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i The Perquimans County Ex
tension Homemakers will spon
sor an appreciation reception
honoring Stan Winslow, who has
resigned as Perquimans County
Agricultural Extension Director.,
. The reception will be held on
Sunday, March 17, from 3-5:30
p.m. at the Perquimans County
Extension Office Building.
Library board to moot
- The Pettigrew Regional Library
Board will meet on Monday,
March 18 at 8 p.m. at the Per
quimans County Library.
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» Christmas arrangements
should be removed from Cedar
wood. Cemetery as soon as pos
sible. It Is time to prepare for
Easter.
Skoot shoot plannod
: There will be a skeet shoot at
PSerquimans Middle School on
Saturday. March 16 to raise
funds for the county's shooting
teams. Registration begins at
&30 a.m., with the shoot sched
* uled for 10. The entry fee Is $10
*■ aftd participants must furnish
shells. Trophies will be given In
Junior, senior and adult classes.
Concessions will be available.
Registration slated
Registration for Head Start
classes to begin in September
199U will be held Wednesday,
March 20 at the Senior Citizens
Center In Hertford from 9:30
a. m. until 11:30 a.m.
Head Start Is a preschool
child; development program that
provides free education, meals,
snacks, health and social serv
ices, ^parent program, and trans
, portation. Children must be
three or four years old on or be
fore Oct 15, 1991 In order to be
eligible to enroll. Four-year-olds
we given first priority.
To sign up for the program,
parents or guardians should
bring a copy of die child's birth
certificate, up-to-date immuniza
tion record including IB skin
j ted:, and proof of all household
income.
''Parents or guardians will be
Notified in July to let them know
• if’their child has been accepted,
gutxln the waiting list or not ac
dfefcd.
^ ..,Fbr further information, con
tent. Diane McHone, Social Serv
ices/Parent Involvement Worker,
at 426-7070 or 426-5949.
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Closing announced
The Perquimans Weekly will
be closing at 3:30 p.m. on Fri
: day, March 22 for the Easter
Egg Hunt at the Brian Center.
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God bless America!
Those gathered for Sunday’s patriotic
concert by the Perquimans County
High School band clap to the tune of
The Stars and Stripes Forever, the pro
gram’s finale. Citizens filled the audito
rium at what may be the moat moving
Photo by Susan Hants
concert ever held in Perquimans
County.
Local O.M. teams create winning projects
Perquimans County was
well-represented at the regional
Odyssey of the Mind Tourna
ment held at East Carolina Uni
versity Saturday.
Ten teams from the school
system competed In the creative
problem sowing program. Four
of the 10 captured first place,
one took second and two came
in fourth. The high school team
also won a prestigious Ranatra
Fusca Creativity Award.
Perquimans O.M. coordina
tor Pat Phillips was very happy
with the tournament outcome. “I
think we had a realty good, a
significant year this year," Phil
lips said. Tm delighted.”
All three Perquimans teams
won the Super Collider problem.
The teams’ problem was to build
a structure using 15 grams of
b?i»>a wood that would hold as
much weight as possible. The
weight stack was impacted dur
ing the competition with a col
lider to cause twisting and
vibrations affecting the struc
ture. The teams added more cre
ativity to their project with
drama.
Perquimans Central School's
team built a structure that held
more weight than any other at
the competition, 282 pounds.
The middle school team ran out
of time at 270 pounds. The high
school squad was able to place
177 pounds on their structure.
Although the structure had held
more In practice, the competi
tion model broke on Friday, and
the team stayed up late to reb
uild.
Because of their unique
round design, the high school
team earned a Ranatra Fusca
Creativity Award for exceptional
creativity. According to the O.M.
Program Handbook, the Ranatra
Fusca Is the essence of the
Odyssey program.
Also taking a first place win
was the middle school’s Give
and Go team. The team’s prob
lem was to make four separate
devices that relayed tennis balls
from different locations Into four
targets 20 feet away. The size
Members of the first place Perquimans High
O.M. team are Michael Clinkscales, Adrian
Frierson, Charity Cartwright, Traci Harrell,
Brian Rayburn and Michael Williams. The
team also won a Ranatra Fusca Creativity
Award for exceptional creativity at the tourna
ment Saturday.
and height of the targets was
determined fay the competition
rules.
The middle school’s Omer’s
Buggy Lite team captured sec
ond^place. The middle school
Pompeii team and Central’s Give
and Go trams finished fourth.
Approximately 70 team
members and over 50 parents
and coache8 made the trip to
Greenville.
Jeanle Umphlett, community
schools coordinator and the
school laison for the program,
said she was overwhelmed by
the response to O.M.
"It's one of the strongest pa
rental Involvement programs I’ve
ever seen,” Umphlett said. She
added that the O.M. program
has been credited by some edu
cators with raising SAT scores
with the emphasis on creative
thinking and problem solving.
“It’s just a wonderful pro
gram." Umphlett said. “I’m so
proud of all of our children who
participated. It’s hard work for
the children and the coaches.
We're fortunate to have such
dedication from our students
and parents, and so much sup
port from the community.”
Perquimans County superin
tendent Randall Henion said he
was very proud of the local O.M.
teams.
“I'm just very, very proud of
the group." he said. “I see a lot
of community support, parents
working late hours after school,
and kids working together. Tm
especially pleased to see the
level of community support." he
continued. “I think it was their
support and their attitude that
helped the students to achieve
at that level.
“They’re (the students and
coaches) a positive reflection on
our school system and our
county,” Henion added. “The
board will be very proud of the
great outcome..”
All first and second place
winners from Saturday’s re
gional competition will Join win
ners from the state’s other four
O.M . regions at the state tour
nament scheduled for April 13
at North Gaston High School hr
Dallas. First place winners there
will advance to the world tour
nament in Tennessee.
Hertford
enacts dish
ordinance
The Hertford Town Council
moved Monday night to regulate
the placement of satellite anten
nas inside the town’s corporate
limits.
Pat Harrell, owner of Satel
lite Service of New Hope, said he
was opposed to the regulations,
calling the measure “unjust and
unreasonable.”
Hertford Mayor W.D. “Bill”
Cox told Harrell that the council
did not arbitrarily decide to deal
with satellite dishes, but was
approached by citizens con
cerned about their placement.
"This board looked into this
ordinance because we were ap
proached by concerned citizens
in the town of Hertford,” Cox
said. “We’re doing it really for
those citizens who came before
this council.”
Councilman John Beers
added, “The purpose of this (or
dinance) is to protect the peo
ple.”
He said he has had several
homeowners approach him ex
pressing their desire to see an
ordinance enacted. He also said
people were worried that prop
erty values in neighborhoods
would decline due to the instal
lation of ill-placed satellite
dishes.
Councilmen Erie Haste said
his main concern is aesthetics.
“A satellite dish antenna in
my opinion might be a wonder
ful addition to a home entertain
ment center, but I haven’t ever
seen one that I thought looked
nice. Those antennas are unat
tractive.”
Harrell countered, "That is
personal preference.”
Harrell also contended that
the ordinance was unenforceable
and unconstitutional. City attor
ney Walter Edwards disagreed,
stating that the ordinance is
patterned after a Raleigh regula
tion. He did add that the Ra
leigh ordinance has not been
tested in court.
Currituck County has satel
lite dish ordinances. Harrell said
that he had installed dishes that
did not comply with the ordi
nances in that county and
would consider doing the same
in Hertford “if necessary.”
Edwards said that the instal
ler may have some liability if
dishes are installed without
complying with city codes.
The full ordinance will be
printed next week in The Perqui
mans Weekly.
Pageant slated
The Southern Sweetheart
Pageant will be held on Satur
day. April 6 at the Sheep Har
ney Elementary school
auditorium in Elizabeth City.
Registration begins at 10 a.m.,
with competition starting at 11.
Girls one month to 25 years
of age are invited to participate.
There will be eight age divisions,
with queens and runners-up in
each division. Every contestant
will receive a trophy. Crowns,
banners, scepters and plaques
will also be awarded. In addition
to the beauty competition, optio
nal events include sportswear, ,
sleepwear, photogenic, most
beautiful and talent. Entry fees
start at $45.
This is an official preliminary
to the Miss Southern Sweetheart
State and National Pageants.
For more information, please
call Tanya Leary, local contact,
at (919) 330-4398 after 6 p.m., *
or Janet Hamm, National Direc
tor. at (704)754-2259.
Carolina Teleohone does its part to ease resumption of normalcy.
To do its part In helping
ease the resumption of a normal
life for military families affected
by the Middle East deployment,
Carolina Telephone will waive
the cost of reconnecting their
residential telephone service
when they return.
Janis Plummer, the compa
ny's director-corporate commu
nications, said, "Carolina
Telephone Joins all America in
expressing appreciation for what
our military personnel and their
Camilles have done In the Inter
est of our nation and the world.
When they are added up. the
military , bases In our service
area and their personnel are our
company’s biggest customer.
Hits gesture, which the N.C.
Utilities Commission has ap
"Carolina Telephone is
asking to be informed as the
troops return to their bases in
our service ares.. We will be
coordinating with military per
sonnel and fondly support units
to provide special handling id
reestablishing telephone service
for these troops and their foml
lies. We will expedite service re
connection for them."
Plummer said this policy ap
plies to former Carolina Tele
phone customers—active military
personnel, reserves. National
Guard members—who discon
nected or suspended their tele
phone service as a direct result
of the crisis on or after the Ini
tial date of Middle East deploy
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ment, Aug. 6,1990.
Plummer said. “More than
73,000 troops were deployed
through December from the
North Carolina Telephone serv
ice area, including 32,000 from
Fort Bragg and Pope AFB. 6,400
from the Cherry Point Marine
Corps Air Base, and 36,000
from Camp Ltjeune." 'iMMi.
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