THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 62, No. 26
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C.,
Thursday, August 12,1993
35 Cents
fall in weekend
tournament:
Four file for
Winfall seats
It
The Perquimans County
Board of Elections office sms a
busy place Friday, as four candi
dates filed for elected positions In
Wlnfall during the final hours of
the municipal filing period.
Willie B. Moore Sr. was the
first candidate to file for one of
the two available Wlnfall town
council seats, checking tn at
11:20 a.m, Wayne Hade de
clared his candidacy at 11:55,
Just minutes before Incumbent
William Ray Miller signed his
form at noon.
David Peckham created a
race for the mayoral post at
11:45. He will face off with Fred
Yates, who filed on Aug. 3. Yates
was appointed by the council tn
1991 to fill the unexpired term of
his wife, Shirley, who resigned tn
run a successful campaign for
county commissioner.
Miller and Yates presently
hold die council seats up for
election. Bill Bartlett was elected
to the mayor's post, but resigned
earlier this year due to poor
health. Councilman Bert Hayes
is acting mayor. Hayes did not
file for the job.
hi Hertford, incumbents Sid
Eky and Erie Haste and former
councilman Jesse L. Harris will
campaign for two open seats.
Eley was elected m 1991 tn fill
the unexpired term of John
Beers, who resigned to run for
mayor. Haste and Harris have
born served a total of 20 years on
council in non- consecutive
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heads 2020
There’s a new face in the Per
quimans County courthouse an
nex. a face that keeps popping
up all over the county as its
owner meets the dtteens of Per
quimans and familiarises himself
with the area.
The face belongs to John
Whitley, newly-appointed coordi
nator of Perquimans County’s
2020 Vision project, an Initiative
designed to promote economic
growth and improve the quality
of life in the county.
The appointment was an
nounced by 2020 president
Philip McMuflan.
“His employment and educa
tional background in manage
ment, education, and
itlonal and leadership de
tent provide the experience
to assist 2020 Vision in
accomplishing the mission of
creating an economic devel
opment effort sufficient to
achieve the desired quality of fife
for all Perquimans County cW
25ens," McMullan said. ’The suc
cess of 2020 Vision is dependent
on the continued support and in
volvement of all citizens." ^
Whitley's appointment ’
made possible by a $25,000 <
nomic development grant pro
vided by the state.
Whitley said his primary
function win be to coordinate
and enhance activities and ef
forts of a number of grawqps
within the county committed to
economic development
Whitley’s office space is being
provided by the county to room
22 of the courthouse annex. The
Outpouring of concern
Daddy Ruth's Hartford Cafe cooked and
earned over 350 meats Monday during the
flood reSef program organized by owner Will
Ferguson and hie staff. There was standing
room only during die noon hour, as Fergu
son's angdoyosa and volunteers shimmied
between customers to serve everyone. Al
most $1,800 was raised for a family dev
astated by the floods in the Midwest.
Donations are still being accepted.fP/iofo by
Susan Harris)
$1,800
raised for
flood
victims
By SUSAN R. HARMS
A flood of generosity
poured through Daddy Ruth's
Hertford Cafe Monday, result
ing in the collection of almost
$1,800 for a fondly In the
flood-ravaged Midwest.
Daddy Ruth's owner WM
rcigusoo sara MODuajf niyu
he was tired, but happy.
1 know we're going to
make somebody out there
smile a little bit.’' Ferguson
said.
The 12-hour benefit for
flood victims was sparked by
Ferguson's desire to help
someone who has lost every
thing by the destructive forces
of the Midwest floods. The
spark became a flame of good
will as Ferguson's staff mewed
forward with the plan.
Laughter and chaos pre
vailed at the Church Street
restaurant Monday, as about
358 moua were served during
die day. The restaurants staff
donated their time and tips to
the relief effort. Volunteers or
ganised by the Chamber of
Commerce ran the cash regis
ter. bused tables, wrapped afl
oat
hi wWaav* to die !■»*«
raised by Monday's diners,
many businesses and groups
Joined in die effort Jackson
wholesale, Bt-Rtte Market.
Flowers Bake;, Be-Lo Super
market. Ahoskie Fish and Pro
duce, Sandler Fooda,
Doughtie s Barbecue. Sheldon'S
Mkd Mart One Stop Conve
nience Store, WAVY-TY 10.
Centura Bank. Farm Bureau
ideation. Albemarle Plantation.
Beech Springs Poultry, Dixie
105.7, Albemarle Computer
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Marty Davenport stuffs money into the full donation jar at
Daddy Ruth’s Hertford Cafe during Monday’s flood relief
hwdralser. (Photo by Susan Harris)
Outlet. Perquimans Social
Senrtces employees. The Per
quimans Weekly, the Chamber
of Commerce and the town of
Hertford contributed to the
day's success.
The Hall Ruritan Chib of
Gates County donated $150.
and has challenged other civic
groups to meet their donation.
Ferguson is working
1 WAVY TV 10 to find a
gmig
family to whom to send the
proceeds of the fundraiser. Fer
guson said he is looking for a
family with children who lost
everything and has no insur
to get started again. The
utatfan Will monitor
the family's progress and re
port bac’-. to Ferguson.
Clothing and canned food
was also collected at both
Daddy Ruth’s and The Perqui
mans Weekly office. Ferguson
will work through the Salvation
Army or another disaster relief
organization to ship those
items. Clothing, non-perishable
foods, furniture and appliances
are still being accepted.
Anyone w^p would Uke to
contribute may still do so at
Daddy Ruth’sf or at Centura
Bank, where a special disaster
relief account pas been estab
lished.
Booths available for Indian Summer Festival
The ttrae h dnnrtag near far
the 12th annuel Perquimana
County bhn Summer Festhat
eoordiinaiad he the Chamber «f
CeauaKXte. Thb rear'* gpia la aet
is Sept. 24 and &
P Ctejffiher «aweutt*e dfcectar
*Marv Hsurnal said booths are st®
csa&fcte fir Saturday** flesh la
the path. Call the chamber tar
The Cooperative Extension
Caster Is sponsoring the second
annual Home Canned Goods and
Bakery Products exhibit and
pulgtng Entries must be turned
ta at the Perquimans Senior Cen
ter on Thursday. Sept 23 be
tween 1:30 and 6 p.m. Foods will
be judged on Friday and exhlb
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ited an Saturday.
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1 Entry forms and a catalog of
ft*™* which may be entered can
be picked up from the chamber
or the extension center. Call 428
7697 or 426-5657 for more infor
Schools to
reorganize
Middle school will have only
one principal, one assistant
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor _
Perquimans County Schools
will save over $10,000 in local
funds due to the reorganization
plan adopted fay the school board
Monday In a 7 a.m. special meet
ing.
At the recommendation of
schools superintendent Randall
L. Henlon, the board unani
mously voted to reduce the num
ber of principals at Perquimans
Middle School from two to one.
In a memordanum to the board,
Henlon cited funding concerns,
administrative Inefficiency and a
lack of clear lines of authority at
the school as reasons for recom
mending the change.
Henlon also recommended
assigning an assistant principal
to the middle school.
Henlon said Tuesday morn
ing that Henry Felton will be the
principal at Perquimans Middle
School under the new alignment.
Karen Luszcz, presently assis
tant principal at Perquimans
High School, will be reassigned
to die number two slot at the
middle school. Henlon said the
assistant principal position at
the high school has been opened
to personnel both inside and out
side the system. Morris Komegay
Is temporarily unassigned.
Co-principals Henry Felton
and Morris Komegay were as
signed to the middle school three
years ago under a reorganization
plan implemented at the recom
mendation of then-superinten
dent Mary Jo Martin. Under that
plan. Felton and Komegay
shared administrative duties. A
principal and co-principal were
assigned to the county’s other
three schools.
The co-principal arrange
ment was questioned by the Of
fice of the State Auditor last year
when Henion requested a school
system audit. The audit report
recommended that the co- prin
cipal positions be reclassified as
one principal and one assistant
principal position to save money
and to eliminate confusion over
the lines of authority at the
school.
Before voting on Henion’s re
organization proposal, the board
met in executive session for over
an hour to determine whether
grounds existed for a reduction
in force under school board pol
icy. The policy charges the board
with “exploring, considering, and
discussing a variety of ways to
avoid a reduction in force” before
acting on recommendations to
eliminate staff positions.
In moving to accept Henion’s
proposal, board member Clifford
Winslow said the board found
that the co-principal system
does detract from administrative
efficiency and clear lines of au
thority and costs the county ap
proximately $12,000 in local
dollars because the state funds
salaries for a principal and an
assistant principal, not two prin
cipals. Winslow stated that the
board determined that a reorga
nization was necessary because
the board could find no alterna
tive that allowed greater effi
ciency, provided clearer lines of
authority and saved the county
money.
The policy change required
school board action, as the
board is responsible for imple
menting policies under state
statute. Putting the plan into ac
tion is the responsibility of the
superintendent.
New tax collection
procedure begins
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
Edftor
Vehicle owners In Perqui
mans County are getting their
first taste of the state's new per
sonal property tax collection pro
cedures.
Perquimans tax supervisor
Tony Jordan said Monday that
property tax notices for vehicles
with March license renewal dates
were mailed before Aug. 1. Vehi
cle owners will have until Aug.
31 to pay the taxes without in
curring interest charges.
April renewals were also
mniieH in July. Taxes on vehicles
with April license renewals will
become delinquent on Sept 15.
Jordan said the March rene
wals should have gone out July
1, but the computer programmer
hired by the county to implement
the new system was late getting
to Perquimans County. Perqui
mans was the fourth of eight
counties served by the same pro
grammer to be put on-line. Jor
dan attributed the programmer's
lag time to slow information pro
vided by the state.
The new tax collection sys
tem calls for billing taxes on ve
hicles four months after
renewing license tags. Payment
is due within 30 days of receipt
of the bill. If taxes are six
months delinquent, the Perqui
mans County Tax Department
will send a Block notice to the
Department of Motor Vehicles in
Raleigh. No tag renewal notice
will be sent to the delinquent tax
payer for the next year’s rene
wal. The county will notify DMV
if taxes are received after the six
month cut-off so that DMV will
send a tag renewal notice.
Tax bills for May license re
newals should be mailed on or
before Sept. 1 and will be due
within 30 days of receipt.
Anyone with questions con
cerning the new vehicle tax col
lection system should contact
the tax office.
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