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Continued From Page is on the decline at present, tha does not mean that the problem i; well on the way to solution. It is i little surprising that Nortl Carolina juries have been mor generous on the average thai those in the other 49 states. Sucl information seems to support thi position of State Insurance Com missioner James Long that Nortl Carolina is going through an in surance crisis. Whether th< legislature spoke effectively to th< need remains to be seen. Meanwhile, a complete analysi: of North Carolina personal injun verdicts can be had by writing t< Jury Verdict Research, 532! Naiman Parkway. Suite B, Solon Ohio. 44139-1065. Accident ■ Continued On Page of them and they each swung lefi to avoid the other according tc Long's report. The result was the headon crash in a curve. While it was noted that both vehicles were left of the center line, no citations were issued. Damage to the Thomas car was estimated at $6,000 and the damage estimate for the Reaves car was set at $4,000. A Chowan Hospital spokesman termed injuries to the victims, "minor to moderate" and said that none were admitted. Thomas was transferred to Albemarle Hospital and Reaves and Griswould were treated and released. Baseball Team Continued From Page I counties. Post 40 will play in the same league as last year and will play teams from Wilson, Goldsboro, Snow Hill, Greenville, Kinston and Rocky Mount. Evans said, “because of the travel involved, it is expensive for Edenton to operate a team. However if just one boy gets looked at and con sidered by a o»Uegp or pro scout, itjii»wfeli tvwIMlt atK'WetiaVterfftUP from our club trying out for col lege teams this spring." A delegation from the Edenton Post traveled to Goldsboro for the North Carolina Baseball Hall of Fame Banquet recently. Evans said,"it was real rewarding to hear Yankee Great Bobby Richardson announce that two pit chers from Goldsboro would be his opening day pitchers for Coastal Carolina College at Myr tle Beach, South Carolina.” Richardson spent the weekend in Edenton last summer to scout these two pitchers. Evans said Post 40 will sponsor a fund raising event on Saturday, March 15 at the Legion Hut to help finance the upcoming season. The all-day affair will consist of a gigantic yard sale from 7:30 til 2:00. Also an auction will be held from 6:00 til 8:00 that evening. And to round out the day, ham and collards, sweet potatoes, chicken pot pie and corn bread will be served from 11:00 til 2:00 and from 4:30 til 6:30 at the legion building. Cost of the meal will be $3.50 per plate. You can see any legion member for a ticket,” Evans said. Contribution of items for the yard sale and auction are welcome. They can be delivered to the L&gion Hut or to Parker - Evans Hardware or you may call Evans at 482-4401 and he will ar range for your items to be picked up. Court Session Held | viiuwa^jpismct v-uui i was u * session March 4, the Honorable J Richard Parker presiding ovei the criminal calendar. Gary DeMony Shearod pleadec guilty to speeding 66 in a 55mph zone and having no operator’s 1 license. He received a $45 fine and 1 cost of court. 1 Rodney Parker Harvey pleaded 1 guilty to speeding 70 in a 55mph zone. He received a fine of $10and 1 cost of court. Mark Scott Coulter pleaded guilty to speeding 70 in a 55mph zone. He received a $10 fine and cost of court. Ei;ic Linhardt pleaded guilty to injury to personal property. He was sentenced to 90 days suspend ed < supervised) for one year upon payment of a $100 fine and cost of court. He was ordered to pay into the office of the Clerk of Court restitution in the amount of $171 for the benefit of the Town of Edenton. Brinda Lee Leary pleaded guil ty to simple assault. She was sentenced to 30 days, suspended for one year upon payment of a $50 fine and cost of court. She was ordered not to harass or in timidate Linda Twine and not to go on the premises of Chowan Hospital for one year. Clyde Thomas Slade pleaded not guilty, but was found guilty of DWI. He was sentenced to a minimum of seven months and a maximum of nine months on this charge. He pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while his license was revoked. 1 le was sentenced on this charge to a minimum Of seven months and a maximum ol nine months. The judgments in both cases are to run concurrently. An appeal was noted. Daniel Craig Elliott pleaded guilty to DWI. He was sentenced to 90 days, suspended for one year. He is to serve a seven day active sentence. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $200 and cost of court and is to attend ADET School. Garvis Julian Jernigan. Jr pleaded .pot ^iljy^but was found guilty ol ndnsupport of children He was.sentenced to six months," suspended for five years upon payment of cost of court. He was ordered to pay into the office of the Clerk of Court $40 per week for the benefit of his minor children. Henry David Evans pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehi cle left of center. He was sentenc ed to 10 days, suspended for one year upon payment of a $40 fine and cost of court. Monica Lynn Eure pleaded guil ty to speeding 70 in a 55mph zone. She received a $25 fine and cost of court. William Scott Miller pleaded guilty to exceeding a safe speed. He is to pay cost of court. George Cleveland Boston plead ed guilty to misdemeanor larceny and larceny after breaking and entering He was sentenced to a minimum of 12 months and a maximum of 18 months. Probable cause was also found in one case of breaking and entering a motor vehicle and another breaking and entering and larceny. These cases were bound over to Superior Court. yjne Roach Coleman pleaded shoplifting. She was ! sentenced to 60 days, suspended for one year upon payment of a $50 fine and cost of court. She was ordered not to go on the premises of Cato’s. An appeal was noted. Frederick Isiac Roulac pleaded guilty to littering. He was sentenc ed to 10 days, suspended for one year upon payment of a $25 fine and cost of court. Alfonza White pleaded guilty to assault on a female. He was sentenced to 90 days, suspended for two years upon payment of a $75 fine and cost of court. James T. White pleaded guilty to making a harassing telephone call. He was sentenced to 30days, suspended for one year upon pay ment of a $50 fine and cost of court. He was ordered not to phone the residence of Mary Wat son for one year. Commodity Distribution Scheduled The Chowan County Depart ment of Social Services will be distributing cheese, butter, flour, corn meal, dry milk, rice and honey to the residents of Chowan County at two locations on Tues day. March 11,1986. Applications will be processed and com modities distributed at the Center Hill-Cross Roads Fire Depart ment Building at Cross Roads dur ing the hours from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.; and at the School Maintenance Building on Dicks Street in Edenton during the hours from 12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m. on the same day. Due to congested conditions, please do no go to the maintenance building before 9:00 a.m. The commodities will be available as long as the supply holds out to all households receiv ing food stamps in Chowan Coun ty and other households meeting certain income levels. The food stamp households will be notified previous to this day to bring in needed information. Each food stamp household will be required to present the form they received 'from the Department of Human Resources in Raleigh. They should be careful to follow instruc tions on the card. Applications forms will be available for other interested per sons to sign a self-declaration in come statement. For those households not on food stamps, gross monthly income levels to be eligible should not exceed: Household Si/e 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cross Income Per Month $569.00 764.(K) 959.00 1.154.00 1.349.00 1.544.00 7 1,739.00 8 1.934.00 Add for each additional household member 195.(Hi One person from each household should come and sign the application and receive the commodities. Budget Cuts Cause Local Concern C ontinued From Page 1 • It would reduce the staff of the North Carolina Agricultural Ex tension Service by approximate ly 340 positions. A projection of possible terminations required by the reduction including the Ex panded Food and Nutrition Pro gram. is 60 specialists, 110 Exten sion Agents, 146 paraprofessionals and 27 technicians and secretaries. • The ability of the Extension Service to transmit research generated technology would be reduced. At a time when agricultural producers are ex periencing serious fiscal pro blems. the impairment of loss of any technology transfer has serious negative implications for rural communities. • County Extension positions are cost-shared by county govern ment. The loss of these positions could result in the loss of addi tional funding for the Extension Service. Currently, every federal dollar is matched by 2.5 state and county dollars in North Carolina. • The ability of the Extension Service to recruit and train volunteer leaders for programs in Community and Rural Develop ment. 4-H and Youth and Exten sion Home Economics would be Ball Planned Continued From Page I on hand as well as N.C. Carolina Democratic Party Chairman, Jim Van Hecke. Chowan County’s Lueta Sellers will chair the Hospitality and VIP Committee, Currituck County's Gwen Gallop will be the Name Tag Chairperson and Gwenn Cruickshanks, Currituck, will chair the Publicity Committee. Tickets will be $35.00 per couple and $20.00 for an individual ticket. Tickets can be purchased from persons in the following counties: Chowan. Felix Chambers, 221-4640: Gates, Margaret Ward, 465-8577; Pasquotank. W.C. "Bill" Owens, Jr., 335-1850: Perquimans. Rev. John H. London. 426-5093: and Washington, Doug Daven port. 797-4395. —————————————————— ' PROCLAMATION— Edenton Mayor John Dowd signs a proclamation to observe ‘ Employ the Older Worker Week,” March 10 -15. Looking on (1. to r.) are Charlie Skinner, older worker specialist with the ESC; Margie Rogerson of the Albemarle Commission; and Gordon Allen,.manager of the Edenton ESC office. Dowd said, “As Mayor of Edenton, I actively endorse this opportunity to focus public attention on the problems of older workers.” jimp -mKEM SUPPORT— Democrats packed the American Legion Building last Thursday evening for a fund-raising pig-picking for R.M. ”Pete" Thompson. Thompson is one of four Democrats running for two N.C. House of Representatives seats. Shown here are (1. to r.) Maurice Berry of Pasquotank County, Thomas Nixon, Perquimans County Commissioner. Thompson and former State Senate Melvin Daniels from Elizabeth City. significantly reduced. This would result in a reduction of services to these programs. Currently, Ex tension has over 10 hours of volunteer time given to education for every hour of professional staff time provided. Alton Elmore, Chairman of the Board of Chcwan County Commis sioners was asked what the im pact would be on this county. He said, “it is obviously a real con cern to all of us. The Extension F~1 Service has been an integral part of the economy of our area.” "Wedidn’t feel it (budget cuts) would effect the farm sector so much since they’re already in such hard times,” Elmore said. Elmore continued, “We feel like it would be a big mistake. I urge individual citizens to write our senators and congressmen urging them to support restoration of these funds.” CAKES For All Occasions | Order Must Be Placed At Least One Week In Advance Presently Making Only Small Wedding Cakes (Musi Be Ordered 2 Weeks Or More In Advance) DEPOSIT REQUIRED Call Sandy 482-7123 after 5 p.m. Weekdays or 482-8655 Work NOTICE TO ALL VOTERS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Primary Election, Tuesday, May 6, 1986 For Constitutional Amendment, State Referendum, U.S. Senator, Judicial, State House, County, And Non-Partisan Board Of Education Voting Will Be At The Following Places: EAST EDENTON.COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING Magdalene D. Dale. Registrar Iris H. Mills...,...Judge Linda E. Keel. .......Judge WEST EDENTON.NEW RESCUE SQUAD BUILDING Angelene Wright.Registrar Rebecca McArthur. Judge Faye D. Noneman. Judge ROCKY HOCK.ROCKY HOCK RESCUE SQUAD BUILDING Joan Francis Lane.......,.......'..Registrar Faye O. Harrell. Judge Shirley F. Beaton. Judge CENTER HILL.CROSSROADS FIRE DEPARTMENT Sheila L. Roberson.Registrar Glorious Elliott... Judge Glenn E. Rogerson.Judge WARDVILLE...GLIDEN RESCUE SQUAD BUILDING Faye W. Lane.Registrar Shelby H. Lilly.. Judge Clara W. Hendren.Judge YEOPIM. .NEW NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY Virginia H. Wood. Registrar Thirza Shields.Judge Mary Ann White.Judge Registration Books Will Close For This Election On Monday, April 7, 1986 At 5:00 O’clock P.M. Registration Hours At The Board Of Elections Office In The Old Chowan County Courthouse: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 9:00 a m. to 1:00 p.m. Other Places To Register: Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library; any registrar or judge listed above by appointment; members of the Board of Election - Opal W. Kehayes, Ruth H. Frinks, James Robison, and Mar jorie T. Allen; and any special registration commissioner (list at the elec tions board office - 482-4010) • by appointment. Any person who has been a resident of Chowan County for 30 days prior to the election is eligible to register and vote. He must be 18 years of age by the date of the election on November 4, 1986. All changes to be made in voter registration due to having moved; name changes, etc. should be made by the April 7, 1986 deadline. Absentee Voting Will Be Allowed: By mail • beginning March 7, 1986 through April 29, 1986. By One-Stop - beginning April 8, 1986 through May 2, 1986. All absentee ballots should be returned by 5:00 p.m. on May 5, 1986. Absentee Meeting Dates: Beginning March 7, 1986 through April 7, 1986, the Board of Elections will meet each Friday at 8:00 a m. to ap prove absentee ballot applications. From April 8 through April 25,1986, the board will meet each Tuesday and Friday at 8:00 a.m. Thereafter, the board will meet at 8:00 a.m. on the following dates: April 28, April 30, May 3, and May 5,1986. (The board is only required to meet if there are applications to be approved.) Polls Will Open At 6:30 A.M. And Close At 7:30 P.M. Curbside Voting WIN Bs Allowed From 7:00 A.M. Until 6:00 P.M. ONLY UaMnm Mofhlnoe turn »«_-J voting iwacnmos will w usw Opal W. Kehayes, Chairman -ini IRplIpsBiMJhpgSPss v-. a V- •-> .. ...... V
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