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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume 61, No.30 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, July 23,1992 35 Cents a:; ‘IS & '? .! Keep children busy with imaginative, fun activities: Pages V is, > K &s S3 Wm # u State librarian ** *-V i - f ry**‘ vs*,* ■ .:W7 .}„ ■>},*>:'¥? <yc v • ■ x ; ; , .v visits Perquimans for board meeting: Page 2 M: V- l if: Perspectives Farmers must grow more to make less; Gail Winds: Page 4 ■ a Board acts on audit findings By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor __ Schools superintendent Dr. Randall L. Henion and the board of education made a commitment to implement the recommenda tions of the state auditor’s report performed this spring, and took a step in that direction Monday night. The reorganization chart rec ommended % the auditors was implemented and endorsed unanimously by the board. "We’re moving quickly to implement the recommendations of the audit,” Henion told the board. Henion added that he is de veloping formal job descriptions for all those employees who an swer directly to him, and is also developing performance evalua tion standards based on the Job descriptions. He said that all su pervisors will be required to do the same, possibly using his work as a guideline. me iacK oi jod descriptions and perfonnance appraisals was cited in the auditor's report State funds awarded The tax revaluation was not well-received by county residents as a whole, but its impact on state funding for the local school system was positive. The county received no low wealth funding last year, but as a result of the revaluation, can expect to bank $46,757 in 1992 93. The system will also realize an 80.7 percent increase in small school supplemental funding. The 1992-93 allotment is $267,925, up from $148,288 last fiscal year. "We were in a financial cri ^ sis,” said school superintendent Dr. Randall L. Henlon. "This is a blessing.” Henion said he would like to be able to put all the monies from the two allotments into ad ditional teachers and capital im provements. The funds will be used to make up for the cuts made in local funding. Henion credited state senator Marc Basnight (D-Dare) with fighting to obtain additional state funding for small school systems, and also going against larger sys tems who wanted a piece of the funding pie. "There were a lot of people af ter the small schools money,” Henion commented. Board member Clifford Winslow praised Basnight’s ef forts. "Marc is really in our comer,” Winslow said. “He really does work for the small schools.” D.A.R.E. or no DAR.E.% Henion shared a letter from ' Perquimans County Sheriff Jo seph Lothian indicating that his department cannot provide an of ficer for the DA.RE. program at Perquimans Middle School for the 1992-93 school year. Lothian suggested in his letter to Henion that the system contact other law enforcement agencies for personnel to run the program. Henion said he has spoken with county manager N. Paul Gregoiy Jr. about the situation, and together the two are looking at options to retain DARE., in cluding searching for grant mon v ies. He said the program took about 80 man-hours to operate last year. Henion added that deputy Ralph Robinson, who has been the DA .R.E. officer for the past few years, had done a tremen dous job with the students. “Officer Robinson is an out* . standing DA.R.E. officer,” He nion said. “It has been a very positive program.” , , ^ :. Beating the heat Brandon Winslow (left) and Robbie Reed beat the heat of the sweltering July blast furnace with a dip in Robbie’s backyard pool. Robbie’s mother, Debbie, said the Reed family enjoys this cool oasis for a quick dip or just to lounge on the surrounding deck. U.S. 17 construction is underway By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editof Construction is well under way on the N.C. Department of Transportation project which calls for widening the U.S. High way 17 Hertford Bypass to four lanes and building a second two lane bridge over die Perquimans River. The contract for the 3.2-mile stretch of U.S. 17 under con struction from Winfall to just south of the Hertford city limits was awarded to Barnhill Con struction Company of Tar boro. The job carries a $3.5 million pricetage. J.R. Pope, resident engineer in DOTs Ahoskie office, said last week that the construction, scheduled for compledon next May, is slighdy ahead of sched ule. “They’re coming along, mak ing good progress,” Pope said. While there have been some delays in traffic flow recently, Pope said motorists shouldn’t be slowed down too much during Traffic detours and slight delays are the price of progress along U.S. Highway 17 Bypass from Winfall to just south of Hertford. DOT officials said last week the four-laning project is ahead of schedule. The new bridge, however, will not open until late 1994. me project. ‘Hopefully, we’re about through with the major traffic Pope did indicate that decreased speed limits through the construction area were possible during the road work. The two new lanes will be used at completion, and some work will be done on the old section of roadway before opening all four lanes to traffic. Pope said. TA. Loving, Inc. of Goldsboro is building the $5.1 mil lion bridge. That project is not set for completion until late 1994. Meanwhile, DOT is in the planning stages of the four laning of U.S. Highway 17 from the endof the section pres ently under construction to Eden ton. John McDonald. DOT Division Construction Engineer in Ahoskie, said design work and preliminary right of way acquisition plans are underway. “Generally, we’ve had public meetings and looking at the design to get the people’s input on design,” McDonald said. “We’re in the early phases of designing that roadway.” The 8-mile project calls for the relocation of 14 families and eight businesses, McDonald said. It will cross the pre sent roadway five times from end to end. Right of way acquisition is set to begin in late fall. DOTs schedule calls for the contract to be let in June 1994. The total cost estimate for planning, right of way ac quisition and construction from Winfall to Eden ton, includ ing the bridge, is $29.3 million. Monies for the project will come from the North Carolina Highway Trust Fund. Hertford Police reports numerous arrests The Hertford Police Department re ported the following requests: On June 30, Meredith Ruddwood, 52, of Rt. 2, Box 553, Hertford, was Is sued a citation for speeding. On July 2, Willie Louis Ford* 33, of 324 Market St., Hertford, was arrested and charged with driving while license revoked. Bond was set at $200 unse cured. On July 3, Shehna Clay Miller, 36, of 329 Market St, Hertford, was ar rested and charged with harassing communication. Bond was set at $500 secured. On July 8, Henry Russell Mallory. 4.1, of Rt. 4, Box 239, Hertford, was ar rested and charged with larceny. Bond was set at $3,000 secured. On July 8, Charles Donell White, 38. of Rt 4. Box 44 Meads Trailer Par ker, Hertford, was arrested and . charged with larceny. Bond was set at $200 u-“cured. On July 7, Colin Sean Francis Pan tin, 25, of Lot 35 Dogwood Mobile Home Park, Hertford, was arrested and charged with second degree trespass. He was released on a written promise to appear. On July 7, Luke Elijah Burke, 42. of Rt. 2, Box 52-B. Hertford, was ar rested and charged with injury to per sonal property. He was released on a written promise to appear. ■>- , On July 5. Maurica Onella Willis, 27, of Chowan Court Apt 38. Eden ton, was arrested and charted with speed ing and driving while license revoked. Bond was set at $100 secured. On July 2. William Earl Elliott 30. of 204 S. Church St, Hertford, was ar rested and charged with larceny. Bond was set at $500 secured. On July 1, James Nathan Roberts, 25. of Albemarle District Jail, was ar rested and charged with unauthorized use of a conveyance. Bond was set at $1,000 secured. On July 2, Linwood Clifton White, 33. of 154 Okisco Rd.. Elizabeth City, was arrested and charted with assault on a female. He was released on a cus todial bond. On July 2, Shelma Clay Miller, 36, of 329 Market St, Hertford, was ar rested and charged with assault by pointing a gun. Bond was set at $200 secured. ; On July 13, Marshall Dwight Da venport, 35, of 609 Church St, Hert ford, was issued a citation for exceeding a safe speed. On July 13, Morris Stanly Biggers, 22, HOCO 6th Marines, Jacksonville, was issued a citation for speeding. On July 13, Jeffrey Rickard. 23, of 308 S. Church St. Hertford, was ar rested and charged with second degree trespass. Bond was set at $200 se cured. On July 9. Donald Brandon Yohn, 18, of Rt 1, Box 626, Tyner, was Is sued a citation for speeding. On July 9. Aubrey Carroll James, 45, of Rt. 4. Box 368, Edenton, was Is sued a citation for speeding. On July 8. Charlie Rufus Spel lman. 27, of 218 Wynn Fork Ct.. Hert ford, was arrested and charged with manufacture/ create a counterfeit con trolled substance. Bond was set at $2,000 seemed. On July 8. Timothy Earl Duke, 30, of 4829 Wlndemere Ave. B, Norfolk. Va., was Issued a citation for speeding. On July 16, Reese Devon Johnson, 23, of Rt. 2, Box 878, Edenton, was ar rested and charged with resist, ob struct and delay a law enforcement officer, engaging in a fray and second degree trespass. Bond was set at $900 secured. On July 6, Jason Ames, 19, of 855 E. 178th St, New York. N.Y., was ar rested and charged with engaging in a fray and second degree trespass. He was released 'on a written promise to appear. On July 14, Jermaine Ttavls Far row. 19. of 318 Stokes Dr., Hertford, was arrested and charged with injury to real property, communicating .threats and second degree trespass. Bond was set at $1,400 secured. Videotapes: Bus riders to be filmed By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor Students who ride Perquimans County School buses may become film stars next year. The board of education took steps Mon day night to help eliminate behavior problems on the county’s school buses. On the recommendation of schools super intendent Dr. Randall L. Henion, the board voted to purchase video camera mounting boxes for each school bus in the system and to begin purchasing video cameras to rotate among the boxes. The boxes will cost less than $100 each. The total cost of purchasing and installing the boxes and enough cameras to implement the project will cost less than the cost of hiring one human monitor full time to ride buses on a rotating schedule, He nion told the board. Information obtained from other systems who have implemented the program has been overwhelmingly positive, Henion said. Super intendents report fewer behavior problems and said the tapes provide feedback to driv ers on handling troublesome situations. One other small school system in North Carolina has installed the cameras and boxes, Henion said. He added that both state school bus officials and the attorney general's office have given the program the nod of ap proval. School bus riders will not know when they are being taped and when they are not, Henion said. A system will be put in place to review the 8 milimeter tapes and look for be havior problems and/or to call the drivers’ at tention to specific areas where he or she may need to make a change. Tapes which reveal a situation that could require administrative or board action will be dated and filed. Others will be used again. “I don’t have any objection to using them (the videos),” Clifford Winslow said, but added that controls must be set on the tapes’ use, storage and access. Vice chairman Ben Hobbs said videotap ing is “the coming thing.” He cited teachers who videotape classes as a tool to improve performance and use on school buses as ex amples of the use of videotaping in education. “It’s really a super idea,” Hobbs said. “I think it’s just the beginning (of the use of vi deotapes).” Funds for the project will come from state sources, Henion said, probably from a trans portation line item. Lanes establish Paul Smith award By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor A local couple is honoring a late commu nity activist with a memorial scholarship available beginning in Spring 1993. The Perquimans County Board of Educa tion Monday night accepted a $1,000 schol arship established by Dr. and Mrs. Robert Earl Lane in memory of L. Paul Smith Sr. The annual award will be presented to a Perqui mans High School senior who exhibits Smith’s qualities of concern for the county exemplified through community service and is of high moral character. "We hope that the kids in the community will take advantage of it,” Mrs. Lane told the board. She added that she also hopes the scholarship will promote volunteerism and community involvement among youth. Board members were pleased with the scholarship establishment. ”1 think this is very fitting because that is what Paul Smith was known for, community service,” said board chairman L. Wayne How ell. "We really are appreciative. Paul and my self were good friends and I know that he would be pleased that something like this was done in his honor,” Howell added. The Lanes expressed concern that stu dents might not realize the scholarship was available until their senior year, a time they felt would be too late since the scholarship is based on a history of community service. Schools superintendent Dr. Randall He nion said the high school administration and staff has discussed the development of a scholarship manual outlining scholarships, awards and other financial programs avail able. He said this scholarship ana the criteria for judging could be added to the manual, which will be available for review by all stu dents at the high school. In addition to helping students with col lege expenses, Mrs. Lane said she and her husband hope that the establishment of the L. Paul Smith Sr, Memorial Scholarship for Community Service will stimulate other busi nesses to fund scholarships for local stu dents. ■ - . . * ’ - ’ * V : 1 ‘ ‘ ■
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