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County ponders sewer district for Holiday Island
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
County commissioners
will discuss the possibility
of creating a sewer district
in Holiday Island to help
residents who face losing
their homes if the area’s
wastewater treatment plant
closes.
Monday night, commis
sioners heard from Clay
More
coverage
Hertford candidate in jail
on election day — PAGE
Helm, part time plant opera
tor for the wastewater treat
ment plant that serves the
camping areas of the subdi
vision. Helm said creating a
sewer district would allow
the 90-100 customers who
face losing their homes/
properties to seek grants
and loans to buy and operate
the plant.
The Holiday Island Hom
eowners Association/Util
ity Company, which now
owns and operates the aging
wastewater treatment plant,
has applied to the North Car
olina Utilities Commission
for permission to abandon
the plant and discontinue
water and wastewater util
ity service to the camping
sections which has 25-30 full
time customers. HIPOA’s ap
plication to the commission
states there is no reason
able probability the prop
erty owners association wiU
See SEWER, 9
Town election
results to come
From staff reports
Due to printing
deadlines, the town
elections’ results for
Hertford and Winfall
races are not in this
week’s paper.
Look for election
results in The Daily
Advance and www.
daUyadvance.com.
Complete election
results will be print
ed in the Nov. 16 Per
quimans Weekly
Faille Air
Athletic complex
will cost $6.1M
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Fundraising for the pro
posed outdoor athletic com
plex at Perquimans County
High School has begun.
The fundraising commit
tee is operational, fundrais
ing brochimes and infor
mation have been printed,
and members of the Per
quimans Board of Educa
tion have set naming-rights
guidelines in place for large
donors.
“\ think
$200,000 is a
good start. ”
Arlene Yates
Chairman
Those guidelines indicate
that donations of $200,000
or more may have a name
placed on a facility or field.
Twelve naming opportuni
ties are available, and no
more than three names
may be placed on any one
facility or field.
“I think $200,000 is a
good start,” said Chairman
Arlene Yates. “It’s not too
much.”
Of course, donations of
much smaller amounts are
needed and wiU be recog
nized as well.
The $6.1 miUion project
wUl include a footbaU field
stadium surrounded by
an 8-lane running track,
soccer field, press box/
equipment storage, main
entry/concessions, soccer
stadium seating and con
cessions, a practice field, a
tennis court, and parking
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STAFF PHOTOS BY CATHY WILSON
Fall colors and playful activities along with good food, fellowship and music drew a crowd Saturday at the Oak Leaf Festival
held in Winfall.
Playing on the playground (left photo) was fun for the little ones during
Saturday’s Oak Leaf Festival. Orian Riddick (above) creates magic with
spun sugar, better known as cotton candy.
Veterans
Day
program
is Friday
Rev. Tom Culver
is guest speaker
From staff reports
This year’s Veterans Day
Observance wiU feature a
special salute to veterans
of the Korean War.
Rev. Tom Culver wUl be
the guest speaker for this
year’s program slated for
Friday at 11 a.m. on the
historic courthouse lawn
at the Veterans Monument.
The annual observance is
sponsored by the Ameri
can Legion Post 126.
Culver, a bi-vocational
minister serving several
churches in the Chowan
and West Chowan Baptist
Association, is a member
of Post 126 and past pas
tor of Great Hope Baptist
Church. He and his wife
reside in Hertford.
Culver saw service in
Vietnam as a helicopter
crew chief in search and
rescue. After his military
See PROGRAM, 4
FILE PHOTO
A salute to veterans of the
Korean War will be part of
this year’s Veterans Day obser
vance scheduled for Friday at
11 a.m. on the county court
house lawn.
Darden; County has
accomplished much
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Bobby Darden has seen
good times and lean times,
or at least not-so-good times
during his nine years help
ing to manage Perquimans
County
From reaping the ben
efits of a retirement/com
muter residential boom
that increased tax revenues
to fighting a Navy outlying
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landing field from locat
ing in or near the county,
Darden has experienced
a variety of issues during
his time here.
He leaves Thursday with
mixed emotions. He will
miss his staff, his friends,
and the good people both
in Perquimans and in the
region. Yet, he is excited
and looking forward to
the challenge of becom
ing executive director of
a regional solid waste au
thority and focusing on a
more narrow, deeper field
of interest on Nov. 14 near
New Bern.
See DARDEN, 4
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Marine recalled as American hero
By REGGIE PONDER
The Daily Advance
Brittany Jacobs kissed
the American flag that
was draped across her
husband’s casket around
noon Saturday, bringing
to a close a funeral service
at which Sgt. Christopher
James Jacobs was remem
bered as an American hero
as well as a loving husband
and father.
The service, which was
held at Calvary Pentecos
tal Holiness Church in Bel-
videre, included tributes
from some of Jacobs’ fel
low Marines, friends and
family members.
Jacobs’ widow, Brittany
Jacobs, said “it was defi
nitely love at first sight”
when she and her husband
met.
She also recalled Jacobs’
excitement over the birth
of their son.
Jacobs was killed in a
training accident Oct. 24
at the Marine Corps Air
Ground Combat Center in
Twentynine Pahns, Calif.,
when the vehicle he was
riding in slipped into a ra
vine.
He was 29.
Jacobs’ widow and their
young son, Christian, live
STAFF PHOTO BY THOMAS J. TURNEY
A Marine Corps color guard
carries the coffin of Marine
Sgt. Christopher Jacobs out of
Calvary Pentecostal Holiness
Church after his funeral,
Saturday.
in Belvidere. The couple
were married on July 4,
2009, in the church where
the fimeral was held Sat
urday
Brittany Jacobs sang
two solos during the ser
vice: “No Place That Far”
— a hit for Sara Evans in
the late 1990s — and “Heav
en Was Needing a Hero.”
Staff Sgt. Edward
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