THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 53, No.10 USPS 428-0 SO Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, March ?, 1986 25 CENTS
Proposed tuts will adversely effect extension service
By SUSAN HARRIS
The budget proposed by Re
publican President Ronald Rea
gan for fiscal year 1967, if passed
in its present form, will have a
devestating effect on the Agricul
tural Extension Service in the
state, according to information
from the North Carolina State
University Extension Service.
The department will lose 54- per
cent of its federal funds unless
changes are made in the pro
posed budget.
In 1965 the North Carolina Ex
tension Service received
$13,357,780.00 in federal funds.
The Gramm-Rudman Bill, which
includes cost-reduction plans de
signed to balance the budget, cut
the 1986 appropriation to
$12,824,655.00
President Reagan has axed the
1967 proposal to $5,878,328.00,
slashing monies in all areas ex
cept 4-H The recommendation
calls for the total elimination of
federal funding in the following
programs: Part-Time Farmers,
Rural Development, Nutrition
Funds, Farm Safety, Integrated
Pest Management, Cotton Inte
grated Pest Management, Pesti
cide Impact Assessment and Re
newable Resources Act.
Approximately 30-members of
the local Extension Advisory
Council and other community
leaders met Monday night to dis
cuss the budget proposal and
measures to reinstate extension
funding.
The group viewed a videotape
of Dr. Chester Black's February
26th address to the North Caro
lina Extension Advisory Council
concerning the status of the
state's extension programs in
light of the proposed budget cuts.
Michael Moore, local represen
tative on the State Advisory
Child
Passenger
Safety Week
Observed
Students at Hertford Gram
mar School and Perqui
mans Central School last
week participated in a Child
Passenger Safety Week
alertness program. The stu
dents let local citizenry
know about the event by
holding a balloon launch for
safety. The program was
sponsored by the Perqui
mans County Health De
partment. (Photo by Jane
B. Williams.)
Commissioners adopt county hunting
resolution pending state approval
By JANE'S. WILLIAMS ''
After weeks of discussion
among county commissioners,
landowners and hunters, the Per
quimans County Board of Com
missioners voted Monday to
adopt a county -wide hunting res
olution.
The resolution, which was
acted on by the Board Monday
morning, will now have to gain
the approval of the North Caro
lina Legislature before it can be
enforced as law.
The act would make it unlawful
to hunt on or from the right-of
way of any public road. The reso
lution, if signed as a bill, will also
make it unlawful to hunt with, or
possess a firearm or bow and ar
row on another's land without the
permission of the owner or lessee
of the land.
Originally this resolution was
passed in early February by the
Board to apply on to New Hope
Township, but after considerable
discussion on the topic by those
concerned the Board elected, out
of a sense of fairness, to incorpo
rate the resolution to apply coun
tywide.
Omitted from the language of
? the original resolution was the
word dog. The first proposal
would have made it unlawful for
a hunter's dog to be on the land of
another without permission. The
deletion of that item came about
after numerous complaints from
hunters, who declared that dogs
cannot read, therefore they are
not aware that they have crossed
over onto posted land.
If the resolution is passed by
the General Assembly, it will be
come effective September 1,
1966.
In other business at the meet
ing the board reviewed a list of
names proposed for state-main
tained roads throughout the
county. The list was compiled
from a group of local citizens and
fire departments. The names will
be used in erecting signs on all of
the county roads through a grant
from the Governor's Highway
Safety Program. The grant,
which comes from federal mon
ies, is governed by the State of
North Carolina, and will provide
70-percent of the funds needed to
erect signs on state-maintained
roads. The county will be respon
sible for the remaining 30-per
cent of the funds.
It is the consensus of the board
that the signs will be beneficial to
many residents, especially emer
gency and rescue personnel.
The names that have been cho
sen for the majority of the roads
is the most commonly known
name for that road. In the event
that one road had several names
for different sections, a common
name has been selected for the
entire road.
The proposed road names are
as follows, identified by their
State Road Number:
1001 and 1204-Shady Croft
Road; 1001-Turnpike Road; 1002
County Line Road; 1100-Daven
port's Lane; 1101-E. Bear
Swamp Road; 1101-W. Bear
Swamp Road; 1102-N. Bear
Swamp Road; 1103-N. Bear
Swamp Road; 1104-W. Bear
Swamp Road; 1105-Brinn Farm
Road; 1106-Rogerson Lane; 1107
Ballahack Road; and 1107 and
1108-Cedar Stretch Road.
Also, 11 09- Don Juan Road;
1110-Center Hill Highway; SR
1111, 1113, & 1117-Beech Springs
Road; 1111-Hog Alley Road; 1112
Howell's Lane; 1113-Great Hope
Church Road; 1114-Chinquapin
Road; 1115-Poplar Neck Road;
1116- Hunter's Fork Road; 1117
Beech Springs Road; 1118-Drink
ing Hole Road ; 1119-Piney Woods
Road; 1120-Long's Loop Road;
( Continued on page 2)
Council attended the session held
in RAleigh, along with County
Agricultural Extension Chair
man Stan Winslow, County Ex
tension Advisory Council Chair
man Ed Nixon and Hertford
Mayor Bill Cox.
Black informed the group that
30-percent of the state's exten
sion budget comes from federal
funds, about 23-percent from
county appropriations and the re
mainder is funded by the state.
He stressed positive results the
extension service has had in
North Carolina. The Expanded
Food and Nutrition Education
Program provides nutritional ed
ucation to over 7,300 disadvan
taged families. Black said that
80-percent of those helped
through the program have a
gross income of less than $7,900
per year.
The program boasts the sup
port of 3065 volunteers, while em
ploying 39 specialist and 146 nu
trition aids. Families are taught
proper nutrition, preparation
techniques and budget manage
ment.
The Integrated Pest Manage
ment Program has greatly re
duced the useage ofpesticides on
the farm through research and
scouting. Lower production costs
and a safer environment have re
sulted through this service.
Should the budget ax be
dropped on the extension service,
these programs would be in se
rious jeopardy.
Many families, especialy rural
families are aided by the agricul
tural and economic aspects of the
extension service each year in
areas ranging from crop disease
to home canning.
Staff positions stand to be re
duced by 25-percent, or 340-posi
tions, statewide. The cuts would
be system-wide and would in
clude extension agents, faculty
and staff on the campus of North
Carolina State University, par
aprofessionals, technicians, and
secretaries.
There is no appropriation to
pay the unemploymet benefits
for staff and tenured faculty
whose jobs would be terminated.
Stan Winslow spoke to the
group following the videotape
presentation, asking them to get
involved in a letter-writing and
telephone campaign aimed at
federal representatives outlining
the impact of the extension serv
ice on them personally.
Winslow said that failure to re
spond to the proposed cuts could
result in even lower appropria
Agencies combine to promote older workers
Charlie Skinner, Older Worker
Specialist, with the Edenton local
office of the Employment Secu
rity Commission of North Caro
lina and Margie Rogerson, Job
Developer for older workers with
the Albemarle Commission lo
cated in Hertford, will be com
bining efforts to promote em
ployment for older workers
during the week of March 10?15,
proclaimed "Employ the Older
Week" in Hertford by Mayor Bill
Cox.
"As mayor of the Town of Hert
ford I actively endorse this op
portunity to focus public atten
tion on the problems of older
workers and urge all employers
in Hertford to carefully consider
the qualifications of persons 45
and older when they seek new
employees/and I also ask public
officials with job placement re
sponsibility to continue their ef
forts throughout the year to help
older workers find suitable
jobs", stated Mayor Cox.
Charlie Skinner, older worker
specialist with ESC says "Em
ployers can turn the many posi
tive attributes of the older
worker into real savings. High
job performance, positive atti
tudes, job stability and low ab
senteeism are all good qualities
found in older workers."
By hiring workers over 45," ad
vises Margie Rogerson with the
Albemarle Commission, "em
ployers can add these attributes
to their work force, which can
contribute to increased produc
tivity."
According to Gordon Allen,
Manager of the ESC office in
Edenton, "There are some older
workers who do encounter diffi
culty in getting or keeping a job
because of age. This is really un
fortunate because the employers
that do utilize the older worker
find that it's good business. I
think many employers realize
that they need the ability and sta
bility in their work force that
they get from the experienced
older worker especially at a time
when high productivity is essen
tial to meeting competition from
foreign products."
By joining forces these two
agencies can address the special
needs of the older worker
through employment conseling,
testing, job search assistance,
training in job-finding techniques
and individualized job devel
opment. If you are an older
worker seeking help in finding
employment c- if you are an em
ployer with a job opening and
would like to benefit from and
older worker's experience please
contact either Margie Rogerson
at 426-5753 or Charlie Skinner at
482-2195 in Edenton.
EMPLOY THE OLDER WORKER WEEK? A proclamation
to support older workers was signed last week by Hertford
Mayor Bill Cox. Looking on as Cox signs the proclaimation is
(left to right) Margie Rogerson of the Alhemarle Commission ;
Charlie Skinner, Older Worker Specialist with the Employ
ment Security Commission ; and Gordon Allen, manager of the
local ESC. (Photo by Nancy Smith.)
tions in the future. He stated that
the campaign should begin this
week.
Michael Moore reiterated
Winslow's request.
Ed Nixon gave the extension
service credit for advanced tech
nology which has resulted in
higher yields and modern farm
ing methods, he said that the
world market, and the actions
and intervention of our govern
ment and foreign governments,
have hurt U.S. farmers, and that
farmers must actively support
extension.
Nixon said that now is the time
for increased efficiency in gov
ernment programs, but that agri
culture needs the extension serv
ice for future growth.
Burglary
suspect
arrested
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
A Hertford man, incarcerated
in Albemarle District Jail, was
arrested there for a second time
in as many days Sunday, and
charged with second degree bur
glary by the Hertford Police De
partment.
Robert Dorrell Wilkins, age 24,
of 205 Wynn Fork Court was ar
rested and placed in Albemarle
District Jail on March, and again
arrested on March 2. He is under
a total bond of $50,600.00.
On Saturday, March 1, Wilkins
was charged with eluding arrest,
no operators license and disor
derly conduct after he was
stopped by an officer of the police
department for allegedly travel
ing in excess of 15 m.p.h. over the
posted speed limit. He was
placed in jail under a $600.00 se
cured bond.
On March 2, while still in jail,
Wilkins was arrested again in
connection with a Hertford bur
glary that had occured on Friday
evening. He was then placed un
der $50,000.00 bond.
According to Hertford Chief of
Police, Marshall Merritt, the
burglary occured at approximat
ley 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb
ruary 28, when two black males
entered the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Baker at 219 Crescent
Drive.
the suspects apparently en
tered the home through a door
adjacent to the carport by knock
ing out the glass window, reach
ing through, and unlocking the
door. They then proceeded to two
bedrooms in the home and re
moved jewelry boxes. They also
removed a television from a
stand, supposedly preparatory to
removing it from the house.
At approximately this point
Mr. Baker returned to his home
and surprised the culprits. Baker
struck one of the suspects, who
then fled the premises via the
carport door, dropping a jewelry
box. Baker started to pursue the
suspect, and then heard a crash
ing sound form the vicinity of his
bedroom, where he immediately
went to investigate. Upon enter
ing his bedroom, Baker found an
open window, with a broken
storm window. Assumingly the
second perpetrator fled the house
by jumping through the windows.
Merritt stated that fingerprints
and a cap were recovered at the
scene.
Merritt added that Wilkins is
also a suspect in a rash of break
ins that have occured recently in
the municipality.
Wilkins faces a charge of sec
ond-degree burglary; a felony,
punishable by a minimum of 14
years and a maximum of 20
years in prison.
Thursday, March 13
3:00 p.m. - 7:00p.m.
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