THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 5>, No. 13 USPS 428-0?0 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C. Thursday, March 31, 1?M 30 CENTS
LOCAL
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D.A.R.E. program
see pg. 12
I 1 ATI) K I
Funky Winkerbean's
Homecoming
see pg.
8
COMMUNITY
Luszcz honored
see pg. 6
Jaycee's Bass
tournament
Ijcheduled
Next weekend, the Perquimans
County Jaycees will hold their annual
river bass tournament, and commu
nity yard sale. They will also raffle
off a floral print on Saturday worth
1500.00 with proceeds from the raffle
going to the Duke Cancer Research
Center.
Registration and weigh-in for the
bass tournament will be held at the
I lertford Municipal Boat Ramp prior
to 7:00 a.m. launch time.
A total of $1,000 in cash prizes will
be awarded as follows: first - $500.00,
second - $200, third - $150, fourth -
$100, fifth - $50, and lunker - $50.
Prizes for the tournament are guar
anteed.
The entry fee for the tournament is
$25.00 per person. Each boat will
have one two-person team.
Anyone interested in entering the
Mirnament should contact Sara
Winslow, 102 Phelps.Street, Hertford,
N.C., or any Perquimans County Jay
cee for an entry form.
The community yard sale will also
take place on Saturday, April 9th,
and spaces are still available. Spaces
are being rented by the Jaycees for
$10.00. The yard sale will be held at
the Perquimans County Recreation
Department and it will begin at 8:00
1 A.m.. To reserve your space contact
-eff (Shrimp) Perry at 264-3640, or
any jaycee. Concessions will be
available at the site.
Also chances are available for the
limited edition floral print painting,
which will be raffled off on Saturday,
April 9th. Chances are $1.00, and they
are available from any jaycee. All
proceeds from the raffle will benefit
the Duke Cancer Research Center in
' Durham, North Carolina.
I - Make plans now to come out and
-njoy Saturday, April 9th with the
Perquimans County Jaycees.
Police
investigate
I burglary
* The Hertford Police Department
.?as arrested a man and charged him
with ailedgedly taking indecent liber
ties with a minor.
George Edward White, age 41, of
102 Wynnfork Court was arrested on
March 21st, and charged with taking
'indecent liberties with a minor child.
White is currently being held in the
Albemarle District Jail under a $
10,000 bond, and was scheduled for a
Probable cause hearing in Perqui
mans Court on March 30th.
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The police department has also re
ported that a first degree burglary
took place at the residence of Donald
Felton, Box 15 Dogwood Trailer
Court, Hertford at approximatley
1:00 a.m. on March 24th. Suspects re
portedly entered the residence
through the kitchen door, and a tele
vision and undisclosed amount of
poney were taken.
Mr. Felton was reportedly awak
ened by footsteps in the trailer, and
did not confront the burglar for fear
of his life. Mr. Felton also did not no
tify the police until several hours af
ter the incident occurred. An investi
gation is continuing into this case.
The police also have reported an
alleged break-in at Perquimans
County High School on March 21st.
to entry point has been determined,
but a glass panel had been removed
from the door to the principal's of
fice. Nothing of value was apparently
taken, and an investigation is contin
uing.
I Paper's
deadlines
outlined
The staff of The Perquimans Weekly
would like to remind everyone of the
newspaper's deadlines
The deadlines are as follows: All
retail advertising copy must be sub
mitted to the office of The Perqui
mans Weekly by three o'clock on
Monday prior to publication, classi
td advertising should be submitted
the office by 5:00 o'clock on Mon
day prior to publication.
Deadline for all news copy is five
o'clock on Monday prior to publica
tion.
Please assist us by meeting these
deadlines. The office of The Perqui
mans Weekly is opened daily Monday
through Friday from 9:00 a.m. until
B:00p.m..
If anyone has any questions con
cerning these deadlines please con
j tact Gina K. Jepson, Editor at 4M
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Shown with Gov. Martin are: (left to right) William (Bill) Griffin, President, State Soil and
Water conservation district, Albert Troutman, Chm. State Soil and Water Conservation Com
mittee, and David Sides, Director, Division of Soil and Water Conservation.
Governor Jim Martin proclaims
environmental awareness week
Gov. Jim Martin proclaimed April
3-9 as Environmental Awareness
Week statewide by urging "all North
Carolinians to learn about their role
in protecting the state's land and wa
ter resources."
The Perquimans soil and water
conservation district and the USDA,
Soil Conservation Service, work
throughout the year on soil and water
conservation measures, they will be
sponsoring an Environmental Field
day for students in the 7th grade on
April 26th. The field day held an
nually helps encourage and teach
school children to be stewards of our
soil and water resources.
Floyd Mathews, Chairman of the
Perquimans Conservation Commit
tee said "while farmers today know
that good conservation practices help
increase yields and improve profit
potentials, they also know the impor
tance of educating future food pro
ducers and decision makers."
"We could have all the money in
the world, but it would do little good
unless we also had a productive soil
on which to live," said Mathews.
"Teaching the how's and why's of
conservation to future generations
plays a key role in our efforts to pre
serve a helathy base for our natural
resources," added Matthews.
Environmental Awareness Week is
sponsored statewide by the N. C. As
sociation of Soil and Water Conserva
tion Districts, which represents
about 500 men and women from Dis
tricts who voluntarily lead projects
on soil and water conservation.
Above Willie Whitehead and Aubrey Ownly, Jr., the Perquimans County building inspector
examine a house currently under construction in the New Hope area of the county. This house is
just one of many currently under construction which must be inspected by Ownley before they
are completed.
Building inspector's office;
Critical to county's growth!
Perquimans County is growing
yearly by leaps and bounds, and one
department in county government
I^ays an important role in the coun
ty's growth.
The Perquimans County Building
Inspector issues all the building per
mits and applications in Perquimans
County, is responsible for seeing that
all buildings meet building codes and
pass building inspections. The build
ing inspector's office is also responsi
ble for making sure that all buildings
meet Are and handicap standards.
In addition to processing, issuing
and keeping all the records regard
ing building permits, Mr. Ownley,
the building inspector, also does all of
the inspections done on a building
during various stages of a building's
construction.
Besides serving Perquimans Coun
ty's needs, the building inspector also
serves as zoning administrator for
the Town of Hertford. As the zoning
administrator, he is responsible for
making sure that all zoning ordi
nances in the Town of Hertford are
followed, and he takes necessary ac
tion to enforce all the zoning ordi
ances in the county.
Mr. Ownley is also in charge of
flood plans for Perquimans County,
and he determines whether buildings
are in flood zones in the county.
During an average month, the
building inspector's office is a busy
place, and every month more and
more work must be completed. In an
average month, the office issues as
many as 30 to 35 building permits,
and completes between 200 and 250
building inspections, and those fig
ures are increasing monthly, be
cause of all the new construction in
the area. According to Mr. Ownley,
at the present time, there are approx
imately 50 houses being worked on in
Perquimans County.
Most houses receive eight to ten in
spections before completion includ
ing plumbing, electrical, building,
heating and air conditioning, and an
inspection of the insulation, and a fi
nal inspection must be done before
anyone can occupy the building.
Building permits are essential in con
struction and before any construction
can be done people must obtain a per
mit. Although there are some con
struction projects, which don't re
quire building permits, they are few,
and area residents are encouraged to
check with the building inspector's
office before they begin work to
make sure they are not violating the
law. All additions to homes or other
buildings must have a building per
mit.
Before a building permit can be is
sued an application must be filled
out, and the bulding inspector must
be shown a plan of the proposed con
struction project.
The building inspector must see the
plans of the project to make sure that
it meets all the necessary require
ments. After all of these things are
done, he than issues a building per
mit, and construction can begin.
The building inspector works not
only with contractors , but with the
general public and there are many
things he must keep up with.
In order to keep up with ever chan
ging building requirements and stan
dards, there are many schools and
training sessions held for the building
inspector. Currently Mr. Ownley is
completing his training, and in seve
ral months he will take his state ex
ams. These exams are very similar
to the ones taken by state building
contractors, and they cover all areas
of building and building inspection.
The building inspector's office is lo
cated in the old Blanchard Building
on Church Street in Hertford. It is
open daily from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30
a.m., and you can reach Mr. Ownley
by calling 426-8283. In the afternoon
Mr. Ownley works in the county
doing field work such as inspections,
and the county manager's office
takes all of his calls at 426-8484
All area residents are encouraged
to call the office if they have any
questions, and Mr. Ownley will be
happy to assist them in any way he
can.
White named new
head football coach
The Perquimans County School
Board announced on Monday, that
they have hired a new head football
coach and athletic director for the
high school.
Superintendent Pat Harrell stated
on Monday that Spencer White, this
year's head coach at Columbia High
School will replace Coach Bill Flip
pen, who announced early this
month, that he will be leaving Per
quimans High School for a job as
head football coach and athletic di
rector at Avery County High School
in Avery County. Flippen has served
as head coach for three years, and
prior to that was an assistant coach
for one year.
In making the announcement on
Monday, Harrell stated that he is
very pleased that White will be join
ing the school system. He added that
he feels White brings an outstanding
background to the program, and that
he will work hard making a commit
tment for a good football program
under his leadership.
White, who has been the football
coach at Colimbia for the past two
years, and who was in private busi
ness for a few years before that, will
bring much experience and talent to
his new position.
Prior to going into business, White
served as head football coach and
head wrestling coach at Southern
Nash High School in Nash County,
and before his tenure at Southern
Nash High School, he served as an
assistant football coach, and head
wrestling coach at Northern Nash
High School in Nash Conty.
White is native of Bertie Conty. He
earned his bachelor of science degree
in physical education from Temple
University, and his associate of arts
degree at Chowan College in Murf
reesboro. He played football at both
Chowan College and Temple Univer
sity.
He has been very successful while
coaching at Columbia, earning a 19-7
record in two years, and last year Co
lumbia won the eastern
championship in the post season
playoffs. Before the 1985-86 school
year, Columbia had only had three
winning seasons since the beginning
of their football program.
White stated on Monday that he is
looking forward to coming to Perqui
mans High School. He stated he feels
Perquimans County has a good
school system, and that he is looking
forward to working with the football
program.
White and his wife Gaynor, who
works with the Camden County
School system make their home in
Elizabeth City. The White's have one
son, Brian, age 5.
White will assume his dties on July
1st.
Breaking, entering
and fire reported
Investigation continues
The Perquimans County Sheriff's
department has reported that they
responded to a breaking and entering
and fire, which occurred on Lake
Road on March 27th.
The incident occurred at an area on
Lake Road, where there apparently
is some logging eqiipment just off the
road in the woods.
According to the Sheriff, someone
alledgedly broke into a truck where
eqipment was stored and a number of
items were taken. The exact amount
of items taken is unknown at this
time because an inventory is in the
processing of being completed.
After breaking into and entering
the truck, the perpetrators allegedly
attempted to build a fire under a fuel
tank, and also set fire to the truck.
The truck was completely de
stroyed by the fire, but the fire under
the fuel U.nk was put out by Gary
Saunders, who was passing by the
scene and spotted the fire.
The Winfall Volunteer Fire Depart
ment responded to the incident along
with the Sheriff's department, and an
investigation into the matter is
continuing.
Deputy Ralph Robinson is the in
vestigating officer.
An escaped prisoner has also been
returned to jail as a result of the sher
iff's department.
While on routine patrol on Monday,
March 28th, Sgt. J R. Logan and Dep
uty Ralph Robinson responded to a
domestic disturbance, and after the
call as they were returning to town,
they spotted a suspect who they be
lieved was an escapee from the North
Carolina Department of Corrections.
Their identification of the suspect
was based on information received
by the department earlier this year.
The subject was at a phone booth
near Wynnfork Court, and was
picked up by Sgt. Logan and Deputy
Robinson for qestioning. upon arrival
at the Perquimans Courthouse, the
subject attempted to flee from the of
ficers but was subdued by them.
Following an investigation, the
subject was found to be Jerry Cow
ard, an escapee from the Greene
County Prison Unit located in Mary,
North Carolina. It is believed that the
sbject had been in this area for ap
proximately six months.
According to the sheriff's depart
ment, Coward was originally serving
16 years in jail for felonious break
ing, entering, and larceny.
Coward has also now been charged
with felonious escape.
Coward was returned to the Greene
County Prison Unit on Monday eve
ning.
Democratic convention
scheduled Saturday
The Perquimans County Demo
cratic Convention to be held Satur
day, April 9, 1988, Perquimans
County Democratic Chairman, Rev.
John London announced today. May
William "Bill" Cox will be the key
note speaker. The convention will be
held at the County Courthouse,
Downtown Hertford, N. C. and begins
at 1:00 p.m.
Democrats across the State will
hold County Conventions on the same
day. Delegates to the State and Dis
trict Convention will be elected at the
County Convention. Perquimans
County will elect seven delegates to
District Convention to be held May
21, 1988 and State Convention June 18,
1988.
The County Convention is the sec
ond step in electing delegates to our
Democratic National Convention in
July, "Chairman Lcdon, would like
to encouragae all activo Democrats
to come to the Convention and make
their vote for delegates."
For further information on the Per
quimans County Convention contact
Chairman John London at 426-5093.
WEATHER
Weather forecasters are calling
for warm sunny weather
throughout the remainder of
the week and over the Easter
weekend.
Temperatures will feature
highs in the 60s and 70s with
i overnight temperatures drop
ping down into the 50s.
The extended forecast calls
or a chance of showers on
Sunday afternoon.