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HERTFORD, NC 27944-1306
May 21, 2003
Vol. 71, No. 21 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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School board OKs
two new principals
SUSAN R. HARRIS
The school board hired
two new principals Monday
night, effectively changing
the top leadership at half of
the county’s schools.
Hans Lassiter will
assume the duties of prin
cipal at the high school,
while Melvin Hawkins wiU
become the new middle
school principal. Both
appointments are effective
July 1.
“I think that we got two
good folks,” said superin
tendent Kenneth Wells.
Lassiter and Hawkins
, were both at the school
board meeting. Both spoke
enthusiastically of the
opportunity to come to
Perquimans County
Schools.
Lassiter, who lives in
Durham, is presently an
assistant principal at
Southern Vance High
School. He has experience
as both a high school and
community college teacher
and as a high school coach.
“I believe that the princi
pal’s position at
Perquimans County High
School is an exciting oppor
tunity and that I am the
ideal candidate for it given
my experience as an assis
tant principal in a school
similar to Perquimans
High,” Lasmter stated. “I
believe that I was called by
God to be an educator. I am
a dynamic and energetic
educator who will welcome
the challenge of effective
and total leadership. I look
forward to the opportunity
to serve.”
Lassiter taught and
coached high school in both
Durham and GuBford coun
ties. He also taught at
Vance-Granville
Community College. His
teaching certification is in
social studies.
In addition, Lassiter
worked as a driver educa
tion specialist with the
NCDOT.
A1989 graduate of North
Carolina A&T University,
Lassiter earned his mas
ters in history from N.C.
Central University in 2000.
In 2002, he earned a mas
ters of school administra
tion and N.C. Principal
Licensure from N.C. State
University.
He has completed the
Principals’ Executive
Program sponsored by
UNC-Chapel HiU and is cur
rently working on his doc
torate at N.C. State
University. He has gotten
permission to take a year
off of his doctoral studies
to concentrate all his ener
gies on his new job at
Perquimans High.
Lassiter and his wife
said they are looking for
ward to moving with their
three children to a county
with such a sense of com
munity
Hawkins comes from a
family of educators. His
father is a retired superin
tendent and his mother a
retired teacher.
Hawkins actually began
his career in education at
Perquimans, serving as an
interim teacher at the high
school in the sprng of 1988.
After that, he accepted a
position as teacher and
Hans Lassiter
Melvin Hawkins
coach at his alma mater.
Northeastern High School.
He also served as athletic
director during his 10 years
in Pasquotank.
He left Northeastern to
accept the position of assis
tant principal at Camden
Middle School.
During his tenure in the
classroom, Hawkins was
named Employee of the
Year, Teacher of the Year
and Northeast Region
Teacher of the Year
Runner-up.
He earned his under
graduate and masters
degrees from East Carolina
University and is currently
enrolled in the EdD pro
gram there.
“After teaching for 10
years, I began my career as
an administrator,”
Hawkins stated. “I now
eagerly await my transition
to Perquimans County
Middle School where I look
forward to working with
the competent staff to
shape the vision of the
school.”
In addition to the princi-
palship changes, Lisa MUls
Perry, presently the assis
tant principal at the middle
school, will be reassigned
to teaching duties within
the system. Perry holds a
certification in grades
6—12 mathematics.
The high school position
became available when pre
sent principal Dwayne
Stallings was named assis
tant superintendent for
curriculum and instruc
tion earlier this spring. He
will officially move into his
new position on July 1.
The middle school open
ing was approved Monday
night when the school
board accepted the resigna
tion of John Dublin, who
came to Perquimans
County Schools last year
from Elizabeth City-
Pasquotank. Dublin
resigned with a year left on
his contract.
Wells said that more
changes in the system may
be forthcoming.
Garden party is sell-out
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Saturday evening’s cool
weather didn’t dampen the
spirits of the almost 200
people who gathered for
the annual Perquimans
County Restoration
Association Garden Party.
The event was hosted by
Montgomery Spindler on
the lawn of his Albemarle
Plantation home.
Early estimates indicate
that the event raised close
to $4,000 for the associa
tion, chaired by Hiltrud
Aubert.
In addition to enjoying
elegant foods, dancing and
fellowship, those in atten
dance heard the announce
ments of special recogni
tion of people in the com
munity who have con
tributed greatly to the suc
cess and operation of
PCRA and its programs.
The 2003 Lucille
Winslow Award for out
standing and distin
guished service to PCRA
and the Newbold-White
House was awarded to
Montgomery Spindler.
Spindler has taken a
lead role in the PCRA peri-
auger project. He helped
organized a local crew to
The annual Perquimans County Restoration
Association Garden Party drew almost 200 people to
the Albemarle Plantation home of Montgomery
Spindler Saturday evening. Many volunteers (below)
worked to make the event a success.
build the mast, sweeps and
other components of the
boat at the Perquimans
2020 Business Center.
He will also be a crew
member on the completed
periauger as it makes its
way from Beaufort to
Hertford upon its comple
tion.
The 2003 William &
Catherine Nixon Award
for an individual or group
who shows outstanding
support of PCRA and the
Newbold-White House was
awarded to the group of
ladies who planned the
Periaguer Gala which
raised over $18,000 for the
periauger.
The Periauger Gala
Committee is Hiltrud
Aubert, Betty Lane Bissett,
Mary Alice Brinn, JoAnne
Foreman, Peggy Huffman,
Donna Koppleman, Ruth
Lacefield, Cam Rivard and
Anne Rowe.
Other certificates of
appreciation were award
ed to EUie Vickers, Peter
Rascoe, Melanie James,
Derrick James, Erik Van
de Bogart and LuAnne
Pendergraft.
The garden party has
become one of the pre
miere fundraisers for the
PCRA.
The PCRA owns and
operates the historic
Newbold-White House: A
Quaker Homestead and
provides education on
local history and tradition
to the public and to county
students.
Pig Out on the GKeen
SUSAN R. HARRIS
The most successful Pig
Out on the Green ever took
place on the courthouse
lawn Friday evening.
According to Mary
White, one of the Historic
Hertford Business
Association event organiz
ers, 500 barbecue plates
were sold. Proceeds benefit
the 4th of July fireworks.
Loose Change provided
the music.
The dinner was the first
fund raising project of the
newly-formed Belvidere
Ruritan Club. The club was
sponsored by the Parksville
Ruritans.
“It was so great,” White
said. “Everybody had a
blast. Some people even
danced.”
White said cooking the
pig on the courthouse lawn
this year seemed to whet
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County residents and visitors enjoyed the annual Pig Out on the Green Friday
evening on the courthouse lawn. Pork barbecue cooked on site and live entertain
ment provided a nice kickoff to the weekend.
appetites of passersby.
Business sponsors of Pig
Out included Woodard’s
Pharmacy, RBC Centura,
Frankie’s Hertford Cafe,
The Heritage House, One
Stop and Jackson
Wholesale.
Volunteers included Sid
Eley, Bev Alexander, Karen
Godfrey, Harriette Woodard
and Angela Harrell.
Ribbon cut for Beyond the Garden Gate
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Friends and well-wish
ers welcomed Beyond the
Garden Gate to the
Hertford business commu
nity Friday when the
Chamber of Commerce
sponsored a ribbon cutting
for the shop.
Tina McClanahan estab
lished a shop that offers
arts and crafts, including
those from several vendors,
as well as art supplies, gifts
and antiques.
In addition, she offers
art classes ranging from
tole painting to pottery to
candle carving. Craft class
es are already underway at
Beyond the Garden Gate.
The store boasts the
largest art rubber stamping
collection in the Albemarle.
If a craft supply is not
the Chamber of Commerce sponsored a ribbon cut
ting for Beyond the Garden Gate, a new business in
downtown Hertford, Friday.
available in the store,
McClanahan will do her
best to find the item.
A unique service of
Beyond the Garden Gate is
that McClanahan is avail
able to do craft projects for
such events as children’s
birthday parties.
The colorful shop is
located at 144 N. Church
Street in downtown
Hertford, the site of the for
mer Wishing WeU.
For more information,
stop by and see
McClanahan or call 426-
7312.
Weekend
Weather
THURSDAY
High: 70
Low: 60
Showers
Friday
High:71
Low: 62
Rain/Thunder
Saturday
High: 77
Low:60
Scattered Showers