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April 13, 2000
Voi. 68, No. 15 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
The
Weekly
Council wants safe streets
Life
nears
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
Tots, teens, senior citizens
and folks in between will join
for the largest pajama party
around on April 28 and 29 dur
ing the 2000 Chowan-
Perquimans Relay for Life
Friday, April 28 will see
hundreds of walkers and run-
liers from Chowan and
Perquimans counties set up
overnight accommodations on
the grounds of the John A.
Holmes Athletic Stadium.
They’U drag tents, food, lawn
chairs, sleeping bags, radios,
tables, coolers and more onto
team campsites where they’U
spend the next 24 hours.
Around 3 o’clock that after
noon, representatives from
each team will start walking,
and someone from each team
will be on the track for the
duration of the Relay
Special events during the
Relay activity include a
Survivor’s Lap and a
Luminary Service.
All cancer survivors in
Chowan and Perquimans
counties are invited to partici
pate in the Survivor’s Lap
which honors those who have
battled with cancer.
According to Brenda
Newbern, a veteran Relay for
Life Committee member, the
Survivor’s Lap tells the story
of what Relay for Life, a fund
raiser for the American
Cancer Society, is aU about.
Through research, which
requires tremendous amounts
of funds, more and more can
cer “victims” are becoming
cancer “survivors.”
AU present and former can
cer patients are invited to join
for a reception and Survivor’s
Lap. Survivor Activities Co-
Chair Sherry HarreU said sur
vivors may contact her at 426-
5145 or Shelby Strother at 482-
8505 to pre-register. About 40
survivors have already regis
tered, HarreU said.
Pre-registration is not
required; however, it makes
coordinating the 6 p.m.
Survivor’s Lap much less hec
tic, HarreU said. Survivors
check-in at the Relay begins at
5 p.m. for the 6 p.m. lap.
Survivors may enjoy the
reception in their honor
before the lap begins.
Claudia Bunch and Linda
McDonald are in charge of the
Luminary sales. Luminaries
are purchased in honor or in
memory of a cancer patient.
They line the track during a
ceremony that takes place
after dark during Relay.
In addition, purple bows are
avaUable for sale at B.J.’s in
Hertford. The Relay committee
hopes that the two counties
wiU be blanketed in purple rib
bons during the Relay week
end indicating support for can
cer research.
In the meantime, bake sales,
car washes, auctions, concerts
and more are taking place on a
regular basis as teams in both
counties raise money for the
American Cancer Society.
Speeding on
bridge, sidewalk
cyclists problem
ANNA GOODWIN MCCARTHY
Correspondent
Hertford Town Council
Members want the streets of
Hertford to be safe.
In a town councU meeting
Monday night, councU mem
bers discussed the needs of
motorists, cyclists and pedes
trians.
Council member Jo Ann
Morris asked Police Chief
Dale Vanscoy about his
efforts to control the speed of
motorists coming over the S-
bridge into Hertford.
Vanscoy said a monitoring
system will be set up to track
the average speed of cars
coming over the bridge, as
weU as other statistical infor
mation such as how many
cars travel the bridge.
The speed limit on the
bridge and on North Church
Street is 25 mph.
During the meeting,
Vanscoy also addressed the
problem of cyclists on city
sidewalks.
Vanscoy said that it is
unlawful to ride bicycles on
the sidewalks.
People who ride their bicy
cles on the sidewalks could
have to pay a $10 citation.
However, Vanscoy said
that often warnings are given
instead of the citations.
If a person continues to
neglect the warnings, then
that is when there is a need to
issue the citation, said
Vanscoy.
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Conrad Birdie and his fans
PHOTO BY SAM WOLFE, THE DAILY ADVANCE
Conrad Birdie, AKA Matt White, brought out the beast in his fans Ursula (Heather Harris, left) and the mayor's wife
(Erin France). For a review of Bye-Bye, Birdie, turn to page 9.
RUSSELL G. HADDAD i
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The Daily Advance , i -i
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A Pasquotank County grand
jury has indicted a Hertford
man for allegedly molesting a
child living in his home. .
Randol Gary Olah, 28,' of
Route 2, Box 58, Hertford, was
arrested April 3 and charged
with first-degree sexual
offense and taking indecenf
liberties with a child. He is
being confined at Albemarle
District Jail in lieu of a $60,000
secured bond. : •
Pasquotank County Sheriff
Randy Cartwright said Olah’s
arrest stemmed from an inves;
tigation initiated after a school
counselor alerted . the
Pasquotank County
Department of Social Services
that the girl, who is not the sus
pect’s daughter, might be a sex
ual abuse victim.
When confronted with the
allegations, Olah reportedly
confessed to assaulting the girl
on three separate occasions
within the past year,
Cartwright said. ^
Olah’s wife, Michelle, who-is
currently living in Elizabeth
City, was living with Olah in
Hertford when the alleged sei?
ual abuse took place. *
As far as Cartwright*!^
aware, Olah has not been pfevj!
ously charged with a shhtli^*
crime. Only one child was Slubt
jected to the alleged abuse, the
sheriff said. '
Olah was indicted hy M*u:eh
27. No trial date has been set: li
Church
opens
arms to
migrants
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
It all started when a health
department nurse shared with
her church family the circum
stances of some residents in a
Camden migrant camp.
With'low self-esteem, low
income, a low expectation of
ever having a better life, and
no family close by, the farm
workers’ lifestyle touched the
heart of the nurse. She shared
her concerns with her church
family at Emmanuel
Pentecostal Church on U.S.
Highway 17 South of Hertford.
The church family respond
ed, and has now grown to
include these “gentlemen from
Camden,” as they call their
new-found friends.
There is a special place in
the heart of church member
Tammy Wynn for this out
reach ministry
Members of Emmanuel Pentecostal Church in Hertford are
getting more than they're giving, they say, with an outreach
program aimed at giving migrant workers a church family
and church home. You can no longer tell the original church
members in the congregation from their "adopted kin," and
that's just how everyone likes it.
“Our main goal is to build
their self-esteem and values (to
help them) move beyond this
point,” she said.
At first, the church made
provisions to take worship ser
vices to the men at their home.
When it was suggested that the
farm workers attend
Emmanuel for worship ser
vices, some hesitated because
they felt they didn’t have the
proper clothing to attend
church. Although it didn’t mat
ter to the Emmanuel congrega
tion how their guests dressed
for services, the congregation
knew that it mattered to the
farm workers. So they found
some appropriate “Sunday”
clothes for the gentlemen.
Please see MINISTRY, page 14
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Congress draws fir^
from local officials-i
ANNA GOODWIN MCCARTHY
Correspondent
Actions taken in
Washington, D.C. have dis
pleased Hertford Town
Council members.
Members have found fault
with the Private Property
Rights Implementation Act of
2000.
The act, sponsored by U.S.
Rep. Charles Canady, is an
attempt to make access to the
federal courts easier and
faster on appeal.
Currently legislation is
pending in the Senate regard
ing its approval.
“That is a serious error,”
said Council member Jo Ann
Morris.
Council members disap
prove of the act because it
would allow any developer to
appeal directly to the federal
courts, bypassing town plan
ning and zoning officials.
The issues and land that
would he discussed in the fed
eral courts are more familiar
to local and state officials,
argued council members.
Last Monday, the totvR
council adopted a resolutfoh
that states its opposition jt2>
the act proposed'*!iI:t
Washington.
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