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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.
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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
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