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The Perquimans Weekly
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Vol. 63. No. 31
The only newspaper for and about Perquimans County people
Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Summer school is just ducky
Summer school students in Mrs. Holley’s and Mrs.
Hoirowell’s classes shared a fun learning experi
ence with baked products. Students in the ciass
include (left to right, front) David Padgett,
Shaeneka Whidbee, Scott O’Brien, Marvin
PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS
Woodard, Derrick Leary, Weston Eiliott, (back)
Graham Johnson, Lee Berry, Michael Vaughn,
Sharia Murrill, Lee Evans, Walter Overton, Nickuia
Kee and Guenetra Hunter. The best part of the pro
ject was eating it!
Students bake up fun
summer school projects
Students and Mrs. Holley’s and
Mrs. Hollowell’s summer school
classes at Perquimans Middle
School expanded a reading ses
sion into an across-the-curricu-
Imn project - and had fun doing it!
After reading the book
“Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory,” students were given the
assignment to design a unique
chocolate product. The next step
was to write about the product.
Listing and measuring incredi-
ents came next. Then it was time
to actually make the project.
In addition, students designed
packaging and advertising cam
paigns for their new projects.
Once everything was complete,
the students became taste-testers
and quality control experts, mak
ing sure the product was good
enough to market.
The duck cake was probably
the most interesting and time-
consuming project submitted.
This type of project is one of
many integrated curriculum and
hands-on learning methods being
used in the session.
Barbara Jean follows dream to Nashville
Barbara Mandrell sang about
being county “when country wasn’t
cool.” Another Barbara knows
exactly what Mandrell meant.
Barbara Layden Reames, known
professionally as Barbara Jean, was
crooning country songs, known then
as country-western, when her
friends were listening to rock and
roll and disco. Following her heart
brought professional success to the
1976 graduate of Perquimans High
School.
Barbara Jean is following her
heart again, this time with husband
Bobby “Muskrat” Reames and
daughter Lacey Jean. The family has
hitched its wagon to a star, and is
traveling to Nashville hoping for the
success and notoriety that hard
.work and the right breaks can bring.
Barbara Jean and her Band of
Gold have played together since
1985. They’ve made quite a name for
themselves over the years. The
group was voted Top Country Band
by the Virginia Country Music
Association. Barbara Jean has
Barbara Jean Layden Reames and
Bobby “Muskrat” Reames are head
ing to Nashville to further their
careers in country music.
walked away with Top Female
Vocalist honors for the past four
years. Muckrat, steel guitarist for
the Band of Gold, has earned Best
Instrumentalist billing for three
years running.
The couple feels the time is right
to take their chances in Nashville.
They’ve talked about it before.
Hitting the national charts has
always been their desire.Now
they’re just stepping out on faith and
making the move.
They’ll miss the Band of Gold and
family here in Perquimans, but
Barbara Jean doesn’t want to retire
one day never having tried to make
it in Nashville and always wonder
ing if she could have if she’d only
tried.
The Reames wUl leave next week,
taking with them Barbara’s sister,
Linda, who will teach in Nashville,
and professional make-up artist and
hair stylist Ronda McKinney.
Over 500 friends, family and fans
gathered last month at The Bahque,
a club in Norfolk, Va. where
Barbara Jean and The Band of Gold
always brought down the house, to
say good-bye.
Ffelton represents
Perquimans at
NAACP convention
The Perquimans County Branch of
NAACP was represented at the 86th
annual National NAACP convention
in Minneapolis by local president
Estelle Felton. The theme for the
week-long meeting was “Celebrating
Our Legacy - A Vision for the 21st
Century.”
Felton said the speakers messages
during the conference were dynamic,
inspirational and educational.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, president
of the Rainbow Coalition Inc. encour
aged the 12,000 attendees to continue
with the struggle for equality. One of
the avenues of change he advocated
was voter registration and speaking
out through voting.
U.S. Surgeon General nominee Dr.
Henry Foster also stressed the impor
tance of voting. Dr. Foster said people
must work together to provide oppor
tunities for youth. His prescription for
restoring health and making a full
recovery from sickness is working to
make a difference, especially for the
elderly and youth who may be at risk
without the help of others.
First Lady Hillary Clinton encour
aged NAACP president Myrlie Evers
Williams to always have hope. Clinton
said when nights look darkest and
adversity is on the trail, hope can pro
vide the light needed for success. In
addition, Clinton brought greetings
from the president, an^ addregsed
issues such as prayer in schools. Head
Start, education, and welfare reform.
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Estelle Felton
She joined the other speakers in
encouraging these gathered to vote.
“It’s the best and the largest thing you
as African Americans have going for
you,” Clinton said.
Evers-WUliams in her address said
to pray, and band together to get new
members to help with the continuing
work of the NAACP. She said there is
still much to be accomplished.
“I believe President Williams wUl
lead the organization to higher heights
and we will move forward,” Felton
said.
Rabies makes come-back in N.C.
Rabid animals have been
reported in Perquimans
As housing development in North
Carolina continues its march to the
country, there is a growing area of
concern which new rural neighbors
should seriously consider. The disease
of rabies is making a rapid comeback
to the state.
According to the N.C. Department
of Environment and Natural
Resources there have been over 120
cases of rabies reported so far this
year. Most cases have involved rac
coons, while rabid fox have also been
identified.
Tim Peoples with the local health
department said no cases of rabies
involving humans have been reported
to his office. However, raccoons and
other animals have been tested and
some positive results found.
Raccoons appear to be the most
common carriers. Peoples said. If
there is any chance at all that humans
have come into contact with a rabid
animal, the preventive injections
should be taken. Waiting too long to
seek medical attention could be fatal.
Any raccoon you see out and about
in midday (raccoons are normally noc
turnal), or acting unusually vocal or
aggressive should be avoided at all
costs; it might be sick with a virulent
strain of rabies.
All household pets should be vacci
nated against this fatal disease,
whether they stay indoors most of the
time or not. According to state offi
cials, rabies is very contagious and
transmission does not always occur
from the bite of an infected animal.
There have been cases where people or
animals have become infected when
the saliva from a rabid animal made
contact with either an open wound or
mucous membranes of the eyes or
nose..
If you or a family member are bitten
by a raccoon or any wild or domesti
cated animal, here are the steps you
should take; - 1. Thoroughly wash
wound with soap and water and 2.
Contact your physician immediately.
Handling the animal: 1. If you can,
kill the wild animal immediately, but
do not damage its head. 2. Wear rubber
gloves and carefully place the carcass
in a plastic bag. Keep the carcass cool
but do not freeze it. 3. Report the inci
dent or take the carcass to the nearest
health department office immediately.
4. If a person has been bitten by a (pos
sible) rabid pet, carefully capture and
confine the animal. Report incident to
the health department, and 5. If an
unvaccinated pet has been bitten by a
rabid animal, both animals should be
killed immediately. Do not bury either
animal, but submit both to the local
health department for incineration.
County to collect Winfall taxes
The Perquimans County
Tax Office will collect
Winfall’s municipal taxes
beginning this month.
Winfall residents will now
pay ad valorem taxes on auto
mobiles and real estatq at the
county tax office, not at the
Winfall Town Hall as in the
past.
The county is collecting for
both Hertford and Winfall
under contractual agreements
approved earlier this year.
The county will bill and col
lect ad valorem taxes on behalf
of itself and both municipali
ties. The county will keep 2
percent as the fee for collect
ing the taxes.
Officials in both towns said
that due to the cost of mailing,
processing and collecting
taxes, including past due col
lections, it should be more eco
nomical for the county to col
lect taxes on behalf of the
towns. The towns will also pay
the costs of adding informa
tion concerning their collec
tions onto the county comput
er system.
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