Explosion
WLOSers at 6 said an explosion at the Nucermet plant in east Flat Rock caused the plant to be evacuated. There were no injuries and no residents had been evacuated. The chemical hexane was involved, WLOSers said. We didn’t watch the late version of the news, but the newspaper this morning gave a different name for the plant, said three people were injured and taken to the hospital and that about 10 residents were evacuated just to be on the safe side.
In other news…
Farmers picked up free hay from Hearts with Hands. Terrie Foster spent a lot of time showing us video of horses and cows chewing their cud and explaining that the drought has limited the supply and increased the cost of hay… It’s still hot outside. Tuesday hit 90 degrees. The record is 93 degrees, set in 1980… This year’s fall leaf color could be good, according to a Western Carolina University biologist who says dry weather helps trigger brilliant color. It also needs to be cold early in the fall to trigger the bright changes…. The ATF and SBI are still looking for clues in the Spruce Pine fires that started on opposite ends of town on Saturday… Charu Khumaria said Buncombe County commissioners want the DOT to speed up its plan to get work done on the I-26 connector in West Asheville. The bridge work isn’t scheduled to begin until 2013.
Tiger Woods coming to town
WLOSers said Tiger Woods will be in town next week for a press conference at the Cliffs in Swannanoa to announce that he’s designing a golf course for the fancy mountainside development. John Le got to ride around in a golf cart to tell us the story.
National Night Out
Tuesday was National Night Out and Charu hosted the event while Carolyn Ryan reported it. It was a night for the community to take a stand agains crime, she said. Police Chief Bill Hogan and Mayor Terry Bellamy came out to tell us about a multi-year plan to fight crime in neighborhoods.
In still other news…
School starts in Mitchell and Madison counties today. That drainage work at Mitchell High has been finished… The Salvation Army and the Kiwanas Club loaded up backpacks with school supplies to give to needy children… And the board at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College wants Dr. Betty Young to be the new college president. She’s from Northwest State Community College in Ohio and has great experience, said Carol Peterson of the AB-Tech board. She’ll be AB-Tech’s first woman president. She’ll start Sept. 1 if the state board approves. She’ll replace retiring president K. Ray Bailey.
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Nothing up there says WLOS had it wrong, In The Know. How defensive! All it says is he didn’t see the 11 p.m. news and that in the morning the paper had a different story. Where does it say anything about who’s right or wrong? It’s just pointing out different reports. Take a Xanax and calm down.
Oh, the Great One comes to our little world.
How we must be honored. Oh, let us all kiss his feet and make hallowed the ground which he consecrates at that hideous illegal mud-hole future mud-slide heaven known as the Cliffs of Swannanoa.
Excuse me, is there a hole I can get sick in?
Who says they Citizen Times has the right info. Check out both WLOS.com and the Hendersonville Times for the right info. Per Rocky Hyder, "They’re (The workers) fine "