receivhd JAN I L 2|)t) P I The ERQUIMANS Weekly No electric hikes this year, 2 Loss to Riverside may haunt Pirates, 7 ’Wetvs front Next Door” JANUARY 12, 2011- JANUARY 18, 2011 Rayburns create endowed scholarship First scholarship for PCS Foundation Inc. By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer A donation of bank stock from a local couple has created the first endowed college scholarship for the Perquimans County Schools Foundation, Inc. Walker and Marjorie Rayburn, of Hertford, re cently donated 40-year-old RBC Centura stock, valued at $100,000-$125,000, to the foundation to create an endowed scholarship for Perquimans County High School seniors. The foun dation converted the stock into funds and interest on the invested funds will be Bus wreck has no iiyuries By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer No one was injured Tues day morning when a school bus and a Crossroads Fuel oil truck side-swiped each other on New Hope Road near Cove Road. Schools Public Informa tion Officer Brenda Las siter said side mirrors on the vehicles hit each other while traveling on the nar row two-lane road. Both mirrors were shat tered, Lassiter said, and one of the student passen ger windows was cracked. Damage to the vehicles was minimal, she added. Fifteen high school stu dents were onboard Bus 128 which was driven by a sub stitute driver at the time of the accident. Students were transferred to another bus and transported to school. The accident occurred around 8:45 a.m. Schools were on a two-hour de lay because of inclem ent weather. Lassiter said weather conditions appar ently did not contribute to the accident. Police were notified of the accident, hut none reported to the scene because the accident was minor in nature, she said. Weekend Weather Friday High; 38 Low: 22 Partly Cloudy Saturday High: 43 Low: 29 Mostly Sunny Sunday High: 48 Low; 33 Partly Cloudy 89076 4 7144 used to provide a $5,000 scholarship for four years ($20,000 total) for a deserv ing senior. Their special gift came from the heart rather than their checkbook. Their four children, three of whom graduated from PCHS, earned college de grees with the help of aca demic scholarships and enjoy careers as a teacher, engineer, editor, and con struction designer. One son attended PCHS and later graduated from the North Carolina of Science and Math. This gift is a way of help ing other students enjoy the same educational op portunity “Our four kids got scholarships to help them through school,” said Walker, a retired environ mental health specialist for Albemarle Regional Health. “Our intention was to use the stock to get our own kids through school, but they didn’t need it. We wanted to help someone else have the same experi ence of receiving a good education.” The Walker and Marjo rie Rayburn Educational Scholarship begins in June 2012, and must be used at a state supported four-year college or university that is located at least 70 miles from Hertford. The schol arship is based on financial need with a required grade point average minimum. STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON Susan Cox (left) president of the Perquimans County Schools Foundation, Inc., thanks Marjorie and Walker Rayburn for their gift of bank stock, which the foundation sold and used the proceeds See SCHOLARSHIP, 2 to create an endowed scholarship for Perquimans County High School students. liRister of Music STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON Earlene Sellers, 84, recently retired after serving area churches as minister of music for over 34 years. Sellers answered the call for music By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer A t age 84, Earlene Sellers believes in the words of her favorite hymn. “May the Works I’ve Done Speak For Me” by Sullivan Pugh is not only pleasing to the ears when sung by a choir, but the words also speak to the dedicated spirit and life of service for the Woodville woman who recently retired after serving for more than 34 years as minister of mu sic at area churches. She’s attended church, tickled the ivories, played the organ, directed the choir, and organized music and musical programs since she first joined church at the age of 12. For nearly 35 of those years, she has forgone extended trips to visit grandchil dren in order to be at her place behind the church piano or organ every Sunday morning. This past December, however, she decided it was time to let someone else serve in that capacity. “My children told me it was See SELLERS, 8 Monday parade, service honor King From staff reports The Perquimans Coun ty NAACP wiU host a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration on Jan. 17 with a parade and chLirch service. The celebration wiU be gin with a motorcade/pa rade at 11 a.m. The church service follows at 1 p.m. Grand marshall for the parade will be FredYates, outgoing president of the Per- quimans County NAACP vi.w chapter. D e c 0 - rated church vans, floats, cars, and marching units will parade through Hert ford in an effort o bring a sense of awareness to what MLK Day involves, said Tammy Miller-White. “We’re trying to edu cate the children what the special day involves,” she said. “By having a parade, we’re opening the door so it will be a lot more inclu sive of the community as a whole: young, old, black. and white. We want to give the people the opportunity to get involved.” The motorcade/parade wUl begin at Perquimans County High School, travel down Edenton Road Street to Gruhb Street, through Church Street to King Street, and end hack at the high school. See DR.KING, 5 Juvenile center’s fate in jeopardy Officials awaiting state budget cuts By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer The fate of the local ju venile detention center may be in jeopardy when the state legislature begins the 2011-2012 fiscal budget process next month. A state official has con firmed that possible state budget cuts for next year could determine whether or not the Perquimans County Juvenile Detention Center (PCJDC) remains open. William Lassiter, direc tor of communications for the state Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DJJDP), said the Perqui mans facility could be closed if the department’s budget for 2011-2012 is cut by 10 percent or more. With the state facing a $3.7 billion budget short fall for 2011-2012, the state Office of Budget and Management asked each department to determine where cuts could be made if the department’s over all budget faces cuts of 5 percent, 10 percent, or 15 percent. Closing the Per quimans facility was listed among the possible actions See CENTER, 2 ICPTA receives state funds From staff reports The N.C. Board of Trans portation recently awarded $10,253 in state funds for two local transit projects at its meeting last week in Raleigh. See FUNDS, 8 Thursfjay, January 20, 2011 IMTV American Legion Post 40 Cocktails 6 PM Dinner Buffet 7 PM Vii*>IIwYY/\IN Vh#wv#IV I T Catering provided by Edenton Bay Oyster Bar &Seatcod UNLlMlTtl) Tickets are $50 and include buffet and mennbership, and will be available at door. Ducks Unlimited Banquet Door prizes, Gub Auction, Prints, Decoys and Morel X Prime Rib j Shrimp Soft-shell Crabs i Tuna Bites

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