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July 6, 2000
Vol. 68, No. 27 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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Hoffler
wants vets
memorial
ANNA GOODWIN MCCARTHY
Correspondent
’: A local veteran wants to cre
ate a memorial in honor of
Perquimans County veterans.
Jack Hoffler presented a
sketch of the memorial to
Perquimans County
Commissioners in a meeting
Monday afternoon. Hoffler
said he would like the memori
al to be placed at the
Perquimans County High
School's Memorial Field.
Memorial Field was originally
a baseball field only, and was
constructed in honor and
memory of local veterans.
The memorial's design
Wohld consist of a large piece
Of granite with a 36 inches by
-36 inches bronze plaque. The
bronze plaque will display a
dOdication, dates and emblems
of all the armed forces.
Hoffler said the granite has
already been donated, and he
will retrieve it from the moun
tains were it is located.
The Commissioners said
that the local Veterans of
Foreign Wars and the
American Legion should be
contacted before they consider
approving the memorial,
which Hoffler is personally
sponsoring. The
Commissioners told Hoffler
that they would schedule a
meeting with him later in the
month to discuss the memorial
after they have a chance to
contact the organizations.
Hoffler said he will make a
presentation before the
Perquimans County Board of
Education to ask them to
approve the memorial's loca
tion at the high school.
Board okays
dual
enrollment
ANNA GOODWIN MCCARTHY
Correspondent
Earn college credit while
attending high school.
That is the opportunity
afforded to Perquimans
County High School students
who take dual enrollment
courses. The college-level
courses are offered at the
College of the Albemarle at
the Elizabeth City campus.
School Board members
agreed to continue offering
dual enrollment courses with
COA in a meeting last Tuesday.
Last year, four students
were enrolled in a Political
Science class, and 15 students
we're enrolled in a public
speaking class at the college,
said Superintendent Gregory
Todd.
. The tuition needed for
enrollment at COA, and the
books required for the classes
are all funded bjf the
Perquimans County School
System, said Todd.
. Most of the classes are
scheduled in the afternoons
and evenings, according to
school officials.
Students provide their own
transportation to the classes.
There has been no problem
in the past with students not
being able to find transporta
tion to the Elizabeth City cam
pus, according to school offi
cials.
For more information about
dual enrollment courses, call
the Perquimans County
School Systems Central Office
at 426-5741.
4th of July fest
Daily Advance photo
Old-fashioned celebration welcomes 4th
Missing Mill
Park comes
alive with gala
atmosphere
Barbecue, hot dogs, ice
cream, lemonade, watermelon,
sack races and fireworks —
Perquimans’ Independence
Day celebration featured all
the elements of an old-fash
ioned festival.
Just after 5 p.m., folks start
ed arriving at Missing Mill
Park to enjoy small-town life at
its best, with festival foods and
beverages, games and novel
ties.
The event was organized by
the Chamber of Commerce. It
was opened with a members of
the local drum and fife corps
presenting the colors and
those present repeating the
pledge of allegiance.
The Phabulous Phelps Boys,
a local D.J., provided music
throughout the event.
The park was lilttered with
people and boats were scat
tered in the river for the festi
val’s climax, the fireworks
show. The show was sponsored
by American Legion Post 126
and was shot by volunteers
from Perquimans and Chowan
counties.
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Sheriff
collects
phones for
violence
victims
Calling 9-1-1 may get easier
this fall for some of North
Carolina’s victims of domestic
violence. t
Through a program known
as “Call to Protect,” business
es and individuals can donate
wireless phones to the
Wireless Foundation, the phil
anthropic arm of the Cellular
Telecommunications Industry
Association. The phones will
be refurbished and repro
grammed to dial 911 and one
non-emergency number. The,
phones will be distributed to
domestic violence victims and
shelters in October, which is
Domestic Violence Awareness
Month.
“Stopping domestic vio
lence can be a matter of life
and death, and if even one
abuse victim uses a wireless
phone to call for help, this
effort is worthwhile,” said
State Senate President Pro
Tempore Marc Basnight.
Basnight announced the
statewide effort in Raleigh.
Sheriff Eric Tilley joins 76
sheriffs across the state who
are allowing their offices to
serve as collection points for
phone donations. Unused
phones may be taken to the
Perquimans Sheriff’s office in
the courthouse annex
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m. Donors who leave their
names and addresses with
their phones will be mailed tax
receipts for their donation.
At the kick-off ceremony.
Sprint PCS donated 25 cellular
phones. AT&T has pledged to
donate 50 phones to the pro
gram.
“Domestic violence hurts
its direct victims, it hurts fam
ilies, and it hurts our commu
nities,” Basnight said.
“Putting phones in the hands
of those who need help and a
sense of security is the right
thing to do. I hope everyone
who has an old wireless phone
will put it to good use and
donate it to this very good
cause.”
Call to Protect was created
by the Wireless Foundation
and the National Coalition
Against Domestic Violence
with a goal of collecting 1 mil
lion wireless phones nation
wide.
Perquimans celebrated Independence Day with a festival in
Missing Mill Park Monday evening. The event's finale was a
fireworks show (top) which lit up the sky. The dunking booth
attracted lots of dollars, with one of the most popular riders
being Winfall Mayor Fred Yates (above). Cody Lamb and John
Lassiter (left) were among those who entered the waterme-
long eating and seed spitting contests.
Weekend
Weather
Thursday
High: 86
Low: 69
Isolated T-storms
Friday
High: 86
Low: 70
Isolated T-storms
Saturday
High: 88
Low: 72
Mostly Cloudy
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