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MRS. ALICE KINCEY Chairperson named Mrs. Alice Kincey has been named "Kiss Your Baby'' Campaign Chairperson for Per quimans County according to George W. Little, State Campaign Chairperson, North Carolina Chapter, Cystic Fibrosis Founda tion. The CF Foundation supports research in children's lung-damaging diseases such as asthma with lung damage, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, childhood emphysema, and cystic fibrosis, the most serious of all. More than 6,000,000 American children suffer with one or more of these lung-damaging diseases of which there are 150,000 in North Carolina alone. Many of these youngsters are treated at the Duke CF Center which is supported by the Foundation. The signs of lung damaging diseases are recurrent wheezing, per sistent coughing, excessive mucous, pneumonia more than once, excessive ap petite but poor weight gain, and clubbing of the fingertips. In addition to the above, cystic fibrosis signs may also include sal ty taste of the skin, persis tent bulky diarrhea, and nasal polyps. Nurse of year to be selected RALEIGH - The North Carolina Nurses Associa tion is receiving applica tions for the 1978 Nurse of the Year competition being co-sponsored by NCNA and The Naional Foundation ? March of Dimes. The recipient will be honored for outstanding ef forts in raising the quality of nursing care to mothers and infants in North Carolina and will receive a cash award of $500 to be used for continuing educa tion in the field of maternal-child care. Deadline for entries to be received by NCNA is Aug. 31. Nominees must be registered nurses in North Carolina working within the area of maternal-child health. Selection will be based on criteria de veloped by the Ameri can Nurses' Association Division of Maternal-Child Health Nursing. The criteria appears on the ap plication form, available from the North Carolina Nurses Association, P.O. Box 12025, Raleigh, NC 27605. Announcements and application forms have been distributed to all health care delivery set tings in the state em ploying nurses to give maternal-child care services. The award will be presented at the NCNA convention to be held Oct. 25-27 at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC. BOTULISM Botulism is a deadly poison caused by a toxin from the growth of spores (seeds) of the bacteria, Clostridium botulinium. These spores will produce 1 a deadly toxin in low-acid 1 foods in the absence of air 1 (oxygen) inside a sealed ] jar. Therefore the spores ' must be destroyed by pro- < cessing under pressure at i 240 degrees F. The length ] of time has been deter- ] mined by scientists for ( each individual food. 1 *71 Judge Herbert Small presides in superior court Judge Herbert Small presided in the Superior Court sessions held last week in Perquimans and heard the following cases : Milford Jones was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon on an of ficer, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. He was sentenced to two years on the first county, six months on the second, and six months on the third with sentences to run con currently (with credit for time already served. Judge Small recom mended that a condition of work release or parole be set so that the defendant could reimburse the state for his court appointed attorney. Wilbur Jones was found guilty of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct and was sentenced to six mon ths on each count. Judge Small recommended a con dition of work release or parole be set so the defen dant could reimburse the state for his court ap pointed attorney. The com mitted youthful offender was given credit for time in custody. Francis Jones was found guilty of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct and was given six months on each count with credit for time in custody. Restitu tion for court appointed at torney was ordered by Judge Small. All three defendants noted an appeal. DeSoto Hurdle was given a sentence of 12 months suspended for three years, placed on probation for three years (with usual conditions) when found guilty of driving under the influence (3rd offense). Other conditions were: pay fine of $750 and costs; pay $100 forthwith and balance at a rate of $20 until paid; surrender operator's license to office of Clerk of Superior court; not operate a motor vehicle until licensed to do so; report to Albemarle Men tal Health on or before Aug. 10 and follow such treatment as ordered then supply Probation Officer with written statement each month from the Men- ; tal Health Clinic; remain gainfully employed; : violate no Federal, State, i or local laws for a period of three years. i William Clarence Leary I was given a six months sentence suspended for ? three years with super- I vised probation for three ] years (usual conditions) - when found guilty by the ' court for speeding and < driving with license I revoked. Other conditions < were: pay fine of $250 with < payments of $10 per week i beginning Aug. 7; not to operate a motor vehicle j until licensed; violate no i Federal, State, or local i laws for three years, t Prayer for judgment was j continued provided he violates no law. Cleon Tillett Harvey was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with in tent to kill inflicting serious bodily injury on Regina Moore and was given a maximum sentence of five years to a maximum term of seven years with 23 days allowed for time spent in jail. Court did not recommend reparation or restitution as result of plea bargaining. Clement Dakata Holley waived arraignment and pleaded guilty on a bill of information and receiving stolen property (misde meanor) and was given a sentence of seven months suspended for two years, placed on supervised pro bation for two years, was issued a fine of $100 and cost, and ordered not to violate any Federal, State, or local laws for a period of two years. Arthur Blount Harrison was ordered to surrender himself to the Albemarle District Jail at 6 p.m. Aug. 1 and stay until 6 a.m. Aug. J after he was found guilty )f assault on a female. Dther conditions of the sentence were nine months suspended for two years with supervised probation. James Everett received i minimum sentence of 12 nonths to maximum of 18 nonths suspended for hree years when found *uilty of possession of li quor for sale. Other condi tions were to pay a fine of 1200 and cost, not to possess more than four liters in his home and not more than four liters at any time, not to have any alcoholic beverage in any business operated by him, not to violate any Federal, State, or local laws for three years. All liquor was ordered confiscated and destroyed with broken seal. Liquor with seal in tact was ordered to be turned over to the Town of Hertford ABC Board to be resold as provided by law. Jeffery Felton was found guilty of possession of li quor for sale and was given a seven months sentence suspended for two years, a fine of $100 and cost, un supervised probation for two years, and was told to remain gainfully employed. Upon failure to do so, he was told to notify the probation officer and accept such employment as he provides. He was also ordered not to violate any Federal, State, or local laws. Beer and intox icating liquor to be con fiscated with beer to be destroyed and intoxicating beverage with seal un broken to be turned over to authorities for disposal. William 0. Creecy was found guilty of non-support and was given a six months sentence suspended for five years, probation for five years (supervised) with usual conditions. Other conditions were: pay fine of $100 and cost forthwith; pay Office of Clerk of Superior Court for wife, Easter Creecy, $15 weekly beginning Aug. 14 and like payment each Monday thereafter; report to Albemarle Health on or before Aug. 14 and follow treatment and submit writ ten statement to probation officer; remain gainfully employed on full time basis ? notify probation officer if he loses job and accept what work he finds for him; violate no Federal, State, or local laws for five years. i i ti ? ? u ? ft On second count of don support of sod, the defeftl dant was given a six n)W ths sentence at expiraw ,. of sentence in first count suspended for five years, supervised probation fot five years. He was als< ordered to comply witt conditions set forth in judg' ment in the first count; paj Office of Clerk of Superior Court the amount of 9* weekly for son (Floy* Creecy) so long as son k less than 18 years old am not emancipated. First payment is to begin Aug. 1 and like payments eacl Monday thereafter. An ap peal was noted. tft ? ? m ? a ?> m ? Public meeting planned on new Resource Conservation Act "If you have something on your mind regarding conservation and natural resources, you want to mark Aug. 16 on your calendar," Chairman Floyd Mathews, Chairman of the Perquimans Soil and Water Conservation Com mittee, stated recently. That's the date when a public meeting on the new Resource Conservation Act, Public Law 96-192, will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Albemarle EMC confer ence room. While specific groups have been invited including governmental agencies and organiza tions, the entire public is invited to participate. "We want to hear from those who come," said the chair man, "and their comments will be considered serious ly and included in the report of this important meeting." Comments will be sought on problems, trends and natural resource needs for Perquimans County, and local concerns and needs will be evaluated and used to help in developing a five-year soil and water conservation program for the nation and the state. The comments will be used to help plan programs to be carried out by the USDA Soil Conservation Services, the federal agen cy with main responsibility for working with natural resources. The new Re sources Conservation Act requires public participa tion and involvement in determining needs and set ting goals for soil and water conservation. The Aug. 16 meeting is open to the public and Chairman Mathews con cluded, "We hope to get a good cross section of opinion, because that's what we need." NAMED TO HALL OF FAME - Farmer W.T. NoweU of Rt. 1, Belvidere, holds a plaque recognizing him as a member of the Pioneer Seed Hall of Fame. The surprise presentation was made Tuesday morning at a Pioneer Hybrid Seed Corn Field Day held at Nowell's farm in Belvidere. The award recognizes Nowell's 20 years working with Pioneer seed and the 31.947 units he's sold^ It read: "in recognition of the outstanding results you have achieved merchandising Pioneer brand seeds, and your many years of loyal, dedicated service. Over farmers attended the field day event. (Staff photo Kathy M. Newbern) Lake Phelps is meeting topic rpi XT 1 1 r* 1? r?_i 1 ? ? ' i- - ' ? me i>urin Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development will hold a public meeting on rhursday, Aug. 24 to iiscuss management alter latives and limitations for 16,000-acre Lake Phelps at Pettigrew State Park near Creswell the meeting will je held in the Creswell nign acnooi caieieria ai o p.m. Representatives from the division of Parks and Recreation and En vironmental Management Division will reveal preliminary findings of a study into the hydrologic characteristics of the lake and surrounding area.
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