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The only newspaper for and about Perquimans County and its people Oi:ji6b Progress Edition: Meet some people who've touched many lives in Perquimans Pages 9-14 The iiuiruu (ji **covi FEROUIMANS COUNTY LIBRARY ilo w ACADEMY ST HERTFORD NC 27944 June 29, 2000 Vol. 68, No. 26 Hertford, North Carolina 27944 Perquimans Weekly County residents get new addresses Addressing one of final pieces of Enhanced-911 implementation SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor Rural routes will soon be as obsolete as party lines in Perquimans County. Letters blanketed the county earlier this month informing county residents of their new addresses. The new addresses have street names and num bers that replace all rural routes. Most residents who already had street names and numbers will not change addresses, however there are some exceptions. The new addresses are one of the last components of the county mapping project and will lead to full implementa tion of the enhanced-911 emer gency system by Jan. 1, 2001. ASI Landmark, the compa ny contracted by the county to complete the mapping/addressing project, assigned an address every 50 feet down each road in Perquimans County. County Manager Paul Gregory said with the county’s subdivision regulations calling for 100-foot lots, the addresses allow for plenty of growth. “No matter how much we grow, it’s built into the plan,” he said. With addresses assigned, the county sent out letters ear lier this month asking resi dents to respond on enclosed address cards within 5 days. After 30 days, the county will notify the post office and tele phone company of new addresses. Residents can begin using their new addresses at that time, which will be approximately Aug. 1. Postmaster Billie Simpkins said the post office will take the county’s database and veri fy the numbers for changes. Then the post office will notify utility companies and periodi Hertford's Main Street designation official JEREMY DESPOSITO The Daily Advance About 75 people watched as Mayor Sid Eley accepted a cer tificate designating the town an official North Carolina Main Street Community Monday. Several speakers were among the crowd outside the Historic Perquimans County Courthouse. Afterward, many in the group enjoyed lunch while on a river cruise around the town while others lunched under tents near the water front. The keynote speaker was N.C. Department of Commerce Secretary Rick Carlisle. The "S" bridge, he said,, is a unique gateway into town. “It's a gateway to Hertford,” he said. “It (offers) a spectacu lar image coming into town. Not many towns in the country have that.” iSee Main Street, page 6 ■Mm IM ,/( state Commerce Secretary Rick Carlisle presents Hertford Mayor Sid Eley with a certificate announcing the town's designation as a North Carolina Main Street community Monday. Agents close bingo SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor Law enforcement officials closed a beach bingo operation in Hertford Saturday night. The bingo parlor was oper ated by Phyl Walker Kennedy and Melanie Conner Pollard, both of Martin County, at Harris Shopping Center. Hertford Police Chief Dale Vanscoy said Kennedy was charged with four counts of offering prizes in beach bingo of over $50, a violation of state law. Pollard was charged with two counts of the same offense. The business was closed and its assets, including TVs, scoreboards and bingo cards, seized, Vanscoy said. Vanscoy said the Hertford Police Department had been investigating the beach bingo business for about 30 days after receiving numerous com plaints about the pot being too high and the way payoffs were handled. ALE had also received complaints and was working the case. Vanscoy said ALE officials actually made the arrests and closed the bingo business. The state strictly regulates beach bingo, Vanscoy said, with stringent rules that must be followed. Independence celebration set When you get off work Monday, head down to Missing Mill Park for an evening of family fun orga nized by the Chamber of Commerce and American Legion Post 126. Perquimans County will get a head start on Independence Day celebra tions with a Monday 4th of July gala. Activities get underway at 5 p.m. with a first-come, first-served bar becue dinner, old-fashioned games, festival foods and ice cream. Fireworks will light up the night sky over the river at 9 p.m. Donations to the fireworks fund may be sent to American Legion Post 126, c/o Julian Broughton, P.O. Box 551, Hertford, NC 27944. For information on reserving a game or food booth, call the Chamber at 426-5657. cals (magazines and newspa pers) of changes free of charge. Those whose addresses change will be responsible for notifying all others of their address change. Simpkins said the post office has kits to make changing addresses easier. She added that mail will be for warded using the old addresses for 12 months. Like Gregory, Simpkins said while it may be time-consum ing to get an address changed, this change will mean never having to change addresses again unless someone moves. With the growth in certain areas of the county, the post office has found it necessary to change several rural routes over the past few years. That won’t happen with the new addressing system, Simpkins said. Emergency and law enforce ment ^^ficials say the new sys tem will help them immensely: Perquimans County Communications Director Homeria Jennette said the new system will save what could be Please see E-911, page 6 Superintendent seeks OK to move administrators Daily Advance photo Pritchard to leave PCHS for central office SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor Perquimans County Schools has eight vacancies — includ ing one for a principal at Perquimans County High School. The school board was expected to approve a recom mendation by Superintendent Gregory Todd to transfer PCHS principal Elaine Pritchard to the central office during its June meeting Tuesday night. If approved, Pritchard will serve as Director of Curriculum/Instruction. Pritchard began her tenure with Perquimans County Schools as an English teacher during the 1970-71 school year. She soon transferred to PCHS to become the vocational guid ance counselor. She served one year as an assistant principal and has served the last 6 years as principal. Todd said the schools will advertise for a replacement for Pritchard. Until a new princi pal is hired, Todd said Pritchard will continue to per form some of the duties of principal. The curriculum/ instruc tion duties were formerly han dled by Chris Barber and Jake Boyce. Boyce retired from his post as assistant superinten dent effective Feb. 1. Todd said Boyce has stayed on to com plete some projects on which Incubator will offer support for small businesses start-ups JEREMY DESPOSITO ; The Daily Advance Small businesses that have a hard time staying afloat long enough to celebrate their first anniversary will soon have some help in Perquimans County. Officials and local business leaders broke ground on the Manufacturing Technology Incubator in the Perquimans Commerce Center recently, and ihe building is expected to be ready in about 90 days. “This completes my dream,” said Winfall Mayor and Perquimans 2020 Vision mem ber Fred Yates. “The incubator was a dream that has taken five or six years to put together.” The incubator building is designed to accommodate seven small businesses that are too large to operate out of a garage but not large enough to com pete in a free-for-all business environment, Yates said. Small businesses that locate in the incubator will be charged a cheaper rent than they might pay in the private sector. They can remain in the incubator for three years or until they’re strong enough to move out on their own, whichever comes first. “We’ve had five or six people on the waiting list (for space in the incubator),” Yates said. The incubator will also allow Perquimans County to put together a program to offer res idents distance learning, Yates said. About 25 people attended the ground-breaking ceremony held at the building site on Harvey Point Road. Among them was Jack Taylor, vice president for the Perquimans Chamber of Commerce. Taylor, who’s had some expe rience with incubators, lauded their success at helping small businesses grow. “They’ve been very success ful and have improved the employment as well as the lifestyle of the community as a Please see Incubator, page 6 thS. he was working at the time o^ his retirement. His last day ii expected to be June 30. * Director of Instructioit Chris Barber will transfer tcf Oasis, the school system’s- alternative school located at Albemarle Learning Center irf Chowan County. Barber will be( an instructor/facilitator at that site. She was assigned to the center upon the retirement of career teacher Carolyn Modlin. Like Pritchard, Barber began her education career with Perquimans County Schools as an English teacher before moving into several administrative posi tions. The final administrative action to be recommended to the board will be a leave of absence for Susan Winslow. Todd said Monday he was unsure of the length of Winslow’s leave, which was requested to allow her to com plete her doctorate. Winslow has served in several adminis trative capacities, including principal, during her tenure with the school system. Todd said he anticipates no other administrative changes, including principal assign ments, for the coming year. Applications are being accepted for seven other posi tions. The six teaching posi tions include business at the high school; language arts, sci ence, math/science and health & PE at the middle school; and art at Hertford Grammar School. There is also a Student Information Management Systems clerical opening at the high school. Todd said all posi tions are being advertised. After several years on the drawing board, the Manufacturing Technology Incubator finally broke ground. Weekend Weather Thursday High: 80s Low: 70s Partly Cloudy Friday High: 80s Low: 70s Partly Cloudy Saturday High: 80s Low: 60s Partly Cloudy
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