U.S. Census Workers Are Needed

The work of U.S. Census takers this year will determine how and where 400 billion dollars in federal funds are distributed over the next decade and the number of U.S. representatives entitled by each state’s population. And applications for Census workers are now being accepted according to George Wilberg, a recruiter in Lee County.

Wilberg addressed the Sanford Lions Club Thursday, Feb. 4, describing the application process and requirements of U.S. Census workers, or enumerators, as they are known now. Those selected for the temporary jobs will be paid $13.50 per hour and fifty-cents per mile for mileage. Persons must be 18 years of age, complete an application, have proper identification, pass a background check, and satisfactorily complete an employment test.

The U.S. Census Bureau will begin mailing questionnaires to citizens in March. A second mailing will follow to those who do not respond and those who fail to reply after the second attempt will be visited by enumerators. Persons interested in these temporary jobs are urged to contact the regional offices at 1001 S. Fayetteville St, Asheboro, NC 27203, or call 866-861-2010. The speaker was introduced by program chairman Roy Cashion.

In other business, club members heard a recommendation from Tony Williams that members begin collecting Campbell Soup labels for the North Carolina Lions Foundation. They are sent to the N.C. School for the Deaf which in return receives funds from Campbell Soup Co. to purchase supplies. It was noted that many churches and organizations also collect soup labels, but Williams said Lions and their friends who do not already do so could join in this project.

Lions were also encouraged to promote the club’s tasty hamburgers and hotdogs from its Lee Regional Fair kitchen by casting votes for them in the annual “Best of Lee County” contest sponsored by The Sanford Herald. The Lion’s Kitchen juicy burgers and dogs are the talk of the town at fair time and deserve such recognition, members agreed. President Richard Hendley presided and Ismael Rivera led the Pledge of Allegiance. Tommy Mann, Jr., delivered the invocation.