West Craven Highlights
VOLUME 12 NO. 44 NOVEMBER 2. 1989
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Jobless
figures
are steady
Graham waa the only coun^ in
the state with an unemployment
ratein double digitain September—
its 10.6 percent more than twice the
natWal average and three times
the state average.
' Dare County was at the far end of
the spectrum with only 1.1 percent,
according to Bgures released today
by the N.C. Employment Security
Commission.
Down East countios remei ned be
low the middle of the state scale.
' Unemployment rose slightly in
braven and Jones counties and fell
slightly in Lenoir and Pamlico coun
ties in Septemher. It increased
slightly in Pitt County.
But all five counties remained
under Sve percent. Analysts with
the Employment Security Commis-
See JOBLESS, Page 6
Jobless Rates
For September
Trawling study
is top priority
of APES panel
Crtven
JOAM
PamSco
Lanotr
Pin
9.9%
9.9%
2.7%
9.7%
94%
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Photo ccurtMy Tryon Palaeo Roatontlon
Looking a lot like Christmas
Tryon Palace hostesses Annie B. Gibbs (iefi) and Beverly Giiernler add a finishing touch to the
traditlonai grand gariand on the mahogany staircase, Great Stairs Mali, at historic Tryon Palace.
This year’s Christmas celebration at Tryon Palace Is Dec. 6-21.
A study of trawling and its effects
on marine life will be the top priority
of the Pamlico Citizens Advisory
Committee as it seeks research
proposals for the coming year.
The committee, one of two advis
ory panels for the Albemarle-
Pamlico Estuarine Study, voted in a
meeting at the Washington Civic
Center last week to recommend that
a study of trawling be financed be
fore any other for the coming year.
TTie recommendation will be for
warded to the Albemarle-P&miico
Estuarine Study, or APES, techni
cal committee.
Next month, the technical com
mittee will reWew a list of seven
study topics endorsed by the panel
last night, then call for research
proposals concerning those topics.
The Pamlico group and a similar
committee for the Albemarle region
will review the research proposals
in January.
llie committee also endorsed stu
dies on submerged aquatic vegeta
tion; toxic chemicals in water, sedi
ment and animal tissue; nutrients;
flow patterns for the Aibemarle
Sound; fisheries issues, including
fish and crab disease; social and eco
nomic factors, and a Currituck
Sound management plan.
The vote to endorse a trawling
study «4s taken after two area com
mercial fishermen, Charles Clark
and Dallas Ormond, spoke to the
group on trawling.
Reading from a three-page writ
ten statement, Clark told the group
he has studied trawling in the Pam
lico Sound for several years and is
convinced it kills vast numbers of
fish and disturbs their habitat.
**niis is something I feel very
strongly about,* * Clark said. *A posi
tion needs to be taken by someone
other then myself.”
*Most studies (on trawling) con
clude that more studies need to be
done,” he said.
Committee member CHark Rod-
man said, *We need somebody who
is unbiased to do a study.”
*I hope this would be put at the
top of our priority list and I'd like to
know specifically what happens to
it,” Richard Leach, another commit
tee member, said.
Committee member Etles Hen-
ries Jr. took issue with the trawling
See APES, Page 6
Fishermen raising no overall objection to salt-water licenses
Local fishermen raised no overall
objections last Thursday to a state
plan for saltwater fishing licenses,
although many disagreed mth some
of its details.
*We need to regulate now,” John
Foster, a commercial fisherman,
told representatives of the N.C. Di
vision of Marine Fisheriesatameet-
ing here. *If we don't do something
to protect our resource, we're going
to lose it.”
Foster was one of about 160 peo
ple attending the public meeting in
the Beaufort County Courtiiouse.
”lhis is your resource. YouVe the
user,” Gor^n W. Meekins of Engel
hard, chairman of the marine fishe
ries management commission, told
the group. "Is there anything in this
package that can be used to help
you?”
*I personally dont believe we
have an unlimited resource,” he
said. *^me of the counties in the
east are going to double their
population.
- *Can the resource stand that
f pressure,* he said. Do we want to
ose our tradition?”
Last Thursday’s meeting in
Waidiington was one of 12 through
out the state last week.
Reaction to the proposal at other
meetings has been mixed, with op
position coming from commercial
fishermen in the east and support
for the program coming from recrea
tional fishermen inland, according
to William T. Hogarth, marine
fisheries director.
In Washington, however, most
commercial fishermen were in favor
of some aspects of the proposal while
recreational and sports fishermen
were against sections of the
proposal.
During the meeting, Etles Hen
ries Sr., commercial fisherman from
the Aurora area, stood and read a
list of fees charged for fishing
licenses in South Carolina.
This program is in place and is
working in our sister state,”he said.
"Some mav not like this fee or that
fee, but the overall program will
work if we will enact it.”
His remarks drew applause.
The North Carolina licensing
package includes several alterna
tives for saltwater fishing licenses.
Unlike freshwater fishing, saltwa
ter fishing does not now require a
license.
To enact such a license, the divi
sion would need the approval of the
General Assembly.
If approved, anyone over the age
of 16 who takes any fishery product
from the state’s marine waters for
non-commercial purposes would
need a license. The cost for state re
sidents would range from $5 for a
one-day license to $16 for a yearly
license. Non-residents would pay
from $10 to $30.
Clark Rodman, recreational and
sportsfisherman, said he agreed
with the proposal to license out-of-
state fishermen. *Out of staters
should not be able to use our resour
ces without paying for it.”
*As for in-state fishermen. I’m
more than willing to pay this small
fee,” he said.
Climate for boaters
attractive to retirees
By Mike Voss
Editor
Snowbird.
An appropriate name for a aailing
vessel heading south for the winter.
In sailing slang, snowbirds are sail
ors who leave the northern climates
and head for the warmer southern
harbors during the winter.
Tigress.
Another appropriate name for a
sailboat, especially one that plans
on prowling around the Bahamas
and Mediterranean for twoyeara be
fore returning to the waters of east
ern North Carolina to hunt down
races to sail in.
The two boats have called the
area their temporary homes over
the lost few days. One sailed ftom
Green Bay, Wis., and the other
factory-fresh from Ohio with her
two-man crew from Detroit One
sailed an inland waterway and the
other took a trip down the Atlantic
coast.
Both dropped anchor In area wa
ters — one crew looking for a possi
ble place toretireandtheothercrew
getting ready for two years at sea.
The latter crew already has a lot at
an area subdivision that caters to
boaters and plans to build a house
ther after returning in two years.
*We really like the area,* said
Don and Jane Ruth of Green Bay.
The couple was found yesterday
putting away bicycles ueed in get
ting around. Don, who retired from
the paper industiy, end Jane, a for
mer teacher, are taking a second
look at the area for potential home
sites. They virited the area by car
about IK years am and think the
area offers what they are eeeking.
'Tt’s a good spot to leave from,'
said Don about hiture sailing trips.
‘And to be from,' interjected
Jane.
The couple left the Green Bay
area Aug. 16, sailed through three of
the Great Lakes — MicMgan, Hu-
ron and Erie—and through the Erie
See BOATERS, Page 6
APES annual meeting
set for Edenton Nov. 4
Nlederbudhls at helm of 40-foot Tigress.
Hie second annual public meet
ing of the Albemarle-Pamllco Es
tuarine Study will be held Saturday
at the American Legion building in
Edenton.
Keynote speaker for the day-long
event will be Charlie Gaddy,
anchorman and senior editor for
WRAL television station in Raleigh.
A native of North Carolina,
Gaddy earned a bachelor of arts de
gree from Guilford College in
Greens^ro. He has received
numerous broadcasting awards in
cluding two United Pmss Interna
tional honors for radio documenta
ries and the Beet Documentary
Award in 1984 from the Radio Tele
vision News Directors Association of
the Ckirolinas.
Gaddy will speak to the group on
protecting North Carolina’s rivers
and sounds.
The day-long event will begin at 9
a.m. with registration and the open
ing of sevei^ research exhibits.
Field trips are planned from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. to 10 sites showing ex
amples of research sponsored by the
Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine
Becton, turnovers key Eagles
past Patriots to stay undefeated
Veee irtMta
W«st Craven'* Paul Anderson, center, gets up after being tackled as Patriots' D.A. Ballou, 50,
watches.
By Mike Vo»
Surr Writer
MOREHEAD CITY — Weet Cr»-
ven’s Lee Becton rushed for 187
yards and scored three touchdowns
while the Eagles' secondary picked
apart the West Carteret passing
game with six interceptions in a
41-14 (Hass 3-A Coastal Conference
win.
The win sets up a fight next week
with D.H. Conley for the conference
crown. Both West Craven and Con-
lev are undefeated in the league.
West Oaven Is 9-0 overall and
ranked fifth in the state among 3-A
schools. Conley is unbeaten in the
league and is 7-2 overall.
Last night, Becton gave the Ea
gles their first three touchdowns
and a 21-0 lead on a 3-yard run, a
70-yard interception return and a
7d-vard run.
West Craven drew first blood
when Becton went in ftom three
yards out, two plays after the Ea
gles' opened the game on a 54-yard
pass from quarterback Kevin Holz-
worth to Kip Biyan.
Bryan firJshed the game with
four receptions for 108 yards includ
ing a 34-yard touchdown catch. He
also picked off three passes.
West Craven head coach (Tlay
Jordan said the Eagles were fiat in
the first half.
”I thought we would be fiat,” he
said, noting the game had no tear
ing on the played race, with West
Craven having clinched one of the
two spots.
But that didn't stop him item us
ing his halftime remarks to awaken
the Ekigles, who exploded for 27
points in the second half and bottled
up the Patriot offense, allowing only
164 yards and only 39 yards
rushing.
Jordan said the Patriots* turnov
ers and the Eagles' ability to score
after the Patriot miscues was the
key to the game. He said the Pat
riots were i£le to*take Becton out of
Other recreational fishermen,
however, did not agree.
*T own a boat and I pay $5,000 a
year to fish in upkeep and equip
ment costs,” said Tom Little, recrea
tional fisherman. ”As far as having
to spend more money to buy a
license, I totally disagree.”
Johnny Foster, commercial
fisherman, said, Dm in total agree
ment with the recreational license.
If you're going to hunt, pay for it. If
you're going to fish, pay for it.”
Under another proposal, anyone
who wished to sell any fishery pro-
See FISH. Page 6
Study, or APES.
Transportation for the field trips
and lunch will be provided to the
first 290 people to register.
The meeting is planned by the
N.C. C^oastal Federation through a
public partiepation grant from the
study. Funds are provided by the
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and the state.
APES is part of the federal gov
ernments National Estuarine F^^-
ram, an effort to identity problems
in coastal waters and develop man
agement strategies to address those
problems, according to spokesman
Joan Giordano.
The goal of the study, which con
cludes in 1992, is publication of a
Comprehensive Conservation Man
agement Plan that will serve as a
guide to protecting the environmen
tal inte^ty of the Albemarle and
Pamlico sounds.
Registration for the meeting is
free ^ charge.
For more information, contact the
Coastal Federation at 383-8185 or
Ms. Giordano at 946-6481.
the game* in the first half.
However, the Eagles — and Bec
ton — responded in the second half
as the junior running beck scam
pered 79 yards on the third play in
the second half to give the Eagles a
21-0 lead once Chris Stilley tacked
on the point-ailer-touchdown kick.
Patriot coach Ed Hiatt said his
team self-destructed in the second
half. He characterized his team's
miscues as a *comedy of errors.”
The Patriots were eiole to confiise
the Eagles in the first half and limit
them to 14 points because of a ‘diffe
rent defensive look,” he said.
Hiatt said good field position pro
vided by special team play was ne
gated by the turnovers.
West Carteret scored on two big
plays, a 61-yard pass to Mike Ho
man to Lassater and an 87-yard
kickoff return by John Cress.
The Patriots were without the
services of fullback Tim WilUamt
See EAGLES, Page 6