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The
September 12, 2004
Vol. 72, No. 38 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Perquimans
Weekly
Scooter hits ambulance
Lion
Accident
emphasizes
scooter
dangers
SUSAN R. HARRIS
An EMT was one of two
people taken for treatment
when a motorized scooter
hit a Perquimans County
ambulance in Hertford last
Thursday around noon.
According to Hertford
Police Chief Dale Vanscoy,
James Davenport, the dri
ver of the ambulance, and
Steven EUiott, the driver of
the scooter, were both taken
to Albemarle Hospital for
treatment of minor
injuries.
Vanscoy said Davenport
was turning east onto
Dobbs Street at the stop
light when Elliott, of 304 S.
Church Street, apparently
ran a. red light on Edenton
Road Street and slammed
into the left side of the
ambulance.
Davenport was alone in
the ambulance, having gone
to assist another EMS crew
on a caU.
Vanscoy said the depart
ment has received numer
ous complaints about the
operation of scooters,
which resemble small
motorcycles. He said he has
checked local and state reg
ulations, and as long as the
drivers are 16 years of age
or older and wear a helmet,
officers can not stop the dri
vers from operating the
vehicles. Because they are
classified as scooters and
not motorcycles under the
law, drivers do not have to
be licensed.
“The majority of people
who ride scooters don’t
have a license or some have
lost their driving privilege
because of prior traffic
incidents,” Vanscoy said.
“They are inexperienced or
show a pattern of not fol
lowing the law.”
Vanscoy said the lack of
state laws regulating scoot
ers is contrary to the state’s
efforts over the past few
years to improve highway
safety through such initia
tives as the graduated dri
ver license and highway
safety programs.
“They made it harder for
kids to get their license
through this progressive
license program and yet
you can go buy them a mo
ped or a scooter and put a
hehnet on them and (they
can) run it,” Vanscoy said.
“It doesn’t make the
roads safer,” he added.
Walk to D Feet ALS
Participants in Saturday's annual Walk to D'Feet ALS
stop to place flowers at the grave of Jim "Catfish"
Hunter in Cedar Wood Cemetery. Among those partic
ipating in the fund raiser were Hunter's granddaugh
ter, Jensen (center) who places her flowers with help
from her aunt and uncle, Heather and Paul Hunter.
Hunter's widow, Helen (bottom), and her brother were
also among the walkers.
Annual event funds
research, patient support
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Friends and family of
the late Jimmy Hunter
walked through Hertford
Saturday for the annual
Walk to D’Feet ALS, a fund
raiser for the Jim “Catfish”
Hunter ALS Foundation.
Although final numbers
are not available, thou
sands of dollars were
raised to help fund
Vesearch for ALS, the dis
ease that took the life of the
Baseball Hall of Famer, and
for support services for
ALS patients.
Participants began at
Perquimans County High
School and made a loop
downtown before coming
back to the high school
through Cedar Wood
Cemetery, where long
stemmed flowers were
given to each walker to
place at Hunter’s grave.
The morning was cool
and windy, but sprinkles
held off until the last walk
ers were making their way
down the final stretch.
Helen Hunter, who each
year helps to organize the
walk, said the number of
walkers could not be deter
mined because some did
not register. Funds contin
ue to be received from the
event.,
Back at the high school,
T-shirts were given to walk
ers, and Helen Hunter gave
out hugs of thanks, while
PCHS principal Hans
Lassiter provided fruit
trays for the walkers.
Unclaimed Freight looks to expand to Hertford
SUSAN R. HARRIS
Mike White opened
Unclaimed Freight in
Sunbury in January, has
already expanded that
store, and is now consider
ing expansion into
Perquimans County.
Located at the corner of
Highway 185 and Highway
32, White said Unclaimed
Freight carries everything
for the home and at reason
able prices.
“We specialize in being
cheaper than anybody
else,” White said.
From living room suites,
which start at $399, to
Mike White cuts the ribbon at Unclaimed Freight in
Sunbury last week.
accessories, customers can
decorate their entire homes
at Unclaimed Freight. The
store carries furniture,
mattresses, bar stools,
lamps, rugs and more.
White said he welcomes
everyone to come and look
around at the variety of
styles offered at the store in
a low-pressure environ
ment.
Delivery and financing
are available through the
store.
Mike and his wife, Julie,
live in Belyidere, and Mike
has a wealth of experience
in retail sales.
The Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce
welcomed the Whites into
the business community
with a ribbon cutting last
week.
Store hours are 8 a.m.-7
p.m. Monday—Friday, 9
a.m.—5 p.m. on Saturday,
and noon—4 p.m. on
Sunday. White understands
work schedules, and wants
to offer customers the
opportunity to shop when
it’s convenient for them.
The long showroom hours
allow ample time for shop
ping.
Call 465-8356 for more
information, or stop by the
store and walk to White
about your home decor
needs.
robbed
SUSAN R. HARRIS
For the second time in
less than 60 days, an early-
morning robber hit Food
Lion, last week
Hertford Police Chief
Dale Vanscoy said officers
responded to the second
alarm on Sept. 14 at 5:37
a.m.
Once on the scene,
Vanscoy said the clerk told
officers that a black male
wearing coveralls with a
white T-shirt wrapped
around his face came in the
store throught the front
doors, pushed the clerk
over to a cash register and
forced her to open the regis
ter. When she had opened
the register, the clerk said
the man grabbed and unde
termined amount of money
and ran back out of the
store. She told police she
did not see a weapon.
An officer was patrolling
on Church Street Extended
near the Albemarle
Commission Building
when the call came in, and
sped to the scene, but could
find no sign of the perpe-
traitor..
The first incident
occurred on July 27 in
much the same manner,
Vanscoy said. The robber
entered the store around 5
a.m. wearing coveralls with
a white T-shirt covering his
face, forced a clerk to opien a
cash register, took the
money and ran. The clerk
reported seeing a weapon
on that occasion.
Vanscoy said in both
instances, officers had just
left Food Lion making a
routine check when the
incidents occured. The first
time, the officer had made
his way back to the stop
light at U.S. 17 and Harvey
Point Road when the caU
came in. The officer had
gotten back to the
Albemarle Commission
Building before receiving
the call for the September
incident.
Vanscoy said both rob
beries are still under inves
tigation. Anyone with any
information about either
incident should call the
police department at 426-
5587.
Weekend
Weather
THURSDAY
High: 88
Low: 63
Sunny
Friday
High: 80
Low: 62
Partly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 81
Low: 62
Partly Cloudy