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Briefs f
VFW to meet
The Garland Onley Post
#8148 Veterans of Foreign Wars
will meet Wednesday, May 13 In
the American Legion Building.
Purpose of this meeting is
. swearing In of officers for 1992
93. All members are requested
to attend.
Senior Club to moot
The Friendship Senior Club
will meet Tuesday, May 12 at
' the Senior Center 2 p.m. Our
guest speaker will be Mrs. Shir
ley Vates, a member of Wlnfall
Town Council. Members are re
. quested to attend.
| NAACP rap session
Perquimans County NAACP
Youth Council will have a “Rap
Session." Tuesday. May 12 at 7
p.m. at First Baptist. Please be
present, so that we can make
| plans for the benefit basketball
{ game.
Agriculture meeting
“Sustainable Ag In Your Gar
den?" is the topic to be dis
cussed at the Albemarle
Environmental Association's
, meeting Thursday. May 7 at
7:30 at Knobbs Creek Recre
ation Center in Elizabeth City.
: Marjorie Rayburn. Area Agricul
tural Agent, will talk about how
commercial farming techniques
that are kind to the environment
can be used in the home garden
to produce bumper crops of veg
etables and fine flowers. Partici
' pants are invited to share their
gardening experiences. For more
information, call 426- 9563.
Community watch moots
'■ The Community Watch of
. Belvidere will be meeting on
j Thursday. May 14 at 8 p.m. at
the Belvidere Community Build
ing. For more information call
Charles L. Parrish.
t Old Timor’s Qamo sot
The 12th annual Old Timer’s
game, a benefit for scholastic
athletic programs in Perquimans
County, is set for Saturday eve
ning. the first game is set to be
gin at 5:30. x Between games.
; members of the state
■ championship teams of 1952.
V 1954. 1960 and 1964 will be in
1 troduced. The Old Timer’s will
meet the 1992 Pirates at 7:30,
A barbecued chicken dinner
, will be served from 4-7 p.m. at
the site. Tickets are available at
Woodard’s Pharmacy, the Per
quimans Weekly ana from Ath
letic Booster Club members.
Correction
A group formed in the New
Hope community to administer
first aid prior to the arrival of an
qmbulance was incorrectly
called emergency response team
in the April 30 edition of The
Perquimans Weekly, Those who
will participate in the program
are actually first responders.
The newspaper regrets the error.
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THE PERQUIMANS
WEEKLY
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Yates takes second district
Will become first Black commissioner
Perquimans County voters
elected their first Black com
missioner Tuesday.
Shirley Yates, a Democrat
who ran for one of two avail
able seats in the second dis
trict. received the highest
number of votes for the office.
913.
Joining Yates In represent
ing the second district will be
Democrat Archie Miller. Miller
received 888 votes, the second
highest total. Elmer Lassiter,
also a Democrat, captured 696
votes.
The final figures do not tell
the story of this hard-fought
race. With four precincts and
absentee ballot totals counted,
less than 15 votes separated
the three candidates. Miller
pulled ahead by 56 votes when
the fifth precinct called in its
results, but a 22-vote margin
in the Parksville Township and
48-vote lead in East Hertford
moved Yates ahead for good.
She carried five of the county’s
seven precincts, all but West
Hertford and Nicanor. Miller
won in West Hertford, Lassiter
in Nicanor.
Incumbents Thomas Nixon
and Wayne Winslow did not
file for re-election.
Charles Skinner swept all
seven precincts to take a deci
slve 342-vote win over his
nearest competitor in his race
to be the democratic candidate
for county commissioner from
the first district. Skinner tal
lied 901 votes., David Bines
559 votes andf Julian “Little
Man” Broughton 390 votes.
Skinner will face Republi
can- Charles Woodard in the
November general election.
Woodard defeated fellow Re
publican John O. White IV,
732-567, in the county’s first
ever Republican primary.
Lester Simpson, the in
cumbent, did not run for the
office.
Shirley Yates
Water vote
is knotted
Chairman Mack Nixon broke
a tie vote when the county com
missioners approved charging
only a reconnect and relocation
fee for a water tap at a former
agribusiness site on U.S. High
way 17 on Monday.
Dorothy O. Read, represent
ing her mother. Mrs. Walter Oa
key. said the water tap was
removed from property just
north of Winfall when the state
four-laned the highway. Her
mother, the owner of the prop
erty, was not notified that the
tap would be removed. Read
said. - •
"It was removed without,
anyone's permission,’’ Read told
commissioners. “We’re Just sim
ply asking for a reconnect."
Oakey said the water tap
served renters of a house which
once stood on the site as well as
needs of an agribusiness. She
told the board that Pete Perry,
who accompanied her at the
meeting, planned to open a
business at the site and would
require water service.
In dollars and cents, Oakey
was asking that the county
charge only a $15 reconnect fee
and $173 relocation fee since
the line would be run to a dif
ferent building than the original
line, rattier than the $425 tap
fee charged to install a new wa
ter tap.;.,,::
Commissioner Thomas Nixon
stated that an affirmative vote
would circumvent the fee sched
ule and allow a new tap to be
installed for only a relocation
fee, a loss of $235 to the water
department
“I don't think the intent of
the water system was to be that
way." Thomas Nixon said.
Board member Lester Simp
son said the tap had been re
moved over two years ago and
no complaints has been made
until present when a water
source was needed.
Commissioner Wayne
Winslow disagreed. 'They lost
this line for reasons beyond
their control,” Winslow said. “In
my opinion she's entitled to her
meter back if she so desires.”
Chairman Nixon was forced
to break the deadlock when
Thomas Nixon and Simpson
voted against a motion to install
the meter for the lower fees and
Winslow and Leo Higgins voted
affirmatively.'
< Kim Cooley with MulUVision
Cable brought responses from
her company regarding ex
panded cable coverage In the
county. The commissioners had
requested the information at
their last meeting, when Cooley
requested that the commission
ers allow MuldVision to sell 20
percent of the company s stock
to Cable Vision Systems.
Specffically, the commission
ers requested information on
providing cable television service
into the Belvidere, Woodville and
New Hope communities. Accord
ing to MultiVision’s research,
none of the areas meet the den
sity requirements of cable serv
ice. MultiVision requires 35
homes per mile in order to in
*stall cable lines.
The commissioners ultima
tely approved the request
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Dual comedy
Perquimans County residents were treated to a double comedy treat last week when
Bootstrap Acting Company presented “The Senator Wore Pantyhose” (above) and the
Perquimans High School drama class produced “The Importance of Being Earnest” Both
shows were delightful. For reviews and photographs, please see page 8. (Photo by Beth
Finney) ' . •__
Rescue personnel gear up for EMS Week
The Perquimans County
Emergency Medical Service and
Rescue Squad will celebrate
EMS Week May 10-16 with a
series of events.
EMS director Milton Dail
and rescue squad captain Larry
Chappell met with count com
missioners Monday when the
board proclaimed May 10-16
EMS Week in Perquimans
County.
“We here in Perquimans
County are very fortunate to
have our volunteer services.”
said commissioners chairman
Mack Nixon in signing the local
proclamation. “We are very for
tunate to have very dedicated
people here in the county... We
here on this board commend
each and every person that
works in that (emergency serv
ices) department.”
* Wednesday evening is slated
for the celebration’s main activ
ities. A rescue and fire-fighter
competition is scheduled from
7-9 p.m. at the Hertford Fire
Department. Squads will face-off
in events designed to highlight
their skills in rescue and emer
gency response techniques such
as bandaging, splinting and
other related events.
In addition to the competi
tion. there will be performances
by some of the Perquimans
County schools Odyssey of the
Mind teams, ambulance dis
as. bicycle safety equipment
handouts. EMS personnel
have made first aid booklets for
adults and one designed espe
cially for children. Little people
can learn basic safety tips in a
coloring book. -
The celebration will kick off
Monday when county residents
are invited to visit the rescue
fquad building to look over
emergency equipment and have
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Perquimans County Board of Commissioners Chairman Mach
Nixon (loft) expresses appreciation to Rescue Squad Captain
Larry Chappell (center) and EMS Director Milton Dail for the
services performed by the respective rescue units. Nixon
hands the two a proclamation declaring EMS Week May 10-16
In Perquimans County. (Photo by Susan Harris)
blood pressure and sugar tests.
Capping the week will' be partid-,
pation in a multi-agency health
fair for senior citizens at Missing
Mill Park.
Tuesday and Thursday will
find rescue personnel in front of
Be-Lo offering blood pressure
and sugar cheats from 9 a.m. -3
pjn.
Four full-time and five part
time employees staff the county
funded EMS service. This paid
staff is on duty Monday through
Friday from 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. plus
holidays. ,
About 50 volunteers are on
call 6 p.m. - 6 a.m. weekdays,
and from 6 p.m. Friday * 6 a.m.
cm Monday.
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rescue squad building and fur
nishes supplies. Other funds
come from government grants,
volunteer fund-raisers and do
nations.
the two units responded to
approximately 900 calls during
1991, Dsil said.
County residents are encour
aged by rescue personnel to
take part in EMS Week activ
ities. ■'-VS 'V
"The purpose of EMS Week
is to let the public know what’s
available." said Darlean Perkins.
EMS/Rescue Squad coordinator
for EMS Week.
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Nelson wins
Wallace Nelson earned the
right to sit on the Perquimans
County Board of Education
Tuesday when he captured as
many votes as his opponents
combined.
Nelson was running for the
non-partisan seat representing
the Parksville Township against
incumbent Clifford Towe and
challenger Arthur Mitchell. Nel
son took 955 votes, Mitchell 667
and Towe 393. He carried six
precincts, all but Belvidere.
Nelson will take office In De
cember.
Benjamin Hobbs, who was
running unopposed for re-elec
tion to the school board from
the Bethel Township, received
1419 votes. Present board chair
man Wayne Howell, also run
ning unopposed, got 1421 votes.
Howell represents the Hertford
Township.
Election
day is
long one
Primary election day was a
long one tor election officials In
Perquimans County. Numerous
choices -on the Democratic tick
ets made counting the paper
ballots a time-consuming task.
At 2:55 a.m. Wednesday, board
supervisor Ginger O’Neal and
board members Irving Bibb.
John Popek and John Jennings
locked the door to the elections
office.
Voter turn-out was disap
pointing to election officials, who
had predicted that 50-60 per
cent of the registered voters
would go to the polls. However,
only 37 percent actually showed
up at precincts to vote.
Democrats for state and fed
eral offices who carried Perqui
mans County were: president
Bill Clinton: U.S. House District
1-Walter Jones: govemor-James
B. Hunt: lieutenant govemor
Jim Crawford; auditor-Ralph
Campbell; insurance comrais
sioner-Jim Long; labor commis
sloner-Harry Payne;
superintendent of public In
struction-Bob Etheridge; su
preme court associate justlce
Sarah Parker; court of appeals
seat B-Steven Bemholz; court of
appeals seat C-John Parker;
court of appeals seat F-Joseph
John; state house district 1-Ver
non James.
Republicans who won in Per
quimans were: president-George
Bush; U.S. Senate-Laucn
Faircloth: govemor-Jim Gardner;
lieutenant govemor-Art Pope; la
bor commissioner-Henry McKoy:
superintendent of public in
strucdon-Tom Rogers.
Vote totals
Hobbs - 1419
Howell - 1421
Mitchell - 667
Nelson - 955
Towe - 393
Bines - 559
Broughton - 390
Skinner - 901
Miller-888
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Lassiter - 696
Yates - 913
White-567
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