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“News from Next Door”
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019
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Kim Hunter Daugherty’s legacy echoes an eternity
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
To mark the one-year an
niversary of the death of ed
ucator Kim Hunter Daugh
erty, Dec. 13 was designated
as Kim Daugherty Day at
Hertford Grammar School.
A beloved teacher,
Daugherty joined the angels
teaching in God’s classroom
a year ago Eriday after col
lapsing at the school.
Superintendent Tanya
Turner' thanked Hertford
Grammar Principal John
Lassiter for organizing
the event to pay tribute to
Daugherty, who taught fifth
grade.
“Thank you for every
thing that you’ve done to
remember Kim. I know ev
erybody that’s here has very
fond memories of Kim. She
holds a special place in ev
erybody’s heart,” she said.
During the tribute to
Daugherty, a park bench
was dedicated in her mem
ory within the playground
area. The bench was funded
through the No Bats Base
ball Club and the Perquim
ans County Schools Foun
dation.
“It was an honor for the
No Bats Baseball Club to
have the bench placed in
Kim’s memory,” said Tom
my Harrell of the No Bats
Baseball Club. “The words
of one of our members, Ted
Darby, ‘What you leave be
hind is not what is engraved
on stone monuments, but
what is woven into the lives
of others.’ And ‘A man’s life
means nothing except for
the impact it has on others,’
- Jackie Robinson. “These
two quotes are Kim’s lega
cy.”
Daugherty was an educa
tor for more than 20 years.
She taught fourth and fifth
grades, at Hertford Gram
mar School and previously
taught at Perquimans Mid
dle School as well as in Dare
and Pitt counties.
Daugherty’s teaching was
celebrated on numerous
occasions. In 2017, the Hert
ford Rotary Club named her
Hertford Grammar School’s
Rotary Teacher of the Year
and Perquimans County
Schools Rotary Teacher of
the Year.
Formerly a principal in
Perquimans Middle School,
Anne White recalled clean
ing out desk drawers re
cently when she discovered
a certificate for $1 million
that Daugherty had given to
her.
“She wanted to let me
know that I was worth a
million dollars,” said White,
See DAUGHERTY, A2
PHOTO BY JOHN LASSITER
Perquimans County Schools Superintendent Tanya Turner
talks about the contributions shared by her friend Kim
Hunter Daugherty, a fifth grade teacher, who passed
away Dec. 13,2018. Friday, family, friends and colleagues
attended a tribute ceremony on a day memorialized in her
honor at Hertford Grammar School.
MILES LAYTON/PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Jackson pleads
guilty to assault
Four generations of teachers from the same family have taught in Perquimans Schools since way back when.
Perquimans Central 1st grade teacher Samantha Jordan (left), Margo Owens (center, now retired after 34 years,
but still volunteering) and Susan Jordan (right, also a longtime 1st grade teacher) are busy teaching these
students how to read early Tuesday morning. Owens’ father, Ike Perry, was a coach/teacher and principal back
in the 50s/60s too.
‘Perquimans County is a home, it’s a family’
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
In recent weeks, I’ve
been searching for the
“soul” of Hertford and Per
quimans County.
As editor, I want to know
what makes the people spe
cial, maybe different from
the folks living in other
places across northeastern
North Carolina.
Though I’m familiar with
Perquimans County, I’m
still a newcomer. Not going
to deny that one ongoing
story - you know the one
- has in some way distort
ed my view, particularly
after reading some of the
comments posted to social
media.
Hate that, so I sought to
change this misguided per
ception, maybe write posi
tive stories that emphasize
what’s good about folks
here, the best of what peo
ple have to offer.
Perhaps God has been
listening because I got a
note from Superintendent
Tanya Turner about a fam
ily with four generations of
teachers who have taught
in the school system.
Trusting Turner’s judg
ment, I reached out to Su
san Jordan, a first-grade
teacher at Perquimans
Central. Her daughter, Sa
mantha, started teaching
at Central after graduating
last Friday from East Car
olina University with a de
gree in elementary educa
tion. Susan’s mother, Margo
Owens, taught for 34 years
before retiring from Central
in 2011. Owens’ father, Ike
Perry, was a teacher, coach
and principal at the high
school back in ‘50s and ‘60s.
These folks are life blood
of Perquimans County -
perfect ambassadors to
show me the “soul” of the
people I want to know
more about as editor.
This family of educators,
who five three blocks apart
See FAMILY, A2
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
HERTFORD — Hertford
Town Councilor Quentin
Jackson will spend a little
over a week in jail following
his guilty plea Monday to as
saulting a former town coun
cilor by hitting him in the face.
Jackson , who had ap
pealed his earlier conviction
in District Court for assault on
a government official, pleaded
guilty to the reduced charge of
simple assault in Perquimans
County Superior Court
Superior Court Judge
Wayland Sermons sentenced
Jackson to the maximum sen
tence — 60 days in jail—but
suspended it and ordered him
instead to serve 15 days in jail.
Sermons gave Jackson credit
for seven days he had already
served in jail for the convic
tion earlier this year, meaning
the councilor will spend eight
days in jail. Jackson began
serving the sentence on Mon
day.
Murphy defends
Trump, answers
impeachment query
“There were heated
arguments, but never,
ever have I seen a
councilman strike his
fellow councilman."
Wayland Sermons
Superior Court Judge
Jackson, 34, apologized to
Sid Eley, the 72-year-old for
mer Hertford town councilor
he punched in the face follow
ing a work session on Oct 1,
2018. Jackson also apologized
to his colleagues on Town
Council.
The sentencing formula
was based in part upon Jack-
son’s prior arrest record that
includes convictions for sim
ple assault and communicat
ing threats.
Though Jackson asked for
See JACKSON, A3
Round-up
Town’s Tahoe
and notes
from council
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
A round-up of all things
Perquimans County...
First, Hertford Police
are investigating the theft of a
license plate from Town Hall’s
vehicle, a Tahoe, when it was
parked in the municipal lot
the night of Dec. 11/12. Police
said there was no further
damage to the vehicle. As
of Tuesday’s press time, no
arrest lias been made.
When HPD was asked if
the incident was recorded
via video and if there is a
suspect, police answered
both questions by saying that
the incident is under investi
gation.
As Hertford is a small
town, lot of people are talking
See LAYTON, A3
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Annual Toys for Tots
changes children’s lives
BY STAFF REPORTS
Town Councilman
Frank E. Norman III has
partnered with the Rev
erend Rodney and Debra
Coles, regional coordi
nators of the Toys for
Tots Foundation based in
Greenville, to add a little
joy to the homes of chil
dren in the town of Hert
ford North Carolina.
“As a child I remember
growing up with three
secular anticipations for
Christmas: the J.L. Hudson
Thanksgiving Day Parade,
Good Fellows Box which
included things like socks
and underwear, and Pro
grams like Toys for Tots,”
Norman said. “The Part
nership with Toys for Tots
is part 1 of a four-year pro
gram to change the lives
of children in his commu
nity-”
Toys for Tots, a 70-year
national charitable pro
gram run by the U.S. Ma
rine Corps Reserve, pro
vides happiness and hope
to disadvantaged children
during each Christmas
MILES LAYTON /PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
By partnering with the Toys for Tots program,
Hertford Councilman Frank Norman III (left) is
giving Santa Claus a helping hand by getting these
Christmas presents ready for boys and girls across
Perquimans and Pasquotank counties.
holiday season.
The toys, books and
other gifts collected and
distributed by the Marines
offer these children rec
ognition, confidence and
a positive memory for a
lifetime.
“It is such experiences
that help children become
See TOYS, A3
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Third District Congressman
Greg Murphy, R-Greenville,
was surrounded by many lo
cal leaders that included many
GOP torchbearers when he
opened a district office Satur
day in Edenton.
Since it’s not everyday that
a congressman comes to these
parts and with an impeach
ment brewing this week in
Washington, DC, the Daily
Advance asked its sister paper
the Perquimans Weekly to talk
to Murphy, a conservative Re
publican.
Being that it is the first dis
trict office opened in north-
eastern North Carolina in
decades, Murphy and others
were in a jubilant mood.
However, Murphy admitted
that he was less than enthusi
astic about answering ques
tions formulated by the Daily
Advance.
Rather than parse, trim or
edit Murphy’s comments, the
Perquimans Weekly chose to
publish Murphy’s comments
from Saturday’s interview ver
batim.
The congressman did his
duty to state his position on im
peachment and defend Presi
dent Hump.
Murphy said that Tramp
has “done nothing- wrong.”
First question from the Daily
Advance to Murphy was if it is
OKfor apresidenttoseek help
from a foreign government in
our elections and to use tax-
payer-lunded foreign aid and a
White House meeting as lever
age to obtain that help?
Murphy spoke with passion
when he answered, “No, it is
not That’s not what President
Trump did. Read the tran
script Read the transcript We
all agree that those types of ac
tions are wrong, but President
Dump did not do them Read
the transcript”
Here is a Jink to the tran
script of the President’s call
July 25 to Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky:
https ://www. white -
house.gov/wp-content/
uploads/2019/09/Unclassi-
fied09.2019.pdf
Murphy continued, “The
whole purpose of withholding
aid to Ukraine, which by the
way, the president of Ukraine
did not know that aid was be
ing withheld was to wait for
anti-corruption legislation to
occur in tire Ukrainian Parlia
ment Once that was passed,
then things were assured that
they were actually going to
take corruption seriously in
Ukraine, which had been a
horribly corrupt government
So it is altogether the presi
dent’s prerogative and the right
thing for him to do - Constitu
tional duty - to make sure that
aid is not going to a corrupt
government That had nothing
See MURPHY, A3