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!? ^ PROGRESS SENTINEL ' I. . ?. ? ^/OL XXXXVI NO. 21 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 MAY27.1982 20 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX ' ? 5 Named To Serve On j Albertson Water Board I Five people were ap pointed to the advisory board of the newly-formed Albert son Water District by the Duplin County Board of Commissioners last week. Appointed were Anp Herring, Sandra Waters, Eugene Smith, Aaron Smith and James Parker Sr. A The advisory board will ^T-eview questions pertaining _ .. to the township water dis trict and make recommen dations to the commissioners for action. The county board witl remain the water dis trict's governing body. The northern Duplin water district was organized earlier this year to plan a water distribution system for Albertson Township. Such a water system would be de signed to pay its own way. However, if the system is built and fails to break even, district residents , can be taxed to make up the dif ference. Bob Pittman. an engineer with Rivers & Associates of Raleigh, is determining fi nancial possibilities for the proposed system. Pittman will report on financing de Ml velopments at the board's June 7 meeting. Brice Sanderson, county building inspector, reported his department made 217 inspections during April. He said permits were issued for 11 new dwellings in April compared with two in Janu ary. four in February and six in March. Sanderson said 37 permits were issued for mobile homes. The board revised ihe new county cable television ordi nance to comply with the franchise agreement of Uni vision Cable Television at the request of Gail Bailey of the firm. The ordinance had specified 100 percent of the homes in the county would be served in two years; the franchise called for 80 per cent. a figure agreed to by the board and the company. i uuphn Mayors Hear Joint mi. " *?. *'? .City-County Tax Proposals By Sharon Overton, Staff Writer In a meeting of the League of Municipalities Thursday night, Duplin mayors and administrators heard provi sions of a program which has helped reduce the costs of ?local government in 40 counties by combining the tax collecting efforts of both {the city and county. Perry James 111. assistant finance director for the city of Raleigh, presented a model of the joint tax agreement presently being used in (Raleigh and Wake County. * tfi'e contract, which has been in effect since l%2, states that the county is responsible ? for all billing and collection and that the city will pay a small fee per resident for these services. James stated that under the new system, the city pays less per person for the com prehensive county service than it previously would have spent on postage alone. The rate the city pays is de termined using what James called a "piggyback" philos ophy. The city is billed only for the incremental cost in including the municipality. Also, the debt to the county is usually repaid after the first collection. Because county and city taxes are combined, resi dents receive only one bill. James has found that the county is actually better able to collect payments on these bills than the city. Last year in Wake County, 99% of the taxes levied were collected. The joint plan is weakest in the control of personal prop erty. However, with the co operation of city assessors, James feels the county can alleviate the problem. Some cities are also opposed to the joint system because they feel they lose contact with their citizens when they turn the tax-collecting duties over to the county. James pointed out that if either party becomes dis satisfied with the agreement, they may terminate the con tract by submitting written notice at least six months prior to expiration. Ben Harrell. president of the Duplin County League of Municipalities, endorsed the the Wake County plan, saying. "The combination of the city and county for tax collection will be a must in the future. We have to exhaust all avenues in re ducing government costs." In further business. Har rcll announced that a recent cable franchise meeting re vealed that nine out of ten towns in the county are in support of cablevision. Mayor Cording of Wallace said that Carolina Telephone will meet with the League sometime in July to discuss rising phone rates. .^Worsow Man Stabbed Friday Night y ' V A domestic dispute in Warsaw Friday night left a man with a knife wound above his heart. Detective Sgt. Gary Cook of the Warsaw Police De partment said Dora L. Gor ham, 48, stabbed Laborn Gaston Morgan. 55. at about 6:30 p.m. at a home on West Best Street. "She stabbed him with an 8-inch paring knife, right above the heart," Cook said. Morgan was taken to Dup General Hospital in Kenans ville where he remained in the intensive care unit late Friday night. No charges have been filed pending a complaint by the victim. New Center Opens Doors ? To Duplin Senior Citizens By Sharon Overton, The ceremonial ribbon cutting by Services to the Aged Director Walter L. Brown Wednesday marked the culmination of over a year of planning and con struction on the new Duplin ASenior Center in Kenans ^ille. The center is located on Seminary St. in what was once the county jail. Since 1974, however, Duplin County Services to the Aged has been operating in the building. In March of 1981, with the aid of a $50,000 E ? . ? federal grant and over $14,000 from the state and county, workers began to renovate the old building, adding an additional 2.300 square feet in order to ac commodate the center. Costs on the center were cut back whereever possible, with labor supplied by the county. James Sprunt Tech nical College and the De partment of Corrections. Local merchants also made donations in the form of televisions, carpet and fur nishings. "The community has really supported us." sail Brown. "For the amount we spent and with the donations we received, we feel we have a building worth well over $100,000." According to Ernest ?Messer, assistant secretary of the Division of Aging and guest speaker for the deci cation ceremonies, the cen ter's primary function will be to provide persons over 60 with an area for companion ship and information. "This will be a center where benefits for senior citizens will be defended and proposed." said Messer. Thirty-eight staff members will operate a program of activities including arts and crafts projects, movies, lec tures, outings, tours and recreational activities. The center will also be the 1 Kenansville site for the ] County Nutrition Program 1 which serves hot. nutritious I meals daily to elderly citi- < zens. The Senior Center will be open from 9-5. five days a week. Brown's goal is to attract at least 40-50% of the 6.697 senior citizens living in Duplin County. He empha sizes that there are no re strictions or income criteria for participants other than they must be over 60 years aid. Services and meals are provided free of charge: how ever. participants arc given ;hc opportunity to make a xmtribution if they arc able. RIBBON-CUTTING ? Walter L. Brown, director of the Duplin County Senior Center, officially opened the new facilities in a ^ceremony last Wednesday. The center nfill Woperate five days a week, serving more than 6,000 Duplin senior citizens. Present for the 4 ribbon-cutting were: 1-4, Margaret Blount, Aging Program coordinator; D.J. Fussell, county commissioner; Walter L. Brown; Calvin Turner. Chairman of the Duplin County Commissioners: Pat Prescott, former 1 c 1 Aging Program Coordinator for New Bern; v William J. Costin Sr., county commissioner; 1 and Carl Schlegelmann, Program Repre sentative from the Division of Aging in Raleigh. < t FFA MEMBERS RECEIVE AWARDS - Several James Kenan FFA members were honored with awards for accomplishment in areas other than agricultural events. They are: l-r. seated - Francis Rhodes. 3rd place Sweeti es 1 Contest and Leadership; Ann Bordeaux, 1st place Sweetheart Contest; and ? Karen Byrd, 2nd place Sweetheart Contest. Row 2 - David Ezzelt. Parliamentary Procedure; Denise Rhodes. Leadership: . id James Miller. Parliamentary Procedure. Row 3 - Bennv Batchelor, Chris Whitman. Steve Chestnutt and Bobby Benson. Par liamentary Procedure. FFA HOI.OS BANQUET - The James Kenan chapter of the Future Fanners of America held its annual awards banquet Wednesday night at the highschool. Award winners in agricultural events were: 1-r, Row 1 - Timorhy Killette. 1st place Tractor Driving and Wood Sawing; Patricia Barden, 3rd place Livestock Judging: James Miller, 2nd place Dairy Judging; and Allen Whalev. 1st place Dairy Judging. Row 2 - Chris Whitman. 4th place Tractor Diving. 1st place Wood Sawing, and 1st place Corn Shucking; Tracy Batchelor. 3rd place Tools and Materials; Steve Chestnutt. 1st place Land Judging and 2nd place Poultry Judging; and Bobby Benson. 2nd place Tools and Ma terials. 2nd place Land Judging and 3rd place Poultry Judging. Petitions Call For Vote On Liquor Issue Kcnansvillc will hold the first liquor-by-the-drink ref erendum in Duplin County this summer if 25 percent of the town's registered voters sign petitions calling for the \otc. Duplin County Board of Elcctiofts records show 452 people registered to vote in Kenansville. The signatures of 115 registered voters will be required before a refer endum can be called. The petitions must be re turned to the elections board for verification by early August. If a referendum is called, it cannot be held within 60 days of the date of a primary or general election. The primary election is scheduled for June 29 and the general election for Nov. 2. This, the last two days of August and Sept. 1 would meet the 60-day requirement if such a referendum were called for this year. The petitions call for the sale of mixed beverages in restaurants, hotels, private clubs or convention centers and for on-prcmise sales of malt beverages. Two Kenansville restau rants could qualify for liquor by the drink licenses if voters approve such sales. Duplin Retains Teacher Pay Schedule Dup.'in County vocational igl icuiture teachers will con inue to be paid on a 12 nonth basis because of the 'esignation of one teacher, he Board of Education de rided Wednesday night last veek. The board, faced with ederal budget reductions, tad decided to cut out the summer portion of the voca ional agriculture program in ?ounty high schools to save he $28,950 required to pay he six teachers for July and kugust. Most teachers arc taid for 10 months, but the igricultural teachers have teen paid for a full year. The resignation of Charles lames, a Wallace-Rose Hill iigh School vocational agri ulture teacher, paved the ray for continuation of the 2-month schedule. The toard decided to shift Earl ?pell, one of two agricultural eacherrat East Duplin High ichool, to Wallace-Rose Hill % and operate the agricultural curriculum with five instead of six teachers. Declining enrollment at East Duplin made it possible for one teacher to handle the load there, the board was informed. An average of 65 students arc enrolled in the agricultural program in each of the five schools offering the work. The board also approved the establishment of a little league ball part at Chinqua pin Primary School. Vaden Sholar had asked the board for this approval May 4. He said the development would remain the property of the school system and would not interfere with school atcivi tics. The board will meet once a month during June. July and August instead of its cus tomary twice-a-month sche dule. The next meeting will be at 8 p.m. June 8 at Charity Middle School, four miles east of Rose Hill. Memorial Day Services In Warsaw The American Legion will conduct Memorial Day ser vices in honor of the nation's war dead at 11 a.m. on Monday. May 31st at Pine crest Cemeter in Warsaw, Commander Robert L. West of Charles R. Gavin Post No. 127 announced. Chairman of this year's observance is J.P. Johnson. He expalined that this year's services will include the Memorial Day Prayer, an address by Earl Vaughan, pastor of the Warsaw Pres byterian Church, the placing of flags and/or flowers on the graves, and the sounding of Taps. ??
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