■BMP H*?. Continued from page 1 proved a hard act to follow since the conference had earlier heard from the chancellor of University of Wisconsin Extension and the UW president. During a layover in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon we took a bus into the city. While waiting for the elevator in the fabulous Water Tower Place, our navigator and roommate for the trip, remarked: “I know that man.” Sure she did, it was John Anderson, tne In dependent candidate for President in 1980. The trip back to O’Hare Airport was via taxi. The driver was a Marian Sierzputowski, a Polish immigrant who predicted the Soviet invasion of his native land in the next 30 days. “If Carter was still in it would have already happened,” he said. “President Reagan and the Polish Pope are strong men. They work together.” We were more interested in getting back to the airport in one piece than having a lecture on political science. But we made it and thre was no extra charge for the information. Gosh, it’s good to De home! Acceptable Act House Bill 747, introduced by Rep. Vernon James of the Isle of Pasquotank has been amended and is acceptable to people along the Public Parade. The bill as it now reads extends the Chowan River Basin Study to include the Albemarle Sound. The pollution problem in the Chowan River has rapidly spread to some lower reaches of the Albemarle Sound. To investigate one without paying equal attention to the other is an exercise in futility. The original bill put into the legislative hopper by Rep. James would have established just another study group in an already much too long list. With a vigorous expression of concern and pledges of support from local government along the Public Parade, the bill was expanded. We were highly critical of the first brush by Rep. James to focus attention on a continuing basis on the water quality in the river, not to mention the sound. He just didn’t go far enough. Now, however, Rep. James has proven himself as being sensitive to the needs and even in a General Assembly where knives are more evident them shovels he is seeking sufficient funds over the biennium to support the Legislative Com mission the bill would establish. Furthermore, the Department of Natural Resources & Com munity Development will support the commission’s efforts with the drafting of an Albemarle Sound Restoration Project. The department will need funds to carry out this section of the bill and it should be appropriated for that specific purpose. Included is a fulltime project manager, who would coordinate federal, state and local efforts. Water is probably our most precious resource, unless it is our people. The local cries have been off and on since 1972, and more on recently than off. Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., has placed the Chowan River and Albemarle Sound at the top of his environmental priority list. The DNR&CD has responded as often and as much as possible. The General Assembly, through The Chowan Herald (USPS 106-380) P.O. BOX 207, EDENTON, N.C. 27932 Published every Thursday at Edenton by The Chowan Herald, Inc., L.F. Amburn, Jr., Editor and Publisher, 421-425 South Broad Street, Edenton, North Carolina, 27932. Entered as second-class matter August 30,1934, at the Post Office of Edenton, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1870. L.F. AMBURN, JR. E.N. MANNING Editor It Publisher General Manager FLYNN SURRATT j. EDWIN BUFFLAP Managing Editor Editor Emeritus SUSAN BUNCH Office Manager Subscription Kates One Year (outside N.C.) ..SIO.OO One Year (in N.C.).... 993$ Six Months (outside N.C.) $6.50 Six Months (in N.C.) gg.24 , -y LAUNDRY £i DRY n r jjjSßf*" [i L I jl tpft B AWARDED FOR SAFETY Sixteen consecutive years of no lost time accidents at Ricks Laundry on Church Street were lauded by Labor Commissioner John C. Brooks during a safety awards program sponsored last Wednesday night by the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Ann Cano, office manager, and Arthur Charbonneau, plant manager, are shown above displaying a certificate attesting to their safety record, cited as the best in the Albemarle Area. Other local businesses and industries awarded for one or more years of safety included, Carter’s Ink, Atlantic Forest Products, Chowan Veneer Company, P. H. Rose Store, The Chowan Herald and Tee-Lok Corp. Registration Card Continued From Page 1 license plate renewal card. The license plate agency in Chowan County is operated by Mrs. Jeanette Dowd and is located at the Carolina Trailwavs Bus station, 810, North Broad Street, Eden ton. HB 747, is getting into the act. Welcome aboard, even if the water leaves a lot to be desired. Guest Editorial The announcement this week that the world’s first plant to produce methanol from peat will be built in the eastern part of the state means another major in dustrial development for North Carolina. The plant will employ 200 people. But all of us should take note that to create those 200 new jobs, tbp company will have to spend $250-million. That’s more than a million dollars per job! And that kind of money... in this case and in most others .. ultimately comes from personal savings. That’s why personal savings are so important, and why we believe that government tax policies should encourage them. We hear many speeches these days about the need for private enterprise to create new jobs; but few of the speakers remind us of the high cost of creating new jobs these days. All this is another good reason that President Reagan should not back off from his plan to provide tax incentives that encourage business to create new jobs. Such incentives are among the best things government can do to help the economy. Joel Lawhon WRAL-TV Funds Allotted For Day Care Continued from page l day care for the first time ever,’ said Fesmire. She also indicated that the largest share of the funds allocated for day care are federal Title XX funds. “With all the budget-cutting recommendations going on in Washington and the federal fiscal year running from October through September, there is no way to be sure how much North Carolina’s federal allocation will be for July 1, 1981 through June 30, 1982. We are hoping to receive at least as much as we did for the current fiscal year. The current federal law governing Title XX funding ac tually allows for an increase in the current oeiling on these funds for 1981-82.” “There is a growing need for government financial assistance Jpfj ■g^l ggßp^^, > ";9H HMK: •• f--'. iHu tn€ chance for 3 b€tt6r lisp. 'V : !^^jb f v Interfaith Hunger Appeal RO. Box I