THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 51, No. 11 USPS 42S-0S0 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, March 14, 1985 25 CENTS
Burn Seminar held
Approximately 125 area
residents turned out for a
burn seminar sponsored
by the Perquimans County
Jaycees and co-sponsored
by the Hertford Volunteer
Fire Department last
Thursday night. Dr. Hugh
Peterson, Director in
charge of the Jaycee Burn
Center in Chapel Hill,
conducted the seminar
which was held at the
Hertford Fire
Department. Dr. Peterson
(pictured at left) reviewed
the procedures of
operation for the burn
center, and stressed the
importance of planned
escape routes, especially
for children, in the event of
a fire. The seminar gave
invaluable information to
participants concerning
action to be taken in the
event of a fire or burns.
( Photo by Edgar
Roberson, Captain,
Hertford Volunteer Fire
Department)
County schools to administer state
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mandated achievement tests to students
By SUSAN HARRIS
Students in all the county
schools take a menagerie of tests
mandated by the state. Pupils
and teachers spend hours
preparing for and taking the
many standard tests.
What do the test accomplish?
What do the scores mean? How
can my child do well on the tests?
I During the next few weeks
we'll be looking at the testing
program in an effort to inform
parents and answer any
questions they might have about
state tests.
Since march is the month for
the annual achievement tests in
the schools, following is some
helpful infomration excerpted
from a boklet prepared by
* Carolyn Modlin for use in her
parent workshop "Testing Tips
for Improved Performance."
A WORD TO STUDENTS
Getting ready. ..physically and
mentally.
?Get plent of sleep the night
before the test. "Cramming"
won't help.
?Don't take a test hungry. Eat
your breakfast or lunch.
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?Be on time and alert.
?Put everything else out of
your mind and think only of doing
your best.
?Dress comfortabley.
?If you wear glasses, be sure
you have them and wear them !
Making the best use of your
time.
?If the test is timed, don't rush
but don't dally, either.
?Answer the easy questions
first.
?If you're stumped by a
question, go on with the test and
come back to it later.
?Make a note on scratch paper
of the questions you want to go
back to so you can find them
easily.
?If you finish early, check over
your answers.
Making fewer mistakes.
? Read all directions.
Understand what you're
supposed to do.
?Ask the person giving the test
for help if you don't undestand
the directions.
?Read questions carefully and
ALL of the answer choices.
?BE SURE the question
NC Power gives
fuel assistance
North Carolina Power
) announced today that over $5,000
has been distributed through
EnergyShare to provide fuel
assistance to people in need in
the Albemarle area.
Sponsored jointly by North
Carolina Power, Virginia Power,
West Virginia Power, Virginia
Natural Gas and more than 60
human service agencies,
EnergyShare was developed to
| help people in need to pay their
winter fuel bills.
As of March 4, 15,222.74 had
been distributed by the
Albemarle Food Bank, Inc.,
which administers the
EnergySahre program in this
area. Zii?
The program is funded by
contributions from employees
k and customers of the sponsoring
utilities, and from businesses in
the utilities' service areas. Local
businesses that have become
EnergyShare Partners include:
Astro, Inc., Camden, N. C. ;
Crystal Enterprises, Inc.,
Elizabeth It Suburban Gas
Service, The Miller Company
Soutih, W. E. Ingram
Distributor, Inc., Etna, City of
Elizabeth City, WGAI Radio
Station, and North Carolina
Power Employees-Elizabeth
City District, all of Elizabeth
City; and Community Gas, Inc.,
Reed Oil Company and
Albemarle Electric Membership
Corp. , all of Hertford.
With nearly two months left to
receive contributions, the 1984-45
EnergyShare program has
surpassed last year's total,
raising more than $394,000 by
March 1. In 1*3-94 the program
raised IMS, 095.
number in the test is the same as
where you mark your answer on
the answer sheet.
Guessing
?You should guess if you don't
know the answer.
?Try to eliminate some of the
answer choices as wrong; this
increases your chances of
guessing the correct answer.
?Don't make wild guesses;
your choice should at least be
reasonable.
Miscellaneous tips
?Don't panic! Tackle each
question one at a time rather
than thinking about the whole
test at once.
? Use relevant content
information from other test
questions where possible.
?Don't score yourself as you
take the test.
?Change your answer if, on
second thought, you think
another response is better.
?Remember, there will be no
pattern of correct answer
choices.
PARENT HINTS
?Try not to be overly anxious
about test scores.
?Give your child
encouragement. Praise him/her
for the things he/she does well.
?Don't judge your child on the
basis of a test score. Test scores
are not perfect measures of what
your child can do.
? Meet with your child's
teacher as often as possible to
discuss your child's progress.
Parents and teachers must work
together to help the child.
?Ask the teacher to suggest
activities for you to do with your
child at home that will help your
child prepare for tests and
improve his/her understanding
of school work.
?Make sure your child attends
school regularly.
? Make sure your child
completes his/her assigned
homework.
?Make sure your child is well
rested on school days and
especially on the day of a test. .
?See that your child has a well
rounded diet. A healthy body
leads to a healthy, active mind.
?Provide a variety of books
and magasines (newspapers,
also) for your child to read at
home. Through reading new
materials, your child will learn
new words he/she might see on a
test.
By talking with your child
about the tests, you can help
eliminate his/her fear, and
enable him to do better on the
examinations.
Next week, we'll continue this
testing series with and interview
with Paul Ward, county testing
coordinator.
We think it's important for
parents to know what standard
tests the students in our county
schools are taking, and what the
results mean.
Hertford Council members
divide on annexation issues
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
Hertford Town Council
members played to a stale-mate
on Monday night in their attempt
to settle the question of boundary
lines fot* a proposed annexation
of property surrounding the
town.
The Council's original proposal
to annex 2000 acres of land had
been cut by approximately 60
percent prior to the Monday
night meeting of the Board. The
new proposal met with hardy
opposition from property
owners, primarily farm
owners, that will be directly
affected if the annexation is
approved by the North Carolina
General Assembly.
The landowners contend that
the area to the north of Hertford
is prime farm land, and that the
town's plans to enhance that area
for industrial and residential
development is not feasible.
Dr. William P. (Bill) Nixon of
Wilmington told the council that
he felt that the people wishing to
purchase land for homes would
be more interested in the vast
waterfront property that is
available in the county, while
industrial concerns would be
enticed by locations available on
or near U.S. 17 By-pass.
Dr. Nixon told the council that
the city tax on the property was
an issue, but that it was not the
problem. He stated that the
problem was strip annexation
that would give the town control
of valuable farmland.
Nixon questioned the council's
motives in deleting the Don Juan
Manufacturing Co. site from the
new proposal. The site was
ommitted after a public hearing
revealed that former council
members had promised the
owners of the corporation that
they would not be brought into
the city limits.
Phillip Lane, a contractor who
ov^ns land and plans to develop a
residential area on the "Nine
Foot" Road, addressed the
Council asking that his property
be annexed into the city limits.
Lane stated that many people
could not afford waterfront
property, and his intent was to
develop the area with small lots
and houses for those people.
Lane stated that it would be
advantageous for this type of
community to be annexed
because of the services that
would be available through the
city.
The question of reasoning
behind the planned annexation
was brought up frequently by the
landowners, who suggested that
the primary reason for
annexation was to enlarge the
corporate city limits to help
secure a potential future grant to
up-date the town's sewerage
system.
The Council members agreed
that the annexation would be
advantageous in applying for the
grant money in 1987, but stood
firm that the primary purpose of
annexation was 10 proviue ail
area for growth within the
corporate city limts.
Councilman Jesse Harris
said,- ''The purpose of this (the
annexation) is to put something
in place - keep your fingers
crossed ? and hope for growth.
You can't sit back and wait for
growth, it won't happen. History
has proven this."
Harris told the landowners that
the minor costs (property tax)
involved should not outweigh the
potential growth for this
community.
Dr. Nixon stated that he felt
the council was making a
mistake by allowing individual
developers to come in and
develop land without a town
planning committee. "I think we
can expect nothing good to come
of it, " Nixon said.
"You already have the1 right to
zone within a one mile radius of
Hertford, but you won't exercise
that right to control improper
development, " Nixon added.
Hertford Mayor W.D. (Bill)
Cox stated that a planning board
would not be able to function
until the council acted on
annexation and town boundaries
were set in place.
After property owners left the
meeting council members again
broached the subject of
annexation. A lengthy discussion
by the board resulted in a motion
by Councilman Billy Winslow to
present a bill to the General
Assembly with slight
modifications along the Ed
Nixon-Don Juan property line,
the "Nine-Foot" Road and land
on the southeast side of Hertford.
Harris stated that he was not
interested in a compromise at
this point, but would agree to the
motion if it was in agreement
with the other members of the
council.
Councilmen John Beers and
Joe T. White, Jr. would not
agree to the modified motion,
and contested the annexation of
property along the "Nine-Foot"
Road.
The motion died for lack of a
second.
The council adjourned with
plans to meet with Senator Marc
Basmght and Representatives
Vernon James and Charles
Evans inRaleigh later this week
before submitting a bill to the
General Assembly.
week . . .
Feaured in this week's
edition of The Perquimans
Weekly are photographs of
the entries in the 1985 School
Science Fair.
The fair was held last week
in the local schools and a list
of winners can be found on
page 5 of this edition.
Conservation Contest
Winners for the 32nd
Annual Soil Conservation
Poster Contest were
announced at a luncheon
which was held at Angler's
Cove on Wednesday
March 8th.
Fourth grade winners
were: ? 1st place ?
Phillip Morris of
Pasquotank Elementary
School, and 2nd place ?
Chad Jordan of White Oak
Elementary School.
Fifth grade winners
were: 1st place ? Andre
Mallory of Perquimans
Union School, and 2nd
place ? Sean Ray of
Weeksville School.
Sixth grade winners
were: 1st place ? Steven
Crosier of Griggs
Blementary, and 2nd
place ? Drew Sawyer of
Pasquotank County
Elementary School.
The event was
sponsored by Albemarle
Electric Membership
Corporation. Winners will
go to further competition
in Greenville. (Photo by
Monica Roach)