The official 2003
Indian Summer and
Hearth & Harvest
program is in this
newspaper
September 10, 2003
Vol. 71, No. 37 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
The
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PERQUIMANS COUNTY LIBRARY
110 W ACADEMY ST
HERTFORD, NC
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MANS
Weekly
35 cents
RE. has
new
meaning
at PCHS
Lassiter
concentrates
on making
students
accountable
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Students at Perquimans
High should take healthful
living class, which is basic
health and physical educa
tion, as seriously as they
take math and English.
Failure to dress out for
physical education and par
ticipate in the classroom in
health could lead to a fail
ing grade in healthful liv
ing, which is required by
the state for graduation.
And failing healthful living
has taken on new conse
quences at PCHS.
Principal Hans Lassiter
sent letters home last week
with students stating that
school officials are con
cerned because of the num
ber of students not dress
ing out for physical educa
tion or participating in
health class. He outlined a
new policy that could have
negative consequences for
students over their four
years in high school.
“If, in the event you/your
child fails health and physi
cal education due to non
participation, you/your
chhd wiU not be ^owed to
take health and physical
education again until their
senior (12th grade) year,”
Lassiter wrote in the letter
addressed to students and
parents. “This class is a
requirement for gradua
tion, so successful compel-
tion of it is expected!”
Because healthful living
is required before students
can take other health and
physical education clasess
such as advanced physical
education, weight training
and strength training, stu
dents who fail healthful liv
ing because of non-partici
pation and have to take it
again in their senior year
could not take the advanced
classes.
Students with a physical
malady such as a broken
bone, students for whom
dressing out in gym clothes
violates a religious belief,
and students who are phys
ically ill and can be made
worse by participating in
physical education may be
exempt from some compo
nents of the policy.
Failure to cooperate in
healthful living is not the
only concerns Lassiter has
about the school. Students
arriving at school too early,
lack of parental involve
ment, punctuality, responsi
bility, literacy, race rela
tions safety, and respect for
others and for facilities are
also on Lassiter’s mind
these days.
Lassiter said students
should not be dropped off
until about 7:30 in the
morning to ensure that suf
ficient staff is on site to
provide a safe environment.
Continued on page 6
D’feeting ALS
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Over 250 pairs of feet strolled through Hertford
Saturday morning for the fourth annual Walk to D'Feet
ALS, which benefitted the Jim "Catfish" Hunter ALS
Foundation. Among the participants was George
Wallace (above in foreground in motorized chair), an
ALS patient from Virginia. Walking with Helen Hunter
(right, second from right), widow of Jim "Catfish"
Hunter and a member of the board of directors of the
Foundation, were (left) board member Tommy Harrell
and his wife Sherry, who helped organize the
Foundation and the walk, and Mae Carr. Helen Hunter
said almost $32,000 has been turned in from the walk
to date and funds continue to be received. Superior
Water Systems donated water for the walkers and
Albemarle Plantation provided a golf cart. Hunter said
the rescue squad, local law enforcement and
Perquimans County Schools helped with the event.
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Saturday is festivals day in Perquimans
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Saturday will bring
something for everyone in
Perquimans, when the
annual Indian Summer and
Hearth & Harvest festivals
win be in full swing.
Indian Summer activi
ties get underway at 9 a.m.
at both Missing MUl and
Winfall Landing parks,"
while the day begins at the
Newbold-White House for
Hearth & Harvest at 10
o’clock.
The festival finale is set
for 6 p.m. at Missing MiU
Park when the Atlantic
Fleet Band will perform.
The military musicians
and vocalists wowed festi
val-goers last year, and are
back by popular demand.
Fireworks, a first for the
festival, wiU burst during
the band’s final set.
Entertainment, games,
vendors offering a variety
of merchandise and infor
mation, and food will be
available at both parks aU
day
Travel between the parks
will be simple for those
La*..
Dental assistant Kim Harris gets a quick, painless den
tal impression from Holly Rogerson with the use of
Toothprints, a dental identification system for safe
guarding children. The impression is kept by parents,
and provides an impression, DNA and a scent should
they ever be needed. Jack Boone,D.D.S. donated the
Toothprints kits to the local SPCA. Impressions will be
taken at the Indian Summer Festival for a tax-
deductible $5 donation to the SPCA.
who like the river. Water
taxis will ferry folks from
one park to the other for
only $1 per ride aU day.
There wUl also be shut
tles between the two parks.
the Newbold-White House,
downtown and several
park-and-ride lots.
At the Newbold-White
House, Perquimans
County’s history will be
highlighted with 18th cen
tury crafts, entertainment,
activities and food. Lunch,
which will be available for
sale, will include
Brunswick stew, apples and
hoe cakes cooked over an
open hearth.
Festival organizers
remind those who plan to
attend events that bikes,
skate boards, roller blades
or animals — even those on
leashes — are not allowed
in the parks. All park rules
must also be observed.
Mark Saturday on your
calendar, bring your lawn
chair, and plan to spend a
day taking in the sights and
sounds of Perquimans
County’s “festival day.”
For complete details on
the festivals, including an
entertainment schedule,
vendor information and
parking, please see the fes
tival booklet inserted in
this newspaper.
Duke concerned about bridge on Hwy. 37 in Winfall
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Lucky Duke is worried
that someone will be
unlucky.
The Holiday Island resi
dent, who is a truck driver,
is concerned that the small
bridge near the county soft-
ball fields in WinfaU wiU. be
the site of an accident. It is
not wide enough, Duke
said, for two large vehicles
to safety pass.
Duke’s main concern is
that school buses and
trucks share the road in the
morning and afternoons,
and that someone unfamil
iar with the bridge’s width
may not yield as he does
when he meets another
wide vehicle on the bridge.
“It’s really dangerous,”
Duke said. “It’s just not
wide enough for large vehi
cles to pass.
“A lot of children travel
that road and something
needs to be done about it.”
Duke could not attend
last week’s county commis
sioners’ meeting, but did
have someone attend and
bring the issue to the board
on his behalf.
In addition, Duke has
made calls to Senator Marc
Basnight, Representative
Bill Culpepper and Gov.
Mike Easley about his con
cerns.
Hertford
water
grant
SUSAN R. HARRIS
The Town of Hertford
received notification of a
$400,000 water grant from
the Rural Economic
Development Center last
week.
The funds are to drill a
new well in order to pro
vide service to the
Perquimans County
Commerce Centre, upgrade
the water treatment plant,
construct a new 500,000 gal
lon water tank, clean and
paint the existing 500,000
water tank, and demolish
the existing 100,000 gallon
tank.
Hertford Mayor Sid Eley
said N-C. Senator Marc
Basnight was a great help
in getting the grant
approved. Rolf Blizzard, the
Director of Special Projects
and Research in Basnight’s
office worked with the town
on the grant.
Hertford was one of 64
communities across the
state to receive a share of
almost $20 million in Rural
Center grants. The funds
are from the Clean Water
Bond and will be used for
water and wastewater sys
tem improvements.
“As rual North Carolina
endures unsettling econom
ic times, we’ve got to make
sure we protect the founda
tion of our rural communi
ties so they can build new
opportunities for the
future,” said Rural Center
President Billy Ray Hall.
“That means ensuring they
have plentiful, clean water.”
Hertford’s grant was
funded under the supple
mental grant category, from
which 31 of the grants,
totalling $9.8 million were
funded. Supplemental
grants serve as matching
grants for funds from other
sources and may be used
only after the other funds
have been expended.
The Rural Center is a pri
vate, non-profit ortganiza-
tion whose mission is to
develop sound economic
strategies that improve the
qualify of life in rural
North Carolina.
At present, he is encour
aging local residents to pay
special attention to their
driving while' approaching
the bridge, and to call,
write or email government
and transportation officials
with their concerns.
Duke assisted with a
petition drive in Holiday
Island requesting that the
state take over roads there,
and said he may initiate
one for the Hwy. 37 bridge.
Weekend
Weather
THURSDAY
High: 79
Low: 63
Partly Cloudy
Friday
HiGH:81
Low: 68
Partly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 85
Low: 68
Scahered Showers
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