Annual Progress Section
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March 22, 2006
Vol, 74. No. 12 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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At least 50 people attended a reception at the Perquimans Arts League gallery on Friday evening. The event
opened the Members Show, which runs until April 15. Velvet Sanford, whose husband Edward Sanford exhib
ited his photography two months ago, and daughter Rachael Sanford view the current exhibit.
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Artists noted at PAL Members Show
MARGARET FISHER
The Perquimans Arts
League’s 11th annual
Members Show opened on
Friday evening with a
reception at the Hall of
Fame Square.
KiU Devil HUls artist and
gallery owner Julie R. Moy
juried works by 26 artists.
Alexis Joyner’s sculpture,
Patient, was awarded Best
in Show. Visitors at the
reception voted Tina
McClanahan’s painting. In
Fun Bloom, as the People’s
Choice.
First place painting
award went to Donna
Higgins Colson for her
Giant White Heron. Second
place went to Drusciano
Scerbo for Chiesa di
Campagna and third place
was Lees Klemm’s Field of
Dreams.
Dolores Davenport won
first place in drawing and
pastel for Bergie’s Last
Stand.
In woodworking, Erik
Van de Bogart won first
place for Yellow Headed
Blackbird and second place
for Great Blue Heron. Jim
Ingram won third place for
Warbler.
Charlotte Bunch won
first place for Color Improv
in the fiber art category. A1
Gesler won second place for
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
and Charles Winslow won
third place for King.
Kimberly C. Modler won
first place in photography
for Reflections. John
Matthews won second place
for Arcade and third place
for Sunset Symmetry.
Carlton Dozier won first
place for Spring and second
place for Secret Drawer in
stained and cut glass.
Hermetic Season by
David Modler won first
place in the mixed media
and multimedia category.
Douglas Patterson’s pot
tery won first place for 3
Fish and second place for
Bunker.
Alexis Joyner’s sculp
ture, Abena, won first
place.
In decorative arts, first
place went to Barbara
Cipra for Lion King Chair
and second'place went to
Doris Reinheimer for At
Home on the Farm.
Other artists include
Angela Burket, Elizabeth
M. Cloutier, Janice Eure,
kathleen Ingram, Ray
Meads, J.K. Oltman, Nancy
Reighard and Mary K.
Vidaurri. The exhibit is on
display through April 15.
Hertford Hardware robbed
MARGARET FISHER
Two thefts within two
days have occurred at a
do'wntown business and the
owner is offering an award
to find the perpetrators.
Last Friday night, a
break-in occurred at
Hertford Hardware’s show
room and shop that faces
Grubb Street. A second
break-in happened Sunday
night.
The thieves broke two
windowpanes in an alley
Weekend
Weather
Thursday
High: 59, Low: 42
Partly Qoudy
Friday
High: 59, Low: 40
Few Showers
Saturday
High: 57, Low: 40
Mostly Sunny
between the showroom and
the hardware store. They
climbed through a window
approximately 18 by 12
inches, said owner Erie
Haste.
The theft took place
between 7 p.m. on Friday
night and noon on
Saturday, said Hertford
Police Chief Dale Vanscoy
In the first theft, six
trimmers, four chain saws
and a blower; all by
Husqvarna, were stolen.
On Sunday night or early
Monday morning, a differ
ent window was broken
and another chain saw and
a gasoline hedge trimmer
were stolen.
“They would had to have
taken them out a window
because the doors are
locked - you have to have a
key on each side,” Haste
said.
Haste estimates the
value of the yard equip
ment at more than $3,000.
He said that he is offer
ing a $500 reward to anyone
that can provide informa;
tion leading to the arrest
and conviction of the per-
son(s) responsible.
Anyone with informa
tion can call Hertford
Police at 426-5587 or the
hardware store at 426-5211.
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PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
Susan Harris, Mary White and Diane Stallings were
named Main Street Champions by Historic Hertford,
Inc. in recognition of their work on the 2004 and 2005
Indian Summer Festivals.
Main Street Champs named
Three Hertford women
were honored as 2005 Main
Street Champions at the
North Carolina Main Street
Annual Awards Dinner in
Salisbury last month.
Susan Harris, Diane
Stallings and Mary White
were selected for this
recognition by Historic
Hertford, Inc. in apprecia
tion pf their exceptional
contributions to the down
town revitalization process.
The trio was nominated
in recognition of their
work on Indian Summer
Festivals 2004 and 2005.
Inaugurated by the
Chamber of Commerce in
1982, the festival had been
organized by the Historic
Hertford Business
Association for about six
years before the group dis
banded after the 2003 festi
val.
With no group express
ing an interest in sponsor
ing the festival, Harris and
Stallings approached
Historic Hertford, Inc.
about becoming festival
organizers in early 2004,
and agreed to co-chair the
event for two years. White,
a member of the HHI
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Commerce Centre
road may be paved
before i^^ril show
MARGARET FISHER
With Perquimans
County’s first boat show
coming next month, the
county is anticipating that
the road leading to the
recreation center will be
paved before the event.
The Northeastern North
Carolina Boat Show will
premiere on April 29-30 to
benefit Communities in
Schools of Perquimans
County.
The event, sponsored by
Sea Tow of the Albemarle,
will . be held at the
Perquimans County
Recreation Center in the
Commerce Centre.
Chad Edge, traffic engi
neer with the N.C.
Department of
Transportation, said that
the completion date for
paving the roads in the
Commerce Centre is
September.
The contractor. Rose
Brothers Paving of
Murfreesboro, said they
would try to complete the
road sometime in April
with weather conditions
allowing.
“We’U try our best to get
it done before the boat
show,” said owner Tim
Rose.
PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
Job seekers can learn computer and job skills at
Perquimans County High School's Community
Technology Learning Center. Workshops are based on
community needs and assistance is available by
appointment. Antje Curphey (standing) is the center
director.
PCHS center offers
job skills training
Internet and how to email.
More advanced classes can
be arranged, as weU.
The email workshop is
offered at Perquimans
County Library because
email is blocked at the high
school, Curphey said.
Nettie Gordon of Harvey
Point took the email class
with about five other stu
dents after learning how to
use a computer.
“I didn’t even know how
to turn (the computer) on
when I started,” Gordon
said.
Shirley Mahler of
Hertford Beach took the
same courses as Gordon.
“(Curphey) is an excel
lent teacher,” Mahler said.
“She makes it very easy to
understand.”
Classes are generally
held once a week on
Tuesdays or Thursdays
during after-school and
evening hours. One-on-one
sessions can be arranged, if
needed.
Help is available for job
searching and career
assessment through
Internet sites and reference
books.
One-on-one assistance
and workshops are by
appointment only For more
information about the
Community Technology
Learning Center, call 426-
5778, ext. 286.
MARGARET FISHER
A new job skiUs resource
became available after
about 70 employees were
left jobless when the textile
firm Apricot closed in
December.
The Community
Technology Learning
Center at Perquimans
County High School recent
ly added new resources to
their center to help people
create resumes and learn
computer skills.
In addition, the center
helps job seekers link up
with other agencies, such
as Job Link at Albemarle
Commission, Department
of Social Services and
Inter-Agency Council.
“The most important
thing is that we’re here to
assist,” said Antje Curphey,
site/program director for
the center.
Curphey said that more
than a few people who have
been laid off from their
jobs are needing to learn or
brush up on skills, rather
than needing resume help.
Workshops dealing with
various computer pro
grams are offered as the
need arises. Some of these
include a basic introduc
tion to computer use, word
processing, creating flyers
and letters, using the