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American countries. We ignore
the message at our own peril.
The 10 million children who die
in the developing world each year
could be reduced by half with bet
ter planning and more adequate
health care. A fourth of the half
million women who die each year
in these same countries at
childbirth could be saved if only
unwanted pregnancies could be
avoided.
Just as disease knows no na
tional boundaries, hunger and
frustration cannot forever be con
fined to the misery centers of the
world. But we can help delay the
inevitable through efforts directed
toward making clean water,
nutritious food, better health care
and education accessible to these
people.
When the explosion comes, we
will all be caught in the fallout. It
is not an idle thought to suggest
that our own future as a nation
could be better served if we
thought less about such things as
Star Wars and devoted more of
our resources to helping our less
fortunate neighbors.
Jim Heidenreich
Chairman
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Appointed
The Chowan Arts Council has
named Jim Heidenreich as the
1987-88 membership chairman.
Heidenreich, Plant Manager for
Seabrook Blanching Corporation,
resides with his wife Donna and
children on Country Club Drive in
Edenton.
The Chowan Arts Council, form
ed in 1974, is an organization com
mitted to high quality art
experiences.
The theme chosen for this
year’s membership drive is,
“Chowan Arts Council_Invest
Now, Collect Forever.”
Heidenreich believes that “by
contributing to the Chowan Arts
Council we are encouraging the
economic and cultural develop
ment of Chowan County”.
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and encouraging controlled
growth of industrial and economic
development,” he said.
The Executive Board of the
Chamber unanimously agreed to
offer Bunch the position citing his
motivation and work with a
membership organization as two
advantages he will have in his new
office. Bunch and his wife, Jean
are natives of Edenton and have
one son.
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ASSAULT WEAPON—Chowan Sheriff Fred Spruill holds the .22 cal.
rifle used to shoot Sam Tripp Sunday night.
Shooting Incident Occurs
A Chowan County man is in jail
under $10,000 bond after a
shooting incident Sunday night in
the Cisco community.
Anthony (Buddy) Hayes of
Route 3, charged with assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to
kill, inflicting serious injury, had
a first appearance in court
Tuesday.
According to Sheriff Fred
Spruill, Hayes and Sam Tripp,
also of Route 3, had been drinking
heavily and began arguing around
10 p.m. A fight erupted and Hayes
is charged with going to his car,
returning with a .22 calibre
automatic rifle and shooting Tripp
in the right hand. Tripp also suf
fered a flesh wound when a bullet
grazed his left shoulder.
Sheriff Spruill said family
members took Tripp to Chowan
Hospital, where he was released
Tuesday morning.
Hayes is scheduled for a pro
bable cause hearing in two weeks.
Lawmakers Request Buzzing Halt
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Wednesday morning. She explain
ed that the Chowan River route
used by these planes is one ap
proved by joint Federal Aviation
Administration and Department
of Defense regulations. These
regulations specify that aircraft
be no lower than 500 feet above
ground level.
CDR Keefer was asked if the
bridge was used “for practice
runs.” The spokesman replied,
“No, it is a visual and/or radar
check point for one of the approv
ed low-level training routes into
the Navy Dare range.”
She was also asked why fighter
planes would be transiting toward
a bombing range. “F-14’s are
scheduled on this approved low
level route either for photo recon
naissance or low-level training en
route to the Navy range at Dare.”
CDR Keefer further explained
that they were practicing as
fighter escort for bombers.
In general terms, the com
mander spoke of the Navy’s vital
need for realistic training flights.
This training needs to be under
taken during hours of darkness as
well as during the day, she said.
While many of the flights
originate at the Navy’s master jet
base at Oceana Naval Air Station,
some of the aircraft are launched
from aircraft carriers off the
coast. One ship, the USS SARA
TOGA, is currently undergoing
predeployment “workups” in
cluding a rigorous training flight
schedule for its aircraft. Com
mander Keefer said that the car
rier is due to leave for operations
in the Mediterranean in early
summer.
A letter is currently being
prepared by the Navy in reply to
area legislators’ concerns.
Meanwhile, VADM Dunleavy
said Wednesday morning, “We
are always concerned about the
people who live in and around our
practice ranges and low-level
routes.
“Oifr aircrews are constantly
briefed to be sensitive to the area
residehts. I can personally assure
you that we are doing everything
possible to guarantee your quality
of life while simultaneously
meeting the needs of our fleel
pilots to train as they will fight.’
NEW MANAGER—Edenton’s new Town Manager, Phillip Whitaker, is welcomed to his new office Tues
day by (from left) Council E.N, (Pete) Manning; Mayor John Dowd; and Councilman A.B. Harless. Dowd
stated, “We are extremely pleased and happy to have Phillip here. Now we can continue on some of the
very important projects that we have going, such as the 911 emergency number and the remodeling of
the old bank building as a city hall.”
Commercial Fishing Legislation Introduced A
Senator Bill Barker of Pamlico
County and Representative
Gerald Anderson of Craven Coun
ty have announced introduction of
legislation to allow North Carolina
commercial fishermen to form a
hull and protection and indemni
ty club.
Supported by Jim Long, the
commissioner of insurance, this
new legislation would give com
mercial fishermen an alternative
to existing (for profit) commer
cial marine insurance companies.
Senator Barker stated, “A real
insurance crisis exists in coverage
for commercial fishermen. The
‘for profit’ commercial insurers
have largely abandoned our peo
ple. Mutual self-insurance pools
for fishermen have a long record
of stability of insurance cost
responsibility and timely claim
payments around the country and
the world. Our fishermen need the
option to form a self-insurance
mutual.”
Representative Gerald Ander
son stated, “I want to see a pro
gram established that will em
phasize safety. I believe much
more emphasis will be placed on
safety if our fishermen have
management control of a self
insurance club.”
Joseph D. McClees, executive
director of the North Carolina
Fisheries Association, offered the
following reasons for asking that
this new law be passed.
"Based upon a survey we have
conducted, most fishermen
operating vessels under 50 feet in
length have been uninsured for
several years.
“The fishermen have not gener
ally even been offered coverage
by commercial insurers in recent
years. Fishermen operating
vessels over 50 feet still have car
riers offering coverage but at
greatly increased premiums.
“The commercial carriers have
not invested money in developing
safety and loss control programs
for fishermen.
“We feel that our premiums are
subsidizing the high cost of claims
in other parts of the country.
“This matter has been studied
at great length by the NCFA and
we believe this law will help our
commercial fishermen. We com
mend Senator Barker and Repre
sentative Anderson for their sup
port of our industry.”
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Highway Discussions Set
RALEIGH—Members of the
state Transportation Board will
begin the five-month process of
deciding how to set highway con
struction priorities during a series
of 15 public meetings to start April
27.
The meeting for District I, en
compassing Chowan County, will
be held April 28 at Roanoke
Chowan Technical College
Auditorium in Ahoskie.
The meetings are designed to
give local residents, businesses
and government leaders an oppor
tunity to discuss various highway
construction projects to be includ
ed in the Transportation Improve
ment Program (TIP). The TIP is
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the state transportation depart
ment’s basic planning document
which sets highway construction
priorities statewide. It was up
dated after a similar series of
meetings by the board last year.
Typically, discussion at the
meetings center on adding new
projects to the program.
In addition to highway projects,
other transportation related mat
ters such as aviation, public
transportation, bicycles and the
state rail program will be
discussed.
The meetings start at 2 p.m.
with registration of speakers at 1
p.m.
DRUG HEARING—Wallace Nelson of Hertford, (at left) N.C. First Lady Dottie Martin and other
panelists listen to testimony during a regional alcohol and drug hearing in Elizabeth City Tuesday afternoon.
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with the drug problem should take
precedence over everything else.
“We have a tremendous cocaine
problem here,” Lothian said. He
praised local law enforcement
agencies for working together, but
said this section is not getting the
help it needs from Raleigh.
Jill Jordan, Chowan Health
Education Coordinator, praised
the Quest Program, but said that
often leaders are hampered by
lack of intense abuse training.
Laurie Halsey, local vice
president of Students Against
Driving Drunk, advised that
troubled students often feel
“unloved and left out,” watching
parents drinking and “doing
drugs”. She said parents should
explore their own behavior and at
titude about drugs and alcohol
before talking with their children.
“We need to work hard and we
need to work together,” Miss
Halsey said. She told the first lady
that she did not feel peer pressure
was a primary motive for
substance abuse.
Robin Tynch, co-founder of the
S.A.D.D. Chapter, said abuse
starts at home when parents
sometimes pressure children to
try drugs and alcohol. She added
that teachers do not report to prin
cipals and legal authorities when
a student is caught drinking or us
ing drugs.
“The only commitment they are
giving is to the student with ‘I
won’t tell’,” Miss Tynch said. She
also stated that students could tell
some teachers about getting high
on the weekend and the only com
ment from the teacher would be
“I hope you had a good time”. She
felt that it should be mandatory to
report all use of alcohol and drugs
to proper authorities.
Rev. Ashby Browder of Im
manuel Baptist Church and Chris
tian School said he felt young peo
ple get involved with substance
abuse because of lack of
discipline, curiosity, boredom,
peer pressure, family deteriora
tion, working mothers and
spiritual deficiency and said he
could see a satanic plan at work.
In closing commentary, Mrs.
Martin said the council is hearing
recurring themes across the state.
“But the fact that you are a
rural area brings you closer
together,” she said.
Judge Chaffin Presides Over Court Docket
Judge John T. Chaffin presided
over Chowan District Court April
7.
William Arnold Matthews ad
mitted responsibility for driving
66 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone
and was penalized $10 and cost of
court.
Richard Spier Edwards admit
ted responsibility for the same
charge and received the same
penalty.
Arthur David Copeland denied
but was found responsible for
driving 65 in a 55 mph zone and
was penalized $25 and cost of
court.
WiUarene Denning Buchanan
admitted driving 64 in a 55 mph
zone and was penalized $10 and
court cost.
The state took voluntary
iismissal on a charge of display
ing a fictitious registration '
against Jimmie Cofield. On a ?
charge of driving while license
was revoked, he was found guilty
and sentenced to nine months,
suspended for two years upon pay
ment of $200 fine and cost of court.
He was fined $10 for an inspection
violation and ordered not to
operate a vehicle in the state un- ,
til licensed. An appeal was noted.
Charles Riddick was found guil
ty of having no operator’s license
and sentenced to 30 days suspend
ed for two years, fined $75 and
cost of court.
On a charge of driving while im
paired, Michael Wayne Jernigan
was found guilty and sentenced to ,
30 days suspended for two years, '
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