7mcUc^% BY JIM DEAN The suggestions come from everywhere. They may come in neatly typed letters or scrawled in ink. Some are printed in pencil. Some are obviously written by kids, block lettered and abrupt. Other bear the faint, spidery handwriting of the very old. But no matter how they look, they frequently have something in common. They offer suggestions for changes in the inland fishing regulations in North Carolina. Many of the suggestions show careful thought and a good understanding of fish management. A few seek only to promote selfish interests at the expense of natural resources. During August, I attended meetings of the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission's Division of Inland Fisheries in Raleigh. The purpose of the meeting was to consider suggested changes in the fishing regulations for 1976. Believe me, it's a formidable job. During a lengthy meeting, the Division of Inland Fisheries and the Wildlife Protection Supervisors considered over 120 suggested changes in the 1976 fishing regulations. Many of the suggestions came from field biologists and other staff members of the fisheries division. Quite a few also came from the Commission's Division of Protection. Other divisions also offered suggested changes. And, of course, there were those suggestions that had come by mail from all over Graham A. Monroe Agency INSURANCE REAL ESTATE Fire - Auto Casualty - Home Owners 203 HARRIS AVE. ? TEL. 876-2186 the state during the year. 'Every suggestion is typed up. along with the reasons for it.' explained Don Baker, chief of the Division of Inland Fisheries. ' 'The suggestions are first considered by field personnel, biologists, and protectors, at meetings across the state. Then the suggestions, along with comments from local staff personnel, are compiled into on big list.'' I watched the biologists, protectors and others go through that huge list one by one, and I'm here to tell you that the attrition rate is terrific. My guess is that about one in 10 suggestions survives, and many of the proposed changes that do are relatively minor. You are probably thinking that staff members (biologists and protectors, for example( get preferred treatment over those who mermly write tire Commission a letter. Well, if that's true, I didn't see any signs of it. Biologists and protectors sitting on all four sides of me saw their carefully considered suggestions scrutinized, kicked around and often discarded for a variety of reasons. I had a suggestion in the hopper myself, but it didn't get very far because there were factors 1 had overlooked. Finally, at the end of the meeting, the staff had a small nucleus of possible changes for the 1976 fishing regulations. But those proposals are not home free yet. Next, they go to the Commission, then to a series of public hearings. They're considered, cussed, discussed, and kicked around all over again. Then, what's left of them comes back to the nine-member Wildlife Commission for final consideration and adoption They can be tossed out of altered even at this point. 'One thing about it.' said Baker. 'By the time a proposed change in our fishing regulations gets into the book, it's been through the mill. But that's the way it should be. This insures that no hasty decisions are Ken's Carpet And Interiors One Ston Decorating Service Complete Line O* High Quality Giidden Paints Fine Wall Covering. Draperies Carpets and Other Decoratmq Needs Midtown Shopping Center Southern Pines Aberdeen ? Ph. 692 7427 2508 Raeford Rd. - Fiyetteville - Phone 484-7861 made, and it gives fishermen a chance to help pick the right regulations.' There will be three public hearings to consider proposed changes in the 1976 inland fishing regulations this fall. They are as follows: September 29, in the Buncombe County Courthouse in AsheviUe. October 1, in the Rowan County Courthouse in Salisbury. October 2, in the Craven County Courthouse in New Bern. All hearings will begin at 7:30 p.m. Furniture Classes Delayed The furniture refinishing class and upholstery classes offered by Sandhills Community College scheduled as starting Sept. 8. 9. and 1 1 arc delayed, the school announced. Classroom space is not yet available and the new starting dates for these classes will be published as soon as space becomes available. 'Colonial Muster' Scheduled The Red Springs Chamber of Commerce will hold its second "Colonial Muster" October 3-5. Sanctioned by the American Revolution Bicentennial Association, the festival will be highlighted by a re-enactment of the battles of McPhaul'sMill and Raft Swamp. An arts and crafts festival, sponsored by the Southeastern North Carolina Arts and CraftsCouncil, will be held both days. A band concert will follow the slaeingof the last battle. Anyone interested in participating in the arts and crafts festival or another part of the activities should contact the Chamber of Commerce office. P.O. Box 608, Red Springs. 28377. The phone number is 843-5441. ATTENTION! COLLEGE STUDENTS Be Sure A Subscription To ^Ue <~Y\.e.w6 - journal Is Included In That List Of "COLLEGE MUSTS" ONLY *3.64 For 9 Months Of Your Home Town News PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW! (THIS SPECIAL RATE EXPIRES OCTOBER 1) <~K[ewd - journal SUCCESSFUL COACH - Roy D. Conoly, Jr.. (on left) was awarded the season trophy and tournament trophy for leading his Aberdeen Little League learn to a 16-1 season. Conoly also receh'ed Coach of the Year award. Making the presentation is Aberdeen Javcees'president Larry Boles Conoly is a native of Raeford and the son of Mrs Ray D. Conoly. Sr. of E. Prospect Ave. Prehistoric Apartments Were Popular Public works projects, apartmems. and urban sprawl appeared in North America long befogc the first Europeans arrived. ?Hb'? *2il0- an apartment complex in New Mexico's Chaco canyon National Monument, once sheltered 1.000 Indians in K00 terraced rooms: its outer wall rose as nigh as live stories. The tirst Indians probably arrived in the region about 7.000 years ago hat. Utey didn't settle until The Christian era. Six or seven centuries ater new waves moved in; dim races ol their larming villages dot tops Cany?n Jnd t,,c J1'",10 ,hesc sluril> planters was usually a round house of poles and niud over a sunken floor of he v T"'fS^avid F Robinson in hook -Th Tapl"c Society's ft ,, 1 1 5' .. Nett 'America's Hii ' 1 H? P?in,s out. Basketry was the main crafl." Gradually the newcomers began io build With Stone, and .0 join one another in apartment houses called pueblos from die Spanish word lor villages Architecture became more massive, ceremonial rooms called kivas grew from small hideaways to great round chambers of slone drnJlTi !?* PUebloS like B"ni,? ">on h e andiC Can>'0n eactl Poising with nleand always expanding. seem . .Cany?n's earlV architects seem to have developed their own local style But evidence of a Mexican influence crept into later features like colonnades, round fWfrS| and distinctive technique >1 building a wall like a vertical sandwich, witli a core of rubble between two layers of cut stone. . !"u,c h>' die promise of these elaborate growing centers, folk from the outlands moved in. By the In t century some 7.000 Indians pe-oph-d the area, perhaps the greatest concentration in the prehistoric Southwest. Aided by a National Geographic gram. Dr Thomas R. L.yonsVf the eonV?n 1 Service and his colleagues have traced ancient flood - eon rol canals and mapped some 200 miles of roads in die region. ?e'?adS Wt,e only fo?' Palhs. since (hacoans had neither wheeled vehicles nor horses, yet some s retched 20. 20. even 40 feet wide ??is ,h8.?".