I Arts Council To
I Award Seed Money
(The Duplin County Arts
Council has S1.16S.20 avail
able for innovative arts
projects planned for this
winter and spring. Any
organization which operates
on a not-for-profit basis, such
as churches, schools, civic
groups, clubs, etc.. are eli
gible to receive nuni-grants
to assist in their program
ming.
The allotment represents
approximately a third of the
Arts Council's Grassroots
Arts program funds, which is
awarded to each county in
the state on a per capita basis
through the N.C. State Legis
lature. The rate per person
which each receives is 14.622
cents. The other two-thirds is
spent in the Council's Arts
in the Schools program.
"This is the third year the
Arts Council has been able to
offer 'seed money' to groups
interested in doing special
arts projects," DCAC execu
tive director Merle Creech
says. "We are very grateful
that GrassriHits funds were
approved in full hv the
Legislature. The Board of
Directors of the Arts Couqc il
had decided to offer ".gain
this money to the community
as inventive for the develop
ment of new arts program
ming. This year we will be
looking for fresh new pro
grams that further the arts
in Duplin County."
The Grassroots funds will
be awarded in a series of
mini-grants to organizations
which apply for special
assistance. All funds must be
spent by June 30 or the
money reverts back to the
state.
The criteria for organiza
tions applying for funds in
clude: sufficient organiza
tional structure to insure that
the funds will be spent wisely
and accounted for in a proper
manner; a responsible
project director; the project
must meet a need in the
community (it cannot dupli
cate services already pro
vided); the project must have
artistic value and be inno
vative; the project mus' be
designed to reach new audi
ences and participants and
the project must have com
munity support.
No grant will be made
which represents over 50
percent of the total budget of
the project. "The seed
money is not intended to pay
for an entire project," Mrs.
Creech explained. "Grant
requests should be geared
toward a specific facet of the
entire project."
Deadline for application is
Feb. 10. Application blanks
are available at the Arts
Council office, room #109,
Duplin County courthouse,
and can be mailed to an
organization on request. Call
296-1922. Grants will be
awarded Feb. 20. For further
information, contact Mrs.
Creech.
"We encourage any or
ganization which plans a
special winter or spring
project to consider applying
for a grant," Creech says.
"Spread the word. Think
creatively and let's spread
new possibilities for the arts
throughout the county."
MEETS WITH EDUCATION FOUNDATION
? Duplin is one of (he first rural school
districts to form an Education Foundation to
seek private funding for the advancement of
educational opportunities and facilities in
the county. The Foundation Board of
Directors met last week with Dr. Douglas
Moore, East Carolina University director of
Institutional Advancement, to determine
goals and guidelines for the organization in
relationship to the future needs of the Duplin
County public school system. Pictured
above, left to right, Ed Holt, president of the
Duplin Education Foundation and Dr.
Douglas Moore with East Carolina Uni
versity.
Public School
Foundations New In State
>
Duplin is one of very few
public school systems in
North Carolina to establish a
foundation for the purpose of
raising funds from private
sources. Dr. Douglas Moore,
director of institutional ad
vancement at East Carolina
University, told members of
the Duplin Education Foun
dation Board of Directors last
week.
"The purpose of any board
of education is to provide the
best possible education for
the children, not build
buildings." Dr. Douglas
Moore said. "Establishing a
foundation is the best thing
rural school boards can do to
further educational opportu
nities in their systems."
Moore pointed out only four
school boards in the
32-county service area sur
rounding East Carolina Uni
versity have foundations.
Within the 32 counties are 39
public school districts. A
foundation within the public
school system can establish
tax exemption for gifts and
funds generated by the
organization have no state
and federal spending guide
lines or regulations.
The recently established
Duplin Education has an
18-member Board of
Directors and Moore sug
gested the appointment of an
executive director. Office
holders include Ed Holt,
president; Jene Thompson,
vice-president; Harriet Far
rior. secretary; and Bill Hen
nessee, treasurer.
Immediate goals of the
Foundation were tentatively
approved last week by
members present. Recom
mendations included spon
soring computer camps in
each of the four county high
schools during summer va
cation'. The foundation also
plans to fund three mini
grants to teachers with inno
vative instructional projects.
The grants will be awarded
one each at the elementary,
middle and high school level.
The continuation of the
Teacher of the Year program
was recommended. Provid
ing two S150 scholarships at
each high school to James
Sprunt Technical College and
support for an academic
banquet for students who
excel were part of the recom
mendations brought before
the Duplin Education Foun
dation.
Moore encouraged Foun
dation members to identify
their school system's needs
and develop a long-range
plan to present potential
contributors. Sticking with a
responsible and well-planned
course of action would yeild
progress, he added. During
the organizational stages
Moore advised the Founda
tion to set a goal of ap
proximately double their
proposed current annual
budget to form a financial
base for the operation of the
Duplin Education Founda
tion.
Foundation Board of Di
rectos include Fred Archer,
Barbara Collins. Harriet
Farrior. Bill Hennessee, Ed
Holt, Sallie Ingram, Annie
M. Kenion, L.S. Guy Jr.,
Aus'in Carter, Linda
Murphy. Lester Mopre,
Muriel Offerman, Jean
Stephens. Jene Thompson,
Elizabeth Blair, Jerry
Hamm, Bobbie Marshburn
and Allen Nethercutt.
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AT THE DUPLIN COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, JANUARY
IS GRASSROOTS MONTH. FUNDING IS AVAILABLE
FOR COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECTS. DO YOU HAVE
ONE IN MIND? WRITE FOR OR PICK UP AN
APPLICATION AT THE ARTS COUNCIL, OR CALL
296-1922. REMEMBER, FEBRUARY 10 IS THE
DEADLINE.
State Income And
Intangibles Tax
G. Harold Rose, local
revenue officer for the N.C.
Department of Revenue,
advises that personnel to
assist in filing State income
and intangibles tax returns
will be available on Tuesdays
of each week through April
16. The office is located in
Kcnansville on South Court
house Square and assistance
is available between the
hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Rose requests that tax
piyers bring the pre
uddressed forms which were
mailed to them from Raleigh.
Taxpayers filing their own
returns should mail those
which indicate a refund to
the N.C. Department of
Revenue, Post Office Box R,
Raleigh, NC 27634. Other
completed returns should be
mailed to the N.C. Depart
ment of Revenue, PO Box
25000, Raleigh, NC 27640.
Registration Card
Falsification To Draw
Additional Charge
When North Carolina ve
hicle owners sign the back of
their registration cards to
certify their insurance cover
age in renewing their license
plates, they are putting more
than just their names on the
line.
North Carolina law re
quires auto liability in
surance to be in force at all
times for vehicles registered
in this state, according to
R.W. Wilkins, commissioner
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of the division of motor
vehicles for the state De
partment of Transportation.
Wilkins has announced
that warrants will be issued
for persons who sign the
insurance certification when
liability insurance is not in
force or has lapsed.
Violation of either of the
two statutes is a misde
meanor, punishable by fines
and/or imprisonment at the
discretion of the court.
Reminder To
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Town Tags
Kenansville town license 1
plates are available at the '
town hall at $2 each. Ac- '
cording to a town ordinance, 1
each owner of a vehicle
operated in the town must
purchase a plate before Feb.
15. These do not have to be
displayed on the vehicle.
The penalty for failure to
purchase the license plates is
$5 to the town tax collector as
a civil penalty in lieu of
criminal prosecution.
The ordinance provides for
the waiver of purchase for
any individuals serving as
firemen or members of emer
gency medical teams. No
a
more than one motor vehicle
;>wned by each member is to
be exempted from the ordi
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Public Transportation
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randum. v
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to public transportation sys- p
terns in non-urbanized areas p
for planning, capital and e
operating expenses. v
Non-urbanized areas are li
incorporated towns having
less than 50.000 population b
and not designed as urban- o
ized areas by the U.S.
Bureau of the Census.
Counties and multi-county
areas that do not contain an
urbanized area are also
eligible for funds under
Section 18. Counties that
contain an urbanized area
may receive funds to provide
services to non-urbanized
sections.
Eligible recipients include:
municipalities or other poli
tical subdivisions of the
state; public agencies of
municipal government or
other political subdivisions;
public corporations, boards
and commissions established
under state law; and public
institutions of higher learn
ing.
It is said by some that the
most popular breed of dog
in the United States is the
poodle.
Nonprofit organizations
nd private operators of
lublic transportation may be
ligible to receive Section 18
unds if the funding request
s endorsed by resolution of
he local governmental body.
Transportation systems
ligible for funding may spe
ialize in providing services
[> the elderly, handicapped
r the clients of a social
ervice agency, but the ser
ice must also be available to
he general public.
Section 18 provides 80
lercent of the funds for
iroject administrative
xpenses and the purchase of
ehicles, radios, wheelchair
ifts, and passenger shelters.
Section 18 funds may also
e used to provide 50 percent
f the net cost of operating
the transportation service
and up to 90 percent of
planning costs.
David King, director of
public transportation in
NCDOT, said, "In the past
fo'ur-and-one-half years,
many counties and small
cities have made great pro
gress towards meeting the
public transportation needs
of their citizens through this Q
program."
NCDOT's public transpor
tation staff will be available
to assist Section 18 fund
applicants. Application
deadline is March 16, 1984.
For more information, con
tact Charles Glover at the
Public Transportation
Divison, NCDOT. P.O. Box
25201, Raleigh, NC 27611 or
phone (919) 733-4713. a
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