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"News from Next Door" WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2018
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Rascoe left big impression
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The creator of a Per
quimans County summer
etiquette program for young
people, died Thursday in a
car accident in Bertie Coun
ty-
Nancy Bragg Dawson
Rascoe, 86, spent the last 25
years running the camp out
of the bed and breakfast inn
she and her husband bought
in 1992.
Rascoe was preparing to
turn over running the camp
to Saint Mary’s School,
where she graduated in
1952. The school plans to
operate it out their campus
in Raleigh starting in 2019.
The original summer
etiquette program was com-
See RASCOE, 2
Trooper: Vehicle ran off road
From Staff Reports
Nancy Rascoe Stevenson,
86, of Elizabeth City, died in
a single-car crash on US 17
Bypass, just north of US 17
outside Windsor on Thanks
giving.
North Carolina Highway
Patrol Trooper J. J. Scott said
that 86-year-old Paul A. Ste
venson, her husband, was
operating a 2010 Toyota.
For reasons unknown, the
vehicle, which was traveling
in the outside (left) south-
bound lane of the four-lane
divided highway, crossed
See CRASH, 2
NANCY RASCOE
Cost of
recycling
soars
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
As the cost of dealing
with recyclables rises, Hert
ford officials are debating
if they even want to collect
them anymore.
Waste Industries, the
company Hertford hired to
collect waste, is asking for
a monthly increase of about
$2 because the cost of deal
ing with recyclables has
soared.
At a meeting earlier this
month, Hertford council
man questioned if the town
should still offer recycling.
“Maybe we would be bet
ter off not recycling,” said
Hertford Councilman Sid
Eley. “I don’t have any proof,
but they may be just dump
ing it in the landfill.”
Hertford could reject the
rate request because the
current contract with the
company is valid through
mid-2021. But some coun
cilmen fear if they do, Waste
Industries will simply sock
it to the town when it comes
time to renew the contract.
There are few competitors
in the wings to take over if
Waste Industries decides
not to bid or submits a high
bid.
“We’re sort of at then-
mercy,” one person said.
Ben Gallop, the town’s at
torney said, “there are not a
whole lot of other competi
tors.”
There is a provision in
the contract that allows for
Waste Industries to submit a
cost of living adjustment at
the start of each fiscal year
in July. The last one was 16
cents and raised the month
ly residential bill to $10.03.
The new request is over and
above a cost-of-living ad
justment.
Waste Industries made
the request in September
and the Hertford town board
has been debating it ever
since. The board delayed
action again on Nov. 19,
and instead said they would
bring it back up on Dec. 10.
At that point they hope they
will have some input from
citizens on if they are willing
to pay more to have the blue
recycling containers.
See RECYCLE, 2
5K HELPS PCHS Band
STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS
Runners take off
earlier this month from
Perquimans County High
School on a 5K ‘Rhythm
Run’ to raise money for
the high school band.
The effort, which was
sponsored by Foundation
Fitness and coordinated
by Amy Tinsley, raised
$2,280. A total of 21
runners took part of
vendors participated as
well.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Amy Tinsley congratulates
the top male and female
runners in the PQ Rhythm
Run earlier this month.
Pictured are Camile
Maier (left) and Aiden
McGonigle.
Illumination, parades coming this weekend
From Staff Reports
Friday’s Grand Illumina
tion in downtown Hertford
will kick off two days of
eyents.
The illumination will
start by a welcome from
Lynne Raymond, chaif of
Historic Hertford, Inc at 6
p.m. Dr. Dwayne Stallings,
the former superintendent
of schools for Perquimans
County Schools, will serve
as master of ceremonies.
The illumination of town
will be done by Mayor Hor
ace Reid. What follows will
be holiday musical selec
tions by the Perquimans
County High School Band
directed by Malik Barrows
and more holiday music
from the Perquimans Coun
ty Middle School Band di
rected by Katie Lesko.
There will be more songs
sung by Hayley Williamson
and Tressa Stunson and then
a performance by the Dance
Company of Hertford coor
dinated by Amy Tinsley.
Santa will wrap up that
program with gifts for chil
dren.
Hertford United Method
ist Church will hold a chili
dinner from 5-8 p.m. in the
area of the courthouse. The
cost is $5.
On Saturday the parades
start with one in Winfall that
kicks off at 11 at Perquimans
County Middle School. The
lineup starts at 9:30 a.m.
The theme this year is “A
Disney Christmas.” Rufus
Rouse, a World War II vet
eran, will be the grand mar
shal. For an application call
426-5015.
The Perquimans County
Christmas Parade will be
held on Saturday at 2 p.m.
in downtown Hertford. It
starts from Perquimans
Maps:
Flood
risk
lessens
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Some Perquimans County
property owners may soon
be able to skip buying flood
insurance.
Revised flood maps were
adopted by the Perquimans
County Commission in No
vember and the change will
go into effect on Dec. 21.
Property owners in flood-
prone areas are required to
buy flood insurance if they
have a mortgage. Broadly
speaking the new maps say
fewer properties are a lisk
of a 100-year-flood.
“If your property changed,
you wouldn’t be required to
buy flood insurance, but
you might want to still get
it,” said County Manager
Frank Heath. He points
out some areas in southern
North Carolina that weren’t
considered in flood zones
still flooded with the recent
hurricanes.
Generally speaking, areas
of Perquimans that were
listed in a flood zone were
those near bodies of water,
fike a river.
The last time the maps
changed was about 10 years
ago.
Some counties use the
maps and then add extra
See MAPS, 2
County High School.
The grand marshal will
be Perquimans County High
School Volleyball Coach
Kristie Thach. Thach had
her 200th career victory as a
coach this season.
The theme of Hertford’s
parade is “Rockin’ Around
The North Pole.”
To sign up or for more
information, call 426-5657
or e-mail chamber@visitper-
quimans.com.
Albemarle Chorale Christmas performances start Sunday
From Staff Reports
The Albemarle Chorale
will perform Christmas
concerts on successive Sun
day afternoons starting this
weekend.
This Sunday the Chorale
will perform at Edenton
United Methodist Church.
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On Dec. 9 they will sing
at First United Methodist
Church in Elizabeth City.
Both concerts begin at 4
p.m.
The opening work offers
a bit of a twist on a tradi
tional favorite, Hark! The
Herald Angels Sing.
“Angels are coming with
wonderful news,” said the
Chorale’s music director,
Lynwood Winslow. “ Not
only do we need to listen, but
to respond. Everything else
is someone’s response.”
Johann Sebastian Bach’s
choral masterpiece, “Magni
ficat,” which is the program’s
mqjor work, is a recounting,
in Latin, of Mary’s response
to news that she will be the
mother of God’s own son.
There will be a small
chamber orchestra accom
panying the Magnificat, in
which the chorale’s soloists
will be featured. Michael
Morgan will accompany
the Chorale on organ and
piano.
The second half of the
program includes more
familiar Christmas works,
some deeply spiritual, and
some just for the joy of it.
Rehearsals for the Cho
rale’s spring season will
begin on Jan. 7 at 7 p.m.,
at Edenton United Meth
odist Church on Virginia
Road. The program will
be a secular one this year,
possibly Broadway show
tunes. New members who
have choral experience are
welcome to join the no-au
ditions group.
“It’s a perfect opportunity
to get your feet wet,” Win
slow, said.
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The Albemarle Chorale will be performing a Christmas
concert on Dec. 2 in Edenton and Dec. 9 in Elizabeth
City.