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American sportsman pay their own way Winston-Salem? The director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Sevice last week praised America's outdoor sportsmen for paying their own way during a time when the federal gov ernment faces "severe" deficit prob lems. Frank Dunkle, appointed by Presi dent Reagan to head the federal fish and wildlife agency, addressed more than 1,000 members of the Interna tional Association of Fish and Wild life Agencies and the American Fish eries Society. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission hosted the week-long annual conference for the two organizations in Winston-Salem. "Our sportsmen are paying for what they use," he said. "They're paying for fish and wildlife manage ment, wildlife protection and the gen era I forward movement of fish and wildlife conservation. The sportsmen in this country have never been hesi tant to put down their dollars." Dunkle hailed the recently devel oped North American Waterfowl Plan as one of the first international approaches to waterfowl manage ment and called for its expansion to include Mexico. He said the plan would include the appointment of a full-time coordinator of the plan. "But we have a little money prob lem," he said. "The United States faces a severe deficit problem and we won't try to seek additional mon ies until we begin to solve our deficit problems." Dunkle asked the fish and wildlife experts to support a National Recre ational Fisheries Policy that will de tail the socio-economic benefits of recreational fisheries. He assured the group that the policy would not be designed as a move toward the cre ation of a national fishing license. "Such licensing lies with the state, but we need the states' support on this policy," he said. Dunkle called for projects to pre serve diversity in species and the en vironment in which they live. He said his agency would seek funding for non-game projects to help identify endangered species. He hailed the national Farm Bill as the greatest op portunity of the decade. He said the bill will put millions of acres of land back into habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife by pro viding incentives to landowners who allow their property to grow into suit able wildlife habitat. 4th annual "pharmacy phone-in" set RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.? North Carolinians will have the opportunity to learn more about medicines by calling a toll-free hot line October 10. The fourth annual "Pharmacy Phone-In" will be held from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. as the kick-off event for N. C, Pharmacy Week, October 11-17. The public service program is spon sored by Glaxo Inc., the North Caro lina Pharmaceutical Association and the North Carolina Society of Hospi tal Pharmacists. , By dialing 1-800-672-2527 or 1-800 672-3308 residents can talk to a regis tered pharmacist about prescription and non-prescription medications. Residents of the Triangle area may call 248-2150. N.C. Pharmacy Week and "Phar macy Phone-In" are held annually to encourage consumers to recognize pharmacists as a reliable source of information about medications and drug therapy. A record 175 callers participated in last year's "Pharmacy Phone-in." Most of the questions concerned po tential side effects of medications and drug interactions. COA announces new chairman off trustees A new chairman has taken over leadership of COA's Board of Trust ees, and some new trustees are also now serving the college. Ray S. Jones Jr. replaces Vernon James, charter member of the COA Board, as chairman. Robert D. "Bob" Aldridge has been elected vice-chairman, and three new trust ees have been named to serve on the Board. "I believe what is important when it comes to responsibilites like this is a person's background in education," said Jones, who earned a bachelor's degree at Wake Forest and a mas ter's degree at East Carolina Univer sity. The Elizabeth City resident is a life underwriter for the Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Co. He previously taught and coached for 10 years at the Elizabeth City Junior-Senior High School where he also served as assistant principal and guidance counselor. Jones also served on the Elizabeth City Pasquotank Board of Education for six years and was chairman for two years. He is an active member of the Elizabeth City Rotary Club and a charter member of he Albemarle Players. Over the years, Jones has worked both full time and part time as an in structor at COA and as dean of ad missions when the college first opened. "This is a coincidence, but my sis ter was the first graduate of COA," said Jones with a laugh. Jones was appointed to serve on COA's Board of Trustees by the gov ernor in 1987. His term of service ex pires in June 1989. He has served as vice-chairman for the last year. Aldridge, the new vice-chairman, was appointed by Pasquotank County commissioners to serve on COA's board. He is also an Elizabeth City resident whose term expires in June 1989. In addition to his service to COA, Aldridge is a member of the Eliza beth City Rotary Club, a deacon at Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church and on the Board for Essex Savings Bank. He is owner of Midgett Insur ance Agency and formerly served as chairman of Albemarle Hospital's Board of Trustees. Wallace E. Nelson is a new board member recently appointed by the governor for a four-year term that will end in June 1991 The Hertford native is director of pharmacy at Chowan Hospital in Edenton. He was previously employed as pharmacist and assistant store manager at Peo ples Drug Store in Elizabeth City. In addition to being active in a number of professional associations. Nelson is on the Governor's Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Among Children and Youth and has held nu merous leadership roles in the Hert ford Lions Club and regional associa tion. He is also a member of the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce and Bethel Ruritan Club. Inez H. Bolden, a native of Eliza beth City, brings a long career in edu cation to her new role as COA trustee. An Elizabeth City State Uni versity graduate, she taught in the Currituck County school system for 12 years and in the Elizabeth City Pasquotank school system for 27 years. Bolden was elected to serve on the COA Board by the Elizabeth City Pasquotank Board of Education. She is an active member of St. Stephens Missionary Baptist Church and is im mediate past president of the Eliza beth City branch of the National As sociation of University Women. She has also served in the local branch of the N.C. Association of Educators, Elizabeth City Womans Club and other civic and professional organi zations. W.C. "Bill" Owens Jr., who is chairman of the Pasquotank County Board of Commissioners, was chosen by that group to serve on COA's Board of Trustees. A county commis sioner since 1976, Owens has served as chairman of the county governing body for more than three years. An Elizabeth City native, Owens is a member of the state and national boards for the County Commission ers Association and is on the N.C. Joint Regional Forum which deals with regional issues of cities and counties. He is also a member of the State Critical School Needs Commit tee and has been in the N.C. National Guard for 20 years. The former COA student is also a member of the Eliza beth City Rotary Club and is on the Red Cross Board, Unied Way Fund Board and Albemarle Commission Board of Directors. COA announces scholarship recipients A number of scholarship recipients have recently been named by finan cial aid administrators at College of The Albemarle. Patti B. Boyce of Hertford was re cently named recipient of a Wood men of The World scholarship. The $250 scholarship will help Boyce in her goal of becoming a licensed prac tical nurse through COA's nursing programs. Cheryl E. Stafford of Elizabeth City was selected to receive a $328 scholarship from the Pasquotank County Extension Homemakers Club. Stafford is enrolled in pre-el ementary education in the College Transfer Division. Koye Wayne Korbl is the recipient of the Alexandra K. Boada schol arship. Korbl. an Elizabeth City resi dent, will receive $308 for use in the College Transfer pre-liberal arts pro gram. Elizabeth City resident Patricia A. Stoddard has been selected to receive both the $300 Harriette M. Crump scholarship and the $300 Junior Worn en's Club scholarship Stoddard is en rolled in the Business Administration Technology program at COA. Three Carolina Telephone schol arships in the amount of $500 each have been awarded to Crystal S. Ware, a Tyner resident in the Cosme tology program; Charles E. Wright, an Elizabeth City resident in the Electrical Installation and Mainte nance program ; and Carol Y. Patter son, an Elizabeth City resident in the Medical Secretary program. County youngsters celebrate 4-H week PERQUIMANS COUNTY 4-H by: Juanila T. Bailey Home Economics Ext. AgenM-H Perquimans County 4-H members and leaders art- joining with others across the state and nation to cele brate National 4-H Week Oct. 4-10 and the 78th anniversary of 4-H work in North Carolina. The national theme is "4-H for Youth for America," according to Juanita T. Bailey. Home Economics Extension Agent. 4-H. "What we do for our youth today, we do for America tomorrow," the agent said. "Through 4-H, young peo ple use their experiences and exper tise to acquire practical skills. They learn good health habits, develop re spect for themselves and others, ex plore career and leisure time oppor tunities, share responsibility for preserving the environment, learn how to use technology, and develop leadership and citizenship skills." The 4-H program has a proud tradi tion, according to Juanita T. Bailey. The first clubs were organized in North Carolina in 1909. During National 4-H Week, 4-H Vol unteers and 4-H members will be completing a 4-H Fair Booth Exhibit for the State Fair, participating in a 4-H Mall Exhibit atSouthgate Mall in Elizabeth City and continuing to pro mote the sale of 4-H and Ronald Mc Donald House tickets. The 4-H and Ronald McDonald House campaign is a fund raising ef fort to raise money for four Ronald McDonald Houses in N.C. for a (1.00 donation, you have a chance of win ning a steer, lamb, or hog "live on the hoof" or dressed as you prefer. One half of all ticket sales in Perquimans County will go to support Ronald Mc Donald House and the other one-half will remain in the county to help sup port local 4-H programs. To encourage ticket sales, the State 4-H Council is sponsoring the follow ing categories of awards in the listed amounts: High Sales - Individual 4-H Member $100, High Sales - 4-H Club )100, High Sales - County $100, High Sales - Group-non Club $100. Any 4-H or non-4-H group may participate and have a chance to receive these awards. Interested persons or groups should call 426-7697. The 4-H program is conducted through county offices by the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service at North Carolina State and A&T. State Universities. American poetry contest announced A $1,000 grand prize is being of fered in World of Poetry's New American Poetry Contest, open to all poets. There are 200 prizes in all, to taling over $16,000. There is no entry fee. Poets may enter one poem only of 21 lines or less, on any subject, using any style. The deadline for entering is October IS, 1967. Winners will be notified on or before December 15, 1967, in plenty of time for Christmas. A winner's list will be sent to all en America's Drat arteoalya hard-aur faoc road wm built in rniwylwnl> Completed In 17M. It wm known M Km Lancaster Turnpike and ran ttm*aa trants. World of Poetry reserves the right to publish the winning poem. Says Poetry Editor Mrs. Eddie-Lou Cole, "I'm almost 80 years young, and I expect this contest to produce some exciting discoveries." Entries should be sent to: World of Poetry, Dept. New American, 2431 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, Califor nia 95817. Ed Nixon and Watson Blanchard inspect a recently installed water control structure on Nixon's farm. Farmers work on improving water quality Perquimans County farmers are aiding in the improvement of area water quality, reports John Myers, District Conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service. In the past year, 28 water control structures were installed in Perquimans County. These structures, which help control the runoff on over 4,000 acres, were installed through the N. C. Agri cultural Cost Share Program. It is estimated that water control structures keep 10 lbs. of nitrogen per acre of cropland watershed from en tering the rivers and sounds. Phos phorus is also tied up and sediments have time to settle out. Farmers may also see some added benefits from controlling runoff in terms of in creases in soil moisture and availibil ity for crop production. For more information contact your local Soil Conservation District office at 104 Dobbs Street, Hertford, N.C. or phone 426-5545. Tips on reducing rodents in your home Every year, thousand of homes across North Carolina become hosts to uninvited visitors? bugs, insects, rodents and other pests. These un welcome pests may create health problems and damage food, clothes, furniture, carpeting and even the en tire structure of homes and build ings. If you've seen evidence of rodents, termites, bugs or mice in your kitchen, cupboards, drawers or bath, there's a good chance your home could be infested with these un wanted pests. For every one you see, there may be hundreds more hiding somewhere in your home. Governor James G. Martin has proclaimed October 4-10, 1987 as En vironmental Health Week in North Carolina. In the proclamation, the governor said that the health and well-being of this state's citizens de pend greatly upon maintaining a n and safe environment. N.C. Department of Human Re sources Secretary David T. Flaherty and the N.C. Public Health Associa tion joined the governor in urging cit izens to take an active role in making this state a healthier, happier place to live. Some of the more common house hold pests in North Carolina include ants, cockroaches, clothes moths, carpet bettles, crickets, fleas house flies, spiders, ticks, silverfish, pow der-post beetles, wasps, mosquitos, termites, mice and rats. Many of these pests not only contaminate food and infest other areas of the home, they carry disease organisms that can cause typhoid fever, cholera, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, intes tinal worms, diarrhea, dysentary, salmonella and many others. Some pests, such as spiders, can cause painful bites. Bugs and pests in and around the home do not necessarily indicate bad housekeeping because every home, no matter how clean, provides condi tions where pests can breed. While many of these pests are problems mainly during the warmer months, a number of them can be a problem during the cooler weather as well. Carpet beetles, for example, do just as much damage in the winter as in the summer. Fleas may also be ac tive during the cooler months, plus they may lay eggs in carpeting and pet bedding. This could create an in festation in the spring when the eggs hatch. It is much easier to prevent pests from infesting the home that it is to get rid of them once they are there. These are some housekeeping tips to keep pests away: -keep floors, windows, window sills, screens, cupboards, baseboards and closets washed and vacummed. Household pests live on spilled food and organic substances that are not completely cleaned up. They breed and live in small, hard-to-get-to areas such as cracks and crevices where cleaning if more difficult. Scrub these areas frequently with soap and hot water. Be sure to clean these areas before treating them with pesticides. Do not scrub newly pesticide-treated surfaces; -promptly dispose of food, crumbs, garbage, fabric scraps, lint and other waste materials where pests may eat or breed; -store all goods in tightly closed containers. Keep the containers clean inside and out so that the pests will not be attracted; -before purchasing dry foods, check the packages for breaks where pests might enter and contaminate; -dispose of cardboard cartons and paperbags used to carry gro ceries and other materials, Some pests "hitchhike" into your home in this manner, and they could cause an infestation if the containers are stored in the kitchen or basement ; -seal up places where pests may enter. Caulk the openings and cracks around wash basins, toilet bowls, wa ter pipes, drain pipes, and radiator pipes. Fill in cracks around base boards and between floorboards. Cover openings where rates or mice may enter. Be sure that windows and doors fit snugly; -bring firewood in the house only as you need it. Pests often spend the winter in firewood, and when it is brought into a warm room, the bugs become active. Keep your fireplace clean. Wood piles are a natural hab itat for pests. If you don't know what type of pest you're dealing with, contact a profes sional pest control operator. You should also seek professional serv ices if the pest problems continue 15 days after treating them yourself Getting rid of pests permanently of ten requires the use of pesticides that can only be handled by professional pest control operators. Managing efficiently The call for a more efficient way to manage office communications may have been answered. That may not only make many jobs easier, it might open the way for many more jobs in America. The efficient flow of information is quickly becoming of pre-eminent concern in today's business world. In response, one company has come up with an advanced telephone computer system that can link voice, pictures, text and data to an ever expanding range of devices for such uses as electronic mail and data processing. Many office managers believe such innovative informa tion systems, enhancements and upgrades from Siemens can help them make their operations more cost-effective. That can mean more money available for new employees ? or higher salaries for the ones al ready there. ^^iemensemploysMjOOOpro ELECT ' W.D. (Bill) Cox 20 years |fl J\ * (J tC Dedicated experience * m to In . ?? Improving Town Government Sfc OT nGrtTOrO Hertford November 3y 1987 ? Your Vote and Support are needed and Appreciated ? across the country dedicated to making advanced communications work for all of us. 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