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Do school vouchers benefit the few?

Ex-cop, paramedic accused of raping girl

By Jonathan AustinYancey County News

A 20-plus year Yancey County paramedic - a man who once worked as a Burnsville Police officer - is accused of raping a 13-year old girl.The State Bureau of Investigation was called in at the request of Burnsville Police Department due to the fact that the suspect had been a police officer.

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Yancey County law enforcement rounded up a number of Mitchell County residents on a variety of arrest warrants related to the sale of drugs, according to paperwork filed at the Yancey County Clerk of Court’s Office.

Officers sought arrest warrants issued on Sept. and Sept. 11, arresting seven residents of Spruce Pine or Bakersville and one resident of Marion.

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The expansion of the East Yancey sewer system has been on hold for months after regulatory agencies said engineers were crossing streams and wetlands without permit.

County Manager Nathan Bennett says the project, designed by McGill Associates, was to be the topic of a meeting this week between the engineers, the county and state regulators who stopped construction last year.

“We’ve revised and resubmitted out plan to complete the project,” Bennett said. “We’ve had a number of

consultations with regulatory agencies to address concerns they have” about unacknowledged stream crossings and impact of wetlands, he said. “We believe we have identified and corrected” the problems.

Bennett said 40 percent of the sewer piping remains to be installed, though construction of the treatment plant off Wyatt Town Road is 95 percent complete.

Because of the delay the county was forced to cancel contracts for sewer installation. New contracts will be bid when the planning satisfies regulators.

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Detective: Boy raped at Carolina HemlocksBy Jonathan AustinYancey County News

McDowell County officials alerted Yancey authorities that they believe that a 13-year-old boy was raped by a predatory 28-year-old woman at Carolina Hemlocks this summer.

The woman also faces numerous charges of rape and contributing to the delinquency of a minor in McDowell County.

See complete story on Page 4JAMES McCOURRY RACHEL SMITH

Amy Burleson Gary Ayers Mary Ayers

Lisa Autry Anthony Duncan Terry Lynn Evans

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Part two: School vouchers have little transparencyPart II of an NC Policy Watch series

State Superintendent for Public Instruction, Dr. June Atkinson, told attendees at a luncheon last month that among all of the insults to public education that this year’s state budget offers, school vouchers are her “favorite.”

And by favorite, she means the worst offender.Atkinson was careful to point out that she

doesn’t have a problem with parents sending their kids to private schools or homeschooling their children. The problem, she said, is with the lack of transparency and accountability that is associated with school vouchers.

Private schools are not held to the same standards that exist for public schools. There are minimal requirements for student assessment and no standards at all for curricula, instructional staff and public accounting of the schools’ financial viability.

Private schools can also choose who they want to admit to their programs.

And the amount of money that a school voucher, or “Opportunity Scholarship,” is worth – $4,200 annually – leaves many wondering if it will ultimately amount to no more than a tax break for families who would have already taken advantage of a private school education.

Part I of this three-part series detailed the nuts and bolts of the Opportunity Scholarships Program, which lawmakers enacted in July by way of the 2013-15 biennial budget. Ten million dollars of the state budget was moved out of public education funds for school vouchers, which will be worth up to $4,200 for eligible families to use at private schools in North Carolina.

In Part II, NC Policy Watch examines the myriad ways in which private school vouchers raise questions of accessibility, transparency and accountability.

DemographicsPublic schools in North Carolina must accept

all-comers because the law requires all school-aged children to attend school. This effectively means that public schools accept students of all educational abilities, household incomes, races and ethnicities, and religious affiliations.

Private schools, however, are not required to accept anyone who shows up at their doors. They have the discretion to admit any student they prefer, and many private schools administer entrance exams that assess academic ability, hold in-person

interviews with parents, and require that their students actively participate in religious classes.

Students who are identified as needing special education services are entitled by law to receive an Individual Education Plan, or IEP. Public schools must accommodate special education students in accordance with their IEPs, but this is not a requirement for private schools, even those receiving taxpayer dollars.

Students are also subject to expulsion at the whim of private institutions, in some cases even if the student does not fit into the spirit of an institution.

The cost of attendance at a private school also factors into who will ultimately attend. While some private schools offer financial aid packages that are based on need, merit, or both – there’s no requirement in the school voucher legislation that asks private schools to go the extra mile and bridge the gap for students who come knocking with a voucher in hand.

“It’s our expectation that every family contributes something to the cost of attendance,” said Kim McDowell, director of admission and financial aid at St. Mary’s School in Raleigh. She said the school voucher will be counted as another income stream when expected family contributions are reviewed and a financial aid package is awarded.

The cost of attendance at St. Mary’s day school is $22,950 annually.

Rep. Marcus Brandon, D-Guilford, is a key champion of the school voucher legislation. He told NC Policy Watch that this legislation was not intended for students to attend expensive private schools.

“I anticipate that this will help minority kids,” said Brandon. “I’m not interested in those kids going to lofty private schools, but church and community organizations that can accommodate those children who don’t work out in a public school. They [those children] won’t do any better at the lofty private schools than at the failing public schools.

According to findings by Rep. Rick Glazier, the average cost of attendance at private institutions in North Carolina ranges from $5,000 to $9,000 - so even the bottom of that range exceeds the school voucher’s maximum value of $4,200.

“It’s clear to me that this is a politically motivated system that will provide a tax break to families who would have sent their children to private schools anyway,” said Kevin Brady, Assistant Professor in the Leadership, Policy and Adult and Higher Education (LPAHE) Department at NC State University.

“This is a school choice paradox,” said Brady. “On the surface, it seems like the voucher program is enhancing choice – but it’s enhancing choice for a select few, thanks to the negligible voucher amount.”

Academic standards and testingPublic schools have long held rigorous standards

with regard to what students must ultimately learn. North Carolina’s long-established Standard Course of Study determines competencies for each grade level that are uniform across the state.

In 2010 the state began to transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the North Carolina Essential Standards. The CCSS provides more rigorous guidelines for what students should be able to know and do in English Language Arts and Mathematics.

There are no curricular requirements for private schools in North Carolina. And teachers, who must be licensed in North Carolina’s public schools, are not required to have any professional training whatsoever in private schools.

North Carolina’s Division of Non-Public Education states on its website that “since North Carolina’s non-public schools receive no state tax dollars and enroll only about 10% of the compulsory attendance age children living in North Carolina, the State of North Carolina does not attempt to regulate the religious philosophy,

educational philosophy or the operational policies of non-public schools.”

Yet despite the fact that those private schools will begin to receive taxpayer dollars in 2014, there’s no language in the school voucher legislation to regulate any of those areas.

Private schools receiving taxpayer funds will be subject to minimal requirements with regard to testing students’ academic achievement and making that data publicly available.

While public schools must administer a raft of tests that include End of Course (EOC) and End of Grade (EOG) exams in addition to the national ACT for high school students, private schools receiving school vouchers will be required to administer a nationally-recognized standardized test of their choosing to students in grades three and higher each year.

The standardized test can be any that is comparable to a national norm group. That means the test can assess students on learning concepts related to math, science, or even Biblical studies, as long as students from across the United States also sit for this exam, so you can compare your students’ scores to those of students in Texas, for example.

Students’ performance on these tests must be disclosed to the State Education Administration Authority (SEAA), which is the entity that will administer the school voucher program. But only if a private school enrolls 25 or more voucher students will it be required to report performance data on the aggregate and make it publicly available.

“Publicly available,” in this case, means that parents or other interested parties may make a special information records request to see the student performance data. It does not mean that private schools must publish easily accessible data about student performance on their websites.

Atkinson would like to see a requirement that private schools and home schools receiving a tax credit administer EOGs and EOCs in the third grade and the eighth grade, so that students’ academic performance would be comparable against students who are in public schools.

“I have no idea how many parents will decide to use the vouchers,” Atkinson told NC Policy Watch. “But without some type of accountability, then any private school can say they are doing the best job, and we would have no idea if that’s true without data. If our end of grade and end of course tests are good enough for public schools, then they should be good enough for private schools.”

Rep. Brandon, however, disagrees. “Parents know what’s best for their children,” he said. “If it’s a good school, parents will go there. And if it’s bad, parents won’t. They won’t pay the extra tuition and get out of bed early to go send their kids to a bad school. Common sense prevails here.”

Atkinson says she does believe that it’s important to trust parents to make good decisions for their children - however, parents need data to be able to make a good decision.

“I think of myself. I have a doctorate, I have gone to school for a very long time, but if I had a child in school right now, I would want to know how my child is doing through a standard measure that I could use to compare to another school. I would want that information,” said Atkinson.

One parent recently asked Atkinson to direct him to school performance data that would help him pinpoint where exactly to move in the Charlotte metro area. He wanted his kids to be able to attend the best performing schools.

“Parents need data,” concluded Atkinson.Financial oversight

In Wisconsin, home of the first school voucher program that was implemented in Milwaukee in 1990, there is voucher accountability bill currently moving through the legislature.

The bill reportedly has little support, but it is the first piece of legislation to require private schools receiving vouchers to report a wide range of student performance information to the state.

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Technology has taken over our lives. Did you know even your most basic of automobiles can have over thirty different computers running everything from the engine to windows to tire pressures?

Hunting is no exception. Just a few months ago a rifle and scope was developed in which you ‘marked’ the target and then you could squeeze the trigger at any time afterwards. The firearm will not fire until the marked target is within the sights and a direct hit will result. I see this as a great military advantage but one of the people being interviewed during the testing remarked he was going to use it to keep the coyote population down to protect his livestock.

With the advent of the smart phone, many outdoorsmen are taking advantage of the applications available. Apps range from mapping programs to weather programs and even programs such as the Pocket Ranger apps by Parks by Nature in which hunting and fishing seasons, locations, and regulations can be found at the push of a button.

While researching and browsing some of the apps, many of which I have on my own phone, I found there are apps that can assist with just about every phase of the hunt.

First, when planning a hunting trip for the next weekend it is imperative to know the coming weather. While there are many weather related apps, one I found that is highly reliable is from Weather Underground. With forecasts as much as a week in advance including hour by hour and sunset and sunrise times, you’ll

know if it is the right time to go or not.Just before the hunt you can use Scoutlook

Weather. This app shows the map of the area and if you have already marked your stand or blind locations it shows a scent cone for wind carried scent. This is essential for getting in the best location so as not to spook the game.

After a successful shot hunters go through what is often called ‘the second hunt’ in which the game has to be tracked. An app like GPS Hunt works great as it allows you to mark blood trails in case you have a long trail or are in heavy cover.

Of course, everyone has to have their bragging rights once the game is located.

Cameras on cell phones now rival the digital cameras professional photographers used just a decade ago. And camera apps on the same cell phones can turn anyone into a photograph editor expert. Programs such as Instagram and Sketchguru not only enhance the photos but can turn them into works of art.

Once you have the photos there is nothing like the instant gratification of pats on the back from buddies and family. The aforementioned Instagram, and social sights such as Facebook and Twitter allow this with ease.

After all the poses are completed you still have to do something with the animal. For new hunters or those that have always gone straight to a processor that will clean the game for you there is Deer Dummy. This application gives the user a step-by-step instruction on field dressing your prized deer and getting it ready for processing. Deer Dummy also has a companion DVD and chart to assist in process.

Lastly, after the meat is in the freezer, you still have one more step; Enjoying true organic food. My wife has a habit of pulling up recipes on sights such as Pinterest and saving them for future use. The right recipe can make anything a gourmet meal. Heck, even the kids may try it as long as they don’t know what it is.

Bill Howard teaches hunter education (IHEA) and bow hunter education (IBEP) in North Carolina. He is a member of North Carolina Bowhunters Association and Pope & Young, and is an official measurer for both. He can be reached at billhoward [email protected].

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An open letter to Yancey churches from the Family Violence Coalition

Dear Faith-Based Leaders of Yancey,

For over 17 years, the Family Violence Coalition of Yancey County (FVC) has provided a safe haven to women and children who are escaping from domestic violence, elder abuse, and/or sexual assault.

Our services also include:• Maintaining a 24 hour/365

days a year Crisis Hotline at our Woman’s Shelter

• Providing f inancia l assistance for first month’s rent , u t i l i t ies , food, or t r a n s p o r t a t i o n t o j o b interviews/court appearances as women seek to start fresh in a safer environment.

• Outreach to the community with education on the causes of domestic violence/sexual assault, the barriers that victims face, and methods to break the cycle of violence.

• Sponsor support groups• Help with court advocacy,

hospital accompaniment, a s s i s t a n c e w i t h l a w enforcement and referrals to other agencies

We g i v e s h e l t e r t o approximately 140 women and children annually, providing them with approximately 2,550 days with meals and a safe night’s sleep during their

stay. In addition we provide help to 650 women annually who do not require a shelter stay but need help in getting to a safe place and starting a new life.

Our agency has recently suffered a $19,400 cut in state funding, which took away our ability to provide assistance to 64 women seeking help to start fresh, or alternatively, to provide 220 days of safe haven and meals to women and children seeking our help. The inability to provide these much-needed services is crippling our mission to Yancey County.

Sadly, domestic violence and sexual assault will not take a break in Yancey County as the Family Violence Coalition deals with these cutbacks to their already bare-bones budget. We will continue to strive to keep our doors open to everyone who needs our help but are no longer able to do it without support from our community. Some rural areas have had to close their Women’s Shelters, and we do not want that to happen in Yancey County.

Your generosity will help members of our community and of your congregation by allowing us to continue our

work. Remember that every donation makes a difference, regardless of size. Please make a generous donation today.

If we are not already in your annual budget, it is our hope that you will add the Family Violence Coalition of Yancey County to your annual Mission or Help List and/or will collect a love offering in recognition of our organization at least once a year. We acknowledge that many congregations in Yancey County already donate to us and we appreciate your steadfast support.

“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40

Send your donations to:

Family Violence CoalitionP.O. Box 602

Burnsville, NC 28714

Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Sincerely,

The Board of Directors and Samantha Phipps, executive director

The Family Violence Coalition of Yancey County, Inc.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENTThe following is a list of persons appointed by the Yancey County Board of Elections as precinct officials to serve a two-year term to expire August, 2015 in accordance with G.S. 163-41:

Burnsville PrecinctJeannette Maddox, Chief JudgeMarvin Claude Vess III, JudgeJulia Tipton, JudgeCane River PrecinctAli Randolph, Chief JudgeW i l l i a m S t a n l e y Buchner, JudgeMo n a Ho n eyc u t t , JudgeEgypt PrecinctG l e n d a R a m s e y Higgins, Chief JudgeJulie Letterman, JudgeJewel Robinson, JudgeRamseytown PrecinctCammie Jean Murphy, Chief JudgeYvonne Peterson, JudgeKenneth Garry Fox, JudgeG r e e n M o u n t a i n PrecinctAdam Hopson, Chief JudgeAngela Carroll, JudgeSarah Harris, Judge

Jacks Creek Precinct

Kenny Bryant, Chief JudgeA m e l i a R e b e c c a McCurry, JudgeStephanie Whitt, JudgeBrush Creek PrecinctMartha Jones, Chief JudgeCora Meares, JudgeTeresa Dawn Peterson, JudgeCrabtree PrecinctLarry Boone, Chief JudgeClarence Buchanan, JudgeMelissa Gouge, JudgeSouth Toe PrecinctSherry Gouge, Chief JudgeAngeline Rathbone, JudgeRobin Dreyer, JudgePensacola PrecinctMegan Whitehead, Chief JudgeJamie Whitehead , JudgeCeleste Fender, JudgePrices Creek PrecinctLynn Austin, Chief JudgeSheila Bradley, JudgeDana Woodard, Judge

Issued and published t h e 1 9 t h d a y o f September, 2013.

Marvin Holland, Chairman

Yancey County Board of

Elections


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Trusted resident faces statutory rape chargeBy Jonathan AustinYancey County News

A Yancey County paramedic and former Burnsville Police officer was arrested last week, accused of raping a minor.

James David McCourry, 48, of 37 Birch Lane, Burnsville, was arrested by C.E. Vines Jr. of the State Bureau of Investigation after the agency was asked by the Burnsville Police Department to investigate allegations against McCourry.

Burnsville Police Chief Brian Buchanan said the SBI was asked to investigate “because he is a former employee with the town; a former police officer.”

McCourry has been suspended from his job as a paramedic with Yancey EMS, working for

Mission Health Care. A hospital spokeswoman said McCourry has worked more than 20 years for Mission.

Noelle Talley, a spokeswoman with the N.C. Department of Justice, said “the SBI opened an investigation into McCourry on September 7 at the request of the Burnsville Police Department.”

Talley said she could provide no further details other than to say “I can clarify that the alleged crimes do not appear to have been committed while on the job.”

The actual charges against the paramedic are one count statutory rape/sexual offense in which the defendant is six years or more older than the complainant and one county felony taking indecent liberties with a child.

According to the warrants, “there is probable cause to believe that” McCourry “unlawfully, willfull and feloniously did engage in a sex act with a known child victim … of the age of 13 years.”

Buchanan verified that the victim is female. The police chief said the initial complaint “came in through the school system. The victim had spoken to someone.”

Buchanan said McCourry worked as a town police officer in the late 80s and early 90s.

He said he believed the arresting agent asked McCourry to turn himself in at the sheriff’s department, and that McCourry had done so. He was released on $100,000 secured bond.


A McDowell County woman has been arrested and charged with raping a 13-year-old boy while on a camping trip at the Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area.

Rachel Alison Smith, 28, of Old Highway 10, Nebo, faces numerous sex offense charges involving the boy, said McDowell County Sheriff’s Det. Paul Alkire.

“She, this boy and a bunch of neighborhood kids had done stuff

on weekends,” Alkire said. They went “camping, went to Carowinds, and Carolina Hemlocks,” he said.

He said Smith “has two younger children of her own.” He said she was having neighborhood kids over to play with her children, which he said was what he called her ‘mask’ to get older kids in the house.

The detective said Smith is accused of providing alcohol to the boy. “They were having a blast, partying at 13 years old and didn’t

know no better,” he said.In McDowell County, Smith

is facing three felony counts of statutory rape and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for providing the alcohol to the child.

Alkire said “nobody else came forward” when asked if there were other victims among the children who took trips with Smith. “He isn’t old enough to make any decisions” about engaging in sexual activity, the detective said.

“He was going along with it for a while, then they had a falling out.”

Asked if the other children knew what was going on, Alkire replied: “To some degree, yes, others knew.”

He sa id ano the r pe r son corroborated the boy’s complaint about the sexual activity while at Carolina Hemlocks.

According to the warrant, Smith is a student at South College in Asheville. She is currently jailed in Yancey County Jail.

Woman accused of plying boy with alcohol

From page 2kicking to the curb underperforming private schools, barring them from receiving school vouchers.

Milwaukee’s voucher program is known for producing poor educational outcomes as well as rampant fraud and abuse.

A recent study concluded that Milwaukee students participating in the voucher program performed significantly worse in both reading and math than students in Milwaukee public school system.

At Milwaukee’s Mandella School of Science and Math, Principal David Seppah - who also founded the school - used proceeds from state voucher payments to buy two Mercedes-Benz automobiles at a cost of $65,000. Seppah owed the state almost $330,000 for more than 200 checks officials acknowledged they “inappropriately” cashed. Many of those checks, worth about $1,500 a piece, were made out to families whose children never attended Mandella.

The head of another former Milwaukee voucher school, Henry Tyler, was indicted by a federal grand jury on counts of mail fraud and money laundering. State officials said the school owed nearly $500,000 for improperly cashed checks, improperly claimed summer school payments, past payroll payments and other debts. The indictment says Tyler defrauded federal food programs out of $196,000 between January 1, 2006 and May 5, 2006. Tyler also billed for 372 students, nowhere near the number of students attending the school. Tyler was suspected of using a school credit card to buy an $865 gold necklace from a Las Vegas pawnshop in May 2006.

In North Carolina, private schools will not have to present the results of a financial review conducted by a CPA until they receive at least

$300,000 in school voucher funds.Such little oversight for private schools’

financial management is especially concerning when one considers what just happened last week with a public charter school in Kinston.

That charter school, which should be subject to more rigorous scrutiny of its financial stewardship given that it is fully financed with taxpayer funds, shut down with very little notice thanks to problems with its financial operations.

Just two weeks into the school year, Kinston Charter Academy’s 230 students were left to scramble for a new school—at either one of the local public schools or at the other local public charter school, which is also having financial problems.

The voucher program is not universally liked in the Republican-led state legislature. Sen. Jerry Tillman told Asheboro’s The Courier-Tribune that he doesn’t like the voucher program because the private schools receiving vouchers have no oversight. The state will be giving these schools public funds but has no control over them.

“People say it’s great that vouchers can go to some of these Christian schools,” he said. “But I ask them, do you want to see money go to a Catholic school? Do you want to see it go to a Muslim school, one that teaches Islam? The way the law is written now, it can.”

This part of the legislation may be destined for the courtroom, Tillman said to The Courier-Tribune. He said the Supreme Court doesn’t allow public taxpayer funds to go to religious education.

That issue, and a closer look at some of the private schools that stand to benefit from the school voucher program, we will explore in Part III of School Vouchers Come to North Carolina.

Education reporter Lindsay Wagner can be reached at [email protected].

Part two: Exploring the impact of school vouchers in North Carolina

LEGAL NOTICEBURNSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

A Municipal Election will be held on November 5, 2013 in the Town of Burnsville, North Carolina to vote on (1) Mayor for a four year term, (2) Two Town Council Seats for a four year term each. Polls will be open from 6:30 AM until 7:30 PM. The polling place will be located at:Burnsville Town Center6 South Main StreetArea “C”Burnsville, NC 28714

Absentee ballots are not allowed.All residents of the Town of Burnsville who are registered to vote with the Yancey County Board of Elections may vote in this election. Voters who are previously registered need not re-register for this election. Those residents of the town who are not registered to vote must register on or before 5:00 PM, October 11, 2013, in order to be eligible to vote in this election. Any voter who has moved outside his or her precinct but within the county since the last election should notify the Yancey County Board of Elections in writing by 5:00 PM, October 11, 2013.For additional information contact the Yancey County Board of Elections at 828-682-3950 or by email at [email protected]. By the order of Yancey County Board of Elections, Marvin Holland, ChairmanPublished Sept. 20, 27, October 4 and 11, 2013


Grace Renfro RobinsonGrace Renfro Robinson, 66, of Green

Mountain, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, at Memorial Mission Hospital. She was a daughter of the late Lester and Myrtle Miller Renfro and wife of the late Kenneth Robinson who passed away Aug. 7, 2012. She was also preceded in death by her brothers: Ray, RC and Lloyd Renfro. Grace was a hard worker, very independent and enjoyed life. She loved gardening and sewing but most of all she loved her children and grandchildren.

Surviving are her son, Kenneth Wayne Robinson of Relief; daughters: Donna Buchanan and husband, Micky, of Bakersville and Debra Street and husband, Ronnie, of Red Hill; sisters: Nora Metcalf of Brummets Creek and Ora Mae Bailey of Hickory; brothers: Bernie Renfro and wife, Eloise, of Brummets Creek and Glen Renfro and wife, Wanda, of Pigeon Roost; sisters-in-law: Reba Boone of Connelly Springs and Mildred Renfro of Burnsville; grandchildren: Trenton Robinson, Martin Robinson, Rev. Brandon Byrd, Amberly Biddix, Autumn Thompson, Bradley Robinson, Isaiah Robinson and Sonseehry Robinson.

Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 in the Chapel of Yancey Funeral Services. Rev. Clyde Thomason and Rev. Danny Silvers will officiate. Burial will follow in the Griffith Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.

Linda Riddle Casteel Linda “Moochie” Riddle Casteel, 55, of

Burnsville, died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, in Mission Memorial Hospital. A native of Yancey County she was a daughter of the late Clyde and Odell Hensley Riddle. She was also prededed in death by her brothers: Michael Riddle and Roger and Dean Chandler. Linda was a homemaker who loved camping, fishing, drawing and being with her family.

Surviving is her loving husband, Larry Casteel; daughters: Crystal Riddle and Kimberly Casteel and husband, Justin Lowery, all of Burnsville; sons: Allen Casteel and wife, Ellen, of Unicoi, TN, Shannon Riddle and wife Angela and John Casteel all of Burnsville; sisters: Gail Byrd of Burnsville and Diane Surrett of Weaverville; 6 grandchildren and 3 step-grandchildren. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Yancey Funeral Services.

Memorial donations may be made to the funeral home to help with funeral expenses.

Frank SmithFrank Smith, 87, a native of Yancey

County died Sept. 11, 2013, at the WNC Baptist Home.

Born on July 8, 1926, to Coleman and Bessie Blankenship Smith in a shack on Banks Creek, he had since lived in Woodfin, Alexander, and Black Mountain.

Frank was a child of the great depression and abject poverty influenced his early youth. After finishing the eighth grade he became a wage earner at a saw mill, laborer with Davie Tree, and a funeral home attendant where he lived and made ammunition boxes for the war effort. His proudest accomplishment was serving in the Navy for 18 months during WWII aboard the U.S. Union AKA106 in the Pacific Theater.

He learned the skills of installing tile while working at Blue Ridge Tile and later started a business with his brother Robert, becoming owner of Smith Floor Covering Service.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers Robert and Cairl; sister Joyce; and his wife and mother of his children, Vera.

Surviving are his daughter and her husband, Donna and H.D. Ammons; son and his wife, Kevin and Debi Smith; sister, Aline Teague; wife, Jean; grandchildren: Jeannie Shelton, Niki Hoyle, Emily Ammons, Traci Sturdevant, Cory Smith, Tammy Moseley, Michael West; nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Frank was a member of Alexander Baptist Church and most recently attended Freedom Baptist when possible.

The memorial service was at Anders-Rice on Saturday. Burial was in the Alexander Baptist Church Cemetery.

Donations to the American Cancer Association for Wounded Warrior Program are appreciated.

Kirby Ray Brown WhitakerKirby Ray Brown Whitaker died Sept.

9, 2013. She had been married to the late Lloyd G. Brown Sr. of Colorado and Thomas H. Whitaker of Fairview.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence B. and Grace A. Ray of Asheville and Yancey County, and two brothers, Clarence V. Ray and Vincent L. Ray, and two of her children, Donna Brown Lewis, (Samuel M. Lewis), of Marion, and Lee Roy Brown, Sr. (Jeanette R. Brown) of Asheville.

She is survived by three of her children, Naomi Brown Burton (Edward M. Burton) of Asheville, Lloyd G. Brown Jr. (Diane M. Brown) of Bryson City, and Dean Brown Sr. (Kelly B. Brown) of Clover, S.C.

She has 17 grandchildren and numerous great-, great-great- and great-great-great -grandchildren.

She was a Red Cross volunteer during WWII and retired from the Oteen VA Hospital. She was a member of Beverly Hills Baptist Church and taught Sunday school for many years. She was a former president of the Buncombe County WMU and a proud member of “The First Families of Buncombe County.” She authored two books on the “Ray” families and helped organize the Ray Family reunion in Burnsville. She was also the editor/publisher of the “Ray Family Newsletter” for many years.

A funeral was Thursday at Beverly Hills Baptist Church. The Rev. Dr. Billy King and the Rev. Randy Melton will officiate. Interment followed in the Ray Family cemetery in Yancey County. Groce Funeral Home is assisting the Whitaker family.

Obituaries

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From a press releaseAt its regular meeting on

Monday, September 9th, the Yancey County Board of Education heard the following reports:

2012-13 Student Test ScoresSuperintendent Dr. Tony Tipton

informed the Board that results of student test scores for the 2012-13 school year are not being released by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction until late October. The anticipation from NCDPI is that across the state, scores will drop approximately 30% or more. This drop in scores is the result of newly formatted tests that were administered to students last year. Any time tests are re-structured, a drop in test scores is considered normal. Superintendent Tipton stated, “The new tests were not just in a different format but the content was much more difficult than in past years. This is in line with efforts to continue to provide

the best education possible for our students.” State-wide restructuring of tests was a required element of the new Common Core Curriculum that was implemented at the start of last school year.

Excavation Request at Cane River School Site

Ashley Schuber t , a PhD candidate from the University of Michigan, addressed the Board to request permission to conduct excavation digs for artifact findings in specific areas on the Cane River Middle School site. Upon viewing a presentation by Schubert and learning that this request would not disrupt the school day, the Board determined to table the request until Dr. Tipton can contact local and state officials regarding the protocol of allowing access to school-owned property for artifact excavation. Schubert informed the Board that she is working closely with local and state officials as well

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Release of school test scores delayed

From Page 1Arrested on charges in Yancey were:

Amy M. Burleson, 17 Highland Ave., Ext 17, Spruce Pine, 33, charged with four counts possession with intent to sell and deliver of oxycodone, four counts possession of oxycodone, and four counts maintaining a vehicle for the sale of morphine.

Gary Wayne Ayers, 337 Murdock Ave., Bakersville, 47, charged with two counts possession with intent to sell 10 units of oxycodone, two counts possession of oxycodone, two counts maintaining a vehicle for the sale of oxycodone.

Mary Ayers, 337 Murdock Ave., Bakersville, 43, charged with two counts possession with intent to sell 10 units of oxycodone, two counts possession of oxycodone, two counts maintaining a vehicle

for the sale of oxycodone.Lisa Autrey, 42 Fairy Ave.,

S p r u c e P i n e , 4 8 , c h a rg e d with possession of marijuana, maintaining a vehicle for keeping and selling drugs, possession of two units of hydrocodone 500/10 mg.

Terry Lynn Evans, 29 Ben View Drive, Marion, 62, charged with possession of marijuana, maintaining a dwelling for the sale of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia.

Zachary Wayne Hal l , 21 White Oak Crossing, Bakersville, charged with possession of methamphetamine, maintaining a vehicle for the sale of drugs.

Anthony John Duncan, 367 Hoilman Hill Road, Spruce Pine, 25, charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver morphine, maintaining a vehicle for the sale

of morphine.Jeremy Loosemore, 585 Sandy Branch Rd.,

Bakersville, 35, charged with possession with intent to distribute hydrocodone, possession of hydrocodone, two counts maintaining a vehicle for the sale of drugs, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and possession of marijuana.

The warrants were sought by Mark Letterman of the Yancey County Sheriff’s Department.

Deputies file drug charges against eight people

Mountain Heritage varsity and junior vars i ty faced off against Mitchell last Thursday at home.

The varsity girls beat Mitchell 3-0. At far left, Emily Robinson (8) stretches for a set at the net, while Christina Ray (10) reacts to a shot.

Below, the junior varsity huddles on the sidelines. On Monday North Buncombe beat the varsity girls 3-1.

Varsity girls defeat Mitchell

From the Toe River Arts CouncilThe 28th Annual Music in the Mountains

Folk Festival is coming to the Burnsville Town Center on Saturday, September 28 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., and there won’t be one untapped toe or unclapped hand in the audience.

This year the festival pays tribute to Bobby McMillon for his contributions to old-time music. Robert Lynn “Bobby” McMillon, a NC Folk Heritage Award recipient, was heir to numerous strands of Appalachian culture. From his father’s family in Cocke County, Tenn., he learned primitive Baptist hymns and traditional stories and ballads. From his mother’s people in Yancey and Mitchell counties, he heard “booger tales, haint tales,” and legends about the murder of a relative named Charlie Silver. “The real storytelling,” Bobby says, “was so intertwined that a bear tale or a fish tale or a witch tale or a tale of some history that had really happened - a family tale - they were all equally believable.”

He was always drawn to old songs and stories, but as a teenager he discovered the Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore in the Lenoir Public Library and got a glimpse of the historical background and significance of the things he knew. This inspired an enthusiasm for folklore documentation. By the age of 17, he had begun taping and interviewing family members, neighbors, and friends who knew old songs and stories.

Because these songs and tales have deep roots in his own family and experience, Bobby has a passion for them and for sharing them. “Eventually, I began to realize,” he says “that if I didn’t perform the songs I was learning, most of the repertories of the people I learned from would be lost because they didn’t have family members of their own to hand them down to.” His greatest gift is his rare ability to convey to listeners a feeling for the world from which the stories come.

The annual festival is “dedicated to the preservation of mountain music and culture” and includes bluegrass and traditional music, ballad singers, storytellers, and dancing. Instruments range from fiddle to dulcimer to guitar and sometimes include a harmonica or zither. Our evening celebration of traditional performers is uncommon in diversity and artistic excellence! You won’t want to miss one knee-slapping, hand-clapping minute of this evening’s fun!

In addition to Bobby, this year performers include old-time musicians Phil and Gaye Johnson. Gaye plays the guitar, and Phil plays guitar, mandolin, resonator guitar, and harmonica. Though their music is not strictly traditional, it draws from the full spectrum of country music, from old-time Appalachian to Hank Williams songs. Also, there will be performances by the ETSU Bluegrass Band, singer Amythyst Phillips, dancing by Ira Bernstein and Dylan Moody, and Don Pedi on the dulcimer. The evening will kick off with a performance by the Traditional Arts Program for Students (TAPS) instructors – Terry McKinney, Ron Powell, Don Pedi and Jared McQueen. This free program for students in both counties connects kids with their regional heritage through music and the traditional teaching of guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and dulcimer. The emcee for the evening will be storyteller and dancer Frederick Park.

This year’s line-up:

5:30 to 6 TAPS Instructors and kids6:05 to 6:35 Bobby McMillon6:40 to 7:10 Amythyst Phillips7:15 to 7:45 Don Pedi7:50 to 8:20 Phil and Gaye Johnson8:25 to 9:10 ETSU Bluegrass BandIra Bernstein and Dylan Moody will be

dancing throughout the evening.You’ll find a rare evening of entertainment

resonating to the old and the new from our traditional performers. McCool’s Restaurant will cater the BBQ and drinks. Tickets are $14 adults, $12 for students and seniors 65+. Save $2 by buying your tickets in advance at the Burnsville or Spruce Pine TRAC Galleries through Friday, September 27.

The Music in the Mountains Folk Music Festival is sponsored by the Toe River Arts Council in part by a Grassroots Art Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency and The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area. For more information, contact the Arts Council at 828.682.7215 or 828.765.0520, email us at [email protected] or visit the website, www.toeriverarts.org.


No, you aren’t see-ing dou-ble! My name is Lenny and behind me is my pal, Otis. We are the best of friends and even share the same good looks. If you want to see dou-ble every single day then come to YHS to take us home. Well, I don’t have a twin, but I can play as much as two dogs put together! My name is Iggy, a beautiful black lab mix. If you think you can keep up with me, hurry in to make me your dog!

Call the shelter at 682-9510 for more informa-tion on these or other pets, or plan to visit us at 962 Cane River School Road.

Phil and Gaye Johnson, above, and Don Pedi, on the dulcimer, will appear at the 28th Annual Music in the Mountains Folk Festival.

Mountain Music show set Sept. 28From the FrontBryan Tompkins,

a biologist with the Fish and Wildlife Service, has been one of the point men in demanding that the county and McGill Associates get proper approval to cross the many streams along the sewer route.

“They crossed 10 or 11 streams and a wetland area that were not part of the original permit,” Tompkins said last week. He said he feels the engineers who designed the pro jec t f a i l ed to accurately plan for the impact of the system on the environment. “They cou ld no t have walked this corridor and not have seen these streams,” he said. “Even the wetlands; there’s no doubt – it’s always been a wetland, right next to the river,” and designers sought no permits to disturb that terrain.

Bennett said he feels the county and McGill Associates p e r f o r m e d w i t h sincerity in designing the sewer route. “They were contracted to provide a service. I don’t have heartburn” with anything they have done or might have done differently, he said. “McGill has been professional. That’s their business.”

But Bennett admits that the design did apparently overlook s o m e i m p a c t o n w a t e r s o u r c e s . “There were some inadvertent omissions on the (or ig ina l ) permit, Bennett said. “They’ve admitted missing a number of stream crossings” that will be impacted by

construction.Bennett said U.S.

Corps of Engineers staff “walked the p r o j e c t e d w i t h McGill” originally and had no problem with the path or the permitting. But the Fish and Wildlife agency forced the stoppage of the project when i t appeared tha t work would impact the habitat of endangered species in the Toe River.

But Tompkins says the newly submitted biological plan still misses the mark and will be rejected. “The Corps of Engineers is going to be sending a letter saying they cannot accept this. Then it will be back on them (the county) to rewrite the thing and include” appropriate biological data needed for approval.

B e n n e t t s a y s he hopes the draft proposal can satisfy regulators and that work can begin again soon. “I had hoped we would have resolved this by early summer; June of this year,” he said. Now he just wants to be able to start work again and finish the project.

T h e To w n o f Burnsvi l le began efforts to expand the sewer system in 1991.

Yancey County and the town have agreed that the Town of Burnsville will operate and maintain the sewer system once it is finished.

The work is funded by the county, by a $3,000,000 grant from the NC Rural Center, and a $3,000,000 grant from the state Division of Water Quality.

County struggles to get sewer work finished


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A 13-year-old Washington state boy was recently arrested, then released to the custody of his parents after making online threats of shooting up and blowing up his middle school. He also threatened to kill one of his teachers, specifically named, and then kill himself. It turns out he didn’t have the means with which to carry out his threats, which had prompted officials to close five schools in the area for a day.

A local television station interviewed a mother who said she felt bad for the boy. She also said that when she had told her young son about the situation, he had become very anxious and hadn’t wanted to go to school.

For the life of me, I can’t understand why anyone would feel bad for the 13-year-old. He’s old enough to know he was doing something very, very wrong, yet he went ahead and did it anyway. In the process, he committed a felony that resulted in significant emotional distress for lots of folks as well as considerable economic cost to the school system, parents who had to stay home from work, and local employers who lost the productivity of those parents for a day.

The child in question is not a victim, by any stretch of the definition. He’s a perpetrator; a young criminal. Whether he already qualifies as a young sociopath is yet to be determined, but what he did was certainly sociopathic. In other words, this youngster may already

be a menace to society. In his fascinating but largely overlooked book Savage Spawn, psychologist and popular mystery novelist Jonathan Kellerman proposes that from early ages some children - even some children of reasonably good parents - seem inexorably headed toward lives of crime.

Regardless, the young teen in question deserves no pity. He deserves to be punished in a way that drives home the anti-social nature of what he did and hopefully, if it’s any longer possible, deters him from future criminal behavior. No slap on the wrist - e.g. community service - will do. He needs to feel the full weight and force of the proverbial boom. Hopefully, both the legal system and his parents will cooperate to provide him that lesson.

To the issue of a young boy becoming anxious when his parents told him what had happened, I marvel at the fact they seemed

compelled to tell him in the first place. Mind you, they told him before all the facts were in, before it was known that the threat was hollow. They probably, therefore, projected lots of concern themselves. So, duh, yes, the boy became anxious.

This sort of thing is completely unnecessary when parents follow my simple Rule of Telling: Tell a child what he NEEDS to know, when he NEEDS to know it. In this case, the child didn’t NEED to hear anything from his parents about the incident. Would he have heard from other kids at school the next day? Yes, but by then the facts would have been in and the story probably would have circulated in a way that would have caused the boy no anxiety at all. He’d have come home and said, “Mom! Dad! Guess what happened at school!” to which they could have acted very nonchalant and all would have been well in this little boy’s world.

In this information-overload world we live in, adults need to protect and maintain the innocent naivety of children as long as possible. That’s as much a responsibility as protecting children from any other source of harm.

Family psychologist John Rosemond answers parents’ questions on his web site at www.rosemond.com.

Living

with

children

Information overload can make a child anxious

From page 6as the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians regarding the preservation of the site and the regulations and guidelines for this type of excavation.

Chromebook Roll OutMHHS Principal Kevin Huskins updated

the Board on progress of the ChromeBook roll out at Mountain Heritage. The four night roll-out by class resulted in putting over 600 Chromebooks in the hands of students at the high school. “Teachers have been very positive about the culture change and we have already seen an increase in student involvement in the classes. Our students have latched on quickly to using this technology for research, note-taking and completing assignments, in class and at home,” Huskins stated. Superintendent Tipton later stated “We are all dedicated to providing the best possible technology for the best possible educational experience for our students and we want our parents to be on board as we move towards the state-wide required online testing next school year. As with the implementation of any new project, there have been and may continue to be problems, but we are dealing with them as quickly and efficiently as possible.”

The week of Sept. 23 will be Internet Safety Week at MHHS and at the end of the first 9 weeks, MHHS will hold a Parent Safety Night with a Technology Showcase – date of this event to be announced later.

3rd – 8th grade 1:1 InitiativeCurriculum Director Shane Cassida informed

the Board that to further enhance student educational opportunities for technology access, plans are in place to seek funding from additional resources to purchase devices for student use. Beginning next school year, 3rd through 8th graders state-wide will be required

to complete End Of Grade testing online. “The paper and pencil test is quickly becoming a thing of the past,” said Cassida, “We are putting our heads together to get a plan in place that will allow YCS to deliver quality instruction in a 21st Century classroom for all of our learners.”

Technology Director Kay Ball added, “By adding more devices and moving towards

implementing the new “Bring Your Own Device” policy for parents who might want to provide their own device for their child, we hope to have this 1:1 technology available for every 3rd through 8th grade student. “ Ball continued, “Unlike the high school, these devices will remain at the school for student use.”

Students at high school get their Chromebooks

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A great big Thank you to Yancey County from DB Flyers! It’s been a great season and many thanks to the Chamber of Commerce for each weeks Eblast, and to the ones that come out each eek to support us. We are still flying! We will be beginning the “indoor” season shortly so stay tuned here for more information. Follow us on You Tube – type in Doyle Blevins. Find us on Facebook, look for “Indoor Models.”

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church to celebrate homecoming

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church will celebrate homecoming on Sept. 22. The church was established in 1856. All members and former members are urged to attend. There will be a pot-luck meal in the fellowship hall following the morning worship service. Sunday school is at 10 a.m. and worship at 11.

Come and worship with us. The church is located three miles south of N.C. 197N on Double Island Road.

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For my intrepidity on LZ Tonto, 18 December 1965, I was promised the Silver Star from inside the Pentagon, 14 years ago. Today’s after-action battle report is about what occurred the following day, 19 December 1965.

James HollandBurnsville

11 September 2013

Happy ValleyLZ Tonto 18 and 19 December 1965

Two days, first blood, 82 mm mortar incoming and exploding from 12 feet. Bleeding from eyes, nose, ears and back, 18 December 1965. Scar. I lost the ability to hear well.

Struck in the head for 40 minutes with a handgun while protecting a prisoner-of-war 19 December 1965.

Because of the circumstances of the facts and damaging information of a criminal nature on Americans so damaging that after 40 years I was able to conclude that the order given by Col. Kenneth D. Mertel 1/8 Cavalry (ABN) had been OK’d by all the officers of the 1/8 present (two West Pointers) to execute prisoners by an allied detachment of foreign soldiers.

What I accomplished on LZ Tonto were acts of extreme, far beyond a normal call of duty. If the gun had been put in your mouth and OK’d by your own Battalion Commander for your execution, would you stand tall, continuing to resist efforts to execute your prisoner (officer)?

There were 20 witnesses, American. I have notarized witness and notarized hearsay statements. Two sergeant majors would not lie. A first sergeant would not lie. Would a sergeant first class lie? Would the lower enlisted ranks lie to protect war crimes to cover up a colonel, now dead, and a company commander who shot me and attempted to kill me 18 December 1965, while I lay between battle lines during extreme crossfire on Tonto? I had attempted to take command of the company under fire, almost out of ammo, and pinned down. 7 KIA and 24 WIA.

I captured ammunition, weapons and equipment (a radio battery for a PRC 25 that would have cost American lives) and recovered KIA William Nellis Swanson by force; a soldier left on the battlefield by his company. Earlier that day I had carried a wounded line man 90 meters under fire to the command chopper and the Colonel gave officers my medal.

The book: Year of the Horse, Mertel, Library of Congress 1965.

The book: Honor Has No Value, Holland, Library of Congress, 2 October 2006, unpublished

I have been pushed back for 47 years and all these years I believed that I had saved America’s integrity and honor, 19 December 1965.

I held the secrets of men of position while I suffered greatly with the emotional ideals of honor, sacrifice, country. Those war criminals that I have protected continued to rise and prosper, all awarded in many ways.

Jane Fonda never asked for a Medal of Honor from North Korea.

If honor had value I would be awarded a medal of honor from four countries. America does not care. I always wondered what the world would think, Landing Zone Tonto (Hot).

WHEN HONOR WAS COURAGEThe whole story is not here; only what I did.

James Edgar Holland Jr.22 January 1987

I, James Edgar Holland Jr., SP/4. B. Co., 1st Bn Airborne, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Airmobile, near LZ Tonto in Bien Dinh Province on December 18, 1965. With a small detail of men I was assigned a temporary duty with a Republic of Korea White Tiger Detachment doing interrogation on North Vietnamese prisoners and Viet Cong. There had been the capture of a North Vietnamese Army officer (NVA) and his NVA officer assistant who were placed under my control at the interrogation area. The Republic of Korea (ROK) interrogator began to question the NVA officer and said that if he didn’t tell him what he wanted to know he would kill him.

I realized that these ROK Tigers were serious and ordered the ROK officer in charge to release the NVA to me. As I placed my hand on the senior NVA’s arm the ROK executed him. His brains were all over my clothes. Before I could react he grabbed the assistant NVA officer and immediately started to interrogate him. When the ROK came to the point of removing his side arm from the holster and placing it to the head of the NVA officer., I stepped between the ROK officer in charge and I wrapped my arms around the NVA’s head and shoulders. “I stated that you are not killing this man and he is under my protection.” I ordered my men to train their weapons on the ROK soldiers and at the same time the ROK soldiers were training their weapons on myself and my men.

At the same time the ROK officer in charge was trying to get between us to kill the NVA officer. For approximately 105 minutes, knowing that at any second I was going to die, the ROK officer in charge was placing his handgun in my mouth, in my ears and in my eyes. He stabbed me in the head with the barrel of the gun while cocking and uncocking the pistol until my whole head was throbbing with pain. I was trembling and shaking all over. I was scared to death as the ROK was pushing his pistol under my armpits and between my legs and up my buttocks to get a good shot. I literally had my head down on the NVA’s head and my arms were continuously moving to block the attack. I hovered over him screaming at my men to shoot when the ROK officer in charge leaned over my back, hugging me in a tight embrace and placed the barrel of his pistol on my right cheek and pulled the trigger. This time the cranial matter went up my nose, into my mouth and covered my tongue, ears , and hair and down my uniform collar. I was stunned. I thought he had shot me. At first I didn’t realize what was in my mouth that tasted like blood. I had to clean my eyes to see the colors all over me (cranial.)

GIs were throwing themselves on grenades and receiving the Medal of Honor. What does America give for laying their life down to save the enemy and the principles that made our country free?

14 June 1998When I realized what was really happening I felt

that I must intervene if only to protest the actions being taken by the ROK. There was no thought at the time that within minutes I would be alone defending my prisoner and with my life and my blood that I would be upholding the very oath of democracy and our way of life. The stones of foundation was what I had been taught. My very life depended on that stone. That was the reason for being in Vietnam, was to give my blood for democracy as I had been taught.

Half of my brain begged me to release the NVA officer; the other half realized the gravity of the situation. I alone had no choice except to uphold the Geneva Convention. (I could very well be captured before I could successfully return home, or I could be court-martialed and disgraced.) My only choice was to stand and defend the American way; obviously that being the reason for why we were in Vietnam. Americans were dying. What choice did I have?

I was totally committed. I had to continue to resist with every means possible. I was telling myself goodbye. I just knew I was to be executed any second. I swore and oath of allegiance to the American flag, for which it stands under God.

All my life my mother taught me to stand for what I thought was right, and this was the most right thing that I had ever stood up for.

I ordered my team to focus on the ROKs. In the beginning I talked to the men of both sides, asking them not to point their weapons directly at each other, but to be at ready. Several times some of my men said they wanted to leave because the ROKs were more threatening than my men, and were saying that they would kill all of us if I did not release the ROK officer’s hand.

I ordered my men to stand fast and I issued new instructions. As we faced off, the ROKs were now fully engaged in positioning their rifles at vital spots on us. As the situation became more serious I told my men to point their weapons directly at the ROK officer. It was very threatening until we mutually agreed to only point our weapons at the enlisted soldiers. I alone dealt with the ROK officer in charge

as we each gave direct orders to cease. I shouldered my weapon to show mercy and also to prevail as a peace keeper. Our mission was not to confront our allies.

I ordered my men to stand fast and in order to maintain absolute control over these men from leaving, I said “I would shoot the first one to leave.” Having gained absolute control I ordered a man to go for help. By this time the men also began to grasp the reason why we could not release him (the NVA officer). At this time I said “somebody had to go for help.” All team members refused to leave and continued to train their weapons on the ROKs. Their personal thoughts, in my opinion, were that they had to stand together to preserve each other’s lives. After giving the order 6 or 7 times for the help getter – Dennis Vincent - to take off, the ROKs threatened him with death each time if he moved. At this time the situation was very tense and we were all in a high state of readiness and latent terror. I again placed the point of aim on the ROK officer in charge and ordered my man to leave now. We were desperate and the knowledge of what was happening began to settle into the minds of my men.

I realized that the situation was greater than I could contain without making some quick changes. Again, I cross-shouldered my weapon and used my body to shield the NVA officer and in hopes of saving the lives of my men. I was telling myself goodbye.

In Spring 1967 I walked, hitchhiked and slept in the woods to tell this story to Sam Irvin, North Carolina’s representative.

After much thought I feel that the bronze star medal, never received, is insufficient for the acts of 19 December 1965, and at this time I wish to upgrade SP/4 Dennis Vincent to be awarded the Distinguished Service Medal or Distinguished Service Cross because no other criteria fits his actions. Sergeant Dash to be awarded the Silver Star for saving all our lives, and all other team members to be awarded the Soldier’s Medal. In addition, all participants be awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal with V-device.

This was an international incident and our participation is of the highest of personal sacrifice and bravery. The fact that we prevented the failure of the Geneva Convention and were able to control an international incident is, in itself, complimentary for low rank enlisted men with few combat experiences. In actuality, we saved the integrity of B Co. 1st Bn Airborne, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division Airmobile and the United States of America on December 19, 1965.

I hearby swear,James E. Holland Jr.---

12 May 2008I, James Edgar Holland Jr., SP/4. B. Co., 1st

Bn Airborne, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Airmobile, on LZ Tonto in Bien Dinh Province on December 19, 1965.

When I realized what these ROKs were up to I placed my body as a shield between the gun and the NVA officer. As the ROK officer began to force attempts to kill the NVA I put my hand into the gun which cut the apex of my hand between the thumb and forefinger when the ROK officer dropped the hammer toward the firing pin. More than 20 times he repeatedly cocked and dropped the hammer onto my hands, adding pain, fear and lacerations to the injuries. I was given no less than 12 to 15 direct orders to release the ROK officer’s gun hand under the threat of death if I did not release him In desperation I began to frantically deflect his thrusts to kill the NVA over and over as I batted his gun hand away. All the time he was continually threatening me with execution if I didn’t release the NVA officer to him. Out of utter terror I clasped my arms around the NVA officer POW and pulled him into my chest, dropped my head down onto his head with my face in his hair. There was a gagging smell and I pulled his head under my chin and up against my throat, all the while kicking away the ROK officer in my last efforts to resist his efforts to execute my prisoner. All this time he was putting his gun into my mouth and up my nose, into my ears and up my buttocks. All this time some of my team members were screaming, begging and pleading for me to let him go. I screamed back at them to continue to hold their position

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and to remember we were American soldiers entrusted with upholding the Geneva Convention and that we had a moral obligation to protect the POWs. I said to them, “The Lord said to build upon a stone; this is our foundation.” I screamed at them.

The ROK soldiers had their weapons trained on us, mostly on me because I was touching their beloved ROK officer in charge. They had themselves in a higher state of readiness than I felt my men were prepared for, so screamed back to then, “If anyone makes a hostile move to begin firing” When the ROK put his pistol on my right cheek I began to scream to my men “shoot, shoot shoot.” I was incoherent and my voice was inaudible, with froth coming

from my lips. Still I could not release him and began to hold him still tighter with my legs warpped around him as best I could. When the gun went off his head exploded and we both fell to the ground together. I was still clinching the NVA and I thought I had been shot because of the foreign matter that was in my mouth and in my eyes and I could not see. I was spitting out brain matter and gagged and I could hear my squad saying, “he’s dead; he’s dead,” still I held onto him and pushed him behind me while flailing my right hand out in front of me as I sat up on the ground. Frantically, I realized that I was alive and I could not locate any burning pain anywhere on my body. I just felt that I was next in line to be executed. I cleaned my eyes off further and saw what was about me in colors and blood. At this point I began to tremble,

became dizzy and deathly sick, stil believing that I was mortally wounded or about to be executed. I could feel no pain, only nausea. I was unable to stand up as I tried to get up from the ground and regain my position of command, but kept falling back to the ground due to the dizziness. My whole body was tingling and I was hyperventilating because I was in shock. I lay on the ground for approximately the next two hours within 30 feet of where it all took place. I was unable to perform any duty other than thought and sight. Except for Dennis Vincent, unarmed, I forbade any soldier to approach me under the threat that I would shoot friend or foe without discretion.

At this time, I discovered that in addition to my right and left hand lacerations and both ears bleeding I also had cut lips in several places and

was bleeding from both sides of my nose from repeatedly being struck with the gun several times to near unconsciousness. My head, neck, shoulders, arms and hands were covered with bruises, bumps and scratches. I was pistol whipped for 40 minutes waiting for help to return from 160 feet away.

The reason I feel I deserve a battlefield commission to the highest ranking officer on LZ Tonto is due to the fact that, after learning that these executions were a ‘done deal’ I took it upon myself, alone, to preserve, protect and uphold the Constitution of the United States, whereas no other officers on LZ Tonto had accepted these responsibilities. I stated, “I am in charge here.”

I hearby swear,James E. Holland Jr.

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