Albemarle EMC to join statewide load management program Albemarle Electric Membership Corporation, Hertford, will par ticipate in a new statewide load naaagemcat program that's dMigned to help North Carolina's electric cooperatives hold down the rising cost of power. The program will aim at reducing the co-ops', power use peaks, which occur regularly tor short periods as consumers push the power suppliers' facilities to the limits of their capacity. The state's EMCs will be linking consumers' heat pumps, central air conditioners and water heaters to computer-controlled devices that will turn the appliances off for brief periods when peaks are approaching. By controlling the load in this way, the co-ops can bring huge reductions in their power costs because "peaking" power carries a premium price tag. The premium is required by the power companies which provide energy to the EMCs because they must invest in expensive facilities that are used only rarely. In addition, when those facilities must operate at capacity, the companies are often forced to buy costly supplemental power from other companies in order to handle their peaks. "There's no way around it, high peaks mean higher power costs. For instance, it Albemarle Electric Membership Corporation, peak demand charges cost the EMC H.MO.OM . or 91 percent of the EMC* ? total wholesale power costs in IMS," said Albemarle BMC Manager Dorria White. "And we have no way of covering those costs except by passing them along to our consumer-members. This load managment program will help us get s much better grip on those costs." This ststewide program, which is being coordinated by the power supply srm of the EMC statewide organisation, North Carolina EMC, will be based totally on volunteers who agree to have control switches installed at their homes. Members who volunteer for a switch will receive s monthly credit from $1.25-12.50, depending on the number of switches installed, ac cording to present plans. Switches will be installed with no charges to the member. The $27 million program envisions installation of switches on 150,000 water heaters and 45,000 central air conditioners (or heat pumps) over a three-year period. The number of switches needed to be installed in the Albemarle EMC service area will be 2,000. Plans call for the first switches to be installed beginning in January, 1984. N. C. EMC officials say projections show that savings to be realized from this program will offset its cost within five years. Once the control equipment is School Board ( Continued from page 1) been fully funded by the state. The state has requested a tran sportation cost breakdown for the last three years. This data will be analyzed in Raleigh and an amount the county should use for tran sportation will be set. Cost overruns will be funded locally. Bids were opened for a cooler/freezer unit to be purchased by the School Food Service for use at Hertford Grammar School. Of the four bids received, two did not meet specifications. The Board authorized Harrell, along with Maintenance Supervisor Pete Howell, to get more detailed information on units from United Restaurant Equipment Co. and Atlantic Equipment Co. Their bids were $9517.20 and $7790.00 respec tively. School Food Service Supervisor LaClaire Rogerson said the unit is needed as soon as possible. A decision will be reached at the Board's next meeting. Morris Kornegay and Susan Winslow gave presentations on the new communications and math curriculum guides. Kornegay and Winslow were op timistic about the successful use of the guides in the classroom. Guides for science and music are currently being prepared. Jeanie Umphlett shared the presentation shown in Raleigh on the Trainable Mentally Handicapped Program. The Board accepted its $4.7 million comprehensive budget for 1983 - 1984. H:\rrell told the board that several secretaries and bookkeepers have been involved in a professional standards education program. He said the state recommended step increases for employees who par ticipate in such programs. The Board recognized the em ployees' efforts, and said raises will be considered at budget time. Gary Eure was awarded the contract to replace the lights in the high school gym with a low bid of $695. The light fixtures will be pur chased by the Board on state con tract. The board voted to install blinds in the ten areas at Union School where the need is greatest at an ap proximate cost of $900. Commissioners ( Continued from page 1) Keith Haskett told the Board that the 1964 Tax Asssessments would be mailed that afternoon and with the assessment increases well over 200 per cent the Commissioners would get a lot of calls. All callers will be referred to Pearson Appraisal Company, the firm hired to update assessments. The Board noted that appeals concerning assessments could be made at the Board of Equalization and Review scheduled for April. In other action the Board: ?approved a request from County Extension Chairman Bill Jester to grant Juanita T. Bailey, Home Economist, a leave of absence beginning January 1, 1984 through June SO, 1984 in order for her to complete the final requirement of pending a semester on campus in order to obtain her masters degree. ?approved a request by Kelvin Howell of Farmers Home Ad ministration to hire a part-time cleaning person for the ARPDC Building to fill the vacancy left by the terminated CETA program. r ?approved a request for a rate increase for basic service with Albemarle Cable TV. ?approved a request by Elmer Lassiter, spokesman for the Soil Conservation Service, to provide $1000 earmarked for the use of cleaning up the river near Whiteston with the provision that there is no other involvement by the Board. ?agreed to purchase one acre of land from Ward & Nixon, Inc. for the well site for Phase II of the County Water System, subject to approval of health authorities. 330*83 Dresses are in at Woodland Dress S Shop ^ Holiday Island Notice Since it is anticipated that owners and leasers of property in Holiday Island Subdivision will be served County water through Holiday Island Property Owners Association instead of directly by the Perquimans County Water System, all persons owning or leasing property in Holiday Island Subdivision who have applied for connec tion with the Perawoans County Water System may apply for a refund of ttosr deposit at the Perquimans County Water Department' in the Perquimans County Courthouse by letter at P.O. Box 7, Hertford, N.C. 27944. for refunds should be submitted to County Water Department by January 1, Perquimans County Board of Commissioners Jeanne C. White, Clerk operating, computer* will monitor power use and begin tile controlling process as soon as a peak ap proaches. Tlie process will Involve radio signals beamed at the switches in consumers' homes to turn off appliances for brief periods on a routing basis until the overall demand for power drops off. Air conditioners will be turned off for up to 10 minutes each half hour during these crises, but the fans will continue to circulate air. Tests show that this will bring no significaat change in the home's comfort level. Water heaters will be tuned off for up to four hours since hot water stays hot for long periods without re heating. "This approach is a proven money saver." said White. "It's been proven to work well for utilities all over the country. And right here in North Carolina, three cooperatives have already had success with the technique." Area obituaries &AWLS WASHINGTON. N.C. - Mrs. Mabel Scott RawU, 69, of Rt. 1, Washington, N. C. died Sunday. She was a member of Old Fohl Church of Christ. Surviving are one son, 0. B. Rawls IV of Hertford; one daughter, Mrs. Dwaine ( Laura ) Howiler of Beaufort, S.C. and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Monday at 3:00 P.M. in the Paul Funeral Home Chappell. Lewis Styones officiated. Burial followed in Oakdale Cemetery in Washington. Paul Funeral Home of Washington, N.C. was in charge of arrangements. BUNCH EDENTON ? Earl William Bunch. 68, of Route 3, died Sunday in Chowan Hospital. He was a native of Chowan County. He was a retired farmer and a member of Rocky Hock Baptist church. Survivon include his wife, Lovey Dail Bunch; three daughters, Sylvia Suanders of Elisabeth City, Jean nette Chappell of Hertford and Gloria Johnson of Williamston. Other survivors include five sisters, Gladys Stallings, Emma White and Mary Evans of Edenton, Elsie Gregory of Hertford and Grace Pettys of Sioux City, Iowa; a brother, Ervin Bunch of Windsor; six grand children; and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were conducted Monday, October 3 at 3 p.m. in Rocky Hock Baptist Church by the Rev. Donald Wagner. Burial follwed in the family cemetery, Route 3, Edenton, with Williford-Barham Funeral Home in charge. Perquimans towns get Powell Bill Funds Checks totaling $43,246,535.36 have been mailed to 463 municipalities in North Carolina for local street construction and maintenance. North Carolina Secretary of Transporation William R. Roberson Jr. announced Friday. The monies make up the 1983 allocation of state street aid (Powell Bill) funds. Hertford has received an allocation of $32,104.19 in Powell Bill funds, and Winfall received an allocation of $11,625.97. This allocation is based on the community's population and its mile(s) of local streets. Secretary Roberson said, "Sharing these resources is another example of our partnership with the com munities we serve in our joint effort to meet transportation needs locally as well as statewide. Last year under the Powell Bill provisions, active and qualifying communities in North Carolina received $43,102,210.90. The sum this year and last year equals the amount produced by 1 3/8 cents of the state's motor fuel taxes during the preceding fiscal year. Prior to 1982, Powell Bill funds were based on the amount produced by one cent of the state's gas tax revenues. The three-eights-of-a-cent increase was a portion of the three-cent gas tax increase approved under Governor Jim Hunt's "Good Roads" program passed by the state's 1981 General Assembly. Power Bill funds are distributed according to a legislative formula based 75 percent on population and 25 percent on local street mileage which is not state maintained. Interest rates increase Larry W. Godwin, North Carolina State Director for the Farmers Home Administration, has announced a change in the agency's interest rates for community program loans ef fective October 1. According to Godwin, "The in terest rate for community facility and water and waste loans increased from 9.125 percent to 9.50 percent This rate is based on the current market yields for municipal obligations. The intermediate rate for com munities of moderately less than average means increases from 7.125 percent to 7.25 percent The rate for lower income communities remains at 5 percent. Correction Last week in THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY an article concerning the Perquimans County Quilters failed to properly identify the winner of a quilt auctioned off by the club during the Indian Summer Festival. ?. Ann Young of Hertford was the winner of the Dresdan Plate Quilt and Olivia Madre won the vote yt show favorite with her Orange Peel Quilt. We regret the error. &'? The neater little Heater that doesn't - irrr " ' . ?? ? ; smell like a : . y smudge t "' iM pot. ' ?" 1 The Empire Corcho. It won't fill your home with the odor of burning kerosene. Because the unvented Corcho ? * uses ciean, economical gas. so it s good to your nose, and kind to your , pocketbook. And of course, by using gas. you're never faced with dangerous and messy fill-ups. The Core ho comes in two models and offers selective heating ranging from 3.500 to 15,000 BTU inputs. This means there's a model perfect for your J