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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume 62, No. 14 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, April 15,1093 35 Cents JSSfeKSiS ■ oo Ji & 1 ^ u * . g - ' - ,^a ’’ 4' : \ ff *> 4 «:?!;•;-4w peanut grower honon JUGS*Page 9 .... Albemarle Commission director resigns Good eggs . ; v -■ ffv. • . .. . $i jp • -"- V r&K '-.' ■■ ‘ '■ Landon Jordan, Brittany Lana, Barron Lane and Michael Castelloe trade eggs with one another to get the colors they want The children were at Brian Center at the 4th annual Ju nior-Senior Easter Egg Hunt. The hunt is organized each year by the Perquimans Weekly and Brian Center. It is spon sored by local merchants. (Staff photo by Susan Harris) Flowers quits after audit shows he misused commission funds By JULIAN EURE The Daily Advance WASHINGTON COUNTY — Albemarle Commission Executive Director Don C. Flowers Jr. re signed last week, bringing to a close a chapter of commission history several board members said they hoped was now behind them. Flowers formally offered his resignation to the 38 voting members attending the commis sion’s April meeting at the Soundview Restaurant in Wash ington County. The board unanimously ac cepted Flowers’ resignation, which takes effect the end of this month. Flowers will be paid 10 days salary (about $1,300) and his accrued vaction when he leaves, both of which are nor mally paid to terminated com mission employees. In bidding the commission good-bye. Flowers said, “Over the years, it has been a deep plea sure” working with you. fiI nope that I have a chance to do it again real soon.” Afterwards, commission board chairman Joe Deneke said he hoped “everything turns out fine” for Flowers. Flowers had been the executive director since 1981. By accepting Flowers’ resig nation, the commission had done “what we thought was good for Don (Flowers) and the comis sion," said W.J. “Bill” Jones, a Creswell town councilman, the commission’s vice-chairman and a member of its personnel com mittee. “Hopefully we’ll be stronger because of this," Jones said. Leo Higgins, Perquimans County commission chairman and member of the personnel committee, said Flowers’ decision would allow the commission to become a "cohesive organization” again. "We’ll continue to be very ef fective in Northeastern North Carolina,” he said. Zee Lamb, a Pasquotank County commission and board member, said he hoped “the les sons learned from (his ... make the Albemarle Commission a stronger and more viable agency.” Flowers had been under fire ever since a state auditor’s report was released to the board in Feb ruary. The report, which hasn’t been released publicly, indicates Flowers either mishandled or converted to his own use approx imately $22,733 in commission funds over a two-year period. Of that amount, state audi tors recommended Flowers repay the state and commission about $1,800. The board also voted Thurs day to respond to the auditors’ report and to seek reimburse ment for the $7,200 commission attorney Dwight Wheless said had been paid “in error” to a pri vate CPA firm. Specific details of the re sponse, delivered to the state au ditors’ office this week, were not made available. However, Deneke said Flowers had refunded “sums we thought should be due from him.” One source placed the amount Flowers reimbursed the commission at approximately $700. It is not yet known whether Flowers paid the state $360 that auditors and the com mission agreed he should refund the Department of Environment. Health and Natural Resources. Deneke also said the com Please see RESIGN, Page 12 Computerized hospitals Albemarle and Chowan hos pitals are two of 15 members of a growing electronic information network made up of not-for profit hospitals in eastern North The computerized library net work elves health care providers in the hospitals access to current medical and health care manage ment information by linking them electronically to regional, state and national sources of medical information thanks to the Duke Endowment, according to Evangeline Norfleet, coordina tor of Outreach Library Services at ECU’s Health Sciences Li brary. Eugene W. Cochrane Jr„ di rector of the Endowment’s Hospi tal Division said, “For the past several years we have given grants to help hospitals establish computerized systems, linking them to major medial libraries. This system provides rapid, also instantaneous access to medical Information needed for treat ments and cure.” On line access to medical in formation is essential for regional medical centers like Albemarle Hospital, according to the hospi- \ ■ > HOSPITALS. Page 12 ;i. , ' ; : / $ L ,W-« • -I:‘ 'f’i'S-.*.-1 . "WEEKLY Police rope in 22 alleged dealers A round-up of suspected drug dealers by the Northeast Regional Task Force lassoed 22 people and corralled them under Combined bonds exceeding $1 million Thursday. Tagged Operation First Strike, the four-month under cover operation was an attempt by the task force to get rid of many of the mid-level dealers. “Operation First Strike tar geted mainly the area of the highly visible 'street comer’ drug dealer where, both in Hertford and Elizabeth City, have been the recent scene of drug-related shootings,'* said Lt. J.P. Tade, task force supervisor. “By remov ing this level of drug dealer finom die street, the operation should assist in the decrease of street vi olence." As a result of undercover op erations, the task force obtained over 100 Mils of Indictment for 56 persons from grand juries In Pasquotank ana Perquimans ' counties. The task force kicked off the. arrest phase of Operation First Strike around 3 p.m. yesterday with officers from the Hertford Police Department, the Perqui mans County Sheriff’s Depart ment, North Carolina's Probation Parole and Elizabeth City Police Department scouring the streets of Hertford for suspects indicted recently by the grand jury in Per quimans County. < Eleven alleged dealers were picked up in Hertford before the operation moved to Elizabeth City Monday evening, snagging 11 more. Arrested In Hertford were: Cedric Laaander Felton, 22, of Dogwood Trailer Park, who was charged with four counts of possession with the intent to sell and deliver cocaine, four counts of selling and delivering cocaine and one count of conspiracy to aell and deliver cocaine. A $90,000 secured bond was set Robert Mallory, 21. of Rt 1, Box 1000, Hertford, charged with four counts of possession with the intent to sell and deliver co caine, four counts of selling and delivering cocaine and one count of conspiracy to sell and deliver Officer* process some of the ft suspected Thursday as part of Operation First Strike, mid-level drag dealers arrested In Hertford (Staff photo by Susan Hank) cocaine. A $90,000 secured bond was set., />! ■ "v Marion “Tina” Jackson Miller, 28, of Lot 43T, Meads Tra iler Park, who was charged with three counts of possession with the Intent to sell and deliver co caine. three counts of selling and delivering cocaine and two counts of conspiracy to sell co caine. Bond was set at $80,000 secured. Manuel Miller. 30, of 329 Market St, was charged with three counts of possession with toe Intent to sell and deliver co caine and three counts of selling and delivering cocaine. His se cured bond was set at $60,000. Baruollar Lee. 23, of 329 Market St. was charged with two counts of possession with the In* tent to sell and deliver cocaine, two counts of selling and deliv ering cocaine and one count of conspiracy to sell and deliver co caine. His bond was set at $50,000. Charles Dowell' “Chick” White. 39. of RL 2, Box 44 Meads Trailer Park, was charged with possession with the intent to sell and deliver cocaine, selling and delivering cocaine, posses sion with the Intent to sell and deliver a counterfeit controlled substance and selling and deliv ering a counterfeit controlled substance. His bond was set at $40,000. : " / ■ ~ ' * V \sl . \ _ \ ' ' C-. Steven Jeffrey Mullen. 28, of Lot 49 Meads Trailer Park, was charged with two counts of pos session with the intent to sell and deliver cocaine and two counts of selling and delivering cocaine. A $40,000 bond was set Vera Thatch Brow. 28. of Lot 22 Dogwood Trailer Park, was charged with possession with the intent to sell and deliver cocaine, selling and delivering cocaine and conspiracy to sell and deliv ery cocaine. Bond was set at $30,000. Morris Kee. 35. of Lot 39 Meads Trailer Park. w<u» charged Please sm DRUBS, Page 12 I.■.a-.-i i . " : ■ . , - . . '"J ■ 3-on-3 tourney scheduled An event truly unique to the Elizabeth City area will take place Saturday. April 17. A three-on-three basketball tournament will occur on Main Street in downtown Elizabeth City. That's right...in the middle of Main Street! The purpose of the event is two fold..one, to help raise funds for the Elizabeth City Jaycees and The Friends of the Court, .two, to help pro mote Downtown Elizabeth City. Each team will be com prised of three players' plus one alternate and will play be traditional street-ball rules. Player registration will be divided into four di visions based on experience and age. Each half-court game will go up to fifteen points by ones, or last 30 minutes, whichever occurs first This will be a double elimination tournament. Teams are entering from northeastern North Caro lina and southeastern Vir ginia for the pure fun of it and to find out who is the best in the area. This is the second year of the annual event Corporate sponsors of the tournament include: Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola, City Beverage/Budweiser, Wahnart Carden Printing, Branch Bank * Trust Hofi , day Inn, Davis Hardware. Central Insurance, South Atlantic Wood Preservers. ’ Homthal-Riley-Ellis-Maland Attorneys. Elizabeth City Downtown, and The Dally Advance. For registration forms or additional information, please call 919-335-0289 or 919-264-3089.
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