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82 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16,2015 Commitment to hospital completed 9 From Staff Reports The Chowan Hospital Foundation recently pre sented Vidant Chowan Hospital with the remain ing $75,000 of a $150,000 commitment to funding the Outpatient Services Center. “The foundation is proud to continue to sup port the Outpatient Ser vices Center and we are appreciative of the public contributions received for this project,” said Ginny Waff, executive direc tor of Chowan Hospital foundation. “I would like to extend a special thank you to all of our gracious donors who helped make this project successful.” The Vidant Chowan Hospital Outpatient Ser vices Center opened its doors in June 2014 and has helped to expand rehabili tation and specialty clinic service to the community. Renovation of the for mer skilled nursing unit more than tripled the size of the specialty clinic de partment, doubled the clinic’s capacity for che motherapy administra tion, added 300 square feet to the adult rehabilitation gym and added a specially designed pediatric gym and treatment area. “This project has greatly enhanced access to excep tional outpatient services,” said Jeffrey Sackrison, Vidant Chowan Hospital president. “The expan sion of rehabilitation and specialty clinic services has better allowed Vi dant Chowan to meet the healthcare needs of our community.” “I would like to thank all of the donors for their extreme generosity and continuing support of the Vidant Chowan mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina, which is exactly what this project is doing.” For more information on how you can give, please call Chowan Hos pital Foundation at 482- 6440. All contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law. 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Market St. Hertford (P)426-5728 P 426-4625 STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS Among the finalists for River City Community Development Corp.’s “Men of Excellence” award shown Thursday are (front row left,) Phil Johnson, Petty Officer Alex Szilagyi, Elizabeth City Major Joe Peel and community advocate Hezekiah Brown. ‘EXCELLENCE’ Continued from 1 Pepsi products, he just re ally wanted to be there.” Johnson is also a mqjor force behind the “Love PQ” effort that was started by Spaugh’s church. What was first just an annual event has grown to be a year- round effort to help people in need. This summer’s pro gram incorporated partici pants in River City’s Youth Build program. The selection process was modeled after the Elizabeth City Area Cham ber of Commerce’s annual “women of excellence” awards, noted Lenora Jar vis-Mackey, the CEO of River City. SEAT Continued from 1 a member and vice chair man of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees from 1969 to 1984 and helped with the creation of a medi cal school there. He died in 2005. Futrell operated The Washington Daily News, a Beaufort County newspaper his father acquired in 1949. In 2010, the younger Futrell announced he would sell the paper. Senate District 1 includes Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Cur ¬ Ferquimans WEEKLY (USPS428-080) Vol. 83 No. 50 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 The guest speaker was Robert Kelly Goss. He spent 10 years as a writer and editor at The Daily Ad vance and currently works at Elizabeth City State Uni versity. He talked about being a man, and the need to work to uplift the conununity. “They (the nominees) have taken what they have and made something,” Goss said. In accepting his award, Brown challenged every body at the breakfast meet ing to recruit just one vol unteer for his or her local school system. “Go out and recruit one, just one,” he said. Captain Bruce Brown, the Commander of the US Coast Guard base in Eliza rituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, and Gates coun ties. Futrell is a lifetime resi dent of Washington and an honors graduate of Duke University, former member of the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority and has served on numerous boards including the Wash ington Salvation Army, East Carolina Board of Visitors, North Carolina Beautiful, Duke University Divin ity School Board of Visitors, his church’s administrative board and the Washington City School Board including beth City, nominated Ma- bus, but the chaplain was unable to attend because of his work. His job covers all Coast Guard members in the state of North Carolina, some 4,000 people. “This guy puts more miles on a government ve hicle than anybody,” Capt Brown said. Mayor Peel, who was nominated by Council mem ber Tony Stinmatz, said the men honored Thursday share one trait. “The people who are excellence have gotten in touch with who they are,” he said. “Excellence is about service. Szilagyi, was nominated by Lt. Commander Alan Davenport. He said the Petty Offi six years as chair. Cook, a resident of Cho cowinity, filed for office on Dec. 2. He did send out a brief e- mail statement a few days later. “From day one, my goal has been to represent the views of Senate District 1 constituents in the legislature, advocate for eastern North Carolina, and to move our state down a path to economic recoveiy and prosperity.” Two years ago Cook and challenger Stan White waged an expensive fight for the seat. Stocking Stuffers for Everyone! cer has been volunteering since he was 8-years-old, and started an English as a second language program at his school He vohm- teered for 600 hours while stationed in Ohio for two and a half years. Other nominees were Bri an Goodbody, Bruce Green, John Young, Chris Grabe, Derek Springer, Fentress Morris, Jarrett Koch, Jona than Snoots, Justin Rose, Cecil Perry, Michael Matos, Michael McDaniel, Robert Pippen, Phillip Alligood, Ryan Sheffield, Wayne Har ris, Zachary Atchinson, and Bob Steinberg. Steinburg was presented with a special award for his work in the region and his support for River City CDC. White, a former Demo cratic state senator ousted by Cook in 2012, filed for a rematch with the incum bent. Both candidates ended up spending more than $1 million on their 2014 race - Cook about $686,000, White about $501,000. Outside in terest groups also ran ads against the candidates in the race Cook ended up winning by 7 percentage points. Af terward, White said he didn’t expect to run for the District 1 seat again. The filing period for the March 15 party primaries continues through Dec. 21.
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