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West Craven Highlights
VOLUME 10 NO. 38 SEPTEMBER 17 1987 VANCEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA PHONE 244-0780 OR 946-2144 (UPSP 412-110) 25 CENTS SIX PAGES
2 WCHS Grads Earn Awards
The 1987 fVeshmen class class
at Craven Community College
includes four extremely intelli
gent Craven County students, in
cluding two graduates of West
Craven High School, who are re
cipients of the Craven Commun
ity College Foundation Scho
larship.
In addition to being in the top
10 percent of their graduating
classes, the four Foundation
Scholars have a wide range of ex
tracurricular activities. And,
Eagles
Mauled
By Bears
West Craven couldn’t get its
offense into flight and the Eagies
were mauled by New Bern's
Bears 19-7 Friday night.
But Bear quarterback Mark
Dilday took to the air, throwing
for 126 yards to his two “Twin
Towers” at end. Dilday tossed
two touchdown strikes of 51 and
26 yards. Michael Purdie hauled
in a 26-yard touchdown strike
and David Davis grabbed a 51-
yard scoring bomb to give the
Bears a 19-7 lead in the first half
that held up for the rest of the
contest.
West Craven drew first blood
when Derek Booker scampered
25 yards with 7:12 left in the first
quarter. Anthony Becton booted
the extra point giving the Eagles
a short-lived 7-0 lead.
But Dilday soon discovered his
receivers and used their height
advantage over the Eagle defen
ders to put points on the
scoreboard. New Bern tied the
score at 7-7 with a 4-yard run by
Anthony Henry. Then it became
the “Twin Towers” air attack.
West Craven threatened to
score in the second half, but fum
bled away its chance at the 28-
yard line. The Eagles ftimbled
five times, losing two.
In other Coastal Conference
action, D.H. Conley stopped a
North Pitt run on fourth down in
overtime, giving the Vikings a 7-0
win over the Panthers in a high
school football game Friday
night.
In other games involving Coas
tal Conference teams, Havelock
beat White Oak 33-7, North
Lenoir lost to Greene Central 13-
0, West Carteret beat Jones
Senior 20-14, East Carteret stop
ped Southwest Onslow 10-8, and
Washington beat Pamlico Coun
ty 26-14.
In Bethel, the Panthers had
apparently scored when a team
mate fell on Michael Daniels’
fumble in the end zone on North
Pitt’s fourth play in overtime.
But an official, who thought
Daniels was down before he fiim-
bled, whistled the ball dead. The
other officials disagreed on the
call and the play was repeated
following the referee’s inadver
tent whistle. The Vikings stop
ped North Pitt on the next play to
win the game.
Conley’s winning score came
on their third play in overtime.
(See FXXyrBALL, Page 2)
they were smart enough to
choose to come to Craven Com
munity College for the first two
years of their education, said col
lege officials.
Three of the four plan to pur
sue careers in accounting. The
fourth, Barbara Guice Bowers, a
1987 graduate of West Craven
High School, hopes to become a
computer programmer.
“I’ve always loved compu
ters,” said Mrs. Bowers, explain
ing she and a friend were really
excited about winning first place
in the Craven County Computer
Fair last year. She was valedicto
rian at her graduation and had a
96 average in high school.
“I have a desire to learn,” said
Mrs. Bowers. She said she ei\joys
reading, swimming, walking and
“any kind of sports.” “I kind of
focused on academics in high
school,” said Mrs. Bowers.
She found time to be a member
(See CCC, Page 5)
KeUy Barnes
Steven Watson
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Barbara Bowers
FFA Chapt er
Gives Students
Opportunities
Edilor's Note: This is the first of a
series of articles to be published
occasionally about organizations
at area schools.
By TERRI JAMIESON
Staff Writer
Although farmers across the
nation are facing some of their
toughest times ever, there are
still young people interested in
making their livelihood from
agriculture.
Approximateiy 100 students at
West Craven High School gather
each Wednesday to attend a Fu
ture Farmers of America meet
ing. Melissa Rosebrock, club
advisor, said the club meets at
the school on Club Day, with
some meetings held after school.
District and federation meetings
are held off campus. Henry
Pasour jointly shares ciub advi
sor responsibilities with Ms.
Rosebrock.
Ciub members have been busy
since the opening of school pre
paring for their annual poinsettia
fund-raising project. Members
have started rooting poinsettia
cuttings to raise into foil-grown
blooming piants by the first
week after 'Thanksgiving.
The FFA chapter aiso works on
its annual sale of citrus fruit and
smoked turkey as a fundraiser.
In the spring the chapter has an
annual bedding plant sale and it
also sells hanging baskets.
The chapter members’ hard
work on these projects is re
warded, they said, with lots of
good things. Profits from the pro
jects are put back into the chap
ter’s treasury for field trips and
competitions. One field trip the
FFA members look forward to is
(See FFA, Page 51
17 Research Projects
Funded, Rader Says
Back To Work
These men were found back at work after Labor
Day. The workers were working on a water line
near West Craven High School Tuesday. Either
recent rains or a hole in a water line left this ditch
wet. The water was removed with a little help of
the bucket on the long arm of this piece of machin
ery. But it took some small hand-held tools to get
the job done right. While they worked, a telephone
lineman stood by to make sure they didn’t cut on
the wrong line. (Mike Voss photo)
By MICHAEL ADAMS
SpccisI To TIm
Weil Craven
AURORA — The project coor-
dinator of the Albemarle-
Pamlico Estuary Study said
Monday that 17 technical re
search projects have been
funded for 1987-88.
Dr. Doug Rader told the Pamli
co Citizens Advisory Committee
that the directors of the 17 re
search projects have either re
ceived their money or should be
getting it soon.
The committee also passed re
solutions supporting the request
for nutrient sensitive status for
the Neuse River and calling for at
ieast as stringent stormwater reg
ulations as are currently in place.
Several Craven County people
ate on the committee.
The projects involve a range of
research, including studies of
oyster beds, analysis of re
creational fishing, a study of riv
er flow patterns and studies of
aquatic plants.
The research projects are con
ducted by scientists represent
ing both state universities and
government regulatory agencies.
Three projects are being con
ducted under the auspices of
East Carolina University.
Rader said the projects will be
paid for out of $1.63 million pro
vided for the first year of the five-
year study. He said the money
comes from the Environmental
Protection Agency and from
matching state fonds.
He said the projects range in
cost from about $10,060 to
$50,000.
Citizens committee member
Willie Philiips, a commercial
fisherman from Bath, said that as
many as half of the research pro
jects appeared to repeat research
that had been done before.
Rader told Phillips that some
of the projects study topics that
have been researched before,
but, he said, they would examine
the existing information and try
to fiil in the gaps.
Phillips said he was concerned
with how soon information
gained fi'om the studies could be
put to work to pressure state
(See APES, Page S)
Happy Birthday!
Picture This Idea
Happy Birthdayl That’s the
message the West Craven
Highlights wants to bring with
a new feature.
Make your child’s birthday
just a little more special by
having his or her picture pub
lished in the pages of the West
Craven Highlights. This new
addition to the newspaper will
hopefully brighten the can-
jss on the birthday cake just
little more and wouldn’t
grandpa and grandma love to
see their grandchild’s picture
in the paper. Grandma would
probably love the chance to
show her neighbors or even
cut the picture out and tape it
to the refrigerator.
How to get it published?
Simple. Just send a sharp,
clear black-and white picture
or color picture to the West
Craven Highlights. The pic
tures should be about the size
of a wallet-size photograph.
The background should be
light so the picture will repro
duce better. Of course, the
West Craven Highlights re
serves the right to reject any
picture that does not meet
quality standards.
Just drop the photos of any
children between the ages of 1
and 16 by the office in Vance-
boro or mail it to The West
Craven Highlights, P.O. Box
1788, Washington, N.C. 27889.
Please include the child’s
name, birthdate, and the name
of the parents, grandparents
or great-grandparents. Photos
Roberk’s
Support
Continues
The Roberk Division of Parker
Hannifn Corporation in Vance-
boro recently donated $200 to the
Craven Community College
Foundation.
John L. Barrett, personal
director for North Carolina op
erations, and John Mead, mana
ger of the Vanceboro plant, made
the presentation. Also receiving
contributions fVom the company
were the Vanceboro fire and res
cue departments and the United
Way.
Roberk has contributed a total
of $500 to the college’s founda
tion in recent years. Executive
(See ROBEHK, Page 5)
Stanley Kile, reprcscnliiig Vanceboro lire and rescue units, left} Bob McCarn of the
United Way; Becky Williams; Dale Carroll, United Way and Mead and Barrett of Roberk
stand in front of Vanceboro plant during presentation of donations.