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Craiicnj$Count|) West Craven Highlights Newi From Along The Banks Of The Neuse SagSMK*^ VOLUME 11 NO. 22 JUNE 2, 1988 VANCEBORO. NORTH CAROLINA PHONE 244 0780 OR 946-2144 (UPSP 412-110) 25 CENTS SIX PAGES What Was That Noise? Rabbits may have to learn to be even more alert these days. Small game animals have been on the decline in North Carolina. Naturalists say the chief cause is change in habitat management. The trend toward clearing vast areas for farmland has done away with windrows, brush piles and other forms of cover important to smalt animals like quail and rabbits. If there’s no place to hide and raise families, the animals disappear. (Ric Carter photo) Investigation Of Accident Not Finished Safety Of Employees Paramount, Says Weyerhaeuser Spokesman By HIKE VOSS Editor A Weyerhaeuser ofTicial said Wednesday that the investiga tion into an accident at the com pany's New Bern pulp mill that killed one and injured eight others is still continuing. “No, it hasn't. It’s still proceed ing,” said Weyerhaeuser spokes man Carl Tyer in a telephone in terview. He said the company might know by Friday when the investigation into the cause of the accident might be com pleted. A little over two weeks ago a tank containing a bleach-like substance and wood fiber erupted, spewing its contents on employees working on a nearby pump. One man died fVom com plications from suffocation. Two other employees, Clarence Field and George Buick, were still in Craven Regional Medical Center this week, said Tyer. The other six employees were treated and released the day of the accident or the day after it. Tyer said the company is tak ing its time with the investiga tion and that the state’s Depart ment of Labor is still inve.stigat- ing the accident. Two depart ment representatives were at the accident site within hours of the accident. “No, not that I’m aware of at this time,” said Tyer when asked if the investigation thus far has suggested a cause behind the accident. He said the company was keep ing its investigation broad in scope so it will not overlook any evidence or information. Be cause the investigation is so broad, it will take more time “so you don’t miss anything,” said Tyer. The plant has not resumed op erations and will not until the safety of employees can be guaranteed, said Tyer. There have been no layoffs as a result of the inactivity, he said. “I don’t think we could have asked for anything better,” he said about the response from emergency personnel. “The re sponse of the community was almost overwhelming,” he added. "We are taking a close look with what happened and won’t start back up until we know what happened. 'The safety of our em ployees is paramount,” said Tyer. (See ACCIDENT, Page 2) Kamburis Hooked On Bass Fishings B,A.S,S Kathy Kamburis B.A.SsS Omeial Helateci stories, pages 2 and 6 Hv MIKF VOSS F.ilHor In a sport dominated by sun- browned, leathery-skinned men, Kathy Kamburis could easily stand out just because she is a woman. But Ms. Kamburis stands out because of she is hooked on bass fishing. As promotion director for the Bass Anglers Sportsman Socie ty, Ms. Kamburis travels the country keeping up with bass tournaments, special programs and trying to remember what town is next on the itinerary. She and several other B.A.S.S. per sonnel left South Dakota early Saturday morning, drove to St. Louis, flew to Charlotte and then to Greenville, arriving in Washington Sunday. One nuyor function of her job is to gel bass fishing before the public. She said her job is "get ting fishermen to the media and media to fishermen.” She also serves as publisher of B.A.S.S. TIMES, a 24-page magazine, when not writing press releases, working with tournament spon sors and taking photographs. Then she finds the time to write a column for another bass maga zine. But why would a woman want to promote what is mostly a man’s sport? She answered. "This position has always been filled by a woman at B.A.S.S." Maybe federation officials have found women have more energy, something her job apparently re quires in abundance. "This is the perfect job for me,” said Ms. Kamburis. If she likes lots of travel, weeks away from home, living out of a suitcase and working from be fore dawn to after sunset, then maybe the job is just right for her. Women can’t compete beyond the state tournament level in the federation. How does she feel ab out that? "That doesn’t bother me. I’ve never been big on the women’s liberation thing,” she said. Women anglers also have other organizations that sponsor regional and national tourna ments. One part of the job that appeals to her is getting the chance to "meet lots of people I have talked to on the phone but have never met in person.” It’s those amateur fishermen she talks to and meets that impress her the most. "To leave their job for a week, this is dedication,” she said of the tournament participants. Many take their vacations so they can fish the tournaments, she added. "It’s for the love of bass fishing” that the fishermen give up vaca tion time to fish. Many fishermen make the tournaments a family affair, bringing wives and chil dren along. Actually, said Ms. Kamburis, the travel isn’t so bad. “We’ve turned into a little family,” she said. Checking, double checking and triple checking prepara tions, calling the home office in Montgomery, Ala., and handling problems that always seem to arise. Mental exhaustion is more prevalent than physical exhaus tion. A typical tournament day be gins at 4 a.m. for Ms. Kamburis and other tournament officials. By 5 a.m. they are on the water checking equipment mandated by B.A.S.S tournament rules. If the equipment isn’t on the boat, the boat doesn’t go out. “For B.A.S.S., safety is the number one priority,” she said. Setting a computer to keep tabs on tournament results, going out with the media in the photo boat and running the weigh-in station take up the rest of the day. Then at night there are banquets and other functions to prepare for and attend. If she is lucky, she can go to bed about 11 p.m. “I didn’t know a lot about fishing when I first started,” she said. 'The first time she tried bass fishing was in Florida and she said she wound up with more line wrapped around her than on the reel. “1 pulled in probably a whole lake of grass and no bass at all. That was fun,” she said of her first attempt. Afterwards, she said she understood why it is "important to promote and preserve the sport of bass fishing.” Ms. Kamburis’ first bass was "a little over a pound.” But she said it was not the size but the “thrill of catching it” that excited her. (See KAMBURIS, Page 5) Freshman Makes Trip To Track Championship By MIKE VOSS Editor RALEIGH —* Qualifying for the state high school cham pionship track meet is a tough hurdle for any athlete to clear. But to qualify for the meet as a fieshman — as in ninth grade — is almost like finding a diamond in the rough. i«West Craven High School’s Lee Becton is one of those gems. *]^e freshman competed in the triple jump event in the Class 3-A state championship meet Friday. He finished eighth but said the spongy tartan track at the North Carolina State University track and field complex gave him problems. Becton executed a best jump of 43 feet, 2V2 inches. His personal best this year, his first year in track, was 45-10. The winning jump at the state meet Friday was the 45-6V4 effort of Graham’s Chris Stone. One of Beclon’s belter jumps did not count as he fouled on his take off. Becton said his coaches talked him into triple jumping this year and he decided to do it because “it is something different.” Although his school’s lone rep resentative at the meet, he said, “I wish my other teammates could have been here with me.” Becton said he could have per formed better if they had been with him. Becton had trouble getting his jumping form and the softer tar tan track to come together. "I can get as good a spring as on some- (See BECTON. Page 2) A, ■■X ■'■ ■ •' I ' •/ f-'M u-■/ V ' ' V Giunmow, Maness Win Festival Racing Events Jim Gummow won the lOK race at the Strawberry Festival- Reicue Day held May 21 in Van- ceboro and Kirk Maness won the 5K event. Gummow posted a winning time of 36:37 and Man ess crossed the ftnish line first in the 5K with a time of 16:41. The two road races were ran through Vanceboro and were sponsored by the Vanceboro Junior Woman’s Club. Both races features six divi sions, with first-, second- and third-place finishers in each age division given an award. The top women racers in each race and division were also recognized with awards. In the lOK race, Sean Unwin took first place in the 15 and under age group. James Tarplcy took first place in the 16 19 age group. Peter West and Van Wyster rinished first and second respectively in the 20-29 age group. Joy Forbes was first in the age group's women’s divi- (Sce HACK. Page 5) -jHt- 5 i.,'Vr. >1?^ n''' ' / ‘X 'l ■’v . ■ ■ ' t/' * Baby Takes A Peek At The World Below The red-tailed is our most common hawk in eastern North Caroli na. We often see them soaring high above farm land with eyes peering down for scurring rats or mice that would make a meal. It’s not often, though, that we get lucky enough to spot one of their nests. Hidden high in the top of a pine, this young hawk peers down at the world he will hunt in a few short weeks. (Photo by Ric Carter)
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