P The ERQUIMAJ^S Weekly ESCZIYED OCT I 2 201|SM5©[Bi©ii!i©8 OSdMrslItf^^ ^ ^ 7 i. "News front Next Door” OCTOBER 12, 2011 - OCTOBER 18^2011 Food, Fun, Music Concert, Jollification set for this weekend. Pages 50 cents Internet sweepstakes cafes request tabled By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer Hertford Town Council wants more information on internet sweepstakes cafes before deciding whether or not to allow them to operate in the town’s commercial district. Monday night, council tabled a proposed ordi nance amendment until next month that woidd al low such establishments by conditional use permit in the town’s C-2 district. “I don’t feel like I have enough information on this,” said Councilwoman Liltian Hohnan in asking to table the issue. Elizabeth City business man Bob Luther has ap plied to open an internet sweepstakes cafe in Hert ford. He already has one operating on Ehringhaus Street in Elizabeth City “Ours is open only for adults for entertainment purposes,” Luther ex plained during a public hearing. “We don’t con sider it to be any different from Bingo.” The zoning amendment proposed to coimcU by the town’s planning board would define electronic gaming/internet sweep- stakes cafe as a business en terprise that would utilize electronic machines includ ing computers and gam ing terminals to conduct games of odds or chance such as sweepstakes, and where cash, merchandise or other items of value are redeemed or distributed. It does not include operations See INTERNET, 4 Schools Celebrate Homecoming a v>] ■4. PHOTO COURTESY PHIL HARRIS Seniors Dustyn Fields and Katie Copeland were crowned Homecoming King and Queen at Perquimans County High School, Friday. PERQUIMANS COUNTY SCHOOLS PHOTO Perquimans County | Middle School students check out I the choppers on their school mascot during the school’s recent homecoming celebra tion. A variety of spirit- filled dress-up days were enjoyed by the students to celebrate Homecoming. See more Homecoming photos on page 7. 1 .-Vk'lc mi r PERQUIMANS COUNTY SCHOOLS PHOTO Perquimans County High School celebrated homecoming last week with several themed days for wearing outland ish costumes and displaying school spirit. Kaysan Hal- lett (l-r), Michael Castle and Victoria Johnson show their spirit during Nerd Day. Reid resigned from BOE before f iiing to run for mayor Decision 2011 One stop voting begins Oct. 20 By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer A Hertford mayoral can didate apparently followed state law when he resigned from the Perquimans County Board of Elections (BOE) before filing to seek local political office. Eula Mae Forbes, direc tor of the county BOE, said Horace Reid was appointed to the board in March 2010 but is no longer a mem ber of the board where he served as secretary. “He resigned before he completed his notice of candidacy,” wrote Forhes in an email. “He was a real asset to the board,” Forbes added. “We are reaUy going to miss him.” State law prohibits elect ed officials or those seek ing political office from serving on local election boards. Vera MurrUl was ap pointed to replace Reid on the BOE, said Forhes. Reid and candidate Lloyd Hodges are challeng ing veteran Hertford May- Get out and vote One stop voting for the Nov. 8 election begins Oct, 20 at the county BOE office and continues until 1 p.m. - on Nov. 5. or Sid Eley for the mayor’s slot in the upcoming Nov. 8 election. Reid was appointed to the county BOE four months after losing his Hertford council seat hy one vote during a five-per son race for two council seats in the November 2009 election. He had served on town council since 1997, in cluding three terms as vice mayor. In the 2009 election. Councilman Ed Lane re ceived the most votes with 194 followed hy LUlian Holman with 138. Reid re ceived 137 votes. Quentin Jackson received 74 votes followed by Lloyd Hodges See REID, 4 Hopeline brings awareness to domestic violence By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer A candlelight vigil was slated to be held on the his toric Perquimans Court house square Oct. 11 in tribute to those who have suffered from domestic vi olence. Domestic violence victims who have died across the state were to be remembered as weU. Tuesday’s vigil was the first vigil planned in the county by Albemarle Hopeline, Inc., a non-profit agency serving victims of domestic violence and sex ual assault in Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Cur rituck, Gates and Chowan counties. See HOPELINE, 4 “}Ne planned the vigil in Perquimans County to continue our effort to provide awareness and education on issues surrounding domestic violence. ” Tania Williams Outreach specialist, ' Albemarle Hopeline Inc. Perquimans guitarist Jernigan featured in CMT video By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer A Hertford guitarist is featured in a country mu sic video now playing on 89076 47144 CMT.com. James William Jerni gan, known as JJ Jernigan around Perquimans, and James William in the busi ness, played acoustic guitar in “Kickin’ Up Dust” featur ing the multi-instrumen talist and recording artist Jake Clayton. In addition to playing guitar, Jernigan also helped design and cre- ate the al bum cover artwork. “I flew out to Nashville in May for a very busy week of rehears als, shows, and a video shoot,” stated §• I Jernigan Jernigan. “We played a warm-up show at the Whiskey Bent Saloon in the heart of downtown Nashville, and then trav eled to Jake’s hometown of Mexico, Missouri for the cd release show. I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with some incredible musicians, including Troy Luccketta, drummer for the multi-platinum selling rock band Tesla. He played drums on eight of the 12 tracks on Barnyard Stomp and was very happy to come play the shows with us. It took me quite some time to come back down to earth after such an excit ing week.” The video showcases Clayton playing seven dif ferent instruments (only a portion of the 27 he plays in total). The video is also a candidate for the Wide Open Country show that airs on CMT’s second channel, CMTPure. The ‘Kickin’ Up Dust’ video was most recently featured on The PhU Mack Coxmtry See JERNIGAN, 4

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