River monitoring
aenratioa classification of developable
land might cauae the developer undue
hardship in getting a subdivision plat
Bat Ferrea said that the up is too
small to be completely accurate, aad
that individual situations could be dealt
Mth oa a caae by case basis.
Caddy also took issue with another
map included in the plan that showed
moat at the New Hope Township to be
pnme to flooding.
Ferrea countered that the map was
baaed oo a soil cooaervattoa sod
analysis.
"We doal want to strap anybody, but
we've at least cat to shew what the other
agencies have shown," said Ferren.
A public information session will be
scheduled oo the, update so that, in
Ferren's words, "the little old ladies in
tennis shoes can come and make their
comments."
In another matter, the commissioners
learned that troubles with insulation in
the roof at the ARPDC Building are going
to be expensive to correct. The insulation
had been falling down following last
winter's heavy snows, causing the
heating system to sulfunetion.
Commissioner Charles H. Ward had
gotten an $11,000 price estimate on
correcting the problem. He was asked to
get a few more estimates.
The commissioners also:
?promised to give equal financial
treatment to a volunteer fire department
m ? ? to
county from 11 p.m. to a half an Mr ?
? Pfofoi.i tut ? nr (|
?leaned that wtabHshtot a atoflto
building permit for the entire comity
?agreed to a special meeting oa Jan-12
at 7 p.m. to discuss the future of tfe .
county recreatioa department vibi ;
Winf all Town Council members.
Artist V a n Baars to leave mark on Perquimans Union School ^
Artist -in-the-sc boots Frans I
Vu Burt Meads to leave his i
?ark after a semester of 1
working with Perquimans
County youngsters
I
. Van Baars. with the beip of i
? few volunteers, will pant a
mural on a wall at
Tfce mural which is intended
to depict tiger country, will be
a colorful illustration of a
tropical land, complete with
palm trees and blue water.
Schools superintendent Pat
Harrell appeared quite
pleased with Van Baars plans
as he related then to the
board of education on Monday
night.
A less pleasant topic was a
dispute with Gardner Con
struction Company over some
brick used in the addition to
Perquimans County High
School.
The hoard had attempted to
get some shower partitions
installed in the dressing room
portion of the addition. The
partitions had been left out of
Workshop set on child care business
! The Albemarle Regional
Planning and Development
Commission, in cooperation
frith the Department of
Human Resources, Day Care
Section, will sponsor an in
formational meeting for
persons interested in ex
panding or starting child day
care services in several
northeastern North Carolina
counties. The meeting is
scheduled for Monday, Jan.
12, at 10 a.m. in the
Perquimans County ARPDC
building in Hertford.
A total of O00.M0 statewide
has been allocated to develop
new day care programs and
expand or upgrade existing
programs through a Start-up
Project The project will be
administered by the Day Care
Section and is limited to non
profit day care providers or
groups and public agencies.
The Day Care Section has
established a set of criteria for
identifying those counties
most in need of "Start-up
activity." These criteria in
clude such factors as per
centage of expenditure of
county day care allocations
and the need for day care
services compared to the
availability of day care ser
vices within a county.
Accordingly, 1C counties
have been designated as
target counties for this year's
Start-up Project, including:
Beaufort, Bladen, Cabarrus,
Chowan, Columbus,
Currituck. Granville, Halifax,
Hertford, Northampton.
Onslow, Pasquotank, Pender,
Perquimans, Tyrrell and
Washington.
Start-up applications from
these counties will be
solicited. Day Care Section
staff will be available to work
with groups from these
counties who may be in
terested in making ap
plication. Applications from
other counties will be con
sidered in the event that ap
plications from "targeted"
counties are insufficient in
quantity and or quality.
Criteria for ranking in
dividual applications include
such factors as the degree of
need for additional day care
services within a county, the
cost-efficiency of an ap
plication and written en
dorsements of groups or
facilities which made ap
plication for Start-up funds.
Further information on the
Strat-up Project is available
from Ms. Christine Carroll,
Day Care Section, 325 N.
Salisbury St., Raleigh, N.C.
27611; telephone (919) 733
6650.
Fire truck responds to call , crashes
; Responding to a call early
New Year's morning, a
Hertford firetnick pulled out
pf the station oo Grubb Street
and struck a passing
automobile.
Volunteer fireman Sid Eley,
who was driving the truck, hit
the side of a 1974 Plymouth
driven by Annie Newby
Rodgers of Brace Street.
Hertford, causing some 11,000.
in damage to her car, and'
some $300 in damage to the
firetruck.
Ms. Rodgers was treated
and released from Albemarle
Hospital, where it was
pronounced that she had
suffered no injuries, despite
her complaints of pain.
Eley was ticketed and
charged with unsafe
movement Neither he nor any
passengers on the firetruck
suffered injuries.
The fire department was
responding to a call from
Hertford Police Officer
Michael Jasielum, who
discovered that some 146
gallons of fuel oil had leaked
Early license renewal urged
. Most North Carolina drivers
kill once again renew their
license plates during the
vehicle registration period
that ends Feb. 15. All 1M0
plates and validation stickers
expired at midnight on Dec.
91. 1900. The 1*1 tags and
stickers must be displayed by
midnight. Feb. IS, 1981.
Those motorists who
registered their vehicles from
July 1 to Dec. 31. 1980 will
receive notices in May to
renew in June, 1981.
; Motor Vehicles Com
missiooer Elbert L. Peters Jr.
said more than 4.3 million
license plate renewal cards
are being mailed this year.
More than two million renewal
notices were mailed Dec. *,
and the remainder should be
mailed no later than Jan. 1
Peters noted that motor
vehicle owners who have not
received renewal cards in the
mail by Jan. 12 should contact
the Division of Motor Vehicles
in Raleigh by mail at 1100 New
Bern Avenue or by telephone
at the following numbers:
(919) 733-6720,-6724,-4725, -
6726. or -6727. The office hours
are from a a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
"It will take from three to
four days to obtain a renewal
card, and new plates or
stickers must be displayed by
midnight on Feb. 15," he said.
Any newly-acquired vehicle
will be issued a plate and
stickers unless a license plate
is to be transferred.
License plates and stickers
went on sale throughout the
state Jan. 2. Peters urged
motor vehicle owners to get
Habitual felons targeted
President of the North
Carolina District Attorney's
Association, Joe Freeman
Britt, recently announced that
the association will work to
retain the provisions of the
Habitual Felons Act in the
Coming session of the
legislature.
Hie act which is now
fcheduled to be repealed in
March of 1911, provides that
when a person has been
convicted of his fourth felony
and is found by a jury to be a
habitual felon, his sentence
must be at least 30 years and
could be life imprisonment
Tbe DAA feels that none of
the provisions of the newly
enacted "Fair Sentencing
Act" adequately deal with the
Jaycee calendars just in
The Jaycee-sponsored birth
flay calendars have arrived,
and Jaycee leaders will be
Attributing them this week.
; Those persons who ordered
calendars and who do not
receive then by the end of this
week should contact Ed Nino
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career criminal, but the
current Habitual Fekms Act
does, since it mandates
lengthy prison sentences for
habitual felons and prohibits
them from being released on
parole until they have served
a majority of their sentence.
Only a person who has
clearly shown himself IB be a
career criminal by com
mitting four felonies, each ooe
of the soles being committed
after he was convicted of the
previous one, can be
prosecuted as a habitual felon.
their license tags and stickers
early.
"We hope that our com
munications slogan, 'Get
Yours Early,' will encourage
citizens to obtain their plates
and stickers before the end of
the renewal period. We feel
that the early license plate
renewal campaign will aid in
reducing the waiting time at
the 115 license plate agencies
across the state," he said.
Motorists who order license
plates and stickers from the
Raleigh office must complete
and sign the. insurance cer
tification on the back of the
card and send their checks or
money orders and renewal
cards to the Division of Motor
Vehicles by Feb. 1 to insure
delivery by the Feb. 15
deadline.
That address is Vehicles
Services Section-Dept. 1,
Division of Motor Vehicles,
1100 New Bern Avenue,
Raleigh, North Carolina 27697.
Peters added that, "Checks
or money orders should be
made payable to the North
Carolina Division of Motor
Vehicles. License plates and
stickers ordered from the
Raleigh office are mailed at
no additional expense to the
owner."
TAX PREPARATION
ASSISTANCE
OfflCE UPSINRS OVER MIS SIMON
OFFICE HOURS
MOMMY THRU FRIDAY
9 Ail. TO 5 P.M.
SATURDAY
9 AJ! TO NOON
onto Grubb Street from a
residential tank belonging to
Mrs. Leony Creece of 331
Grubb Street.
Jasielum later discovered
that the cap on the feed line
had either been unscrewed or
had fallen off. Mrs. Creece
told police that she thought
she had heard voices outside
her hortie earlier in the
evening. >
The fire department cleaned
the oil off the street with water
and sand.
Mrs. Creece's losses in fuel
oil were estimated at some
$162, according to Hertford
Police Chief Marshall Merritt.
the project ipecification*,
though the board architect,
Sam Ashford, maintained that
it had been implied and un
derstood that the partitions
would be included in the
project.
When pressed for the par
titions, Gardner presented a
bill amounting to about <2,000
for price increases in bricks,
according to accounts of board
members.
The board balked at paying
for the increase because the
project had already been
accepted, but after some
discussion board members
agreed to pay for the bricks if
Gardner would install the
partitions and all ac
coutrements.
In another matter, Harrell
told the board that decisions
by board members from
desegregation forward that
might have implications on
policy were being pulled
together to compile a policy
manual for the school system.
In a related matter, the
board adopted a set of policy
guidelines for approving leave
of absence requests from
employees.
The hiring of two new
teachers was also formally i
approved by the board. 1
Green well was approved
the high school's
agriculture teacher, ai
Eartine Craven was hired
the emotionally hsndkappe^ ,
learning disabilities
for Hertford Grammar
School. %\
The two teachers begafc,|
work on Monday.
The board's next meeting ft
set Jan. II at T p.m. at
Perquimans County High ]
School. A report on family life
education is among the items
on the agenda.
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