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Meet
Forest Acres Remains In lumberton Township
Uaktrtoi- Said James A. (Pete)
Jacoba tm regard to the jitat completed
mapping of RubesonCounty. "(It) puts
people where they are as opposed to
where they thlafc they are." The county
commissioners, in theory, seemingly,
agreed, bgt sympathetically complied
with the wishes of some fifty Forest
Acres resident who had come to protest
having to list their taxes in West
HowellsvBle after having listed taxes
and voted in Lumberton township
(most in Lagiberton precinct #1) as long
as most of diem could remember.
H.T. Taylor made the motion to
extend the lines and take the Forest
Acres residents back into the Lumber
ton Township instead of West Howells
ville where the new mapping actually
show them to live. Mr. Jacobs conced
ed, "There is no documentation on
township lines." He asked the county
commissioners to document the town
ship lines. They took no further action
on his request.
\
As one of the commissioners noted,
"We are here to please people if we can
and we certainly can do that in this case
because it really hurts no one and
would actually provide a hardship on
the Forest Acres residents if we insisted
on following the letter of the law." All
commiaaioners concurred, including Bill
Hemdon; the St. Pauls Commissioner
who would have gained them if they had
been re-located in the West Howells
ville township.
IN OTHER MATTERS
The commissioners heard a report
from MiltonBretscher who recently
returned from a Governor's Energy
Workshop. He had been appointed
along with a number of other county
residents by the county commissioners.
And heard a report from Chris Antwi,
director of Robeson County's Depart
ment of Human Resources. Antwi noted
that the county (as prime sponsor) is
receiving a planning grant in the
amount of $125,012.00 to get ready for a
proposed summer youth program later
in the Year).
He also made mention of another
grant that > has been received. The
county has received a grant for more
than S25.000 to work with the private
sector in developing jobs and develop
ing a council to help administer CETA
as it relates to the private sector.
Antwi also noted that the department
has made a number o# modifications in
the CETA program la order to conform
to recent streamlining legislation.
One facet of the new program
involves a tracking system so that those
on CETA jobs can be monitored and
removed when their time expires. For
instance, in public service slats, no one
can remain employed with CETA slots
more than 18 months.
Too, employers will be made aware of
new anti-fraud and abuse regulations. It
is possible to receive up to 2 years and a
$10,000 fine for purposeful abuse in the
program.
Too, no one can be paid more than
$11,000.00 for a CETA position. CETA
is the acronym for Comprehensive
employment Training Act, the legisla
tion setting in motion prime sponsors
like Robeson County who participate in
employment assistance programs with
the federal government.
Antwil also brought the commissioners
up to date on an improved working
relationship with the kical employment
security commission. Antwi noted that,
henceforth, CETA participants would
be listed at the ESC office after
completing their training cycle.
And, he made mention of the county's
unemployment figure of 7.4% in
response to Lumberton H.T. Taylor
who questioned whether there were
really that many people unemployed in
Robeson County. Said Antwi, "actually,
when you are quoted a figure like 7.4%
unemployed it really means that it is
probably higher because analysts
usually tone down rather than over
state the case."
QUESTION BID FIGURES FOR
FURNISHINGS IN NEW HEALTH
fcviUMNO
py with the unveiling of the new bid
etc.
Said Court? Commissioner Chairman.
Hennen Dial. "if I lud my way I would
reject It." He was refer ting to the latest
bid from the Bobeeoo County Office
Supplies in reference to the general
office finishings and equipment for the
new health department building. The
i otiimi?fconrn hid refected the Dc
cumber 19.1978 bid as being excessive
and called for new bids.
Robeson Office Supplies bid $63,885.
51 this time. Op the 19th of December
they had bid some $1700.00 less. They
blamed the higher price on end of the
year and first of the year price increase
from manufacturers. Said Dial, "It cost
the board $1700.00 to reject the bid last
time." No one other that Robeson
Office Supplies bid on the Job. The
board Ad not accept the bid requesting
Sam Snow don, representing the firm of
Jordan.. Saowdon and McVicfcer (the
architects for the Job); Dr. Bobby
Rogers, director of the county health
departments, and county manager, Paul
Graham, to "negotiate" with Robeson
Office Supplies and attempt to come up
with an, as they see it, equitable price.
The architects originally budgeted
$50,000.00 for office fitndshings and
equipment.
The board approved a bid of $6,645.00
from Dixie Carpet in Rowland for
carpet. Also approved was a bid of
approximately $5400.00 for drapes etc.
No bids were tendered for medical
furnishings and equipments. The arch
itects were instructed to rebid the Job
and report hyfc to the February
meeting.
Learning
Center
Workshop
Completed
completed i Learning Center
Workshop Wednesday, Jan.
10.1979. The schools Involved
were Soothstde, Ashpde and
Rowland High School. Sooth
side was the center for the
other schools involved la the
workshop. The workshop was
conducted by Ms. Sebtell.
The teachers were esdted
about the work shop. They
worked very hard on their
Learning Centers. The teach
ers acquired some valuable
information on centers. The
teachers will receive two hours
of renewal credit for the work
shop. Several of the aides were
also involved in the workshop.
Mr. Donald Bonner and
Mrs. Barbara Thomas were
present for the dosing session
of the work shop. They ei
pressed how pleased they
were about the success of the
workshop.
The principal of Southside
School, Mr. Oscar Graham,
also expressed how enthusias
tic he had been during the
workshop.
The workshop adjourned with
the teachers feeling very well
versed on Learning Centers.^
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