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November 15, 2006
Vol. 74, No. 46 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Weekly
PCHSgym
project set
to begin
Hertford wants
$88K capacity fee
MARGARET FISHER
Last week, Perquimans County
commissioners approved the $11.5
million bid from A.R. Chesson for
construction of the high school
gym.
The bid includes $10.8 million
for the basic project, almost
$700,000 for roofing over the
administrative offices and about 5
percent for contingency funds.
In addition, the town of
Hertford is seeking an $88,500
capacity fee for the construction
of the gym and adding a 3-inch
meter. Both the county and school
have asked the town to waive or
reduce the fee because a number
of students in the town benefit
from the school, said County
Manager Bobby Darden.
The town board unanimously
agreed to not allow the school to
be an exception to the town’s ordi
nance on capacity fees, but
approved a letter to the county
asking for the schools to look at
reducing their water and sewer
capacity in other areas of the
school.
Town Manager John
Christensen said that taxpayers
should not be charged for the
capacity that the school will have
the potential to use in the future.
The high school currently has
six meters and will be adding
another meter for the gym. The
new installation of energy-saving
sinks, toilets and showers will
drastically cut wastewater flow
down, Darden said.
If the school can show that the
new fixtures will reduce the
meter size or they can reduce the
number of meters in the school,
then the town can reduce the
capacity fee, Christensen said.
The school needs to decide if
they need all of the three 2-inch
meters, including those in the old
gym, that flow most of the waste-
water from the system, he said.
“I think there is no question
that we have to follow the policy,”
said counselor JoAnn Morris.
“...If we waive this (request),
would we be expected to waive
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Laying the wreath
PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
A group of officials and other residents, led by Winfall Mayor Fred Yates, placed wreaths in front
of the courthouse on Friday to honor veterans and troops who have served or are currently serv
ing in Iraq.
Veterans honored downtown
Residents gather
to thank those to
protect freedom
MARGARET FISHER
About 20 people gathered on
the courthouse green to place
wreaths and commemorate U.S.
veterans last Friday.
In a return to a similar event
held two years ago at the Winfall
Town Hall, Mayor Fred Yates
called together officials to cele
brate Veterans Day and recollect
what local veterans have done.
“What we wanted to do was to
say ‘thank you’ to the vets for
the freedom we enjoy,” he said.
A poster, hanging in the win
dow of a downtown Internet
business, Inteliport, inspired
Yates to bring the event back.
The poster contains photos of
about 60 local troops from cur
rent and past times. A number of
them are young people who are
in or recently returned from
Iraq.
Included in the group on
Friday were Winfall commis
sioners Kenneth Rominger,
Hertford Mayor Sid Eley,
Perquimans County commis
sioners Tammy Miller-White
and Shirley Wiggins and former
Hertford postmaster Dan Moody.
Sadot Mendez, Puerto Rican
Hall of Fame runner, whose
father was a veteran of the
Korean War, said he happened to
be downtown when the ceremo
ny began, so he joined 4n.
Rominger, a member of VFW
Post 126, asked the group of peo
ple to not forget the prisoners of
war and the missing in action.
He said to be mindful that the
sweetness of enduring peace is
tainted with the bitterness of
sacrifice.
“We are compelled to never
forget that while we enjoy our
daily pleasure, there are others
who have endured and are still
enduring the costs of freedom,”
he said.
Rominger went on to relate a
poem about soldiers daring to
place as much value on other
soldier’s lives as their own - the
risk of war.
Eley told about his father-in-
law, John Elmer Wood of
Woodville, who was wounded on
Iwo Jima during World War II.
He was there when the Marines
raised the first flag. Later, a
more impressive flag was raised
on Mount Suribachi - an event
captured by photograph and
portrayed in the book and movie
“Flags of Our Fathers.”
“The most important to the
Marines was the first flag to
show that we had taken the
island,” Eley said.
Yates suggested that a monu
ment be placed on the court
house grounds to honor war vet
erans. Wiggins and Eley agreed
that a monument is needed.
“We have 100 counties,”
Wiggins said. “But Perquimans
County is the only county that
does not have a monument (for
veterans)... .1 think we are doing
a disservice to the veterans of
our county.”
Those who are opposed to
having a monument have never
seen what war is like, she said,
including standing by a dying
soldier and not being able to
save him.
Wiggins, a member of VFW
Post 362, was a nurse on the
U.S.S. Sanctuary during
Vietnam in 1969-1970. Her
arrival home was not a welcome
one. ‘
“We couldn’t wear the green
ribbons when I came back
because we would have been spit
on,” she said.
Yates said he hopes that, next
year, more people will hear
about and participate in the
commemoration.
Friday was also the 231st
anniversary of the U.S. Marine
Corp - begun in Philadelphia,
Penn., in 1775.
Residents can tap into local dance classes
MARGARET FISHER
A regular routine of dancing
not only provides the same physi
cal benefits of an exercise pro
gram, but experts say it con
tributes to increased confidence,
poise and gracefulness. Now,
Perquimans residents can learn
to dance without having to travel
elsewhere.
Amy Goudy celebrated the
grand opening of The Dance
Company of Hertford on Market
Street last Friday with a ribbon
cutting celebration.
Goudy, who is age 30 now,
began dancing at the age of three.
Her mother enrolled her in ballet,
tap and gymnastics classes. Later,
she gave her daughter a choice -
to continue taking either dance
or gymnastics.
“I chose dance,” she said. “I
never stopped dancing from then
on.”
The Camden
native began tak
ing jazz classes at
the age of eight.
When she turned
17, she audi
tioned for The
Lost Colony in
Manteo and
danced in per
formances with
the group for four
years. There, she
learned dancing
as a serious
career from pro
fessional chore
ographers. It was
there, working
with children’s
theater, that she
became interested
dance.
She took a majority of classes
in East Carolina University’s
bachelor of fine arts program,
and completed her degree in visu-
The Dance Company of Hertford celebrated its grand
opening last Thursday. The school, owned by Amy
Goudy, teaches ballet, tap and jazz dance to students
3 to adult.
State
How
Perquimans
voted
Sheriff
Eric V. Tilley
2092
Clerk of Court
Todd W. Tilley
2050
County Commissioner*
Tammy Miller-White
798
Charles H. Ward
560
Benjamin C. Hobbs
*A11 three elected
966
Soil & Water Conservation
Burt Eure
1810
Charles H. Mathews
1792
District Attorney
Frank R. Parrish
1926
District Court Judge
Eula E. Reid
1425
John J. Flora III
1049
District Court Judge
C. Christopher Bean
1933
District Court Judge
J.C. Cole
2131
N.C. State Senate Dist. 4
Robert L. Holloman
1304
Kenneth R. Chandler
1135
N.C. State House Dist. 5
Kyle Jones
1459
Howard Hunter Jr.
1153
U.S. Congress Dist. 1
G.K. Butterfield
1579
Supreme Court Chief Justice
Sarah Parker 1506
Rusty Duke 840
Supreme Court Assoc. Justice
Mark D. Martin 1378
Rachel Lea Hunter 831
Supreme Court Assoc. Justice
Pat. Timmons-Goodson ll46
Eric Levinson 1044
Supreme Court Assoc. Justice
Robin Hudson 1136
Ann Marie Calabria 1005
Court of Appeals
Robert C. Hunter
Kris Bailey
Court of Appeals
' Linda Stephens
Donna Stroud
1259
848
1132
998
age
in teaching
al arts at Elizabeth City
University in May 2005.
Three years ago, she moved to
Edenton. She opened the dance
school - her first business ven
ture - on Sept. 11. With more than
60 students now, she has
exceeded her goal, she
said’ She offers classes
for anyone, male and
female, ages three to
adult. She teaches sepa
rate classes of ballet, tap
and jazz. The adult class
rotates the three, along
with modern dance.
Also, adults can join at
any time.
Currently, classes are
held Monday through
Wednesday evenings.
Most classes are an hour,
providing enough time
to develop the tech
niques, she said.
Goudy plans to add
other performing arts
such as acting and voice training
classes and a summer musical
program, she said.
“I’m teaching dance, but I’m
hoping to grow it into a perform
ing arts school,” she said.
Weather
Thursday
High: 75, Low: 45
Thunder Showers
Friday
High: 61, Low: 40
Mostly Sunny
Saturday
High: 61, Low: 41
Partly Cloudy
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