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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume 60, No.16 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C.,Thursday, April 18,1991 30 Cents Sports: PCHS teams split games, PMS girls pull OUt Win: Page 6 Feature: PCHS actors, musicians, artists, carpenters present musical comedy: Page 3 Briefs Citizen: Law enforcement agencies not doing job Fire Safety Day set . The Belvldere-Chappell Hill Volunteer Fire Department Is hosting a Family/Community , Fire Safety & Fun Day on Sun day, April 28 from 1-4 p.m. Highlights of the day will be Nightingale, Albemarle Fire Safety Trailer, Fire Train Ex press, Drug Robot, Firemen Four and more. Door prizes will be given away several times throughout the event, and concessions will be available. Play set at middle school The Perquimans Middle School Drama classes will pre sent Mirror, Mirror on April 18 at 1 p.m., April 19 at 1 p.m. •and April 19 at 7:30 p.m. The free performance will be followed by a reception. ;Playhouse holds open : house In Hertford •The Perquimans Playhouse Inc. will hold an open house on Sun day, April 28 from 2-4 p.m. at the Perquimans County Senior Citizens Center. Membership in the''Play -house is open to everyone inter ested In supporting the arts In their community. There is no age limit. The more the play house grows, the better the or ganization is. Come by, visit,. and join In the fun of being a member of your local playrnak ers. If you don’t care to act,” there are many other things to do to put on a play. Babo Ruth practlea begins April 20 at PCHS Babe Ruth baseball try-outs i will be held Saturday, April 20 at 9 a.m. at Perquimans High ?• School. The Babe Ruth program; Is open to 13- to 15-year-olds.1 Slgn-up sheets are available from the Recreation Department or Roger Morgan at the Middle School. Legion, VFW to moot The American Legion Post 126 and VFW 8148 members will gather on Saturday. April 20 from 8-10 a.m. at the American Legion Building for a pancake and sausage breakfast. NAACP sots banquet The Perquimans County Branch of the NAACP will hold its tenth annual banquet on Saturday. April 20 at 7 p.m. at the Perqui mans County High School. The guest speaker will be the Honrable Janice McKenzie Cole, District Court Judge. Tickets are $10. Free screening offered Albemarle Hospital will spon sor a free mammography semi nar on Thursday. April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at COA in Lecture Hall B-202. Featured speakers Included Dr. William Crutchley. a surgeon and Dr. Wiliam Rus sell, a radiologist Participants attending the seminar will also receive a $5 certificate for their next mam mography screening at the hos pital's Mammography Services. For further information contact Diana Gardner, Director of PR / Marketing at .331- 4455 or, 331-4416. SPOTLIGHT ON PERQUIMANS My Favorite Place PLEASE SEE PAGE 4 FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. AGES 5-12 v ' ■ ‘H A Perquimans County busi nessman approached the county commissioners Monday night with concerns about the local drug problem, and his opinion that local law enforcement agen cies are not doing enough to stop the drug traffic. Joe Meads, owner of Joe’s Place and Miller and Meads Mo bile Home Park, told commis sioners that he thought it was unfair that law enforcement offi cers stopped cars leaving his night club to check for drunk drivers while allowing drug deals to take place in his mobile home park. “We have got a drug project going on this county and some thing needs to be done about it,” Meads told the commission ers. "The law enforcement we’ve got is not doing their duty.” Meads said the problem has escalated over the pzist two to three years. He added that he had contacted law enforcement officials in other areas, and they indicated to him that they were aware of the drug traffic in Per quimans. "Somebody can break this mess up. It's gone on long enough,” Meads said. The drug dealing takes place “all night long and all day long,” according to Meads. He said he had heard Hertford referred to as “Little New York.” “This is the worst county in the state of North Carolina for drugs,” Meads stated. He added that people “come from every where to get drugs” in Perqui mans County. Meads said that the law en forcement officials know who the area dealers are. Commissioner Mack Nixon said he did not realize the drug problem was as bad as Meads reported. He asked county attor ney John Matthews if citizens or the county acting on behalf of citizens could contact the attor ney general’s office with com plaints. Matthews reminded Meads and the commissioners that the sheriff Is an elected official, and Is not a county employee. Com missioner Leo Higgins told Meads that the sheriff is “hired” by the voters. “We seem to have our hands tied with the sheriff," Nixon said. Commissioner Wayne Winslow told Meads, “We can suggest things for him (the sher iff) to do, but it’s to his discre tion what he does.” “It’s going over his (the sher iffs) head,” Meads responded, saying that he had made contact with officials he did not name. “I’m putting my life In Jeop ardy to come here tonight," Meads told the board. Matthews told Meads that the sheriff can defer problems in the mobile home park to the Hertford Police Department be cause the park is located inside the city limits. Meads replied that he had sought assistance from both the sheriffs depart ment and the police department. "I think we need to share Joe Meads's concerns with the sheriffs department,” Nixon commented. “The board is concerned,” Winslow added. Higgins said that he had heard similar complaints from other citizens. Photo by Susan Harris Matthew Byrum, David Swinney, Clint Eley, Troy Higgins, Mark Swindell and Clay Fletcher made up one of the county’s OM teams that travelled to state competition this weekend. This middle school team, who earned first place on the regional level, came in third in state competition. OM teams perform on state level Five Perquimans County Odyssey of the Mind teams traveled to Gastonia this weekend to participate in the North Carolina OM compe tition. Perquimans teams represented the Coastal OM Region, earning two third and three fourth place finishes. "They did real well.” said Community Schools Coordinator Jeanie Umphlett, who ac companied the teams to Gastonia. "The compe tition is really stiff.” Three middle school teams, one grammar school team and one high school team com peted. The middle school’s Give and Go team, which earned first place on the regional level., took third place. Super Collider and Omer's Buggy Lite, which captured first and second places, respectively, in the region’s middle school division, finished fourth. Central School's Super Collider team came in third af ter placing first in the region. Also placing fourth in state after placing first in regional competition was the high school Super Collider team. According to Umphlett, 130 teams rep resenting the state’s five OM regions competed on Saturday. There were 10 teams competing in each problem for each grade level grouping. One of the most important aspects of OM, Umphlett said, is the number of volunteers who work countless hours coaching teams. Parents and other interested citizens squeeze OM meetings into busy schedules. These hours provide quality time shared by the volunteers and students. Umphlett said that on the regional and state level, all coaches, regional directors and officials are volunteers. Teams representing Perquimans were: Give and Go (middle school) -coaches W.C . and Nancy Fletcher and team members Troy Hig gins. David Swinney, Matthew Byrum, Mark Swlnell. Clay Fletcher and Clint Eley; Super Collider (middle school)- coaches Jeanle Umph lett and John and Claudia Hurdle and team members Missy Umphlett, Buddy Hollowell, Christopher Gregory, Jenny Hurdle, Torrey Bai ley, Mark Clinkscales and Nicole Keefe: Omer’s Buggy Lite (middle school) - coaches Deborah Byrum and Frank Ward and team members Kristie Roberson, Jamie Lassiter, Adam Ward, Kenneth Harris, Stacy Colson, Amanda Law rence and Andrew Byrum; Super Collider (Cen tral School) - coaches Dali Harris and Johnny Caddy and team members Sarah Harris, Day ton Caddy, Amber Lewis, Carson Stallings. Neil Eure, Stacy Downar and Kim Culllpher; and Super Collider (high school) -coaches Robert Clinkscales and Roy Reed and team members Charity Cartwright, Traci HaiTell. Brian Ray bum, Adrian Frierson, Michael Williams and Michael Clinkscales. The competition marked the third year Per quimans has participated In the creative think ing and problem solving program, and also the third consecutive year the school system has placed teams In state competition. Perquimans County will re ceive butter, commeal, flour, rice, beans, applesauce, cheese, meat and raisins for distribution on April 23 at 9 a.m. at the Ice Plant on Grubb Street. Foods will be available to all income el gble households in Perquimans iunty. A rain date has been set for April 24. All households who will not be able to pick up their commo dities may use a representative for this purpose. The commodi ties card or application must be signed in the correct places for this to be acceptable. No house hold will be allowed to pick up food for more than themselves. and one other household as rep resentative. There will be two lines at the distribution site. The second line will be for the physically hand icapped and/or disabled who are present at the distribution to pick up their food. A doctor’s note stating the disability or proof such as handicapped li cense plates for their vehicle must be provided. Those per sons using the handicapped line may pick up food for their own household only. Applications may be ob tained from the following agen cies; Department of Social Services. Health Department. ' ‘-'k, •’ . A ■ % ■ . - - .V- « - Economic Improvement Council. Catholic Social Ministries. Se nior Citizen Center and the Open Door Ministries at the Ice Plant The Commodities Distribu tion Program is available to all eligible persons without regard to race, color, national origin, age. sex. religion, handicap, or political beliefs. Information about regulations against dis crimination and how to file a complaint may be secured from the N.C. Division of Social Serv-' Ices. 325 N. Salisbury Street Raleigh, N.C. or from your county department of social . services. 4th of July plans underway A veterans parade and a visit from a retired U.S. Navy admiral will highlight the annual 4th of July festivities in Perquimans County. The veterans will assemble at Harris Shopping Center for their march to Missing Mill Park. Admiral Harry Train will address the crowd gathered there. The 4th Fest has tradition ally been a fun-filled family day sponsored by the Perquimans County Jaycees. With a renewed national emphasis on patriotism sparked by the war with Iraq, this years celebraion ot the na tion’s birth will recognize those brave men and women who have fought around the glove to pre serve freedom. The Jaycees re quested input from the three local governments and the Chamber of Commerce to make this 4th Fest the biggest and best ever. Civic groups, veterans or in dividuals interesting in helping to coordinate the day's activities or willing to help raise funds for the fireworks display can call Jaycee chairman Chris Peckham at 426-7743. Photo by Susan Harris Let the games begin Special Olympians and huggers gather behind the banner pre paring for the parade of athletes at Friday’s Perquimans County Special Olympics competition. Holding the banner are Blondie Graves and Ricky Carter. Photo by Susan Hants Fishy winners Thirty fishermen set out in the early hours of Saturday morning to compete in the Perquimans County Jaycees’ bi-annual Perquimans River Bass Tournament Winners, pictured above, were (I to r): Tom Connard and Dan ' Sherman (second place); Walter Ray Meads and Keith Meads (first place); Lewis Lovell and Jerry Underwood (fourth place); Bo Callison and Bill Dobney (third place); and Jimmy Sawyer (lunker). Not pictured are fifth place ; winners Rodney Burton and Bill Trueblood. 1991 marks - the fifth year the Jaycees have sponsored the touma- ; ment
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