PROGRESS SENTINEL
fryOL. XXXXVNO 18 USPSjyaftO KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 APRIL 30. 1981^ 20PAGESTHt^WEEK 10?EtmPUJSTAX^
9 BARRED OWL PRESENTED TO JSTC -
James Sprunt Technical College was
presented a barred owl found dead last fall
near E.E. Smith Jr. High School in
Kenansville. The owl was found along the
roadside by Duplin Agricultural Extension
Agent Ray Rhinehart, who sought in
formation to preserve the animal throueh
Duplin County Game Warden Earl
Brinkley. Preserving a barred owl for
personal use is illegal in North Carolina
because owls are listed among endangered
? species, Rhinehart said. Rhinehart was
instructed to contact a public institution such
as JSTC and work with the institution to
obtain the necessary permits to preserve the
animal. At JSTC, President Carl Price wrote
the North Carolina Wildlife Resources
Commission and the Federal Fish and
i hp
Wildlife Service to obtain the permits to
mount the barred owl for display at the
technical college. After obtaining the per
mits, Price arranged to have the owl
mounted by the taxideimist class at Mont
gomery Technical Institute. According to
Rhinehart, the barred owl is the second
largest species of owls in the state. They
make their homes in pine and hardwood
forests and feed on small rodents. Rhine
hart, a wildlife biologist, explained, "Why
waste such a pretty animal when it could be
used somewhere.'" The barred owl is the
second owl to be donated JSTC within the
past 12 months. James Sprunt now displays
both a great horned and a barred owl.
Pictured above, left to right, JSTC President
Carl Price receives the barred owl from Ray
Rhinehart.
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Williams Re-Elected Chairman
Duplin Democrats Hear Whitley
Over 200 Duplin County
D -mocrats held a spirited
an. ua! convention April 25th
at the courthouse in Kenans
ville. which was labeled most
^unusual for a non-election
year. Signs designating pre
cincts, red. white and blue
ftowers, and pictures of past
Democratic presidents
created a festive atmos
phere.
Elected for two-year terms
were Chairman Melvin G.
Williams of Smith Township.
First Vice Chairman Carolyn
B. Ingram of Warsaw,
? Second Vice Chairman
Riddick E. Wilkins of War
saw, Third Vice Chairman
David Phillips of Kenans
ville, Secretary Ruby Black
more of Warsaw, and Trea
surer Ma* Offerman of Wal
lace.
W.E. Craft of Kenansville
and J.C. Page of Warsaw
were elected to serve with
Williams on the state Demo
cratic executive committee.
The convention adopted a
resolution strongly opposing
the state legislature's plans
to put Duplin in a six-county
state representative district
with Columbus, Brunswick,
Bladen, Sampson and
Pender counties. The resolu
tion requested that Duplin be
put in a two-county district
with either Jones, Sampson
or Lenoir counties.
Congressman Charlie
Whitley gave the keynote
address in which he
expressed great optimism
about the ability of the
Democratic party to win
future national elections. He
gave a detailed account of
the alternatives to the
Reagan budget proposed by
the Democratic majority in
the U.S. House of Repre
sentatives.
A drawing for a $100
shopping spree was won by
Pamela Lanier of Route 2.
Beulaville. She is a fourth
grader and the daughter of
Cedar Fork Precinct First
Vice Chairman James D.
Lanier.
The convention pass a
resolution asking that federal
funding for the Goshen
Medical Center and Plain
view Medical Center be con
tinued at present levels.
Another resolution en
dorsed by the convention
supported legislation cur
rently before the legislature
requiring county boards of
commissioners to appoint the
nominee of the appropriate
political party in the event of
a vacancy in any elected
office.
Mrs. Marion Elkin of Wal
lace was recognized for out
standing achievement in the
party's April fund-raising
drive. Precincts recognized
for reaching their goals in the
drive were: Warsaw, Faison.
Calypso. Glisson, Albertson,
Smith. Beulaville. Cedar
Fork, Cypress Creek, Lock
liri, Wallace. Rockfish, Rose
Hill and Kenansville.
Wallace Seeks Water Study
? The Wallace town board
asked last week that Henry
von Oesen Associates of
Wilmington proposes a new
study of possible water
supply sources for the town.
A previous study by the
firm indicated any new wells
in the city would deplete the
already dropping water
table.
The town owns 80 acres at
_ Henderson Field, the airport
southwest of the city in
Pender County, which it
wants reviewed for water
well potential.
Another possibility would
be a well in the Northeast
Community, east of Wallace
along the Northeast River.
The board took no action
on a request for $3,000 for
salaries and utilities, but did
appropriate $1.500 additional
money for the utility budget
due to increased electrical
rates. Town Commissioner
Willie Biggs voted against
the move saying he believed
the board should appropriate
the entire $3,000.
Liorarian Jean Sykes
asked for the additional
salary money to retain a
library assistant for the re
mainder of the fiscal year.
The board had earlier trans
ferred $2,000 into the library
salary account from unused
building maintenance funds.
Town Commissioner
Charles Blanchard said. "A
salary overrun of nearly
$3,000 upsets me.. We're
supposed to stay within our
budgets. 1 can understand
overruns on items over which
we have no control, but we
can control salaries. State
law says we're supposed to
operate under a balanced
budget and we can't with
things like this coming up."
The library's 1980-81
budget authorized two full
time and one part-time
worker.
Ms. Sykes commented,
"I'm caught in the middle
between the library board
which sets policy and the
town board which appro
priates the money."
Students Receive Nominations
Eleven students repre
? senting three Duplin County
schools, have received nomi
nations to attend the 1981
Governor's School at one of
its two locations.-, lhe
Governor's School West,
Salem College, Winston
Salem, and the Governor's
School East, St. Andrews
College, Laurinburg, are a
summer program for gifted
and talented high school
_ students.
9 Seven James Kenan High.
School students have re
ceived nominations. The/are
?
Kegenia N. Brown, Piiiliip R.
Pickett, Marcia D. Boone,
Margo A. 'enkins, L.
Frankie Whrley, Edward L.
Best and Allen F. Roper.
Three East Duplin
students were nominated.
The> are Michael L.
Houston, Laura B. Hunter
and Anthony H. Quinn.
One Wallace-Rose Hill
High School student, Regina
L. Dobson, was nontinated.
Miss Brown will be in the
choral music program at the
Governor's School East while
Pickett will also be in Laurin
buis natural science
program.
Miss Boone will advance
her knowledge in both the
choral music and natural
science programs at the
Governor's School West.
Miss Jenkins and Whaley
will also be in the choral
music program at Salem
College. Best will be in the
mathematics program, while
rfoper will be in the natural
science program, both at the
Governor's School West.
Others attending the
Governor's School East in
ia V'
elude Houston. Miss Hunter
and Miss Dobson. Houston
and Miss Hunter were
chosen for the mathematics
program, while Miss Dobson
was chosen for the natural
science program.
Quinn will be in the
natural science program at
the Governor's School West.
These outstanding stu
dents will spend si* weeks of
their summer ir the
program. They will advance
their knowledge along with
some of the outstanding stu
dents across the state.
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Inez Jernigan Found
Slain At Her Home
A Duplin County woman
was found beaten and
stabbed to death in her home
north of Kenasnville Wed
nesday morning.
Inez Jernigan, 53, who
lived on N.C. 11 about three
miles north of Kenansville,
owned Jernigan Tractor Co.
in Kenansville. She was
found dead in the dining
room of her home around 9
a.m. by two employees who
went to the door after she
was late for an appointment
with them.
Duplin County Sheriff El
wood Revelle said she had
been "brutally beaten and
stabbed" and had probably
been killed sometime Tues
day night. The body was sent
to Onslow Memorial Hospital
in Jacksonville for an
autopsy.
Revelle said there were no
suspects in the case and that
no motive for the killing was
known. He said there was no
immediate indication that
anything had been stolen
from Mrs. Jernigan's house.
An investigation is con
tinuing by the Sheriff s De
partment and the State '
Bureau of Investigation.
Mrs. Jernigan lived alone
in the house. She was the
widow of the late Clifford B.
Jernigan.
Future Of Watershed
Project Looks Shaky
The future of the long
waited Limestone-Muddy
.reek Watershed project of
eastern Duplin County
ippears shaky due to state
ind federal budget cutting.
The $409,000 expected in
itate grants for the project
ippears doubtiul, County
Manager Ralph Cottle told
he board of commissioners
ast week.
The board agreed to press
he county's legislative dele
gation to obtain solid com
nitmentsfor the money. The
>roject has been in the
"MtwssiQA and planning
?fliges for more than a
lecade. It received final ap
jroval last year and alt but a
tandful of the necessary
ight-of-way easements have
>een obtained. Channel
leaning and ditching would
educe crop and forest loss
from excessive water.
County Attorney Russell
Lanier said the county needs
authority to make use of
property condemned under
eminent domain while the
courts determine the amount
of money to be paid the land
owners. The state has this
authority, he noted, but the
county does not.
He said two or three land
owners were refusing to
grant right-of-way ease
ments for work on the water
shed project. Use of this land
for the project is needed by
July 1, he added, in urging
ihe count^ board tff cont??
N.C. Sen. Harold Hardison
to try to obtain the needed
authority.
A public hearing on a
county-wide franchise to
Clear-Tel Cablevision of
Hope Mills was ordered for
1:15 p.m. May 4. Gerald
Michaux of Clear-Tel said if
it receives the countv fran
chise and the Kenansville
fnftichise, it plans to locate
its earth station (dish an
tenna for satellite-channel
reception) in the Kenansville
area and extend service via
cable to the other towns.
Clear-Tel has been awarded
a franchise from Warsaw and
has made franchise presen
tations to Wallace, Teachey.
Rose Hill, Magnolia.
Kenansville and Bculaville.
The firm wdl make its pre
Michaux said construction
of the earth station will begin
30 days after the firm re
ceives the franchises from
Duplin and Kenansville.
Clear-Tel is offering 35
channel capability, including
live channels not now being
received by people with out
side antennas. Warsaw re
sidents can receive up to nine
channels with outside an
tenn
Th firm is offering five
percent of the gross income
in return for a franchise.
The board appropriated
$600 for the new fink Hook
Volunteer Fire L). ;artment
which will serve the Pin
Hook. Deep Bottom and Cy
press Creek areas. Pin Hook
Fire Chief Willis Sholar told
? JjfiVd i by,, new;, depart
? rtftnt has a .itt. i ;4tk and a
roster of 40 volunteers who
are attending fire training
school two nights a week.
The board proclaimed the
week of April 26-Mav 2 as
emergency medical services
week.
JSTC Forum-Series To Study Question:
America: Where Is It Going?
Will the problems America
is experiencing overcome our
country? How can we solve
these problems? Why does
the world seem so unstable'
and dangerous these days?
James Sprunt Technical Col
lege is sponsoring a public
forum series that will look at
questions like these. The
series, entitled "America:
Where Is It Going?" will
begin Tuesday. May 5. The
forums in this series are
designed to provide the citi
zens of our area with dif
ferent views of the problems
facing America and of dif
ferent solutions to these
problems.
Forums will be held May
5, 7. 12 and 14 and are free
and open to the public. The
series will be held in the
auditorium of the Hoffler
building on the campus of
JSTC from 7:30-9 p.m.
James Sprunt is sponsoring
the series with the assistance
of a grant from the North
Carolina Humanities Com
mittee, a program of the
National Endowment for the
Humanities.
On Tuesday, May 5, Dr.
Gail O'Brien of North Caro
lina State University and Dr.
Gene Purcell of Atlantic
Christian College will speak
on the topic "Prosperity:
Will It Ever Return?" Dr.
O'Brien is a historian and
will examine how the
American standard of living
has changed and is chang
ing. Dr. Purcell, a philoso
pher, will look at how wc
define prosperity, particu
larly the whole idea of "More
Is Better."
On Thursday, May 7, Dr.
Calude H. Farrell, an econo
mist at UNC-Wilmington.
and Lewis Pitts Jr., a lawyer
active in energy issues, will
examine the role energy
plays in America's (uture.
Pitts will speak on the topic
"Nuclear Energy Causes
More Problems Than It
Solves" and Dr. Farrell will
examine the important role
abundant energy plays in
keeping our economy going.
Bike-A-Thon
Raises Over
?1P00
Project co-chairmen Phil
Hardy and Mike Outlaw an
nounced the St. Jude's Chil
dren's Hospital Bike-A-Thon
on April 4th in Kenansville
raised a grand total of
SI.009.60. Both expressed
their appreciation to all par
ticipants in the Bike-A-Thon
as a good effort was put
forth.
The winner of the 10-speed
bike for most money raised
was Alice Warrington, who
had pledges of almost $300.
Others who particpated and
raised $50 or more included
Russ Brinson. Dawn Guy,
Beth Guy and Tonya Wil
liams.
Special recognition should
be given to three young men
who rode thirty miles. They
were Bo and Brandon Hobbs
and Woody Smith.
Kernstine Named Josten
Scholarship Award Winner
Sonya A. Kernstine of
Warsaw, a senior at James
Kenan High School, has
been named a winner of a
1981 Foundation Scholarship
Award.
Kernstine is one of more
than 13,400 seniors through
out the U.S. Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands who com
peted for the 140 $500 Jos
tens Foundation Scholarship
Awards. Selection of winners
was based on outstanding
achievements in school and
community affairs, academic
excellence and meaningful
work experiences. The Citi
zens' Scholarship Founda
tion of America. Concord,
N.H., as administrators for
the program, selected the
140 winners.
Commenting on the
awards. Don C. Lein, presi
dent of The Jostens Founda
tion, said. "The Jostens
Foundation is committed to
developing quality education
For today's young people and
responding to the needs of
jur youth."
Funds for The Jostens
Foundation are provided an
nually by a major support
program of Jostens, Inc.,
Minneapolis-based manu
facturer of custom-designed
products which motivate in
dividuals and recognize
achievements in business,
education and athletics.
East Duplin Student
Wins Scholarship
Randall Jerome Pape, # n
of Mr. and Arome
Pago of Route 1, Albertson, *
is the winner of the George
Foster Hankins Scholarship
at Wake Forest llniveristy at
Winston-Salem. He will re
ceive $5,700 per year for four
years.
Randy plans to pursue a
career in medicine. He is a
member of the Snow Hill
Free Will Baptist Church at
Albertson. At East Duplin he
is a member of the National
Honor Society, Spanish
National Honor Society, Phi
Theta Pi-Math Club and the
Science Club. He partici
pated in the Junior Science
and Humanities Symposium
1980, F.T.A., Governor's
School 1980-81 and he repre
sented East Duplin in the
Quiz Bowl 1980-81.
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