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Storm damage victims seek FEMA heip
By CATHY WILSON
Stajy Writer
Local officials encourage
county residents who suf
fered damage from Hurri
cane Irene to register with
FEMA in order to seek fed
eral help in recovery.
Jarvis Winslow, county
emergency management
coordinator, said residents
must first register with
FEMA before any federal
financial help can arrive.
“Once the residents get
their FEMA package, they
need to read the entire
package,” he said. “Don’t
just read the first couple
of paragraphs and decide
you don’t meet the require
ments. Read the package
completely.”
Perquimans is one of
six area counties added tq
the federal disaster list ap
proved for both individual
and public federal assis
tance following Hurricane
Irene. Families and busi
ness owners may seek low-
interest loans or grants
to help pay for damages
that occurred during the
storm. Local governments
may also seek reimburse
ment for costs associated
with the storm including
debris removal.
CAMA help
Permits offered for storm
repairs, P. 9
Residents recovering
from hurricane damage
should also complete a
disaster loan application
from the Small Business
Indian Sumnner Fest is fun in the
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PHOTO COURTESY PAM HADDEN
Downtown Hertford was bustling with visitors during this year’s Indian Summer Festival held Friday and Saturday.The festival also celebrated its 30th anniversary.
Festival celebrates 30 years, still growing
By PETER WILLIAMS
The Daily Advance
T he Indian Summer Festival
turned 30 Saturday, but the
annual street festival was not
showing any signs of aging.
Although exact estimates
weren’t available, organizers and
merchants said attendance at the
weekend event was more than last
year.
“It’s much bigger than last
year,” said Susan Cox, who orga
nized the entertainment for this
year’s festival.
“Being that it’s our 30th an
niversary, we brought back the
street dance that we used to do.
That drew a good crowd Friday
night.”
This year Cindy Elliott led a
demonstration of the dance-fit
ness program Zumba, and that
was followed by a demonstra
tion of the Korean martial art
Taekwondo by the Tae Kwon Do
Institute. Young boys showed they
could split wooden boards with
just their hands or feet.
“Anytime you get kids involved,
you will draw a crowd,” Cox said.
AU the crowds on Church Street
didn’t translate in extra busi
ness for Erie Haste, the owner of
Hertford Hardware for the past 51
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THOMAS J. TURNEY/THE DAILY ADVANCE
A youngster tries to knock over a pile of cans with a ball, Saturday.
years. But that was OK.
“People don’t come to these
things to buy appliances or
lawnmowers,” the 76-year-old
businessman said. “This is good
for downtown.”
Pam Hadden, however, said
some businesses in town were
very busy including Woodard’s,
White’s Dress Shoppe, and
Gregory’s.
“Of course, Woodard’s had a
constant line for ice cream,” she
added.
Babette Greenwood and her
husband Art stood outside the
hardware store watching the Tae
kwondo demonstration. They’ve
lived in the Elizabeth City area
for about six years, but this was
the first time they’ve attended the
Indian Summer Festival.
“It’s nice,” Babette Greenwood
said.
More festival photos
See our picture page from this
year's festival, P. 8
Festival visitors who didn’t
use the shuttle system provided
for Saturday’s events faced long
walks through Hertford’s historic
areas. The Greenwoods took the
shuttle.
Hadden said the train ride for
children and the tractor pulling a
trailer giving passengers a ride to
the action was “wonderful”. She
also appreciated the tents with
tables and chairs set up in park
ing lots for people to rest while
enjoying their food purchased
from vendors.
“That was great,” she added.
n“In times past, there was no
place to sit. It woffid be even bet
ter to have more seating available
throughout the town. There are a
lot of senior citizens that just go
home because they are tired. If
they had some place to sit other
than in front of Woodard’s, I
think they would stay longer and
spend more money”
Daryl MUler had the perfect
seat to take in the crowds. He
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Holiday Island asks to end water, sewer service
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
The Holiday Island Property
Owners Association has filed a
request with the state utilities
commission to discontinue water
and sewer service to the camping
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sections of Holiday Island.
The application for utility'
service to be discontinued was
filed Sept. 6 by Steven J. Levi-
tas, an attorney with Kilpatrick
Townsend, a law firm in Raleigh,
on behalf of the local property
owners association. The appli
cation also seeks an expedited
hearing on their request to close
the campground’s wastewater
treatment facility.
The application indicates dis
continuing the utility service
will impact 96 water and 95 sewer
customers. The application states
HIPOA seeks to discontinue fur
nishing the public utility service
because there is “no reasonable
probability of this applicant re
alizing sfrfficient revenue from
its customers to make repairs
and improvements to the sewer
system required...”
The application states that no
one else proposes to furnish the
utility services but notes that
“customers have recently ex
pressed some interest in acquir
ing the system.”
Residents of the camping areas
say they wiU lose their homes if
HIPOA stops offering water and
sewer service since lots in those
areas are not large enough to site
private septic systems. Many of
the residents live in the camping
sections yedr-round.
The application includes a clo
sure plan from Cavanaugh & As-
See SERVICE, 4
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Administration even if
they don’t seek to borrow
money.
“Registering with FEMA
is the first step toward di
saster recovery,” said state
Emergency Management
Director Doug HoeU. “The
See FEMA, 4
Grand
Smith
From staff reports
A 56-year-old Perqui
mans County man remains
in the Albemarle District
Jail under $470,000 secured
bond after being indicted
on five felony sex crimes
involving a girl under age
12.
Investigator Shelby
White, with the Perqui
mans County Sheriffs
Department, said James
Smith of the 100-block Fir
Street faces two counts of
indecent liberties with a
child, two counts of first
degree sex offense, and one
count of first degree child
rape.
A special grand jury in
dicted Smith on the charg
es Sept. 1. He was arrested
without incident on Sept.
8, White said.
The investigation begah
last May when the alleged
female victim reported the
incidents that occurred
in the Snug Harbor area
over six years ago. White
added.
Year’s top
principal
is PCHS’s
Lassiter
From staff reports
Chant Lassiter, princi
pal of Perquimans Coun
ty High
School, is
the 2012
WeUs Far
go Prin
cipal of
the Year
for Per
quimans
County , ..
Schools. Lass'tei’
She was selected in a
program sponsored by the
North Carolina Depart
ment of Public Instruction
and WeUs Fargo.
Lassiter served as the as
sistant principal at PCHS
from September 2008 until
June 2010 at which time she
was promoted to principal.
Under the first year of
her leadership, PCHS stu
dents met expected growth
standards, the school was
named a school of prog
ress, students met adequate
yearly progress, and the
See LASSITER, 4
Saturday, September 24 *10 am - 4 pm
Perquimans County Recreation Center
Over 40 juried artists & craftsmen
Door Prizes • Food Admission
Artist Demonstrations $2.00
Perquimans Arts LeagueJ