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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY :*V?' > '? Volume $7, No. 6 USPS 42I-0M Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, February 5, 1987 25 CENTS Climatic conditions sited as cause for Duckweed problem in Perquimans River County Commissioners learned , Monday that the North Carolina De partment of Environmental Manage ment feels climatic conditions over the past two years are the cause for the Duckweed problem in the Perqui mans River. R. Paul Wilms, Director of the Di vision of Environmental Manage ment, stated in a letter to Randy Kea ton, dated January 22, 1987, that his department has reviewed all the in formation pertinent to duckweed j, blooms in the Perquimans River near Hertford. Mr. Wilms stated that the depart ment's study included examination of water chemistry, climalogical, and point and non-point source data. The letter states that duckweed is very common in the organic rich and sluggish waters of North Carolina's coastal plain, and that it responds rapidly to conditions found in mill ponds, ponded areas, and tidally in fluenced streams such as the Perqui mans River during the summer months. Wilms stated that given time to es tablish and without sufficient flush ing, duckweed forms mats which shade underlying water, thus elimi nating competition from algae for nu trients. Wilms' letter went on to state that several factors contributed to the large bloom of duckweed in the river during 1965 and 1986. The weed com monly occurs in the upper reached of the Perquimans watershed, and that low rainfall has prevented normal flushing of duckweed through the system. Periodic flushing generally prevents such build up, and without proper flushing several factors have combined to stimulate growth of the weed. The location of the Hertford WWTP may have also added to the growth of duckweed during the low flow condi tions. According to Wilms low flow conditions cause less dilution of am monia. Duckweed thrives on ammo nia which stimulates aquatic growth. Salt content in the water during 1985 and 1986 were also found to be below the level necessary to limit growth of Duckweed. In conclusion Wilms stated that a review of all available water quality data on the Perquimans River indi cated no major changes in the water quality, and that climatic conditions over the past two years have such that natural flushing' of the system has not occurred. Low amounts of rainfall have also resulted in less di lution of nutrient waters from the Hertford WWTP causing or contrib uting to increased Duckweed growth. Wilms stated that his department will continue to evaluate data for trends in the water quality of the Per quimans River, and indicated that more rainfall is needed to eliminate Duckweed from the river. The Commissioners adopted on Monday a resolution congratulating Jim 'Catfish' Hunter on his election into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Board will present the resolution to Hunter at a later meeting. The Board also met Monday with members of the Board of Education over breakfast at Union School to dis cuss the school facilities needs sur vey. The commissioners were asked to support the survey which calls for $10 million dollars worth of projected improvements for school facilities in the future. After much discussion the commissioners decided to discuss this matter at a later meeting. Stan Winslow reviewed with the board the low maintenance landscap ing plan which will be implemented at the Agricultural Extension Build ing. The plan includes landscaping the area around the building with several varities of dwarf holly plants. Winslow also invited the board to at tend to workshops sponsored by his office concerning farmers and stress. Winslow stated that there would be two workshops held The dates for the workshops are February 9th. and February 17th. They will be held at the extension office. The public is in vited to attend. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. Fire Dept. holds banquet The Winfall Fire Department held their annual ladies night and awards [ banquet on Saturday, January 31, 1987, at the Winfall Community Building. Mr. Lewis Evans of Farm Bureau Insurance Company was the guest speaker, and three awards were pre sented during the banquet. The three awards presented during the evening were Outstanding Young Firefighter, Fireman of the Year, and an award for Meritorious Serv .ice. ' Mark Symons was presented the Outstanding Young Firefighter of the Year award, and Richard 'Red' Copeland received the award for Fireman of the year. The award for Meritorious Service was presented to Mr. Thomas Nixon, Perquimans County Commissioner. The award for meritorious service is presented each year to an outstanding person who has donated time and service to the Winfall Fire Department. The re cipient does not have to be a member of the fire department. Also during the evening Wayne Winslow was sworn in as chief of the 23 member department, and mem bers of the department were pre sented a silver dollar by the Mayor of Winfall, Lloyd Ray Morgan. It was reported at the banquet that the de partment is averaging 2 calls a month, and they were congratulated by everyone present for their out standing contribution to the Winfall community. Pictured above are winners of awards presented by the Win fall Fire Dept. at their annual awards banquet. Left to right are Thomas Nixon, Meritorious Service Award, Richard 'Red' Copeland, Fireman of the Year, and Mark Symons, winner of the Outstanding Young Firefighter Award. Elizabeth city man killed in accident A Pasquotank County man was killed and charges are pending in an accident which occurred Monday morning near Allen's Mobile Station on Highway 17 South. Drayton McCall, 42, of Elizabeth City, was killed at approximately 5:30 a.m. on Monday morning when the car he was driving collided with a tractor trailer rig on Highway 17 south of Hertford. According to N.C. Highway Patrol man, W.M. Long, Mr. McCall was traveling on U.S. 17 South at the time of the accident. The tractor trailer which was driven by Mr. Cecil Daniel Clinton of Bladenboro N.C. was leav ing Allen's Mobile station making a left hand turn onto the highway. Long stated that the tractor driven by Mr. Clinton had made it's way into the north bound lane, but the trailer ap parently had not cleared the left lane when the collision occurred. Long stated that the accident is currently under investigation, and that no charges had been filed in the case as of press time Tuesday. Mr. McCall was pronounced dead on arrival at Chowan Hospital in Edenton. Mr. Clinton was apparently uninjured . Trooper Long also reported that a pickup truck not involved in the ini tial accident also glanced off the the car that McCall was driving, but did not receive any extensive damage. American agricultural crisis causes financial problems and stress for county farmers BY PAIGE L. UNDERWOOD Home Economics Ext. Agent fc This is the second article of the se ries on 'American Agriculture Crisis Causes Financial Problems and Stress for Farmers'. Farmers experience pressures from all directions, while all of us must contend with inflation and re cession or the death of a family mem ber, farmers have added uncertain ties like weather and commodity prices that directly influence their livelihood. fc Stress can be defined as energy in a ' blocked or chaotic state. It is an ab sence of calm, free-flowing energy that promotes harmony and balance in a person's body, mind, and soul. When the free-flow of energy is tied up in a person's body, the muscles knot up and keep the person tense. Then the person can experience ach ing muscles, stomach problems, di arrhea or constipation, shortness of breath, cramps and fatigue. When under stress, some people have trou ble relaxing, concentrating, making desions or sleeping. Others find un der pressure they smoke more, drink more or eat too much or too little. A good clue that a person is stressed, is when they have difficulty being flexi ble or adapting to changing circum stances. Some of the changing circum stances for a farmer may be not be ing able to make enough money Arts program receives Governor's award On January 19th, Governor Jim ^Martin presented awards to sixteen public school systems across the state including Perquimans County that have been named winners of the Governor's Programs of Excellence in Education Awards for 1906-1987. These school systems were recog nized for offering innovative pro grams in areas such as the arts, high technology, discipline, and teaching practices. Winning programs were chosen by tan eight member committee ap pointed by Governor Martin. School districts were judged on the basis of need, planning by personnel, appro priateness of objectives and strate gies, and the effectiveness of evalua tion procedures. Perquimans County received the Governor's award for the K-12 Visual Arts Program. The K-12 visual arts program has as its goal to build a strong community awareness of vi * sual arts and their balance with other areas of the curriculum. The pro gram has achieved its goals through a joint effort of two art teachers, De bra Coates, and Joan Mansfield. They have provided numerous oppor tunities to students to participate in county wide projects. The program is also seen as a direct result of the school board's commitment to pro vide every educational opportunity available for all students, and the su perintendent's knowledge and under standing of bow visual arts supports the learning process. Joan Mansfield teaches at the el ementary level and according to Ra leigh, the elementary level art pro grams have emerged as a creative, innovative opportunity for children. The children are building art skills, developing an appreciation of art, and flair and self-confidence for exhi bition. At the high school level Debra Coates has carried students beyond skills, into studies of art history, and art appreciation. Students are active in national contest, scholarship com petitions, exhibits, and community activities The students in both programs have art displayed throughout the year, and they are proud of their tal ents. The committee stated that the stu dents in Perquimans County share a communication mode through art and its meaning for them. Debra Coates, Joan Mansfield and Susan Winslow traveled to Winston Salem to receivi ?he award, and pre sented the Governor with a pencil drawing of he and his wife done by Bruce White, a senior, and Art IV stu dent at the high school. ?Taxpayers urged to choose preparer carefully Taxpayers should choose a return preparer very carefully and should beware of preparers who buy or dis count the amount of a taxpayer's re fund, the Internal Revenue Service advises. The IRS has been alerted to "re fund buyers" who are receiving as signments of income tax "refund buyers" who are receiving assign ments of income tax refund claims. The refund buyer discounts the amount of the refund and has the ad dree? shown on the return changed so that the refund goes to the refund buffer's address instead of the tax payer's address. When the refund check is received by the refund buyfer, he cashes it. The entire prac tier is illegal. ') Any pewon who is an income tax retin preparer who endorses or otheiwiae negotiates a refund "i"* (other than his or her own) is subject to a 1600 penalty. In addition, the administrative processing of a return with an invalid or incorrect returfa address could cause potential problems for the tax payer in the future and the "refund buyer" does not timely forward offi cial correspondence, interest and pe nalties may be a? essed to the tax payer's account The IRS advises taxpayers to avoid dealing with "discounters" or "re fund buyers," and report any individ ual or business engaged in this illegal practice to the IBS by calling the toll free number, l-MMM-1040. Refunds on returns filed in' Jan uary or February only take 4 to 6 weeks to proc? . A 90 percent dis count is ? steep rate of interest to pay for such a short wait ?f which results in needing to find an additional job. Employment opportu nities are limited and there's a feel ing then, that one may not know how to make money a different way. The question is, when to turn; who can help; how will the bill be paid? Everyone experiences stress in dif ferent ways. There are not two peo ple who would react the same. Women are different from men ( they both have the same pressures but they react differently). It is most im portant that the line of communica tion stay open between a man and wife. If and when a man withdraws as a reaction to stress, a wife and family must become more support ive and involved. Often a wife will look for help and then the husband will turn more to her. This make a double burden on the wife because she has both the financial burden and the struggle to keep the husband going. The wife becomes the "stress manager". She can help with trans actions, business, and communica tion. By recognizing the early warning signs of stress, farm family mem bers can begin early to regain per sonal health and self-esteem. And they can attempt to improve the emo tional well-being of the entire family by admitting and owning up to the fact that there is a problem. Talk to friends, family members and resource people. Some of the early warning signs of stress are: irritabil ity over trifles, impatience, frustra tion, depression, angry blow-ups, dif ficulty controlling emotions, cold Above are left to right: Joan Mansfield and Debra Coates. Ms. Mansfield and Mrs. Coates are shown with the award which was presented to the Perquimans County School Sys tem for their K-12 Visual Arts Program. Ms. Mansfield tea ches art atUnion School, Hertford Grammar School, and Cen tral School. Mrs. Coates teaches art at the High School. School board develops facility needs survey The Perquimans County Board of Education met last Wednesday, Jan uary 28th, in a special session to re view and make changes to the 1986 1987 School Facilities Needs Survey for the county. According to A. Craig Phillips, Su perintendent of Public Instruction, the objective of the school facilities needs survey is to identify the cost of providing a safe, attractive, func tional learning environment for all our students. The survey includes such things as replacement of temporary facilities, replacement of obsolete facilities, and renovations to buildings which are suitable for long range use. The survey is designed for long term planning of capital outlay expendi tures. Pat Harrell, Superintendent of the Perquimans County Schools, re viewed with the board the county's survey which he had completed. The survey includes long range projects, with the board planning projects to be done as far off as the year 2000. The board of education stated that they felt priority should lay with ren ovations or replacement of Central School in Winfall. The school system hopes to replace Central School with a new facility that will house as many as 450 students. The total cost of those things the board felt were necessary under the guidelines of the survey came in at just over $10 million dollars. The Board also looked at and re viewed a preposed drawing of the school office building which will soon be under construction. The new building will be constructed to in clude the school system offices as well as storage facilities for dry food items. Mr. Harrell reported to the board that the Union School cafeteria! pro ject is completed and it is scheduled for final inspection any day. He also stated that the hood system in the cafeteria is working fine, and the stu dents are back eating lunch in the fa cility. The board also planned to get to gether with the County Commission ers for breakfast at Union School on Monday, February 2nd. to discuss the school facility needs survey. Hiere being no further business the meeting was adjourned. shoulder rejection and low self-es teem. Also, other red light signals may be, rising blood pressure, rap idly beating heart, clenched teeth, aching neck and shoulers, sweating hands and feet and dropping sexual interest. To reduce the pile up of too many stressful events at one time, some sit uations can be controlled by planning ahead, setting priorities, saying no to extra commitments, simplifying life by trimming luxuries and meeting basic needs. Also, shift from worrying to prob lem solving, turn crisis into chal lenges, notice and recognize accom plishments rather than failures. Set realistic goals and expectations daily and give up tryng to be perfect. All of this is easier said than done. Make every effort to control attitudes and responses day-in and day-out. Rest, exercise, eat balanced meals, think positive, and mediate 30 min utes a day. Brochures on Stress Management are available at the Perquimans County Extension Office. Services available to head injury victims RALEIGH? Human Resources Deputy Secretary Ruby T. Hooper, R.D., today announced a special co operative effort between DHR's CARE-LINE and the North Carolina Head Injury Foundation, Inc. Hooper added that this initiative will increase public awareness of existing services for head injury vic tims and their families. "Head injuiries are a serious health problem in North Carolina and across the nation, resulting in death, disability, and intensive hospital care for hundreds of thousands of Americans," Hooper emphasized. "Many other victims are unable to return to a normal life because of se rious physical, psychological, com munication, and vocational prob lems." Susan Crocker, Director of the Of fice of Information and Referral, said that the CARE-LINE is a toll free telephone service which oper ates Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. CARE-LINE is equipped with a TDD (telecommuni cations device for the deaf) to assist persons who are deaf or hearing im paired. The North Carolina Head Injury Foundation, Inc., (NCHIF) is a non profit organization formed in 1962 by health professionals and the families of head injury victims. The Founda tion acts as an advocate for victims of head injuries and their families and helps coordinate a statewide net work of local support groups. Other services offered by the Foundation include, a Resource Library which maintains printed materials and vi deo tapes as well as an equipment pool which icludes a variety of items which are available at no charge to those with head injuries. Dr. Catherine Brown, past Presi dent of NCHIF, and the Chief of Speech and Hearing Services at Whi taker Rehabilitation Center in Winston-Salem, pointed out that head injuries frequently result in serious medical complication requiring lengthy hospital care, intensive reha bilitation, and emotional support to deal with family stress. "Head injuries can lead to losses in memory, the senses, mobility, com munication, and mental func tioning," Dr. Brown said. "These burdens often make it difficult for victims to function adequately in day-to-day living." For more information on the North Carolina Head Injury Foundation, lo cal support groups, or other sources of assistance call the Foundation at (919) 722-6890. In addition, citizens may call CARE-LINE toll-free from anywhere in North Carolina at 1-800 662-7030, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Cattlemen s convention scheduled for February The new tax law, merchandising cattle and beef promotion are three of the topics to be addressed at the 38th annual conference of the North Carolina Cattlemen's Association. The conference will be held February 9 and 10 at the North Raleigh Hilton in Raleigh. Dr. J.W. Looney, Dean of the Uni versity of Arkansas School of Law, will speak on "The New Tax Law and Challenges for the Beef Industry," at the Tuesday morning session. Also speaking at the Tuesday morning session will be Jeanne Sowa, Direc tor of Beef Advertising and promo tion for the Beef Industry Council National Live Stock and Meat Board, Chicago. Ms. Sowa will speak on "New Extended Challenges for Beef Promotion, Research and Educa tion." "The cattle industry has embarked on a new and challenging program in beef promotion and education. It has not been easy to get producers, mar V ketmen, processorsPand retailers to pull in the same direction for the good of the industry. We have that opportunity with the new $1.00 per head check-off. If the industry is going to compete with other prod ucts, it is a must that we work to gether," says NCCA President Dana Tugman, Laurel Springs, N.C. Key speaker for the Monday ses sion wil be Jim Darazsdi, Executive Vice President of Rocco Enterprises, Harrisonburg, Va. Darazsdi will speak on "Merchandising Challenges for the Beef Industry." Also speaking at the conference will be Dr. Monte Rouquette, Jr., di rector of the Texas Agricultural Ex periment Station in Overton, Texas. Rouquette will speak on "Efficient Forage Utilization Challenges." Dr. Harlan Ritchie, professor of animal science at Michigan State University will speak on "Retained Ownership of Feeder Cattle." *
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