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January 4, 1“ 1 1- J /17/1996 .0 ■' ’-.-AN' -;ii:gTY Li 1 1'' A C - . E Y ST Y : 9 T P:■ - :. c ■ 7 4 The Perquimans Weekly 350 Vol. 64, No. 1 The only newspaper for and about Perquimans County people Hertford, North Carolina 27944 SURPRISE!/Deputy Robinson retires rf "•v - J .-'fH >^, > av. PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS Friends and co-workers threw a surprise retirement party for Perquimans Sheriff’s Deputy Ralph Robinson Friday. Robinson retired on Dec. 31. He joined the department in 1986. Robinson will continue to serve as the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) officer and may assist with court, according to Sheriff David Lane. Florida woman dies in wreck ■ Edenton woman charged with death by motor vehicle, failure to yield By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor A pre-Christmas accident on the outskirts of Hertford left a Florida woman dead. Arline A. Milligan, 57, of Pompano Beach, Fla., died after sustaining injuries in the accident on Dec. 11, according to Hertford Police Chief Bennie Murphy. Murphy said Milligan was alert at the scene and was transported to Chowan Hospital. She died before a planned transfer to a larger facility. Alma Armstead Saunders, 30, of Edenton, was charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and failure to yield right of right. Bond was set at $5,000 unsecured. According to the accident report filed by Hertford Police Officer Fred Whitaker, Milligan was a passenger in a 1990 Ford operated by James M. Milligan, 58, also of Pompano Beach. The Milligan vehicle was traveling north on U.S. Highway 17 Bypass near Wynn Fork Road around 6 p.m. on Dec. 11. Saunders, dri ving a 1988 Honda, told Whitaker she stopped at the stop sign at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Wynn Fork Road, then crossed the southbound lane of U.S. 17. She did not stop in the center of the north bound and southbound lanes before crossing the north bound lane. She told the officer she did not see the.Milligan vehicle, the report states. Saunders apparently hit the Milligan vehicle in the right- hand lane, forcing the Milligan vehicle across the ditch at Dogwood Mobile Home Park. The Saunders vehicle came to rest in the northbound lane of U.S.17. The report states that the Milligan vehicle was traveling around 55 mph at iihpact. Saunders was traveling at appoxtmately 10 mph. Damages to the Ford were estimated at $1,500. The Saunders vehicle, owned by Jerald Lee Saunders of Edenton, sustained approxi mately $2,000 in damages. All passengers in the vehi cles, including Shaquoya Saunders, 6, who was riding in the Saunders vehicle, were transported to Chowan Hospital by Perquimans County EMS. County eligible for economic programs Perquimans continues to be among the 50 North Carolina counties eligible to participate in two state programs designed to create jobs in eco nomically distressed areas. The county may particpate in the Jobs Creation Tax Credit and Industrial Development Fund programs. While Perquimans remained on the list, neighbor ing Pasquotank was declared ineligible for program partici pation. Camden and Chowan counties also remained eligi ble. “These • programs are intended to help these dis tressed counties attract new industry and improve their economies,’’ said State Commerce Secretary Dave Phillips. “When we are able to improve these areas that need a little extra boost, we create jobs and investment that improve all of North Carolina.” The commerce department uses per capital income, the rate of unemployment and per centage population growth as the criteria to determine the state’s 50 most distressed coun ties each year. Gates was among four coun ties added to the 1996 list because of its slow population growth. Pasquotank County was removed from the list because it saw slight improvement in per capital income and tanked justj above the 50 distressed counties in all three cate gories. Also removed from the list were Clkeveland, Duplin, Greene and Sampson counties. Craven, Onslow and Stanly counties were .added, along with Gates. The Industrial Development Fund provides both new and existing manufactureres and food processors in economical ly distressed counties with $2,400 for each new job, up to $250,000. Funds must be used to renovate existing buildings, purchase production equip ment or to provide infrastruc ture to new or old sites. The Jobs Creation Tax Credit program provides a tax credit of $2,800 to new or expanding businesses for each new job created. The credit, taken over four years, beings with the tenth job created and can offset up to 50 percent of a firm’s annual North Carolina income tax after other tax credits are taken. Premiere CONCERT The Perquimans Middle School seventh grade band made its debute at the school’s annual Christmas program pre sented by the Fine Arts Department. The band performed for the evening program attended by parents and guests, then again during the performance for the students the next morning. I a ^ ■ii Telemedicine comes to Chowan Hospital This is a typical scenario from a rural community in Eastern North Carolina: An elderly person, who is in need of specialized medical care, is referred by their pri mary physician to see a neu rologist in another communi ty. This person, who has no transportation, is having diffi culty keeping the appointment with the neurologist. This person can now see a specialist at Chowan Hospital through a new program called Rural Eastern Carolina Health Network (REACH-TV). The telemedicine program from the East Carolina School of Medicine, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Eastern AHEC and the Center of Health Sciences Communication delivers remote medical subspecialist consultations through a statewide video network with three channels of audio, video and data which links 30 sites and 11 institutions. Chowan Hospital is one of the latest medical facilities to join the telemedicine network. The telemedicine suite at Chowan Hospital is located on the sec ond floor. When patients are referred by their primary care physi cian, they are seen by the con sulting physician on a 30 inch on-site telemedicine TV moni tor. The consultant not only sees but talks with the patient and performs an appropriate physical exam with the aid of a health care provider who is on-site with the patient. The on-site provider is either the patient’s primary physician, a physician assis tant, nurse practitioner, or specially trained nurse who works with the primary physi cian to convey the needed information to the consulting physician. Electronic stethoscope, der matology camera, otoscope/ophthalmoscope, ultrasound, and x-ray trans mission are available to aid in the examination. The program not only serves patients, it’s also set up to support medical and nurs ing staffs with educational opportunities. Currently there are 30 hours of weekly pro gramming for such purposes. The telemedicine program began in 1991 when Central Prison in Raleigh approached the ECU School of Medicine to explore the possibility of beginning specialty consulta tion services at the correction al facility. The purpose was to relieve prisoners having to be transported to Raleigh area hospitals for speciality health care services. For information about Chowan Hospital’s Telemedicine program, call 482-6339 or 482-6229. Outside High: Low: 40s 30s WINDY, COLD High: Low: 30s 20s WINDY, COLD High: Low: 30s 10s MOSTLY CLOUDY
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