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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume M, No.* USPS 428-0*0 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C.Thursday, February 11, 1988 ? . 1 Tigers win conference see pg. 8 4-H camp scheduled see pg. 2 Drug workshop set see pg. 5 Jamboree scheduled Joe's Place will come alive this Sunday with the sounds of "In truder", "Albemarle Sounds", and the "Cms in Coyotes" during the an nual Perquimans County Jaycees Valentines Day Jamboree. '? The jamboree will begin at 3:06 p.m. and will feature barbecued chicken and all the rutins, and an af ternoon of good music. Tickets for the jamboree are (8.00 per person, and can be purchased from any member of the jaycees or at Joe's Place in Hertford. Hardison to visit Hertford On Febrary 16th Perquimans County will play host to Mrs. Arleen Hardison. Mrs. Hardision is the wife of Sen ator Harold Hardison, who is running for Lt. Governor of North Carolina. Local "Friends for Hardison" will be hosting a luncheon in her honor from 12:00 until 2:00 p.m. at the Albe marle Commission Building. For more information on the lun cheon contact Jean Humphlett at 426 5374. Winslow attends federal NBA conference Seventeen North Carolina school board members were participants in the National School Boards Associa tion (NSBA) Federal Relations Net work (FRN) 15th annual conference held in Washington, D.C., January Si-February 2. Clifford Winslow of Perquimans County school board was among those attending. All are members of the FRN and the North Carolina School Boards Association, which is an affiliate organization of the NSBA. In addition to attending seminars designed to improve the board mem bers' legislative awareness and im pact, the confA-ees met with their representativies and senators to dis cuss federal issues that affect local school districts. The NSBA Federal Relations Net work consists of up to three local school board members in each of the 43$ Congressional districts across the United States. Network members are selected by their state school boards association to follow federal legis lative issues and serve as advocates for the needs of local school districts. Throughout the year, members of the Federal Relations Network keep their representatives and senators informed on issues from educational funding programs to tax laws that may affect school districts. Each winter, they attend a three-day con ference that includes in-depth brief ings on current legislative issues as _ well as an opportunity to meet with * members of Congress. The NSBA is an organization of more than 96,000 local school board members nationwide is more than 15,000 local school districts. The pri mary mission of the NSBA is the ad vancement of education through lo cal' citizen control of -and accountability for -the nation's public schools. Only in North America is ed ucation policy decided by local school board members directly accountable to the community. Tbe North Carolina School Boards Association, headquartered in Ra leigh, is composed of 140 local boards of education. The association serves it's. 901 local school board members with traingin workshops and semi nars,' school board policy devel opfftent, representation of school board interest before the General As sembly and state and federal agen ctm, and with various publications. ? * % The stated purpose of the NCSBA is to initiate and augment positive edu cational Improvements. Perquimans host for Quiz Bowl! Members of the Perquimans County Quiz Bowl team took second place last Wednesday in the district competition. Above members of the team are seen during their match with Plymouth High School. Perquimans defeated Plymouth in the first round of competition. Perquimans hosts quiz bowl Wednesday Do you know who the 14th president of the United States was? Do you know the chemical symbol for tunston? Well these were just some of the many questions asked at the dis trict quiz bowl last week. This year's district quiz bowl was held at Perquimans High School on Wednesday, and competition in cluded teams from Columbia High School, Creswell High School, John A. Holmes High School, Perquimans High School, and Plymouth High School. This year John A. Holmes High School of Edenton won the competi tion, but Perquimans High School gave them a run for their money tak ing second in the competition. The quiz bowl is an annual event, which is sponsored each year by the Pettigrew Regional Library system, and consists of round robin type of competition between the participat ing teams. Matches consist of three rounds, and a team must lose two matches to be eliminated from the competition. Perquimans did well on Wednes day. In the first round of competition, the team did well defeating Plym outh High School by a wide margin, the Perquimans team advanced to the final round of competition by de feating John A. Holmes, but Edenton beat Perquimans twice in the final round of tough competition for their quiz bowl victory. Officials for this year's quiz bowl included: moderator, Frank Rob erts, Perquimans County, Judges: Sylvia Brobst, Washington County, Jean Humphlett, Perquimans County, ana Sarah Tynch, Chowan County. The quiz bowl moderator for this year's competition was Maria Hoffman, Perquimans County li braian. Awards for the quiz bowl were pre sented to the teams by N.C. State Representative, R.M. "Pete" Thompson of the first district. Members of the Perquimans County quiz bowl team include: Cal vin Hobbs, captain, Kathy Ayscue, Molli Fehrman, and Stuart Rayburn, alternates for the team are Troy Boyce, Tripp Brown, Ernie Hobbs, and Leonard Mansfield. The team sponsor is Carroll M. Harrell. Congratulations to the team for their performance. Vocational education week observed Each year during National Voca tional Education Week, the Perqui mans County Schools Vocational De partment has displayed and exhibited students' work. Vocational Education Week will be observed February 20-13, 1988. "This year more than ever we need to exhibit Student Work and inform the general public how vocational tax dollars are spent," stated Kenneth L. Stalls, di rector of Vocational Education for Perquimans County Schools. Student exhibits, activities and practical demonstrations will be con ducted in the Southgate Mall, in Eliz abeth City, beginning on Wednesday, February 10, through 6:00 p.m. Sat urday, February 13. Stalls also outlined the offerings in the Perquimans County Schools, which include Business and Office Education, with a model program in Computer Science, Automotive Me chanics, Home Economics, Indus trial Arts, Agriculture, Welding, Drafting and a Occupational Explo rational Program in the junior high school. The purpose of the Fair is to inform the general public of extensive and comprehensive vocational programs in the schools offered to students that desire and need vocational training in order to continue their education or compete in the labor market. The Theme of the Exhibit is, Voca tional Education - "Learning a liv ing." Approximately 35 programs will be on display representing ap proximately 10 counties. Director and students attend band clinic Over the weekend, six of local band students, and David Ziemba, our lo cal band director had the honor of participating in the North Carolina Bandmasters All Eastern District band clinic. Students, from throughout junior and senior high schools in Eastern North Carolina, cho6en to participate gathered this weekend at East Caro lina University's music school for the clinic and concert, which ended the clinic on Saturday evening. Ziemba participated this weekend in the clinic, and directed the junior concert district band on Saturday evening, during their concert at Wright Auditorium. Ziemba was cho sen last year from directors through out the district, during the clinic, for his expertise and knowledge, and was asked to return this year to di rect the junior concert band during their performance. Ziemba and the students who at tended the clinic participated in David Ziemba directed the ail-eastern district band this weekend at the eastern district band clinic. Above Ziemba conducts the junior high concert band as they prepare for their concert on Saturday evening. classes from 9:00 ntil 4:00 on Friday and Saturday. The students chosen from Perquimans County for the dis trict band included: Machete Davis and Trade Brown, senior high school concert band, Matt Matthews, junior high school symphonic band, Renee' Turner, Kacee Keyser, and Sean Vail junior high school concert band. Nelson appointed to state pharmacy board during recent winter meeting Eden ton ?Chowan Hospital's Di rector of Pharmacy Wallace E. Nel son Was installed on Thursday, Feb ranr 4, as a member of the board of drtctnrs of the North Carolina So ciety of Hospital Pharmacists during its animal winter meetly in Winston Salem. the six-member board is efccted by the more than 900 mem ? * tL* a a*n ftl A a? ? ? -1 ? _ _ _ Drtl OI ID" r.WOCtlUOi) 81**1 VnaiMK^ its fiscal and policy matters. tMson has been the pharmacy di lector at Chowan Hospital Kince 19U, ?rr-T'l that position after serving as Staff pharmacist there for four yati*. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in 1976. An active mem ber of the North Carolina Pharma ceutical Association, he is also past president of the Northeastern Caro tins Pharmaceutical Association, he has served as secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Graduate Chapter of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fra ternity since 1977. A native of Hertford, Nelson is ac tive in several civic organisations, and most recently was appointed to the College of the Albemarle Founda tion'! Board of Directors this year. j He was named to the COA Board of Trustees by Governor James Martin in 1987. Nelson also received Martin's appointment to the Governor's Coun cil on Alcohol k Drug Abuse Among Children k Youth. He is a member of the Hertford Lions Club, the Ameri can Lung Association, the Bethel Hu rt tan Club, and the Hertford Baptist Church. He and his wife, Freda Godwin Nel son, a teacher in Perquimans County Schools, are the parents of a son, Ethan Blake, age 5, and a daughter, Lauren Elisabeth, age 13 months. Wallace E. Nelson Power outage leaves county in the dark Many residents of Perquimans County found themselves in the dark Saturday, when a problem at North Carolina Power's Winfall sub-station caused a power outage for mo6t of the county. The problem occurred at approxi mately 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, when according to North Carolina Power officials a faulty insulator knocked out the transformer causing resi dents in Hertford, Winfall, and a few in Perquimans County to be without power. Later that afternoon at approxi mately 5:15 p.m., utility workers from N.C. Power tried to transfer the electric load to the second trans former at the Winfall sub-station, but it also went out under the additional load, causing many more residents of Perquimans County to lose power as well as northern parts of Chowan County. Power was restored to most resi dents of the county at around 9:00 p.m. on Saturday evening, and by 11:30 p.m. everyone except the resi dents of Hertford, and a few resi dents of Winfall served by the tiltiy lines from the Hertford utility plant had power restored. Repairs were finally completed early Sunday morning in Hertford, and by 8:00 a.m. everyone had power. According to Mayor Bill Cox of Hertford, the problems at the Hert ford uitility plant were directly caused by the problems with the Win fall sub-station. Cox added that the problems which caused Hertford to be without power for so long were not in the town's lines According to town officials, county officials, and law enforcement offi cers in the area, no significant prob lems resulted from the black-out. Most businesses closed when the power outage occurred, and accord ing to local officials, people just stayed at home and waited for the lights to come on. CoostructioJJ^<Jiew b?iW.n? Members of the Perquimans County School board learned last Tuesday that the new school adminis tration building may be completed as early as July. Superintendent Pat Harrell told board members at at a special board meeting last Tuesday evening that all the contracts totaling $215,450.00 have been signed, and that the gen eral contractor, Rick Gardner of Elizabeth City, N.C. may begin work ing on the project as early as the end of this month. The project is expected to be com pleted in six months if all goes well, and there are no unexpected prob lems The school board had hoped to have the project already underway, but bids for the project came in over the alotted budget, and school board offi cials had to make several changes in the building plans before work on the project could begin. The new administration building will be constructed on a lot adjacent to the high school just off of Edenton Road Street in Hertford. School board officals also learned Tuesday evening that federal regula tions have changed regarding asbes tos removal from school facilities. New regulations adopted earlier this year by the Environmental Pro tection Agency are requiring that all buildings used as school facilities must be inspected for asbestos by a licensed and E.P.A. approved inspec tor. Sperintendent Harrell told mem bers of the board that regardless of what school systems had done in the past regarding asbestos removal, the buildings would have to be inspected for any form of asbestos. In the past schools were only required to look for and remove "friable" asbestos, but Harrell told members of the board on Tuesday that the new regulations re quire that all forms of asbestos be checked for in the buildings. Harrell went on to tell board mem bers that the new regulations state that all the buildings must be in spected, and a plan adopted planning for it's removal by October of this year. The new regulations also state that the plan must be implemented by the school systems by October of 1989. Harrell told board members Tues day that the new regulations shouldn't really cause the school sys tem any major problems, and that there should be no cause for great concern because any asbestos found in the building could be dealt with through an approved maintenance plan. For example, years ago floor tile used in schools contained asbes tos, according to Harrell the new reg ulations would not require removal of the tile, but there are certain mainte nance procedures for dealing with that tile. Employees who work for the schools doing any kind of mainte nance work would also be trained in the new maintenance procedures out lined in the plan. Harrell stated that he had no idea what these new regulations would cost the county, but stated that school systems throughout North Carolina feel that the work involved will be quite expensive. In other business, the board of edu cation took the following action: members of the board approved the purchase of a stage curtain for the Perquimans Middle School in Win fall, the board voted to purchase an all-risk insurance policy being of fered by the North Carolina Board of Education. The new policy will cover fire, lightening, and will also offer coverage for theft and vandalism. The board learned Tuesday, that work will begin soon on the roof at the high school administration building. Harrell told members of the board Tuesday that an inspection done by an independant engineering firm had confirmed that the roof was not put on the building properly. A copy of the engineering report, pictures, and a letter stating that the board will go to court if necessary will be sent to Coley Roofing Company, Inc. of Con necticut. Coley has been contacted on several occasions by the board and refuses to work with school officals regarding the roofing problem. The roof, which was installed just over eight years ago, is covered under a 10 year warranty. According to the in dependant study, it has been deter mined that Coley is responsible for the repair work to be done on the building. Harrell told members of the board that he would keep them abreast of the situation regarding the roof, and Coley 's response to their latest letter. There being no further business, the board meeting was adjourned. Weather forecasters are predict ing cool clear weather for the re mainder of the week. Temperatures will feature highs in the 30s and 40s with lows in the 20s and 30s.
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