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Hurricane Irene packs a dainty punch
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
S hirley Ferebee wasn’t
scared when she heard a
slight thump towards the
front of her home as Category
1 Hurricane Irene smacked the
area Saturday.
When she looked out, how
ever, she was surprised to see
three large pine trees toppled
over on top of her house on
Center HiU Highway The large
branches came to rest on top of
her front porch.
“It wasn’t a loud thump, but
a nice thump,” she said. No one
was hurt when the trees feU.
Ferebee was just one of thou
sands of Eastern North Caro
linians who escaped without
major damage when Hurricane
Irene hit the North Carolina
coastline and travelled north
over the weekend, downing
trees and power lines in her
wake. It lashed the area with
high winds and rainfall before
it made its way out of the area
early Sunday morning.
Perquimans County experi
enced wind gust up to 80 miles
per hour and received between
9-10 inches of rain, officials
said. Emergency Management
Coordinator Jarvis Winslow
initially termed local damage
as minimal compared with
the last hurricane that hit the
county in 2003, but cautioned
it was stiU early since not all
damage assessments had been
turned in.
“As of Monday morning, we
still had some people without
power but all the roads are
clear,” he said. “There were
trees down, some crops blown
over, but as a whole I think we
are a whole lot better off this
time than we were with Hurri
cane Isabel.”
Trees were also blown over
on two other homes in the
county. A large tree feU on a
two-story home on Nixon Street
in Winf^ damaging a bedroom
while a second tree crashed into
a vacant house located near
the intersection of Wynne Fork
Road and Edenton Road Street
in Hertford.
Imogene Lane looked at the
tree that cut a large hole in the
roof of the Hertford home and
thanked her lucky stars. She
had made an offer to buy the
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A snapped utility pole is seen near the basketball court at Wynne Fork Court Apartments where children are
Irene damage online at DailyAdvance.com.
STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON
playing, Sunday. See more photos of Hurricane
STAFF PHOTO
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Wind blew
a tree onto
this home '
located at
100 Wynne
Fork Road
during
Hurricane
Irene.The
house was
vacant and
listed for
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A pool of flood
water in seen
behind the
Hertford Post
Office.
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STAFF PHOTO
BY CATHY WILSON
Reba Smith sweeps
up glass and debris
after wind blew out
an upstairs window at
Inteliport.
Classes begin at county schools
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
High fives, giggles, a lit
tle apprehension, and lots
of hugs were abundant
Thursday morning at Per
quimans Central School as
students returned to class
es after smnmer break.
“Is that a new bookbag?”
Principal Melissa Fields
asked a student after shar
ing a high five with the
excited youngster. “I like
that. Welcome to school.
I’ll be in to see you in yoim
new class in a little while.”
Such was the greeting
at county schools as 1,688
students retuned to class
in Perquimans.
Hallways were fiUed with
parents bringing their lit
tle ones to school.
“This is hard,” said
Mom Narhaja Bond as she
peeked in the door to her
daughter’s kindergarten
class, checking to see if
daughter Essence was ad
justing without her. She
was relieved to see Es
sence quietly sitting in her
teacher’s lap and watching
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Melissa Fields, the new principal at'Perquimans Central School, welcomes students back to
school, Thursday. See more back to school photos online at DailyAdvance.com.
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other children around her.
First grader Carissa
Baker said she was glad
to see her friends again
as she scuttled down the
haU filled with classmates
sporting new shoes, new
outfits, and even new lunch
boxes.
For Fields, seeing stu
dents return to PCS was
even more exciting for the
first-time principal.
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Narhaja
Bond watches
her daughter
Essence
adjust to
her first
day of
kindergarten
at Perqui
mans Central.
Street dance kicks off
Indian Summer fest
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
This year’s Indian Sum
mer Festival wfil open on
Friday night. Sept. 9, with
a free Friday night street
dance.
Food and craft vendors
wfil open for business at 6
p.m. as DJ Pete welcomes
visitors with a vari
ety of times on
the courthouse
square.
The band ^
“Windfall”
will crank up
their mixture
of pop, R&B,
soft rock at
7 p.m. and wfil %
harmonies. They are con
sidered one of the Triad’s
premier variety bands.
Band members include:
Tony Saliba on guitar and
lead vocals; Amber Mar-
lowe-vocals; Bob Spencer-
vocals and varied instru
ments; Stuart HaU-drums;
and Scott Marlowe-sound
engineer.
r-vnii/ Saliba, a 40-year
pv * veteran in the
music busi-
^ ness, has
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a studio gui
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tertain dancers until
10 p.m. Church Street wfil
be closed off for the street
dance.
A beer and wine garden
wfil be available in the park
ing lot at the intersection of
Church and Market streets.
Festival organizers say that
area will be enclosed with a
three drink limit.
Windfall, from Greens
boro, offers a mix of well-
known classics featuring a
distinctive style and lush
He has sung with
major companies such as
Laurie/Crimson/Sultan
Records as far hack as the
60s and had hits in the 70s
on Decca Records and Co
lumbia Records. He is an
original member of Soul
Survivor with the Gold
hit “Express Way to Your
Heart”. He also holds Gold
record status with the Cuff
Links.
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