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The Perquimans Weekly
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Vol. 63. No. 34
The only newspaper for and about Perquimans County people
Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Construction
to begin on
Highway 17
$10.8 million project to be
completed in January 1998
After numerous delays, construction is final
ly expected to begin on U.S, Highway 17
between Hertford and the Chowan River Bridge
east of Edenton next week.
The contract for the 8.3-mile project was
awarded by the N.C. Board of Transportation
earlier this month. Glover Construction of
Pleasant Hill got the $10.8 million contract.
The project calls for adding two lanes and a
46-foot median to the existing highway.
R.V. Owens of Nags Head, who represents
Chowan and Perquimans counties on the
board, said work on the project is expected to
begin Aug. 28 when signs alerting motorists to
the construction are put up by the contractor.
The contract is the last of three contracts
awarded by the board to four lane 12 miles of
U.S. 17 from Winfall to Edenton.
During construction, small streams and wet
lands will be protected from contamination by
soil or construction materials. Grass will be
planted to cover bare ground caused by con
struction, Owens said.
Work on the project is scheduled for comple
tion in January 1998.
Up and over
PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS
Alison Boone sets up front-liners (left to right) Kristie Roberson, Amber
Curies and Donna Perry while Kim Stailings looks on during a volleyball
scrimmage in Hertford Monday against Northeastern. The Lady Pirates
open their conference season Tuesday at 5 p.m. in Perquimans.
Fickle Felix threatens coast, then turns
Perquimans braces
for the hurricane
that wasn’t
Hurricane Felix sent
Perquimans County residents
on frenzied preparation
roimds last week, only to stall,
then change course in the
Atlantic.
Last Tuesday and
Wednesday, forecasters pre
dicted that Felix could be the
first major hurricane to hit
coastal North Carolina in
many years.
As early as Sunday, riptides
along the southern North
Carolina coast attributed to
Felix were blamed for the
drowning of an 18-year-old
Magnolia man at Fort Fisher.
Red flags were raised all along
the Dare and Currituck Outer
Banks.
Dare County officials
declared a state of emergency
and required the evacuation of
thousands of vacationers.
Although the evacuation was
mandatory, some Outer Banks
residents refused to leave.
Felix was moving toward
the North Carolina coast at
approximately 14 mph until
Wednesday, when it came to a
near standstill. Forecasters
predicted the most likely site
of landfall as Cape Hatteras.
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Warnings were issued for the
Albemarle Sound.
The wind picked up and
Perquimans got a smattering
of rain, as residents stocked up
on non-perishable foods and
bottled water at local grocery
stores, taped and boarded win
dows, and stored lawn furni
ture.
Perquimans County District
Court was postponed on
Wednesday, as were high
school band and football prac
tices and a freshman orienta
tion.
With the storm stalled off
the Outer Banks, Perquimians
paid close attention to weather
broadcasts on Thursday. Then
Felix began losing strength
and turned back toward
State will crack down on deadbeat parents
New child support
enforcement law
among toughest in
nation
Deadbeat parents who fail
to make child support pay
ments could find their liveli
hoods threatened when a new
law takes effect next year.
Governor Jim Hunt said
that his plan to crack down on
deadbeat parents will make
North Carolina’s child support
enforcement laws among the
toughest in the nation.
Starting next year, the state
will revoke business and pro
fessional licenses from parents
- such as doctors, dentists and
lawyers - who are three
months behind in their child
support payments or who
don’t make their court appear
ances. Deadbeat parents will
see their driver’s licenses,
hunting and fishing licenses
and new vehicle permits
denied, and will
be tracked down
across state
lines through
their employers.
Other steps
that will be
taken include
printing the pic
tures and names
of deadbeat par
ents on “Ten
Most Wanted”
posters all over
the state and
denying vehicle registrations.
Hunt said the measure will
make it easier for child sup
port enforcement agents to
directly withhold child sup
port payments from employers
in other states. Insurance com
panies will also be notified to
help collect unpaid support
through settlements more than
$3,000. Utilities and financial
—— institutions
will be
required to
provide
address
informa
tion to help
locate dead
beat par
ents and
enforce
their child
support
obligatlous.
Financial
institutions will also be
required to provide account
information.
“We’re going after deadbeat
parents where it hurts - their
pocketbook, their livelihood
“We’re going after
deadbeat parents
where it hurts -
their pocketbook,
their liveiihood and
their recreation.”
Gov. Jim Hunt
and their recreation,” Hunt
said. “We’re even going to put
their faces on wanted posters
in every store, library and
public place we can think of in
the state.”
Hunt detailed the child sup
port enforcement effort at a
press conference in Charlotte
earlier this month.
Mecklenbrug County’s “Top
Ten” list was successful, with
nine of its original top 10 dead
beat dads found. The number 1
offender owed over $72,000.
There are approximately
500,000 people in the North
Carolina child support system
struggling to support their
families as a result of deadbeat
parents who aren’t living up to
their obligations. Hunt said.
“This new law means that
North Carolina means busi
ness when it comes to dead
beat parents,” Hunt said.
Holiday Island
man shoots at
local deputy
No one injured in
incident resulting
from domestic
abuse investigation
By GINGER LIVINGSTON
The Daily Advance
A Holiday Island man was
arrested Wednesday, Aug. 16
for shooting
at a ———I
Perquimans
County
deputy sher
iff.
Cecil Ray
Shaddeau, 58,
of Box 5325
Holiday
Island, was
charged with
assault with a
deadly
weapon with
intent to kill ——■
and released on a $5,000 bond.
No one was injured during
the incident. Shaddeau
allegedly shot at Deputy Jon
Schultz who was investigating
a domestic abuse call at
Shaddeau’s residence,
Perquimans County Sheriff
David Lane said.
Shultz went to the house
around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday
after Shaddeau’s wife reported
“.The deputies did a
good job. They
didn’t overreact in a
bad situation and
that meant they
saved a life...”
David Lane
Perquimans County Sheriff
he was hitting her. When
Shultz and Sgt. Anthony
Spellman and Deputy Ralph
Robinson arrived, Shaddeau
became agitated and demand
ed they leave. He got a .38 cal
iber handgun and began
threatening the officers, even
tually shooting at Shultz.
While the deputies drew their
weapons, they never fired.
Lane said. Shaddeau’s wife left
the house during the commo-
tion.
The bullet
was a stray
and did not
injure Shultz
or anyone
else. Lane
was contact
ed and
advised his
officers to
drop back
until he
could arrive
at the scene.
When the
deputies pulled back,
Shaddeau left the house and
hid from deputies. However,
he turned himself in the next
morning and was charged.
“The deputies did a good
job. They didn’t overreact in a
bad situation and that meant
they saved a life - not only his
but an officers’,” Lane said.
Final teaching slots
filled Monday night
PHOTOS BY SUSAN HARRIS
Perquimans County residents braced for ing its way back toward Bermuda. Be-Lo
Hurricane Felix last week. Fortunately, fickle Supermarket (above), prepared for the threat of
Felix stalled over the Atlantic, then began mak- the storm by boarding its windows.
With school set to start
Thursday, the Perquimans
County Board of Education
approved the employment of
two teachers and a teacher
assistant, bringing the instruc
tional staff up to full speed.
The board approved hiring
Brenda Matthews as a fourth
grade teacher at Perquimans
Central and Johnnie Walton as
health and physical education
teacher at Perquimans Middle
School. In addition, Susan
Owens was approved as a
teacher assistant at Hertford
Grammar School.
The board was informed
that Karen Whitley, ESEA
Title I teacher had resigned.
Bermuda.
No damage was reported in
Perquimans County; however,
high winds and pounding surf
battered the Outer Banks,
causing erosion, loss of a few
beach houses and problems on
Highway 12.
Vacationers were allowed to
return to Dare County by
Thursday.
Naomi Lomax was recognized as the Perquimans County
Nutrition Site Volunteer of the Month for July.
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