Daniel Steinert and members of the Northeast Piedmont have been
busily at work in preparation for their Dec. 11 performance in War
renton of Bach's "Magnificat." The concert will begin at 8 p.m. at
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, where Steinert?
director/founder of the Northeast Piedmont Chorale? serves as
organist and choir director. Admission to the concert is $4 for adults
and $2 for children. ( Photo by Mary Hunter)
Boch Performance Set
Schedule Includes
Stop In Warrenton
Warrenton has been included
on the concert schedule of the
Northeast Piedmont Chorale,
Daniel A. Steinert, director and
founder, announced this week.
Bach's "Magnificat" and other
Christmas music by composers
from the Renaissance period,
along with exerpts from Menot
ti's "Amahl and the Night
Warren Student
Is Given Honor
A student from Warren Coun
ty, Jennifer Brayboy, is one of 29
Pembroke State University stu
dents named to the 1988-89
edition of "Who's Who Among
Students in American Universi
ties and Colleges."
The students were selected as
being among the nation's most
outstanding campus leaders.
Their names will be included in
the annual directory which has
been published each year since
1934.
Miss Brayboy, daughter of the
Rev. and Mrs. T. B. Brayboy of
Rt. 3, Warrenton, is a junior
majoring in elementary educa
tion. She maintains a 3.7 grade
point average.
Visitors," will be performed at
Wesley Memorial United Metho
dist Church on Sunday, Dec. 11,
at 8 p.m. Tickets, available at $4
for adults and $2 for children,
may be obtained from choir
members or may be purchased at
the door.
In addition to the Warrenton
performance, the Northeast
Piedmont Chorale will appear in
concert on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 8
p.m. in the Franklinton High
School Auditorium. Both per
formances are co-sponsored by
Franklin County Community
Schools and Wesley Memorial
United Methodist Church.
Now in its second season, the
group has grown from fewer than
30 members to over 40. They
rehearse Sunday evenings in the
Cockrell Music Wing recital hall
on the Louisburg College cam
pus. Invited to perform during
the Spoleto Festival held in May
in Charleston, S.C., the chorale
has been reviewed favorably by
The News and Observer and the
Durham Morning Herald for
their performances last year of
Vivaldi's "Gloria."
For both "Magnificat" per
formances, the chorale will be
joined by members of the North
Carolina Symphony Orchestra
and other area musicians, Stein
ert said.
COG Directors Leave Unchanged
Amount To Pay For Elderly Meals
The Kerr-Tar Region K Coun
cil of Governments ( COG ) board
of directors meeting earlier this
month declined to amend its
budget to provide additional
funds to Service America, the
company providing meals for
senior citizens in the five-county
Region K area.
ServiceAmerica won the con
tract to serve the meals at senior
centers in Franklin, Person,
Vance, Granville and Warren
counties during the current fiscal
year by submitting the lowest bid
for the services. But the vendor
recently asked the COG for addi
tional monies to operate the pro
gram for the remainder of the
fiscal year. The request was for
approximately $26,000.
Clark Joyner, Rocky Mount
branch manager for Service
America, said recently that they
did not initially seek additional
funds. "We didn't request any
funds," he said. "The Kerr-Tar
people asked for the additional
funds; we did not ask for monies.
"We requested that we be
allowed to cancel our contract on
several things, one the financial
difficulty of operating the pro
gram and several other things.
We told them 'we'd like to work
with ya'll until a time you get
somebody else in the program.'
We were not going to pull the rug
out from under everybody.
"Kerr-Tar came back to us and
asked if we could get the addi
tional funds would we consider
staying on. We said 'sure, we
would be willing to work out any
situation we could.' Then we gave
them the figures and they came
back to us."
Joyner said that Service
America, with its main offices
located in Stanford, Conn., is
financially sound but that Serv
iceAmerica had encountered
several problems in operating the
Region K meals program.
"Utility costs are high and food
costs are up drastically with the
drought," he said. "Also, there
was the volunteer mileage as
pect. We had not included that in
our bid process, and then we were
not eligible to put it into the
packet as far as those funds were
concerned."
The latest development with
Service America has left many
people who are involved in the
program unsure what will hap
pen next. ServiceAmerica's con
tract allows the vendor to pull out
of the program after 15 days'
notice. Should this occur, senior
citizens in the five counties would
be left without the weekday
meals program until the bid pro
cess could be completed and a
new vendor selected. This could
take as long as 11 weeks.
Ridgeway Lucky
Clovers Gather
By CYNTHIA PERSON
Club Secretary
The Ridgeway Lucky Clovers
met recently to hear a presenta
tion by Michael Riggins concern
ing drug abuse.
During the presentation, we
learned that using drugs can
become a bad habit. Many drugs
are being distributed now and we
should all be aware of them. Any
substance that will cause you to
be drowsy or dizzy should be con
sidered as a drug.
Plans for the Christmas parade
were made at the end of the
presentation.
Frank Vaughan, a new mem
ber, was welcomed to the club.
Following adjournment by re
peating the club motto, "Making
Tlie Best Better," refreshments
were served.
Thawing Safely
Thaw meal, poultry or fish in
the refrigerator.
IRBYG.
NELSON
Piano Tuner &
Technician
24 Hr. Answering
Service
South Hill, V?.