THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Voiume SS, No.3*
' USPS 428-080
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C. Thursday, September 7, 1989
30 CENTS
JESSE,..... ...—.
Beyond the Weeds
page 8
Feature
Pirates fa!) to Piymouth
page 6
Community _
Weekty catendar
page 3
Local
Briefs
Schoo! personne!
to team improved
management skiiis
Perquimans County Schools ad
ministrative personnel wiii be
learning improved management
practices through a new program
being implemented beginning this
school year. The system has been
chosen to participate in this pro
ject, making it one of only 11 sys
tems statewide, that are involved.
The other 11 systems include Gran
ville, Dare, Guilford, Davie, Hay
wood, Pasquotank, Chapel Hill
City, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Pitt
and Lexington City.
Jackie Savage, Director of Train
ing and Development for the Public
School Forum, shared information
On the "Managing For Results Pro
gram " in a meeting with the group
on Tuesday, August 29. Superinten
dent Dr. Mary Jo Martin and four
other school Administrators will
participate in the program. They
are as follows: Jake Boyce, Assis
tant Superintendent; Susan
Winslow, Director of Instruction-K
12; Chris Barber, Chapter 1 Direc
tor-Observer-Evaluator and Wil
liam Byrum, Principal of
Perquimans High School.
The program has bqen developed
to assist with the compliances re
quired by the recent approval of
Senate Bill 2. The program was
made possible through a grant by
the Bell South Corporation. The
program will help participating
systems to gain more flexibility in
their local operation, as well as in
crease accountability.
Atiantic Express
to visit Hertford
during festiva!
Atlantic Express is a unit of the
Commander in Chief, U. S. Atlantic
Fleet Band, stationed in Norfolk,
Virginia, Featuring Glenn Miller
style classics through Top 40 hits,
the band is a pleaser for audiences
of all ages.
Under the direction of Ensign
Mark R. Cole, of Jacksonville,
Florida, the twenty members of
this band hail from all over the
United States. Each is a music pro
fessional and a graduate of the
Armed Forces School of Music. The
result is a highly versatile and ca
pable ensemble.
Atlantic Express is happy to be
" bringing the "big-bana sound
back to the Hampton Roads area.
Please join us for the excitement,
style, and full, rich sound of a pro
fessional Big Band during the In
dian Summer Festival in Hertford
on Saturday, September 16th!
Peoples Bank wii!
trade on American
Stock Exchange
Rocky Mount—The American
Stock Exchange announced re
cently that Peoples Bancorporation
began trading 7,044,165 common
shares and (14,950,000 principal
amount of 8.75 percent convertible
subordinated debentures, due 2005.
Peoples is the first bank holding
company in the state to be listed on
) the American Stock Exchange. The
company previously traded in the
NASDAQ National Market System
under the symbols PBNC and
PBNCG.
Trading under ticker symbol
PBK, Peoples Bancorporation's
common stock opened on 2,300
shares at 16 and the debentures,
trading under ticker symbol
PBK.A, opened on a bid and offer of
102^-106%.
tndian Summer FestSva) wiM Mven Hertford
Summer is coming to a close, Faii is just around the comer
and the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce is busy
making final plans for the ninth annual Indian Summer Fes
tival set for September 15th and 16th in Hertford.
This year's festival will kick-off on Friday in downtown
Hertford with fun and good times for all ages throughout the
day.
Friday's activities include a variety of events and enter
tainment including performances by the Perquimans County
High School Band, Perquimans Middle School Band, Perqui
mans County Schools Chorus, Snug Harbor Combo, Stever
School of Dance and Dance Academy of the Albemarle.
Merchants will be offering old-fashioned bargains and
sidewalk sales. Prizes will be given away during the day
courtesy of the merchants. Hot Dogs and hamburgers will be
available at the "Sidewalk Cafe" during lunch. Fried
chicken p!ates will be availabie for festival vistiors for $3.50
perplatebeginningat5:00p.m.
On Saturday the festival activities wii! continue in Missing
Mil! Park. Booths and displays featuring aii types of arts and
crafts and food items wdl be spread throughout the Park
beginning at 10:00 a m. Forty-five craftsmen featuring ev
erything from toie painting to face painting are planning to
attend and display their talents. Woodwork, jewelry, has
kets, belts, toys, Christmas ornaments, dolls, furniture, and
clothing are but a few of the many items to be available
Long's Country Crafts of Greenville, the Wilsons of New
Hope, Julian Creef, Dick Manns, Sid Eley, Pauline Kingston,
ana Watkins Products are among the craftsmen that are reg
ular participants in the festival.
Many newcomers will have their wares on display. Rich
ard Heitman of New Hope, Weeksville Crafts. Annie
Winslow, and Sunshine Originals are among those joining us
for the first time.
Food will be in abundance with German sausage, baked
goods, hot dogs, barbeque, homemade ice cream, French
fries, fish sandwiches, and steamed and fried shrimp to
name a few of the items being served.
Saturday's entertainment will feature the Fiatiand Clog
gers, Shrine String Band, Atlantic Fieet Band, "She Said"
Band, Karate Demo, Biackbeard, Jet Ski boats, dunking
booth, and much more. Train rides and other entertainment
is planned for the kids "Silver Chalice", Elizabeth Il's
Ship's Boat will be docked and will entertain during the day.
A pig-pickin with all the trimmings will begin at 5:00 p.m.
No ttckets will be sold, first come-first served.
This year's Indian Summer Festival will provide fun and
entertainment for young and old alike. Make plans to attend
and join in the fun Friday and Saturday, September 15th and
16th tn Hertford. For more information call (919) 426-5657.
Jaycees sponsor successfu! btoodmobite
At right, potentia) btood do
nors answer heaith ques
tions asked by trained
American Red Cross nurses.
Beiow, the first biood donors
reiax white donating the gift
of tife. Seventy-one pints of
btood %ere cotiected iast
Thursday when the btoodmo
bite visited Hertford at the
Senior Center.
Over 80 people offered to donate blood at lasf
Thursday's bloodmObile, according to Jaycee
Bloodmobile Chairman Edgar Roberson, and
71 pints were collected.
The Jaycees and Red Cross representative
Laurie Homer met with county, civic and busi
ness representatives several weeks prior to the
blood drive to discuss ways to improve dona
tions, which had faiien to around 20 pints per
visit. Roberson credits the success of iast
week's drive with increased communication
which resuited from the advanced planning.
Roberson was delighted with the county 's re
sponse, and thanked the volunteers who helped
to man the bioodmobiie. "Without our volun
teers, we wouldn't have been able to handle the
amount of traffic in the Senior Center. Their
help is indispensibie and I thank them on be
half of the Jaycees, American Red Cross and
myself."
The Mood supply hit dangerous lows last
week as the Labor Day Holiday approached
Especially low were supplies of type 0 blood,
known as the universal donor. Hopefully, the
good collection in Perquimans made a differ
ence in someone's life.
Hardee's offers diverse menu
Sa!e of non-hamburger entrees now account
for over 50 percent of Hardee's business
Hardee's Food Sytems, Inc, an
nounced that sales of its non-ham
burger products now account for
more than 50 percent of the total
entree sales made during lunch and
dinner in its 3,200 restaurants
across America.
Once known strictly as a ham
burger and breakfast chain, Hard
ee's began broadening its menu in
the late 70 s when it introduced its
specialty sandwich iine consisting
of sandwiches with leaner cuts of
meat such as Roast Beef, Turkey
Club and Ham N Cheese. In April
of '38, Hardee's continued the trend
to offering more lighter and nutri
tional items with the introduction of
its Chicken Stix (a chicken finger
food product) and prepackaged sal
ads.
Last year, Hardee's also
switched to all-vegetable oil from a
beef tallow-vegetable blend of
shortening to cook all of its fried
products. In doing so, Hardee's be
came the first major restaurant
company to completely convert to
the lighter and less-greasy, choles
a
terol-free oil.
Noting the trend to order more
non-red meat products by consum
ers, Hardee's broadened its menu
to include four chicken items on its
standard menu: the Chicken Fillet
Sandwich, a Chicken Biscuit (for
breakfast), a Chicken Fiesta Salad
and Chicken Stix. This made it pos
sible for Hardee's customers to or
der a white meat alternative during
all dayparts: breakfast, lunch or
dinner.
Recently, Hardee's went one step
further, introducing its fifth
chicken product, the Grilled
Chicken Breast Sandwich.
Made from all-white chicken
breast, Hardee's Grilled Chicken
Breast Sandwich is non-breaded
and is not fried. "This makes our
product unique," said Bob Stover,
Vice President of Menu Devel
opment. "Unique because it's a
great tasting chicken sandwich
that is not only high in nutrition, but
is also low tn saturated fat (2
grams) and. low in cholesterol (65
milligrams)."
Stover added that much of Hard
ee's recent gains resuit from the
successful introduction of non-red
meat products like the Grilled
Chicken Breast Sandwich. "We re
still the third largest hamburger
restaurant chain and serve the
thickest and juiciest burgers in
America. But we also serve a whole
lot more. Chicken products
throughout the day, plus lean Roast
Beef, salads, even soft-serve ice
cream made with 5.5 percent but
terfat,"hesaid.
Interestingly enough, Hardee's
first introduced the Grilled Chicken
Breast Sandwich last spring with a
marinated flavor. "While accepted
favorably by our customers, we
worked diligently to lower the so
dium and saturated fat levels of the
product," noted Stover. Both levels
are well within nutritional
guidelines recommended by gov
ernment and health officials."
Hardee's will formally introduce
its new Grilled Chicken Breast
Sandwich with a special, limited
time "Buy One Get One Free" offer
in all of the participating restau
rants selling the product. The
BOGO offer will appear on in-store
marketing posters, as well as with
a television advertising blitz.
"We expect a tremendous re
sponse to the offer," said Stover.
"Hardee's is the only major chain
to offer a Grilled Chicken Breast
Sandwich and it clearly gives cus
tomers another reason to shop at
our restaurants versus our compet
itors." -
And what if customers don't want
to try the new chicken product?
"We still have the thickest and jui
ciest hamburgers and diverse line
up of equally delicious specialty
sandwiches like fish, roast beef and
turkey club," Stover said. "All are
wholesome, delicious and rela
tively low in fat and cholesterol
content."
Hardee's is America's third larg
est fast food hamburger restaurant
chain with over 3,200 restaurants in
42 states and nine foreign coun
tries. The company is headquar
tered in Rocky Mount.
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Loca! Agencies
Conduct Food
Festiva! Week
More than 24,000 North Carolini
ans die each year of cardiovascular
disease, making it the state's num
ber one killer. It's estimated that
nearly one million Americans will
die of heart disease this year. In an
effort to help people leam more
about their cardiovascular systems
and overall "heart health", the
American Heart Association and
Perdue Farms are sponsoring the
fifth annual American Heart's
Food Festival. Mayor Bill Cox has
issued a proclamation declaring
September 10-16 American Heart's
Food Festiva! week in Perquimans
County.
The week-long event focuses on
the role of good nutrition in the pre
vention and control of heart dis
ease. Some of the local agencies
involved thus far in conducting edu
cational activities to promote Heart
Health include Perquimans County
Extension Service, Area Agency On
Aging of the Albemarle Commis
sion, Perquimans County School's
Food Servtce staff, Chowan Hospi
tal, PPCC District Health Depart
ment, Belo and the American Heart
Association.
"We want to provide people with
the opportunity to learn more about
how they can modify their eating
habits to improve their health,"
said Juanita T. Bailey, Home Eco
nomics Extension Agent Dates and
locations for activities scheduled
during Food Festival week are:
September 11-15 - Heart Healthy
educational materials will be pro
vided to Senior Nutrition Site and
homebound meal participants in
Perquimans County and the other
nine counties served by Albemarle
Agency on Aging of the Albemarle
Commission. Contact Leanne
Schultz, at 426-5753.
Perquimans County's School
Foodservice Staff will also make
available heart healthy educational
materials, decorate school cafete
rias with banners and balloons and
promote heart healthy foods. Con
tact LaClaire Anderson, 426-5741.
September 12 - A Heart Health
workshop will be conducted at the
Perquimans County Extension Of
fice for Expanded Food and Nutri
tion Education Program
Homemakers. Contact Earline
Saunders at 426-5428.
September 15 - A mini-health fair
featuring heart healthy food sam
ples, free cholesterol screening by
Chowan Hospital, blood pressure
checks, and nutrition counseling in
relation to blood cholesterol. (To
obtain a more accurate blood cho
lesterol reading, you may want to
fast from midnight until the time
you come to have your cholesterol
checked.) You do not need an ap
pointment, however there may be a
short waiting period. Contact Jua
nita T. Bailey at 426-5428.
September 16 - Heart Healthy
foods exhibit-demonstration will be
held at Belo in Hertford. Exhibit
time 10:00a.m. tol:00p.m.
Candidates view
issues in next
Perquimans Weekly
Six men will vie for two seats on
the Hertford town council in No
vember. So that the voters will be
aware of the stands the candidates
take on issues affecting the town,
next week photographs and opin
ions of those candidates will be fea
tured on the front page of the
Perquimans Weekly.
The candidates have received
questionaires which cover a broad
range of subjects. Their answers to
the questions will hopefully en
lighten die voters of Hertford, and
help them to make an informed de
cision at the polls.
The seats of councilmen John
Beers and Erie Haste are open.
Those who have filed to fill those
seats are Beers, Haste, Vance Hoo
ver, Bill Glover, John London and
Jordan (Jim) Bonner.
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