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"News from Next Door"
NOVEMBER 7, 2012 - NOVEMBER 13, 2012
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Court hears suit brought by fired teacher
Joyner was initially
approved for tenure
By WILLIAM F. WEST
Staff Writer
CURRITUCK — A Superior
Court judge will decide whether
a former Perquimans County
teacher will get her job back
after hearing arguments in her
lawsuit Monday.
Attorneys for both Vanessa
Joyner, the former teacher, and
the Perquimans County Schools
made arguments in the case
during a hearing before Special
Superior Court Judge William
Pittman in Currituck County
Superior Court.
Pittman advised the attorneys
after the hearing that he will
render a decision in the case at
a later date. _
Joyner, a "teacher at Perqui
mans Central School since 2008,
was recommended for tenure by
schools Superintendent Dwayne
Stallings earlier this year.
However, the Perquimans
Board of Education disagreed
and, after a hearing, voted at
the start of June to deny Joyner
tenure and also didn’t renew
Joyner’s contract for the 2012-13
school year.
Joyner, who filed suit in
July, has contended the School
Board’s actions were arbitrary
and capricious.
Greenville attorney Mary-
Ann Leon, representing Joyner
on Monday, contended that her
client was given a pile of docu
ments, but that her client wasn’t
supplied all of the documents
referred to in the School Board’s
decision. In addition, Leon said
Joyner wasn’t told the School
District’s legal counsel would be
cross-examining her at the hear
ing before the School Board.
. See TEACHER, 4
PCMS Students Celebrate Homecoming
Police
PERQUIMANS COUNTY SCHOOLS PHOTOS
The Perquimans County Middle School Homecoming Court for 2012 includes (l-r) Colton Meads, Ellie Howard, Rodney Lyons, Kalen Thornton, Bishop Smith-King
and De’Jha Rogers-Queen. *
Students (l-r) Alec Nixon, Ernest Privott and Danisha Stone strike a pose during a fun-
filled Homecoming Week at Perquimans County Middle School.
Celebrating homecoming are (l-r) Victoria Sawyer, McKenzie Twine, Kait
lyn Christian, Kalen Thornton, Layden Stallings (background), Drake True
blood (background), Austin Leary, William Byrum and Austin Overton.
busy with
vandals,
break-ins
From staff reports
Hertford Police respond
ed last week to two sepa
rate reports of back doors
kicked in at Wynne Fork
Court apartments while
residents were away dur
ing the daytime.
On Oct. 30, police re
sponded to the 100-block of
Wynne Fork Court after a
resident reported that the
door to the apartment had
been kicked in, causing ap
proximately $250 damage.
The resident discovered
the break-in when she ar
rived at the apartment
around 5:30 p.m.
The police report did not
list anything stolen from
the residence during the
break-in. '
On Oct. 29, police report
ed to the 200-block of the
apartment complex after
a resident discovered her
back door kicked in and a
PlayStation 3 and two pairs
of baby shoes stolen.
Police were also busy
last week responding to
reports of vandalized ve
hicles.
A van parked at the se
nior citizens center on
Grubb Street was egged
and a window broken
sometime during Hallow
een night.
According to the Hert
ford Police Department,
vandals apparently busted
a window on an Econoline
Ford van, causing about
$200 damage to the vehicle.
Police say neighbors in
the area also reported van
dals smashing tomatoes on
houses during the same
time frame.
Unfortunately, the coun
ty van wasn’t the only
See POLICE, 4
Grand Illumination
plans updated .
Service to honor
veterans, Monday
Hagan coming
to Hertford
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Some things never
change, but that’s not the
case for this year’s Grand
Illumination scheduled for
the end of this month.
Organizers say they have
changed the program this
year to hopefully make the
special event more meaning
ful, more fun, more illumi-
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nated, and
more entertaining
with
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a special holiday focus.
The first change is the
date. In the past, the Grand
Illumoination has been held
on the Thursday before the
Saturday Christmas parade
in town. This year, however,
the Grand Illumination will
be held on Friday, Nov. 30,
from 6-7 p.m.
See ILLUMINATION, 8
From staff reports
The Veterans Day
Observance will
be held Monday
at 11 a.m. on the
courthouse square.
Guest speaker will
be Corbin Cherry,
a Vietnam vet and
American Le
gion Post 126 hosts
this annual county
observance. This
year’s ceremony
honors veterans
of the Vietnam
War era. Inclem
ent weather moves
former U.S. Army military
chaplain.
Former Major Cherry
saw duty in Vietnam with
the 101st Airborne Divi
sion. He is a member of the
American Legion Post 126
where he currently serves
as the Post chaplain.
Cherry the observance in
side the county recreation
center.
There were some eight
million men and women
veterans during the Viet
nam era including ap
proximately 1,200 veterans
See SERVICE, 8
From staff reports
U.S. Senator Kay Hagan will
continue her statewide “Conver
sations with Kay” series when
she hosts a “Conversation” with
residents of Perquimans Coun
ty on Friday at 8:30 a.m. at the
county’s new emergency servic
es building in Winfall.
Hagan
Hagan and her staff will meet with constitu
ents, listen to concerns, and help navigate issues
with federal agencies such as the VA, IRS, or So
cial Security Administration. Staff will be avail
able for additional assistance from 8-10 a.m.
Hagan regularly hosts “Conversations with
Kay” in communities across the state to help
North Carolinians who need assistance or want
to discuss topics of concern.
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