THE NEV^S-JOURNAL Raeford, N.C. December 6, 1989
Viewpoints
Is waste compact a good idea?
When the General Assembly
returns to Raleigh Thursday for a
special session on hazardous w’astes,
it must consider one central ques
tion: Is the contract which Gov. Jim
Martin proposes to make with four
other states a good deal for North
Carolina?
The Martin Administration,
which forged the contract with South
Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and
Kentucky, says that it is. Others
aren't so sure.
Under Martin's deal with the four
other states. North Carolina would
authorize a for-profit private compa
ny to build a 50,000-ton a year incin
erator ior hazardous wastes at a
state-chosen location. That facility
would also include a 15,000-ton a
year solvent distillation unit for the
treatment and recycling of solvents,
and a 10,000-ton a year storage facil
ity for the residue from the incinera
tor.
These new facilities would be
added to existing hazardous waste
treatment facilities in the state. North
Carolina would guarantee top priori
ty use of all these facilities to waste
generators from the other states.
Waste generators in North Carolina
would then have lop priority use of
facilities in those states, including
major landfills in South Carolina and
Alabama.
Dr. Linda Little, director of the
Watching
By Paul T.
O'Connor
Governor's Hazardous Waste
Management Authority, praises the
deal. North Carolina must treat its
own hazardous wastes whether or
not it joins a consortium. By joining
with the other slates. North Carolina
will have to develop fewer facilities,
she says.
Legal questions surrounding the
multi-state arrangement are still
unanswered. It is not clear if states
can ban from their facilities wastes
generated in states that are not part
of the consortium. It is possible that
the federal courts will rule that North
Carolina waste generators may con
tinue to use facilities in these four
states, even if North Carolina docs
not join.
At a public discussion of the pro
posal in Research Triangle Park, no
one opposed the plan outright. But
there were skeptics.
Rep. Dan Blue, D-Wake, said that
under the arrangement'North
Carolina would have the capacity to
treat all of its own waste in five of
the seven different treatment pro
cesses. With a little more effort, he
said, the state could be going it
alone.
Some environmentalists argue
that the state should go it alone with
small facilities to treat wastes and a
vigorous program aimed at pre
empting the creation of these wastes
in the first place.
But Dr. Little stresses that North
Carolina waste generators will be
assured of the use of these facilities
if the state joins.
Blue was especially miffed that
the other states were so demanding
of North Carolina when North
Carolina will be handling all of their
low-level radioactive wastes. Under
a separate compact. North Carolina
will host a low-level radioactive
waste storage facility for eight south
eastern states beginning in the mid-
1990s.
North Carolina will also be
assured of receiving federal toxic
waste clean-up funds if it joins the
consortium. If it doesn't, those funds
might be a long time coming.
Dr. Little said that if North
Carolina went off on its own, it
would have no place to put its wastes
while North Carolina facilities were
builL That only prompted Rep. Joe
Hackney, D-Orange, to say, "We're
trading short term gain for long term
disadvantage."
3 birthdays require 3 celebrations
"If God had intended for us to
celebrate our birthdays on the same
day He would have made sure we
were born on the same day." So
spoke the wee son of David and
Ruth Ann Warren. Makes sense.
These words of wisdom came on the
heel of his grandmother Ruth
Phillips' comments, when she was so
bold as to suggest that since her
birthday and his father's flanked him,
it would be a good idea to celebrate
all three at the same time. Love
those grandchildren.
A View from
the Country
JL_ Raz Autry
-AfieP many ThaiAsgiving dinners
at bur house, Ireni and I decided this
year to join my brother Charles and
his family in Greenville for the feast.
Because mama came to visit, we
took her along. I usually listen to the
radio on long trips; however, this
time it was silent txxause mama kept
me entertained. She said, "Honey,
you should have told them I wasn't
guilty; my car runs only 20 miles per
hour a.id 1 drive 1 only three minutes
a day.'
I replied, "Mama, I am not a
lawyer. Besides you had a lawyer."
She answered, "He wasn't any
good; you would have done better." I
love that mama, she thinks I can't do
any wrong. If only her daughter felt
the same way.
During my college days, the dis^
trict attorney of the Pitt County
region was Eli Bloom. A fine gentle
man of the Jewish faith. He contin
ued in the office for 50 years. It was
my pleasure to chat with him at the
Thanksgiving dinner. Mr. Bloom is
85 years old and still going strong.
Eli is a great story teller. He
swore this tale was the truth. It
seems a judge was particularly irri
tated at a gentleman who was a fre
quent visitor to his court Most of his
offenses were not meeting his obli
gations to his former wife who had
him pegged for non-support.
The good judge said, "1 am get
ting tired of you not making your
payments. I am going to give this
good woman $25 a week."
The startled defendant replied,
"That is mighty nice of you your
honor, and I will chip in a doll^ or
two myself."
When Eli first tried for the office
of district attorney his opponent was
a Gentile. Mr. Bloom approached a
man he thought was a friend and
asked him to vote for him. The, gen
tleman answered by saying, "Eli, I
like you but I am not going to vote
for you, I am going to vote for your
opponent. He is some of my people."
Eli said, "Do you believe in Jesus
Christ?"
Surprised, the man answered,
"Why yes, I believe in Jesus Christ."
Without a backward glance, the
future D.A. said, "He is some of my
people." Enough said.
“Nancy didn’t like this first official portrait. The strings are showing.”
This country's farmers must be astute
By W.B. Jenkins
N.r I r m Bureau Federation
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A broaa ar.t^c ol skills is required
to operate complicated machinery,
use agricultural chemicals properly,
use the Board of Trade effectively,
and inuoduce computer technology
into animal nutrition, marketing and
genetics.
Manv of lodiiv's fanners arc pro-
f'- • ' ' r ■ ''-' -'d people
rt'tii '.'i Ur ^.aluc assets and
ca/i jj tKol, Awiciican farm assets
totaled nearly $712 billion in 1987.
Today's farmer must be an astute
business person in order to success
fully manage those assets. He must
be aware of global markets and how
to penetrate them. He must be an
entrepreneur willing to compete at
the mercy of flood, drought, tornado
or early frosL
derstand the mechanics of farm
equipment but the mechanics of our
political system. He must be self-re
liant and willing to put in long days
with no guarantees of a regular pay
check.
Today's farmer must be tough-
minded manager when caught in a
price-cost squeeze. He must be a
shrewd purchasing agent and person
nel director. At the same time he is
often an exemplary humanitarian
helping in the fight against world
hunger, and lending a hand to his
neighbors in times of crisis.
Today's farmer must not only un-
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Letter To The Editor
Red Cross gets
no Raeford leader
To the editor:
You kindly printed a letter from
me relative to my giving up the
chairmanship of the Hoke County
Chapter of the Red Cross. We called
a meeting for November 30th at the
library and you ran a notice of that
meeting for two weeks in your paper.
But sad to say, there was no interest
because no one showed up except
the regional consultant from Ft.
Bragg. I was certainly embarrassed
by this. All she could recommend
that would work for this county is
that we merge with either Scotland
County or Cumberland County or go
on a reserve status until our chapter
could be reactivated. I am sorry that
the community is so unconcerned
with the situation and it's something
that concerns the area Red Cross in
North Carolina. I will continue to
help until December 31st, 1989 but
after that. I'm afraid it will be in
limbo.
Clyde Upchurch Jr.
Thaiikgiving dinner
help appreciated
To the editor:
The West Hoke Auxiliary Club
would like to thank everyone who
donated to the Senior Citizens
Thanksgiving dinner. All donations
were appreciated.
Nettie McDuffie
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Try your skill with this simple test
It may be North Carolina's most
important anniversary.
Two hundred years ago in
Fayetteville, North Carolina's legis
lature granted a charter for the
University of North Carolina.
December 11,1989.
That was the big day. And within
four years the cornerstone of the first
university building in Chapel Hill
was laid. Soon Hinton James from
Wilmington made his way to Chapel
Hill and enrolled as the first student
Before the end of the century, the
university had its first graduates.
North Carolina's public university
was the first in the United States to
(^n its doors and the only one that
graduated students in the 18th
Century.
For many years the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill was
North Carolina's only public univer
sity. But after the Civil War the state
organized or acquired a number of
other colleges — a total of 16. Since
1972, all 16 four-year institutions
have been a part of the University of
North Carolina.
Just for the fun of it, take a short
quiz to see how much you know
about the multi-campus University
of North Carolina. Don't look at the
answers until you finish the test
Questions;
1. Name the 16 campuses of the
university. Hint: The University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one
of them.
One on One
D.G. Martin
2. How many students are
enrolled in the entire university?
(Count your answer correct if you
arc within 10,000 students.)
3. Who runs North Carolina's
public television network?
4. How much docs it cost North
Carolina to operate the University?
(Count your answer right if you are
within $100 million.)
Answers:
1. Appalachian, East Carolina,
Elizabeth City State, Fayetteville
State, North Carolina A&T., N.C.
Central, School of the Arts, N.C.
State, Pembroke, UNC-Asheville,
UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Charlotte,
UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Wilming-
ton. Western Carolina, and Winston-
Salem State.
2. In the fall of 1989 there were
about 141,000 students enrolled in
the entire university. Some of these
were part-time students. They were
the equivalent of about 120,000 full
time students.
3. An outstanding board and staff
run North Carolina Public Tele
vision, but they are a part of the
University of North Carolina.
4. The state appropriated almost
$1.1 billion for the university this
year. That is a lot of money. Do we
get our money's worth? Probably,
just in the university's role in mak
ing it possible for so many of our
young people to get a good college
education. Certainly, if you take into
account all the other roles of the uni
versity from providing expanded
medical care through the medical
schools, hospitals, and Area Health
and Education Centers, to its agricul
tural extension services, its business
development role, its multimillion-
dollar research activities in health,
agriculture, and technology, and on
and on through an endless list of ser
vices for North Carolina.
Well, I have stopped giving the
answers to my test and started
preaching again. I had better quit.
But don't forget December 11.
Say a prayer of thanks for those who
got our university started 200 years
ago.
If you would like more informa
tion about the University of North
Carolina or any of its 16 campuses,
write me at Box 2688, Chapel Hill,
N.C. 27515.
If you can get to Fayetteville on
December 11, UNC-Chapel Hill
Chancellor Paul Hardin will lead a
celebration in the form of a
Bicentennial Issues Forum on the
Fayeueville Slate Campus at 7 p.m.
See you there.
In today's world, the image of
farming as a slow-paced, easy
lifestyle is far from reality.
Despite the complex risks of
modem agriculture, fanners still re
tain a positive attitude toward their
vocation. Most of the families living
on the natiq|i's faniis and ranches are
there today because they want the
type of lifestyle and independence
that living in the country offers.
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