THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, January 13, 1995 TAG: 9501130484
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
DATELINE: ROANOKE ISLAND LENGTH: Short : 33 lines
Contrary to earlier reports, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt will not help other volunteers build a three-bedroom house for Cape Hatteras National Seashore employees today.
Babbitt's chief of staff, Tom Collier, will appear instead. Babbitt was called away on an emergency, said a spokesman in the Interior Department.
Collier and other volunteers will begin building at 8 a.m. today near Manteo.
The 1,450-square-foot home will be on the seashore headquarters at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. It will replace one of the aging trailers that Park Service employees now inhabit.
Labor, materials and appliances are being donated by manufacturing, construction and building supply companies. The North Carolina Home Builders Association, the National Association of Home Builders and several other companies are sponsoring the project.
Nags Head builder Carl ``Pogie'' Worsley will supervise the work.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore covers 30,319 acres from Oregon Inlet through Ocracoke Inlet.
The National Park Service employs about 90 permanent workers and nearly 100 seasonal assistants. It provides housing for about one-third of its permanent staff and for more than half of its seasonal workers. by CNB