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SEABROOK EMPLOYEE HONORED William P. Jones recently retired from
Seabrook after 14 years of working there. From left to right: Howard Copeland, Robert
Halsey, William P. Jones, Michael Reeve, and Lowell Weyant. Jones was given a plaque
and a gold watch in honor of his service.
Carolina Review: CP & L Increases
More Increases... “If
that’s true, I’m just gonna
start sitting in the dark ...
might as well die, you sure
can’t exist anymore.”
That was the frustrated
response of an elderly
waitress when someone told
her that her electric bill had
increased $7 from the day
before.
The N. C. Utilities
Commission last week
granted a 13 per cent retail
rate increase to Carolina
Power and Light, the
Raleigh-based electrical
utility serving most of
eastern North Carolina.
That increase will average
out to about $7 for every
1,000 kilowatt hours used by
the residential consumer.
Customers who use more
than 1,000 kilowatt hours per
month will find their
monthly bill correspon
dingly higher. One thousand
kilowatt hours will now cost
a touch over s6l. As recently
as March, 1980, the same
consumption cost only
$43.51.
CP&L’s last general rate
v increase was in December,
1980, when they j
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10.78 per cent increase.
Spokesmen for CP&L say
they are disappointed in the
amount of the. increase
granted and will probably go
back td the commission in
February or March, 1982, (a
couple of months from now)
and ask for more money.
The i:j per cent increase
granted by the commission
was 3.4 per cent less than
the $151.4-million annual
increase the utility had
requested.
The commission main
tained that the higher figure
was reduced because
performance of CP&L’s
nuclear generating units
was “below average.”
CP&L officials groused
shat their company should
not be penalized for “below
average” performance
which was a result of
“unavoidable cir
cumstances.” Nor was their
company rewarded for
above average performance
the officials said.
The commission figures to
find out soon whether the
below average performance
was unavoidable. A contract
will’*Tfe'*Tmrarded to, can*..
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sultants to go in and study
CP&L’s managment of its
nuclear units. Similar
studies of Virginia Electric
and Power in Northeastern
North Carolina resulted in
severe criticism of that
utility’s management
technique and monetary
penalties in requested rate
hikes.
Penalties against Vepco
have not, however,
prohibited the company
from being able to hit its
customers for even more
money than CP&L-Vepco
currently gets $67.15 for
1,000 kilowatt hours.
Duke Power customers
might consider themselves
lucky having paid “only”
$51.38 for the same 1,000
kilowatt hours last month.
As expected, though, Duke
also was permitted an in
crease last week. The
commission granted Duke a
15 per cent rate hike-almost
5 per cent less than the
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
News From Around The Chowan County Farms
By Mike Williams
mJfy. Ext. Chrmn.
Qpys is the time of the year
tor reviewing the 1981
growing season to deter
mine the causes of the
problems that you may have
' experienced. Growers of
commercial crops are
constantly evaluating
situations and taking
corrective action. Even
though your garden is on a
much smaller scale, you
could greatly benefit from
the same procedure. One of
the best places to start is
with the initial planning of
the garden. Was the best
available site used? Did it
have sufficient sunlight,
Trip Schedule
Is Revealed
There has been only a few
4-H’ers paying for the roller
skating trip to Spinning
Wheels on December 30.
“We need 30 4-Hers to pay
right away if we are to go
on the trip,” Murray L.
Goodwin, 4-H coordinator
says.
The cost for bus and
skating will be $2.50 if you
paid before December 23.
After December 23, the cost
will be $3.00. Remember you
can bring a friend.
The schedule for the trip is
as follows:
11:45 A.M. - meet at
Holmes School and call roll
11:55 A. M. - leave Holmes
School
12:10 P.M. - stop at
Valhalla
12:25 P.M. - stop at
Chowan Junior High School
12:40 P.M. - stop at Ryland
Community Building
1:25 P.M. - Elizabeth City
State University
2:00 P.M. - Arrive at
“Spinning Wheels”
2:00-4:00 P.M. - Skating and
Recreation
4:30 P.M. - leave “Spinning
Wheels”
5:15 P.M. - Ryland
Community Building
5:30 P.M. - Chowan Junior
High School
5:45 P.M. - Valhalla
6:90 P.M. - County Office
Building
good soil, and a water
source to insure proper
plant growth? If die water
source was not adequate,
the dry periods experienced
this past season should have
been convincing enough to
make sure irrigation is
provided next time. Even
without a water source,
vegetable yields would have
probably been higher if some
type of mulch had been used
to conserve the moisture
from the rainfall.
Another important part of
the planning stage should
have included the making of
a rough diagram of the
garden site. The planting
chart or diagram should
have been the road map that
took each gardener through
the entire growing season.
Without a planting chart,
many planting dates were
probably put off or missed
Local Man Is Re-Honored
W. B. Gardner, well
known Edenton en
terpreneur has been asked
to head the local chapter of
Society of Teatotlers South,
a Danville, Va. based
branch of Moral Minority,
dedicated to help those with
a seasonal addiction to tea,
soda, tonic, ginger ale, and
many other drinks of this
harmful nature.
Figures show, they claim
that continued use of any of
these noxious drinks,
especially heavy during this
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altogether. The planting
chart would have >indicated
the amount of MnA» of
vegetables to be planted, the
distance between rows and
plants and the time of
planting. Looking back at
this year’s garden, ask the
following questions: Were
the right vegetables planted
in sufficient quantities for
the family’s needs? Was the
garden area utilized during
the entire growing season by
making successive plant
ings? Should the rows have
been closer together for
better space utilization?
Has a rotation system for
planting the vegetables
within the garden site been
determined for 1982.
Now let’s move from the
planning stage to soil
preparation and fer
tilization. Poor initial soil
preparation has headed
season, have many harmful
side effects. They cite such
symptoms as an appearance
of uncontrolled whole-:
someness followed by
a rash of partial boredom
and finally a disgusting
sense of dulling sobriety and
chronic proctalgia.
Mr. Gardner is at present
visiting the watering spas in
Las Vegas and could not be
reached by the Herald for
his comment. Those in
terested in forming a local
chapter should call Mr.
Gardner at 482-3458.
Draft Horse Pull will be held
February 3 in Dorton Arena
on the State Fairgrounds,
Raleigh.
Sponsored by Southern
Shows, Inc., the pull will be
held in conjunction with the
Southern Farm Show,
February 3-5, 1982.
For information, contact
Linda M. Champion,
coordinator, Phone: (919)
787-5542 or 733-2145, Raleigh.
many vegetable gardens
straight to disaster from the
very beginning. Being in a
hurry to plow the soil before
it is dry enough to work can
mean having “a hard row to
hoe” for several seasons to
come. Poor stands will also
result if the soil is left lumpy
with undecayed organic
matter. Even if the soil has
been prepared in the proper
physical condition, proper
pH of around 6.0 for most
vegetables and good fer
tilization are still needed for
adequate plant growth.
When was the last soil test
taken of the garden site? If
the answer is at least three
years ago, now would be an
excellent time to use the
free soil testing service. Soil
sample boxes and infor
mation sheets are waiting to
be picked up at the County
Extension Office.
DR. A. F. DOWNUM. JR.
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I’eople who wear
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lenses to correct vision In the Interest of bettor vision
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482-3218
Thursday, December 24,1981
i Insects and diseases can
! account for many losses in
i the vegetable garden. What
! percentage of the
i vegetables were destroyed
i by insects and diseases?
> Were the losses due to the
failure to apply the correct
r pesticides at timely in
tervals, or improper ap
plication equipment?
You may be interested in
selling some of your
vegetable garden produc
tion at the Chowan County
Farmer’s Market at the
same location on Highway
32 near the by-pass. If this is
something you would be
interested in, please contact
us at the agricultural ex
tension office, 482-8431. Your
response will determine the
kind of market we will have
this year.
Have a safe and Happy
Holiday!