COMMUNITY EDUCATION DIRECTOR - Brewster
Brown is serving as Director of the Alliance for Pro
gress Community Education Project which involves the
six AFP counties, including Perquimans.
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New faces, new places:
COMPUTER PROJECT DIRECTOR - William C.
Oetker is serving as Director of Data Processing for the
AFP Computer Project. Possible local subscribers to
the service may be the Perquimans County Board of
Commissioners, Board of Education, Town of Hertford,
and other agencies.
AFP program directors take posts
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This
is a continuation in a series
of weekly feature articles
featuring new businesses
and professional people in
and around Perquimans
County.)
Text & Photos
By KATHY M. NEWBERN
Two new faces that Per
quimans County residents
will be seeing frequently
are those of Brewster
Brown and William C.
Oetker. Both are directors
of new programs spon
sored by the six-county
Alliance for Progress, Inc.
COMMUNITY
EDUCATION
Brown is serving as
Director of the AFP Com
munity Education Project
^and started his position
P March 1.
Community education,
which is receiving much
emphasis from the state
level and support from
Gov. Jim Hunt, attempts to
involve community people
and agencies in local
education, utilizing school
buildings and personnel
along with community
resources to the fullest
possible potential.
Brown explained that
each county in AFP, in
cluding Perquimans, will
develop its own goals and
objectives for the pro
gram, but added that each
county program will have
five basic components: a
volunteer program in the
schools and general com
munity, at least one
citizens' advisory group to
provide information on the
needs of the local com
munity, better utilization
of school buildings and
facilities, cooperation with
existing community agen
cies such as libraries, and
expansion of local op
portunities in education
and recreation which
follows the philosophy
of blending school and
community.
Using these five com
Sinents and other local
eas, then each county ad
visory council will develop
its plan for the local com
munity education pro
gram. Some counties have
already held such organi
zational meetings and
have placed emphasis on
such things as the
need for a strong adult
literacy program or using
volunteers.
Community education,
which has gained populari
ty across the country, has
included such program
areas as adult literacy, ad
vanced enrichment, cul
tural arts, and centraliza
tion of a community's
volunteer resources, to
name a few. Brown added
that a positive side effect
of community education
has, in some cases, been
"a stronger parent-school
relationship."
One of the benefits,
Brown said, of incor
porating community edu
cation through AFP is the
fact that information may
be shared across county
lines. Since six counties
are involved, different
areas may be studied and
outlined simultaneously
resulting in avoiding six
mistakes of the same type.
Brown, a Syracuse, N.Y.
native, served two years as
Associate Director of Com
munity Education with the
Durham County and City
Schools. He holds a
master's degree in educa
tion administration and is
currently working on a
PhD from N.C. State in the
area of Adult and Com
munity Education. He
resides in Winton, N.C. and
works out of the AFP of
fice. He and his wife have
two children.
State funding for the
community education pro
gram guarantees its opera
tion through next summer.
However, the idea is to
eventually have it included
in local programs receiv
ing county funding. Brown
said, "Everything in
dicates it will be an ongo
ing program with addi
tional funding in the
future. Hopefully, as coun
ty programs develop, it'
won't be looking at added
resources, but rather try
ing to mobilize existing
resources." The stress is to
eventually have the pro
grams funded totally on
the local level since they
will be considered local
programs yielding local
benefits.
However during this, the
start-up period for the pro
ject, funding has included
state grants and Brown is
hopeful that other outside
sources, including federal
monies, can be tapped. ?
COMPUTER PROJECT
William C. Oetker is
Director of Data Process
ing tor the AFP Computer
Center.
The computer project, a
long-time dream for AFP,
is a type of sharing for the
six counties, a benefit that
few counties could manage
solely.
Currently, the project
and its director are
operating out of the AFP
offices in Powellsville, but
the center site at Mars Hill
School in Trap, N.C. should
be ready by Sept. 1 ac
cording to Oetker. The site,
he explained, is just about
centrally located in the
six-county area and "I see
it as a real model
demonstration site as to
what can be done with a
computer," he added.
While the AFP system is
being installed, the direc
tor is already up to
"business as usual."
Payrolls for some counties
for June and July are being
done with the computer in
the Peoples Bank Rocky
Mount office. Oetker is
pleased with this.
The program employs an
estimated 15 persons, all
full-time and serves the six
AFP counties. It also
serves the six boards of
education, the munici
palities, hospitals, Martin
Community College and
the Roanoke-Cnowan
Technical Institute.
Other areas in which the
computer may be used in
clude student accounting
and absentee reports for
schools, student schedul
ing, report cards, and ter
minals for individualized
instruction and training for
students. Oetker said, "I
don't think it's (in
dividualized instruction)
as far away as we think it
is."
Each AFP county is con
tributing $5,000 toward the
salary of the project's
director and a $25,000
Sant has been recieved
>m the Z. Smith Rey
nolds Foundation. Another
grant is pending from
Weyerhaeuser. Oetker
added that application has
been made to Farmer's
Home Administration for a
loan to help offset the first
year start-up costs for the
program.
Then each county or
agency using the computer
services, considered a
subscriber to the project,
pays based on the service
received.
Program officials have
met with directors for
Regions R and Q discuss
ing the potential and plans
for the project. Bob
Whitley, Director for the
Region R ARPDC group,
which involves Per
quimans, sees the region
as having "unlimited
potential for this service. "
Oetker is a native of Bill
ings, Mo. where he was
bofo and raised on a farm,
background which caused
him to comment, "I can
really relate to the people
here."
And, he comes to the
area after serving as
manager of a data process
ing center in Youngstown,
Ohio that -served 140,000 -
"ironically about the same
as this six-county area."
This is Oetker's 26th
year in data processing
work. He graduated from
Whittenburg University in
Springfield, Ohio and
Youngstown State Univer
sity. He and his wife have
three daughters. They
reside at Rt. 2, Edenton.
Concerning his new posi
tion, which he started
March 13, Oetker said,
"It's such a challenge and
such a fantastic opportuni
ty and in this rural setting
yet. I think that's even a
bigger plus." Oetker also
expressed how the AFP
concept itself, not just the
computer project, has im
pressed him. He com
mented, "Today, that's the
way of things. They're
looking toward regionaliz
ing. That's the only way to
accomplish things being
done today."
On UNC
dean's list
CHAPEL HILL - The
following students from
Perquimans County have
been named to the 1978
spring semester dean's list
at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Winston Earl Lane III,
son of Mr. and Mrs.
Winston E. Lane Jr., Rt. 1,
Box 139, Hertford; Eva
Ruth Ward, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. Jarvis
Ward, 211 North Church
St., Hertford; and Cynthia
Mae Hendren, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.
Hendern, of Rt. 1, Box 323,
Tyner.
To make the dean's list,
a student must earn a 3.2
grade average on the 4.0
scale (A equals 4, B equals
3, etc.) while taking 15 or
more letter grade hours of
credit, or a 3.5 average
while taking at least 12 but
less than 15 letter grade
hours.
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Chowan names honor students
Chowan Academy has released the following names
aa honor students for the school's last six-weeks
grading period:
A HONOR ROLL
7th Grade: Scottie Winslow;
8th Grade: Calvin Askew, Suanne Bass, Linda
Winslow;
9th Grade: Mary Frances Winslow;
11th Grade: Angela Taylor;
12th Grade: Richard Bass, Amanda Bunch, Fran
Hollowell.
A-B HONOR ROLL
7th Grade: Tim Morgan;
8th Grade: Janet Hollowell, Eric Rose, Phil Smith,
Natalie Taylor, Joey Tynch, Flora Hall Wood;
9th Grade: Sharon Hobbs, Oneida Boyce, Westoo
Towe, Benbury Wood ;
10th Grade: Edith Cowper, Sambo Dixon;
11th Grade: Virginia Evans, Melanie Morris;
12th Grade: Joey Towe, Pam Berryman, Cathy Cale,
Elizabeth Davenport, Dawn Dozier Hare, and Jamie
Hofler.
Albemarle Academy honor roll released
Donald J. Parrottee, Headmaster of Albemarle
Academy, has wnnounced the school's honor students
for the sixth six-weeks grading period as follows :
HEADMASTER'S LIST
4th Grade: Mark Griffin;
5th Grade: Susan Walker;
6th Grade: Donna Frazier, Eric Grossman;
7th Grade: Jeff Jennings, Mark Maxwell;
9th Grade: David Benton, Jimmy Spivey, Pete
Smithson, Tim Wood;
10th Grade: Marilyn Bright, Gail Boothe, Karen
Forbes, Kim Forbes, Kathy Glover
11th Grade: Lu Ann Jordan, Bonnie Sanderlin;
12th Grade: Charist Baker, Betty Bell, Joe Sanderlin,
Eva Smithson, Laurie White, Carol Spencer, and Wrenn
Trotman.
HONOR ROLL
4th Grade: Sarah Harrison, Mario Howell, Natalie
Roberts, Sandy Sawyer;
r~ECU honors list- \
GREENVILLE - A
total of 2,997 East Carolina
University students earned
places on the university's
offical honors list for the
spring semester. The total
compares with 2,757 for the
fall semester.
The honors list includes
students from 95 of the
state's 100 counties, from
21 states, and the District
of Columbia.
Most elite of the honor
students are those making
all A"s. Next are those who
made the Dean's List with
a solid B-plus average with
no grade below C. The
Honor Roll includes those
students making a B
average with no grade
below a C.
Three students from
Perquimans County made
the Dean's List. Tney are
Betty Jo Harrell of Rt. 1,
Box 887, Hertford; Rebec
ca D. Hurlde of Rt. 2, Box
260, Hertford; and D wight
M. Perkins P.O. Box 496,
Hertford.
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5th Grade: Cheryl Banks, Renee Barclift, Kim Eadie,
Jamie Godfrey, Blair James, Amy Jordan, Anne
O'Harrow;
6th Grade: Michele Cherry, Amy Hastings, Melody
Jones, Sonny Larabee, Ann Morgan, Gretchen Spivey,
Keith Stevenson, Carl Turner;
7th Grade: Denise Banks, Sraah Benton, Dawn
Elliott, Greg Harrell, Mark Johnston, Sean Robey;
8th Grade: Don Lee Keaton, Donna Winslow, Marga
Massey, Robert Harrison;
9th Grade: Sarah Smithson, Ken Black, Ty Poston,
Marsha Roberts, Barbara Hulett;
10th Grade: Sharon Haskett, Kitty Cartwright,
Suzanne Spivey;
11th Grade: Betsy Bagley, Teresa Duncan, Marion
Harrell, Brian Jennings;
12th Grade: Cindy Bright, Gaye Morgan, Helene
Sawyer, Jesse Wood, Mark Turner, Clay Manos,
Elizabeth Mayer, Vickie Godfrey, and Peggy Burgess.
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