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JUL 1 1 2012
Citizens support historic district
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Three citizens spoke in favor
of preserving historic homes
during a public hearing Monday
night-the first step in determin
ing whether or not town citizens
want a local historic district cre
ated in town.
Gene Boyce told council mem
bers preserving the town’s old
homes helps maintain the integ
rity of the town-especially on
Grubb, Market, Dobbs, Church,
and Front streets.
“The intent of creating a local
historic district is the preserva
tion of the structures in that
district,” said Boyce. “We’re not
looking for a deputy to be on
your doorstep telling you what
you can and can not do with your
properties...We don’t want to be
a Williamsburg. We don’t want
to be an Edenton. We want to be
Hertford and preserve what’s
here.”
Ed Ritzmann went a step fur
ther saying he felt property own
ers who do restore older proper
ties should be entitled to some
sort of tax relief.
“It does take a lot to keep an
older home in shape,” he said.
“Some form of tax relief would
reward those who do.”
Ritzmann invited council
members to visit his restored
home on Market Street and see
for themselves the work that is
put into preserving older homes
including costly items like
See DISTRICT, 9
Eure
fails to
make
ballot
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
The name William “Chi
cago” Eure will not appear
on the ballot for county
commissioner this Novem
ber.
Eula Mae Forbes, direc
tor of the Perquimans
Board of Elections, said
Eure failed to qualify by
the June 29 deadline. Eure
had hoped his would be the
fifth name to the ballot of
four candidates seeking
three seats on the board of
commissioners in the fall.
Decision
2012
Commissioner incum
bent Janice Cole and three
challengers Julie Phelps,
Kyle Jones and Matthew
Peeler are vying for the
three commissioners
seats. Current commis
sioners Mack Nixon and
Sue Weimar are not seek
ing reelection.
Eure failed to obtain the
necessary number of sig
natures of county citizens
needed to place his name
on the ballot.
“We were about 100 sig
natures shy of meeting
the requirement,” Eure
said. “I just didn’t have
the time. Work got real
busy. This showed me that
if I didn’t have time to
get the signatures, then I
didn’t have the time to do
the job.”
Before the November
campaigning gets in full
swing, the state will host
a second primary featur
ing party runoffs for five
statewide offices on July
17. Winners in this sec
ond primary will run for
the respective office in the
Nov. 6 general election.
Next Tuesday’s primary
affects both the Republi
can and Democratic par
ties.
Statewide party can
didates to be decided in
clude:
• North Carolina Lieu
tenant Governor: Repub
licans Dan Forest or Tony
See EURE, 9
STAFF PHOTOS BY CATHY WILSON
Sheriff Eric Tilley (left) presents a plaque to the family of the late “Little Man” Broughton, former sheriff of Perquimans County. This year’s fireworks were dedi
cated to Broughton in recognition of his hard work collecting money for fireworks over the years. See more photos from July 4 celebration, page 4.
Former sheriff was fireworks booster
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
T I hose who knew him
said the late former
sheriff Julian Harold
“Little Man” Broughton
was always seen standing
with a bucket asking for
a dollar to help fund the
town’s fireworks every
July 4th.
Last week during the
Fourth of July celebra
tion at Missing Mill Park,
those fireworks were shot
in his memory.
Sheriff Eric Tilley pre
sented Broughton’s fami
ly members with a plague
recognizing Broughton’s
long-time efforts to have
a fireworks display every
year in town.
“Every time you’d see
him, he’d say ‘Gimme a
dollar! Gimme a dollar’,”
grinned Tilley as he hon
ored Broughton’s memo
ry. The handsome plaque
was given to Broughton’s
family who attended the
ceremony including his
widow, Irene-Broughton,
son Jeff Broughton and
his wife, Faith, daugh
ter Betty Sharber and
her husband Steve, and
granddaughter Katelyn
Sharber.
Fred Yates, member
of the fireworks commit
tee which organized the
ceremony, introduced
Broughton’s family mem
bers and welcomed them
to the ceremony.
The ceremony was
part of the pre-fireworks
THOMAS J. TURNEY/THE DAILY ADVANCE
A large crowd enjoyed the
fireworks at Missing Mill Park
on July 3.
activities held at the
park including vendors
offering food, homemade
ice cream, activities for
the children, music and
entertainment.
The star of the eve
ning, however, were the
fireworks which were
shot over the Perquimans
River.
Yates and several other
volunteers in the commu
nity worked to organize
the Fourth of July Cel
ebration in Hertford after
the Perquimans Cham
ber of Commerce voted
earlier in the year not to
organize the pre-fireworks
activities. A separate com
mittee always handled
the fireworks in previous
years.
Various people worked
to collect donations for
See JULY 4, 4
First-responders work together in crisis leadership
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
In the event of a weather
disaster, local first respond
ers and emergency service
leaders work together in
crisis leadership to help
pull the county through
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difficult times.
It’s a difficult task, but
County Manager Frank
Heath says he has faith in
the local first responders
who work as a team, espe
cially in times of natural
disasters and during prep
aration for what may come
in the future.
“As emergency services
leaders, you have influence
to help others understand
what needs to be done,”
Heath told local emergency
responders who attended
the county’s annual hur
ricane briefing held at the
county courthouse recent
ly. “You are a vital part of
the leadership that is need
ed during a crisis situation
or when a serious threat
arises. Crisis leadership
takes all working together
- it’s not just one person.”
Heath said he has seen
the county’s first respond
ers react during emergen
cies in the past and was
See CRISIS, 9
STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON
Jarvis Winslow, Perquimans County emergency management coordinator, updates local emer
gency responders on the county’s role during a briefing on the upcoming hurricane season.