Intro to Internet to be offered State offers assistance with area
If you feel a little intimidated
when surfing the World Wide
Web, think you're missing a few
Internet tricks, or haven't
mastered sending attachments,
we have the perfect program for
you. Introduction to the Internet
will be offered on Thursday, Qct.
25 at 7 p.m. Craig Swinson. a new
volunteer and computer whiz,
will guide you through search
engines, e-commerce and secu
rity, web privacy, and more. Call
482-4112 to sign up.
On Oct. 10 and 11 the library
will be open in the morning for
programs, but not open for
checkouts or Internet use. We
will close in the afternoon. This
is because our software will be
upgraded during that time. On
Thursday the 19th we will be
completely closed while staff has
training on the changes. W ish us
luck and well see you again on
the 20th.
The book sale is off to a super
start. Many thanks to the
volunteers who set the books up
in an organized way and are
staffing the sale. The selection is
terrific. Please visit, peruse, and
adopt a bagful!
From Sidney Sheldon. The Sky
Is Falling a television
anchorw'oman decides to investi
gate the deaths of five members
bf America's most prominent
family. As she hones in on the
Check
ROSALIE
BOYD
suspect, her life and her sons are
in peril.
The Dark House by John
Sedgwick has a different ap
proach to the suspense genre. A
young businessman with an
unusual hobby spends his
evenings following people, taking
notes, and recording their
activities. It is a benign activity
until he discovers a dark house
that shelters an even darker
secret.
Joy Fielding wr ites about a
marriage rescued just as it is on
the verge of collapse in The First
Time.
A number one bestseller from
Canada, A Good House by Bonnie
Burnard follows fifty years of an
Ontario family’s life beginning
in'the post-World War 11 boom
optimism and continuing
through the inevitable family
cycles. The reviews of it are very
’ good, praising both the writing
and the insight. ^
A college professor struggling
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Home deliver)' offered in town.
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Quality Home Staffing, Inc. Home Care Agency provides In-Home
Aide Services to clients who need assistance with bathing, dress
ing, medication monitoring, light housekeeping and transportation
for errands. Our reputation for providing quality home care is ex
ceptional. Employees are thoughiy spreehed and assigned based
on skill. Services are generally covered by Medicaid, some insur
ance companies and private pay.
Services Include:
• Home Care Aides for CAP and PCS programs.
• Nursing Pool/Contract Services
• HIV Case Management
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with the accidental deaths of his
wife and child four years before
bas been unable to move ahead
with his life. Deciding to act like
somebody who cares what
happens to him. he tentatively
makes contact with some rather
unusual characters in the college
community - The Name of the
World by Denis Johnson.
A young woman born into
privilege in China in 1890
abruptly loses her position and
fortune when her father dies
under suspicious circumstances.
The history of China during
these years of upheaval and
change form the historic back
ground for Dream of the Walled
City. Author Lisa Huang
Fleischman based the novel on
her own grandmothers experi
ences.
The Mineral Palace by Heidi
Julavits: It's the 1930s and the
Great Depression seems to have
a double meaning for a doctor’s
wife in a Colorado mining town.
As an antidote for her low spirits
she takes a job on the local
newspaper, and becomes aware
of some of the town’s undercur
rents and activities she had
never suspected.
Stuart Kaminsky is back with
Fall of a Cosmonaut, another in
his series featuring Moscow
police inspector Porfiry
Rostnikov. Three cases are up in
the air at once: A missing
cosmonaut, the death of a
prominent paranormal re
searcher, and the blackmail of a
film producer.
A Highlands woman marries
the laird of a rival clan in order
to restore peace between.the
families. She hadn't anticipated
falling in love with him in A
Gentle Feuding by Johanna
Lindsey.
Daily Corn bread by Stephanie
Stokes Oliver, founding editor of
Heart & Soul magazine offers 365
daily readings for inspiration
and improvement.
Journalist Jonetta Rose Rarras
has written Whatever Happened
to Daddy’s Little Girl?: The
Impact of Fatherlessness on Black
Women. The author, called a
spokeswoman for the African
American community, explores
the subject beginning with her
own case, that of her father
leaving the family when she was
very young.
Keeping up with the news at
the library: The library sub
scribes to three weekly news
magazines, Time, U.S.News and
World Report, and Newsweek. We
get the Sunday New York Times,
and the daily Raleigh News and
Observer. Wall Street Journal. '
USA Today, the Virginian-Pilot,
and the Daily Advance. Look for
the Chowan Herald, of course,
the Perquimans Weekly, and the
thrice- weekly. Coast land Times.
mosquito management efforts
Albemarle Regional Health Ser
vices has received funding from
the Public Health Pest Manage
ment Division of the North Caro
lina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources for
Chowan. Perquimans. Pasquo
tank, Camden and Currituck coun
ties.
This funding, endorsed by Sen.
Marc Basnight. strengthened the
mosquito management efforts in
northeastern North Carolina. Rec
ognizing the prevalence of the
mosquito population in the area
due to increased rains and the en
vironmental impact, Senator
Basnight advocated for this fund
ing to enhance the identification
and surveillance process of mos
quito-borne viruses. The equip
ment purchased allowed the coun
ties to ground spray areas of high
est population density assessed by
mosquito landing counts, when
weather permitted.
Six remote controlled sprayers,
easily positioned in trucks for
spraying were purchased as well
as ten light traps featuring photo
switch-activated, low-pressure
shut-off valves and two-stage regu
lators. In addition, five batteries
and five battery chargers were se
cured. A computer to support the
Microsoft office component was
received along with Nikon Micro
scope with binocular stereo, eye
pieces, and plane stand. Additional
equipment received including the
cold light fiber optic illuminator
with dual gooseneck and spot lens
and six pair of forceps for sorting
insects for identification and large
petri dishes for surveillance pur
poses.
“The region is indebted to the’
state department for its efforts and
to Senator Basnight for his insight
and leadership.” said Jerry Parks,
Interim Health Director, Albe
—a—
Walker Rayburn, Environmental Health Specialist, collects larvae from
a mosquito-infested area in the region. Identification and surveillance of
the mosquito population are accomplished by the Environmental Health
Specialists with the state-funded mosquito management equipment.
(Submitted photo)
marie Regional Health Services.
For information related to the
mosquito management program.
Environmental Health Services
Specialists of Albemarle Regional
Health Services can be contacted
at 338-4490.
Parker a senior state legislator
Chowan County resident attends fall
meeting, helps set groups priorities
Jack Parker of Chowan County
attended the fall meeting of the NC
Senior Tar Heel Legislature in
Raleigh on Oct. 3-4.
The Senior Legislature, estab
lished by the NC General Assem
bly in 1993, provides information
and education to senior adults on
matters being considered by the
General Assembly and makes rec
ommendations to the General As
sembly on the legislative needs of
older North Carolinians.
fiXI Ktil LliU uacgaic lvj tut, oo
nior Tar Heel Legislature from
Chowan County.
At the meeting, the delegates to
the Senior Legislature identified
five priority issues for action by
the General Assembly in the year
2001 legislative session. These is
sues are:
• Increase property tax relief for
low-income elderly and disabled
• Appropriate $5 million to ex
pand in-home and community
based services
• Take steps to continue the re
form of the financing and delivery
of health care in the state includ
ing: (a) support to establish a pre
scription drug assistance program
for low-income elderly and dis
abled persons, (b) increase the as
set limit for Medicaid eligiblity,
and (c) study the feasibility ofmen
tal health insurance parity : ■
• Appropriate $2 million in capi
tal funds for planning, construc
t ion, renovation and/or repair, and
equipping new senior centers
• Pass legislation to require the
license of mortgage brokers.
As a part of the meeting, Parker
also attended a forum for the can
didates for lieutenant governor. At
this forum, the candidates from
the Democratic, Republican, and
Reform parties shared their views
about key aging issues such as pre
scription drug assistance and tax
issues.
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