"News from Next Door"
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018
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Primary sets stage for November election
Steinburg turns back challenge for Senate seat
BY JON HAWLEY AND
WILLIAM F. WEST
The Daily Advance
Rep. Bob Steinburg de
feated Clark Twiddy to se
cure the Republican nomi
nation for the N.C. Senate
District 1 seat.
“We’re in a very celebra
tory mood,” said Rep. Stein
burg, R-Chowan.
Steinburg thanked vot
ers, and called their sup
port both “gratifying” and
TWIDDY STEINBURG
“humbling.” He won 58 per
cent of the vote to Twiddy’s
42 percent, carrying every
county in the district ex
cept Dare and Currituck,
losing the latter by only a
few dozen votes.
Steinburg said he never
took victory for granted,
noting he campaigned hard
in all 11 counties of the
newly drawn district.
“I’ve got to tell you, I’ve
never worked harder in
my life; it didn’t just come,”
Steinburg said of his win.
Steinburg will face Cole
Phelps, a Washington
Goodwin beats Hunter in House race
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Former Chowan County
Commissioner Eddy Good
win won the Republican
nomination to represent
N.C. House District 1 in No
vember.
Goodwin gathered 1,980
votes, or 55 percent, in the
six-county race Tuesday.
Candice Hunter, a political
newcomer, had 1,612 votes,
or 45 percent.
HUNTER GOODWIN
Goodwin now faces
Democrat Ron Wesson, a
Bertie County commission
er, in November.
Hunter carried only one
county — Perquimans
— but she ran close races
in Bertie, Camden, and Tyr
rell County. In those three,
she lost, but only by a com
bined total of 102 votes.
“I’m so thankful for ev
eryone who came out and
voted for me, especially in
Perquimans County, my
home county,” Hunter said.
“I am so proud of my
team of volunteers. They
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Town
video
survey
done
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
A survey shows some
people would watch Hert
ford Town Council meetings
on-line, but the response
rate was small.
The town did an on-line
poll as well as placing the
same questionnaire in the
envelopes they mail out to
utility customers.
In all, there were 94 re
sponses. Thirty-one of those
were on-line and the rest
were the questionnaires
they could return when they
made their utility payment.
The town has more than
2,000 residents.
Of the total, 80 people
(85 percent) said they don’t
regularly attend town board
meetings and 60 (64 per
cent) said they don’t regu
larly read the council min
utes that are posted on line.
Of the total, 67 people (71
percent) said they would
watch Hertford meetings
on line. But on the flip side,
26 people (28 percent) said
they would not.
Town Manager Brandon
Shoaf presented the find
ings to the board earlier this
month. The board took no
immediate action.
Shoaf is leaving the town
job on May 28 to become the
planner in Chowan County.
Hertford Town Council
man Quentin Jackson asked
for the survey because he
said some residents want
the town to broadcast the
meetings.
Shoaf has estimated it
would cost $8,500 a year
to broadcast the meetings.
Some of that cost would
include upgrading the wir
ing in town hall where the
meetings are held.
For most meetings, there
is enough space to handle
people wanting to attend
town meetings, Shoaf said.
When larger issues do come
up, Shoaf said the town can
meet in the historic Perqui
mans Courthouse building.
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About 37 different vendors, live music and food will be available Saturday during the Coral Caravan in
Hertford.
Coral Caravan coming Saturday
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The Coral Caravan, a traveling
vintage farm and flea market, will
be in downtown Hertford this Sat
urday.
Emily Gentry, one of the ven
dors, said she is looking forward
to attending the event in her 1963
Shasta camper named “Clemen
tine.”
Gentry lives in Pungo, Va and
takes to the road a few times of
year. The Hertford event will run
from 9 am. until 3 p.m. There will
be 37 vendors, live music and food.
The groups will set up on Church
Street near the Perquimans Coun
ty courthouse.
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SUBMITTED PHOTO
The Coral Caravan will be on Church Street on Saturday from 9 a.m.
until 3 p.m.
Bundy to speak on Memorial Day
From Staff Reports
Carroll Bundy, a retired Sgt. First
Class in the North Carolina Army
National Guard and current pastor
for New Hope United Methodist
Church, will be the speaker for this
year’s annual Memorial Day Obser
vance May 28 in Hertford. It starts
at 11 a.m.
Bundy is also a past conunand-
er, vice commander and chaplain
for Hertford’s American Legion
Post 126 which conducts this an
nual observance.
Bundy, a native and lifelong
resident of Per
quimans County,
retired from the
Army National
Guard in March
2007 with more
than 20 years of
service. He is cur
rently a member
of the U.S. Army
Reserve, Retired
Reserve Component.
Bundy, then a U.S. Army staff
sergeant, saw combat as an infantry
squad leader with Alpha Company
1st of the 120th Infantry/Mecha-
nized, as part of North Carolina’s
30th Brigade Combat unit during
their 2004 deployment in support
of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He is a 1982 graduate of Perqui
mans County High School. Bundy
has also been employed for the
past 25 years as a boat builder.
He is currently a manufacturing
manager with Albemarle Boats in
Edenton.
He has also served as part of
many various ministries and com
mittees in several churches he has
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Athletic
complex
moving
forward
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This
is the first part of a two-
part series on the progress
of the new Perquimans
County High School ath
letic complex. Next week
we will focus on the deci
sion to name the future
running track after Shirley
Wiggins.)
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The new Perquimans
County High School ath
letic complex is starting
construction, and “Chicago”
Eure will have a great view
ofit.
Eure, the owner of Eure
and Sons Construction got
the $134,980 school board
contract to build the re
strooms and concession
stand. That’s about 1,000
square feet of space. He is
also going to be building
the privately funded 1,900
square-foot field house. The
cost of that has not been dis
closed.
For the first phase, the
project only involves a
football field and a practice
field across the street from
the high school on Edenton
Road Street. When funding
J becomes available, it even
tually will include a soccer
field, practice fields, a track
and tennis courts. The origi
nal estimate for all ofit was
$6.2 million, but the football
field budget is expected to
be $1.2 million. No county
I tax funds have been used so
far on the project.
Eure will not be only be
working on the project, he
I will be able to see it from his
workshop on Cedar Stretch
Road.
If he can’t see it from his
shop, he can clearly see it
from his nearby deer stand.
Eure said he’s basically
I worked in the five counties
in the area, but he did do a
job in Maryland with a faith-
based group Orphan Grain
Train. His mix of work var
ies but mostly it involves
residential and commercial
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Marvin Woodard arrested, jailed on multiple gun charges
From Staff Reports
A Winfall man has been
arrested and jailed under
a $90,600 bond for firing a
gun last week at the Wynne
Fork Court housing devel
opment.
Hertford Police were ad
vised by dispatch of a tres
passer at the development
on May 7. As they arrived
about 4:13 p.m. there was a
subsequent report of shots
fired. The Perquimans Sher
iffs Office also responded
to the scene.
No one was hit by the
gunfire and a small black ve
hicle left the scene and was
identified as the one having
the shooter.
Hertford Police Officer
D. Smith and Chief A.D.
Webb stopped the vehicle
on Wynne Fork Court near
Skinner Road.
The driver of the vehicle,
Karen Erickson, 45, of Eliz
abeth City, and the passen
ger Marvin Woodard, 35, of
Winfall were removed from
the vehicle without inci
dent.
Woodard was identified
at the scene as the shooting
suspect. The sheriff’s office
recovered a gun.
Woodward was charged
with two counts of assault
with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill, one count of
possession of a firearm by a
felon, two counts of assault
by pointing a gun, one count
of second degree trespass,
one count of going armed
to the terror of the people
as well as outstanding child
support warrants.
He was placed in Albe
marle District Jail under a
$90,600 secured bond.
Erickson was charged
with felony accessory after
the fact and careless and
reckless driving. She was
placed in Albemarle District
Jail under an $11,000 se
cured bond.