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—ULI 0 J 2012 THE PERQUIMANS BWeekly "News from Next Door" OCTOBER 3, 2012 - OCTOBER 9, 2012 50 cents County OKs construction for senior center By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer Construction to trans form the former Perqui mans 20-20 building into a new county senior citizen center is expected to begin next week. Monday night, county commissioners approved a construction contract with ColVot Construction, Inc. for the $258,000 project. “This is long overdue,” said Commissioner Mack Nixon. “We’ve done a lot of things for this county, but providing our seniors a decent facility is one good thing this board has done.” The project is expected to be completed by March 1. ColVot is the Perqui mans County firm that also transformed the for mer Albemarle EMC build ing into the county’s new emergency services build ing in Winfall. Currently, the senior cit izens center is located in a small building on Grubb Street. Their new facil ity will be located at 1072 Harvey Point Road in the larger building that once housed Perquimans 20-20 and served as a business incubator for several small businesses for a number of years. Funding for the project will come from a combina tion of senior grant funds, jail reimbursement funds, and county money. County management, commissioners, and local senior citizens worked to gether to develop and plan the renovation project for the past couple of years. Delphine Barr, director of the center, said county seniors are thrilled and ex cited about the project. See CENTER, 4 Ignoring Rain to De-Feet ALS STAFF PHOTOS BY CATHY WILSON r \ML * 1’J8 Forum ends with Steinburg arrested From staff reports State House Republican candidate Bob Steinburg was arrested in Hertford last week for allegedly as saulting the campaign manager of his Democrat ic challenger. The misdemeanor crimi nal summons signed by Magis- trate C.A. Woodard indicates probable cause that Steinburg “unlaw- fully and willfully Top: A little rain Saturday did not deter these dedi cated walkers who helped raise funds to defeat ALS, during the annual ALS Walk, which is sponsored by the Jim “Catfish" Hunter ALS Foundation. Middle: Walkers use flowers to create a memorial basket that was placed in front of the headstone of Jim “Catfish” Hunter at the end of Saturday’s walk. Bottom: A 1946 Farmall tractor, previously owned by Jim “Catfish" Hunter, was part of this year’s ALS Walk in Hertford on Saturday. did assault Russell Haddad by grabbing him on back of the neck, trying to take a camera away from him.” Steinburg, 64, of Eden ton, was charged with simple physical assault and released, according to Officer Terrence E. Far ley of the Hertford Police Department. The incident happened at a political fo rum sponsored by the Civ ic League at Perquimans County High School on Thursday night. Steinburg said Monday that he was having a pri vate conversation with Bill Luton, his Democratic op ponent in the Nov. 6 elec tion for the 1st District N.C. House of Representa tives seat, after the forum ended, “trying to get him to focus on the issues. I did admonish him in a spirited way” Steinburg said that he looked up and saw that Haddad had walked over and was taping their con versation with a camera phone. “I said, ‘Look, I don’t want you taping this, it’s a private conversation,’” See ARREST, 4 Arts on the Perquimans is Saturday Commissioner candidates From staff reports Thirty-five vendors are expected to offer their arts and crafts Saturday during Arts on the Perquimans, the second annual juried arts and crafts show. ARTS ON THE PERQUIMANS Saturday, October 6 • 10 am to 4 pm • Admission: $2.00 Perquimans County Recreation Center, 310 Granby Street in Hertford PERQUIMANS Arts league Over 35 vendors with pottery, wood carving, fiber arts, jewelry, painting, photography, basket weaving, Food, door prizes, 50/50 drawing and more Sponsored by the Per quimans Arts League, the show will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Perqui mans Recreation Center. Many of the vendors this year are repeat ven dors from last year’s show. Among the juried work this Saturday will be pottery, paintings, wood carvings and wood turning, glass, hand-painted silk scarves, jewelry, photography, and fiber art. Admission is $2 and lunch, a bake sale, door prizes and a 50/50 raffle will be available. As the only arts organi zation in the county, PAL recognizes the importance of supporting area artists by offering them venues to exhibit their works. Another venue is PAL’s gallery located in the Hall of Fame building at 109 N. Church Street (opposite the Perquimans County Court house). The gallery is open Monday-Saturday through out the year with a variety of exhibits. For more information about PAL and the gallery exhibits, visit www.perqui- mansarts.org. voice concerns at forum By REGGIE PONDER The Daily Advance The idea of adopting county minimum housing standards got a lukewarm reception from candidates for Perquimans County commissioner last week — with one candidate op posing a minimum hous ing ordinance altogether. Four commissioner candidates — two Repub licans and two Democrats — shared the stage last Thursday night at Per quimans County High School. Republican Matt Peeler said housing conditions are between the landlord and the tenant. Govern ment shouldn’t be telling people what the standards are, he said. “The government does not need to be involved be tween you and the person that you’re renting from.” Peeler said. Kyle Jones, also a Re ¬ publican, did not rule out support for some kind of minimum housing or dinance, but expressed reservations about the regulations that were pro posed previously. “Conceptually, I love the idea,” Jones said. But he added he believes standards can get too re strictive. He also said he has concerns about how the standards would be See FORUM, 4
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