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By: George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) 

Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively 

Mary Anne or Marian, known by her pen name George 

Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one 

of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels, 

Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner 

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during her lifetime, she wanted to escape the stereotype of women’s 

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widely known work as an editor and critic. Another factor in her use 

of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from 

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Signing Ceremony for Pathway Students at Albemarle Boats 

Edenton, NC – At a ceremony on June 9, two John 

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employment with Albemarle Boats in front of their family, 

school administrators and members of Albemarle Boats’ 

staff. The 2020 graduates of John A. Holmes High 

School, Damarrian Jackson and Adam Pippins, participated 

in the Boat Building technical career pathway that 

is operated in partnership with College of The Albemarle 

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Burch Perry, General Manager of Albemarle Boats, 

welcomed guests to the facility and expressed his appreciation 

for the pathway and the relationship between 

Albemarle Boats, COA, John A. Holmes High School 

and the Northeastern Workforce Development Board 

in creating opportunities for students in the county. 

Remarks were also shared by Emily Nicholson, Interim 

Director, Northeastern Workforce Development; Dr. Jack 

Bagwell, COA President; Dr. Rob Jackson, Superintendent 

of Edenton-Chowan Public Schools; Steve Wood, 

Principal of John A. Holmes High School; and Frank 

Billek, course instructor. 

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members involved in this effort. We are looking 

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(Seated left to right) Damarrian Jackson and Adam 

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by: Holly Staples 

It’s so hard to believe that half of 2020 is already 

gone! While this is certainly not the year any of us 

imagined, you have risen to the challenge. You have 

adapted and persevered through unexpected circumstances, 

adjusted your business models and formed 

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to a new and unforeseen reality. Through it all, 

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Ensign Screw-Up 

by: Roger Canaff 

significant rite of passage for young men back in the 

A 1960’s involved military service. Once one turned 

18, all males were required to register for the draft. You 

reported to your draft board, and after a physical, you were 

classified with a draft status. I never knew how these were 

assigned their meaning, but most of us were classified “1A”, 

which meant full eligibility for service (self included). On 

the other hand, you could be classified “4F”, which meant 

you were ineligible for physical reasons (I never could find a 

doctor willing to sign off on my bone spurs...) 

Having passed my pre-induction physical with the proverbial 

flying colors, I had several options to serve my “military 

obligation”. The default was service as a draftee in the 

Army. I had done some ROTC at City College, where I 

learned at least a couple of things. As one instructor noted, 

“when generals screw up, privates die”. Another aphorism 

I learned from a sergeant was that second lieutenants had 

the highest mortality rate in the Army. Not for me. 

A friend of mine decided to join the Naval Reserve. Meetings 

one night per week, and active duty for training two 

weeks. Not a bad deal. As a Vietnam vet friend of mine put 

it, “3 hots and a cot”. Sure beats K rations and a tent. My 

first two weeks of training was boot camp at Great Lakes, 

Illinois. There had to be a better way! Since I was a college 

graduate, why not go to Officer Candidate School, get a 

commission and go in style. The only trade-off was that I 

had to serve three years, instead of two. I became a 90-day 

wonder! Ensign, USNR. 

My first duty station was line officer on a ship whose 

mission involved laying acoustical cable on the ocean floor, 

enabling us to track movement of Soviet submarines. My 

billet on the ship was Ship’s Boatswain. One day, I took 

several enlisted men and a motor whaleboat on a little job in 

the coastal waters off Newfoundland. I actually had command 

of something for a workday. I don’t even remember 

what we did, but around quitting time, we set a course back 

to the ship. The channel involved a straight run for maybe 

an hour, then a 90 degree turn to starboard for another hour 

or so. Couldn’t we just take a short cut and go from Point 

A to Point B? I don’t remember whose bright idea this was, 

but it was irrelevant, since I was in command. When we ran 

aground, I learned that channels were marked that way for a 

reason. I took some well deserved ribbing around the wardroom 

(not to mention a scolding from my department head). 

Sometime later, I was standing a bridge mid-watch as 

Officer of the Deck (OOD). We were returning to home port 

(Kittery, Maine) from a deployment. The job of a OOD was 

to drive the ship, so to speak, while the captain slept. We 

had standing orders to notify the skipper (wake him up if 

needed) of certain potential tactical threats: a ship coming 

within a specified distance (potential for a collision), sudden 

appearance of a Soviet warship (!), a significant drop in 

barometric pressure (harbinger of a storm). Also included 

was spotting a navigation aid (buoy or lighthouse) before or 

after we expected to sight it. In this instance, we failed to 

spot a buoy when we were supposed to. It didn’t seem of 

much importance to awaken the captain at 2:30 in the morning. 

I did, however, need to notify him later of another vessel 

approaching too closely. When he arrived on the bridge, 

he found out from the quartermaster of the watch about 

the missed sighting. Apparently, the ship had wandered off 

course (this is several decades before GPS, remember). 

After making the appropriate course correction, he chewed 

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the focsle (front of the ship) watching out for navigation aids, 

instead of going to bed. 

In the foolishness of youth, I resented having to interrupt 

my promising career as a chemist in the Food and Drug 

Administration to serve my country. In retrospect (which 

is often 20-20), this was one of the most rewarding times 

of my life. Imaging being given responsibility for driving a 

large Navy ship at the age of 25 or so. I learned valuable 

lessons in leadership and paying attention to detail (I’m not 

there yet, but its better than it was). Years later, I used to tell 

chemistry grads I was recruiting that although the salary was 

somewhat paltry, where else could one identify illegal drugs, 

and then be trusted to render expert testimony in courts of 

law. People often thank me for my service, a stark contrast 

to how it was when I mustered out in 1966. Thank me for 

what? Wouldn’t have missed it for anything! 


For the last few months we discussed Covid-19, and 

I shared that I was USDA meat inspector, and how 

plants had to be cleaned and sanitized after every shift. 

Processing plants are refrigerated. Imagine working 

in a refrigerator, on your feet, 8 hours a day, handling 

freshly slaughtered animals. Very difficult, tedious 

work. I can’t imagine how these low wage employees 

can have a strong immune system. Of course, these 

jobs don’t offer healthcare, so they go to work sick or 

not. 

So let’s summarize: Low pay, long tedious hours, no 

healthcare and a very virulent virus equals high infection 

rates. 

So, what’s in your diet? A poor diet is the primary 

cause of a diminished immunity and health disparities, 

such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, cardiac 

and kidney disease. Diet modification can strengthen 

your immune system, and fix most illnesses. 

The United States or Western diet is the worst in the 

world and is the reason why the United States has 

twenty five percent of the global infections and a third 

of the deaths. 

Let’s look at the data and refresh our strategies with 

updates. We should come at this with a sense of 

urgency: They’re projecting 150,000 United State’s 

fatalities by the fall. A great number of those fatalities 

will be of African America (AA) descent . AA fatalities in 

the U.S. Exceeds the fatalities of the entire 43 nations 

in Sub Saharan Africa. That seems more like diet than 

race to me. 

The remedy, is better food options. In my accompanying 

article, I’ll provide my perspective and details 

on systematic racism in the food industry, and how AA 

farmers and communities they served were damaged. 

Health and Nutrition Strategies For 

Cancer Survivors and Everybody Else 

Warren Green is a 30 year member of the Institute of Food 

Technology, A HAACP (hazard analysis critical control point) 

Instructor with a Bachelors degree in Nutrition Science. 

WHAT’S IN YOUR DIET? 

Finally, Conagra Brands is recalling over 275,000 

“Chicken and Turkey Bowl Products”. The voluntary 

Class-1 recall was expanded to include a whole range 

of products. These products were distributed nationwide. 

Google the categories of recalls on your phone. 

I’d probably leave them a. lone for a couple of months. 

Another Class-1 nationwide recall has just occurred 

and needs to be reported, Fresh Express has recalled 

“Bagged Garden Salads” for the Cyclospora parasite 

and is being investigated by the CDC and FDA. 

In fact, it might a good time to get away from commercialized 

“ready to eat” factory foods completely.. 

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Let food be your medicine. 

Warren Green can be reached 

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Beatitudes by: Jim Bridges 

Our bible states that nine kinds of people are blessed. My dictionary 

defines “blessed” as “supremely happy.” These people, 

it says, are already “supremely happy.” To me “supremely happy” 

means the ultimate in happiness. If you are as happy as is possible 

for you to be, can you be any happier? Our bible implies that you can 

be happier than you can possibly be, by using the future tense part 

of the time. (“... shall be comforted,” etc.) If you are as happy as a 

human can be, then you cannot be any happier, even in heaven, or 

in heaven you will be X other than human. To me, some of the words 

( mournful, persecuted, peacemakers) apply more to the oppressed 

than to the oppressors. Obviously I have never had a course in logic. 

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of unwanted animals did not register as a valid 

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For those whose animals are intact, housebound and 

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However, the health benefits of spay/neuter should be 

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Pets are calmer, less aggressive and not as likely 

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cancer or painful pyometra. Their average heat cycle is 

every 8 months. A bigger risk for not spaying your dog 

is the probability that she will continue to have unwanted 

puppies and the cycle of overpopulation continues. 

Cats benefit greatly from spay/neuter as well. Neutering 

male cats curtails the territorial ‘marking’, reduces 

fighting, and decreases roaming. Spaying female cats 

will help them to lead healthier lives as well. Cats can 

become pregnant as young as 4 months old, and their 

heat cycles repeat every 3-4 weeks until they are pregnant 

or spayed. 

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There are many excuses for not altering your pets, and 

none are more important than the health and welfare of 

your pet. Let’s debunk some myths about altering your 

pet: 

1. Change in personality: No. It does not. If anything, 

they become better family pets for the reasons mentioned 

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2. The one litter myth: There is nothing to substantiate 

this myth. In fact, spaying your pet before she goes 

into heat, greatly reduces the possibility of cancer. This 

myth does nothing but add to the pet overpopulation 

problem. 

3. Cost of operation: Our local shelters have access 

to low cost spay and neuter clinics. They make it as 

simple and convenient as possible. 

Pet overpopulation is the single reason for overcrowded 

shelters in the United States. Roughly 6 million cats 

and dogs entered shelters in the United States last year. 

Of those, 2 million were euthanized. With the growing 

number of puppy mills, and interest in breed specific 

cats and dogs, many shelter animals are overlooked. 

Shelters become repositories for strays, unwanted and 

disposable companion animals who are there for no 

other reason than the irresponsibility of humans. 

Spay/neuter is the one way to eliminate overcrowded 

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As a young man, I was always entertained by Ripley’s 

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One title example would scream, “A Jellybean is Neither 

Jelly nor a Bean!” Last week I came across a similar 

incident when a plant growing beside a nearby creek 

caught my attention. The striking plant is known as 

Green Arrow Arum (Peltandra virginica). It is a member 

of the plantain order, native to the eastern United States 

and prefers a decidedly wet environment in which to 

grow. Upon researching this fine specimen, I noticed 

that it was listed as an herb. Now I have heard of 

coriander, saffron, lemongrass, and other lesser-known 

herbs but never spied a small jar of arrow arum in the 

overpriced herb and spice section of my neighborhood 

market. The confusing part is that the term herb in 

cooking generally means that the ingredient is used in 

small amounts to enhance flavor, but in the botanical 

sense refers to an herbaceous plant. The word herbaceous 

is often shortened to simply “herb” in our popular 

penchant for all things abbreviated. LOL! The botanical 

herb description refers to a plant that has a non-woody 

or flexible stem. However, all is not lost in the herb 

battle. Native Americans used the arrow arum not as 

arrows, but as a food source. When prepared properly, 

the seeds, flowers, stems and roots were consumed. 

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Yes, I have been looking for a plan of health insurance for twelve 

years, ever since Obamacare came in to destroy this industry 

and rake havoc on our nation!! Now, I know there are some good 

ideas in this plan, children on the plan until age 26, and ,in theory, no 

preexisting conditions.. But the bads outweighed the goods.. VERY 

LARGE DEDUCTIBLES , VERY HIGH PREMIUMS.. Just to say everyone 

had access to health insurance did not mean everyone could 

afford it or use it.......... 

by Jim KAIGHN, CLU,CHFC,RHU,AABA, BSBA,LUTCF 

Veteran of U.S. NAVY and COAST GUARD 

Well, I have found a plan with NO DEDUCTIBLES, premiums that 

are workable for most families or individuals and this plan can be a 

stand alone plan or carried along with other group insurance and it 

pays the benefits directly to you, the insured person!!! Now, one of 

the factors of Obamacare was no pre exisiting conditions, everything 

and everyone was covered!! Sounds great, but very impractical and 

very costly to maintain the health insurance industry.. This plan is 

similar to the old plans- MAJOR MEDICAL plans that was out before.. 

It has a $1,000,000 benefit per year, and it has a one year preexisting 

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I have seen in the last twelve years!! For more info, please call me 

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“Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, 

abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.” 

― George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such 

Until next month, enjoy getting outside and protect yourself and 

SMILE & LAUGH!!! 

Jakes Outdoor Adventures 

At the time I am writing this, the guests are finally 

allowed to visit the OBX and begin our tourist 

season. If you are here on the Outer Banks this summer, 

please remember that this season is a learning process 

for business and hospitality owners who will be striving 

to make your vacation here as normal as it can based 

on the continued COVID-19 protocols. I don’t have to 

remind anyone reading this article that the year 2020 has 

been anything but normal. Local businesses here have 

suffered greatly because just as they were coming out of 

the winter and getting ready to gear up for the spring, the 

island was shut down to visitors for a couple of months. 

My father has always been a firm believer in supporting 

local businesses here at home and he has driven 

this mantra into my train of thought, as well. If you visit 

the OBX this summer, please support the small local 

businesses that work to make your visit here a great one. 

I know that it is only July, but now is a great time to do 

some Christmas shopping while you are here and help 

these business owners have at least a decent year. While 

you are here buy that new rod and reel combo or have 

your reels line replaced. Stock up on hooks, weights, 

leader, lures and other supplies. Grab that new hoodie 

sweatshirt or t-shirts also. Every purchase you make on 

this island helps not only the owner and the store, but the 

community as a whole. 

catch some nice Tuna but you are going to have to book 

a whole day Gulfstream charter to make that happen. If 

you have never fished offshore and you want to take the 

family, prepare yourself by maybe trying a near shore 

half day charter to make sure everyone can handle the 

boat ride and the possibility of seasickness that may 

come with it. Have a frank discussion with your Captain 

and make sure you are both on the same page for your 

charter. Also remember that it is customary to tip the first 

mate on the boat at a minimum of 20% for the work they 

perform to make your trip a success. 

Jake Worthington is the First Mate on The Marauder 

based out of Wanchese Marina. He is a recent 2020 

graduate of North Carolina State University with a degree 

in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Program Management. 

Phone: 252-334-9671 

Fax: 252-334-9646 

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While you are visiting the OBX, make a trip to the tackle 

shops and head to the pier, surf or book a charter and 

take the family on an adventure they will all remember. If 

you decide to charter a boat, remember to discuss with 

your Captain which species you want to target . Some 

people book a half day charter thinking they are going to 

catch a big Tuna like they do on Wicked Tuna.You can 

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Dear Dr. Crime 

Dr. Crime is a pseudonym for a social scientist holding 

a Ph.D. degree in sociology and in criminology. He 

has worked in all major parts of the criminal justice 

system. Drop him a note at the website www.keepkidshome.net 

If you or your child is in trouble, he 

may be able to help, give him a call (2523390000) or 

E-mail at 

reedadams@yahoo.com 

Dear Dr. Crime: The number of crooks lying to get my 

money has increased! And it is not just us old folks but 

lots of young people as well. What can I do so I see 

who they are and hang up the phone? AARP member. 

Dear AARP member: Your highly respected association, 

AARP, has a Fraud Watch Network. Look at 

your membership card or call 1 888 687 2277 and get 

very good information about protection. Amy Nofziger 

of that Network writes that anyone calling , asking for 

money, and claiming to be from law enforcement, or the 

government is probably a crook. If the caller asks for 

money using money transfer application, store gift cards 

and even cryptocurrency, look out. Remember that wire 

transfers are untraceable. 

Dear Dr. Crime: Do we have a group in North Carolina 

of criminal justice professionals and citizens who are 

concerned about crime and delinquency? Active Citizen 

Dear Citizen: Yes, there are several, and I suggest you 

make your first contact with the North Carolina Criminal 

Justice Association, the first established in the nation 

and now run by highly competent officers. Start with the 

website at: ( nccriminaljusticeassociation@gmail.com) 

Dear Dr. Crime: What you wrote about Artificial Intelligence 

robots (AI) bothers me. Where is the future 

going? Business Lady 

Dear Madam: I also am overwhelmed with ideas that 

shock me. The April 2018 issue of Smithsonian has a 

major story on the future of AI. They discuss AI taking 

over our “personal” relationships, having human rights 

granted by courts, developing super intelligence, and 

much more. ScienceNews (vol. 197, #10) reports research 

findings with “big implications” that we have living 

things that are a combination of mice and humans!! 

Also, scientist have successfully developed “gene editing”, 

so babies can be designed (ScienceNews , Jan. 6, 

2018). Please continue your interest and concern and 

insist on the ethical issues of this broad matter be widely 

discussed. 

Dear Dr. Crime: My daughter is going to UNC. Am I 

correct the boys at a top school are going to be safe? If 

a problem exist what can you tell me about it to warn my 

daughter? Worried Dad 

Dear Dad: The 12/19 issue of Carolina Alumni Review 

gives a new survey of sexual assault incidents. They 

have gone up since a similar 2015 survey. The recent 

research tells us that 35% of the undergraduate girls 

have been sexually assaulted and the number goes 

to almost one half for the seniors. The offenders were 

generally students the girls knew and had been drinking. 

So watch for that on a date. 

Dear Dr. Crime: I got an advertisement to buy into a genetic 

data base to help me map my family. Is that safe? 

Gang Leader 

Dear Leader: Not if you have a criminal record you want 

to hide. Genetic genealogy is a technique to find crooks 

(like you?) if they have genetic material from a crime 

scene by going through the family tree. I suggest you 

stop being a criminal. 

Dear Dr. Crime: Is it true that religion is dying out? I 

cannot believe what I am hearing. Help. Christian. 

Dear Christian: Charisma September 2019 says that is 

a myth. Harvard University reported research showing 

those who attend Church, pray and read the Bible is a 

steady figure. I wonder what/who is behind the myth? 

Dear Dr. Crime: How do I help with your study of evil? 

Wife of Man 

Dear Her:The anonymous survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BKYB9GT 

“What do we live for, if it is not 

to make life less difficult for 

each other?” 

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Chowanoke History 

by Duvonya Chavis 

Altering the political destiny of American Indian nations for nearly 200 

years, the broken Treaty of Hopewell by the US government was replaced 

with the 1830 Treaty of New Echota. Similarly, a broken 1868 treaty 

with the Sioux Tribe also reinforced mindless regard for the supreme 

law of the land when indigenous resources were again coveted. 

In 1868, a new Fort Laramie Treaty between the Sioux Nation and the US 

was signed when the US realized they could not match or overcome the 

military strength of the plains Indians. The Indians considered a forged 

trail buttressed by forts through the Great Sioux Reservation to be an 

invasion of their territory. Colonizers had constructed the trail in order to 

travel to Montana in search of gold. This new treaty had called for the 

closure of the trail, destruction of the forts, and for undisturbed use by the 

Sioux and Arapaho of their territory. This territory included the Black Hills 

which was considered sacred by the Indians. In 1875, the Black Hills was 

targeted by a US army general searching for gold which led to hundreds 

of settlers invading their territory. While the Sioux fought this invasion and 

won, Congress manipulated a new treaty through deceitful means and 

later passed a law redefining the boundaries of the Great Sioux Reservation. 

In so doing, Congress seized the Black Hills. 

It was not until 1980 that the Supreme Court ruled that the Black Hills had 

been taken illegally by the US and that the Sioux should receive $100 

million in restitution. The Indians however were not interested in a monetary 

settlement as they regarded the Blacks Hills to be theirs. Today, while 

the settlement has grown to over a billion, the Sioux still refuses payment 

stating, it was never for sale. 

Broken treaties are not anomalous in the US and began with the coastal 

plains tribes. In fact, policies were established through engagement with 

eastern Indigenous tribes first. The Chowanoke Nation is a classic example 

of an indigenous nation who was assigned to a reservation that eventually 

eroded due to continued encroachment and failure of the colonial, 

and later state government to honor and abide by its commitment. 






Duvonya, a Chowanoke descendant, 

is President of Roanoke-Chowan Native 

American Association, a non-profit 

organization whose mission is to help 

American Indians in Northeastern NC 

and Southeastern VA. In partnership 

with another Chowanoke descendant, 

she is currently developing the historic 

Chowanoke Reservation in Gates 

County for Tribal descendants to hold 

cultural events. 

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Ships Then and Now 

By Claude Milot 

In my 80 years of life I have been privileged to 

sail on many magnificent ships. I have crossed 

the Atlantic, cruised the South Pacific, and sailed 

European rivers, every voyage etched in my memory. 

Today, most behemoth cruise ships sit idled by 

the Covid-19 pandemic. One of them is Carnival 

Cruise Lines’ Symphony of the Seas, the largest of 

them all at 228,000 gross tons, 1,184 feet in length, 

with 18 decks, and a maximum capacity of 6,680 

passengers and 2,200 crew. It cost $1.35 billion to 

build. 

These numbers are mind-blowing, especially 

when compared to the S.S. New Amsterdam, the 

first ocean liner that took me across the Atlantic 

in 1960. The largest ship of the Holland American 

Line at 36,287 gross tons and 758 feet in length, it 

had a maximum capacity of 1,200 passengers and 

694 crew. It was built in 1938 for what now appears 

to be an impossibly low cost of $950,000. 

I embarked on the S.S. New Amsterdam in Hoboken, 

New Jersey, in September 1960 for the ocean 

crossing to Rotterdam. I booked a ticket in tourist 

class—all my parents could afford—which meant I 

had to share a small cabin with another passenger. 

But all meals and entertainment were free. Eight 

days, all for $235. When I crossed the Atlantic for 

the third time on the same ship in 1964, the cost of 

a tourist class ticked hadn’t changed much. 

It was my second crossing 1962, again from 

Hoboken to Rotterdam, that turned out to be the 

most fateful for me. I knew from my first crossing 

that all the action would be in the Tourist Lounge, 

where passengers gathered in the evening to 

dance to the music of a five-piece band. I’d had a 

blast with other American students going to Europe 

to study, many of them medical students who 

had not been able to get into American medical 

schools. I intended to find compatible mates for this 

crossing as well. 

It’s a long story that would far exceed this space. 

Let me just say that the first person I danced with 

on September 21, 1962, in the Tourist Lounge 

of the S.S. New Amsterdam was a raven-haired 

beauty who stole my heart. We danced every night 

away on that voyage. And we have been dancing 

ever since. 

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Art in the Albemarle Area 

Usually this article is about the painting arts but this time I 

want to dedicate this article to a type of art that doesn’t 

require paints, brushes, water or solubles of any type. It is 

a type of art I used to teach my students in mathematics to 

show how math was used in everything and to spark their 

creative juices. This type of art is called...”String Art” in some 

places it was also called “Straight-line Design.” Anyone can 

do this type of art. All you have to do is create a pattern and 

follow the directions I give and viola …. you have a beautiful 

piece of artwork. 

Just what is string art? String art, or pin and thread art, is 

characterized by an arrangement of colored thread strung 

between points to form geometric patterns or representational 

designs such as a ship’s sails, sometimes with other artistic 

material comprising the remainder of the work. Thread, 

wire, or string is wound around a grid of nails hammered 

into a velvet-covered wooden board or sewn through a thick 

poster board or just onto a painted piece of plywood. The 

choice is yours. Though straight lines are formed by the 

string, the slightly different angles and geometric positions 

at which strings intersect gives the appearance of Bézier 

curves (as in the mathematical concept of envelope of a family 

of straight lines). Quadratic Bézier curve are obtained from 

strings based on two intersecting segments. Other forms of 

string art include Spirelli, which is used,( this concludes your 

math terms), for cardmaking and scrapbooking, and curve 

stitching, in which string is stitched through holes. It is even 

possible to do this “straight line design on paper, which would 

probably be a great practice before you use the patterns on a 

piece of wood. 

by: Talmage Dunn 

String art has its origins in the ‘curve stitch’ activities invented 

by Mary Everest Boole at the end of the 19th century 

to make mathematical ideas more accessible to children. 

[1] It was popularized as a decorative craft in the late 1960s 

through kits and books. Curved stitching were the designs I 

used in math class because 25 students using hammers and 

tacks could become a bit too noisy in a classroom. I used 

heavy cardboard or poster paper. The main concept was to 

lay out a simple design. Punching holes onto the design with 

a small nail every 1/8 inch or so and “stitching” colored string 

through the poster board to create various designs. You can 

find a plethora of books and simple designs that can be 

created on wood or paper on-line. These designs can also be 

done on simple paper with colored ink pens or pencils also. 

The fun is limited only to the artist’s imagination. There are a 

multitude of websites that can be visited to see examples of 

this art! Try it! You will LOVE it!! For home schooling teachers 

I suggest you look up “string art math.” 

Usually it would be that time of year for summer sales, craft 

fairs, and yard sales. However, Covid-19 seems to have 

lessened our opportunities to go to these activities. It is still 

a great time to get get out of the house and look at some 

of those activities that you have a desire to paint, craft and 

create 

Feel free to contact me by e-mail bowhuntor@yahoo.com or 

by phone 252-267-5437. Talmage Dunn, Artist. 

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Orthodox Christianity by Fr Jonathan Tobias, MDiv, MSEd 

A Culture of Prayer 

True story: a British philosopher of great renown had become 

dissatisfied with his own mind. Something was missing. The 

parts didn’t seem to fit together anymore. 

So he left his comfortable surroundings in Oxford, and traveled 

far to get advice … maybe, even, for answers. 

He traveled to a mountainous peninsula on the northeast side 

of Greece, near Thessaloniki, into the Aegean Sea. The place 

was none other than Holy Mount Athos, a community of twenty 

monasteries that has persisted in prayer for over 1,800 years. 

On the mountain, there dwelled in a little hut an Elder whom 

the philosopher had traveled all the way from England to see. 

The Elder was a holy man of prayer and great wisdom. He was 

well-known, in religious and intellectual circles, to be almost 

supernaturally insightful. 

So the philosopher had high hopes for his conversation with 

the Elder. The Elder welcomed him into his hut, whereupon the 

philosopher began to talk about himself and his difficulties. 

The holy man listened patiently for several hours. Finally, the 

philosopher concluded his autobiography and became silent, 

waiting with anticipation for the Elder’s response. “Surely, it will 

be remarkable, and long,” the scholar said to himself. 

The Elder looked up, and smiled: “I will pray for you.” 

After a few moments, the philosopher realized that nothing 

more was forthcoming, and it was time for him to leave. 

At first, the visitor from Oxford was miffed. But as the weeks 

and months went by, his anger faded, and a peaceful satisfaction 

settled in its place. He began to see that what he needed 

was not an answer. What he needed was something only 

prayer could give: peace, good will, and love. 

Prayer, in the Orthodox Church, is known as the highest 

human work and the best. In prayer, the heart enters into the 

infinite Love that is the Divine Presence of the Father, Son, 

and Holy Spirit. And when the heart enters into this fiery, true 

Love, it cannot help but become Love also, and to work with 

the Angels to bring about Peace on Earth and God’s Good Will 

toward Men. 

Prayer changes hearts. Prayer changes things. There is no 

such thing as prayer that does not bring about change. 

You’d be right in thinking that everything the Orthodox Church 

does is for the purpose of prayer. Orthodoxy invites people into 

its community for the express purpose of ushering them into a 

life of prayer. Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning is chiefly for 

the purpose of prayer. By the time the service is ended, the 

entire world -- seen and unseen -- is prayed for. The living are 

prayed for, with their various needs and concerns. And the departed 

are prayed for -- that they might be blessed with mercy 

and healing in their life in the comforting presence of Christ. 

In Orthodoxy, we know that we are put here on this earth mainly 

to pray, because prayer is at the very root of reality, time and 

space. 

Prayer is life. Life is prayer. Things in this world need to change 

for peace and God’s good will. So we pray. We pray for love. 

“It will never rain roses: when we want 

to have more roses, we must plant 

more roses.” 


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Museum of the Albemarle 

Recording the Great Pause 

Joining our parent organization, the North Carolina 

Museum of History in Raleigh, the Museum of the 

Albemarle is seeking artifacts that will allow us to document 

numerous aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

**We know that future visitors will want to learn about 

the many ways this life-altering, worldwide coronavirus 

outbreak affected North Carolinians. 

Objects could include: 

• Personal protective equipment (PPE), including 

items manufactured in North Carolina. 

• Items associated with individuals from northeastern 

North Carolina stricken with COVID-19. 

• Items associated with frontline “essential” workers, 

including medical personnel, store employees, delivery 

workers, transportation workers, and government 

employees. 

• Items related to COVID-19 medical research. 

• Items associated with life during “quarantine,” 

including objects interpreting the following: shortages, 

working from home, schooling from home, caring for 

family members, exploring new hobbies, dealing with 

isolation, and experiencing the positives and negatives 

of staying at home. 

• Items connected to altered “life-changing” experiences, 

including weddings, pregnancies and births, 

adoptions, and funerals. 

• Items associated with cancellations and closures 

faced by individuals, businesses, schools, nonprofits, 

By Wanda Lassiter, Curator, Museum of the Albemarle 

and religious and cultural institutions. 

• Items related to workers who were furloughed or 

lost their jobs. 

• Items linked to coronavirus volunteer efforts. 

• Items associated with social distancing. 

Items must have a strong connection to northeastern 

North Carolina to be accepted into our collection. 

We cannot collect objects while we’re closed, so we’re 

asking individuals to save items that might make great 

artifacts. Please record and submit information about 

your object on our website link now, so that we can 

get back in touch when we are ready to collect. https:// 

www.museumofthealbemarle.com/collections/recording-great-pause 

**The above guidelines were written by the North 

Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. 

The Museum of the Albemarle is located at 501 S. Water Street, Elizabeth 

City, NC. (252) 335-1453. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed Sundays and State Holidays. Serving 

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Elizabeth City Habitat for Humanity has lots 

of exciting news to share this month. Our 

new construction has begun and we need lots of 

volunteers for this project. The house is located 

at 913 5th Street. We will work in the morning 

to frame the house so that HVAC, electrical and 

roofing work can be done by contractors. Construction 

volunteers should bring gloves and wear 

close toed shoes. As soon as we have specific 

work days, we will post information on our website, 

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We also re-opened our Sale Store with new days 

and hours. The store is now open Thursdays and 

Saturdays, 10:30-6. We made these changes in 

response to customer requests for morning hours 

and hours to accommodate work days. 

Other changes you will notice: all staff and customers 

are required to wear masks while in the 

store; a sanitizing station is located right inside 

and customers are asked to use this before shopping; 

only 20 customers are allowed in the store 

at a time; and cleaning of counters, door handles, 

carts and other surfaces is done regularly. 

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If you do not have a mask, we have disposable 

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We have begun accepting and picking up 

donations again, but all donations must be on 

the porch or in the garage. We will not go into a 

person’s house to remove items. We reserve the 

right to refuse donations if we believe it is something 

that we cannot sell quickly in the store. To 

arrange a pick-up, contact Stephanie Brickhouse, 

252-207-3784. If possible, send her a picture of 

the items you wish to donate. We are especially 

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Backyard Living: Perfecting Your Next Ribeye Steak 

(StatePoint) Besides a great looking lawn, nothing showcases 

the backyard quite like a cookout. But anything worth 

doing is worth doing right. So when it comes to grilling your 

next ribeye steak, take a cue from world class chefs who 

are all turning up the heat. 

“All my chef buddies are cooking on high, intense heat, getting 

their cast-irons blistering and getting their grills ripping 

hot to keep everything from sticking and to get that super 

fast char,” says former “Iron Chef Showdown” winner, David 

Bancroft. “The chef’s secret is to really push that boundary 

on temperature and finding confidence there.” 

As host of the new Exmark Original series “Prime Cuts,” 

Bancroft spends a lot of time talking to some of the world’s 

best grill chefs. In a recent episode, he teamed up with the 

2017 James Beard Award winner, Best Chef Midwest, Chef 

Kevin Nashan to show viewers how to prepare the perfect 

ribeye steak. 

Nashan shared his secrets for ribeye success: he likes to 

use the heart of the ribeye over a really hot grill, adding a 

little oil “as an insurance policy,” for a little sear, and then 

finishing it off in the oven. 

He accompanies his cut with a little grilled Napa cabbage, 

pickled mustard seeds, mustard jus made from the trim of 

the meat, tater tots and sauce gribiche. 

“No one thinks to grill cabbage, but cabbage can stand up 

to the heat of the grill, plus it has a little horseradish nature 

to it, and of course ribeye and horseradish go hand-inhand,” 

says Nashan. 

To watch the complete “Prime Cuts” episode, plus bonus 

content, complete recipes, cooking prep tips and more, 

visit Exmark.com/Backyard. As part of a unique multimedia 

destination called Backyard Life, which has a focus on 

giving home and acreage owners tips and know-how to 

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outdoors, you can also access content on lawn-and-garden, 

outdoor cooking and living and rural lifestyles. 

As you heat up the grill, stoke the fire and throw on a prime 

cut, Bancroft encourages you to do so with confidence. 

“The common trend here with all the chefs cooking in the 

backyard is getting confident with your cooking vessels,” 

says Bancroft. “Know what your temperatures are, know 

your hot spots, know your cold spots and get confident.” 

From ribeye to fish, with a few pointers and the right attitude, 

you can nail your next feast on the grill. 

“Keep true. Never be 

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Decide what you think 

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North Carolina Bow Hunters Association 

by: Talmage Dunn 

Its that time again... the summer heat is upon us, as 

we try to keep cool and wait for the evening breeze 

to waft over us...we need to completely check our 

equipment. Do all of that maintenance that you may 

have been putting off. Now is the time to check our tree 

stands. Make sure the stand is in proper order, if you 

are using a portable climbing stand or ladder(manufactured), 

check the nuts and bolts and tree connections. 

If you are using a ladder stand be especially sure to 

check the connections and points of contact with the 

tree. Does your tree stand need to be replaced or 

completely changed out? If you are using a homemade 

ladder stand check for the wood to be solid and not 

worn. After all, your life may depend on the safeness of 

that stand. Too many hunters fall out of tree stands or 

have them collapse. How about your safety harness? Is 

it in working order? Your life does depend on that piece 

of equipment. If it needs to be replaced … do so immediately! 

I cannot emphasize safety enough!! 

It is also time also to scout your territory. Scouting, 

you can be assured, conforms to the Covid-19 social 

distancing norms. What are the summer patterns for 

the deer in your hunting area? Are you hunting any new 

areas? Are you planning to hunt one or more of the 

many Game lands our great State has to offer ? If so, 

now is the time to go out visit and familiarize yourself 

with those areas. Do not wait until a week or so before 

the season begins. You will be doing yourself a disservice. 

Make scouting fun, take your hunting buddies, as 

long as you remember to maintain yourselves within the 

guidelines of virus protection, with you into the field. Do 

a little roving (stump shooting) while scouting. Better 

yet, take copious notes regarding what you see in the 

field. Include a camera in your foray and take some 

pictures of the area now, again in four weeks or so, 

then four weeks more take the same shots to see what 

has changed. Take a notebook, note the trees, (what 

type..are there any white acorn trees or fruit trees?), 

write down details. Note the trails in the area, are there 

secondary or tertiary trails adjacent? These are the 

trails that the bucks will be traveling. Make a map of 

the areas you will be hunting, while its nice to have 

“pre-printed “maps, a hand drawn one is better. What 

places will make good stand positions? Will you use a 

ground blind? If using a ground blind. Lay the foundation 

now and build it up as you make other scouting 

trips. Build one at home to practice out of. Don’t take a 

chance on a bad shot because you haven’t practiced 

shooting from your blind or stand. 

Even though our areas and most of our surrounding 

states have been deluged with rain, bow fishing for 

most archers is in full swing. Have you tried your hand 

at bow fishing? I can tell you ,from my perspective, it is 

a lot of fun. When that arrow connects with the fish get 

ready for an awesome feeling... and fight, especially if 

you are pulling the fish in by hand. There are several 

bow fishing reels on the market. Some are just like the 

reels on your fishing rods, Check out the type of reel 

that will fit your bow fishing needs. 

Check our website or Facebook page! 

Respectfully submitted. 

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FRISCO NATIVE AMERICAN MUSEUM - Pottery Shards at the Frisco Native American Museum 

If you drop a cup that breaks into a dozen pieces, it is most 

likely you will toss it into the trash. Imagine an archeologist 

uncovering those pieces in the distant future and using them to 

help piece together a picture of what life may have been like for 

the person who broke it. 

Like a puzzle, pieces of pottery (called shards) can actually 

be very helpful in unraveling the mysteries of earlier civilizations. 

Containers, even those made from simple products, 

were used by almost every culture. They were also used by all 

levels of society, rich to poor. Because fired clay changes very 

little over time, experts can learn much from the materials the 

potter used, the techniques for preparation, shape, and exterior 

designs. That information provides clues about the time period 

when the container was created, location, and the people who 

created the item. It even provides some insight into diet and 

cooking methods. Those clues are also helpful in detecting 

shared behaviors with other groups, giving us insight into 

trading and cultural exchanges. All that information from bits of 

pottery! 

Examples of early pottery can be found throughout the Frisco 

Native American Museum, but one of the most popular exhibits 

is one that displays pottery shards found on Hatteras Island. 

It is possible to see tiny grains of sand and seashell in some 

pieces, and designs range from impressions archeologists 

conclude were made from rope to pitted designs from a pointed 

object and impressions from natural items. Each piece provides 

a tiny window to the past. 

The Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center 

is located on Hatteras Island and is currently closed due 

to COVID-19 regulations. For more information, call 252-995- 

4440 or visit the museum website at www.nativeamericanmusuem.org. 

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The Frisco Native American Museum & Natural 

History Center is located on Hatteras Island and is 

open Tuesday–Sunday from 10:30 AM 5:00 PM. 

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It's not just another wave, 

During the heat of the summer season, I like light meals – nothing 

too heavy for the Dog Days of Summer. And in case you were 

wondering what that expression means, it refers to the Dog Star, Sirius, 

which is now the brightest star visible in the sky. The Dog Star is part 

of the constellation Canis Major, the “Greater Dog,” and it rises and sets 

at the same time as the sun from July 3 to August 11 for this latitude. 

The ancient Romans referred to this time as diēs caniculārēs, or “dog 

days.” And now, you know. 

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My culinary offering for these sultry days is a savory cornbread salad, 

layered with an assortment of salad bar items and napped with a fresh 

and tangy buttermilk and herb dressing. I’m not providing a recipe for 

the cornbread because I figure everybody has their favorite; however, I 

will make a few suggestions to help your cornbread stand out. For starters, 

I like to use buttermilk instead of regular milk to make my cornbread 

a bit more piquant. Also, I add in corn kernels, either canned or off the 

cob, for more corn flavor. Next, I pour the batter into a hot, greased, 

cast iron pan and let it cook on the stovetop for a few minutes before 

going into the oven. This gives it a nice golden crust. Lastly, I like toppings 

on my cornbread. Consider topping with sliced tomatoes, onions, 

and jalapeñoes, a dusting of cumin, and a generous grating of cheddar 

cheese before baking. 

Now, let’s make a cornbread salad. My additions are 

purely suggestions. Pick and choose as you like. For 

serving purposes, the salad can be layered in a parfait 

glass or trifle bowl or tossed haphazardly on a salad dish. 

If you layer, start with a liberal base of toasted cornbread 

cubes and then add additional strata of ingredients. You 

can pour the dressing over top or serve on the side. 

Pick and choose cornbread salad bits and pieces: 

Toasted cornbread cubes 

Diced tomatoes 

Diced bell peppers (assorted colors) 

Diced cucumber 

Corn kernels 

Chopped red onion 

Kidney beans 

Crumbled bacon 

Shredded cheddar cheese 

Chopped basil leaves 

Rosie’s fresh Buttermilk and Herb Dressing: 

⅓ cup mayonnaise 

⅓ cup sour cream 

⅓ cup buttermilk 

1 TB lemon juice 

1 tsp cider vinegar 

1 tsp Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce 

Pinch salt 

1 TB fresh chopped dill 

1 TB fresh chopped parsley 

1 TB fresh chopped chives 

Mix well, cover, and refrigerate for at least 30 

minutes before serving. 

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Homemade pest traps 

By Patrice Lewis 

Last summer, my little compost bucket near the kitchen 

sink became home to a zillion fruit flies. Once they’re 

established, it’s devilishly hard to get rid of these little 

critters. By chance, I read about a homemade fruit fly trap 

that turned out to be wonderfully effective: Pour vinegar into 

a wide-mouth jar (I used a half-pint canning jar) and add a 

dash of dish soap. Mix vigorously. 

Reprinted with permissions from Backwoods Home Magazine Issue #164 • March/April, 2017 

A yellowjacket trap can be made with an empty plastic soda 

bottle. Cut the bottle top off about one-third of the way down. 

Rub some cooking oil on the inside walls (this keeps the 

wasps from climbing up), then flip the upper bottle portion 

with the opening upside down to make a funnel, and tuck it 

inside the lower part of the soda bottle. Duct tape them together. 

Bait the bottle with a couple inches of juice or sugary 

soda. Make sure you place the trap where pets and children 

are not likely to get stung from the increased wasp activity. 

If you find a yellowjacket nest in the ground, you can pour 

soapy water into it at night to kill the wasps. If you do this, 

wear suitable protective clothing, just in case. 

Fruit flies are attracted to the smell of vinegar, and the dish 

soap breaks the surface tension of the vinegar. The flies 

drown. 

Buoyed with this success, I started looking into other homemade 

pest traps and learned there are many simple and 

nontoxic options to control unwanted insects. 

Fruit flies 

In addition to the above vinegar-and-dish soap option, put 

a bit of fruit and some vinegar in the bottom of a jar, add a 

splash of salad oil, and stretch a piece of plastic wrap over 

the top of the jar. Secure the plastic wrap with a rubber band 

and make sure it has no wrinkles. Punch some holes in the 

plastic wrap with a toothpick or fork. Attracted to the smell, 

the fruit flies will go through the holes in the plastic wrap, but 

can’t find their way out again. 

Spiders 

I happen to be fond of spiders and refuse to kill them. (I put 

them outside instead.) However, that doesn’t mean I welcome 

them indoors. Spiders detect smells with their feet, so 

this can be used to your advantage. 

Fill a spray bottle with water. Add about half a teaspoon of 

dish soap and about a teaspoon of a strong-smelling essential 

oil (such as lemon, lavender, tea tree, grapefruit, or citronella). 

Spritz common spider hangouts: behind bookshelves, 

under beds, etc. To keep the scent strong enough to repel 

the arachnids, refresh the spray fairly often. 

Wasps 

Some wasp deterrents include fresh sliced cucumber 

(apparently it contains an acid the wasps dislike) or Ziploc 

bags filled with water and a penny (supposedly the double 

refraction of light on the water and the penny discourages 

wasps; I’ve heard mixed reviews). 

Mosquitoes 

Some people swear by citronella candles, but I’ve never had 

much luck with them. Mosquitoes can be trapped in a similar 

soda bottle trap described for wasps; however, the bait must 

be different. 

For mosquito bait, mix 1 cup very warm water with 1 cup of 

sugar. Add 1 teaspoon of yeast, and let the mixture froth and 

bubble. Then pour it into the soda bottle trap, along with an 

extra cup of water. Cover the top loosely with plastic wrap 

and allow it to ferment for a week, then uncover and hang 

the trap where mosquitoes will find it. 

Flies 

In the late summer, our home is plagued with houseflies. 

Besides the faithful flyswatter, we hang sticky flypaper in 

strategic locations. 

Homemade flypaper is simple. Cut a brown paper grocery 

bag into strips about two or three inches wide, punch a hole 

at one end, and string some twine through it (string the twine 

before coating the paper). Mix ¼ cup sugar, ¼ cup honey or 

corn syrup, and 2 tablespoons water in a saucepan on low 

heat, and stir until the sugar dissolves. Pour the mixture into 

a shallow bowl and dip the paper strips on both sides until 

thoroughly coated. 

You’ll need to hang the paper strips to dry, so make sure 

there’s something beneath to catch the sticky drips. 

Once hung, the paper will eventually dry and lose some of 

its stickiness, in which case they can be re-spritzed with 

sugar water (which not only re-stickifies the paper, but also 

attracts more flies). 

There are many other homemade options to eliminate 

unwanted visitors. This article barely scratches the surface, 

but I hope it encourages you to further investigate nontoxic 

methods of repelling or reducing pests. 

A little vinegar and a dash of dish soap make a very 

effective fruit fly trap. 

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“We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had 

no childhood in it, if it were not the earth where the same 

flowers come up again every spring that we used to gather 

with our tiny fingers as we sat lisping to ourselves on the 

grass, the same hips and haws on the autumn hedgerows, 

the same redbreasts that we used to call ‘God’s birds’ because 

they did no harm to the precious crops. What novelty 

is worth that sweet monotony where everything is known 

and loved because it is known?” 

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Why American Citizens Need Assault Weapons* 

by Network President Marty Hayes, J.D. 

Part 2 

Reprinted with permission from the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network Inc. 

Nevertheless, the current semi-auto weaponry is similar 

enough for the arming of the Militia, of which each and 

every able-bodied armed American is still a part (read Heller). 

We, the citizens of America, need to retain the same weaponry 

as our military and police to even the playing field, so that 

in the event of an attempt to enslave the American people, we 

can resist equally. 

Revolting against tyranny is the first reason Americans must 

retain our rights to own high capacity semi- automatic firearms. 

The counter-argument goes, “Come on, this is the year 

2013. It’s not 1776.” To which I say, “So what? Tyranny is not 

a thing of the past. ” A society that ignores history is one which 

is likely to repeat the mistakes of the past, as George Santayana 

suggested when he paraphrased Edmund Burke. 

No one will ever convince me that current day humans do not 

have the ability to enslave, torture and murder large groups 

of other humans. History–even modern history–is replete with 

examples. Starting at home, the Indian Removal Act of 1830 

forcibly moved Native American Indians from their Eastern 

homelands and relocated them to lands West of the Mississippi. 

This policy eventually lead to the Indian wars of the 

late 1800s, culminating in the massacre at Wounded Knee 

in 1890, where the American cavalry rounded up members 

of the Lakota tribe, and while disarming them, caused an 

outbreak of violence in which up to 300 Lakota, including men, 

women and children, were killed. That was our own government 

in action, a little over 100 years ago. 

In the early to mid 1900s, Hitler and Nazi Germany committed 

genocide against German and Polish Jews in the holocaust, 

killing over 11 million, men, women and children. In the 1970s, 

Cambodia was taken over by the Khmer Rouge, and over two 

million Cambodians were exterminated as a result. Just two 

short decades ago Saddam Hussein and his regime committed 

countless atrocities in Iraq. And currently, governments 

in the Middle East are killing their own citizens to stifle their 

quest for freedom and self-government. 

I could go on and on! To claim that a modern human ruling 

party isn’t capable of killing its own people is naïve. I am not 

naïve, and there is no reason for any American to naïvely 

ignore history. I believe that the first and foremost reason that 

the American people need the right and ability to possess 

modern semi-automatic rifles and pistols is to ensure that 

our own government never feels it is more powerful than its 

citizens. 

A little Internet research indicates the current size of the 

military is about 1.4 million active duty soldiers, and about 

that many more reserves. In addition to about three million 

soldiers, and we must not forget the over one million law 

enforcement officers who must also be viewed as government 

agents. That totals somewhere between three to four million 

government agents who could be called upon to repress the 

American people. Compare that number to the estimated 

100 million gun owners in America. As long as the American 

people have the right to own the very same type of weapons 

with which the military and police are armed, they need not 

fear the government. It is that purpose that was and still is 

the primary reason behind the one line paragraph the States 

ratified as the Second Amendment, “A well regulated militia 

being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the 

people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” 

The second reason Americans need high capacity semi- automatic 

firearms has a more practical, immediate application 

in our modern society. Citizens must not be stripped of the 

ability to effectively counter criminal violence. I was a law 

enforcement officer in the 70s and 80s when the transition to 

high capacity semi-automatic handguns for law enforcement 

began. I taught law enforcement officers firearms skills in the 

90s, after the move to semi-autos was complete. 

The reason law enforcement switched to semi-automatic 

handguns is twofold. First was the discovery that the ergonomics 

of the semi-automatic handgun worked better for most 

officers, than those of the six-shot revolver. Simply put, the 

officers could shoot better with semi-autos. The most pressing 

reason for making the shift to the semi-auto was that the 

criminal element had already gone there and the police were 

outgunned. Officers were facing dedicated criminals armed 

with high-capacity weapons, while they were still issued sixshot 

revolvers and pump action shotguns. The playing field 

had changed and the cops needed to catch up. 

* Throughout this article, I use the term “modern semi- automatic rifle or pistol” to describe what others commonly call “assault 

weapons.” “Assault weapon” has become a pejorative used primarily by those who are pushing a political agenda to ban guns, 

and depending on their wishes, it can mean anything from a handgun, which holds more than seven rounds of ammunition (as 

in New York), to rifles with a detachable magazine that can hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. While I do understand 

that the term “assault weapon” is too broad to serve as an accurate descriptor, I use it in this article’s headline to grab the reader’s 

attention. If it offends, I apologize. 

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Finding unity under the American flag during COVID-19 

(BPT) - Some moments are etched in our national memory 

- and the American flag stands at the center of them. 

Six U.S. Marines raising the flag over Iwo Jima during 

World War II. Buzz Aldrin saluting the flag on the moon’s 

surface in 1969. Three New York firefighters hoisting the 

flag above the rubble of the World Trade Center after 

9/11. The American flag is an icon that unites us all. 

Every year, on June 14, Americans have the opportunity 

to honor this national symbol. Flag Day, which commemorates 

the day the U.S. flag was first adopted, June 

14, 1777, serves as a timeless reminder of the nation’s 

shared freedom and solidarity, and all those who protect 

us. This year, like many times in history, the Stars and 

Stripes are proving their strength in fighting a new and 

invisible enemy - COVID-19. 

As the pandemic has threatened the lives of America’s 

most vulnerable populations, the flag has been a vital 

part of the nation’s response - appearing in the windows 

of people’s homes, marking miles of neighborhood 

and city streets, adorning the storefronts of businesses 

everywhere. One story tells of a man who began carrying 

it on his runs as a means to honor frontline workers and 

inspire those who saw him. 

Across these examples, the sight of the flag brings the 

service and sacrifice of military service members into 

clear view. All those who work, fight and give of themselves 

tirelessly to the safety and security of this nation 

and every citizen. The flag’s use as a sign of unity during 

this challenging time is the ultimate expression of this 

country’s freedoms. 

“When our troops are deployed, the image that unites 

them in their mission is our flag standing tall and waving 

free,” says American Legion Auxiliary National Americanism 

Committee Chair Denise Conrad. “Our flag stands 

for justice, freedom and democracy - the cornerstones of 

Americanism and patriotism.” 

and show your appreciation for all it represents, remember 

these simple U.S. Flag Code rules: 

* When hoisting or lowering the flag, salute or place a 

hand over your heart. 

* The flag should not be displayed on rainy days unless it 

is an all -purpose flag. 

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Rags, the dog who was a World War I hero 

On or around June 23rd 1916, a mixed-breed terrier 

is born. The little dog would go on to become an 

American war hero—and the U.S. 1st Infantry Division’s 

mascot during World War I. 

“Rags” might never have been found but for Private 

Jimmy Donovan. The young soldier had been asked to 

march in Paris’s 1918 Bastille Day parade. At the time, 

Rags was just a nameless and homeless little dog, 

roaming the streets of Paris. 

by: Tara Ross 

Donovan was wounded, too. An order was given to treat 

the much-loved Rags just like a soldier, and man and 

dog were evacuated, together. Rags went everywhere 

that Donovan went—until it came time to board a ship 

headed home. 

The commanding officer of that vessel did not want a 

dog on his ship! He ordered Rags left behind. Fortunately, 

another officer saw what was happening. He 

brought Rags aboard, hidden in his luggage. 

Several stories are told about how Donovan and Rags 

found each other. 

Perhaps Donovan was stumbling out of a Montemartre 

café after a post-parade celebration. He literally 

stumbled upon the dog, thinking it was a pile of rags. He 

was late for his curfew and used the dog as an excuse. 

No, of course he wasn’t going AWOL or breaking the 

rules! He was simply looking for the dog, the division’s 

mascot. 

Another version of the story has Rags finding Donovan 

and following him back to base. Either way, dog and 

man found each other. And they developed a bond. 

Early on, Donovan concluded that battlefields were not 

appropriate for a little homeless mutt. He tried to continue 

on without Rags, leaving him in a safer location, but 

Rags would have none of it. He followed Donovan and 

basically showed up on his doorstep. 

“His choice seems to have been to be with Donovan 

wherever he was,” one of Rags’s biographers concludes, 

“regardless of the dangers or even of what 

Donovan would have preferred . . . .” 

Rags went on to serve in multiple conflicts. Donovan 

taught him to run messages through gunfire—and he 

even taught Rags to salute! Rags figured out how to 

locate broken communication lines, and he learned 

to alert soldiers to incoming shells. He led medics to 

wounded soldiers. 

A story is told that Rags once ended up in a surveillance 

balloon with reconnaissance soldiers. A German 

fighter plane arrived on the scene, forcing the soldiers 

to bail out. Reportedly, the German pilot saw that one of 

the parachuting men was clutching a barking dog. The 

German grinned, shook his head, and flew away without 

doing any further harm to the Americans. 

Many members of the 1st Division worked together in 

those days, ensuring Rags’s safe (and secret) transport 

across the Atlantic. Against all odds, Rags and Donovan 

found themselves together again at a hospital in Illinois. 

Unfortunately, Donovan never recovered from his injuries. 

He passed away, leaving Rags behind. 

Rags didn’t eat for a week. But the story doesn’t end 

there. 

Major Raymond W. Hardenbergh and his family would 

adopt the war-wounded terrier. The story of Rags got 

out. He was given awards, and he marched in parades. 

A book was written about him. People left flags on his 

grave when he died. 

“Throughout his life,” one of his biographers concludes, 

“Rags had proved of what durable stuff one little dog is 

made.” 

Tara Ross is a mother, wife, writer, and retired lawyer. She is 

the author of The Indispensable Electoral College: How the 

Founders’ Plan Saves Our Country from Mob Rule,Enlightened 

Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College, co-author of 

Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church 

and State (with Joseph C. Smith, Jr.), & We Elect A President: 

The Story of our Electoral College. She is a constitutionalist, 

but with a definite libertarian streak! Stay tuned here for updates 

on pretty much anything to do with the Electoral College, 

George Washington, & our wonderfully rich American heritage. 

Rags is best known for his final mission: He successfully 

delivered one last message, even as explosions tore 

up the earth around him. His gas mask was ripped off. 

He was wounded by shrapnel and blinded in one eye. 

Rags with Sergeant George E. Hickman. They are at 

Fort Hamilton in the 1920s. Hickman was possibly with 

Donovan when Donovan first found Rags. 

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Markets Are Green 

by: Lawrence W. Reed 

new book set for release today may change the way 

A we view the conservation of nature’s splendors. Titled 

Green Market Revolution: How Market Environmentalism 

Can Protect Nature and Save the World, its publishers are 

the Austrian Economics Center and the British Conservation 

Alliance, to which I serve as an advisor. Details below, but 

first a few points. 

What nobody owns, nobody takes care of. Aristotle said 

something to that effect, and it’s almost self-evident and 

indisputable; exceptions to it are hard to find. It’s a fundamental 

rule of human behavior and, at the same time, a 

powerfully favorable commentary on the institution we call 

“private property.” 

What is owned by “everybody” (i.e., “the people’s this” or 

“the people’s that”) is often not cared for, either. The worst 

cases of pollution, for instance, tend to be on public lands or 

in public waters that supposedly we all own in common. 

Back in the 1980s, a report of the President’s Council on 

Environmental Quality explained it this way: “Unowned resources 

are more likely to be over-exploited than resources 

privately owned and managed, since a private owner directly 

benefits from the preservation and maintenance of such 

resources and is thus more likely to act as a responsible 

steward.” 

These points are so fundamental to human nature and experience 

that they ought to be cast in solid rock. Yet, when it 

comes to conserving the natural environment, many people 

believe that government supervision of “public” property is 

the only game in town. The truth is that many of the best 

examples of environmental preservation are the products 

of private property and private groups, both for-profit and 

non-profit. They include the bigger and better-known ones 

like the Nature Conservancy, the Audubon Society, and 

Ducks Unlimited as well as countless local groups that own 

or maintain small preserves and even stretches of highway. 

Thousands of private conservation organizations around 

the world are actively engaged in saving natural things and 

places, sometimes on lands owned by governments. Some 

receive public funding but many are entirely reliant upon 

memberships, philanthropy, or even commercial development 

on their property. Many other enterprises which do 

not have conservation as their principal objective, such as 

hunting ranges, end up conserving and enhancing Mother 

Nature as an important by-product of their activities. Private, 

for-profit forest product companies like Weyerhauser are 

responsible for nearly half of the 1.6 billion tree saplings 

planted each year in the US alone. 

The premise of Green Market Revolution is that these 

private impulses are a particularly good thing. Moreover, 

with the right public policies that encourage and complement 

them with incentives and the price system, so much 

more can be done. Markets, not mandates, already provide 

almost everything that comprises our standard of living. Why 

not utilize them more fully for the environment? The book’s 

21 authors offer enough good ideas that any true environmentalist 

will salivate at the potential. You can download a 

free digital copy or order a print copy here. 

In their chapter titled “Why Government Fails the Environment,” 

Hannah Downey and Holly Fretwell of the Property & 

Environment Research Center (https://www.perc.org/) assert 

that 

…market environmentalism gets the incentives for conservation 

right. Property rights and voluntary trade align the 

incentives so that we can fully understand the trade-offs and 

maximize the benefits that come from conservation. Environmentalists 

that demand ever-more centralization should 

take note of this. 

In the chapter that follows, Matthew Lesh of the Adam Smith 

Institute notes that “Countries with the most economic freedom 

perform 50% better on Yale and Columbia University’s 

Environmental Performance Index compared to countries 

that are repressed or mostly unfree.” Lesh cites numerous 

examples of effective, market-based initiatives that protect 

the environment. They point in the direction of harnessing 

market forces “to leverage the power of prices by asking 

market actors to internalize the costs of external damage.” 

Citing the work of Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom, Ben Ramanauskas 

then argues convincingly for localized solutions 

to environmental problems instead of top-down mandates 

from distant regulatory bureaucracies. 

One of my favorite chapters is “Success Stories of Market 

Environmentalism From Around the World” by the Austrian 

Economics Center’s Kai Weiss (a frequent contributor to 

FEE.org). Among the many examples he provides is one 

involving the white rhino. Weiss writes, 

[P]rivate actors have also proven able to protect wildlife. 

Take the example of the white rhinoceros. In 1900, rhinos 

were an endangered species in South Africa. But through an 

auction system and the Theft of Game Act of 1991, which 

established private ownership rights to wild animals, the 

number of white rhinos increased significantly, today standing 

at 20,000, “making it the most common rhino species on 

the planet.” 

Other authors in the book address the application of a market 

environmentalist vision to the United States, to Europe in 

general, and to countries like the U.K. and Austria in particular—all 

in a way that people anywhere in the world will find 

useful and instructive. In his chapter, “Why We Should Be 

Optimistic,” Swedish economist and historian Johan Norberg 

inspires the reader with an understanding that the message 

of this book is not a theoretical pipedream. It is ultimately too 

powerful to be ignored. 

British Conservation Alliance founder and president Chris 

Barnard concludes the book with a chapter titled “Towards 

a Greener and Freer Future.” He invokes Harvard psychologist 

Steven Pinker’s observation that “People are likelier to 

accept the fact of global warming when they are told that the 

problem is solvable by innovations in policy and technology 

than when they are given dire warnings about how awful it 

will be.” Barnard says, 

We must harness this truth of human psychology and craft 

the emerging global movement for market environmentalism 

around optimism, policy innovation, and technological 

progress. We must offer people worried about the future of 

the world and our environment an alternative to the negative 

doom and gloom of the system-change types. 

He’s right. When we have so much logic, economics, psychology 

and experience that argues for the power of markets, 

why would sane people ever want to flush that away 

and replace it with politics and politicians and their dubious 

track record? 

The average age of the 21 authors of Green Market Revolution 

is, I would guess, under 35. They are people with 

decades of life on this planet ahead of them. They have 

grabbed hold of eternal truths and solid principles and 

deployed them in the service of the clean environment they 

want to live in. They are not wedded to any failed policies 

of the past just because those policies are superficially appealing. 

This is a book of substance, accessible to a broad 

audience, full of hope for a better future. 

If in 50 years, we find ourselves on a planet with air, land, 

and water cleaner than ever before and brimming with abundant 

life, it won’t be because we put commissars and central 

planners in charge. It will be because people like you, the 

reader, took books like this to heart and insisted that its 

wisdom be our touchstone. 

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Northeast North Carolina Family History - Petitions for Naturalization… 

By: Irene Hampton - nencfamilyhistory@gmail.com 

Scrolling through what was new on Ancestry.com’s Card 

Catalog I ran across “North Carolina Naturalization 

Records 1872-1996” which caught my interest and I will 

share some of what I found as it might be of interest to some 

of our more recent residents. To begin with I will share a 

paragraph from Ancestry to help with a basic understanding 

of naturalization - becoming a citizen of another country. 

“The act and procedure of becoming a citizen of a country is 

called naturalization. In the U.S., naturalization is a judicial 

procedure that flows from Congressional legislation. However, 

from the time the first naturalization act was passed in 

1790 until 1906, there were no uniform standards. As a consequence, 

before September 1906, various federal, state, 

county, and local courts generated a wide variety of citizenship 

records that are stored in sundry courts, archives, 

warehouses, libraries, and private collections. After 1906 the 

vast majority of naturalizations took place in federal courts.” 

North Carolina has records available from 13 District 

Courts: Asheville, Cape Fear, Charlotte, Elizabeth City, 

Fayetteville, Greensboro, New Bern, Raleigh, Statesville, 

Washington, Wilkesboro, Wilmington and Wilson. The 

records are from the National Archives Records Administration 

(NARA). I choose to browse through the records for 

Elizabeth City which begins by using the term the Albemarle 

District Court then transitions to the Eastern District of North 

Carolina. Rather than browse you can search by name but 

the location option did not bring any results - well actually it 

brought thousands so don’t bother trying it! There are three 

different time periods listed: 1874-1927,1930-1961 and 

December 1909 - August 1927. 

There aren’t a lot of early cases - a few in each of the 

1870’s, 1880’s and 1890’s and those don’t contain much 

information. The first case heard before District Judge 

the Honorable George W. Brooks in April of 1872 was for 

Joseph Salmonosky, a native of Prussia. There are about 

ten handwritten pages including affidavits from people who 

knew him as well as his own personal affidavit and from 

them you read that he was a minor when he came to the 

United States (under 21 years of age), that he had resided 

for at least five years before his application here, and in 

North Carolina at least one year and that during the past five 

years he “has behaved as a person of good moral character, 

attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United 

States.” 

A fun naturalization record is that of Albert Quinten Bell 

known locally as “Skipper” who applied for naturalization in 

the 1920’s as a 29 year-old. The typed form is standardized 

with multiple questions through which we learn that he was 

a “Horti-culturist” who stood 6 foot 1, weighed 196 pounds 

with light brown hair and blue eyes. Born in Lubenham, 

England on March 2, 1896 he was residing in Euclid Heights 

in Elizabeth City and had emigrated from Fredericton, New 

Brunswick, Canada by the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He 

arrived in Elizabeth City on or about August 15, 1920 and 

was married to Maude Carthiene (spelling as on document) 

Bell who was born in Elizabeth City. Now that is a decent 

amount of helpful information for a researcher! “Skipper” is 

best known for building the Waterside Theater that houses 

the Lost Colony production in Manteo. In July of 1947 a 

fire destroyed the theater and all expected the season to be 

cancelled but Bell stated he could rebuild the theater if he 

had enough manpower and six nights later the Lost Colony 

reopened. When Hurricane Donna seriously damaged the 

theater again in 1960, Bell was able to restore enough of it 

for the 1961 season to take place. A plaque was installed 

there in 1967 in his memory. “Skipper” died in 1964 in Manteo. 

Only a few states’ naturalization records are currently 

available on Ancestry.com. Those states that do appear 

may not include all districts and have varying year ranges. 

Those listed are: Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, 

Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington and a few 

years for West Virginia. 

Of course I need Massachusetts or Rhode Island… hope 

you have better luck! 

Irene Hampton earned a certificate in Genealogy from Brigham Young 

University and worked as the Genealogical/Local history Researcher 

for the Pasquotank-Camden Library for over 12 years. She has also 

abstracted and published “Widow’s Years Provisions, 1881-1899, 

Pasquotank County, North Carolina”; “1840 Currituck, North Carolina 

Federal Census” and “Record of Marriages, Book A (1851-1867) 

Currituck County, North Carolina”. 

You may contact her at 

nencfamilyhistory@gmail.com. 

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could be threatened by your need for some type of long-term care. It now 

costs, on average, over $100,000 for a private room in a nursing home 

and more than $50,000 for the services of a home health aide, according 

to Genworth, an insurance company. Most of these costs won’t be covered 

by Medicare, either, so, if you want to reduce the risk of seriously depleting 

all your financial resources – or burdening your adult children with these 

heavy expenses – you may want to consider some type of long-term care 

insurance. You could choose a traditional long-term care policy – which 

can cover a nursing home stay, home health care, or other services – or a 

hybrid policy, which provides long-term care coverage plus a death benefit. 

• Manage withdrawals carefully. Once you retire, your financial freedom 

will depend a great deal on how skillful you are in managing the money in 

your retirement accounts. Specifically, you need to be careful about how 

much you withdraw from these accounts each year. If you set a withdrawal 

rate that’s too high in your early years of retirement, you might eventually 

risk outliving your resources. So, set a withdrawal rate that reflects your 

age, assets, retirement lifestyle and other factors. You may want to consult 

with a financial professional to establish an appropriate rate. 

As you can see, working toward your financial independence is a lifelong 

activity – but it’s worth the effort. 

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward 

Jones Financial Advisor. 

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Making memories 

Something that I have learned over the years is that memories 

are a part of what shapes us, good and bad ones. Sometimes 

those memories get locked away until something happens and 

brings them back to the surface. Often it’s the little things in life that 

end up meaning the most to us later in life. It’s not the stuff that we 

had that is important but instead the things that we did. The times we 

spent together as a family, the times we helped someone in need, 

the times that we were there for someone when they needed us the 

most. We try to lock away and forget the bad things. The bad things 

are just as important in shaping us as the good. We need to learn 

from the bad and not dwell on it. Give everything to God, the good 

and the bad. 

Don’t let situations control who and what you are. In a way it’s like 

this with God. He remembers what we did too. He remembers when 

we spend time with him, when we help people, when we do everything. 

The best part is that when we turn our lives over to God and 

ask for forgiveness, he forgets our bad stuff. Psalm 25:7 says “Do 

not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; According 

to Your lovingkindness remember me, For Your goodness’ sake, O 

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to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the 

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The author was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 12, 

1953. Moved to New York at the age of five, and became 

a U.S. citizen at the age of eleven. Graduated from 

George Washington High School in New York City. In 

1972, I enlisted in the U S Navy and was discharged in 

1975. I was a merchant seaman from 1982 through 1988. 

In between I dug ditches, washed dishes, sold used cars, 

and even drove a cab. I graduated from Elizabeth City 

State University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. 

I was a Motor Fuels Tax Auditor for the State of 

North Carolina, an IT Control Specialist for Gateway Bank/ 

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Inspiration by God, Perspiration by Ron, Volume VI 

Inspiration by God, Perspiration by Ron, Volume VII 

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From the peak of Mount Everest, 

To the depths of the Mariana trench 

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At the Yellowstone Caldera, the geyser called old faithful 

Up the steep sides of Mount Fuji, in Japan 

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In the depths of the North Atlantic, deep in the Southern 

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Bertie County During the Civil War 

Part 2 

In Part from The Papers of Harry Lewis Thompson and of The Records of Gerald Thomas 

By Dr. Dave 

The first action involving Bertie County men 

was the Battle at Roanoke Island. Bertie 

County had so far gone escaped action except 

the Town of Winton being burned by Northern 

soldiers and a brief landing of troops of Norther 

soldiers in Colerain. On May 15th, 1862, 

Northern ships came up the Cashie River to 

Windsor, landed, and searched the town but 

found nothing that they were looking for and 

left. On the morning of March 14th, 1863, a 

Northern gunboat steamed up the Cashie River 

again and opened fire on Windsor at 7:40 am at 

a building and the surrounding woods and then 

landed armed marines and confiscated 800 

pounds of cotton and destroyed more buildings 

and boats by fire. On May 12th, 1863, John 

Pool’s fish house was attacked and destroyed 

by Northern troops. By August 31st, 1863, 35 

Bertie Country soldiers died on battlefields, 12 

or more died in Northern prisons, and dozens 

more grievously wounded, 76 died of diseases 

and other various illnesses such as typhoid 

fever, measles, smallpox, pneumonia, and 

dysentery. On January 21st, 1864, Northern 

forces entered Harrellsville. Troops confiscated 

what they wanted and destroyed by fire what 

was left and then on to Mars Hill to do the same 

all the time guided by local buffaloes, then on 

to Colerain vandalizing homes and personal 

property. On January 30th, 1864, the buffaloes 

and Northern forces attacked and destroyed 

Hoggard’s Mill Bridge. By the end of the War, 

a total of 860 Bertie County men had served in 

the Confederate Military, citizens, and noncombatants 

lands and businesses destroyed. 

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Technology, A HAACP (hazard analysis critical control point) 

Instructor with a Bachelors degree in Nutrition Science. 

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As a former USDA bureaucrat, I thought I would 

provide my perspective on systemic racism and the 

black farmer. While serving as Supervisory Food Technologist 

for the Food Safety Inspection System (FSIS), 

I had collateral duties as an EEO Counselor serving at 

USDA headquarters in Washington,D.C. 

The discrimination complaint process begins by the 

complainant contacting an EEO counselor ,who attempts 

to determine the circumstances and validity 

of the claim, and then attempt to resolve it informally. 

The EEO counselor reports their findings to the EEO 

Director, who reports to the Office of the Secretary of 

Agriculture. 

Circa 1993, I was contacted by a representative of the 

Black Farmers regarding their claim of being denied 

credit and agriculture resources such as crop insurance 

from the USDA/FSA ,because of race. My informal 

complaint was one of many. After I interviewed the FSA 

representative I concluded that it could not be resolved 

informally and recommended that it be elevated to 

formal complaint status. The number of complaints were 

extensive and was consolidated into a 70,000+ person 

class action suit titled “Pigford V Glickman 1 and 2”. The 

USDA settled, and therein lies my concerns. 

Here’s the story: The USDA through their Farm Service 

Agency (FSA) ,systematically destroyed 70,000 black 

farmer’s enterprises throughout the south. The Black 

Farmer’s primary customers were the African American 

community. The FSA’s actions caused food deserts 

where the complainants did business, denying their 

customers fresh wholesome produce. Their policies 

resulted in the very health disparities that’s associated 

with poor diets, compromised immune system and 

vulnerability to infectious diseases. To this very day 

there are policy impediments that I will identify in my 

next column, along with my take on how the USDA can 

mitigate the health disparities of the African American 

community, while providing jobs, clean the environment, 

and providing healthy food options. 

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simple steps. 

In March, business owners had to evaluate their financial 

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much easier for a business owner to cut variable expenses 

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expenses, start off with unnecessary expenses that do not 

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owners. There are endless possibilities for increasing revenue, 

a business owner who keep an open mind can find a 

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to seek assistance from them. Reaching out to a landlord 

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able to negotiate better payment terms or extend invoice 

due dates. Most suppliers would rather work with a good 

customer for fear of losing the customer to a competitor. 

Negotiations must be done in a way that will maintain a 

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taken to improve cash flow so the landlord or supplier 

understand the business owner is seeking assistance 

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Callen (Cal) Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. 

Cal Tjader was born July 16, 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri and died 

(on tour) May 5, 1982 in Manila, Philippines from a heart attack. 

His parents were known as The Swedish American Vaudevillians. His 

father tap danced, and his mother played piano, a husband-wife team 

going from city to city with their troupe to earn a living. When he was 

two, Tjader’s parents settled in San Mateo, California and opened 

a dance studio. His mother instructed him in classical piano and his 

father taught him tap dance. He performed around the Bay Area as 

“Tjader Junior”, a tap dance wunderkind. He also performed a brief 

non-speaking role dancing alongside Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (Richmond, 

Virginia) in the film The White of the Dark Cloud of Joy. 

He joined a Dixieland band and played around the Bay Area. At 

sixteen, he entered a Gene Krupa drum solo contest, making it to the 

finals and ultimately winning by playing “Drum Boogie.” The win was 

overshadowed by that morning’s event: Japanese planes had bombed 

Pearl Harbor. 

Tjader played the vibraphone primarily. He was accomplished on the 

drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. He worked with many 

musicians from several cultures and is often linked to the development 

of Latin rock and acid jazz. Although fusing jazz with Latin music is 

often categorized as “Latin jazz” (or, earlier “Afro-Cuban jazz”), Tjader’s 

work swung freely between both styles. 

Cal entered the United States Navy in 1943 at age 17 and served 

as a medical corpsman in the Pacific Theater until March 1946. He 

saw action in five invasions, including the Marianas campaign and the 

Battle of the Philippines. Upon his return he enrolled at San Jose State 

College under the G.I. Bill, majoring in education. Later he transferred 

to San Francisco State College, still intending to teach. It was there he 

took timpani lessons, his only formal music training. 

At San Francisco State he met Dave Brubeck, a young pianist also 

fresh from a stint in the Army and Dave introduced Tjader to Paul Desmond. 

The three connected with more players and formed the Dave 

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Brubeck Octet with Tjader on drums. They only recorded one album, 

disbanded and formed again as a trio. The trio became a fixture on the 

San Francisco jazz scene. Tjader, during this period, taught himself 

vibraphone and alternated between that and drums, depending on the 

song. 

In April 1954, Cal formed the Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Quintet and 

the quintet produced several albums in rapid succession, including 

Mambo with Tjader. The Mambo craze reached its pitch in the late 

1950s, but Tjader’s band featured seasoned Cuban players and topnotch 

jazz talent that cut several notable straight-ahead jazz albums. 

Tjader and his band opened the second Monterey Jazz Festival in 

1959 with an acclaimed “preview” concert (the first festival suffered 

financially) and Tjader is credited with bringing in big ticket sales for 

the second and saving the landmark festival before it had even really 

started. 

Tjader died on tour. On the road with his band in Manila, he collapsed 

from a heart attack and died on 5 May 1982 at age 56. As a side note: 

I, as a teenager listen to his music and thought he was Cuban until I 

later was informed, he was Swedish. 

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This Month in 

NC History 

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On June 29, 1987, folk music legend 

Libba Cotten died. 

Cotten taught the world “Freight Train,” 

“Shake Sugaree” and a host of other 

songs. Her “parlor ragtime” style was no 

less elegant for the guitar being turned 

upside down and the thumb and finger 

roles being reversed. 

Cotten was born in 1893 in an area that 

would eventually become Carrboro. She 

grew up near the railroad tracks on what 

is now called Lloyd Street. She wrote 

“Freight Train” at age 11. Her early biography 

reads much like those of most 

of the people around her: hard work 

punctuated by frolics, music, marriage, 

church and family. 

She eventually moved to Washington 

D.C., where she found employment with 

composer and folklorist Ruth Crawford 

Seeger. While working for Seeger’s 

family, she idly picked up a guitar and 

revealed herself to be precisely the kind 

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ceased domestic work and spent the 

rest of her life as a traveling entertainer. 


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