$1.5 Million In Funding Is Sought
The Warren County
Board of Education has
agreed to seek more
than $1.5 million in
county funds for
operating and im
proving the public
school system within the
county during the 1984
85 fiscal year.
Meeting Monday night
with Board Chairman
Henry Pitchford and
members Leigh Traylor
and Henry Bobbitt pre
sent, the board voted to
send the funding request
to county commission
ers. At earlier meetings,
both boards decided to
meet as committees of
the whole to examine
the budgetary request of
the school board.
Supt. Mike Williams
said Tuesday that he
will contact County
Manager Charles Worth
to see if the meeting can
be arranged in the near
future.
The bulk of funding
for the next fiscal year—
$1,181,216 — sought by
the school board is for
normal operating ex
penses, pushed slightly
higher this year by in
flation. The local
current expense fund for
continued services is up
from $1,078,716 sought
last year.
In a listing of
proposed revenues, the
board members felt that
$1,023,716 should come
from the county ap
propriation, $500 from
tuition and fees, $60,000
from fines and for
feitures, $59,000 in in
direct costs from the
federal programs and
food services program,
and $38,000 from the
fund balance from this
year.
Additionally, educa
tional leaders said they
felt that 16 new items of
funding should be finan
ced by the county during
the next fiscal year. The
three most costly of
these items are
providing school nurses
at all grade levels
($31,920), establishing a
math center at Warren
County High School
($22,217), and restoring
professional supple
ments to the level
originally budgeted for
1981-82 and institute sup
plements for the
program directors
($18,165). The total ex
pansion budget request
is for 1145,118
It was noteo that there
is no request for music,
physical education and
art instruction in the
elementary schools. In
prepared remarks, Su
perintendent Williams
pointed out that the
system has "tried for
years to provide these
services from local
dollars and has not been
successful. The money
simply is not there to do
the job."
Williams told board
members he felt that the
most reasonable course
. "is to pursue the posi
tion that if these ser
vices are truly part of
the basic education pro
gram for elementary
school children, then the
state must take this
position and provide the
resources with which to
offer the services.
The problem ol recre
ation also surfaced
during the budget
discussion. Schoolmen
were told that the need
for recreation programs
for school age children
also extends to the adult
population of the county.
Williams offered as a
solution that the board
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Who Accepts No Monetary Contributions
should "join interested
citizens in the county
who have maintained
for years that this
should be an effort un
dertaken by county
government and finan
ced with local tax
dollars."
He said that "if the
school system can
secure support for
moving ahead with a
building program, then
we can assist local
government by relin
quishing the facilities
needed for this aider
taking."
Capital outlay re
quests in the new budget
total $202,804 and are
divided into three
categories.
Category One items
include construction,
renovation or
replacement of
buildings and improve
ments to existing sites.
These requests would
amount to $108,082, most
expensive of which is
lighting for the baseball
and practice football
fields at Warren County
High School, an item
expected to cost $32,000.
Category Two items
number 12 and are for
acquisition and replace
ment of furnishings and
equipment. Totalling
$33,476, the most expen
sive single item is $7,500
for equipment for the
physical education
programs in grades
seven through twelve.
Category Three items
include the purchase of
one mini-bus or 16
passenger van ($1,000),
purchase of two automo
biles for use by the ad
ministrative staff
($17,500), replacement
of one activity bus
($26,500) and
replacement of one
pickup truck in the
maintenance fleet
($6,246).
Total capital outlay
request amount to
$202,804.
Superintendent Wil
liams noted that in 1983
84, the school system
was appropriated
$96,249 for capital outlay
and in addition the
board of commissioners
allocated 60 percent of
the revenues from the
new half-cent local op
tion sales tax, not to ex
ceed $117,000, to the
schools.
In addition to passing
on the budget requests,
the board heard an ap
peal from Mrs. Dollie
Burwell that her
daughter be permitted
to enroll in kindergarten
one year earlier than
usual. Although denied
at the April 9 meeting,
the request was granted
Monday night.
Pansies Offer Wide
Selection Of Color
Pansies are among
the most popular garden
flowers, offering a wide
range of colors, mark
ings and sizes.
They are perennial in
most areas of North
Carolina but can be
grown, as an annual
plant. Pansies flower
best in early spring
when day temperatures
are mild and night tem
peratures are cool, ac
cording to N. C. Agricul
tural Extension Service
horticulturists.
Pansies are used as
border and mass plant
ings. They can be iner
planted between various
spring bulbs. Flower
ing commences with the
bulbs and continues on
into summer.
Instead of planting
seed, most gardeners
prefer to purchase
plants already started in
peat pots or dug bare
rooted. While pansies
can be planted anytime
during the fall in East
ern North Carolina, best
results are obtained in
the Piedmont and moun
tains if they are planted
during October and
November. Choose only
stocky plants that
possess four to six
leaves.
Potted pansies are
readily available in
early spring at most
garden centers and will
usually perform well in
the garden.
Pansies thrive in a
bright sunny location.
Too much shade results
in spindly plants with
few flowers.
Plant pansies 6 to 12
inches apart. Press the
soil firmly around the
plants so that good con
tact is made with the
roots.
Mulching is especially
beneficial to pansies. It
checks evaporation of
water from the soil sur
face and controls weeds.
Medium coarse peat
moss or pine bark ap
plied in a two to three
inch layer makes an ex
cellent mulch and looks
like soil.
Pansies should never
be grown in areas where
soil is allowed to
become excessively dry.
Pansies are very
shallow roted and, as a
result, suffer quickly
from insufficient mois
ture.
The soil should
receive at least one inch
of water each week from
rain or watering. Avoid
watering late in the day
to prevent disease
development.
A succession of pansy
blooms depends on
regular fertilization.
The first application of
two pounds of WW per
100 square feet should be
made 7 to 10 days after
planting in the fall. A
second fertilization can
be made in early
January followed by a
third in early March.
Ways Cited To
Add To Space
For Gardening
If you long for home
grown vegetables but
feel you lack adequate
space to grow them, try
some of the suggestions
on how to expand your
gardening space from
extension horticultural
specialists at North
Carolina State Univer
sity.
Window boxes—Since
window boxes don't
provide much room for
spreading roots, use
them for growing
radishes, leaf lettuce
and onions. After these
mature the boxes can be
filled with annuals of
your choice for color
that will last, all sum
mer.
Borders— You may be
pleasantly surprised to
see how attractive a
walkway can be when
edged with carrots or
beets in full foliage. Let
tuce (both head and leaf
types), cauliflower,
cabbage and broccoli
can also be sown. Sweet
or hot peppers, egg
plants and bush squash
can be used for borders
where larger plants are
desired.
Fences — Fences are
ideal for growing vining
types of cucumbers and
even cantaloupes. When
cantaloupe melons
begin to enlarge, tie
them to the fence in a
loose sling made of
burlap or another fabric
to keep them from 'self
picking" (falling off
before they are ripe).
The vining types of lima
beans and snap beans
can grow along a fence.
Tomatoes can also be
staked to a fence.
Containers — Lots of
vegetables are suitable
for growing in contain
ers. A standard size
tomato needs .a contain
er with a capacity of
three cubic feet. Dwarf
or miniature varieties
can grow in pots with a
capacity of one cubic
foot. Dwarf varieties in
clude, Patio, Sweet 100,
Small Fry, Pixie, and
Presto. Eggplants,
carrots and peppers can
also be raised in con
tainers.
League Warfare
Might Be Best
A return to conference
play may be just what
the doctor ordered for
Warren County's
fcagles, who dropped
two games to non-league
foes during their last
April outings.
The last defeat last
month for Warren Coun
ty High School came
from neighboring rival
Vance, which posted its
seventh win against five
losses in taming the
Eagles, 16-5.
Davis Capps started
on the mound for the
Eagles and was relieved
by Todd Davis in the
sixth. Warren County's
moundsmen gave up a
total of 10 hits, one more
than the Eagles collect
ed, but were charged
with seven errors, most
of which came in the
fifth and sixth innings
and contributed to the
Eagle defeat.
Franklin Hargrove
and Marvin Harrison
led the Eagle attack,
each going three-for
three. One of
Hargrove's hits was a
home run in the fifth
with no one aboard. Dan
Blaylock had two hits,
including a triple, in
four trips and Todd
Davis smacked a
double.
Timmy Gupton, Jerry
Waverly and Eric
Owens each had two hits
for Vance, with Owens
getting a home run in
the second and four
RBIs for the game.
On April 20 Warren
County played host to
Bunn, and absorbed an
11-7 licking.
Todd Davis went the
distance for the losers,
walking two and
striking out six while
giving up 10 hits. The
two teams combined for
13 errors, with the
Eagles charged with
seven.
Franklin Hargrove
had a home run in the
first with no one aboard
en route to a two-for
four day at the plate.
Davis Capps also had
two hits in four trips.
The Eagles entered
yesterday's home con
test against North
west with a 4-4 Roanoke
River Conference mark
and a 4-8 over-all
record. On Friday the
Eagles will be home
again to a conference
foe, hosting Northamp
ton West.
I PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT! '
ELECT
CORA
TEELE
WATSON
Warren County
Board Of Education
Democratic Primary May 8, 1984
Your Vote For "Excellence In
Education" Will Be Appreciated