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Volume 90 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, April 15, 1987 Number 15
Warren County High School students notified last
week of their acceptance to the North Carolina
Governor's School are, left to right, Angela
Ballance, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ball an cc
of Warrenton; Michael Sink, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Sink of Littleton; and Ginger Meek, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Butch Meek of Norlina.
(Community Schools Photo by Mary Hunter)
Resurfacing Bid Given
By Warrenton Council
By MARY C. HARRIS
Staff Writer
A bid from S. T. Wooten and
Company of Wilson has been ac
cepted by the board of commis
sioners for the resurfacing of
Front and Bragg streets.
Mayor B. G. White noted at the
regular board meeting Monday
night that the company had
agreed to begin work within 30
days of bid acceptance and pro
mised completion of the projects
within 30 days. Approximately
one day's work for each street
would be required, White said.
The board voted to set aside
$34,276 in Powell Bill funds to
finance the resurfacing projects.
At the suggestion of Water
Superintendent Bill Neal, the
board voted to up the cost for both
water and sewer taps in town to
$250. Neal pointed out that the
current $150 price for sewer taps
does not cover expenses and sug
gested an adjustment may also
be due in the $200 pricetag on
water taps. The price to the con
sumer for out-of-town taps for
both water and sewer will be
based on installations cost as has
been the custom, the commis
sioners decided.
In another water department
matter, the board expressed con
cern at the delinquent water bill
for Floyd McKissick's Soul City
trailer park. Town Administrator
Vernon R. (Pete) Vaughan said
the bill amounts to $437. He was
instructed by the board to contact
county officials in an effort to col
lect payment on the account
which falls under the county's
jurisdiction. The trailer court is
located in an area where the
water and sewer lines are county
owned and the town is hired by
the county to collect payment.
Mayor B. G. White announced
the collection to date of approx
imately $147,000 in 1986 taxes to
support the $146,000 budget
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Appeals Court Overturns
Decision In Damage Case
A Franklin County court deci
sion awarding $786,940 in
damages to Warren County pro
perty owners whose farmland is
near the PCB landfill in Afton has
been overturned by the N. C.
Court of Appeals.
Henry Twitty and his son,
William, sued for damages to the
775 acres of land they own near
the site where the state buried the
waste in 1982. They won the suit
in Franklin County and were
awarded $786,940, but the state
appealed the decision.
Although the value of the land
may have declined because
placement of the landfill there is
a nuisance, the appellate court
ruled that the Twittys had pro
duced no evidence showing the
waste had harmed their farm
land by leaking into the neighbor
ing water or soil. It said that
property owners must prove their
use of land has been harmed be
fore they can collect damages
and that simply owning property
next to the landfill is no entitle
ment to damages.
The state acquired 142 acres in
Afton to dispose of the 31,000
gallons of polychlorinated bi
phenyl chemicals which were
dumped illegally along 240 miles
of rural roads in the state in 1978.
Nineteen acres were used to bury
the chemicals. The rest was do
nated by the state to Warren
County as a buffer between the
landfill and other property.
Two Ambulance Servicemen
Facing Charges In Durham
Two members of the Warren
County Ambulance Service, both
currently on leave of absence
from the department, are sched
uled to face trial in Durham
County District Court on charges
of breaking and entering and
larceny in Durham County.
Russell Lee Norwood, 19, of Rt.
3, Warrenton, and his companion,
Daniel Anthony Faucette, 23, of
Rt. 2, Henderson, were arrested
April 3 by Durham police officers
responding to an alarm at Water
World, Inc., a Durham business.
When officers arrived, they
found plate glass smashed on the
south side of the building. Ac
cording to police reports, more
than $2,000 In diving equipment,
including a diving outfit, swim
ming masks, an underwater
camera and three air containers,
had been gathered in what ap
peared to be preparation for
theft. Some of the items had been
placed in a pillowcase.
Durham officers saw someone
running toward the rear of the
store and Norwood and Faucette
were apprehended by Officer J.
Pradka in a fenced-in area
behind the store. The van in
which the two were riding was
found parked at a cemetery ad
jacent to Water World, Inc.
Norwood and Faucette were
released after each posted a
$2,500 secured bond,
i According to Durham Police
Officer McDonald Vick, Norwood
and Faucette are scheduled to ap
pear in court on April 21.
Three Students
Win Nomination
For the first time since 1982,
three Warren County students
have been selected to attend the
North Carolina Governor's
School.
Angela Ballance, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ballance of
Warrenton, has been selected to
attend Governor's School East in
Laurinburg, and will devote the
six-week term to the study of
math.
Chosen to attend the eastern
school in choral music was Scott
Sink, son of Mr. and Mrs. Scott
Sink of Littleton.
Ginger Meek, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Butch Meek of Norlina,
will attend Governor's School
West in Winston-Salem in the
area of Social Science.
The North Carolina Governor's
School is the oldest statewide
summer residency program in
the nation for academically
gifted rising junior and senior
high school students. The pro
grain offers a non-credit,
stimulating and enriching cur
riculum for 800 students in
academic areas such as foreign
language, performing arts,
philosophy, computer technology
and the study of self and society.
The North Carolina Governor's
School is operated by the Division
for Exceptional Programs in the
State Department of Public
Instruction.
Norlina Police Chief
Suspended By Mayor
Veteran Norlina Police Chief
Romey Williams has been
suspended after being ad
ministered a breathalyzer test
Saturday by the State Highway
Patrol.
Norlina Mayor E. L. (Bill)
Perry confirmed Tuesday that
Williams, chief of the Norlina
Police Department for more than
a dozen years, was given the test
routinely administered in driving
while impaired cases.
Perry is now acting as
Norlina's police chief.
Barring Any Objections
Lease Of Property
To College Approved
By THLIRLETTA M. BROWN
Staff Writer
Barring objections from
members of the Board of Educa
tion, which have been requested
by Saturday following their re
view of the language of the leas
ing instrument, approval has
been given to lease a portion of
the John Graham school proper
ty to the Vance-Granville Com
munity College Board of Trustees
for use in the Warren County
satellite facility of the college.
In their Monday night meeting,
board members responded to the
waiver of right of first offer by
the Warren County Commission
ers, which gave the board au
thority to deal directly with
VGCC trustees, and gave ten
tative approval to the lease of a
portion of John Graham School.
The request for delay came
from Board of Education mem
ber Yarborough Williams, who
felt that board members should
have time to read the lease before
signing. According to Williams,
his reservations came not due to
lack of faith, but rather from the
"simple wish to know."
According to Dr. Ben Currin,
VGCC president, there are two
leases: the buildings will be
leased for 40 years?20 years now
with the option of renewal for the
second 20 years; and school pro
perty on a conditional basis with
provisions for sharing space with
the county school system. "The
lease provides for exclusive use
of property no further than the
wall behind the main school
building," Currin said.
According to Superintendent
Mike Williams, the county will re
tain use of the cafeteria and voca
tional building.
According to A1 Thompson, at
torney for the board of education,
the lease assumes use for educa
tional purposes. "If such use
ceases during the term of the
lease, the property will revert to
the board of education."
The progress of the VGCC sat
ellite facility is made possible by
a $400,000 appropriation. Accord
ing to Currin, $20-125,000 will be
used to acquire property. The re
mainder will be used for the fa
cility which will be constructed
between the shop and the main
school building.
Warren County commissioners
will receive in their Thursday
night meeting an update from
VGCC officials.
In other business, the board:
?Heard a report from the com
mittee appointed to consider the
condition and lease of the North
Warren High School building and
agreed to continue the current
agreement with the school's
alumni association and to notify
the association of any changes in
status.
?Approved the lease of office
space at Vaughan Elementary
School to the State Board of
Education for use in the Outside
Evaluator Project.
?Approved contracts for the
superintendent and assistant
superintendent and awarded
supplements.
?Adopted a policy on student
cumulative records to acknow
ledge those requirements of the
Buckley Amendment.
?Discussed a resolution by the
Warren County Association of
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During Monday Meeting
Tentative Budget
Package Is Approved
By THURLETTA M. BROWN
Staff Writer
A proposed budget package for
1987-88 approaching $2 million for
Warren County schools Monday
night was approved for submis
sion to the Warren County Com
missioners by the Board of
Education.
The $1,943,400 package is the
result of a special board meeting
held March 31 during which bud
get needs as developed by the
superintendent were presented to
the board for review and revi
sion. Adjustments were incor
porated and the revised budget
was approved for submission at
the regular April meeting of the
board.
The package consists of three
gross components: expenditures
needed to maintain current oper
ations, plus inflation factors; ex
pansion items needed to improve
services; and capital outlay
items in excess of the $10.8
million estimated earlier.
Expenditures needed to main
tain current operations are
estimated in a proposed continua
tion budget of $1,362,998. This
amount compares to a $1,314,589
budget for 1986-87. Line items for
the proposed budget include the
regular school program and sup
port services (pupil support, in
structional staff support, ad
ministrative support, school ad
ministrative support, business
support, central support and
community services) estimated
to cost $1,126,290, the amount of
local funding requested.
Additional line items funded by
federal or other external sources
are not a part of the request for
local funding, but they are in
cluded in the $1,362,998 projected.
Revenues from the regular
county appropriation, the one
half cent sales tax appropriated
by the county, fees, fines, federal
programs, food services and the
fund balance, have been forecast
to cover these expenditures.
The second component of the
budget package, expansion
items, totals $355,402. These
items are the result of a survey
sent to the school leadership
team asking that they list their
three highest priorities for new
services. All of the school prin
cipals listed the desirability of
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Services Are Conducted Sunday
For Littleton Attorney Limer
Funeral services for James
Harry (Jimmy) Limer, 55, of Lit
tleton were conducted at 3 p.m.
Sunday at Providence United
Methodist Church by the Rev.
Scott Jones and the Rev. Tom
Sweeley. Burial was in Sunset
Hill Cemetery in Littleton.
Mr. Limer died Friday at his
home on Mosby Avenue in Lit
tleton. He was born in Warren
County and was the son of the late
James Wiggins Limer and
Earline F. Limer.
A practicing attorney for 29
years, he graduated from East
Carolina College with a bache
lor's degree in science and
received his law degree from
Wake Forest College where he
graduated cum laude.
Mr. Limer served as attorney
for the Town of Littleton and was
formerly the attorney for Warren
County. He was a member of the
N.C. State Bar Association, the
Sixth Judicial Bar Association
and the Halifax County Bar
Association.
A former adjunct professor at
Campbell University School of
Law, Mr. limer served on the
board of trustees of Louisburg
College and the board of directors
for Branch Banking and Trust
Company.
He was a member of Pro
vidence United Methodist <
where he had served as a!
School teacher
numerous church <
He is survived by 1
Clayton, Jr. take* tke oath to prac
tice law, administered by District Conrt Judge
Charles W. Wilkinson last Wednesday in the War
ren Comity Courtroom. Clayton was presented to
the court by Ids father, T. T. Clayton, Sr. (left),
local attorney. Also pictured i
wife, Debra, at his left, aad 1
of Cooaty Commissioners 1
torney, at far right