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November 21, 2007
Vol. 75, No. 47 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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Zoning Search of house leads to drug arrest
okayed
CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Hertford Town Coun
cil approved two rezoning
requests last week, pav
ing the way for riverfront
luxury condominiums and
townhouses on Church
Street Extended.
Based on the earlier rec
ommendation of the town’s
planning board of adjust
ments, the town commis
sioners agreed to rezone
approximately 17 acres
located near 700 Church
Street from R-10 to TR and
they rezoned 15 acres at
200 Ocean Hwy. South from
residential to commercial.
The rezoning request
was made by Tugboat
Properties, LLC, a Green
ville partnership.
Tugboat Properties is
planning to create Hertford
Bay Marina, a project that
not only includes town-
houses and condominiums,
but a protected harbor and
boat slips. In addition, they
hope to create commercial
acreage that faces U.S. 17
to include a motel, restau-'
rant, and retail stores.
“We are continuing
to work with CAMA and
the related government
agencies on the marina,”
said Jim Midgette, one of
six partners involved in
Tugboat Properties, LLC.
“Now that the town coun
cil has approved the zon
ing, we can move forward
with the engineering for
these projects.
“The investment team is
sincerely appreciative of
the support and encourage
ment that we have received
from the town, the plan
ning board and the town
council,” he continued.
In other matters last
week, council learned that
the town has received a
$64,000 Clean Water Man
agement Trust Fund grant'
to conduct a study to de
termine where and if any
stormwater is infiltrating
into the town’s wastewater
system. The town will add
$10,000 of its own funds
towards the cost of this
study.
Basically, the study will
look for leaks in the sys
tem, and if future repairs
are needed, the town wUl
then seek additional fund
ing.
Also, council agreed to
accept Charles Skinner’s
recommendation that the
John Harris Monument be
placed in the park located
adjacent to the library. The
monument was located on
the courthouse green, but
was moved in order to lo
cate the new veterans mon
ument there. Initial plans
were to move the marker
to Harris’s grave side at
Cedar Wood Cerrietery, but
there is already a marker
there.
The town agreed to let
the county know they town
will accept the monument
in its park adjacent ot the
library.
Other actions by council
last week included:
*Accepted a leave of ab
sence for Gregory Benton
from the town’s Planning
Board of Adjustments.
*Agreed to purchase a
2008 Chevrolet Impala for
administrative use at a
cost of $15,535.
CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
A Hertford man faces
drug charges after law en
forcement officers searched
his home on Harvey Point
Road recently.
Perquimans County
Sheriff Eric Tilley said
Marvin Ray Moore, 33, of
1770 Harvey Point Road,
faces charges of posses
sion of a Schedule VI drug
with intent to sell or de
liver as well as possession
of a Schedule II drug with
intent to sell or deliver.
Moore also faces a charge
of maintaining a dwell
ing for the sale of illegal
drugs. He was held under
a $15,000 secured bond, but
has made bail, Tilley said.
According to the sheriff,
Moore was on probation
for unrelated matters. Part
of Moore’s previous court
judgment was allowing
warrantless searches to be
conducted in cooperation
with the probation office,
Tilley explained.
Probation Officer Roger
Chips, along with sheriffs
Investigator Shelby White
and “Boaz,” a drug-sniffing
dog, conducted the search.
During the search, approx
imately 169 grams of a sub
stance believed to be mari
juana was found as well as
five grams of a substance
believed to be “crack” co
caine and three grams of
a substance believed to be
powdered cocaine.
Moore is scheduled for a
court hearing in January.
In other police action
over the weekend, three
junk vehicles were stolen
Distbict Champs!
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Perquimans Weekly Photo by PHIL HARRIS
THE PIRATES CLINCHED THE district title in the second round of the state 1-A football playoffs Friday night in Hertford
by defeating Northampton West, 19-6. A mid-field celebration followed the victory (above). Quarterback Forrest Monty
stepped up big Friday, taking numerous hard hits, but continuing to make things happen for the Pirates. At bottom left, he
heads for the end zone as his teammates clear a path. Another offensive play-maker was Jamel Warren (right), who bulled
through the Hurricane line for over 150 yards Friday evening, getting some big holes made by the offensive line. The win
set up a second match-up between Roanoke and Perquimans in Robersonville Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in round three. For
more on the Pirates, see page 9.
Local schools make the grade
CATHY WILSON
staff writer
By all accounts,
Perquimans County
schools passed this year on
the Education First North
Carolina School Report
Card.
Released last month by
the North Carolina Depart
ment of Public Instruction,
the report card details how
the local school system
did last school year on ev
erything from class sizes
to financial support to the
quality of teachers.
The average local class
size of kindergarten, and
fifth through eighth grades
were larger than the state
averages while grades one
and four tied with the state
average. The average class
size in the third grade was
smaller than the state aver
age.
On the high school level,
the only classes that were
larger than state averages
were English 1 and Alge
bra II. Algebra 1 classes
were tied with the state av
erage. Geometry, biology,
civics and economics and
US history classes were all
smaller than the state aver
ages.
Perquimans County
Schools spends more per
student in state and feder
al funds than the state av
erage. Local spending per
student, however, is lower
than the state average by
$355.
The local school district
met 30 out of 34 adequate
yearly progress targets
as set by the federal No
Child Left Behind Act.
Perquimans High School
met its targets for adequate
yearly progress while the
middle and elementary
schools did not.
All the county schools
are connected to the inter
net with an average of 2.47
students per connected
computer, compared to the
state average of 3.22.
According to the report
card, there was one act of
crime or violence reported
per 100 students last year
on all school levels. The
average number of short
term suspensions per
100 students in the local
schools last year was: two
on the elementary level, 12
on the middle school level,
and 45 on the high school
level.
There were no long term
suspensions or expulsions
reported on the report card
for the local schools.
Under quality of teach
ers and administrators, 98-
percent of the elementary
schools teachers were fully
licensed, 83 percent on the
middle school level, and 88
percent of the teachers on
the high school level.
Forty percent of the
teachers on the elemen
tary level hold advanced
degrees such as masters
or doctoral degrees. Only
10 percent of the teachers
on the middle school level
earned advanced degrees,
and 13 percent of the teach
ers on the high school level
had higher degrees.
The local school system
employs 31 staff mem
bers, including teachers.
from the New Hope area.
Apparently someone is
loading the scrapped vehi
cles onto a dolly and haul
ing them away without the
owners’ permission.
Sheriff Tfiley said metal
from junk vehicles is sell
ing at a high price now, and
police suspect the thief is
selling the junked cars at
salvage yards.
Investigation continues.
administrators and guid
ance counselors, who have
received national board
certification. According to
District Superintendent
Dwayne StaUings, the dis
trict continues to rank first
in the state in percentage
of national board teachers
in the classroom.
The district fared very
well in the category of
highly qualified teach
ers. One hundred percent
of the teachers on the el
ementary level were noted
as highly qualified while
97 percent of the teachers
on the middle school level
received the same designa
tion. Ninety-nine percent
of the teachers on the high
school level were deemed
highly qualified teachers.
The state average for high
and middle school is 96 per
cent, while the state aver
age for elementary schools
is 99 percent.
Other highlights of
the past school year that
were not mentioned on the
school system’s report
CONTINUED on page 16
slapping
minister
A local minister trying*
to help juvenile offenders
was slapped by one recent
ly when the juvenile appar
ently tirejd of the minister’s
talk against gangs.
Perquimans Sheriff
Eric Tilley said Juan Santi
ago faces an assault charge
after the Nov. 8th incident
which happened inside
the Perquimans Juvenile
Detention Center. Santia
go, Tilley said, is 16 years
old and was charged as an I
adult. He was moved from.
the juvenile detention cen-'.
ter and transferred to the*
Albemarle District Jail.
Santiago is being held
under a $10,000 secured
bond.
TiUey said the minister
was talking to the juve
niles about gangs when the
16-year-old jumped up and
slapped the minister.
Also recently, an Eden-
ton man was charged with
breaking into a home on
U.S. 17 on Nov. 4.
Curtis Stanley, 103 Blade
Street in Edenton, report
edly broke down a door in
the residence, believing no
one was home. The woman
living there was grabbed
by the man, but not in
jured before he fled from
the scene.
Tilley said Stanley was
later found in Edenton and
is currently being held un
der a $25,250 secured bond
on charges of first degree
burglary and injury to per
sonal property.
Weekend
Weather
Thanksgiving
High: 74
Low: 43
Scattered
T'Showers
Football Friday
High: 54
Low: 33
Partly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 57
Low: 41
Parly Cloudy