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PROGRESS SENTINEL USPS 162-WO t KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 APRIL 2, 1981 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX Duplin Officials Disappointed School Budget Public Hearing Only five residents attended the public hearing held in Kenansville last week on a nearly $2.5 million 1981-82 fiscal year school budget. In opening the hearing. Board Chairman E.L. Boyette commented: "I'm very disappointed at the apparent lack of interest in Athis matter. I had expected far more people." The hearing on the budget for county funding had been announced in area papers and radio stations for the past month. Officials had expected a much larger at tendance. Residents attending included Steve and Nancy Williams of Kenansville and ^Betsv Brewer, Roy Barwick _ and Linda Kitchin of War saw. Three newspaper re porters were on hand. The budget calls for an increase of about $330,000 over the present budget. Without other sources of funds, the proposed figure would add six cents to the county ad valorem tax if accepted by the county board of commissioners. Each cent of ad valorem tax brings in about $53,000. -/ During the hearing," the board refused to recognize or answer questions from the press. Following the hearing, two board members said they would favor a tax increase to bring in the additional money. Boyette answered a ques tion about whether he would favor a tax increase to pay for additional money requested in the budget with, "Yes, if that is the only way to get the money needed." Board member Jimmy Strickland also indicated he favored raising the county ad valorem tax if necessary to obtain the additional money. Board member Patricia Broadrick said she thought it unfair the county had to attempt to come up with a budget before state and federal funding could be determined. She said the board may have to come back and re-do its entire budget if the fund cuts now being discussed in Raleigh and Washington are enacted. Williams, representing the James Kenan school district Band Boosters Club, asked the board during the hearing to add $600 a year to the salary of the district school band director because of the extra time put into this job. The requested increase was already in the proposed budget, Boyette said. The district includes James Kenan High School west of Warsaw, E.E. Junior High School in Kenansville and Warsaw Junior High School. Williams also said the district needs $10,000 to buy band instruments. The district has a 110-member band with 66 in the marching band, he added. He said the Band Boosters Club raised $3,500 last year to purchase 29 band uni forms. In addition, students had to add $45 per uniform to complete the purchase. Planning Board Proposes Building InspectionsDepartment ^ Planning Board Chairman Ivey Harper and Duplin De velopment Director John Gurganus presented the Duplin County Board of Commissioner yith a pto posed building inspection department/or the Coui.tv?t recent meeting* Gurganus explained Thhf the state has mandated that every county have a building' ^inspection department by 1983 or the state will send in its inspection department and bill the county for the services. The cost for the first year is estimated Bt $94,000, according to Harper. After equipment is bought, the annual cost should be about $68,000 with a projected income from fees at $67,000 per year, accord ing to a study by the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Com- . munity Development Agent Melba I aney. Presently the county maiTita; ? and electrical and ih*uiati?S|Stjja?ction ;; ment manned by Warden who is paid from permit fees. ** The proposal recommends that a/bounty inspection de partment be established to provide a full raage of in spection services ? a full time staff or a chief building inspector (electrical, mechanical) a building and insulation inspector, a plumbing inspector and a secretary or receptionist with an office near the codrt house. The following permit fees were recomn .Tided: No per mit fee shall be required for construction less than $200. A new dewelling up to J.200 square feet, a fee of" 5175 and for 1,200 square feet and ov... $225. The ftvfs for ?residentialadditions, "to400 square feet, $50, and over 400 square feet, $75? Multi family dwellings. $200 for the first unit, and S100 for each additional Onit. A fee of $40 for mobile homes, for reconnect, service pole, change of service, bulk bams, bams, farm buildings, pumps, accessory buildings, field lights, signs, and re quires, a foe of $20 per trade inspection. Also, a fee of $20 would be charged for re inspections. Non-residential construction would begin at S20 for the first 200 square ! .et of construction and con tinue according to the con struction cost. The board recommended the inspectors be provided cou^qj^^ vetoes equipped fwith fwo>-wa); I radios, as well as the in spection department offer to I perform municipal building inspections, and the county join the Southern Building Code Congress International. Chairman of the County Commissioners Allen ) Nethercutt stated the board would study the recommen dations, but before any plan was adopted a public hearing would be held. ?Phil Hardy Receives Kenansville DSA Award By Joni Nethercutt Phil Hardy was presented the 1981 Distinguished Ser ? vice Award by the Kenans ville Jaycees during their ? annual DSA banquet held at the Graham House Inn on March 23. Several awards were pre sented to outstanding citi zens. These included: out standing young farmer; which was awarded to Paul Phillips; outstanding educa tor. received by George _ Garner; Lafayette Hall was 9 the recipient of the out ?? standing correctional officer award; and Mrs. Sally Eva Tyndall was honored with the senior citizen award. Ronnie Jones, president of the Kenansville Jaycees, commented before the awards were presented, that the banquet and awards were recognizing not just Jaycees, but community endeavor, complete community involve ment. Upon presenting the DSA to Phil Hardy. Rich Boyd, the 1980 DSA winner, expressed that "it is one thing to move a community, but it is more the DSA recipient is the person singled out who ex hibits meritorius service to his community, said Boyd. Hardy is employed at the probation office in Kenans ville. He is a member of the Jaycees and the Kenansville Fire Department. He is a youth leader and Sunday School teacher. He also 1 coaches Little league base- ' ball. Last year Phil received the outstanding correctional officer award from the Jaycees. Paul Phillips operates Phillips Farms and the New Duplin Warehouse. He is a 1 member of the Farm Bureau and the Young Farmers Association. George Garner is a crimi nal justice insfructor at James Sprunt Technical College. Lafayette Hall works for the Department of Correc tions in Kenansville. He coaches Softball at the Youth Center. Mrs. Sally Tyndall is active in the Silver Streakers, the Hospital Auxiliary and the Kenansville Baptist Church. She is retired from the ASCS office in Kenansville. KfcNANSVILLE JAYCEE AWARDS BANQUET - Back #row, left to right. George Garner - outstanding educator; Paul Phillipc ? outstanding young fanner; Phil Hardy ? DSA winner,: Ronnie James - president Kenansville Jaycees. Front, Mrs. Sally Tvndall, senior citizen award ] winner, and Lafayette Hall, outstanding correctional ' officer HBi 4-H LEADER BANQUET - The annual 4-H Leaders' banquet, was held March 27th at The Country Squire. Riddick E. Wilkins, a retired county extension agent, was presented the outstanding citizen award. Nominees for the award also included Miss Cornelia Best, W.F. Johnson, Mrs. Yottie Teachey and Thelma M. Weatherly, Pictured - Wilkins, Jeff and Linda Smith who presented "A Salute to Leaders" program, Lois Britt, county extension chairman, Ray Rhinehart, 4-H assistant extension agent, and Jack . Williams, president of the Duplin County Farm Bureau. 4-H'ers Name Wilkins Outstanding Citizen Riddick E. Wilkins of Warsaw was named Duplin bounty's outstanding citizen of the year Friday night by the county club organi- : cation. ? Nominees for this rocogni- 1 tion must be 50 years Of age 1 or older. They are judged on involvement in community. < church, family and service 1 activities. This is the sixth year the recognition has been made. The county Ferm Bureau chapter sponsors the recognition program. wfcirt* wMj >>ttninaPld bf the Stanford 4-H Club of the Kenansville area. He is a retired agricultural sxterfsion agent, a post he teld for 30 years in Duplin - MHB M t / County .Jle is a deacon of the First Baptist Church in War saw.^He also is a leader of the county chapter of the National Association for the Advancement ef Colored People. Wilkins is a graduate of N,C. Agricultural aijtJ Technical University. Previous winners were Thomas Hall and Holmes Murphy, jointly in 197<>; W.J. Costin and D.J. Kil patrick. jointly in 1978; Mil ford Quinn, 1979, and Dr. Edwin P. Ewers, 1980. Cilfda Dianvte Smith voca tional rehabitv ??>("> sellor at N.C. Memorial H pital at Chape! Hit" ino a former Duplin 4-H'er, con ducted the program. -?"Elderly Woman Raped, Robbed A woman in her late 80s of early 90s was raped and robbed Saturday afternoon at her home on Sixth Street in Rose Hill, according to police. The attack occurred about 4:15 p.m., and the victim was taken to Duplin General Hospital in Kenansville. In formation on her condition was not available Saturday night. The assailant was described as a black male, approximately 29, six feet tali with a slim build, dark complexion and medium cut afro. When last seen, he was wearing a red shirt and blue jeans. Police said a man in a red shirt reportedly boarded a southbound bus shortly after j the incident occurred, but he was not on the bus when it arrived in Burgaw. Information on the amount of money stolen from the victim was not available. A Rose Hill man was arrested in Wilmington Sunday on charges of second degree rape and robbery in connection with the assault. Joe Lee Barnes, 30, of Rose Hill was jailed in the Duplin County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bond. He was arrested Sun day by Wilmington police and transferred to Duplin County. NEW BRIDGE BEING BUILT Maxwell Creek Bridge on Hrfihilton Road ('Secondary Road 1921), four miles southeast of Magnolia, was closed March 23 for about two months to allow the Department of Transporta tion maintenance crews to build a new bridge. The new bridge will be able to support all legal loads while the present bridge is posted for a single vehicle weight limit of 10 tons, 19 tons truck tractor semi-trailer. WARSAW JAYCEE DSA RECIPIENT A1 Beard was presented the Distinguished Service Award by the Warsaw Jaycees. He is pictured here with his wife. Betty. Warsaw Jaycees Present Al Beard DSA The Warsaw Jaycees pre sented the Distinguished Service Award to Al Beard at their annual banquet at the Country Squire on March 26. Other award winners Thursday night included: Outstanding Teenagers - Darret Ezzeli and Sonja Kernstine; Outstanding Young Law Officer - James W. Vinson; Outstanding Young Educator - Lee , Patterson (Pat) Matthis; and 5 Outstanding Young Farmer - Dennis Graham. Al Beard is vice president and city manager at the 1 Warsaw Branch Bank and < Trust Co. He is a member of i the Rotary Gub and is a i Javcee. Darret bzzell is the son of 1 Mr. and Mrs. James L. Ezzeli of Warsaw. He at tends James Kenan, is active in sports and the Boy Scouts, and is a member of the FFA.. w MisS Kernstine also attends James Kenan. She is involved in music ans sports, is a member of the National Honor Society and yearbook staff. Kernstine was a More head nominee. James Vinson is a Faison native and has served four years as a law officer. He graduated from East University Vinson is a member of the fire and resone squad. Pat Matthis is a James Kenan and East Carolina University graduate and teaches elementary education at Warsaw Ele mentary School. He serves as school chairman of the March of Dimes and is a member of Ducks Unlimited. The Outstanding Young Farmer, Dennis Graham, has been farming for six years. He is a member of the " Warsaw Fire Departraent and the Warsaw Baptist Church. The guest speaker at the Warsaw DSA banquet was the Rev. Ted Wilson of the Mount Olive United Medio-' dist Church anc} a former pastor of the Warsaw United Church. Rev. Wilsog is a former Warsaw Jaycee and a past recijteint of the DSA. Named Director Arthur 'Kennedy, chairman of the board of directors of Coaital Produc tion Credit Association, has announced the appointment of Wilbur Earl Eferp to the board to C! the/ unexpired term of Edwin S. tlemmons, who resigned Jan. 29 due to health related problems. ? Clemmons had served as director since Jan. 1, I960. ?
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