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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 61, No. 12
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, March 19,1992
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Briefs
UtAACP to meet
The Perquimans County
Branch of NAACP will hold its
monthly meeting Monday. March
23 at the Senior Citizens build
ing on Grubb Street. The Exec
utive Committee will meet at 7
p.m. and the Branch mem
bership will meet at 8 p.m.
MS group to moot
Neurologist Robert Hansen of
the Southeastern Neurology
Group will be the guest speaker
at the Albemarle Multiple Sclero
sis Support Group meeting on
Monday, March 23 at 7 p.m.
The meeting will be held at the
First United Methodist Church
in Elizabeth City. For more in
formation, call Faye Proctor at
264-2773.
AARP plans mooting
Perquimans Chapter of AARP
will meet Monday. March 30 at
2 p.m. at the Senior Citizens
Center in Hertford. A board
meeting will begin at 1 p.m.
Judy Peel, director of nurs
ing at Chowan Hospital, will
speak on the right to die.
Community watch forms
'A Community Watch pro
gram is now forming in Belvi
dere. A meeting will be held
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the
BeMdere Community Building.
Contact LeRoy Parrish at 297
2782 for. more information.
Seminar slated
On Monday, March 30, at 10
a.m. Chowan Hospital will spon
sor a panel discussion on Ad
vance Directives (Living Wills
and/or Health Care Power of At
torney) for Hospital chaplains
and area ministers.
There is limited space, so
please call Betty Swindell at
482- 6268 to make reservations
if you are interested in attending
this meeting.
Supper, auction sot
The Durants Neck Ruritans
will hold a chicken pot pie sup
per and auction on Saturday,
March 21 from 4-7 p.m. at the
Durants Neck Rurltan Building.
Tickets are $3.50 at the door or
from any rurltan member.
Hospital open house
' Edenton -- Chowan Hospital
wiU hold an open house for the
new openly Outpatient Cardiac
Rehab Program on Sunday,
March 29 from 1-3 p.m. The
public will be able to tour the
facility and ask questions of the
professionals responsible for the
program. There will be blood
pressure and cholesterol screen
ings available. Fee for choles
te.rol screening is $1.
Educational handouts from the
American Heart Association will
be available.
Depression seminar
Is postpartum depression af
fecting your life? If so. a seminar
on ’ Friday, March 27 dealing
with that problem could be for
you. Dr. Albert Caracciolo, psy
chiatrist and medical director of
the Chowan Hospital Psychiatric
Center. wlH address such issues
as depression, moodiness and
plying, lack of interest in normal
activities and feeling over
whelmed by baby care. The
. seminar will be from 12 noon to
1 p.m. in the Chowan Hospital
dassroom. A box lunch will be
provided. Seating is limited, so
register by. Wednesday, March
25 by calling 482-6322.
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Schools, library form team
promoted
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Schools and the Perquimans
County Library have teamed
up to flight illiteracy in Per
quimans County.
' Schools superintendent
. 'Randall L. Henion requested
' that Perquimans County be
chosen as a pilot site for liter
acy materials from The Ken
tucky Network. The schools
will promote the program,
while the library will house
the materials.
The Network program pro
vides video-taped lessons in
basic skills areas, along with
accompanying workbooks.
County residents will be able
to check materials out of the
library to use at their conve
nience. Participants can learn
to read, prepare to earn a
GED or sharpen skills in de
sired areas.
t.' Librarian Shelley Fearn
and Dr. Henion said they
hope that in addition to indi
vidual use. church and civic
groups will use the materials
to establish learning centers
throughout the county.
?J According to information
published in the Raleigh
News and Observer taken
from U.S. Census Bureau and
N.C. Department of Commu
nity Colleges data, over 50
percent of the population of
Perquimans County ages 16
and over and not in school
.lack a high school degree. The
Statistics are alittle better for
most of the state, but across
North Carolina two out of five
adults have not completed high
school, ranking 48th in the na
tion,
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Photo courtesy Pwquknans County Schools
Library assistant Ann Carol Whits (left), librarian Shelley Feam and superintendent Ran
dall L. Hen ion review materials to be used with the Kentucky Project, a literacy program
to be piloted here. •
This lack of education
hurts North Carolinians eco
nomically. Of the 776,000 new
jobs expected to be created In -
North Carolina by the year
2000, two-thirds will require
some training and education
beyond high school. Yet more
than 26,000 youths in the.
state drop out of school each
year, probably a significant fac
tor In North Carolina's ranking
.of ..49th .lathe. nation in factory.,
wages.
Census Bureau statistics
also indicate that a person
dropping out of high school
will cut his expected lifetime
wages by $562,308.70.
Dr. Henlon agreed to mon
itor the use of project materials
-and document results. He said
he Is excited about the project
and the Impact a program of
this magnitude can have on
the future of Perquimans
County.
School waste water plans get preliminary OK
. Plans for a new waste treat
ment plant at Central School In
Winfall have been submitted,
and preliminary Indications are
positive, Pat McDowell of the en
gineering firm McDowell and As
sociates of Elizabeth City told
school board members Monday
night in regular session.
“Initial comments today were
that there doesn't appear to be
any problem." McDowell said.
The plan calls for acquisition
of approximately 10.7 acres of
. land owned by Willis Jessup be
hind the school property. Mc
Dowell said negotiations with
Jessup are underway for the
purchase of the property.
The proposed drawings are
for an underground pump sys
tem. McDowell said several op
tions were considered, but that
system Is the best option con
sidering land acquisition and
availability and soil quality at
the site.
McDowell said the state ex
pects Perquimans County
Schools to begin construction by
July 1, and the project Is sched
uled for completion by year-end.
Superintendent Randall L.
Henlon said the Department of
Environment Mangement indi
cated to him that the project
has been rated superior based
on plans submitted. He- added
that bids need to be let In May
in order to meet the state's
time- line,
McDowell added that he an
ticipates bids of $75,000-90,000,
“Initial comments today was that there doesn’t
appear to be any problem.”
Pat McDowell
Engineer
about the same cost as the
wastewater treatment system
presently being Installed at Per
quimans Middle School.
While the Central School
system will not require the
fenced areas as the one at the
middle school, there will be
some upkeep to the facility. He
said lines will have to be blown
out and the tank pumped peri
odically.
Facilities needs
Dr. Henlon apprised the
board of Initial reports from the
state’s long-range facilities plan
for the school system now In
progress.
The state has graded the fa
cilities on the main campus of
the high school as good, but In
dicate that use of the King
Street building should be
Ehased out as soon as possible.
>r. Henlon said that school per
sonnel are now looking for ways
to move all classes expect the
mechanics shop to the main
campus by next school year.
The report also called for
ventilating the gym. During the
meeting, the board appropriated
$7,846 to install two exhaust
fens in the building. Alexander
and Stallings Was awarded the
bid to do the work.
Perquimans Middle School
will meet the state's expectations
with the planned renovations.
Bids are scheduled to be let in
May.
Central School will probably
present the most pressing facili
ties concern for the future,
according to the report. Mainte
nance recommended for short
range use includes boiler
reaplcement. which will call for
the construction of a new boiler
room. Down the road, the state
is recommending that a new
building be constructed on the
site behind the present build
ings.
Hertford Grammar was
graded a medium-to-long-range
facility, with some renovation
recommended. The state said air
conditioning is needed in the fa
cility as soon as possible.
“Our short-fall is dollars and
we’re hoping the state will assist
us," Dr. Henion said. “Perqui
mans County is doing their
' best". '
The superintendent said the
state will send a final report at
its completion.
School security
Dr. Henion told the board
that administrators are survey
ing school security in an effort
to prevent serious problems that
have plagued other systems,
most notably in. the Tidewater
area.
"Rather than be reactive. I
hope Perquimans County can be
proactive." Dr. Henion said.
The administrators are work
ing with the local sheriffs de
partment and police department,
as well as requesting assistance
from the state, to set policy for
the protection of county stu
dents. Dr. Henion said that
school security is an ongoing
agenda item when the principals
meet each month.
In response to behavior
problems on school buses. Dr.
Henion said that he had re
quested staff members to gamer
information on videotaping from
a system in Tennessee. Initial
findings Indicated that the cost
of installing portable video cam
eras on buses on a rotating ba
sis was well worth the
investment, as behavior im
proved immediately and bus
driving improved as well.
"I plan to Investigate this
further. Dr. Henion said. He
will report his findings to the
board for their review.
Checking tax returns can mean speedier refunds
%. Have you taken the time to
carefully prepare and mail your
tax return only to have it re
turned to you by the Internal
Revenue Service for failure to
sign the return or for another
careless error?
The IRS encourages taxpay
ers to take a few minutes to
double check their tax returns
before mailing. “A little time
spent double checking the re
turn can pay off in a speedier
refund." Starkey said.
Some suggestions from the
IRS for filing an accurate return
include: •
4 . •Fill tn your name and social
security number on each sched
ule.
•Include social security
numbers for all dependents one ;
year or older.
•Double check all math.
•Use the correct tax table
and the correct figure from the '
table.
•Prepare and attach Sched
ule EIC If you qualify lor earned
Income credit.
•Attach and Forms W-2.
•Sign and date the return.
Dial 1-800-829-1040. Mon- ;
day-FMday. 7:30 am. to 5:30
p.m. to get assistance with tax
questions.
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Calling the Automated Refund System
Days: Monday - Friday
Hours:. Push-button phones - 7 a.m. - It pan.
Rotary phones-local business hoots
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When to call: 8 weeks after you filed your return
Best day to call: Wednesday
: time to call: In the morning
Food Lion
plans store
in Hertford
By SHELBY HOWELL
The Daily Advance
Perquimans County resi
dents can anticipate a visit from
Santa, as Food Lion Corp. an
nounced plans last week to open
a new store in Hertford by De
cember.
“The 29,000 square foot
building is the type we regard as
■basically big’ and is targeted for
opening in December,” said
company spokesman Mike Mo
zingo.
A site under consideration
for the building is located on
U.S . Highway 17. south of
Ward Shopping Center and
across the highway from Jack
son Wholesale.
Mozingo said Food Lion offi
cials signed a contract Feb. 14
with Granite Development Part
ners of Mount Airy to build the
plant.
An announcement released
by Clark General Contractor of
Winston-Salem Feb. 5 indicated
the Food Lion store would be
part of a strip shopping center
to be located on U.S. 17. At the
time of the announcement, the
project starting date was listed
as the first quarter of 1992 and
the completion date was sched
uled for the summer.
Bill Hicks, a representative
of Granite Development Pamers,
said last week that any com
ments he could make on the
project would be premature.
“Negotiations are still going
on and I would not be ready to
make a statement until next
Wednesday.” he said.
No record of a land transfer
for the building site, has been
submitted to the office of the
Perquimans County Register of
Deeds for recording.
“The announcement by Food
Lion is good news for the town
and county. We welcome the
new business and have been
looking forward to their coming
for a long time. Food Lion is the
type of desirable business we
are seeking in the community,"
said Hertford Town Manager
W.D. “Bill” Cox.
Cox said he realized negotia
tions are pending on the overall
project, but he welcomes the
shopping center concept and the
businesses he hopes it will at
tract.
Mozingo said it is his im
pression that construction will
begin this year. He said that
should delays occur, the con
tract with Granite Development
Partners would not be in Jeop
ardy until the spring of 1993.
Author presents
theater review
The Museum of the Albe
marle is pleased to announce
that Richard Gillespie, author of
the recently published book,
“The James Adams Floating
Theatre'', will be at the museum
on Tuesday. March 24 at 7:30
p.m. He will present a 45 min
ute illustrated lecture and will
be available to autograph his
book. The book can be pur
chased at the Museum Gift
Shop for $28.95.
The James Adams Floating
Theatre is the focus of an ex
hibit currently on display at the
museum. Traveling up and ;
down the east coast, the theatre
brought entertainment to many ;
of the small towns where it
stopped. Forts in the Albemarle
Included Elizabeth City, Hert-'
ford. Edenton. Columbia, and *
Bath. Don’t miss this opportu-;
nlty to hear more about this fas- •
dnating aspect of the history of
tire Albemarle.
The program is free but res
ervations are required. Call the
museum at 335-1453 for mom
informations or to make reserva
tions.