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BY HELEN K.OUTLAND
S?o#Wr;;er
The aroma of baked
chicken and garlic bread fil
ters from the kitchen as mem
bers of the Commission for
the Blind Independent Living
Class set the table for lunch.
There are seven members in
the class and three instruc
tors.
Class member, eighty-two
year-old Ruth Wadsworth,
says that this training means
a lot. "My father eventually
lost his sight completely to
macular degeneration," she
says. "I had an idea that the
same thing might happen to
me." Although Mrs. Wads
worth is not completely blind
she says the classes are pre
paring her for the time when
it comes.
All the members of the
class have been designated as
legally blind and that has
qualified them for this class
and many other services
available through the Com
mission for the Blind.
Through expert instruction
the class learns how to cook,
wash clothes, measure ingre
dients, and the many other
Ruth Wadsworth removes a casserote from the microwave. She and other
members of the Commission for the Biind independent Living ciasses have
prepared their own iunch. (Staff photo by Heien Kerr Outiand)
skills needed to function inde
pendently on a daily basis.
Unlike Ruth Wadsworth's
father, the members of the class
are not confined to their homes
nor are their lives imprisoned
by the lack of vision. Through
the commission many doors
have been opened to the visu
ally impaired. Everything
needed to make life produc
tive and rewarding is now
available. There is a vast li
See LIFE On Page 5 A
Remembrance
Hag presented
to RreRghters
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Stc# Wnfer
On Wednesday morning.
April 10 the Edenton Fire De
partment received a very spe
cial gift from Judy and Bob
Adams of Edenton. Judy had
been reading a syndicated pa
per and came across the story
See FLAG On Page 8 A
Judy Adams (fourth from !eft) presents a
Remembrance Ftag to Fire Chief Chartie Westbrook
and fireman Scott Maiant as Mayor Roiand Vaughan
and Town Manager Anne-Marie Knighton took on.
Area OLF steering committee feels it is gaining ground
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
-Sf6#Wr;fer
When the OLF Steering Com
mittee adjourned their meet
ing last week they did so with a
game plan. It was a combina
tion of circumstances that have
rekindled the efforts to light
their own way to Capitol Hill.
It is because the steering
committee feels it is being kept
in the dark on the EIS and due
to what they feel is a iack of
concern shown by Congress
men John Edwards and Walter
Jones that the steering com
mittee has decided it will pur
sue other avenues.
One possibility discussed at
an earlier meeting had been
meeting with Craven County.
Chowan County Manager Ciift'
Copeland, just prior to Easter,
contacted Craven County Man
ager Harold Lizard. Both
agreed to the possibility of ar
ranging a joint conference be
tween two counties concern
ing the OLF. Craven. County
has indicated they would be
willing to take the OLF. How
ever, Copeland says a miscon
ception concerning the conver
sation resulted in a newspaper
story being published which
indicated a deal had been
struck between Craven and
Chowan counties. This was not
the case, but the damage was
done.
After the initial phone con
versation between Lizard and
Copeland. Lizard bed gone on
Easter vacation. "He had not
had a chance to discuss any
thing with his commission
ers," says Copeiand. "The
newspaper report came out (in
dicating they were) afraid some
kind of deal had taken place
without the county commis
sioners' knowledge. That cer
tainly was not the case. He (Liz
ard) had simply agreed to bring
it up to the commissioners."
Copeland went on to say the
Craven County commissioners
were contacted by a reporter
and at that time they didn't
know anything about the con
versation. "And rightfully so,
as Lizard had not had a chance
to discuss it with them. He had
planned to do so on his first
day back in office after Eas
ter," adds Copeland. Copeland
says he feels that issue was
straightened out in a subse
quent phone conversation with
the newspaper in New Bern.
"Nevertheless, I think the se
quence of events made the (Cra
ven) county commissioners a
little more hesitant about try
ing to have any discussions."
Bertie County Manager Zee
Lamb expressed another con
cern shared by those involved.
"I am afraid that at some
point... there could be some deal
between North Carolina and
Virginia to dual site the planes
and put the landing strip right
in between which is Per
quimans, B.-rtie. and Hyde
counties."
For the committee ami vot
ers alike assurance for being
heard has come from former
Congressman Richard "Dick"
Schulze of Pennsylvania. He
has agreed to contact military
and elected officials to help es
tablish a meeting With Rep.
Robert Stump of Arizona,
Chairman of the House of Rep
resentatives Armed Services
Committee. Other representa
tives len ding an ear to the cause
in include Rep. Carolyn
Maloney, Democrat from New
York and Sen. Jessie Helms.
OLF Steering Committee
members will also take steps
in the coming week to make
appointments to meet with Vir
ginia Senator John Warner.
In the meantime the commit
tee has agreed on a vigorous
campaign to make their con
cerns and voices heard. "The
one thing we, need to do is turn
the spigot back on," said Major
General Stringer. "We have
essentially worked in spurts.
Somehow or other we as a
group need to implement a con
tinuous stream of mail that
outlines our concerns and we
need to go about it county by
county." Stringeraddsthatthe
most important source of
voices and letters to Washing
ton are the citizens of the coun
ties themselves.
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Two year oid Sarah Ward wanted to do her part in
making the iamb pretty for this past week's 4-H
Livestock Show and Sate at the American Legion Fair
grounds. Sarah is the daughter of Deputy Harry Ward
and his wife Teresa. (Heien Outiand Photo) (See next
week's newspaper for more on the show)
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BY GLENDA JAKUBOWSK)
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Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary will tell you an odys
sey is a long wandering or voyage. For seven Chowan Middle
School students who placed in the state Odyssey of the Mind
competition in mid-April, the word is apt; they are hoping to
head next to the world OM competition in Boulder, Colo.,
scheduled for May 22-26.
The Odyssey of the Mind School Program is designed to
foster creative thinking and problem-solving skills among
participating students from kindergarten through college. It
features an annual competition at local through interna
tional levels. Students solve problems in a variety of areas,
from building mechanical devices such as spring-driven ve
hicles to giving their own interpretation of literary classics.
Danny Brusko, Meghan Bryant, Christopher Edmundson,
Kelsey Lichtenwalner, Nikki Mitchell, Colleen Potocki and
Mary Strzyzewski won second place in the state competition
for their age group solving the "chameleon" problem. To
solve the problem, the students were required to create and
drive a vehicle that changes appearance as it passed through
three different environments. The team member driving the
vehicle also has to change appearance to match the environ
ments. The team earned their chance to compete at the state
See SUPPORT On Page 5 A
CMS Odyssey team members are iooking for
community support so they can attend wortd
competition in Coiorado, May 22 26.
FRiDAY, APRiL 26 * 6 PM
American Legion Hai!
W. Queen St. Ext. * Edenton
Tickets *7""
Friends of the Shepard-Pruden Library, sponsor
*10°" at the door
pastries, rare cheeses, finger food ' wine and soft drinks * silent and live auction
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