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July 13, 2000
Vol. 68, No. 28 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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Perquimans
Weekly
Daneker withdraws alcohol sale request
- Councilman
acts in response
to residents’
concerns
ANNA GOODWIN MCCARTHY
Correspondent
A town councilman with
drew his request to sell alcohol
at Missing Mill Park.
During the Hertford Town
Council’s June meeting, Town
Councilman Dan Daneker said
that a han on alcohol sales
should be lifted for the planned
Perquimans Narrows Boat
Bash. He also urged town coun
cil members to ask the opin
ions of their constituents
before making a decision.
Daneker said he received
input from many citizens who
were concerned about alcohol
sales at Missing Mill Park, and
he withdrew his request
Monday night.
“It is not something that is
necessary,” said Daneker.
During the meeting Monday
night, a letter written by
Hertford resident and chair
man of the town’s Planning
and Board of Adjustments
Edgar Salvo Jr was read. The
letter stated his opposition to
the suspension or lifting of
regulations that ban alcohol
sales at Missing Mill Park.
“Those regulations were put
into place by this Council so
that the citizens of Hertford
could have a family oriented
park where we can take our
families, and enjoy the park
facilities and river views in rel
ative peace and safety,” wrote
Salvo.
Town Manager John
Christensen said that the
request by Boat Bash organiz
ers to suspend the ban on alco
hol sales is not isolated. The
request has been made by orga
nizers for other events, said
Christensen.
“This issue keeps coming
back,” said Christensen.
Another issue keeps coming
back before council was also
discussed. Hertford Police
Chief Dale Vanscoy reported
that citations issued for speed
ing had risen during the past
quarter.
Vanscoy said there was a 110
percent increase in citations
issued for speeding, and 115
citations were written during
the quarter.
Town Council Member
JoAnn Morris said that she
has received several com
plaints from citizens about the
number of cars that are speed
ing through Hertfords streets.
“It really is excessive
speed,” said Morris.
Vanscoy said it is difficult
for police officers to catch peo
ple violating the speed limit as
they come over the bridge^
because there is inefficient
parking available. Many times
police officers have to park in a
person’s yard in order to moni
tor traffic, said Vanscoy.
However, Vanscoy said the
use of a speed gun, which
allows a police officer to aim at
cars in either direction, has
made it easier to identify cars
exceeding the speed limit.
The speeding citations and
discussions was prompted by
the presentation of the police
department’s quarterly report
to council.
Jenna Lassiter participates in volleyball camps underway
at Perquimans Middle School. The camp is just one of the
activities keeping the schools' doors open this summer.
Middle school not
closed for summer
Perquimans Middle School
is not closed for the summer.
■ While there are no longer
hundreds of students pour
ing through the doors each
week day, numerous summer
programs have kept some
students and staff in a learn
ing mode. Summer Academy
and other activities are in full
swing.
Albemarle Literary Center
Director Dana Hay is leading
a creative writing workshop.
Students participating in the
Summer Academy Writers’
Workshop have chosen pen
names and staff positions on
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the Academy publication
Editorial Board. With pen
names such as “J. Dog,”
“Baby Kay,” “Matthew” and
Britt Britt 2000,” students are
learning the responsibilities
of publisher, editor, copy edi
tor, art director and staff pho
tographer.
Making decisions through
consensus, the students have
chosen to publish an antholo
gy of their prose and poetry.
They decided to feature infor
mative and imaginative work
about the past, the present,
and their hopes for the
future. They chose “A
Collection of Time” as the
name for their publication.
The Albemarle Literary
Center served the nonprofit
sector with the mission to
encourage excellence in writ
ing in Northeastern North
Carolina for people of all
ages, abilities and cultures.
Programs include reading,
conferences, lectures, work
shops, publications, awards
and research.
For information about pro
grams sponsored by the
Center, call 426-3714.
Enhancing reading skills
is also a component of sum
mer activities at the middle
school. The school’s media
center is open on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 10 a.m.
until 2 p.m. for student and
community use.
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Joe and Mary White hosted an ICith century feast for 10 recently at the Newbold*White
House. Candlelight, period music and servers in traditional 18th century dress enhanced the
mood for the evening. Docent Heather Webb (above) prepares to serve the Whites and guest
Lynwood Winslow (left) during the evening. Entertainment was provided by the Perquimans
Pipers (below).^
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
Mary White would love to do
it again.
She and her husband, Joe,
hosted an 18th century dinner
at the circa 1730 Newbold-
White House recently. And
everything about the experi
ence was wonderful, according
to Mrs. White.
“My dinner was fantastic,”
Mrs. White said. “It really was.
It was quite a treat. Everything
about it was just incredible,
the food, the music, the
servers, being in the house.”
The Whites were the win
ners of the Perquimans
County Restoration
Association raffle for an 18th
century dinner for 10 at the
historic site. The evening fea
tured servers in period cos
tume, a menu of foods that
could have been served in the
home in the mid-18th century,
period toasts, music by the
Perquimans Pipers and a visit
from an 18th-century neighbor
sharing what could have been
the latest gossip of the time.
Dinner was a multi-course
affair with food and beverages
prepared by Nancy Hagan of
Waterman’s Grille. Diners
enjoyed oyster fritter Salis
bury; molasses marinated
chicken drumettes; cream of
yellow squash soup; mixed
greens with goat cheese, pears
and raspberry vinaigrette;
fresh shrimp creole with roast
ed onion, zucchini, and red and
yellow peppers over rice
topped with sundried tomato
basil chips; cheddar corn
muffins; summer bread pud
ding and cheese and fruit.
The menu was inspired by
foods that would have been
available during the season,
and on recipes from 18th centu
ry cookbooks and other his
toric research done in places
like Colonial Williamsburg,
according to Newbold-White
House Site Manager David
Webb.
In addition to enjoying a
delicious meal, participants
learned about how a dinner in
the 18th century colonial style
would have been prepared and-
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served. Organizers provided
18th-century toasts for the
hosts and guests to use during
the meal. The Perquimans
Pipers provided period
recorder music.
“I would call it food-ways
education,” Webb said. “The
comments we received from
the participants were very pos
itive.”
Mrs. White’s comments
were certainly positive. She
said she hopes to have the
opportunity to enjoy another
dinner at Newbold-White.
“It was so much more than I
expected,” she said. “It was
just so much fun. I would love
to do it again. It really helped
you to appreciate the history of
house.”
The dinner was the second
raffled by the PCRA, and: is
becoming a popular fund rais
er.
PCRA promotes the cultural
heritage of Perquimans
County and preserves the 18th
century character of the
Newbold-White House.
School
board
eyes
facilities
needs
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Editor
School board members got a
look at the new long-range
facilities proposals composed
by M.B. Kahn Construction
Management at the board’s
June meeting,
Kahn submitted four plans
for board review, calling for
new buildings and renovations
ranging from $14.8 million to
$36.5 million. ■;
The board continuously
updates its anticipated long-'
range facilities needs as
required by the state.
No action was taken on thet
proposals given during th^:
superintendent’s report. , ►;
Plan A, the most expensive'
and extensive, calls for replac-;
ing both the high and middle
schools and about $1.6 million
in renovations at Hertford
Grammar School. With land
costs, Kahn estimates that £
new high school would exceed
$24 million. The middle school
would approach $11 million.
The total cost of plan A is
about $36.5 million. ; Z
Building a new high school
and renovating the existing
high school for middle schdbl'
use brings the cost of Plan B to
just under $30 million. Plan B
also includes the grammar
school renovation. :
Plan C, at just over $22 mjl*‘
lion, would allow for extensive
renovations at the high school,,
a new middle school and the
grammar school upgrades.;
Included in the high school'
renovation would be addition-i
al instructional space and a~
new high school;
gymnasium/track.
The least expensive of the:
plans. Plan D, calls for renova-;
tions at all three sites, includ-:
ing the additions at the high;
school. At the end of the $14.qJ
million plan is the notation'
that future plans would still'
call for a new high school and:
moving the middle school to:
the present high school build:.’
ing. '
Plans C and D call for about
$10 million in additions/reno
vations at the high school. :
A new Central Elementary
School was completed about 2
years ago. Hertford Grammar
School received additions and
renovations during the same
period. The middle school got
a complete facelift in the early
1990s. The high school was last
significantly renovated
around 1984. :