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2 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9,2018 PRAYER Continued from 1 ferences, and God hear the prayers of our hearts.” Bishop Landon Mason prayed for the nation. “We bless you God and pray now for our nation at large. We thank you God for our nation, founded on your principles.” Winfall Mayor Fred Yates called on God to “bless our federal leaders with wisdom and knowledge. We also pray you bless our state and local leaders in Raleigh, Per quimans County, Hertford ‘and Winfall.” Apostle Gwayland Mc- Cleney prayed that God em brace families. “Please bless marriages,” he said. “We bind that spirit of divorce. You have given us the authority over it. The church can only be as strong as the families.” Pastor Greg Owenby urged prayer for schools. “We pray that our stu dents gain knowledge and turn that into wisdom.” Pastor Todd Kemp said people can come together STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS The Perquimans County High School band performs at the National Day of Prayer event on the courthouse lawn last week. and pray over the same thing. On the topic of youth, he prayed, “they can come together and turn to you.” Pastor Chuck Hartman focused on the military and emergency responders like firefighters and law enforce ment. “Father I lift up our mili tary to you Father God. You know each one by name and we ask for your protection.” At the Holiday Island event the evening began with HIPOA President Charles Sqje welcoming speakers and guests. Each speaker and prayer person was lim ited to two minutes each. Dr. William Sawyer, Pas tor New Bethel Baptist Church, opened the pro gram with prayer. Nora Crouch, Danny Lassiter, and Ellen Lassiter sang “To You Alone Belongs the Praise” composed by Danny Lassiter. Parrish Register prayed a prayer for America. Prayers for the executive branch, Congressional and state needs were requested by Rep. Bob Steinburg. His prayer was delivered by Honorable Edgar Barnes, Chief Judge General District Court, District 1. A prayer for the needs of the judicial branch and law enforcement needs was re quested by Sheriff Shelby White. His prayer was de livered by Jonathan Nixon, director of Perquimans County EMS. Aprayer for military deeds was requested by Mike Coleman, US Navy, Ret. His prayer was delivered by Bob Jenkins, USAF, Ret. A prayer for the needs of those incarcerated was requested by Mark Futrell. His prayer was delivered by Karen Clarke. A prayer for financial needs was requested by Hertford Town Manager Brandon Shoaf, His prayer request was delivered by Assistant District Attorney Kyle Jones. A prayer for social media/ entertainment needs was requested by Keith Throck morton. His prayer request was delivered by Rev. Troy Holland, Pastor of Island Christian Fellowship in Hol iday Island. A prayer for education needs was requested by James Bunch, assistant su perintendent of Perquimans County Schools. His prayer was delivered by Cheryl Booten. A prayer for environmen tal needs was requested by Sam Pollock, a marine bi ologist at Edenton Fisher ies. His prayer request was delivered by Harold Ows ley, a deacon at Bethlehem Church. A prayer request for church needs was request ed by Bishop Ernest Sutton, Faithway Apostolic Church. His prayer was delivered by Missionary Valeria Sutton. A prayer request for community/family needs was requested by Carroll Bundy, pastor New Hope United Methodist Church. His prayer was delivered by Rev. Eddie Clark, pastor of Berea Church of Christ. After all requests and prayers, Keith Throckmor ton led the speakers and guests in singing in unison, “Faith of Our Fathers”, ac companied by JoAnn Han son on piano. The benedic tion was performed by Rev. Tom Culver, Pastor of Cha pel on the Sound, Hohday Island. Coordinators of the event were Keith and Pat Throck morton with help from vol unteers. NORMAN Continued from 1 However, Sermons waived that sentence since Norman had already served three days in jail following his ar rest on the failure-to-appear charge. On Wednesday, Norman said he hasn’t decided if he will appeal his conviction to the N.C. Court of Appeals. His attorney, Johnnie Finch, could not be reached for comment Norman, who was elect ed to the Hertford Town Council last November, said he doesn’t regret his actions in the fall 2016 incident that led to his arrest and convic tion. In a prior interview, Norman claimed he was arrested while watching, along with 30 to 50 other people, law enforcement of ficers perform routine traf fic stops along Wynne Fork ELECTION Continued from 1 ate District 1 seat. Even without much to vote for, Democrats still came out for early voting. As of the close of the polls Saturday 152 had cast bal lots as a Democrat in a non- partisan school board race. The majority — 260 — of the votes cast were on the Republican ballot. Some of those could have been unaf filiated voters There were also two Lib ertarian voters and one un- affiliated that voted. With more than 4,000, the Democratic party remains the largest block in Perqui mans. There are 3,100 who are considered unaffiliated and 2,600 who register as Republican. There were only 31 libertarians regis- JACKSON Continued from 1 time of his court appear ance in the resisting an of ficer and fictitious tag case. He had been convicted in Dare County in 2016 of ac cessing a computer without proper authority. Reached Wednesday, Jackson said it’s unheard of for someone to be charged with perjury. He said he be lieves he’ll be found inno cent of the charge because the question asked about his probation had nothing to do with the case being tried — displaying fictitious tags and failing to obey an officer. And while Dare court of ficials say Jackson was on probation at the time of his arrest on Feb. 1, Jackson maintains he was never told he was on probation. Road in Hertford. According to Norman, he was standing on a street curb watching officers inspect a car whose driver was suspected of smoking marijuana that was stopped at the Wynne Fork housing development near his house. Norman said Trooper Buddy Davis told him to step back. Norman claimed last week he was 25 feet away and did not step back. “He (the trooper) singled me out,” Norman claimed, adding the trooper told him his proximity to the scene made the officer uncomfort able. Norman, who is active with the Perquimans Chap ter of the NAACP, said he tried to comply with the trooper’s directive but ul timately was arrested be cause he wouldn’t go back to his apartment. “I stuck my hands out and was cuffed,” he said. Norman blamed his ar- tered as of March 7. One of those, Alan Lennon, is seeking a seat on the Per quimans County Commis sion when that comes to a vote in November. Like the school board race, there are three people running for three seats. The races that should have been decided Tuesday are the Republican nomina tions for the state House and Senate seats and the Congressional race for the seat held by Rep. Walter Jones. Jones faced a chal lenge from Republicans Phil Law and Scott Dacey for the District 3 Seat. There is no Democrat in the race. The GOP challengers for the House seat are Can- dice Hunter of Perquimans County and Eddy Goodwin of Chowan County. Hunter has never run for public of fice before. Goodwin held a He claims the perjury charge is an example of him being targeted by the legal system. He also appeared to suggest the indictment is connected to alleged un happiness with the Hertford Town Council, apparently because it now has its first African-American majority. “It’s the good ole boy sys tem,” Jackson said. “They are trying to bring down the Hertford Town Council. The people in power want to bring the Hertford Town Council down. I talked to an attorney and he said he’s never seen anything like it. “I know I will be acquitted of everything,” he contin ued. “It’s the new Jim Crow, and you can sure quote me on that.” District Attorney Andrew Womble said Thursday his office’s policy is not to com ment on pending cases. rest on the failure-to-appear charge on a mix-up. He said he thought his court date was Sept. 19, when in fact it was Sept. 18. “I got my days mixed up when I entered it (the court date) into my phone,” he said. When he discovered a warrant had been issued for him missing the court date, Norman went to the Perqui mans County Sheriff’s Office and turned himself in. He said he ended up spending three nights in jail because he believed the $3,000 bond set in his case was exces sive. He said Finch, his attor ney, tried to get the bond reduced, but Superior Court Judge J.C. Cole declined to do so. Norman said he entered Albemarle District Jail about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19 and wasn’t released until about 4:30 p.m. on Fri day, Sept. 22. seat on the Chowan County Commission in 2008-12 and ran unsuccessfully for N.C. Secretary of State in 2012. The winner of that House race will face Democrat Ron Wesson, a Bertie County commissioner, in November. In the GOP race for N.C. Senate, it was Bob Stein burg and Clark Twiddy. Steinburg, a Chowan Coun ty resident, currently holds the N.C. House seat for this district. Twiddy is a Dare County businessman. The winner of that race will face Democrat Cole Phelps in November. In the school board race were incumbents Anne White and Amy Spaugh and challenger Matt Peeler. Peel er has served on the Perqui mans County Commission before, but opted not to run again when his term expired two years ago. “What I can tell you is that, in general, perjury cases are hard to prove because of the lack or insufficiency of the evidence,” he said in an email. “It is a rare instance when we have the sworn statement which forms the basis of the perjury charge recorded and preserved for use in a future trial.” The perjury indictment isn’t the only result of Jack- son’s testimony in the Feb ruary District Court trial. When prosecutors dis covered Jackson had had a gun in his SUV when he was pulled over, they informed a judge that it violated the terms' of his probation in the Dare County case. As a result, Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett found Jackson guilty of violating probation in February and sentenced him to 16 months of super vised probation. STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS First Lady Kristin Cooper poses behind a turtle sign at the new Perquimans Arts League building in Hertford last week. COOPER Continued from 1 action,” Cooper said. “I was astonished by it,” Cooper said of the students’ accom plishments. “I didn’t read at all in kindergarten.” Cooper grew up in Okla homa as the daughter of an artist and a Vietnam COVERAGE Continued from 1 N.C. League of Municipali ties was $566 per worker. The price from Aetna this year was $750 per person. “To me, it’s a no-brainer,” Shoaf said. Not only is the monthly cost lower, the Baseball, softball playoffs start this week From Staff Reports The matchups have been set. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released the state playoff brackets for baseball, soft- ball and girls soccer on Monday. Perquimans, which won the Class 1A Albemarle Athletic Conference regu lar-season baseball cham pionship, has a bye into the second round. The Pirates (18-5) are the No. 3 overall seed in the 1A East regional and will host a second-round game on Saturday. John A. Holmes (14-9) is the No. 10 seed in the 1A East and will host No. 23 seed Pender (8-15) in the first round on Wednesday Recycle. veteran and physician. She attended public schools, earned her undergraduate degree from the Univer sity of Oklahoma, and then attended Campbell Law School. After graduating law school, she worked as a staff attorney to the legis lature in Oklahoma and in North Carolina. Cooper has served as a benefits workers get are better. “I think it’s a good deal for the town and a good deal for employees,” Shoaf said. The five-member town board agreed, and directed Shoaf to move forward with the shift. Going ahead, insurance costs may rise, but Shoaf at 6 p.m. In the Class 1A softball tournament, Camden (18-2- 1) earned the No. 4 seed in the East and has a bye into the second round. The Lady Bruins, the Albemarle Athletic Confer ence champion, will host a second-round match on Saturday. Perquimans WEEKLY (USPS428-080) Vol. 86 No. 19 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 $26.25* All other continental U.S $32.50* *Plus applicable sales tax. Activation fee of $1.99 will be collected with all new subscriptions. Deactivation fees may apply for early cancellation. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Perquimans Weekly, Hertford, NC 27944 guardian ad litem for chil dren in Wake County since 2003, to represent foster children in court. She also served two terms on the North Carolina Arts Coun cil, and recently served on the Board of Directors at Raleigh Little Theatre, where she and her daugh ters have volunteered for many years. said they would be capped at 8 percent a year. The North Carolina League of Municipalities is a service and advocacy or ganization that represents nearly every city and town in North Carolina It’s de signed to help them to more effectively and efficiently serve their residents. Perquimans (17-6) is the No. 11 seed in the region was scheduled to host No. 22 seed Tarboro in the first round Tuesday. John A. Holmes (6-18) secured the No. 23 seed and travels to No. 10 seed Princeton (14-5) for a first- round matchup on Wednes day. Read more Perquimans news and feature stories online at DailyAdvance.com ...At the home page, mouse over the News link and select Perquimans
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