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Thursday, March 31, 1977 Kite Beilding/Flying Art Is Revived Only in a country school [fake White Oak, the ancient ’ skill and thrill of kite building and flying be so revived and appreciated. When Mrs. Williams’ Fourth Grade began collecting reeds for ribs, newspaper, wrapping paper, garbage bags, and plastic material - anything at lerat 42 inches long, we all something special was about to erupt. They measured, pasted, punched, wrapped, wove, taped, and measured some more.. Then one day the waQs of their classroom were decorated with the results of their study in niath, art, research, and nJost of all, their lovely young ingenuity. They bridled their own - in differing fashion, according ty family proceedure Kite dpy came, sunny and warm, %ith prevailing easterly. What a day! 'The winners of the kiting contest were: Penny Peale highest; Susan Bunch - smoothest; Anita Wiggins - most artistic; and Dean NEW ZENITH COLOR SENTRY" The automatic picture control system... it controls the color picture, scene to scene, channel to channel, even in changing room Bght! A " Solid-State CHROMACOiOIn t MT DECORATOR COMPACT TV „ DIAGONAL The_ELLIPSE I J| Simulated grained m EVG-Electronic Video Guard Tuning System ■ One-knob VHP and UHF Channel Selection ■ 100% Solid-State Chassis e POWER SENTRY Voltage Regulating System Come in today for an exciting demonstration of ZenitMs best picture ever in l 9 Color TV! Jackson Radio & TV Service W»st Eden Street Phone 482-4466 ff T TA TO enV qV|AI it to they’ve been talking about killing it. 1 Wdollt mUUUL UU And they’re talking a little louder Dutallmv evei yy eaj? - # r < • J. ft WeH, for someone like me living O 0 PS ill one baSKOt. a county like Gates, that w OO w AA * program’s support is the only good reason to raise peanuts. At least now I don’t have to I raise pea- depend on one crop. Or one pay nuts. And it’s a check once a year, decent living. Hi - With Perdue I’m getting Most years. good, steady, guaranteed income I say xnostbe- all year round In fact, I’ve made cause you never Mmwy Parl ”"' - oa “ s N 0 more than my guarantee on know if the weather’s apt to cooperate. every flock. And even if the weather comes And, as far as the weather’s con through, someyearsthe market doesn’t. cerned, who ever heard of a poor It’s during those leanyears that chicken it’s nice to have a second, income to harvest? \ : fall back on That’s one reason I got. J Name \ into raising Perdue broilers. I 688 — ~ I But the main reason was the Pea- J Zip Phone • nut Program. For some years now aaauuum • p - ** 76g - Ahoskle ’ w c - g 7910 ' (919) 332-8111 = Lamb - first to fly. The other grades joined in the excitement of the oc casion and by now few children at White Oak School have not had held a tugging, or suddeb skacj kube abd exoerienced the wonder of kiting. Some of the older students have carried the academic endeavor further. Following are some of our interesting findings. First, we want every young kiter to observe these rules from the Kite-flying Code: Use NO metal in making your kite. Never fly near light or telephone wires. Never fly in a thun derstorm. Never fly on a public high way. Never try to remove a kite entangled in electric wires, tree-tops, or high poles. Kite flying is at least 4,000 years old- we do not know how much older. That was long before the birth of Christ. An ancient custom says that the kite is supposed to float away evils. (Then our school should be safe for a long time.) March 5 is kite day in Japan. Each boy flies a carp kite -a kite shaped like the revered fish -a symbol of bravery. The Chinese kite day is the seventh day of the seventh month. Grown-ups and children take part in the celebration. Tailess Kites fly higher. Some kites have reed whistles that blow as the kite flies. There have been many interesting scientific uses made of the kite. Before 1750, a very in teresting experiment was carried out in Scotland that measured the temperature of the clouds. They used a train of kites, one fastened to the other. Benjamin Franklin’s square silk kite captured electricity from the sky in 1752. By 1900, the box Kite (or Hargrave Kite) was used by the weather bureau to record barometric pressure, temperature, wind velocity and humidity. One kite flew four and half miles above the earth. Balloons and airplanes took the place of kites at weather stations. Do you know what replaced the airplanes and balloons? Kites were used for signals in wartime. A kite was used for the first span of the Niagara River Bridge near Niagara FaUs. Lunchroom Menus Centralized menus in cafeterias of Edenton- Chowan Schools for the next week include: Friday - Barbecued chicken, buttered potatoes, green peas, gelatin with fruit, rolls and milk. Monday--Pizza, buttered corn, peanuts, orange juice, cheese cubes, cookies and milk. Tuesday-Spaghetti with meat sauce, tossed salad, green beans, pears, rolls and milk. Wednesday -- Seafood place, tartar sauce, green peans, cole slaw, pineapple, combread and milk. Thursday-Baked ham, potato salad, pickled beets, mixed greens, rolls, apple sauce and milk. THE CHOWAN HERALD Lowly Eel Now Termed Delicacy In Many Areas By Mary Day Mordecai North Carolina’s coastal waters are teeming with those long skinny sea creatures known as eels. (American eels to be exact.) Until recently they were considered little more than a nuisance to fishermen. That story may be changing. Because eels are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world, fishing for them is becoming a lucrative business in North Carolina. In many parts of the United States eels are also considered prime live bait for sports anglers. University of North Carolina Marine Advisory Service is sponsoring American eel harvesting and live bait workshops on the coast during March and April. The workshops are designed to introduce fishermen and bait dealers to the commercial uses of the eel. A bait dealers workshop is scheduled for 1:30 P. M. at the Agricultural Extension Office in Elizabeth City on April 8. The session will highlight rigging and fishing with live eels, sources, costs and prices of live eels and techniques of holding and displaying live eels. An eel harvesting workshop, scheduled for 7:30 P. M. the same date at the same location, is designed to offer basic in formation to those who might be interested in fishing for eels. Speakers will cover the basics of fishing for eels from construction of eels pots to techniques for holding and selling the catch. Assistance will also be available for those who would like a financial analysis of eel fishing. For further information, contact the Sea Grant Marine Advisory Services in Raleigh at 737-2578, or in Morehead City at 726-0124. The Veterans Ad ministration’s National Cemetery System has an nounced plans for new cemeteries in Massachusetts, California, Pennslyvania and Virginia. Estuaries Have Tremendous Potential “Estuaries have tremendous potential as a food source and they’ve fed many people on the North Carolina coast for years,” contmented Surf City Mayor Lucille Gore in a recent interview. In support of Mayor Gore’s contentions Jim Brown, assistant director of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries, provided specific figures about the value of estuaries. “Ninety-five per cent of the commercial harvest of finfish and shellfish from North Carolina waters is com posed of species which are dependent on the estuaries during part or all of their life,” according to Brown. This testimony points to a few of the reasons why the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission has proposed the estuarine system for consideration as an Area of Environmental Concern. Under commission proposals, the system would be composed of four in terlocking categories: estuarine waters, wetlands, public trust areas, and estuarine shorelines. The reason behind the proposal is to protect the sensitive areas and to streamline the complex permit - letting process which governs development activity in the wetlands. A permit coordination study has been launched by the Commission and their recommendations will be presented to the N.C. General Assembly for ac tion. 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This would include land within 75 feet of the mean high water level along the estuaries. Most development in this area would be under the control of local govern ments. Commission staff member Rob Moul lists three reasons for including shoreline areas in the estuarine system: (1) to notify the landowner of hazards or erosion rates on his property; (2) to provide the landowner a cost-benefit analysis of erosion control methods; and (3) to eliminate those practices which accelerate erosion and introduce sediment or other pollutants into the estuaries. Researcher Mike O’Connor of East Carolina University has determined that the entire North Carolina estuarine shoreline erodes at a rate of two feet per year, and. some areas experience as much as five to eight feet per year. O’Connor summarizes, Clothes Closet Bank of North Carolina Building (SECOND FLOOR) MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS 2 P. M. TO 5 P. M. (Nominal Charge For All Items) SPONSORED BY CHURCHES OF EDENTON “The general picture is one of erosion; accretion or build-up is generally of a temporary nature.” The Coastal Resources Commission will hold Taxpayers Can Participate GREENSBORO The American taxpayer again has the opportunity to participate in the 1980 Presidential Election Campaign by simply marking a box on his 1976 Federal income tax return. The taxpayer also has the option of declining to designate $1 of his tax money to the Campaign. The Internal Revenue Service asks that either the “yes” or “no” box be marked. If the return is a joint return, each person can choose to mark his or her choice. By designatng the sl, the taxpayer neither increases his tax bill nor decreases his refund. All money designated goes into a fund Page 3-B hearings in each of the coastal counties later this spring to gather public input into the need to designate the estuarine system or other fragile areas as Areas of Environmental Concern. to be distributed among all eligible Presidential can didates in 1980. INTEGON? It means insurance for the Agri-businessman. All kinds of insurance. For the agri-businessman who owns or manages capital investment that is a farm TALK TO THE INTEGON LISTENER. JAMES O. PERRY, JR. 122 W. Main St. Williamston, N. C. PHONE 792-4104 INTEGON'
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