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% J P The ERQUIMANS WEEKLY "Neu's from Next Door" JANUARY 18, 2012 - JANUARY 24, 2012 JAN 2 0 2012 Spaugh, Weimar will not seek re-election Cole is ‘leaning toward running’ By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer So far, at least one coun ty commissioner and one school board member have decided they will not seek re-election this year. Both Commissioner Sue Weimar and BOE Vice- Chairman Amy Spaugh if IL^^ HalM. k Ha™m Cole Cox say they will not seek an other term on their respec tive boards. Weimar, who has served Nixon Reed Spaugh two four-year terms on the county board of com missioners, says she has enjoyed her time in office Weimar Yates serving the citizens of Perquimans County, but she has decided not to run again in order to spend more time with family. “Plus I strongly believe in term limits!” she added. A Republican, Weimar has served as a county com missioner since 2004 and * has championed conserva tion measures, technology, social services, tourism de velopment, and minimum housing standards during her time on the board. Spaugh, who is complet ing her first four-year term on the board of education, said deciding not to seek re-election was not an easy See ELECTIONS, 9 Woman jumps from US 17 bridge Body found Sunday by local fisherman By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer The body of a woman who apparently jumped off the Highway 17 high-rise bridge into the Perquimans River Saturday was found Sunday afternoon by a local fisherman rock fishing just south of the Perquimans County Recreation Center. Sheriff Eric Tilley said the body of Gail Winston, of Virginia Beach, was found floating in the wa ter about 4:20 p.m. Tilley said the body matched the description of Winston given to authorities by fam ily members: black female, 5’6”, short hair, wearing a black top, burgundy pants, and white sneakers. The body was taken to Albemarle Hospital. Win ston’s family members, who were not at the recov ery scene, were contacted STAFF PHOTOS BY CATHY WILSON Perquimans County Water Search and Rescue diver Chris Duty enters the cold Perquimans River Sunday morning to search for the body of a Virginia Beach woman who jumped off the U.S. Highway 17 bridge Saturday afternoon. See more photos from search and recovery effort in our slideshow at DAILYADVANCL C©0 • See WOMAN, 4 Diver Chris Duty surfaces in the Perquimans River during the search for the body of a missing Virginia woman Sunday. Members of the Perquimans County Water Search and Rescue team prepare to search the Perquimans River during the recovery effort. County mulls no-paper option By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer County commissioners have considered going pa perless with the use of tab let computers for the past three months, but a deci sion on the switch has not been made yet. Interim County Manag er Frank Heath said com missioners first began re searching the matter back in October. He expects the matter to resurface later this month during their monthly work session. “We’ve been looking at iPad 2,” said Heath. “We’ve also been talking with companies about purchas ing and training. The com missioners have not deter mined if they want to go in that direction. It will come back up in this month’s work session to see if there is still interest in going pa perless.” Going paperless appar ently is the trend in state and local government these days. Commission ers in Camden County and , council members in Eliza beth City have agreed to buy and use tablet comput ers rather than print out agenda packets in the fu ture. State legislators are also considering buying tablets in an effort to save money as well. “It takes time to print out eight or nine 100-page packets each month,” said Heath. “Of course, time See PAPERLESS, 4 Residents honor King, urged to pick up the torch By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer Citizens today should pick up and continue car rying the burning torch for economic equality, peace, and civil issues that was first ignited by famed civil rights leader and man of God, the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Arlene Yates, chair woman of the Perquimans County Board of Educa tion, told the gathering remembering King Mon day at Galatia Missionary Baptist Church that King’s legacy still lives today “It’s time to change our thinking and our ways of doing things,” she, said. 6 89076 47144 “Right here in our commu nity, today, we can make a difference. It’s time to break loose, shake yourself 2 loose, break the chains, free your mind, take those binders off, and let’s run this race.” “We can start with en suring that our children receive the best education, do our part by voting, en force equal opportunity for all, get involved, speak up, and stand for what is STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON The Community Angels per form during Monday’s Dr. Mar tin Luther King Jr. celebration, sponsored by the Perquimans County NAACP at Galatia Mis sionary Baptist Church. right,” she added. • Yates gave a history of King who she called “a servant for God.” She said God chose King and set him apart to do His work for His people. King was ordained in the ministry at age 19 and a civil rights activist at the age of 26, formed the Southern Christian Lead ership Conference to fight segregation at age 28, and led the largest civil rights demonstration in history at age 34. He witnessed the signing of the Civil Rights Act at the White House just one year later and received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work at age 35. “As I began to reflect on all the things Dr. King had done, I realized he had to have been influenced by some powerful people,” Yates continued. “He ad mired Ghandi, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Mays, and Howard Thurman to name a few. But the most honorable, powerful, glo rified of them all was Je sus. Jesus gave Dr. King peace, knowledge, wisdom, endurance, and humil ity but most of all he was anointed with the Holy Spirit. Dr. King’s life was anointed from his birth to his death.” King died at age 39 when he was shot by James Earl Ray “Dr. King died to save mankind for equality,” she said. See KING, 9
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