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i » h I On Danger Ignored While Secretary of State George Shultz is in Moscow trying to negotiate a curb on nuclear missiles, a potentially more dangerous time bomb is ticking away in many of the more remote areas of the world. We are thinking about the population explosion. As die earth’s population passes the five billion mark, the birth rate is again swinging upward, i adding an unprecedented 87 : million mouths a year. At that rate, the world’s population will double in just 40 years. In order to focus more attention on the problem and to point out the ways in which it affects all of us along the Public Parade and i elsewhere, Gov. James G. Martin has issued a proclamation setting aside the week of April 20 through j 25 as “Population Awareness Week in North Carolina.” What are some of the conse quences of over population. For one thing, about 92 per cent of the growth occurs in the poorest, least developed countries, where the potential for further increase is ' great because 40 per cent of the • total population has not yet reach ed childbearing age. Contrary to what conventional knowledge in the western world would suggest, poor health care and famine conditions tend to stimulate rather than limit the number of babies born. The urge for survival has been shown to in crease childbearing in famine rid den areas. Sixty-five countries which de pend on subsistence farming will be unable to feed their growing population by the turn of the cen tury. On a country-by-country basis, per capita food production has fallen in 55 countries, in cluding 34 out of 44 African nations. of 25 billion tons per year, while about 2 per cent of the best t * farmland in the more developed , nations is lost annually to urban growth. Unless these trends can i be reversed, it is only a matter of t time until our productive capaci- i ty will be inadequate to meet the ( world’s need for food. ( Erosion and deforestation lead i inevitably to desertification, with 1 > all that implies for our global en vironment. The handwriting is 1 already on the wall in many < Asian, African and Latin i Continued On Page 4 * CONFERENCE BREAK—Eden ton Town Councilman chats with N.C. League of Municipalities officials during a break in the regional conference of the league held at the American Legion building Wednesday. From left are Hollowell, (a board member of the league) David E. Reynolds of Raleigh, executive direc tor, and Jonathan B. Howes, president. League Addresses Municipal Legislative Issues Future goals and methods of achieving those goals were the theme when Edenton Mayor John Dowd and the town council hosted a meeting of the N.C. League of Municipalities Wednesday. Hie regional meeting was one of 12 being conducted across the state to update municipal officials on key state and federal issues. The NCLM is a non-partisan federation of 479 cities, towns and villages and serves as advocate for municipal interests at both the state and federal level. Wednesday's meeting was set to discuss the status of municipal legislative issues ranging from funding for water and sewer facilities construction to the need to better protect highway rights of-way and additional local government revenue sources. In his welcome to officials gathered to compare notes, Mayor Dowd issued an invitation to “ride around and look at Eden ton” when the meeting was oven. NCLM President Jonatohn B. Howes of Chapel Hill said towns the size of Edenton are an asset to the state, because Small towns provide “the good quality of life” enjoyed by some areas. Legislative goals were set at the Continued On Page 5-A THE CHOWAN HERALD Published In The Most Beautiful Little City On The North Carolina Coast Volume LLIII - No. 17 Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, April 23, 1987 Single Copies 25 Cents PILGRIMAGE PRIZE—This king-size quilt, depicting historic buildings in Edenton will be given away jn Sunday at 5 p.m. as the last event of this year’s Biennial Pilgrimage. Shown with the quilt are (1. to r.) Bonnie Bachman, Linda Eure, and Marie Perry who have all been active in Pilgrimage planning. Tickets tor quilt drawing are available at the Barker Bouse for $1. Mrs. Perry commented that the quilt “could easily sell for $1,000.” Board Approves Search, Seizure Policy One member voiced opposition to regulations governing search and seizure procedures adopted i>y Edenton-Chowan Board of education, but new policies governing the handling of com municable diseases within the school system passed jnanimously. The new policies are directed award giving school officials the guidelines needed to maintain op imum safety and student velfare. Supt. of Schools John Dunn said 10 incidents had occured within the school system to prompt adop tion of the new policies, but the board felt it was time guidelines were established to set procedures. The guidelines for searches read, in part, “..To maintain order and discipline...school authorities may search a student, student lockers or student automobiles under circumstances outlined and may seize any illegal, unauthorized or contraband materials discovered in the search..” The term “unauthorized” •ft Edenton Fire Department has nswered four alarms recently, inth no major damage reported. Firemen were called to the tome of Brenda Lane at 9:16 p.m. Lpril 16 at 20 Stratford Road when pease ignited on a stove. Fire Jhief Lynn Perry said smoke aused damage inside the home, iut the fire was contained in the itchen. ; At 8:16 p.m., April 18, a car lelonging to Bill Skittlethorpe aught fire when a catalytic con erter overheated at 103 Bond itreet. Chief Perry said, “This is something that’s showing up more in newer cars.” Damage was minor. The same day, an inmate in Chowan Jail from Gates County set fire to paper inside a cell at 12:13 p.m. No damage was reported and he was transported to Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro for evaluation. An April 20 fire at the home of Henry Levi Lee on 224 West Albemarle Street is under in vestigation. Chief Perry said slight damage was confined to the outside of the structure. means any item dangerous, disruptive or described as unauthorized in school rules available to students. Board member John Mitchener, who voted against search and seizure procedures, said he had no problem with the policy, but felt that reports should be made to the board whenever searches were conducted. Mitchener said, “We don’t grant that type of unlimited discretion in any other segment of our society. I am not concerned with teachers or principals behaving irrespon sibly or going on a witch-hunt, I just feel the schobl board should know wb$n such an event happens within a reasonable time period. ” Under the adopted policy, a stu dent or his personal effects may be searched if school officials have reasonable suspicion to believe the student is in possession of contraband. ] If a student is searched, it will ] be done in private by a school of- ( ficial of the same sex and in the ] presence of an adult witness, 1 when feasible. < Student’s lockers are school property and remain under its \ control. Periodic general inspec- 1 tion of lockers may be conducted < by school authorities without \ notice, student consent or a search < warrant. i Students are permitted to park ( Continued On Page 5-A Substance Abuse Panel Hears Local Concerns By JEANETTE WHITE £ Citizens concerned with substance abuse had a strong link i with the governor’s office Tues- j day when First Lady Dottie Mar- r tin came to Elizabeth City to f speak and listen. 1 Mrs. Martin sat on a panel 1 which heard about 20 people discuss what they felt were main areas of concern and possible solutions. The overriding theme emerging from comments was that answers lay in:better education, funding for that education and stronger reinforcement from the home. Governor Martin’s Executive Order #23 established the Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Among Children and Youth, which surveys public opinion in different areas of the state. Panel discus- | sions in those areas earmark pro blems for the particular area. || The council hopes a plan will emerge wherein a network of § community groups will become involved in important issues. Cbuncil member Wallace 1 Nelson of Hertford moderated the j§ public hearing. Nelson is the phar- | macy director at Chowan | Hospital. | The first lady said there are people “sitting on the edge of their chairs’’ waiting to join hands ^ across North Carolina to identify a Lawmakers Request Bridge Buzzing Halt By JACK GROVE Some area residents have been scared by military jets buzzing the Chowan River bridge on U.S. 17, according to a letter sent to the Navy by state Reps. R.M. (Pete) Thompson, Vernon G. James and Sen. Marc Basnight, all of the First District. The letter states, in part, “It seems that these planes make a practice run on the bridge and at times seem to be closer than 500 feet high. We are sure you can visualize the feeling of someone who is on a long two-lane bridge and doesn’t realize that anything is near until the roar of a jet passes close overhead, then you see another one coming right at you on the bridge. “There are sometimes two planes coming down the river that appear to be coming right at you.. Regardless of what you might feel like doing, it is a very Frightful feeling. Richard Bunch Bunch Named New Director Richard Bunch has been named Executive Director of the Sdenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce, effective May 4,1987. lunch is Regional Director for the J.C. Jaycees and is currently mployed by J.H. Conger & Son. Bunch feels that his experience vith the Jaycees at the State level las given him experience and ducational opportunities which vill be valuable in his job with the Chamber. “My philosophies are ight in line with the Chamber’s lirections of promoting tourism Continued On Page 4 “We are bringing this to your at tention with the hope that even though your planes might fly the Chowan River, they fly at a much higher altitude and stop using the bridge for practice runs.” Thompson was reluctant to pro vide names of those who have complained, but said that he had firsthand knowledge of the pro blem. “I’ve been on that bridge whey they came through.” He said the planes come down the river, “leap frog it (bridge) and go on to the military ranges.” The Navy has practice bombing ranges in Dare County and in Albemarle Sound near Columbia. The Chowan legislator said he had seen jets approach lower than 500 feet. He said that this had hap pened “a couple of times.” Dale Edenfield of Winfall has been a bridge-tender on the river bridge for one year. He said that military planes traverse the river two or three days a week and on these days fly from morning til night and sometimes at night. From an interest in aircraft, he was able to identify the various aircraft as the Navy’s A-6 In truder (bomber), and F-14 Tom cat (fighter). Another type of air craft he said flew the route was the F-4 Phantom. This aircraft is no longer in the Navy’s inventory but is flown by the Air National Guard and the Marine Corps. Edenfield said that on occasion, “They come across here so fast that you don’t even see them un til they’re past.” He asserted that they have flown as close as 130 feet above the bridge-tender’s hut and rattled windows. At these times, "You probably could hit ’em with a rock,” He said that at least three of the five bridge-tenders have been upset enough about the situation to consider contacting military authorities themselves. “It’s enough to give you a heart at tack,” he said. The legislators’ letter was ad dressed to Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet in Nor folk. Admiral Dunn was actually transferred to the Pentagon in December. Currently comman ding Naval Air Forces, Atlantic Fleet is VADM Richard Dunleavy. Admiral Dunleavy’s spokes man, Commander Jolene Keefer, was interviewed by telephone Continued On Page 4 nd deal with substance abuse. N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper like McArthur of Edenton told Irs. Martin that the Northeast is ot afforded the same federal Linds and manpower found in igher populated areas and com lained that punishment for drug offenders found on schools’ pro perties and those on the street is not uniform, since the first is most likely not reported to law enforcement. Perquimans Sheriff Joe Lothian told Mrs. Martin he felt dealing Continued On Page 4 ATTEND HEARING—N.C. First Lady Dottie Martin and Wallace elson of Hertford were among those attending a regional drug and Icohol hearing in Elizabeth City on Tuesday.
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