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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volumo SI, No. IS USPS 428-060 Hartford, Parqulmant County, N.C, Thursday, May 2, IMS 25 CENT! County 4-H'ers produce champions By JANE B. WILLIAMS Tommy and Sherry Harrell of Hertford are full of pride this week. The source of their pride is their children; Jason, 15, and Leah, 13. Jason was the producer of the Grand Champion Steer in the Albemarle 4 H Livestock Show and Sale held last Tuesday and Wednesday at the Al bemarle 4-H Livestock Building in Elizabeth City. Jason also had a hog in the show. Leah was the producer of this year's Grand Champion Hog; she also had a steer in the show. In commenting on her childrens' success Mrs. Harrell said, "I don't know what to say; we're mighty thrilled and natu rally happy for our chil dren, but we're glad for Perquimans County, too. Pride for the county was also evident in talk ing with Jeff Copeland of the Perquimans County Extension Service. Cope land and Mrs. Harrell both stated that it had been a long time since the county had produced two grand champions. The Harrell's have been participants in the show for the past five years, beginning with Jason and a hog project. Mrs. Har rell stated that "there's not much you can do with a hog, feed it, water it, and walk it a little," but a steer seems to be a differ ent story. According to Mrs. Har rell, the steers are pur chased in September and brought home to the farm weighing about 600 pounds each. (At the time of the sale Jason's steer weighed in at 1235 pounds, and Leah's steer weighed 1200-pounds.) Eight months of hard work, love and devotion go into the raising of a steer for the show. It en tails daily trips to the pen in all kinds of weather. The Harrell children name their steers upon their arrival at the farm, and then get down to the business of 'getting to know' the animal. Ini tially they put halters on the steers and let them get used to the feel of them. Later, the lead ropes go on, and thus be gins the slow process of teaching the steers to walk with them. Leah's raport with the anmials is amazing; for the last two years she has been able to ride her steer. This year she even rode Jason's. Caring for the steers gets a little more compli cated in the last few months before the show when washing and groom ing become part of the routine. The "caring for" process is a binding one for the Harrell family. "The four of us spend as much time together with their projects as we do on anything else as a fam ily," Mrs. Harrell said. Pictured are (top) Leah Har rell showing her Grand Champion Hog and brother, Jason Harrell (bottom) with his Grand Champion Steer. The Harrell chi^lren were among many county youth that participated in the Albe marle 4-H Livestock Show. (Photos by Monica Roach) See realted story and pic tures on Page 9. The daily routine of "wash, walk, practice" is tough for the Harrell chil dren to let go of. Mrs. Harrell said that Jason had summed it up best when he said, "When you have to go back there and break ice for them to drink in the winter, well you think about that when they're gone. Winfall site selected for doctor's office By JANE B. WILLIAMS The Board of Directors of Re gional Medical Services (RMS) announced last week that they will build a new $135,000 doc tor's office in the town of Win fall. Bob Jeffries, general man ager of RMS and administrator of Albemarle Hospital stated Monday that "we'e delighted to be able to provide more accessi ble health care service to Per quimans County." According to Jeffries the doc tor's office will be located on a one-acre plot of land on High way 37 in Winfall. The site is ap proximately 200-yards down Highway 37 across from the Towe property. The 2,208-square foot office, upon it's completion, will have three examining rooms and a doctor's office, along with other facilities. Dr. Neil DeNunzio, an inter nal medicine specialist, will man the new facility. DeNunzio is a 1982 graduate of Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, Winfall to open ABC Store By JANE B. WILLIAMS After more than a year of planning, Winfall officials will open a self-service Alcoholic Beverage Control Store in that community on Friday. The decision to base an ABC Store in Winfall, the second such store in the county, came after voters in the town passed a referendum during a special election in March 1984, allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages in the town. : The three member ABC Board for the town, along with Winfall Mayor Lloyd Ray Mor gan have put in extensive hours, not only In the planning and groundwork laying stages of the stores progress, but also in the task of getting the store's fix lures installed prior to opening W.L. Jessup, chairman of the 9 Winfall ABC Board, stated that there had been no outside labor involved in readying the stores interior. Two of the board mem bers traveled to White Lake, N.C. to dismantle the fixtures in a store there, and then trans ported them back to Winfall for installation by the board and Morgan, saving "untold dol lars" for the town. The other Board members are Treasurer, Joe Lee Tunnell, and Secretary, Charlotte N. White. The 3.000 square foot store is being leased to the town by Winslow OU Company, and will be managed by Robert Allsbury, a native of Florida who has lived in Perquimans County for approximately 15 years. Other staff members will be Joe Harrell and Annie Mae Thompson, who has been em K *? ployed as a bookkeeper. Terry Chappell, of Chappell and Asso ciates in Hertford, will be the auditor for the new store. Hours of operation for the store will be 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., Monday through Sat urday. The store is located at Oak Point on U.S. 17 Business in Winfall. According to Jessup the new ABC store boasts the most mod ern equipment available, iclud ing lighted display shelves throughout. Mayor Morgan stated that a percentage of profits from the store will go to law enforcement and education, while the re mainder will go into the town's general fund, "hopefully en abling the town's tax base to re main stable," thus benefiting the citizens of Winfall. * PA. He served his internship at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA., where he is currently completing his resi dency. Jeffries stated that Dr. De Nunzio plans to move to the area on July 1. He will hold staff privileges at Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City. The building will be con structed by Crown Point Devel opment of Hubert, N.C., and Jeffries stated that he felt cer tain that contracts would be signed within the next two weeks, and construction should start immediately. RMS is a private corporation that is affiliated with Albemarle Hospital. The purpose of the or ganization is to provide additio nal freedoms to accomplish va rious missions that are not allowed to hospitals under state regulations. RMS is supervised by a ten member board of directors. The board is comprised of the same ten members on the Albemarle Hospital Board of Directors. Additional offices are planned in several areas that border Pasquotank County, with the purpose of these centers being to broaden the scope of health care In the Albemarle area, making It more accessible to area residents. * Perquimans chosen for nursing facility By SUSAN HARRIS and JANE B. WILLIAMS The North Carolina Depart ment of Human Resources an nounced their decision on Mon day to reject five recommendations made earlier this year by the Eastern Caro lina Health Management Agency regarding the place ment of nursing homes to be constructed in eastern North Carolina. Among the decisions over turned was a recommendation to construct a 78-bed nursing home unit in Gates County to serve Gates and Perquimans County. A preliminary certificate of need was issued to Unifour Med ical Management of Hickory, N.C. to construct the planned fa cility in Perquimans County. Unless the proposal is contested within 30 days by Gates County the state will issue a certificate of need to the Hickory based company for construction of the home here. It is expected that Gates County officials will file an appeal. County officials throughout eastern North Carolina have been waiting for more than two months to hear the decision of the Department of Human Re sources, who postponed the de cision amid charges of political meddling. The nursing home will bring added revenue and jobs to the community. According to Don Beaver, President of Unifour Medical Management the home will create between 80 and 90 full and part-time jobs in the county, with $60,000 to $80,000 in salaries being generated each month. Beaver hesitated to name a site for the home, stating that he received notification of the decision on Tuesday morning, and would rather wait until af ter the appeal date had passed before disclosing too much in formation. He did state however, that the company would probably be us ing local sub-contractors to con struct the single-level structure. "We look forward to being a part of the Hertford commu nity," Beaver said, and added that they "pledge to provide a quality service." "Our number one goal is to provide good, basic care," Bea ver added. Perquimans County Manager Randy Keaton stated that the commissioners were "very ex cited about it." Adding that the addition of a nursing home in the county would add consider able economic benefits. Hertford Mayor Bill Cox said "It's great news, it will be a boost to Perquimans County's economy, and it will provide jobs and a great facility. I be lieve that the choice was a cor rect one. When the facts were looked at I feel cerrtain that the number of elderly residents here, the availability of water and sewer facilities, along with the proximity to hospitals were major factors involved in the decision. The certificates will be the first to be issued by the state since a ban was placed on con struction of nursing homes in 1981. High interest rates stalled the construction of homes in the late 1970's causing the state to enforce the ban. The ban was lifted in July 1984 after lower in terest rates ana new legislation allowed contractors to begin building homes that had already been granted certificates. The state controls nursing home construction to assure quality care and equal distribu tion of homes throughout the state. Jail-A-Thon today By CINDY LEICESTER Everything is in place as members of the Perquimans County Chapter of the American Cancer Society prepare for a Jail-A-Thon to be held today, Thursday, May 2, from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Perqui mans County Courthouse. Debbie Sutton, chairman of the event, stated that, "This is the first time we have tried the jail-a-thon in Perquimans County. We hope that it will be successful enough to make it an annual event. Everyone has a lot of fun and a lot of people are helped at the same time." Twenty-five dollars is all it takes to have your boss, em ployees, husband, wife, teacher or anybody arrested. All you have to do is call and a uniformed policeman will come and arrest your friend. Bond will be set at a minimum of $100.00 and the "outlaw" must raise this amount by call ing on friends to bail him out. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society to help aid in the fight against can cer. To have fun and help aid in a worthy cause simply call 426 9957 , 426-9959 or 426-9960 and have someone you know ar rested. Hertford applies for community grant ? For the fourth consecutive year, local governments have submitted Community Devel opment Block Grant applica tions to the state Department of Natural Resources and Commu nity Development which total more than three times the amount of money available. One hundred and eighty-six lo cal governments, including the Town of Hertford, submitted re quests totaling $106 million to fi nance community revitalization and development planning pro jects. $31.7 million is available for the grants. The 1750,000 request from Hertford is for continuing com munity revitalization activities. "All of these projects primar ily benefit low to moderate in come citizens and we realize ev ery one represents a substantial community need," stated NRCD Secretary Thomas Rhodes. "Uirfortunately, the limited allocation is not enough to meet all these needs and we must * ? rely on a competitive scoring system to determine which pro jects are funded." Rhodes added that NRCD staff will spend the next 90 days reviewing each proposed com munity revitalization project on the basis of community needs, project design, percentage of benefit to low and moderate in come persons, other public and private funds committed to pro ject activities, and the project's consistency with state policies and programs. Since the state assumed ad ministration of the block grant funds in 1962, $135 million has been distributed for 281 projects across the state. Local governments have used these funds to rehabilitate over 5,300 substandard houses and, with economic development pro jects, have created or retained more than 6,600 jobs. Approxi mately 97 percent of the funds have benefited low to moderate income citizens. ? 9
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