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2 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14,2015 Poster Winner Edenton to host pilgrimage in April SUBMITTED PHOTO Lilah Byrum, a second grader at Perquimans Central School, won an award in the N.C. School Board Association’s poster contest for 2014. She is pictured with Superintendent Dwayne Stallings. From staff reports EDENTON — The Eden ton Woman’s Club will hold the annual Pilgrimage of His toric Homes on April 17-18. The program focuses on history, heritage, gardens, architecture, antiques and Southern food. The club has held the event since 1949. Edenton’s National His toric Landmarks - the 1767 Chowan County Court house and the Cupola House (1758), along with several buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places such as the IredeH House (1800-1827), St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (1736-1760), the newly re stored 1886 Roanoke River Lighthouse, along with the Penelope Barker Welcome Center will all be open dur ing the tour. Highlights of the tour will include an exhibit of wed ding dresses through the decades at Pembroke Hall, an 1850 antebellum mansion SUBMITTED PHOTO Greenfield will be one of the homes opened up for the annual Pilgrimage Tour in Edenton. built as a wedding present by Dr. Matthew Page to his wife Henrietta Collins. There will also be the first public view ing of North Carolina’s old est house circa 1718. The Pilgrimage coincides with the Town’s annual free, family friendly street dance Boogie on Broad featuring The Embers. Advance tickets for the Pilgrimage tour are $25 for adults, $10 for students, and $20 for groups of 20 or more. On the day of the tour, tick ets are $30. For event and ticket infor mation, call 482-7800 or visit edentonpilgrimage.org or VisitEdenton.com Partnership to offer parenting class From staff reports EDENTON — Parents, caregivers and grandparents ‘of young children are invited Jo participate in Motheread/ Fatheread classes starting ;next month. Participants will have the .opportunity to learn how to Juse children’s books to en ¬ “We always welcome new patients.” COMFORT • QUALITY • EXPERIENCE Modern Dentistry in a relaxed environment for the entire family. DR. CHRIS KOPPELMAN, DDS DR. ETHAN NELSON, bDS 482-5131 103 Mark Dr. Edenton, NC (behind Chowan Hospital) ALBEMARLE Dental Associates (fenetal and Cosmetic ^entistty NOTICE PERQUIMANS COUNTY I TAX LISTING DATES All persons who own property subject to taxation must list during the month of January. Any persons who fail to do so will be subject to penalties prescribed by law. Due to legislation, real property and licensed vehicles do not require listing by the taxpayer. However, if you have made any improvements to your real property, you must list that with the Tax Department. All other personal property such as boats, jet skis, unlicensed vehicles, farm equipment, businesses, etc. can be listed with the lister in the county Assessor's Office between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday starting January 2 through January 31, 2015. You may also list on the abstract that was mailed to you. If you have personal property or made improvements to your real property and did not receive an abstract, please contact our office. These abstracts must be returned to our office by January 31, 2015. If you are a business and you need an extension, our office needs a letter requesting an extension by January 31, 2015. If you are 65 years old or older, or totally and permanently disabled, and your income is less than $29,000, you may qualify for a tax reduction. Persons owning real property under cultivation, in forest management or horticulture land may qualify for a tax-reduced valuation (land use). If you are not already in the land use program and you feel you qualify, please contact The Tax Office for qualification. The Tax Office is located at 107 N. Front Street (in the back of the courthouse) Hertford, NC. Our telephone number is 252-426-7010 or 252-426-5564. Bill Jennings Perquimans County Tax Administrator hance their child’s skills for listening, speaking, reading, expressing needs and feel ings, establishing indepen dence and understanding family values. Children’s books will be used to foster connections between the stories that you read to your child and your own personal experiences. Some of the titles that may be used include Where the Wild Things Are; Follow the Drinking Gourd; and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Research shows that this curriculum has proven to be beneficial to parents of infants, toddlers and preschoolers in develop ing those necessary early literacy skills, according to Crystal Hale, early literacy coordinator at The Chow- an/Perquimans Smart Start Partnership. Classes will be held at the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library in Edenton starting Feb. 21. Childcare will be provided. Spaces are limited, and those interested can call 482- 3035 to register. Registration is open until all spaces are filled. Caregivers of all lit eracy levels are encouraged to participate. HEART Continued from 1 “If I get on the list and a heart becomes available and somebody needs it more than me, they’ll get it.” When she could work, Crowe was employed by Shoe Show in both Eliza beth City and Edenton. From 2006 through 2010 she was also president of the Perquimans County WOMAN Continued from 1 she said. The District 9 Arts Festi val, of which the Edenton club is a member, partici pates in the festival at the local, district and state lev els. Besides Chowan, par- Employee of the Month SUBMITTED PHOTO Michelle Lawrence, an administrative assistant in the Perquimans County Schools central office, was named the school system’s employee of the month for December. She is pictured with Superintendent Dwayne Stallings. Band Boosters. Weight loss is critical, Crowe says, because once the transplant is compete the drugs she must take to stave off rejection of the or gan cause the body to gain weight. “She’s the kind of person who would do anything in the world for anybody,” said Yvette Freeman, a friend who is also helping organizing fundraisers for Crowe. The first of what may be ticipating clubs are located in the following counties: Hertford, Camden, Gates, Pasquotank, Dare and Cur rituck. The competition has two different levels, one for adult club mem bers and one for younger people. When asked her thoughts about chairing the festival, she said, “Be careful what you wish for. That was hard work; it really was.” Drees said she was glad to see women and students have the opportunity to win awards and recognition in so many different catego ries but that there was one thing she would like to see TSE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY (USPS428-080) Vol. 83 No. 2 Published each Wednesday. A publication of Cooke Communications North Carolina, LLC Established 1934 111 W. Market St., Hertford, NC 27944 Mike Goodman Publisher Peter Williams News Editor Bev Alexander Advertising Representative Phone 252-426-5728 • Fax 252-426-4625 Email: perquimansweekly@ncweeklies.com Subscription Rates In Daily Advance home delivery area $25.25* All other continental U.S $31.50* *Plus applicable sales tax in N.C. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Perquimans Weekly, Hertford, NC 27944 many fundraisers is set for Friday in the parking lot of the State Employees’ Cred it Union in Hertford. The chicken dinner sale runs from 3-7 p.m. and plates sell for $8. On Jan. 25, a 4 p.m. concert will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church in Elizabeth City. There is no admission fee, but dona tions will be accepted. “If you’d just see me, you’d never know I have a problem. But it does give you a different outlook on done differently. “One thing I think we should do is to try and in clude visual arts from chil dren in grades K-5,” Drees said. “Children that age are visually oriented; they don’t write stories and poems.” This year’s district arts festival is scheduled to take place in Dare County, in Manteo, on Feb. 7. The state arts festival will take place in early March. Drees noted that her pre decessor Kathy Hynes left some big shoes to fill when she decided not to chair the event again. “Kathy has been a won derful help to me,” Drees life. You never know when your time is going come. “Sometimes it’s just the little things. One of friends may be getting into an argu ment with her husband, and I’ll speak up and say that’s a pretty petty reason to fight, just fix it. Life is too short. Tomorrow could be your day (to die). You just never know.” For more information on how to help, call Freeman at 339-7467 or Crowe at 312-0045. said. “She had done it for so many years and she knew everybody.” Drees said that since she retired from Virginia and moved to North Carolina’s Albemarle area, she cer tainly hasn’t been taking life easy. “I think all the (EWC) ladies are wonderful,” she said. “But I’m working harder now than I ever did when I had a job.” When Drees isn’t help ing with EWC events, she likes to paint landscapes and seascapes in acrylic or oil paint. She also grows orchids. She and her husband, Mike, who is retired from the United States Navy, have a daughter and son-in- law, Amy and Heath, who live in Pennsylvania and a son, Mike, who calls West Virginia home. The couple has two grandchildren, Morgan, 4 and Gaberial, 4. STROTHER Continued from 1 school, not to be a practic ing attorney but instead more toward corporate law. After I get my law degree I’d like to go back and get a master’s degree in journal ism. Both of them involve critical thinking.” Strouter will be speaking at First Missionary Baptist Church, located at the cor ner of King and Hyde Park streets.
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