Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald from Ahoskie, North Carolina • 1

Wednesday September 16 1992 Copyright 1992 Park Newspapers of Northeastern North Carolina Inc Citizen Page 5 A Classified Page 6B EditorialPage 4A Entertainment Page 4B Neighbors i Page IB 'Obituaries Page 2 A Sports Page 8 A Che JNeto Jfera 1 i Serving The Communities of Hertford County and The Roanoke Chowan Area Vol 82 No 112 A Park Newspaper 35 Cents I Roanoke Chowan Area Scene MH I IKMPHlS 7 I in i MiupS Pl kin Local Weather Wednesday: Today will be mostly sunny with light east winds and a high of around Tonight skies will be fair with light winds continuing and a low of about 62 Sunset will be at 7:14 pm Thursday: Sunrise will be at 6:53 am It will be mostly sunny again today with a high of near 85 The low after sundown will be around Sunset will be at 7:12 pm riday: Sunrise will be at 6:48 am We will have fair skies today with a high temperature of about The low tonight will be near Sunset will be at 7:14 pm Ridgecroft PTO seeks folks to sell wares AHOSKIE The Ridgecroft School PTO has come up with a unique way to raise funds and provide a service to the community at the same time The Open Air Market will offer folks in the community an oppor tunity to buy and sell special prod ucts in a mini mall environment The PTO is looking for people who want to sell food jewelry ary crafts spices canned goods produce or whatever They offer in door and outdoor space and will have a playground for fun and games Booth sizes are six by eight feet and arc $15 a spot Booth location Thermal KEM facing federal charges By Cal Harrison Herald Staff Writer US: Department of Justice officials next week are expected to file suit against ThermalKEM Inc charging that the Rock Hill plant violated its permit by feeding too much hazardous metal into its waste incinerator company officials and other sources said The violations came to light more than two years ago after a US? Environmental Protection Agency Inspection But the matter recently was turned over to the Justice Department after ThermalKEM officials and federal regulators couldn't resolve the dispute at the agency level Specifically a January 1990 EPA inspection said that the plant exceeded its permit limit by feeding into its incinerator too much of the carcinogenic metals arsenic and chromium over too short a period of time Under federal law the company could face civil fines of up to $25000 per day for each violation Metals which are basic elements aren't burned up in the incinerator EPA set limits on the feed rates of metals to ensure they will be captured by the pollution control equipment ThermalKEM lobbyist Jim Turpin in a prepared release on Tuesday said the plant didn't violate any dean air laws He said officials are locked in a dispute over the proper way to measure compliance with the permit limits and they have tried to cooperate fully with EPA since 1990 "We are astonished that EPA has reached the conclusions that it did and outraged that it has decided to proceed in this high handed manner against a company with an extra ordinary record of environmental compliance" Turpin said in the statement The metals cited by EPA in the permit violations are antimony arsenic chromium cadmium and lead according to a source close to the matter However an Atlanta based EPA spokesman Carl Terry said only that the case had been turned over to the Justice Department and the agency couldn't comment Terry also declined to explain (See CHARGES Pago 1 1 A) A xK 33 Th HL Monday night fatality A single car accident on NC 42 approximately three tenths of a mile from Colerain Monday night resulted in one fatality According to reports filed by the North Carolina Highway Patrol Timothy Lee Evans of Colerain and his 12 year old son Tim Jr were traveling west on NC 42 when the Evans apparently lost control of the car and skidded off the left side of the roadway and struck a tree Both were thrown from the vehicle Colerain rescue and fire department responded to the accident however the driver was pronounced dead on the scene The 12 ycar old was transported to Roanoke Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie and was later transported to Children's Hospital in Norfolk Va by Nightingale A spokesperson from that hospital reported him in satisfactory condition this morning (Wednesday) (Photo by Jimmy Belch) To hazardous waste ordinance Woodland board approves changes By Keith Hoggard Park Staff Writer WOODLAND The Woodland Town Board voted Monday night to approve changes to its hazardous waste ordinance At a public hearing on the changes last Thursday ThermalKEM spokesperson Janice Baker said that although the changes to the ordinance makes it 'Tess objectionable" to ThermalKEM it gives the town board "'ovcrly broad discretion to prohibit a facility" Town attorney Jerry Vick said the changes in the ordinance "adds greater flexibility" to the hazardous waste ordinance but "still requires protection of public health and safety" Vick added that the changes will put the burden on applicants to facilities to provide information about aspects of its operations He said for example that there will no longer be a definite buffer zone outlined in the ordinance but that a hazardous waste facility'would have to prove to the town board the adequacy of its buffer zone ThermalKEM contends that the ordinance originally adopted in January soon after the anti incinerator town board look office violates the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in that it was designed to prohibit or obstruct siting of the ThermalKEM hazardous waste incinerator (Sec WOODLAND Page 1 1 A) Bowen will MC 'Young Woman of Year' pageant will be on a first come first serve basis The first date for the Open Air Market to be held at the Ahoskie United Methodist Church is slated for September 26 from 9 am to 5 pm or further information call 919 332 2040 American Legion Post 102 reminds public of POW MIA Day riday AHOSKIE Adjutant Cecil Brown of Ahoskie American Le gion Post 102 reminds the public that September 18 (riday) is Na tional POW MIA Day Since 1979 POW MIA Day has been proclaimed each year by congress and the President Secre tary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Edward Derwinski says: "The notion owes a great debt of gratitude td all former prisoners of war and wc occd to show our support for the families of those military personnel wjio are mising in action" Post 102 encourages citizens to plate flowers at the monument on Railroad Street in Ahoskie on that day as well as other military or veterans special days of observance Police continue investigation AHOSKIE The Ahoskie Po lice Department is continuing to investigate a break in that occurcd sometime early Tuesday September 15 According to police reports a brpak in al the 200 Main Street business Kit Kaboodle was dis covered by police at 5:06 am Tuesday Entry was gained by' breaking the front door glass of the business Reports indicated that over $1500 worth pf stereo equipment ampli fiers equalizers speakers and radios was stolen SgL MD Williams is the in vestigating officer and requests that if anyone has any information about the break in io please call the Ahoskie Police Callers can remain anonymous Sold Within 2 Months! Radwood 14X70 2 bd rpom 2 ful baths fireplace al hpptancns 1A nw carpeting S2S000 month No down pay mart required with approved Ik nancmg 8M 562 XXXX To place a dassTiod adGal 332 2123 Revised rates will up juvenile detention costs for county AHOSKIE Windsor native Di Anne Bowen will be the MC for the Ahoskie Young Woman of the Year pageant at 7:30 pm September 26 at Chowan College Ten girls will be vying for the ti tle this year coming from Gates Chapel Hill and has earned college credits for studies in Europe Ms Bowen has held the titles of Miss North Carolina USA (top 15 contender in the Miss USA pageant in New York) Miss Bertie County Miss Windsor Miss Wool of the By Dana Edwards Staff Writer WINTON Hertford County Commissioners were notified by Don Craft county manager that the General Assembly revised the State Subsidy of County Detention Home which resulted in a new rate structure The Department of Human Re sources developed a new structure for payments regarding out of county detention placements to lo cal and state operated detention cen ters "This is when the court places juvenile delinquents in detention centers such as Pitt Juvenile Detention and Dobbs School in Kinston and the county shares a portion of the cost" said Patricia Weaver assistant county manager and clerk to the board The first new rate structure was implemented November 1 1991 These rates represented a desire by the Department of Human Re sources to offset as much of the first year cost increase for counties as possible while it paved the way for the future rate increases which would accurately reflect the interest of the State Subsidy program In its second phase the Depart ment of Human Resources an nounced it has obtained actual cost figures and utilization rates that helped develop a new rate structure which will go into effect November 1 1992 "These rates will represent the most equitable structure in terms of the financial impact on all counties and will provide incentive for a county to operate a regional deten Walter Jones succumbs to pneumonia Tuesday NOROLK Va Walter Bca Jones 79 died at I pm Tuesday in Scntara Norfolk General Hospital after serving nearly 26 ile Photo 11 1 fl 1 Walter Jones Sr years in the US House of Repre sentatives He was taken to the hospital Au gust 25 from his summer home at Nags Head and his condition steadily declined with many of his organs steadily declining His death was described as "quiet he just slipped away" In recent years he was often confined to a wheelchair suffering from circulatory problems in his legs despite several surgeries to re lieve his pain Jones was elected in January 1966 following the death in office of Rep Herbert Bonner He served 13 terms at times being elected with pluralities as high as 70 per cent He announced earlier this year he would not seek re election after the irst District was re aligned The district stretched from the Vir ginia state line to Wilmington and west as far as Durham At his death "Of Walter" was chairman of the House Merchant Marine and isheries Committee Over the years he fought for (See JONES Page 7A) lion center" said David laherty of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources The new rate structure will re quire counties to pay 50 percent of the total cost of out of counly de tention care and the department will pay 50 percent of the total cost of all clients as intended in the State Subsidy program laherty pointed out "As a re sult outside counties will begin paying a more equitable share of the cost of detention placements thereby relieving those counties which operate regional centers of any unfair cost The current rate for Hertford County is 25 percent of the cost Weaver reported to the board the current cost at Pill Juvenile Deten tion Center was S29 a day but this amount will increase to S59 a day effective November 1 Overall Hertford County spent S2188 in the last budget year for the placement of juveniles in out of county detention centers Hertford and Northampton counties The theme this year is "Animation and Imagination" based on animated films Tickets for the event are available from the contestants as well as from Southern Bank and the State Em ployees Credit Union Ticket co chairmen arc Joel Barnes and Tim Jones The annual event is sponsored by the Ahoskie Jaycccs which last year provided S27OO in scholarships to the contestants Pageant co chairs arc Cathy McMahon and Chuck Moorc Ms Bowen is the co host and ex ecutive producer of WNCT TV's long running Carolina Today morn ing show in Greenville She is an honor graduate and scholarship recipient from the NC School of the Performing Arts with a visual arts and art history degree She graduated from Chowan College in Prc cducaiion and from East Car olina University in Home Eco nomics Education She has com pleted graduate courses at ECU and the University of North Carolina Nine Southern States and was a fi nalist in the International Ms Travel Agent pageant in Ireland She is a North Carolina accredited judge for the Miss North Carolina to America and Young Woman of the Year pageants She was a judge for the National Miss Hawaiian Tropic NC Watermelon South Carolina Sun un estival and many local and state pageants and festivals She has worked with top stars of Hollywood entertainment fashion designers and has modeled from New York to Texas Ms Bowen can be seen in Shag the Movie as the Sun un estival Queen and was Isabella Rossclini's stand in in the movie Blue Velvet She has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe and has served as an Interna tional Exchange Student to Holland through the 4 IYE program She is an active member of the Pitt County American Cancer Soci ety and Pin County Council on Substance Abuse Andrew's wrath Debris piled everywhere was just one of the scenes a foursome from Ahoskie in south Honda following Hurricane visit The group traveled to the devastated area iwo weeks ago with a truckload of relief items from Hertford County reeman Metal Products of Ahoskie donated a truck and driver to deliver the goods and what they cxpcncnced will last a lifetime (See page 5 A for related suxy and more pictures) Roanoke Chowan MWHIMItN 7 Hl I nkitX KI RIH Area Scene.