Local Officials, County Workers
Reveal Their Wishes For Christmas
By DIANE DAVIS
Staff Writer
Santa's going to find himself busy
this year in Warren County, but not
only with passing out presents to chil
dren. This year, county officials have
made known some of their wants for
their departments.
Charles Worth, County Man
ager?Other than an extension on
the 24-hour day. Worth wishes peace
and goodwill to all county residents.
But for his department, he would like
to see the following tilings take place:
? the completion of the county's
capital development projects (court
house and medical facility), even
though he realizes these may lake a
couple of years tocomplete. He would
like to sec this happen "without hav
ing to gel additional funds from county
coffers."
? county citizens to gain a better
understanding of county government,
including the fact that the county is
not in control of its roads.
"Sometimes, things are beyond our
control," Worth said of the state
owned roads. "We don't scrape the
roads, the Department of Transporta
tion does."
? new methods of curtailing the
county drug problem.
? more interest from industries who
would like to locate into the area.
"Hopefully 1990 will be an even
better year for jobs," Worth said.
Dollie Burwell, Register of
Deeds-Items on her wish list in
clude a bigger office, and "space for
Holly Williams to have her own copy
machine."
But her main wishes arc:
? to receive two more computer
terminals and a printer so her office
staff won't have to stop indexing to
write receipts.
? to receive an additional copy
machine.
? that persons who need infor
mation in the Register of Deeds office
would be more considerate of the
limited amount of space in the vault.
? that people would be more care
ful in handling the older map books.
Richard E. Hunter, Jr., Clerk
of Superior Court?With thccourt
housc renovations in mind. Hunter
said he hopes the county has enough
new home when the courthouse is
renovated.
His big Christmas list items in
clude:
? more public understanding of the
various duties performed by his of
fice personnel;
? more responsibility taken by
absent parents in the support of their
children.
He would like to see these support
obligations received in a timely man
ner. "Please don't force (the clerk's
office) to enforce these obligations,"
he said, noting that children arc the
only ones who arc hurt by a parent's
lack of responsibility.
Cathy J. Wilson, Economic
Development Director-She
would like to see more hours in a day,
more days in a week and more money
in the paycheck.
But her real Christmas wants in
clude:
? that 1990 will be as good a year
for ccnomic development as 1989 was.
? an increase in the number of
skilled job positions and higher pay
ing jobs.
? more industry moving into the
county.
Robert Terry, Jr., Adult Pro
bation and Parole Officer?Other
than the important items on his
department's wish list, Terry hopes
that people would remember that the
Adult Probation and Parole office is
located in the Gardner Building at
136 South Main Street The new phone
number is 257-1309.
money to do a good and complete job
on the courthouse restoration. And,
he also hopes the pigeons will find a
On the department's wish list is:
? more community involvement in
the drug education programs within
the county.
"A large percentage of the crimes
we are seeing now are drug related,"
Terry said. "And the offenders arc
becoming much younger."
He believes community in
volvement to help stop drug use is one
of the answers in Fighting the prob
lem. And he hopes for stronger inter
est within the school system about
drug awareness programs.
? the implementation of a drug
awareness program for parents to help
them recognize and identify the symp
toms of drug abuse.
? volunteers to work with the pro
bation department to help in the reha
bilitation of clients and to help redi
rect their deviant behavior.
"We want these volunteers to give
just a small portion of their time," said
Terry, who is the chairman of the
Volunteer Committee for Warren and
Franklin counties. Currently, the
county has two volunteers.
T. T. Clayton, Sr., chairman
of the Warren County Planning
Board?looks forward to having
ample space for meetings when the
county's capital projects are com
pleted.
Other items on his list arc:
? the implementation of a uniform
system for trash disposal.
"Trash and debris needs to be hid
den from public view," Clayton said.
He believes that taking the county's
overflowing dumpstcrs and placing
them in a fenced in area will make the
county more attractive.
? volunteer effort to remove aban
doned vehicles throughout the county.
? uniform and controlled develop
ment in Warren County.
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(Community Schools Photo by Mary Hunter)
Contest Plans
Are Outlined
The Town 'N Country
Garden Club will again
sponsor its annual Christ
mas Decorations Contest
this year.
Prizes will be awarded
for the best outside deco
rations and for the best in
side decorations as seen
from the outside.
The judging will be done
on Thursday, Dec. 21 from
6-8 p.m. All participants
are asked to have their
lights on and decorations
displayed at that time.
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Glad tidings and heartfelt thanks to all our friends. May
your holidays?and all days?be filled with His blessings.
HAIR EGO
Warrenton, N.C.
WE JOIN YOU IN CELEBRATING THIS
SPECIAL SEASON OF JOY
As you and your family enjoy the unique
blessings of the season, please accept our thanks and fond
wishes for a holiday filled with dreams come true.
David Brannock ? Gary Camptoll ? 456-3091