LOCAL
FEATURE
Art club helping 4-H
see pg. 8
Bicentennial celebrated
see pg. 1 1
COMMUNITY
Hertford VFW news
see pg. 2
the PERQUIMANS WEEKT.Y
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The band performs above during the "Trucker Classic" last weekend in Churchland, Virginia. The band received third
place overall, and came home with Ave trophies.
Marching Pirates'9 place third in band competition
The Perquimans County High
School "Marching Pirates" attended
their first band competition of the
1987 season on Saturday, September
19th at the "Trucker Classic" in
Portsmouth, Virginia and came
home victorious.
The band performing in Class AA
^?eceived a superior rating and fin
ished third in their class. They were
also the third highest scoring band in
all the classes competing.
The "Marching Pirates" were also
awarded first place percussion and
first place flags as well as second
place horn line and second place ri
fles, coming home with five trophies
from last Saturday's contest.
Among the panel of judges for the
contest were Mike Cesaria, Consul
tant of the DCI Champions "Garfield
Cadets" and George Naff, Director of
the "Spirit of America" Marching
Band.
The five highest scoring bands of
the day Saturday were: Class AA:
Thomas Dale High School, Rich
mond, Va., 82.8, Class AA: Roanoke
Rapids High School, Roanoke Rap
ids, NC, 82.4, Class AA: Perquimans
County High School, Hertford, NC,
82.0, Class AAA: Bertie High School,
Windsor, NC, 80.6, and Class A: Os
car Smith High School, Chesapeake,
Va., 74.6.
The "Marching Pirates" will be
performing at three more contests
this season. On October 3 they will
compete at the Edenton Peanut Fes
tival, "Battle of the Bands", on Octo
ber 17th they will compete at the Ti
dewater Festival of Marching Bands
in Chesapeake, Va., and on Novem
ber 14th they will compete at the
Carv Band Day in Carv. NC.
Berry, Stevenson are promoted by Peoples Bank
Rocky Mount, N.C.? Peoples Bank
and Trust Company has promoted
Robert L. (Steve) Stevenson to Se
nior Vice-President and Area New
Business Development Officer for
the Northern Region. Stevenson is
| working with the City Executives in
Hertford, Elizabeth City, and Eden
ton to solicit new business and cross
sell to current customers in those
areas. According to Andy Warren,
Northern Regional Executive,
"Steve was the perfect man for that
position. A person of Steve's knowl
edge and qualifications will defin
ately enhance and strengthen Peo
ples Bank's committment to the
northeastern area."
I Stevenson joined Peoples in 1946
and has served as Hertford City Ex
ecutive since 1967. He attended the
University of North Carolina at Cha
pel Hill and Cornell University in
Ithaca, New York.
Stevenson is a member of the Hert
ford Rotary Club and the American
Legion Post 106. He also serves as Di
rector-Finance Chairman for the
Perquimans County Restoration As
sociation and Chairm?u of the Board
Pand Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee for John Wesley College in
High Point.
A native of Hertford, Stevenson at
tends Bagley Swamp Wesleyan
Church. He is married to the former
Deanna Kickel of Saint Louis, Mis
souri, and they have three children,
Gary, Joy, and David.
Peoples Bank has also named Dan
iel B. "Ben" Berry as the new City
Executive of Hertford. According to
Andy Warren, "Peoples is very fortu
nate to have someone of Ben's abili
ties to assume and continue the lead
ership in that office." Berry joined
Peoples in 1974 as a Management
Trainee and has later served as As
sistant Cashier and Cashier. He has
also served as Assistant City Exec
utive of Hertford since 1961.
Berry attended Chowan College in
Murfreesboro and later completed
the N.C. School of Banking Mid-Man
agement and Advanced Management
programs at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981 and
1983, respectively. He is also a 1987
graduate of The Graduate School of
Banking of the South at Louisiana
State University.
Robert L. "Steve" Stevenson
Berry is a native of Hertford where
he is involved in many areas of com
munity life. He is the President of the
Lions Club, CLr'nnan of Business
Day for the American Heart Associa
tion, and a member of Perquimans
County Industrial Development Com
mission.
Berry is on the Board of Directors
for the Albemarle Area Junior
Daniel B. "Ben" Berry
Achievement, the Albemarle
Chapter of the American Institute of
Banking, and the Perquimans
County Committee of 100.
Berry attends Woodville Baptist
Church where he is a Deacon and fi
nance committee member. He is
married to the former Sylvia Gre
gory of Hertford and they have two
children, Justin and Britt.
IRS seeks volunteers
Would you or your group like to
learn more about the Tax Reform
Act of 1966 and help others with their
tax returns? If so, the Volunteer In
come Tax Assistance (VITA) pro
gram may be just for you.
The VITA program, sponsored by
the Internal Revenue Service, is de
signed to offer free tax assistance at
community locations to individuals
who cannot afford professional tax
help. This year, with the implemen
tation of the new tax laws, there will
be a greater need for this service
than ever before. Last year, volun
teers prepared more than 22,000 fed
eral forms and more than 10,000 state
returns for taxpayers in North Caro
lina.
There is a current need for volun
teers and organized groups to partici
pate in the 1988 VITA program. Last
year the list of volunteers included
accountants, teachers, homemakers,
retired business persons.
The Internal Revenue Service will
provide training to ensure that tax
payers receive accurate assistance.
The Internal Revenue Service also
will assist sites with publicity and
will provide forms and publications.
To participate in the VITA pro
gram as a tax assistor, coordinator,
or instructor call the Taxpayer Edu
cation Office or Susan Alberty tollf
ree at 1-800-424-1040 or (919) 333-5620.
? WEATHER
Weekend
^Forecast
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Weather forecasters are calling
for partly cloudy weather
throughout the weekendwith a
20 to 30 percent chance of
showers.
Temperature lows will be in the
upper 50s with highs in the mid
70s.
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Above students at Central School gathered to tay the Pledge
of Allegiance to commorate the bicentennial of the United
States Constitution. ,
Area residents seek
help with covenants
The Perquimans County Commis
sioners listened but took no action
Monday evening as a number of con
cerned residents from Holiday Island
came before the board to ask their
help in enforcing restrictive cove
nants on the island.
Members of the Holiday Island
property owners association led by
Mrs. Helen Matthews and other citi
zens concerned about property own
ers who are ignoring restrictive cove
nants required by the property
owner's association came before the
board to make a plea for help.
Mrs. Matthews told board mem
bers Monday that the property own
ers association is concerned about all
restrictive covenant violations on the
island, but they feel the major prob
lem exists with building taking place
on the island where it should not be,
as well as eye sores such as trash,
appliances, boats and much more in
yards all over the island.
The residents asked the commis
sioners on Monday to require that
each building plat submitted to the
Perquimans County building inspec
tor, Aubrey Ownley, for a building
permit be required to have the seal of
Holiday Island before the permit
would be issued. The seal would in
sure that the plat met all of the re
strictive covenants required by the
property owners association, but
Perquimans County attorney, John
Matthews stated that the county
could not enforce such a requirement
at the risk of a law suit.
"Our building inspector is only re
quired to make sure that the building
meets state building codes, it has
nothing to do with restrictive cove
nants," said Matthews. Matthews
went on to say that he felt that the
county had no authority to enforce
the restrictive covenants of Holiday
Island.
Matthews and other members of
the board stated to the residents on
Monday that they felt the commu
nity's only action against violaters of
the restrictive covenants was to take
legal action against them.
"You'll make believers of them
when the sheriff arrives at their door
with a law suit," said Matthews.
The property owners told the board
Monday that on several occasions
they have approached violaters and
have been told by them that they can
do what they want concerning build
ing without regard for the covenants
because they have a building permit
issued by the county. The residents
also added that tl. y wanted to avoid
law suits in this matter if at all possi
ble because they are trying to foster
community spirit, and law suits
would only cause hard feeling, and
pit neighbor against neighbor before
solving the issues at hand. In addition
property owners are concerned be
cause for many years violations of
the restrictive covenants have been
ignored, but now the property owners
association has decided to do some
thing about all of the violations be
fore the problem gets to far out of
hand.
The board of commissioners did
tell the property owners that they
sympathize with their problems, and
that possibly in the future the county
might move to adopt zoning ordi
ances which would require property
owners to meet with the restrictive
covenants before obtaining a build
ing permit, but for the time being the
community will have to deal with the
problem themselves.
Tractor pull planned
ine Perquimans uounty jaycees
will be sponsoring a four-wheel drive
truck and tractor pull this Saturday,
September 26th, at the Albemarle
Pullers Association Track in Chapa
noke eight miles north of Hertford.
The weigh-in will be held at 10:00
a.m. with the pull getting started at
12:00 noon.
The tractor pull will feature 14
classes. Trophies will be awarded in
all classes, but the hot rod class. The
hot rod class will feature a cash
purse.
nesi rooms ana concessions wiu oe
provided at the track, but people are
urged to bring their own chairs to the
pull.
Admission fees will be $4.00 for
adults, $1.00 for children ages 6-12,
and children under six are free.
All proceeds from the pull are to
benefit the Jaycees Community Serv
ice Fund.
For more information on the truck
and tractor pull, contact Joe Elliott
at 264-2467, Wayne Layden at 426-7591
or during the day contact Parker
Newbern at 426-5609.
School receives funds
for suspension program
Raleigh? Governor James G. Mar
tin announced approval of the rene
wal of more than ! 765,868 in funding
for 40 of approximately 100 In-School
Suspension Programs, including
$17,646.00 for Perquimans County.
In announcing approval of grants
from the N.C. Department of Human
Resources' Division of Youth Serv
ices, Governor Martin said, "The In
School Suspension Program has been
very successful in helping to redirect
young lives. I am happy to see that it
will continue giving young people the
opportunity for a brighter future."
The program serves as an alterna
tive educational program for those
students who have violated school
rules. Without the program these stu
dents would be subject to out-of
school suspension.
The goal of In-School Suspension is
to reduce out-of-school suspension,
expulsion and drop-outs by provid
ing, in a classroom setting, opportu
nities to keep up with regular clas
swork assignments. Counseling with
the In-School Suspension teacher
counselor is also available to stu
dents so that they might improve at
titudes toward succeeding in school
and improve behavior.
During the 1985-1986 school year,
34,905 students were served by the In
School Suspension Program. The av
erage length of participation in the
program is three to ten days.
For further information, contact
Jake Boyce, Perquimans County
Commissioners, Board of Education,
(919) 745-4171.
Agricultural program
for clean water expanded
RALEIGH? The North Carolina
Agriculture Cost-Share Program for
Noopoint Source Pollution Control
has received $3,575,922 to expand the
program by 23 counties and to pro
vide technical assistance to all 100
counties, effective August 1987.
In 1966-87, the program reached 33
counties and technical assistance
was limited to those counties.
This program shares costs 75-25
with landowners to install Best Man
agement Practices (BMP's) that will
reduce the flow of sediments, nutri
ents and pesticides into streams, riv
ers and lakes.
Presently, the 33 participating
counties share state funds of $3 mil
lion. These counties have spent al
most 100 percent of the allocated
funds-ranging from $40,000 to
$125,000 per county -or practices that
protect water.
"North Carolina is looked upon as a
leader in the conservation effort,"
said Gov. Jim Martin, "because of
the Argi culture Cost-Share Pro
gram."
This program was supported in
Gov. Jim Martin's 1987-88 budget and
also in a House bill endorsed by the
N.C. Association at Soil and Water
conservation Districts.
Hie appropriation for 1967-68 will
fund: $2,915,988 to expand the pro
gram into 16 mountain counties and 7
counties in the Neuae River Basin not
presently in the program; $660,000
for statewide technical assistance to
be matched with local funds;
Cost-share allocations are based on
which counties contribute the great
est share of nonpoint source water
pollution and on the availability of
technical asistance from the district
office.
The local soil and water conserva
tion districts review and approve all
applications, conservation plans, and
request fro payments.
The Commission allocates the
money and approves BMP's. The
N.C. Division of Soil and Water Con
servation in the Department of Natu
ral Resources and Community De
velopment provides administrative
assistance to district field offices on
the operation of the program.
Since its beginnings in July 1964,
agreements have been signed with
2,400 landowners to install BMP's on
200,000 acres. Erosion control mea
sures on 85,000 acres will save 570,000
tons of soil per year in the next 10
years and keep sediments, nutrients,
and pesticides out of our streams.
Some practices eligible for cost
sharing are conservation tillage; di
versions; filter strips; field borders;
stripcropping; cropland conversion
to grass, trees or permanent wildlife
habitat; water control structures;
and animal waste management sys
tems.