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.PERQUIMANS COUNTY LIBRARY
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May 11, 2005
Vol. 73, No. 19 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Weekly
Historic sKe
work near end
Slip-slidin
ERIN RICKERT
A nearly yearlong pro
ject planned to help pre
serve and protect several
natural habitats on the
acreage surrounding the
Newbold-White House is
slated for completion in the
next few months, officials
said Tuesday.
Carlton Davenport, the
civil engineer behind many
of the improvements, said
while the majority of the
site enhancements are
already finished those
remaining should be com
plete by the end of this
summer.
Funded by nearly $55,000
from a Clean Water
Management Trust Fund
Grant awarded to the
Perquimans County
Restoration Association in
2004, the project has
allowed for the completion
of several improvements
under a shoreline demon
stration plan as well as the
construction of a pier, man
made wetland and nature
trail.
“The whole project is
designed to help improve
drainage and protect the
site from weather and pol
lutants,” Davenport said.
Improvements made
under the shoreline demon
stration plan, completed
most recently, were intend
ed to help protect shore on
the Perquimans River from
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PHOTO BY ERIN RICKERT
Raymond Doyen and his father Ray of Doc's Bulkhead
Service finish work to a 150-foot long handicap acces
sible pier complete with an observation platform near
the Newbold-White House. In the background is one
of three stone sills constructed to help prevent shore
erosion. A manmade wetland is also under construc
tion at the site, and a primitive nature trail leading to
the riverfront will soon be added.
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Sewer fix
PHOTO BY ERIN RICKERT
Members of Wayne Nixon Construction Company of
Kenly work to replace 17 feet of damaged sewer line
on Grubb Street Wednesday. Over the last two weeks,
traffic on Church, West Academy, Hyde Park, Grubb
and Edenton Road streets has been one lane as crews
replaced 10 sections of deteriorated sewer line as
part of a more than $350,000 project started earlier
this year to help restore efficiency lost daily as a
result of the pipe damage.
ERIN RICKERT
An instructor at
Perquimans County Middle
School was recently named
the North Carolina Middle
School Association Teacher
of the Year for the region.
Tina Mathis, a sixth
grade social studies and
language arts teacher, was
awarded the honor earlier
this year after a colleague
nominated her.
“It was an honor,”
Mathis said of the award
Thursday. “It is nice people
see all the hard work you
do. There are a lot of other
dedicated teachers here
that could have easily qual
ified for the award. It is an
honor just to work with
them.”
Mathis, who has a degree
in elementary education
from Chowan College and
is AIG certified, joined the
PCMS teaching staff in
1996 as a math teacher —
later moving to her current
position.
In addition to her nor-
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mal teaching duties,
Mathis is the chairperson
for the sixth grade and
works with both the jump-
start and after school pro
grams.
In March Mathis attend
ed the NCMSA conference
in Greensboro were she
was awarded a plaque and a
monetary gift as the region
I winner.
“I have never known
anybody to get this award
that was not worthy of it,”
said Tanya Turner, region I
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PHOTO BY ERIN RICKERT
Nearly 25 Perquimans Central School pre-school students and their parents spent
the morning in Missing Mill Park Tuesday. The students, who range from one-four
years of age, barbecued and enjoyed the new playground equipment during a play
group event. Their teacher, Frieda Bonner said it was the first time the group had
visited the playground since it was erected in February by members from the
area's chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police.
PCMS teacher honored
Mathis named
NCMSA
Teacher of
Year
Tina Mathis accepts congratulations on being named
the North Carolina Middle School Association Teacher
of the Year for the region from school board chairman
William Byrum and middle school principal Melvin
Hawkins. Mathis is holding her daughter.
Artists to
showcase
talents
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ERIN RICKERT
It aU began as a private
hobby in Maine close to two
decades ago to help fill the
extra time that comes with
retirement — Erik carving
local wildlife and Eda hook
ing rugs.
Since then the Van de
Bogarts, now residents of
Hertford’s Albemarle
Plantation, devote count
less hours, of their time
sharing their self-taught
talents with others.
Each week individuals
across Perquimans,
Camden and Chowan coun
ties meet with the retired
school teachers either dur
ing one of the classes they
offer free from their home
or gather as members of
the clubs the two have start
ed: The Albemarle Carver’s
Club and The Cardinal
Points Rug Hookers.
Yet next week, the Van de
Bogarts will invite every
one interested in carving or
rug hooking to an event the
two created four years ago.
May 19, the fourth annu
al Wood and Wool Expo will
take place at the Albemarle
Plantation Clubhouse
There, from 1-4 p.m., the
public is invited to stop in
at no charge to view wood-
carvings, hooked rugs and
pillows created by the Van
de Bogarts, their students
and club members.
Raffle tickets to win a
large hooked throw pillow
as weU as either a carved
Pintail bird or a black bass
win be available for $5 and
all proceeds will benefit
Open Door of Perquimans
County.
In the past, the Van de
Bogarts have donated items
they have created for the
raffle to benefit Open Door,
raising close to $2,500 along
the way.
“We try to give back what
we can,” Erik said. “It is a
way to help and show non-
involved people what we
are doing.”
Note cards featuring a
hooked friendship rug and
“inch high” carved shore
birds will be available for
purchase at the event. Erik
will also take specialty
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director for the NCMSA. “I
worked with Tina years ago
when she was a new
teacher. From the very
beginning I knew she had
potential to be great.
The NCMSA award is
presented annually to mid
dle school teachers who
hold positions of leader
ship, communicate posi
tively with adolescents and
contribute to the middle
level program in their
school and school system.
Weekend
Weather
Thursday
High: 83
Low: 61
Mostly Sunny
Friday
High: 75
Low: 57
Few Showers
Saturday
High: 75
Low: 61
Few Showers