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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY 51. Mo. 16 USPS 42S-OSO Hertford. Perquimans County, N.C. Thursday. April IS. 1985 25 CENTS N aval officials evaluate air-space enlargement i By JANE B. WILLIAMS A group of Navy Commanders from Oceana Naval base fielded questions Monday night from a large group of county residents regarding the Navy's recent proposal to expand their re stricted air space in the Albe marle sound. During a public hearing at the Perquimans County Courthouse residents, primarily from the Holiday Island a'hd Snug Harbor communities, expressed their concerns over the environmen tal impact that the enlargement of the restricted area around the Palmetto Target located off the coastline of Harvey Point and the residential areas. Controversy between the U.S. Navy and Perquimans County residents has arisen over the Navy's proposal to enlarge the restricted air space area surrounding the Palmetto Target, pictured above, in the Albemarle Sound. (Photo courtesy of The U.S. Navy) County building permit rate accepted I By JANE B. WILLIAMS The Perquimans County Com missioners voted Monday night to accept a fee schedule for a county-wide inspection program that will be used by the county and the towns of Hertford and Winfall in charging for building permits. } The new fee schedule will pro vide for all permits associated with the construction or remod eling of buildings in both of the towi.., and throughout the county. The fee schedule was adopted after a change in legislature this year that will increase the responsibilities of local building inspectors requiring, not only a p more thorough inspection, but more frequent inspections of construction sites. Earlier in April the mayors of both towns, along with County Manager Randy Keaton, pre sented a plan to the commis sioners that would turn over the issuance of all permits related to construction to the building inspector, calling for one build ing inspector to handle all of the inspection work for the local governing agencies. Under the new fee schedule a minimum fee will be charged for permits for construction, electrical and mechanical, plumbing, insulation, mobile homes, detached buildings, farm buildings and flood insur ance development. The minimal fee for resi dental construction will be $20.00, with the square footage of the house determining the to tal fee. A minimal electrical and me chanical inspection fee has been set at $15.00, with total costs de pending on the size of the serv ice entrance, the number of ap pliances and the heating and cooling system. Residential plumbing inspec tions will cost $20.00, with an ad ditional $1.50 charged for each fixture. The cost of an insulation permit will be $15.00. The set-up, tiedown, plumbing and electrical inspection of a mobile home will cost $25.00. Storage buildings, garages, util ity buildings and sheds that are detached from the main struc ture will be charged a $20.00 minimum, with the final cost depending on the square footage of the building. A flat permit fee of $10.00 will be charged for all farm build ings, excluding dwellings or homes, regardless of the type or size. Under the new schedule the fee for a flood insurance devel opment permits is $10.00. Under the new program no permit or inspection is required for buildings constructed that are not for human habitation and are of a size of 150 square feet or less. County Cancer Society o sets Jail-A-Thon date By CINDY LEICESTER Thursday, May 2, 1985 has been set as the date for the American Cancer Society Jail-A Thon to be held on the Perquimans County Courthouse Lawn from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. i In a meeting held April 1 the following were selected to serve on the Jail-A-Thon Committee: Freda Nelson, Brenda Slngletary, Gene Boyce, Reva Evans, Chris Kornegay, Harriett Woodard, Helen Hunter and Cindy Leicester. Mrs. Debbie Sutton will be serving as chairman for the event. Mrs. Sutton stated, "Committees have been fleeted, but we still need more a \imf ' T volunteers." A fee of $25 is all that needed to have your boss, employees, husband, wife, or anyone else arrested. Kids can pull their money to have their teacher arrested. Everyone can have fun, while helping a worthwhile cause. All proceeds from the Jail- A Thon will go to the Perquimans County Chapter of the American Cancer Society. These funds will then be used to help local cancer victims and to help aid in research to find a cure for this devastating disease. For more information, or to volunteer your help, contact Gene Boyce at 426-5403 during the day. At night contact Debbie Sutton, 42C-5124 or Freda Nelson, 426-7UB. Commander Salter of Oceana addressed the group, contending that the area had been used for more than 20 years without con flict or controversy among resi dents in the area. "To stay ready, our aircrews must train, and train realisti cally. They must train the way they will fight," Salter said dur ing his statement which relayed the need for expansion. Salter said that the western end of the target zone as it is currently defined pevents the execution of a normal level turn that is desirable in lining the aircraft up with the target. To stay within the set boundaries the aircraft must turn while first climbing and then diving at the same time the crew is on the final leg of the bombing run. "This is undesirable for a number of reasons," Salter said; "It is unsafe for the air craft and crew because it leaves little margin for error, it is un realistic, and it is noisier than necessary. The Navy has requested a re alignment of the special use air space that would expand the re stricted area on the southeast corner, eliminating the portion of the area that overlaps the Holiday Island and Harvey Point sections. The proposed re alignment would enable the air crews to train more realistically and in a safer environment, while reducing or eliminating the noise in the resort commu nities Stan Busstead, a Holiday Is land property owner, requested that the Navy conduct an en viornmental impact study prior to taking further steps towards changing the area. Stating that "an environmental impact statement would take all of the promises and give all of the guidelines in black and white." Salters told the group that the navy had, prior to submitting the proposal, conducted a care ful environmental review of the proposal as required, and that the review had shown no signifi cant impact on quality of air, water, wildlife or noise levels. Salters added that an enviro mental impact assessment at this point would be a waste of taxpayers money since there were no plans to increase useage of the area prior to 1990. "I assure you that we would spend close to $l-million to get an environmental impact study done," Salters said. After a lengthy discussion Salters agreed to put into writ ing the Navy's plans for the Palmetto target range, and to forward a copy of the plans to Governor Jim Martin and the Perquimans County Commis sioners. Residents who experience problems with water trafficing, low flying planes or high noise levels should contact Harry Mann by phone at (919) 473-2720 immediately. Winslow appointed Stanley J. Winslow, an area agent with the Agricultural Ex tension Service, has been ap pointed to succeed W.R. (Bill) Jester Jr. as Perquimans County extension chairman. Winslow's appointment was announced Monday by Dr. Ches ter D. Black, director of the N.C. Agricultural Extension Service, and W.W. (Welly) White Jr., chairman of the Per quimans County Board of Com missioners, following approval by the board. The appointment is effective May 1. Jester resigned to accept a position on March 1 with the Delaware Agricultural Exten sion Service. Stanley, who resides at Rt. 1, Belvidere, is a Perquimans County native with a B.S. de gree in agronomy from North Carolina State University. He began his extension career in 1978 as an agent in Lincoln County. He transferred to Pe ruqimans County in 1981, and the following year was placed in charge of the multi-county inte grated pest management pro gram (IPM). Organized as Farmer's Pest Managment Services Cooper ative, Inc., this program pro vides crop management, scout ing and soil sampling services on about 12,000 acres in North eastern North Carolina. "Stanley is a highly dedicated professional who strives for ex cellence in everything he does," Dr. Tom Hobgood, Northeastern District extension chairman said. As county chairman, he will provide leadership for an exten sion staff consisting of three agents and two secretaries. Former librarian reveals library history (Editor's Note: The week of April 14-20 has been desig nated as National Library Week. In conjunction with this observance the Perqui mans County Library will sponsor a parade and bal loon launch today, (Thurs day) at 4:00 p.m. lite follow ing is a history of the local library compiled by Mrs. Lucy Whedbee, who served as the county librarian from 1945-1976.) In the 1930's a group of people interested in reading formed a book club in which each member bought one book and after reading it ex changed it with other mem bers. This interest in sharing books resulted in the group asking the town and county commissioners to organize a public library financed jointly by the town and county. A library board was ap pointed with a member from ? each township. Mrs. Earl Perry of New Hope was chairman. The long narrow wooden building on the Hertford Grammar School grounds used as a school lunch room seemed the best place avail able for the library. Part of this was converted into a li brary by putting up a parti tion of shelves to separate the front part from the lunch room and kitchen in the back. This library consisted of four shelves of books do nated by the book club and other people and some used books donated by the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. Brooks Whedbee was appointed librarian and Mrs. Addie Keegan assistant. When Mrs. Whedbee re signed, she was followed by Mrs. Jessie N. Hudly who served a short time, then Mrs. Silas Whedbee, ap pointed in 1945 served until vm. Prior to 1956, when a new brick lunch room was built for the school, the whole old long wooden building was given for the use of the li brary. Then when the gram mar school burned in 1956, the brick lunch room was not damaged and when the school was reopened in an at*,/ other part of town the brick lunch room was given over entirely to the library. A bookmobile was put in operation going through the county taking books and magazines to the elderly, to children and others who could not come to the li brary. Before this time a state (Continued on page 2) is w - Wtf Photo by George Wlliaore f
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