y STANDARD PRISTm CD XXX Volume 34, No. 4? Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, November 30, 1978 15 CENTS A Long session o for commissioners In a lengthy five boor session, the Board of Commissioners met November 20 and heard from the newly formed forth Carolina Water Resources Frimework Study. With the state's growing need for com prehensive water resource planning, the study was set up to ensure that Are continue to have enough water to ^neet our needs and also preserve the quality of our environment. The Framework Study Is the result of a year-long effort by scien tists, engineers, planners, elected of ficials and other citizens from all over the state. It outlines the overall water resources situation in each of the major river basins. With the Framework as a guide, decision makers can view water problems and opportunities with better insight. With the demand for water in creasing every year, it was agreed that the study could benefit the com munity in years to come. It was pointed out by Steve Reed from the North Carolina Water Resource Planning Board that the public must be informed of what this means. Reed said, "Broad-based citizen participation is vital to the success of future planning efforts." In other business, Bill Oetker representing the Alliance for Pro gress, was interested in what posi tion the county would take on a com puter project the six-county alliance is planning. Three of the six counties are committed to the data process ing. The cost per county drops con siderably with every county com mitted. The commissioners did not take any action at this time. Jack Revelle of Edenton wished to study the possibility of establishing an FM radio station in the county. Revelle has investigated the possibility with the Federal Com munication Commission (FCC) and his attornies will meet with John Matthews, Attorney-At-Law representing the eounty, to square away any legal matters. The study is in the earliest stages and it would be premature to draw any conclusions other than what was stated in the meeting. Macon Johnson, owner of the White Hat Road subdivision, asked for help from the commissioners after splitting lots not in accordance with the Perquimans County Plan ning Board. Johnson met with the planning board November 16. He was told that the problems must be worked out with that board. Search continues for vandals HERTFORD ? Apparently driv ing around armed with an icepick, vandals the night of November 20 punctured tires on 14 cars including the patrol car parked behind the municipal building. 1 ^ Chief Marshall Merritt said ^November 21, "I want them bad." Ifare isfWO reward for information leading to an arrest. The vandalism was reported to the dispatcher at 9 p.m. by the Rev. Charles Bullard of the Hertford Bap tist Church, 124 W. Market St. The minister said after practice members of the choir went to the church parking lot to find their nine cars all resting on flat tires. Merritt theorized that the vandals then went to the police station and circled into Church and Front Streets, puncturing tires of five more cars. Calling the incident "pretty senseless" the Chief said there had to be more than one person involved. One probably drove a car while another jumped out with an icepick. The Hertford Police are, in vestigating one lead in the case at the moment Project operating A pest management services pro ject is in operation in Chowan, Per quimans, and Pasquotank counties. It is unique in that an economic evaluation component is plugged in. ' The project, funded by Coastal Plains Regional Commission, is designed to provide pest manage ment services to growers and for all major crops; to organize grower participants into a business cooperative; and to evaluate the economics of the services and the value of business provided. Mike Williams is the pest manage ment agent assigned to the project and Steve Riddick is the farm management specialist. They work under the umbrella of the county ex tension chairman as well as with Clyde Weathers, economist and j^John Van Duyn, entomologist, all of W.C. State University. The project U unique in that while it is a pilot program growers on the 6,000 acres involved pay a portion of the cost for scouting and for nfeipatode-soil sampling and anal&is. Riddick said 4U participating farmers are also involved in the farm business records program. "Through the project we will be able to evaluate the financial benefit ob tained through pest management," he noted. "The project is designed to see if pest management is eco nomically feasible." Williams added that soil sampling and scouting will enable them to pin point problem areas and recom mend corrective measures, in this light, he emphasized that this is an agricultural extension program which will give chairmen and agents more timely and accurate reports on conditions thereby allowing them to make more specific recommenda tions as to what farmers can do. Seal underway More than 200 people frem across - the state attended a tancheon at the County Club of North Carolina at Pinehurst in Support of the 1978-79 Christmas Seal Campaign for the North Carolina Long Association. -.Last year the Sastern Long Association's Christmas Seal Cam : . paign raised approximately 197,000. ' This money was used to fund such ? programs as workshops, health fairs, school programs, patient ser vices, scholarships, research and other projects that are essential to the health needs of local com munities. However, this year's Christmas Seal Campaign is running several thousand dollars behind lam year's efforts. Mrs. M.B. Taylor, of Hertford, Board Member of the Eastern Lung Association said, "Our worthwhile programs are imperiled this year by the lack of contributions. It is im perative that we join together to sup* port the fight to prevent and control lung disease. This is why it is impor tant that the people of this county support the Eastern Lung Associa tion's Christmas Seal Campaign." g <