Construction on small business
center is continuing at COA
Construction of COA's new Small
Business Center is moving along, and
the facility should be finished by late
1988.
The $4.5 million Small Business
Center was approved for funding at
the end of 1986 and construction was
authorized to begin in March. Con
struction workers finally began at
the site behind A Building on the
main campus in April.
"Things were rather slow getting
started, but I don't see any reason
our planned timetable can't be met,"
said Gerald Bray, former dean of Ad
ministrative Services who took on the
job overseeing construction of the
center after retiring in October.
Much of the slowdown in the pro
ject is blamed on the orchestra pit
just completed last month. The
groundwater level required the pit to
be waterproofed, and great care was
taken to see that the pit was properly
constructed.
"The building and steel framing
that goes over the pit will begin
soon," said Bray. "Hien it will sud
denly look like a lot has been going on
with the building."
Approximately 15 laborers and
skilled carpenters can usually be
spotted at the worksite each day. So
can Bray. Sometimes he shows up
during the day so he can talk with
construction crew members. Other
days, he stops by after workmen
leave to check on what they have
done and see the progress they have
made.
And Bray is impressed by the
workmanship he sees. "They are
careful with what they do and pay at
tention to detail," he said. "They are
doing a good job."
The new facility will face the wa
terfront and house offices and meet
ing rooms for the Small Business
Center. However, the nucleus of the
center will be a 1013 fixed-seat audi
torium that should prove to be well
used by the community.
The center's full theatrical stage
will include the orchestra pit, fly loft,
dressing rooms, work room and re
ception room. The pipe organ from
the old Carolina Theatre will also be
moved to the new facility, and music
practice rooms will be included along
with faculty and staff offices. A lobby
will provide an area for social func
tions in the center.
"This will be a very, very fine
theatre," said Bray. "It is an intrica
tely designed facility, and the people
of this community will be very proud
of it when it is completed.
Perquimans Middle School
news and weekly highlights
The Prevocational Education Pro
gram, a part of the Perquimans Mid
dle School tradition, got off to a roar
ing start. The students and the
teachers encountered changes in the
program as they launched their ef
forts for another year. The former
Service Lab became the Exploratory
Consumer and Homemaking Lab;
the former Business Lab became the
Business Exploration Lab. Explora
tory Industrial Arts remained the
same.
The changes will allow students
and teachers the opportunity to focus
on specific areas rather than to ex
plore several diferent areas. In addi
tion, the mini-courses that were insti
tuted last year give students
opportunities to widen their horizons
by experiencing different areas of
learning and enrichment. (Students
change courses every six weeks.)
Mrs. V.P. Whitehurst, the Business
Exploration teacher reports that her
students and she, with much antic
ipation and enthusiasm, look forward
to a very successful and rewarding
year. She asks for and encourages
much parent cooperation and sup
port and stresses that "we are in this
together."
The Tigers of Perquimans Middle
School evened their football record
for the year to 1 and 1 by defeating
Knapp Junior High 22 to 6 on Wednes
day afternoon.
Mario Green and Clint Winslow
combined for 3 touchdown as they led
the Tigers ground game. Perqui
mans was able to control the line of
scrimmage with the play of Chris
Lightfoot, Matt Hobbs, Charles
Boone, and Andre Mallory.
The defense was able to shut-down
Knapp except for one big play. The
"D" was anchored by the play of
Ruston Howell, Dale Darnell, Rick
Godfrey, Jeff Johnson, Anthony Wills
and Terry Holley.
The Tigers play at home Wednes
day in a rematch with Gates. We
hope that students, teachers, par
ents, and community citizens will
support our boys at home by attend
ing the games.
Students in Mrs. Edna Wolverton's
5th and 6th grade class enjoyed a
"Supermarket Botany" experience
as a closure to their unit study of
plants. Students were divided into 6
groups and "shopped" from a dis
play of roots, stems, leaves, flowers,
fruits and seeds that humans con
sume as foods. Some 40 choices were
displayed and groups selected items
that were appropriate for each
group. Students were also presented
with seed packets of the 1967 and 1988
Wildflower of the Year. The seeds
were obtained for each student, free
of charge from the N.C. Bontanical
Garden in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Students is Mrs. Wolverton's class are seen enjoying "Supermarket Botany". This project was
a closure for a unit they studied on plants.
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Area ECIA chapter I meetings set |
The Perquimans County Schools
will be holding Chapter I-PAC meet
ings on the following dates:
October 15,1987, 1:30 p.m.-Hert
ford Grammar, Gay Howell, Chapter
1 teacher-Guest Speaker, Sandra
Jones, Coordinator, Early Childhood
Education, Elizabeth City Univer
sity.
October 20,1987, 1:30 p.m.-Perqui
mans Middle School, Emma Law
rence, Chapter I teacher.
October 28, 1987, 1 : 30 p.m. -Central
Grammar School, Barbara Holley,
Chapter I teacher.
Parents are invited to attend an?
or all meetings. Thank you for yoprl; /
support. - 1 ;?
James P. Harrell, Superintendent
Jeanie Umphlett, Chapter I Dir^cf;
tor
Estelle Felton, PAC-Coordinatoc ?
COA cancels GED testing locally |
Although GED classes in the area I
are continuing to be held, all GED i
testing at College of The Albemarle
has been cancelled for the next two to
three weeks due to a break-in at <
COA's Dare County Center. During i
the break-in, GED tests and score
sheets were stolen.
Those who are taking GED classes
jr had planned to enroll in upcoming
classes should go ahead and do so.
However, those who have scheduled
taking GED tests in the next couple
of weeks should call the GED Testing
Center on the COA campus to receW?
a new test date. * * *
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