away after a long and valiant battle against cancer. She was our historian, cham- pion of women's rights, not afraid to take on any issue which would better the lives of us all. She wrote countless columns about our history and the natural world around Barbara McRae us. She knew the name of every plant and animal on the Greenway. More than likely there is nobody around here whose fam- ily Barbara did not write about in some way, helping us dis- cover our heritage, preserving our history. She supported the Macon County Heritage Museum. Wrote books about us and especially the Cherokee Nation. Her latest passion was the Women's History Trail of which East Franklin Elementary conducted its annual Wax Museum in which students had the assignment to research a historical figure, cre- she will now be a part of the Trail itself. The Nikwasi ate a presentation and even dress up as their character. The students were staged outside where visitors could view the students’ hand- iwork. Above, Jeremiah Jennings chose Richard Trevithick, British inventor. For more photos, see page 12. Photo by Vickie Carpenter See MCRAE page 2 Commissioners going ahead with MMS project IN THIS ISSUE Brittney Lofthouse – Contributing Writer Young’s Proposal Young’s spoke to the board of education on Monday, Feb. 22, The Macon County Board of Commissioners held a special stating that he wanted to ensure that “due diligence” is completed called meeting Friday afternoon to consider a postponement of the on the MMS renovation project. Young, who is serving his first Macon Middle School renovation project. The special called meet- term on the board of commissioners, was appointed as a liaison to ing came after Macon County Commissioners Gary Shields and the board of education. He believes there may be options outside Commissioner Josh Young of the current MMS renovation spoke to members of the board plans that will not only address of education on Monday re- “As leaders in the community, I think we the MMS renovations but also garding Young’s desire to tem- owe it to the taxpayers to look down a dif- address issues with other school porarily halt the project to facilities such as Franklin High consider alternative options. ferent avenue ... before we spend this $13 School. Young asked commissioners million.” According to Young, he has to pause the multi-million dol- – Commissioner Josh Young spoken with local businessman lar middle school renovation Phil Drake about 14 acres of project while exploring addi- property that adjoins Macon tional options. Young asked for consideration of the possibility of Middle School to increase the available acreage surrounding the instead of only renovating the middle school, doing due diligence school. to look at long-term planning for school facilities that could po- The current middle school property sits on 34 acres and the ad- Page 8 tentially address infrastructure needs over the next 10 years. ditional 14 acres owned by Drake would increase the property to After much debate, commissioners ultimately voted 3-2 to move 48 acres total. Young’s proposal includes not moving forward with Essential workers eligible for vaccininations forward with the middle school renovation project. Young and the renovation of the middle school, but rather due to structural Commissioner Paul Higdon cast the dissenting votes. The com- concerns he doesn’t think can be adequately addressed with ren- 828.369.6767 missioners’ vote to move forward with the renovation project does ovations, exposing the possibility of demolishing the current mid- PRST STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID not mean other projects won’t also be considered, it just means dle school building and completely building a new structure. www.themaconcountynews.com PERMIT 22 [email protected] GOODER PUBLISHING CORP. that the county will move forward with the deadlines established FRANKLIN, NC 28734-3401 for finalizing the loan for the middle school renovation project. See MMS PROJECT page 3 2 THE MACON COUNTY NEWS & SHOPPING GUIDE VOLUME 38 NUMBER 41 THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2021 Town gives go-ahead for disc golf course Brittney Lofthouse Contributing Writer Students in Macon County Schools are first introduced to disc golf in their physical education classes. Two elementary schools in the county have used grant funds to install disc golf courses on their campuses to coincide with the lessons. In terms of public ac- cess, the Siler Farm Disc Golf Course is located along the Little Tennessee Greenway near Southwest- ern Community College and is maintained by the Franklin Disc Golf Club. A small course is situated on the hill near The Lazy Hiker brewery in Franklin. As one of the fastest growing sports in the The Town Council has approved the Whitmire property in downtown Franklin for a disc golf course. world, residents of West- Photo by Vickie Carpenter ern North Carolina will soon have a new disc golf course to try out — the Sunny vious throw landed until the target is reached. Usually, the Side Disc Golf Course in Franklin. number of throws a player uses to reach each target is tal- The Franklin Town Council unanimously voted Mon- lied (often in relation to par), and players seek to com- day night to open the Whitmire Property up for public ac- plete each hole in the lowest number of total throws. cess for the first time since the town purchased the The Whitmire Property sits just under 13 acres and was property. The town will use unused funds left over in the purchased for $1,575,000 in November 2004 by the town town’s event budget to purchase the disc golf baskets. In of Franklin. At the time, town leaders wanted to construct the event that the town decides a different use for the a new town hall on the property, but that idea was later Whitmire Property is better suited in the future, the disc scrapped and the town hall remains on Main Street in- golf course can be easily removed and relocated. The stead, leaving the property to go unused for more than a council also approved the placement of portable toilets decade. The property was last appraised at $2.15 million on the property. in August 2008. At last month’s Town Council meeting, the Franklin Since 2004, much debate has circulated around the Disc Golf Club presented a plan to construct a non-inva- property and the best use for it, however little private in- sive 9-hole course around the property — which would terest has come forth and council members have said that need little work aside from purchasing the baskets used the property remains for sale. While the property will re- for holes and established tees. main on the market and the town encourages the public Disc golf is a flying disc sport in which players throw to speak up regarding additional potential uses, the pub- a disc at a target; it is played using rules similar to golf. lic will get the first chance to take advantage of the park It is usually played on a course with 9 or 18 holes. Play- this spring. ers complete a hole by throwing a disc from a tee pad or Members of the disc golf club said that once equipment area toward a target, throwing again from where the pre- is ordered, it would take around a month to receive the needed items, with installation taking about two weeks. With the board’s approval on Monday, the disc golf course Yes! We have Re-Opened! will be ready for public use by mid-April. MCRAE Continued from page 1 Initiative would not be in existence without her steering ANTIQUES, SHOPS & RV PARK it. She knew the value and significance of the Nikwasi Mound to the Town. She served admirably as the Town's Vice Mayor. Al- ways willing to pitch in in any way. Never ever having a harsh word about any issue or person, regardless if she didn't agree. Barbara was not a native. But she certainly now qual- ifies as one. RIP Barbara. It will never be the same without you. Located in the old Cullasaja School off the Highlands Rd. Thanks for all you did for us. And preserving what makes us who we are. 145 River Rd., Franklin, NC • (828) 349-1600 whistlestopantiquesnc.com THuRSDAY, MARCH 4, 2021 VOLUME 38 NUMBER 41 THE MACON COuNTY NEWS & SHOPPING GuIDE 3 Continued redirect,” said Young. tention of the board of commissioners in 2017 during the annual from page 1 Young said he doesn’t want to consider an increase to sales tax budget planning process as part of the school district’s capital out- MMS PROJECT to fund the projects — referencing a state law that allows counties lay needs. Roland said that at that point, the project was added to Young was adamant that renovations may very well be the best to increase sales tax to generate funds for school infrastructure. the county’s overall capital improvement plan. avenue to pursue, however, before moving forward with the proj- “I want to find a way to do this now,” he said. While the county commissioners are responsible for funding ect, he wanted to temporarily pause consideration of renovations To demonstrate the need for a long-term plan for Macon County schools, they do so at the request and need from the board of ed- while other options are explored.
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