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winners sometimes feel compelled
to explain their participation. You
hear them saying pageant recogni
tion is not at the center of their
life’s ambition. The JonBenet
Ramsey model unfairly taints the
entire enterprise. Proof of our dis
engagement is that there are no
longer enough potential television
viewers to justify the broadcast of
the Miss North Carolina pageant.
Part of the problem for the pag
eants is that there are no w so many
other pathways to fame and suc
cess for talented women. As the
doors have opened in business,
politics, academic leadership, the
pageant has passed from a place of
real importance to be merely a liv
ing relic in the social history of
women. Like the debutante balls
and the crowning of homecoming
queens, the pageant is no longer a
reflection of the way things are,
but is reminder of the way things
used to be.
It just doesn’t make as much
sense to glorify women’s feminine
attractiveness when it is other
traits that are leading them to
presidencies of universities, the
chairmanships of large business
enterprises, and the networks of
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Continued From Page 4-A
free trade. When free trade is pro
posed, these industries naturally
oppose it because the existence and
livelihood of the industries and
their, workers are threatened. Al
though in the long run investors
and workers in the threatened in
dustries will likely alternative
places for their money and labor,
in the short run, they could suffer
a fall in their living standard.
North Carolina is an excellent
example of the benefits and costs
of moving to more open and freer
world trade.
Several industries, from high
tech to agriculture and agri-busi
ness, benefited from expanded
world markets and the productive
advantage the U.S. has in these .
industries compared to foreign
competitors. For example, North
Carolina exports to Mexico and
Canada have increased more than
50 percent since NAFTA went into
effect. But other industries, most
notably apparel, have significantly
downsized their employment as
freer trade allowed less costly for
eign-made apparel toenter the U.S.
market and be bought by consum
ers. Although the North Carolina
apparel industry has downsized for
two decades, the downsizing accel
eratedaftertheNAFTAandGATT ■
trade pacts were passed. More
trade with China could add to this
downsizing.
My guess: more, not less, world
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Continued From Page 4-A
Candidates have to raise money
on their own to qualify for public
funds.
But what happens if they don’t
spend everything? Who keeps what
was left over? Is it public or pri
vate money?
Then there is the question of
mul^i-member districts. The
Gulley bill doesn’t account for
them, but they have the potential
to seriously skew the averages one
way or the other.
Finally, any public financing bill
has to put some regulations on
spending by those not using pub
lic funds. And those regulations
are either impractical or uncon
Public financing is probably the
best solution to the state’s current
political mess, but supporters have
to find a better bill.
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community leadership throughout
out state aqd country.
Later on last Saturday, I thought
about all this again when I dropped
by the Democratic Party’s state
political convention. Just a few
years ago, this activity would have
been an all male-event. Women
would have been there, of course,
doing a lot of the work, but the men
would have been in charge. The
featured statewide candidates
would have been men.
Not so these days. A party chair
woman ran the convention and
presided with authority. A woman
candidate for lieutenant governor
inspired the convention with her
speaking—showing that she will a
formidable contender this fall
when she oppose the other party’s
candidate, who is also an impres
sive woman.
These women are attractive, and
part of their attractiveness no
doubt comes from the qualities of
grace, good looks and talent that
the beauty pageants celebrate. But
much more of their appeal today
rests on their ability to organize,
lead, and recruit support, and on
their success in securing and us
ing power.
All that said, let’s go back to my
original question.
What do the pageants have in
common with the upcomingpoliti
cal conventions? The party con
ventions are going the way of
trade in the future.
This means there will be win
ners from more trade, including
many businesses that will expand
sales and consumers who will find
more products at lower prices.
beauty contests.
They, too, are becoming relics of
a time gone by, of a time when
those gatherings made important
decisions and introduced us to our
future leaders.
Historically, these events—like
the beauty pageants—brought us
together around our television sets
to watch the drama of the selection
process-and to identify with the
participants.
But it won’t be that way this year.
The important decisions have all
been made. Fewer and fewer of us
will watch the acting out of scripts
written by political staffs.
With such declining vie wership,
the networks will back away. And
the party conventions, like the
Miss North Carolina Pageant, will
fade away from our television com
mon experience, leaving it to Regis
Phibin and his colleagues to bring
,us together and give us compelling
real life drama.
******
North Carolina Bookwatch, the
UNC-TV program that I host, airs
on Sundays at 5 p.m. My guest on
June 25 will be Dean Smith, author
of “A Coach’s
. Life.” More information about
upcoming programs is on UNC
TV’s web site (www.unctv.org )
Under the “Local. Programs” cat
egory.
But some businesses and work
ers will lose their livelihoods as a
result of the trade.
This creates a dilemma for
policymakers. One option: Accept
more trade, but make sure there is
WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK . . .
T Chowan COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Thursday - 6/22
BELIEVERS ARE FEATURED
The WPO (Widowed Persons
Organization) will meet Thurs
day, June 22, at 7 p.m. in the
Warwick Baptist Church
Fellowship Hall. Bring a
covered dish and enjoy the food
and fellowship. A program by
“The Believers” will be pre
sented after the meal. Any
widow or widower from the area
is cordially invited to attend any
meetings. For more information
please call Evans Funeral Home
at 482-7474.
Monday - 6/26
AARP TO MEET
The Perquimans Chapter of
the American Association of
Retired Persons (AARP) will
meet Monday, June 26, at the
Perquimans County Senior
Center in Edenton. The meeting
will be held at 2 p.m. President
Mona Sadler invites all mem
bers and interested senior
citizens to attend.
CIVIC LEAGUE MEETS
The Edenton-Chowan Civic
pleffty of assistance, including
funds for retraining and possibly
relocation, for workers who come
out on the short end of the free
trade stick.
The debate over free trade can
League will meet at the Fannie
A. Parker Woman’s Club in
Edenton Monday, June 26, at 6:30
p.m.
REGIONAL BOARD
The Pettigrew Regional
Library Board will meet on
Monday, June 26, at the Tyrrell
County Library in Columbia at 7
p.m. This meeting is open to the
public.
Tuesday - 6/27
ARTS LEAGUE GATHERING
The annual Members Meeting
of the Perquimans Arts League
will be held Tuesday, June 27, at
2 p.m. at the American Legion
Building, West Academy St.,
Hertford. Members are encour
aged to be present for the elec
tion of officers for the new year.
Membership is open to anyone
interested in supporting the
goals of the Arts League. For
details, call 426-7486.
BOATING SAFETY COURSE
A North Carolina Wildlife
Boating Safety Course will be
held June 27-29 from 6-9 p.m. at
the COA Chowan County Center
in Edenton. To register, contact
be heated and divisive, and with
good reason, because the impacts
are significant and varied.
You decide how trade will im
pact you, our state and nation.
(Dr. Mike Walden is a professor
Officer Mark Rich at 482-5855.. 1
Upcoming Events
PRESCHOOL SCREENINGS ;
The Head Start Program, •
Chowan County Board of Educa
tion, Health Department and
DEC will conduct county wide
screenings in the areas of
Speech, Language, Hearing,,
Developmental, Vision and „ ,
Dental on Friday, June 30, at DtF.
Walker Elementary School in, w
Edenton, from 8:30 a.m. to 2j>.jn.
Children that will be three and/
or four years old should be , ^ .
brought to these screenings.
Walk-ins will be accepted from 9
a.m. to 11 a.m. Questions? Call
Ms. Gertha Bond-Thomas at 482
4495, ext. 109.
MUSTANG CLUB MEETS
The Chrome Pony Mustang .
Club of Elizabeth City, NC will
meet July 11 at 7 p.m. at 1949 N.
Road Street, US 17 North,
Elizabeth City. For more info, and
directions for location, contact^
Mark Cooper, (252) 331-1022 or'
(252) 264-4381, or Virgil Griffith at
(252) 331-2210.
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visitors, retirees, and relocators.
“It’s easy to promote Edenton, there
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said. “...There is a low crime rate and
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lynch states, “people visit, and a lot of times it is those who are contemplating future retirement
(location) options. They want to visit and plan some possible places to live, perhaps for as far as five
, or ten years down the road.”
Open since 1987, Top Sale Realty has been providing real estate service to a wide range
of individuals.
“1 tend to show them what (properties are) available and I’ll also show them the (local) area,”
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In stark contrast to die claims made by many late-night television infommercials, real estate is
neither a “fly-by-night” career, nor for those without much dedication.
“It is a tough, but enjoyable business,” stated Tynch. “There is a lot of stress, much more than
(anyone) thinks is involved.”
The ability' to effectively serve potential customers does require some work beyond the “9-to-5”
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“It's not a big problem,” said lynch. “With the kids being gone, it’s just our husbands and our
selves—-Waldo being Nancy's husband, and Milton, mine. Both husbands have been behind us.”
"In this business, your family has to support you....,” said Winslow. “My daughter has made her
own birthday cake on several occasions.
Concerns that face relocators when they decide to make Edenton a permanent place of residence
were addressed by the duo.
“In regard to new arrivals, before they arrive here they may have heard that Southern towns are
cliquish,” said Winslow, adding, “but that’s not true.”
“Are there a few growing pains tor relocators? Sometimes, yes, depending on where they come
> from,” Tynch said. “They may sutler some culture shock, at least initially.”
Winslow, in an attempt to inform others, delivers the following message to anybody unsure of the
housing options available in Edenton: “We’ve got 200 years of property to show in different
locations,”
Even with the time constraints and other responsibilities that accompany the profession, Winslow
believes that when done properly, things can run smoothly between the buyer and real estate
y agency.
“The people that 1 sold my first house to are still good friends, and that’s important to me,” she
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church possibly, and certainly out on the street. So, it’s good to keep everything on good terms.”
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