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VOLUME 12 NO. 33
AUGUST 24, 1989
VANCEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
PHONE 244-0780 OR 946-; M4 (UPSP 412-110)
26 CENTS
SIX PAGES
Campbell
Soups Up
Statens D
Bjr Mo Krochnul
Spoito Editor
RALEIGH — Lut year, u a
ladiUrt fteahman at North Car
olina Stata, Vancaboro’s Jaaaa
Campball became a etar with hie un
canny obili^ to make big plays
defeneively.
Five times in Atlantic Coast Con-
fersnee games, Campbell came up
with key interceptions. At the end of
the year, the press was touting
Campbell as a potential first-round
draft pick in the NFL — two years
before he would officially b^me
eligible for the draft.
Campbell finished the season as
ths Wolfpack'a leading tackier and
led the team in five of eight defen
sive categories.
Heady stuff for a fella who made
his mark as a standout rusher at
West Craven High School. In his se
nior year, Campbell rushed for more
tfhm-1,400 yards and scared 24
touchdowns. He also starred at line
backer, getting in some 100 tackles
and—picking off two interceptions
en route to being named an all-state
performer.
*Did people wonder when we put
him on defense?* Buddy Green, his
position coach asked at a press con
ference to kickoff the 19% football
Yea coach, 'people wondered a
little at the start of the last season.
But Campbell convinced them.
He raised some eyebrows when
he made ediving interception in the
end zone to preserve State's 14-6
win over Wake Forest on arainy Sa
turday in Raleigh. He earned ACC
defensive-back-of-the-week honors
for that—in just the second week of
the season.
Folks started believing when
Jesse pulled a football out of the air
and ran it back 67 yards for a touch
down in State’s 14-6 win on Georgia
Tech. The television replays were
convincing. He was named the
ACCs rookieof-the-week for that
one.
Then, in the Peach Bowl game
against Iowa, Jesse capped his sea
son with another end-zone
interception.
He pulled off a rare double, being
named to the All-ACC squad and the
ACC Rookie of the Year.
How does he plan to follow that?
*By getting better,* Campbell
said.
*I can improve end build on what
Fve done. Fm not going to look back.
ni juet forget that.*
To improve, Jesse worked out
hard this summer. His high school
coach. Clay Jordan, said Jesse was
at his door every day at 6:30 in the
evening toget the keys to the weight
room at the school. The keys were
Vanceboro Woffpacker
WMt Craven High School graduato
and Vanoaboro roaWont Joaao
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lanlle Coaal Confaranco rooMa ol
tha yaor laat yaar and aamad all*
A(!C honora, a rara douUa award.
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wlUi hardnoaad and Umaly dalan*
alva playa Ilka Vila tackla agalnai
Virginia laat yaar (bollom). Ha goaa
Into tha 1909 aaaaon aa a aaoond*
yaar alartar at North Carolina Stata.
promptly returned at 9:30.
The four-hour workout sessions
came after a full day of construction
work. Campbell said he worked at
Fuller Construction helping build a
department store in New Bern.
About the middle of the summer,
Campbell returned to Raleigh for
summer school and more lifting.
He said his success hadn't
changed the way people interacted
with him — th^ who knew him
well.
To people who know me, I'm still
Jesse,* he said. To others, I kind of
a town hero. They come up tome an d
tell me how proud they are of me.*
Doesn't that get tiring? *
*You can't get tired of that,” he
says with a smile.
Campbell said he is aware that he
can be a positive role model for
youngsters.
*A lot of kids look up to me,” he
said. "When I go home, I try to give
them a good image. I tiy to talk to
the bad ones and tell them that they
dont have to be that way.”
Campbell said he expects oppos-
ing teams to treat him differently
See CAMPBELL, Page 6
Mayor Seeks
An 11th Term
In Vanceboro
By Greg Siroud
Starr Writer
Tba Town of Vanceboro boa been
aerved by Moor Jimmie Morria for
over twenty yeare and it aeeme aa if
the trend ^11 continue in tha next
twoyeaia aa Morria preparea for hie
eleventh two-year term.
Thia year, Vanceboro will hold ita
town alectiona on November 7. The
deadline for filing for election wax
Auguat 4 and oa of that date, only
the mayor and the five incumbent
Board of Alderman had filed for
election.
Morria ia proud of hie time in of
fice. Among the acoompliohmenta
he and the boarde under him have
attained include the installation
and operation of a municipal water
and oewer oystem, the building of a
new town hall, the purchasing of a
fire truck, allowing the town to be
rated for insurance, just to name a
few.
Morris aaid he was also thankful
the town was able to get grants for
the medical center and have been
able to pave ell but two email sec-
tiona of atreets within Oie town
limits.
Over the past two to three years,
the town was able to have the first
replacement elementary school to
be built in Craven County using
iUnds allocated by the state for
school construction.
Morris also cites the location of
the first Fortune 600 manufacturers
in Vanceboro, Parker-Hannifin,
during his terms of office.
Morris still has a unfulfilled vis
ion for Vanceboro.
Said Morris, *I would like now to
see the town administration and
elected officials work toward locat-
ingmorebusinessesinourcommun- j
ity. In order for this to be accom
plished, itis very important that the
people of Vanceboro and surround
ing communities support our local
merchants so that other businesses
will want to locate here.*
Morris cited several franchises
that had expreesed interest in Van
ceboro provide they could find peo
ple to run the operations and suffi
cient interest and support in the
community.
See ELECTION. Page 6
Church Celebrates
Pastor’s First Year
By Greg Stroud
Staff Writer
The Vanceboro Christian Church
celebrated the endofthe firet year of
service of Rev. Dan Hall on August
13 with a guest speaker, covered-
dish dinner and a ringing group for
“^Entertainment.
Hall, 26, is a native of Charlotte
He did his undergraduate work at
Montreat-Anderson College and
Greensboro College where he re
ceived a bachelor of arts degree in
religion. Hall continued his minis
terial traini ng at Bethany Theologi
cal Seminaiy. During the past year
while at Vanceboro Christian
Church, Hall completed his docto
rate through the Great Commisrion
Theological Seminary.
Hall said he became a Christion
five days before his 16th birthday on
March 26, 1979. When he went to
college, he knew he wanted to go
into Christian work, but did not or
iginally think he wouldendupin the
pastoral ministry. His goal in
undergraduate study was to go into
some area of Christian education.
Hal) began Christian work in
1982 and has been a fulltime minis
ter for two years. Previously Hall
spent one year as the pastor of
Stokesdale Christian Church in
Stokesdale.
When asked how he felt about his
first year at Vanceboro Christian
Church, Hall said. There have been
mapy challenms in this first war. It
has been abuildingyearin which we
have accomplishedmany things. We
started a nursej^ and implemented
the Children's Church program, be
gan a Young Adult Sunday School
class, formed a junior youth group,
and completed much work on the
church grounds. We finished con
struction on several rooms, created
a new library, and put aluminum
riding on the windows.”
Hall said attendance had in
creased and the church has gained
16 new members.
Tersonally it has been a matur
ing year,” said Hall. He said he felt
much more settled now.
1 epjoy being part of the com
munity and a member of Vanceboro
Christian Church. Ifeel verymucha
part of Vanceboro.”
The celebration held Sunday fea-
See CHURCH, Page 6
Players Prepare For Shows At Dominic’s Italian Restaurant
' Dominic's Italian Restaurant is
hosting the season opener of Ca-
f beret layers Inc.'s touring produc-
*tion of the dramatic comedy 'Seas-
|cape with Sharks and Dancer* in
dinner theater.
i 'Seascape* opens the acting com-
Ipan/s five show ,.1989-90 season
t with a three-week run at Dominies*
near New Bern, the company's
•home base.
j Starring in the comedy is Emily
(Litchfield, the title character from
the acting company's production of
'Agnes of God'last season. In a com
panion role, Cabaret Players is in
troducing Micheal Giachetti as he
makes Ids theatrical debut.
Set in a beach bungalow, the
show features Giachetti as Ben, the
young man who lives there and who
has Just pulled a lost young woman,
TVaty (played by Litchfield), from
the ocean. He thought she was
drowning, but she says she was
merely 'dancing with the sharks”,
according to director Leslie John
Ijee
Soon she finds herself trapped in
his life and torn between her need to
come to rest somewhere and her cer
tainty that all human relationships
eventually turn into nightmares.
The show is, according to Lee, an
offbeat, wonderful love story told
humorously but with k dramatic
twist. The tnie-to-life script does
contain some adult language.
'Seascape* is scheduled for pro
duction with a September 8 opening
at Dominies' Cabaret Room (sep-
erate from the main dining room,
which will remain open) end plays
there Friday and Saturday nights
September 8, 9,15,16,22 and 25.
Dominies* chef Darrell Pbwers is
preparing a gourmet five-course
dinner served en course during the
show. The menu consists of a sea
food pastry puff appetiser, Scratch-
etelli for for the soup, Capelli d'
Angeli con Granchio (angel hair
pasta with crab) for the pasta, a
choice of Arrosto Farcito Agli Spi-
naci (stuffed roast veal with spi-
nach)or Quaglie al Vetta (quail with
golden ndsin) for the entree, and
chocolate mousse for dessert.
Tickets for the dinner and show
are $25. The Cabaret room is open
for beverage service at 6:30 p.m. fol
lowed by dinner and then curtain at
about 8:15. Prepaid cash or credit
card reservations may be made by
calling 244-0736. The restaurant is
Eagles Look Sharp
During Scrimmage
Bjr Greg Stroud
Stair Writer
: WMIe a eerimrnage game haa no
: winnera or losera, the West Craven
Eagles showed an impressive sense
. of control during the first half of lost
night's home scrimmage against
non-conference Bast Carteret.
West Craven entered the end
zone four times while East Carteret
visited it once.
In the second half, the Mariners
made remarkable defensive im
provements and did not allow the
ball near the end tone.
Neither did West Craven.
West Craven's Kip Bryan played
an outstanding game, scoring one
touchdown on a peas reception and
one on an interception.
Junior Lee Becton, a Washington
Daily News all-area selection last
year, scored West Craven’s first
touchdown, rambling 16 yards.
Craig Coward alto ran the ball
into the end zone for West Craven.
*It was like any scrimmage. We
had bright spots and not-so-bright
spots. Oflentively, we're not en
tirely new. We did some things real
well,* said West Craven coach Clay
Jor^.
*Our major concern with our de
fense was that a lot of lost year’s
players did not come back. We did
reu well, considering. Overall, I was
real pleased with everyone’s
performance.*
Probably the most impressive
play of the gmne waa made by East
CartereFs Terry Johnson on the
first play of the ^mmage. Johnson
tookahondoifandrantheball more
than 40 yards for a touchdown.
*1 was very proud of our guys.
They came b«k well after a hor
rendous first half,* said East Car
teret coach Tom Frazier.
They showed nervousness dur
ing tha first half. They couldn't exe
cute, couldn't block. They couldn't
See EAGLES, Page 6
Gold medalists
Susan Jewell and Tyrone Mopre both received first-
place medals in contests at the Future Homemakers of
America annual national contest held thisyearin Ana
heim, Calif. Miss Jewell is a rising sophomore and
Moore is a graduate of West Craven High School. Miss
Jewell competed in the job application and interview
event and Moore participated in food service contests.
located 10 miles north of New Bern I
on US 17.
Next, the show moves to Cabaret
PlayerF newest patrons, the TVawl
Door in Oriental and the Galley
Stack Restaurant.
The show was cast after highly
successful season auditions that
drew a dozen experienced actors
from Greenville, Jacksonville,
Morehead City, Beaufort and New
See CABARET, Page 6
Becton,
Eagles
No Fluke
By Mike Voss
Editor ,
Tomorrow night Lee Becton sets
out to prove his success last season
on the gridiron was not a fluke.
Last year as a sophomore, the |
West Craven High School running
back lead the Coastal Conference in
rushing as he picked up 1,197 yards
and rushed for 19 touchdowns. He |
averaged 7.4 yards a cany on his |
way tobeing being named a member
of the Washington Daily News All-
Area Team. Becton was also men
tioned in the USA Today prep honor
roll. Becton also snored two passes
for touchdowns and four-two point
conversions.
Becton was late for pre-season
practice this year. But he had a
pretty good excuse. He was in
See BECTON, Page 6