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: determined by the number of
people in it. The courts will sanc
tion minor variations, based on
county lines, but these usually
have to be 10 per cent or under. ,
Thus, each congressman across ,
the country is supposed to -
represent approximately the sqjrief
number of people, no matter how
sparse or how well populated the
area. And each state senator is;
supposed to represent ap
proximaely the same number of
people, as is each state
representative.
These figures are derived b;y
dividing the numbers of
congressional seats into the total
U. S. population as determined by
the most recent federal census. At
the state level, the number of
senate seats and the number of
house seats are divided into the
total state population to determine
how many people each shoiold
represent.
| This redistricting work will h« we
i to be done in 1981 after the census
| figures are in. A very small
number can determine, for
example, whether a county is
entitled to its own represents tive
* or has to be thrown into a dist rict
1
with one or more counties.
We have set all this down in an
effort to make one point. When you
receive that census form throuj?h
j the mail, see that it is filled out
properly and returned. Your voice
in government, your share of tax
money and public service may
well depend on it.
Scope Os Problem
Two legislative committees
are currently studying school
finances and could possibly be
working at cross purposes.
Both committees were
authorized by the 1979 General
Assembly and directs ;d to report to
the mini session in June. One
study has to do witJn the need for
state assistance i n school con
struction, while the other is
concerned with the cost of
op<*atjng the tern
Reports emen; ating from the
j group studying st ate assistance in
■ capital costs suggest that it is
| about to recomn lend a state bond
: issue of S6OO to ' $750 million to be
| voted on next fall.
| A bond recommendation on that
2 order would meet some opposition
\ in the General Ass embly and could
f meet with considerable resistance
\ by the voters. J.t might also make
? the work of tb.e other committee,
: : which is studying: the need for
£ increased support for the mere
| operations of the schools, more
»: difficult to sell at the short session.
*: The act establishing the second
i group tolc'i it to provide direction to
5 the legislature in implementing
6 three st atewide reports on school
? financing:
» 1. T’ne overall report by the
| Governor’s Study Commission on
: Schocil Finance.
| 2. .Standards for allotting school
\ personnel throughout the state.
§ 3. Salary schedules for all state
| pai d personnel.
| J.n the first study, the Governor’s
I commission recommended,
j* a monf* other things, that the state
1 nake a more determined effort to
>! equalize access to basic programs
it for all students without regard to
-5 where they lived or the wealth of
-j the community.
| To do this, it would be necessary
g to establish in North Carolina, as
| has already been done in many
1 other states, an equalization fund
| to assist those communities which,
1 despite heroic local efforts, cannot
1 provide many of the programs
I taken for granted in other com
-1 muni ties. This fund could require
| as much as S6O-million.
I Tlie second study recommended
I that the state work toward the goal
| of reducing class size for grades
* K-6 to no more than 26 students,
g This, if fully implemented, would
I cost some $35-million and require
1 additional classrooms across the
* state.
| The third study recommended a
| uniform salary scale, with built-in
* increments, for all state em-
I ployees—and here the sky is the
? limit.
I Already there is talk erf double
* digit increases for teachers and
? other public school employees
which could cost another S3OO
- if applied across
Chlorophyll Level In Chowan River Has Doubled Since 1972
1 RALEIGH An Environmental
Management Commission reoprt
indicates the level of chlorop%ll
in the Chowan River abdve
Edenton has increased up to twice
thp amount found in 1972.
,The state standard is a limit of
•dOJmicrograms per liter of the
:gnni plant pigment of
photosynthesis. In 1972 there was
jio indication of high levels in the
Chowan. In 1979, all of the river
above Edenton showed levels
exceeding 40 and more than 80 was
recorded in large areas.
Last year the levels reached
were as high as 150 micrograms.:
Dr. A1 Duda, staff en-(
Survey
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boards and citizen advisory
committees. Their proposals were
reviewed, approved and adopted
by the county commissioners and
the town council before being
submitted to CRC. t
This year the town and county
will submit separate land-use
plans. Work on the Edenton plan
will be conducted from September
1980 through August 1981.
the board to all state workers.
It should be pointed out in this
connection that when you are
talking about public school costs,
you are talking primarily about
wages; for 92 cents out of every
dollar supplied by the state for
public education goes to pay
somebody’s salary and provide
fringe benefits.
The point we are trying to make
is that if the bond study committee
comes in with a recommendation
calling for between S6OO and $750-
million in state aid for school
construction and the other comes
in with recommendations calling
for another S6OO-million in in
creased operating funds, the
problem of digging up more than a
billion dollars in new money in one
year will be regarded as almost
insurmountable.
New Luddites
r ‘fjegTnning" '6f the in
dustrial revolution in the 19th
century, gangs of workmen
(handicraftsmen) known as
Luddites roamed England
systematically destroying
machinery.
An error common to the Luddite
activists of the early eighteen
hundreds and the neo-Luddites of
today is that both confuse cause
and-effect. Both value motion over
results - both offer simplistic
solutions to complex social and
economic problems.
The original Luddites blamed
the new machinery for rampant
unemployment and low wages of
the time. Their modern coun
terparts may be found in the labor
union movement where make
work rules and work slowdowns
are among the present short
sighted answers to automation.
Actually, automation is a process
whereby machines, rather than
people, became the . slaves,
releasing millions of workers to a
more rewarding life.
High per person, or per-man
hour production is the key to an
improved standard of personal
living. It seems incredible that
this often is not understood - even
by the very people who enjoy so
much new leisure.
Neo-Luddites may even be found
among some members of the
clergy who seek “land reform” to
force a return to horse and buggy
agriculture. They can be found in
the consumerist movement among
those who consider certain
mechanisms “unsafe at any
speed.”
They are found among the food
faddists- who would completely
remove additives which prevent
spoilage including the growth of
dangerous molds ... additives
which may increase the vitamin
content, or destroy germs and
bacteria.
Attacks on corporations because
of size alone is part of the neo-
Luddite movement resulting in
product boycotts and proposals for
divestiture, and for federal
chartering and control of cor
porations.
Under the guise of “social
concern” this Luddite thinking has
unfortunately been accepted by
far too many people.
vironmental scientist, pointed to
thealgu blooms which have been
occunK in tfcjfchowan for years
as, complex issue found
in a water-quality survey.
He indicated that other symp
toms of the problem included the
radical drop in the ability of
striped bass eggs to live in the
Roanoke River. He called the red
sore disease found in fish in large
quantities last summer an
“epidemic.”
He said large quantities of fish
with the disease have recently
been found below the pulp mills oh
the Roanoke River. He reported
that fish catches are down in
Currituck and the Neuse as well as
the Chowan.
Alan Klimek, who heads the
water quality planning branch of
> the commission, said that his staff
5 members are extremely con
cerned with the deteriorating
| quality of the Chowan, Neuse and
* Tar-Pamlico estuaries.
He mentioned the sluggish
nature of these waters contributes
to die pollution. This pollution can
accumulate for decades before the
i breaking pointis reached. He said
Woman Charged In Shooting
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revoked.
Joseph Vann Holley, show cause
prder, nine months active sen
tence, stayed upon compliance
With judgment erf SIOO fine and
costs.
Joseph B. Twine, worthless
check, 30 days, suspended, sls fine
and cost, and pay restitution of
$314.70.
Samuel Boston, failure to
surrender license plates, con
tinued.
Jpckie Sutton, assault with a
deadly weapon inflicting serious
bodily injury, probable cause
hearing.
cHarley Wills, assault with a
deadly weapon inflicting serious
bodi|y injury, probable cause
hearing.
Charles Jones, assault on a
female and trespassing, 60 days,
sqgppncjpd.* SIOO fine and cost,
appealed.
Pehcie May Gaylord, two counts
of trespassing, 60 days, suspen
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condition.
An article in Se current issue of
Friend O’ Wildlife explains
scientists’ concern wiS the red
sore disease. The bacterial in
fection is linked to deteriorating
water quality in the Albemarle
Sound-Chowan River drainage
system.
Last year, Se disease, which is
usually found in commercial fish
species, showed up in striped bass,
bluegill, bass and other species of
game fish.
A team of scientists from Wake
Forest University has been con
ducting a study of the disease for
the last two years and they believe
it is caused by Aeromonas, a
bacteria that seems to flourish in
polluted water..
Fish under some sort of en
vironmental stress become more
susceptible to the infection. The
declining water quality in the
Chowan is providing the stress
which is contributing to the out
break, their report shows.
Dr. Gerald Esch, a member of
the university team, says their
research has shown two things.
ded, SIOO fine and cost, appealed.
John Bonner, shoplifting,
dismissed.
Joseph E. Chisor (Chism),
worthless check, 60 days to run
concurrently with sentence being
served in Hertford County.
Lena Swain Myers, speeding,
$lO fine and cost.
Linwood Stallings, non-support,
prayer for judgment continued
upon payment of cost and child
support.
Correction
In the February 14 edition of the
Chowan Herald, it was incorrectly
reported that Thomas Allen Dail
was charged with exceeding safe
speed by police Sgt. Joe Norman
following an accident. It should
have read instead that James
Wade Smith of Denton .was *
changed after he skidded into the _
vehicle operated by Dail. The
Herald regrets any inconvenience
the error may have caused.
The poor water quality places
fish under a stress condition. This
lowers the white blood cell count in
fish reducing their ability to fight
infection. The team has also found
that the same factors that cause
stress in fish increased the density
of Aeromonas in water.
Esch says that high phosphate
levels are associated with high
Aeromonas levels. High fecal
coliform counts are also often
found in these areas.
Fecal coliform are bacteri that
are found in human, animal and
bird wastes. Phosphate enters the
sound from industrial pollution
and agricultural runoff.
Immunizations Are Required
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protection against the childhood
diseases before they can attend
school in the 1980-81 year. We
know that there are tens of
thousands of these older students
who will be getting shots, so we
anticipate a tremendous rush at
local health departments during
the summer months.
“Now is the time for pre
schoolers who need them to get
their shots,” he said.
To register a beginning student,
parents must present to school
authorities evidence that the child
has received all immunizations
required by North Carolina law.
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Studies show that red sore
disease may be harmful to
humans. Although seldom con
tracted by humang, occasional
cases do crop up. It is thought the
disease is contracted by entering
open sores on the body.
Endowment
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qualified hospitals for the fiscal
year which aided September 30,
1979. During 1979, an additional
$11.94-million was appropriated to
hospitals, for capital and special
purpose projects.
Hie diseases in question are polio,
red measles, rubella (German
measles), diptheria, whooping
cough, and tetanus.
The annual fall assessment of
kindergarten and first grade
students revealed that at ttle start
of the current school year 95.3 per
cent of 160,000 school beginners
presented evidence of minimum
immunizations, while only three
out of 144 school districts (Green
County, Rowan County, and Elkin
City) reported 100 per cent im
munizations during the first
month of school. Followup by
school principals ensured that
{woof of legally required im
munizations was received.