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larr eritonMea. Library X 117 S.Mairt St. ' • i iarrenton, N.C. 27589 ^ (Stye Wuvvm iteorb Volume 87 Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, August 29. 1984 Number 35 For the first time ever, a Warrenton Railroad locomotive roiled into Norlina on Thursday of last week. The trip was made possible because the Seaboard System Railroad abandoned its track between Warren Plains and Norlina, allowing the Warrenton Railroad to use the route. With operator and engineer Jacob Whaley at the controls, the Warrenton locomotive picked up four boxcars of lime in Norlina for delivery in Warrenton. (Staff Photo) PCB Dump Among Sites Targeted The state's hazardous waste disposal site in the Afton community of Warren County is one of six sites targeted by the Special Project on Ac tion Against Toxic Pollution in Poor Com munities, a project ad ministered by the United Church of Christ's Commission for Racial Justice (CRJ). Soil laden with toxic PCBs was transported to the Afton site two years ago from road sides throughout several counties in the state where the chemical had (Continued on page 8) Non-Voters To Be Purged Warren County voters who do not cast their ballots in the November presidential election and who did not vote in the 1980 presidential election or in any elec tion held in the period between those two elec tions will no longer be registered to vote after November, according to Ruby Jones, Warren County elections super visor. According to N. C. General Statute, registration rolls must be purged within 90 days after each presidential election. Before a voter's name is purged, however, he will receive a notice to show cause why his registration should not be voided. The notice will be sent to the ad dress shown on the per manent voter registra tion card, as required by law. If the person appears at the county elections office or furnishes by maif evidence to show that his qualifications to register and vote in the precinct in which he is registered remain the same, or if he has moved within the county and transfers his registration to the precinct in which he resides, his name will not be removed. Once a voter's name is purged, he must re register in order to be able to vote. Anyone with questions about the purging of registration rolls should contact Mrs. Jones at the Elections Office in the Peter Davis Store building on Front Street in Warrenton, or by call ing 257-2114. Judgeship Nominees Sought A Judicial Nominat ing Committee, created by Governor Jim Hunt to provide for non-parti san selection of Superior Court judges, is seeking nominations from the public for the office of Resident Superior Court Judge in the Ninth Judicial District of which Warren County is apart The Judgeship was created by the 1984 Legislature, and Gover nor Hunt will fill the vacancy from nomina tions submitted by the Division II Panel of the Judicial Nominating Committee. According to a recent release from the Gover nor's Office, the purpose of the committee is to seek out and nominate to the governor the best qualified persons to hold judicial office. To be a candidate, a person must be an at torney and a resident of Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance or Warren counties. Citixens are invited to recommend to the committee candidates for the position by writing to the Executive Secretary, Judicial Nominating Committee, office of the Governor, Raleigh, N.C. 27811. The committee will accept nominations through September 12. Schools Open Sept. 4 For Warren Students 3,250 Are Expected First Day Superintendent of Warren County Schools Mike Williams has nounced that some 3,250 students are expected for the first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 4. He emphasized that the schools will operate on a full-day schedule on that day. The county's teachers have been at work since August 23, making preparation for the opening. Superintendent Williams reported that 193 teachers are under contract for the begin ning of school, and all teaching positions have been filled with the ex ception of one teacher of the hearing impaired. Students and parents are advised that lunch, but not breakfast, will be available on the first day. Beginning Wednes day, Sept. 5, students may have both break fast and lunch at school. School bus transpor tation will be provided on opening day and the routes will be basically the same as during the past school year. Williams asked that students be ready early during the first days of school until bus schedules have become established. The superintendent noted that lists of fees and other pertinent in formation will be distributed in the various schools on opening day. KARTS Aid Wins Board Approval Warren County com missioners last Wed nesday approved a Kerr Area Transportation System (KARTS) request for $10,000 to help the agency out of an end-of-the-year finan cial crunch caused by delays in state reim bursement. KARTS, an indepen dent non-profit agency, provides public trans portation for residents in Warren, Vance, Gran ville, Franklin and Per son counties, and is especially designed to meet the needs of elderly and disadvan taged segments of the population. By working unaer contract with county human services agen cies, such as the Health Department and Department of Social Sendees, KARTS coor dinates transportation to eliminate route duplication and relieves the agencies of the responsibility of providing client trans portation. Two other counties — Granville and Person — have also approved KARTS' request for $5,000 in a loan and $5,000 in a grant that might be returned. Franklin County commissioners are not scheduled to consider the matter until their meeting next month, and Vance County, although approving $10,000 in assistance, stipulated that the funds were a loan with no por tion designated a grant. KARTS Director Kathy Childress has contended that the program is not in jeopardy, and that current financial strains are the result of KARTS being the first agency of its kind in the state. Currently, KARTS is structured so that it must pay its bills before it receives state reim bursement, according to Ms. Childress. The state is currently changing its reimbursement system to eliminate problems like those experienced by KARTS. Owens-Illinois employee Joe Civitello (left) explained his company's manufacture of corrugated boxes to Second District Congressman I. T. "Tim" Valentine last Thursday during a tour of the company's training facility on North Main Street in Warrenton. Rep. Valentine was in Warren County for a public meeting with constituents at the county courthouse and remained for a flO-a-head reception given by supporters at the Warrenton Lion's Den. (Staff Photo) Teachers Are Told Renewed Interest Seen In Education Citing a renewed in terest in education on the part of the public and legislators, Warren County Schools Superin tendent Michael F. Williams last week challenged teachers and instructional support personnel in Warren County's system to "channel the renewed interest in education in such a way as to result in more effective, positive relationships between the educator and the student." In his remarks, delivered to 250 educators at their first meeting of the school year last Thursday at Warren County High School, Williams referred to the "growing concern" on the part of the public and the General Assembly that school personnel were not doing all that could be done to educate school children in the state. He noted several recent moves by the General Assembly and the State Board of Education aimed at im proving the perform ance of school employ ees, including a Quality Assurance Program and Career Development Plans for teachers, principals, and other school administrators. Williams urged the group to view the new developments as "op portunities" rather than "burdens." He encouraged those present to remain abreast of efforts at the local and state level to "itrengthen" the quality of educational personnel and par ticularly of the county's involvement as one of 20 pilot school systems in the Quality Assurance Program. The educators also heard opening remarks by School Board Chair man Henry Pitchford who asked personnel to "put aside all other con siderations, political and otherwise, and direct all energies to providing the best possible education for the students in the school system." Following a devotion by the Rev. Ron Nida, pastor of Enterprise Baptist Church, brief remarks were delivered by Faye Spence, president of the Warren County unit of the North Carolina Association of Educators, and by Ber tadean Baker, Warren County's Teacher of the Year for 1984. The meeting closed with a skit, presented by members of the faculty of Mariam Boyd School, that presented a humorous portrayal of the types of teachers found in every school. Those participating were Ruby Amos, Diariece Williams, Clarice Greene, Hilda Terry, Irene Robinson and Bertadean Baker. Following the meeting, refreshments were served, provided by the school system and Warren County unit ofNCAE. During the program, musical selections w»^e performed bv Gtak. a Powell and Howard Stultz. Shooting Leads To Man's Arrest A Manson man was listed in stable condition in Maria Parham Hospital yesterday following a shooting in cident in Manson Sun day. According to Warren County Sheriff's Depart ment reports, George Hicks was shot in the lower stomach at Man son Grill Sunday about 5 p. m. Another Manson man, Edison Allen, 28, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. Allen was released from Warren County Jail Monday on $2,000 bond, according to Chief Deputy B. D. Bolton. The shooting was in vestigated by Deputy Harold Seaman. Seaman was not on duty yesterday, and fur ther details of the shooting were not available. New Store Planned Warrenton business man A1 Fleming has begun preparation for the construction of a convenience store to be located at a site between Midway Grill and Scott's Antiques on the Warrenton - Norlina Road. Preliminary work has included the moving of a dwelling from the site chosen for the store and grading of the property. Construction is sche duled to begin immedi ately upon completion of the grading. Fleming stated that he feels the growth which is now taking place in the county justifies the opening of such facility, and he hopes to be ready for business by the end of the year.
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