Schools Ask Duplin
Panel For Lost Funds
I Vocational agriculture
teachers in Duplin County
may be paid for 10 months
instead of 12 and the ex
tended day school program
cut from 12 to 10 months
because of federal and state
fund reductions.
; The Board of Education,
presenting its proposed
budget to the Board of
Commissioners last
week on Wednesday night,
asked the county to provide
the $48,000 needed to keep
these programs on their 12
month schedules.
? Superintendent L.S. Guy
Called for $2,729,422 in
county funds for the 1982-83
fiscal year for operating ex
penses and $360,275 for
Capital outlay expenditures.
Guy said the proposed
budget asks for $620,522
more than the school system
I received from the county this
year.
Agricultural teachers are
paid out of state and federal
grants and have been paid
for 12 months instead of the
10 months for which most
teachers are paid. Faced with
reductions in these grants,
the school board decided to
Cut the two summer months
from vocational teachers' pay
schedules.
The board said the reduc
tion. which woudl decrease
budget needs by $18,900 for
the year, would have the
least effect on students of all
proposed cuts.
Elimination of two months
in the extended day program
would reduce expenditures
by $19,100 a year.
The agricultural teachers
protested what in effect
would be a pay reduction.
Commissioners indicated
they do not favor picking up
state or federal fund cuts at
the county level.
But Commissioner D.J.
Fussell said the commission
ers cannot tell the school
board what to do with its
money.
"When it comes to taking
out or leaving in, we leave it
to the educators. We just
give them the money,"
Fussell said.
Roy Houston, president of
Coastal Production Credit
Association headquartered in
Kenansville, said more em
phasis should be put on
agriculture in the schools.
"There's more to agricul
ture than farming as so much
of the county's economy is
based on agricultural busi
ness and industry," Houston
said. He said career coun
seling shows little concern
for possible careers in these
agricultural fields.
Duplin County has topped
all North Carolina counties in
gross farm income for two
decades and has been listed
among the 100 top agricul
tural counties in the nation
for many years. Its gross
farm income last year neared
$250 million.
The proposed budget pro
vides for an additional 2'/i
assistant principal positions
to eliminate classroom
teaching duties for princi
pals, one of the requirements
for accreditation of the
system.
The budget calls for an
additional guidance coun
selor.
It also provides for eight
non-pioiess>'onal staff poai
tions now funded by the
federal Comprehensive Em
ployment and Train Act, for
which funding has been
eliminated.
Board Chairman "Graham
Phillips emphasized the
CfJTA cuts would increase
the system's probelms with
accreditation unless the
positions were continued. "If
there's much slicing (of the
hudget), we'll have a real
dilemma," he added.
Phillips also noted main
tenance needs had been put
off to save money. Defending
the increase in the budget
request, he emphasized the
sharply rising cost of utili
ties, especially electricity.
Sheep Production
Field Day
Duplin County citizens
who would like to learn more
about sheep production will
get an opportunity to do so
on Saturday, May 22.
The Agricultural Research
Service will sponsor a sheep
production field day on one
of its farms near North
Carolina State University.
Keith Hairr said the field
day is the first event of its
type in 25 years. "It has been
planned." he said, "because
of the resurgence of interest
in sheep production in North
Carolina."
Hairr said the field day
would cover all aspects of the
husbandry and management
of sheep. "It will be a
hands-on type of event where
people can get involved in
such things as trimming feet,
handling wool and treating
for internal parasites," he
added.
Duplin County citizens
who would like to attend the
I
field day should get in touch
with Hairr at the AES
Building or call 296-1996. He
can provide more informa
tion on the event including a
map of how to get there.
Kenansville
Mental
Health
Bellringers
Named
Y'vonne E. Patterson of
Kenansville announced thai
13 Bellringer wotkers will go
house-to-house during May
to collect funds for the
Mental Health Association in
North Carolina. Patterson is
Bellringer chairperson for
the drive in Kenansville.
As a volunteer agency, the
Association works on behalf
of the mentally and emo
tionally disturbed and to
promote mental health. The
Association is a non-profit,
non-governmental agency
and so must depend entirely
on private contributions such
as the funds which will be
collected in this drive. The
need is great. Miss Patterson
decided to chair this fund
raising drive for many rea
sons. Among those reasons
arc: One person out of seven
? more than 30 million of us
? suffers the despair of
depression, the panic of an
xiety, physical disability
brought on by stress, or
some other devasting emo
tional or mental disturbance.
An estimated 75% of those
who attempt suicide arc
seriously depressed. Mental
illness is America's most
costly health problem ? in
excess of $29 billion.
Bellringer workers collect
ing in Kenansville are: Sarah
Coggins, Bettie Dixon,
Christa Bass, Carol Grady,
Mary J. Williamson. Ann
Farrior, Ruth Eves. Mary
Allison Frazelle. Alice Rich,
Pat Prince. Hazel Scott.
Barbara Harris and Gray
Morgan The group will be
glad for anyone else who
would be willing to voluntc^j
to help with this campaign.
When the Celsius Kale was
first devised, 0? was the
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Jhe freezing point of water.
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MOC College Hall
Contruction To Begin
?
The board of trustees of
Mount Olive College has
voted to begin construction
of College Hall at the earliest
feasible date. The vote came
last week at a regular meet
ing of the trustees in Mount
Olive.
James B. Hunt Sr. of
Lucama. chairman of the
board, said the vote was
["unanimous and enthusias
tic." Action came following a
report from T.A. Loving Co.
of Goldsboro, with whom
the College has negotiated
contract for the building, and
a report from a Raleigh
based bonding firm on plans
for financing the project.
President W. Burkctte
Raper reported that the Col
lege anticipated beginning
construction by late summer.
Cbllcgc Hall is designed as
an athletic-physical educa
tion facility and as a con
vention-recreation center for
the Free Will Baptist Church
' itnd the Mount Olive com
munity. Construction is ex
pected to take 18 months.
? Cost of the project is esti
mated at S2.S million. Trus
tees have set a minimum of
SJ.5 million in gifts and
llA pledges before authorizing
instruction to begin, but
?Raper reported that he be
lieved this goal would be
jeached during the summer.
?"X)ur total is now in excess of
$1,150,000, from more than
ll;000 donors." he reported.
The College anticipates fi
nancing the balance through
seven-year mortgage bonds.
"The building of College
Hall will represent a signi
ficant step forward in our
plans to develop Mount Olive
into a four-year college."
Raper said. "Our plans are
to add the junior year in 1984
and the senior year in 1985."
In other action, trustees
were told by Nancy Samp
sell, director of admissions,
that while applications for
next year were generally
down at private colleges in
the state, they were up at
Mount Olive. Dr. Thomas
Johnson, dean of students,
reported that the number of
students signing housing
contracts to live on-campus
next year was up 9% over
last year.
Librarian Gary F. Barefoot
reported that the library now
has in excess of 33.000
volumes toward its goal of
40.000 by 1984, and 50.000
by 1989. "We expect the
library to be ready on sche
dule for the four-year pro
gram." he said.
Turstees were also 'old
that gift support was up
$21.000over last year. Raper
said he expected contribu
tions to set a new record of
$800,000 by the end of the
fiscal year on June 30. ,
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