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2 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21,2017 BIGGS CADILLAC-BUICK-GMC CLASSIC June 26 ■ 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.: Albemarle Bank & Trust Driving Range Opens ■ 7:30 a.m. - Dark: Practice Rounds ■ 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.: Albemarle Bank & Trust Shootout Starting 10th Hole ■ 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.: PNC Bank Pro-Am Pairings Party ■ 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.: Miller & Van Essendelft Million Dollar Shootout 18th Hole June 27 ■ 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.: Albemarle Bank & Trust Driving Range Opens ■ 7:30 a.m.: FedEx Pro-Am AM Shotgun ■ 1:30 p.m.: FedEx Pro-Am PM Shotgun ■ 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.: Vidant Chowan Hospital Pro-Am Awards Dinner June 28 ■ 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.: Albemarle Bank & Trust Driving Range Opens ■ 7:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.: Biggs Cadillac-Buick-GMC Classic Round 1 ■ 4 p.m.: First National Bank Long Drive Contest Starting 10th Hole June 29 ■ 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.: Albemarle Bank & Trust Driving Range Opens ■ 7:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.: Biggs Cadillac-Buick-GMC Classic Round 2 June 30 ■ 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.: Albemarle Bank & Trust Driving Range Opens ■ 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Biggs Cadillac-Buick-GMC Classic Round 3 ■ 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Biggs Cadillac-Buick-GMC Veranda Party Invite Only, Swimrne & Son Veranda Party Invite Only, Albemarle Bank & Trust Veranda Party Invite Only July 1 ■ 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Biggs- Cadillac-Buick-GMC Classic Final Round ■ 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Biggs Cadillac-Buick-GMC Veranda Party Invite Only, Swimrne & Son Veranda Party Invite Only; Albemarle Bank & Trust Veranda Party Invite Only ■ 3 p.m.: Awards Ceremony Winners Check Presentation July 11 ■ 6 p.m. - Whenever: Albemarle Dental Associates Volunteer Party MOVE Continued from 1 vey Point Road across the street from the Perquimans County Seniors Center. The property is owned by Per quimans County and is part of a larger industrial park. Perquimans County Man ager Frank Heath said the discussions of land at the industrial park are in the preliminary stages, so he did not want to comment too much. “What I will say is we want the Albemarle Com mission to stay here and we’re willing to work with them on that,” Heath said. Davison said the com mission looked at other options. The agency covers a 10-county area, but the board decided to stay in Perquimans. “A lot of the staff do live in Perquimans County, or commute from Edenton or Elizabeth City,” she said. She hopes the staff can be in the new building by late 2018 or early 2019. Davison said the com mission simply needs more room to bring the entire staff under the same roof. It also wants room to grow. Davison said the board has been talking about moving for about a year. Among other tilings, it operates workforce devel opment and economic de velopment programs and is the center for a senior feed ing program. Davison said the commis sion is looking at a building with about 17,000 square feet. The current building is about 10,000 square feet. Davison said the prob lem is the commission has run out of space. About 17 members of the com mission staff works in the building now. Transportation plarmer Angela Welch is still oper ating out of county office space on Dobbs Street. The commission is also renting storage units in both Eliza beth City and Hertford to house supplies and equip ment. When Davison was hired, the commission ran the nu trition program out of a rent ed office on Ocean Highway South. That has since been relocated it back to the Commission’s building on Church Street. The Ocean Highway location was cost ing the commission $15,000 a year, and the money was coming out of the reserve fund. The reserves should be used for special things, not ongoing office rental payments, she said. Last week the commis sion’s board of delegates voted to hire Oakley Collier, a Rocky Mount firm, as the architect for the new build ¬ ing- In addition to the hosting the Albemarle Commission staff, the building at 512 S. Church St. is home to the local Farm Service Agency and the USDA. Davison said it’s likely they will remain in the Church Street location. Davison said the com mission is seeking state and federal grants as well as regular financing to fund the new building. The cost will depend on what the ar chitect and engineers come up with. The current building was built in 1977 with support from Perquimans County and funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration. The Albemarle Region consists of Camden, Chow an, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perqui mans, Tyrrell and Washing ton counties. GOLF Continued from 1 "Right now we have 17 or 18 and it should tation officials were not impressed. Swing Thought had 17 golfers sign up. One reason Loughlin isn’t as concerned is in just grow from here. If we got 50, I'd be tickled. ” years past, the Plantation has proven it can muster more than 100 volunteers Tom Loughlin Plantation resident HELP Continued from 1 Wilson decided at that moment to ask a woman dressed in office attire to hold Ayla. Despite being warned about snakes, and that she’d get stuck in the mud, Wilson jumped into the water. “I grew up in Florida and Hawaii,” said Wilson. “I’m used to blue or clear water at the beach. My friends like to make fun of me because I won’t swim in lakes or riv ers where you can’t see the bottom.” She trudged along the muddy bottom of the waist- deep water and soon found herself on the other side of the ditch. She continued to follow the agonized sounds of the man as she pushed aside cattails and made her way through thick, five-foot blades of grass. About 15- feet in, she found him lying face down, his head just inches from more water. He begged her to please help him up and indicated he was hurting all over his body. Wilson told him she could not; that his injuries might get worse if he moved at all, but to wait for paramedics to arrive. “In the end, there really wasn’t much of anything I could do for him,” Wilson said. “All I knew was that I couldn’t stand there and lis ten to him cry out in pain. I had to get across that water to see if there was anything I could do.” Wilson stayed with the man and talked in an effort to calm him and keep him awake. Once the paramed ics arrived, Wilson explained everything she knew about the situation, and returned to her daughter. The man was airlifted to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Vir ginia, for treatment. The injured motorist, a Hertford man, was last reported to be in improving condition, though further details are not available at this time, ac cording to the Coast Guard. After providing a state ment to law enforcement, she called in to work to ex plain the situation, took her daughter to daycare, went home to clean up, and re ported to work. “Those of us who work with Petty Officer Wilson daily understand her kind ness, compassion and gen erosity,” said one of her supervisors, Chief Petty Officer Penny Benson. ‘To hear of her selfless actions and quick response to such an event is not surprising at all.” “Wilson demonstrates humility, and is highly intel ligent and brave,” said Petty Officer First Class Joshua Brown, another of her su pervisors. “Because of her compassion for others I’m sure she’d do the same thing again without hesitation because she understands the value of life. It is a pleasure to work with a human being like her.” to help out. Also after three years, the volunteers know what they need to do and when they need to do it. While running the tour nament themselves may be more work, but by elim inating the middleman, the Plantation can sweeten the pot for the players. Groups like the NGA and Swing Thought took a cut of the entry fees to make their expenses. By the Plantation run ning the tournament them selves, 100 percent of the entry fees can be returned in the form of prize money. nice addition, Loughlin said the winners will get their money that same weekend. Some players last year complained it took them six weeks to get their check from the tour company. It will also cost less to play. This year the Planta tion will charge $900. Last year it was $1,000 for mem bers of the tour and $1,250 for non-members. “Tins year it’s $900 for everybody,” Loughlin said. There will be a longest drive contest on Jime 28 at BOAT Continued from 1 and millions of dollars of investment to Perquimans County.” The $2.8 million won’t Flag Retirement In fact the Plantation will even add some more. In addition to the return ing the entry fees as prizes, the Plantation will be put ting in another $5,000 for first place, $3,000 for sec ond place and $2,000 for third place. Not only will that be a 4 p.m. “The winner gets five $100 bills,” Loughlin said. The event runs from July 26 through July 1. The other major spon sors are Swimrne and Sons and Albemarle Bank and Trust. The local benefac tor of the event will be the is proud to be a part of the team that brought the multi ple pieces this economic de velopment puzzle together to create a prosperous and beautiful picture.” Perquimans County Manager Frank Heath also thanked the local lawmak ers for their support. “Economic develop ment is a primary goal of the county commissioners, and we’ve been working to secure funding for the ma rine park basin for years. The $2.8 million alloca tion in the state budget, shepherded by Sen. Cook and Rep. Steinburg’s lead ership, has the potential to bring hundreds of jobs be enough to finish the first phase of the basin project. It’s been estimated at between $5 million and $7 million. But more state funding may be available and Golden LEAF officials have said if the county can raise most of the funds, it will help provide the rest. Before the money can be released, Gov. Roy Cooper must sign it. The first phase involves dredging a 300-foot wide, 600-foot long, 10-foot deep basin into the industrial park and bulk heading the sides. The idea is marine industries could built right next to the basin and have direct access to the river. SUBMITTED PHOTO Members of American Legion Post 126 retire damaged flags at a service last week at Missing Mill Park. Chowan Perquimans Habitat for Humanity Restore Open Tues., Thurs., Sat. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm We pick-up large donations! 1370 N. Broad St., Edenton 482-2686 local Fellowship of Chris tian Athletes organization. No admission fee will be charged for the tourna ment. Loughlin admits he was nervous two weeks ago when only one player had signed up. “Right now we have 17 or 18 and it should just grow from here,” he said last week. “If we got 50, I’d be tickled.” Minzies Creek Sanitary District Monthly meeting will be held on SATURDAY, June 24, 2017 AT 10:00am The Meeting Will Be Held at 139 Treasure Lane, Hertford K-9 Continued from 1 iffs office has three K-9s, Chowan County has two. While the Pasquotank Sher iff’s Office doesn’t have one, the Elizabeth City Police Department has three. While White said he ap preciates the support, there are times when the sheriff’s office simply can’t wait for a dog and his handler to make their way here. The $9,000 for the dog and the cost of training came from unspent mon ey White found “here and there” in his budget for this year. Roll was trained at East Coast K-9 in Tarboro. His handler, Deputy Robert Farrar, an eight-year law enforcement veteran, had to undergo training as well, said Investigator Preston Spear. Roll has been trained to search for drugs as well as to search for suspects who run. Ward said dogs are used at schools to search for drugs. Chowan County has a drug K-9 and as does Ahoskie. But White said when deputies stop a car and suspect drugs, they legally can’t hold the driver for an indefinite time waiting for a dog to arrive. “We can no longer hold them past the stop itself,” White said. White said he’s amazed watching a dog work. “In training you can watch him find things and you have no clue,” White said. He said the longer a lawman and a K-9 work together the more the law- man can “read” the dog and what it’s thinking.” LIBRARY Continued from 1 are also 12 emblems — cot ton, corn, tractor, string of fish, sailboat, fishing boat, stack of books, outline of North Carolina, daisy flow ers, golf green, deer head and turtle on a log. Business logos can be used as well if Albemarle Screenprinting has the logo on file. Buyers can also selcted from two lines of wording if they choose an emblem or up to five lines if they’re not using an em- blem/logo. Some people are using the quilt to honor a lost loved one, or their graduating high school class or their church or business. Members of the library are still selling the squares in front of Woodard’s Phar macy every Saturday in June from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. For more informa tion people can contact Bill Ross, 426-1359; Ruth McNaught, 426-5271; Darla Matthews, 426-5613 or Mi chele Lawrence, 426-5319. \ Hertford The Hertford Town Council will hold a Public Hearing at a Special Called Meeting on June 29th, 2017, 5:30 PM. The meeting will be held in the Municipal Building located 114 W. Grubb Street. The following items are on the agenda: - Public Hearing to consider adoption of reduced retail Electric Rates, effective in July of 2017. - Public Hearing to consider adoption of the 2017-2018 FY Budget Ordinance. Any information regarding this may be obtained from the Town Manager, at the Municipal Building, or by calling 426- 1969 x. 9. Written questions and responses will be accepted until 5pm, June 26th. Read more Perquimans news and feature stories online at DailyAdvance.com... At the home page, mouse over the News link and select Perquimans Perquimans KI^Weekly (USPS428-080) Vol. 85 No. 25 Published each Wednesday. A publication of Cooke Communications North Carolina, LLC Established 1934 111 W. Market St., Hertford, NC 27944 Introducing PoAiadtie Pet tfeMMtt A luxury boarding experience Visit our website or come by for a tour of our new state-of-the-art facility ^aradiste. 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