PROGRESS ^? iR v' i fl INEL ??? * 11 VOL. XXXXVNO #1 USPS 182-880 KENANSVILLE. NC 28348 DECEMBER 17, 1981 20 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX r County Board Agrees On ? Watershed Maintenance The Duplin County Board of Commissioners signed a project and maintenance agreement with the Soil Conservation Service to I maintain the first phase of each of two small watershed projects in the county after construction has been com pleted. A Kenneth Futreal, district ^soil conservationist, said he has been informed two of 25 watershed oroiects to be started this fiscal year in the nation will be in North Caro lina and both of these will be in Duplin County. "We're just waiting for them (the President) to sign the budget in Washington and we'll let invitations to bid," he said.* The projects are on Lime stone Creek and Muddy Creek in southeastern Duplin County. The Limestone Creek project involves 41,000 acres and Muddy Creek in volves 31,000 acres of land that frequently becomes flooded or water-logged due to drainage problems. Phase 1 includes channel t snagging and clearing on about four miles of each stream. Both streams flow into the Northeast Cape Fear River in the Hallsville-Beula ville area. The cost of the Limestone portion of the project is estimated at $68,700. The Muddy Creek portion is esti mated to cost $66,100. Duplin County must pro vide 19 percent of each project, or a total of $25,612 of this phase's cost. Futreal estimated the Phase 1 work will require about four months for completion from the time contracts can be let. He said that under the agreement. Duplin agrees to inspect and maintain the project, clean the channels after storms, repair wash outs, etc. Commissioners said they didn't believe the cost would reach 540,000 a year as the county could use its own equipment for such work. Total cost of the two projects is estimated at S3.882,705. The county's portion is estimated at $896,205, of which S322.955 is the value of land rights supplied by the county. The two projects when completed will include 45.4 miles of channel restoration and 55.9 miles of channel excavation. The projects also entail an agreement by area fanners to provide soil con servation practices designed to keep soil in place, thus reducing channel sedimen tation. Duplin Farmer Tests ? Sprayer. For Chickens A "chicken sprayer" to remove lice and mites from poultry and poultry houses was tested in Rank Kor negay's chicken houses in Scotts Store area of Duplin this past week. The demonstration was oart of an integrated pest frjmanagement program (IPM) for poultry and livestock, according to Snodie Wilson, county agricultural agent. Built by North Carolina State University's entomo logy department for about $750, the rig's pressure drives sprw under the bird's outside feathers to reach the bisects. A Duplin is one of two counties in the pilot pro gram. The other is Chatham, Wilson said.. A pest management spe cialist, Greg Burg, was hired for the poultry and livestock program in Duplin about two years ago. Mites, lice, flies and rodents, especially rats, reduce production efficiency, thus costing poultry people money. , In the program, Wilson pointed out, the agent moni- i tors the degree of infestation of the various pests in a flock or house. He also attempts to I show-farmers and integrators < hoty to make their own^i checks. "The objective is to de velop a threshold program for spraying or not spray ing," Wilson added. "Some of our operators still believe they should spray if they see one mite," he observed, noting that threshold level means a point at which treatment to eliminate a pest would cost more or otherwise do more harm than good. "There've been a lot of chemicals wasted," he added. Wilson noted few farmers tave equipment that can effectively treat their birds for the various pests. The program is being operated with the cooperation of some of the integraters (virtually all broiler, hatching egg or turkey flocks are owned by the integrators who pay farmers so much a bird, a pound or dozen eggs for their labor and capital investment in buildings), Wilson noted. Spray equipment, such as that used last Thursday, could be owned and operated either by farmers or integra tors, he said. Wilson said the new program still does not pay its way and may never be able to stand'on its own as the tobacco and soybean IPh4> program now is doing in some other counties. Cable TV Firm Gets Two-Week Extension Univision Cable Television Co. won a two-week exten sion last week of its deadline ?for submitting a performance bond to Duplin County be fore receiving a franchise to establish cable television service to the unincorporated areas of thf county. The Duplin Board of Com missioners granted the delay at its regular meeting last ...rek. The new deadline will ?Oe Dec. 21. County Manager Ralph Cottle said he had m been informed the company wanted the extension to give it time to arrange financing. The board has accepted the Univision proposal of three percent of its gross proceeds from the unincor porated areas of the county in return for the franchise. The towns of Beulaville, Kenansville and Magnolia have agreed to award fran chises to the firm. Wallace ard Rose Hill have given tentative approval pending receipt of performance bonds. The firm will pay the towns three percent of its gross proceeds from their areas. The firm will provide 21 channels for the base fee of $8.95 per month per cus tomer. It will provide movie channels for additional fees. In other business, the board approved resolutions from several towns concern ing use of the county build-1 ing inspection service. The county building in spection department will provide Warsaw and Kenansville with electrical and insulation inspections. It will provide Beulaville, Faison, Greenevers, Calypso. Teachey and Rose Hill the full inspection ser vices. In all cases, fees will be charged for inspections. The county accepted the $8,615 bid of Phelps Ford of Warsaw for a station wagon to replace the compact ve hiclp tntnllpH rpppntlv in 9 collision at Charity Cross roads south of Kenansville. The insurance company has paid the county $6,310. The county is attempting to col lect additional damages for two-way radios destroyed in the collision. The board approved trans ferring $5,000 from the con tingency fund to the rescue vehicle repair fund. Odell Raynor, county forest ranger, retired this month. District 8 Forester Laird Davidson asked the board to advertise for a new ranger and supply him with at least three names to submit to the state forester in Ra'eigh. Candidates will be screened by the state per sonnel office, which will make the selection. The board elected Calvin Coolidge Turner chairman for 1982. and D.J. Fussell vice chairman. Alan Nether cutt was chairman and Tur ner vice chairman for 1981. ? * Wallace Mayor Warns Of Threats To Municipalities Following swearing in 9 ceremonies for new and re elected town officials earlier, Wallace Mayor Melvin Cording declared towns must mane tnemseives more at tractive to potential residents or die. Cording was re-elected mayor for a two-year term. Also sworn into office as town commissioners were David Jordan, the first black ? to be elected to the town board, and Luther Powell. Jordan is assistant prin cipal of the Wallace-Rose Hill High School. Powell is a retired Wallace Town Clerk. The two replace Lloyd Boone, who did not seek re election, and Willie Biggs, who was defeated in his bid to retain a board seat. Cording, commenting on general urban problems, Qfcaid, "Street lights and paving are no longer enough to keep people in town. They are leaving the city limits to escape double taxation. If we 'don't make towns more at tractive to our people, the towns will die." He noted towns will face increasing financial pressure as federal grants are reduced ^ or eliminated. He noted an W nrxation can add to towns' tax bases, but annexation ? P jit. also can be costly as towns must furnish the newly an nexed areas with all muni cipal services available to other areas. Cording said annexation would cost Wallace $7 mil lion to $10 million for water and sewer lines, paving and waste water treatment faci lities. Annexation could dilute minority voting strength and bring the town into conflict with the Voting Rights Act, Cording added. At the meeting, the board also approved a second read ing of a cable television franchise that could lead to granting of the franchise to Rockfish Cable Television Co. The board earlier in the fall had approved granting the franchise to Univision Cable Television Inc. of Richlands, pending receipt of a performance bond. Uni vision has until Dec. 22 to provide the bond. If it fails 'o provide the bond by thai date, the franchise will be awarded to the Rockfish firm if it meets all requirements. The purchase of two police cars from Bostic-Hawes Ford of Wallace also was ap proved. ROSE HILL MAYOR AND TWO COMMIS SIONERS SWORN IN Mayor Ben Harrell and two commissioners, Clayton Herring Jr. and Felton Rackley, were sworn in by Magistrate Janice Johnson Tuesday night at the town board meeting. Mayor Harrell began his 14th year as mayor. He also served several terms as a boaro.nember. Clavton Herring Jr. has served on the board A ? for the past 8 years and now begins his 3rd term, heiton Kackley, a former board member, who served from 1969 to 1975, was also sworn in. Rackley replaces Jimmy Robinson who did not seek re-election. Other board members are Clarence Brown. Jerry Cottle and Keith Hinson. Shown above, left to right. Janice Johnson, Ben Harrell, Clayton Herring Jr. and Felton Rackley Quinn Named To Board Qf Trustees t ' ^ ? \ K Milford Quinn of Warsaw has been named to the Campbell University of Trustees. Quinn is president of the Quinn Wholesale Co. Inc. in Warsaw. A former member of the board of trustees, he is an alumnus of Campbell. Quinn is a member of the Warsaw Rotary Gub and the Duplin County Club, and has served as chairman of the Duplin County Development Commission. He is married 'to the former Reba Sanderson and they are members of the First Baptist Church of Warsaw, where he is a deacon. They have four chil dren: Terry, Craig, Robin and Kim. Mi MAGNOLIA OFFICERS - Pictured above on the Magnolia board are Ruth Qninn. Hubert Tucker. Billy Usher and Melvm iVj Magnolia Seeks End To Dispute Over Plant While awaiting arbitration on a disputed electric power line extension, the Magnolia Town Board has instructed the town attorney to work out an agreement with its con tractor, So-Par Utilities Inc. of Jacksonville, to complete work on the town sewage treatment plant and sewer line project. The dispute centers on who should pay for a three phase electrical power ser vice to the new treatment pl.ii_ Co$f of the three phase line extension will be $9,757. Carolina Power & Light Co. has told the town a ?????????