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West Craven Highlights
VOLUME 10 NO. 35 AUGUST 27, 1987
VANCEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
PHONE 244 0780 OR 046-2144
(UPSP 412-110)
25 CENTS
SIX PAGES
New Facility
Offers Area
Child Care
Restful
9n a hot summer day one of the best places to relax, cool off and
e^oy the afternoon is on the waterfront. And if you have access to a
pier, so much the better. A pier allows one to sit above the gently lap,
lap, lap of the waves, or can serve as a platform for diving. And when
the sun sets and the moon rises, it is a perfect location for a little
summertime romance. But remember to take along something to
keep the mosquitoes occupied.
(Mike Voss photo)
By TERRI JAMIESON
Staff Writer
West Craven Child Care Cen
ter, a new ftill-day service center,
will open Monday, Aug. 31.
The state-licensed day eare
center will accept children from
age five weeks to five years old.
The facility will also offer after
school care.
The child care facility will
serve 29 children. The hours of
operation will be fhim 6 a.m. to 6
p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Lina Wallace, owner and oper
ator, said if she could do any
thing she would like to make
each child's day a happy day. She
also stated that her goM for each
and every child is "to give them
the knowledge and the ability to
always know how to find them
selves.”
“1 feel I have something to
offer the community,” said Mrs.
Wallace of her child care center
located in the Spring Garden
community. Mrs. Wallace as a
background of 20 years in the
Headstart (federal government)
program combined with 18
months of private day care work.
She holds an associate's degree
in early childhood education.
Mrs. Wallace said her experience
and education made her feel
qualified for the child care pro
fession.
There will be a program for
toddlers and the 3- to 4-year-old
age group, including stories and
games. 'The center will operate
on a schedule allowing for two
meals and snacks daily. The cen
ter is approved by the state. It is
licensed with three staff mem
bers at the present time. Time
will be set aside for supervised
outdoor play periods. The facility
boasts a large, fenced-in grassy
area in the rear.
Mrs. Wallace said the West
Craven Child Care Center would
like to provide parents with
learning materials for better en
richment of their ehildren and
the lowest price in the area. She
said the center is striving to serve
(See CENTER, Page 5)
Mississippi Culture May Steam This Way
By MICHAEL ADAMS
Special To
We«t CrcTcn HJgblighU
People in Craven County
and elsewhere in coastal
North Carolina may soon get a
taste of Mississippi River cul
ture: a paddlewheel steam
boat.
Shades of Tom Sawyer,
Huckleberry Finn and Mark
Twain, if you will. And let’s
not forget Gone With The
Wind, New Orleans, St. Louis
or Memphis.
OfflciMs finm several coas-
-tal towns, including New
Bern, Belhaven, Bath, Eli
zabeth City, Edenton, More-
head City, Washington and
Beaufort, met Wednesday
afternoon with a representa
tive of a Louisiana steamboat
company to discuss the possi
bility of putting one in the
area.
David Kish, a vice-president
of the Delta Queen Steamboat
Co. of New Orleans, will tour
the Pamlico and Albermarle
sounds and nearby rivers in a
helicopter before meeting
with city officials in Washing
ton and in Edenton, Washing
ton city planner Lewis Taylor
said.
Taylor said that representa
tives from New Bern,
Beaufort, Bath, Belhaven,
Washington and perhaps
some other cities will meet
with Kish in Washington.
He said the cities will make
presentations about their
tourist attractions, hotel
accommodations and other
factors that would make locat
ing a boat in the area an attrac
tive idea for the steamboat
company. Taylor said that
Kish would also be given navi
gational charts.
Frank "Bo” Lewis, execu
tive director of the Greater
(See BOAT, Page 5)
Legislature
Passes Bill
For Roads
RALEIGH — The General
Assembly has passed a bill which
will clarify municipal spending
limits in building and maintain-
ing state primary and secondary
roads.
The bill, according to Rep.
Gerald Anderson of Craven
County, will set a limit, based on
population, on a municipality's
participation in right-of-way ac
quisition for state roadways.
"In the past, small municipali
ties have felt that larger cities
were 'buying' a higher position
on the state Department of
Transportation road building
plan because these cities' ability
to pay for rights-of-way for road
projects,” said Anderson re
cently.
The state could afford to build
roads in larger towns because it
did not have to expend much
money in purchasing the rights-
of-way. Smaller towns unable to
purchase rights-of-way often had
to wait longer for roads to be
built in their areas because the
state had to spend more money
for rights-of-way in small towns.
"This bill will eliminate a lot of
what many small towns felt was
uneven treatment in road build
ing projects,” said Anderson.
Under the new law, cities with
less than 10,000 population
would be prohibited from parti
cipating in right-of-way and con
struction costs for any road pro
ject approved by the Board of
Transportation. Cities with
populations over 10,000 may take
partjji projects on a percentage
basis, but will not be required to
do so.
The new law says that even the
largest cities (100,000-plua) may
not provide more than 25 percent
of the right-of-way costs. Cities
with populations between 10,000
(See ROADS, Page 5)
Lost: 596 Pounds
Since January,
Do Not Return
By TERRI JAMIESON
Staff Writer
Losing 596'A pounds isn't an
easy job. Unless you loses cow or
some other large animal.
But if you are a member of a
local weight-loss group, losing
almost 800 pounds may or may
not have been easy.
Monday evenings a group of
area men and women meet infor
mally at Rae Bright's home for a
morsel of encouragment and a
time of sharing and exchanging
new weight-loss recipes and
ideas.
Since January of this year, the
members of the group have lost a
total of 596V4 pounds. “What we
are trying to stress is to change
our eating habits," said Mrs.
Bright, the group's leader.
Most of the people who attend
these meetings are people who
have lost weight on other weight-
loss programs but who began to
put the weight back on as soon as
the diet or program is over. Par
don the pun, but the informal
program has been a huge success
for some members of the group.
Among several local success
stories are a woman who lost
over 60 pounds and a man who
lost 51 pounds.
When asked about the group
she said, "It's the informal group
therapy." Mrs. Bright also stres
sed that a person must really
want to lose weight to do it.
The group does not follow a
diet plan but leaves it up to the
individual member how best to
control his or her diet and eating
habits. If a member doesn't have
a diet they particularly care for,
Mrs. Bright will develop a diet for
that person and share it with that
person. The group places special
emphasis that anyone consider
ing a diet or weight-loss program
should consult with a physician
(See LOST, Page 5)
Vanceboro Woman
Killed In 1-Car Wreck
Getting Up Steam
At the recent lOOth meeting of the North Caroli
na Firemen's Association this 1898 steamer
caught the eye of many of the 800 firemen who
gathered in Greenville. The steamer Xiongs to
the Washington Fire Department. The Craven
County Firemen's Association hosted a hospital
ity room at the meeting and firemen from Cove
City, Dover and Fort Barnwell were observed en
joying the spread of food provided. The Craven
County group was the only area firemen's associa
tion to host a hospitality room.
(Mike Voss photo)
Highway Patrol officials said
Debbie Ree Dillon, 26, of Vance
boro died instantly last Thursday
night when the car she was driv
ing ran off the road and struck
two trees.
Ms. Dillon was traveling down
Maul Swamp Road east of Van
ceboro, just of U.S. 17, at a high
rate of speed when she lost con
trol of her 1985 Chevrolet and it
struck the trees, said Trooper
Larry Johnson of the N.C. High
way Patrol.
Dillon was killed on impact
when the accident happened ab
out 8:30 p.m., said Johnson.
Ms. Dillon had to be cut from
the wreckage by the Vanceboro
Reseue Squad with the assist
ance of the Vanceboro Rescue
Squad, said Johnson.
According to the trooper, Ms.
Dillon's vehicle came to rest ab
out 10 feet of the left side of the
road. Johnson said the car's en
gine was thrown several feet
from the car. He said it "was
separated from the vehicle and
was found several feet away from
the vehicle.”