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April 5, 2006
Vol. 74, No. 14 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Weekly
Growth stressing
school facilities
MARGARET FISHER
Perquimans County
School officials have found
a way to estimate the coun
ty’s long-term growth
trends in order to help plan
for future expansion.
“We’re trying to paint a
picture of our future,” said
Assistant Superintendent
Dwayne Stallings, “and our
own future shows addition
al classroom space is going
to be needed.”
About two weeks ago,
Stallings dug up informa
tion from the county’s
Register of Deeds in order
to compile a listing of
potential growth areas.
What he found was more
than 100 developments with
lot approvals to build. He
compiled a booklet show
ing, each development’s
location, how many lots
have been approved in each
development and the pre
dicted number of students
that may live there after the
development is built out. It
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PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
Arthur Leigh of New Hope buys his first blackjack tick
et at New Hope Country Store last Thursday after the
North Carolina Education Lottery opened. Leigh said
he's never played before, but the lottery here will save
people trips to Virginia. He didn't win, but he plans to
play often, he said. Food Lion, Wilco and Red Apple
also sells lottery tickets.
Four local stores
sell lottery tickets
MARGARET FISHER
Lottery ticket sales
totaled about $4,500 at three
out of four county stores
from Thursday through
Sunday after the North
Carolina Education Lottery
opened on Thursday morn
ing.
The Trade Mart (now
Wilco), Red Apple and New
Hope Country Store are
participating in the lottery
and provided an estimate of
their ticket sales. Food Lion
would not reveal the
amount of their ticket sales
and N.C. Lottery did not
have the information com
piled at press time.
Bateman’s in Woodville
is planning to start selling
lottery tickets soon.
Store managers said
they were pleased with the
turnout and sales. Yolanda
Rowand, manager of Trade
Mart, said that sales totaled
about 1,725 during the first
four days and brought more
customers into the store.
“It beefed up our sales,”
Rowand said.
Lynn Downing, manager
at Red Apple, said that $5
Carolina Cash and one dol
lar N.C. Education Lottery
games are the most popu
lar.
“We’ve sold a lot of tick
ets. All day long we’ve been
selling them,” Downing
said on Monday.
In addition, she said
they’ve had a number of
winners. There were about
20 $50 winners and more
winners who won less. Red
Apple sold about $1,625 in
four days.
New Hope Country Store
Manager Angela (yolson
said they sold about $1,150.
worth of tickets through
Sunday.
Food Lion Manager
Chad Lilley said that the
Hertford location sold the
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also lists the number of stu
dents in each school who
currently reside in those
areas.
“We’re going to have to
constantly update it so we
can use it to determine our
future growth,” Stallings
said. In fact, a week after
compiling the list, six new
students moved into the
county, he said.
Based on current popula
tion trends, Stallings came
up with a formula to pre
dict future growth. He mul
tiplies the number of lots
in a development times half
a student, or .5, to deter
mine how many students
may potentially end up liv
ing in the development
once all the lots are built
out. Waterfront areas typi
cally have a snialler student
ratio, so Stallings arbitrari
ly chose a quarter student,
or .25, to calculate growth
in those locations. The list
of subdivisions does not
include the Shores at
Land’s End.
Continued on page 10
PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS
A storm system blew through the area around lunchtime Monday, bringing black
clouds that brought torrential rain, hail and win to most parts of the county. At
1812 on the Perquimans on Old Neck Road, the storm ripped the roof off the
National Register property and damaged the clapboard siding and other areas of
the property. Broken windows, downed trees and damaged siding were also
reported. Albemarle EMC said 900 customers were without power as a result of
the storm. Another series of thundestorms passed through Monday night.
Belvidere opens The Teachers Park
The Belvidere communi
ty celebrated the official
introduction of The
Teachers Park, a canoe
docking facility and small
boat ramp at , the
Perquimans River bridge
in the village, Saturday.
The Belvidere Ruritan
Club hosted the event,
which recognized the
results of four years of pri
vate and public coopera
tion. Land for the park was
donated by Edgar Lane and
development was funded by
grants, obtained with the
assistance of local officials,
and using matching funds
raised by the Ruritans.
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Hayes Darden, daughter of county manager Bobby
Darden, cuts the ribbon at The Teachers Park
Belvidere Saturday.
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Worrell takes helm of Pirate football ship
SUSAN HARRIS
He’s wUling to put in the
the time and effort it takes
to build a program. And T. J.
Worrell believes if the stu
dent athletes who want to
play football are willing to
put in the same,
Perquimans High School
can build a successful pro
gram.
At his first visit to meet
potential football players
and the community
Monday, the man hired to
captain the Pirate football
ship said success depends
on willingness of players to
participate in pre-season
conditioning and to work
hard at practice during the
season.
Worrell said he’U use the
lessons he’s learning as
part of the coaching staff
that built a program from
scratch at when Nash
Central High School
opened during the 2000-01
New PCHS head football coach T.J. Worrell meets fac
ulty and the community at a reception in his honor
Monday.
school year to rebuild the
program at Perquimans.
The first goal of the team
wiU be to.be competitive in
every contest, then to earn
a berth in the state playoffs.
Conference championships
will corrie after that, he
said, if the players are will
ing to work hard.
The weight room is
Continued on page 10
Grant to
extend
sewer
MARGARET FISHER
Perquimans County
received a $99,900 grant to
extend a sewer line 2,000
feet down Harvey Point
Road at the Commerce
Centre.
Continued on page 10
Festival
gets new
logo
A new logo has been
unveiled in celebration of
the upcoming 25th Indian
Summer Festival'on Sept. 9.
The logo was anony
mously designed and donat
ed to Historic Hertford, Inc.
for use in festival promo
tion, according to HHI
Program Manager Wendy
Jewett. HHI is the sponsor
ing organization.
The first Indian Summer
Festival was a three-day
event held in downtown
Hertford, Missing Mill Park
and the Newbold-White
House in mid-September
1982. It was organized and
promoted by the
Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce.
The chamber opted to
give up the festival in the’
late 1990s, and its sponsor
ship was undertaken by the
Historic Hertford Business
Association. In 2004,
Historic Hertford, Inc., the
town’s Main Street
Program, adopted it as its
signature event.
Along with crafters, arti
sans, food and child’s activ
ities, this year’s festival
wiU include a vintage car
show and tractor pioll.
Continued on page 10
Weekend
Weather
Thursday
High: 68, Low: 52
Mostly Sunny
Friday
High: 81, Low: 63
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 74, Low: 45
Scattered T'showers