Community colleges may share courses to cut duplication
A five member staff team from the state Board of Community Colleges outlined a plan to reduce duplicate classes and programs across NC colleges. The 13 of 20 members at the New Bern meeting discussed sharing faculty and equipment, citing a Wilson area nursing program as a model. The board planned to vote on the 1995 97 expansion budget and the $1.9 million child care appropriation and wrap up noon today.
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State Board of Community Colleges
New Bern
Sheraton Grand
Pamlico County
Mark van Sciver
Department of Community Colleges
Stu
General Assembly
van Sciver
Wilson
North Carolina
Post office to stay at Hobucken until next year
The Hobucken Post Office will remain open at least until Jan 31, 1995 after the USPS accepted a lease-extension offer from owner Marie Whitfield. The town proposed using town property to avert closure while residents and nearby facilities rely on window service.
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Hobucken
U.S. Postal Service
Marie Whitfield
Joe Phillips
Whitfield
Hobucken Community Development Center
Postal Service
Regional sewer input urged at first task force meet
Regional wastewater task force members from Onslow Carteret Pamlico and Craven counties were urged to involve the public early in seeking long term sewage treatment options Preston Howard director of the state Division of Environmental Management told the New Bern gathering He warned against deferring public input to the end and outlined steps to define the study scope for hiring a consulting firm Bay River Metropolitan Sewer District board members discussed Bay River joining a proposed countywide waste treatment system with Pamlico County officials noting a joint meeting will follow to advance feasibility plans
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Preston Howard
State Division of Environmental Management
New Bern
Onslow
Carteret
Pamlico
Craven
Howard
Pamlico County
Bay River Metropolitan Sewer District Board
Bay River
Bill Rice
Church of God salvage yard sparks city suit in New Bern
Neighbors complained of a junkyard on church property at 2815 Oaks Road in a residential zone. The city of New Bern filed a civil suit Sept. 8 against the Church of God of Prophecy and member Robert G. Boles, seeking removal of the yard and potential fines and cleanup costs. The church has 30 days to respond, with possible penalties up to $50 daily since June 14 and possible environmental review for wetlands and Benny's Creek.
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New Bern Church
Oaks Road
City of
New Bern
Church of God of Prophecy
Bernard George
Church
George
Boles
Ken Shipley
Craven County
Pamlico Sound Highlighted in National Environmental Study
Scientists from UNC Wilmington led by marine biology professor Courtney Hackney monitor Pamlico Sound water quality and sediments as part of a five year nationwide environmental health study. The EPA and NOAA jointly fund the project with NOAA leading in the Southeast.
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Bayboro
Pamlico Sound
Unc-Wilmington
Courtney Hackney
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Hackney
Pamlico
Albemarle
Cape Henry
Indian River Lagoon
Florida
Reward offered for two missing UNC Wilmington monitors
$100 reward per monitor offered by Courtney Hackney UNC Wilmington professor to volunteers at Saturday's Big Sweep as two Datasondes water quality monitors vanished July 6 7 in the northern Neuse River near Oriental. Devices marked with buoys and anchors and encased in PVC about 2 1/2 feet long. Sonar indicated shrimp trawlers nearby at disappearance.
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Big Sweep
Neuse River
Oriental
Courtney Hackney
University of North Carolina At
Hack
Hackney
Unc-Wilmington
Time’s quirky polls spark row over fruit and fate
Bruce Godfrey critiques Time magazine’s mini polls on national tastes and trivia. He cites fruit eater profiles, politics, and health concerns, arguing the pieces lack interpretation and leave readers puzzled. He jokes about North Carolina’s fruit use and warns against sloppy journalism.
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Force
Robert G. Boles
The
Benny
Charile Peek
Sun Journal
Jeff Hyland
Hyland
Great Lakes
Coastal Resources Commission
Time
Lisa Marie Presley
Penn State
U.S.S.R
Cuba
Los
Angeles
Bill Clinton
Dan Quayle
Colin Powell
Bob Dole
USC Phi Beta Kappa
Marilyn Vos Savant
Alex Trebek
Texas
Arizona
Tar Heel
Old North
Carolina
Bruce Godfrey
Fairfield Harbour
Godfrey
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