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Legislative report
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Arts extravaganza
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Field day results
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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 57, No. 22 USPS 428-080
Hertford, Perquimans County. N.C. Thursday, May 28, 1987
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Jail birds!
Pictured above Morris Kornegay looks at the camera as he thinks of who to call to raise money
while in jail.
Jail-a-thon
held Thurs.
Seen any jailbirds lately?
On Thursday, May 21st, the side
walk in front of the Perquimans
County Court House was the scene of
the annual cancer society jai'-a-thon.
Several local members of the com
munity w?*re arrested during the
event including: Mayor Bill Cox,
Nancy Newbern, Jeannie Umphlett,
Hal Byrum of Don Juan Manufactur
ing, William Byrum, Principal of
P.C.H.S., Morris Kornegay, Princi
pal of Central Grammar School,
Keith Haskett, Perquimans County
Tax Collector, and many others. Af
ter being arrested they were forced
to call area residents and solicit
funds to make their bond which was
set by the judge, Mrs. Reva Evans.
Each year the Perquimans County
Cancer Society is given a goal for
monies which they must raise, and
this year the county's goal is
$6,000.00. All monies which were
raised by the jail-a-thon will go to
wards meeting this goal.
The cancer society's next event to
raise additional funds will be their
American Cancer Society Spring
Fling. The Spring Fling will be held
at the Ward Shopping Center in Hert
ford, and Donald Ayscue will be serv
ing as chairman.
For more information on how you
can help the American Cancer So
ciety contact Debbie Sutton at 426
5124.
The Perquimans County Chapter of
the American Cancer Society would
like to thank those people who made
Officer Tim Spence is shown above as he escorts Gina Jepson
to jail.
the jail-a-thon possible last week. Se
nior patrolman, Tim Spence, for his
arrests, Hardees Restaurant, who
served lunch to all the jailees, Hert
ford Hardware, who provided plastic
for use during the inclement
weather, Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola,
who provided drinks for the jailees,
and Woodards Pharmacy, who pro
vided cups and ice for the day-long
event.
Olympic Festival torch
to travel through Hertford
For 13 days in July North Carolina
will play host to one of the largest and
greatest sports events in our state's
history, and Hertford will have a
chance to be a part of the festivities.
On June 28th, the Olympic Festival
Torch will pass through Perquimans
County stopping for a brief ceremony
in Hertford as part of the statewide
torch run.
On June 20th the torch run will be
gin in anticipation of the festival's
opening. The torch will leave Pikes
Peak in Colorado after being lit at the
Olympic Festival monument there,
and will be flown into the state via
Piedmont Airlines. The statewide
run will begin in Wilmington, and on
Sunday, June 28th, between 7:30 p.m.
and 8:30 p.m. the torch will arrive
here in Hertford.
In anticipation of the torch's arri
val festivities are being planned to
take place that evening on the Court
House green.
Local residents will also have an
opportunity to participate in the
statewide torch run.
The torch will be carried through
Perquimans County from the Pasqu
otank County line to the Chowan
County line, and Jack Hughes, Torch
Run Coordinator, estimates that he
may need as many as 40 runners to
complete the stretch.
The torch run serves as a money
making project for the festival, and
anyone who is interested may partic
ipate.
For $25.00 a person may run any
distance .10 of a mile to a complete
mile, and some runners may be
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asked to run more miles by the com
mitte if necessary to fill in some of
the gaps.
On the evening of July 17th the
torch will arrive in Raleigh at Carter
Finley Stadium for the festival's
opening ceremonies after traveling
some 2800 miles through 400 commu
nities.
The U.S. Olympic Festival '87 will
be one of the largest and greatest sin
gle events in sports history. It will be
held from July 13th until 26th in Ra
leigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary and
Greensboro, with yachting at Hen
derson Point on Kerr Lake. The festi
val will feature 3,000 of America's top
amateur athletes, 34 Olympican and
Pan American sports, 110 hours of
national coverage on ESPN, and nine
million dollars in revenue to the state
of North Carolina.
The festival is an event sponsored
by the U.S. Olympic Committee, and
began in 1978 under the name of the
National Sports Festival. The festi
val is held every non-olympic year in
different cities across the country,
but this will be the first time that a
state has hosted the events.
For more information on the festi
val call 1-800-223-USOF For more in
formation on the torch run contact
The Perquimans Weekly or Lloyd
"Fletch" Dail.
If anyone is interested in partici
pating in the run they can fill out the ?
application below and retur i in to the
UJ5. Olympic Festival, Attention:
Mr. Jack Hughes, P.O. Box 12727, Re
search Triangle Park, NC, 27709
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Pictured above is Matt Hobbs in front of Union School. Matt is holding a certificate from Duke
University.
Matt Hobbs selected to participate
in Duke University talent search
Matt Hobbs, a 7th grade student at
Perquimans County Union School
participated and has been selected
by the Talent Identification Program
(TIP) at Duke University, Durham,
North Carolina.
The purpose of T.I. P. is to discover
youngsters who have exceptional
mathematical, verbal, or general in
tellectual ability. Matt was chosen in
the area of mathematics.
Eligibility for the T.I.P. is based on
three requirements, and the student
must meet all three before being con
sidered, they are: school attendance,
age and grade in school, test scores.
A student must attend a public or ^
private school in one of 16 southern
states, students must be 7th graders,
and students must have scored at the
97th percentile or above (in the upper
three percent) on the national norms
of a standardized achievement apti
tude, or mental ability test battery.
This program offers several bene
fits for the students selected. Matt
will receive an Educational Opportu
nity Guide which describes educatio
nal programs for academically supe
rior students in the talent search
region and elsewhere. He will receive
a report allowing him to compare his
abilities as measured by the SAT
jrith those of the ablest seventh grad
ers in the talent search region to let
him know where he stands, he will
receive a counseling guide which pro
vides suggestions for using his abili
ties more effectively, will have inter
pretive information about his
abilities sent to school officials, as
well as State Department of Educa
tion officials, which may assist hime
in better planning his educational op
tions in the future, and Matt will be
receiving four issues of the Talent
Tabloid, a newsletter which is pub
lished by TIP, which contains arti
cles about participants, and the pro
gram.
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Poppy day proclaimed by Mayor Cox
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is
information on and a proclomation
by Mayor Bill Cox, proclaiming and
stating his support for the upcoming
"Buddy" Poppy sale day for the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars of the United
States.
"In Flanders Fields The Poppies
Blow...", so went the immortal words
of Col. John McCrae's poem. Little
did Col. McCrae realize when he
penned those few lines that someday
the very poppies of which he wrote
would be the true symbol of all those
who gave their lives in our nation's
wars. Each year the Veterans of For
eign Wars sponsor their "Buddy"
Poppy sale in the Hertford area to
raise money for needy and disabled
veterans. You, too, can pay your re
spects on May 29th. Do your part -
buy and wear a VFW "Buddy"
Poppy.
WHEREAS: The annual sale of
Buddy Poppies by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States
has been officially recognized and en
dorsed by governmental leaders
since 1922; and
WHEREAS: VFW Buddy Poppies
are assembled by disabled veterans,
and the proceeds of this worthy fund
raising campaign are used exclu
sively for the benefit of disabled and
needy veterans, and the widows and
orphans of deceased veterans, and
WHEREAS: The basic purpose of
the annual sale of Buddy Poppies by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars is elo
quently reflected in the desire to
"Honor the Dead by Helping the Liv
ing"; therefore
1, Bill Cox, Mayor of the city of
Hertford, North Carolina do hereby
urge the citizens of this community to
recognize the merits of this cause by
contributing generously to its sup
port through the purchase of Buddy
Poppies on the day set aside for the
distribution of these symbols of ap
preciation for the sacrifices of our
honored dead.
1 urge all patriotic citizens to wear
a Buddy Poppy as mute evidence qf
our gratitude to the men of this coun
try who have risked their lives in de
fense of the freedoms which we con
tinue to enjoy as American citizens.
State troopers remind North Carolina
motorists to buckle up when driving
RALEIGH? One of the safety fea
tures in your car is the seat belt, a
life-saving mechanism that many
people too often ignore. Since Jan
uary 1, troopers with the State High
way Patrol have handed out 12,536 ci
tations to drivers and front seat
passengers for failing to buckle up.
Another 1312 citations have beenis
sued for child restraint violations.
Each citation carries a $25 fine.
Colonel Jack Cardwell, Com
mnader of the State Highway Patrol,
says, "If everyone would cooperate
with the law, the fine, along with traf
fic deaths and injuries, could be
avoided."
In an effort to increase seat belt us
age, the State Highway Patrol tea
mmed up with several organiza
tions?Operation C.A.R.E. , The
National Safety Council, the National
Association of Governors' Highway
Safety Representatives, and the Na
tional Highway Traffic Safety Ad
ministration?for All-American
Buckle Up Week, May 18-25, 1987.
The goal of All-American Buckle
Up Week is to convince people to
wear their seat belts to reduce traffic
fatalities, and statistics indicate that
many of North Carolina's drivers are
buckling up. According to the UNC
highway Safety Reserach Center in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina topped
the nation's list for seat belt usuage
in February. A survey of 72 sites
statewide found that 78 percent of
those drivers surveyed were wearing
seat belts, and 71 percent of front
seat passengers were also buckled
up.
However, reports for March show a
decline in seat belt usage, and North
Carolina has fallen to the number two
spot behind Maryland.
Colonel Cardwell says, "Even
though North Carolina is doing better
than most other states in seat belt
usuage, motorists should remember
to always use their seat belts, not
only because it is the law, but be
cause it is the law, but because it is
the individual's best defense against
a drunk driver. It is especially impor
tant for parents to protect their chil
dren with child safety seats or belts."
Business loans available for Chowan
and Perquimans County farmers
Funds are available to guarantee
loans for Chowan and Perquimans
County residents and businesses (or
use in creating new business or ex
panding existing enterprises Melvin
E. Howell, FmHA County Supervisor
said today.
Farmers Home Administration is
interested in the economic health of
our community and we would wel
come inquiries about this program,
Howell said. Our business and indus
try program was created primarily
to provide jobs in smaller towns and
rural communities. Loan funds are
provided by a local commercial bank
or savings and loan association and
the loan is guaranteed by Farmerss
home Administration.
There are probably many people in
the community who are not familiar
with the opportunities available un
der the B & I program, especially the
fact that we can make loans to a vari
ety of sizes of businesses, including
family-size enterprises, he added. ?
"We are especially interested in""
anything we can do to help improve
job opportunities for farmers who ?
are trying to find new occupations." I
Howell said information about the
program can be obtained from the J
FmHA office located at the Albe- *
marie Commission Building, tele
phone number 426-5733.
Students with summer jobs may
find themselves paying taxes
Many students with summer of
part-time jobs can no longer claim
exemption from federal income tax
withholding, according to the Inter
nal Revenue Service.
Because of tax law changes made
by the Tax Reform act of 1986, stu
dents who can be claimed as depen
dents on their parents or another per
son's tax return cannot claim
exemption from withholding for 1987
if they have any unearned income,
such as interest on savings, and their
wages plus this unearned income will
be more than $500 for the year.
However, students whose wages
for the year are $2,540 or less and who
have no unearned income generally
will be exempt from withholding.
Studnts can claim exemption from
tax withholding ontheir Form W-4 or
W-4A, "Employee's Withholding Al
lowance Certificant," only if last
year they had to pay no federal in
come tax and this year they expect to
have to pay no federal income tax,
the IRS said. If exempt status is
claimed, it remains in effect until
February 15 of the next year.
Generally, students not exempt
from withholding should calim one
withholding alowance if they have
only one job at a time. Or, if they
need or want ore tax withheld, they
should claim zero allowances, the
Form W4 or W-4A instructions have
more details. And IRS has prepared
Publications 919, "Is my Withholding
Correct?" to help taxpayers deter
mine whether they are having the
right amount withheld.
Many students who have to pay no
tax in the will have to pay tax for
1987, and so cannot be exempt from
withholding.
Jaycees
attend
conference
The North Carolina Jaycees held
their annual convention May 22-24 at
the Benton Convention Center in
Winston-Salem. Twelve Perquimans
County Jaycees and two guests at
tended the three-day meeting.
The local chapter captured several
awards and honors while in Winston
Salem. Diane Cope land won the sec
retary of the quarter award for her
outstanding performance of that job
for the Perquimans chapter.
A Presidential Award of Honor was
presented to the local group for their
dedication and commitment during
the 1986-87 fiscal year. The Jaycee
year runs from May through April.
During those months last year, the
Perquimans County Jaycees ran
over 30 projects.
St. Jude Children's Hospital gave a
plague to the local chapter in appre
ciation for their support of the hospi
tal.
The Boys & Girls Homes of North
Carolina recognized the Perquimans
Jaycees for their continuing support
of their facility.
Those who attened were Carlton
Boyce, Diane Cope land, Richard
Cope land, Joe Elliott, Phil Harris, ?,
Susan Harris, Bernie Jones, JoAnn
Jones, Gail Layden, Wayne Layden,
Parker New hern, Jennifer Sawyer, ?
Kenneth White, and Sara Winslow.
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