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Physical Rant Division -Program To Solve Problems Os Illiteracy
I By Barbara Baker
Th« question "Why can’t
Johnpy read?” has been
debated so often in recent
years that it is almost a
cliche. But the functionally il
literate adults in this country
• and there are an alarming
number of them - are often
older than the stereotypical
Johiiny. And they know they
caft%‘read. For various
reasons they were unable to
stay in school long enough to
learn how.
Emmett Carter knows the
consequences all too well. He
left school as a youth when
both his parents died and he
had to earn a living. He has
worked steadily for 37 years,
the last 17 for the Physical
Plant Division at North
Carolina State University.
Like many others, Carter
never took the opportunity to
go back and earn the degree
or diploma which could
enable him to advance into a
better-paying career.
“Without an education you
have to take a back seat and
do the work nobody else
wants,” Carter said.
Last fall, however, Carter
moved into the driver’s seat.
He earned his high school
equivalency diploma. A
supervisory position was
subsequently available and he
was promoted into it.
Carter and a number of his
NCSU co-workers have been
able to pursue a formal
education through a program
initiated at the university 10
years ago. The Physical Plant
Division, with the full support
of Charles Braswell, its direc
tor, works cooperatively with
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the School of Education to
help in solving the problems
of functional illiteracy in the
university’s own backyard.
The payoff has been tremen
dous for everyone involved.
Dr. Arlene Fingeret, assis
tant professor of adult and
community college education
at NCSU, became liasion bet
ween the program and the
School of Education last year.
As a specialist in adult basic
education, she has found the
program serves as an ex
cellent prototype for her
students.
Although she knows of some
industries which allow
emplolyees paid time off to
continue their educations,
Fingeret says that she is not
aware of another university
arrangement like the one at
NCSU. There, employees are
given paid work release time
off to take courses taught on
campus, employing teachers
and resources paid for by the
university.
The program is broken
down into three levels: Adult
Basic Educcation I, Adult
Basic Education 11, and GED
(high school equivalency). In
coming students are tested to
see at which level they should
begin, she explained. The
courses require three to four
hours of class time per week.
This past year an optional
tutorial program was added
which gave students a chance
to seek further help on their
own time. The program was
surprisingly successful,
Fingeret said.
Two teachers are hired part
time by the Physical Plant
Division to organize the pro
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gram and teach the course.
Volunteers, including both
:';u any members and
students from the School of
Education and other universi
ty departments, serve as
classroom aides and tutors.
Because the absence from
work for classroom atten
dance means additional work
for supervisors and peers, the
potential for resentment ex
ists. But the opposite reaction
has occurred, Fingeret com
mented. Supervisors and co
workers have shown en
thusiasm and pride in the ac
complishments of the
participants.
“Supervisors are increas
ingly more supportive,” she
said. “They tell us that skills
and self concepts improve,
morale is better, employees
get a new sense of
themselves, and they develop
new attitudes and outlooks
about their jobs.”
The programs has not
always been so popular. At
first employees were
somewhat reluctant to admit
Illiteracy publicly and had to
be recruited vigorously. But
now there is a waiting list to
get in.
“I can’t see why anybody
wouldn’t want to do it,”
Carter said. “I’ve talked it up
so much in my shop that I’ve
almost made some of them
mad!”
Another goal of the teachers
is to give the students ex
posure to the types of every
day tasks which, although
taken for granted by most of
us, can create panic for the
functionally illiterate adult -
for example, figuring out a
River Spree
Arts and crafts enthusiasts
are invited to display their
work in River Spree ‘B3 on
May 21-22 in Elizabeth City.
River Spree is the annual
street and waterfront festival
sponsored by the Elizabeth
City Area Chamber of Com
merce. In its debut in 1982,
River Spree attracted nearly
10,000 visitors to the city.
Kern Ormond, crafts chair
man, and Jack Bowden, arts
chairman, have announced
that booths are available at
$25 for 10’xlO’; 830 for 12’xl2’;
and S3B for 14%14’ for both
days of the festival. Ex
hibitors are expected to
operate their booths from 10
A.M. to 7 P.M. on Saturday,
with Sunday being optional
from 1 P.M. to 6 P.M.
The arts and crafts booths
will be set up in Water Street,
which will be blocked off for
the festival. Exhibitors must
provide all displayed
materials and their own pro
tection in the event of sudden
showers. Electrical service
will not be provided.
Guidelines and applications
for arts and crafts'booths are
available from the chamber
of commerce.
Deadline for booth reserva
tions is April 2. All work must
be original and done only by
individual exhibitors and
crafts/arts cooperatives. For
additional information, con
tact the Elizabeth City Area
Chamber of Commerce at
335-4365.
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ding a map.
David Buchman, staff
training and development
specialist for the Physical
Plant Division, believes the
program fulfills part of an
obligation that the university
has to its employees. He sug
gested that perhaps it even
could be used by faculty
members to conduct
sociological or psychological
studies, since the nucleus
group most likely will be here
five years from now.
Buchman also would like to
see the program expanded in-
Eastem Caroßnians Attend Radio Meeting
GREENVILLE
Approximately 80 eastern
North Carolinians attended a
public radio meeting here,
March 11, sponsored by
Craven Community College
and hosted by the East
Carolina University Regional
Development Institute.
The meeting, designed to
acquaint participants with
Craven Community College’s
plans to establish a public
radio station, drew leaders in
local government, education,
civic and community
organizations from several
eastern North Carolina
counties.
John R. Smith of Com
mUnigue in Edenton
attended.
Speaking on the radio pro
ject were Dr. Thurman
Brock, CCC president; Cliff
Swain, dean of students at
CCC; Dr. Charles Barker of
New Bern, chairman of the
CCC Public Radio Committee
and Janice Faulkner, director
of the ECU Regional Develop
ment Institute.
The college has received
federal and state grants to
fund the construction and in
itial operation of its projected
radio station, and plans to
seek subscriber contributions
to raise the SIOO,OOO annual
operating costs.
The station, to carry the
call letters WTEB, is ex
pected to go on the air
November 2, 1983. About a
third of its air time will be
devoted to public information
programming, and CCC of
ficials said they would seek
National Public Radio affilia
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Fingeret finds a spirit in the
program that is very moving.
Classmates and teachers
form close bonds. Mothers
have called to express their
gratitude to the school for giv
ing their son. or daughter a
chance to get a diploma.
“It really fits into the land
grant philosophy of service,”
she said.
The spirit is embodied in
the enthusiasm, gratitude and
accomplishments of students
like Emmett Carter, who
said, “I feel like I’ve inherited
a million dollars.”
tion. Primary coverage area
of the station would include
about a 30-mile radius of New
Bern.
Brock said that although
Craven Community College is
the “cutting edge” of the new
station, CCC officials regard
it as a “regional project” and
a “community colleges
project.”
While listeners in some
parts of eastern North
Carolina can receive public
radio broadcasts from Na
tional Public Radio affiliates
WHRO-FM (Norfolk, Va.),
WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill) and
WVSP-FM (Warrenton),
most of the region is not serv
ed by a public radio station.
Mrs. Faulkner urged those
attending to become
members of a new organiza
tion, Friends of Public Radio
East, and help mobilize sup
port for public radio service in
eastern North Carolina.
Also being planned are a
relay station for WUNC-FM,
to be located in Farmville,
and a public radio station in
Wilmington.
Card Os Thanks
Words cannot adequately
express my sincere apprecia
tion to so many for the
monetary assistance given in
my behalf, and for your
prayers and concern. This
evidence of “really caring”
on the part of so many in the
community will always be
cherished. May God’s richest
blessings be yours.
Pauline Kenney
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James Report
by
Rep. Vernon James
Ist District Representative
There was a letter recently
in the Daily Advance, Letter To
The Editor column, stating
that I had introduced legisla
tion to increase motor vehicle
tax to five dollars. I want to
set the record straight. I in
troduced House Bill 190 “An
Act To Allow Various Towns
To Increase The Tax Levy On
Motor Vehicles To A Max
imum Os Five Dollars” at the
request of several town
governments. The key word is
“allows”. There are many
towns and cities that have
varying rates of up to five
dollars. It is entirely possible
that it won’t need to be raised
or to be raised slightly depen
ding on the town’s financial
situation. As the federal
government continues to cut
back on its support for need
ed programs, the money has
to be generated somewhere.
Unfortunately, we, the tax
payers, are being forced to
pick up the slack.
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We have had phone calls
and mail from people who are
agitated over House Bill 314
entitled “An Act To Permit
Pasquotank And Chowan
Counties To Sell Impounded
Dogs And Cats To Licensed
Animal Dealers.” This bill
allows stray animals that
have been picked up and held
for 30 days in the pound to be
sold to a licensed dealer to be
used for research purposes.
The reaction I have received
suggests to me that these peo
ple are not fully aware of the
extreme value of animals in
the development of surgical
procedures and drugs for
treating people.
Just stop and consider the
vast number of drugs that are
available for the treatment
and relief of the illnesses of
man? Each of these drugs has
undergone extensive testing
under conditions that were
regulated under federal law
to insure that the animals
were treated as humanely as
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possible and still supply the
essential information needed
to prove that the drugs are ef
fective against the disease as
well as safe in other respects
for human use. The only way
that drugs can be tested,
other than on humans, is to
test them on animals. I
believe that most thinking
people will agree that we need
these drugs and that it is bet
ter to test them on animals
first.
Commonly, rats, mice, rab
bits, and hamster's are used in
such tests; but tests with
dogs, monkeys, and certain
other animals often provide
additional data to insure safe
ty to man.
Animals are also used to
develop surgical procedures
that are in common use in
medical facilities around the
world today. Treatments such
as radiation therapy were
tested on animals before they
were applied to humans. Ex
cessive radiation obviously
can be extremely hazardous
and even lethal to man, and
radiation treatments were
first applied to animals to
develop techniques and to
determine levels of radiation
that could be tolerated by
man.
There are innumerable
ways animals are used to test
drugs and surgical pro
cedures, and without these
tests our medical knowledge
would probably be equivalent
to that of the 1800’s.
I am not suggesting that our
loved, cared for pets be used.
I am, however, suggesting
that uncared for, stray
animals that are otherwise
being killed be used in the in
terest of medical science just
as other experimental
animals are. This is the only
way that new procedures can
be developed, that new in
struments can be tested, and
that new drugs can be
evaluated for effectiveness
and safety.
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Cary, N.C. 27511
Tel. 467-5530