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VOLUME 11 NO. 34
AUGUST 25. 1988
VANCEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
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Weyerhaeuser Cited For Explosion
A fine of $560 has been levied
and a citation issued against
Weyerhaeuser Co. by the N.C.
yDef^artment of Labor (DOL) for a
safety violation at the company’s
New Bern pulp mill that killed
one employee and seriously in
jured three others.
The company’s investigation
into the accident is continuing,
said company spokesman Keith
Hundley. Hundley, who issued a
statement last Friday about the
May 17 Accident Killed One; Company Hit With $560 Fine
fine and citation, declined in an
interview with the West Craven
Highlights on Tuesday to discuss
some details of the accident or
citation beyond what he said last
week. He said he did not have the
expertise to answer some of the
questions.
He said the company would do
its best to see that similar acci
dents did not occur again.
The New Bern pulp mill has
been cited for three safety viola
tions in the past three years, one
considered serious enough to
warrant a $300 fine. That viola
tion occurred in 1987, said Russ
Edmonston, a DOL spokesman.
The company was cited for not
placing a guard over fan blades
on a fan in the mill.
The DOL will conduct an in
spection of the New Bern pulp
mill to make sure the company is
complying with the order, but
DOL officials would not say
when that inspection would be
made.
A report by the DOL contends
thecompany failed to adequately
inspect equipment for damage
and that proper maintenance
was not carried out on the equip
ment, a tower holding “stock” —
a mixture of wood fiber, water
and chemicals.
The company, according to the
DOL report on the accident, was
cited for not providing “each of
his (its) employees conditions of
employment and a place of em
ployment which were f1^ from
recognized hazards that were
causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to em
ployees in that employees were
exposed to: (a) mill, bleach plant
— hypochlorite tower No. 3 was
not adequately inspected for
structural defects and was not
maintained in a safe and service-
(See FINE, Page 2)
Tarheel Preacher
‘Unretires,’ Takes
To Pulpit In England
Editor’s note: After 40 years as
a minister in the N.C. Methodist
Conference, BUI Wells retired in
June. But he will ‘’unretire” in
September and serve for three
years in England. A Wilson na-
(ive, he married f/ie/ormerD/xie
Poe Huske of Fayetteville. Their
daughter, Dixie T., is a sopho-
moreat Duke University. Among
other places, BUI has served as a
minister in Martin, Montgomery,
Northampton, Richmond and
Scotland counties. Laurinburgis
their infended home in retire
ment. Wells plans to send reports
fiom England to this newspaper
every two weeks. During a sab
batical leave in 1982-83, Wells
served as a corresponde/if for the
Wesf Craven Highlights in Eng
land.
By BILL WELLS
I don’t ever plan to retire! I may
as well get paid for doing what I
want to do anyway! It had not
been six weeks since 1 had said
that to our congregations in
Richmond County when Dixie
said, “Let’s retire here and go to
England and you serve as a
minister there for three years.”
“Ok. Let’s go,” I said.
’Thus began our plans and an
xious wait. -Would we get an in
vitation? We had served in Eng
land while I was on sabbatical
leave in 1982-83 and knew the
British Methodist Church is still
short of ministers, that their pay
(although equaliz^) is less than
our minimum in North Carolina,
there would be no secretary and
we would be expected to supply
a car. The Methodist manse
would be for us, and a friendly
circuit may even supply furni
ture.
Finally, their invitations went
out to British ministers 15
months before they would move;
then, to others who might be
available. (I’m “others.”) A tele
phone call from the chairman of
the Darlington District in Octo
ber, 1987; “Have you accepted an
invitation for September, 1988,
yet?”
“No.” (But we would like to
have one.)
In a few days the phone rang
- again-and a deep voice said,
“This is Jim White in Redcar, En
gland. I am senior circuit steward
of the Redcar, Saltburn and
Guisborough Circuit. We have
heard about you and talked with
some who know you. If we invite
you, will you accept?”
That is how it came about that
Dixie and I interrupted our hap
py pastorate in Richmond Coun
ty and shall be living in the
Methodist Manse, 32 The Chine,
Saltbum-by-the-Sea, TS12 IQL,
England, for three years, begin-
(See WELLS, Page 2)
Still Wet Behind The Ears
Monica, Ike and Jason Jennette bid farewell to their summer
on the river last week. One more chance to ski and swim and do
headstands in the river before returning to Texas. They know the
solution to the heat is not to stray far from the water. As their
lower parts get most of the soak time, the kids decided to give
their top halves a good drenching. (Photo by Ric Carter)
Restrictions On Duck Season Imposed
RALEIGH — North Carolina
waterfowl hunters will see a 10-
day cut in the duck season, a 30-
minute cut in hunting time, and a
one-duck cut in their daily bag
limit this fall.
The restrictions, forced by se
vere drought, are necessary to
protect the brood stock of many
waterfowl species so populations
can rebound next breeding sea
son if conditions are favorable
for reproductive success.
“We call on our waterfowl hun
ters to respond positively to
these stringent reductions in sea
sons and bag limits and to realize
that strict compliance with these
measures is necessary to ensure
that the future of waterfowl hunt
ing is secure,” said Charles R.
Fullwood, executive director of
the N.C. Wildlife Resources
Commission. “The unusually
poor conditions for waterfowl
this year require unusually strict
measures. We will be giving our
fUU effort to enforcing these rules
during the season.”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice has issued its guidelines for
states in the Atlantic Flyway
allowing a 30-day duck season
and a three-duck daily bag limit.
Last year. North Carolina had a
40-day duck season and a four-
duck daily bag limit. Because of
severe drought conditions in the
northern United States and cen
tral Canadian prairies where
ducks breed, seasons and bag
limits were cut severely in all fly-
ways.
The Service also has cut the
half-an-hour before sunrise from
the daily hunting time. This year,
hunters may hunt waterfowl
only from sunrise to sunset.
Violations of any waterfowl reg
ulations including the sunset-to-
sunrise provision will mean an
automatic revocation of the per
son’s hunting license in addition
to other fines and penalties pro
vided by the courts.
The federal framework res
tricts the number of certain spe
cies of ducks that may be taken
in the daily limit of three. Only
one may be a black duck, hooded
merganser or hen mallard; no
more than two may be wood
ducks; and special restrictions
limit hunters to one pintail of
either sex during the first seven
days, no pintails during the mid
season and two male pintails dur
ing the last seven days.
Waterfowl hunters will be re
quired to buy a $5 state water-
fowl license for the first time in
North Carolina in addition to the
federal stamp. Lifetime sports
man license holders do not have
to buy the state license.
The Canada goose season will
be cut to 11 days, which is five
days less than last year, and will
be closed west of Interstate 95.
The Canada goose season bag
limit will remain at one per day.
The snow goose, brant, swan and
sea duck Reasons will retain the
same number of days but the
opening and closing dates may
shift slightly. Bag limits for these
(See DUCKS, Page 2)
Beneficiaries
Targeted By
Social Security
Social Security beneficiaries
who are working received a
notice this month urging them to
report their earnings to Social
Security to avoid overpayment
problems.
Disabled beneficiaries who fail
to report their return to work are
generally discovered during So
cial Security's annual earnings
enforcement process, officials
said. But by that time, a benellci-
ary may have received months of
benefits which must be repaid.
The mailing includes a copy of
the leaflet, “Benefits for Dis
abled People Who Return to
Work.” The leaflet describes how
benefits may continue during
nine months of trial work. Be
nefits may be paid during a 36-
month extended entitlement
period following the trial work
for any month the beneficiary
does not earn above $306 ($700 if
blind). In addition. Medicare
coverage for disabled benefi
ciaries who work may continue
for up to 39 months teyond the
(See SSA, Page 5)
Preparation Is Key,
Say Area Coaches
Looking For Daylight
West Craven's Tony Gatlin, a junior running
back, scampers downfield last Friday in a scrim
mage against New Bern. The two schools were
taking part in the New Bern Sun-Journal's Jam
boree. West Craven's Eagles begin their football
season at 8 p.m. Friday with an away game at
North Pitt. Coach Clay Jordan has had his charges
preparing since Aug. 1. The Eagles have plenty of
size on the line and appear to have some speed in
the backfield. West Craven finished with a 7-4-1
record last season. See special sections for a com
plete football outlook. (Jim Green photo)
By JIM GREEN
Sport. Writer
NEW BERN — Preparation.
That the key word used by
West Craven head football coach
Clay Jordan and Williamston
head coach Harold Robinson fol
lowing the Sun-Journal Jam
boree Friday night at New Bern
High School.
'Die two schools were part of an
unusual seven-team scrimmage
as part of their final tuneups for
the 1988 high school season that
begins Aug. 26.
In addition. Class 1-A Jones
Senior, Class 2-A Pamlico Coun
ty, Class 3-A Havelock and Class
4-A New Bern and Goldsboro
participated in the event that
lasted just over three hours.
The scrimmage gave Jordan
and Robinson and the other five
coaches a chance to play all of
their players. The main goal, Jor
dan and Robinson said, was to
iron out the rough spots and
hopefully find a offensive and a
defensive combination that'll
work not only Aug. 26, but the
remainder of this season.
Four teams were on the field at
the same time, two on offense
and two on offense. The offen
sive teams started from the de
fensive team's 40-yard line and
had ten plays in which to score. If
successful, it would return to the
40-yard line and start again. The
process also applied to intercep
tions and fumble recoveries.
After the offensive teams each
ran ten plays, four different
teams would trot out and resume
the process. Coaches were
allowed on the field with the
players and officials during play.
No time or score was kept.
There was no punting, field goals
or extra points. In other woids, it
was See If You Can Score-type
football.
Robinson liked the idea of the
round-robin scrimmage.
“It gives the offenses a chance
to see all different types of de
fenses and vice versa,” he said.
“The fellowship was what I liked
about it—everyone helping each
other.”
(See JAMBOREE, Page S)