THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 5t, No. 10 USPS <28-080 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C. Thursday, May it, l?tf ' 30 <
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Perquimans County farmers
should begin scouting corn and
small grain fields IMMEDI
ATELY! Devastating infestations
of Billbug, cutworm and
armyworm were found in corn
fields on Monday. Some small
grain fields have been reported to
nave twice the threshold level of
armyworm. Please call the Perqui
mans Agricultural Extension Of
fice at 426-5428 for more informa
I tion.
Education
bosses
honored
Governor James G. Martin and
the National Association of Educa
tional Office Personnel have pro
claimed the week of May 21-27 as
Educational Bosses' Week.
The observance is designed to
stress the important role of school
administrators in quality educa
tion. Although less visible than tea
chers, administrators also play a
vital role in the lives of the state's
youth through their dedication to
scholastics, community, children
and teaches. They form the foun
dation for immunities' schools in
North Carolina.
Members of the North Carolina
Association of Educational Office
Personnel are planning bosses'
banquets, luncheons and recep
tions to honor their principals,
presidents, superintendents and
supervisors throughout the state.
All NCAEOP members join to
gether in giving our school admin
istrators a big "thank you" for a
job well done.
Lions Club
celebrates
anniversary
The Hertford Lions Club will to
night celebrate its 50th anniver
sary. A banquet will be held at the
Perquimans County High School
cafeteria at 7:00 p.m.
On hand to help commemorate
the occasion will be District Gover
nor 31-J Raymond J. Hall, Past
District Governor Herbert Hollo
well and Past International Presi
dent Jack Stickley, as well as local
Lions.
Bus drivers
are thanked
fe School Bus Driver Recognition
Week has been proclaimed by Gov
ernor James Martin as May 14-20.
In making the proclamation, Mar
tin noted the importance of having
safe and responsible school bus
drivers. About 687,100 children ride
more than 13,100 school buses each
year in North Carolina. More than
650,000 miles in 100 counties are
traveled daily in a combined total
of about 21,000 trips statewide. Ap
proximately 1,315 children ride
P school buses in Perquimans
County.
Hats off to the bus drivers for a
job well done.
Docents Day
set at site
; At 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May
20, the Perquimans Heritage Cen
ter at the Newbold- White House
Kite will be the setting for a presen
tation by Mrs. Nelson Watkins
about herbs which were important
' to seventeenth century life.
' Mrs. Watkins win discuss medic
inal, culinary and aromatic plants
and will brink herbs to show and to
give away. Tne public is welcome.
Following the herb program,
there will be a luncheon at 12:30.
Newbold-White docents and their
families will be admitted free of
tharge, but others are invited to
the luncheon at a cost of $5 per per
son. Anyone planning to attend
should call tne Newbold-White
House at 426-7567 by Friday, May
19 to make a reservation.
' Also on that day, an auction will
be held at the site to benefit the
of the new Perquimans
I Center. Those attending
? lecture and luncheon are
to bring articles such
xk, Jewelry, kitchen
to auction off. Any
in this regard would be
Board of Education updates policies
The Perquimans County Board
of Education approved the use of a
revised coaching contract Monday
night.
Recently Athletic Director
Spencer White told the board that
there had been past problems with
coaches neglecting to account for
uniforms and equipment at the end
of their sport's season. This had led
to missing uniforms and poor
equipment inventory.
In an effort to control the prob
lem, the Board added to the coach
ing contract that 25 percent of the
coaching supplement will be held
until equipment, a copy of inven
tory and uniforms are turned in to
the Athletic Director andprincipal.
The contract also requests that
coaches submit a list of needs for
the next year.
Student transfer policy
The Board has been trying to
implement a student transfer pol
icy that sets specific guidelines, so
that all requests will be handled
equitably. Student transfers effect
those students who live in the Per
quimans school district and wish to
attend school in another district,
students who live in another dis
trict and want to attend Perqui
mans Schools and students within
the Perquimans system who wish
to attena a school other than the
one to which they are assigned.
It was decided to implement a
policy whereby parents of students
who were approved for transfers
during the present school year
must submit a written request to
the board of education at least
three days prior to their first meet
ing in June if they need to continue
to attend school at their present lo
cation. The Board reserved the
right to ask parents to attend a
board meeting if additional infor
mation is needed to make a deci
sion on the request.
Letters are being drafted for
board approval to go out to parents
who requested transfers this year.
The first board meeting in June is
on June 5, so requests must be sub
mitted by June 2.
Senior exam exemptions
Seniors Nancy Boynton and
Tracy Brown asked the Board to
favorably endorse the proposed
changes to the senior exam exemp
tion policy submitted by PCHS
Principal William Byrum.
The old. policy stated that stu
dents who nad more than 10 ab
sences would not be exempt from
exams even though they might
have maintained the 90 average re
quired for exam exemption.
Byrum and the students agreed
that the policy should state "10 un
excused absences," rather than 10
absences. The students told the
board that by not specifying unex
cused absences, those students
who were out of school for illness,
field trips or other justifiable
causes would be penalized, even
though they had made the effort to
keep their average at or above 90.
Tne board agreed to the new pol
icy which also states that any stu
dent who has been placed in in
school suspension or has been sus
pended from school will not be
exempt from exams, regardless of
grade point averages.
Public school forum
Dr. Martin told the board that
The Garland H. Onley Post 8148 installed officers at their meeting at Jimmy's Barbecue last Thursday
night.
GOP blasts land transfer tax bill
The Perquimans County Repub
lican Executive Committee has
unanimously adopted a resolution
waging the defeat of a controver
sial land transfer tax bill intro
duced by State Representatives
Vernon James (D-Pasquotank)
and Pete Thompson (D-Chowan).
The bill applies to Perquimans,
Washington, and Pasquotank coun
ties only.
Both the Pasquotank and the
Washington County Republican
Executive Committees have also
adopted similar unanimous resolu
tions opposing the bill, HB786.
The oul would authorize expand
ing the controversial tax to the
three counties. The Republicans
noted that the land transfer tax is
an unusual tax that exists nowhere
in North Carolina except in the leg
islative district of Vernon James
and Pete Thompson.
The bill would authorize imposi
tion of a tax of one percent of the
total sale price of land, buildings,
timbers and many mobile homes.
The Republicans critized this pro
vision as unfair in that the tax is a
percentage of total sale price in
stead of a percentage of equity or
net proceeds, and the tax will thus
severely impact anyone selling
property wiui a large mortgage
sucn as highly leveraged farmers
who have to sell their land.
For example, a seller selling a
home with an 80 percent mortgage
would pay five percent of their net
proceeds in land transfer tax,
while a seller with a 90 percent
mortgage would pay 10 percent of
net proceeds and a seller with a 95
percent mortgage would pay 20
percent of net proceeds.
The Republicans described the
land transfer tax as a tax targeted
against the middle class.
They further object to its impact
on young families, observing that
the land transfer tax will place a
further burden on hardworking
young families struggling to buy
their first home because sellers
will inevitably pass the cost along
to buyers, and tax will add about
$50& to the cost of an average
home.
The bill allows proceeds of the
tax to be used for any capital ex
penditures and does not limit it to
particular uses.
The resolution calls upon all Re
publicans and Conservative Demo
cratic Legislators to join together
to defeat HB786.
These llttte Stever School of Dance tappers practice for their upcoming recital. The event titled
"Lights, Cameras, Action" will be held Friday at 8:00 p.m. in the PCHS auditorium. Tickets are
available at the door.
Farm bill provision may
badly affect local farmers
By: John Myer*
District Conservationist
Farming new ground could re
sult in a loss of USDA programs
There are four (4) conservations
provisions included in the 1906
una MIL
"Swampbuster" is one of these
provisions that could effect moat
Perquimans County Farmers. Un
der Swampbuster, if you convert
naturally occurtag "wetlands" and
one it to produce agricultural com
modi ties after December 23, 1965
(the date the farm bill was signed),
you lose USDA program benefits
the year in whicn such commodi
ties are produced. Wetlands, for
the Swampbuster provision, are
defined as areas of hydric soil with
a nredominance of hydric vegeta
tion. This includes much of the
woodland in the county.
It is also important to note that
the loss of eligibility applies to all
the land you farm, not just to the
specific wetland Add.
If you are planning to clear new
ground for agricultural production,
please contact your local soil con
servation office, located in the Ag
ricultural Extension Building on
Edenton Road Street or call 426
5545 to determine if you are clear
ing a "wetland".
All programs and services pro
vided by the USDA-Soil Conserva
tion Service are available without
regard to race, color, sex, age, reli
gion, marital status, handicap or
national origin.
Perquimans is one of 13 schools
systems participating in the public
school forum. Five administrative
staff members will participate in
four three-day leadership training
and problem-solving sessions
throughout next school year.
PCHS grant
PCHS had been awarded an inno
vative program in math and sci
ences grant of $12,500. The funds
will be used to beautify the grounds
around the science wing. The area
will become an "outdoor class
room" as students complete the
work, setting up a mock business,
producing videos and having bro
chures printed.
Other action
In other action, the Board:
the resignation of Kay Boyce.
the bid of O'Neal Contracting Co.
for $15,158 to replace the windows
at the PCHS gym if the company
can produce satisfactory compara
bles.
to go into executive session to dis
cuss personnel matters.
VFW installs
new officers
The Garland H. Onley VFW Post
8148 held their monthly meeting
Wednesday, May 10th at 7:00 p.m.
at Jimmy's Bar-B-Que.
Commander Ron Reighard con
ducted the meeting with a good at
tendance.
The incoming officers were in
stalled as follows:
Ernest W. Sutton, Commander;
William B. Swain, Sr. Vice Com
mander; J. G. Manning, Jr. Vice
Commander; Bryan Glover, Quar
termaster; Joe Perry, Adjutant.
The installing officer was Post
CMD D. J. White. Post 8148 is
looking forward to a good year.
The Post unanimously recog
nized Chaplain and Past CMD Ed
ward Barber for his outstanding
work in the Voice of Democracy
and other programs. He was given
the Commendation Award certifi
cate.
Adjutant Joe Perry won the at
tendance award, but was not pre
sent to receive it.
Plans were made for our annual
Buddy Poppy sale. Buddy Poppy
Committee Chairman is incoming
Jr. Vice CMD J.G. Manning - he
will be assisted by Emmett Land
ing and other VFW volunteers.
Buddy Poppys will go on sale in the
Hertford area on May 27th.
During the Buddy Poppy sales
drive, members will also partici
pate in the Light-a-bike project.
Reflective tapes will be placed on
bicycles in order to make them
more visible, and therefore safer.
The program, called "Be safe ?
Be seen," is mainly geared toward
elementary school children, but
anyone may get a reflective tape.
The Hertford VFW Post will
place approximately 150 flags on
the veterans graves this Memorial
Day.
Eligible veterans are invited to
join the local VFW Post, become
active members and support the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Students design
advertisements
for special tab
The students in the Perquimans
County High School and seventh
and eighth grade art classes de
signed the advertisements in the
special insert this week titled
"Perquimans County Schools De
sign-an-ad Tab."
Working through the schools, the
Perquimans Weekly staff was able
to have students design the adver
tisements. Then the Weekly staff
took the advertisements to local
businesses to sell them.
"Most of the advertisers were
very pleased with the work the stu
dents did," said Advertising Man
ager Dixie Gomer. "We were also
very satisfied with the results."
"Next year, I hope to publish a
much larger insert," said Editor
Susan Harris. "We learned a lot
with this issue, and have already
begun making plans for next year's
Design-an-ad.
Art teachers Joan Wood and
Brenda Hollowell and English tea
cher Linda Perry worked very
hard with students drawing the ad
vertisements.
"We really appreciated the coop
eration from the teachers," said
Harris. "We could not have put out
the insert without their support."
Look through the insert and see
for yourself how talented Perqui
mans art students are. Next week,
? winner from the high school level
and junior high school level will be
announced.
County students
perform well
on state test
Sophomores at Perquimans
High School who took the North
Carolina competency test for the
first time in February performed
very well, according to Ted Hen
son, Director of Instructional
Support Programs in the county.
County students had a higher
passing rate than both the re
gional and state averages in all
four tested areas, including writ
ing objective, writing essay,
reading and mathematics.
Passing rates in each category
improved dramatically from the
prior year's averages. In 1988,
the writing objective passing
rate was 80.9 percent, which was
raised to 89.9 percent this year.
The writing essay passing rate
went from 93.1 percent to 96.3
percent. The reading rate
jumped from 89.2 percent to 97.2
percent, while the mathematics
rate climbed 8.5 percent, to 91.7
percent.
"I think it's a very good re
port," said Dr. Mary Jo Martin,
superintendent.
"This is great," added School
Board Chairman Clifford
Winslow. "I hope that we can
continue to stay at this level."
Henson and Martin credited
the much-improved statistics to
the faculty at the high school.
They said that PCHS Principal
William Byrum had reviewed the
objectives of the test at the begin
ning of the year and asked teach
ers to be aware of those objec
tives as they taught.
The exam covers basic skills
such as map reading, organiza
tion, classification, following di
rections, computations, money
problem solving, percentages
and other areas that effect every
day life.
All students in North Carolina
must pass the competency exam
before graduating.
In order to reach state accredi
tation standards, schools must
have an 88 percent passing rate.
Over 88 percent of the students in
Perquimans passed in each cat
egory.
Products recalled
Raleigh-Land-O-Sun Dairies is
voluntarily withdrawing four ice
cream products manufactured at
its Hickory, North Carolina plant,
the North Carolina Department of
Agriculture's Food ana Drug Pro
tection Division announced.
The products may contain Liste
ria monocytogenes, a bacteria
which may cause flu-like symp
toms in humans. Individuals most
vulnerable to this bacteria are pre
gnant women, frail or elderly per
sons or person with weakened im
mune systems.
"There have been no reported ill
nesses to these products and Land
O-Sun officials are cooperating
fully with the department", said
Jim Graham, Commissioner of the
North Carolina Department of Ag
riculture.
The products being withdrawn
and the identifying codes are:
1. PET BRAND CHOCOLATE
ICE CREAM IN ONE PINT CON
TAINER WITH Pet Dairy Johnson
City, TN 37602 3440 on the carton lid
and the code on the bottom of the
carton D6 3775.
2. PET BRAND NUTTY BUDDY
packed six per box with the de
bossed code date D19. Plant code
3775 printed on opposite end of
P&ckd^6
3. PET BRAND NUTTY BUDDY
packed two dozen per box with the
code D19 3775 ink printed on the top
of box.
4. PET BRAND ICE CREAM
SANDWICHES packed 12 per box
with the code date D 19 89. Plant
code 3775 printed on opposite end of
package.
No other PET BRAND ICE
CREAM PRODUCTS other than
those listed above which were
manufactured at Land-O-Sun Da
iry, Hickory, NC and identified by
the plant code 37*75 on the package
are affected by the withdrawal.
The PET BRAND NUTTY BUDDY
six packs and 24 packs were dis
tributed in Georgia, South Caro
lina, Tennessee, North Carolina,
Florida and Virginia.
The PET BRAND NUTTY
BUDDY 24 pack product was also
distributed in Missouri.
The PET BRAND CHOCOLATE
ICE CREAM ONE PINT was dis
tributed in Georgia, Virginia,
South Carolina, Tennessee, North
Carolina and Florida
The PET BRAND ICE CREAM
SANDWICH was distributed in
Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, Nortii
Carolina, South Carolina. Tennes
see, Florida, and Indiana.
Consumers with any of the above
products should return it to the
place of purchase.
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