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Hertford UM, Holy Trinity unite. Page 5 The •S'*™,., ERQUIMANS MXWkkkt.v Miller-White named to state board Page 4 "News from Next Door", DECEMBER 2, 2009 - DECEMBER 8, 2009 DEC 0 / 2009 Waiting PERQUIMANS WEEKLY PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON Kalisha Jackson (center), 26, is surrounded by her children Kyajia and Etavion in her Stokes Drive home. Jackson recently underwent open heart surgery to receive a life-saving heart pump that will help her survive until she can receive a new heart. She suffers from heart failure and is currently on the heart transplant list at University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mother waits for new heart Heart pump inserted in upper abdomen helps her for now By Cathy Wilson Staff" Writer K alisha Jackson’s new friend “Sally” sticks close by her at all times and helps get her through the day and night. “Sally” is actually a black shoul der bag that holds a battery pack connected to the heart pump that doctors inserted in Jackson’s upper abdomen almost three months ago to help keep her alive. Jackson, 26, suffers from heart failure, and is waiting for a new heart. She is cur rently on a heart transplant list at UNO Hospital in Chapel Hill. “I had to name it something, so I named it Sally,” joked Jackson refer ring to the bag that follows her ev erywhere including into the shower. When she goes to bed, Jackson unhooks herself from the portable battery pack and plugs herself into another machine bedside. Her Left Ventricular Assistance Device, better known as LVAD or heart pump, helps her heart pump blood to the rest of her body since her own heart can’t do it. To look at Jackson, one would never know she suffers from heart failure. In fact, she’s always been strong and healthy, and even played basketball for six years includ ing four for the Lady Pirates at Perquimans High School. She has given birth to two children with no problems. Then, in February, Jackson said she began to experience shortness of breath just climbing stairs. “When I got to the top of the stairs, I felt as if I’d run a mara thon,” she remembered. Episodes of shortness of breath was followed by extreme pain in her abdomen and days of vomiting. She eventually was diagnosed with heart failure and has been hospitalized for vari ous periods of time each month See HEART on Page 9 Weekend Weather Friday High: 56 Low: 40 Partly Cloudy Saturday High: 55 Low: 38 Mostly Sunny Sunday High: 54 Low: 44 Sunny Wreck destroys S-bridge light '89076 7143 By Cathy Wilson Staff Writer A Belvidere man was injured Stmday when the car he was driving Struck the traffic light pole at the historic S-bridge and overturned down an embankment, landing approximate ly four feet from the Perquimans River. According to the Hertford Police Depart ment, Alvin TrendaUe Burke, 28, fled the scene following the accident, which oc curred aroLmd 3:30 a.m. Police said a 1989 Pontiac Bonneville registered to Terrence Lindall Burke of Belvidere travelled down Church Street, roimded the curve, struck the custom-made liuninaire-stylpd traffic light pole and overtimned down the embankment. The wreck took out the traffic light, pole, and alarm system, police said. Damage is esti mated at about $35,000. The driver fled the scene, police reported. Hertford Police Sgt. Kevin Wor ster respond ed and discovered the wrecked vehicle below the bridge. While waiting for the wrecker to arrive on scene, police saw a white Hyundai vehicle with no lights on approach the area. Police foimd Burke inside the Hyundai with a severe laceration to his head and wearing only one shoe. Hprtford Police Chief Joe Amos said Burke denied driving the vehicle at the time of the accident. When the car was upright- ed, Burke’s matching shoe was discovered wedged up against the accelerator, Amos said. Burke was taken to a local hospital by members of Perquimans EMS. According to police, Burke is charged with leaving the scene of an accident, Amos said both speed and alcohol are believed to be in volved in the accident. Police estimate the ve hicle was traveling in excess of 50 miles per hour at the time of the accident. Goss undergoes surgery overseas Economic director was visiting Costa Rica By Cathy Wilson Staff Writer The phrase “home for the holidays” has new meaning for the county’s economic de veloper David Goss. He left Perquimans County Nov. 13 for what was supposed to be a week’s vacation of tour ing and hitting the beaches in Costa Rica. A few days into his vacation,, however) he suf fered a serious illness while in the thick of a rain forest, underwent major surgery in a foreign country, battled a fierce infection, and finally made it back to Hertford the day before Thanksgiving. In his Albemarle Plantation home on Monday, Goss was feeling better but stiU weak from his ordeal. “I don’t have a temperatLire and there is no pain,” Goss said. “I’m facing a second sur gery, but that’s several months down the road. I’m just glad to be home.” “Cost Rica is a beautiful country,” he said. “We had planned to take some tours and spend some time on the beach. It’s a fun place to just go and relax.” While touring a rain forest Nov. 17, Goss started feeling a severe pain in his left side. were in the middle of nowhere. Finally, the pain got so bad I just couldn’t stand it any longer. ” David Goss Perquimans economic development director “We were in the middle of nowhere,” Goss remembered. “Finally, the pain got so bad 1 just couldn’t stand it any lon ger.” The tour guide drove Goss to a clinic in town near his ho tel, and doctors there quickly realized the situation was “pretty serious”. With no hospital nearby, Goss was transported by ambulance to the nearest fa- ' See GOSS on Page 9 FILE PHOTO Smiling faces will fill the streets at this year’s Chamber of Commerce annual Christmas Parade starting at 2 p.m. in Hertford, Saturday. Town set for Granii Illumination, parade Denny to be Christmas parade’s grand marshal By Cathy Wilson Staff Writer Christmas in Perquimans will be celebrated in style dur ing this year’s annual Cham ber of Commerce Christmas parade beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Bands, floats, marching units, horses and the big man himself, Santa Claus, will pa rade through downtown Hert ford delivering holiday greet ings to parade-goers lining the streets. The parade’s grand mar shal this year is Donnie Den ny, the Hertford plumber who was named runner-up in the recent Karaoke Challenge on the Opra Winfrey Show. “I’m really honored, ” Denny said of being asked to serve. “It’s a way I can say thank you to aU the people who voted for me in the contest.” Parade organizers say they are hoping Denny will sing a song to Santa when the joUy feUa in the red suit arrives on his sleigh. More than 50 units, includ ing three bands, have signed up to take part in the parade that begins at the high school and loops through Grubb, Church and Dobbs street? back to the school. The view ing stand will be located in front of the liistoric county courthouse. Line up at the school begins at noon, and pa rade entries wiU be accepted until the parade starts. Santa wiU hang arotmd Hertford for a whUe and be avaUable for photos at See PARADE on Page 4 Swindell Funeral and Gremation Services 509 Dobbs St, Hertford 426-73 I I Traditional • Cremation Green Funerals • Biker Funerals Veterans Funerals • Pre-Arrangements www.swindellfuneralhome.com Over 57 Years of Service to the Community
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