2 The Perquimans Weekly, September 7, 2005
Community
Happenings
Bloodmobile
There will be a bloodmobile visit at New Hope United
Methodist Church on Sept. 12, 3-7 p.m.
Cheer clinic
The PCHS cheer staff and squad wiU host the PG[
Cheer Clinic on Sept. 17, i:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the PCHS
gym. It is open to youth ages 5-14. Cost is $25 due Sept. 12
or $35 after Sept. 12. A T-shirt is included for those who
register by Sept. 12. For information and entry forms,
call Nicole Swafford at 426-5778 ext 243 or 333-8562.
Scout registration
Cub Scout Pack 150 and Boy Scout Troop 150 are reg
istering boys in first —fifth grades and ages 11—17
respectively. Both groups meet at Hertford Unitec
Methodist Church on Mondays at 7 p.m. starting Sept. 12
Health screenings
Eric M. Burns, O.D., of Albemarle Eye Center wil
offer free children’s eye screening in the Albemarle
Hospital Education Center on Sept. 20, 4-7 p.m. For
appointments, call 384-4455. Doctors with Coasta
Urology and Albemarle Area Urology will provide free
prostate cancer screenings at Albemarle Hospital on
Ssept. 28, 4-6 p.m. for men over 50. For information or an
appointment, call 384-4455.
4-H wreath sale
Perquimans County 4-H is selling fraser fir wreaths
for the holidays. The wreaths are handmade in North
Carolina and will be $15. Call 426-7697 to place an order
or for information.
ALSWalk
The annual Jim “Catfish” Hunter ALS Foundation
Walk to D’Feet ALS is set for Saturday, oct. 1 at 9 a.m,
Perquimans County High School will be the point of reg
istration, kick-ff and end. For information, contact
Helen Hunter at 426-7998.
Senior trip
The Senior Center offers a trip to the Outer Banks
Music Showcase on Sept. 14. Cost is $20. Sign up and pay
by Sept. 7. Call the Center at 426-5404 for information.
Schools Foundation
The Perquimans County Schools Foundation, Inc. wHl
meet on Monday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. in the superinten
dent’s office. For information, contact Brenda Lassiter at
426-5741.
Festival volunteers needed
Volunteers are needed for the Indian Summer
Festival. If you are willing to give a couple of hours,
please call Wendy Jewett at Historic Hertford, Inc., 426-
1425.
Festival vendors'
A limited number of vendors spaces remain for the
Indian Summer Festival on Sept. 10, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in
downtown Hertford. Call 426-1425 for or visit the Visitors
Center for an application package.
Youth football registration
Registration is underway for Recreation Department
youth football for ages 9-12. Fee is $30. Call PCRD at 426-
5695 for more information.
School meal menus
Sept. 12-16: Monday: Breakfast: Breakfast bagel.
lUnch: Chicken nuggets, pizza, potato wedges, baked
jeans, winter mix, diced pears. Tuesday: Breakfast:
Pecan spins. Lunch: Cheeseburger, hot dog, french fries,
corn, green beans, fresh fruit. Wednesday: Breakfast:
Sausage biscuit. Limch: Spaghetti with roll, pork chop
sandwich, sweet potatoes, mixed greens, okra, peach
crisp. Thursday: Breakfast: French toast sticks. Lunch:
Chicken filet sandwich, sloppy joe sandwich, California
blend vegetables, green peas, carrots, applesauce,
'riday: Breakfast: Reduced fat super donut. Lunch:
chicken stir fry with rice and cornbread sticks, fish
sandwich, french fries, lima beans, field peas, peaches,
mUk. AH meals served with mHk.
Nutrition Site menu
Sept. 12-16: Monday: Hamburger with bun, potato
salad, melon cubes, lettuce, tomato, cookie. 'Tuesday:
Oven fried chicken, beets, peaches, potato with parsley,
roll, ice cream or yogurt. Wednesday: Pork loin with
gravy, cabbage, orange juice, rice, roll, gravy, cake,
“’hursday: Barbecued chicken, greens, applesauce, mac
aroni and cheese, roll, yogurt. Friday: Open turkey sand
wich, green beans, orange juice, bread, mashed potato,
gravy, cookie, cranberry sauce, all emals served with
mUk.
Regular government meetings
Elected governing bodies hold regular meetings each
month. The schedule for those meetings in Perquimans
County as follows:
•Perquimans County Commissioners: first Monday at
7 p.m.
•Hertford Town Council: regular meeting - second
Monday at 7:30 p.m.; work session - first Monday at 7 p.m.
Planning & Zoning Board of Adjustments - 3rd Monday
at 7 p.m.
•WinfaU Town Council: Second Monday at 7 p.m.
Perquimans County Board of Education: fourth
Monday at 7:30 p.m. The boards may also hold special
meetings as warranted.
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Celebrations
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Tonya C. Taylor, Jonathan L. Parks
Taylor, Parks to wed
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K.
Taylor Sr. of Hobbsville
announce the engagement
of their daughter, Tonya C.
Taylor of Belvidere, to
Jonathan L. Parks of
Belvidere, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Everett 0. Parks of
Belvidere.
Miss Taylor is a gradu
ate of Gates County High
School and COA, where she
earned an associates
degree in criminal justice.
She is employed at the
Twiford Law Firm, PC. in
Elizabeth City
Mr. Parks is a graduate
of John A. Holmes High
School and works at
Piedmont Fabrications in
Chesapeake, Va.
The wedding is planned
for Oct. 1 at Hobbsville
Baptist Church.
Photo pick-up
Anyone who has brought photographs to The
Perquimans Weekly in the past 12 months should come to
pick them up. Photographs are discarded after 12 months.
Hertford United Methodist Church
J Invites you to join us each Sunday at...
I 8:30 am for Contemporary Worship in the Sanctuary
I 9-45 jun for Sunday School in our Educational Building
I 11:00 am for Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary
I 5:00 pm for Youth Fellowship at the Parsonage
NEW THIS FALL!
I Youth Prayer Breakfast each Thursday at 7:00 am
11 ALL community youth are invited!
Pastor David Beck
200 Dobbs Street, Hertford 426-5467
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Kitchen garden lectnre
set at Newbold-White
Explore the Newbold-
White House Kitchen
Garden Oct. 1 with Dennis
and Sharon Cotner. The
couple, interpreters from
Colonial Williamsburg, will
present “Is it a Kitchen
Garden or a Medicinal
Garden?” Using many of
the plants in the garden,
the Cotners wlU discuss the
medicinal and culinary
purposes of these crops in
the 18th century.
Sharon Cotner joined
the interpretive staff of the
Pastuer and Galt
Apothecary in Colonial
Williamsburg in 1984. She
has done research and lec
tures on various 18th centu
ry medical practices,
including surgery, amputa
tion, bloodletting, diseases
of 18th century tradesmen,
and various women’s disor
ders. Most recently she has
been examining 18th centu
ry domestic books to
review remedies for the
relief of common condi
tions.
In 2003 Colonial
Williamsburg published
“Physick: The Professional
Practice of Medicine in
Williamsburg 1740-1775”
written by the staff of the
Apothecary, and in June
1999 New Jersey Medicine
published Cotner’s article
“Cancer in the 18th
Century: A Historical
Interpretation.”
Cotner is, also a member
of the American
Association for the History
of Medicine, the American
Institute for the History of
Pharmacy, the British
Society for the History of
Pharmacy, and the Medical
Mueums Association.
For the past 30 years
Dennis Cotner has inter
preted 18th century food-
ways for Colonial
Williamsburg, where he
demonstrates and prepares
18th century foodways and
recipes to the touring pub
lic. His experience includes
butchering, brewing,
chocolate processing, ice
cream making, as well as
preparing meat, vegetables,
and sweet items.
In addition to his inter
est in 18th century food-
ways, Dennis Cotner is cur
rently working in the
WUliamsburg area to pro
tect CivU War battlefields
under danger of develop
ment.
There wiU be tickets for
sale prior to the event for a
box lunch - to be enjoyed on
the lawn of the Newbold-
White House at 12:30. The
tickets will be approximate
ly $10 dollars per person;
the menu has yet to be
determined. At 2 p.m. the
presentation will begin and
is anticipated to last an
hour, with questions wel
come following the event.
The lecture is free and is
sponsored by the North
Carolina Community
Foundation.
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