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By SUSAN R. HARRIS
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Minutes after adopting its
budget resolution for fiscal 1993
94 on Oct 4. the Perquimans
County Board of Education set in
motion capital projects that will
cost almost one-half million dol
lars to complete.
Topping the board’s list is
bringing the 1924 building at
Perquimans High School up to
code at a price tag of about
$175,000. ' i
Schools superintendent Ran
dall L. Henion told the board that
repairs to the auditorium to alle
viate a moisture problem, instal
ling a fire protection system and
rectifying code deficiencies are
essential projects at the school.
"This one’s critical,” Henion
said.
The superintendent added
that budget constraints had out
the repairs on hold, but the
board could no longer hold off.
The board voted to retain
HBA Architects, the Tidewater,
Va. firm hired for the Perqui
mans Middle School renovation
project, to help with design work
ana preparing bid specifications.
•iHBA’s fee wifi acount for about
$ L2.50Q of the project cost, r
if - Air conditioners mayihum at
Hertford Grammar School
thanks to a $225,000 allocation
included in the schools’ local
budget The board agreed to re
tain Hickman Ambrose, and en
gineering firm, to design a
system and prepare bids for the
project Henion said the project
should be conducive to future
renovation at the site, and that
the company will explore instal
ling heat and air conditioning
combination systems, as well as
just adding air conditioning.
Hickman Ambrose’s fees wifi run
betweeen $12,000 and $14,000.
Perquimans Middle School
wifi have a state of the art com
munication system installed at a
cost of up to $65,000. ; i|
"The system has fantastic ca
pabilities," Henion said.
| The system wifi operate via a
main unit housed in the media
i center. Each classroom will have
a telephone which will allow ac
cess to the computer system, vi
deo retrieval ana communication
with other parts of the building.
The sound system was an al
ternate dropped from the original
renovation project due to lack of
ftinds. Henion said the schools
| can use technology funds pro- :
vlded by the state’s small schools
grants to complete the project. |
The schools maintenance de
B
partment will spend around
|$12.000 to wire Perquimans
Central School for air condition
ing. Maintenance supervisor
Richard O’Neal priced the job to
accommodate 34 window units
at a cost of about $550 each. Al
though the $19,000 to purchase
the units is not available. Henion ■.
said he would try to work’
through the school’s FTA to at- >
tempt to raise the needed funds
to secure the units. He also indi
cated that the central office will
assist with the project
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Perquimans Middle School showed off its new look Sunday,
as about 200 people visited during an open house hosted by
HBA Architects. Above, Kenneth Ray Winslow steps off the
leeching theater. The school’s $2.6 million facelift included
air conditioning the facility; expanding the Itbi'ary? renovat
ing the gym; adding a teaching theater, art room, foyer, ad
ministrative areas and classrooms; updating electrical and
plumbing systems; refurbishing restrooms; and cosmetic
improvements. New flooring, paint and decorative touches
completed the Job. Students, staff and the community
seemed please with the school’s new look. (Photo by Gary
Cosby Jr.)
Planning, prevention are
important fire safety tools
The telephone rings at the
central dispatch office. Personnel
are sent on the kind of call that
every firefighter dreads: a house
fire.
Perquimans County Fire
Marshal John Long said mat al
though National Fire Prevention
Week was last week, families
should always be alert to fire
hazards. He recommends some
ways to prevent serious Injury
ana loss of life if a .fire ever
breaks out in your home.
Every family should devise a
fire escape plan. Escape plans
should include two exit plans
from each room in the house, a
primary route and fen alternate
plan in case the primary route is
engulfed in flame. When devel
oping escape plans, be sure to
check all exits to see that you
can actually get out.
Everyone in the household
should participate in developing
the scape plan, including young
children. Draw a floor pun of
your home and show two ways
out of every room and a meeting
place outside. Practice your es
cape dan, the primary plan and
the alternate, at least twice a
yeat. If there are very young, very
old or physically impaired people
in your home, try to locate their
sleeping rooms on the lowest
level of the house and assign a
family member to assist them in
case of fire. '
Never go back inside a burn
ing building. Leave the building
immediately and be sure every
one else does the same. Once
outside, call the fire department
from a neighbor's home. If you
think someone is trapped Inside,
immediately inform the fire de
partment or tell fire fighters on
Ore scene where you mink the
person can be found. Fire fight-*
era are trained and equipped to
safely perform rescues. Entering
a flaming strucutre without the
proper clotlring and breathing
equipment can be deadly. :.
Roughly three out'of every
ten home fire deaths occur be
tween midnight and 4 a.m, when
most people are asleep. This time
is one of the lowest frequency pe
riods for home fires, but because
fires am develop undetected, an
early morning Ore is especially
likely to be fatal. This under
scores the importance of instal
ling smoke detectors on every
level otyour home.
to a fire, smoke is headed
and rises. It fills the room from
die ceiling down. If you encoun
ter smoke or flames on your way
out, turn around and use your
alternate exit If you must escape
through smoke, crouch or crawl
under the smoke, keeping your
head as low as possible.
Never open a door in a burn
ing building without first putting
the back of your hand against
the door, the knob and the crack
between the door and the frame.
If the door feels hot. it means
there is fire on the other side and
you should use an alternate exit.
If the door feels cool, slowly open
it with your shoulder braced in
case you have to slam it shut If
all is clear, escape carefully, clos
ing doors behind you as you go.
Do not take the time to re
trieve anything from inside a
burning building. Possessions
can be replaced. Your life cannot
If your clothing catches on
fire, stop, drop and roll. Running
fans the flames and increases
your chances of injury. Stop
right where you are, drop to the
ground and cover your face with
your hands, and roll over and
over to extinguish the flames. If
someone else's clothing catches
on fire and you are unable to
convince them to stop, drop and
roll, try to knock them down and
smother the flames with a rug,
heavy coat or whatever else is
available. ■ »
If you are trapped inside a
burning building, try to remain
as calm as possible. Breaking a
window could injure someone
outside and damage fire hoses. It
is dangerous to jump from a win
dow higher than the second
story. Laboratory approved safety
ladders are recommended escape
equipment far upstairs rooms.
S: If you are trapped and ft Is
dangerous to jump, close the
door and cover the cracks to
keep the smoke out Call the fire
department and tell them your
location or signal at the window
with a light-colored cloth. If the
window opens, crack it at the top
and bottom to let in fresh air.
Shut the window quickly If open
ing It draws in smoke. Tty to
breathe normally while you await
rescue. ...v:_vvv
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Board members and employees chat in the new foyer at Per
quimans Middle School. The area connects the buildings, for
merly connected only by a breezeway. Built-in bench seats
and display cases, highlighted with bright paint, provide a wel
coming touch to the entrance. (Photo by Gary Cosby Jr.)
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A WlnfaU resident was ap
pointed to the Governor's Crime
Commission.
Fred L. Yates, acting mayor
of WlnfaU and a mayoral candi
date in the November election,
was named to the commission ef
1 fective immediately. His term will
expire in March. :
“Thank you for your wfll
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Ingr—a to serve tne state oi
North Carolina," the governor
stated in a letter to Yates. "I am
deeply grateful for people like
you who are willing to give their
time and talent to make North
Carolina all that It can be and
must be. I know that you will be
effective and diligent in your
service to our state." *
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Belvidere
sets history
celebration
BELVIDERE MANSION
Belvidere is the second com
munity in Perquimans County
looking for recognition in the Na
tional Register of Historic Places.
The Old Neck community
opted for a spring kick-off for its
attempts. Belvidere residents are
now organizing their Nov. 6 gala
to raise the funds for historical
studies and applying for National
Register inclusion.
Robert Smith, better known
as nationally-acclaimed disc
jockey Wolfman Jack, and his
wife, Lucy, herself a Belvidere na
tive, will host the Historic Belvi
dere Celebration on the lawn of
their home, Belvidere mansion.
Guests will be chauffeured
by horse and buggy from the
parking area to thelawn, where
their arrival will be announced.
Just as it may have been when
Belvidere was bom. Hosts and
hostesses will greet guests and
serve hor d’oeuvres ana dinner in
period costumes.
Local talent will provide en
tertainment for the evening. Bar
bara Jean and the Band of Gold,
featuring Belvidere residents
Bobby and Barbara Layden
Reames, will headline. Barbara
was recently named the Virginia
Country Music Association’s Fe
male Vocalist of the Year for the
third consecutive time. Bobby
earned the Association’s Instru
mentalist of the Year Award in
both 1992 and 1993. The Band
of Gold was also noted by the As
sociation for excellence. Kevin
and Dawn Bennet, Tanya Twine,
Darryl Stallings and Miss Indian
Summer Festival 1993 Lena Swet
will perform.
Belvidere’s history will be
highlighted during the cele
bration with an antique and pho
tograph display. Those with
remnants of the community’s
past can drop them off at Lay
den’s Supermarket.
Following a social hour at 4
p.m., guests will enjoy a 5 o'clock
dinner featuring roast pig. South
ern fried chicken, barbecued po
tatoes. cole slaw, com bread,
iced tea and dessert.
The Belvidere Historic Com
mittee hopes to raise $2,500 with
the celebration. That money will
be pledged as matching funds on
an application for a state grant
The committee hopes to receive
at least $2,500 for the state. The
total should be sufficient to fund
the necessary studies and apply
to establish a National Register
Historic District in Belvidere.
The proposed district in
cludes the Nicholson-Riddtck
house, Josiah Nicholson Jr.
store, Rufus White house, Fran
cis H. Nicholson house, Fernando
C. White sawmill. Belvidere (in
National Register now). Robert B.
Newby house. Belvidere Aca
demy, Josiah Nicholson Jr.
house. Elihu A. White house.
Piney Woods Friends Meeting
house, William Henry Layden
house, Thomas D.* Perry house,
Whitevllle Grove Baptist Church,
William H. Winslow house. John
J. Chappell house and Timothy
Nicholson house.
Tickets for the event are $10,
and can be reserved by sending a
check made payable to Hie Per
quimans County Restoration As
sociation to Mrs. Becky Winslow,
Rt 1. Box 9, Belvidere. N.C.
27919. Reservations should be
madeby Oct. 22.
For more information, con
tact Douglas Layden or Becky
Winslow.