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The Chowan Herald SECTION ■ Power Agency Sign-Up Gains Momentum RALEIGH - The halfway point hat been passed in the signup by 38 municipalities to participate in N. C. Municipal Power Agency Number 3’a (NCMPA 3) proposal to own generating facilities Jointly with Carolina Power & Light Co. (CP&L), NCMPA 3 General Manager Ralph W. Shaw announced Friday. Edenton joined Sep tember 15. Since the NCMPA 3 Board of Commissioners approved die project on July 30, 12 municipalities have voted to participate, Shaw reported. Their combined share of the power the agency will own equals 80.5 per cent of the negotiated total purchase amount. In order to complete its arrangement with CP&L, the Power Agency’s members must agree to purchase a minimum of 65 per cent of the negotiated total. That minimum was expected to be exceeded by Tuesday, Shaw said. Several municipalities have scheduled action on the matter for Monday and Tuesday. “We hope to have 100 per cent participation,’’ Shaw said, “and I believe it is conservative to predict a signup of 95 per cent or Marshall S. Redding M.D., FACS 0 /' The Albemarle Eye Care Center, Ltd. Announces Additional Office HOurs Every Friday Beginning August 21 Virginia Rd. Hrs. By Appointment Edenton, N.C. 8:30 - 4:00 919/482 7245 Squeeze the most out of your com ■Jr 1 i < Hr 1/ Sell directly to us and receive competitive prices. Perdue has just expanded its storage capacity by twelve times to over . 1,000,000 bushels-one of the largest storage complexes in North Carolina! In addition, we've addfed new drying equip ment to handle even the highest moisture grain. What all that means for area formers is •Competitive Prices • Accurate \tfeighis and Grades •Improved Facilities for Rapid Unloading •Convenient Hours 6 Days/Wfeek •Courteous Service and Improved Payment • Freeßefreshmenis with every Grain Delivery £ .’ YbuD always have a ptor** in unfouil at I VnhH’fe o>fM‘kl ok-vatoc Call x :r»H-tK{H *(»rmonMfc l;iits. Cjgxiii j Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, September 24. 1961 more.” Nearly all of the NCMPA 3 member municipalities will have acted by October l,” he said. The decision deadline is October 21. Those that have already notified the agency staff that they have voted to participate in the project in addition to Edenton are: Scotland Neck, Wilson, Kinston, Smithfield, Hamilton, Roberson ville, Wake Forest, Washington, Louisburg, Tarboro and Greenville. No municipality has voted not to participate. If all of the Agency’s members vote to participate in the project, NCMPA 3 will purchase from CP&L an 18.7 per cent interest in the two generating units at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant near South port; 13.2 per cent interest in Unit 4 at the Roxboro Plant, which is a coal-fired generating unit; 16.5 per cent interest in the two coal-fired units under construction at the Mayo Plant near Roxboro; and a 16.5 per cent interest in the four units under con struction at the Harris Nuclear Plant south of Raleigh. The Agency’s target date for the initial closing on the purchase is December, 1961. The agency’s consulting engineer has estimated that it will require the issuance of $1.2-billion in revenue bonds to close the purchase with CP&L. All of die bonds will be issued by the Power Agency through the N. C. Local Government Com mission. The total amount of bonds that will have to be issued by the end of the construction period (1993) has been estimated at more than $4-billion, assuming that all of the unfinished units are completed and put into commercial operation according to CP&L’s present construction schedule. Projected savings in future power costs to the agency’s member cities have been estimated to exceed $1.75-billion through the year 2003. Over the life of the bonds those savings are projected to exceed $7- billion. The projected savings will result primarily from the Agency’s ability, as a non-profit municipal corporation, to issue tax exempt bonds to help finance the construction of generating facilities by CP&L. Os the agency’s 36 members, 14 are now wholesale power customers of Virginia Electric and Power Co. (Vepco), and 22 SECTION B are served at wholesale by CP&L. At the time of the closing with CP&L, those cities that have voted to particpate in the joint ownership project will switch power suppliers to Agency 3, including those cities in the Vepco service area. NCMPA 3 has negotiated an arrangement with Vepco under which the company will transmit Agency 3 power over its system to the cities it now serves at wholesale. Letter To The Editor In reference to Mike White Youth Center that recently closed. The facts are Mr. Jer nigan could have kept the center opened at the park for the children here in Cape Colony. But we could not open it up to the public. We are insured as a private organization and must keep it as such. However he was allowed two guest at a time. We Miss Baker, must abide by rules too. I am sure the seven people for it were not fully informed. If a youth center is opened again next summer the same rules must apply. Supervision is always encouraged both inside and outside the buildings. Lia McDaniel President Cape Colony Association Dental floss makes excellent material for trussing poul try, especially for barbecue grilling. The floss does not burn and is very strong. In Memory f Os i v Juanita Bunch White I would like to eipress my thanks t appreciation tor all the acts of kindness and concern in my time ot need. Carolyn Raines No calls lor pet grooming until after Oct. 15th. Rep. Vernon James Rep. James New Chrmn. RALEIGH House Agriculture Committee Chairman Vernon James of Elizabeth City has been elected chairman of the State Farm Operations Commission which oversees the operation of state-owned farms in North Carolina. James succeeds Sen. Vernon White who stepped down from the position because of new respon sibilities associated with his recent appointment to the North Carolina Board of Agriculture. White has served as chairman of the commission since its in ception in 1974. The seven-member commission sets policy for ration of the five former state institutional farm units which were placed under the N. C. Department of Agriculture by legislative action in 1974. James, a farmer and agribusinessman from Pasquotank County, has served seven terms in the N. C. House of Represen tatives. He represents the First District which in cludes: Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Chowan Perquimans, Washington, Tyrrell and Dare counties. James will serve as chairman of the State Farm Operations Commission as long as he is chairman of the House Agriculture Com — Continued On Page 2-B rr <*r~ "At A Time When Prices Are Going -L'LfL(slF Up Beik Tyier Brings Prices Down" save 20 % cifefc,, 3 days only y*jM THURSDAY, FRIDAY,SATURDAY C** ) Tpm ■pi j * Cotton-Ease men’s 1 to 17.60 /r" jA /f Wonderful opportunity to fill in your / || '*r» / Arrow shirt supply with this special / l| ■'/ * saving on easy to care for cotton dress i i j shirts. Comfortably cool. soft, absorb- J jm jj ent Arrow Cotton-Ease™ treated with / W JM Sanfor-Set. comes out of the dryer / /jS ready to put on with little or no ironing. / . - ■ . Tailored the Arrow way with slightly / f - Jr-j single needle tailoring,^ neat perma- § J /' 4r" A I \ Shop Monday Through Thursday 9:30 Ail. Until 5:30 PJtf., Friday 9:90 A.M. Until 9 P.M.. Saturday 9:30 >- ; M Meal Revisions Are Considered WASHINGTON, D. C. - The U. S. Department of Agriculture is proposing revisions in meal pattern requirements for federally assisted school food programs to simplify meal requirements and help reduce costs. “The proposed changes are designed to maintain the nutritional ablance of the oldest federal feeding program in the country, while at the same time providing state and local officials more flexibility in controlling costs and sim plifying administration,” said Mary C. Jarratt, assistant secretary for food and Consumer services. The new meal patterns are designed in part to reduce meal production cost of a school lunch-between 8 and 10 cents-tbereby off setting a portion of the reduction in federal subsidy resulting from the enact ment of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981. Jarratt said the proposal would: -simplify program ad ministration by reducing the number of meal patterns CHOWAN COUNTY FAIR SEPT. 22 - 26 EXHIBIT ENTRY Sunday - Sept. 20 - 3 to 5 P.M. Monday - Sept. 21 - 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. STUDENT DAYS imes ; I Tuesday- Sept. 22 - 3 to 7 P.M. Wednesday - Sept. 23 - 3 to 7 P.M. All Students K thru 12th Grade NIGHTLY ENTERTAINMENT Highway 17S. Bus. Edenton from five to three. The patterns would no longer be tied to children’s specific ages or grades, but would be broadly defined as “preschool, <elementary,” and “secondary. ” States or local programs would be allowed to use their own definitions of these three categories, basing their determinations on the ages of the children they serve. -make meal pattern portion sizes consistent for the school lunch, school breakfast and child care programs. -reduce the minimum quantity of food that is required to be served in order to reduce plate waste or meal costs, and effect cost savings at the local level. Schools and child care institutions would still be required to offer foods from each of four food com ponents: meat or meat alternate; vegetable or fruit; bread or bread alternate: and milk. -expand the list of allowable meat alternates to include food items such as nuts and seeds, yogurt and tofu. These foods would be added in response to public requests, and in an effort to increase flexibility in menu planning for schools and institutions. --allow any food con taining enriched or whole grain flour or meal; or enriched, whole-grain or fortified cereal as its: primary ingredient, to con tribute to the bread-bread alternate requirement. All foods on the list of ac ceptable bread-bread alternates also would be allowed to contribute toward the bread-bread alternated requirements in any child nutrition program. -delete the current requirement for schools to serve lowfat milk, and place the decision as to type(s) of milk to be served at the local level. Schools and in stitutions also would hft.ve the option to offer yogurt as a milk alternate as well as' & meat alternate. These changes would icrease flexibility and simplify: program administration.:^ While required amounts foods have been reduced, Jarratt said, meals based on Continued On Page 2-B
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