Vol. 61, No. 14
WEEKLY
I Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., ThujidgfiAprjjjJgM
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Sports:
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Meet the 1992
Tiger and Lady Tiger
PCMS teams: Page e
School:
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Central School and
middle school publish
honors lists: Page 10
Farm:
Court ruling limits
amount of seed one
can save, use: Page 13
Briefs
Ceramlcsoffered
- Ceramic classes are begin
ning at the Perquimans Senior
Center on Fridays from 9 a.m.
12 noon. April 3-June 19. In
structor is Dorothy Coates and
class fee is $30. Anyone 65 or
plder may enroll free. Interested
persons should register during
the first two weeks of class. For
more information, call the Cen
ter at 426-5404.
iign-ups In progress
;. Registration for girls softball
and T-Ball has begun at the
Perquimans Co. Recreation De
. pjartment. All interested youth
ages 5-8 for T-ball and 9-15 for
girls softball should come by or
call the recreation department at
426-5695 to register. The cost
for T-ball is $5 and for softball
■IS $7.
Legion to meet
• The American Legion will
meet on Thursday. April 9 at
7:30 p.m. at the Legion hut on
West Academy Street. Officers
tor the coming year will be in
stalled.
Candidates’ forum set
* The Hertford Business and
Professional Women's Club is
sponsoring "Meet The Candi
dates" on Tuesday. April 21 at 7
g.m. at the Perquimans County
oiirthouse. candidates for
county and state offices will at
. tend. *
Concert planned
Christ Episcopal Church in
Elizabeth City wifi be the scene
of College of The Albemarle’s
Spring Concert at 4:30 p.m. on
Sunday. March 20. The Albe
marle Community Chorus, Col
lege of The Albemarle Chorale.
Christ Episcopal Church Choir
and Collegium Musicum Orches
tra will perform.
April cllnle schedule
The April clinic schedule for
the Perquimans County Health
Department is as follows:4/2 -5
7 Immunization clinic for work
ing parents:4/3 - General p.m.,
WIC all day;4/6 - Prenatal a.m..
Family planning p.m.;4/8 -Child
health all day, WIC ajl
day:4/10- General p.m., Family
planning follow-up:4/14- Prena
tal p.m.;4/15- Child health a.m..
Dr. Slade p.m.;4/16- Adult
health all day:4/17- Holi
day:4/20- Prenatal a.m„ Family
planning p.m.:4/21- WIC all
day; 4/24- .General p.m.. Teen
clinic a.m„ Family planning fol
low- up p.m.
Nutrition menus
Nutrition site menus for the
week of March 30-April 3 are as
-follows:
Monday: Ham slice, 3 whole
'potatoes, steamed cabbage, bis
cuit, margarine, orange/pi
; peapple juice and milk.
Tuesday: Cheeseburger on
fun, coleslaw, baked beans,
'pineapple upside down cake and
milk.
Wednesday: Fried chicken,
'dried pinto beans, marinated to
matoes, roll, margarine, spiced
' ‘peaches and milk.
Thursday: BBQ Pork, stewed
eitatoes, coleslaw, corn bread,
argarine. orange Juice and
: ipllk. , . . v "
**• Friday: Tuna salad -1/2
; -hard boiled egg. potato salad,
• ’.red Jello with pineapple, 4 crack
t ' era. margarine, sugar cookie and
’ tnilk. . •
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Locals work to improve economy
•Present state
failing to bring
self-sufficiency
Perquimans County Is going
to work toward changing its eco
nomic course, which, like that
In many eastern North Carolina
counties, is falling to bring eco
nomic self- sufficiency to Its
people.
A planning group of 60 citi
zens Is being recruited to launch
an attempt to change the eco
nomic growth process In the
county. Four evening session
have been scheduled for May 7,
May 14, May 18 and June 4 at
the Albemarle Commission
building.
The effort was Initiated by
Hertford Mayor John Beers, Per
quimans County Manger N. Paul
Gregory and Hertford Town
Manager W.D. “Bill” Cox.
Cox called on the Eastern
North Carolina Chamber of
Commerce and the Center of
Rural and Coastal Living at Eliz
abeth City State University to
assist the county with this in
tense strategic planning effort.
These two organizations have
assisted local agencies with
strategic planning in many other
eastern locations.
ECSU Chancellor Jimmy
Jenkins has encouraged Re
gional Economist Philip McMul
lan. who heads the ECSU
Center for Rural and Coastal
Living, to participate in this im
portant process. Because he is a
Perquimans County resident
himself, McMullan said he hopes
to contribute to the substance of
the discussions as well as the
planning of the sessions.
Dick George, assistant direc
tor of the Albemarle Commis
sion. has offered his services in
the planning process.
Stephen L. Medlln of Roa
noke Rapids, vice chairman of
economic development for strat
egic planning tor the Eastern
North Carolina Chamber, said
that the regional Chamber will
provide a planning coordinator
to work with the planning group
at no cost to Perquimans
County.
Six years ago. Branch Bank
ing and Trust Co. completed a
comprehensive evaluation of the
economic factors in the 43
counties of eastern North Caro
lina. Based on those factors, the
BB study determined that the
region could never reaolj eco
nomic self-sufficiency if ttrcon
tinued down its present path. It
was at that time that the East
ern Chamber determined that
county-by-county strategic plan
ning was required to change the
present economic course and to
reach self- sufficiency.
Twenty-five eastern counties
have already undergone plan
Spring blooms with fashion flair
Photo by Susan Hants
Laura Matthews, Emily Christensen, and Amanda Christensen are ready to step into
spring with these outfits from Darden Department Store. For a forecast of fashion and a
sampling of the new spring looks, please see our special spring fashion section begin*
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COA enrollment continues upward trend
•Perquimans increase ‘tremendous’
College of The Albemarle has
been riding a wave of increase
enrollment over the last three
quarters. After an increase in
the 1991 Fall Quarter. COA con
tinued its upward trend with a
17.9 percent enrollment increase
in the 1991-1992 Winter Quar
ter as compared to the same
quarter last year.
Preliminary 1992 Spring
Quarter enrollment figures have
COA at 25 percent above last
spring's enrollment. The college
could have as many as 330
more students than in the
spring of 1991,
Spring enrollment at the
Dare County Campus has also
increased dramatically - approxi
mately 40 percent over last year.
■ " COA enrolled 1.655 students
for the 1991-1992 Winter Quar
ter as compared to 1,404 for the
1990-1991 Winter Quarter.
The 17.9 percent increase is
the third highest among North
’ Carolina's community colleges.
Only Brunswick Community
College (21 percent) and Halifax
Community College (18.8 per
cent) had higher gains. . ;
Ray Scaffa. COA's acting
dean of student development;
attributes the increase in atten
dance to several factors, includ
ing the poos state of the
economy, an Improved follow-up
effort % the college, and an
ever-changing job market.
"A depressed economy,
means that some people who
would be in the work force are
not." Scaffa said. "People who
have jobs are upgrading thdr
skills”
Increasing computer skills is
popular among students this
spring. Scaffa said that three In
troduction to Computers classes
were filled within the first four
days of spring registration.
Scaffa added that evening coun
selors have been calling stu
dents who have left school to
see if they want to come back.
“We’ve also been getting peo
ple who had gone away to
school and finished their first
semester and they either didn’t
like it. or they felt they needed
to reassess their career goals.”
Scaffa said. “We're finding that
in higher education people are
choosing schools that are going
to give them more value, like a
community college."
Scaffa said that workers to
day need more training.
’The Job market requires
that you go to college.” he said.
"Blue collar jobs that used tq be
available in this country are dis
appearing everyday.” f
Wallace Nelson, a Perqui
mans County resident and vice
chairman of the Board of Trust
ees said. "The percentage In
crease of students coming out of
Perquimans County is higher
than that seen for the College as
a whole." For the fall of 1991*
184 Perquimans County resi
dents enrolled in curriculum
classes at the COA Campus, a
23 percent increase over last
year. “We saw a 33 percent in
crease for the winter quarter
with 169 Perquimans residents
Mtendlnft" saM Nelson, also a
candidate for Perquimans
County Board of Education.
Continuing education class
enrollment for Perquimans
County has also seen a tremen
dous increase, up 48 percent for
the Fall quarter and 40 percent
for the winter quarter, said Nel
son.
Most of the increases have
been seen in pre-nursing and
other developmental classes,
Scaffa said.
COA President Parker Ches
son said he has never seen the
school's enrollment so brisk. “I
suspect we've closed out more
classes for the spring quarter
than I've ever seen before. We've
turned students away." Chesson
said. "The average enrollment
increase for the system ia‘ 5 per
cent to 9 percent” he said.
* “College of The Albemarle
has a high presence in "Perqui
mans County,” said Nelson.
“Continuing education classes
are held, at Perquimans High
School. Snug Harbor Commu
nltr Church,'Perquimans Senior
Citizens Center, Perquimans
EMS Building. Behrtdere, Bethel.
Hertford, and Wlnlall fire depart
ments and Tbjpr’s Shop." f
Literacy education classes
are also held in Perquimans
County, Nelson said. "COA must
work with the public schools to
reach out to adults who need
Uteracy education.” *
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ntng with the assistance of the
Eastern Chamber.
The Center for Rural and
Coastal Living has also studied
the economic indicators in the
area, and reached a conclusion
similar to the outcome of the BB
study in 1989. At that time,
strategic planning was initiated
in three northeastern North Car
olina counties, including Perqui
mans. Rural leaders teams from
each county were trained at
ECSU to help plan in their com
munities.
The Center and the Eastern
Chamber will now join forces
with Perquimans County to
compose a plan of action to
carry the county and its people
into the 21st century on solid
economic footing.
Citizens interested in receiv
ing more information about the
sessions can contact Cox at
426-7805.
John G. Beers
Wanted:
Children with special
educational needs
An effort Is
underway In
the Perqui
mans County
Schools to
identify chil
dren and
youths age*
0-21 who are
handicapped
and need spe
cial education
and other services.
The local efforts to Identify
children and youth are part of a
concentrated effort statewide
tagged Project Child Find to find
children who need special help
which they are not currently re
ceiving. Project Child Find is
also an endeavor to inform par
ents and/or guardians of these
children of the services available
from their local school system
and other state and community
agencies.
Help is available far children
with special needs, according to
Lowell Harris, Director of the
Department of Public Instruc
tion's Division of Exceptional
Children's Services. This help is
in the form of a complete eval
uation, an education program
designed specifically for the
Project Child Find is
looking for children and
youth who have special
needs and are unable to
benefit from regular
classroom experiences.
child (individu
alized education
program) and a
referral to other
agencies which
provide special
services.
Project Child
Find is looking
for children ana
youth who have
been diagnosed
or are suspected to be mentally,
physically or emotionally hand
icapped and are unable to bene
fit from a regular school program
without special assistance.
Harris and Dr. Randall He
nion. local superintendent of
schools, encourage anyone who
knows a child or youth who may
be handicapped and is not in
school or receiving special assis
tance to urge the parent/guar
dian to contact any of the
following: Dr. Henion, Program
Administrator for Exceptional
Children Brenda Terranova. a
school principal or the State De
partment’s Division of Excep
tional Children's Services.
For more Information, call
Mrs. Terranova at 426-5741 or
the Division of Exceptional Chil
dren's Service at (919) 733-3004.
CARE-LINE 1-800-662-7030 or
Family Support Network 1-800
TLC- 0042.
Theater group to visit
The N.C. Arts Council is
sponsoring a multicultural the
ater project in the state's north
eastern counties. Funded by the
National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA). the March 30 - April 17
residency features “Northeast
North Carolina Meets Junebug
/Jack." a collaboration between
Roadside Theater of Whitesburg.
Ken. and Junebug Productions
of New Orleans, La.
This rural arts initiatives
project will offer performances
ana other activities in Bertie.
Currituck. Gates. Halifax. Hert
ford. Hyde. Northampton, Pas
quotank and Perquimans
counties.
The play “Junebug/Jack"
explores the history of two of
America's Southern cultures: Af
rican-American rural and white
Appalachian. Roadside Theater
and Junebug Productions have
collaborated on die script for
this production which will be
the basis for community resi
dencies featuring performances.
workshops for senior citizens
and activities in the schools.
meeting of two characters, the
work matures “Junebug,” a sto
ryteller in the black, rural
South, and “Jade.” an archety
pal hero in Appalachian stories
and songs. The residencies will
explore die experiences of these
experiences —_
two cultures through traditional
and original stories and song.
Celebrating and increasing
ofloeal cultural me
are among the projects most
important goals. Artists from the
particular communities will be
involved in many residency ac
tivities.
Designed to benefit under
served audiences, this rural arts
program is made possible by a
$50,000 grant from the NEA to
the N.C. Arts Council. The
Council previously received an
other NEA grant to plan the res- ,
idency. Admission to all events
will be free. ;
Residency activities will also
take place at ECSU and with se
nior groups In Hertford. Mem
bers of the university’s student
gospel group will perform with
Roadside/Junebug during the
public performance. Seniors in
Perquimans County are gather
ing stories from fellow senior efpj*
inns which will be presented agf
April 9 at the Albemarle Cast
mission building. The rich heel*
tage of Perquimans seen
through the eyes of those whs
lived It will add local flavor to
the performance.