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October 5, 2005
Vol. 73, No. 40 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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Walking for a cure
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MARGARET FISHER
The Perquimans County
board of commissioners
agreed to allow N.C. Little
River LLC to construct and
operate a wireless telecom
munications tower on
behalf of Nextel.
Jonathan Yates, zoning
consultant and attorney for
Little River, appeared
before commissioners on
Monday night requesting to
allow a cell phone tower to
be built at 210 Weight
Station Road.
“We’re pretty excited
about this,” Yates said.
“There’s very much a
deficit in this part of the
county.”
The 300-foot tower will
supply telecommunications
to about a three-mile radius
in Woodville and New Hope
- a void area for cell
phones.
The tower will be
designed to allow for eight
different licensed telecom
munications companies to
utilize space. A few
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PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
At least 200 participants of the 6th annual Jim "Catfish" Hunter ALS Foundation Walk to D'Feet get off to a
quick start on Saturday in front of Perquimans County High School. The group raised more than $40,000 for
patient needs and research of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Among
the participants was Gary Hunter (in wheelchair), the nephew of Catfish Hunter who is now himself battling
ALS. Donations are still welcome at P.O. Box 47, Hertford, NC 27944.
MARGARET FISHER
In recognition of
National Fire Prevention
Week beginning on Oct. 9,
Perquimans County Fire
Marshall John Long is rec
ommending that residents
create an evacuation plan
for their households.
In 2004, public fire
departments responded to
more than 1.5 million fires
across the country at a cost
of nearly $10 billion in
property damages, accord
ing to the National Fire
Protection Association.
About 250 firefighters
from the six county fire
departments participated
in a statewide fire drill.
Using that idea as a model,
residents are encouraged to
hold their own fire drills at
least on an annual basis.
“I reaUy strongly suggest
that people do this fire
drill,” Long said. Choose a
day to hold the family fire
drill. The best time may be
before or after the evening
meal or first thing in the
morning, he said.
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Golf tourney a swinging success
PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
Sharon Cotner relates tales of colonial uses of medic
inal herbs to a group gathered at the Newbold-White
House last Saturday. Her husband (seated left), Dennis
Cotner, lectured about culinary herb use. The Cotners
both work at Colonial Williamsburg.
Herbal experts discuss
colonial remedies
MARGARET FISHER
Flowers for food coloring
and herbs to cure baldness
- the colonists of the 1700s
had a wealth of ideas on fla
voring foods and curing
maladies.
Those were the subjects
that were discussed by
Dennis and Sharon Cotner
from Colonial
Williamsburg, Va., during
Lunch on the Lawn at the
Newbold-White House last
Saturday.
Sharon Cotner is a med
ical historian at the
Pasteur & Galt Apothecary,
and Dennis Cotner is a
foodways specialist at the
Governor’s Palace Kitchen
and Peyton Randolph
Kitchen.
“We research and inter
pret the history of what we
do as a trade,” Dennis
Cotner said.
The history of eastern
Virginia is similar to the
history of eastern North
Carolina, he said.
The Cotners focused on
the herbs that are grown or
could be grown in the gar
den of the historic 1730s
Quaker home. The theme of
their lectures was “Is it a
medicinal or a culinary
garden?”
“We’ll hopefully give
folks a daily perspective of
people living on their
land,” Dennis Cotner said
prior to his lecture.
The varieties of each
kind of vegetables were
numerous for early settlers,
while today’s few grocery
store selections are dismal
in comparison, Dennis
Cotner said.
Amy Ziolkowski recently
moved to Hertford from
New Jersey and volunteers
at the Newbold-White
House. She attended the lec
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Margaret Fisher
Golfers turned out in
larger numbers than ever
to take their swings at the
third annual Perquimans
County Schools Foundation
golf tournament last
Wednesday.
The golf tournament
took place at Sound Golf
Links in Albemarle
Plantation. Twenty-six
teams of four participated
in the tourney that raised
$8,500 to support college
scholarships for
Perquimans County High
School graduates.
“We had to turn away
several teams,” said Bob
Ascher, Foundation board
member. There were 27
paid teams, seven more
than last year, and more
interest in participation
than in the previous two
years. With 18 holes on the
golf course, too many
teams would have slowed
the game down for players.
“This year is the most
successful year, yet,” said J.
Pat Harrell, president of
the Foundation. “I think
we’re getting more and
more visibility.”
There were 16 more hole
sponsors than last year.
This year, there were two
sponsors for each hole in
the course, as well as two
major sponsors.
“This is really the only
fundraiser we have,”
Ascher said. Last year, the
tourney netted $6,500.
One all-woman team
called The Fab Four was
made up of residents of
Albemarle Plantation.
Team member Laura
Rowell was excited to have
shot a birdie, one under
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PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
Mark Winslow putts at the annual Perquimans County
Schools Foundation Golf Tournament last week.
Son of Hertford native injured in Iraq
MARGARET FISHER
After a U.S. Army vehi
cle in Iraq triggered a road
side bomb, family members
wondered whether the dri
ver of the vehicle would
spend the rest of his life
paralyzed.
Army Spc. Jeremy
Goodman, 24, son of
Hertford native Willis
“Buddy” Goodman, was
critically injured on Sept.
15 while he and two buddies
were on patrol.
Jeremy Goodman under
went his third surgery last
week at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center in
Washington, D.C. The first
was performed in Iraq, and
another in Germany. The
success of the third
surgery would bring to
light a portion of Jeremy
Goodman’s ' future
prospects.
On Monday, Jeremy
Goodman was improving,
said his wife Terry Ann
Goodman, 22. He can feel
and move his left leg and
part of his right leg, but he
can’t feel his toes, she said.
“As far as permanent
damage, we won’t know for
sure for another six
months,” she said.
Jeremy Goodman
remembers what happened.
The Ace Troop 5-7 CAV
Battalion was moving
along near the city of
Balad, about 50 miles north
of Baghdad. They were
planning to set up a loca
tion down the road where
they could catch insurgents
in the act of planting road
side bombs.
“We kind of got sur
prised,” he said on Monday.
The Humvee he was dri
ving ran over an unexpect
ed bomb which exploded
under the vehicle. Jeremy
Goodman could no longer
feel his legs to stop the
truck. It ran off the road
and crashed.
“I remained conscious
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Ben Nucci, seen here on
patrol in Iraq, has
returned from his tour of
duty.
Nucci back
from Iraq
MARGARET FISHER
Pitch dark and raining -
that’s the first impression
that U.S. Air Force Staff
Sergeant Ben Nucci experi
enced when he arrived in
Iraq last February.
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Weekend
Weather
Thursday
High: 85, Low:68
Scahered T'storms
Friday
High: 82, Low: 60
Scattered T'storms
Saturday
High: 75, Low: 58
Showers