Low Income
Families Unable
To Meet Energy Cost
Turning up (he thermostat
as the mercury hovered
|) around the 20s meant an
increased cost for utilities
which many low-income
families will not be able to
meet.
Low-income families may
be caught in financial trouble
due to the recent cold tem
peratures. A low of 7? was
reported to the National
Weather Service from Duplin
?1 County during the Christmas
V cold snap.
Holidays began on Christ
mas Eve with temperatures
dropping to 7? and reaching
a high on Christmas Day of
28? in Duplin. High and low
temperatures are reported
daily by C.M. Outlaw of
Route 2, Warsaw to the
National Weather Service.
And, through the record
setting cold temperatures,
0 Duplin County Emergency
Services reported a very
quiet holiday season answer
ing no calls due to the
extreme cold.
"People are becoming
more heat related crisis
aware," said Director of
Duplin County Social Ser
vices Millie Brown. Accord
ing to Brown, the Social
a Services Department in
W Duplin sees two or more
families daily with heat-re
lated crisis.
Three programs provide
low-income families with
energy related financial
assistance at the Duplin
Sotyai Services office. A
federally funded program for
heat assistance is the Crisis
Intervention program and
applications are currently
0 being accepted at Duplin
Vegetable
Growers' School
The North Carolina Agri
cultural Extension Service
will be sponsoring an area
vegetable school at Carolina
Parbeque in Jacksonville on
? Ian. 6 with displays opening
up at 9 a.m. and educational
programs beginning at 10
a.m.
The morning program will
cover topics such as Con
tracting A Seller for Vege
tables, Mechanical Harvest
ing of Beans, and Drip
Irrigation for Vegetables.
After lunch there will be a
session on having a Steady
Supply of Sweet Corn for
Market and the Nuts and
Bolts of Plastic Culture for
Sweet Corn, Cantaloupe,
Okra and Tomatoes.
For more information, and
if you plan to attend, contact
Philip J. Denlinger, Duplin
County assistant agricultural
extension agent. The phone
number is 296-1996.
Attention
^ The Town of Magnolia is
now offering a Community
Watch Service to Magnolia
citizens who are elderly,
handicapped and/or live
alone. Check by the Mag
nolia Town Hall for more
information and to sign up
for the Watch Service, You
may call the Magnolia Town
Hall at 289-3205, according
_ to Kathryn G. Pope, Town
| Clerk.
Social Services. Duplin has
S25.000 allotted in the Crisis
Intervention funds for low
income families to use in
purchasing heating fuel,
paying electrical expenses in
homes heated by electricity,
and buying heaters and bed
covers such as blankets.
Brown said.
The Low Income Energy
Assistance program is not
currently taking applications.
Brown said. Applications for
the program ended Novem
ber 30 and funds should
arrive during the first week
of February.
A third program for energy
assistance is privately
funded by Carolina Power
and Light and their
employees. According to
Brown, CP&L matches their
employees' contributions to
the fund. Applicants are
often referred by CP&L but
Brown said interested
families can inquire about
the fund at the Social Ser
vices office.
"We still have some crisis
intervention funds," Brown
said. "And, there has not
been much difference in the
number of people requesting
assistance since Christmas."
The maximum funds avail
able to families through the
Crisis Intervention program
is $200. Heat-related finan
cial problems are one of the
major costs facing low
income families each year.
Brown said.
Aged and handicapped in
dividuals may qualify for
assistance through the
emergency fuel fund at the
Duplin Services for the
Aged. However, Duplin
Director of the Services for
the Aged Walter Brown said
the emergency fuel fund is
only used in extreme cir
cumstances. Most of the
needy aged and handicapped
individuals at the Duplin/
Services to the Aged are
referred to the Energy and
Weatherization Service of
Du-Penza in Rose Hill. Du
Penza works wi?h individuals
to winterize homes. Brown
said.
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