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VOLUME 11 NO. 10
MAY 12,1988
VANCEBORO. NORTH CAROLINA
PHONE 244 0780 OR 946-2144
(UPSP 412-110)
25 CENTS
SIX PAGES
Jobless
Figures
Decline
Craven, Jones
Join The Trend
_^aven and Jones counties
nBeh eitjoyed drops in their un
employment rates in March,
according to the state Employ
ment Security Commission.
Lenoir County's unemployment
rate was unchanged.
The commission said the in
creased employment in the area
reflects a statewide trend that
saw the number of jobless de
crease in 70 of North Caroiina's
100 counties.
Jones County experienced the
largest drop in the Neuse River
area. The number of jobless
dropped from 220 out of a work
force of 3,990 in February to 190
out of a work force of 3,970 in
March, meaning the rate of un
employment dropped from 5.5
percent to 4.8 percent.
■ ■'^fi Craven County, the unem
ployment rate dropped ftom 4.3
percent in Februrary to 4.2 per
cent in March. The number job
less was estimated at 1,290 peo
ple of a total work force of30,750.
Lenoir County’s unemploy-
mmt remained at 5.3 percent in
March, the same as reported in
February. The jobless figure
dropped to 1,520 out of a work
force of 28,690.
Hyde County remained one of
four counties in the state — Gra
ham, Swain and Tyrrell counties
being the others — with unem
ployment rates over 10 percent
Graham County had the high
est unemployment rate in the
state in March at 19.9 percent.
Randolph County, with a 2.2 per
cent jobless rate, had the highest
percentage of its work force em
ployed in March.
Employers,
Employees
Recognized
Banquet Rewards Participants
In Marketing Education Program
Nest Egg No Longer
This brown pelican chick nests with one of its
parents. Brown pelicans can be found in the area
and as far north as Maryland’s Assateague State
Park. The pelicans are a fairly common sight
along the lower reaches of the Neuse and Trent
rivers and around the Pamlico Sound. Pelicans
are often thought of as great fishermen, scooping
up fish with their “bagged” lower beaks. (Keith
Harvey photo)
By MIKE VOSS
Editor
NEW BERN — Several area
employers and some of their em
ployees took the night off last
Wednesday to attend the annual
Employer-Employee Banquet.
One of the employers, Tom
Pike of Chic-Fil-A at TVin Rivers
mall, presented one of his em
ployees, Misty Von Ipock, a
$1,000 scholarship at the ban
quet. The banquet was the
twelfth sponsored by the Market
ing Education Department and
Distributive Education Clubs of
American chapter at West
Craven High School.
Over 130 people attended the
banquet which honors em
ployers and employees in the
marketing education program at
the high school.
Marketing education students
received over 30,000 hours of on
the job training and earned over
$100,000 this school year.
Miss Ipock, DECA president,
welcomed the employers and
student-employees. She recog
nized the DECA chapter's offic
ers as “the spark of DECA.” In
her opening remarks she told the
audience, “You’ve got to think
high to rise high.” She said a
positive attitude was needed to
be successful. “A man who wins
is the man who thinks he can,”
she said.
Other officers introduced were
Shelly Rollins, vice president;
Kimberly Norman, secretary:
Tiffany Winslow, treasurer;
Leigh Ann Shackleford, parlia
mentarian, historian and re
porter; Gwen Daugherty, photo
grapher and Leigh GiUikin, Miss
. DECA.
Lena Martin lead the recitation
of the DECA Creed and Miss Rol
lins welcomed the employers.
Each of the On The Job 'IVainlng
students introduced their em
ployers and guests.
Marketing Education Coordi
nator Richard Cannon Jr.
awarded certificates of apprecia
tion to people who did volunteer
work in the classroom. Receiving
the certificates were Linda
Ipock, Miss Ipock's mother; Ter
ry Beaman, Thomas Moore, the
West Craven High School gui
dance department, Robin Ben
nett, Susan Scott, Catherine
Rivenbark and Dottie Burt.
Cannon said that the guidance
department sent him one of the
best academically-gifted group
of students in his tenure in
education. He has been teaching
for over 20 years. He said the stu
dents “not only have to work but
have kept their grades up and
(See DECA, Page 2)
WCHS Instructor Receives Honor
The New Bern Area Chamber
of Commerce in conjunction
with the New Bern-Craven
County Board of Education spot
lights “Educators of the Month”
for April, 1988. Margaret Pritch
ett, special education teacher at
West Craven High School: Susan
Glover, first grade teacher at
Brinson Memorial Elementary
School; and Amy Salter, third
grade teacher at Roger Bell
Elementary School are the hon-
orees.
Margaret Pritchett graduated
firom East Carolina University
with a B.S. in Special Education.
She has taught at West Craven
High School for the past ten
years and presently serves as the
chairperson for the Exceptional
Criuoren's Department and the
School Base Committee. Pritch
ett’s primary goal as a teacher is
to help students who have a his-
toiy of failure to see themselves
as persons of worth and encour
age them to become contributing
members of society. Her ex
pectations of her students are
high and their opportunities for
success are great. She empha
sizes communication skills
Tg Permit
Concept
Praised
A proposed discharge permit
for Texasgulf Chemicals Co. met
with a mixture of praise and cri
ticism at a public hearing Mon
day night
About 300 people attended the
hearing held by the state Divi
sion of Environmental Manage
ment at Beaufort County Com
munity College, where 23 people
— some representing various
state and local organizations or
businesses — commented on the
proposed permit
Most speakers praised the cen
tral concept of the new permit a
water recycling process creating
a drastic i^uction in the,amount
of phosphates and fluoride dis
charged into the Pamlico River
by the company’s Aurora opera
tion. But most suggested mod
ifications to the system.
Some speakers, among them
commercial fisherman, said the
river was dying and the proposed
permit would not do enough to
save it
ffieePFAnmn Pave 9t
through personal journals.
According to Pritchett, “Ail stu
dents require acceptance, affec
tion, and patience, but students
with special needs require an
abundance of these qualities.”
The rapport and closeness estab
lished in Pritchett's classroom
does not stop at year end. Rela
tionships extend even beyond
graduation.
Pritchett is a member of Alpha
Delta Kappa International Hon
orary Sorority for Educators,
NEA, NCAE, and the Twin Riv
ers Council of the International
Reading Association. She is mar
ried to Daniel Pritchett and they
have one son, Zachary. She is a
member of the First Presbyte
rian Church in New Bern and en
joys singing, needlework and
cooking.
Susan Glover is a graduate of
East Carolina University with a
B.S. in Early Childhood, a M.A.
in Elementary Education, and
has completed some require
ments in the sixth year program
in supervision and administra
tion. She has taught first grade at
Brinson for thirteen years and is
presently chairperson of the
School Base Committee. Glover
believes the key to maintaining a
well-run classroom is organiza
tion. "Being well prepared, main
taining a sense of humor, and
focusing on class room control at
all times is necessary,” according
to Glover. She is a firm believer
that each child has his/her own
special talents and strengths and
must be ready socially and emo
tionally before any real learning
can take place. She believes that
a teacher must provide an atmos
phere conducive to learning and
at the same time, must teach the
right objective at the appropriate
stage of development.
Glover has b^n very active on
the school level with committees
and has served as grade chairper
son several times. She has helped
give workshops for teacher assis
tants and has also served as a pre
senter for teacher In-service
training. She is a member of the
Twin Rivers Council of the Inter
national Reading Association.
Susan is married to Bill Glover
and they have one son. Will. Her
interests include reading, yard
work, tennis, and playing basket
ball.
Margaret Pritchett
Amy Salter attended Craven
Community College and re
ceived her degree in Early Child
hood Education with an English
Literature minor firom the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Wilmington. Mrs. Salter strives
to show the relationship of clas
sroom activities to real life ex
Amy Salter
periences in her day to day
teachings. She is presently
teaching a unit on space and each
child has assumed the role of an
aerospace engineer, using his/
her knowledge to design and cre
ate a spacecraft out of paper
mache. She is a strong supporter
of “hands-on” experiences and
Susan Glover
encourages students to view
education as an adventure. Mrs.
Salter’s students feel loved, re
spected and supported due to her
dedication to them and to the
profession of teaching.
Salter is a member of NCAE,
(See CHAMBER, Page 2)
Community Center
Faeelift Continues
Through Volunteers
Employer-Employee Banquet
NEW BERN — West Craven High School
Marketing Education Coordinator Richard Can
non Jr. is assisted by two marketing education
students in handing out awards at the 12th annual
Employer-Employee Banquet held last week at
the Western Steer steakhouse in New Bern. The
banquet is sponsored by the marketing education
program and the school chapter of the Distribu-
liwp FHiipnlinn PInhs of Amorira /DFCAV The
banquet honored employers and employees for
their achievements during the school year. DECA
President Misty Von Ipock was awarded a $1,000
scholarship by her employer, Chic-Fil-A of Twin
Rivers Mall. Students worked over 30,000 hours
and earned over $100,000 this school year, said
Cannon. For a pictorial look at the banquet, turn
to page 4.
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By TERRI JAMIESON
Stall Writer
Vanceboro residents are tak
ing note of the changes con
tinuing at the Vanceboro Com
munity Center and about 15
volunteers are the force behind
the efforts to renovate the center.
An influx of money ffom a leg
islative discretionary fiind came
about at the end of the 1987 ses
sion of the Legislature. The cen
ter has been topped with a new
roof, given a facelift of paneling
on the inside, been insulated and
new tiles put in.
Arlene Coward, president of
the Vanceboro Community Cen
ter Organization, said, “Every
thing is going quite well.” She
listed several improvements that
had been made to the building —
such as casing windows and the
installation of a new front door.
“It’s beginning to look real
good,” she said.
Mrs. Coward said she hoped a
new kitchen could be added and
thni the nIH Wilphnn WAnirl Ka
used for storage. She noted that
the restrooms can now accomo
date wheelchairs.
Other future plans include
painting the exterior of the build
ing. The painting began at 2 p.m.
Tuesday. Installation of storm
windows is also planned. A
privacy fence has been added
and Roger Forrest will landscape
the grounds.
“The merchants have been
especially good to us. Most of
them have done something to
help. There is on who I really
must mention... Mr. Gus Kite.
He’s done everything in his pow
er he could do to help us,” said
Mrs. Coward.
As far as the volunteers go, said
Mrs. Coward, their work has
been "real good.” She said that
Mr. Moore and Mr. Bryan, chair
man of the center’s board of trus
tees, “have been excellent volun
teers.” Bryan said, “If we can get
enough help we plan to be
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