Inserted into today's
paper:
The official
Indian Summer, Hearth &
Harvest Festival book
P11/C5
library
110 W ACADEMY ST
HERTFORD, NC 27944-1306
September 8, 2004
Vol. 72, No. 36 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
HER5
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Weekly
Sink hole
closes
causeway
SUSAN R. HARRIS
State Department of
Transportation officials
closed the causeway
Saturday evening when a
sink hole that had been
repaired less than a month
ago reappeared.
Hertford Police Chief
Dale Vanscoy said that the
hole had a 6—8 inch drop
from the level of the road
way and was “steadily sink
ing.”
DOT supervisors
planned to review the situa
tion Tuesday morning,
Vanscoy said.
He added that from his
conversations with DOT
employees, he believes
there is a chance the cause
way could be closed for sev
eral weeks.
No more information
was available at press time.
ALS softball
tourney set
for this
weekend
Another
Hunter battles
ALS
The sixth annual Jim
“Catfish” Hunter ALS soft-
ball tournament has taken
on an even more urgent
meaning this year, as the
Hall of Famer’s nephew,
Gary Hunter, has been diag
nosed with the disease
since the last tournament.
' “He is fighting this dis
ease with everything he’s
got,” said his sister and
softball tournament co
director Joan Rountree.
“He knows how important
it is to raise as much as pos
sible for research to ‘strike
out’ ALS.”
Hunter, who now lives in
Manteo, was, like his uncle,,
a PCHS baseball stand-out.
The 15-team tournament
is set for Sept. 10-12 at the
Perquimans County
Softball Fields in Winfall.
Events planned for this
year include WTKR
Channel 3 broadcasting
from the event as well as
playing softball against the
Hunter Family in an attrac
tion game.
There will be food,
including home-baked
goods, a silent auction
which will include several
items signed by Catfish
Hunter, a raffle, and JCH
ALS sportswear sales.
To register a team, make
donations of funds or items
for the auction and raffles,
or volunteer to help, con
tact Rountree at 252-441-
9483 or 340-0210 or Marvin
or Helen Hunter at 426-4863.
Donations may be mailed
to Joan H. Rountree, 802
West First Street, Kill Devil
HiUs, NC 27948.
Guy Webb is also tourna
ment co-director.
For information, check
out the tournament website
a t
www.geocities.com/jchalss
oftball.
SAT scores highest in 10 years
Superintendent:
Goal to reach
state level
SAT scores at
Perquimans County High
School in 2004 rose to their
highest level inlO years,
according to information
released last week by the
N.C. Department of Public
Instruction.
Local scores climbed 30
points to 954 in 2004, up
from 924 in 2003. Over half
of PCHS students take the
test.
One of the most signifi
cant factors in interpreting
SAT scores is the ratio of
eligible students taking the
exam. Typically, the higher
the percentage of students
taking the test, the lower
the average scores will be.
According to Perquimans
County Schools
Superintendent Dr.
Kenneth W. Wells, that is
not the case in Perquimans
County.
“It is noteworthy that
scores continue to climb
even as the participation
rate continues to exceed
fifty percent,” said Wells.
“We encourage all students
to take the PSAT and the
SAT, especially students
aspiring to enter college.
My goal is for Perquimans
County students to exceed
the state average score of
1006.”
The results were
released last Tuesday by
Gov. Mike Easley and State
Superintendent Mike Ward
at a news conference held
at Enloe High School in
Wake County.
Perquimans was second
highest in the surrounding
counties, with Camden hav
ing the top score at 1005.
Edenton-Chowan’s average
was 945, while
Pasquotank’s was 924.
Gates came in at 911.
The state average score
was 1006.
SAT scores measure
developed verbal and math
ematical abilities neces
sary for success in college.
While the SAT scores are
useful in making decisions
about individual students
and in assessing academic
preparation of students
entering college, the infor
mation is incomplete. Test
takers of the SAT are self-
selected and the percentage
of SAT-takers varies wide
ly among all schools in
North Carolina and across
the nation.
While administrators
said they are pleased that
Perquimans High had
again shown improvement
on the SAT, they realize
that using the scores as a
measurement tool is pre
carious because it does not
include all students.
Administrators are also
pleased that SAT scores are
competitive with or higher
than surrounding
Northeast counties.
Festivals promise day of fun in county
SUSAN R. HARRIS ■■■n """ —V m': ^ ^^ •: ^ /
Start with a large mea
sure of quality entertain
ment. Add an equal portion
of arts and craft,-food and
information vendors. Sift
in exciting waterfront
activities including the
arrival of the periauger.
Stir it with children’s
games, heritage crafts, a
book signing, storytime
and events in Winfall. And
organizers of the Indian
Summer, Hearth & Harvest
and Winfall Landing Park
festivals hope you have a
recipe for a fun-filled day in
Perquimans County
Saturday.
Hertford’s celebration is
set from 9 a.m. — 5 p.m.
The popular street fair fea
tures crafts, a food court,
daylong entertainment, a
children’s pavilion, a book
signing and a Perquimans
County Schools art show.
The Perquimans River
wiU be a special focus of
the day with the grand
arrival of the periauger set
for 10 a.m. at the Hertford
Municipal dock. River
events and activities
include recreational pad
dles for kayaks and canoes
leaving from Missing Mill
Park. Wild River Outfitters
of Virginia Beach will rent
kayaks and will lead shore
line paddles for a fee at the
town docks.
UNC-TV will be on hand
to film the celebration.
Other special events dur
ing the day includes a chil
dren’s story time at 11:30
and a book signing with
Lillie Gilbert and Vicki
Shuler for “Wild River
Guide to Dismal Swamp
Trails,” at 2pm. Both are at
M. James Bookseller on
Market Street.
Arts and crafts of all
kinds will be available for
sale and the food court
boasts something for every
taste — from seafood and
hoagies to funnel cakes and
cotton candy.
A variety of entertain
ment is scheduled on the
courthouse lawn, including
Lacey Reames, the PCHS
Marching Band and Loose
Change. A highlight of the
day will be a performance
by the United States
Atlantic Fleet Jazz Band
scheduled for 4 p.m.
The children’s pavilion
will feature a petting zoo.
In Winfall, local enter
tainers and vendors are set
to be on hand 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
with a patriotic program
featuring the PCMS chorus
and band at 2 p.m.
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The Atlantic Fleet Band
(above) was one of the
highlights of last year's
Indian Summer Festival in
downtown Hertford.
Festival-goers in Winfall
enjoyed browsing
throught he vendor tents
and listening to local tal
ent (top right). One of the
highlights of Indian
Summer Festival 2004
will be the arrival of the
periauger (bottom right),
a replica of an 18th-cen
tury work boat built at
the N.C. Maritime
Museum in Beaufort that
is now under sail to
Hertford. The S-bridge
will open at 9:45 to admit
the boat, which will be
ushered home bya paddle
flotilla. The PCHS band
brass section will play at
9:30 and the ceremony
will begin at 10.
Elizabeth City
Bassmasters Casting for
Kids and the N.C. Fisheries
Commission fish tank.
At the Hearth & Harvest
Festival,try your hand at
traditional 18th century
activities that could have
taken place at this Colonial
Quaker homestead. Create
a cornhusk doll, dip some
'A * ' A.
exhibit of sheep will add to
the day. Cost is $1 per per
son.Free bus transporta
tion will be available
between the Hearth and
Harvest Festival, the
Indian Summer Festival in
downtown Hertford and
activities at Winfall
Landing Park.
For more information,
browse through the official
festivals program book
inserted inside this news
paper. Program books will
also be available at the
information booth at the
Visitors Center on Market
Street on the day of the fes
tival.
candles, make some butter
and play 18th entury
games. Join in a musical
performance. Watch arti
sans at work on traditional
crafts. This family event
has something for every
one. Hours are noon-4 p.m.
Visitors to Hearth &
Harvest Festival will have
the special opportunity to
view the ongoing restora
tion at the historic
Newbold-White House.
Reid Thomas, restoration
specialist with the North
Carolina Division , of
Archives and History, will
be on hand to discuss the
restoration process.
Throughout the day,
numerous crafters from
weavers to woodworkers,
will demonstrate, their
crafts. The Ingrams from
Far and Away Farm, will
be on hand for pony-cart
rides for children. An
Weekend
Weather
THURSDAY
High: 87
Low: 71
Scattered rSTORMS
Friday
High: 85
Low: 69
Showers
Saturday
High: 83
Low: 67
SCAHERED T'StORMS