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March 16,1995 C5/C4/5S Pi' CCLNTY LI AC.ADE Y CT -E.’TP’ ;,D -c 27^44 The Perquimans Weekly 350 Vol. 63. No. 11 The only newspaper for and about Perquimans County people Hertford, North Carolina 27944 The Hertford Rotary Club is sponsoring an essay contest that will pay more than the $100 bond winners wiU earn. “The 4-Way Test,” a 24-word guide for living, is the theme of the contest being held this week for students in grades 7 and 8. The Hertford Rotary Club has joined with the 41 Rotary Clubs in Rotary International District 7720 in sponsoring a local contest. To compete, students will write an essay of not more than 400 words on The 4-Way Test. They will be asked to focus on Friendship, which is Rotary International’s theme for the year. The 4-Way Test was com posed by Herbert Taylor in the depth of the Great Depression, and he used it as a guide for a successful effort to save the Club Aluminum Company from bankruptcy. The test is a standard for guiding behavior for the good of all. It includes only four questions. 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it buUd GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? “Those who manage to merit an affirmative answer to three of the four questions will find it changes their lives,” said Hertford Rotarian Carlton Davenport. Rogator/Ready for action PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS Leon Russell at Lebanon Agricorp Is now driving a state of the art agricultural vehicle, the Rogator. The equipment will be used for post emergence application of fertilizer and crop protection chemicals. Lebanon adds new member to its agrichemical fleet There’s a new vehicle in the Lebanon Agricorp fleet. It’s not sleek. It’s not stylish. It’s not peirticularly fast. But the rogator’s state of the art technology for post emergence application makes it a vehicle of choice at Lebanon. The rogator wiQ be used with wide tires in the early spring in wheat fields. In late spring and summer, smaller tires will be substituted for use in soy bean and cotton fields. The machine will be operat ed by Leon Russell, a Lebanon employee with 12 years of applicator experi ence. Russell attended spe cial training sessions to learn to operate the rogator. Russell holds a North Carolina Department of Agriculture commercial chemical applicators license. Walter Bsu’um, manager of Lebanon, said the rogator has the largest tank capacity of any agrichemical applica tion equipment of its kind in the area. Lebanon, still known by many in Perquimans County as Albemarle Chemical or Albemarle Fertilizer, has 10 employees. The company offers custom application of fertilizer and crop protection chemicals, seed and soil sam pling. Hertford Grammar wants to bridge home-school gap Forum will offer tips to parents on preparing kids for acadmic success By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor The education team at Hertford Grammar School wants to help children be ready for success when they enter school. One way they hope to achieve that goal is by offering parents and interested com munity residents information at a special program. Building Bridges: Crossing the First Bridge from Home to School. The pro- gram will focus on the specific ser vices for children from birth through the primary grades avail- able in Perquimans Coimty. A special guest at the forum wiU be Dr. Cindy Heuts of the state Department of Public Instruction. Dr. Heuts’ topic wiU be “Helping Your ChUd Be Successful in School.” Eighteen sessions will be held on education-related and chUd-rearing topics. These top ics include: 1. Attention Deficit/ H3q)eractivity Disorder 2. Creative Learning Activities - Kindergarten Building Bridges Thursday, March 30 6-8:30 p.m. Hertford Grammar School 3. Creative Learning Activities - First Grade 4. Creative Learning Activities - Second Grade 5. The Health Needs of Children 6. Readiness for School 7. The Developmental Stages of Learning 8. Communicating With Your ChUd 9. Motheread 10. Helping Your ChUd Read at Home 11. Supporting Your School Activities 12. Communicating With Teachers and School Personnel 13. Speech and Language Development in Young ChUdren 14. Good Nutrition for Young ChUdren 15. Parents as Teachers 16. Computer Activities for ChUdren 17. Math Activities for ChUdren 18. Increasing Your Child's Self-Esteem There will also be several displays on avaUable services. ChUd care services for parents of children in grades pre-K-2 wUl be provided. Pre-registra tion is required. The forum is being spon sored by the Early ChUdhood Forum Committee at Hertford Grammar. Call 426-7166 for more information or if you have any questions. Inside Tigers, Lady Tigers take wins in season openers Page 6 County shooting teams host district meet Page 6 Obituaries Page 3 Locais are recognized for agncuiture aooornpishments Page 3 Lady Pirates are sectional runners up Team finishes season with great game against No. 3 squad in state Roanoke isn’t used to getting much of a game. With three players over 6 feet tall, speed and ball-handling ability, the Lady Redskins are a formida ble squad to face. So are the Lady Pirates. When the two teams met at North Pitt High School Saturday, both emerged win ners: Roanoke because they outscored Perquimans, 55-43; Perquimans because they fell in an 11 point hole in the first quarter, but fought back to play even for the next three quarters. Perquimans’ game plan was to force the ball inside and Outside High: Low: High: Low: 60s 40s 60s 40s PARTLY CLOUDY PARTLY CLOUDY High: Low: 60s 40s PARTLY CLOUDY take advantage of the fouls they hoped would ensue. That part worked. But the Lady Pirates were nervous, and had problems converting the fouls into points. They missed nine of 10 attempts in the first quar ter before settling down and missing only nine for the rest of the game. Roanoke, howev er, didn’t miss their chances. They failed to convert only five times during the contest. Although they were definite ly at a height disadvantage, Perquimans continued to drive and shoot, but couldn’t get their shots to faU. After the first quarter, the Lady Pirates seemed less intimidated. 'They stood chest to chest with the huge Roanoke players, stealing and blocking shots. Roanoke only outscored Perquimans by two points in the second quarter. The teams were even with 10 in the third. The Lady Pirates outscored Roanoke 16-15 in the fourth. And the Lady Pirates made the fourth worth watching. Down 13 points at the begin ning, Perquimans pulled with in five of the Lady Redskins when Kristie Roberson hit both ends of a 1-and-l with 2:40 left in the game. Perquimans could draw no closer, and scored only two more points to Roanoke’s nine. Danita Whidbee led the offense with 13 points. Stacy Caswell, Gelena Sheard, Michele 'Thomas and Roberson showed how evenly the Lady Pirates share the load, scoring seven points each. Jenny > ■ X, PHOTO BY JEFF HUTCHENS, THE DAILY ADVANCE Lady Pirate Stacy Caswell may be surrounded by the enemy, but she refuses to give up. In a game that saw the Pirates knock off NorthEdgecombe in the second round of state play-offs last Wednesday in Hertford Hurdle and Amber Bass added one each. The incredible season finish was set up by a 30-29 naU-biter over visiting North Edgecombe on Wednesday. Perquimans opened strong, taking a 12-4 first quarter lead. A third quarter plagued by bad passes and lack of control hurt the homestanders, leading to a 21-18 margin after three quar ters. North Edgecombe came back to take the lead two minutes into the final stanza. Perquimans pulled back ahead for good when Sheard laid one in with 26 seconds left. A Pirates turnover and two missed shots by Edgecombe saved the game for the Lady Pirates. The team finished third in regular season conference play, won the conference tour nament and earned the sec-^ tional runner-up plaque. The best news may be yet to come: All five starters and the number one player off the bench return, along with a crew of talented reserves.
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