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; Volume 61, No. 7
Hertford, Perqulmane County, N.C., Thursday, February 13,1992
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Briefs Agencies push for drug task force
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' * An early-morning fire
claimed the life of a Perquimans
County man Tuesday.
- William Daugherty. 71, of
18F Pine Street in the Snug
Harbor community, apparently
died of smoke inhalation after
;the mobile home in which he
■lived caught fire.
■ ’; Daugherty was found in the
.'bfcdroom of the mobile home. No
-Cause for the fire has been de
termined. according to Bethel
Fife Department chief Jeff Proc
tor. Bethel and the Hertford
squhd responded to the blaze
around 4:30 a.m.
• -. According to Sheriff Joe Lo
thian. foul play is not sus
pected. Proctor said the incident
is under investigation.
Supper set
- The Belvidere-Chappell Hill
• Volunteer Fire Department will
hold their annual barbecued
chicken supper on Feb. 15 from
4- -7 p.m. The cost is $4 per
.plate. Anyone wishing to pur
chase tickets may call Jennifer
:at 426-5728.
Senior club to meet
• _• „ The Memory Lane Senior
-Citizens Club will hold their
monthty meeting on Monday.
Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. at the Senior
Center.
Input needed
The 10-county Albemarle
Resource Conservation and De
velopment Council will hold a
meeting at 5 p.m. on Feb. 18 at
tHe Soundview Resturant to re
!celve public' fiipuF for Its long"
-range Area Plan Revision. Please
-call the Albemarle RC and D of
fice at 482-7437 if you have
Questions of for further informa
tion.
School dance elated
The Perquimans Middle
School PTSA is sponsoring a
-'Valentine’s Day dance on Fri
• day, Feb. 14 from 7-10 p.m. Ad
• mission is 50 cents. Sixth,
seventh and eighth graders will
Jot admitted to the dance.
I Daffodil Days back
- The Perquimans County
-'Unit of the American Cancer So
*;• Cicty will sponsor Daffodil Days
during the week of Feb. 27.
.Freshly-cut daffodils will be
‘ available to purchase in bou
; quets of 10 for $4. Flowers may
< be ordered in advance by calling
:-Kay Winslow at 426- 8178.
‘ Cffl eoursa offered
The Behrldere Chappell Hill
' Volunteer Fire Department will
• host a free CPR course on Feb.
• 18-20, from 7-10 p.m. at the
! fire department Don Madry win
; be the instructor. To reserve a
- space or for more information
! please call Jennifer Layden at
;-426- 5728.
• Clinic schedules
‘ The Perquimans County
• Health Department clinic sched
1 ’u}e for Feb. 14-20 is as foUows:
• "'"-Feb. 14 > general p.m.. fam
: ily planning follow up: Feb. 17
:-prenatal a.m.. family planning
- p.m.: Feb. 18 - WIC all day;
'l Feb. 19 - child health a.m., Dr.
''$lade p.m.: and Feb. 20 - adult
l health all day.
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Hearts and flowers
Dozier’s Florist is geared up for Valentine’s Day on Friday, the day when hearts, flowers
and candy are exchanged across the country. Balloons and silk flowers say “I love you”
In a ‘beary’ special way.
HertfordWinfall
to participate
Representatives from six
area law enforcement agencies
have come together to attempt
to form a multijurisdictional
drug task force. The Elizabeth
City Police Department, Pasquo
tank County Sheriffs Depart
ment, Camden County Sheriffs
Department, Hertford Police De
partment, Wlnfall Police Depart
ment and the district attorney’s
office are working to procure a
grant from the Governor’s Crime
Commission to implement the
task force.
A grant pre-application has
been drafted and approved bv
the cooperating agencies. The of
ficers are In the process of meet
ing with their respective local
governments to gamer financial
support.
Joseph P. Tade of Elizabeth
City, project director, sees the
task force as the most effective
means to ftght the drug traffic
across the three-county area.
“It’s something that's long
overdue," Tade said. “If we can
§et six of us (agencies) working
mgs over this entire area, we
can fight more effectively.”
Tade said if Elizabeth City is
the drug marketplace, then
Hertford and the rest of Perqui
mans County are the ware
houses. Investigation Into drug
trade has sown that large
amounts of drugs are stored In
and distributed from Perqui
mans County.
Hertford Police chief Aubrey
Sample Jr. said the task force
will provide a strong force
against drug traffic without fur
ther burdening the Individual
agencies, who are pressed for
manpower.
“The task force concept con
centrates on drugs,” Sample
said. "The officers’ efforts go
solely to fighting drugs.”
Sample said existing man
power would be utilized, but the
task force officers would play
the major role in drug investiga
tions.
Even if efforts to form the
special unit fail. Sample said the
agencies will sign mutual aid
agreements. His department and
others will also continue to work
closely with other agencies and
task forces to stem the tide of
drug traffic.
Dale Van Scoy, Winfall police
chief, said people think Winfall
is exempt from the drug prob
lem because dealing is not so
apparent on the streets. That is
an illusion, according to Van
Scoy.
"Basically, a lot of people
think Winfall doesn’t have a
problem due to lack of street
dealers, but they are using
houses here for storage. They're
cutting from there, then going
out to Hertford and other areas
of the county.” Van Scoy said.
With only one officer, him
self, Van Scoy needs the task
force.
"The simple reason (we need
the task force) is we can’t fight
the problem because we’re so
and due to lack of man
power," Van Scoy added.
All agencies involved agreed
that there is a dire need for the
task force, and that cooperation
between agencies is the only an
swer to the drug problem. If the
force becomes a reality, it will be
staffed by enforcement officers
whose sole purpose and respon
sibility will be to investigate, ar
rest and prosecute drug dealers
from the street level to the high
est level possible.
Hiqh school enters battle against drugs with new weapon
W ^ w REASONS FOR REFERRAL TO THE
Perquimans County High
School has entered the battle
against drug use and traffic with
new weapons. Thanks to a
$23,500 grant, the school has
implemented ASAP - Assisting
Students at Perquimans.
The program is designed to
identify and assist all students
at risk academically, socially
and emotionally. Its purpose is
to work cooperatively with stu
dents, parents, school personnel
and the community in building
responsible attitudes to assist
any students in crisis.
The school system recog
nized that the use of alcohol
and other drugs is becoming
growing among students. Sub
stance abuse, and the resulting
problems, pose a serious threat
to the health and welfare of
Kth. Through the program, so
ons to these problems will be
sought through the use of out
side resources, and the educa
tion of parents, peers and
faculty to symptoms and inter
vention methods of substance
abuse.
School personnel will be
come trained in the recognition,
referral and follow-up of the
problems facing youth. Hope
fully. these measures will make
a difference in the lives of stu
dents at risk.
The Perquimans High ASAP
team consists of six staff mem
bers. a counselor and trained
staff members. Other staff mem
bers will also be trained, and
are encouraged to participate in
the program. The team imple
ments procedures to Insure con
fidentiality of all information
they receive regarding students
at risk. The information will not
be made available to anyone
i other than ASAP team members
on a need-to-know basis. Par
ents and guardians can be sup
plied wltn information upon
written request. All student re
cords are destroyed when the
student leaves the school.
r Students can be referred to
the ASAP team , for specific be
haviors which are known to lead
to problems.
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Schools superintendent Dr. Randall Henlon talks with Wendell Hall and
Austin Warner, two of the guest speakers at last week’s alcohol and
drug abuse awareness night. The program provided an overview of the
problems facing youth, but was not well attended. The students re
sponded well to the cessions at the high school on Friday.
ASAP TEAM
1. Academic Failure
a. change in grades
b. lack of interest
2. At-Risk Behaviors
a. pregnancy
b. attempted suicide
c. retained during school career
d. parents are known substance abusers
3. Attendance Problems
a. chronic absenteeism
b. chronic tardiness
4. Atypical Behaviors
a. change in appearance
b. sleeping in class
c. change in friends
d. lying/cheating
e. minor accidents
3. Criminal Behavior or Legal Problems
Such as Theft and Fighting
6. Chronic Disruptive Behavior
7. In School Suspension
(three times per semester)
8. Out of School Suspension
9. Substance Abuse Policy is Broken
10. Suspected Chemical Use/Abuse
11. Suspected Physical Abuse
12. New Student to System
RED FLAGS IN DRUG/ALCOHOLAJUSE
1. Talking about drugs and alcohol
2. Smelling of alcohol and drugs
3. Finding drugs in the students possession
4. Concern about parent's usage
5. Personality change-temper outbursts
Speakers level with parents, kids about problems
Perquimans High School
kicked off Its student assistance
program, tagged ASAP, last week
with an alcohol and drug abuse
awareness night for the commu
nity, and student sessions the
following day.
Wendell Hall, regional direc
tor of alcohol and mug defense
program for the state education
department: Anne Barnes, coor
dinator of student assistance
programs In Wake County
Schools: and Austin \Warner, an
alcohol and drug abuse coun
selor and former addict were on
hand to share with community
members and students the prob
lems of drug abuse and use and
dysftinctlonal families.
Hall said drugB are invading
society.
“It’s In every community, ev
ery village, every hamlet I don’t
care where you go," Hall said.
His statistics were frighten
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big. He said that there are 3
million functioning alcoholics
below age 13 In the United
States. Tne average age for try
ing marijuana is 12. Crack, Ice.
Black Tar and Sisco are also
popular drugs. All these drugs
are dangerous, but Hall said ice
Is particularly worrisome.
“It's ice that Tm afraid of.”
Hall said. Although Ice costs
more than crack, the “high” Is
more intense and lasts 18-24
hours. The appetite depressant
causes users to go into a rage
when they "come down" from
under the Influence of the drug.
There Is another reason for
fear. Hall said, when people get
hooked on Ice and crack. “I
don’t know too many people who
make it throught it, he said.
Without intervention, death re
sulting from drug use or crimi- >
nal action, or incarceration is
llkety.
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“As parents, we've got to
take responsibility for our chil
dren.” Hall said. “Set rules and
go by those rules. Ask ques
tions.”
Barnes’ story of growing up
the child of an alcoholic sparked
a flow of students into the assis
tance program.
“It's hell, it’s a living hell.”
she said.
She stressed that parental
alcoholism is not the fault of the
child, that a child cannot take
any action to change the parent
Barnes encouraged children liv
ing through the nightmare of al
coholism at home to seek
assistance in dealing with the
problem.
A recovering drug addict.
Warner told of growing up in
Harlem, the son of an alcoholic
and a drug abuser, the brother
of drug addicts who turned to
prostitution to support their
habits. He dropped out of school
to deal and use drugs. His life
style was cut short mien he was
imprisoned for armed robbery in
He made it out of the pit of
drug use. married, had a family
and is now working to help pull
others out His family members
were not so lucky. His mothers
and both sisters are dead, vic
tims of the ravages of drugs and
alcohol on their bodies.
The community turn-out
Thursday evening for the pro
cam was poor, but according to
Community Schools Coordinator
Jeanle Umphlett the student re
sponse was overwhelming.
Each student and faculty
member received a T-shirt and
button to help remind them of
the program, and that there la
help through ASAP.
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