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”Neivs from Next Door” RECEIVED JANUARY 20, 2010 - JANUARY 26, 2010
Police chase wanted man in town
Suspect found
hiding in grass
By Cathy Wilson
Staff Writer
A , man wanted on three
misdemeanor charges led
local police on a foot chase
from King Street to Dobbs
and Market streets before
being apprehended, while
Lose
weight
during
challenge
From staff reports
The local Biggest Loser
Contest, sponsored by the
Perquimans Recreation De
partment, will include much
more than just a weigh-in
to see who’s lost the most
weight. '
Each Saturday beginning
Jan. 30 and continuing untU
the grand finale on April 24,
participants will take part in
discussing key components to
a successful weight manage
ment plan as well as engage
in 30 minutes of physical ac
tivity designed for everyone.
Participants will not only
have their body weight taken
but their body mass index
calculated for them as well.
Details of the contest and
which prizes will be offered
will be discussed when the
contest kicks off Jan. 30 at
the Perquimans County Rec
reational Center at 10 a.m.
There will also be a presenta
tion regarding the basics of
following a weight manage
ment plan and tips for simple
changes everyone can make
to be successful as well as
an introduction to the Walk
Classes that will be offered
during the contest.
Weekly topics will include
things such as tips for gro
cery shopping and how to
read food labels, healthy fats
and carbohydrates, tips for
eating out, emotional eat
ing, metabolism, cholesterol,
diabetes, and the importance
of Vitamin D, just to name a
few.
All weigh-ins will be held at
the Perquimans County Rec
reation Center or the Perqui-
See CHALLENGE on Page 4
Weekend
Weather
Friday
High: 53 Low: 37
Few Showers
Saturday
High: 50 Low: 38
Mostly Cloudy
Sunday
High: 51 Low: 45
Cloudy
hiding between a house and
fence.
Hertford Police Chief Joe
Amos said Marvin Cheron
Woodard, who lists his per
manent address as home
less, was first seen on the
afternoon of Tuesday, Jan.
12, by Patrolman Christo
pher Firkel at the corner
of King Street and Stokes
Drive. Knowing there were
outstanding warrants for
Woodard’s arrest, Firkel ap
proached Woodard who took
off running as Firkel reached
for his handcuffs.
Amos had arrived on the
scene as well, and both Firkel
and Amos chased Woodard
on foot behind the housing
authority apartments on
Stokes Drive and back across
King Street.
Amos ran back to his po
lice cruiser and drove to
Dobbs Street in an effort to
cut off the runner. Firkel
continued chasing Woodard
untU he lost sight of him in
back yards between King and
Dobbs streets.
Sheriff Eric Tilley and sev
eral deputies joined the ef
fort, searching for Woodard
in that vicinity.
While checking the back
yards, police spotted Wood
ard, who then ran across
Dobbs Street into the yards
of residences on the north
side of the street.
With both town and county
law enforcement circling the
area, they closed in on Wo
odard who was found hiding
in the grass between a house
and fence.
Woodard was taken into
custody
In addition to the out
standing warrants charging
Unity, service and legacy
STAFF PHOTOS BY JUSTIN FALLS
Alverta H. Biyant waves her hand as she stands to sing with the choir during a celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, hqsted by the
Perquimans County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the Bagley Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in
Winfall on Monday.
King’s mission, message celebrated
By Cathy Wilson
Staff Writer
T hey weren’t very big in statute, but the
example they set was enormous.
Two little four-year-old boys exempli
fied the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday afternoon when they stood in front
of a packed church and gave impromptu and
correct answers to Black History questions, •
and recited lines in a speech given years ago
by Dr. King.
Both Tony Riddick, Jr, and Landop Mason
II stood beside their fathers who not only
handed down pride and tradition to their
namesakes, but knowledge of their heritage
See KING on Page 10
Pastor Millie
Jordan speaks
during the Martin
Luther King, Jr.,
Day celebration
at Bagley Chapel
Missionary
Baptist Church in
Winfall.
aggravated assault/assault
on a female, injury to real
property, and injury to per
sonal property, Woodard now
faces two additional charges
in connection with running
from police.
Two additional charges of
resist/detain/obstruct and
trespassing were placed on
Woodard who was transport
ed to Albemarle District Jail
under $1,500 bond.
Hertford:
Winfall
at waste
capacity
Wastewater capacity
overflow a problem
By Cathy Wilson
Staff Writer
The Town of Winfall has
reached its limit of capac
ity for wastewater treatment
performed by the Town of
Hertford. Hertford officials
want to know what Winfall is
doing to correct the overflow
problem.
Winfall leaders say all the
recent rains are to blame for
excessive waste water flows.
Hertford Town Manager
John Christensen sent Win-
faU a letter dated Jan. 6 point
ing out that Winfall has reach
its wastewater capacity limit
after noticing that the neigh
boring town used 137,161 gal
lons per day in December.
Hertford and Winfall have a
contract allowing Hertford to
reserve treatment for 100,000
gallons of wastewater per
day for Winfall customers.
Christensen said Winfall’s 12-
month average flow, however,
is 102,626 gallons per day.
“Five of the last 12 month
ly flows have exceeded the
100,000-gallon limit reserved
for the town of Winfall,”
Christensen pointed out.
Hertford council asked Win-
faU Mayor Fred Yates what
Winfall is doing to rectify the
situation.
“Paying the penalty for
exceeding the 100,000-gaUon
limit is not an acceptable
remedy,” added Christensen.
“From our experience with
See WATER on Page 10
‘High on the Hog’ set for Saturday
Leam how to make
country sausage
By Cathy Wilson
Staff Writer
If you want to butcher your gro
cery bfll during these lean economic
times, Doug Layden is ready to show
you how.
Layden and his team of down-
home country folks wfll show how
life used to be during hog kflling
day down on the farm. For the sec
ond year in a row, the Perquimans
County Restoration Association will
sponsor the hands-on program Sat
urday at the Newbold-White House
that teaches how to process a USDA
approved whole hog.
Those who attend will learn how
to make fresh country sausage, sau
sage links, chops, and even crack
lings. For $15 a person (or buy three
and get one free), you will also en
joy a sausage breakfast plate and a
pound of fresh country pork to take
home. Children under 12 are free.
The fun starts at 8:30 a.m. Rain date
is Feb. 6.
Layden says he plans to involve
the crowd in several activities in
cluding a hog calling contest, actu
ally butchering the meat, grinding
the ingredients into sausage, and
stuffing the sausage into links.
Glen Rogerson wfll return this
year to demonstrate lard rendering
and how to make “cracklings” in a
100-year-old cast iron pot boiling
See HOG on Page 10
SUBMIHED PHOTO
Learn how to
make coun
try sausage,
fresh country
sausage,
sausage links,
chops, and
even cracklings
when Doug
Layden comes
to Newbold-
White House on
Saturday. The
event will start
at 8:30 a.m.
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