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October 30,1997 ■:1 U- .;u-TY LI Y The 'T 2 9 'U^ eekly 350 .Vdl. 65, No. 43 The only newspaper for and about Perquimans Couiftypeopfe" Hertford, North Carolina 27944 Inside The New and Bold Decxxaiors: Hettfbttfs Designing Wbmen Page 9 Cross cx>untiy teams headed to state meet Saturday Pages Designated trick-or-treat hours are Nov. 1, 3-5 PM Have fun! Election Day is Tuesday By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor Voters in Hertford and Winfall will head to the polls Tuesday to make choices about their municipal govern ment representation. In Hertford, registered vot ers will choose two council- men. Seeking the offices are incumbents Sid Eley and Erie Haste Jr. and challenger Horace C. Reid. Each voter may vote for two candidates under the town’s at-large elec toral system. The only question to be answered in the town of Fred Yates Joan Mansfield Willie Moore Winfall is how many votes each candidate will receive. Mayor Fred Yates is running unopposed for his seat. Incumbent councilman Willie Moore and newcomer Joan Mansfield will be elected to serve on council. Each voter can vote for each candidate. Polls will open in each municipality at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Voters must have been registered by Oct. 10 to be eligible to vote. Perquimans County an All of Us Community October’s theme: Have patience and listen PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS Second graders at Hertford Grammar School had a great time last week at their Fall Festival. Crafts, hayrides, scarecrow stuffing and other fun activities highlighted the day. PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS The Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting to signify the opening of The Wishing Well. Wishing Well opens By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor A tremendous variety of gift items and handcrafted trea sures await shoppers at The Wishing Well in downtown Hertford. Located next door to Hertford Hardware, Mary White’s gift shop is filled to the brim with treasures she has created and those she has found for her customers made by local crafters and crafters from as far away as West Virginia and Missouri. The Belvidere business woman has been crafting for 15-20 years. One of the most popular items White carries are Beanie Babies. Shoppers will also find lots of seasonal crafts and dec orations in the delicious smelling shop. Store hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday—Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday. Suspected drug runners arrested Hertford sets fall clean-up dates The holidays are just around the corner, and the town of Hertford is making fall clean-up easier for its resi dents. The town will hold a fall clean-up Nov. 3-7. During that time, the town will waive its charge to pick up furniture, appliances, lumber scraps. tires and other household waste. The special pick-ups will not include hazardous waste or items such as paint and chemicals. A suspected drug-running operation that extended from Virginia to the Albemarle area was shut down Monday with the arrest of three local men. The suspects were taken into custody early Monday morning after local and state law enforcement officers arrested them on federal drug charges. The arrests ended a year long investigation into the men’s activities, said Perquimans Sheriff David Lane. Those arrested were Tony Parker, 38, of Doll Harrell Road, Winfall; Eric Holoman, 26, of 222 Wynne Fork Apartments, Hertford, and Allen Wilkins, 32, who had addresses in both Herltford and Edenton. Each man is charged with a single count of conspiracy to possess and dis tribute crack and crack cocaine. Lane said. Bond infor mation was not available. Town By ANGELA FOREST The Daily Advance I Depending on what happens next Tuesday, the Hertford Town Council either will look the way it does now, or it will have at least one new face. Two incumbents and one political newcomer are run ning for two open seats on the five-member board. Erie Haste Jr., one of the incumbents, is owner/opera tor of Hertford Hardware, Haste Real Estate and City Marina in Elizabeth City. At 62, he brings 22 years of expe rience in local government to his campaign. J The other incumbent, 50- year-old Sid Eley, has been a councilman for six years. In addition to being 'a Science/math teacher, athletic director and coach at Perquimans Middle School, he filso is the town’s fire chief and a member of its rescue squad. • First-time candidate for political office Horace C. Reid, 54, is director of the Section 8 housing program at the Economic Improvement •Council, Inc. He is also a mem ber of the Perquimans County Industrial Commission and the Hertford Board of Adjustment. ; The Daily Advance recently fisked each candidate the same series of questions. Their responses follow. • Q: Why are you running and why should voters vote for you? ' Haste: “I’m running because I would like the majority of people in town to have an interest in the operation of government and contribute to town improvement. And I feel my years of learning and expe rience and knowledge of opera tions of local government put me in a position where I can best help the town.” Eley: “I’m running because I’ve enjoyed being on the board. There are projects that I’ve helped to start that I want to see completed, projects like the commerce center and the utility upgrade. Hopefully vot ers will see the numerous ser vices inside and outside the council. I’ve always listened to the voters.” Reid: “I’m running for two reasons. The first is I see myself as offering a fresh per spective. I might be able to shed some light on council’s activities. We also need to have full council representa tive. Since I’m African- American, it’s not as much about putting in an African American as it is putting in someone who wdl disseminate information to the African- American community. But I also feel if elected I would rep resent all citizens.” Q: What do you see cur rently as Hertford’s most serious problems? Eley: “I think right now we have to develop a larger tax base and in so doing we need to provide more basic services for citizens without raising taxes. We need to keep improv ing our street, water, sewer and electric systems. We also need to make sure our police and fire departments are prop- Sid Eley erly maintained.” Reid: “Right now the same issues are reoccurring: high electric rates, taxes that will probably increase, a lack of jobs and what I see as a poten tial water problem. A lot of towns have had contamination problems with their water sup plies. Hertford has not been hit yet, but we need to be pro active in ensuring area water remains safe.” Haste: “I’d like to rephrase that question as to what I see are the strongest town needs. Those would be to continue to upgrade our utilities, especial ly the electric system with the new technolgoy that has come along. This will, in the long- run, reduce electric costs. But it will cost citizens more whUe the upgrade is being complet ed.” Q: How would you address the problems you’ve identified? Reid: “In terms of the water issue, the town needs to being thoroughly testing its water, if T. Erie Haste Jr. it doesn’t already. For econom ic growth, small businesses are good, but we might need to look to industry. More indus try will create a domino effect by keeping young graduates in the area and increasing the tax base. That will then keep a high tax rate from impacting senior citizens.” Haste: “The town is now undertaking the electric sys tem upgrade. If we don’t do it now, we will be mandated to do so at a much higher cost. These measures are the result of business growth, particular ly at the commerce center. The center is developing and the town is committed to provid ing utilities to do that.” Eley: “The way we’re addressing expanding the local tax base is by working with the commerce center. This is a cooperative project on Harvey Point Road between Perquimans County, Hertford and Winfall. To enhance law enforcement, we’ve increased the number of police officers. Horace Reid We’ve also been in a program to replace police vehicles as needed, and we’d like to main tain the same standards for the fire department.” Q: How would you grade town council in terms of its policies and effectiveness? Haste: “I would split the grading into two parts. Because we encourage the town manager and police chief to be active in looking at the concerns of the people, I am giving us an A. But because of limited manpower which delays our reactions to situa tions, I would also give us a B. But in that area we’re striving for an A.” Eley: “In terms of imple menting town policy, our council works well together. I don’t see the clashes among our council that are found in other areas. I would say a grade of B plus. We might not satisfy everybody, but we try to do our best.” Reid: “Overall, I give town council a grade of B. Council sometimes fails to approach projects like street repair in a comprehensive, continuous manner throughout the town. However, they’ve handled the upgrading of area sidewalks well and within the financial constraints.” Outside THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY High: Low: High: Low: High: Low: 60s 40 70 40s 70 50s SUNNY PARTLY CLOUDY PARTLY CLOUDY
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