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VOLUME 11 NO. 36
OCTOBER 6, 1988
VANCEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
PHONE 244-0780 OR 946-2144
(UPSP 412-110)
25 CENTS
SIX PAGES
Volunteers Add Class
To Schools In County
One volunteer makes contribution at a school
Bx TERRI JAMIESON
SlalT Writer
In a time when educators face
problems fl-om the classroom to
the boardroom, there is one area
that schools in western Craven
County don't have much worry
over. "There are plenty of volun
teers — something the county's
educators are thankful for.
Several of those volunteers
have agreed to be profiled — not
seeking publicity, but hoping
their stories will attract or moti
vate others to become volun
teers.
Thalia Broadway has been
back in school for 13 years. But as
a volunteer and not as a student.
Mrs. Broadway has been a
volunteer at West Craven High
School for two years, spending
the other 11 years volunteering at
other area schools. She is a past
volunteer coordinator at West
Craven Middle School.
Linda Thomas, volunteer coor
dinator at West Craven High
School, said that Mrs. Broadway
has the ability to serve in multi
ple capacities as a volunteer. She
said that Mrs. Broadway has
worked with the Spanish class,
library and as a media consul
tant. Mrs. Thomas said Mrs.
Broadway's artistic talents are an
asset for the school, noting that
many teachers have used Mrs.
Broadway as a resource.
Mrs. Broadway is active in the
community and is actively in
volved in her church, Vanceboro
Christian. She is married and has
two sons. Mrs. Thomas said that
Mrs. Broadway is a “tried and
true multi-talented person and
she really enjoys giving of her
self."
Mrs. Broadway said, “We like
to see a child improve in some
thing. I feel the teachers need
help and you know you're
appreciated."
Mrs. Broadway works in the
library on bulletin boards and
also serves as a volunteer at Farm
Life Elementary School with a
second-grade class.
Farm Life Elementary volun
teer Mary Freeman has been re-
congnized for her dependability
and flexibility as a school volun
teer, said Betsy Gaskins, volun
teer coordinator at the school.
fSee VOLUNTEERS, Page 5)
Eagles Stop Hawks
With Defense, Take
Second League Win
By HIKE VOSS
Editor
West Craven's defense held
North Lenoir four times on
fourth down situations and the
Eagles emerged with a 28-13
Coastal Conference triumph Fri
day night in LaGrange.
North Lenoir, trailing 28-13,
threatened to score in the final
five minutes when it mounted a
sustained drive, only to be stop
ped by an offsides penalty and
the Eagle defense on fourth-and-
eight.
The Hawks had a third-and-
three situation turn into a third-
and-eight when they were hit
With the offsides penMty. A pass
by quarterback T^ne Bryant to
Tim Smith was incomplete. On
fourth-and-eight, Jeff Sutton
was stopped short of the first
down when the Eagles dropped
him for a four-yard loss on a re
verse.
The Hawks threatened again
on their next possession, getting
to the Eagle 28. Another offside
penalty put them at the 33 and on
four-and-15 the Eagles held
North Lenoir to two yards as
time expired.
“They piled up yards against
us tonight. We prepared a little
better than what we showed,”
said West Craven coach Clay Jor
dan, who saw his Eagles improve
to 4-2 overall and 2-0 in the con
ference.
“We shot'em down in the third
quarter. That ruined them," said
Eagle defensive coordinator
• •’’linx Caprara. “We were able to
hold them on fourth downs. I
can't say enough about the de
fense. They played hard when
they had to. I want to single out
... I want to single out the whole
defense.”
Jordan said the defense hold
ing the Hawks on two fourth-
down plays was the key to the
game.
Offensively, Jordan said the
key was a better second-half per
formance. “We were poor on
offense in the first half. We didn't
execute and we missed Adrian
Cameron (the Eagles' second-
leading rusher, who is out for ab
out two weeks with an ankle in
jury.)
“1 think we're getting better.
We straightened some things out
at halftime,” said Jordan. He also
praised Colvin Sanders for filling
in for Cameron.
Jordan said sophomore quar
terback Kevin Holzworth “is
making a believer out of me” in
the passing game. Holzworth
threw two touchdown passes —
52 yards and eight yards — and
finished the night with 100 yards
in the air and two interceptions.
Jordan also said a key in the
game was a 3S-yard burst by
John Rasberry. Rasbeny ripped
up the sideline for a 35-yard gain
the first time he touched the ball.
Hawks' coach Wayne Floyd
said an offside penalty eight
yards Item the goal line and a
“bad spot” that gave the Eagles a
first down that led to a touch
down, were keys to his team's de
feat. He also said not stopping
(See EAGLES. Page 5)
Defenders Colleet
Flying Eagle Award
This week the Flying Eagle
Award will be shared by team
mates on the West Craven foot
ball team — more specifically,
the defensive unit.
In the last three games, the
Eagles’ defense has given up just
27points, 14ofthose points in the
closing seconds of the game.
Against Pamlico County’s Hurri
canes, the defensive unit gave up
a touchdown and two-point con
version in the final four seconds.
The next week West Carteret’s
Patriots put a touchdown on the
board as time expired.
This past Friday night the de
fense shut down the option run
ning attack of North Lenoir and
allowed just two touchdowns.
The Eagle secondary, when not
picking off errant passes for in
terceptions, it's breaking up pas
ses and making crunching hits.
Throw in some pressure from the
defensive line, ends and line
backers and the defense has
come to life.
The defense stopped North
Lenoir several times on fourth-
down situations.
Defensive coach Tony Caprara
was proud enough of his ”mad
dogs” — so-called for their bark
ing habits — to pay accolades to
the entire unit and not single any
defensive player out for special
attention.
While seniors Monte Brown,
Chuck Bandy and Thomas
McGhee attract attention from
previour years’ reputations, the
youngsters on the defense are
making their presence felt —
especially by the opposing
team’s running backs and re
ceivers.
In the last three games the
other team’s offense has aver
aged nine points a game. Com
bine that with the defense hand
ing the Eagle offense the ball in
good field position, it’s not hard
to see why the Eagles have gotten
off to a 2-0 start in the Coastal
Conference. The Eagles went 1-2
in their first three games, but
have gone 3-0 in their last three.
In recognition of their efforts,
the Flying Eagle Award this
week goes to the defenders of the
Eagle gridiron squad.
L«t’s go “D.”
Wall prowls sideline
Coach Wall Adjusts
To Giving Up Reins
County Unemployment Rate
Drops From July To August
Craven County's unemploy
ment rate dropped slightly in Au
gust, while Jones and Lenoir
counties experienced increases
in their jobless rates.
Craven County's jobless rate
declined fi'om flrom 3.1 percent in
July to 3 percent in Au^st, while
the overall state rate dropped
fiom 3.2 to 3 percent.
The increase in the county un-
mployment figures meant that
1,010 people out of a total work
force of 33,760 were seeking
work in August. In July, 1,040
people out of a work force of
33,650 were without jobs.
In Pamlico County, the unem
ployment rate remained steady
at 1.8 percent in July and during
August. Ninety people out of the
4,970 in the work force were seek
ing jobs in August. The same
number of people were out of
work in July when 90 of the 5,000-
member work force were looking
for work.
Jones County's jobless rate in
creased from 3.1 percent in July
to 3.4 percent in August. There
(See JOBS, Page 5)
By MO KROCHMAL
Sporli Editor
Ed Wall has made the adjust
ment from being a high school
football head coach to being an
assistant coach this season.
After a four-year stint as head
coach at Class 1-A Southwest
Onslow, Wall has joined the foot
ball coaching staff at West
Craven, serving as assistant
coach in charge of the offensive
backfield and the linebackers.
Wall says he “couldn't be hap
pier” at West Craven.
“Clay (Jordan) is a fine coach,”
he says. “The kids couldn't be
better. They are as fine a group as
I have ever been associated with.
“It is an unusual situation
(going from head coach to assis
tant). I am used to calling the
shots and there have been times
when I've had to bite my lip. But,
I couldn't be happier. I have a
role to play on this team.”
Wall, a 1973 graduate of East
Carolina University, said he de
cided to leave Southwest Onslow
for family reasons.
“My wife has works with the
health department in New
Bern,” he said. “For the last nine
years, she has had to drive from
Maysville to New Bern. That's 30
miles each way.
“We had a baby (Christine) 20
months ago and that made the
drive that much harder. She had
been real supportive of me when
I was going through graduate
school, so I decided to make
(See WALL, Page 5)
Bobby Gaddy • part of Eagle defense
Bass Fishing With Champion Is ^ReeV Adventure
Danny Joe Humphrey of Kin
ston used his many years of ex
perience fishing on the Pamlico
and Tar Rivers as a springboard
to the Bass Anglers Sportsman
Society's Federation cham
pionship this summer.
After winning the B.A.S.S
Southern Division cham
pionship last June on the waters
of the Pamlico and Tar Rivers,
Humphrey, a fur trader and
fishing lure salesman and fisher
man extraordinaire, captured the
national championship tourna
ment for amateur bass anglers
belonging to B.A.S.S.
His intimate knowledge of the
waters of the Pamlico and the Tar
Rivers have won him many a
bass tournament.
So, the opportunity to take a
tour of the rivers' waters with
Humphrey on the first day of fall
was too good to turn down.
He promised to be at the land
ing in fiont of a wateriVont res
taurant right after noon. He was
there as promised—sitting in his
boat fishing the shadows under
the bridge.
He said he had gotten his boat
in the water late, about 8 a.m.,
and had spent the morning
fishing. He said he had some suc
cess. But, this was not a tourna
ment expedition — Humphrey
said it was a day for rest and re
laxation.
His back, which had caused
him problems in the BASSMas-
ters Classic — a 50-man tourna
ment for professionals and
amateurs in August on the James
River near Richmond, Va. — was
better, he said.
But, he hadn't been fishing
since he finished 22nd in that
tournament. Just not enough
time.
He said doctors hadn't been
able to pin down an exact cause
of his back problems but that sit
ting in a boat would not be too
hard on him.
“I just try to do what the doc
tors tell me to do,” he said.
With that, Humphrey smiled.
His passenger stored his camera
and note pad and grabbed the
shiny steel hand-grip on the side
of the boat. Humphrey handled
the throttle and the fient of the
boat popped up as the water be
hind churned white. In the back
ground, the Washington water
front disappeared as the boat
whizzed past the railroad trestle
bridge and onto the open waters
of the Pamlico River.
The speedometer read 60 miles
per hour as the boat skimmed
and bumped along the surface of
the river.
Humphrey didn't talk. His pas
senger didn't either. The rush of
the wind would flap your cheek
against your teeth if you tried to
anyway.
Finally, Humphrey slowed the
boat down near some piers on the
north side of the river.
Humphrey went to the front of
the boat and dropped the trolling
engine into the water and per
ched in the seat on the front of
the boat. He reached for one of
the seven rods lying on the car
peted floor of the craft and
started making pin-point casts
into the shadows and the murky
water under the piers. Two or
three quick casts into each area .
— flicking a spinner bait or a
fiourescent orange worm over
the surface or submerging a plug.
Humphrey said he was seeking
a pattern to the activity of the
fish.
“1 look for the fish on the piers
— if they are there, I fish the
piers. If they are on the dropoffs,
I fish the dropoffs. If they are on
trees (in the water), I fish the
trees,” he said.
The fish, that day, didn't seem
to be on the piers.
Humphrey didn't spend too
much time. After a few minutes
and a handful of casts, he got
back behind the wheel and gun
ned the boat back out to the mid
dle of the river, heading east.
A gradual curve took the boat
into Broad Creek past the
Washington Yacht and Country
Club. A little past the tied-up flo
tilla of yachts, Humphrey eased
(See FISHING, Page 5)
Aldermen Seek
To Resurface
Town's Roads
Vanceboro's Town Board
met briefly Monday night and
discussed obtaining estimates
to resurface streets in town.
The aldermen, meeting in
the Town Hall, are asking a
Kinston firm, Barrus Con
struction Co., according to
Town Clerk Carolyn Ipock.
The town recently received
$24,751 from the state ear
marked for road improve
ment.
The town is not seeking bids
on the proposed project be
cause costs of resurfacing
some of the town's streets are
not expected to be above the
(See ALDERMEN, Page 5)