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Uarren lecorft Volume 88 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday. June 12, 1985 Number 25 Spotted Fever Cases Reported To Health DeDt. Two cases of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever have been reported to the Warren County Health Department this year. While the victims, both children, have recov ered, local health of ficials are concerned that county residents take proper precautions against Infection with the disease, which can be fatal. No vaccine against Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is currently available, according to health department of ficials. However, the best prevention is inspec tion of persons who may have been exposed to ticks. If a tick is discovered, it should be removed from the skin by grasp ing it slowly with tweezers as close as possible to the point of at tachment and pulling slowly and steadily until It is detached. Fingers, protected with facial ttoue, may be used when tweezers are not available, of ficials say. Because the secretions of ticks can be infective, anyone coming in con tact with the Insect should wash his hands as soon as possible. Symptoms of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever include fever, myalgia (muscle pain), headache and rash. Anyone who develops one or more of these symptoms, even without the common ap pearance of the rash, and thinks he may have been bitten by a tick should consult a physician. Failure to treat the In fection with tetracycline or chloramphenicol could lead to death, of ficials warn. The incidence of infec tion begins to increase in April and la highest in May and June. Despite a steady decline in incidents in the past four years, North Carolina led the nation again in 1984 in the number of reported cases with 178. Five deaths were attributed to the disease last year in North Carolina. Proudly displaying the winners' plaque for the fif th annual Warren County Schools Social Studies Bowl are, left to right, Chenoa Richardson, Ebony Davis, Thomas Vaughan, Cosmos George, II, and Timothy Kearney, members of the team for Hawkins Elementary School. The bowl was held last Tuesday at South Warren Elementary School, and was sponsored by the Warren County Training School/North Warren High School Alumni Associ ation. (Community Schools Photo) Board Of Education To Seek Increase From Commissioners By KAY HORNER Newt Editor Members of the War ren County Board of Education cautioned Monday night that they didn't want to appear ungrateful for Increased allocations In the coun ty's proposed 19&5-86 budget, but voted to re quest an additional $46,000 In current expenses. The proposed budget calls for a 19 percent In crease In allocations for capital outlay and a 4 percent Increase In cur rent expense allocations for the schools, bringing their total allocation to II 208.833. ftwrevw, Schools Sup erintendent Michael F. William* estimated that even with the Increases, the schools would come up with a 148,000 short fall In the current ex pense continuation bud 8<li the budget is adopted as proposed, the schools will receive 1996,833 in current ex penses, $180,068 sly of what was requested By law, the com missioners must allocate 40 percent of the pro ceeds from the onfrtolj percent sales tax levied in 1983 to the schools for capital outlay. The pro posed budget also ear marks an additional 30 percent of that tax, pro jected at $70,000, for capital outlay. That 20 percent could be designated for current expenses, if requested, but board members, citing current capital construction needs, were reluctant to request such a transfer. Board Chairman Hen ry Pitchford was des ignated by the board to plead its case before county commissioners in a budget hearing on June 18. The board also receiv ed three bids, ranging from $54,750 to $84,640 for installation of lights at the baseball field at War ren County High School. Only $32,000 was budgeted for the project this year, and the board authorized Superinten dent Williams and Assis tant Superintendent James Jordan to nego tiate with the low bidder, Tommy Lawrence Con struction Co. of Roxboro, on what could be install ed with the funds available. Installation of the lights would allow con solidation of all high school athletic events, except five home football games, at the high school where there are shower and dressing room facilities, according to Superintendent Wil liams. Currently, the football team must practice at Norlina. With the in stallation of the lights, practice could take (dace at the high school, although home games would still have to be played at John Graham Middle School. Although the vote was unanimous, Board Members Richard Rod dy and Yarborough Williams voiced concern that athletic needs were being given precedent over academic needs. "I know its good for the school and communi ty spirit to have a win ning team," Roddy said, "but it's also good tor the community morale to have kids who can get out of school with some skill* and find a Job." The board also agreed to look into a request that two businesses and a housing development proposed for U.S. 158 Bypass be allowed to tap onto the water line to the school. The request was brought by James C. Harris, Jr. of The War ren Group, representing Ben Layton of Rocky Mount, who has a mobile home sales lot on U.S. 158 Bypass and plans a residential development in the area, and local businessmen Roy Neal and Bud Endicott The line was con structed by the schools and has not been Warren Man Held On Charge Of Rape Thomas Earl Shearin of Norllna was arrested Friday and chanted in the Thursday rape of an elderly Norlina woman. According to Warren County Sheriff Theo Williams, the alleged rape took place between 6 and 7 p.m. off State Road 1113 near the home of the 74-yearold victim. Her name was not re leased. Shearin, who is being held in Warren County Jail under a $80,000 bond, wu also charged yester day with common law robbery of between JO and flO from the woman, Sheriff Williams said. Shearin was scheduled to appear in Warren County District Court this morning for a preliminary hearing. The victim was taken to Warren Immediate Care Canter and then transferred to Maria Parham Hospital where she was treated and released. Deputy Lawrence Har rison investigated and Chief Deputy B. D. Bolton made the arrest. Also arrested this weak and charged with breaking, entering and larceny in a break-in at the residence of Leon Willams of Route 3 in the Ines community was Charles Richardson, 29, also of Route 3. Richardson was ar rested Thursday and released on a $2,500 secured bond pending a preliminary hearing In District Court this morning. Items, including Jewelry, tools, and (300 in silver coins, were reported taken from the residence last month. Chief Deputy Bolton made the arrest. Two thefts were also reported last week a business and a on Lake Oasten. The theft of an estimated $800 In boating equipment was reported Thursday from a boat docked on Big Storehouse Creek. The boat was registered to Panda Lawn. On June 8, Orion Ford of Portsmouth, Va. reported a break-in at his mobile home In Forest Cove development and theft of items valued at $800, including a televi sion and AM-FM cassette player and radio. Deputy Lloyd New some investigated. No arrests have been made in either case. T. T. Clayton, Jr. To Practice Law Here TheaoseusT. Clayton, Jr., ton of Wamnton At torney T. T. Clayton and County Commlaalon Chairperson Eva M. Clayton, recently graduated from Boston College Law School whwe he received a Doc tor of Jurisprudence degree. Clayton was a member of Law Review, the ad mlaaiorw committee And ••rvad at preddent of the Black Student Law Association while a stu dent at the school. He is currently prepar lnf to take the N.C. Bar Examination to be given in July and plans to Join his father in the practice of law locally. His brother, Martin Thomas Clayton, recent ly graduated fran Saint Augustine's College in Raleigh wtth a B S. degree in business (Continued on page IB) dedicated to any other governmental body. Ac cording to Superinten dent Williams, county of ficiala, at the time the line was constructed, showed no Interest in in creasing its size to ac comodate future growth along the bypass. In other business, the board voted to: —Allow Dawn Howard and Leigh Ann Perkin son, students at Norlina Middle School, to take Algebra I through a sum mer home study pro gram. No credit will be allowed for the course, but it will serve as a re quisite for advanced courses if satisfactorily completed. —Dispose of the 14 cars in the school system's fleet through public auction. The board in February voted to discontinue the use of county-owned vehicles as of July 1. —Approve a request to provide the Depart ment of Transportation with cost estimates for paving the entrance to the school bus garage. DOT has agreed to do the paving, which is necessary to prevent washing at the gate to the garage. —Accept resignations from Roberta Telfair, food service employee at John Graham Middle School; Leola Campbell, food service employee at Northside Elementary School, and Daphene Herring, English teacher at Warren County High School, and from Eric Hecht, vocational agricultural teacher at Warren County High School and William Har rell, vocational cabinet making teacher at the high school, who are retiring. —Grant a medical leave of absence for Lin da Tharrlngton, a teacher's aide at Marlam Boyd Elemen tary School. —Approve the em ployment of Matthew Milam, custodian at Northside Elementary School, and Anita L. Jones, classroom teacher at Norlina Mid dle School —Reschedule thfr board's July S meeting to July 15 due to a conflict with a meeting of the N. C. Department of Public Instruction in Asbeville. —The board also re ceived plaques of cam «Delation from the rwn County Unit of the N.C. Association of CiQUCaioni, Car Removal Discussed Disagreement Aired At Town Board Meet By MARY C.HARRIS Staff Writer Prospects of resolving a long-term disagree ment between property owners in a south War .enton residential district appeared slim at the Monday night meeting of the War renton Town Board. Three residents of the neighborhood attended the board meeting for the second time in recent months to request action requiring Warrenton service station owner Cam Comer to remove four abandoned automobiles and to clean up the lot whereon they are parked at the corner of South Main and Dowtin Streets. Comer also was pre sent and took the oppor tunity to air his reasons for leaving the vehicles on the property. At the outset of the meeting in the Town Hall, Mayor B. G. White stated that Comer and the complainants had been invited to the meet ing to attempt a solution to the problem whicfc has brewed since last September. G. B. Hull, whose resi dence is directly across Dowtin ; Street from Comer's property, spoke first to the issue, noting tht he consider ed the lot "a nuisance for the neighbors" and that it contributed 'to "an unsightly entrance to the town." Down - the - street neighbor W. L. Turner remarked that he "just sees the lot in passing," but that he feels the. beauty of the commun ity would be enhanced if it were cleaned. Mrs. Ida M. Davis, a resident of South Main Street, expressed her failure to understand the town's "right to zone areas for a specific use without the authority to enforce the zonii^ or dinance." Mayor White an swered that Comer does not appear to be in viola tion of the zoning status of the neighborhood, which is residential. He explained that four vehicles do not con stitute a junkyard which, according to law, must occupy 600 square feet. Cam Comer, obvious ly distressed by the cir cumstances, stated that he was "not being vin dictive or hard to get along with," and that his personal investigation of the matter had not revealed any law viola tion. The matter "goes way back and there has been a lot of water over the dam" since the problem originated, he said. He made reference to a similar situation iq 1978 when there were two cars parked on the lot in question and reminded those present that he had then moved the vehicles as requested to property which he had purchased outside town. He has since made his residen ce on the property on the outskirts of Warrenton. r Comer added that the current issue is a per sonal matter and that it could have been settled privately had he been approached personally by thv concerned par ties. Not one of the com plainants "has called to tell me of the problem and to ask me to do any thing about it directly," he saitj. He stated his regret that the town board was "dragged into a situ ation which made me out to be a villain." Comer recounted a number of incidents in which he felt members of his family had been wronged by some of the neighbors present and ended by'stating that when they apologized to his family he would con sider taking steps to remedy the problem. "We're a close family," he said, "and I'm tired of being step ped on when I haven't done anything to any body." Shaken by the exper ience of voicing his per sonal concerns in the matter which he said had become "ridiculous and costly as well as an aggravation," Comer left the meeting im mediately following his remarks. The neighbors ex pressed regret at the misunderstanding, but indicated that they did not feel compelled to apologize for any alleged unkindness. Town attorney Charles Johnson ad /ised the board that in lis opinion the issue was n„t covered in the zoning ordinance but added that he would* take legal action if so in structed by the board. It was pointed out by Zoning Officer and Town Administrator Vernon R. (Pete) Vaughan that regula tions required the filing of an application by the complainants before he could rule in the matter. Mrs. Davis reiterated that the town "should do away'with the zoning ordinance if we are not going to do anything about it." The board members instructed the town at torney along with Coun cilman Charles White, also an attorney, to con sult the State Attorney General for a ruling on the provisions of the or dinance as it now stands. "If the ordinance won't hold water, we don't want to spend the town's money" to defend it, Councilman White said. The mayor added that the zoning ordinance is currently being updated and revised but that any changes made now will not apply to the matter (Continued on page 2) Environmental Health Meet Conducted At Lake Gaston The environmental health section of the Warren County Health Department last week hosted for the first time a North Central En vironmental Health District meeting. Environmental health supervisors, environ mental engineers and sanitarians fran 17 coun ties along with the staff of the N.C. Department of Human Resources, Division of Health Ser vices were in atten dance for the luncheon meeting at Panda Lawn, Inc. at Big Stonehouae Creek on Lake Oaston. Among the Mguesta on hand were member* of the county Industrial Development Commis sion, Planning Board, Board of Health, Board of Commissioners and the county manager. Featured on the pro gram were boat tours of Outdoor World, Inc., a membership camp ground with locations In South Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania, and Camp Willow Run, a Youth Camps for Christ, Inc. facility noted for Its unique train and boxcar dormitory facilities. "Of particular interest were the oMite sewage systems that allowed development of these projects yet did not in terfere with the quality of ths lake and surroun dings," Irving M. Allen, Warren County envi ronmental hnalth coor dinator said weak. The group also took note of the sawaga system at Panda Lawn where a 40-unit motel ia scheduled to open in ta near future and where a restaurant and office complex are planned The daily flow of the sewage system when all three phase* of contrac tion are completed will be 12,000 gallons. The system is the largeat of its type in a 26-county area. After an ooetteflsh fry catered by Taylor's Fish House, meeting parti cipants met (or a business session. "Overall, the meeting provided a firsthand educational eiperience in the <Mgn and coo straction of large sewage systems on resort perty," Allen said. "R alao provided an oppor tantty for gjeats to see the beauty of the lake and enjoy the hoepitality of the poopte In this rogtaa-Waaratnty* pradativa for aB thoae who helped make the event a smom."
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