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September 27, 2001
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Prayer service held
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Hundreds of people from
all walks of Perqumans
County life joined in prayer
Sunday at Memorial Field.
County Commissioners
Chairman Charles Ward
called a group together last
Monday to organize a serv
ice of prayer and remem
brance in response to the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on
the United States.
During the service, com
munity and government
leaders prayed for all seg
ments of the community as
the nation continues to
deal with the tragedy
The Hertford Fifes and
Drums presented the col
ors, and U.S. Army Staff
Sgt. Cynthia B. Moore sang
the national anthem.
Offering prayers were
Rev. Johnson London, fire
fighter Jonathan Nixon,
Sheriff Eric Tilley, Rev.
Gene Boyce, PCHS student
Glenn Wiggins, Winfall
Mayor Fred Yates and Gen.
George Stringer. Hertford
Mayor Sid Eley, Ward and
Rev. Walter Leigh were also
on the program.
A choir composed of stu
dents and staff from the
high school sang. Larry
Privott ended the program
by playing “Taps” on the
trumpet.
A contingent of Hertford
volunteer firefighters
attended as a group in uni
form to honor their feUow
rescue workers in New
York.
During the attacks, four
commercial passenger air
planes were highjacked,
two of which were flown
into the twin towers of the
World Trade Center, one
into the Pentagon, and one
crashed in Pennsylvania.
Hundreds of people are
dead and over 6,400 are list
ed as missing from the
World Trade Center.
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PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS
Members of the Hertford Fife and Drum Corps presented the colors during
Sunday's countywide service of prayer and remembrance held on Memorial Field
at Perquimans County High School.
ALS FUND RAISERS
Money
raised for
Hunter
charity
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Fog blanketed
Perquimans Saturday
morning, and so did an
outpouring of support
for the Jim “Catfish”
Hunter ALS Foundation.
Hundreds of people
raised money to benefit
research and patient sup
port through the
Foundation.
According to Tommy
Harrell, a Foundation
board member, about 240
people left the high
school, walked through
town and went back to
the high school through
the cemetery where
Hunter is buried for the
second annual ALS Walk.
As walkers passed
Hunter’s grave, each
placed a flower there in
his honor.
Among the walkers
were Hunter’s wife,
Helen, his children and
grandchildren, and sev
eral siblings, nieces and
nephews.
Harrell said organiz
ers expect to know the
total funds raised by mid
week.
Over in Winfall,
Saturday’s games were
delayed due to the fog
that blanketed the county
athletic fields.
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Hundreds of people walked through Saturday morning's fog to raise money
for the Jim "Catfish" Hunter ALS Foundation.
The third annual ALS
Men’s Softball
Tournament organized
by Hunter’s niece, Joan
Hunter Rountree, kept
both fields full of players
Friday evening and all
day Saturday and Sunday.
Fifteen teams and hun
dreds of spectators spent
the weekend in Winfall,
watching, playing, par
ticipating in the home-
run derby, purchasing
ALS sportswear and
enjoying concessions.
Rountree could not be
reached Tuesday for final
numbers on funds raised
and winners.
Hunter died from com
plications of ALS, amy
otrophic lateral sclerosis,
better known as Lou
Gehrig’s disease, on Sept.
9,1999. He had supported
the establishment of the
Foundation set up in his
honor in early 1999.
For information, log
on to www.catfishhunter-
als.org.
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Blair Meads of Elizabeth City rears back and puts
it over the fence during the Jim "Catfish" Hunter
ALS Foundarion Men's Softball Tournament in
Winfall this weekend.
Helmet law
for cyclists
effective Oct. 1
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Helmets are not just for
motorcyclists any more.
Monday, a new law goes
into effect in North
Carolina that requires all
children under 16 to wear
helmets when riding bicy
cles. Proponents of the law
say the measure has the
potential to prevent
injuries and save lives.
Dr. Bob Harris, Chief
Medical Officer of Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of
North Carolina, said statis
tics show that more than
800 bicycle riders are killed
in the U.S. ever year, almost
all of them in collisions
with cars. About 75 percent
of those fatalities result
from head injuries, accord
ing to the National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
Thousands more suffer
serious brain injuries,
resulting in permanent
behavioral changes, learn
ing disabilities, concentra
tion difficulties, headaches
and balance problems.
The National Safe Kids
Campaign reports that
head injury is the leading
cause of death due to bicy
cle crashes in children, and
is the most important fac
tor leading to permanent
disability among children.
Statistics show that at
present, only about 15—25
percent of child bicyclists
wear helmets, according to
Harris. Wearing a helmet
can prevent about 85 per
cent of cyclists’ head
injuries, he added.
Provisions of the new
law include:
• Any parent or
guardian who fails to
require a child under 16 to
wear a helmet while riding
a bicycle will be fined $10.
• All bicycle passengers
who weigh leigh than 40
pounds or are less than 40
inches taU must be seated
in separate restraining
seats.
• No person who is
unable to maintain an
erect, seated position shall
be a passenger in a bicycle
restraining seat.
• All bicycle passengers
must be seated on saddle
seats.
Bike helmets range from
about $10—$20. They are
available in most large
chain stores, bicycle shops,
sporting goods stores and
toy stores.
Guidelines for purchas
ing helmets provided by
Harris include:
• Choose a bright-col
ored helmet so drivers in
cars can see it.
• Make sure the helmet
is ventilated, since the
foam holds heat in.
• Check the fit in the
store. Place the helmet on
the child’s head and adjust
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Jones is guest at Republican rally
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Republican Congressman Walter B. Jones Jr. (left) was
in Hertford Saturday, speaking at the annual
Republican Party Beans 'N Jeans political rally.
The U. S. Congress is
united in supporting
President Bush in declar
ing war on terrorism.
Republican Congressman
Walter B. Jones Jr. told
folks in Hertford Saturday
night.
The congressman was
on hand for the second
annual Perquimans
County Republican Party
Beans ‘N Jeans event.
About 75 loca residents
attended the rally at the
American Legion Post 126.
Jones said he was hold
ing a press conference at
the time the commercial
airliner struck the
Pentagon. He talked about
events and activities in the
nation’s capital immediate
ly after the attack.
The impact on federal
elected officials of the ter
rorist attacks on this coun
try has been unbelievable,
Jones said. He said the full
attention of both houses of
congress is directed toward
dealing with the U.S.
response to the attacks.
Other items on the congres
sional agenda will have to
wait, he added.
Jones discussed how
proud he has been of
President Bush, the rescue
workers and the American
people as a whole as they
have dealt with this
tragedy.
Other guests at the event
included N.C. Supreme
Court Justice Robert
Edmunds, former N.C.
Senate candidate Ron
Toppin and former N.C.
Insurance Commissioner
candidate Mike Causey.
The event condlued with
the introduction of some
the key players in the
newly energized Camden
County Republican Party
— Sandy Duckwell, former
sheriff Joe JOnes and for
mer deputy Lee
McPherson.
Weekend
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