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College search underway for qualified library students^
KINSTON ? A search for
students who would like to
prepare for some of the Jobs in
libraries and media centers as
library media technical
assistants is now under way at
Lenior Community College,
according to Mrs. Mildred
Matthis. dean of Learning
Resources. There is room for
several more students in the fall
freshman class and applications
are now being taken. ?
The six-quarter curriculum
provides background .study in
library research, circulation
Local students complete requirements
HERTFORD ? Six of nine
Perquimans county residents
who participated in College of the
Albemarle's off-campus Bridges
Program cycle here will receive
their General Educational
Development (GED) certificates
as a result of their successful
preparation for the high school
Whitley completes seminar
CHARLOTTE ? Roger
Lindsey Whitley, Route 1, Box
341, Belvldere, is one of the 32
teachers who have completed the
15th annual Taft Seminar on
American Democracy and the
Two-Party System at the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte.
During the two-week period
from June 18-29, the teachers
heard some 34 speakers discuss
the political system. The
speakers included elected
officials, candidates of office,
party officials, news media
representatives, lobbyists and
political scientists.
Directed by Dr. Schley Lyons,
associate dean of the UNCC
College of Arts and Sciences, the
Taft Institute helps educators
better understand the political
proces so that they can
effectively instruct their
students about government and
the two-party system.
A teacher in the Perquimans
County School, he earned an A.B.
degree from Davidson College in
1976.
Access charge plan to
reduce customer phone bills
WASHINGTON, D. C. ? The
Federal Communications
Commission's access charge
plan will reduce the average
telephone user's total phone bill,
Robert H. Snedaker Jr.,
chairman of the board of the
United States Telephone
Association and president of
United Telephone Systems, Inc.,
told a U.S. House of
Representatives task force.
(Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph, serving more than
600,000 customers in Eastern
Carolina and Piedmont, is part of
the nationwide United Telephone
System.)
lesuiying Deiore nep. non
Wyden's (D-Ore.) Telephone
Task Force of the U. S. House of
Representatives Committee on
Small Business, Snedaker
aggressively defined the FCC's
access charge plan. He said that
when the FCC imposed flat-rate,
end-user access charges on
multiline businesses customers,
the commission also reduced
interstate long-distance rates.
Snedaker said the average
United Telephone System small
business customer now pays less
than $13 a month in end-user
charges and saves about $4-20 a
month in interstate long-distance
charges because of the FCC's
plan. These savings will increase
as the access charge plan
particularly end-user charges for
residential customers?is
implemented next year, he
explained.
Snedaker said that the end
user access charges are designed
to recover the costs of telephone
service that do not vary with
useage.
"AJ1 customers must
eventually pay end-user access
charges to cover the costs of the
fixed plant that is dedicated to
each customer. This local loop
consists of wire inside the
customer's premises, the drop
wire which is connected to the
telephone pole and the cable pair
which goes to the telephone
company central office. This
local loop is dedicated to each
customer. The cost of this local
loop is approximately $26 per
month, and does not vary
whether the customer makes or
recives 100 calls per day or no
calls per day. It does not vary
whether all of the calls are
interstate long distance or none
of the calls is interstate long
distance," Snedaker said.
These principales were
strongly affirmed by the U.S.
Court of Appeals in Washington,
D.C., in its June 12, 1984 ordering
upholding the FCC's access
charge plan.
If heavy users of long
distance are asked to
continue paying a
disproportionate share of
these local costs, they heavy
users will have an incentive
to use . communications
facilities which by-pass the
local telephone company's
network, according to
Snedaker.
He said that "if large users
by-pass the network, all
remaining customers
including small businesses
will have to pay higher rates
to cover essentially the same
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fixed costs." The situation
could become worse as rates
go higher and more
customers leave the network,
he said. "In a nutshell all
telephone users need the
large business customers to
stay on the network."
In the event that this new
pricing structure may impose
a financial burden on the
customers of small telephone
companies, the FCC has
included a Universal Service
Fund of approximately $1
billion in the access charge
plan, which will be used to
assist these small companies,
according to Snedaker.
Snedaker urged the task
force not to take legislative
action which would alter the
FCC's access charge plan.
"The end-user charges are
essential to economically
sound pricing and will benefit
all users of this nation's
telephone system," he said.
equivalency tests.
The eight-week GED
preparatory program for
economically disadvantaged
adults ended on June 22.
Individuals who will receive
certificates include Betty J.
Baker, Margaret E. Moore,
Annie M. Smith, Tony D. Sutton,
Joyce G. White, and , Julia A.
White.
Peggy Burgess, program
director, expressed her thanks to
county citizens and agencies for
their contributitons toward the
success of the educational
project. Included were the
Perquimans County Parks and
Recreation Department, the
Senior Citizens Cente, and the
Perquimans County Social
Services office.
Burgess said another Bridges
cycle will be conducted in the
county, beginning in September.
Interested persons may obtain
information and applications by
calling her at the college, 335
0821, Extension 278.
procedures, basic reference,
cataloging, audiovisuals and
general education courses plus
computer concepts and science .
Graduates of the program are '
high in their praise of the
practical training students
secure. Many LCC graduates ate
working in major libraries at
Duke, in the university syst&m
and any number of libraries in
the 58 unit Community College
system, Mrs. Matthis
emphasized.
The curriculum is'f being
constantly upgraded to meet new
demands. Additional training is
computer techniques is planned.
Employers of these LCC
graduates emphasized it is the
practical training 'that make
them valuable workers. In some
instances where students have
cd&pleted four-year college
qpurses they have come to LCC
rjtnd have taken the Library >
rMedia Technical Assistants <
curriculum core classes and
upon completion became
immediately available for some
of the jobs awaiting graduates.
The program is expected to
attract a maximum number of
students. Persons who are
interested in exploring the
opportunities in this field further
should call Mrs. Matthis at the
LCC Library. She may be
reached on telephone (919)527
6223 Ext. 235, or by mail at
P. 0. Box 188, Kinston, N.C.
28501. Completion of the two-year
program entitles the student to
an Associate in Applied Science
Degree in Library Technology.
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