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APRIL 6, 2011 - APRIL 12, 2011
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County OK’s $25K transfer to 2020 group
Group seeks deed
of trust for building
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
County commission
ers agreed Monday night
to work with Perquimans
2020 in negotiating a buy
out on the deed of trust
for the building located on
Harvey Point Road.
County Manager Bobby
'This is a win-win situation for the county. The county
is getting back a very valuable piece of property that
can be used for senior citizen development. ”
Leo Higgins, Perquimans 2020 director
Darden said commission
ers agreed to transfer
$25,000 to the 2020 non
profit program in an effort
to get the deed of trust on
the building released by
the North Carolina Tech
nological Development Au
thority (NCTDA). NCTDA
has been in bankruptcy
proceedings for she years
and no longer exists, ex
plained Leo Higgins, direc
tor of Perquimans 2020.
If accepted by the bank
ruptcy court, Perquimans
2020 would be in a better
position to work with the
county on future space
needs, said Darden.
Higgins spoke optimisti
cally about obtaining the
building for use as a new
senior citizens center for
the county. Using it as a se
nior citizens center would
continue the objectives of
both the 2020 group and
the NCTDA which helj^d
fund the building with
$265,000 in a state-funded
grant back in 1998. FHA
also provided $65,000 for
the cause. The county do
nated 2.5 acres of land for
the project back then and
an $85,000 loan was also
obtained.
“The $25,000 from the
county will pay off that
loan,” said Higgins. “Once
we get the deed of trust
freed up, we can turn it
over to the covmty for
whatever they want to do
with it.”
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Children's Festival A Smart Start
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STAFF PHOTOS BY CATHY WILSON
The Smart Start Children’s Festival drew a large crowd Saturday to the Perquimans Recreation Center despite a cold, strong wind on the river
front. Games, information, food, displays and interactive fun kept area children busy. The event kicked off Week of the Young Child locally. See
more photos at “Smart Start Children’s Festival” slideshow at DailyAdvance.com.
Perquimans
man arrested
for attempted
murder in EC
From staff reports
A Hertford man faces an attempt
ed murder charge in connection
with a shooting in Elizabeth City
that left one man critically wound
ed.
According to the Elizabeth City
Police Department,
Prentis Row/Shawn
Davis, age 19, was
arrested in Eden-
ton last week and
charged with shoot
ing 22-year-old Rah-
mel Devon MaUory,
of Elizabeth City,
March 29 while trav
eling in a vehicle.
Davis is charged with attempt
ed murder, assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill inflicting
serious injury, and inflicting seri
ous injury by discharging a weapon
into occupied property He is tyeing
held under $750,000 secured bond in
Albemarle District Jail.
Police say Mallory is being treated
for a gunshot wound in the head at
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
According to police, Davis and
Marcos Luis Nunez were arguing
on Selden Street near the Shirley
Street intersection when Davis
reportedly pulled out a handgun
and fired at Nunez’s vehicle, a 1995
Mercury Grand Marquis. The bul
let struck Mallory, a passenger in
Nunez’s car.
Immediately after the shooting,
Nunez drove north on Selden and
ran a stop sign at the Church Street
intersection. His vehicle collided
with a 2010 Toyota Corolla being
driven by Sara Michelle Johns, who
was headed east on Church Street.
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Davis
County wants less
water from RO plant
By REGGIE PONDER
The Daily Advance
Perquimans commis
sioners say they want to
buy less water from Pas
quotank’s new $19 million
reverse-osmosis water
plant because of a slow
down in development.
With the plant schedvfled
to begin production only
three months from now,
county commissioners
from Pasquotank and Per
quimans met last week to
forge a deal on how much
water Perquimans will
commit to buying. The
meeting ended with no.
agreement.
“It’s tough,” said Perqui
mans Commissioner Mack
Nixon, a home builder
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who noted the outlook in
the construction indus
try remains “gloomy” for
the next three years. As a
result, the county won’t
need as much water as it
projected a few years ago,
he said.
Perquimans County
Manager Bobby Darden
said the county’s two con
cerns were the term of the
agreement and the volume
of water the county woifld
commit to buy.
Specifically, Perquimans
prefers a 10-year term
rather than 20 years, and
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Plants, advice at Spring Garden Show
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Expect to see a lot of
green floating around the
Albemarle Master Gar
deners’ Spring Garden
Show this Saturday at the
Perquimans County Rec
reational Center.
Beginning at 9 a.m.,
more than 30 vendors and
a host of Master Garden
ers will be on hand to of
ficer advice, promote edu
cational material, show
products, sell food, give
out door prizes, conduct
a silent auction, present a
flower show, offer a plant
sale, sell raffles, have fun
with children in a chil
dren’s venue, and even
take part in a flower ar
rangement competition.
Admission is free, with
the fun lasting till 4 p.m.
While Mom and Dad
browse to see the latest in
garden furniture, garden
art, and landscaping tools,
youngsters can visit the
Children’s Magical Gar
den where they will make
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STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON
Plants and flowers will be in abundance Saturday at the Al
bemarle Master Gardener Spring Garden Show at the Perqui
mans County Recreation Center.
garden-related crafts, see
a puppet show, read books,
adopt a seed and watch it
grow, and other exciting
activities!
The children’s venue in
cludes: 9 a.m.-Make-and-
Take Hairy Plant People;
10 a.m.-Puppet Show-Uh-
oh. Insects!; 11 a.m.-Hunt-
A-Bug!; noon-Make-and-
Take Hairy Plant People;
1 p.m.-Read Aloud; 2 p.m.-
Hunt-A-Bug!; 3 p.m.-Pup-
pet Show-Uh-oh, Insects!
The theme for the show
If you go
• What: Master
Gardener Spring
Garden Show
• When: 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.,
Saturday
• Where:
Perquimans
Recreation Center
• Cost: Free
is “Get in the 8A zone!”
referring to the USDA
Plant Hardiness Zone that
encompasses this area.
Organizers say this is the
only event of its kind in
the tri-county area. The
show will include an ar
ray of exhibit gardens
with a strong appeal to
gardeners of today, edu
cational speakers/work
shops, demonstrations,
and hands-on projects.
In addition, a flower ar
rangement competition,
sponsored by the Sound
Gardeners, will begin at
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