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Vol. 64, No. 17
The only newspaper for and about Perquimans County people
Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS
Perquimans County High School drama students put on one
of the department’s best-ever performances Friday evening
with the musical comedy “A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum.” The comedic timing was outstanding, as
were the singing performances. The thespians were directed
by Lynwood Winslow.
Winfall woman
inj ured at
Hertford club
By GINGER LIVINGSTON
The Daily Advance
A Winfall woman was rushed
to Duke University’s hospital
after being hit in the face with a
beer bottle Sunday night.
Jeannine Mullen, 25, of P.O.
Box 106, Winfall, suffered severe
cuts to her right
eye and face after
being hit with the
bottle as she exit
ed the Upright
Social Club locat
ed near the corner
of Edenton Road
Street and Market
Street. She was
first taken to
Chowan Hospital
and then trans- —
ported to Duke
University for
emergency surgery to her eye,
said Sgt. Dale Vanscoy of the
Hertford Police Department. She
was listed in stable condition
Monday afternoon. It is unclear
what, if any, permanent damage
was done to her eye.
Mullen apparently argued
with an unnamed woman inside
the club earlier in the evening.
The exchange eventually lead to a
fight between the women. Then,
Mullen was struck in the face as
“There’s always
so many people
but nobody saw
anything.”
Hertford Police
Sergeant Dale
Vanscoy
she was leaving the club shortly
after 11 p.m.
Patrol officers Lloyd Rhodes
and Ron Jacobs were driving by
the area and saw a large crowd
gathering around Mullen and
went to investigate and called the
rescue squad, Vanscoy said. A
Perquimans County deputy sher-
iff had to he called
to assist in con
trolling the crowd
of over 50 people
who gathered to
watch.
It is unclear
who hit Mullen
with the beer bot
tle. Officers were
waiting for her
condition to
improve before
interviewing her.
They are also interviewing people
who were at the club because
they could obtain little informa
tion that night, Vanscoy said.
“Most of the people there
were pretty excited, talking about
her and the officers had a concern
about getting the rescue squad
there and trying to get her treated
and on her way to the hospital,”
Vanscoy said. “There’s always so
many people but nobody saw any
thing.”
PHOTO BY BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN, THE DAILY ADVANCE
Andrea Chaney gets up close and personal with a snake at the
first annual March for Parks held Saturday in Missing Mill Park.
Although the turnout was low, coordinator Mona Murphy said it
was successful.
March for Parks is small
From staff reports
The crowd was small, but
still coordinators of Hertford’s
first March for Parks Saturday
were pleased with the results.
“It’s gone well today,” said
Mona Murphy, a volunteer
coordinating the daylong festi
val in conjunction with Earth
Day.
About 100 people, many of
them vendors at the festival,
watched and participated in
activities, including a morning
walk around the town, a per
formance by the RiverWind
Aerobic Team and music. A
rescue demonstration by the
U.S. Coast Guard was can
celled.
The festival was planned as
a fund-raiser to benefit local
environmental . efforts.
Although the turnout was
small, over $300 was raised, all
of which will stay in the coun
ty for environmental educa
tion and projects.
March for Parks is a nation
wide festival to celebrate
Earth Day and the environ
ment.
Murphy said a proclama
tion honoring John Beers, the
Hertford mayor who recently
suffered a stroke, was read
early Saturday.
Just recovering from a vaca
tion to Florida and her first
attempt at organizing a March
for Parks, Murphy said it was
too soon to tell if the event will
become an annual one in
Perquimans, but she’s hoping
that it will.
Get in shape at Fit Bodz Gym
From staff reports
The Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce welcomed
Fit Bodz Gym to the business
community last Thursday when
the Chamber sponsored a ribbon
cutting celebrating the gym’s
grand opening.
Seeing the need for a local gym
to help people get and stay in
shape, Dianne Banks and Rick
Pazzanese opened the gym
upstairs over Dianne’s
Hairstyling. The gym has its own
entrance.
Pazzanese, gym manager, has
15 years experience in fitness and
body building. He helps patrons
put together a Scife, sensible, effec
tive exercise and eating plan. The
fitness instructor calls his plan
the Big 3: weight training for
strong muscles, cardiovascular
fitness and a safe eating plan.
Gym hours are Monday-
Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Aerobics will
be taught on Monday and
Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at
Perquimans Middle School.
Personal training is available.
Stop by the gym or call 426-1588
to get started on a healthy new
you.
PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS
Business, government and community leaders gathered
for the Chamber of Commerce-sponsored ribbon cutting at
Fit Bodz Gym on Market Street last Thursday.
Candidates
share similar
views on
local issues
By GINGER LIVINGSTON
The Daily Advance
Candidates on the national
campaign trail hammer home
the notion that they are the
diametric opposite of their
opponents. However, candi
dates participating in the
Hertford Business and
Professional Women’s Club
candidates forum last
Thursday shared similar
views on curing the twin ills of
low test scores in schools and
economic development needs.
All the candidates for the
Perquimans County Board
ofCommissioners, Board of
Education, District Judgeship
and House District 86 elections
discussed their agendas for the
county’s future during the 90-
minute forum at the court
house.
Only one local candidate,
Gregory C. Barclift who is run
ning for the register of deeds,
did not appear. His opponent,
Deborah S. Reed, said the reg
ister of deeds position requires
extensive knowledge about the
record keeping process and-
handling complex records.
The four county commis
sioner candidates, Shirley
Yates, Archie MiQer, L. Wayne
Howell and Leo A. Higgins,
agreed industrial recruitment
and job development are
importantissues facing the
county.
Yates said county officials
should £dso explore health caire
issues for senior citizens and
the elderly.
Miller said he wants to the
water system expansion and
upgrade being sought by the
commissioners finished.
Howell, a farmer, said the
board of commissioners needs
an agribusiness representative
because farming and its sup
port industries provide the
bulk of Perquimans County
tax dollars.
Higgins said the county needs
to start recognizing people
working in the public and pri
vate sectors to improve
Perquimans County. He also
wants the county to more
stringently enforce its junked
car ordinance.
Most of the five board of edu-
cation candidates — Kathy
Keefe, Wallace E. Nelson,
Cathy Terranova, Thomas L.
Riddickand Helen Shaw —
expressed concern about
replacing Central Elementary
School. But problems of disci
pline and training students not
bound for college to be job
ready also topped their list of
concerns.
Keefe said most high school
students spend 10 years mov
ing from one job to another
before finding permanent
employment.
Nelson said students should
be encouraged to set high
goals so they can tackle tech
nological jobs.
Terranova said teaching the
core subjects of English and
math and encouraging goal
setting would help students.
Riddick said schools need to
involve parents and the pri
vate sector in educating chil
dren by having the two groups
attend quarterly forums with
school officials.
Shaw said enforcing disci
pline outside the classroom
would help maintain disci
pline in schools and help stu
dents focus on learning.
While candidates for the
boards of commissioners and
education shared similar
ideas. First Judicial Court
Judge candidates Edgar
Barnes and Ike McRee had no
problems pointing out the dif
ferences between themselves:
Barnes said he is an experi
enced judge who wants juve
niles coming before his court
to own up to their mistakes
and thatthe bench provides
him with the opportunity to
discuss that the “government
should strongly encourage
morality.”
McRee said as the
Pasquotank County
Department of
SocialsServices’ attorney he
sees firsthand the family prob
lems facing troubled youth,
especially children living in
domestic violence situations.
“When they go to court they
deserve better from the bench
than a lecture on family values
and how they should goback to
their abusers,” McRee said.
Judges need to recognize peo
ple are losing faith in the court
system.
“I understand you pay for
these courts and you have a
right to expect justice ren
dered in a timely, efficient
manner,” he said.
Bill Culpepper, an attorney
and incumbent candidate for
the District House 86 seat,
touted his role in securing leg
islation to improve child sup
port collections and to estab
lish a sex offenders registra
tion program. Culpepper said
he hopes to secure spots on
environmental and court
reform committees if re-elect
ed.
His opiJonents, Creswell’s
Bill Forbes and Manteo native
Rocky Midgette, said their
working man backgrounds
would allow them to bring a
fresh perspective to Raleigh.
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