(Brauc^autitn West Craven Highlights iVpH's Vrnm Aloiiff The Hunks Of The i\eiise ippr NAriQNAi MMWaPfS AMOt^lON VOLUME 12 NO. 21 MAY 25,1989 VANCEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA PHONE 244-0780 OR 946-2H4 (UPSP412U0) 25 CENTS ' SIX PAGES Festival Adds Color, Smiles To Vanceboro Salute To Strawberries Sweet Success For Town West Craven's band adds sweet music to festival parade Leaf Growers Can Switch Crop By Greg Stroud and Terri Jamieaon The streets of Vanceboro came alive Saturday as the 7th Annual Strawberry Festival/Rescue Day got underway. The day began as exibitors and parade participants prepared for the events ahead. As early as 7:30 a.m., people began gathering, finding good parking spaces, and mingling among each other. The parade, which was led by new police chief, Don Greenwaldt, began promptly at 10 a.m. and lasted about an hour. Townspeo ple were pleased with the parade this year and felt that the com munity and its organizations were well represented. One observer re marked, “It was a lot of fun. It was much bigger than last year with lota of new things. I ei\joyed the big trucks. This was the first year they had them.* Children were excited to see the equine group, the big fire truck that provided a cooling mist on a hot morning, and the candy and gum being tossed into the crowd by various groups as they passed. The overall favorite of the crowd, though, was the marching band from West Craven High School. Local merchants were happy to see the parade. Moat businesses were quite busy throughout the day because of the crowd that had amassed. Gross daily sales were up 2 to 3 times their norma in most locations. After the parade, the crowd (Stt FESTIVAL. Page 5) Tobacco farmers who own or op erate farms in more than one loca tion will be able to switch their to bacco between those fields for the first time this year, a federal offi cial said today. This change was made because of the abnormal rainfall that has prevented the planting of about half of the county’s tobacco crop, according to Cliff Moore,executive director of a local Agriculture Sta bilization and Conservation Ser vice office. The ASCS is also one of two fed eral agencies extending the filing deadiines for farmers who have not finished planting com. The Federal Crop Insurance Corp. deadline for filing late- planting forms has been extended to May 31. The ASCS will extend its prevented planting deadline to June 16, which will correspond to the agency’s spring certification deadiine. The change in the tobacco-, growing procedures will let a far mer switch a crop’s growing sites. Although his marketing card specifies the tobacco will be grown in a particular field, he can grow the tobacco in another field he owns or operates and sell it on the original marketing card. Moore said if one field is too wet for planting, the farmer can switch to another field that has re ceived less rainfall. This will apply only to fields a farmer owns or is listed as operating. The state’s Congressional dele gation and N.C. Insurance Com missioner Jim Long asked for the filing extensions because the un- uauq)ly heavy rainfall has delayed planting of most mtgor crops. Federal guidelines require that certain crops be planted by certain dates to retain full coverage. Bey ond those dates, coverage de creases 10 percent for every five days planting is delayed. Rainfall, already eight inches above normal this year, has kept farmers out of the fields. Many are as much as a month behind nor mal planting schedules. Extending the FCIC deadline will enable crops to qualify for in surance coverage even if they are (See FARM, Page S) Singers Noteworthy Addition To Festival Spectators stomped their feet and clapped their hands as The Valleyaires peformed dur- ing the Vanceboro Strawberry Festival/Rescue Day. The five-member group from Fremont has performed throughout eastern North Car olina and in Virginia. Their music is a blend of traditional Southern gospel styles. Bobbi Ann Proctor, a mem ber of the group and its mana ger, said, ‘Southern gospel is our favorite. Although we have a line up selected, we leave our list open so that we can add to our sections,** she said. 'f h^ group started about 20 years ago in Alabama. When Larry and Sarah Cowper were transferred to Goldston, Ms. Proctor auditioned and was gi ven the job of playing the piano (See VALLEYAIRES, Page 5) Mavretic Under Fire From Rep. Anderson William ‘Bill* Hodges of Beau fort County was re-elected chair man of the First Congressional District Democratic Executive Committee at the district conven tion held Saturday at Beaufort County Community College. ~'"*At theconvention. Rep. Gerald Anderson, D-Craven, threw sev eral jabs at the speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives, a fellow Democrat. Betsy Leach of Pitt County was elected first vice chairman, Cozelle Wilson of Lenoir was named second vice chairman, and Luann Whitley Joyner of Hertford County was elected third vice chairman. Tom Payne of Beaufort County was re-elected secretary, and Willie Riddick of Bertie was named treasurer. “The Democratic patty is the party of values,* said Lawrence ,Jkvis, chairman of the N.C. State T>f^mocratic Executive Committee Gardner Discusses Drug War By Michael Adams Special to the West Craven Highlights Lt. Governor Jim Gardner and members of the N.C. drug cabinet came to eastern North Carolina Monday to hear ideas and recom mendations on fighting what he calls a “massive* state drug problem. Gardner, who visited a school and a neighborhood where drug activity is causing problems, said in an interview Monday morning the sale and use of illegal drugs in the state *ia our number one problem.* ‘It’s the most oounterproduc- (See OARDNBR, Page 6) who addressed the luncheon ses sion prior to the opening of the convention. ‘We’ve always been interested in the average person, and we have a real challenge today to im prove education and environ ment,* the head of the state party said. He also called upon Demo crats to pay off the state party debt quickly. At ^mocratic district conven tions across the state Saturday, some delegations called for Davis to resign, but no such demand was heard here. Delegates from the Second and Fourth Districts passed resolu tions demanding that Davis step down from his post Davis has bmn criticized by some Democrats for saying the party should reassess its stand in support of a woman's right to an (See ANDERSON. Page S) Chopper With A Hopper Spring means planting and planting means fer tilizer and pesticides. This helicopter does crop dusting in a way not usually seen. Most of us think of bi-planes and antique-looking aircraft when we think of cropdusting. But helicopters can hover, br inging fertilizer or pesticides closer to the crops. This observer in the field seems more than just a little interested. (Ric Carter photo) Dover Plans Project The Dover Community Associa tion, in conjunction with the Cra ven County Commissioner’s Board on Aging, is drawing up a blueprint to renovate the com munity center. The project will begin in ap proximately six weeks and will re quire approximately $20,000, ac cording to board Chairman Bar bara Flynn. The idea was born when Cephus Baker and Avon Dove of the association asked the board for help after the successful renovations made at the Vanceb oro Community Center. William Whaley, the town’s building inspector, has approved the project. The project will be funded by (See DOVER, Page 5) Area Students Receive Awards For Skills Learned In Classroom Dover’s Tony Fonville, a stu dent at West Craven High School, took first place in culin ary skills at the state Future Homemakers of America lead ership meeting held in Raleigh. Also collecting first-place fi nishes were Tyrone Moore of Dover and Susan Jewell, both students at West Craven. Moore took first place in the food service team event and Ms. Jewell took first place in the job application/interview contest in the junior division. Fonville, Moore and Coma- sine Fonville each received $1,600 scholarships to Johnson and Wales College to study cu linary sidlle. The scholarship awards were given for the stu dents’ involvement in FHA/ HERO. Ms. Jewell and Moore will travel to Anaheim, Calif., where they will compete at a national competition July 14-21. Ms. Gay Lea, home eco nomics teacher, said, ‘I was very proud and amazed that we won because there were so many schools that were bigger and had better, more fully- equipped commercial kitchens than ours,* said Ms. Lea. Calvin Garris, a student at Craven Community College, placed second in a cosmetology competition that included cos metology students from across the state. The competition was held in conjunction with the 60th an nual conference of the N.C. Beautician and Cosmetology Association. The conference was held in Fayetteville. Students were alloted a spe cific amount of time to perform a roll and set on thermo curl and were asked to comb out their models’ hair and put on makeup during a 60-minute period. “I had a good time com peting with the others. I was running a little late so when they called my named (as the second-place finisher) I was surprised,* said Garris. Garris has two more quar ters at Craven Community Col lege to complete before com pleting the 1,600 hours re quired to be eligible to became a (See FHA, Page S) Vanceboro Resident Wins Trip To Opryland Freshway Food Stores recently announced that Terri Jamieson of Vanceboro wiil be one of two area grand prize winners that will be on their way to Opryland USA in honor of Fresh Way’s 19th birth day celebration. The prize will include, in addi tion to lodging and airfare, two three-day passes to Opryland Showpark, two tickets to a Grand Ole Opry performance, two tickets to see Brenda Lee in “Music, Music, Music*, a day cruise on the General Jackson showboat and re servations for a Grand Ole Opry sightseeing tour of Nashville. Mrs. Jamieson, a licensed prac tical nurse and mother of two, is a staff writer for the West Craven Highlighto. When asked how she felt about winning the grand prize, Mrs. Ja mieaon said, *I was shocked. I hadn't expected to win. I love country music, so I think it will be a very exciting trip.* Mrs. Jamie son plans to take the trip with her husband, Greg, sometime in the fall. Robert Malpass of La Grange also won a grand prize trip to Nashville. Other prizes given away during the contest included two Hatteras swing seta per store, and a com plete set of 1989 Donruss and Fleer baseball cards. T.L. Edwards, president of Fresh Way Food Stores, expressed his appreciation on behalfof Fresh Way Food Stores. “We want to thank all of our customers for their support, this (See TRIP, Page S)

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