Page Twelve — THE GRYPHON
Council Decides Issues
JERSEYS ARE OUTASIGHT! — The Student Store has an
overabundance of Gryphon jerseys which it is now selling.
Jerseys are $5.00 each.
Members Elected
The following students have
been elected to serve as first
semester homeroom
representatives; Seniors —
Joyce Griffin, 002; Doris
Bulluck, 006; Helen Bowens,
104; Teresa Barnes, 106; Tom
Banks, 109; Vickie Norville,
111; Liz Young, 120; Wade
Mayberry, 122; Tonya Knight,
129; Carletta Edge, 205; Robert
Privott, 211; Susan Fountain,
216; Carolyn Smith, 219;
Dorothy Thorpe, 414; Nancy
Quincy, 415; Barbara Cofield,
423; Juanchina Williams, 505.
Juniors — Merlyn Joyner,
004; Brenda Hill, 101; Tara
Robinson, 102; Cyrus Brooks,
113; Gwen Harris, 115; Ruth
Battle, 117; Danny McDonald,
128; Danny Clay tor, 132; Linda
Conyers, 206; Veronica Yates,
207; Pam Daniels, 209; Terri
Walker, 210; Billy Carroll,
214; Mike Upchurch, 215;
Timothy Dixon, 217; Cecelia
Alston, 412; Cheryl Judge,
422; James Randall, 501.
Sophomores — Jessica
Brown, 008; Jerry Joyner, 010;
Richard Shaw, 107; John Smith,
110; Tony Barnes, 118; Ethel
Mozell, 124; Mary Robbins, 126;
The City Council is taking
final steps in bringing cable
television to Rocky Mount and
in solving the Red Row
Redevelopment controversy.
Monday night, Sept. 8, the
council approved an ordinance
providing the franchise for
construction, operation, and
maintenance of a cable
television system to the Tar
River Cable Television, Inc.
The Council presented
representatives from the Red
Row Commission and the
Department of Housing and
Urban Development to answer
the questions of residents in the
Red Row District.
The cable television or
dinance was first introduced on
August 25, 1975, and had not
been approved due to problems
in communcation between the
Tar River organization and the
Council. Mayor Turnage, in an
effort to solve the com
munication problems, ap
pointed at that time a special
committee to aid in the or
dinance’s approval.
The controversial Red Row
plan began as an effort to
rebuild that rundown area, but
problems arose over the
commission’s original plans to
Charlene Eley, 130; Pam
Fisher, 131; Charlotte Ward,
134; Susie Patricia Wynn, 204;
Barbara Coggins, 208; Emerson
Harrison, 213; Cheryl Powell,
414; Freddie Woods, 424;
Catherine Thorne, 425; Chris
Valentine, 426; Iris Western,
427; Bruce Hayden, 014.
Gryphon Wins
The Gryphon newspaper
received many awards in the
34lh N. C. Scholastic Press
Institute competition. The news
coverage won third place
honors and the sports depart
ment received honorable
mention.
The NCSPI convention lasted
three days in June. Each day
consisted of programs and
lectures demonstrating news
writing, feature writing, and
other related fields in jour
nalism. The lectures were
conducted in an open discussion
followed by a brief question and
answer periods.
Gryphon staff members
Virginia Cullpepper, Terri
Gardner, Teresa Mosely, and
Thomasina Pollard attended.
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make the area industrial and to
relocate area homeowners.
These plans have since been
revised so that the area will
remain residential. Due to a
new zoning law, not as many
houses will have to be destroyed
or moved as first thought; and
the entire area will receive new
utility, water, and sewer lines.
A drainage ditch and a blind of
shrubbery for the railroad track
are also planned. A homeowner,
under state regulations, will
receive the assessment value of
his home as well as up to $15,000
to assist in the finding of a new
home. If for any reason the
homeowner feels that he is not
receiving the full value of his
home, he may go to court. He is
allowed to choose his own at
torney, with all fees paid by the
state; however, there is no
guarantee that an owner will be
able to buy back his old
property, so he may have to find
a home in a totally different
neighborhood.
At the August 18 City Council
meeting, a public hearing was
held on the issue. Many
residents from the area came,
and they had many questions
which the council could not
answer. To the September 8
meeting the council brought two
representatives from the Red
Row Commission and one from
the Department of Housing and
Urban Development. Un
fortunately very few of the
residents came to the meeting.
Those who did come had ex
perts to answer their questions,
and some problems were
cleared up. The Council was
very concerned over the lack of
communication between them
and the people they represent.
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