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January 4, 2001
Vol. 69, No. 1 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
The
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HERTFORD NC 27944
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White
is BPW
State
winner
PCMS principal
' is N.C. Career
Woman of Year
The Business and
Professional Women of North
Carolina recently named a
Perquimans County educator
as its State Career Women of
the Year.
■ Anne F. White, principal of
Perquimans Middle School,
received this honor at the BPW
organization’s Spotlight on
Women Conference at Wake
Forest University. The judges
selected White from a field of
13 women representing an
areas of North Carolina.
The State Career Woman
program recognizes and
affirms the outstanding accom
plishments of women across
the state and acknowledges
them as role models in their
communities. The contestants
are women who have been
involved in helping girls and
younger women understand
the importance of leadership
and commitment to helping
others, while developing their
full potential in the business
and professional world. The
program is sponsored by the
BPW/NC Foundation, a non
profit organization dedicated
to helping women. The State
Career Women program has
honored North Carolina’s lead
ing career women for 22 suc
cessive years.
White was sponsored by the
BPW Local Organization in
Hertford. She was cited for her
life’s work in elevating stan
dards in business and the pro
fessions by breaking down bar
riers in stereotyped jobs for all
youth and women.
A graduate of Tuskegee and
East Carolina universities.
White has attended Leadership
and Principals’ Institutes at
Elizabeth City, UNC-Chapel
Hill, and Peabody College at
Vanderbilt University.
She has been principal at
Perquimans County Middle
School since 1997. Previously,
she has served as a Vocation
Director, Vocational and
Elementary School Counselor,
and as a Counselor at the NC
Correctional Center for
Women. She has also worked
with college youth at Shaw
University as a Director of
• Upward Bound, a special ser
vices program.
• In her present work capaci
ty, White was cited for develop
ing a spirit of cooperation
among business and .profes
sional women in her communi
ty by blending activ ties of the
middle school with various
organizations and churches.
Her work on gender equity was
praised, as well as her continu
ing work to extend opportuni
ties to women and girls
through education.
White credits her humble
’■upbringing on a farm in
Alabama with her recognition
of the importance of educa
tion.
The Hertford BPW said
White’s greatest assets are her
ability to lead by example and
to empower others to realize
their dreams.
Lady Pirates claim classic crown
Photos by Sam Wolfe, The Daily Advance
were
best
The Lady Pirates
unquestionably the
team in The Daily Advance
Four-County Holiday
Basketball Classic last week.
Perquimans powered past
both Edenton and Camden
to win the tournament title.
The Pirates lost the crown in
a buzzer-beater against
Edenton after earning a title
game berth in a nail-biter
against Currituck. For game
highlights, see page 6.
Reduce landfill waste and pollution: recycle
Perquimans Chowan Gates
Solid Waste Management
offers programs to reduce the
amount of solid waste that
ends up in landfills.
Many types of paper can be
reused. Paper should be sorted
by type into recycling bins
because paper mills use only
certain types of old paper.
Types of paper that can be
recycled include computer
paper, mail, copy paper and file
folders in light colors, fax
paper, busines forms, notebook
paper, non-window envelopes,
letterhead, brochures, and
NCR paper.
Items that should not be
placed in recycling bins
include carbon paper, copy
paper wrappers, manila and
brown envelopes, pencil
tablets, tablet backing, fluores
cent paper, large metal clips,
bulletin board paper, candy
wrappers, glued labels, con
struction paper, window
envelopes, napkins, tissues,
crayoned paper, plastic, rubber
bands, pencil shavings, paper
cups and plates, and floor
sweepings.
PCG Solid Waste
Management will pick up
paper from schools and offices.
Residents in Hertford can
place newspaper and other
recyclables in curbside bins.
Paper can also be taken to con
venience centers.
Magazines, mail order cata
logs, and telephone books may
be placed into separate bins for
recycling. Corrugated card
board is also accepted, but
waxed boxes, boxes contami
nated with dirt or food, shoe
boxes and cereal boxes are not.
Hard cover and paperback
books are accepted at the PCG
Solid Waste Facility.
There are also ways to
reduce the amount of waste
taken to landfills by reducing
the amount that comes into the
home or office. There are four
steps that can be taken to
receive less mail that ends up
in the trash:
1. Fill out a junk mail termi
nator card, available at the
town and county administa-
tion offices, and mail to to Mail
Preference Service.
2. Call the 800 number of
individual mail order compa
nies and ask them to remove
your name from their list.
3. Write “remove my name
from your mailing list” on a
page of junk mail that has
your name and address on it,
and return it to the sender in
their postage-paid envelope.
4. Refrain from returning
warranty cards, answering
marketing surveys, or signing
up for drawings.
In addition to paper prod
ucts, glass, plastics, waste oil
and antifreeze, aluminum
cans, tires, yard waste, con
struction and demolition
debris, and white goods are
accepted. Specific items and
preparation for recycling are:
Glass: Green, clear, and
brown food beverage bottles
and jars should be rinsed and
the lids removed. Ceramic
cups, plates, mirrors, lights
bulbs and window glass are not
accepted.
Plastics: PET and HDPE
plastic bottles and jugs are
accepted. They should be
rinsed, have lids removed and
be flattened. Tubs, wide mouth
jars, and automobile lubricant
bottles are not accepted.
Waste oil and antifreeze:
Waste and motor oil from com
bustion engines, transmission
fluid and diesel fuel should be
kept separate and poured into
separate containers. They are
accepted at selected conve
nience centers.
Pesticide containers:
Properly rinsed containers are
accepted at PCG Facility and at
special collections only.
Aluminum cans: Aluminum
cans should be emptied and
rinsed. Pie plates and foil are
not accepted.
Tires: Tires must be taken
off rims and delivered to the
PCG Facility only.
Yard waste: Leaves, limbs
and clean wood is accepted, but
not in bags.
Bulky items, construction
and demolition debris:
Furniture, lumber, shignles,
siding, applicances, sheet rock,
scrap metal, etc. are accepted
at convenience centers in the
bulky items containers.
Asbestos and hazardous waste
are not accepted. Large quanti
ties and commercially-generat
ed construction and demoli
tion debris must go to the PCG
Facility.
White goods: Washers,
stoves, air conditioners, water
heaters, refrigerators and the
like should be put into the
bulky items containers at the
convenience centers.
Paint: Paint is accepted by
the PCG Facility for recycling
and at paint swaps only.
There is also a community
swap shop at the convenience
center on Center Hill Highway.
Residents can take no-longer
used or needed items in good
condition, such as furniture
and small appliances, to the
swap shop.
For more information on
recycling and waste reduction,
call PCG Solid Waste
Management at 297-3300.
Review
needed
on utility
changes ^
Electricities _■
CEO said study
needed before
deregulation '
approved :
Electricities CEO Jessei
Tilton, speaking to the Study'
Commission on the Future o£
Electric Service in North;
Carolina, said that more study;-
is needed before North;
Carolina moves forward with;
deregulation. 7
“Electricities is still in favors:
of deregulation if it benefits::
the consumer,” Tilton said',^
“but our analysis of the num-^
bers shows that consumer ben-^
efit isn’t there right now.” ;
Electricities cited four:
major reasons the Commissioa
should slow down: problems;
with deregulation in
California and other states,
rise in wholesale prices for nat-;
ural gas, not enough study' otr
market domination, and public
hearings needed to deter mine-
actual utility stranded costs.
Electricities previously
endorsed deregulation because
it was felt that all the state’s
electric consumers would ben-,
efit, and it provided a mecha
nism to fairly deal with the dis
parate rates and debt obliga
tion among the Electricities
members.
Because of events national
ly, it now appears that the
impact of deregulation on-
North Carolina consumers
would be uncertain, and for
this reason legislative action
on this subject should not pro-:
ceed at this time, according to'
Tilton.
Tilton said the Study
Commission should conduct
further studies to determine
the actual impact of deregula
tion on all segments of con
sumers before legislation pro
ceeds. Consequently, he added,
previous recommendations of
the Study Commission for com
petition should be withdrawn
pending this further study
The position has been unan-.
imously adopted by the
Electricities Board of
Directors, representing 72 elec
tric cities in North Carolina.
Electricities is the trade
organization representing 51
Power Agency cities in North
Carolina, including Hertford.
Weekend
Weather
Thursday
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Low: 29
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Friday
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Saturday
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Low: 38
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