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December 3, 2003
Vol. 71, No. 49 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Perqulvians
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Holiday events planned
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Thanksgiving is a memo
ry and now the Christmas
season looms on the hori
zon. Holiday events
planned in the county this
week should get everyone
in the Christmas spirit.
Thursday evening is the
annual Extension
Homemakers Christmas
Ramble.
From 6:30—9 p.m., three
homeowners will open
their doors to guests to
view one modern and two
restored historic homes in
the county.
The tour features the
homes of Billy and Margie
Nixon, Lyn Winslow and
Joe and Mary White
(Springfield Inn). Four
passes are $4 for adults and
$1 for students. Tickets will
be sold at the homes on the
night of the ramble.
Advance tickets are avail
able at the Extension
' Center.
Tourists should bring
flashlights and wear low-
heeled shoes.
Refreshments will be
served at the Extension
Center.
Call 426-7697 for informa
tion.
Also as part of the tour,
the Perquimans County
fcibrary will be open from
5—8 p.m. for an open house
and book signing of the
new pictorial history book
of Perquimans County.
Friday evening at 5
o’clock, the annual
Caroling on the Green will
take place downtown.
Saturday will bring the
annual Christmas parade,
sponsored by the Chamber
of Commerce, through the
streets of Hertford. Floats,
bands, local dignitaries,
horses and more will travel
from Perquimans County
High School down Edenton
Road Street, onto Grubb
Street, onto Church Street,
onto Dobbs Street and back
down Edenton Road Street
to the high school. The
parade will leave the high
school at 2 p.m. to make its
way down the parade route.
Grand marshals for the
event will be the chiefs of
all county fire depart
ments, rescue squad cap
tains and Emergency
Management Coordinator
Harry Winslow. The cham
ber decided to honor the
emergency personnel in
recognition of the tremen
dous job they did helping
the county to recover from
Hurricane Isabel.
After the parade.
Historic Hertford, Inc., for
merly known as Main
Street, has coordinated an
old-fashioned downtown
celebration.
The downtown block will
remain closed to traffic
after the parade passes
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Workmen brave cold tem
peratures and chilling
winds to finish the small
plaza being constructed
beside Woodard's
Pharmacy. The new period
street lights have been
adorned with greenery
and red velvet ribbons
trimmed with gold, dress
ing up the business dis
trict. Further down both
ends of Church Street, the
decorations the town for
merly used downtown
have been placed on
lights poles.
through. Immediately after
the last entries leave the
downtown block, the new
plaza under construction
beside Woodard’s
Pharmacy wiU be dedicat
ed. The Albemarle
Plantation Women’s Club
donated the funds to com
plete the area with granite.
Carolers and other enter
tainers will roam the
streets spreading holiday
cheer, while local mer
chants will welcome guests
with refreshments and a
variety of holiday gift
ideas.
At 5:30, the town will
turn on the Christmas
lights, this year featuring
the new period street lights
recently installed through
grant funds for which the
county commissioners pro
vided the match.
There will be a book
signing after the parade at
the Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church Parish House. The
pictorial history books of
Perquimans County will be
available there.
The Chamber and
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Historic Hertford, Inc. hope
that those who attend the
parade wiU stay downtown
afterwards to enjoy the
other festivities planned.
and will browse the busi
nesses looking for unique
Christmas gifts for those on
their lists.
Clean-up deadlines approach
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Perquimans County resi
dents have until Dec. 31 to
put tree debris from
Hurricane Isabel on the
state right-of-way to their
property.
New Year’s Eve will also
be the last date to take shin
gles and other roofing
materials to the landfill
and dumping sites created
to deal with Isabel waste.
After Jan. 1, tipping fees
will again be charged.
Tildon Whitehurst, one
of the contractors hired by
the county to clean up and
dispose of hurricane
debris, said he and another
contractor are making
their second passes in some
locations already. FEMA
will only reimburse the
county for the cost of mak
ing two passes through the
county.
Whitehurst also said
that he has seen landown
ers actually clearing lots in
the Snug Harbor communi
ty and leaving the debris to
be picked up by county con
tractors.
“We have to set a cut-off
date because it’s going to be
abused,’’ Commissioner
Mack Nixon said.
County Manager Paul
Gregory said officials
caught a load of shingles
from Pasquotank County
being brought into
Perquimans last week.
Pasquotank lowered but
did not abandon its fees for
storm debris.
Eight teachers
earn national
certification
Eight more teachers
from Perquimans County
Schools joined the 24,000
other National Board
Teachers across America.
They are David Modler,
art, Hertford Grammar
School; Cheryl Newby,
first grade, Perquimans
Central School; Melissa
Fields, media,
Perquimans Central
School; Thelma Finch,
Pre-K, Perquimans
Central School; Pam
Griffin, eight grade
math/science,
Perquimans Middle;
Margaret Brothers, sci
ence, Perquimans High;
Lynette Baker,
biology/science,
Perquimans High; and
Jeff Holland, English,
Perquimans High.
National Board
Certification measures a
teacher's practice against
high and rigorous stan
dards. The process is an
extensive series of perfor
mance-based assessments
that includes teaching
portfolios, student work
samples, videotapes and
thorough analyses of the
candidates' classroom
Pam Griffin
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Jeff Holland
David Modler
Cheryl Newby
teaching and student
learning, said
Superintendent Ken
Wells.
Perquimans County
Schools now has 16
National Board Teachers.
WeUs said this is truly an
accomplishment for sys
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Lynette Baker
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Margaret Brothers
Melissa Fields
Thelma Finch
Weekend
Weather
THURSDAY
High: 50
Low: 39
Partly Cloudy
Friday
High: 67
Low: 46
Rain
Saturday
High: 60
Low: 35
Rain