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HERTFORD, NC 27944-1306.
July 14, 2004
Vol. 72, No. 28 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
PEatQLlMANS
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Weekly
received
Hertford man faces drug charges, tax bill
SUSAN R. HARRIS
A Hertford man was
arrested earlier this month
after law enforcement offi
cers found 118 grams of
crack and cocaine and
almost $3,000 in cash at his
residence.
Marcus Orlando
Forehand, 35, of 312 Market
Street, was arrested by the
Elizabeth City-Pasquotank
Drug Task Force and
charged with possession
with intent to sell and
deliver crack/cocaine, pos
session with intent to sell
and deliver marijuana, pos
session of drug parapher
nalia and maintaining a
dwelling for the purpose of
selling/delivering a con
trolled substance, accord
ing to Perquimans Sheriff
Eric Tilley.
Both the drug task force
and Perquimans Sheriff’s
Department had received
information that drugs
were being dealt from
Forehand’s home, Tilley
said. Working together, the
agencies were able to get
sufficient information to
secure a- search warrant.
Officers from both depart
ments raided Forehand’s
home on July 2 at around
7:30 p.m.
Tilley said Forehand was
cooperative when officers
arrived. Cocaine, marijua
na, cash and drug para
phernalia such as scales
were confiscated during
the search.
Also found on the prop
erty were several guns,
Tilley said. No weapons
charges were filed at the
time of the search, but fed
eral authorities have been
contacted and federal
charges are possible, the
sheriff added.
Home at last
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Two incumbents and
three challengers will be on
Tuesday’s board of educa
tion ballot.
Incumbents William
Byrum and Helen
Thompson Shaw, who now
serve as chair and co-chair
of the board, respectively,
will be joined on the baUot
by political newcomers
Gail Vaughan HUl, Ralph
HoUowell and Thomas C.
“Tommy” Jones. The five
wiU run in a non-partisan
election for three available
seats. Two of those seats
are held by Byrum and
Shaw; the third was vacat
ed by the death of Iris
Byrne this spring. With an
election imminent, the
board opted not to fill
Byrne’s seat after her
death.
Each voter wiU be able to
choose one candidate on
the ballot. The three who
get the most votes wiU be
seated on the board at the
board’s July meeting.
Each candidate spoke
with The Perquimans
Weekly by phone, and were
asked the same questions.
An overview of their inter
views follows in alphabeti
cal order.
William Byrum, 65, has
served the past four years
on the board after spending
his career in education. A
graduate of Perquimans
County High School,
Byrum earned his bache
lors degree at East Carolina
University before return
ing to his alma mater as an
English teacher. After three
years in the classroom.
Byrum served as principal
at the school for 30 years,
then moved to the central
office as testing coordina
tor for four years before
retiring. During his career,
he earned his masters in
educational administration
from ECU.
Byrum’s three sons
attended Perquimans
County Schools, and he
presently has a grandson,
age 13, who is a student
here.
The veteran school
administrator is seeking
another four-year term,
where he will bring his
experiences in education to
the table.
The school system’s
greatest challenge. Byrum
said, is finding funds for
facilities needs. Dealing
with that challenge
requires continuing to
work with the board of
county commissioners to
find funds to implement the
school system’s long-range
plans.
The system’s greatest
resource is its employees,
he said.
The present board is
composed of hard workers
in Byrum’s view.
“I think the board is
doing a very good job work
ing with the administra
tion and the community,”
he said.
Gail Vaughn Hill, 53,
attended Perquimans
County Schools and went
on to earn a bachelors in
Bible and theology with a
Christian education minor
from Roanoke Bible
College. At present, she
owns and operates a trans
portation company.
Hill had one child to
graduate from Perquimans
County Schools, while her
second chUd started here,
but finished in Camden.
Her concern for reach
ing all children is her rea
son for running for school
board.
“I have a concern about
the mass production of
children, classification of
children and lack of moti
vation,” she said.
HiU said the school sys
tem’s greatest resource and
In addition to the drug
charges, Tilley said
Forehand will also have to
deal with a tax bill of about
$7,000 stemming from the
arrest. The sheriff said
that the state of North
Carolina classifies a drug
dealer as a business per
son, and levies income
taxes on seized drugs based
on the street value of what
is confiscated. If funds are
not available to pay the tax
bill, Tilley said the state
may take property such as
cars, jewelry and electron
ics to cover the biU.
The tax money is put
into a Drug Tax Fund and
sent back to the county
where the drugs were
seized to be used to fight
drugs and investigate drug
cases.
Tilley said no one else
was arrested in connection
with the case.
Summer coming
to close for local
students, teachers
Dates set for
class
assignment
notices, fall
sports try-outs
Tammy Moore accepts the keys to her new home in Snug Harbor Saturday, built by the Chowan-Perquimans
Habitat for Humanity. Moore and her three teen children, Ashley, Anthony and Brian, celebrated the comple
tion of their new home with Habitat volunteers. Although slowed by weather and material delivery delays, the
four bedroom Coastal cottage was completed just two weeks behind schedule.
Five run for three seats on local school board
great challenge are twin
themes: Teachers must pre
sent the curriculum in
ways that reach all children
so that none are left behind.
Her background in
Christian education gives
Hill knowledge of brain-
based learning, which
states that aU children can
be reached if properly
attended. All children can
learn if curriculum is pre
sented in the way that
meshes with their learning
style.
Hill said she did not feel
she could rate the job the
present board is doing.
Ralph HoUowell, 37, is
interested in the school sys
tem both as a parent and
the husband of a teacher.
HoUoweU has a son in the
fourth grade, and a toddler
who will one day attend
Perquimans County
Schools, just as his wife
did. She now teaches at
Central School.
The Environmental
Health Director at
Albemarle Regional Health
Services for 15 years,
HoUowell graduated from
Albemarle School before
earning a bachelors degree
in science from N.C. State
University.
Continued on page 6
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Summer is more than
half over for students and
teachers in Perquimans
County Schools. In less
than a month, another
school year wiU begin.
Teachers will report
Aug. 2 for workdays, while
students will attend classes
on Aug. 5.
Students scheduled to
attend Perquimans Central
and Hertford Grammar
schools this year wiU get
letters the week of July 19
providing the name of the
student’s teacher and a list
of needed supplies.
Letters will be sent to
students at Perquimans
Middle School next week
detailing dates and times
students may visit the
school to obtain class
schedules and a list of
needed supplies.
Juniors and seniors may
pick up schedules at
Perquimans High on July
19, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., while
freshmen and sophomores
may pick up schedules dur
ing the same hours on July
20.
July 21 has been desig
nated for juniors and
seniors to discuss schedule
changes with counselors.
Freshmen and sophomore
may discuss the same on
July 22. Hours will be 8:30
a.m.-6 p.m.
Try-out dates for fall
sports are also set. At the
high school, try-out dates
are as follows:
Football (varsity and
JV): July 28, 5 p.m.
Cheerleading (varsity
and JV): Aug. 2, 4-6 p.m.
VoUeybaU: Aug. 2, 3:30-
5:30 p.m.
Cross country: Aug. 5,
3:30-5:30 p.m.
Soccer: Aug. 9, 3:30-5:30
p.m.
Tryouts for football, soc
cer, cheerleading and vol
leyball at the middle school
will begin Aug. 16 at 3:30
p.m.
All student athletes
must have a current physi
cal and drug test before
reporting for tryouts.
High school students
who plan to drive to school
may park on campus in the
designated parking lot on
the corner of Edenton Road
and King streets after
receiving a parking permit.
Students who violate park
ing regulations or who
leave campus without
authorization may lose
their parking privileges.
Students should never
park in the faculty or visi
tor lots, the grassy triangle
or areas located near the
baseball field or bus garage.
Any cars parked in unau
thorized .areas or illegal
spaces are subject to towing
at the owner’s expense.
The school is not respon
sible for theft or vandalism
while the vehicle is parked
on campus.
Students should not loi
ter in or visit the student
lot during the school day.
Students parking on
campus must be licensed
and insured.
Student vehicles are sub
ject to search if school
administration has reason
able suspicion that drugs,
alcohol or other contra
band may be located inside
the vehicle.
Students will be off on
Sept. 3 and 6. There are
teacher work days sched
uled for Oct. 11 and 12, the
end of the first nine weeks
grading period.
May 25 is the final of the
180 days of the 2004-05
school year, barring the
need to make up time for
inclement weather days.
Days designated as
make-up days in the event
of inclement weather are
Sept. 3, Oct. 11, Feb. 14, Jan.
3 and May 26.
School calendars must
meet criteria set by North
Carolina General Statutes
and State Board policy.
Continued on page 6
Weekend
Weather
THURSDAY
High: 91
Low: 71
Sunny
Friday
High: 89
Low: 71
Sunny
Saturday
High: 90
Low: 74
Sunny