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**News from Next Door**
Teens
shot
CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
A high school athlete
and the brother of a recent
murder victim escaped se
rious injury after both were
shot last Tuesday night on
King Street.
According to Hertford
Police Chief Joe Amos, the
victims were apparently
walking on King Street near
Hyde Park Street around
9:55 p.m. when a large dark
sport utility vehicle with
tinted windows drove past
them and someone shot at
the two young men.
Police said ' Da’Shay
Leigh, 18, was shot in his
left leg just below the knee.
Nathaniel Downing, 16,
was shot in his side.
Both victims were treat
ed for the non-life threaten
ing injuries and released
from the hospital the same
night, police said.
Leigh is the brother of
Jamar Fletcher, who was
shot and killed at the cor
ner of King Street and
Stokes Drive on July 6. His
25-year-old first cousin,
Travis Donnell Reaves, was
later arrested and charged
in connection with the mur
der.
Downing is a student at
Perquimans County High
School where he is a mem
ber of the football and bas
ketball teams.
Hertford Police Officer
C. Johnson was the first of
ficer to arrive on the scene
following reports of shots
being fired in the vicinity
of King Street and Stokes
Drive. Johnson had recent
ly patroUed that area and
noted only a few people out
on the street that evening.
After talking with resi
dents, he learned that some
one had in fact been shot;
however, the victim had al
ready been taken to the hos
pital by a family member.
A second victim was
found at a residence on
King Street. This vic
tim was transported by a
Perquimans County sher
iffs deputy the hospital.
The gun involved was a
handgun, police said. The
shooting is believed to be
gang related, Amos added.
The shooting is being in
vestigated by the Hertford
Police Department. Anyone
with information about the
shooting is asked to call
the department at 426-5587.
Callers may remain anony
mous.
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Perquimans Weekly photo by CATHY WILSON
GIRLS AND BOYS PLAYED in the dirt, dirtied their faces in a chocolate pie eating contest, and took part in many other games
and activities during the Fall Festival and Huck Finn Day held Nov. 1 at Meylar Farms in Woodville.
County Commissioner
Mack Nixon 1823
Tommy Riddick 1287
Sue Weimar 1640
Shirley Wiggins 1558
Governor
Purdue 3430
McCrory 2755
U.S. Senate
Hagan 2765
Dole 3457
President
McCain/Palin 3674
Obama/Biden 2761
Vote totals are those avail
able at 9:45 p.m. election
night. Totals are unofficial.
See dailyadvance.com, scroll
to Perquimans Weekly for
updates.
Also see dailyadvance.com/
election 2008
Veteran’s Day program to note local heroes
CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
This year’s Veterans Day cere
mony on the courthouse green will
highlight the veterans of World
War II and aU those who died dur
ing times of war .
The patriotic program, spon
sored by American Legion Post
126, will be held Nov. 11 beginning
at 11 a.m at the Veterans Monu
ment.
While all veterans .will be re
membered, special recognition
will be given to the men and wom
en who served during World War
11. Jay DiUon, the county’s oldest
living WWII veteran at the age of
97, will lead the recognition with
the Pledge of Allegiance.
Members of Boy Scout Troop
150 will post the service colors.
While the guest speaker has not
yet been named, various town and
county leaders will participate.
The names of aU service men
and women who died during this
nation’s times of war wiU be read.
Memorial bricks, paid for by the
county, will be placed at the Veter
ans Memorial in their memory.
Seven of the 31 servicemen
killed already have memorial
bricks placed near the monument.
American Legion Post 126 rep
resentatives are trying to locate
family members of the remaining
veterans to notify them that bricks
will be placed in their memory as
Perquimans Weekly file photo BY CATHY WILSON
JAY DILLON, 97, WILL be recognized during Tuesday's Veteran's Day program as
Perquimans' oldest living WWII veteran.
weU.
American Legion Post 126 has
researched military records,
and according to their findings,
Perquimans County residents or
natives who were killed diming
times of war include:
WWI
William P. Stallings, France,
1918.
WWII
Garland H. Ownley and John E.
Everett, prisoners of war, Philip
pines, 1942.
David H. Broughton, lost at sea.
South Pacific, 1942.
Charles Lowder Jr., South Pa
cific. 1943.
Charles F. Sumner III, France,
1944.
Simon “Hobie” StaUings, Ger
many, 1944.
Ivey A. Ward Jr., Holland, 1944.
Joshua E. Winslow, France,
1945.
William R. Crawford, Philip
pines, 1945.
James C. Baker, Marvin A. Own-
ley, Clifton C. Lane and Gaylord E.
Riddick, Germany, 1945.
WiUiam G. Blanchard, prisoner
of war in Stalag 12A, Germany,
1945.
Earving I. Jones,. Willis A. El
liott, non-battle.
John W. Pierce, wounds, 1944.
James E. Reid, Italy, 1944.
Ewald M. Rodeck
Graham E. Trueblood, non bat
tle, 1945.
Vietnam
Joseph T. Benton, WiUiam C.
Wright Jr., 1966.
Mason Nixon Jr., 1968.
Victor B. Sutton, non battle,
1969.
The War on Terrorism
Marshall H. Caddy, Iraq, 2004.
Romanes L. Woodard, Afghani
stan, 2005.
KUIed’during war time, but not
in combat zones:
William N. Tucker Jr., plane
crash, England, 1944.
Joseph M. Tolson, ship explo
sion, Port Chicago, lU., 1944.
Morris T. Griffin Jr., plane
crash, California, 1952.
Ralph D. HarreU, plane crash,
Colorado, 1953.
The American Legion wUl also
remember the nation’s prisoners
of war and those missing in ac
tion with the ceremonial place
ment of an empty chair draped
with the flag, signifying those who
can’t attend, and a smaU table for
one, occupying a place of dignity
and symbolizing those who are
missing.
Residents can get prescription help
Perquimans County launched a discount card
program Nov. 1 that wiU help consumers cope
with the high price of prescription drugs.
The county is making free prescription drug
discount cards avaUable under a program spon
sored by the National Association of Counties
(NACo) that offers an average savings of 20 per
cent off the retail price of commonly prescribed
drugs.
The cards may be used by aU county residents,
regardless of age, income, or existing health cov
erage, and are accepted at both the county’s phar
macies.
“Perquimans County is proud to be one of the
counties nationwide participating with NACo.’’
said Mary Hunnicutt, clerk to the Perquimans
County Board of Commissioners. “The NACo
prescription discount card offers significant sav
ings for the uninsured and underinsured resi
dents of our county, and even those fortunate to
have prescription coverage can use the card to
save money on drugs that are not covered by their
health plan. Residents do not have to be Medicare
beneficiaries to be eligible for this program.”
Best of all, there is no cost to county taxpayers
for NACo and Perquimans County to make these
cards available to residents.
Hunnicutt stressed that residents should check
with their pharmacist to determine if their phar
macy offers a lower price than the card can give.
Cards will be available at doctor’s offices and
pharmacies, town offices, Perquimans County
Library, county tax and water department. Se
nior Center, Cooperative Extension, and Social
Services. County residents can call toll free 1-
877-321-2652 or visit www.caremark.com/naco for
assistance with the program.
The discount card program is administered by
CVS Caremark.
Man robbed
A man reported being robbed in
Hertford late Thursday night as he
, picked up a co-worker at Wynne Fork
Apartments.
Hertford Police Chief Joe Amos said
Brandon Byington said he was robbed
around 11 p.m. by four or five black
males who pulled him out of his car,
taking his cell phone, jacket and a small
amount of cash.
No weapon was involved.
Officer Erik Priebe responded to the
scene and found that the victim was un
sure of the names of both the suspects
and his co-worker.
This case is being investigated by the
Hertford Police Department. Anyone
with information is asked to call the
Hertford Police Department at 426-5587.
Callers may remain anonymous.