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ERQUIMANS
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SPORTS New athletic
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JULY 8, 2009 - JULY 14, 2009 ^ ^
AEMC to use $11.5M loan for upgrade in area
Butterfield on hand
for Hertford ceremony
By Cathy Wilson
Staff Writer
HERTFORD — Albemarle
Electric Membership Corp.
will use a $11.5 million feder^
loan to pay for upgrades to its
electric system in five area
counties.
Congressman G.K. Butter
field, D-N.C., announced the
Rural Utilities Service fund
ing for the Perquimans Coun
ty-based rural electric coop-
Camp Cale
head faces
child sex
charges
By Cathy Wilson
Staff Writer
The director of Camp Cale
Retreat faces two felony
charges involving alleged
sexual activities with a
child.
According to criminal war
rants, Ste
phen Wayne
Carter, age
50, of 257
Camp Cale
Road, was ar
rested July 1
and charged
with taking
indecent lib
erties with
Carter
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erative during
a ceremony in
Hertford Mon
day morning.
The funds
will be used
for power line
conversions,
installations
and other im
provements to
Butterfield
the system, officials said.
' “The had news is 1 couldn’t
get you any free money,” But
terfield joked during the cer
emony “The good news is you
got a 30-year long-term loan.
It’s always good to see what
rural electric cooperatives are
doing for rural America.”
Butterfield is a member of
the House Energy and Com
merce Committee.
The RUS loan is being made
available through the U.S. De
partment of Agriculture’s Ru
ral Development agency
Bradley Furr, executive vice
president and general manag
er of AEMC, said the project is
needed to prepare for expected
increases in demand for elec
tricity
“This area will continue to
See AEMC on Page 8
Butterfield: Grow out of deficit
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Congressman G.K. But
terfield says the country
is facing a lot of economic
challenges including fund
ing two wars, a worldwide
recession and not being
able to balance the federal
budget.
The Iraq and Afghanistan
wars are costing the taxpay
ers over $100 billion a year,'
the impact of a world-wide
recession ripples down to
local communities via job
losses, and this year’s $1.7
trillion deficit spending
in the national budget are
only three of the challeng
es facing the nation’s lead
ers, said Rep. Butterfield
(D-N.C.).
a child and first degree sex
offense involving a child. He
was released on $80,000 se
cured bond.
Court documents state
Carter is to have no contact
with a child under the age of
18 except his own child, and
he is not to go upon the prop
erty of Camp Cale Retreat.
Camp Cale Retreat is a sum
mer camp and conference
center in Perquimans Coun
ty operated by the Chowan
Baptist Association.
Carter has served as direc
tor of the retreat since Feb
ruary 2002.
Sheriff Eric Tilley said he
was not at liberty to release
any information regarding
the ongoing investigation
pending grand jury indict
ments expected on July 13.
The investigation is being
conducted jointly by his of
fice, the State Bureau of In
vestigation, and -the District
Attorney’s Office.
“The decision was made
by the three agencies not to
hold the investigation open
See CARTER on Page 1
Big bang on the Fourth!
PERQUIMANS WEEKLY PHOTOS BY CATHY WILSON
The Fourth of July was all about fireworks, hot dogs, hamburgers, homemade ice cream, gospel music and a patriotic parade in Perqui
mans County, Saturday. Children and parents dressed in red, white, and blue, decorated their favorite non-motorized moving machines
and paraded from Hertford Baptist Church to Missing Mill Park. Folks cooked on the grille played on the slide, and enjoyed gospel music
in Winfall. Even the ponies from Circle S Stables enjoyed the day dressed iri their patriotic hats and glasses as local citizens celebrated
the birth of this nation. The day ended with a colorful display of fireworks over the Perquimans River. Event organizers say they are still
approximately $600 short in funds to pay for the fireworks. If interested in helping defray the costs, donations may be dropped off at
the Perquimans Chamber of Commerce office. To see more photographs of July 4th activities in Perquimans County go to Page OA.AIso,
checkouttheslideshowatvww.dailyadvance.com.
He spoke passionately
about one of those issues-
deficit spending.
“This is a terrible prob
lem,” Butterfield said.
“What do you do when you
can’t balance a budget? In
order to fix that, most peo
ple stop spending. But the
government just can’t shut
See BUHERFIELD on Page 8
Jackson
files for
Hertford
town seat
From staff reports
Challenger Quentin Jack-
son filed Monday to seek one
of two Hertford commission
er seats to be decided in the
November election.
The seats are currently
fiUed by Horace Reid, vice
mayor, and JoAnn Morris.
Reid said recently he intends
to seek re-election. Morris
has said she will not seek re-
election.
No one has filed in Winfall
where seats currently held by
councilwomen Donna Mum-
mert and Debbie Jean Whed-
bee wiU be decided.
Mummert said recently she
is undecided whether she will
seek re-election. Efforts to
reach Whedbee have been un
successful.
Deadline for filing is July
13.
Prepare
now for
hurricane
season
By Cathy Wilson
Staff Writer.
f
* While the state is ready to
support local government in
the event of a disaster, it’s up
to each citizen to be ready to
survive it.
Doug HoeU, director of the
North Carolina Emergency
Manage-
m e n t ,
stressed
individ
ual and
family
responsi
bility to
prepare
for a disaster, especially now
during hurricane season.
“We know disasters are go
ing to happen,” he said. “The
public has very high expecta
tions of what officials will do
when that happens. The bot
tom line is families and indi
viduals have the responsibil
ity to prepare themselves. Our
responsibility is to plan for
everything needed to support
local government when it hap
pens. People have a responsi
bility to prepare themselves.”
HoeU spoke last week to
the county’s first respond
ers and representatives of
agencies and organizations
Inside
County plans
actions in case
of storm, on
Page 8.
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See HURRICANE on Page 8