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March 29, 2006
Vol, 74, No. 13 Hertford North Carotina 27944
Weekly
Woman dies
in accident
Loan check
CHRIS WHIPPLE
The Daily Advance
A Hertford woman was
killed and her husband
injured after their car
overturned on a rural road
in Perquimans County late
Thursday night.
Kimberly Ann Sheetz, 44,
of 149 Willow Street, died in
the accident, which
occurred at a sharp turn on
Poor Hill Road at about
10:30 p.m. Thursday, state
Trooper K.R. Briggs said.
Edward Sheetz, the
woman's 48-year-old hus
band, reported the wreck
from a residence just over a
mile away at approximately
3:20 a.m. Friday, about five
hours after the accident
happened, Briggs said.
Sheetz told N.C. Highway
Patrol accident reconstruc
tion team members in
Greenville Friday that,
because of his injuries and
the position of the vehicle,
which was upside down in
a ditch, it was difficult for
him to seek help.
Edward Sheetz was
transported first to
Chowan Hospital then air
lifted to Pitt County
Memorial Hospital in
Greenville. He suffered a
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HPD checkpoints
yield arrests
MARGARET FISHER
Hertford Police
Department conducted four
checkpoints in high-com
plaint areas and cited or
apprehended about six peo
ple on Saturday.
Three checkpoints were
conducted between 5 p.m.
and 7 p.m. at 300 Market
Street, Dobbs Street and
Hyde Park, and King Street
and Stokes Drive. Another
checkpoint occurred at
Wynn Fork Apartments at 8
p.m. Winfall Police
Department also assisted.
“All of this stemmed
from citizens’ complaints
and the town council’s con
cerns,” said Hertford Police
Chief Dale Vanscoy.
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Commerce Centre road
paving set for this week
MARGARET FISHER
Rose Brothers Paving
has announced that they
will begin paving the road
leading to the recreation
center this week if the
weather allows.
The Murfreesboro com
pany, contracted by the N.C.
Department of
Transportation, must fin
ish the job at the Commerce
Centre by September. But
they have agreed to move
Johnson
reaches
military
goals
MARGARET FISHER
From the start of his
military career, Cpt. Jay
Johnson wanted to be an
intelligence officer, but it
took more than six years
for him to finally reach that
goal.
Johnson never lived in
Perquimans County, but his
parents, Don and Virginia
Johnson, moved here after
Jay Johnson left home.
Johnson grew up in
Decatur, Ill. While attend
ing the University of Texas
at Austin, he joined ROTC.
But his grades didn’t allow
him to get into his career
choice - military intelli
up the work so the road can
be paved before the
Northeastern North
Carolina Boat Show.
y^The boat show will be
held at the Perquimans
County Recreation Center
on April 29-30.
The paving is expected to
begin today or Thursday if
it doesn’t rain and could
take approximately three
days to complete it, said
Frank Rose, co-owner of
Rose Brothers.
Senator Richard Burr presents an $11 million ceremonial check to Perquimans
County High School Principal Melvin Hawkins. The check represents the proceeds
of a USDA Rural Development loan that will be used for the new gymnasium and
renovations at the school.
Burr presents loan check at PCHS
MARGARET FISHER
Sen. Richard Burr pre
sented an $11 million cere
monial check from USDA
Rural Development to
Perquimans County High
School for expansions and
renovations.
The check is a low-inter
est loan the school obtained
to complete the facilities
work currently in progress.
The loan will fund a new
1,000-seat gymnasium,
media and technology cen
ter, heating and air condi
tioning system, classrooms
and administrative offices.
It wiU also include renova
tions to the auditorium.
Burr used the opportuni
ty to sign and present the
check as part of a tour of
speeches he is conducting
through northeastern
North Carolina during the
March Recess.
“Through USDA, we’re
able to leverage federal
resources in a way that no
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Hertford gets wastewater
grant, borrows for pump
Cpt. Jay Johnson, a military intelligence officer, poses
in January by a chapel at Camp Victory in Iraq. Usually,
Johnson did not wear body armor unless there was an
elevated threat. Behind him is the Al Faw palace which
was dedicated to certain Iraqi soldiers who died. On
occasion, Saddam Huissan and his sons used the site
as a hunting reserve and party spot. The palace now
serves as the Multi-National Corps Commanders head
quarters where Johnson's soldiers worked.
gence.
Officer Candidate School
wasn’t an option for him.
The slow job market made
OCS too competitive. So his
recruiter suggested that he
enlist in the US. Army and
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MARGARET FISHER
The town of Hertford
received a $3 million grant
to upgrade and expand the
town’s wastewater treat
ment plant.
The grant comes from
the High-Unit Cost Grant
Account through the N.C.
Department of
Environment and Natural
Resources’ N.C. Clean
Water Revolving Loan and
Grant Act of 1987.
Upgrades to the waste-
water plant are to include a
reclaimed water system
and spray irrigation sys
tem. The Brinn House is
expected to be moved in
April from the town’s prop
erty on Grubb Street where
a spray field will be located.
Currently, the town is
waiting on a permit to
allow for modifications of
the treatment facility. An
additional 1-foot width is to
be added to the aeration
basins to increase capacity
to 1,000,000 gallons a day.
Once the permit is
obtained from the state, the
project will be bid out, said
Hertford Town Manager
John Christensen.
“We should be hearing
something pretty soon on
that,” Christensen said.
In a second wastewater
matter, the town council
approved borrowing $13,000
from East Carolina Bank
for two extra wastewater
collection pumps. The town
has been renting pumps
regularly because of a new
state requirement that
came out in July 2005.
“We’re finding that we’re
renting them so often that
it’s cheaper to buy them,”
said Town Manager John
Christensen.
. It costs about $2,800 a
month to rent the mobile
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Felon
leads
chase
MARGARET FISHER
Police from two counties
chased a man on Thursday
from Edenton to Hertford
where he fled on foot and
escaped. Monday night he
turned himself in.
Edenton police stopped a
blue Cadillac driven by
Sheray Williams, 23, of 200
King St. for a traffic viola-
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Work to
begin on
PCMS
project
MARGARET FISHER
The long-delayed
Perquimans County Middle
School heating, ventilation
and air conditioning proj
ect will begin during spring
break on April 14.
The Perquimans County
School Board of Education
approved a contractor.
Baker Mechanical, to begin
the work for a cost of about
$1.9 million, said
Superintendent Kenneth
Wells.
The project was original
ly planned in 2002 to
include a new HVAC sys
tem and roof. In the fall of
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'Eme changes
Sunday a.m.
MARGARET FISHER
It’s time to spring for
ward this weekend when
Daylight Saving Time
begins. It’s a good idea to
set clocks ahead one hour
on Saturday night as the
time officially changes on
Sunday at 2 a.m.
In addition, Perquimans
County Fire Marshal John
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Weekend
Weather
Thursday
High: 69, Low: 5-
SUNNY
Friday
High: 73, Low: 57
Partly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 72, Low: 55
Scattered T'showers