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May 5, 2010 - May 11, 2010
Farmers market to begin May 26
Mid-week market
set for Missing Mill
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
The Perquimans Farm
ers Market will be held on
Wednesday afternoons at
Missing Mol Park, begin
ning May 26.
Denise Richards, an in
dependent contractor who
manages the Downtown
Waterfront Market in Eliz
abeth City, wUl also direct
the new market venture
in Hertford. She is excited
about the prospect of a
mid-week farmers market
in Hertford that wOl not
only draw new farmers and
vendors from this locality
but allow seaso^ned vendors
from the neighboring mar
ket in Elizabeth City to par-
Men safe
after canoe
flips over
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Two men and a dog
swam safely to shore after
their canoe capsized Fri
day night near Castleton
Creek.
Members of the Hert
ford Police Department
responded to a report of a
boat sinking near Stokes
Park on White Street
around 7 p.m.
At the park area. Patrol
man Josh Turpin saw two
men wearing life vests and
a dog resting on a partial
ly submerged object out
in the water, then padding
for shore near the south
ern end of Front Street.
Turpin went to the land
ing at the end of Cypress
Lane to get a better view,
but was not able to see the
men.
He placed EMS and the
Perquimans Rescue Dive
and Recovery team on
standby.
Bobby White, of Cypress
Lane, offered to carry Tur
pin by boat into the mouth
of the creek to find the
canoeists, police reports
state. *
They found the men
clinging to a dock just
around the northern point
of White’s property.
Both men declined EMS,
police said. Police helped
the men onto the dock area
and they walked home.
Turpin and White secured
the overturned canoe and
towed it to shore.
Sgt. Kevin Worster re
sponded as weU.
Weekend
Weather
Friday
High: 79 Low: 59
Partly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 76 Low: 55
Mostly Sunnyt
Sunday
High: 74 Low: 54
Sunny
iicipate as weU.
“It’s not competition,”
Richards said of the two
markets. “Both markets
have their own unique
identities. The Perquimans
Farmers Market is clearly
different from the market
in Elizabeth City. In Hert
ford, we wiU focus on the
farming communities, big
or small, even the grower
who has a large back-yard
garden who wants to seU
their fresh vegetables. Our
main goal here is to help
farmers make more money
to help them stay in busi
ness.”
The local market wiU
operate from 2-6 p.m. and
have 12 vendors including
eight selling farm products,
two seUing baked goods,
and two others that wUl
vary from week to week,
Richards said. Among the
possibUities are area res
taurants offering delicious
food samples, or free enter
tainment showcasing the
area’s imique talents.
Tents wUl be provided
for the vendors, Richards
said, but they must bring
their own table and chairs
as weU as signage.
The market is funded
through a $30,000 grant to
the Perquimans County
Restoration Association
from Rural Advancement
Foundation Internation
al (RAFl-USA) to fund
the project for one year.
RAFl-USA, according to
its website, is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to
sustaining famUy farms,
rural communities and
food security. RAFI ciUti-
vates markets, policies and
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See MARKET, 8 ing of The Perquimans Farmers Market, to be held Wednesday afternoons starting May 26.
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Field Day was held at
Hertford Grammar School
last week with students
and teachers competing
in a variety of field activi
ties. Events on Field Day
included meter dashes
and the sack race.
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Two face
separate
felony
charges
Man, woman face
child sex charges
From staff reports
A Snug Harbor man and
a county woman face mul
tiple felony charges in con
nection with alleged sepa
rate sex incidents involving
three different chUdren.
Perquimans Sheriff Eric
TUley said the Snug Harbor
man, Frank Kosma, faces
seven felonies aUeging Ule-
gal sex acts with two girls,
aged 16 and 9.
Kosma, 46, of the 100
block of Iowa TraU, faces
six counts of sex offense,
and one coimt of indecent
liberties with a child. Po
lice said the allegations oc
curred between August 1,
2007 and April 1, 2009. Kos
ma was taken to Albemarle
District Jail and held under
a $67,500 secured bond, Til
ley said.
Sharon Wood, of the 200
block of Hurdletown Road,
faces one felony charge of
aiding and abetting inde
cent liberties with a minor,
and another felony charge
of aiding and abetting
statutory rape in connec
tion with a 14-year-old girl
having sex with a man in
Wood’s home, Tilley said.
Wood, he added, knew the
age of the girl and alleged
ly allowed the encoimters
to occur with Issac Stan
ley White, Jr. between July
1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.
White, of the 1100 block of
Don Juan Road, faces two
See CHARGES, 8
Relay for Life begins with praise and worship
Birthdays to be
celebrated May 6
From staff reports
The Chpwan/Perqui-
mans Relay for Life cel
ebration wfil begin May 6
with a Survivor Praise and
Worship Service, a birth
day party, and a luminary
ceremony
Faith Pentecostal Holi
ness Church in Edenton
wfil host the Thursday
night worship service start
ing at 7 p.m. Pastor Danny
Gurganus will lead the ser
vice and area churches are
providing music and dra
ma including Called Out
11, Whosoeverwfil CGIC,
Great Hope Baptist, and
Faith Pentecostal.
The guest speaker is Ja
son Lineberger, pastor of
Ignite Church in Green-
vfile. Pastor Lineberger
and his Praise Band, wfil
bring a message of hope
and encouragement.
Following the service, a
birthday party celebrating
another birthday for can
cer survivors wfil be held in
the fellowship haU at 8 p.m.
Participants wfil be treated
to birthday cake and home
made goodies.
The evening wfil con
clude with a Luminary
Service on the front lawn
where cancer survivors
wfil be honored.
The actual Relay for Life
overnight event wfil be held
May 14 and 15 at the John
A. Holmes High School
Athletic complex.
Opening ceremony be
gins May 14 at 6 p.m. featur
ing guest speaker Renee
Clark from Perquimans
County.
Cancer survivors wfil
walk first recognizing
another year of beating
the horrible disease.The
lighting of the luminaria
remembering or honoring
those with cancer will be
held that night at 9 p.m.
Events continue iimough-
out the two days including
a silent auction featuring
items such as a family pack
of NASCAR tickets, a half
day off-shore fishing trip
from Wanchese, golf passes
at Albemarle Plantation, a
handmade birdhouse, sew
ing machine, stationary
exercise bike, gift basket
of hairbows, an original
painting, and tickets to the
Chowan County Fair.
Relay’s closing ceremo
ny is slated for May 15 at
noon.
The 2010 Chowan/Per
quimans Coimty Relay for
Life features 25 teams, in
cluding five from Perqui
mans County.