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when he retired.
He is chairman of the
Pasquotank County Board of
Commissioners, chairman of the
10 • county Albemarle Regional
Planning & Development Com
mission, and serves on the District
Health Board and Eastern
Carolina Health Systems Agency
Board. He is a booster of what is
good for the Albemarle Area in
general and the Isle of Pasquotank
in particular.
As this leader moves out into
broader areas, there is comfort in
knowing he has the natural ability
and desire to do something more
than just get by. Sir Raleigh
Carver is an effective spokesman
for what is right. You can expect
to hear greater things in the future
both from him, as well as about
him.
Keep It Clean
Another summer is about to
pass without any major algae
bloom in the Chowan River or
Albemarle Sound. Scientist are
making progress in the fight to
clean up our great natural
resource, but it will be a con
tinuing battle.
Out in Western North Carolina
the Land • of • Sky Regional
Council is playing an important
role in focusing attention on clean
water. “Keep It Clean” is the
theme for the Sixth Annual French
Broad River Week observance
September 11 -18.
The purpose of the event is to
increase public awareness of the
value of the French Broad River
and of the need to enhance its
cleanliness and beauty and to
protect if from pollution.
The 17 governments that
compose the council have been
working together on such projects
as river clean - up and main
tenance, streambank erosion
control and the development of
access facilities to allow the public
to enjoy the French Broad River.
A Chowan River Task Force has
been working hard to keep
pressure applied at the proper
places in ongoing efforts to restore
the beautiful river. An Albemarle
Sound Basin Study Commission is
in place and something is hap
pening on that front.
Maybe a “Get It Clean” ob
servance can be launched as a
forerunner to the “Keep It Clean”
campaign which will be enjoyed
by all when our waters are
pollution free.
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check. She was sentenced to 30
days with two years suspended
and fined sls plus the cost of court.
Clarence Augustus Stallings,
Sr., was found guilty as charged of
AISI (assult with intent to do
serious injury). Mr. Stallings was
sentenced to 12 months suspended
two years and fined $l5O plus the
cost of court with $213.70 to the
benefit of the Chowan Hospital and
$55 to the benefit of Dr. Perry.
Victoria (NMN) Brooks, was
found guilty of shoplifting. She
was sentenced to 30 days with two
years suspended and fined SSO and
the cost of court and is not to go
onto the premises of A&P for two
years.
James Jay Lowther, shoplifting,
30 days suspended 2 years, SIOO
fine and cost of court, remain off
the premises of S&R for 2 years.
Didn’t comply with sentence and
was committed.
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DEMONSTRATION PROJECT One of the best management
practice demonstration projects in the Chowan River Basin in
Southside Virginia got underway last week. The animal
production waste project was launched. Pictured are: Dan
Phillips of Murfreesboro, contractor for installation; J.R.
Newsome, Jr., landowner and hog producer; and Bill Burgess of
the Soil and Water Conservation District.
Filter Demonstration Underway On Chowan River Basin
One of the challenges of
agricultural animal production is
what to do with the considerable
waste material generated - and
Causby Addresses
School Staff
Educators of the Edenton -
Chowan schools were treated to
the wit and wisdom of Eugene
Causby at the school systems
opening day breakfast.
Mr. Causby is the executive
secretary of the North Carolina
School Boards Association and has
recently received an honorary
Ph.D. from Catawba College.
Mr. Causby opened his talk by
congratulating the educators on
their success with their students,
from there he spoke about the
need for individuals to be givers
instead of takers. He did this
through a series of stories in
cluding one about a tick. The basic
theme of this story was that a tick
was a taker and nobody likes a tick
or a taker whether the tick is of the
human varity or the insect.
Mr. Causby defined a human
tick as the “person who asks what
is this job or situation is going to
do for me instead of what can I
give.”
“Educators,” he said, “are
special people who work toward
the development of others, they
are the exact opposite of the
taker.”
“Now is a special time for
Educators,” he continued, “It is a
time when we start fresh and
new.”
Before Mr. Causby closed he
cautioned the educators of the
Edenton - Chowan Schools, “not to
make the mistake that may be
made when confronted by the
skeptic who says ‘The public is not
interested in public education.’”
because the “public is interested
in education.”
With a last reminder to keep a
positive self image, Mr. Causby
was given a standing ovation by
the educators.
Mr. Causby left Edenton bound
for Minneapolis, Minnesota, to
speak at another speaking
engagement.
how to keep that waste from
contaminating surrounding
waters. A demonstration project is
currently underway in Virginia’s
portion of the Chowan River Basin
in hopes of finding more efficient
answers to this challenge.
August 17 marked ground
breaking ceremonies for in
stallation of a vegetative filter
strip at the J.R. Newsome, Jr.,
farm in Southampton County
between the Nottoway and
Meherrin rivers. Newsome has
volunteered use of his land to
determine if such a conservation
tactic (or Best Managemen:
Practice - BMP) can significant;
reduce the effect of hog feedlot
waste on the nearby tributary to
Buckhorn Swamp.
Stormwater runoff at the site
will be channeled through a
plywood flume at the lower left -
hand corner of the fenced unpaved
feedlot, and the 175 - foot wide
filter area between the feedlot and
the. stream will be regraded to
increase the length of water flow,
and seeded with reed canary
grass. According to Chuck Lan
der, District Conservationist with
the U.S. Soil Conservation Service,
these changes should allow for
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year that will challenge educators
across the state to be more
creative with their available
personnel, supplies, equipment,
facilities,” State Superintendent
for Public Instruction Craig
Phillips said.
“This will be the first year that
all teachers and principals will be
evaluated on their performance.
The results will help us determine
who needs additional training and
strenghten the caliber of our
personnel.
“We have pulled together funds
from several sources and will be
operating Job Placement Centers
in 76 counties to help keep
potential dropouts in school. We
hope before the year is too far
along to have at least one center
located in each of our counties.
“We continue to be amazed at
the capabilities of microcom
puters and will be emphasizing
educational technology not only in
our curriculum but in our ad
ministrative offices as well.
“The governor has appointed a
Task Force on Financing School
Facilities to find the most
economical way to fund the
construction and maintenance of
the public schools. They are to
report to the 1983 Session of the
General Assembly and we
anxiously await their conclusions.
“As long as I have been in
education, I have never lost my
enthusiasm for the beginning of a
new school year. Our emphasis
shifts from year to year but out
primary objective remains the
same - to provide the best possible
educational opportunity for each
child in North Carolina’s public
schools.”
CRC To Discuss Land Management Program
The Coastal Resources Com
mission will discuss the status of
the coastal mahagement program
with Natural Resources and
Community Development
Secretary Joseph W. Grimsley
and hold a second public hearing
on post-disaster planning rules at
its August 26-27 meeting in
Wilmington.
“Coastal management in North
Carolina is an effective part
nership between state and local
government,” said Dr. J. Parker
Chesson, Jr., of Elizabeth City,
chairman of the commission.
“Although we are facing a very
tight budget situation I am con
fident that Secretary Grimsley
and the commission can find ways
to sustain an effective program for
the wise use of our resources.”
Before the start of the meeting
individuals will be sworn in to fill
nine of the 15 positions on the
commission. The vacancies
resulted from seven expired terms
and two resignations.
The post-disaster hearing is
carried over from the com
mission’s July meeting in Manteo.
At that session all five speakers
praised the concept: Two
requested that the subject be
carried forward so that any fur
ther comments, especially from
local governments, could be
received by the commission in a
significantly increased absorption
of hog lot wastes and nutrients into
the soil and vegetation before
runoff reaches the tributary.
Malcolm Pirnie, engineering
consultant for the Chowan project,
chose this particular design option
as the experiment is intended to
demonstrate the effectiveness of
an easily constructed, moderately
priced BMP. Due to the high
groundwater table at the site, the
overland flow design of a filter
strip was considered superior to a
grassed channel, for example.
With the latter, ponding of the
runoff could result, and any long
standing water would destroy the
grassed waterway. Also, as little
information is currently available
on the effectiveness of filter stripe
for feedlot runoff, results of this
project should yield valuable field
data.
Newsome has already installed
a swine waste lagoon with ASCS
cost • sharing funds. “If this
project works, and I think it will,”
said Newsome, “it should
decrease the number of feeding
houses I’ll need, so my swine can
be produced at lower cost.”
Other demonstrations of BMPs
for the Chowan project at other
locations include conservation
tillage, winter cover crop, and a
grassed waterway. Virginia,
through the Chowan River Basin
208 Project is looking for ways, as
is North Carolina, to reduce
nutrient loadings in the Chowan
River Basin, as excess nutrients
are thought to be aggravating
seasonal algal blooms in the
Chowan River.
The 208 project is being spon
sored by an EPA grant to the State
Water Control Board, which is
carrying out the project in con
junction with Malcolm Pirnie,
Inc., the Virginia Institute of
Marine Sciences, U.S. Soil Con
servation Service, and the J.R.
Horsley Soil and Water Con
servation District.
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would establish guidelines for
planning reconstruction following
a natural disaster in the coastal
area. Local, state and federal
officials would coordinate their
efforts through these plans. The
content of local plans would be
decided by local officials with
assistance offered by the office of
coastal management. The hearing
will begin at 10 A.M. on Thursday.
The commission will also
conduct a hearing at 10 A.M.
Thursday on proposals to reduce
the rate at which local govern
ments are reimbursed for
processing minor development
permits.
In other business the com
mission will discuss staff
proposals to exempt certain kinds
of small development projects
along the estuarine shoreline from
permit requirements to further
streamline permit procedures,
and to refine bulkhead location
requirements.
On Thursday afternoon land use
plan amendments for Beaufort
SCS Is Praised
For Surveying Work
By Johnny Foster
Dan Windley has designed
ponds for the Soil Con
servation Service in,
Beaufort, Hyde and Pamlico *
counties for 30 years. He
knows they can be a nice
addition to a farm or
homesite. Besides providing
irrigation, fire protection
and recreation, ponds at
tract wildlife and sup
plement food production.
I have always been im
pressed with the personnel
and quality of work per
formed by the Soil Con
servation Service (SCS) in
aquaculture applications.
Their state biologist is an
expert in the field, and the
county level people are
extremely helpful with pond
layout and design.
When we were planning
our Aquaculture Demon
stration Project at the
Pamlico Estuarine
Laboratory near Aurora, we
contacted SCS early. We had
learned about their valuable
assistance at our previous
site near New Bern.
After we described what
we wanted, they performed
a complete soil survey of the
site. Then, using our con
cepts, they designed the
ponds and a layout for 36
ponds. Drainage structures,
ditches and a settling pond
were included. We worked
with Windley and Sam
Singleton to set out stakes
and flags, and then the
digging began.
Dan says most of the
ponds in his area are ex
cavated or “dug” ponds.
“We have very few ravines
where a dam can be built to
impound a stream of
water,” he says. "But, in
thirty years, only one of my
dams has failed.”
Proper pond design is
complex. Water supply is
the foremost consideration.
There must be water ex
change with enough water
County and the Town of Bath will
be reviewed along with an update
of the Dare County plan. Public
comment on these proposed
amendments adopted by local
governments is welcomed.
In committee sessions the
commission will receive updates
on: the public beach access
program, jurisdiction governing
“floating homes”, plkns for the
Cape Hatter as Lighthouse and
Radio Island rail transportation.
On August 25 the Coastal
Resources Advisory Council will
meet to receive an update on
coastal management develop
ments since their April meeting.
The 47-member group is the
bridge between the commission
and local governments in the
coastal area. The CRAC will meet
with the CRC on Thursday, August
26. W. B. Gardner of Edenton is
CRAC chairman.
All meetings will be held in the
Wilmington Hilton Inn. Sessions
begin at 9 A.M. The public is in
vited.
flowing into the pond to
replace drainage, seepage,
usage and evaporation. Yet,
the pond must also be
prevented from flooding.
In all of the ponds Windley
has designed, water supply
was responsible for most of
the problems. A few had too
little water. Several fish
kills occurred when low
levels of dissolved oxygen
were present because algae
bloomed and decomposed
suddenly. Insecticides
entering ponds through
runoff or aerial spraying
also killed fish. “We try to
avoid diverting agricultural
field runoff into a pond,”
Windley says.
For aquaculture, the pond
must match the crop to be
prodigced . The type of pond
determines how the fish are
to be raised. Economy,
usefulness and productivity
must be considered.
Ponds should be at least
three or four feet deep to
reduce aquatic weeds.
Ponds no deeper than four
or five feet are more
productive and more
manageable. Narrow,
rectangular ponds are
easier and cheaper to seihe,
but square ponds are
cheaper to construct. Pond
bottoms should be smooth,
flat and gently sloping
towards the drain.
Ponds should be capable
of being completely drained.
In much of Eastern North
Caraina, that may require
aboveground ponds. Dikes
or levees are used to build
aboveground ponds.
The water holding
capacity of the soil is also
very important. If an
adequate quantity of clay
does not exist, then ex
pensive plastic liners or
sealing techniques must be
used. The Soil Conservation
Service can determine the
water holding capacity of
the soil.