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Volume 7. Number 13, 12 Pages 20 Cents Vanceboro, North Carolina Phone 244-0780
March 29 - April 4,1984
Outstanding
School Bus Drivers
The New Bern-Craven County Board of Education honored
twelve outstanding school bus drivers at their March 16,
meeting. These twelve drivers were selected by the.individual
schools. They were selected from the 155 regular bus drivers.
These drivers have driven thousands of miles accident free. They
have never received a traffic citation, and have performed their
duty with maturity and a professional attitude. These drivers
fully realize the cargo they transport each day is the most
precious there is, our children. From these twelve drivers, Louis
E. Butler from Jasper was selected as the Outstanding School
Bus Driver for the New Bern-Craven County School System. Mr.
Butler is the School Systems representative to the North
Carolina Division of School Bus Transportation in Raleigh.
Front row, left to right: Lindbergh Norris, Janey L.
Heffner, Linda Kay Manning, Cindy Howard, Jean Purifoy.
Back row, left to right - Hugh Burroughs, Debra Roadman,
Doris B. Jones, Louis E. Butler, Rhonda H. Barwick,
Barbara Ellis, Ruth D. Wilson.
Law Enforcement Center Holds Open House
In a very impressive ceremony on Sunday, March 25, the
Craven County Law Enforcement Center was presented by John
H. Duncan, AIA, project architect, to Sidney R. French,
Chairman, Craven County Commissioners; Pete Bland, Craven
County Sheriff; and Tyler B. Harris, Craven County Manager.
The Sheriff Department’s personnel were on hand to give
guided tours of the facility. The security, administrative offices,
the cell blocks and communications equipment all blended in to
make the tour interesting and full of information to the
questioning visitors.
Only one complaint was heard as this reporter went through
the facility. A lady said, “I can’t understand why the female cells
have no windows while the male cells have windows.”
The facility seems to be adequate for the purpose and should
give the department the working conditions they have needed for
so many years.
It is hoped by Sheriff Bland that the facility will be fully
operational by April 15, and all of the move from the old jail will
be complete by that date
^'oombsNamedExecutive Director
Larry C. Toombs has been named Executive
Director for the New Bern-Craven County
“Family” YMCA. The announcement was made
by YMCA President Keith Hundley who says
Toombs’ appointment is effective Monday, April
9, 1984.
Toombs, who succeeds Nancy Hollows who has
been acting Executive Director, comes to New
Bern from Petersburg, Virginia where he has
been General Director of the Southside Virginia
YMCA for the past 4 H years.
Toombs took on the assignment of
rejuvenating a YMCA program in Petersburg
that required much needed program and
imbership development.
Toombs has presently completed a $376,000
capital fund drive to expand the Petersburg
facility. This was needed due to membership
increases from 600-700 to 2800 members.
Toombs attended the University of Richmond,
Old Dominion University, Richard Bland
College and Virginia State University. He has a
B.S. in Recreation Education and graduate
studies in sports management.
He is married to the former Kay Fish of Coats,
N.C. and has two children, Justin and Jeremy.
“We are very happy to get Larry here, Hundley
said. He has a strong background in YMCA work
and has a track record which is the envy of many
YMCA organizations. Our search committee
took a long hard look at the people available for
this kind of job before offering the position to
Larry,” Hundley concluded.
Larry C. Toombs