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THE EE KLY “News from Next Door" THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 $1.00 ^ SCAN ME ^ PAGE A2 Fire damages tractor-trailer, clos es service road PAGE A6 Forty-four participate in Little Girls Cheer Camp at Perqui mans High PAGE A7 Recipe for tasty fig crumb bars Schools hoping COVID precautions keep classrooms open Perquimans continues to have lowest vaccination rate in region BY REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer Even though masks ar en’t required in the district, Perquimans County Schools officials continue to encour age wearing them in school buildings as a precaution against COVID-19. “We highly recommend masks in school buildings,” Superintendent Tanya Turn er said Friday. Turner said the first week of school, which began Aug. 23, went well under the TURNER COVID-19 precautions now in place. While there have been no COVID-19 cases tied to the start of school, the superintendent noted that some students didn’t even begin the school year at school because they were in quarantine. One student has tested positive for COVID-19 but wasn’t in school because they were already in quaran tine, Turner said. COVID cases up more than 500 BY JULIAN EURE The Daily Advance New COVID-19 cases in Albemarle Regional Health Ser vices’ eight-county region jumped by more than 500 last week, the fourth straight week new cases have increased by at least 100 from the previous week. ARIIS released its weekly report on Friday showing active cases also climbed by more than 100 for the fourth straight week. Active cases totaled 539, up by 127 from Fri day, Aug. 20. It was the first time since early February total See COVID, A3 None of the students or staff who are in quarantine have been quarantined be ¬ cause of anything that has happened at school, Turner said. There have not been enough staff in quarantine so far to have any effect on school operations, she said. Turner noted that masks are required on school buses because of a federal man date. Schools are continuing with regular disinfecting throughout the day. In addition, students are eating lunch in their class- rooms rather than in the caf eteria as part of an effort to avoid mass gatherings inside school buildings as much as possible, ’furner said. The pandemic continues to pose special challenges for schools but the schools will work together to rise to the challenge, according to Turner. “We’re going to get through it, she said. In another development related to the pandemic, in terest in COVID-19 vaccina tion seems to be on the rise in the county. Dabney Scaff, a pharma cist at Family Care Phar macy in Hertford, said that while she was not able to provide exact numbers of vaccinations administered there has been a noticeable uptick in the number of COVID-19 vaccinations over ' See SCHOOLS, A3 Winslow retires as Extension director Chowan director Morris to serve as interim director From staff reports After 33 years of service with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Ser vice, Perquimans Extension Director Jewel Winslow is stepping down. Winslow’s retirement took effect Wednesday. Mary Morris, Chowan MORRIS County Ex tension di rector, be gan serving as interim Extension director for Perquim ans County on Wednes day. She will serve in the role until a new director is hired and reports for work. Accord ing to an Extension press re lease, Winslow served seven years as a home economics agent with the Gates County center of N.C. Cooperative Extension before transfer ring to Perquimans in 1995 when former Agent Paige Underwood retired. Winslow was promoted to Extension director in 2014. See EXTENSION, A3 Opportunistic Pirates PHOTOS BY ANDRE’ ALFRED/PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Perquimans senior Saquan Hearse barrels through the line for positive yardage. Perquimans rolls 55-24 over Camden Perquimans coach Randy Awrey makes adjustments during a time out. BY THADD WHITE Group Editor HERTFORD - Good teams make the most of every mistake their oppo nents make. Perquimans did just that Friday night, making the most of every Cam den miscue and rolling to a 55-24 vic tory at Charles H. Ward Field. Both teams struggled to effectively move the football early, and it was the Bruins who broke the scoring draught with just 52 ticks left on the first quar ter clock. J’Ron Pendleton capped a 12-play, 80-yard drive with a 10 yard sprint to paydirt. Pendleton then connected with Andre Barnett for the two-point conversion to make it 8-0. The Pirates, however, wasted no time in answering. Colby Brown returned the ensuing kickoff 69 yards to give Perquimans possession at the Camden 20-yard line. From there, it took just one play - a run by Amarion Hunter in which he went right and reversed field to score the touchdown. Hunter then connect ed with Brown for the conversion pass and tied the score at 8-all. Camden went ahead again on its next possession, driving 40 yards on 11 plays capped by a two-yard Devin Bell run. The two-point conversion was successful and the Bruins led 16- 8. The next Perquimans drives started See FOOTBALL, A2 Jackson no-contact petition dismissed Councilor sought order after confrontation with citizen BY REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer Hertford Town Council man Quentin Jackson’s pe tition for a no-contact order against a local businessman was dismissed Aug. 25 in Per quimans District Court. Chief District Court Judge Edgar Barnes had previous ly denied ex parte Jackson’s petition for a no-con tact order against Pat rick Mor- JACKSON rissey. An ex parte ruling is made out of court, with none of the par ties present Jackson appealed the rul ing to District Court, and at the scheduled hearing on Aug. 25 the petition was dis missed, according to court records. Jackson was not present for the hearing, according to Morrissey. The Perquimans Weekly was unable to reach Jackson for comment for this story. Morrissey has filed a crim inal complaint against Jack- son in the wake of the two men’s heated exchange at a town council meeting in July. Jackson sought the no-con- tact order against Morrissey See JACKSON, A3 Feeding the cooks: Car hobbyists thank trio for service Krainiak, Griffin, Sawyer usually cook for car enthusiasts BY REGGIE PONDER X Staff Writer 6 " 89076 47144 2 Vol. 87, No. 35 WWW.PerquimansWeekly.com @2021 Perquimans Weekly All Rights Reserved Classic car enthusiasts John Long and Kos Jackson decided it was time to thank the folks who cook supper week after week for an informal gathering of car hobbyists in Elizabeth City. So about 50 people from north- eastern North Carolina and south- eastern Virginia came together at a church social hall in rural Perqui mans County Saturday to share a meal with Randy Krainiak, Ed Grif fin and Kay Sawyer. And this time someone else did the cooking. Well, Griffin did fiy hushpuppies since they asked asked him to. But beyond that, Kos Jackson cooked eastern North Carolina barbecue and Brunswick stew and others pitched in with sides. During a brief ceremony mid way through the meal at the Bagley Swamp Wesleyan Church Social Hall, Long presented certificates to Krainiak, Griffin and Sawyer, thank ing them for cooking supper every Monday night for those who bring their classic cars to the meet-up at Waterfront Park in Elizabeth City. See COOKS, A3 REGGIE PONDER/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY At a supper Saturday thanking Randy Krainiak, Ed Griffin and Kay Sawyer for cooking at a weekly gathering of classic car hobbyists, (l-r) John Long and Krainiak enjoy a laugh at the humorous wording on a certificate of thanks.
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