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2 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22,2018 4 t Rotary Club planning two fundraisers BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor The Rotary Club of Hert ford is gearing up for two fundraisers that help fund a host of activities includ ing scholarships for local students and a global fight against Polio. The club will be holding a pancake breakfast fund raiser on Sept. 8from 7-11 a.m. at Holy Trinity Episco pal Church. Tickets are $6 and will be available from any club members. The proceeds are being donated to Alzheimer’s research. The annual scholarship concert on Oct. 20 will fea ture Tressa Stunson, local singer, as the opening act and Out ‘n the Cold as the featured entertainment. It will start at 7 p.m. at the Perquimans County High School Auditorium. General admission tick ets for the concert are $15. The cost of reserved seat ing is $18. Tickets will be available at Hertford Hard ware and Carolina Trophy after Sept. 8. For more information, call 919-801-2847. The money raised by lo cal Rotarians goes to a num ber of different causes. Rotarians have been working on a worldwide project of Polio eradica tion since the mid 1980s. Polio cases have gone from 350,000 per year to only 12 cases thus far in 2018. “We are counting down to zero and hoping the last case of polio will be this year,” said Hertford club President Connie Jaklic in SUBMITTED PHOTO The band ‘Out On The Cold’ will perform at this year’s Rotary Club concert in Hertford. Pictured are band Members Kent Luton, Dickie Sanders, Carl “Red" Swain, Edgar Lane, Clarence “Moon” Munden, Martin Parker, Bobby “Muskrat” Reams, Charlie Austin and Adam Nixon. an e-mail. “ It will then take three years of continued immunizations around the world and zero cases of polio to determine that the world is free from polio. It will be only the second communicable disease to be eradicated in the world; the first being smallpox.” On the local front, the morning club participates in Hunger Heroes by donating food to go home with stu dents on the weekends and over summer break. It also donates books to the Accel erated Reader Program. The club awards $6,000 a year in scholarships to graduating seniors. It also honors students of the month and teachers of the year. Rotary also provides scholarships for local high school juniors to attend RYLA, the Rotary Youth Leadership Award week- end camp at the 4-H Center in Columbia. The club also sponsors an essay contest for middle school students. Rotary also participates in VITA, a Volunteer In come Tax Assistance Pro gram, that provides free tax preparation for local residents who meet the income qualification. Club members contribute funds to support Open Door Food Pantry, and CART — Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust. They also donate time to deliver meals on wheels and act as Mystery Readers at the elementary schools. The group rings bells for the Salvation Army campaign, places flags on Veteran’s graves for Memo rial Day with the American Legion, as well as, tutoring and mentoring. For more information on membership, contact a member or call 919-801- 2847 or 426-5246. ALGAE Continued from 1 the effort. “We know it’s too much ni trogen and phosphorus. But the mean water temperature from the Virginia Line to the U.S. 17 bridge is two to three degrees higher in the last 30 years.” Two or three degrees may not sound like a lot, but it’s huge over that span, he said. Some of the rising tem perature could be because of logging along tire riverbanks is taking away shade from trees and the sun can hit the water directly. And people, some who live on the water and some who don’t, are showing con cern, Powell said. He said citizens group under the banner of Green Saves Green recently went from the upper part of the Little River down to Sim mons Creek taking water samples. Last year there was an algae bloom in the Little River from Nixonton down to Dance’s Bay. Green Saves Green is the same one that put on a Green Expo recently in Elizabeth City. The state maintains wa ter data monitoring center, but Powell said there simply aren’t enough of them. “The state has had one at U.S. 17 in Woodville and it’s had great data for 30 years, but there aren’t enough re cording stations.” That’s where volunteers come in handy. “We went to supplement them (state monitoring sta tions) with citizen volunteers, people who have a stake in these rivers.” “It was really impressive the number of volunteers they got to participate,” Powell said of the group. “They dedicated a substan tial amount of time, it was incredible.” He said the Edenton En vironmental Group is doing similar efforts there. The water data that is collected isn’t just to determine if there is an algae bloom now. The data provides a snapshot of what the situation is with tire river at that point in time. Powell said as the more data points that are collect ed, the more he and others can determine just what kind of nutrients are coming into the river and where at what time. Some blame agricultural runoff as the mqjor cause of blooms, but Powell said it’s far more complicated than that “It could be leaking sep tic tank systems (that play a role). It doesn’t take many of those.” It could be people who bypass the water from the washing machine from a sep tic system and allow it to get into the river. “It’s amazing how big a problem animal waste can be. Geese can put a tremendous amount of nitrogen into the water stream. When you get big flocks, you can see it” People may not be able to control some of it, but they can control what they can control. “Everybody can reduce the amount of fertilizer and waste coming off their prop erties. Everybody lives in a watershed. Everybody needs to work on improving water quality.” VOLUNTEERS Continued from 1 • Walmart gift cards. : “That’s one for every teacher at the school,” Mo reland said. “That’s crazy.” Moreland said she had no idea such a gift was com- ing. Moreland said she’s been ; getting pleasant surprises like that ever since PCMS was adopted a year ago. “They (Bethel Baptist) don’t do anything that is 5 miles per hour. Everything they do is over the speed limit.” For example, Moreland mentioned to Owenby that they would like have a side walk going to the schools greenhouse. “Guess what? They said they’d have somebody come out next week to look into it.” Owenby said the church members talked about do ing something and prayed about it, and decided to adopt a school. “We wanted the school to know the community is behind them and supports them,” Owenby said. The church has about 150 active members. “We’re not a real big church, but we feel it is our responsibility to take care of our community.” Owenby said when he met Moreland he was im pressed. “She is such a wonderful lady. She’s got a great vision, not only for the school, but for the community. She has so much compassion. “After working with her, I am convinced we made the right decision,” Owenby said. He believes what the church is doing its part of serving the Lord. John Lassiter, who is start ing his first year as principal at HGS, said he appreciates the effort at his school. “I am extremely grate ful that Bridget Jernigan led the effort to make our courtyard a useable learn ing space for our students,” Lassiter said. “Education is changing and having an outdoor classroom we are proud of will have a positive impact on student achievement. “Thank you to the Junior Women’s Club of Perqui mans County and Fountain of Life Church for donat ing their time. I was raised to know that it truly does take a village to raise a child. These two commu nity groups demonstrated a commitment to our stu dents, school and commu nity. It was nothing short of an act of love. “This is why I moved home. I want to be a part of the community that rallies around our students and pulls together to give them the best education in the Albemarle area. If any other businesses or faith-based organizations would like to partner with HGS, please contact the school.” “We pruned, planted and mulched the garden area,” Jernigan said. “What an im provement it has made.” ARCHERY Lessons SUBMITTED PHOTO Team members from the Soul-Hunters group have been ; coming to the Perquimans County Senior Center for several months to teach the skills of basic archery. A tournament is scheduled for Sept. 27. NORMAN Continued from 1 the Edenton parks depart ment since Norman works at Jimbo Jumbos in Eden ton. Norman was told to re port at 8 a.m. when the shift starts, but Norman argued he didn’t get off work until 5 a.m so he’d have no time to sleep. So Norman was assigned to a sanitation substation in Perquimans County where residents can drop off their garbage. But during his shift, Norman got a phone call. Norman claims it was from Mayor Horace Reid and the call only lasted about 90 sec onds, but landfill officials said the community service policy said people performing work can’t make phone calls. Norman argued that he gave great service during his three hours at the land- fill station. “I served the dump ex tremely well,” Norman said Thursday. Assistant District Attor ney Holley Metzer argued that Norman had the time to provide the community service and pay the fee but he did not. Judge Tillett said he could have sentenced Norman to a longer term, but instead he was giving Norman the seven days he didn’t serve from a previous sentence. Another town board member, Quentin Jackson, is scheduled to be in Supe rior Court on Jan. 14 on the charge of perjury. A Grand Jury indicted him for the crime for telling the court he was not on probation when he was. Jackson was stopped by Hertford law en forcement on Feb. 1 on a tag violation and Jackson had a pistol in his car, a violation of his probation. He was also charged with resisting an officer. He is also still involved in a case between him and a cousin over a property dispute. Catherine Flowers owns a home on Brace Av enue and Jackson has been making improvements on it, with the idea he will buy the property. Both Jackson and Nor man were elected in 2017, unseating two long-term town board members. MURDER Continued from 1 the positions of the moni toring devices used by pro bationers. According to those re cords, Bonds’ ankle moni toring device was at Esclip Road at Big Fatty Creek at about 6:38 p.m. on June 30. That was the same general area where Bonds’ body was discovered about 6:45 p.m. The records then show Bonds’ ankle monitoring device at his residence on Wood Street, Fogg’s affida vit states. A Pasquotank grand jury handed down the indict ment charging Bonds with first-degree murder on July 30. A copy of the indict ment was released recently by the Pasquotank Superior Court Clerk’s Office. At the time of Revelle’s fatal shooting, Bonds was just starting a three-year sentence of probation. Appearing before Supe- CHASE Continued from 1 and bring it to a stop by slowing down. “After doing so they re moved the driver from the vehicle.” White said the man ap peared to be having a medi cal issue or he could have been under the influence of narcotics. BANKRUPTCY Cl. FORECLOSURE O LAWSUITS I— CAR REPOSSESSION MTAX LEVIES AND GARNISHMENTS Call Alien C. Brown Attorney 252-752-0952 A Debt Relief Agency helping people eliminate debt through bankruptcy BONDS rior Court Judge J.C. Cole on April 25 of this year, Bonds entered an Alford plea to fel ony acces sory after the fact in connection with the shooting of Julie Reed in July 2014. An Alford plea allows the accused to maintain innocence but he’s treated as guilty by the court. Cole sentenced Bonds to a minimum sentence of one year and two months in prison and a maximum sentence of two years and two months in prison. The judge suspended the sen tence, however, and or dered Bonds to serve three years of supervised proba tion and pay $2,373 in court costs and fees. Cole cred ited Bonds with 166 days of time served in jail pending the outcome of the case. “The subject was trans ported to the hospital to find out what the issues were.” White described the driver as a male in his mid- 208, but did not release a name. He said the N.C. Highway Patrol obtained a search warrant to draw the man’s blood for testing, but White said Tuesday morning he was unaware what the test showed. COLLEGE Continued from 1 graduation while at the same they’ve earned a two- year degree from College of The Albemarle. PCHS has had dual en rollment with COA for a number of years. Tradi tionally students would sit in a computer class- room at the high school and complete their online courses there. Also in one classroom COA has also set up a two-way video line with a large screen. Students in that classroom can see the teacher in another county and cameras mean the f Minzies Creek V Sanitary District Monthly meeting will be held on SATURDAY, AUGUST 25,2018 AT 10:00am The Meeting Will Be Held at 139 Treasure Lane, Hertford Perquimans (Weekly (USPS428-080) Vol. 86 No. 34 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 teacher can see the stu dents. In another classroom on the second floor of the original school building, a COA teacher will physical ly come to the high school twice a week to teach a statistics course starting this week. The vast majority of PCHS students taking COA courses never actually have to visit COA’s cam pus. Price estimates about four of last year’s class had to travel for classes, like welding, which can’t be taken on line. Price estimates total en rollment at the high school this year will be on par with last year’s 480 students.
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