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Page 3 WESTERN CAROLINIAN September 26, 2008 NE W S Forbidden Fruit in WN By Paige Carrick Staff Writer A local orchard and resi- dential community in West- ern North Carolina is an ac- tive Superfund site according to the EPA: Barbers Orchard offof HWY 23/74 in Waynes- ville, NC was proposed to the National Priorities List in January 2001 and finalized in September of 2001. The near 500-acre section of apple country is still, seven years later, listed as an active Su- perfund site by the EPA. At the time of the proposal traces of Arsenic, Lead, Diel- drin, Endrin, and DDT were found in the residential soils and in private drinking wells. Remedy construction and re- construction of the site has still not taken place. From 1908-1988 the land was used as a commercial lot for apple farming. Today, a large portion of the land serves a residential commu- nity while another, smaller portion, is set aside to serve as an apple orchard. Each year Barbers Orchard hosts an apple festival to cel- ebrate the coming of fall and the peak of apple season which begins in September and ends in November. It is one of the communitys larg- est fundraisers in which all variations of the forbidden fruit can be found includ- ing apple cider, apple butter, apple turnovers, cakes and cookies, Should the fruit of the trees in this land be considered for- bidden? In 2002, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry submitted a public health assessment to the me- dia in which the presence of Arsenic and Lead in the sur- face soil and pesticides in the groundwater was listed as a primary concern; however, the amount of contaminants found was not enough to cause significant harm. This statement was released just one year after the EPA funded and completed an overall site removal of all immediate and near-term threats to human health and the environment. Also, while remedy designs were finalized in 2005, the last major cleanup milestone, according to the EPA, was the formalization, in 2001, of the site on the NPL. It has been several years since active clean- up efforts have been completed According to the EP 321 out - of 438 acres are okay for reuse by the EPA. Reuse however is contingent upon the land meeting a particular level of prote tiveness that will support fu- ture use, either residential or non-residential. Town of Sylva Constructing New Park By Paige Carrick Staff Writer If you drive through Sylva, before you turn to go down- town, you will notice a newly constructed pavilion. If you you will also notice some newly constructed bridge. The pavilion however, is not as out of place as one may think. Neither is the bridge. The Town of Sylva, with help from city officials, townspeople, and those in the surrounding community, is constructing a new park to connect with the downtown area. The newly erected pa- vilion stands in what was once the Municipal Parking Lot and is being called the jebris hiding <9 Bridge Park Pavilion. It will be a location for local outdoor entertainment such as contra- dancing, live music festivals and concerts, as well as the- atrical dramas. In addition to the covered stage and pa ion there is an the weekly nee mals and annual craft fairs. An interesting fact to men- tion about the Bridge Park Pavilion is that it will serve two purposes. The first pur- pose is to celebrate entertain- ment and second to honor up- standing citizens of Jackson County who had a positive impact on the community. Family members and friends can choose to honor a loved one with a bronze plaque that will be placed on one of the pillars of the pavilion. The raising of the pavilion began in May 2008 after the site had been prepared dur- ing the summer of 2007 and donated to Se city in the fall fae ej is aibteale of foot- bridges that will be construct- ed to connect the Municipal Parking Lot, the Sylva Pool and a cluster of government buildings located on the North side of Scotts Creek. Original funding for the project came from $17,000 in grants while the rest has come from community dona- tions and sponsors. The project is not complete and completion of the project will come as funds allow. Plans for the project, in ad- dition to the foot bridges and the pavilion, include gardens in the lawn area surround- ing the pavilion, a pedestrian walkway from Railroad Ave. t6' Scotts Crck aha proverientto the erosswallk- contiecting Mill StrethH@ Main Street. _ Upcoming events at the Bridge Park Pavilion include the 3rd Annual Bridge Park Arts and Music Festival Oc- tober 19, from 3 p.m. until dark and the Jackson County Farmers Market held every Saturday form May until Oc- tober from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information about the Sylva Bridge Park go to bridgepark.org. THE BIG BAILOUT who would hold the reigns of this economic machine. The bill gives authority to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. It is not a secret that Paulson has a vested interest in passing the bill- it is worth- while to note his involvement in Goldman Sachs, another corporation feeling the sting of decline. The authority to delegate such an unheard of sum has the potential to make Paulson more powerful than any other Treasury Secretary in the his- tory of the United States. Many people also feel that the bill would benefit those companies receiving aid, while placing the cost on tax- payers. Benefit is privatized, while loss is socialized. There is also speculation as to whether the extensive in- flux of capital into the econ- (continued from page 2) omy could cause inflation, or even hyperinflation. Whether the bill passes or not, there will be conse- quences to the public. The question remains as to wheth- er the bill can significantly increase economic mobil- ity. If the economy does not shift toward growth quickly enough, TARP may not be successful or justified. The US would have only built a temporary wall between it- self and recession. The irony is that if the bill is successful, we will never see the crisis that it averted. If TARP is successful, we will never know the bullet that we dodged, and we will never be able to truly validate its passage. EDITORIAL: THE REAL SARAH PALIN (continued from front page) Sarah Palins per- sonal politics are far from radical given her affiliation. She is a staunch Republican. Palin opposes abortion, ex- cept when the mothers life could be at risk if the child is carried to term. According to the Sarah Palin pro-life phi- losophy, however, victims of rape or incest who become pregnant should simply man- up. She is a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and supports capital punishment. She opposes same-sex marriage and even supported an amendment to the Alaskan constitution that would bar same-sex couples from receiving state health benefits. She also supports abstinence-only as the set curriculum for sex education in schools, leaving much to the mind of the public as to what bearing that curriculum may have had on her daugh- ters condition. Palins views are not originalthey constitute the typical plat- form held by the Republican Party. The most telling experience of Palins career thus far has been the Repub- lican National Convention, which was held on Septem- ber 3. If the accuracy of the claims made in her speech are fact-checked, they effec- tively become a political tell- all. Palin begins her speech by introducing her family, including her youngest son Trig, who was born in April of this year and has Down Syndrome. Palin addresses parents of special needs chil- dren saying, I pledge to you if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate in the White House. Palin had actually planned to cut fund- ing for education of special needs children in Alaska by 62% during her term as gov- ernor. The most recent addi- tion to her family may have altered her view on this, but her budget planning does not support that claim. Palin also proclaims herself a hero and advocate, asserting that she turned down the earmarked funds for the bridge between Gravina Island and .Ketchi- kan. In fact, her support con- struction of the bridge is the very platform that she won the election for governor of Alaska on. During the guber- natorial election, she regarded the title Bridge to Nowhere as offensive to population (continued on page 3)

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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