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drautniCaunlg West Craven Highlights VOLUME II NO. 10 MARCH 3,1088 VANCEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA PHONE 244 0780 OR 946-2U4 (UPSP 412-110) 25 CENTS SIX PAGES Leaf Growers Visit Brazil, Remember Family Farms Farmer and businessman Lawrence Davenport of Green ville has a new appreciation for his miilor competitor for world markets following a two-week tour of Brazilian farms and agri cultural Industries. _JJThe Brazilian farmers are up- to-date in some areas and behind in others," said Davenport, "but the potential is there. The climate for agricultural production and the quality and quantity of soil are unbelievable," he added. Davenport operates a tobacco, grain, soybean and peanut farm and has a fertilizer dealership. He and 26 other farmers and agribusiness leaders from five flue-cured tobacco producing states visited tobacco and soy bean farms, as well as processing and manufacturing plants, in the three states in southern Brazil that account for 40 percent of that nation’s agriculture and nearly all of its cigarette tobacco. The South American tour is part of the training the 25 U.S. men and two women received as participants in a two-year Philip Morris Agricultural Leadership Development program con ducted by the Agricultural Ex tension &rvice at North Caroli na State University. The U.S. group, which visited Brazil in January, met top indus try executives, operators of large soybean and grain farms, and family members operating small, subsistence farms. The North Americans were greeted warmly. Brazil, which has risen rapidly in recent years to compete for world markets head-to-head with the U.S., is the second largest exporter of total farm goods and the second largest ex porter of tobacco and soybeans. Davenport and the other travelers from the Carolinas, Vir ginia, Georgia and Florida agreed that the intensity of the competition isn’t likely to sub side. “We definitely operate in a global economy,” said Daven port. "Quality is the name of the game with tobacco, and that is the advantage we have,” Daven port said. ’The visitors saw cured leaf in the packhouse and green tobac co in the field on the Brazilian farms. These farms average less than SO acres, usually with four to five acres of flue-cured or burley tobacco, or a combination of the two types. The tobacco is grown with (See LEAF, Page 5) Eagle Boys Down Pack To Advance Lawrence Davenport helps a Brazilian family on barning day By JIM GREEN Sporli Writer VANCEBORO — The West Craven boys’ basketball team and the girls’ teams from West Carteret and West Craven adv anced to the second round of the Class 3-A Coastal Conference Tournament by posting victories Monday night at West Craven. Steve Harris, who burned Washington with 21 points the last time the two teams met ab out a week ago, responded with 24 points — 12 on three pointers — as the Eagle boys eliminated the Pam Pack 6S-M. Meanwhile, the West Carteret girls, led by Wendi Nelson’s 19 points and Kim Nelson’s 13, eased past North Lenoir 54-39 in the first game. 'The l,ady Patriots,' which improved to 14-7 overall, face top-seeded Havelock, 21-2, in the first girls’ semifinal Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The West Craven girls also got a 24-point performance — by 2 Finalists For Awards zFrom Area Two West Craven High School students and six other Craven County students will participate in the regional finals for the North Carolina Teaching Fel lows Scholarship Awards. Deanna Hawkins and Sharon Respess will represent West Craven at the regional finals. Ms. Hawkins plans to attend East Carolina University and major in elementary education. Ms. Re spess plans to attend ECU and major in math. ’^e scholarship program was established by the North Caroli na General Assembly and is de signed to fliUy subsidize the col- lege costs of up to 500 talented fWgn school graduates each year who agree to pursue a career in teaching. Teaching Fellows award winners will receive $5,000 per year for each year of their four years in college. Appli- Chundra Croell — to pull away from D.H. Conley late in the first quarter and roll to a 65-28 win. West Craven, 16-8 overall, faces the winner of tonight’s first round girls’ game between No. 2 seed Washington and No. 7 seed East Carteret in the Thursday girls’ semifinal at 6:30 p.m. Tire Washington boys and the North Lenoir girls (9-13) will con tinue their seasons as the No. 5 seeds in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Sectional playoffs as the top five regular-season finishers con tinue — unless a lower seeded team were to capture the tourna ment championship. The D.H. Conley girls, however, finished sixth in the conference standings and completed the season with a 8-16 worksheet. It's Harris Again Steve Harris, who buried Washington with the three-point (See EAGLES, Page 4) Washington’s Bob Rhodes looks to pass as West Craven’s Delton Harris (33) and William Brown apply pressure during first round Coastal Tournament action Monday night. Tourney Requires Planning By MIKE VOSS Editor VANCEBORO — While fans watch dunks, three-point shots and zone presses at the Coastal Conference Tournament at West Craven High School this week, Don Hughes is busy watching gate receipts, carrying hot pizza to the hospitality room and find ing a second or two to sit down and watch the games. Hughes, athletic director at West Craven, also has to provide announcers, timekeepers, and the official scorer. Details are im portant. Important to the play ers, the fans, the coaches and the schools. It is Hughes'job to make sure things run smoothly. The tournament eventually translates into money for the schools in the conference. Hughes said the tournament, ro tated between West Craven and Havelock high schools, clears ab out $3,000. Each school receives ‘$250 of the money to pay for dues. The plaques, trophies and othe awards are paid for by the tournament receipts. Even the (See TOURNEY, Page 5) Regional iinalsta from left, top row^ Ms. Lane, Ms. Re spess, Ms. Horne; bottom row, Ms. Hawkins, Peryca, Ms. Coulson and Ms. Bell cants chosen for the awards will have to exhibit several character istics that are inherent to effec tive teaching: sensitivity to peo ple, strength of character, an abil ity to motivate others, creativity and a dedication to learning. There were 617 regional finalists chosen from a pool of2,230 appli cants. Havelock High School finalists are: Melissa Bell, who plans to attend ECU and mtgor in music; Meli Coulson, who plans to attend Elon College and m^or in biology and Deidre Home, who (See FINALISTS, Page 5) Precinct Meeting T onight The Vanceboro Demo cratic Precinct will meet at 8 p.m. today at the Vance boro Town Hall to elect de legates to the Craven Coun ty Democratic Convention. Scott Thomas, precinct chairman, said, “This meeting is to give Demo crats an opportunity to par ticipate in the decisions of their party ... The party is the party of the people...” The precinct will also makes plans for the 1988 election. Thomas invites all Democrats to attend and take part in the party’s campaign process. Thomas Endorses Jordan Candidacy RALEIGH — East Carolina University Student Body Presi dent Scott Thomas is one of 14 student body presidents in the University of North Carolina sys tem that endorsed Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan for governor. “I am so glad to have this group supporting me because these people are the future of our state. It’s great to have more young people, more young ideas and more young energy in my cam paign for governor,” said Jordan. *T want to make it clear that our support for Bob Jordan is based on more than just our own in terests. One of the most impor tant reasons we support him is that we believe he is the candi date best prepared to address the challenges that face our future in North Carolina,” said Thomas, son of former state senator and Mrs. Joe Thomas of Vanceboro. "Bob Jordan is not just a big talker. He is a listener and he is a problem solver. He does more than make speeches and try to get on tv all the time. He rolls up his sleeves, gets to work on a problem and brings people together to solve it. This is the kind of leader our generation is looking for,” said Thomas. "We are impressed by his busi ness background. We are im pressed by a man who has been able to build a lumber company the way he has. He knows some thing about creating jobs and helping businesses grow be cause he has done it. We think his proposals for North Carolina's economic growth are the kind of ideas our state needs. He is will ing to call for bold changes, such as abolishing the Department of Commerce and creating a new type of public-private part nership to guide economic growth. We agree with him that (See THOMAS, Page 2) Duke Professors Say Incidents PuU Plug On ‘Televangelism’ By DEBBIE SEUNSKY Duke New, Service DURHAM—The latest blow to U.S. religious broadcasters — television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart’s admission to epi sodes with a prostitute — con tinues to chip away at already limping credibility of television ministries, according to three Duke Divinity School profes sors. “We’re starting to see a trend in which almost all of the big ’TV evangelists are either tarnished or out Bakker and Swaggart are out — at least for now. Even though Falwell’s backed off, he was tarnished by association. And Robertson is denying any association at all with television evangelists,":Baid Dr. George Marsden. He said he sees evangelist Billy Graham, known early in his career for his television crusades, as having escaped any negative association. Marsden believes that the emerging trend has generated a “great skepticism” — a crisis of confidence that will continue to hurt financially all television evangelists. On the other hand, he said he sees a tendency in a certain con stituency committed to Swag gart’s television ministry to be more tolerant of the erring pastor than they might be of others. “Among television evangelists there seems to be a certain amount of posturing that is char acteristic of the job. It's a little like professional wrestling in that respect.. What bothers me is that this phoniness doesn’t seem to matter to a lot of people. “It seems to me that certain groups don’t judge people like Swaggart by the same standards as they do others. They’re quick er to forgive him than someone they don’t like. . . Ironically, someone like Gary Hart will probably be permanently dis abled.” Dr. Paul Mickey agrees that there are people who will remain loyal to Swaggart. He also be lieves Swaggart will "get off easier” with Assemblies of God leaders than Jim Bakker did last year after Bakker’s affair with former church secretary Jessica Hahn became known. “I think Swaggart is shrewd. He handled this thing well, both politically and theologically. And while I think the national Assemblies of God will have to be tougher on him than the local church is recommending, I think he will get off easier than Bakker did for two reasons. “One, because he went directly to the church governing body, openly confessed and asked for giveness on television. We don’t have any way of knowing for sure that he was sincere, I guess, but I admire the fact that he had enough strength and ego to make that kind of confession in ft-ont of his organization. “The second reason I think he will get off easy is the fatigue fac tor. That group of people (the Assemblies of God governing body) can’t emotionally go through another thing like they did with Bakker.” But if it seems that Swaggart could emerge ftom the scandal with relatively few unpleasant consequences, Mickey said, he thinks there's a deeper message behind a story that began last year when Swaggart loudly criti cized Bakker for his moral col lapse. “There’s a remarkable correla tion between evangelists who use negative things about other churches, leaders and denomina tions in their ministries and this kind of tragedy. “If you can’t preach the gospel without preaching negative things, then you’re laying the groundwork for your own des truction.” Mickey, who said last year’s events involving television evangelists have depressed him greatly, said he has another con cern. “There are those of us who are depressed, embarrassed and up set by all this, but we have other things in place in our lives. “What scares me is that Swag gart and Bakker were able to hold and bridle a certain segment of the population. What’s going to happen to those people now that the leader who held their world together has fallen? My fear is that some cultist - purist - fundamentalist figure — not un like Hitler, who promised abso lute religious and moral purity to those disappointed by the Kaiser — may emerge and claim that he's the true successor to Bak ker, Swaggart and Roberts, and that out of desperation, the dis illusioned will follow him like lemmings to the sea." Dr. James M. Efird said he be lieves the “fallout" from this inci dent and others like it in the past (See DUKE, Page 5)
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