THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 62, No. 10
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C.,
Thursday, March 18,1993
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Board of
education
reviews pay
supplements
By GINGER UVINGSTON
Chowan County Bureau Chief
The Perquimans County
Board of Education will examine
its supplemental pay schedules
In the coming weeks.
The board asked School Su
perintendent Randall Henlon to
prepare a listing of employee
supplements so they can study
the equity of the school's pay
system. They asked for this In
formation after the system's child
nutrition staff and the business
education office personnel asked
to be included in the system's
supplement program.
Henion said child nutrition
and office personnel were the
only two groups of school system
employees not receiving supple
ment pay. The proposal given to
the board would pay the system’s
14 education office staff employ
ees a supplement of $300 each.
The child nutrition program will
give the system's 24 assistant
workers a $100 supplement, the
four managers and one ware
house worker a $200 supplement
and the program’s director a
$500 supplement
Board member Ben Hobbs
expressed reservations about
adopting the new supplements.
“It’s something that once it’s
done. It’s done.” he said, pointing
out the system could not give a
supplement one year and take it
away the next. He also pointed
out that once other groups hear
about die new supplements they
may want their supplements
raised.
Board member Wallace Nel
son agreed, noting that teacher
assistants only received a $50
supplement
Some board members asked
what scale die system followed
when deciding supplement sums.
Hobbs said under the system’s
current supplement plan a tea
cher only received $50 more than
a secretary. Assistant School Su
perintendent J. Cameron Boyce
said that was not true because
teachers had the chance to par
ticipate in a career development
plan that could increase their
salaries by several thousand dol
lars.
The board decided to grant
the supplements but wanted
them tied to a career devel
opment plan. They also decided
to postpone the supplements un
til the 1993-94 school year. The
original proposal would have
made the supplements available
this May.
In other business:
• Henlon updated the board
on the system’s special order of
consent for Perquimans County
Central Grammar School. Henlon
said if construction or the
school’s wastewater treatment fa
cility began June 1 and was fin
ished by Sept. 1, the system
would not violate die school’s
special order of consent
• The board accepted the
1991-92 audit of the system.
• The board also honored die
Perquimans Middle School Girls
Basketball Team for a 16-0 sea
son. The team lost no games
during regular season and tour
nament play.
Stormy weather
A winter storm dumped very little snow on Perqui
mans County this past weekend, but brought high
winds that uprooted trees, destroyed buildings and
caused power outages throughout the Albemarle
area. Some county residents were without electricity
for only a couple of hours, other for a couple of
days. The storm ripped down the fence at the coun
ty’s recycling center on Center Hill Highway. (Photo
by Susan Harris)
Commodities to be distributed
Perquimans County will receive
USDA donated commodities for distri
bution on March 23. The Hertford Li
ons Club will begin distribution at 9
a.m. at the Ice Plant on Grubb Street
All households who will not be able
to pick up their commodities may use
a representative for this purpose. The
commodities card or application must
be signed in the correct places for this
to be acceptable. No household will be
allowed to pick up food for more than
themselves and one other household
as representative. There will be no ex
ceptions.
There will be two lines at the distri
bution site. The second line will be for
the physically handicapped and/or dis
abled who are present at the distribu
tion to pick up their food. A doctor’s
note stating the disability, or proof of
handicapped license plates for their ve
hicle must be provided. Those persons
using the handicapped line may pick
up food for their own household only.
Again, there will be no exceptions.
Cars may not be driven into the
distribution area. Please remember to
park only in authorized parking areas
as the Hertford Police Department will
be patroling the area.
Applications may be obtained from
the following agencies beginning March
15: Department of Social Services,
Health Department. Economic Im
provement Council, Catholic Social
Ministries and the Senior Citizens Cen
ter.
The Commodities Distribution Pro
gram is available to all eligible persons
without regard to race, color, national
origin, age, sex, religion, handicap or
political beliefs. Information about reg
ulations against discrimination and
how to file a complaint may be secured
from the N.C. Division of Social Serv
ices, 325 N. Salisbury Street. Raleigh.
N.C. or from your county department
of social services.
Scouts race through pinewood derby
Cars raced across the
fellowship hall last Sunday when
Cub Scout Pack 150 held Its first
annual Plnewood Derby at Hert
ford United Methodist Chinch.
The plnewood derby cars
were carved from blocks and
wood by father/son teams. The
aerodynamic vehicles weighed
only five ounces.
The cars were raced on a de
clining 20-foot track. Each scout
closely guarded speed and design
detail secrets, hoping they would
be one-up on the next scout and
take the win. .
Awards were presented fin
design. detail and speed. Earning
honors were:
Judges Award (design)-Den
One. Brian Kahl; Den 2. Andre
Chappell: Den 3. Michael
Vaughn. Den 4, Aaron Maupin;
Tiger Den. Joey France.
Fashions On The
Perquimans
being held at
1812 On The Perquimans
Friday, March 26th
2:00 pan. & 4:00 pan.
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Cub Scouts and parents wars rolling in fun
last Sunday when the first annual Cub Scout
pinewood derby was held at Hertford United
Methodist Church. Although each car was ba
sically the same, the individual scouts put a
little different touch on theirs, hoping for good
luck. (Photo courtesy Cub Scout Pack ISO)
Paint and Detail- Den one.
Greg Dail; Den 2, Bryan Cooper,
Den 3. Billy Riter, Den 4. Casey
Runkle; Tiger Den. Will Williams.
Speed Class-First place. Tim
Dail; second place, Walter Clair
and third place, Brian Kahl.
The Den Chiefs wanted in on
the action, too. Den Chiefs are
Boy Scouts who assist the Cub
Scout leaders in conducting pro
grams. The chiefs challenged
each other to build the fastest
car using hand tools and mini
mal parent help.
Winners of the Den Chief
Speed Trails were: first place.
Ben Warrener; second place,
Chris Weatherlngton; third place,
Trevor Allen and fourth place.
Tony Overton.
Judges for the event were
Carl Mumm, Willie Williams, Wes
Weatherlngton, Tony Lane, Mae
Monroe and Harold Monrow.
i Boys interested in Joining the
Scouting adventure may contact
Lome Duffee, Cubmaster, at
426-1408 or Mark Warrener.
Scoutmaster, at 426-7412.
March for
Missing Mill
Park set
Earth Day will be celebrated in Hertford in a
new way this year. On Saturday, April 17 at 9
a.m., rain or shine, walkers will leave Missing
Mill Park for a three-mile hike through town to
raise money to benefit the park. The March for
Missing Mill Park is sponsored by the Albemarle
Environmental Association, the Perquimans
Parks Department and the Town of Hertford.
All funds raised by marchers will go to sup
port Missing Mill park. Walkers and sponsors will
be supporting the town of Hertford's plans for a
boardwalk and nature trail along the river’s
shoreline and to beautify the park.
National in scope but local in rewards, the
March is initiated by the National Parks and Con
servation Association and is the fourth annual
national walk to raise awareness and funds for
America’s parks. This year, over 300,000 people
are expected to participated nationwide.
To find out how to help with the planning,
join the walk or make a contribution to the team
efforts, call 426-8425 or 426-9563.
Bean takes
seat on district
judicial bench
RALEIGH — Gov. Jim Hunt recently ap
pointed Eden ton attorney C. Christopher Bean as
a District Court Judge in the First Judicial Dis
trict
Bean, 44, was recommended for the job by
members of the First District Bar Association. He
will serve the remainder of the term of Judge
Richard Parker, who was elected to the Superior
Court of the First District.
“Chris has a fine reputation as a trial attor
ney in eastern North Carolina,” Hunt said. "His
experience as both a prosecutor and as an attor
ney in private practice will serve us well.”
For the past 13 years. Bean has practiced
criminal and civil law in private in Edenton. Be
tween 1975 and 1977, he was an Assistant Dis
trict Attorney in the First Judicial District in
Elizabeth City. He served as a staff attorney for
the North Carolina State Bar in Raleigh between
1977 and 1979.
He is a former president of the First Judicial
Bar Association, and is currently Chairman of
the Edenton Historical Commission.
The First Judicial District includes Camden,
Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates. Pasquotank,
and Perquimans counties.
State gears for
spring cleaning
Spring is in the air and spring cleaning is on
the agenda.
For the fourth consecutive year, the North
Carolina Department of Transportation will coor
dinate efforts among Adopt-A-Highway groups,
garden clubs, civic organizations and other citi
zens for a two-week cleanup effort across the
state.
Governor Jim Hunt has declared March 19
April 2 as “Spring Cleanup Time” in North Caro
lina.
“North Carolina’s beautiful scenery and clean
environment are a source of pride, attracting
tourists and aiding in recruiting new industries,”
said Governor Hunt. “This spring cleanup will
improve the quality of life for all North Carolini
ans."
Hundreds of thousands of pounds of trash
are usually collected during these annual clean
ups. Much of the trash collected, such as paper,
glass, aluminum and plastic, is recycled.
The Durants Neck community, spearheaded
5f Ae Ruritans, has already done a massive
eanup on Boat Ramp Road. Volunteers, as
sisted py the county and N.C. Department of
Transportation. spent two days clearing an unau
thorized dump site on the road. Unfortunately,
someone chose to dump more trash on the site
recently, but efforts to enforce the unauthorized
dumping are being stepped up.
For more information on how to participate in
this year’s cleanup program of the Adopt-A-High
wav program, call 1-800-331-5864.
Cancer Society plans annual phone-a-thon
$ Perquimans County residents
should be prepared to answer
their phones on Monday, March
22 and Tuesday, March 23 right
after suppertime. On those
nights, volunteers with the Per
quimans County Chapter of the
American Cancer Society will be
“dialing for dollars."
Each year the Cancer Society
sponsors a phone-a-thon to allow
county residents to pledge sup
port Funds received are used far
research, education and to finan
cially assist local residents who
have special needs because they
have cancer.
Perquimans County has gen
erously supported the Cancer
Society in the past, according to
local president Kay Winslow.
“Each year we have increased
the donation our county has
made to fight a disease that has
touched the Uvea of everyone,
from a child with leukemia to an
elderly person with lung cancer,”
Winslow said.
The Cancer Society has
raised funds with pancake and
sausage meals, the phone-a-thon
and other activities.
Winslow recently earned a
Volunteer Award for her work
with the Cancer Society, and the
Perquimans County Chapter re
ceived the Pace Award for edu
cating the public^ about cancer.
One thing that bothers local
Cancer Society members is
groups who raise money by in
sinuating that they are asso
ciated with the American Cancer
Society, when in feet they are
not. Make sure when you pledge
or donate that you are speaking
with a representative of the
American Cancer Society.