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- - I THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume 52, No. 27 USPS 42I-090 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, July 11, 1M5 25 CENTS Powell-Roberson files appeal State's decision to allocate home in Perquimans challenged By JANE B. WILLIAMS Following a public hearing in Perquimans County earlier this year a certificate of need was granted to Powell-Roberson, a Rocky Mount based firm, to construct a nursing home fa cility in Gates County by the Eastern Carolina Health Sys tems Agency (HSA). The decision of the HSA was overturned on April 1 by the Di vision of Facility Services of the Department of Human He sources, who granted a certifi cate of need to Unifour Medical Management, Inc. for the con struction of a 78- bed Brian Cen ter in Perquimans County. The granting of the certificate of need to Unifour Medical Man agement for a Perquimans County home distressed resi dents of Gates County and Pow ell-Roberson. who in turn peti tioned the N.C. Department of Human Resources for a hearing to review their decision, thus creating concern for local resi dents as to the final outcome of the state's decision. The hearing is tentatively slated for December, but local officials feel that the county's support of Unifour Medical Management and their plans is imperative if the county is to be selected as the site for the nurs ing home. Petitions voicing support of the facility are being circulated throughout the community. The petitions, which are available at the Perquimans County Cham ber of Commerce office and the Hertford Municipal Building, will be sent to the Department of Human Resources to be con sidered in any proceedings re lating to the allocation of nurs ing home beds in Perquimans or Gates Counties. If the allocation is left with Unifour Medical Management, Inc., their plans are to construct a 78-bed facility in Perquimans County that will create approxi mately 70 jobs for area resi dents. The facility will also add to the county's tax revenues. During their regular business meetings on Monday night the Winfall Town Council and the Hertford Town Council each passed a resolution of support for Unifour Medical Manage ment and their plans to con struct a home in Perquimans County. The resolution is on the agenda for action by the Perqui mans County Commissioners for their July 15 meeting. Hertford Mayor Bill Cox voiced his support of the project adding, "I feel that there is 100 percent support in Perquimans County for the project, but we need at this time to show it." In a telephone interview on Tuesday Ben Setzer, executive vice-president of development for Unifour Medical Manage ment in Hickory said, "We are very pleased that the state cer tificate of need department ap proved our application to build a facility for Perquimans and Gates Counties. We look for ward to working closely with these communities in the con struction and development of this facility, as well as future operations. "We are a proven health care company, who has provided nursing home care to North Carolina residents since 1972. Providing nursing home and health care is our only business Enjoying the Fourth Perquimans County res idents turned out in mass for the county's annual July 4th celebration spon sored by the Perquimans County Jaycees. An af ternoon of games and fun was highlighted by a tre mendous fireworks dis play over the Perquimans River at Missing Mill Park on Thursday. (Pho tos courtesy Edward Leicester and Jimmy Godwin.) ' V'. ? ?; Hertford Council address extra-territorial land use By JANE B. WILLIAMS Hertford Town Council members addressed the ques tion of extra-territorial jurisdic tion Monday night, discussing the rights of the municipality to govern the toning regulations of properties within a one-mile cir cumference of the city limits. Bill Dunn, with the state re gional planning office out of Washington, N.C., met with the council and suggested guidelines to* use when setting up extra-territorial toning. Dunn told the council that it is "not good to zone land that you won't receive benefit from in the next five to ten years." He also pointed out that extra-terri torial land would gain the town no additional tax revenue, nor would the town be responsible for providing city services such Cooper appointed Wendell Cooper has recently assumed the duties of assistant area specialized agent in pest management, filling the va cancy left by Stan Winslow, who resigned in April to take over the chairmanship of the Perqui mans County Extension Service. Cooper, a graduate of Virginia Tech, is not new to the pest ma nagment program according to Winslow. He worked with the program in 1983 as a scout dur ing the summer, and returned in 1904 as a scout supervisor and assistai T The purpose of the pest ma nagment program is to provide crop scouting and soil sampling services. Agents then offer treatment recommendations and fertility recommendations based on the information gath ered from these services. The program, now in its sev enth year, is affiliated with the North Carolina Agricultural Ex tension Service. It is organized as a non-profit, farmer-owned ' co-operative under the name of Farmer's Pest Management Services Co-operative. as water, sewer, police and fire protection to those areas. "You only have zoning control over the land," Dunn said. Dunn pointed out to the coun cil that the benefits that could be derived from the method of zoning would be that the town would be able to control growth just beyond the corporate city limits. If the town elects to zone the extra-territorial limits, building permits for those prop erties would have to be issued through the town. To exercise extra-territorial rights the council will have to display publicly a map setting out the area, and showing the proposed zoning regulations for that- area. After the completion of the map a public hearing must be held to allow citizens within the extra-territorial dis trict an opportunity to voice their opinions prior to final ac tion by the town. Council members seemed to be in agreement that the extra territorial boundaries should fol low natural boundaries, possibly using *the boundaries that were proposed under the town's origi nal annexation plan last year. The council agreed to work to gether to outline distinct areas that would be involved in the protect, and instructed Dunn to schedule a time with his depart ment that a map could be drawn depicting the area. and we are dedicated to proven high quality care at all of our facilities. It appears to me that these factors stood out over the other applications in the state's decision to approve our com pany. "We appreciate the oustand ing support we have received in the communities and will need continued support from the citi zens of Perquimans and Gates Counties in this upcoming ap peal. Small presides over Court Henry Russell Mallory, Jr. was sentenced to seven years in the North Carolina Department of Correction after he pleaded guilty to the charges of feloni ous possession of stolen goods during the July session of the Superior Court at the Perqui mans County Courthouse with the Honorable Herbert Small presiding and Kenneth W. Pat terson prosecuting. Other cases heard included: Christopher Scott Dance who violated his probation, a 12 month sentence was imposed. Thomas James Clauson was dismissed of the charges of reckless driving and attempt to elude arrest and was given a six-month suspended sentence and four years supervised pro bation for Misd. Possession of marijuana, no operators license, and stop sign violation. He was fined $75 plus the cost of court. Ammelle Anderson Charlton pleaded guilty to exceeding a safe speed and was given a five day suspended sentence for one year and fined $25 plus the cost of court. William Lee Walker, Jr. pleaded guilty to failure to stop for blue light and siren, failure to drive on the right half of road, no operators license and driving while impaired. His charges were consolidated for judgment and he was given a six-month sentence suspended for two years and was fined $200 plus the cost of court. William Edward Skinner pleaded guilty to misdemeanor breaking and entering and was sentence to seven months in the North Carolina Department of Correction and was also fined $100 plus the cost of court. Nathan Curtis Trueblood was found guilty by jury of the charges of felonious possession of stolen goods. He received a 12-month sentence in the N.C. Department of Corrections. An appeal was entered. Dempsey Kato Mallory agreed to plead guilty to second degree burglary while dropping charges of arson. He was sen tenced to 16 years in the North Carolina Department of Correc tion. Linwood Barcliff pleaded guilty to the charges of driving while impaired and no operators license. He was sentenced to nine months in the North Caro lina Department of Correction. Volunteers sought Nominations from Perqui mans County are being sought for the 1965 Governor's Out standing Volunteer Awards Pro gram. Two categories of volunteers will be awarded in this years program; an outstanding indi vidual volunteer will be honored from each county, along with an outstanding volunteer organiza tion. Anyone wishing to nominate an individual or group for this award program should write a formal letter of nomination, in cluding a brief description the nominees volunteer the name, address andj phone number of the i well as their own. should be sent to Mayor Bill Cos or ager Randy Keaton t h a July 22, 1906
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