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PERQUIMANS WEEKLY .) Volume 33, No. 32 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C, Thursday, August 11, 1977 15 CENTS Tpwn and County Receive Funds Secretary of Natural Resources and Community Development Howard N. Lee has announced planning and management grants to approximately 170 local governments in North Carolina. The grants will be used for a variety of purposes in cluding the development of land use planszoning or dinances, subdivision regulations, housing assistance plans and, hous FmHA Congressman .'. Walter B. Jones today announced the approval by the Farmer's Home Administration of a loan of $222,000 to Chowan County Drainage District PARTICIPATE" 'IN TRAINING - -. Three education representatives from Perquimans County" were among those participating in a recent training session on com munity education held in Flint, Mich. Local participants were Billy Stallings, physical education instructor; Rosa Talley, Supervisor of Elementary Instruction; and Millie Ward, kindergarten teacher. (Photo courtesy of Alliance for Progress, Inc.) Tra Visit Made To Mich. Perquimans County personnel involved in education recently joined representatives from the other five counties involved in Alliance for Progress, Inc. for community education training. . The special one-week workshop was held in Flint, Mich, during the latter part of July. The workshop was one of many sponsored regularly by the National Center for Com munity Education based in Flint, Mich. Perquimans County educators have, for some time, been observing and considering the implementating of the com munity education approach into the local school system. Through visitations and discussions , sponsored by the 'Alliance for Progress group, progress continues to be made in this program area. The recent workshop included visits at the Flint, Mich, schools, participation in community education functions, discussions with community educators, and the develop ment of a detailed plan for possible implementation of a . specific objective related to community education. The par- - ticipation was made possible through financing by the Mott ' and Rockefellar Foundations which have supported : Alliance for Progress activities in the past. Three Perquimans County representatives were among ' those making the visitation: Billy Stallings, physical educa ; tion instructor; Rosa Talley, Supervisor for Elementary In struction; and Millie Ward, kindergarten teacher. , Tobacco Attempt Is Defeated ' Congressman Walter B. Jones recently announced that - the House of Representatives defeated an attempt to ex clude tobacco from the Food for Peace Program. This was a significant victory for tobacco-state Congressmen, ac cording to tho announcement, because earlier this year on a ' different bill, the House had agreed to language that . - eliminated tobacco from this food export program... ' Congressman Jim Johnson (R-Colo.) offered tne amend : inent to knock out tobacco from the Food for Peace Pro gram as the House was considering the 1977 Farm Bill. The key vote actually came on a substitute amendment offered ;by Representative Charlie Whitley of North Carolina. The substitute language was adopted by a vote of 259-151. The ; amendment stated that in administering the Food for Peace Frc -ram, tie Department of Agriculture should give priori ty to food and fiber products before tobacco transactions , rre ' approved. Congressman Jones explained, "this . ' "use in ho way affects tise current program because t Ir s been the policy of U3A for many years." I : ' r tfcft part of Ce Food for Peace Frc-ram in which . pi-Jcirics, the United States s:..s tobacco to ' i w itri's and extends lcrr-tm credit ar--':Lri '-j tie extract, la f.;c::l ire, tcbac Jf Tl-!r-jTc'.;:j Jtp. , I"-;. :: IK.Tv&luewUte ing code enforcement programs. Also, local planning grants can be used in the development of capital im provement budgets, feasi bility studies, community needs assessments and local ordinance codifications. "These funds will be used to help local governments develop the basic services and administrative techni ques needed to have quality Loan Approved No. 3 in Hertford. The loan is to be repaid in 21 years at 5.683 per cent interest. This is an old drainage district created about 1913 or 1914 for the purpose of ft ; I I ) . ' ' -, - . i M - f , . N community development," Lee said. The grants are funded through state and federal appropriations. Both Perquimans County and the Town of Hertford were among those receiving federal coastal area management funds as an nounced by Lee. Per quimans County funds are in the amount of $7,680; The Town of Hertford $7,760. drainage of cropland and forest land. Over the years the laterals and channels have been filled with vegeta tion and silt. The im provements will provide for internal drainage of 5,450 acres of cropland and 4,800 acres of forest land. This measure consists of 17.3 miles of channel work and one grade control structure. Three sediments tracts will be constructed along the main channel to collect sedi ment during construction and assist in maintenance through the life of the pro ject. The total number of users to benefit from the improvement is 400. Referendum Passes "By an overwhelming 85.7 per cent, North Carolina cattle producers returned a favorable vote on the Beef Referendum," reports Charles E. Messer, presi dent of the N.C. Cattlemen's Association. "Due to the concerted efforts of the N.C. Beef Development: Task Force and the county exten sion livestock agents, plus countless others, well over the required fifty per cent of the registered voters returned to cast ballots on the referendum." i Official registration in North Carolina . was 3,045 cattle producers. Of those who registered, 1,937 returned to vote, 1,660 in favor of the referendum, 277 against. While a total of 10 persons registered in Perquimans County to vote on the referendum, only 1 of those actually voted with that one vote: being cast in favor of the referendum. The Beef Referendum is a self-help program, financed by voluntary collections from cattle producers. "If the beef business is going to get more profitable, pro ducers themselves are going to have to make it more pro fitable. The Beef Referen dum provides the tools promotion, research, foreign market develop ment, marketing informa tion - to do the job," Messer said. ' . "The beef industry's pre sent research and informa tion effort is inadequate by any standard. We spend a small fraction of what many other, smaller commodity groups spend. The referen dum, if passed nationally,' will generate the $30 to $40 million a year needed to solve our problems and strengthen our markets," Messer added. Program To End Soon Any low-income families who are experiencing prob lems in paying last year's fuel bills are being re quested to visit the Economic Improvement Center at 210 Hyde Park Street, Hertford, for the pur pose of applying for help through the Special Crisis Intervention program. That announcement, was made this week by Grace D. Dizon, Community Services Coordinator for the Per quimans EIC, Inc. , I!rs. r-a pointed out t!.st t' -e fcLLL-T to t:;Iy fcr tJp Uircrch t-e special laiBi : - - k ,.) - "SKa a . W BOARD MEMBER Marc Basnight of Dare County and member of the State's Board of Transportation was among those at the Monday public meeting which was presided over by Board Member T.G. Joy ner. Many Speak Out For Needed Road Improvements By KATHY M. NEWBERN North Carolina Depart ment of Transportation (NCDOT) officials were in Perquimans County Mon day afternoon for the pur pose of conducting a public meeting. Held in the Per quimans County courthouse in Hertford, the meeting was attended by officials and representatives from most counties in the Highway Division ,1. , The purpose of "the 2 p.m. meeting was to provide area residents with an oppor tunity to participate in the annual update of the State's Highway Improve ment Program. The Hertford meeting was almost filled to capacity and was one of 14 planned throughout the state to pro vide maximum possible citizen participation in the planning process to improve the North Carolina highway system. The meeting was chaired by Board of Transportation member T.G. "Sonny Boy" Joyner of Garysburg. Joyner was reappointed to the Board by Governor Jim Hunt last month to repre sent the NCDOT's Highway Division 1, composed of Ber tie, Camden Chowan, Cur rituck, Dare, Gates, Hert ford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Tyrrell, Pas quotank, Perquimans and Washington counties. Also present was Board member Marc Basnight . of Dare County. ; Opening remarks were presented by Thomas W. Bradshaw Jr., Secretary of Transportation for the State. In his comments, Bradshaw emphasized the need for approval of the $300 million bond referendum for road improvements. Con cerning the bond proposal, Bradshaw said, "It will aid greatly in our ability to get our program going." He discussed the . need for bridge replacement in the Tar Heel state pointing out that improvements - are needed on some 5,000 of the state's 16,000 Bridges. Due to the need for these im provements, Bradshaw said, 10 per cent of the pro program should take along some verification of Income and the lastest copy of fuel bills.. Those . low-income senior citizens who may have a bill to pay or who -have already paid their fuel bills are still eligible to make application for an ad vance payment , '. Mrs. Dizon urged those unsure of their income , classificatio to go by the EIC . Center or to call 428-7868 for more information. ' The ' Special Crisis In-" tervention Program ends Aug. 31., i : . ) 1 - '('A Ma - :sr' i-- 1 j-? ASiUi posed bond monies would be earmarked for bridge replacement. Also present at the Mon day meeting were Rep. Ver non James, and Sen. Melvin Daniels, and Sen. J.J. (Monk) Harrington. Following the opening comments, the floor was opened for discussion. A delegation from Colerain stressed what they see as a need to improve Highway 45 with work on the shoulders, curb and gutters, involving some 1900 feet. David Overton was pre sent representing the Town of Windsor to discuss needed improvements to U.S. 13 Business and Highway 301. He expressed the town's top priority as work on these two roads including curb widening and guttering for 500 to 600 feet. The second priority, as they see it, he explained, would be the same type of work for the entire U.S. 13 Business sec tion which runs through the town. Next on the agenda was Sheriff Frank Cahoon representing Dare County and the Southern Albemarle Association. He discussed needed road improvements in Dare County and offered the association's support for the DOT highway improve ment program. Representing the Rober sonville Chamber of Com merce was W.M. Greene who explained what that group saw as the need to upgrade Highway 264 and the upgrading of Highway 903 from the Pitt County line to Greenville city limits. Jack Cahoon, the second representative to speak for Dare County and the Southern Albemarle Association, presented some statistics of traffic on Highway 12 leading to the state's Outer Banks. Cahoon pointed out that some 1,800,000 visitors traveled to the Outer Banks last year in volving some 970,000 vehicles. Cahoon said, "This road represents part of Dare County's main industry, tourism, and we need all the COUNCIL DISCUSSION -Annie Lou Chappell, member of the Perquimans County Council on the Status of Women, and Patsy Miller, ; county council chairperson, are shown discussing coun cil activities and future 'plans with members of the State . Council, Sylvia DeRossett and Mary Susan Parnell, when 1 . the two visited from Raleigh last week. (Staff photo by Kathy Newbern) help we can receive from the state. We need a major overhaul of this road and some definite action in a short period of time." Baxter Williams of Cur rituck represented the Albemarle Area Develop ment Association (AADA) Highway Committee. He presented the committee's suggested priorities representing input from the 10 counties involved in AADA. At the top of the list was the endorsement of the planned work to U.S. 17; secondly was improvement to Highway 158; and the third priority of the commit tee was the endorsement of improvements to N.C. 12 and improvements on Highway 64 mainly from Jamesville to Plymouth. The mayor of Williams ton, Bob Callman, was pre sent with comments. He discussed the road im provements needed overall in the northeastern part of the state saying, "We are lonesome for road im provements to be done in this part of the state. We need them." Bill Gardner representing Edenton's Town Council ex plained thatnthe Edenton Board is in support of the priorities presented by the AADA Highway Committee and will support the bond referendum for roads. He also presented the Council's request for the extension of Coke Avenue in Edenton, a project he said dates back to 1969. Also speaking at the Mon day public meeting was Raleigh Carver, chairman of the Pasquotank Board of County Commissioners. He, too, expressed his board's "strong support" of the priorities established by the AADA Highway Committee. He said he was also speak ing on behalf of those who live on secondary roads that are almost "impassable" during the winter months. Effie Brickhouse, presi dent of the Southern Albemarle Association, spoke out in favor of all the projects submitted at the -1 -'iEi' ' public meeting and ex plained that the group she represents has as its objec tive the improvements of roads and bridges in the area. She cited U.S. 64 as an area needed specific improvements. Earl Lewis, chairman of the County Commissioners in Hertford County presented three projects for consideration. First on the list was a Murfreesboro by pass; secondly, an Ahoskie east by-pass; and third, the upgrading of U.S. 13 from the Virginia state line through Hertford County. Nick George of Edenton, next to be heard, voiced sup port of the proposed Coke Avenue extension presented by Bill Gardner. Two Perquimans County residents were also heard at the meeting. George Hall expressed a need for im provement to SR 1321 and emphatically expressed what he called the solution to getting real action on needed road improvements, "Get the roads out of politics." Tommy Harrell, representing citizens in the Bear Swamp section of the county, expressed a need to improve SR 1101, 1102 and 1103 explaining that entry and exit on these roads is particularly hard during the winter months. Charles Evans, Mayor of Nags Head, described what he called "the unique traffic problems" in the beach area. He explained that of ficials in his area are soliciting help from DOT in methods to control traffic in Nags Head and the sur rounding area. He said, "The 158 by-pass should be four-laned and that's the big point I want to get across today." He added, "N.C. 12 is another area we're cer tainly concerned about. We realize that the things we're talking about and desperate ly need cost millions of dollars. Evans was followed by C.L. Winks, Town Manager of Kill Devil Hills who spoke on behalf of the Board of C TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY - Thomas W. Bradshaw Jr., Secretary of Transportation for North Carolina, was present for part of Monday's public meeting in Hertford to discuss the State's Highway Improvement Program. Bradshaw promised to take the public comments back to Raleigh for consideration by the full Transportation Board. (Staff photos by Kathy Newbern) Commissioners in support of improvements to Highways 264, 64, 158 and 17. Comments were also heard from Sen. Melvin Daniels and Rep. Vernon James. Daniels said, "We have a receptive Governor who knows the roads need improvement in eastern and northeastern North Carolina. My plea to our Board of Transportation is to give us roads and bring us roads; we need them very badly." Daniels also spoke out in favor of the proposed bond referendum for road improvements throughout the state saying that defeat of this measure, which has been suggested by Rep. Ver non James, would lead to no gain for the northeastern area. Rep. James, however, who also spoke to those assembled, was emphatic in his suggestions for alter natives to the bond proposal. He said, "The people in North Carolina have just been hoodwinked, misin formed and not informed at all as to the situation." "If we pass the bond issue," he said, "it's not going to do the job." Rep. James said that a two or three cents increase in the gasoline tax would "get the job done" and would allow for some of the tourists in the state to help pay for the needed im provements. He added, "I'm not against the bond referendum. It's just that it's not going to get the job done. When it costs $90,000 to build one mile of road in Perquimans County, then something is wrong. I would like to see the Board of Transportation change some of the standards on some of these unimproved secondary roads. I know it can be done without spending some $80,000 or $90,000 per mile.',' Prior to adjourning the meeting, Board of Transpor tation members and DOT of ficials promised to take all the recorded public com ments back for considera tion by the full Transporta tion Board. V-;1'" . ,-
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