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Chowan CALENDAR What's happening this week... Saturday-4/3 SPRING HIKE Come to the canoe rental area of Merchants Millpond State Park at 4:30 p.m. to go on a hike and observe the coming signs of spring. Dress appropirately. Tuesday - 4/6 CLUB TO MEET The Chrome Pony Mustange Club of Elizabeth City will meet at 7 p.m., at the Marina Restaurant, Camden Causeway, Elizabeth City, NC. For more info, call Mark Cooper at (252) 331 1022, (252) 264-4381 or Virgil Griffith, (252) 335-9618. FIBROMYALGIA The Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. at Chowan Hospital, Classroom B. Call 482-6242 for more information. Upcoming Events SILENT AUCTION The Silent Auction at the Chowan Arts Council Gallery begins Thurs., April 8 at 10 a.m. The auction ends Sat., April 17 at 8 p.m. FLOWERS Pasquotank Arts Council will host "Flower, Flower, Flowers" on Thurs., April 8 at the Gallery. A reception will be held from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attepd. ELIZABETHAN GARDEN TRIP The Chowan County Home Horticulture Club will be leaving Thurs., April 8 at 10 a.m. from Edenton Municipal Building to go to Elizabethan Gardens. CREATIVE DANCE WORKSHOP Fun filled class for children (grades K-lst) given by Linda Brown on Saturday, April 10 from 9:30 - 11 a.m. in the Senior Center activity room. EDENTON PILGRIMAGE The 50th Anniversary of the Edenton Biennial Pilgrim age will be held April 16 and 17. from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The tours of historic homes and countryside begin at the Barker House. The event is presented by The Edenton woman s Club. CIVIL WAR LIVING HISTORY A reenactment of North & South joining forces will be held Fri., April 16 at 6:30 p.m. on E. Water St., Edenton. It is free to the public. CONCERT BAND PERFORMANCE • Chowan Middle School's 7th and 8th graders will precent a concert on Friday, April 16 at 1:30 p.m. at the Courthouse Green. The public is invited. PILGRIMAGE FOUNDERS TEA A tea honoring organizers of the first Biennial Pilgrim age will be held Sat., April 17 from 4-6 p.m. on the lawn at Wessington, 120 W. King St. Donation. ANTIQUE CAR SHOW The Freshwater Chapter AACA will host its 3rd An nual Antique Car Show Saturday, April 17 at the Cotton Mill, Edenton. Antique car owners are invited to participate, no hotrods or streetrods please. For more information call (252) 482 7597 or (252) 297-2461. SOUP AND A BOWL You can pick out a hand made ceramic bowl created by a regional potter ... have it filled with soup, and keep the bowl at a fundraiser by Chowan Arts Council on Sat., April 17 at CAC gallery from 5 - 8 p.m. SPECIAL GUEST Dr. Peter White, UNC-Ch professor qf biology and director of the NC Botanical Garden will be at Shepard Pruden Library Thurs., April 22 for a program entitled "From the Appalachians to the Coastal Plains: North Carolina's Rich Widlflowers and Natural Ecology." BOOK CLUB MEETING The Friends of the Library's Book Club will meet Thurs., April 22 at 2:30 p.m. This month's book "On 1 he Occasion of My Last Afternoon" is by Rocky Mount native, Kaye Gibbons. SPECIAL OLYMPICS Chowan County Special Olympics will be held April 30 at the John A. Holmes High School Athletic Com plex in Edenton. To volun teer, call Connie Peeler or Carrie Watson at 221-4078. INTERIOR TRIM CONTRACTOR CUSTOM WOODWORK • Traditional & Custom Wood Trim • Kitchen & Bath Remodeling • Kitchen & Vanity Counter Tops • Custom Framing & Additions • Renovations & Restoration • Handrails - Inside & Outside • Home Evaluations & Quality Inspections (new & used) • Custom Decks - Starting s8 per sq. ft. • Tile Insulation • Moister & Mildew Problems • French Drains • Custom Fencing • Water Damage & Insurance Claims • Minor Plumbing & Electrical 5 Year Labor Warranty 25 Years Experience 482-7950 Master Carpenter John Douglas EDENTON EYE CARE i 7 • WEDNESDAY APPOINTMENTS PAUL ROCK OD Medicaid Accepted • "Acuvue" Bifocal Contacts That Work (for most people) • Excimer Laser Nearsighted Astigmatism, Farsighted • No Stitch Cataract Surgery 10% Off Your Next Pair Of Glasses 101 Mark Drive - Behind Chowan Hospital 482-7471 Wm. S. Blakemore, MD Martin Continued From Page 4-A talked mostly about the “tax and spend” policies of the Demo crats. And the Democratic can didate talked about education, his plan for free community college tuition, and his role in the tobacco settlement. Both major party candidates spent millions—some raised directly and more funneled through the political parties and political action commit tees. Sounds like what most folks expect in North Carolina next year, but again it’s what went on in Minnesota In Minnesota, nobody got excited about the election until something unexpected hap pened. A boisterous third party candidate came out of nowhere campaigning against politics as usual—against both political parties, against insider politics, government as usual, political action committee contribu tions and influence, and every thing else that the ordinary citi zen hates about our way of con ducting public business. Jesse Ventura provided the excitement that got people to the polls to vote against the major parties’ insider candidates. Now, could the same thing happen in North Carolina? I think so, if the major party candidates don’t give potential voters, something more to get excited about. Another “if” is the appear ance of a Jesse Ventura type candidate to run on some third party or independent ticket. Somebody off-the-wall like Jesse Ventura. Somebody, maybe, like Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege. Hege is a constant seeker of publicity who drives inside political fig ures in both parties crazy. He has put prisoners back in striped uniforms, organized a posse with more than 100 vol unteers, conducted raids to get front-page coverage, put pris oners on the local radio—let ting the public know how tough he is. He senses what ordinary people are worried about and he knows how to exploit their passions. Hege is toying with the idea of running for governor in the Republican primary. I hope he does. I wouldn’t have to worry about him there. Even if he won the primary, he would get crushed in a head-on-head con test against the Democratic nominee. But if Hege, or some other Jesse Ventura type person, chooses to run as a third party candidate, I will be nervous. In a close, three-way race, a Ventura candidate can win with as little as 34 percent of the vote. Ventura gave the protest vote a place to go. He mobi lized the disenchanted and an gry voters in Minnesota and won a close one. Ventura - 37%. Coleman - 34%. Humphrey - 28%. So, if North Carolina gets a Ventura type candidate, there is only one thing to say. Watch out! Guest Continued From Page 4-A gram, and the newly signed Conservation Reserve En hancement Program. Together these programs could focus up to three-quar ters of a billion dollars on wa ter quality improvements in North Carolina over the next decade. The Marine Fisheries Com mission considered a total mora torium on herring harvest, but elected instead to give watermen a chance to work on alternatives, asking for com ments on a compromise harvest level of 400,000 pounds, which would reduce fishing pressure minimally. Unfortunately, most fishermen used the extra time granted for consideration of the proposal only to lobby for even greater fishing levels. Four re gional advisory committees were swayed, asking the Com mission to adopt a550,000-pound limit. After much soul-search ing, the Commission adopted a 450,000-pound limit, a further compromise. In response, the NCFA criticized Commission members. This criticism is unfounded and regrettable. No one can be satisfied with the status quo. The great irony is that the de sign of an effective solution will require all parties at the table, especially the fishermen and officials who know this re source the best. As Commission members move beyond this temporary rule to the full fishery manage ment plan, they should seri ously consider implementing a total moratorium on herring harvest from 2000 until 2004. They should request funds from the General Assembly equal to the profit expected by fishermen and fish houses from the catch (much less than $1 million over the life of the moratorium). The funds should be spent during these four years employing fishermen to gather data needed to monitor herring stocks, and to help de sign and implement habitat restoration plans. The State must move immediately to de sign and implement CHPP’s for spawning and nursery areas, so that when the progeny of the “unfished” adults return, they will find a place to spawn, and juveniles a place to grow. Only by concerted action can river herring be restored to their rightful plackamong the great fisheries or\the East Coast. Without herring as prey, the restoration of many coastal fisheries will be much more difficult. Springtime is the right time to breathe life into, the age-old cycles of birth and rebirth in coastal waters. Such a rebirth requires all con cerned to rise above personal attacks, and to work together to solve this problem once and for all. Dr. Douglas N. Rader is se nior scientist with the North Carolina Environmental Defense Fund, working with EDF’s Ocean Program. To buy, sell, trade, or rent... You'll find the best bargains around each week when you check out the Herald classifieds... Bargains galore.. Bargains galore...they're all right here Come to ALLTEL now for a really soecial time. 9.95 500 per month* minutes per month Motorola Profile ™ 300 phone for $9.95 Sign up for wireless service with ALLTEL and for your first 3 months you’ll receive 500 minutes to use each month and monthly access for only $9.95. 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