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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume 62, Ho. 13 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, April 8,1993 35 Cents Sports: Lady Pirates track team hands out headaches: Pag* e Feature: A Duke fan confesses: 1 , ■ ....... I cheered for UNC: Ramblin’ with Susan: Page 4 _\_ Sports: Perquimans High baseball squad whips Edenton: Page 7 Schools to hold education summit Plans are well underway for the Perquimans County Schools' educational summit set for April 30andMayl. Sponsored by the Perqui mans County Schools 2000 Pro ject, the summit wil feature guest speakers and information booths offering the latest data on quality education and school im provement. Perquimans County Schools was one of the first in the state to implement a local education reform movement based on for mer President George Bush’s America 2000 education program which was followed by the North Carolina 2000 model. Goals of the reform include: • All children in American will start to school ready to learn. • The high school graduation rate will crease to at least 90 per cent. • American students will leave grades four, eight and twelve having demonstrated com petency over challenging subject matter. • U.S. students will be first in the world in math and science achievement. 7. • Every adult American will be literate and will possess the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy. • Every school in America will be free of drugs and violence and will offer a disciplined envi ronment conclusive to learning. • AD North Carolina educa tors will meet established stan dards that wifi assure that they are the most qualified in their field. • North Carolina will be first In the nation in the effective ap plication of technology to teach ing. learning and administration. • Every community and ev ery elementary and secondary school in North Carolina will have a comprehensive parent In volvement and assistance pro gram with every parent actively Involved in their children’s edu cation. Speakers at the summit will - \ include Dr. Emma Rhodes, asso ciate director of adult education 7 for the state of Arkansas: Jim Ream, who will focus on the Im portant of family relations in ed ucation: and Dr. John Murphy, superintendent of Charlotte /Mecklenburg Schools, who will speak on wond class schools. The two-day program will kick off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday with a three-hour session. Satur day. programming will run from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. There is no charge to attend the summit Refreshments and an Indoor pic nic on Saturday wifi be provided. EASTER EGG HUNT FRIDAY, APRIL 9 BRIAN CENTER Commissioners answer landfill questions By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor__ The Perquimans County Concerned Citizens Committee got answers Monday to questions it posed to the county com missioners on March 1 regarding solid waste disposal. “We thought they did a lot more re search than we thought they were going to do regarding the questions,” said Con cerned Citizens Committee co-chairman Douglas Layden of Belvidere. "We were pleased with the pamphlet that they gave us.” As promised, the commissioners pre sented written answers to questions re garding the proposed eight-county landfill In Perquimans County and related con cerns. The board supported its answers with attachments including copies of ref erences to solid waste and the landfill au thority In past minutes, memorandums and letters and the resolutions establish ing the Regional Solid Waste Management Authority. The number one item on the commit tee’s list was why Perquimans was se lected as the host site and what advantages there would be to locating a landfill In the county. The commissioners responded that a regional solid waste management study was completed In June 1991 which recommended siting one landfill north of the Albemarle Sound In a central location, probably In Pasquotank or Camden. Discussions with Pasquotank broke down In October 1991 when the other counties In the Regional Landfill Au thority did not agree with conditions Pas quotank set to host the landfill. Because officials felt locating the land fill centrally would be the best alternative financially, the Perquimans, Chowan and Gates Landfill Commission offered land adjacent to the present tri-county landfill for consideration. Advantages to Perqui mans County, according to the commis sioners, would Include facilities already being In place, reduced solid waste dispo sal cost, road maintenance and money to Perquimans County. The commissioners said the Belvidere site Is the only site north of the Albemarle Sound currently under consideration. An other site In the county was considered, but was rejected due to unsuitable soil and its location in a flood plain. The site being considered Is owned by the Thomas Chappell family. The Regional landfill Authority has a 12-month option to purchase the property. No site applica tion has been submitted, but landfill au thority chairman Mack Nixon told the committee that the authority Is presently interviewing three engineering firms. The authority plans to finish the interviews, choose a firm and proceed with an engi neering study on the property. Overall, Layden said the committee was pleased with the commissioners’ re sponse to its questions. Layden said his main concern was repeated comments in area newspapers that locating a landfill in Perquimans County would be the cheap est alternative to solid waste manage ment. “There’s been no figures on a Perqui mans County landfill at this time, only projections and probable figures,” Layden said. Layden added that his group came away from the meeting with the impres sion that the local board of commission ers and the landfill authority are keeping aP options open. “We think they are looking toward Addington," Layden said. “As long as they are looking at all options, we are trying to give them room to look. They're going to leave this landfill here as an option for bargaining power and we hope that is the truth. “The people of Perquimans County would like to see this board stop investi gating the river as a landfill site,” Layden said. “Bertie is the best way to go from the Concerned Citizens standpoint” Addington, the Kentucky firm pres ently negotiating with the landfill author ity, plans to open a solid waste disposal facility in Bertie County. Layden said the committee has ob tained over 1400 signatures on petitions circulating throughout the county oppos ing a regional landfill in Perquimans County. Nixon asked the group to "try to keep an open mind to the future. What if Add ington folds? This is a long-term deci sion. We’re trying to weigh out all the possibilities.” Layden said his only complaint with commissioners Monday was the board's failure to move the meeting to a larger room in the county annex when an over flow crowd attended the meeting to hear the commissioners’ answers to solid waste questions. "They’ve go to go back and remember that they’re representing the people,” Layden said. “They need to move upstairs (to the courtroom) when they see people standing up. They’ve got to understand they’re there for the peo ple. The people come first.” Heels make Wolverines Ijlue’ BUU. The University of North Carolina Tarheels celebrate with their NCAA championship trophy Monday night after claim ing the title with a 77-71 win over the University of Michigan. The Wolverines fell in the finals to a team from the Old North State for the second year in a row. Last year, the Duke Blue Devils sent the Wolverines packing.lAP photo) Old Neck community to celebrate its history Historic district status sought One of the finest examples of the county's rich architectural history wul be the setting for “Old Neck Celebration at Cove Grove’’ on Saturday, June 5. Hie celebration is sponsored by the Historic District Commit tee of the Perquimans County Restoration Association to high light the beauty and history of the Old Neck section of Perqui mans County, according to Beth Skinner Taylor, committee chair man. Taylor is one of several Old Neck residents and concerned citizens working to put Old Neck on the national map. Hie com mittee plans to apply for Historic District status for the Old Neck area, placing it in the National Register of Historic Places. The historic district will ex tend from the Highway 17 by pass bridge down the eastern shore of the Perquimans River to Sutton’s Creek, along Sutton’s Creek to New Hope Road, south west along New Hope Road to Union Hall Road, along Union Hall Road to Highway 17 and ,, tack to the typo*. “This area indudes many of Perquimans County's older homes and Historic District sta tus for this area would bring rec ognition to our area.” Taylor said. The June 5 celebration win Include traditional Southern plantation fore - roast pork, po tatoes. slaw, combread, dessert and Iced team - served under the graceful shade trees that line the lawn at Cove Grove. Entertain ment Is also planned. Proceeds from the gala win go toward the cost of the expensive historic ap plication process, organisers said. Albert Sure spearheaded the effort to get the project started. Eure has worked with residents and property owners In the com munity to push for Historic Dis trict Status.. ■ %c ■ h •mU" Ricky Carter lights the Perquimans County Special Olym pics torch Friday. Phase see page 3 for an overview. (Photo by Swan Harria) - .. . ' A. /■ Water quality concerns residents By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor _ One of the reasons the Con cerned Citizens Committee op poses constructing a regional landfill in Perquimans County is concern over water quality in the Perquimans River. Hie specific question posed to commissioners on March 1 was “The present and proposed landfill will release a huge vol ume of leachate. Where is the ef fluent going from the present landfill; and how will the effluent be disposed of from the proposed landfill?” According to the commission ers’ response Monday, there would be two options if a high tech landfill was built in the county. The leachate would ei ther be treated on site by a waste water plant and spray applicated, or transported to a waste water plant off site for treatment and disposal. The present landfill, the com missioners said, was not de signed to collect leachate. Four monitoring wells are used to col lect ground water samples for in dependent laboratory testing. Three of the wells are located be tween the landfill and the river, the fourth on the land-locked side of the landfill. The state monitors the water tests and re quires stabilization of any prob lems. County Manager Paul Gre gory said earlier this year that water samples from the three wells bordering the river test dean enough to qualify as drink ing water. The fourth well, how ever, has shown some contamination. Gregory said hy draulic studies have shown that the water from that well flows in land, not toward the river. Gregory said Monday that the well shows only trace elements of contaminates. Part of the prob lem. Gregory said, may be that the well is located too close to the landfill for a monitoring well, but because it is already in place, the state is requiring that the county continue to monitor it He added that the commis sioners have attempted to nego tiate with the adjoining propoty owner to drill a well ofl-site to al low for more testing, but the property owner is asking for what the commissioners think is too steep a price to lease the land. Gregory did not say, but maps of the area indicate that the landowner is Amy Van Ben ton. Gregory declined to com ment on the amount Benton wanted to allow the county to drill a well on her property. Ben ton could not be reached by phone Tuesday morning.
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