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Jisumurn Winslow turns 100 Page 2 SPCA pet for adoption Rage 3 Students sail to awards Rage 6 P4/C3***********5_nTpTT ona/iA COUNT? LiSIr? 110 W academy- ST HERTFORD, NC 27944-1306 UiiYrm July 17, 2002 Vol. 70, No. 29 Hertford, North Carolina 27944 PERC; Weekly Belvidere residents fight OLF SUSAN R. HARRIS Residents of the Belvidere-Whiteston com munity plan to make a supersonic noise as they tell the powers that be in Washington, D.C. that they want no part of a military outlying landing field. Last Thursday evening residents met to create a citizens action group to fight the possibility that the military may put a practice landing field in Perquimans County A spot in the Whiteston community is on the mili tary’s list of possible sites for a landing strip upon which the new F-18 Super Hornets will practice repet itive touch-and-go landings. Residents say the noise from the landings will neg atively impact the quality of life in their quiet farm ing community Perquimans is one of four possible sites for the landing field in the Albemarle area, the others being Bertie, Washington and Hyde counties. Officials from Pasquotank and Chowan counties are also concerned about the field being located in the Albemarle region because regardless of where the field would be located, it would bring noise to the entire area. In fact, according to Navy maps, the lozenge shaped areas of highest- impact noise cover an area 7 miles by 14 miles. And that estimate was calculat ed using noise data from the Hornet, not the Super Hornet, which is louder. Perquimans, Bertie, Chowan, Pasquotank and Hyde counties have con tracted with New Bern lawn firm Ward and Smith to fight locating the field in the Albemarle. The firm Belvidere residents raise their arms in protest against the Navy putting a touch-and-go practice landing strip in their pastoral community. will research flaws in the Environmental Impact Statement which is due out any time, and lobby Congress and the Navy. In updates in county commissioners meetings, officials have said they are • concerned that the power ful Virginia Senator John Warner will be a major obstacle to local efforts to stop an outlying landing field in the Albemarle. Warner wants the Super Hornets to be based in Virginia Beach, a move that would bring further strength to the Navy’s pres ence in Hampton Roads and continue to have, a positive . economic impact on the area. But Virginia Beach resi dents have long complained about the noise associated with the Oceana Naval Air Station, and adding the planes and the noise would be politically unpopular for Warner. So, Perquimans seems a prime location for the landing strip should Warner get his way. Other problems cited by local officials is the poor health of Senator Jesse Helms, the presidential aspirations of Senator John Edwards which have kept him mum on the issue, and Jhe congressional redistricting which will remove Congressman Walter Jones as the area’s representative. County Commissioners Chairman Ben Hobbs attended the citizens meet ing. Hobbs updated the group on efforts of local governments in the area to fight an outlying landing strip in the Albemarle. The group elected the following officers; Chaplain- Tom McClaren, President - Mike Lucas, Vice President - Craig Craft, Secretary- Patsy Miller, Treasurer - Lu Ann Riddick, and Board mem bers Pete Perry and Carrie Baker. The officers will work with the following committee members to study the issues and devel op action plans: Barbara Stallings, Linda Godfrey, Nancy Baker, Stan Winslow, Jeff Chappell, Arnold Winslow, Charles Baker, Jeff Winslow, Deborah Byrum, Edward Winslow, Julian Baker, Doug Layden, Jimmy Baker, Cathy Matthews, Amy Van Benton, Lot Winslow, and Van Harris. To add your voice to the protest or offer your help, contact the action group via e-mail. NO OLF(5).mchsi.com. iEvs-'MhI Layden’s expands to Winfall •52555 PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS The Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting Monday at Layden's Country Convenience Store in Winfall. SUSAN R. HARRIS Doug Layden describes it as a convenience store with a country flair. “The concept I’m going on is to leave it a conven ience store with a touch of country, meaning you can get seasoning meat, Layden’s sausage in small quantities and other items like molasses, honey and Lane’s cornmeal,” said Layden of his new store in Winfall. The Layden family brought its long tradition of operating country stores to Winfall, moving into the building formerly occupied by Sheldon’s Mini-Mart. The new store is called Layden’s Country Convenience. The Winfall store is open 7 a.m.—8:30 p.m. Monday—Saturday and 1-6 p.m. on Sunday Layden said he had told building owner Russell Hollowell that if a store offering gas ever became available in the area, he would be interested. When Sidney Sheldon decided to discontinue operation of the Mini-Mart, Hollowell called Layden. The need for a store in Winfall coupled with the opportunity to expand his buying power to compete with larger stores made the move a, good one for Layden, he said. Now those coming through Winfall who need convenience items as well as those desiring the savory taste of Layden’s famous meets can stop in one place. For a country ham or sup ply of meets, produce and hoop cheese, Layden’s Supermarket is right down the road in Belvidere. Doug’s father, the late Charles Layden, started Layden’s Grocery at its present location in Belvidere in 1954. Since that time, the Layden fami ly, including Charles’ wife Mittie Jean, the couple’s six children and several grand children, have learned to cure country meats and assist customers with a smile. Cox leads Perquimans High athletic department SUSAN R. HARRIS She played at PCHS. She coached at PCHS. Now Susan Cox is the first female athletic director at PCHS. “I’m excitede about the opportunity to go and work at the high school,” Cox said. “I’m looking forward to teaching and I’m looking forward to being one part of a team that’s trying to put together an outstanding athletic program.” Cox, a 1964 graduate of Perquimans County High School, brings over 30 years of coaching experience at the middle school, high school and college level to the job. . After earning her degree in physical education from UNC-Greensboro, Cox spent seven years at Williamston High School, where she coached tennis, basketball and softball. Fropi there, she spent seven years at Peace Susan Cox College coaching basket ball and softball. While there, she completed her masters at East Carolina University. She then spent a couple of years in private business before returning to her first love. “I didn’t like it (private business),” Cox said. “I missed the kids.” So Cox got back in public education with a part-time job at East Cary Middle School, coaching basketball and softball at Meredith College also. The job at East Cary went full-time, and she stayed on another year at . Meredith. She taught at the middle school full-time for six years. Her next move was to Cary High School, where she spent seven years as volleyball coach and four years as softball coach. Cox began to long for a quieter life, less traffic and a smaller school. She found an opening at Perquimans Middle School two years ago, and moved back home. “I was looking for some thing smaller,” she said. “I was teaching at a school that had 2,000 kids in it. It was kind of impersonal.” Cox and fellow health and physical education teacher Rodney Lassiter revamped the health and RE. curriculum at PCMS. She also coached basketball for two years, while assist ing with volleyball at the high school. Last year, she accepted the head coach responsibility with the PCHS softball team. Now, she’s taking her role a notch higher with the AD position.C ox has no plans to go in and make wholesale changes in the athletic department there. “I think for a while, we’re just going to let things stay where they are,” Cox said. “There’re some improvements and things that need to he made, that have to be made every year. I think the ath letic department is in a good position. “Until I sit down with the coaches and see where they think things need to go, I just don’t see a whole lot of changes.” Cox will continue to coach softball, but does not plan to coach any other sports. “My personal opinion is, you can’t coach a geat deal and handle the job of ath letic director,” Cox said. The new athletic direc tor believes that participa tion in sports is an impor tant component of educa tion. “Sports give students an opportunity to develop themselves physically, to develop a sense of team work and commitment, and it helps them to learn to get along with others and maybe sometimes put other people ahead of them selves,” Cox said. “Sometimes you have to sacrifice yourself for your team.” The coaching staff at PCHS will remain stable, except for filling coaching duties in girls basketball and JV baseball formerly held by Bob Turner. “Everything else looks like it’s pretty set,” Cox said. Soon, fall sports will get underway and student ath letes will be riding on newly-painted activity buses. They’ll also have a new weight room in which to train. Sprint warns of scam Sprint has learned of a new potential slam ming or scamming situa tion. Callers claiming to be Sprint representatives are contacting Sprint customers, claiming the customers have been paying too much for one fee or another, and offer ing to correct the situa tion. The caller may or may not offer to switch their long-distance serv ice, and they may refer to an “incorrect LCR fee.” They may also refer to a “rebate program” and ask for personal account information, and they may ask customers to provide additional tele phone numbers connect ed with a main number. Anyone who receives such calls to report them to Sprint Security at 1- 877-451-1980. Weekend Weather Thursday High: 95 Low: 74 Partly Cloudy Friday High: 96 Low: 72 SCAHERED T'StORMS Saturday High: 90 Low: 71 Isolated T'Storms
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