THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, August 2, 1995 TAG: 9508020487
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
LENGTH: Medium: 58 lines
NAGS HEAD
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT: To encourage residents to leave their outside lights on, lock their doors and take a walk against crime, the Nags Head Police Department took part in the 12th annual National Night Out on Tuesday night.
National Night Out is a program designed to heighten awareness of crime and drug prevention and generate community participation in anti-crime efforts.
``This is a celebration against crime and drugs,'' said Sgt. Rex Meads of the Nags Head Police Department. ``We are sending the message that the officers and people of this town will not tolerate crime.''
Wesley Clark, crime-prevention specialist with the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, presented the department with a plaque from Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. for its participation in the program, in which an estimated 28 million people participated nationwide.
``This is an opportunity for law enforcement and the community to join in partnership together to demonstrate to the criminal element that they are not going to let them take over their communities,'' Clark said.
The Nags Head Police Department will also host another Night Out in October when the weather is more favorable to walking outside.
ELIZABETH CITY
HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULES: Class schedules for students enrolled at Northeastern High School will be mailed today.
Barring any unforeseen problems, students should have their schedules by Friday. Packets will contain information on the procedure for changing any classes before school begins.
For more information, call 335-2981, Ext. 112.
SOUTH MILLS
CANAL OPENINGS HALVED: Capricious summer rainfall has skipped around the Dismal Swamp, and low water will cause the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers next week to reduce the number of daily lockings for pleasure boats on the Dismal Swamp Canal.
``Beginning on Aug. 9, the locks at Deep Creek, Va., and South Mills, N.C., will open only at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. seven days a week,'' said Diana Bailey, a spokesperson for the Corps of Engineers in Norfolk.
Normally, the locks open for boats four times daily, twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon.
The engineers have an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to limit the number of lock openings when Dismal Swamp Canal supply water from Lake Drummond drops to a 3.6-foot depth at the spillway near the middle of the waterway.
``The spillway measurement was 4.58 feet yesterday, and we expect the water level to fall to a point where we must begin to limit the lockings,'' Bailey said. Each lock opening drains 2 million gallons of water from Lake Drummond into the waterway. by CNB