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Stallings earns state award
DOT hears causeway concerns
School curriculum change
Cotton pickers catch fire
Trooper hit by car
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December 13, 2006
Vol. 74, No. 50 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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Co|k seize cocaine
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PHOTO COURTESY HERTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT
Police seized nearly a kilo of uncut cocaine and
almost $10,000 when they nabbed two men at a rou
tine traffic stop. Police retrieved the drugs out of a
bush after the two tried to flee and dump the goods.
Both were apprehended and arrested on drug
charges. The rental vehicle in which they were riding
was also seized.
MARGARET FISHER
More than three quar
ters of a kilo of cocaine
and about $9,700 were con
fiscated by Hertford police
during a traffic stop on U.S.
Highway 17 last Friday
At about 8; 15 p.m., offi
cer Jeff Thomas clocked a
vehicle traveling south
bound at 68 miles per hour
in a 50-mile-per-hour zone,
said Police Chief Dale
Vanscoy.
Thomas pulled the vehi
cle over in front of Captain
Bob’s restaurant. He asked
the driver for identification
and also asked him to step
out of his car and go over to
the police car.
The driver, Toriano
Marcellus Cave, 36, of 1305
N. Centennial St., High
Point, stepped out of the
car and took off running.
The one passenger, Willie
Garcia Warren, 27, of Lot
27 in Dogwood Mobile
Home Park, jumped out of
the car and ran, as well.
Both men ran across the
highway to the McDonald’s
parking lot where Thomas
apprehended Warren.
Officer . Kevin Worster
arrived as backup and
caught Cave behind the
restaurant.
Just prior to being
caught. Cave threw a siz
able bag into the bushes.
Officers retrieved from the
bushes 784 grams of pow
der cocaine estimated at a
street value to be as much
as $50,000, Vanscoy said.
Officers also confiscated
$8,130 from Cave and $1,590
from Warren.
Cave was charged with
trafficking cocaine, posses
sion with intent to deliver,
resisting arrest and speed
ing. His bond was set at
$19,000 secured.
Warren was charged
with resisting arrest and
placed on a $500 secured
bond. Both men were taken
to Albemarle District Jail.
The vehicle they were
riding in was found to be a
rental out of Durham. It
was seized and will be
turned over to the rental
agency, Vanscoy said.
Cocaine
arrest
made in
Winfall
MARGARET FISHER
A man on probation for
possessing marijuana and
resisting a public officer
was arrested on Thursday
for alleged possession of
cocaine.
Police entered the home
of Todd Burke, 44, of 307
King Ave., Winfall, with a
warrant at about 7:30 p.m.,
said Police Chief David
Shaffer.
A search of the house
turned up a quantity of
cocaine and a crack pipe.
Burke was charged with
possession of a schedule II
controlled substance
(cocaine) and possession of
drug paraphernalia.
He was taken to
Albemarle District Jail and
placed on a $6,500 secured
bond. A preliminary court
date is set for Jan. 31.
Holiiday welcome
PHOTO BY SUSAN HARRIS
The foyer of the historic Charles and Holly Lewis home on Front Street welcomed tourists on the annual
Perquimans County Extension Ramble with a display of red and white poinsettias on a lovely sideboard.
Five beautifully decorated homes and a church opened their doors to tourists.
Town Council limits King Street parking
MARGARET FISHER
In an effort to keep drug dealers
,from congregating in specific areas
around town and decrease citizen
complaints, Hertford town coun
cilors agreed to limit parking in
one high-complaint area.
Police have been successful in
decreasing drug activity in the
areas of Edenton Road and Market
streets. King Street and Stokes
Drive and Wynn Fork Apartments.
But more recently, drug activity
has increased in the 200 block of
King Street between Covent
Garden and Brace Street.
Based on numerous complaints
from a business and residents in
the area, councilors approved four
street parking spaces limited to
customers of a barbershop owned
by Washington and Barbara Lyons
Continued on page 10
Hertford Restaurant & Bakery opens with a flair
MARGARET FISHER
Business has been jump
ing since Chris and
Jennifer Brooks opened
Hertford Restaurant &
Bakery, formerly Dotty’s
Cafe, in October.
So much so that it sur
prised the two who have no
formal culinary training
and have never owned a
business, let alone a restau
rant, before.
The couple celebrated
their grand opening with a
ribbon cutting on Dec. 1.
Chris Brooks does much of
the cooking, while his wife
does aU the baking. Their
daughter, Jamie
Grossnickel, 22, waitresses
there.
“I’ve always watched my
grandma in the kitchen
and I started cooking at
about seven,” Chris Brooks
said. The Norfolk, Va.,
native would have dinner
ready for his mother when
she came home from work.
He enjoys reading cook
books and watching the
Food Network cable televi
sion channel.
Jennifer Brooks, a native
of Oakland, Calif., would
sit on the floor and decorate
her Barbie doll birthday
cakes each year. In her late
teens, she began working at
a bakery in a grocery store.
For about 12 years, she has
worked in a deli or bakery.
The two met in Virginia
Beach while working at a
store. Their culinary inter
ests led to them purchasing
the local cafe. The couple is
in the process of moving
from Elizabeth City to
Hertford.
“Everything about the
restaurant here and the
people here is my dream
come true,” Jennifer
Brooks said.
The restaurant blends
southern fare with north
ern tastes using family
recipes and experimenting
with local preferences. The
bakery case is always fUled
with an assortment of
cakes, pies and other
delights. The couple has
produced a new menu and
they offer daily specials.
Future plans include
some light remodeling,
adding a deli case with
Boar’s Head meats, cheeses
and salads sold by the
pound, selling their own
line of gourmet foods and
providing racks of fresh-
made breads and rolls. The
couple plans to create a
baking area in a building
behind the restaurant by
next fall.
Stallings
to retire
as Central
prmapal
SUSAN HARRIS
Perquimans County
Schools will lose a long
time on Jan. 31 when prin
cipal Billy Stallings
retires.
A 30-year educator,
Stallings took over the
reins at Central School in
August 2000, and is credit
ed with playing a vital role
in the school’s success dur
ing his tenure.
“Great leadership is
about experiences,” said
Superintendent Dr.
Kenneth Wells. “For
Principal Billy Stallings,
leadership has not been a
formula; but rather actions
from his heart as he con
sidered the hearts of oth
ers, always seeking the
best for those he served.
“Stallings' exemplary
leadership has been guided
by his positive and opti
mistic attitude which has
led his Pre-K - 2 school to
numerous reco^itions at
the local, state and nation
al levels.”
When the school board
accepted Stallings’ retire
ment in special session last
Thursday, the group also
moved to hire Mary Nixon
as interim principal effec
tive Feh. 1. She will serve
until the end of the school
year on June 30.
Wells said the system
will take applications for a
permanent replacement
for Stallings this spring
with the hope of naming a
principal to serve at
Central beginning July 1.
Continued on page 10
PHOTO BY MARGARET FISHER
The Brooks family and friends celebrated a ribbon
cutting on Dec. 1 to announce the opening of
Hertford Restaurant & Bakery on Church Street.
Hertford Restaurant &
Bakery at 107 Church St. is
open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on
Monday through Saturday
and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Sunday. Breakfast is served
all day on Sunday Call 426-
3688 for take-out orders.
Weekend
Weather
Thursday
High: 64, Low: 44
Partly Qoudy
Friday
High: 66, Low: 41
Sunny
Saturday
High: 65, Low: 44
Partly Cloudy