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August 18, 2004
Vol. 72, No. 33 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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Charley blows through county
SUSAN R. HARRIS
It sounded like a freight
train.
That was how one per
son at Albemarle
Plantation described the
wind that Hurricane
Charley gushed through
the waterfront community
Saturday afternoon.
In addition to torrential
rains, the remnants of the
hurricane that wreaked
havoc in Florida spawned
high winds off the
Albemarle Sound, downing
trees and scattering leaves
and branches in the shore
line communities of
Albemarle Plantation,
. Snug Harbor and Holiday
Island.
Emergency Management
Director Harry Winslow
said the entire county got a
lot of rain and there was
some flooding on roadways,
but no significant property
damage had been reported
to him or the building
inspector as of Tuesday
morning.
“We dodged this one,”
Winslow said, adding that
the eye of the storm came
across the northern part of
Perquimans County where
it touches Gates and
Chowan counties.
The county set up an
Emergency Operations
Center and opened a shel
ter at the middle school.
About a dozen people
sought shelter before it was
closed on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Fire departments
responded to a few limbs
that had fallen on electric
lines, causing sparks.
Albemarle EMC called in
crews and was on the street
as soon as the storm
passed, restoring the 1,600
customers in Perquimans
County left in the dark,
according to spokesperson
Larry Johnson. EMC had a
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Hurricane Charley
brought gusty winds
through the Albemarle
Sound communities of
Albemarle Plantation,
Snug Harbor and Holiday
Island Saturday after
noon. Trees like these at
Albemarle Plantation,
were twisted off, and
branches and leaves still
littered the communities
Monday. Plantation work
crews hauled off numer
ous loads of debris.
total of 2,900 customers
without power immediate
ly after the storm, but had
most restored within
hours. The final customers
in Perquimans County got
electricity Sunday after
noon. Johnson said the
number of fallen trees
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Perquimans County High School Principal Hans
Lassiter speaks with parents and community residents
at the high school's open house on Sunday, which
ended with a pre-season pep rally in the gym.
PCHS tries Sunday event
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Perquimans County
High School Principal Hans
Lassiter has said he will do
whatever it takes to get par
ents engaged in the acade
mic performance of their
high school students.
So, the high school tried
a Sunday afternoon open
house and pre-season pep
rally last weekend in hopes
that some parents who are
unable to make it to school
on week nights when pro
grams are typically offered
could attend.
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made restoring current in
the Perquimans County
area affected more time-
consuming.
The town of Hertford
was prepared for whatever
Charley brought, but Town
Manager John Christensen
said nobody lost power and
the town only got a call
about a service line down.
“We made out real well,”
Christensen said.
The causeway was
closed for a time due to the
three-foot storm surge,
Christensen said. NCDOT
got the debris washed on
the roadway by the surging
water off quickly,
Christensen said, and
reopened the stretch of
road Saturday evening.
Town crews have worked
this week cleaning out
catch basins where trash
blew into the storm drains,
Chrsitensen said.
Perquimans was lucky
this time, but Winslow
warns that residents
shouldn’t think the hurri
cane season is over.
“Don’t think it’s over
with yet,” he said. “Just
because we’ve had three
(named storms) fairly early
doesn’t mean that’s all of
them. We haven’t reached
the height of the season
yet.”
Winslow said residents
should be prepared in
advance for the possibility
of a direct hit. Emergency
kits with canned food,
water, flashlights, a radio,
batteries, a manual can
opener, rain gear and other
items needed in the event
households lose power or
have to leave in a hurry
should be readied if a
storm is possible. FEMA
recommends that items be
gathered and placed in a
large plastic container with
a tight-fitting lid or assem
bled inside double trash
bags.
Winslow said the
Emergency Management
office is moving this week
to its new headquarters in
the county office building
on Dobbs Street that for
merly housed Social
Services. That office has
been outfitted to serve as
an Emergency Operations
Center in the event of a dis
aster. The phone number
will continue to be 426-7029.
The building inspector’s
office is also moving into
the Dobbs Street building.
Darrow turns love of archery
into in-home business
“It was awesome, consid
ering Hurricane Charley
and everything else that
was going on, the turn-out
was a blessing,”Lassiter
said. “Parents could have
stayed at home, but chose to
come out to become
engaged in their children’s
education.
Lassiter said about 125
parents braved the rain to
attend the event, during
which parents could speak
with teachers and other fac
ulty members, could learn
about school clubs and met
the fall sports teams.
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Bill Harrow’s father, who
was half Black Foot Indian
from Montana, taught
Darrow to shoot a bow and
arrow when he was 4 years
old. There are photos of
Darrow bow fishing for
trout in Oregon with his
dad.
Later, he was the first
officer at Marine Corps
Base Camp Lejeune to set
up a 3-D archery range.
It just seems natural that
a man who’s loved archery
for over 50 years has
opened a shop in his home
at 308 N. Church Street in
Hertford.
Harrow’s Archery car
ries all sorts of archery
equipment, including tradi
tional archery and com
pound bows. He also car
ries muzzle loaders, and
services everything he
sells.
In addition, Darrow
teaches archery on the
premises, and has also
taught about 400 students
at the Cale Retreat Center.
In fact, teaching at the Cale
Center was one reason he
opened his business.
“Last year when I got to
Cale Retreat, the kids were
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really turned on to archery
and they wanted to know
where they could buy
archery equipment, and
there wasn’t any place
around here to buy the kind
of archery equipment that
they wanted,” Darrow said.
“So I decided to give them
that service.”
Archery, whether for
competition, physical fit-
Final
Summer
Breeze
concert
Sunday
Connie Mason
will perform
The final performance in
the Newbold-White House’s
2004 Summer Breeze
Concert Series is set for
Sunday, Aug. 22 at 5:30 p.m.
and will feature Connie
Mason, a singer, musician
and songwriter who per
forms songs about the his
tory and lore of coastal
North Carolina.
Her performance will
celebrate the periauger, the
18th century workboat set
to arrive in Hertford on
Sept. 11. Mason is collec
tions manager and histori
an at the North Carolina
Maritime Museum.
The event will also fea
ture an old-fashioned fish.
fry. Plates are $6 each and
win include trout, stewed
potatoes, slaw, hush pup
pies and tea. Captain Bob’s
will be catering. Tickets are
available at the Newbold-
White House Visitors
Center, the .Perquimans
Visitors Center, and
Hertfordshire Antiques
and must be purchased by
Wednesday, Aug. 18.
The concert will last
about an hour. It is free, but
donations will be accepted.
Bring blankets, lawn
chairs and a picnic for this
casual outdoor family con
cert. The concert will take
place rain or shine. Rain
location is the Perquimans
Recreation Center, off
Harvey Point Road, across
from Planter’s Ridge.
The Newbold-White
House is open for tours on
Sundays from 2 - 5 p.m.
The grounds wiU open at
5 p.m. for the concert. The
Newbold-White House is
located just off Hwy 17 on
Harvey Point Road outside
of Hertford. For more
■ information call the
Newbold-White House at
(252) 426-7567 or
nbwh@inteliport.com.
Bill Harrow's life-long love of archery has been turned
into an in-home business. The Chamber of Commerce
sponsored a ribbon cutting at Harrow's Archery
Monday.
ness or hunting, is very
enjoyable, and is becoming
increasingly popular,
Darrow said. A lot of peo
ple are into 3-D shooting,
which is shooting at
decoys. And even some
Hollywood stars enjoy
archery.
The shop is open
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6
p.m.
Weekend
Weather
THURSDAY
High: 90
Low: 73
Partly Cloudy
Friday
High: 91
Low: 73
Isolated T'Storms
Saturday
High: 87
Low: 70
ScAHERED T'Storms