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(Traiir^puntg VOLUME 11 NO. is West Craven Highlights MCM[\ News From Along The Banks Of The Neuse MAY 5, 19B8 VANCEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA PHONE 244 0780 OR D'le-aiW (UPSP 412-110) 25 CENTS SIX PAGES Good pickin’* are expected at Strawberry Festival set for May 21 Farm Life 'SIImiSI FMiia tlfv ' imiWilw*' nl-AssQcii- • Id'ki;-? p,m. The 68th annual alumni banquet and dtunce spon* '« sored by the P School Alunthl tion will be held , .. May 1$ at the scHbdri^'’^^'' yancejbbro. • fhhAbjrVdll be Befyed.in^'';.,bfl^i the Farm Lifq &ph6qVi^ i^jtfetefia, folld\m:b|r ' re^oti. dehbe at ftp.«fi. 'tlii6,^0hdoi g^haslite.^'fe-A ^Thh jfeyent.w/ill W the ^—. ehwryear reunioh ftr the-1 ^l^duatihg class ,of;1938. ' Spe61ait^ugn{tioti'wlU be given to these alumni. ;.r Pepper, Thomas Named To Posts At Vanceboro Bank Former state senator Joe Tho mas of Vanceboro has been elected to the Board of Directors of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. in Vanceboro. James E. Pepper has been elected vice president of Wachovia's banking office in Vanceboro. Pepper announced Thomas' election and William C. Baggett, regional vice president of Wacho via’s eastern region announced Pepper’s election. Thomas, a native of Craven County and a 1963 graduate of North Carolina State University, has been active in numerous civic programs. Currently, he serves on the University of North West Craven’s Dizon Slams The Door Shut On Patriots In 3-2 Win By MIKE VOSS Edilor West Carteret knocked on the •doer in the seventh inning, but West Craven’s southpaw starter John Dizon slammed it shut with a strike to give the host Eagles a 3-2 Coastal Conference win over the Patriots Monday afternoon. With the tying run on third and two outs, Dizon fanned Mark Wo- jociehowski as the Eagles im proved to 8-6 overall and 3-4 in the Coastal Conference. West Craven scored twice in the fourth inning and once in the fifth for its total. The Eagles had five hits and gave up four in a game that saw several errors on each side. The Patriots took an early one- run lead when they scored in the top of the first inning. Lead-off 'hitter Darin Stafford scored with one out when Bobby Lassiter singled to left center. Lassiter, who moved to second on a ground out by designated hitter Jamie Boyd, was left stranded when Jamie Gamer was picked off at first by Dizon. Boyd singled to reach first. The Eagles got a one-out bunt single off centerfielder Kip Bryan. The baserunner stole second but Patriot pitcher Brink- ley Willis struck out Monty Brown and got David Boyd to ground out to retire the side. West Carteret filed out, grounded out and stmck out in the top of the second. Willis fan ned the first batter for the Eagles in the bottom of the second, got the second batter to pop up to the second baseman and retired the third batter and a ground ball to first. West Carteret threatened in the third when Danny Mills singled and moved to second and third following a sacrifice by Stafford and ground out by Wojociehows- ki. Dizon fanned Lassiter to re tire the side and leave Mills stranded on third. West Carteret looked ready to add to its 1-0 lead in the top ofthe fourth, but was unable to score. With one out, Jamie Gamer sing led and was forced out at second on a fielder’s choice by Willis. Willis advanced to second when a pick-off attempt by Dizon was wide. Dennis Brinson grounded out to shortstop Brown to end (See EAGLES, Page 2) Festival Brings Good Pickin’s To Vanceboro By MIKE VOSS Editor Pickin’s at the Strawberry Festival-Rescue Day on May 21 in Vanceboro should offer something for almost anyone’s taste when it comes to festivals. And, yes, there will be plenty of strawberries on hand this year. “I think we’ll have plenty of strawberries this year. We kind of ran out early last year,” said Mrs. Jimmie R. Whitford, one of the co-chairmen from the Vanceboro Junior Woman’s Club. The club and the Vanceboro Rescue Squad sponsor the annual event. The other co-chairmen, Sandra McCandless, was out of town and not available for comment. ”It is our major fundraiser. It’s one of our most important ones in the year,” said Mrs. Whitford. She said the festival is the big gest project of the club. Club and rescue squad members have been meeting together in the last months to plan the event and re cently had their last joint meet ing. The clubs meet separately again before the festival. Carolina Board of Governors and the Elizabeth City State Uni versity Development Board. He served as a state senator, repre senting the 3rd District, from 1979 to 1986. He was named Legislator of the Year in 1984 by the National Wildlife and North Carolina Wildlife federations. Thomas is vice president of Westminster Co., a division of Weyerhaeuser and has received the President’s Award from com- pany head George Weyerhaesuer. Pepper, a Salisbury native, joined Wachovia in 1969 as a part- time employee while attending East Carolina University. After West Craven’s John Dizon (tk €ort«r photo) "The whole town appears to have something to do with it,” said Mrs. Whitford. The com munity has increased its support over the life of the festival, she said. Civic groups, churches and other organizations participate in the festival in various methods, said Mrs. Whitford. “This year we will have over 30 craftsmen,” she said ofthe crafts fair. “I hope so,” she said when asked if she felt this year’s festiv al would be bigger than last year. The rescue squad is in charge of the parade and barbecuing the pork and chicken for the after noon meal. Mrs. Whitford said the addition of the 5K and lOK races early in the morning, along fSee FESTIVAL, Page 2) Pepper graduating in 1973, he became a Personal Banker and relocated in Washington. In 1975 he accepted additional responsibili ties as retail banking manager of the Ahoskie office, being elected assistant vice president in 1978. Thomas Currently, he serves as the city manager in Vanceboro, assum ing that role in 1982. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Craven (See WACHOVIA, Page 2) WildUfe Official Warns Of Setting Out Poison By MICHAEL ADAMS A game warden says some far mers in the eastern part of the state are using a dangerous means to keep marauding birds away from their crops. Sgt. William Warren ofthe N.C. Wildlife Resources Division said his office has received reports that some grain growers have been using highly poisonous pes ticides to kill birds that pull up young plants around the edges of fields. In addition to being danger ous, he said, the practice is illeg al, and the incidents are under investigation. Warren said the farmers have been soaking grain in the poisons and scattering it around the edges of fields for birds to eat. When the birds eat the corn and die, Warren said, a danger ous situation is created for pets and small children. He said a dog could eat the poisoned bird and die or a small child could be sick ened — or even killed—by hand ling a poisoned bird’s corpse. “There has already been some poisoning of birds and animals,” (See POISON, Page 2) Liberty Bell, Gettysburg Visited By Tour Group Nineteen students and three parents accompanied Doris McDuffie’s government/econo mics class from West Craven High School on a trip to historic al points of interest in Pennsylva nia and Washington, D.C. re- cenlty. In Washington, the group toured the Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial and Washingon Monument. They also viewed the cherry blossoms along the banks of the Potomac. In Philadelphia, the group toured Independence Hall, viewed the Libery Bell, toured the Independence Historical Park and City Hall. The group sat in the mayor’s personal recep tion room where such famous people as Queen Elizabeth II and Michael Jackson visited. The group then traveled to Val- (See TRIP, Page 2) Media Study Tour Turns Focus To Water Quality Of Estuary By HIKE VOSS Edilor News reporters from North Carolina, Virginia and the Dis trict of Columbia stopped in east ern North Carolina last week to continue their education on wa ter quality. The reporters were on a three- day tour that is designed to ac quaint them with the Albemarle- Pamlico Estuarine Study and with some of the concerns about the two sounds and their rivers, including the Neuse River. Last Thursday they were given information on a disease found in nmp n«h in the Pamlico River, a citizens’ water-quality monitor ing program and a report on citizen participation in environ mental regulatory programs. The Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study, APES for short, formally starts a little over a year ago with Binding of about $5 million fi'om the Environmental Protection Agency for five years. The study relies heavily on citizen participation and in cludes a 30-member panel firom the area surrounding each sound. It was unveiled last February to over 500 people at Beaufort Cniintv Cnmmiinltv College One of the suggestions of the citizen panels was a media tour. After a visit to Ocracoke and several programs on Hyde Coun ty’s mainland—on weUands, wa ter quality, management prac tices in agriculture and nursery area trawling — the group came to Washington. The reporters had been given an overview of the APES prog ram after leaving Morehead City Wednesday morning. Today’s agenda included a visit to a crab house, a tour of the Texasgulf Chemicals Co. operation near Aurora and a forestry demonstra tion hv Weyerhaeuser. One of the speakers in Washington Thursday night was Dr. Ed Noga, a research scientist firom N.C. State University. He said that since 1984 the Pamlico has experienced problems with diseas^ fish. Certain species — menhaden and flounder — seem to be affected by open sores caused by ulcerative mycosis, he said. Noga said the “series of prob lems we’re seeing here in the Pamlico” was becoming more prevalent. He said there was little conclusive evidence of what was causing the ftingal disease. Other state researrh and en vironmental officials said there were some indications of what might be causing the problems, but much of the data collected was inconclusive. They agreed that the environmental condi tions affect any change from healthy fish to diseased fish. The ulcerative mycosis “appears to have shown up out of nowhere in the 1980s,” said Noga. Jess Hawkins, who works for the state Division of Marine Fisheries, said data indicated crabs with holes in their shells were more prevalent last year be tween Durham and South creeks on the south side ofthe river near Texasgulf. But he said tests were inconclusive on any effects wa ters near Texasgulf had on the crabs. He also said officials were concerned with non-point sources of pollution such as farm runoff and municipally treated wastewater. “We don’t have any conclu sions” about water quality affect ing crabs, said Jim Mulligan, head of the Division of Environ mental Management’s Washing ton office. Hawkins said commercial (See TOUR. Page 2)
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