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MAY 2 3 2012 Perquimans J.. kWE E K LY "News from Next Door” MAY 23, 2012 - MAY 29, 2012 50 cents Board tables action on school lunch price hike By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer The Perquimans Board of Ed ucation will decide next month whether or not to increase the cost of school lunches by 15 cents. Donna Harris, director of child nutrition for the school system, requested the rate in crease Monday night because of a federal mandate that went into effect last year requiring the gap between the prices of free and paid lunches be narrowed. Currently, older students in Perquimans pay $2.25 for lunch. The school system is federally reimbursed $2.79 for each free lunch served. That leaves a gap of 54 cents. Raising the lunch price to $2.40 for older students plus the 28 cent federal reimbursement per paid lunch would elevate that fig ure to $2.68 per lunch, narrowing the gap to just 11 cents, Harris explained. “The federal government has a formula that determines how to close that gap,” she added. “The last time we had a price increase was 2-3 years ago. It’s mandato ry that we increase prices by 10 cents this year, but I asked for a 15-cent increase in hopes to not have to come back and ask for an increase again next year.” Harris also told board mem ¬ bers that feeding students will cost more this year since stu dents will receive a fruit or veg etable at every meal. “It’s not an option this year,” she said. “We expect to see some resistance to this require ment, especially at the middle See HIKE TABLED, 11 Top Teacher: Team needed for teaching success By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer Teachers, parents and school adminis trators should form a team working together towards the goal of successfully educating each student. Tyronna Hooker, the current North Caro lina Teacher of the Year, gave that advice to parents of excep tional children during parents’ night held re cently at Perquimans County High School. “As a team, you don’t have to carry it alone,” she told parents. “As a team, we learn togeth er, grow together and work together for your children’s benefit.” Teachers, -she point ed out, are invested in students for the long haul and have genuine concern for each child. She should know. She’s been a school teacher for the past nine years and speaks from the heart. “I want to know that when your child doesn’t have a voice, you trust me to give them one,” she said. She encouraged par ents to hold teachers accountable, to ask questions, and to join in the process of edu cating their child. STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON North Carolina Teacher of the Year Tyronna Hooker urges parents and staff at Perquimans County High to work together as a team to get better results. “If you don’t like the tone of something- change it,” she said. “If your voice needs to be heard-raise it...Par ents are the experts... Educating every child takes everybody. We are responsible for your greatest treasure...and we take that responsi bility seriously” Hooker encouraged teachers to develop a love of learning in their students, to help develop charac ter in and outside the classroom, and to be See TEACHER, 11 Memorial Day service is Monday From staff reports arts in spanish and po litical science. He then Nice Night for a Garden Party More than 100 people attended the Garden Party sponsored by the Perquimans Restoration Association at Albemarle Plantation, Saturday. Gentlemen attending sported linen jackets, straw hats and col orful bow ties. Stephen and Rachel Gunther of Hertford (below) look sharp in light blue seersucker outfits, perfect for the traditional summer Garden Party attire. Several ladies wore the popular feathered headbands rather than summer hats to the annual event. STAFF PHOTOS BY CATHY WILSON Dr. Robert Lane shows off his 17-month-old granddaughter Lane Gregory, who attended her first Garden Party. United States Navy Chaplain Lt. Jason H. Rochester will be guest speaker at Monday’s Memorial Day obser vance scheduled at 11 a.m. on the historic county courthouse green. In the event of in clement weather, the service will move in- enrolled at the South ern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. While in seminary, Chaplain Rochester at tended Chaplain’s Ba sic Course in Newport, RI. He also served as the Director of Outreach and Missions at Oak Park Baptist Church, Jeffersonville, IN. side the county recreation cen ter located off Harvey Point Road. Currently as signed as the chaplain at the U.S. Coast Guard Base in Elizabeth Rochester After earn ing a master of divinity in christian education in May of 2003, Rochester was ordained by the First Bap tist Church Strong support for Relay for Life City, Rochester of Canton. He works with the base then served as pastor and tenant commands of the Jesus is Lord as well as supporting all the Coast Guard units within Sector North Carolina. . He grew up in Clyde and in May of 1999 grad uated from The Citadel with a bachelor’s of 6 11 89076 47144 Hispanic Mission in Charlestown, IN. After completing all the re quirements for service as a chaplain, Roches ter reported to MCRD Parris Island, SC in April of 2005. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in December 2005. While at MCRD, he served as the second See MEMORIAL, 11 By REBECCA BUNCH The Chowan Herald The Chowan/Perquimans Relay for Life raised almost $110,000 this past weekend, just short of their $127,000 goal. However, funds are still coming in and will be accepted through August 15. The annual event that raises funds to help find a cure for cancer went off without a hitch minus the traditional rain showers that have dogged the event most years. “It went great,” said Meghan Shoaf of Hertford, community manager for the South Atlantic Division of the American Cancer So ciety “We had a much bet ter turnout than we were expecting.” Shoaf estimated over 300 people attended Relay which was held in Edenton at the John A. Holmes Ath- STAFF PHOTO BY BRETT A. CLARK Luminaries are laid out during the Relay for Life held last weekend at J.A. Holmes High School in Edenton. Teams from Perquimans and Chowan coun ties raised money to help find a cure for cancer. letic Complex. The 17participatingteams raised about $108,000 before the weekend was over, fall ing short of their $127,000 goal. But Shoaf noted that the teams could keep rais ing money through August SeeRELAY,5
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