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Published In The most Beautiful Little City On The North Carolina Coast
Volume LI I • No. 32
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, August 7, 1986
Single Copies 25 Cents
Dollars For Dirty Air?
Would you know an ERC if you
met one along the Public Parade?
Not many people would. Except
for an article in the current issue
of Science magazine, we would
not have recognized an ERC if we
had met it coming from a
chimney.
The initials stand for Emission
Reduction Credits and they have
become a commodity on the mar
ket which can be bought, sold,
banked or optioned. And thereby
hangs this tale.
ERCs remind us of that provi
sion in President Reagan’s “self
liquidating” tax reduction act of
1981, which made a corporation
with a bucketful of red ink worth
more to a profitable company
than if it had been operating in the
black. That was because, during
those early days of Reaganomics,
a profitable corporation could buy
a bankrupt firm with heavy losses
for practically nothing, then take
a tax credit for those losses.
ERCs, an invention of the En
vironmental Protection Agency,
operate in somewhat the same
way. If your firm is polluting up
the countryside to the point that
the EPA has ordered you to do
something about it, you can begin
shopping around for Environmen
tal Reduction Credits earned by
anomer company wmcn nas spent
a lot of money cleaning up its
emissions.
In your search you might need
the help of John Palmisano, a
University of Maryland econo
mist, who set up his own Emission
Reduction Exchange for handling
ERCs. His employees spend a
good portion of their time locating
ERCs, an asset which a great
many companies don’t realize
they own.
Anyway, instead of making all
the corrections the EPA has
ordered, you can claim credit for
75 per cent of the credits you have
bought and, thus, get by with do
ing only 25 per cent of what the
EPA ordered.
The EPA justifies this arrange
ment by saying that, for the coun
try as a whole, it is bringing about
the gradual reduction of pollution.
Maybe so, but it appears to us that
the EPA is allowing itself to
become a party to stretching out
the elimination of pollution over
an unacceptably long period.
That Goes For Us, Too
Edenton came in for some more
nationwide publicity last week
when Parade magazine, which
appears in newspapers with
several million circulation each
Sunday, carried a picture and
story about the Holmes High
seniors holding their commence
ment at the White House.
The article shows a picture of
President Reagan speaking to the
seniors on the White House lawn.
The story was headlined, “Presi
dent Reagan’s Greatest Enjoy
ment.’’
It was mutual, Mr. President.
Our Thanks To Bank
We can’t think of any more ap
propriate use to which the now va
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Two Businesses Go Hand In Hand
Edenton has two businesses
that, while separately owned and
operated, are entertwined. They
are Edenton Snack Foods, Inc.
and Royalty Distributors Inc.
Edenton Snack Foods, owned by
. Chuck Smith, manufactures
snacks that include cheese pop
corn, cheese balls, cheese curls,
crunchy cheese curls and buttered
popcorn. Smith said that in the
next 30 days jalapeno crunchy
cheese curb and flavored com
crisps will be added to the list of
his products. The company,
employing 20 people, was in
i augurated in November of last
year.
SCHOOL BOARD PRESENTATION—School Superintendent John Dunn (at left) made a presentation
to the Edenton-Chowan Board of Education Monday night concerning computer “networking” within and
between the schools. Included was a video-taped discussion of the system. Dunn’s image can be seen on
the screen.
Local School Board Adopts New Theme
“Edenton-Chowan Schoo. ?
Have Class” and in September
they will start to “Reach For The
Exceptional.” The school board,
at its Monday night meeting
adopted the theme, Reach For
The Exceptional, for the 1986-87
school year. Last year’s motto
was the “Class” theme.
In proposing the new theme,
Superintendent John Dunn said in
a prepared statement, “For the
past several years, the Edenton
Chowan School System has been
a lighthouse for educational ex
cellence in the region, the state,
and the nation. The System has
been in the forefront of educa
tional innovation and has
established models of achieve
ment for others to emulate.”
Dunn said that the schools
would focus on a continuation of
five elements that have led to ex
cellence in the system: a positive
school climate conducive to
teaching and learning; teacher
behaviors which convey high ex
pectations; a clear instructional
focus for the schools and for the
system; program improvement
based on student achievement and
student need; and strong instruc
tional leadership of the
administrators
In the learning environment,
classroom interruptions from out
side sources are controlled and
the schools are quiet and well
disciplined with expectations for
student and teacher behaviors
clearly outlined, the board was
told. Parental interest in the
school program was listed as an
asset.
Dunn told the group that
Senate Candidate Plans To Visit
Chowan County, August 21
Democratic U.S. Senate can
didate Terry Sanford will make a
campaign visit to Edenton during
a three-day tour of the state’s 15
northeastern counties.
Chowan campaign chairman
Ed Bond announced that Sanford
would be at the John A. Holmes
High School at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs
day, Aug. 21, for a dinner. Sanford
will meet with friends and sup
porters interested in working in
the fall campaign and anyone in
terested in hearing Sanford’s
views on the issues.
Terry Sanford
Royalty Distributors began
operations last February as the
sole distributor of the snack food
products in this area. Dalton
Furlough, owner, said that he has
three trucks and employees that
carry the products throughout an
area that includes Northhampton
County and east to the Outer
Banks.
Major retail outlets for the pro
ducts include S&R, Food Lion,
Farm Fresh and Foodarama
stores and many smaller outlets
that sell food items.
Smith is upbeat about the
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T.G. “Sonny Boy” Joyner, San
ford’s northeast campaign coor
dinator, said the campaign was
generating “a lot of enthusiasm
and excitement” in the Northeast.
“I have participated in a lot of
campaigns over the years,”
Joyner said. “But I have never
seen so many people more com
mitted to a candidate so early in
a campaign as I am seeing this
summer in organizing Terry San
ford’s campaign.”
Among the reasons Joyner cited
are Sanford’s popularity among
young people and his concern for
farmers.
“Sanford has education as a top
priority and that’s had a carry
over with young people,” Joyner
said. “Also his naming a
30-member committee of real
farm leaders to work on farm
issues has been a help.”
Sanford, former Governor of
North Carolina and former Presi
dent of Duke University, began
his Senate campaign in March in
the Northeast. Sanford has pledg
ed to visit each of North Carolina’s
100 counties by Labor Day, and is
scheduled to make the last visit,
in Madison County, on Aug. 30.
Stops on Sanford’s Northeast
tour include:
• Thursday, Aug. 21 - 10 a.m.
Carolina House Restaurant in
Windsor. 12 noon Lunch, the
President’s Dining Room,
Chowan College in Murfreesboro.
2:30 p.m. Gates County Court
house in Gatesville. 4 p.m. Recep
tion at the Lucille Winslow home
in Hertford. 6:30 p.m. Dinner at
John A. Holmes High School in
Edenton.
• Friday, Aug. 22 - 7:30 a.m.
Breakfast, Holiday Inn in
Williamston. 9 a.m. Holiday Inn in
Washington. 11 a.m. Washington
County Courthouse in Plymouth.
1 p.m. Hyde County Courthouse in
Swan Quarter. 3 p.m. Columbia
High School in Columbia. 5 p.m.
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physicial cleanliness and upkeep
of buildings has been enhanced
with a skilled maintenance staff
and augmented by a cooperative
effort on the part of students and
staff.
Citing the adage, “you get what
vo" e\' "ct,” he said that high ex
pect: >ons Hove been conveyed by
teacher High expectations and
goals set for ail students are said
to have led to improved test
scores and increased participa
tion in academic awards.
Instructional focus is main
tained through a program that en
sures that teachers know what the
mission is and what is to be ac
complished. Effective teacher
training has been a part of the
plan.
Program improvement has
been achieved through annual
assessment of student progress,
performance appraisal evalua
tions and school effectiveness
reviews.
Instructipnal leadership is pro
vided by principals who convey
high expectations for students and
faculty Dunn said that their
visibility and availability to
students, staff and parents com
municate the message that learn
ing and achievement are
important.
Not intending to rest on past
laurels, Dunn said “Even though
the past years have been produc
tive and gratifying, schools should
not be satisfied. A dynamic school
system cannot rest on past ac
complishments and awards. It
must continue to move forward. ”
Taxpayer Loses
Appeal Monday
A Chowan County taxpayer lost
an appeal of his real estate ap
praisal Monday evening. Tommy
Wood appeared before the Board
of Commissioners to ask that his
land continue to be taxed as farm
land even though it is leased to the
Cianbro-Williams bridge building
combine for use as a casting yard
for bridge segments.
In refusing the request, the
board cited its present use as an
industrial site.
In another matter, the vacant
position of now retired Murray
Goodwin with the Extension Ser
vice may soon be filled. The board
endorsed sharing the position with
Gates and Perquimans Counties.
In a related move, the swine
specialist assigned to Perquimans
and the financial specialist as
signed to Gates will be assigned to
Chowan.
In other matters the board:
• Appointed Ruby Blanchard to
replace Murray Ashley on the
regional EMS Council;
• Approved School Board
budget amendments that amount
ed to line item transfers on
budgeted current expenses;
• Approved the anuual settle
ment of taxes proposed by the
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School Openings
Delayed One Week
The opening of Edenton
Chowan schools will be delayed
one week due to predicted higher
temperatures this year for the last
week in August. The Board of
Education made the schedule ad
justment at its meeting Monday
night. School will begin the day
after Labor Day on September 2
and the lost week will be made up
at the end of the year with the last
day of the session being on June
11, 1987.
The school year for teachers
begins August 18 and lasts
through June 17,1987. Superinten
dent John Dunn said that the
schedule change received the
unanimous endorsement of the
principals and would not affect
holidays.
The board discussed a letter
from Edenton Town Manager
Sam Noble advising that the town
had decided to discontinue pro
viding school crossing guards
through the Edenton Police
Department.
Noble’s letter further informed
the board that the Town Council
had decided to allocate all funds
generated from parking violation
fines to the school system to help
defray the cost for crossing
guards. A total of $608 was col
lected in parking fines last year
and a check in that amount was
sent to the central office of the
school system.
In commenting on the town’s
action, Dunn said, “What they
really want to do is give us the
liability. They don’t want the
liability of it.’’ He said guards had
been used for several years but
knew of no requirement for the
NEW CARPET INSTALLED—Jake Dunlow of Carpet and Appliance
Plaza tightens new carpet that the company is installing in the re
modeled Chamber of Commerce offices.
Edenton Chamber Offices Remodeled
The office spaces of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce are taking
on a new look. Remodeling is
almost complete and will give a
“quality first impression to in
dustrial and commercial pros
pects” who are considering mov
ing their operation to this area
said Kathy Miller, chamber ex
ecutive director.
New carpeting and furnishings
throughout were provided at or
near cost by area businesses to
enhance the decor. They include
Edenton Furniture, Quinn Fur
niture, Carpet and Appliance
Plaza, Colonial Painting, Beverly
Hinson Interiors, and Parker
Evans Hardware. The chamber
has also received donations of
money from other local
businesses.
Revamping of office space in
cluded conversion of a storage
area to be used as the executive
director’s office and the provision
for a chamber board meeting
room in what was the executive
director’s office.
Miller said that a open house
has been planned for the public to
view the renovated offices and to
meet the recently appointed ex
ecutive director. The open house
is slated for Friday, August 22,
from 5 to 7 p.m.
Architectural Survey Continuing
By JACK GROVE
A survey of the historic ar
chitecture in Chowan County and
Edenton will continue thanks to
recent legislation passed by the
General Assembly. The legisla
tion provides a grant of $15,000 to
continue the survey by architec
tural historian Brad Barker of
Wilson, N.C.
Barker said that the ongoing
survey has two goals. The first is
to record the architecture through
photography and to research the
economic and cultural factors that
produced architecture that is
unique in many respects to the
region.
rhe second goal is a book con
taining a compilation of local
structures that will deal with the
historic architecture in its social
and economic context, Barker
said. The book is not intended to
be a guide book, but rather an ar
chitectural history of the town and
county. Barker said that exact
locations of buildings will not ap
pear in the text.
The historian said that separate
funding will have to be made
available in order to produce thr
book. The current survey is to pro
vide the data base for the book. A
number of counties around the
state have had similar surveys
and the results published, in
cluding Perquimans County. A
survey of Pasquotank County is
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schools to provide them.
The board discussed the neces
sity of increasing its liability in
surance if the system took over
the training and administration of
crossing guards. Although recog
nizing the necessity for finding a
solution to the problem, the board
agreed to postpone any decision
until its next meeting.
Teacher aides at John A.
Holmes and D.F. Walker schools
will be asked to get school bus
driver certification during the
coming school year. In asking the
board for approval, Associate
Superintendent James Kinion
pointed out that the U.S. Depart
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one under the age of 18 may
operate a school bus. Dunn of
fered that, “This may be the last
year that the state of North
Carolina can get an exemption.”
Board member James Taylor
asked if aides not obtaining driver
certification would be terminated.
Dunn replied that they would not,
at least for the coming year.
Kinion said that using aides as
drivers would cost an estimated
$9-10,000 more per year including
federally mandated overtime pay.
The board also:
• Heard Kinion report that
boilers at Chowan Jr. High School
have been “demolished” and
delivery is awaited on the new
boilers;
• Accepted the 1986-87 school
system theme, “Reach for the
Exceptional;”
• And heard a report from Dunn
and viewed a video concerning the
utilization of computers in the
school system.