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Telephone "Overall, Carolina Telephone Is redactor basic local amice rates at total of ??miltioo annuity. This is an effort to coattone to hoM don toe coat of local services though the kv derefulatory tread ia toward Ugher local ra tea." Also at this time, tone charge* an eliminated, ao that a customer pays no rate differential tor distance in mileage from the switching center. All Carolina Telephone customers, residential and business, are affected by the rate change. Carolina Telephone now serves some 542,000 customers in all or part of North Carolina's 100 counties. Agency puts handicapped to work hy urn Mclaughlin Par a pun* with a mental or physical handicap. jut gaining enough self sufficiency to pay las own way can be a real achievement. Suck achievement may wefl enhance a battered sense of mmlf sni-fjnw That's where the N.C. Division of Vocational RehabiliUtioo Services comes in. Utilising area resources, the agency attempts to train society's would-be dmndents so that they can do for themselves. Two representatives of the Elizabeth City district office. Daryl Culpepper, a job placement specialist and Bill Parker, a rehabilitation counselor, talked about their agency last Tuesday night at a Hertford Rotary Clab Parker waned against harmful stereotypes "The moat dangerous thing in the world is to generalise about handicapped people." he said. "Dont rale somebody out became somebody says well, 'Hey. he's retarded.' There are a lot of things about a person that doat show ap on a test." Parker said. The objective of vocational rehabilitation is to train a person to perform a function, and place him in a job per forming that function. Handicaps mast he verifiable, and a genuine obstacle to job performance. The eligible client might be an alcoholic or perhaps a person with a severe physical han dicap. TV program begins with an extensive evaluation process to determine the, "cans and cants" of the individual. Training to develop par ticular Job skills follows, and even the community colleges or the university system may be utilised for some in dividuals. The goal is to have the client receive at least minimum wage, but the agency is able to certify pay a below minimum wage in certain cases. Parker said. Like many government agencies, vocational rehabilitation is expected to lose some positions under the Reagan budget, but Parker said he hoped that case ser vice monies would not be affected. sHe urged Rotarians and community members to notify the agency of potential clients or jobs for rehabilitated workers. sMost of the rehabilitation services the agency offers are free to all, but some programs that utilize resources outside the agency itself carry financial eligibility requirements. Often, the employer must show some flexibility in fin ding a place for the rehabilitated worker. Parker said that with only slight modification, a job sometimes becomes "doable" for the handicapped person. He asserted that when possible, "a reasonable ac comodation" should be made so that handicapped people can go to work. DOT seeks input on roads A public meeting that will help the state Board of Transportation reassess and reorder highway construction priorities as a result of severely limited financial resources will be held in Elisabeth City on Tuesday. April 21 The meeting is one in a series scheduled in each of the state's highway divisions to begin the process of updating the 1M0-K Transportation Improvement Program. The TIP is the department's basic highway construction planning document. It was last updated in October 1979 following a similar series of public meetings. This year's meeting for counties in Highway Division 1 will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Agriculture Building on McPherson Street in Elisabeth City. Tran sportation Board members Marc Basnight of Manteo and T.G. Joyner of Garysburg will preside. Speakers will be registered between 1 and 2 p.m. Counties in the division are Bertie, Camden, Chowan. Currituck, Dare. Gates. Hertford, Hyde, Mrtin, Northampton, Pasquotank. Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington. The meetings this year will he held against the backdrop of a highway funding crisis Actually A* article appearing in the last edition of THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY erroaeottsiy stated that the Albemarle Area Ap Profram was throve* the Depart The program is actually throvgh the Depart the classroom portioa of which Transportation Secretary Tom Bradshaw said could have a "severe impact" oo the TIP. Sharp increases in the costs of highway work due to in flation and declining state highway revenues attributed mostly to more fuel-efficient vehicles are the main causes of the funding crisis. "With this very severe problem facing ns, we strongly urge the public to help us make a very careful review of the projects already in the 1MMS TIP." Bradshaw said. "We want the people of the state to share with us their opinions on what our priorities ought to be in view of our funding crisis." The secretary added, "We believe the TIP is r positive approach to scheduling high way projects and other types of transportation im provements involving aviation, public tran sportation, rail and bicycles. We need the public's help to keep our program viable and responsive to the tran sportation needs of North Carolina." Tke findings of the blue ribbon study commission headed by former Gov. Dan K. Moore will be reviewed at Elizabeth City and the other meetings. "We will also bring people up to date on the status of projects in their particular area and provide them a summary of our projected revenues and the coats of construction." TO FINDER 01 Mm Mi wto tnpM b| tm Bratt MaMNfclMI NtnMSMlfiiMM. ?i 297-2573 NOTICE DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, 1981, Mi UNPAID REM. ESTATE TAXES DILL RE ADVERTISED IN THIS PUB UCAnON FOR 1AND SALE ON JUNE 1,1*1. Six column set Newspaper plans format changes .In an effort to brii| our subscriber* tad advertisers the moat modern sad readable layout possible, the PERQUIMANS WEEKLY will be pablrtHirt to a ail column format throughout, beginning with the May 7 edition. Ml* have utilised the su and the reat of the paper has remained in aa eight coiuma format. We consider the six coiiimn format to be more attractive. and experts deem it more readable Advertising rates will be adjusted to compensate far the loss in inches Am to the wider columns, but the change does not represent a price increase. The same sise ad will The number of inches I* fulfill cwtract will be ap propriately adjusted down ward. AMBULANCE ATTENDANT COURSE (33 Hour* ) ? BEGINNING ? APRIL 28 7:00 P.M. Classes will b? held In the Perquimans Co. Rescue Squad Building Your Pharmacist ^Charles Woodard % Saye Ml ? CM ; Hurrtord. NC T ?! 426 SS27 Diet and exercise basics The best common sense booklet I've seen on "shaping up" is yanr* for the asking when y*m clip this article and send la my Independent Pharmacists' Clipping Service. Box SIRS, Raleigk. NC msr It stresses painless exercise and sensible food choice to achieve surprising levels of bodily performance, endurance and health. This booklet is written tohelp you "shape up" to your potential for the long run, whether measured in miles or in years through emphasis of a total lifestyle. I recommend you send far "Shaping Up" for a clear statement of basics. Woodard's Pharmacy] I fM . i JAA r r fc.1 A Dial 426-5527 Hertford. N.C I\ Carolina Telephone's new Phone Shop. Oh, now I understand the Ring Ring bit. Cute, but what's in it for me? I'm glad you asked that question... step thisway. [/ ^The Phone Shop is in a convenient location, offers quick repair and replacement service, do-it-yourself phone jacks, and phones in lots of different colors vand lots of styles J If s) like the Dawns, Doodles,} Kangaroos, J wall and desk sets, Rendezvous, L. . - ?' fcontempras, Empresses,) - Tr?nd>ioes. J Alexander Graham Planes, ^plus modern business^ ""*"?, phones like Code-A-Phones, Speaki Phones, Multiple Line Key Sets../ In short, they've got a lot of phonesj VepQ (TTike the new Phone Shop) ( 1 thought you would,
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