■ Sports: Piratei-.
. basketball teams practice
hard for season: *
Feature: Winfaii
woman shares history with
Chowan Hospital: pag« s
Turkey shoot planned .
Durants Neck Kuntan Club will
hold a turkey shoot 90 Saturday,
Nov. 17, from 3 a.m. until, at the
Durants Neck- Community Build
ing.. The cost is $2 per snot. Call
James McKeel at 264-3722 for more
information. •
Clinics changed
Effective in December, free
blood pressure screenings at Cho
wan Hospital will be offered only on
the second and fourth Thursdays of
every month from 1 to 3 p.m. in the
hospital lobby.
Seniors plan luncheon
The Memory Lane Senior Citi
zens Club will have a covered dish
luncheon bn Monday, Nov. 19 at
12;30 p.m. at the Perquimans
County Senior Center.
Assistance available
Applications for the Low Income
Energy Assitance. Program must
be submitted to the Perquimans
County Department of Social Serv
ices by. Wednesday, Nov. 21,
according to DSS representative
Carlyn Brown. The program pro
vides February payments to help
defray home heating costs to eligi
ble persons.
Dance cancelled
The Nov: 23 dance scheduled by ‘
the Harbor Lites Square Dancers
for Friday, Nov. 23, has been
cancelled.
Books distributed
* First grade students at Hertford
Grammar School will receive a gift
book title ‘My Favorite Book*
thanks to the generosity of three
county businesses: Hertford Sav
ings & Loan Association, Hollowell
Oil Company and Community Gas
. Company .
. ‘My Favorite Book’ is designed
and written to bring a positive in
fluence into each child’s; life! ft il
lustrates the beauty of their world
. and the people who are in it. efipe
' cially the children themselves..
Bookmobile stops
The bookmobile schedule for
Nov. 16 is as follows: Library 9:45 -
10:30, Holiday Island Club House
. 11:00-1:00, Snug Harbor 1:30-2:15,
Adams Family Country Store
(Bethei), 2:30 - 2:45, K. Beals (E.
Bear Swamp Bid.) 3:00 - 3:15, E.
•Kirby (Highway 17).3:30, and
: Gladys Warren (Davenport Lane).':
Health clinics
• The November clinic schedule
for the Perqdimans County Health
Department is as follows: Nov. 16
general p.m., WIC all day; Nov. 19
prenatal aim.; Nov. 20- WIC all
day; Nov, 21- child health a.m.,'
PSC, Dr. Slade p.m., and Nov. 22-23
jsa Holiday,
All clinics are held on 'appoint
ment; basis" only and. there is .a
charge for sei .ices based on in
come.
Nutrition menus
'-The Nutrition Site.menu for the
week of Nov. 1923 is as follows:
Monday-smoked sausage, maca
- rorii and cheese, buttered green
pedhg, dinner roll, margar.ine«
pineapple pieces ahd milk. ....
; Tuesday-Brunswick stew with,
chicken, cold pickled beets, green
beans, crackers, margarine, choco-’
late cake With white ;icing, and'
. milk. . •.. . ■
Wednesday-lasagna, tossed
salad, whole kernel corn, French :
bread; margarine, hot spiced
apples, and milk. :
Thursday-BBQ chicked, broccoli,
blackeye peas. Whole wheat bread,
margarine, oatmeal cookie and
. milk, "■ .
’•••• Friday-battered fish portion, co
leslaw, stewed potatoes, corn
bread, margarine, fresh orange
and milk. \\ ‘
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Hertford power customers decrease bills
The town of Hertford is ahead of
schedule on recooping its invest
ment in the Electric-$ave program,
power agency representative Cecil
Rose told the town’s council Mon
day night.
The program is designed to re
duce electrical demand during
peak hours, therefore reducing the
amount billed , to the town each
month. Electric customers who'
participate in the program save
also. Power customers can sign up
. to have their electric water heaters
and/or central air conditioners on
the program. The town installs a
switch at no C06t to the customer
which allows the power agency to
cycle the appliances at peak de
mand periods. Control periods av
erage just, minutes at a time over
two to three hours, typically from 3
CT&T begins
to recycle
Carolina Telephone, which uses a
large amount of paper in its opera
tions and in its telephone directo
ries, is initiating a companywide
paper recycling program.
Janis Plummer, director-cor
porate communications, said,
“Employees at Carolina Telephone
are as conscious of the declining
quality of otic environment as are
other Americans. The recycling of
paper helps reduce the demand for.
trees, which are the filters of the
air we breathe, ”
• Although company employees
are participating in paper recy
cling programs in several locations
;;in varying degrees, this company-,
wide program will make it effec
tive throughout the company's 50
couqty service area, Plummer
said,
In addition, Carolina Telephone
; will encourage its customers to co
operate in a program to collect and
recycle old teiphone directories
. once a year in each directory loca-:
tion as new directories are issued to
replace the old ones.
Plummer said, “Monies derived
from the sale of reusable paper will
be donated to environmental orga
nizations.”
to 5 p.m. in summer and 7 tb 9 a.m.
. in winter. The: switch is activated
only three or four days each month.
Customers receive credit on their
electric bills for participating.
There is a $2 monthly credit, year
round for water heaters and a $4
credit June through September for
. central air conditioners. Customers
can decide to leave the program, at
any time if they are not satisfied
with the service, again at no cost.
At present, 39 central air .condi
tioners and 116 water heaters are
on the program. Electric custom
ers continue to express interest in
the program. “We are having other
people sign up for this every day,”
Mayor W.D. “Bill” Cox told the
council.
“You can’t lose on that pro
“You can’t lose on
that program.’’
Jesse Harris
Hertford
councilman
gram,” councilman Jesse Harris
commented.
Rose told the council thatVthe
power agency hopes to see the pro
gram triple. “What we hope to get
you to is a minimum of 30 percent
of your customers on the program
within the next two years,” he said.
A little over 10 percent of the town’s
customers are on the program at
present.
Rose also urged the council to get
businesses with water heaters to
sign up for the load management
system.
The town invested $3,300 in sign
up monies to participate in the pro
gram. There is also a $300 per
month fee to cover the costs of the
telephone lines and FM stations
through which the system operates.
In addition, the town pays for the
switches and for installation, which
usually costs about $50 per switch.
The power agency estimated when
the town signed up that it would
take approximately two years to
recoup their investment and realize
a savings on their power bill. Rose
told the council that they are run
ning about six months ahead of
schedule.
Photo by Susan Harris
No settlement
Almost two weeks after fire blazed through the Hertford Police Department, no word has been
received from the insurance .company on a settlement. Mayor Bill Cox said Monday night that the
town carried $73,000 coverage on the building and over $15,000 on contents. Both the Chamber of
Commerce arid the police department are working in temporary office spaces.
Recycling days canceled in Perquimans County
Monthly Recycling Days in four
counties are being canceled uhtil
further notice, the Albemarle Envi
ronmental Association announced.
Recycling days have been held
monthly for a year in Perquimans
and almost that length of time in
Pasquotank, Camden, and Curri
tuck counties. The Saturday pick
up days were well attended be
cause of the wide range of iteihs
; collected and the fact that cash was
paid for aluminum, glass, and plas
tic..’ ;
“We regret this inconvenience to
so many who have, gotten into the
’ habit of sdrting and recycling. Most
families who were faithful about re
cycling found that their trash was
reduced tremendously-somietimes
to just one bag a week. We .estimate
that household recycling reduces
volume of trash by as much as 75 to
90 percent. At the present time we
have no alternative except to
cancel the days, as we have had no
time to find a replacement (for Rid
dick Recyclers) and do not see any
prospects on the horizon,” stated
Carolyn Hess, president Of AEA.
AEA members had announced
that the recyciing days wei'e
canceled because Riddick Recycl
ers, the company that worked with
the AEA at the recycling centers,
had gone out of business. But owner
George Riddick told The Daily Ad
vance that he has not gone out of
business. The AEA reported that
Riddick did not show up for the
Nov. 3 recycling day in Pasquotank
County at Knobbs Creek Park.
The environmental group is
urging area residents to continue
recycling where possible. In Pasqu
otank County, convenience centers
behind, the fire station on U S. 17
North and opposite the Coast Guard
base will accept glass, aluminum
and newspaper. A recycling center
in Mt. Hermon and.the landfill will
be open by theend of the month.
The group also suggests that peo
ple call county officals to learn
when permanent recycling pro
grams will be implemented. AEA is
urging people to purchase recycled
goods whenever possible.
“A big part of the problem is eco
nomic,” according to Jim Davis,
AEA vice president. “Markets for
recyclables are not expanding as
rapidly as they could, despite ad
equate technology. People are not
yet attuned to buying recycled
goods-for example, paper. When
schools, government, and industry
-tbe major purchasers of paper-be
gin to choose recycled paper over
paper produced from virgin fibers,
the loop will be closed and we will
begin to see some real economics
and conservation of the environ
ment.”
Hertford’s electric customers can
shave up to $40 per year off of
their power bills by signing up for
the load management program,
Electri-$ave.
Conference
scheduled
“Challenges and Strategies for
the Family in the 1990s” is the
theme for an open public session in
Edenton scheduled for Sat., Nov. 17
from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at
American Legion Post 40.
The conference is part of a re
gional Rural Minority Women’s
Leadership Development program.
It is hosted jointly by the Chowan
County Agricultural Service and
The Center for Rural and Coastal
Living at Elizabeth City State Uni
versity.
“We have state, local and na
tional presenters,” said Lenora
Mackey, Human Resources Direc
tor of ECSU-CRCL. “Both men and
women are invited to come. We
welcome anyone concerned about
family life.”
Gary Lacy of the Children’s De
fense Fund in Washington, D.C. will
give the keynote address during the
luncheon session. Lacy is a Senior
Program Associate in CDF’s Fam
ily Support Division.
“We are concerned with the fu
ture of America’s families, and how
changes in family structure have
impacted on children,” says Lacy.
Thealeta Monroe, Executive Di
rector of the Youth Advocacy and
Involvement Office of the N.C. De
partment of Administration, will
Degin the morning session at 9 a m.
“There are important related is
sues,” says Mrs. Monroe. “We are
also concerned about single-parent
families, and about such issues as
self-sufficiency.”
Annie White, Vocational Direc
tor-Observer-Evaluator for the
Perquimans County Public School
System, will also make a presenta
tion during the morning session.
She will focus primarily on paren
tal involvement in primary and sec
ondary education.
The American Legion Post is lo
cated on Hwy. 17 Business South,
which is West Queen Street Ex
tended.
The preregistration fee of $10 in
cludes a buffet meal, and is due by
Nov. 8. Please contact Mrs.
Mackey at 335-3587 or Bonita Wil
liams at 482-8431.
Newspapers enhance curriculum at Perquimans Middle School
... Advance Publications, Inc. has
played a very special part in educe
.tion in Perquimans County this
. year through their Newspapers in
Education program. ••
• Bonnie Morgan, a former teacher
who now heads the company’s NIE
department, said she has been very
pleased with the response, of the lo
cal school system and businesses to
the NIE program.Throughthe pro
gram, The Daily Advance! local
Businesses, and school systems be
come partners in education, pro
viding newspapers to be used in the
classrooms. •.
The first Perquimans.bounty',
classroom to benefit from the NIE
program is CindyGeouge’s sixth.'
grade class at Perquimans Middle
School. Especially valuable;
according to Kirs. Geouge, has been
the Mini page featured ih the Life
styles section oi The' Daily Ad
vance.'Articles on the Mini Page
deal with a wide array of topics’,
frtm world events to, ecology. The
information is presented sn that it
is interesting and understandable,
and gives students a chance toroal
tsejhow events affect their lives.
* Especially helpful recently have ”
been articles deadingVrith the situa- -
...tion in the Middle East Through
the use of the Mini |?age, theevents
faking place in the Persian Gulf ,
.have become clever to the star'
dents. They are now better able to
understand the. international im
pact on their lives and the lives of
others around the world.
. Hie language Arts curriculum’'
has also been enhanced with the.
use of newspapers. Reading com
prehension and grammar skills are
strengthened by practice. When
Students are allowed to read arti
cles they want to read, whether on
• the sports, lifestyles, or entertain-.
ment pages, their interest is pi
qued. Textbook learning is often
jraring to students. The opportunity
to read something they are inter: •
ested in helps to keep them more
focused, and. therefore willing, to
■read'more. ...
The newspaper delivery to Mrs.
Geouge’s •class has become one of.
the highlights of the students'
week. They look forward to learn-:
ing something new each-time.they
pick up a newspaper.
Reading is fundamental to learn
ing. Without good reading skills,"
students cannot perform well in
any subject area. The aim of the
NIE program is to! help students.
learn to enjoy reading, and also to
learn to comprehend what they
Photo by Qary Coeby Jr.
Advance to enhance and expand th«ir curriculum.
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