THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 60, No.14
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, April 4, 1991
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from a Duke fan on
Monday win: Page 4
Sports:
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Briefs
Aerobics class offered
The Perquimans County Rec
reation Department is sponsor
ing an Aerobic Excerise Class to
begin on Monday, April 8.
Classes will be on Monday and
Thursday nights at the Perqui
mans County Library at 8 p.m.
and will last for six weeks. The
instructor is Allyson Coleman.
The cost is $20 per person. For
more information and to sign
up, come by or call 426- 5695.
Democrats to meet
The Democratic County Con
vention will be held on Satur
day, April 6, at 1 p.m. Julian
Broughton, Chairman an
nounced recently. The conven
tion will be held at the county
courthouse.
Heading the convention’s
agenda will be the election of of
ficers and 6 delegates to the dis
trict convention. “The County
Convention is Important in the
series of Democratic conventions
leading from the precinct up to
the District Convention where
grassroots Democrats represent
their respective counties,” Chair
man Broughton noted. “We hope
to elect strong representatives
for Perquimans County at the
district convention an to debate
issues that will challenge all citi
zens as we near the beginning of
the twenty-first century.”
Board changes meetings
The Perquimans County
Board of Education regularly
scheduled board meetings for
April 1 and 15 have been
cancelled and rescheduled for
April 22, at 8 p.m. in the Board
of Education Office.
Legion Post 126 meets
The William Paul Stallings Le
gion Post 126 will meet at 7
p.m. on April 11 at the Legion
Building. Commander Marq
Gray urges all Legionairies to at
tend.
Babe Ruth organizes
Young men interested in play
ing Babe Ruth baseball this
summer should turn their forms
in by April 21. Forms are avail
able from Roger Morgan, Phil
Woodell or the Recreation De
partment.
Adults willing to work with
the Babe Ruth program as
coaches, umpires or other ca
pacities are asked to meet at
Perquimans Middle School on
Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m.
Band supper Saturday
The Perquimans County Band
Boosters will hold a pig pickin’
dinner on Saturday. April 6 from
4-7 p.m. at Perquimans County
High School. Eat-In or take-out
meals will be available. A $100
bill will be given away during
the evening. You do not have to
be present to win. 1
The band will perform on
Memorial Field at 5 p.m. and 7
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Perquimans implements Parents as Teachers program
i The Perquimans County
School System has recieved one
of eight grants awarded by the
State Department of Public In
struction in December. 1991 to
implement the Parents As Tea
chers program. The program is
based on the premise that a
child's parents are his first and
most important teachers as a
child begins the life long journey
of learning at birth. Based on
this philosophy. Parents As Tea
chers offers parents information,
educational guidance and sup
port from the last trimester of
pregnancy through the child’s
third birthday.
A certified parent educator
trained in child development,
visits each participants home,
creating an individualized pro
gram for each child and family.
The parents receive developmen
tal information to respond effec
tively to their children’s needs
as the child progresses through
each stage of development. An
other effective component of the
program Is group meetings de
signed to help parents share ex
periences, gain new insights as
to their child’s development and
behavior, and discuss topics of
mutual interest and concern.
Reserach indicates that the
rapid rate of learning and brain
development normally slows
down gradually after the first
few years of life, just as physical
growth decelerates. All babaies
begin learning at birth, and Par
ents As Teachers can help give
babies the best possible start in
life.
Parents As Teachers is a free
and volutnary early learning
program for parents with chil
dren birth to age three.. This na
tionally known program, which
orignated in Missiouri, has
spread throughout the United
States, reaching thousands of
families. If you are interested in
more information about the pro
gram, please contact Jeanie
Umphlett, 426-5741 or Cynthia
White, 426-5758.
Parents in the Parents as Teachers meeting
held last week at the board of education
building were led through a “Specific Solu
tions to Common Childhood Problems” pro
Photo by Jeanie Umphlett
gram presented by Jeanie Umphlett, project
coordinator, and Cynthia White, parent educa
tor.
The drop-leaf table and Kazak oriental rug
shown were gifts to the Newbold-White His
toric Site from the Colonial Dames. The slat
Photo courtesy of Perquimans Restoration Association
back chairs were given by Mrs. Martin Lord in
memory of her mother, Kate Riddick Craw
ford.
Durant Pilgrimage to begin at Land’s End
The Durant Pilgrimage sched
uled for May 4’ is be rg spon
sored by the Perquimans County
Restoration Association and the
North Carolina Society Colonial
Dames XVII Century. The Pil
grimage begins with registration
at Land’s End, which is on land
purchased by George Durant in
1661 from the King of the Yeo
pim Indians. Land’s End is on
the National Register of Historic
Places. The Pilgrimage covers
about 22 miles, with views of
other National Register Homes,
and ends at North Carolina’s
oldest house. Newbold-White,
smother National Register site.
This house will be shown with
17th century antiques, many
purchased by the society ot co
lonial Dames, and others given
as memorials to loved ones.
To make reservations for the
Durant Pilgrimage, call 426
7567, or write P.O. Box 103.
Hertford, N.C., 27944. The cost
is $10 and includes lunch.
Dorris B. Whits, left, manager of Albemarle
Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), Hert
ford, and l~A. Harris of Elizabeth City, right, a
director of the co-op, have been cited tor
their years of service to North Carolina’s rural
electrification program. The awards were pre
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•anted by H. Wayne Wilkins, center, manager
of Davidson EMC, Lexthgton, and president of
the North Carolina Association of Electric Co*
operatives (NCAEC).
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Project to lower electric
rates takes step forward
Plans for a construction pro
ject aimed at lowering the costs
of electricity in 32 Eastern North
Carolina cities and towns took a
major step forward recently.
The project calls for three
combustion turbine units to be
constructed by N.C. Eastern
Municipal Power Agency
(NCEMPA). The units would pro
vide approximately 240 mega
watts of power during periods of
peak demand.
James T. Bobo, general
manager of the power agency,
said plans for development of
the breaking generation project
were given the green light by
unanimous vote of the NCEMPA
Board of Commissioners.
"This is just one of a series
of steps that will be required be
fore this project can be com
pleted,” Bobo said. “But we are
gratiflfed that our commission
ers, in their unanimous vote
Wednesday, recognized the po
tential offered by this project to
lower the costs of electricity for
the 32 public power communti
ties they represent.”
The cities and towns that re
ceive their power supply from
NCEMPA serve almost 200,000
residential and commerical cus
tomers from Wake County to the
coast. Their power supply comes
from NCEMPA’s part-ownership
interests in five major power
plants on the CP system, sup
plemented by power purchases
from CP and other sources.
Bobo said an extensive study
showed peaking generation pro
ject to be the most promising of
several approaches that were
evaluated to meet NCEMPA’s an
ticipated need for peaking
power. Lower costs would be
achieved, he said, because the
units would replace some of the
more expensive purchased
power.
Present plans call for three
units to be built, each on a sep
arate site in Eastern North Car
olina. Several potential sites are
being evaluated.
Each unit would have a ca
pacity of approximately 80 me
gawatts and would be fueled
primarily by natural gas.. Twc
units would begin operating ir
June 1995 and the third ir
early 1998.
As currently planned, th«
project would be financed by th<
issuance of an approximate^
$142 million in tax-exempt reve
nue bonds. Each NCEMP^
member’s governing body would
have to decide individually
whether that city will participate
in the new project.
Municipalities served by
NCEMPA include Apex, Ayden,
Belhaven, Benson, Clayton,
Edenton, Elizabeth City, Farm
ville, Fremont, Greenville, Hamil
ton, Hertford, Hobgood,
Hookerton, Kinston, La Grange,
Laurinburg, Louisburg, Lum
berton. New Bern, Pikeville, Red
Springs, Robersonville, Rocky
Mount. Scotland Neck, Selma,
Smithfield, Southport, Tarboro,
Wake Forest, Washington and
Wilson.
Local EMC officials noted
at statewide meeting
Two officials of Albemarle
Electric Membership Corporation
(EMC), Hertford, have been cited
for their years of service to
North Carolina’s rural electrifica
tion program. They are Dorris B.
White of Hertford, manager of
Albemarle EMC, and L.A. Harris
of Elizabeth Ciiy. a director of
the co-op.
In addition. White has been
elected to the Board of Directors
of Tarheel Electric Membership
Association,, the central pur
chasing and materials supply
operation of the statewide orga
nization of EMCs.
White, who was honored for
45 years of service to the co-op,
has been manager there since
1983. Harris, who is president
of the Albemarle EMC board,
was cited for 15 years of service
as an EMC director.
The elections and awards
presentation were part of the
1991 Annual Meeting of the
statewide organization in Ra
leigh.
Volunteers needed by CO A
Volunteers are needed In Per
quimans County * to assist in
adult education classes being of
fered by College of the Albe
marle.
The classes assist students
In developing their reading and
mathematics skills as well as in
preparing for the GED examina
tion to earn their high school
equivalency. Classes meet on
Tuesdays. Wednesdays, and
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Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. at the
Perquimans County High School
Vocational Building.
Volunteers will work with
students on an Individual basis.
Interested persons may contact
Lynn Hurdle-Wlnslow, coordina
tor of COA's Literacy Skills As- ;
. sessment, at 335-0821, ext . *
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