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The Pamlico County News
Vol. 10, No. 32 15°
Home of the Oldest and Largest Holly Tree in America
Thursday, August 18, 1977
SECRETARY HOWARD N. LEE and fishermen meet on the docks at Atlantic.
(Photo by Jim Page]
Howard N. Lee Pledges
Support To Coastal Fishermen
Meeting with coastal fisher
men, Howard N. Lee, Secre
tary of Natural Resources and
Community Development pro
mised his support to their ef
forts and said that assisting
them would be one of the de
part’s highest priorities.
Lee visited with fishermen
In the central coastal area on
August 5. Helmet with northern
coastal fishermen on August 12
and Is scheduled to travel to
the southern coast on Septem
ber 2.
At Atlantic, Broad Creek and
during a public meeting at the
state's Marine Resources Cen
ter near Pine Knolls Shore, Lee
hau'd a variety of problems
and suggestions from the fish
ermen. Approximately 100 per
sons attended the public meet
ing and another 40 fishermen
met with Lee on the docks.
Topics Included the need for
a study of Pamlico Sound to
determlnd the extent It’s belnv
fished, and to consider the way
of limiting fishing In the sound.
Several recommended that
a limit be put on the number
of crab pots that could be put
out.
Bob Simpson of Carteret
County urged Lee to regain the
unclaimed gas tax funds for
merly used for the artificial
reefs program, winch has been
eliminated by the General As
sembly. He urged that the funds
be used for support of recre
ational fishing, a reduced reef
program and marking or re
moval of snags.
Other fishermen asked him to
consider a license or an in
creased level of fines for those
SECRETARY HOWARD N. LEE and fishermen meel at fish house on Broad Creek.
[Photo by Jim Page]
fishing In closed areas. They al
so asked him to study the Im
pacts of part-time sports fish
ermen were having on the full
time commercial fishing Indus
try.
One complaint Lee heard on
the docks and at the public meet
ing was that there should be
more representation of the
commercial fishermen on the
state’s fisheries commission
and fisheries committee.
Lee said he hadn’t felt or
heard of such strong concerns
about lack of representation un
til the meetings with the fish
ermen. He said he would pass
those concerns on to the Gov
ernor. Appointments to those
agencies are made by Gover
nor Hunt, and will be made In
the near future.
Another fisherman asked Lee
to keep the politics out of the
fisheries program. “If a bi
ologist gives the go ahead to
opening an area then nobody—
not even the Governor—should
be able to change that/' he
said.
To a round of applause, Lari
Ogelsby of the Newport River
area said, “You’ve got to close
areas and put limitations on
crab potting, permanently close
certain shrimp areas, Increase
fines, and we've got to do some
thing about the pollution."
At the end of the August 5
public meeting, Lee said that
he had learned more In that
one day meeting with the fish
ermen than on any other day
since he had become secretary.
Lee said that he Intended
to appoint a roving ambassador
to travel up and down the coast
meeting with fishermen and re
porting back directly to the
Secretary.
SECRETARY HOWARD N. LED arriving by sea plane for
meeting with fishermen at Atlantic. [Photo by Jim Page]
CAPTAIN CHARLIE GOODWIN of Atlantic and Secretary
Howard N. Lee discuss Goodwin’s equipment.
] Photo by Jim Page]
Coastal Area Management
Act Passes First Reading
| Protect yourself. Protect your
Neighbor. Protect your environ
ment. This seems to be the in
tent of the Coastal Management
Area Act.
The public hearing oy im
plementation and enforcement
of the act was held on Monday
night, Aug. 8, in the Pamlico
County Courthouse, having
been duly advertised for three
successive weeks in area news
papers. It was due to begin at 8
p.m. but the three County Com
missioners waited until 8:35 to
see if some area citizens would
attend. Present were Chairman
Robert Paul and Commissioners
Jim Spencer and John Bond.
County Auditor John Priester
and Civil Preparedness Agency
Coordinator Derrill Quigley was
also present. There were no
members of the public, present.
The act was discussed briefly
and was passed on first reading.
Since the act has the force and
effect of an ordinance and the
full commission was not
present, there must be a second
reading, at whichtime, if ap
proved, it will become part of
the county’s body of land use
regulations.
The Pamlico County was
drawn up by the Neuse River
Council of Governments. Each
of the 20 counties involved
under the Coastal Resources
CotJjmission has been charged
«ph presenting such a plan.
The implementation date is
tentatively set for January 1,
1978. At this time there are a
number of procedures yet to be
clarified. The areas of en
vironmental concern that are
covered by this act are lands 75
feet landward of mean high
water or the normal water level;
coastal wetlands; estuarine
waters, and public trust areas.
The mean highwater level has
not been established county
wide and it is not now known
who will establish this base.
It is understood that the De
partment of Natural and
Economic Resources will fund a
percent of the work done by the
Building Inspection Permit Of
ficer, but it is not yet known how
much time will be required for
the tasks of inspection and rec
ord keeping.
The applications for permits
for minor development have not
been received, and the Building
Inspection Permit Officer has
not been notified of the time for
attending a required two week
course to be developed by the
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources.
However, the guidelines for
implementation enforcement
are set forth in the plan dis
cussed on August 8. They will
cover the issuing of minor
development permits in areas of
environmental concern in co
ordinating with the issuing of
other local permits, such as
plumbing, electric, building,
septic tank, and zoning permits,
and other requests that do not
require permits from DNER or
Reelsboro Fire Dept.
Now Rated Class 9A
The North Carolina Depart
ment of Insurance, has notified
Robert Paul, chairman of the
Pamlico County Board of
Commissioners, that the Reels
boro Fire Department has been
rated as Class 9A by the North
Carolina Fire Insurance Rating
Bureau. The 9A rating makes
Crop News
Is Good!
I. L. Whorton of the local
ASCS office told The Pamlico
County News that there was not
much crop damage in the county
in spite of the drought that
caused extensive damage to
crops in other parts of the state.
“Some were hurt a little,” he
said, "but we have just turned
in our report to our office and no
federal aid is needed here.”
He said the tobacco crop is
good and that about 15% of the
corn crop was lost. “We are still
coming up with a good corn crop
though,” Mr. Whorton said.
The soybean crop is the biggest
cash crop in the county at the
present he said, adding that rain
is needed, but that it is still too
early to tell about the soybeans,
that the outcome of this crop will
depend upon the rainfall in
August.
Applications
Being Accepted
For Postal Clerk
i
Applications for a postal clerk
examination may be obtained at
the Alliance post office from
now through August 26. Post
master Perry McCotter Sr. says
the position to be filled is for
four hours only on Saturdays
and that it pays $6.11 per hour to
start. Whenever the postmaster
must be out, the part time clerk
will fill his position until he
returns.
the department eligible to be
certified for the Firemen’s
Pension Fund and the $25,000 in
line of duty death benefits as
provided by the state.
Due to the new rating,
residents living within a
four-mile radius of the Reels
boro Fire Department are
entitled to a reduction on their
fire protection insurance rates.
All citizens of Reelsboro should
contact their insurance agent
immediately to determine
changes in their fire insurance
premium.
the Army Corps of Engineers,
for example.
The permits will be approved
or disapproved county wide in
the designated areas of en
vironmental concern by Eugene
Broughton, who is the Building
Permit Inspector. He will also
be available in an advisory
capacity and as a liaison be
tween major permit applicants
and the Coastal Resourced
Commission in facilitating dis
position of major permit ap
plications, i. e. DNER permits
or Army Corps of Engineers
Permits.
The Permit Officer will also
keep records of all transactions
related to minor development
permit requests (applications,
grants, denials, other disposi
tions) and shall maintain such
records so long as any part of
the structure or entity to which
it relates remains in existence;
or, in the case of denials or other
instances, for a period of ten
years.
The Implementation and En
forcement Plan also stipulates
that Pamlico County shall post
at the Courthouse the follow
ing:
1. A description of all of the
AECs within the jurisdiction
that is sufficiently clear to pro
vide notice to all property own
ers within those AECs that a
permit must be secured before
any development may proceed
on that property.
2. A copy of the standards for
development adopted by the
commission for each type of
AEC found in the jurisdiction
and the statutory grounds on
which a permit application may
be denied or conditioned.
3. The statutory definition of
development as found in the
General Statutes pertaining to
CAM A.
4. A copy of the approved
permit application form for both
major and minor development in
AECs.
5. The name and office ad
dress of the Permit Officer.
6. A copy of this plan.
A map showing areas of en
vironmental concern and a copy
of this plan are available for
viewing in the Permit Officer’s
office in the courthouse.
Children Give Two Programs
“Mother Goose Carousel”
and “You Need Help, Charlie
Brown” were the two offerings
of the Children’s Little Theatre
in Bayboro and Oriental during
the weekend. The group was
directed by Mrs. Nefferritte F.
Harper. The production staff
included Sarah Alice Harris, co
ordinator; Dixie Gatlin, music;
Minda Harris, costumes;
Matilda Jones, food; and
Frances Nethercutt, set
designs.
Characters in “The Mother
Goose Carousel” included: Kim
Gatlin, emcee, and Renee
Ragan, mother. The children
were Marcel Bell, Sonji Bell,
George Bennett, Lisa Edwards,
Sherry Edwards, Heath
Fulcher, Clifton Gaskill Jr.,
Curtis Gatlin, Wendy Hill, Willy
(Continued on page two)
FROM PANAMA CANAL ZONE TO ORIENTAL — Mr. and Mrs. A1 Hendricks have arrived
at Whitaker’s Creek in Oriental following a voyage by sail boat that began Easter Sunday
from Balboa, Panama Canal Zone. The couple sailed their boat by themselves, transiting
the Panama Canal and stopping to visit interesting places along the way. Mr. Hendricks has
retired from his job with the Systems Division of the Panama Canal. They plan to make
their home in Oriental and are looking for an apartment or house to rent. Until they find
living quarters, they are at home aboard their sail boat. Mr. Hendricks’ mother, Mrs. Albert
B. Hendricks, who also lived for many years in Panama where her late husband was em
ployed by the Panama Canal, resides in New Bern.