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Albemarle Commission awards food contract
By SUSAN HARRIS
Following tense discussion con
cerning the 1M4 food service contract
awarded to Servomation of Rocky
Mount, two Washington County
delegates hastily left the May IS
meeting of the Albemarle Com
mission.
The contract has for the past five
years been awarded to the
Washington County Department of
Social Services, whose per meal bid
was one cent above Servomation's
$1.95 price.
Jack Disarno, County Manager of
Washington County and a member of
the Commission, queried the
Decision, with the question, "Have
we poisoned some people. ..or were
we doing it wrong (or the last five
years?"
Protest over the contract errupted
in April when the Commission
rejected all initial bids. Washington
County DSS's first bid was $2.20 per
meal tor three counties and $2.35 per
meal including transportation from
Columbia to Dare County.
Firstly, Servomation bid $1.97 per
meal, or $2.05 including tax.
Washington County is tax exempt.
The Commission voted, upon its
rejection of the first bids, to request a
rebid. This package included an
option for prospective food service
entities to serve all ten counties, two
counties and/or eight counties.
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On May 12, Don Flowers, executive
director of the Albemarle Com
mission, received a formal letter of
protest from Servomation's at
torneys citing five N.C. statutes that
were violated when the Commission
rejected the low bidder.
Washington County DSS's second
price was again higher than that of
Servomation, although Servomation
had neglected to add tax of eight
cents per meal in their bid package,
which was required.
Said Don Flowers, "We will pay
$1.95 and that's it." The tax would
have added $37,000 to the price over
the contract period.
At press time, no word from Ser
vomation bad been received by the
Albemarle Commission regarding
the tax issue, according to Darlene
Harrell, Nutrition Director.
The 1984 Albemarle Commission
budget, was approved with no
discussion.
The largest appropriation was to
the Aging Program Congregate
Nutrition Fund, which was awarded
$234,230, $19,688 of which will come
from local funds. The Aging
Program Social Services Fund will
receive $17,573 locally, with a total
budget of $175,729.
The General Fund has an override
of $86,552, which accounts for a large
portion of the $101,730 operating costs
for the next fiscal year.
Other expenditures will include:
Emergency Medical Services Fund ?
$33,942, Job Training Planning Fund ?
$29,449, Regional Program Fund ?
$29,949, Albemarle Development
Authority Fund - $6,001.
Also, Aging Program Planning and
Administration Fund - $42,286, Aging
Program Home-Delivered Nutrition
Fund ? $39,041, and Economic
Development Administration Fund -
$51,212.
Albemarle Commission personnel
were given a five percent across the
board raise as recommended by the
Peronnel Committee. A recom
mendation by the Finance Com
mittee to give a three percent board
raise and to reserve two percent (or
merit raises was defeated.
Salaries account for $149,678 over a
nine-month period.
A motion to include legal fees for
the Commission's attorney was
approved.
In other business, the Commission
approved the appointment of Captain
Johnny Hawkins of the Gates County
Rescue Squad to the EMS Council.
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Pickin ' time
It's that time of {ear again
when strawberries ripen and
families flock to the patches
to pick. Sharon Kock of
Suffolk, daughter of Mrs.
Julia Koch, recently visited
T.R. Harrell's strawberry
patch at Bear Swamp and
found some ripe juicy berries.
Sharon examined each berry
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closely and somehow resisted
the urge to taste. For more on
strawberries, please see page
three. (Photos by Val Short)
?Town of Winfall enforces ordinance
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' Hogs, hones and cows kept within
t v -^e city limits of the Town oif Winfall
wllh>ow have to find a new home.
A livestock ordinance, which went
id* effect this month, ??? recently
adopted by the Winfall Town Council,
*y making it unlawful for anyone to
''keep livestock within the city limits
The ordinance replaces one
already on the Winfall books, which
was termed "too general" by Winfall
Chief of Police Joe Lothian.
The new ordinance is "more
specific and to the point," said
Lothian.
The ordinance does not apply to
Miller Livestock Company in Winfall
or to poultry which if confined to the
owner's property, according to
Lothian.
Lothian said, "There was so much
livestock in town, they had to do
something. A town that is growing
Ukfe Wlnfall needs to remain as at
tractive as possible to attract new
residents."
Warnings will be issued initially,
said Lothian, but thoae receiving
citations for violating the ordinance
will have to pay a fine set by a judge,
plus the coet of court, which is $31.
"If we have the cooperation that
we have had with the dog ordinance,
we shouldn't have any problem,'*
Lothian said.
Since the Winfall Police Depart
ment has purchased its own radar,
Lothian said speed limits will now be
enforced within the town, especially
in the school zone: .
Lothian said he plans to patrol the
a rets around Perquimans Union and .
Central Grammar School during
school hours.
Two arrests were made in WinlaU
this week, according to Lothian.
James Clifton White. SO. of MAon
Street in Winfall, was arrested for
assault with a deadly weapon. Also
cited to court for violation of the
Winfall dog ordinance was Frances
Kelly of Winfall. for allowing her dog
to run at Urge.
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Moon Festival set June 4
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Featured at the third
ttrolina Moon Featival thla rear will
be hand concerts, lota of food and toU
of fun, according to Carolyn Fowler,
chairman of publicity for the
Perquianana County Band Booaten.
The featival, Perquimans County's
?) band day .will be held Saturday.
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m 10 to
School fa
4 frr>m 10 to 1 p.ra at Perquimans
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A variety of actlvttea will be
?thedided throughout Um day, in
cluding a yard tale, car wash, five
kilometer ran. bike race and fiah try.
Booths of exhibits and game* will
ofea at M a.m. Car smash, penny
pitch, mitt battle throw, wet i
The grand finale for the day win be
a concert featuring all (our school
bands, which include over 100
atudenta. The concert will begin at T
p.m. and will be held at the high
school auditorium.
Proceed* from the event win be
to competitions.
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Chamber of Commerce sets
priorities for plan of action
By VAL SHORT
A merchant directory and a county
wide survey are the priorities this
year of ~ the Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce.
County merchants and members of
the Chamber met last Wednesday
night at Angler's Cove and
established priorities for a plan of
action for the coming year.
"Our purpose is to come up with
something to benefit Perquimans
County ? it's people and mer
chants," President Mary Harrell told
the 40 who attended the meeting.
"I'm stressing the merchants,
because if the merchants make it, it
shows all over the county," she said.
"The time of letting the other man do
it is gone. If you want to see
Perquimans County grow, you are
going to have to work," she con
tinued.
Development of assets, merchant
cooperation, am) establishing a
"funny money" or coupon-like
campaign, were also established as
this year's priorities for the Cham
ber.
The group discussed as its top
priority having a directory of
merchants in Perquimans County,
outlining the services and products of
each. Directories would be delivired
to every home in the county.
Second on the list was a survey of
Perquimans shoppers which would
help identify good and bad points of
Perquimans businneses and would
provide suggestions for im
provement.
The priorities came from reports
from four committees established
during a January merchants meeting
held to identify the needs of
Perquimans County merchants.
The committees included: pride
and loyalty, chaired by Louis Evans;
advertising and promotion, led by
Allan Winslow; coordinated efforts,
chaired by Gene Boyce; and com
munications, headed by Emmett
Landing.
Other suggestions for action made
by the committees included ad
vertising workshops, improvement
of shopping areas, new grocery store,
Chamber newsletter, farmers
market, cooperative grocery store,
townwide advertized sales and a
welcome wagon, ~
County Extension Chairman Bill
Jester presented the results of a
survey on the potential of a farmers
market in Perquimans County.
Insufficient demand was the
general consensus of those polled,
according to Jester. He said most
agreed that a farmers market would
be an asset to both consumers and
producers. He said, however, that
they would be interested in par
ticipating only otr a consignment
basis.
Jester said 130 surveys were sent
out to area farmers and vegetable
growers and 22 were returned.
Fifty-four percent of those who
responded said they would be in
terested in a farmers market, said
Jester. He said on an enthusism scale
of one to ten, 32 percent responded 8
to 10 and 35 percent responded 5 to 7.
Harrell asked the committees to
meet again and she set a tentative
date for the next merchants meeting
? June 15.
Only four directors were present at
the regular Chamber of Commerce
meeting Monday night, according to
Mrs. Harrell, so no action was taken
on the purchase of a copy machine
for the Chamber office.
A representative from Xerox at
tended the meeting to explain the
copy machine which the office is now
renting.
Mrs. Harrell announced that the
three-county map of Perquimans,
Chowan and Pasquotank counties
has gone to the printer and should be
ready in a few weeks.
She also announced that the
Chamber will sponsor a band student
for band camp at a cost of $85.
Mrs. Harrell said plans are
beginning for the 1983 Indian Sum
mer Festival and she said publicity
for the event should begin next week.
The next meeting of the Chamber
Board of Directors will be held
Monday, June 27 at 8 p.m.
'Fire' named second in state
By VAL SHORT
"Husquenaw Fire," Perquimans
Union's most recent literary
publication, has been named second
in the state Tar Heel Junior Historian
group literary contest.
Submitted by the Yeopim
Esquires, Perquimans Union's
chapter of the Tar Heel Junior
Historians, the magazine was among
80 projects submitted statewide by
elementary, middle and high school
students.
Elizabeth Towe, a Winfall senior at
Perquimans High, received a first
and second place award for her ar
chitectural photography entries.
The awards were presented at
Peace College in Raleigh by the N.C.
Literary and Historical Association.
Over 500 Tar Heel Junior Historians
and their advisors attended.
Twenty-three language arts
students at Perquim<tui> Union
participated in the project, according
to Mrs. Sue Leete, instructor.
Each student was asked to find
someone in the community who could
share a remembrance of the
Perquimans that was, said Mrs.
Leete.
Many of the students interviewed
their grandparents. "This helped
them develop a respect and better
understanding for those people who
had so many years," said Mrs. Leete.
Mrs. Leete said sales of
"H'jsquenaw Fire" are continuing
and it can be purchased for $3 at One
Stop, Woodard's, the Orchard Shop,
The Perquimans Weekly office and
other locations throughout the
county.
Weekly adds staff members
Two new members have joined
the staff of THE PERQUIMANS
WEEKLY, according to Val
Short, editor.
Cindy Leicecter of Hertford is
the new typist and proofreader
and Susan Harris has returned to
THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
as a staff writer.
Mrs. Leicester is a native of
Buffalo, New York and Edenton.
She was a former typist and
proofreader for The Chowan
Herald and the New East
magazine.
She has alao worked with
Albemarle Mental Health Center
in Elisabeth City where she
served as accounting clerk. With
Don Juan Manufacturing in
Hertford, Mrs. Leicester worked
as a billing clerk.
She and her husband reside In
Hertford with their two child**.
In addition to working with THE
PERQUIMANS WEEKLY. Mrs.
Harris has served aa executive
She to a native at Pwvteana
County and a 1976 graduate of
Perquimans County High School.
She also attended East Carolina
University.
Mrs. Harris and her husband
live in Hertford with their two
children. She will be covering
county commissioners and
Albemarle Commission meetings
and other community events.
"I am so pleased to welcome
Susan and Cindy to our staff. I
think they will be an asset to the
paper and will help us give ilie
county the quality coverage it
deserves," said Mrs. Short.
Cindy Leicester
Susan Harris