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PROGRESS SENTINEL ? ia Ipt^'SfeSifflR ?* iv ???"?,: ' V ' ? ;? ?>?? " i ? ? 1 1 ^VOL. XXXVI NO. 5 ^ USPS 162 860 KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 F.E8^!^L^l!f!L_ 10 CE*TS P>"US TAX Duplin Schools Inclement Weather Procedures Announced f Periodically during the winter months, and other infrequent times, when hazardous conditions prevail, e.g., sleet, snow, freezing rain, it will be necessary to alter the normal school day and operate on a modified schedule that could include ?either the delay in the begin ning of a school day, early dismissal of a school day, or in some instances the can cellation of a school day or days. The superintendent of schools will make these de cisions using advice from the National Weather Service, the Duplin County Sheriffs Department, the Highway Patrol and in most cases, the ADuplin County roads main ^tenance department. In some situations, Duplin County schools personnel represent ing various geographical parts of the county will be consulted. In any questionable situa tion, the safety of the chil dren and employees is the primary consideration and everj effort will be exerted to Abe decisive, timely and in the interest of safety first. Parents and other citizens also have a keen interest in what takes place within the public schools, and whenever hazardous conditions are present, they have a strong desire to be informed of procedures and announced action. We recognize this vested right and intend to continually work toward im proving our procedures for making decisions, notifying bus drivers and other em ployees, and notifying Duplin County citizens, said a spokesman from the Board of Education. "It is with the aforemen tioned statesments in mind that we announce the fol lowing procedures to be used at times when emergency school openings or closings are to take place: 1. The superintendent will make all necessary contacts with departments, officials and agencies and make the decision on what course of action will be taken. Unless announced otherwise, the Duplin county schools will operate on scheduled school days. 2. If weather conditions exist so that there is an accumulation on the ground, bus drivers have been in structed to remain at home until 6:30 or until they get a call, if in their judgment the roads would be unsafe. When drivers are on the road and they reach a point that the roads are unsafe, they will stop in the first safe place, instruct that the doors be kept closed, then get to the nearest phone and call the school bus garage at 296-0479. (Note: Many times con cerned parents and citizens question why some buses do not turn around and return home. That is always a consideration and many times the drivers are turned around, but many times the buses have gone far enough through the route that if they turned around they would run out of gas before getting home, thereby creating another hazard.) 3. If schools are to be closed the decision will be made no later than 6:30 a.m. Many times it will be pos sible for the announcement to be made earlier and the decision will always be made at the earliest hour and minute. 4. If the school schedule is to be changed in any way the following television and radio stations will be notified no later than 6:30 a.m. (Note: The calling of these stations will begin at approximately 5:45 and most will announce immediately. Please check the list for those stations that broadcast early): Radio WLSE-Wallace 6 a.m. WRAL-Raleigh 24 hrs. per day WGBR-Goldsboro 5 and 6 a.m. WFTC-Kinston 5:48 and 6 a.m. WEGG-Rose Hill - Rose Hill 7:15 a.m. WTRQ-Warsaw 7:15 a.m. WRRZ-Clinton 6 a.m. WDJS-Mt. Olive 7:30 a.m. WSFL-Bridgeton 24 hrs. per day WZKD-Wallace 6 a.m. Television WNCT.Ch. 9-Greenville. 6 a.m. WCTI, Ch. 12 - New Bern 6:30 a.m. WRAL.Ch.S-Raleigh 6:30 a.m. WTVD. Ch. 11 -Durham 6:30 a.m. WECT.Ch. 6-Wilmington 6:30 a.m. WITN,Ch.7-Washington 6:30 a.m. WWAV, Ch. 3 - Wilmington 7:25 a.m. U.S. Budget Cuts May Cost ? Colleges 20000 Students Reduced federal funding will prevent as many as 20.000 potential students from attending North Carolina community colleges and technical institutes in another year, a community college spokesman said ^Wednesday in Kenansville. Dr. Larry J. Blake. presi dent of the state Department of Community Colleges, said the effect of federal fund cutbacks won't be felt to any great extent until next year. Blake presided at the last of five community college budget priority workshops across the state. "The most critical effect of ?federal cuts will be the reduction in student financial aid," Blake said. He noted the federal Basic Educational Opportunity Grants for people in need of financial help to attend school will be reduced na tionally from S2.7 billion to $1 billion if the Regan ad ministration's budget cuts are approved. ? North Carolina community college students have been receiving about $16 million to $20 million a year in these grants. Blake said. The average grant is between $800 and $1,000. He said federal funds make up about $10 million of the $218 million community college adult and basic edu cation budget this year. The budget figure does not in clude the county or city contributions, he noted. "We already know the $10 million will bo reduced next year," he added. Under the federal voca tional education act. the state received $6 million this year for community colleges. Next year. Blake said, the federal appropriation is expected to decrease from $580 million to $340 million. "We've been getting $2.7 million a year for adult basic education and we expect this to be wiped out in four years. This is a critical need." Blake added. "It is a high priority of the state and I believe the state might pick this up even though legis lators don't like to pick up federal programs when the funds are cut off." Blake said he does not expect community college enrollment to decrease be cause of federal fund cuts. While some students will be forced to drop out for lack of money. Blake said he expects transfers of students from more expensive institutions to more than make up the loss. He said students who will be forced out are among the people most in need of training for jobs. The state's 58 community colleges and technical insti tutes have a combined en rollment of 607,000. includ ing both full-time and part time students. "That's about one out of every six people in the state," Blake said. Blake described the five workshops for representa tives of the community col leges and technical institutes as the beginning of the 1983-85 budget-making process. The school officials were asked to assign priorities to a list of proposed new pro grams or expansions of cur rent programs. The purpose is to provide the state board of community colleges an understanding of the new program needs as seen by residents of the state. Kenansville Town Tags On Sale The 1982 Kenansville town tags are available at the clerk's office in the town hall. The deadline date for having purchased the tag is Feb. 15. They arc S2 each. Each vehicle garaged in the town should display a 1982 tag by that date. ?> Duplin Board Honors 4-H'ers At Annual Banquet ? Outstanding 4-H achievers received certificates from the Duplin County Board of Commissioners at the annual count:. 4-H recognition ban quet, sponsored by the board at The Country Squire re staurant last week. Five club members re ceived the commissioners' ^iwards from Commissioner Costin of Warsaw. They are: ? Cece Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Williams of Route 1, Rose Hill. She won state honors in the beef char grill demonstration. Miss Williams has been a county and district winner in the beef long-time record book project for five years. She Avas president of the county 4-H council in 1981. ? Ralph Britt Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Britt of Mount Olive. He is secre tary-treasurer of the South eastern 4-H District Council and the new president of the Duplin County 4-H Council. He has won district honors for his long-time record in dog care and county honors for a wildlife demonstration. ? Veronica Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Williams of Wallace. She was county champion for long-time record book on breads last year. She also was president of her local club and song leader for the county council. ? Pam Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tilma Kelly of Wallace. Last year she was a winner in the 4-H health contest. She has represented the county in district and state artistic arrangement demonstrations. ? Roxanne Pearsalt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Major Pearsall of Wallace. She has entered district and state public speaking demonstrations. Last year she was county, champion in electric and public speaking long-time records. The North Carolina De velopment Fund awarded $500 scholarships for the 1981 -82 academic year to two Duplin 4-H members ? Wanda Costin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Costin of Route 1, Warsaw, and Leon Robinson, son of Willie Mae and Charlie Robinson of Route 1, Wal lace. Both recipients have been state winners ? Miss Costin in public speaking, American J business system and small engines projects, and Robin son in the tractor driving contest. He was the district winner last year in auto motive skill driving. Miss Costin is a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Robinson is a freshman at N.C. State University in Raleigh. The speaker at the ban quet was Carol-Ann Tucker, a native of Magnolia, and now associate director of the East Carolina University Re gional Training Program in Greenville. Miss Tucker, the daughter of R.G. Tucker, graduated from James Kenan High School east of Warsaw and from ECU with bachelor's ??"d master's degrees. SENTENCED - The Rev. Sheldon Howard (in dark glasses) is flanked on Friday by Deputy Glenn Jernigan (left) and Hiram Brinson civil dele rise coordinator, and Deputie Kenneth Savage Pastor Gets Lite Sentence For Murder i. ? **"" 'ftte'frcv ' Sf cldon Howard was sentenced to life in prison Friday for the murder of Inez Jernigan, a Kenans ville business leader and owner of Jernigan Tractor Co. Howard. 44. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last November. Duplin county Superior Court Judge Henry L. Stevens 111 pronounced the sentence. Mrs. Jernigan. 53, was savagely beaten and killed in her home north of Kenans ville on April 21. 1981. A clinical psychologist. Dr. Victor Mallenbaum of Greenville, testified Howard lost control of himself when faced with pressure from Mrs. Jernigan to repay 520,000 she had loaned him. Dr. Mellenbaum spent 24'. i hours interview ing Howard. He testified Howard began having a psychological prob lem in 1976 while a professor at Mount Olive College. Howard resigned from the school in 1980 after 13 years as a professor. Mallenbaum said Howard had been advised to seek help at that time Hut didn't. He said Howard could be treated successfully. "The tragedy of the thing was that he was not treated prior (to the murder)." he added. Mallenbaum testified he would be concerned if Howard faced severe pres sures again without treat ment. Howard met Mrs. Jerni gan while he was pastor of Pearsall Free Will Baptist Church. where Mrs. Jernigan was a member. They became friends, ac cording to testimony by Phil Hardy, a state probation officer who made the pre sentencing report. Hardy testified that Howard told him he had borrowed S20.000 from Mrs. Jernigan on Dec. 21. ]sJ""1). at a time when he was in financial difficulties and was unable to borrow from a bank. The note was due Jan. 9. 19X1. when Hardy said Howard told Mrs. Jernigan that he didn't have the money. She told Howard not to worry about the loan, but to pay it when he could. Hardy said. Later, she told Howard , she needed the money and asked for payment, he said. Hardy testified that Howard went to Mrs. Jerni gan's house on April 21, 1981. to tell her he didn't have the money but might be able to get it from a relative. Howard said he expected a sympathetic response, but was pressured to repay the loan, said Hardy. How ard told Hardy that as he was leaving the house. Mrs. Jernigan told him to sit down, and that she wasn't through with him. The minister then picked up a chair and smashed it over her head. Hardy said. She fell to the floor but kept on moving, so he struck her several times. Because she was still moving. Hardy continued. Howard said he went to the kitchen, picked up a paring knife and stabbed Mrs. Jer nigan. Howard then placed a mat over her face and cleaned the knife, his hands and shoes w ith a towel. He cut a notch in the door to make it look as if someone had broken into the house. took two diamond rings and her purse, and left. Hardy testified that Howard told him he threw the knife in Goshen Swamp on his way back to Northeast Free Will Baptist Church in Mount Olive, where he was pastor. He arrived at the church about 9 p.m.. placed the rings in a tobacco pouch and buried the pouch in a pile of bricks behind the church, where law enforce ment officers later found it. Howard went home, took off his outer clothes and buried them in his garden, Hardy said. On the following Sunday while his family was away, he dug up the clothes, took them to a nearby patch of woods and burned them. Howard told Hardy that while he was beating Mrs. Jernigan. it seemed to him that he was watching some one else do it. With time off for good behavior and cooperation in treatment. Howard could be come eligible for parole in 13"2 years, according to defense attorney E.C. Thompson 111. DUPLIN 4-H'ERS GET AWARDS - Duplin County commissioners honored outstanding 4-H winners at an annual recognition banquet Monday night. Receiving awards were, left to right, seated. Cece Williams. Ralph Britt Jr., Veronica Williams. Pam Kelly and' Roxanne Pearsall. Others are, back row. Carol-Ann Tucker, f speaker; Ray Rhinehart. 4-H extension agent; Lois Britt,* chairman of the Duplin County Agricultural Extension Service; and County Commissioners William J. Costin, D.J. Fussell. Calvin C. turner. Franklin Williams and Allen Nethercutt. I a - .?:?
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