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h mf*#* r*ti Tne Cn TT 1 J Herald ednesday, October 8,1997 Published in city on the North Carolina Vol.LXIV.No.41 ■ VARSITY SOCCER TEAM POSTS WIN OVER HATTERAS The Edenton Aces varsity soccer team achieved what coach Scott Parrish called "a really big win" over Cape Hatteras with a 3-2 overtime victory Oct. 1. Chad Fleetwood scored a goal in the second overtime period to give the Aces the victory. He also scored the first big goal of the game. Fleetwood was assisted on both goals by Mike Santana. See details on page 11-A. (Staff photo by Rebecca Bunch) Mansfield, Country Jam will be featured at Farmers Day event BY REBECCA BUNCH Editor This year’s second annual Old Time Farmers Day Celebration will feature the lively music of banjo virtuoso Bill Mansfield. Mansfield will perform some “homemade” traditional folk music there Saturday, Oct. 18. The event, which lasts from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m., will be held on the grounds of the Albemarle Recreation Center, six miles north of Edenton on Hwy. 32. His performance is expected to include, in addition to the banjo, the harmonica, guitar and juice harp. Mansfield, a popular entertainer, has per formed at folk festivals and concerts across the southeast ern United States. His music has also been featured as part of the North Carolina Visiting Arts Program. “Bill will be sharing his mu sic and homespun humor with us on Saturday afternoon,” said ARC executive director Bob Harrell. “We invite you to bring a lawn chair and be prepared to Folk musician Bill Mansfield will be among those providing entertainment during the October Old Time Farmers Day at the Albemarle Recreat ion Center. pat your foot and even sing perform in the afternoon, fol along if you’d like.” lowed that evening by the Mansfield is scheduled to See FARMERS On Page 2-A VERY SPECIAL LAD Y HONORED ■ - Edenton Woman's Club President Robin Sams and club member Marie Pierce (standing) congratulate .Miss Elizabeth Moore, who was guest of honor at a luncheon held at Wessington last week. Miss Moore, considered bymanyto be thetownV'unofficial historian," was praised for her dedication to preserving accurate information about local sites through ihe guide book (also known as "the blue book") she helped create. The first guide book was published in 1951. (Staff photo by Rebecca Bunch) Helms, Basnight will attend grand opening U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms will be the keynote speaker Oct. 13 for the grand opening of the North Carolina Northeast Partner ship’s new office at 119 West Water Street in Edenton. Sen. Marc Basnight, NC Sen ate* President Pro Tem, is also expected to attend. 1 I The opening ceremony will ; begin at 11:30 a.m. and will in elude a ribbon-cutting and re marks by Senator Helms, after which he is expected to spend some time talking with local citizens attending the event. A private “invitation only” lunch will follow. Organizers said Monday they are expecting a large crowd. So far they have heard from about 200 people who plan to attend. Commissioners will keep DSS as is; discuss plans for Hicks Field project BY SEAN JACKSON Staff Writer In response to legislation ap proved by the state General Assembly, the Chowan County Board of County Commission ers have approved designation of the county’s Department of Social Services as a “standard” agency under the new guide lines for welfare reform in North Carolina. The General Assembly had asked all county boards to choose between designation as “standard” or “electing” agen cies by Oct. 31. The board, in lieu of calling a special meet ing later this month to hash out the details of the issue, voted unanimously toadopt the “stan dard” title at Monday night’s regular session. Board members listened in tently to a review of the options offered by Ben Rose, director for Chowan County’s DSS. At the heart of the matter, Rose Defense gives Aces victory over Tigers From Cox NC Publications staff reports Ryan Westbrook caught a 19 yard touchdown pass from Shaun Rankins and converted two extra points as the Edenton Aces came from behind to de feat the visiting Williamston Tigers 20-12 in a Northeastern Albemarle Conference game Friday night. The Aces (3-3,1-0) squeaked See ACES On Page 10-A Center Hill - Crossroads Fire Dept, to hold open house on Sunday afternoon The Center Hill - Crossroads Fire Department wishes to ex tend an invitation to the entire community to come out this Sunday afternoon, Oct. 12, be tween 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., and tour its facility. Former fire chief Leon Evans said special guests will include a number of people who were “very influential” in getting the volunteer fire department es tablished. Among them, Evans said, will be Everett White, who served as the first president and later as fire chief of the department, and Elwood Inscoe, who was their first safety instructor. Inscoe at the time was a state employee. “Both of them played a very important part in the early suc cess of the fire department,” Evans said. “We are happy they’ll be coming.” said, was the success the county has had with the Work First program. Rose said the county has been working under “standard” poli cies for the past 18 months and the DSS has seen a steady de cline in welfare recipients, due in part to success with Work First, in that period. Under the designation of “electing” agency, Rose said the DSS would see drastic changes in Work First. If the county chose to be an “electing” agency, and took part in the pilot program for welfare reform across the state, Chowan County would assume assume control and li ability for all of the DSS pro grams, including Work First. The county DSS, Rose told the board, would most likely not be able to find the resources to function properly and effi ciently as an “electing” agency. “This is the wildest ride I’ve taken in a while with this wel fare reform,” Rose admitted. “It (the pilot program) drasti cally shifts the power from the state to the local government. I’m sure you will find there are pros and cons on both sides...there is an advantage to local control. But we are strug gling, just with our active caseload, to get enough com munity service work (for the Work First program).” And the county DSS, Rose said, would not be prepared for for the fiscal responsibility “electing” agencies will as sume. “I don’t think you have enough personnel to do it, re ally,” said Commissioner Pete Dail, agreeing with Rose. Commissioner James Taylor made a motion for the board to adopt the “standard” designa tion, saying the county DSS should continue its success with Work First and that the new designation would not send out the message that it would be “business as usual” at the agency. C no wan win sun nave to submit a county plan to the stateunderthe“standard” plan. And Chowan cpuld become an “electing” county in two years, Rose said, and by that time the state’s welfare reform should be in full swing. “In time, if the pilot system is working, we’ll get to this any way,” said Rose. In other business, county manager Cliff Copeland dis cussed the Hicks Field renova tionproject withthe board. The project, which will include a new grandstand, press box, dugouts, bleachers, concession stand and outfield fence, is a joint venture between the county commissioners, Edenton Town Council and Edenton-Chowan Board of Edu cation. The total cost of the renovation, which is scheduled to be completed—except for the grandstand—by the start of the high school baseball season in See HICKS On Page 3-A u GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS EXPO Lisa Faulkenberry (left) and Nancy Nicholls of the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce, talk with Chamber President Steve Brown about plans for a tri-county Business Expo at the former Edenton Cotton Mill. A Business After Hours, open to the general public, will be held the first night of the Expo (Wednesday, Oct. 15) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 and will be available in advance or at the door. (Staff photo by Rebecca Bunch) Dot. 12 SENIOR VACCINATION SUNDAY j. ^4 John A. Holmes High School • Chowan Middle School Carolinians x
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