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"News from Next Door"
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
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Tyner man dies in two-vehicle collision
From Staff Reports
A Tyner man died and
two people were hospital
ized Wednesday after a two-
vehicle collision on Center
Hill Highway, the N.C. High
way Patrol said.
Roger Vallee, 5.7, died
from injuries he suffered
in the accident at Sentara
Norfolk General Hospital in
Virginia, Trooper B.A Davis
said Thursday evening.
Vallee was a front-seat
passenger in a 1995 Dodge
Caravan minivan that col
lided with a 2000 Saab con
vertible in the 1600 block of
Center Hill shortly before 3
p.m., Davis said.
According to the trooper,
Thomas Shannon White, 44,
of Jarvisburg, was driving
the Saab northeast on Cen
ter Hill Highway when his
vehicle crossed the center
line.
Grettel Valdes, 43, of
Tyner, who was driving Val
lee’s minivan southeast on
Center Hill Highway, tried
to avoid White’s Saab by
swerving into the other lane.
The front passenger areas of
both vehicles collided, Davis
said. The vehicles then went
into a corkscrew-like spin in
the middle of the road be
fore separating, Davis said.
At least two people in the
vehicles had to be extricat
ed from the vehicles by area
fire departments, a Perqui
mans emergency manage
ment official said.
Vallee, who wasn’t wear
ing a seatbelt, was airlifted
to the Norfolk hospital,
where he died, Davis said.
White was also airlifted to
Sentara Norfolk, where he
remains in stable condition.
Grettel Valdes and a sec
ond passenger in the van,
Lizandra Valdes, were taken
to Vidant Chowan Hospital
in Edenton before being
transported to Vidant Medi
cal Center in Greenville,
Davis said. Lizandra Val
des, 24, was treated and re
leased, while Grettel Valdes
remains in stable condition
at the Greenville hospital,
he said.
Davis said both vehicles
were totaled and Center Hill
Highway near the accident
scene, which was about two
See FATAL, 2
Car Show
coming
Saturday
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Bron Prokuski is no
stranger to car shows and
he’s no stranger to classic
cars.
He owns five of them.
Prokuski is putting on the
annual Historic Hertford Car
Show this Saturday. Howev
er even after all these years,
he still says he usually gets
a surprise each time seeing
something new.
Last year it was an old
Nash police car at the Hert
ford show. The previous
year it was a “Rat Rod,” a
hot rod made out of assort
ed Ford parts.
The event is held behind
Hertford Town Hall next to
Hertford Bay Marina.
Parking in the lot will be
restricted starting Friday
afternoon so it will be ready
for the cars on Saturday.
The lot opens to partici
pants at 8 a.m. Saturday and
all cars and expected to be
on site by 9 a.m. Balloting is
until noon and awards will
be presented at 2 p.m.
The event is held to sup
port Historic Hertford Inc.
Prokuski said he first
started going to the Hert
ford show in 2004 when he
moved to the county and
he’s been working on it for
the past four or five years.
They usually draw about 35
or 40 cars.
Spectators can come for
free, but car owners pay $20
to enter. Prokuski said close
to 40 awards will be handed
out, including best of show
See CAR, 2
JOLLIFICATION
SUBMITTED PHOTO
The Perquimans County Restoration Association (PCRA) will hold its Jollification Celebration on Sept. 29. It
will include tours of historic homes and sites in the New Hope and Old Neck areas of the county including,
OSwampside.O It was built in 1815 and is one of the largest Federal style plantation dwellings in Perquimans
County. Tickets can be purchased at the Newbold-White House, Chamber of Commerce, Barker House and
the Museum of the Albemarle and cost $25 each.
Cale to unveil new bunkhouse
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The new bunkhouse at
Camp Cale is nearly complete
and will be ready to show
off when the camp holds the
“Evening at Cale” fundraiser
on Sept. 15.
The event at 6 p.m. Sept. 15
includes music, entertainment
and heavy hors d’oeuvres.
Tickets are $25. To purchase
one or for more information,
call 264-2513.
The bunkhouse is climate
controlled and can sleep 48
campers year-round, said Matt
Thomas, the director at Cale.
Some of the original bunk-
houses were constructed in
the 1960s and can’t be used all
year long.
The addition of the new fa
cility extends the operational
year for Cale well beyond the
warmer summer months. The
project was built by A.R. Ches-
son. The estimated cost was
about $500,000.
In addition to the bunk-
house, Cale recently received
a donation of three Hobie Cat
type boats from a Nags Head
See CALE, 2
SUBMITTED
PHOTO
A sitting
room is
complete
at the new
bunkhouse
built at
Camp Cale.
Highway
Patrol
seeking
recruits
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The North Carolina High
way Patrol has mounted a
special recruiting initiative
to attract more recruits for
positions in eastern North
Carolina.
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troopers but one is set to
retire. The office is allowed
to have up to 15. The dis
trict covers Camden, Pas
quotank, Perquimans and
Chowan counties.
Everette said being short
staffed does put a “burden”
on the troopers that are here.
Everette has been employed
by the state since 1996 and a
trooper since 2003.
“You may have one troop
er for two counties, instead
of just one. We still work in
zones, but it would be nice
to have two in each zone
and one for each county.”
When troopers graduate
the academy they are asked
about their preference, for a
duty station. Everette said
the agency tries to accom
modate his or her wishes,
but sometimes it may mean
being sent someone else to
See RECRUITS, 2
STAFF PHOTO
Members of Bethel Baptist Church and New Bethel
Missionary Baptist Church pray for students at a joint
service on Aug. 26 at New Bethel.
Churches seek to support kids, schools
BY REGGIE PONDER
The Daily Advance
Bethel Baptist Church
and New Bethel Mission
ary Baptist Church came
together as one community
at New Bethel on Aug. 26
to pray for students and
consider ways to support
students in the Perquimans
County Schools.
At the close of the service
the Rev. Joey Nixon, guest
speaker for the service, led
a prayer for dozens of stu
dents as they gathered at
the front of the sanctuary.
Large contingents of stu
dents were present from
both Bethel Baptist Church
and New Bethel Missionary
Baptist Church.
Perquimans . County
Schools Superintendent
Matthew Cheeseman spoke
about being committed to
100 percent at home and at
school.
“Would you get on a plane
with an 87 percent landing
rate?” Cheeseman asked.
“Then why are you happy
when a child comes home
with that on their report
card?”
Cheeseman said that
what happens on the first
See CHURCHES, 2
Extension to hold gardening mini-series
State reports tourism is up
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The N.C. Cooperative Ex
tension Service will hold a
series of five free programs
on ‘Gardening In The Albe
marle’ starting Sept. 18.
The seminars will be held
at the extension office at
730 N. Granville St. in Eden
ton. The sessions run from
5:15 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Katy Shook, the agent that
handles the three-county
Master Gardener program,
said extension starting do
ing the mini classes in 2007.
They hold them every other
year during years when the
Master Gardener program
isn’t being held.
“The training is very simi
lar, but this is five weeks and
the Master Gardener pro
gram is 14 weeks,” Shook
said. “But the courses are
very similar.”
There is a fee associated
with the Master Gardener
program and participants
are expected to give back
their time as volunteers to
See GARDENING, 2
From Staff Reports
Domestic visitors to and within Per
quimans County spent almost $11 million
in 2017, an increase of 4.4 percent from
2016, according to Visit North Carolina
The new figure is about 4.4 percent higher
than 2016.
“Perquimans County has such history
and natural beauty,” said Sharon Smith,
Perquimans County’s tourism director.
“North Carolina began on the shores of our
beautiful rivers. This continued increase in
visitor spending tells us that more folks are
recognizing this. We know that many Per
quimans attractions and events are draw
ing more visitors from outside the county,
and we’re looking forward to welcoming
many more as we discover new ways to
showcase our community’s unique history
and culture.”
According to the report, travel and tour
ism spending last year generated about 50
local jobs, both full and part-time. The
See TOURISM, 2
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