f P The ERQUIMANS ^KWeekev 2ti Upstyle ^ mi^azinehr i Boomers, retirees, INSIDE TODAY k Candidates sound off on key issues, Pages 12-13 "News from Next Door" OCTOBER 26, 2011 - NOVEMBER 1, 2011 50 cents Heath named interim county manager By CATHY WILSON Sta//' Writer Frank Heath, the coun ty’s tax administrator and special projects coordina tor, will serve as interim county manager when County Manager Bobby Darden leaves to accept a new post next month. County commissioners, approved Heath’s appoint ment last week, voicing confidence in the 36-year-old man who has served the county for the past eight years. “Being tax ad ministrator, Frank has been a part of so much of what’s going on in the Heath Commissioners have not formed a plan of action yet to find a perma nent replacement for the post. “We want to give Frank a trial peri od,” added Hobbs. “Then we’ll see where to go from county already,” said Ben Hobbs, commis- there.” sioner chairman. “I think “I appreciate the con- he will do a great job.” fidence that the board of commissioners has shown in me by naming me in terim county manager,” said Heath. “I am really proud of the job that Bob by Darden did as manager, and I hope to continue in that same manner. It is fortunate that we have very competent depart ment heads that I can rely on during the transition. 1 look forward to working hard to carry out the direc tives that the elected offi cials set forth.” As special projects co ordinator, Heath has al ready been involved in county projects such as the planned remodeling of the former Albemarle Electric building into a new home for the county’s emergen cy services. He also helped in the acquisition of Win- faU’s water system, and redesigned the county’s website. In addition to assess ing, -listing and collect ing county and municipal taxes. Heath also manages the county’s water depart ment’s billing office as well as the county’s mapping department. Heath wiU continue his duties as tax administrator during the 120 days he will See HEATH, 8 A Salute to the Marching Pirates PHOTOS COURTESY JON PARKER Drum Major Shannon Saliga leads the Perquimans County High School Marching Pirates during a recent competition at Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, Va., where the band placed first in the IIA division of the U.S. Scholastic Band Association. Senior members of the March ing Pirates play to the camera (left) during Senior Night at Friday’s football 'V V game.They are (not in order) GregTerranova, Allen Kishpaugh, Keisha Parker, Brittany Chappell, Dakota Givens, Kristi Colson, Ryan Strickland, Phillip Stover and Shan non Saliga. See more photos of the Marching Pirates on pages The Perquimans County High School Marching Pirates perform during a recent competition at Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, Va. BOE to mull naming rights for athletic facility By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer Members of the Perqui mans Board of Education wiU consider the possi bility of offering naming rights for large donations given to help buUd a pro- 89076 A 7144 posed new athletic complex at Perquimans County High School. Charles Ward, chairman of the community-based commit tee charged with raising the needed funds for the athletic complex, appeared before BOE members Monday night sug gesting that offering naming rights for large donations may help raise revenue for the proj ect. Board of education members tabled the issue Monday night when two board members were not present during the discus sion. “With the coffers of high school athletic programs dry ing up at an alarming rate, a naming rights deal with indi viduals and/or corporations may be a great source of rev enue for* the project,” Ward wrote in a letter to BOE. “The fund-raising committee, how ever, recognizes and acknowl edges that this is a decision to be made by members of the BOE. It is the recommendation of the Athletic Complex Fund- Raising Committee that nam ing rights for the high school athletic complex project be al lowed with a minimum invest ment by an individual or cor poration of $100,000.” Brenda Lassiter, public information officer for the schools system, said the board is expected to address the issue during a called meeting Nov. 3. See FACILITY, 8 PHOTO COURTESY EVELYN WHIDBEE Rescuers help an injured hunter from the back of a pick-up truck to an awaiting stretcher. Hunter injured near Woodville By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer Woodville farmer Michael Moore thought he heard a faint call for help Saturday coming from the woods behind where he was working. Being in the outdoors dealing with the farm and crops daily, he hears outside noises aU the How did it happen? According to North Carolina Wildlife Officer Jonathan Beardsley, the hunter apparently broke a leg while attempting to jump a ditch. time so he really didn’t pay any at tention to the sound as he was working in the area. However, when he saw a vehicle driven by a woman hurriedly travel back into the wooded area off Red Banks Road, Moore thought he’d better check it out. He found an injured male hunter who had fallen into a deep ditch. According to North Carolina Wildlife Officer Jonathan Beardsley, the hunter apparently broke a leg while attempting to jump a ditch. Moore, safety officer with Intercounty See HUNTER, 8 Hertford hit by larcenies From staff reports Several larcenies were reported over the past week including a break-in at an area storage facility which netted about $5,700 in items reported stolen. According to the Hertford Police De partment, four storage lockers at Doziers Mini Storage were broken into Oct. 19 with about '‘Some units were broken into with • nothing taken. ” Joe Amos Hertford Police Chief on break-ins at Doziers Mini Storage $5,700 in goods report ed stolen. Items taken include three generators, two antique chairs, a 54- inch televi sion, three antique rock ers, an an tique bench, four 20-inch chrome rims with tires, a D. J. mix board, and four 16-inch aluminum rims. Chief Joe Amos said thieves apparently cut the locks off storage units and took only what they could carry off quickly. “Some units were broken into with nothing taken,” he added. On Sunday, a resident on Meads Circle reported that the central air condition ing unit, valued at $2,500, had been stolen See LARCENIES, 8

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