THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 58, No. 13 USPS 428 080 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C. Thursday, April 6, 1989 30 CENTS
Your nose is ugly in
the business of others
page 4
School
PCHS art contest
first place entry
page 7
Farm 1
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Forest Tent Caterpillars
camping here again
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Local
Briefs
Theatre trip
The Perquimans County Recre
ation Dept.-Perquimans County
Senior Center is sponsoring a trip
to the Tidewater Dinner Theatre on
Sunday, April 23 to see the play
"Damn Yankees".
DAMN YANKEES is a funny and
heart-warming fantasy which pits
the Devil against the Washington
Senators and a middle-aged base
ball fanantic who trades his soul
for the chance to lead the Senators
out of the cellar into a pennant race
with their arch-rivals, the N.Y.
Yankees.
When Joe Boyd leaves his loving
wife to become Joe Hardy, the
baseball sensation of the year, his
victories soon pale as he realizes
that what he left behind was as im
portant as what he has achieved.
With a little help from Lola, the
Devil's vixen, Joe outwits the Devil
and returns to the world he left be
hind-but not before clinching the
final game of the pennant race.
With a rousing score and clever
book, DAMN YANKEES is a home
run hit.
The bus will leave the depart
ment at 2:45 p.m. We should return
home around 10:30 p.m. The cost of
the trip is $10 per person. Call the
Center at 426-5404 to reserve your
seat. This trip is made possible
with funds through the North Caro
lina Arts Council (Grassroots).
Porkfest slated
The 9th annual Northeastern
North Carolina Porkfest will be
held May 6 on the Jaycee
Fairgrounds in Elizabeth City.
Pork, a southern culinary favor
ite, will be available in many forms
including barbecue, spare ribs,
chitterlings, sausage sticks and
pork stew. Complementing this
mouth-watering feast will be
French fried sweet potatoes, cole
slaw, barbecue potatoes, corn on
the cob, hush puppies and bever
ages. These foods will be available
from 4:00 until 7:30 p.m. The ticket
covers all you can eat as long as
the food lasts. There will be no
take-out plates.
Live entertainment and activ
ities will begin at 12: CO noon. Kick
ing off the afternoon will be the mu
sic of Savannah. Also available will
be booths and games for all ages
plus an antique car show and pet
ting zoo.
Hot dogs, sausage sticks and
drinks will be on sale during the af
ternoon.
The famous Rhondels will per
form at 4:00.
For more information or to get
tickets, write Northeastern North
Carolina Porkfest, PO Box 1631,
Elizabeth City, NC 27909, or call
338-0883. Tickets are $15 for adults
and $7.50 for children 12 and under
prior to April 20. After that date,
the tickets go to $20 and $10, re
spectively.
Get your tickets now and 'pig
out' on May 6.
Police report
The Hertford Police Department
with the assistance of the Perqui
mans County Sheriff's Department
nabbed another suspected drug
trafficker last Wednesday. The ar
rest was one more in the string of
indictments handed down and ar
rests made during the recent
'Spring Cleaning' raid across the
state.
Delma Marcell Lee, AKA John,
was arrested and charged with
conspiracy to feloniously possess a
controlled substance with intent to
sell and deliber, two counts of sell
ing a controlled substance sched
ule II, two counts of delivering a
controlled substance schedule II,
and felonious possession with the
intent to sell and deliver.
- Lee was being held at Albemarle
District Jail under a $10,000 se
cured bond awaiting his April 10
Court date at press time.
? Nelson Isaac Jones, wanted here
for felonious drug charges as well
as breaking and entering counts,
escaped from the Atlanta correc
tional facility where he was being
held He was shortly recaptured
Jones, AKA Trick, waived extradi
tion and the legal process involved
in bringing him back to Hertford
has begun. Officer Tim Spence re
ported that he expects to nave him
nrought beck to Hertford shortly.
Thomas Story, III of Route 2,
Hertford was arrested on April 1
and charged with driving while in
toxicated, no liability insurance
and displaying fictitious license
plates. He is out on a $200 secured
bond awaiting his court date on
April >0.
Town will apply for grant to build boardwalk
Hertford Mayor and Town Man
ager Bill Cox and R.C. and D. rep
resentative Floyd "Dinah" Mat
thews met with the county
commissioners Monday to present
plans and seek support for a board
walk over the Perquimans River.
Cox told the board that pre-appli
cation for a 75 percent grant would
be submitted this week.
The plans call for a 1600 foot
railed wooden walkway to tie into
the existing walkway over the "S"
bridge in Hertford. The structure
would weave through the trees
along the causeway, ending on the
river banks adjacent to Larry's
Drive-In in Winfall.
Two 100 foot piers are envi
sioned, one capped by a gazebo, the
other to end in a "T" shape.
The cost estimate for the project
is $106,000. Approximately $25,000
would have to come from local
sources, Cox said. He told commis
sioners that the funds could be pro
portionately divided between Hert
ford, Winfall and the county. He
anticipates organizational finan
cial support, also. Cox will meet
with local civic organizations in the
coming weeks to seek their assis
tance and support.
Cox told the board that he walked
through the site with a CAMA rep
resentative recently, and the rep
resentative saw no problems with
the boardwalk being constructed
as planned.
"So far, I haven't run into any
body against it," Cox told the
board.
The commissioners supported
the pier fully.
This map shows the proposed boardwalk which will wind through
the trees along the causeway between Hertford and Winfall. A grant
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pre-application package will be submitted this week for approval. If
that is accepted, a full application will be made in May.
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County commissioners pass gun control ordinance in Snug Harbor
After having been approached by
Snug Harbor residents earlier this
year about shooting sprees in their
community, the county commis
sioners Monday passed an ordi
nance that should put a halt to the
activities.
The president of the Snug Harbor
board of governors, Herman Doo
ley, spoke with the commissioners
prior to the passage of the ordi
nance. He told the commissioners
that the residents met in February
and appointed a committee to draft
a recommendation concerning gun
control to submit to the county.
The recommendation was "that
existing laws be modified to pro
hibit hunting of any kind within
Snug Harbor and to prohibit fire
arms target practice within or into
Snug Harbor."
In addition to outlawing firearms
of any kind in the subdivision, the
ordinance states, "No person shall
shoot or project any stone, rock,
shot or other hard substance be
yond the limits of his own property
by means of sling shot, bean
shooter, air rifle, pop gun, bow or
other similar contrivance within
the subdivision. .
A delegation of residents accom
panied Dooley. One resident asked,
"Do we have the support of the
sheriff when we call him when this
is going on?" The commissioners
responded positively, but told the
group that they would have to be
willing to press charges against of
fenders and testify in court. "You
folks are going to have to help
him," Thomas Nixon told them.
The residents earlier reported to
the commissioners incidents in
volving shooting through mobile
homes and cars.
Although Snug Harbor is a wild
life refuge, that has not stopped the
indiscriminate gunfire in the area.
The residents and county commis
sioners both expressed hope that
the ordinance will put a stop to the
dangerous activities.
Legislative update
County Manager Paul Gregory
updated the board on legislative
actions which could effect Perqui
mans. He said that the land trans
fer tax bill has been put on the floor
of the house. It has been submitted
on behalf of Perquimans, Pasquo
tank and Washington counties.
Should the bill be approved by the
legislature, it will require a major
ity vote of the people to enact in the
individual counties.
Gregory told the board that the
bills outlining proposed electoral
changes for county commissioners
and board of education members
have been introduced. After these
bills are passed, Michael Crowell,
the Raleigh attorney who assisted
in penning the proposed changes,
tola Gregory that the proposal will
be submitted to the U.S. Justice
Department.
Chairman Lester Simpson ex
pressed concern over the state gov
ernment putting more expendi
tures back in county budgets. In
addition, the state is using tax pro
jects to raise its revenues that
counties need to recoup lost state
funds. This is especially critical
when the capital outlay needs of
the local school system are ad
dressed.
The commissioners voted to send
a letter of support to Robeson
County on their resolution to en
dorse a one cent sales tax increase.
Under the resolution, one-half cent
will come back to the counties
based on a formula of per capital
population and point of collection;
the other one-half cent will go to
the state for teacher's salary in
creases.
Other action
In other action the commission
ers:
?awarded the audit service con
tract to Sonya Hibbard of Eliza
beth City.
?was apprised of the installation
of a new motor in the county lawn
motor.
?changed their meeting time to
7:30 during Daylight Savings
Time.
?accepted the resignations of
Ella Jenkins and Charlie Hughes.
?supported the establishment of
a detoxification center in Elizabeth
City under the auspices of Albe
marle Mental Health.
?supported the N.C.D.O.T.'s
Adopt-a-Highway program.
The commissioners will meet
with the board of education on
April 10 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the
Basic Education Program.
After-school care program is doing well
The after-school care program
begun in February by the Perqui
mans County Schools is off and
running. Director? coordinator
Elise Whitehurst is delighted with
the initial response, ana hopes to
see the program grow.
Housed at Central School, the
program provides supervised play
and homework times, special ac
tivities and snacks from 3:00 until
6:00 p.m. On teacher work days
and holidays, the program is oper
ational from 6:30 a.m. until 6:00
p.m.
The children are bussed from
Hertford Grammar School and
Perquimans Middle School to the
site each day.
The children enjoy stories, art,
movies, outside play and comput
ers under the watchful eye of Mrs.
Whitehurst and her assistant, Jen
nifer Kraft.
During the Easter break, partici
pants visited the Newbola-White
House and dined at Hardees. On
another day, they went to the Mu
seum of the Albemarle and enjoyed
a picnic at Missing Mill Park.
There was also a coloring contest.
Mrs. Whitehurst provides bal
loons and hats on the children's
birthdays.
Although no teaching is done, the
children nave time set aside each
day to complete homework assign
ments. Mrs. Whitehurst says that
Miss Kraft goes over the work af
ter it is finished. This means that
after the parents pick up their chil
dren, they can spend time to
gether, rather than having the
child go td his room to do his home
work.
A survey will be sent to parents
soon to determine if parents are in
terested in summer care. If the
program is expanded to include
this, the site will probably be
changed to an air-conditioned
Children participating in the after-school care
program have just finished their snack, and are
ready to go outside and play. Homework time will
follow play time.
building. It is also hoped that the
program will be able to provide
breakfast and lunch for partici
pants. At present, after-school
snacks are provided, and children
must bring bag lunches for all-day
care.
The biggest problem encoun
tered <o date has been positive re
sponse on survey sheets followed
by a decreased attendance. Mrs
Whitehurst said that at least 25
parents indicated a need for the
service, yet her average atten
dance is 13 children.
Mrs. Whitehurst literally grew
up in the day care business in New
York. When her mother could find
no suitable babysitter for her, she
opened her own day care center.
She assisted her mother with tend
ing 25 children per day. She is also
the mother of four.
The fee for after-school care is
f 10 per week for those children eli
gible for free and reduced lunches,
and $1S other children. For parents
with two children enrolled, the
price is $25 per week.
All day care is $5 per day for
those children eligible for free and
reduced lunches and (8 for others.
The price is $11 per day for the par
ents of two children enrolled.
Mrs. Whitehurst would like to see
the program grow to include more
children. "Hopefully, this will keep
some children from going home
alone," she said.
Parents of children not presently
participating in the program can
sign up for teacher workday care
with a seven-day prior notice.
All parents interested in the pro
gram are invited to contact her.
jaycees nost
regional meeting
Jaycees from across the state of
North Carolina joined visited the
Perquimans County Jaycees Sat
urday when the chapter hosted
their annual Steer-stabbin' and pol
itickin'? Coastal Regional meet
ing.
Regional Director Parker New
bern of the Perquimans club pre
sided over the evening of competi
tion, campaign speeches, decision
making and good food.
Two members of the Perqui
mans chapter entered and won the
speak-up competition. They were
Edgar Roberson, open division,
and Chris Peckham, novice divi
sion. The two will now go on to
compete at the state level in April.
District directors for the coming
year were elected and recognized.
They are Felicia Moore of
Williamston, Mike Bowen of Plym
outh, and Ashlyn Ballance of Mat
tamuskeet. No one is running for
the regional director slot. These of
ficers will also be installed at the
annual convention.
At the request of the Greenville
Jaycees, the regional clubs will
support the Children's Hospital of
Eastern, N.C. The Greenville
chapter is sponsoring "Spring
break," a concert featuring The
Embers, as well as another band.
Tickets are only $5 in advance, $8
at the show. Perquimans Jaycees
are selling tickets.
National
Library Week
The Perquimans County Library
will be celebrating National Li
brary Week next week with a vari
ety of activities. A book sale will be
held the entire week. Donations of
books and magazines will be ac
cepted until April 7.
Monday April 10 at 7:00 p.m.
there will be a movie and book talk
for teenagers. Come watch a movie
and then hear about some newer
books like Something Upstairs by
Avi and Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
Tuesday morning from 10:00 -
11:00 will be a story and activity
hour for preschoolers. Tuesday
night attend "In pursuit of trivia
and other useful information."
This program is designed to ac
quaint the community with the in
formation available at the library.
Participants will find the answers
to many questions, such as 1) Who
said "...cauliflower is nothing but
cabbage with a college educa
tion"? 2) Where can you find a pic
ture? and several pages of infor
mation about Pee- Wee Herman.
Thursday night will be family
movie night. Kids bring your par
ents to the library at 7:00 p.m. and
enjoy a movie. And Friday morn
ing from 10:00 - 11:00 will be an
other story hour for preschoolers.
Come and visit us at the Perqui
mans County Library during Na
tional Library Week and join in the
fun.
Normal Library Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
0:30 ? 5:3#
Tuesday, Thursday 8:30-8:0#
Saturday 0:30 -12:30
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