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April 26, 2001
Vol. 69, No. 17 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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Shore
Flyte
cruises
toward
Hertford
CHIP ROMANOVICH
The Daily Advance
Shore Flyte Marine, a
boat reconditioning busi
ness, is cruising toward
becoming the first tenant
in Perquimans County’s
new Commerce Centre.
Perquimans County
Commissioners recently
approved the sale of 10
acres in the Commerce
Centre to the furm, which
is expected to begin con
struction at the site by the
end of the summer.
Shore Flyte Marine
owner Tony Wooddisse
declined coniment, saying
he would prefer to wait
until the final contracts
are completed and signed.
County Manager Paul
Gregory estimated that
Shore Flyte could break
ground in the Centre by
the end of summer.
“The actual property
has not been transferred,”
Gregory said. “But his
lawyer and our lawyer are
finishing up the paper
work. He’s scheduled to
begin construction in
August or September.”
Shore Flyte Marine,
which currently operates
at locations in Camden
County and Virginia, is
expected to create at least
15 jobs when the
Perquimans site opens,
Gregory said.
Commissioners held a
public hearing earlier this
month to field questions
regarding the sale of the
land to Shore Flyte. The
company purchased the 10-
acre site, with 200 feet of
waterfront, for $110,00.
Gregory said no one spoke
against Shore Flyte’s
plans.
“I proposed the idea to
the public who was there,
and of course, no one was
opposed to it,” he said.
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Daily Advance photo by Glenn Beil
Bathsheba Ormond smiles at her children, Sheena Jacobs, 14, and Javan Milton, 11, after receiving the
keys to her new Habitat for Humanity home in Spring Village and a Bible given to her by the Habitat
organization. A celebration and open house was held Saturday to mark the occasion. Ormond's is the sec
ond home built by the Chowan-Perquimans Habitat for Humanity, the first in Perquimans.
Woman's prayer answered
Ormond’s home
2nd built by local
Habitat chapter
CHIP ROMANOVICH
The Daily Advance
Bathsheba Ormond was a single,
unemployed mother of two living in
a suburb of Atlanta when she first
heard about Habitat for Humanity.
Ormond, now 36, was watching
television one day in 1996 when a
program came on about how
Habitat had helped a low-income
family become homeowners. A
deeply religious woman, Ormond
started praying, asking God to help
her become just like the folks on
TV.
Saturday, her prayers were final
ly answered.
Ormond was handed the keys to
the second Habitat home built by
the Chowan-Perquimans chapter of
Habitat for Humanity She and her
children, Sheena Jacobs, 14, and
Javan MUton, 11, look forward to
spending their first day in their new
home.
“I just want to thank everyone.
everyone that helped,” Ormond
said. “But most of all, I want to
thank God...I can say I do know that
God does answer prayers. This is a
prayer answered.”
Ordmond’s story is one Habitat
for Humanity officials say lies at
the heart of the work they do.
A Perquimans County native,
Ormond returned home a few years
after seeing the program about
Habitat and found work as a securi
ty guard at Perquimans Middle
School. She also started building a
life in the community, volunteering
to coach girls basketball at the
school.
The dream of owning her own
home was never far from her
thoughts however.
Ormond filled out a Habitat for
Humanity home application, and in
1999 was notified that she had been
accepted.
“When they told me I was select
ed, it was just joy,” Ormond recalled
Saturday. “Many days I would drive
out here (to the site) and look,
before anything went up. I couldn’t
believe it.”
Habitat volunteers began work
on the house, located on a lot bor
dering Spring Village, off Grubb
Street, in September. Ormond offi
cially moved in on Saturday “We
had it basically weather-tight by
Christmas,” said Chowan-
Perquimans Habitat for Humanity
President Stan Smith. “But there’s
an awful lot of little stuff that takes
a long time. The wiring, the interior
trim, the installation of appliance,
aU that kind of stuff that doesn’t
require gangs of labor.”
A dozen or more volunteers,
along with companies donating
materials - some at cost, some for
free - completed the project for
around $35,000. The home wUl like
ly be appraised for $80,000, Smith
said.
Professional contractors showed
the group how to lay the home’s
foundation and electricians donat
ed the wiring and installed it.
However, almost everything else
was done by community volunteers
who just wanted to help. Smith said.
“The volunteer labor did all that
you can imagine volunteer labor
can do,” he said. “Off and on, we’d
have maybe a dozen people. We did
first the dry-wall, and the spackling
and the painting, the installation of
the cabinets in the kitchen, and the
moldings...all that kind of stuff that
squads of people can do.”
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Partnership chosen for two pilot projects
MARIEL BETANCORT
The Daily Advance
The Chowan/Gates/
Perquimans Partnership
for Children has been cho
sen to participate in two
pilot projects that wiU offer
educational options to
chUd care providers.
The Partnership — a
state agency that works to
improve the quality of
child care — wUl be one of
the first organizations to
link up with Self Help, a
group based in Durham, to
bring technical business
assistance to child care cen
ter owners.
Also, the Partnership
will be one of the first
groups to offer an online
degree program in early
childhood development cre
ated by Frank Porter
Graham Child
Development Center in
Chapel HUl and the North
Carolina Community
College System.
Wendy Jewett, executive
director of the
Partnership, said chUd care
providers have already
expressed interest in the
online classes.
“We're very excited
about it,” said Jewett. “We
were surprised at how
many said 'Yes.' ... But it's
hard for them to get to
classes, when they have to
take time away from then-
own famUies.”
The Partnership has
agreed to find computers
for the students enroUed in
the first online class —
which could start as soon
as January 2002. Operators
and teachers who enroll
will be able to take the
courses on a computer in
their own homes or a lab
located at a central loca
tion, such as the
Partnership offices.
In the next year. Self
Help also may offer online
business courses for area
chUd care providers. Self
Help currently teaches
three- to four-horn- business
workshops for child care
providers, and hopes to
link with other organiza
tions in the state that offer
similar help.
Self Help wUl create a
network of these groups, a
databank of material for
instructors of business
courses and a databank of
material for child care
providers. WhUe Self Help
is stiU planning the project,
some business assistance
should be avaUable at the
Chowan/Gates/Perquiman
s Partnership for ChUdren
by faU, according to Megan
Bartlett, program associate
for Self Help.
“We want to make sure
chUd care providers have
reaUy good assistance with
the business aspect,” said
Bartlett. “They go into the
business because they love
chUdren, not business, and
they really need help with
that. ... It's a very, very dif
ficult business from the
Mendez
backed
for torch
bearer
SUSAN R. HARRIS
He’s probably run
enough miles to have run
around the world. Now
some folks think he
deserves the honor of run
ning with the Olympic
Flame.
That’s why there’s a
move afoot to nominate
Hertford’s Sadot Mendez as
a bearer of the Olympic
Torch for the 2002
Olympics in Salt Lake,
Utah.
Kent White said he was
watching television one
night when a commercial
about the 2002 Chevrolet
Tochbearer Nomination
Program was aired. White
said he immediately
thought about Mendez. He
got information on the
Torchbearer Program, and
began spreading the word.
He’s asking everyone who
supports the nomination of
Mendez to submit a nomi
nation form.
Mendez, a track and
cross country coach who
teaches Spanish at
Perquimans Middle
School, is the founder of
the high school cross coun
try team and the middle
school track teams. A
native of Puerto Rico,
Mendez earned a college
scholarship for his run
ning ability. He stUl runs
every day and continues to
inspire young people to
work hard to reach whatev
er potential they may have.
According to informa
tion White downloaded
from the internet, the
Olympic Torch Relay
embodies the passion and
diversity of our country by
honoring those individuals
who best exemplify the
spirit of the Olympic
movement. Entrants may
not nominate themselves.
Entries may be submit
ted by mail or online. To
enter by maH , pick up an
official nomination form
from Chevrolet dealers and
other locations, or on a
plain piece of 8 1/2 by 11
paper (one side only), hand
print the following: 1
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financial side.”
Child care providers
struggle with offering
affordable child care and at
the same time paying ade
quate salaries and buying
equipment. Providers often
“subsidize” care for then-
parents, Bartlett said.
“They know their par
ents can't afford (higher
fees),” she said. “It's
extremely expensive, and
they don't know how to
manage those costs.”
Self Help, which also
loans money to small busi
nesses, has given almost
$12 million in loans to child
care providers in the state.
Self Help operates with
grants from the Surdna
Foundation in New York.
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