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Volume XLVII - No. 43
Bridge Commissioner
Marc Basnight of the State of
Dare is rapidly becoming an
authority on bridges. At least, if he
doesn’t gain expertise in this field
it will not be because of lack of
exposure.
Marc is a member of the State
Board of Transportation. And he is
a good one. While he has kept a eye
on his homeland, he has not been
pushy. He has dealt equally with
all the counties under his
guidance. We are sure, though,
that the recent nightmare of the
substandard Albemarle Sound
Bridge along the Public Parade
has been multiplied by severe
damage to the William B. Urn
stead Bridge over Crotan Sound.
The Umstead Bridge connects
the mainland of Dare County to
the Outer Banks. It is a vital link to
the outside world and officials say
it is only a miracle that a portion
of it didn’t topple into the sound
after being struck by a barge. It
was some 40 hours after the ac
cident before a fishermen got the
attention of officials and the three
- mile span was closed.
The closing followed only a few
weeks damage to the bridge over
the Intercostal Waterway at
Coinjock. This was at a time of
peak traffic along the Outer
Banks, along the Northern route.
It seems that each experience is
worse, so it is important that
lessons be learned at every junc
ture.
All we know about what is
happening in the State of Dare is
what we read in the newspsper.
From this limited knowledge, we
are confident that Marc Basnight
moved with equal dispatch at
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Property Attention
Voters in Nebraska have
decided that large corporations
shouldn’t be able to “gobble up”
small family farms, while voters
in a rural California county have
rights” that frees them from
rilbts” that frees them from
nearly all restrictions on the use of
provate property.
A third property use question
decided November 2 was in
Oregon where voters narrowly
defeated an attempt to repeal that
nation’s first statewide land - use
planning sustem.
Former Gov. Tom McCall, who
is dying of cancer, actively
campaigned against the repeal
because, he said, the land - use
system is the best way to keep
poorly planned developments out
of the state.
The California proposal,
adopted by a 102 - vote majority,
was in rural Tehama County north
of San Francisco. It scraps zoning
laws and other property
restructions.
So there you have a wide
division of thought on land use. The
sensible approach is right here
along the Public Parade and the
coastal plains of Tar Heelia. The
Coastal Area Management Act of
1974 has just been the subject of
public hearings where there was
evidence of some need for pat
ching up some cracks, but CAMA
got overwhelming support.
Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., is an
advocate of CAMA. He is also an
advocate of statewide land - use
planning. The problem is money.
The state cannot afford a
statewide plan. Federal funds
have flowed generously into
CAMA because of the fragile
nature of the region. President
Reagan would shut these off, but
Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District has a plan
tokeflpthem flowing.
It is good that property is
. beginning to get attention -in the
§ right 'way in Tar Heelia and
Oregon, at least.
1982 Election
Thirty - one per cent of the
registered voters along the Public
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Holmes Groundbreaking For New Cafeteria Takes Place
A goal was realized by the
Edenton - Chowan Board of
Education on Tuesday, November
9, as the first shovelfulls of dirt
were moved on the site that will
soon become John A. Holmes High
School’s new cafeteria.
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GROUND BROKEN The ground of John A. Holmes High School cafeteria was broken on
Tuesday, November 9. County Commissioner, J.D. Peele and School Board Chairman, Eugene
Jordan, remove the first shovelfulls of dirt in the presence of Holmes High student body, the County
Commissioners, Board of Education and other distinguished guests.
Hunt Announces Community Development Block Grant
Community development efforts
in Edenton received a boost this
week when Governor Jim Hunt an
nounced that the city has been
awarded $627,000 through the Com
munity Development Block Grant
program for fiscal year 1982-83.
“The competition for the $45
million in federal funds was very
tough, and Edenton is to be com
mended for developing a plan
■which met the aim of the program
- providing benefits to low and
moderate-income citizens by
revitalizing the community and
spurring economic development
through more jobs,” the Governor
added. The state received requests
for over $157 million.
Governor Hunt described the
program’s value as “immediately
evident,” noting that the grants
awarded to 89 local governments
across the state will create over
700 jobs and rehabilitate more than
1,800 houses. Funds for economic
development will be matched with
over $7 million in additional
dollars.
“These benefits, in keeping with
the program’s purpose, are
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RECEIVES HONOR FOR COMMUNITY On November S, At
the Raleigh Civic Center, Gov. Jim Hunt, right, presented the
IMS Community of Excellence Award for the town of Edenton to
Jerry Hendee, executive director, Edenton - Chowan Chamber of
Commerce.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, November 11, 1982
The goal started some time ago
but it received its first thread of
reality when, at the School
System’s kick - off breakfast, John
Dunn, Superintendent of the
School System, announced as one
of the goals for the Edenton, -
primarily for those North Caroli
nians in the low and moderate
income brackets, those individuals
who have been hardest hit by our
current economic crisis,” he
added.
Sam Nobel, Town Ad
ministrator, related that the Block
Grant Money will be spent on the
improvement of 52 structures in
the Edenton target area. Eleven of
these structures are commercial
and 41 of the structures are single
family dwellings.
Mr. Nobel stated that in addition
to the Block Grant the Town of
Edenton has set aside $68,000,
County Farm Bureau
Meeting Is Scheduled
Chowan County Farm Bureau
will be having the annual meeting
for all members on November 18
at 7:30 P.M. to be held at the Farm
Bureau office on Highway 32.
Members are urged to attend
this meeting. Refreshments will
be served, according to Jimmie M.
Parrish, president.
Chowan Schools would be to build
the new cafeteria and four ad
ditional class rooms. In making
this announcement he also stated
that the project was open for bids.
Problems arose, however, and
the goal began to fade when the
$34,000 of which is to be spent on
street improvements, $18,500 is to
be spent on the replacement of a
water line. $15,500 on drainage. Not
all of the monies set aside by the
Town will be coming from its own
purse as $49,000 shall be monies
returned to the Town by the State
from its utility tax.
The total amount of money that
will be used for the development of
the Town’s target area will be
$695,000.
This is the first year the state
has administered the federal corn
unity development block grant
program. Formerly administered
by HUD, the program was shifted
to the states as part of the new
federalism concept. All counties in
the state, and all but 15 largest
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Veteran’s Day Is Observed By Proclamation
Thursday, November 11 will be
a special day for many Americans
in this country. The day is special
because it is Veteran’s Day; the
day that America remembers the
men who went to war to protect
The ideals that were set down by our
founding fathers. But, for every
person who remembers this day
there will be several who will
forget the deeds of the men and
women who served in the armed
Forces in The Far East: Japan,
Korea, and Vietnam; Europe; the
Middle East or any where else
they have and are being called to
serve.
Mayor Roy Harrell in an effort
not to let these men and women be
forget ten, particularly those who
have sacrificed a part of them
selves for this Country has issued
the following proclamation:
Whereas our country owes its
freedom and very existence to the
personal sacrifices of its disabled
veterans; and,
Whereas this country’s disabled
veterans continue to find the
building environment of our cities
and towns and transportation
systems inaccessible to many of
them; and,
Whereas disabled veterans
continue to experience a higher
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School Board was told that the
bids for the project were $115,263
over the funds allotted for the
project.
The School Board reached
deeper into its pockets to make the
goal a reality. Still lacking the
funds to build, the School Board
went before the County Com
missioners to request the ad
ditional money needed. The
Commissioners commended the
Board on its efforts and ap
propriated the money needed for
the building.
The goal then became a reality
at least on paper but with the
turning of the dirt on Tuesday it
has become a solid reality.
Now that the goal is on its way to
fulfillment - are there other goals
waiting? The answer is yes, in fact
there are three other goals
waiting, all of which are just
phases of a larger goal to bring the
physical structures of the Edenton
- Chowan Schools up to a standard
that would adequately house and
educate the students in the School
System’s charge.
The first phase is the building of
the cafeteria and classrooms that
is now under way at John A.
Holmes High School.
The second phase is to improve
the Shop facilities at D.F. Walker
along with the installation of
several aluminum windows at
Chowan Junior High School.
The third phase is to fire - proof
the stair wells at Chowan Junior
High School.
The fourth and final phase is to
redo the complete athletic
department at John A. Holmes
High School.
When will the larger goal be
realized by the School System? No
one knows but it has taken the first
step toward reality with the
Ground Breaking which took place
on Tuesday, November 9.
Everson Is Nominated
For Morehead Award
Albert Cleve (Butch) Everson,
Jr., of John A. Holmes High School'
was nominated by the Chowan
Morehead Award Committee as a
nominee for the Morehead Award
to study at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The award is valued S3BOO plus
$2200 for the summer enrichment
program. The awards are
presented to approximately 30
students in North Carolina who are
potential leaders at the university
and after graduation in North
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than average unemployment rate
than for all others; and,
Whereas our future security as a
nation depends on how well we
treat our disabled veterans; since
future generations of soldiers may
bear their fate in mind; and,
Whereas the president and
Congress of these United States
have declared November 7- 13,
1982, “National Disabled Veterans
Week.”
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PROCLAMATION DISCUSSED Mayor Roy Harrell
discusses the proclamation declaring National Disabled Veterans
Week with Ed Jordan, Chairman of the Veterans Day Program at
Edward G. Bond Post 40.
Farmer’s Home
Interest Rates
Are Lowered
Interest rates for loan programs
of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Farmers Home
Administration, which were
lowered last month, will drop
again effective November 1, State
Director Larry W. Godwin has
announced.
Godwin said the additional
reductions, which are as much as
two percentage points for some
loans, are possible because of the
general move toward lower in
terest rates across all sectors of
the economy.
“Lower interest rates for
Farmers Home loan programs
will be of great benefit to the
entire rural economy and par
ticularly for the nation’s farmers
who depend on credit so heavily,”
he said.
In the farmer programs, the
interest rates for farm operating
loans will go from the present 13.25
per cent down to 11.5 per cent.
Farm ownership loans will be
reduced from the present 13 per
cent to 11.5 per cent. Interest rates
for limited resource farm
operating loans will be lowered
from 10.25 per cent to 8.50 per cent
and limited resource farm
ownership loans drop from 6.5 per
cent to 5.75 per cent.
Some loans to help farmers
recover from natural disasters
will have a lower interest rate.
The rates for production loans to
farmers who need financing above
the actual loss but who cannot get
credit elsewhere will be lowered
from 15.5 per cent to 14 per cent.
For those who can get these
natural disaster loans elsewhere
but choose to deal with Farmers
Home, the rate will go from 16.25
to 14.25 per cent. The rate for
actual loss loans remains at 8 per
cent.
Interest rates for single family
housing loans will drop from 13.125
to 11.5 per cent except for those
who can afford the rates charged
by the Department of Housing and
Urgan Development. Their rates
will drop a full point from 13.5 to
12.5.
Loans for milti - family housing
will be reduced from 13.125 to 11.5
per cent.
Services of the North Carolina
agency are delivered through a
system of 88 county offices, 11
district offices, and the Raleigh
State Office. (Its loan services,
like all programs and services of
the USDA, are available to
everyone without regard to race,
sex, religion, national origin,
marital status, or handicapped
condition.) The location and phone
number of the local office serving
each county is listed in the
telephone directory under U.S.
Government, Department of
Agriculture.
Now, therefore be it resolved
that the week of November 7- 13,
1982, shall be observed as
“National Disabled Veterans
Week” in Edenton, North Carolina
and that all our citizens are en
couraged to actively participate in
this week with special ob
servances and other positive
actions which will both honor and
assist our disabled veteran
population.