West Craven Highlights
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VOLUME 12 NO. 18
MAY 4, 1989
VANCEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
PHONE 244-0780 OR 948-2144
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Two Programs
In Study Face
Loss Of Funds
Scientist Will Study Neuse
For Signs Of Heavy Metals
Kip Bryan bunts against Pack but is thrown out at first
Two parts of a water
monitoring program sponsored
by the Albemarle-Pamlico
Estuarine Study will stop in
October unless the state legisla
ture will pay for them.
Also, a scientist from East
CaroUtu University also plans to
conduct a study of heavy metals
in the Neuse River. Heavy metals
have been proven harmful to hu
man, animal and plant life.
Robert E. Holman, program
director for the Albemarle-
Pamlico Estuarine Study, said
the U.S. Environmental Protec
tion Agency has denied a request
for money to continue the year-
old monitoring programs.
The EPA has been financing
programs operated by the state
Division of Environmental Man
agement and the U.S. Geological
Survey and for a citizens moni
toring network. Holman said
money has been approved only
for the citizens’ monitoring to
continue.
He spoke to about 40 people at
a meeting of the Pamlico
Citizens’ Advisory Committee of
the Albemarle-Pamlico
Estaurine Study, or APES. Hol
man said the legislature had been
asked for $300,000 for the prog
rams.
If the request is denied, the
programs will have to stop before
they can generate significant or
useful data, Holman said.
Also at the meeting were scien
tists from East Carolina Uni
versity and N.C. State University
who are studying the rela
tionship between water quality
and fish disease.
The APES monitoring plan be
gan in October. Holman said 40
monitoring sites are being main
tained by the Geological Survey
in the Pamlico River and the
Albemarle and Pamlico sounds.
“Because the estuarine system
is very dynamic, constantly
fSee RIVERS, Page 5)
Eagles Drop 2-0 Contest To Pack
By JIM GREEN
Sporli Writer
Washington varsity baseball
coach Steve Coats Inserted Erich
Seiler in the batting order three
weeks ago hoping to get some
kind of punch from the bottom of
his lineup.
Entering the Pack's Coastal
Conference game Friday night at
West Craven, Seiler, who plays
third base, was batting 2-for-14
(.143).
Not too impressive? The
Eagles found out a low batting
average doesn’t mean a player
isn’t hitting.
Seiler singled home Adam Wil
liams with what proved to be the
winning run in the top of the
sixth and the Pack defeated West
Craven 2-0 to move into second
place in the league.
Tripp Leggett, who picked up
the win against Havelock on
Wednesday, went the distance
against the Eagles to improve to
2-1. Washington emerg^ 5-2 in
the Coastal and 8-3 overall. Leg
gett, a left-hander, allowed just
three hits while striking out five
and walking two.
John Dizon, WestCraven's left-
handed screwball specialist, also
went the distance and fell to 2-4.
He allowed seven hits while
striking out 10 and walking two.
In three losses, Dizon has been a
victim of a lack of support — the
Eagles have averaged less than
three runs per game and have
averaged but five hits per game.
West Craven fell to 0-7 and 4-9
following its seventh straight
loss.
Coats praised the efforts of
Leggett, Seiler and the rest of the
squad.
“Once again, we really didn't
play that well. But we got the key
hits and defensive plays when we
needed them, Tripp was super all
night, and we won,” Coats said.
"I always believe that if a team
struggles and wins, it does no
thing but help them in the close
games,” the Pack skipper added.
“Pitching and defense go a long
way: and so far those things have
gotten us where we are.”.
But for a while Friday night, it
was a pitching duel as both teams
had trouble offensively. The first
four innings were completed in
an hour.
The Pack finally broke
through in the sixth. Leggett
singled with one out and was re
placed by courtesy runner Wil
liams, who went to third on Char
lie Manning’s single. After Brian
Greenwood filed out. Seiler took
Dizon’s first pitch, a fastball, and
stroked it between shortstop and
third to score Williams.
“Is that what it was?,” a sur
prised Seiler said afterwards in
regards to the offering. “I didn’t
really notice. Coach (Coats) told
me before the game that I was
hitting well but right at people.
He just told me to look for one I
could punch through.”
The Eagles threatened to tie
the score in the bottom of the in
ning after Kip Bryan walked
with one out and stole second.
But Williams, who entered the
contest an inning earlier as a de
fensive replacement, ran down
(See EAGLES. Page 5)
Farm Life Reunion
Scheduled May 13
The 69th annual banquet
and dance of the Farm Life
School Alumni Association in
VanceborowillbeheldMayl2
beginning at 7 p.m.
'The dinner will be served in
the Farm Life School
cafeteria, followed by the
dance in the school gymna
sium at 9 p.m.
The 1929 graduating class
will be observing its 60-year
reunion. This will be the 50-
year reunion for the graduat
ing class of 1939. Special rec
ognition will be given to these
alumni. There will be reserved
tables for the classes of 1929,
1939, 1949, 1959 and 1969.
All former graduates and
those who attended Farm Life
High School but graduated
from another high school are
invited to attend the banquet
and bring a guest. The dance is
open to everyone who needs
an evening out in their “party
best.” Music will be provided
by Sea Breeze from Morehead
City.
Association President Patri
cia Whitford Eatman urges all
(See REUNION. Page 5)
Lady Eagles Stumble 6~1; Opposing Coach Keeps A Promise
By JIM GREEN
Sport* Wrilrr
After recalling her softball
team’s 16-1 loss at home against
West Craven the last time the two
“Tfuads met a month ago,
Washington coach Becky Rogers
made her girls a promise before
the rematch Friday.
Beat the Eagles, Rogers said,
and the coach would roll around
in the infield and get dirty.
The Lady Pack kept its prom
ise, beating West Craven 6-1. Af
ter the post-game celebration,
Rogers rolled in the infield dirt
twice — much to the delight of
her players.
“(3h, if you could have seen
how we lost the last time... this
is a big win for us,” a smiling and
not very embarrassed Rogers
said. “I can’t believe it."
The victory by Washington
moves the Pack into a tie for
fourth place with West Craven
and East Carteret. Each team has
a 3-4 Coastal Conference ledger.
The last meeting saw the Lady
Pack commit nine errors in what
first baseman Stacy Rowe said
“was a very embarrassing loss for
us.”
“We couldn’t do anything,”
Rowe said. “When we make mis
takes, we tend to get down on
ourselves and things get worse.
But today we were up for the
game. We remembered the last
time.”
“Our whole attitude changed,”
Wendy Furlough said. “We play
ed a lot better and a lot smarter
today.”
The Pack had 10 hits but was
helped by eight West Craven
errors, seven in the infield.
In the first, Angela Smith sing
led and her courtesy runner,
Suzanne Paschal, reached
second when a wild throw sailed
into centerfield on Poncetta Rod
gers’ grounder. Rowe singled
Paschal to third, and when an
Eagle outfielder overthrew the
base. Paschal trotted home.
In the second, Pam Garren
singled and Furlough reached on
an error. One out later, Leigh
Westbrook singled to right field.
An alert Furlough scored when a
West Craven outfielder held the
ball.
A similar situation occurred in
the fourth when Furlough
reached on another error and
advanced to second on the over
throw. One out later, Westbrook
reached on an error and a tenta
tive Eagle fielder held the ball,
allowing Furlough to race home
for the second time.
The Lady Pack (3-5 overall)
added two more runs in the sixth
— one when Furlough scored on
Westbrook’s single; the other
when Lisa Manning’s sacrifice
fly scored Karen Riddick.
West Craven scored its only
run in the bottom of the fifth.
Tammy Wolfe singled and an
outfield error allow^ her to adv
ance to second. Anita Gaskins
grounded out and Wolfe adv
anced to third. Marci Blades fol
lowed with a single to plate
Wolfe.
But Washington ended the
threat when pitcher Angela
Smith, shortstop Poncetta Rod
gers and first baseman Stacy
Rowe turned the squad's first
double play this season.
Westbrook and Rodgers had
two hits each for the Lady Pack
while Smith, Rowe, Garren,
Karen Brothers, Mary Martin
Asby and Denise wehrenberg
added one hit each.
Blades, Linetta Bryant, Jennif
er Peele, Patricia Bryant and
Amy Bizzell shared the five hits
for West Craven (6-4 overall).
Koonce Setting Sights
On Successful Career
By MIKE VOSS
Edilor
GREENVILLE — Vancebor-
o’s George Koonce was a busy
man on a recent Saturday after
noon. Busy keeping an eye on ab
out 166 other young men.
While the young men battled in
the annual Purple-Gold game at
East Carolina University's Fick-
len Stadium, Koonce was men
tally taking notes. When he walks
onto the Pirate practice field in
August, Koonce will be behind
most of the other Pirate football
players. Behind in most areas,
except maybe talent and fun
damentals.
Koonce, transferring in from
Chowan College in Murfreeso-
boro after a notable prep career
at West Craven High School, will
have to learn head coach Bill
Lewis’ system. He got a preview
of that system at Saturday's
annual intra-squad game that en
ded the Pirates' spring practice.
Koonce brings several honors
with him to the ECU campus, in
cluding AU-America status, de
fensive player of the year in Cho
wan’s conference and all
conference.
Koonce said a major fiictor in
his decision to play at ECU was
that home is just a few miles
down N.C. 43. If ECU had not
signed him, Koonce said he
would have played for Tennes
see. But after ECU recruited him
and showed him that the school
was interested, Koonce decided
not to visit Tennessee.
“Yes, being able to play close
to home was a factor in deciding
to come here,” said Koonce in an
interview after Saturday's game.
“The first thing I will have to
do is prove myself the first
week,” he said.
What does he think of Lewis
and Lewis' philosophy? “I like
coach Lewis and his way of play
ing ball. I think his system and
my way of play will be good for
each other,” he said.
“I like to get after the ball. I like
to hit, hit and hit. That’s what I
think I can bring to the team,”
said Koonce,
Lewis is counting on Koonce
to provide more than just good
defense. “George is a mature guy
that we will look to provide lead
ership. It is that leadership capa
bility we saw when we were re
cruiting him. George is a serious
person that can bring a lot to our
team," said Lewis.
Lewis said he saw Koonce
fSce KOONCE, Page S)
Dominic’s Serves Up
Comedy With Dinner
Actors rehearse parts in comedy
Once again Dominic’s is serv
ing up comedy along with it
usual fare.
Dominic's Cabaret Room wel
comes the lusty monty of May
with Cabaret Players, Inc.’s com
edy Twice Around the Park.
Composed of two one-act sex
farces by Murray Schisgal, the
show is set to play the Cabaret
Room (separate from the main
dining room) May 5-6, May 12-13
and May 19-20 with a dinner
served en course starting at 7
p.m. and followed by the show.
Cabaret Players, the area’s
only year-round professional
acting company, has previously
produced Schisgal's comedy
Lu vand director Robert Hennon
says this show is even more hys
terical.
Starring Eli Wallach and Anne
Jackson in its Broadway run.
Cabaret Players’ version of the
comedy features' New Bern thes-
pians Peter Norton and Lynn
Pharr.
In the first farce, “A Need for
Brussels Sprouts," Norton plays
a middle-aged actor between
jobs who is hoping to land a tele
vision commerical for pizza by
playing an opera recording frill
blast in his apartment while pre
tending to be the tenor. Enter an
irate policewoman — played by
Ms. Pharr—who happens to live
upstairs to give him a summons
for disturbing the peace. They
are both lonely. So, well, natural
ly one thing leads to another...
In the second play, “A Need for
Less Expertise,” the stars play
Edie and Gus, who have been
married for 26 years but whose
marriage is on the rocks. In a last-
ditch effort to save their mar
riage, they have procured a self-
help audio tape designed to im
prove their spiritual awareness,
their health and, of course, their
sex life.
Norton, in a way, rejoins
Cabaret Players for Twice
Around the Park, having played
with its predecessor, the Harvey
Mansion Players, several years
ago in TTie Good Doctor. He stu
died theater with New York Ci
ty’s Neighborhood Playhouse
School of Theater and has
appeared in more than 40 shows
in New Jersey and North Caroli
na. In this area he has played
with Footlight Theater, New
Bern Civic Theater, worked two
summers at Tryon Palace as part
of its living history performances
as well as appearing in the histor-
(See DOMINIC'S, Page 5)