Volume 36, No. 9 USPS 428-080
WEEKLY
Apprentice mechanic
Michael Banks works on a an apprentice under a
tractor at the White Hat Seed program sponsored jointly by
Farm in New Hope. Banks is
the Department of Labor and (Photo by MIKE
College of the Albemarle. MCLAUGHLIN).
Unlocked cars bonanza for thieves
A rash of burglaries swept
through Hertford last
.weekend, as articles and
money were removed from
-five different automobiles.
On Saturday, Feb. 23, Mrs.
Linda Robertson of Rt. 3,
-Hertford; reported that while
visiting the Morris Kornegay
residence, her pocketbook was
stolen from her unlocked car.
? A sum of 150 was taken, as
well as an unendorsed check
made out to Mrs. Robertson
worth -$130, and three credit
cards.
On Sunday, Feb. 24, Terri
Kay Copeland, of 215
Woodland St., reported that
her Avon bank bag holding
some $275 in cash and an
unknown quantity of checks
was stolen.
"It probably happened
between 10 and 11 p.m. of the
23rd," deduced Hertford
Police Chief Marshall Merritt,
"because that was the only
time the car was unlocked."
Merritt also said that Miss
Copeland's brother, Scott, of
the same residence, reported
that a 5-ton hydraulic lift,
valued at approximately $20,
and a socket set, also valued
at about $20, was removed
from his unlocked car.
Two other thefts occured on
Feb. 24, during revival ser
vices at the Hertford United
Methodist Church.
Billy White, of Whedbee Dr.,
reported that a CB radio
valued at $125 was taken from
his unlocked car during the
service.
Margie Nixon, of Gaston
Dr., lost $40 when thieves took
her pocketbook from an
unlocked automobile.
"The only safe place to lock
anything is in the trunk," said
Merritt, "leaving a car
unlocked is just asking to be
tobbed."
Heart Sunday is history
- Neighborhood volunteers
visited residents in
Perquimans County last
Sunday to leave educational
materials and ask for con
tributions to the Heart Fund,
according to Mrs. Erie Haste,
Jr., Heart Sunday Chairman
for the Perquimans County
Heart Association.
"Residents who were not at
home found envelopes in
which they ean mail
donations, and we hope that
they will do so today, in order
for us to complete our tally,"
she added. The 1M0 goal is
$3350.00
"Although death rates from
heart and blood vessel
diseases have been declining
for the last two years, these
diseases still kill more people
annually than all other causes
combined," Mrs. Haste said.
"So we ask for continued
support of the Heart
Association's life saving
programs of research,
education, and community
service to heart patients and
their families. All donations to
the Heart Fund are tax
deductible," she concluded.
Contributions may also be
directed to-Mrs. Erie Haste,
Jr., chairman of the local unit,
Grubb St., Hertford, NC.
iMRPDC is A-OK
The Albemarle Regional
Development Association's
financial condition is "all
right"
At least tint's the coocesus
of ARPDCs auditor, Edgar
M. Johnson. Jr., who* Kill
Devil Hills CPA firm was
retained tor the year ended
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"We found nothing really to
squawk' about," said J****?
who reviewed the H, 008,028 in
finances handled by ARPDC
at their regular meeting last
Thursday night.
ARPDC Chairman Donald
Bryant, however, had some
proposals to keep the com
mission Irom sliding 'into the
doldrums"
Among those was the
replacement of guest speaker
appearances with detailed
staff briefing* on regional
programs.
Bryant also (aid that ARPD
C, as representative of a
primarily "rural" region,
could benefit from an ex
change with similar com
missions "to see what they are
doing that we are not"
?rya?t said he will send
written copies of his proposals
to members for consideration.
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Earning and learning
Apprenticeship offers rare opportunity
i "Experienced applicants
only" is probably the most
discouraging phrase in the
English language to those
persons trying to break into
the skilled labor market.
Without experience you
don't get a job and without a
job you don't get experience.
But a new program is
utilizing an old method to try
and bring about a soloution to
the predicament.
That method is ap
prenticing, and the program is
being operated jointly by the
College of the Albemarle and
the N.C. Department of Labor.
Employers are currently
being sought to take on ap
prentices who have received
12 months formal training in
such trades as diesel
mechanics, air conditioning
and refrigeration, welding and
electrical installation and
management.
In return for providing on
the job training, the employer
is reimbursed $1.55 of the 1
apprentice's hourly wage. He <
also receives a $16 per day
"journeyman's fee," in ex
change for time emloyees
spent in training the ap
prentice, and a maximum of
|150 in reimbursement for
spoilage and breakage that
comes with learning a job.
All reimbursement from the
state ends after the apprentice
has been on the job for six
months.
Michael Banks is one such
apprentice working in
Perquimans County. Banks
maintains and operates
equipment at the White Hat
Seed Farm in New Hope.
Banks graduates from a one
year program in diesel
mechanics on Monday, but his
on the job experience has
already brought him in con
tact with gasoline engines and
will eventually include
cleaning and processing seed,
as well as other tricks of the
farming trade.
For Banks, the opportunity
came along at just the right
time. "I got out of the service
and had nothing else, had no \
job. This program came up
and I thought it was good deal,
he said."
His employer, Albert Eure,
is also high on the program. "I
think it's a good idea. It gives ]
a chance for the student to go
to school and get on the job 1
training as well. The subsidy <
gives the employer an op- '
portunity to have more l
patience with a young man
who doesn't have any ex- i
perience," Eure said. s
Eure said that he would t
bring his apprentice along at a 1
relaxed pace, gradually ex- t
posing him to more job skills.
"I'm obligated to teach him k
a trade," Eure said. i
The apprenticeship is in
tended to last for a period of j
three years, but if the em
ployer feels his apprentice has s
mastered his trade in less
lime, he can be graduated
;arly, according to program v
:oordinator Bill Humphrey. t
Humphrey said the program
vas initiated in order to train I
skilled laborers for the a
Vanchese Harbor Project in y
Dare County. But red tape has
delayed the project for about a
year and a half, and par
ticipants are finishing up their
school work with nowhere to
practice their trades.
By the time the ap
prenticeships expire, Wan
:hese Harbor should be a
liable labor market for
urogram graduates, he said.
Another goal of the program
s to expand opportunities for
skilled workers at home, so
hat they won't be siphoned off
>y the high pay and benefits of
he Norfolk region.
So far some 15 of 42 program
(raduates have been placed in
ipprenticeships in the area.
At least one of those 15,
Michael Banks, couldn't be
nore tickled with his
ituation.
"I've enjoyed the program
ery, very much and it's
aught me a lot," Banks said.
I graduate March third and
'm going to feel good to walk
cross that stage. I'm a happy
oung man at his time."
Career^ center
Curriculum is discussed
Some 39 teachers
representing 18 subject areas
met with local principals,
superintendents, and con
sultant Dr. Jack Owenby, last
Wednesday and Thursday to
develop a potential
curriculum for the proposed
Tri-County Career Education
Center.
When curriculum and floor
plans are finalized, Ken Stalls,
director of the Tri-County
Center, will be in a more solid
creamig up me
letter incident
In the Feb. 21 edition of the
PERQUIMANS WEEKLY we
quoted Perquimans High
School Principal William
Byrum as having said that
football coach Celvin Webster
asked him to destroy a letter
of criticism concerning coach
Webster and not to put it in
Webster's file.
Coach Webster has in
formed us that he never asked
Byrum to destroy any letter
and did not understand why
Byrum would do so. Further,
Webster said that Byrum 's
comments lent the impression
that there are deep dark
reasons for his removal as
football coach that would be
embarrassing to him if
brought out in public. Webster
said that this is not the case.
Byrum agreed that he never
destroyed a letter at Web
ster's request, but said that he
did destroy a letter. He said he
did not think that he had said
Webster asked him to destroy
the letter.
While we maintain that
Byrum's comments were
correctly reported, it is our
belief that the error con
cerning Webster's action
should be brought to public
attention.
position to begin the search for
construction money for the
center. If funded, it will house
advanced vocational and
academic programs for
students of Gates,
Chowan, and Perquimans
Counties.
the session Will be used to
determine the floor plan for
the career center, which will
in turn determine the acreage
needed. Site selection will be
the next step.
"We hope to have the
potential curriculum finalized
around the middle of March,"
said Stalls.
Stalls and Owenby, - the
consultant from the
Southeastern Regional
Agencey of Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
are presently in the process of
reviewing and compiling the
results of last week's
curriculum session.
Copies of the results will be
available to the three counties
and presented to the Tri
f'ounty Steering Committee
by mid-March.
Teachers, chosen by prin
cipals and superintendents,
were divided into three basic
categories, including
academics, vocational, and
the arts and humanities.
Instructors from each
subject area within the three
report which explained the
philosophy of the subject, the
proposed space requirements
in square feet, including the
number of classrooms,
seminar rooms, planning
spaces, etc., and the projected
use of the desired facilities.
According to Stalls, utilizing
the teacher recommendations
is a key factor in planning the
center.
"Using such a broad input
across the three counties
makes sure that we won't
leave anything out that should
bo considered," said Stalls,
who also feels that the use of
Owenby as an outside con
sultant is beneficial.
"He can give us an unbiased
and outside opinion and keep
us out of the 'tunnel vision'
pitfall," said Stalls.
Hill to represent Perquimans
Mrs. rartnenia n. tuu nas
been selected to represent
Perquimans County at the
annual meeting of the North
Carolina Council of In
ternational Reading
Association to be held in
Charlotte, March 12-14.
"This is quite an honor for
us," said Rosa Talley, county
coordinator for elementary
education, K-6, "because it's
the first time we've ever had
anybody from here go up to
give a presentation."
According to Mrs. Talley,
the association usually selects
Ph.D.'s to give presentations.
Mrs. Hill will conduct a 90
minute session on "Teaching
to an Objective," based on
Madeline Hunter's learning
theory.
The theory, initially taught
to Susan Winslow by Madeline
Hunter at a summer workshop
at the University of California
at Los Angles, is being taught
to all teachers and school
personnel in Perquimans
County.
"We're building teacher
competency through the
theory," said Mrs. Winslow,
adding that the theory gives
organization to instruction
and also offers teachers a
common way of speaking
about instruction.
"H's what teachers have
been doing for years," said
Mrs. Taney, "the theory just
breaks it down so teachers
know exactly when they're
doing something, and why."
Seven steps comprise the
"teaching to an objective"
theory, with each step itself
considered an objective.
Last week Mrs. Hill's sixth
grade class learned about
forming compound words
through the theory, using the
seven step plan. The lesson
was also taped on a video and
will be used as part of Mrs.
Hill's presentation in
Charlotte.
?The first step, or the an
ticipatory set, is a readiness
stage. Mrs. Hill told the class
what they were going to learn,
and what they should look for
in the lesson.
?The second step states
clearly the objective that is to
be learned. "You will learn to
write compound words three
ways." said Mrs. Hill to her
class.
?The third step, or input, is the
actual teaching itself. Mrs.
Hill showed her class three
ways to write compound
words.
?Modeling is the fourth step of
the theory. Mrs. HU1 used the
blackboard and charts to form
an impression in the miads of
her students as to what
compound words look like
written three ways.
?In the fifth step. Mrs. Hill
checked the class for na
derstanding through an oral
drill.
?The sixth step gave the
students guided practice
through independent work.
The students worked in
dividually at their desks on
practice sheets while Mrs. Hill
moved about the room
checking their understanding.
?In the final step, Mrs. Hill ]
sum m arized the lesson . I
According to Mrs. Talley,
the theory is an effective way i
of teaching any subject to all |
ability levels. <
In addition to the video,
Mrs. Hill will also teach a
lesson to the group present at
the association's meeting.
Mrs. Hill is married to
Gerald K. Hill who is
presently attending East
Carolina Medical School.
Making plans
Mr*. Sous Window, (L), who
werta with stiff development
for the Perquimans County
school system, joined with
Mrs. Ron Tally, elemenatry
education coordinator, K-C,
(C). and Mr?. Partbenla Hill,
fth grade teacher at
Perqulmana Union, to finalize
plana for Mra. Hill's
presentaion to the North
Carolina Council of In
ternational Reading
Association at their annual
meeting in Charlotte next
week.