?The Perquimans County Band performed in the "Trucker Classic" last weekend in Churchland,
Virginia and placed second overall. Above the band is seen as they performed during their
ihow.
Perquimans County schools pay
tribute to food service employees
" National Food Service Employ
ees Week, formerly known as Na
tional Food Service Workers Week
'was originated and first celebrated
jty the Womens and Infants Hospi
tal of Rhode Island in 1984. In rec
ognition of food service workers in
North Carolina, Governor James
:G. Martin has proclaimed the week
$f September 25 through October 1,
1988, as N.C. Food Employee
Veek.
j* This week Perquimans County
Schools are saluting cafeteria em
ployees for the contributions that
they make toward the educational
process.
I For years, cafeteria workers
lave been considered cooks who
ftrepared maeals for school chil
ven. Cafeteria employees in Per
quimans County do much more
jhan that. Usually their busy day
begins at 7:00 or 7:30 and ends at
2:30 or 3:00. Daily schedules con
sist of filling out required forms,
planning menus, preparing food,
purchasing food, and coordinating
and participating in nutrition edu
cation activities. These are just
some of the many responsibilities
that are necessary to administer
the federally funded child nutrition
programs. Aside from the respon
sibilities listed in their job descrip
tions, these individuals are people
who play major roles in the lives of
children every school day. They
greet often comfort and counsel
children.
Perquimans County School food
service employees serve a nutri
tious breakfast and lunch daily
during the school year and provide
a nutritious meal to children dur
ing the summer. Th^se programs
are administered by the Depart
ment of Public Instruction, Divi
sion of Child Nutrition and are
funded by USDA. Meals are avail
able to all children enrolled in Per
quimans County Schools.
To celebrate N.C. Foodservice
Employees Week in Perquimans
County several special things are
planned for the employees. There
are 25 full time employees and 5
part time employees in Perqui
mans County. These employees
serve approximately 700 break
fasts and 1300 lunches each day. All
students and adults have several
choices of meats, vegetables,
fruits, breads, and milks each day.
Come by and visit the cafeterias
and give the employees a big
THANK YOU For the great job
they do.
COA, Perquimans Chamber of Commerce
|o sponsor personal profile seminar
1
> College of The Albemarle's
Wnall Business Center and the Per
quimans County Chamber of Com
merce are joining together to offer
it free seminar in October to help
people learn more about them
selves and their co-workers.
; Nancy Smathers Hall, training
specialist for the N.C. Department
Of Community Colleges, will lead
tbe seminar entitled "Your Per
sonal Profile" at 6:45 p.m. on
Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Albe
marle Commission Building lo
cated at 512 South Church Street in
Hertford.
The seminar will focus on how
personalities and workstyles com
bine to create certain actions and
interactions in the job environ
ment. Those attending will find out
if their jobs blend or clash with
their personality and if they are
dominant administrative types or
supportive counselors. Partici
pants will also better understand
how their self-image affects their
work performance and learn if
they view others accurately.
Although there is no charge for
this seminar, preregistration is re
quired to attend. Interested per
sons may call College of The Albe
marle's Small Business Center at
335-0821, ext. 231, to reserve a place
in this informative seminar.
Investment class offered by COA
! College of The Albemarle is of
fering an Investment and Finan
cial Planning Strategies class this
(all through the Continuing Educa
tion Department.
I The four-evening course will be
Available at 7:00-9:30 p.m. at four
locations in the Albemarle as fol
lows: COA's Elizabeth City cam
pus on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 11, 18, and
25; Kitty Hawk Elementary School
on Wednesdays, Oct. 5, 12, 19, and
26; John A. Holmes High School in
t
Edenton on Thursdays, Oct. 6, 13,
20, and 27; and Manteo High School
on Mondays, Oct. 3, 10, 17, and 24.
Topics to be covered in the class
will include creating tax-free in
come, where the Stock Market will
go from here, the five-way test for
Die perfect investment, increasing
retirement income, finding a good
real estate investment, choosing
the best investment for an IRA, es
tate planning and wills, future in
terest rates, and lowering income
taxes under the new law.
Designed as a common-sense ap
proach to conservative investing,
this course offers help to the novice
as well as the experienced inves
tor. The cost for the course is $20
and $6 for the workbook. Couples
may share the same workbook. Se
nior citizens who are age 65 or
older pay for the workbook only.
For more information, inter
ested persons may call COA's Eliz
abeth City campus at 335-0821, ext.*
250, or call the Dare County Center
at 473-2264.
Local stu^ent? Je5er?aSroad in^Europe
to study for semester au
? "Qualified high school students
tire offered a unique opportunity to
spend an academic year or sum
mer holiday in Scandinavia, Ger
many, France, Switzerland,
New Zealand, Australia, or Canada
(French or English speaking) as
part of the ASSE International Stu
dent Exchange Program," an
tiounced Julie Khaleghi, Southern
! BRITTANY ANN DAVENPORT
! Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Daven
port, Jr. of Rt. 1, Creswell, N. C.
announce the birth of their first
child, Brittany Ann Davenport,
September 18, 1988 in Chowan Hoe
pital, Eden ton, N.C.
? Maternal grandparents are Mr.
fcnd Mrs. Linwood Trueblood, Hert
ford, N. C. Maternal great-grand
tnother is Mrs. Julia Miller Harris
pf Portsmouth, Va.
i Paternal grandparents are Mr.
hnd Mrs. Ernest Davenport, Sr.
pf Creswell, N.C.
T Mrs Davenport is the former
Trueblood of Hertford, N.
? JOSHUA KEITH ROBERTS
S- Mr. and Mrs. David Roberts of
[Hertford, N.C. announce the birth
<of their first child, a son, Joshua
[Keith Roberts on September 12,
'I98fl
! The maternal grandmother is
[Georgette Miles.
? The paternal grandparents are
lMr. and Mrs. Frank Roberts of
Hertford, N.C.
mew
Regional Director of ASSE.
"Until a few years ago, only a
fortunate few could afford to spend
a school year or summer abroad.
Now, ASSE has changed all that,"
continued Khaleghi.
Students, 15 to 18 years old, qual
ify on the basis of academic perfor
mance, character references, and
a genuine desire to experience life
abroad with a volunteer host fam
ily from Europe, Canada, New
Zealand, or Australia.
"ASSE families abroad are care
fully screened to provide a caring
environment in which students can
learn the language and culture of
their host country." explained
Khaleghi. Summer exchange stu
dents live with a family abroad
who speaks English. Year students
need not have learned a foreign
language as they receive language
ana cultural instruction as part of
the ASSE program. ASSE students
attend regular high school classes
along with their new overseas teen
age friends. "ASSE exchange stu
dents learn by living the language
and culture of their new host coun
try," added Khaleghi.
The non-profit, public benefit
ASSE International Student Ex
change Program is affiliated with
the National Swedish and Finnish
Departments of Education and is
participating in the President's In
ternational Youth Exchange Initia
tive.
Local students who are inter
ested in receiving more informa
tion about becoming an exchange
student in Scandinavia, Germany,
France, Switzerland, Britain, Hol
land, Spain, Italy, Canada, New
Zealand, Australia or participating
in a student travel group to Russia
can contact: Ursula Morhard, 313
W. Main St., Elizabeth City, N. C.
27909 at 919-335-0177.
JOE'S PLACE
HOMECOOKED DAILY BUFFETS
Fresh Fish & Trout Daily
Daily Buffets include one of
these featured daily
? Meat Loaf ? Chicken Pot Pie
? Liver ? Beef Tips & Rice ? Roast Beef
Vegetables
BOOK YOUR CHRISTMAS PARTY IN ADVANCE
BANQUET FACILITIES AVAILABLE ? SEATS 200
Grubb St. Extd ? Don Juan Road CAU BKRNIE JONES
^Hertford Owiwd * Opr >t*d by Jo* > Itw Mm di > Family 426-3370
hi a rn mm . ^.muci n, ivm cagey
Tips on drying herbs; a bagatelle
Drying Herbs ; A Bagatelle
Nothing to it, says Susan Kubal
of Chicago. She saves drawstring
bags in which she bought onions,
apples, and the like. She then
places whole herb plants in the
bags, and hangs them up to
dry. The netting provides proper
air circulation, and prevents shat
tering of the leaves if they are
bumped.
Sock It To Em
Keep birds and bees out of your
pa pes with panty hose, says EH
Carley of Chalfont, PA. Cut them
into 8 inch strips, slip over ripening
grape clusters, tie at top and bot
tom with twistties. After harvest,
wash and dry the hose segments
and save for next year.
See It To Believe It
And I'm not from Missouri, but
Pete Riley is. And he swears by his
method of drying fruits and vegeta
bles: he uses his car. He slices pro
duce and spreads it on racks cov
ered with aluminum foil, shiny side
up. Then he puts the racks in the
back window ledge of his car, and
parks it in the sun.
And calls a cab, I guess.
Hot Tips on Making Ristras
Ristras, those bright strings of
chili peppers, area welcome deco
ration and addition to any serious
cook's kitchen. They look like they
are braided. They aren't. Here's
what you do to make your own.
With needle and good, stout
thread, string a number of hot pep
pers together by their stems. Make
several strings. Hang them up to
dry either in the sun, or a breezy
spot of shade.
When the peppers are quite dry,
twist a number of the strings to
gether and knot them. Hang where
you may enjoy their colorful
beauty. Remove only the number
of separate pods that you need.
Soak in warm water for at least 15
BEWIMD
THE
WEEDS u
e>y
JEAN WINSLOW
minutes, chop and add to chili and
other eye-watering dishes.
Proper Picking of Pumpkins is
Pertinent
How do you intend to use your
pumpkin and winter squash crop?
Those for table use should be
picked earlier than those you plan
to store, say the specialists at
North Carolina State.
A reliable time-to-harvest indi
cator for table use is a change in
the glossy appearance. When that
shiny look disappears, they are re
ady for the table.
Those that are destined for stor
age should not be picked until the
vines die completely, and the fruit
surface is hard to the touch. If
ground moisture is a problem with
late harvested fruit, put an alumi
num pie tin under each fruit, up
side down so it won't hold water.
When preparing fruit for stor
age, avoid puncturing or breaking
the skin. Harden skin by curling at
80 to 85 degrees for 10 days. Curing
also heals small wounds, insuring
better storing results.
Butternut squash may be stored
for several months in a cool, dry
place. Acorn squash, on the other
hand, will store for only a few
weeks. When the fruit begins to
take on an orange color it is losing
its quality.
Remove larger winter squash
and pumpkins from the garden on
a dry day to an open shed, or pro
tected area. Provide a bed of clean
straw, but make sure the straw
doesn't get wet.
Examine squash regularly for
rot. Dispose of any that show signs
of deterioration.
Cured Onions Can Cure a Dull Win
ter Menu .. ;
When onions reach their full
growth, the stew right above the
bulb is weak, but the top part, jf
usually still too green to store. $t$p
these tops down by walking along
the row and pushing the tope over
with your foot. The fibers above the
bulbs will be broken down, and in. a
few days the part of the stem will
be quite 1I17.
Pull or dig the onions at this time
and let them lie on the ground for a
few hours, so that dry earth cling
ing to the bulb may be brushed oh.
Move to a shady area and tie
them into strings, if desired. Spft
twine is good. Starting with three
or four onions, loop the twine and
knot it at the area just above t?$
bulbs. Move up the twine a few
inches and loop a knot around three
or four more onions, pulling the
string tight. Continue until the
string of onions is 18 to 24 inches in
length. Hang them in filtered shade
for about two weeks, suggest Wil
lard and Elma Waltner, onion
growers from South Dakota, in Or
ganic Gardening Magazine. They
say it doesn't matter if it rains bit
them ; just make sure there is a<l
equate circulation and the strings
don't touch. When the tops are dry,
hang them in some place where
they will not freeze. Clip onions off
as you need them for cooking. Is it
dinner-time?
How about making a dressing of
sauteed chopped onions, bread
cubes, a little cumin and some
allspice? Get one of your acorn
squash out, cut in half, seed, stuff
and bake at the same time you're
roasting a chicken for dinner?
Constitution corner
WOMEN'S RIGHT OF CHOICE
The mighty broom of the Warren
Supreme Court perhaps reached
its ultimate climax in the case of
Roe v. Wade (1973). The issue in
this case was the right of women to
abortion.
This issue has come to be called
freedom of choice. It has set off one
of the most profound and far reach
ing controversies in American his
tory. More perhaps than any other
action of the highest Court, Wade
v. Roe has proved to be a Pando
ra's box.
Any number of issues are raised
by thus issue. What about the rights
of the unborn? Is the inalienable
right of Life to be confined to indi
vidual persons out of the womb?
What about the rights of the father
of a child conceived? After all it
does take two. How far does the au
thority of the physician go? What is
his responsibility for the life of the
unborn?
The deepest issues of philosophy,
over and above ethics, are raised.
When does personal life begin?
What about the soul? If there is a
soul, when does it enter the body?
Or if, as one tradition of theology
called traducianism, has it, when
does the inherited sould (from the
parents) emerge as an identifiable
reality?
Millions of Americans and nu
merous politicians have called for
a constitutional amendment, in or
der to make it clear that the unborn
share recognized constitutional
rights. In order to write such an
amendment, a position must be
taken on the soul. I have been
aware for 60 years that in the
thought of an Aristotle, and after
him a Thomas Aquinas, the idea of
the trimester is fundamental. The
human soul, as distinct from the
animal soul, and before that the
vegetable soul, does not emerge
until that approximate stage.
Prior to this intervention of the
Supreme Court, motivated by the
magical discovery of the latitude of
the 14th Amendment, abortion is
sues had been in the purview of the
States and largely in the province
the Common Law. There was wis
dom in this, and in the ancient
maxim that sometimes it is better
to let a tolerable condition alone
than to try to fix it.
We need, it seems to me, in the
matter of abortion a return to a
common sense, good judgment,
and ancient wisdom. The answer is
neither in a constitutional amend
ment nor in judicial simplism. We
are dealing with the sacred, with
birth and death, childbearing and
parenthood, weal and woe.
Fathers are involved as well as
mothers. Physicians are funda
mental. Sexual responsibility is a
central concern. The Church is
bound to be a party, but their in
volvement must be pastoral as well
as dogmatic. As for the Constitu
tion and the Courts, judicial re
straint without laxity is indicated.
RUTH'S SHOES N' CLOTHES :
Wide Selection of Children's & Ladies'
SHOES
426-8395
Words Shopping Center Hertford
JIMMY'S BBQ I
Remember our
Daily Buffet O
FRIDAY NIGHT $r J
Seafood Buffet 3
SATURDAY NIGHT
Steam Shrimp
ALL YOU-CAN EAT
PIG ;
9u<y>
WE OFFER A COMPLETE CATERING SERVICE
U.S. 17 Edenton Hert. Hwy 426-5014 Hertford
SOLID DISK RANGE
with Electronic Oven
Timer , Minute Timer and
Digjtal Clock
ELECTRONIC
OVEN
TIMER
AND
CLOCK
FREE!
POtAKOID
IMPULSE QP*
INSTANT
CAMERA
electrically
Model JB552GK
? Self-cleaning oven.
? Electronic oven timer, minute timer and digital clock.
? One 8" and two 6" solid disk heating elements.
? 8" Sensi-Temp? surface heating unit.
? Full-width fluorescent cooktop light.
? Black glass oven door with window and towel bar handle.
?Jo DAY MONEY BACK OR EXCHANGE OPTION FROM 61 ON MttK PURCHASES
We bring good things to life.
SALES SERVICE
HERTFORD MOTOR COMPANY
426-S6M
US 17 - Ed?nton Hwy. Hertford