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August 9, 2001
Vol. 69, No. 32 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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Races develop in Hertford, Winfall
Three candidates
file; one Winfall
seat left open
ROBERT SHILES
The Daily Advance
Mayor Fred Yates of
Winfall, and incumbent
council members Horace C.
Reid Jr. and Daniel F.
Daneker of Hertford will be
challenged for their seats
in the fall town council
elections.
- On Friday, the last day
individuals interested in
appearing on the Nov. 6 bal
lot could file, Johnny Webb
officially declared his can
didacy for Winfall mayor,
while Marvin Hunter and
Elaine V. Yarborough
jumped into the Hertford
council race.
The last-minute filing sets
up a four-way race for the
two seats available on the
Hertford council. In
Winfall, there will be only
one candidate — incum
bent Clifford Towe — run
ning for the two seats up for
grabs. Incumbent Joan
Mansfield is not seeking re-
election to another term.
Mansfield's seat wiU most
likely be filled by a write-in
County social services
may need more space
MARIEL BETANCOURT
The Daily Advance
In the next two or three
weeks, Perquimans County
Manager Paul Gregory
expects to receive a certifi
cate of occupancy for the
town's new health depart
ment.
- But the old health depart
ment, which will become
the new home of social
services personnel, may
not be large enough to hold
the staff of 24.
Currently, social services
uses 6,000 square feet of
space in two buildings, and
the old health department
has only 3,920 square feet of
space available, Gregory
told the Board of County
Commissioners at its meet
ing Monday.
"This building comes up
short," Gregory said. "Even
utilizing aU the space, we
still need a conference
room, a space for two secre
taries ... and five other
employees."
With so little space, social
services staff will have dif
ficulty conducting inter
views in private, and this
could pose problems,
Gregory told commission
ers.
Commissioners will con
sider constructing an addi
tion to the old health
department building. They
also discussed the possibil
ity of reducing the social
services staff by at least
one position, as Chowan
County recently did.
However, commissioners
took no action Monday.
"I'm not looking for any
decision today," Gregory
said. "I'm just giving you
this information SO we
can look toward the
future."
Three teaching slots
open in county schools
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Perquimans County
Schools Personnel Director
Brenda Dail had three
more business days to fiU
three spots before students
returned to the classrooms.
But Dail wasn’t too anxios.
With 145 certified staff
slots, having three empties
was not bad.
“We’re stiU not in bad
shape,” an optomistic Dan
said Friday afternoon. “I
may fiU one of the three
today. Having only three
openings at this point is
really good.”
DaH said the board has
hired 30 people this sum
mer, 15 of them certified
teachers.
“We’ve found some real
ly good quality people to fill
our positions,” DaU said.
“I’m delighted that we have
such a good mix of people
from in the county, in the
area and out of state. Each
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candidate, said Eula
Forbes, director of the
Perquimans County Board
of Elections. If a write-in
fails, the council will even
tually have to appoint
someone to fiU the position.
The filing periods for
bothtown council elections,
which opened July 6, start
ed at a snail's pace. It wasn't
until last Tuesday, only
three days until the end of
the filing period, that the
first three of the six candi
dates — Towe, Reid and
Yates —entered the race.
Waiting imtn the last day
to file is nothing imusual in
town elections, according
to Forbes, who said that
everyone waits to see who
their opponents will be if
he or she decides to run.
In both towns, council
members serve four-year
ternis and are elected at-
large. The mayor of WinfaU
is elected at large and
serves only a two-year
term.
In Winfall, Yates is cur
rently serving his third
term as mayor, and Towe —
a former 12-year member of
the Perquirhans County
School Board — is current
ly completing the unex
pired term, of the late
Willie B. Moore.
"I have no specific goal in
mind," Towe said earlier
this week. "I just want to be
there to help and do what I
can for the community."
Wehb said Friday he is
looking forward to running
against Yates for mayor. "I
just want to give people a
choice," he said.
Repeated attempts
throughout the week to
reach Yates for comment
were vmsuccessful.
In Hertford, incumbent
Dan Daneker was sur
prised Friday that he would
be facing a challenge for his
seat.
"It's unusual. Usually
nobody wants to run," the
councilman said. "It's a
thankless job."
Daneker is currently fill
ing the unexpired council
term of Sid Eley, who
resigned from coimcil after
being elected Hertford's
mayor.
Marvin Hunter said
Friday that he entered the
race because he believes
his past experience in town
government can benefit the
community. Hunter, a life
long Perquimans County
resident, served as
Hertford's town clerk and
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READY FOR SCHOOL
STAFF PHOTO BY SAM WOLFE
Jessica White (left) talks with keyboarding and business law teacher Mary Lyons at the
Perquimans High Schooi open house Monday evening.
Indian Summer Festival slated for Sept. 8
SUSAN R. HARRIS
The 20th annual Indian
Siunmer Festival wiU fea
ture additional venues and
activities for aU ages.
The festival, sponsored
by the Historic Hertford
Association, is set for
Saturday, Sept. 8.
Special events set for the
2001 gala will be an
Anything That Floats but A
Boat contest, tedent show,
farmer’s market, one-on-
one basketbaU tournament
and strong man competi
tion and truck puU.
Mary White, a represen
tative of HHBA, said this
year’s festival wiU expand
with activities downtown,
at the municipal park
behind the town offices and
at Missing MiU Park.
The traditional arts,
crafts, information, food
and entertainment wiU fiU
downtown. Fresh produce
will be available at the
farmer’s market and there
wiU be a Freshwater
Region Antique Car Show
and Competition.
A mixture of new and
traditional favorite events
is set for the municipal
park. An Anything That
Floats but a Boat contest,
boat show and nautical
vendors wiU showcase
Hertford’s beautiful water
front. A talent show, food
and dunking booth round
out attractions at the
municipal park.
Missing MiU Park wiU
be the scene of fun and
games for aU ages. The
Governor’s One-on-One
BasketbaU Tournament,
Strong Man Competition
and Truck PuU, games and
rides are on tap for that
site. Entertainment and
food wUl also be available
at the park.
Food vendors signed up
so far wiU offer a wide
array of taste treats from
pizza to seafood.
Entertainment should
please a variety of tastes.
Both the Perqumans high
and middle school bands
wUl perform, along with
Rockin’ WiUie, Silver
Spurs, Double Eagle Band,
BiU DarroW, gospel singers,
Brittany Perry, Cribsog,
ButerandStein, The Beach
Club and more.
Weekend
Weather
Thursday
High: 89
Low: 70
Scahered T'storms
Friday
High: 87
Low: 71
Isolated T'storms
Saturday
High: 86
Low: 69
Isolated T'storms
Newbold-White receives grant
staff photo by SAM WOLFE
A $10K grant will allow scholars to discuss
Newbold-White House JNistory and family life.
MARIEL BETANCOURT
The Daily Advance
The Newbold-white
House has plenty of stories
to teU — and officials are
hoping a $10,000 grant from
the National Endowment
for the Humanities will
help bring these stories to
light.
The grant, awarded
Tuesday, wiU pay for a
three-day coUoquium that
wiU gather 10 scholars at
the house to discuss its his
tory and the life of the
Quaker family that once
caUed it home. The coUo
quium wiU help Newbold-
White staff create a long-
range plan for the house,
the oldest brick home in
the state.
“The staff has a good
idea of where we want to
take the Newbold-White
House,” said LuAnne
Pendergraft, development
officer for the Perquimans
County Restoration
Association. “But we want
ed that grounding in schol
arship.”
The coUoquium wUl
bring the scholars to the
house for discussion ses
sions with Newbold-White
staff and members of the
PCRA, the owners and
operators of the house.
Each scholar wUl interpret
one piece of history—such
as women’s history,
African-American history
and maritime history — as
it applies to the house.
The invited scholars wiU
include Raymond Winslow,
Perquimans County native
and historian: Lawrence
Babits, East Carolina
University professor of
maritime history and nau
tical archaeology; Carl
Lounsbury, architectural
historian at Colonial
WiUiamsburg; and Gwen
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