Herald
Wednesday, May 12,1999
Published in the most beautiful little city on the North Carolina Coast
Vol.LXVI,No.18 50e
FLY-IN FOILED
Members of the local First Flight Flyers club in Edenton gathered at Lee's Airpark on Saturday
to hold the areas first Ultralight Fly-In, however strong winds prevented the event going as
planned. The fly-in is rescheduled for this Saturday, weather permitting. Club members expect to
have between 10 and 20 ultralights and lunch plates will be available. Lee's Airpark is located
twelve miles north of Edenton on Hwy. 32. The club members who attended last Saturday's event
are looking forward to trying again. Pictured club members are (left to right) standing: Boyce
Waterfield, Peter Nizborshi, James Morgan, Gary Swanner and Keith Harrell. Kneeling: Donald
Fenner, Richard Bunch and David Sampson. (Photo by Debbie Collins)
Friends, fans join in 99
Catfish Hunter tribute
BY LAURIE HUFFORD
Staff Writer
The annual Jim “Catfish”
Hunter Day observance and
the 19th annual Old Timers
Game kicked off the Jim “Cat
fish” Hunter ALS Foundation
on Saturday, May 8 at
Perquimans County High
School. Special guests and
baseball greats 'included Sal
Bando, Tommy John, Alvin
Dark, Ron Davis, Mike
Hershburger, Jim Pagliaronia,
Gaylord Perry (another Hall
of Famer), and Jim Spencer.
It was Pagliaronia who first
expressed the sentiments ech
oed everywhere, “...Yes, I’m
supporting the ALS Founda
tion; that’s One issue. But it’s
really the character of the man
— why I’m here, and all these
other great ball players are
here too. There’s a lot of people
who have great talent in sports
and in the business world,
but...what you see here, and
what you see out in the crowd,
is really a tribute to the person
Jimmy is.”
The date of May 8 for this
event was no accident. Ex
Jim "Catfish" Hunter
actly 31 years earlier, the Oak
land A’s Catfish Hunter, with
Pagliaronia catching, pitched
a “perfect game” against Min
nesota.
Anyone who knows anything
about baseball is familiar with
the name of Jim “Catfish”
Hunter. Besides his perfect
game, Catfish won over 20
games four times in a row with
the A’s, and was 23-14 for the
Yankees. He became the
game’s first free agent. Arm
trouble caused Hunter to re
See CATFISH On Page ll-A
'FAM' Tour to be held here on May 19
In the shadow of Nationa
Tourism Week, Edenton has it:
share of historic treasure:
(classified as Tier 1 sites, o:
ones that are already in place
accepting visitors).
'TV* nrn oro lintirottar
I (e.g., Arts Council, Town Coun
> cil, Downtown Merchants,
; Chowan County Extension, Af
• rican/American Heritage,
, Yeopirn Township), and is dedi
important. We don’t want to
lose them,” says Nancy
Nicholls, Chowan County TD A1
Chamber representative.
Last week, in Perquimans
pending on the outcome of the
group’s findings, Perquimans*,
may he eligible to receiveptefe
and federal grants to ftfrther
develop the county's histori
cal, cultural, and
natural resources.
precious reserves yet
untapped (Tiers 2 and
3); this is where the
Chowan County Heri
tage Development
Council, and the Re
source, Team Famil
iarization Tour
(scheduled for May
' The preservation of what we have - our natural and cultural
resources - are important. We don't want to lose them.'
Nancy Nicholls
Chowan County Tourism Development Authority
May 19, it is
Edenton’s turn to
host the FAM tour,
with the interagency
Representatives Re
source Team from
Raleigh.
Nicholls describes
how the Chowan
19) come into play.
As part of a group including
a 19-county area, the Chowan
County Heritage Development
Council is composed of repre
sentatives from diverse orga
nizations and backgrounds
cated to the preservation of a
way of life.
“Managed growth is very
important. The preservation
of what we have - our natural
and cultural resources - are
County, a federal resource
team visited with EPA agents
and representatives from the
Department of the Interior and
Commerce, the Smithsonian
Institution, and others. De
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vember 1998, under an initia
tive started through NC’s
Northeast Partnership.
“We’re all working together
See TOUR On Page 11-A
1 1
SUMMER CAMPS TO BE HELD IN COUNTY
Albemarle Recreation Center is scheduling six weeks of Summer Day Camps at Bennett's Mill
Pond and the ARC farm at Valhalla, June 14 through July 30. From 9 a.m. until noon each day,
campers will leran how to canoe, how to identify birds and trees and how to communicate with
horses. Campers will experiment with peanut products, conduct outdoor science activities, learn
how to play folk tunes on a harmonica and how to cook, camp-style. Grades 4-8 are included and
the cost is $55 per weekly session. For more information, call the ARC office at 482-5769. Registrat
ions are limited to 20 campers each week. (Photo courtesy of Bob Harrell)
rurpie dows
symbol of
Relay support
Most of us know the sig
nificance of yellow ribbons,
but what about purple bows?
They show support for “Re
lay for Life” (week of May
17-23) and can be purchased
for $3 at
Byrum Craft Shop (Eden
ton), Dozier’s Florist (Hert
ford), Country Flair (Hert
ford), or BJ’s Unisex Beauty
Shop (Hertford).
“...The mailman must have
been confused...all the purple
bows on the mailboxes!”
smiles Frances Evans, long
time member (and a founder
oO the Rocky Hock Ruitan’s
“Relay for Life” Team,
(“pink” is for girls, “blue” is
for boys, but what is purple?!)
The Relay, a national pro
gram begun in Washington
State, raises money to fight
cancer. Proceeds go to the
American Cancer Society
(ACS), a leader in the fight
against cancer since 1913.
Cancer strikes 1/3 of all
Americans.
“You or somebody you love
See BOWS On Page 12-A
Saturday, May 15
4:00 - 7:00 P M.
Center Hill Cross Road Fire Department #
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%
$5.00
Per Plate
Rep. Bill Culpepper of the NC House of Representatives
Celebrating hope and
opportunity is theme
BY LAURIE HUFFORD
Staff Writer
The Democratic Women of
Chowan County have been
busy!
Rep. Bill Culpepper and Sec.
of State Elaine Marshall at
tended the meeting of the
Democratic Women of the
Third Congressional District
on Saturday, May 1. The meet
ing, “celebrating the hope and
opportunity of the new millen
nium”, was held at the Dram
Tree, Edenton, and was at
tended by women from
Chowan, Craven, Dare, and
Onslow counties.
Chowan DW Mary Partin in
troduced Rep. Bill Culpepper,
who noted that, “...It’s particu
larly fitting that you would
have a political meeting like
this involving women here in
Edenton because this was the
birthplace...in our country of
political activity of women
(Penelope Barker)."
The competitiveness of up
coming races was discussed,
and the importance of political
involvement was stressed.
Sec. of State Elaine Marshall,
the guest speaker, talked
briefly about the “race of my
life” against Richard Petty, and
how people’s hard work helped
her to win. The importance of
having good people in office,
and the advantages of having a
majority, were also addressed.
“...Our Party is alive and
well,” Marshall said, “...Today,
we are in America’s longest
continuous period of economic
prosperity. Unemployment is
at a statistical 0!”
Marshall is a good source to
hear this from, since the NC
Dept, of the Sec: of State works
with the state’s business, bank
ing, and legal communities.
More can be learned by ac
cessing their web site: http://
www.secstate.state.nc.us
In a general discussion that
followed, concerns about ab
sentee balloting surfaced, but
possible solutions were also
discussed. In the business ses
sion, it was decided that the
same officers will serve again
next year.
Mary Cude, NCDW State
President, gave the next pre
See THEME On Page 11-A