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Y t P The ERQUIMANS Weekly "Neirs front Next Door" SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 - SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 Perquimans falls to Gates, 13 Us Officials pleased with Earl’s response By CATHY WILSON Staff" Writer Local officials are pleased with the coop eration and coordination that went into emergency preparedness last week in anticipation of Hurricane Earl. The once Category 4 hurricane blew by the state’s coastline as a Cat egory 2 storm last Friday, causing flooding and some wind damage on the Outer Banks. No damage was reported in Perquimans County. As local officials experi ence relief now that the storm didn’t make a direct hit, their planning practice run, as it may be termed, showed their strengths and weaknesses. “While we didn’t feel Indian Summer Festival is Saturday By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer In addition to lots of fun, food, crafts, and entertain ment, Saturday’s Indian Summer Festival wiU be gin with a tribute to local firefighters, law enforce ment officers, and rescuers in recognition of the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists attacks on the United States. Local emergency ser vices workers, firefighters, and police wiU be honored on the Courthouse Green stage at 9 a.m. as the Per quimans County High School Band plays patri otic music. In addition, the Woodmen of the World wUl present a flag to fly over the historic courthouse. The Hertford Fire Department color-guard wiU present the colors as the band plays the National Anthem. The patriotic program wiU kick off the festival that wiU run until 5 p.m. and features a children’s venue, local craftsmen, in formational booths, a vari ety of entertainment and lots of good food. Bring the children to enjoy an active, fun-fiUed venue on the Hertford Bap tist Church parking lot in cluding giraffe comho, cas tle bouncer, inflated slide, climbing waU, face paint ing, carnival style games. See FESTIVAL, 6 Weekend Weather Friday High; 83 Low: 68 Partly Cloudy Saturday High; 87 Low: 70 Partly Cloudy Sunday High: 87 Low: 69 ScaheredT-Storms 89076 47144 much of the effects of this storm. Hurricane Earl was stiU a major hurricane,” said County Manager Bobby Darden after the storm passed. “Had Hiar- ricane Earl been predicted to make landfaU and made more impact on Northeast NC, so many other things woifld come into play for us, such as mandatory evacuations, hurricane shelters, and post-disas ter cleanup. So much of our decisions are based on strength and track of a storm. If we ever get a storm with the strength of Hurricane Earl on the track of Hurricane Isabel, it would be devastating.” Darden’s words drive home the importance of emergency preparedness planning county-wide. The County’s emergency man agement coordinator, Jar vis Winslow, led the efforts dealing with the storm projected to be the worst storm he’s seen during his four and a half years in the emergency management post. “This was reaUy my first one,” he said. “We had seen some small storms but nothing of the magnitude that Earl was projected to have been. I missed Isa bel.” The preparations for Earl pinpointed some weaknesses that had to be fixed immediately. “We found out about a couple of problems that we wouldn’t have known about if it had not been for the storm coming,” he said. “We got them corrected.” PERQUIMANS COUNTY SCHOOLS Teacher Richard Thach (left) and Superintndent Dwayne Stallings help children off school buses after arriving at Perquimans Central School Friday morning. County schools started two hours later See EARL, 5 than normal after officials deemed the county roads safe following a brush with Hurricane Earl. Top teacher STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON Lynn Winslow is the “Teacher of the Year” for Perquimans County High School and the Perquimans County Schools district for 2010. Wnslow is district Teacher of the Year Winslow teaches music and theater arts By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer F or teacher Lynn Winslow, the success of his students is his greatest reward. Their accolades and their re spect are his highest honors. The 24-year veteran choral music and theatre arts teacher at Perquimans County High School is the Teacher of the Year for both the Perquimans Coimty Schools and the high • school. The Belvidere resident who is recognized throughout the county and region as an outstanding musician, director, historian, and teacher, believes his students’ successes in the classroom, concert haU, theater, festival performances and beyond the school arena, are indicative as to why he returned to teach in his native Perqui mans Coimty “It is a way of giving back, of encouraging students in our small rural school system to see that they can use what ever talents they have, be as creative as they can, no matter where they are, and become the productive adult they want to be,” said Winslow. “And maybe, just maybe, they wfll return to Perquimans and use their talents and skills to make it an even better place for another generation.” Winslow eared his bachelor of music education degree from Guilford College and has per formed course work at Greens boro College, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of London, Eliza beth City State University, and College of the Albemarle where he also directs the Albemarle Chorale. “As a current music and theatre educator, I have been in training my entire life,” noted Winslow. “From the first notes I heard sung by my mother and the first parts I recited in Sunday School programs, to the concerts and plays I,have most recently attended and produced, I have been learning and con tinue to learn to appreciate, per form, and share with others the musical and theatrical arts.” Winslow began taking piano lessons the day he completed second grade and continued through college with additional lessons in flute and organ along the way. He played the piano for Sunday School in the fifth grade, and was directing his church choir and accompany ing the Perquimans County High School Chorus at the age of 15. “The pivotal point in my musical life came during the summer of 1979, between my sophomore and junior years of high school, when I was selected See WINSLOW, 4 Hertford’s water credit policy changes By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer Hertford water custom ers who experience an out door water leak where the water does not enter the sewer system will now be given a credit on their wa ter/sewer bill. Last month, Hertford council approved several changes to their water bill credit policy allowing for credit given for outdoor water leaks and for those filling swimming pools. To receive credit for any water leak, indoors or out side, the customer must submit a written request for a leak credit and ex plain what leaked, where it leaked, and any other relevant factors. In addi tion, the customer must present proof in the form of a plumbing bill or re ceipts for the purchase of supplies if the customer repaired the leak himself. The water leak must not have occurred as a result of a willful or negligent act on the part of the cus tomer, and no credit wfll be given for leaks caused by contractors or companies breaking the customer’s water lines. For indoor leaks where the water entered into the sewer system, no credit wfll be given for the water or sewer charges. For outdoor leaks, where the water did not enter into the sewer system, a credit wfll be given for the sewer charge above normal us age. Normal usage wfll he determined by averaging the last 12 months of us age. Credits will be limited to two consecutive bUling pe riods, and the customer, in accepting the credit, wfll not be allowed another credit for any reason for the next 12 months. Town customers who fill swimming pools in the summer may receive a credit for water used in the pool but does not enter the town’s wastewater collec tion system. The customer may re ceive one annual adjust ment of their bill after submitting a written re quest saying the time and See WATER, 5
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