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Warrenton Mem.Library ".17 S . Ma in St. Warrenton, N.C. 27589' Harroi Hecorb Volume 90 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, January 28, 1987 Number 4 Preparation has begun at the East Macon Street Hall's Spring shopping center for Littleton-based Amoco distributor Crawley Oil Company's pro posed convenience store and car wash. One of the owners, Leon Crawley, said this week plans are to begin construction as soon as the weather perm/ts completion of grading. The convenience store with carwash in the rear and facilities for 15 fuel pumps will all be housed under one canopy, Crawley said. Construction will be performed by Bunn and Brantley, general contractors, of Rocky Mount and opening is anticipated for spring or early summer. (Staff Photo by Howard Jones) Warren Said Benefiting From Evaluator Program County Salaries Are Examined In New Publication By THURLETTA M. BROWN Staff Writer Warren County continues to reap the benefits of the state's $2.2 million outside evaluator pro gram. Since Aug. 1,1986, four in dividuals, James Jordan, Ms. Sue King, Ms. Betsy Clark and Ms. Princine Owens, have served as evaluators and now an additional seven slots are available. According to Superintendent Mike Williams, Warren County is one of nine school systems in volved in the pilot project. Other systems to date are Weldon City, Granville County, Vance County, Stanley County, Kinston City, Lenoir County, Robeson County and Jackson County schools. "We knew that the state would plug in a state-controlled compo nent to serve these systems," Williams said. "The Warren County satellite, expected to be operational by the end of February, will serve Weldon Ci ty and Warren schools," he added. Seven positions will be avail able to individuals: satellite director, two secretarial slots and four observer/evaluator slots. The function of these individuals will be to assist the local school system in observation and eval uation of teacher personnel. "Positions will be filled through the state personnel office," Superintendent Williams said. Persons with interest in the posi tions should contact James Jor dan, assistant superintendent for finance and personnel, for infor mation on making application through the state personnel office. In addition to providing new employment opportunities, im plementation of the satellite pro ject will utilize currently unused space in the county. "The state is looking at two possible sites for the satellite," Williams said, "empty classrooms at Vaughan Elementary school and unuti lized space belonging to a local businessman." According to Williams, a decision is expected by the end of the month. Williams is excited about the prospect of having the satellite of fice in the county. "We certainly welcome the implementation of the state-controlled satellite," he said, "and with it the additional opportunities for employment." "TTiis represents an opportunity for advancement for persons already employed here as well as the potential for bringing in new people as contributing members of the community," he added. Using data submitted by 99 of the 100 counties in the state and population estimates for July '86 from the Office of State Budget and Management, the UNC In stitute of Government recently released a listing of salaries of county officials. County manager's salaries for counties responding to the survey ranged from $16,727 in Graham County to $89,690, plus a $7,200 travel allowance, in Mecklenburg County. The Graham County population base is 7,106. For Mecklenburg County, a whopping 446,236?the largest of all respondents?is reported. liie salary reported for the Warren County manager is $34,434 with only one perquisite: an assigned car. Warren is one of the 40 counties in which the coun ty manager also serves as per sonnel officer. It is one of the 26 in which the position also entails responsibilities of purchasing agent. The estimated population is 16,735. Reported annual salaries for county commissioners range from $530 (plus $55 for additional meetings and 21 cents per mile) in Stokes County to $9,036, plus 20.5 cents per mile, in Wake County. The Stokes County population is 35,716; for Wake, 363,417. According to the survey, War ren County commissioners (Continued on page 6) Cost Of Neglect Studied By Board "Neglect is costly," Chairper son Eva Clayton said in commen tary made Wednesday night at the close of the mid-monthly meeting of county commis sioners. "It makes you wonder how things got in this shape," said Commissioner George Shearin as the list of problem areas iden tified in the recent board retreat were enumerated. "We know that the needs are legitimate," he added. In their wrap-up held prior to the evening meeting, commis sioners evaluated information learned during the two-day retreat. "We have made some assignments to ensure that pro gress is made," Chairman Clayton said. "We have asked the county manager to secure cost estimates for work needed immediately in the areas of safety, health and general maintenance," she said. Projects to be costed include repairs to the court house walkway and wood trim, the oid Peter Davis building and the jail walkway. "In addition, we want to ensure that storage areas are not fire hazards," she added. ' 'We have also asked the coun ty manager to do a functional (Continued on page 6) Jeffrey Bender of Rt. 2, Nortiaa receives from First Citizens Bank Vice President Brad Carroll notification of his selection to attend the SSth Short Course in Modern Farming this week at N.C. State Univer sity in Raleigh. Bender's sponsors with First Citizens are Peoples Bank and Trust Company, represented by Vice President Roy Pat Robertson (second from left), and Branch Banking and Trust Com pany, represented by Nat Weldon, assistant vice president and retail services manager (second from right). At right is Rosseil King, coun ty extension chairman. (Staff Photo by Howard Jones) r Board Proclaims Holiday For King Existing One Will Be Cut By THURLETTA M. BROWN Staff Writer By unanimous assent, Warren County comissioners Wednesday night designated as a county holi day the birthday of Martin Lu ther King, Jr. Beginning in 1988, the third Monday in January will be recog nized locally as a holiday. Because of real costs to the coun ty associated with the addition of another holiday, however, an ex isting holiday will be eliminated. Under examination are Easter Monday and the day after Thanksgiving. The board also accepted the low bid of $28,200 submitted by Wilbur Smith for engineering ser vices in the Quick City Communi ty Development Block Grant pro ject. Among tasks to be done are design and development of con tract plans and specifications for the construction of water, sewer and storm drainage improve ments. The bid submitted by the Wilbur Smith engineering firm was selected from proposals sub mitted by other firms, the most expensive being $46,998. All bids were evaluated by County Manager Charles Worth and Economic Development Commission Director Cathy A. Wilson. Criteria used were: Work Plan-Technical Approach-!30 points), Experience of Firm-(15 points), Qualification of Staff Assigned to Project-* 15 points), Understanding of County Area (15 points) and Fee Schedule (15 points). The Wilbur Smith firm received an almost perfect score in the evaluation process. In other business, the board: ?Accepted a $1,450 bid from Murphy Electric Co., Inc. of Norlina to convert from single phase to three phase the aux iliary generator housed at the Sheriff's department. ?Approved the proposal that the acting hospital admini strator's position be located func tionally in the county Finance Of fice and that time worked be charged to the departments for which the work was performed. -Allocated to the Afton Elberon fire department an addi (Continued on page 6) Hie season's first snowfall last Thursday morning waited for a sec ond during the weekend, blanketing the countryside with white and causing cancellation of numerous activities. A number of businesses opened Tuesday after keeping the doors closed on Monday and to day (Wednesday) marks the fifth day without school for Warren Coun ty students. Warming temperatures are predicted for later in the week. (Staff Photo by Dianne T. Rod well) Four-Wheel Drive Vehicles Sought For Use During Snow Emergency Management Director Gary Robenolt this week issued a plea for Warren County residents who own four-wheel drive vehicles and who may be willing to assist in emergency situations to contact his office. The recent accumulation of snow and ice on the streets and highways emphasized for Robenolt the need for standby transportation in the event of medical emergencies or power failures, he said, because the county does not own a four-wheel drive vehicle. Robenolt's office will record the names of persons who will make themselves and their vehicles available to perform ser vices such as getting doctors to patients or patients to doctors and transporting residents to shelters in the event of power failures. Persons desiring to offer assistance are requested to contact the emergency management director's office on E. Macon Street at 257-1305 or the Warren County Sheriff's Department at 257-3364. Advance Payments Offered Farmers Thomas E. Watson, executive director for the Warren County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, said Tues day that advance payments are being offered during the sign-up period for the 1987 wheat and feed grain acreage reduction pro grams. The sign-up period ends Mar. 30. Advance payments represent 40 percent of the projected defi ciency payments for wheat and feed grains. "Feed grain pro ducers may also represent 50 per cent of their land diversion payments," Watson said. Deficiency payments are made to farm program participants when the average market price falls below the established target price for a crop. According to Watson, target prices per bushel for 1987 are $3.03 for corn, $2.88 for sorghum, $2.60 for barley, $1.60 for oats and $4.38 for wheat. The projected deficiency pay ment rates per bushel are $2.10 for wheat, $1.21 far corn, $1.14 for (Continued on page 6)
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