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June 19,1997 rl^165 1C/C9/1997 * us..- 11C w ACAOEf'Y SI j^ERTFOPO NC 279A4 The Perquimans Weekly 350 Vol. 65. No. 24 The only newspaper for and about Perquimans County people Hertford, North Carolina 27944 Inside Sid Eley What DO you do? by Sean Jackson Pages Lady Pirates surprised with championship jackets Page 6 Race talk All Over the Map with Tony Key Page 6 Perquimans County an All of Us Care Community June’s theme: Get out of a rut All of Us need a little change to get out of a rut. Write that long overdue letter or make phone calls to folks you haven’t spo ken with in a while. Try some thing new. Start that project or stop that bad habit. Get involved in a new organization or activity in your community. Plan a new adventure. Take a different route to work. Check out a library book on an unfa miliar subject. Try something that you haven’t done in a long tiem. Stop and smell the flow ers. Take a walk. Go fly a kit. Visit someone who could use some company. Doing some thing little for someone can often boost your energy! For All of Us Care * information, contact Sandra Smith Chamber of Commerce 426-5657 Crop circles work of pranksters By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor Patterns found in a wheat field in Hertford caused quite a stir last week as those who are into the unexplained con sidered what could have gone 25 yards into a field without leaving tracks and inscribed the letters D, T, A and F or W. But over the last few days, it has become obvious to farmers Ed and Nick Nixon that the crop circles are the work of pranksters out to have fun. A second set of circles and two boards with cables attached found next to two fields lead the father and son to believe that the circles are nothing more than a hoax. Nick Nixon found the first set of letters in a wheat field off Grubb Street Extended. “I was plowing cotton and saw that some of the wheat (in an adjacent field) was laying down,” Nick Nixon said. “I went out there to investigate it and saw that there were some patterns out there.” At first, the Nixons could not explain how the patterns were made. There were no tracks through the wheat m AP PHOTO Crop circles found in a Hertford wheat field have caused quite a stir over the past few days. But evidence that the crop circles were a prank and finding a second set in another field have farm ers Ed and Nick Nixon concerned about crop losses due to the damage. going into the field, nor were there any unusual vehicle tracks in the area. Word began to spread about the unusual findings, and it was even put out on the Internet. But the next day, a neighbor found a board with a cable attached to it near the area. Nick Nixon surmises that those responsible for the pat terns left no tracks because they followed field drains. “It just looks like somebody was out there playing around,” Nixon said. “They saw some thing on TV or something and they were going to try it.” In the past few days, a sec ond set of patterns in another of the Nixon’s fields, along with a second board and cable have left no doubt in their minds that the crop circles are a prank. And now it’s now how they got there, but the damage that’s being done to the crops that is a concern. The damaged wheat is so flat, that it cannot be picked. “We just thought it was a lit tle prank at first, but now we’ve found the second circle,” Nixon said. “It’s getting seri ous now. This is a lot of wheat they’re starting to mess up.” In addition to ruining crops, Nixon is concerned that the area’s reputation could suffer as a result of the publicity. “They could have really hurt Hertford’s reputation if we had not found that board because there were people who were going to fly into Hertford to investigate those crop cir cles,” Nixon said. Please see Prank, Page 7 Graduation ‘97 Hertford responds to call for action By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor Hertford Town Manager John Christensen is moving swiftly to ask the town’s resi dents to participate in spruc ing up the town. Two days after Mary Alice Brinn presented her list of concerns to the town council before a packed house, Christensen began sending written invitations to those on Brinn’s list asking for their cooperation. “The Hertford Town Council is very interested in enhancing the beauty of our Town,” Christensen began his letters. “Hertford has a tremendous potential which can only be met through everyone’s efforts. AU of us as citizens and property owners in Hertford need to be aware of how our property reflects the image of our town.” The notices went on to list the area of concern for specific property owners. “I hope that you will agree to correct these concerns and through your own self evalua tion of your properties, upgrade your properties beyond these obvious items.” Brinn rode through Hertford prior to the council’s June meeting and submitted a list to Christensen noting her concerns about such items as weeds, trash, crooked and faded signs, and buildings needing paint. PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS Graduation at Perquimans High School brought an overflow audience Friday night, as 127 seniors officially became freshmen again. 127 graduate from PCHS Holiday Island seeks county help for roads By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor An overflow audience filled Memorial Stadium Friday evening for the 72nd com mencement exercises at Perquimans County High School. The class of 1997 made its graduation memorable by breaking with tradition and having class members serve as keynote speakers and provide both the invocation and bene diction in addition to the wel come and farewell addresses. Another classmate organized a musical ensemble to perform “I Will Remember You” as a tribute to the class. During the song, classmates lit sparklers and stood arm-in-arm, their last activity as classmates. After the invocation by Crayton Matthews and wel come by Diana Boyce, valedic torian Cindy Rayburn addressed her classmates. “As I look out at you, the class of 1997,1 see people who have stuck together through the bad and celebrated togeth er through the good. I see grad uates who have encountered and overcome countess obsta cles and who have made them selves different people, for bet ter, or for worse. But most of aU I see you as a class, and as individuals who have seen and experienced many changes.” Rayburn reflected with humor on growing up, and on moving from the middle school to the high school. “If you see some thing you think should be different, never, ever be afraid to change it.” Cindy Rayburn Valedictorian Class of 1997 “Overall, your high school years have probably been the strangest, most confusing, most agonizing, and yet best and most memorable years of your life. ...If you think all those changes were hard to adjust to, excuse my bad lan guage, but you ain’t seen noth ing yet!” Rayburn advised her class mates to accept change as weU as to create it. “Being able to adapt to change is a commendable quality, but as you go out into the world it is more important to remember this: You can make changes just as well as you can endure them. If you see something that you think should be different, never, ever be afraid to change it. Make things happen in this world, don’t just let them hap pen to you.” Salutatorian Amber Curies followed Rayburn. “Of all the words in the English language the one that ranks high on the list is the word friend,” Curies began her address. “A friend is one who is always there for you when you need them, one who gives respect and gets respect; a friend is honest and loyal to you.” Curies related the fears of not belonging, then the joys of blossoming and enduring friendships throughout the school years. Please see grads. Page 7 (Related story on Page 2) By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor Driving around Holiday Island is no picnic, resident Stan Busteed told the county commissioners earlier this month. Busteed described driving on the community’s poorly maintained roads as a tooth jarring experience in his plea for assistance from the county. “I come to you this after noon with an appeal for action,” Busteed said. According to Busteed, the Holiday Island Property Owners Association, HIPOA, has no authority to access sub division residents to collect funds for road maintenance. HIPOA has relied on residents’ donations to keep its roads passable. “We have no authority to do anything other than run around with hat in hand,” he said. Five of the subdivision’s roads have been brought up to DOT standards and have been Please see Roads, page 3 Outside THURSDAY ■ “ J ' "i' SATURDAY #" I :i mm High: Low: High: Low: High: Low: 80s 70s 80s 70 80s 60s CHANCE OF RAIN CHANCE OF RAIN PARTLY CLOUDY X
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