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. . October 4,2001
Vol. 69. No. 40 HertforcC Worth Carolina 27944
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New law
changes
hunting
in Perq.
SUSAN R.HARRIS
' A new law aimed at get
ting rid of some of the
hunting problems in
Perquimans Covmty went
into effect Oct. 1.
Senate BUI 420 states in
part:
• (Section 2) It is unlaw
ful to hunt with a center-
fired rifle except from a
stand at least eight feet
above ground level.
• (Section 3) It is unlaw
ful to hunt on the land of
another without the writ
ten permission of the
owner or lessee of the land,
dated for the current hunt
ing season.
• (Section 5) Sections 2
and 3 of this act are
enforceable by law enforce
ment officers of the
WUdlife Resources
Commission, by sheriffs
and deputy sheriffs, and by
other peace officers with
general subject matter
jurisdiction.
The new law was
requested by county com
missioners residents
repeatedly complained to
commissioners last faU
that they effectively had no
rights on their own proper
ty during hunting season.
Commissioners received
reports of hunters using
intimidation, even threat
ening the lives of landown
ers, over hunting practices,
in addition to destruction
of property. Complaints
were mostly from the
White Hat area.
A group even presented
a petition to commission
ers asking that some types
of hunting be banned in a
heavUy populated district
in the commimity.
Continued on page 12
Daily Advance photo
Members of the Elizabeth City Fire Department Color Guard present the flags during a prayer vigil at the
Perquimans County Courthouse Saturday night.
Perquimans honors NY firefighters
CHIP ROMANOVICH
The Daily Advance
More than 100 firefight
ers, police officers and
emergency medical servic
es personnel gathered
Saturday night on the
Perquimans County
Courthouse lawn. There,
they paid tribute to their
fallen comrades in New
York, and honored hun
dreds of local paid and vol
unteer emergency respon
ders.
“Whether paid or not,
police officers and fire
fighters are volunteers,”
said District Court Judge
Edgar L. Barnes. “They not
only volunteer their time,
but their own personal
safety and their limited
precious time often at their
own personal and family
sacrifice to serve the needs
of their fellow men and
women.”
Perquimans County Fire
Marshal John Long organ
ized Saturday's prayer
vigil. The 45-mmute serv
ice included prayers, patri
otic songs, speakers and a
s5Tnbolic “Last Alarm” bell
for the firefighters, police
and emergency medical
workers who were killed
when the World Trade
Center buildings collapsed
on them. Bob Lockwood, a
Chesapeake, Va., sheriffs
deputy played “Amazing
Grace” on the bagpipe and
Mr. and Mrs. George
Basket ended the service
by playing Taps.
Fire departments and
communities across the
country have held similar
ceremonies since the
attacks, and fire and police
departments in
Perquimans County also
wanted to pay tribute to
those who died Sept. 11,
Long said.
“It was 100 percent pai’-
ticipation,” he said. “They
all felt like they needed to
have some sort of service
to show our sorrow and
reflect on how lucky we are.
I felt like there was a need
to have our county repre
sented, and I felt it was
important to have a sense
of closure.”
Barnes, in addressing
the crowd of public ser
vants and their families,
identified the fraternity of
emergency personnel as an
elite group.
“They know deep within
themselves that they are
rendering a service which
cannot be bought with
money,” he said. “It can
only be bought with blood,
sweat, tears, smoke fiUed
lungs, smut stained faces
and hands, singed hair,
blistered skin, fear, grief,
danger, personal sacrifices
of time spent with loved
ones and risk of death on
every call. “The price is
too high for the ordinary
man and woman to pay.
Thus, we have firefighters,
police officers and emer
gency medical service per
sonnel, men and women of
extraordinary caliber who
exemplify the highest stan
dards of bravery, citizen
ship and public sacrifice.”
Continued on page 12
Hertford company produces thousands of flags
Flag use rules
MARIEL BETANCORT
The Daily Advance
As retail stores across
the country struggle to
meet consumer demand for
American flags, one local
company, everyWHERE
Screen-printing and
Embroidery, has taken on
the challenge of producing
them.
Following the Sept. 11
terrorist attack,
everyWHERE received an
order from Valley Forge
Flag Company in South
Carolina to finish 30,000
flags in the next three
months.
The order has increased
business, and owner
Jennifer Terranova has
added 23 more workers to
her staff. The company now
produces 6,000 flags a day,
which are shipped to stores
including Wal-Mart and
Kmart.
The company has also
increased its orders for
screen-printed T-shirts
bearing patriotic slogans.
One shirt, which reads
“Proud to be an American,”
uses the image of firefight
ers raising the flag at the
World Trade Center.
“This has been very pop
ular aU of the sudden,”
Jennifer Terranova said
Friday. “People want
Daily Advance photo
Melissa Wolfe arranges American flags into stacks of 24 to be sewn at
everyWHERE Screenprinting and Embroidery in Hertford.
Because of the high
demand, companies are
under tremendous pres
sure to produce flags quick
ly, Carl Terranova,
Jennifer’s father and busi
ness adviser, said Friday
“Everybody's jumping
up and down, saying 'I need
them, I need them,’ “ Carl
Terranova said Friday.
“And we got 'em!” his
Continued on page 12
American flags, people
want shirts made in
America. They're not easy
to find, because everything
is made overseas.”
The flags arrive pre
printed on fabric, but in
need of binding, cutting
and seams. The process
begins when the flags are
fed through a special
machine — created for just
this task — that attaches
the white binding on the
flags.
Another worker then
cuts the flags apart, and
seamstresses sew the
unfinished hems. Other
workers fold the flags and
bundle them, and they’re
shipped back to Valley
Forge Flag Company, which
adds the grommets and
packages the finished prod
uct.
foONSl
8
hi 1942 Congress passed a
joint resolution summarizing
the customs and rules for dis
play of the U.S. flag. The basic
rules are
• When flown fiom a pole
the fly end of the flag should
be able to fly fi^eely Do not
secure it to a fl:nme.
• Display the flag only dur
ing daylight in good weather.
Take it down when it gets
dark or if it starts to rain or
snow. You may display it at
night in good weather if it is
lighted.
• Do not let the flag touch
the ground, water, buildings,
or merchandise. Do not carry
the flag in a parade by the
edges (flat) or attached to a
pole along the top.
• The flag should not be
draped on a car or podium.
Instead use red, white, and
blue bunting with the blue at
the top.
If the flag is used to cover a
casket the canton (stars)
should be placed over the left;
shoulder. Remove the flag
before lowerir^ the casket
into the grave.
• When displayed on a
waU, the flag’s canton
Continued on page 12
Holiday Island resident
William Everett didn't
know exactly what he'd
found on Sept. 16 when
he discovered this canis
ter along the shoreline
near his home.
Marine
flare
causes
scare
SUSAN R. HARRIS
William Everett wasn’t
sure what he’d foimd, but
just five days after the ter
rorist attacks on the
United States he didn’t
take any chances playing
with the canister bearing
warnings in red.
Everett, of Holiday
Islemd, found the canister
about 9:45 on Sunday
morning. Sept. 16 and
called the sheriff’s depart
ment. Sheriff Eric Tilley
and Deputy Marlowe Reel
responded.
After examining the
canister. Investigator
Nathan Zachary said the
Defense Testing Activity
Harvey Point was contact
ed. Personnel there said
the canister’s description
didn’t match any of their
munitions. They advised
calling the Cherry Point
Marine Base.
Tilley said when he
spoke with officers there,
their response was
adamant: Don’t touch it.
We’ll be there in 3 1/2
hours.
Zachary said at first
Marine officials suspected
the item could have been a
bomb.
Continued on page 12
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