HARNESS RACING RETURNS
State Fair Begins Oct. 7 8
Our state fair is a yrcat fair!
r><>n't miss it. don't even he late...
The song from the movie State I air wasn't talking about the North
Carolina State l air, hut organizers are claiming the IWI Tar Heel event
should he even better than the one in the movies.
l-ast year's lair drew more than 705,000 visitors, with still more ex
pected this year barring bad weather.
litis year's fair, the suite's 124th, is set Oct. IK 27 in Raleigh and will
feature harness racing on the grandstrand (rack (< M IX-22) for the tirst
time m M) years. Other new features include an exhibit called Dinosaurs
Alive!, a carriage driving show, and on the midway, an Orbitor and a
Persian Camel Fun House.
"Main Street, North Carolina," an X.OOO-square-foot exhibit 111 the
Kerr Scott Building, recreates a in id -20th century town in North
Carolina. Building on the Goodness Grows in North Carolina exhibit
last year, it features a farmer' market, courthouse ;uul various shops.
The theme, "Get A Little Agri-Culture," emphasizes the importance
of North Carolina farming, expressed in 22, (KM) exhibits that includc
fruits, honey, chickens and crafts.
World class horse and livestock shows and junior livestock events are
major attractions annually. Returning this year are free racing pig and
duck show, harness racing, a high dive act, lumberjack show, the Joie
Chitwood Thrill Show, tractor pulls and a draft horse pull.
Contests in a wide array of areas are scheduled, from auctioneering to
horseshoe pitching, plumbing and rabbit breeding.
N.C. Folk FesUval competitions in traditional clogging, square danc
ing and round dancing and vocals are at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. daily
and are free to fairgoers.
Other features include free nightly concerts in Dorton Arena, with
seats filled on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 6 p.m. for each
7 p.m. show. Entertainers include (in order of appearance) Travis Trill,
Chubby Checker & The Wildcats, the Lewis Family and Hie Dixie
Melody Boys, the Charlie Daniels Band, Mel Mt Daniel, Lorrie
Morgan. Alan Jackson, Joe Diffic, Don Williams and on the last night,
Ronnie Milsap.
The fair closes each night with a fireworks display.
Fair admission is S4.25 in advance and S5? at the gate for adults.
Children ages 6 through 12 are admitted for SI; children ages 5 and un
der and senior citizens 65 and older get in free. Gates are open from 9
a.m. to midnight and the midway opens at 10 a.m.
Admission is charged for grandstand shows (antique tractor pull,
thrill show, draft horse pull and harness racing).
To get to the fairgrounds, from 1-40 East, exit onto Wade Avenue.
Free parking is availablc.Buscs arc also available from Crabtree Valley
and South Hills malls and along the Fayetteville Mall route from down
town. Cost is SI each way.
More information on the fair is available from Barbara Williams. 1
910-821-7400.
Cast Of Steel Magnolias Listed
Six women will share ihc stage in
die Brunswick Lilllc Theater's fall
production. Steel Magnolias.
Director Martii Barletta has cast
the roles as follows: Barbara Rus
sell as Clairee; Stuart Callan as
Ouiser; Gloria Yount as Truvy; Juli
New ton as Shelby; Jean Hrdlicka as
M'lyn; and Gina Carlson as
Annellc.
The group is still recruiting pro
duction volunteers to help with sets,
props, costumes, lighting, ticket
sales, publicity and concessions for
the show, which will be presented
around the Thanksgiving holidays.
To volunteer, call Bob Hrdlicka, I
91l)-278-4212.
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State Advises
Against Local
AIDS
Testing
BY TKKKY POI'K
Mandatory AIDS testing tor local
restaurant workers is not such a
good idea, state ollicials have i? >U1
the Brunswick County Health IX*
partment.
In June, the Brunswick County
Board of Health Ivgan studying a
plan to require persons who prepare
or serve food -whether in restau
rants, school cafeterias or nursing
homes ? to obtain health cards and
be tested lor tuberculosis, syphilis
and the HIV virus, which is associ
ated with Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
'11k* health board is now backing
away from die plan introduced by
member H.J. "Skip" Davis of (Xean
Isle.
Employment action against an
HIV infected hxxl service worker
based upon "protection of the public
health is forbidden," said Chris
Hoke, assistant stale health director.
In a letter to Brunswick County
Health Director Michael Rhodes,
Hoke said state law prohibits dis
crimination in employment against
a person with HIV in lection.
"Experts in communicablc dis
ease control," Hoke saiil, "including
the Centers lor Disease Control,
have unequivocally stated that
AIDS is not a lood-borne disease
and lliat there is no risk of transmis
sion ol the HIV virus through I<xh1
service work."
"I"hc health hoard had considered
a local ordinance requiring that lood
service workers obtain a health card
and be tested lor tuberculosis, syph
ilis and HIV to show citi/ens that the
deparunent is doing something to
"curtail the disease factors."
Rhodes said the department will
follow state laws and now ask the
board for an educational program
for food service workers instead ol
mandatory testing.
Ihe N.C. General Statutes pro
hibits a local health hoard from adopt
ing a rule governing the grading or
permitting of a restaurant, said I loke
That law also prohibits discrimi
nation in employment against a per
son with HIV infection. Restaurants
were originally exempted from this
prohibition, llokc said, bui thai ex
cmption expired in July.
"Thus, employment ?,uon, in
eluding exclusion from work, can
m>w l>e taken against a Iik?I service
worker with HIV inlection only il
there is a significant risk to the
health ol the employee or otliers, or
if tlie employee is unable to perforin
job duties," he said.
Leading researchers agree that
AIDS is transmitted in only two
ways, by exposure to infected blixxl
>r u? inlected semen. Experts say
AIDS cannot be transmitted through
casual contact. There remains no
cure for the deadly disease, bul
there are a number of treatments
that can delay the onset ol AIDS
and prolong life.
"It's possible that we could have
an educational program that's not
tied to tlie grading ol establish
ments," said Rhodes. "I believe il
would probably have the same re
sults as testing. It would try to raise
food workers' awareness in disease
control."
Health departments oncc required
that food workers obtain cards and
ix' tested lor tuberculosis, but (bat
practice ended in 1V72 with the de
dine ot the disease. Tuberculosis is
a highly contagious disease that al
lecis die lungs.
Syphilis is a sexually-transmitted
disease that can he treated with an
ubiotics. but il lei t untreated it can
allect the brain, heart, pregnancies
or even be fatal.
The Brunswick County Health
iX'partinent oilers confidential HIV
testing and counseling. With conli
clenti.il counseling, the client's name
is given when filling out paperwork,
but that information is kept confi
dential by stall members.
As of Aug. M). the slate limited
the number of health departments
that can oiler anonymous HIV test
ing to 17, to give each region a site
lor those who want to avoid confi
dential testing, l or anonymous test
ing clients are not required to give
their names.
The No 'a Hanover County Health
Department in Wilmington still oi
lers anonymous testing lor the
Southeastern North Carolina region.
Shallotte Still Waiting For
New Census Figures
BY D()U(; Rl'TTKK
Shallottc will probably lose some
of the money it was expecting this
year from the state because the U.S.
Census Bureau doesn't expect to
have revised figures available for at
least another month.
The delay is likely to affect the
amount of Powell Hill money the
town receives this fiscal year as
well as the year's first distribution
of sales tax, said stale demographer
Hill Tillman.
Both forms of state revenue are
distributed to towns based in part on
population. The census bureau says
Shallottc 's population is 965, while
town officials contend it's approxi
mately 1.4(H).
Following protests from the
town, the census bureau admitted
earlier this year that it made a mis
take when figuring out Shallotte's
population. It promised that a re
vised figure would be released this
summer.
However, Tillman said Tuesday
that the census bureau doesn't ex
pect to have the revised figure lor
Shallotle and several other commu
nities completed until October or
early November.
Tillman said that's tcx> late lor state
budget officials who are already
preparing Powell Bill an<< sales tax
checks to go out next month.
"We're not going to get any cor
rections in time to do anything," he
said. As a result of the census bu
reau's delay, the checks sent to
Shallotle will be based on a popula
tion of 965.
"There's nothing else we can do."
Tillman said. "We have to accept
the census as valid until we get
something different."
Town Clerk Mary I-.tta I lewctt said
the state used a (v.pulation of 1.394
lor Shallotle last fiscal year, and
that's what town officials used when
figuring out this year's budget.
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ing the census bureau to change the
town's official population since last
September when a preliminary
count ol S2S was released. A re
vised population ol 965 was an
nounced in January.
Shallotte isn't the only communi
ty in North Carolina that's (veil
lighting the census bureau for a re
vised head count.
Tillman said Shallotte is one ol
72 municipalities in the state that
are expecting changes in their olli
cial populations as a result ol cen
sus bureau errors involving town
boundaries.
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