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-—r NOV 2 b 2012 P , THE N0V4b2D!2 ERQUIMANS MWeekly Friends, family gather for Bethel VFD turkey shoot - See photos Page 6 "News from Next Door" NOVEMBER 28, 2012 - DECEMBER 4, 2012 50 cents Court reverses board’s decision on teacher tenure By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer A Superior Court judge has reversed an earlier decision by the county board of education to deny tenure to a county teacher and ordered the board to im mediately reinstate the teacher with career status and back pay Judge William R. Pittman sup ported Vanessa B. Joyner’s ap ¬ peal of the school board’s May decisions to deny her tenure even though both the school principal and division superin tendent recommended Joyner be given career status. In his court order of Nov. 16, Pittman wrote that the board’s “decision was arbitrary and capricious, made for personal reasons, and infected by the pre- meeting bias of one board mem ¬ ber.” According to court records, Joyner began working as an el ementary school teacher in Au gust 2008, first as a first grade teacher for two years followed by two years teaching students with disabilities. The Perquimans Board of Education considered a list of teachers (including Joyner) eli gible for career status on May 14. Joyner received recommenda tions for career status from both Principal Melissa Fields and Di vision Superintendent Dwayne Stallings, court records show. During that meeting, board mem ber Ralph Hollowell, whose wife is a teacher in the same school, spoke against the recommenda tion that Joyner be given career status, court records show. The court’s findings showed Hollowell told board members he had “ ‘heard from teachers, teacher assistants, parents and grandparents questionable in formation about this teacher’ without individually identifying any person from whom he had heard or providing any other specific details about what ‘ques tionable information’ he claimed See TENURE, 10 Giving thanks: Feeding others By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer ^^halonda Foster and W a group of children W^made several trips out of the church fellow ship hall carrying bags and boxes filled with Thanksgiving dinners on Thanksgiving Day However, the tasty turkey dinners with all the trimmings weren’t for themselves. Instead, they made Thanksgiving Day special for the sick and needy by carrying turkey and ham dinners to help feed neighborhood shut- ins - like the elderly or sick - those who couldn’t physically make it to First Baptist Missionary Baptist Church for the holiday meal. Several volunteers like Foster helped the Hertford church serve nearly 500 free meals last Thursday to shut-ins, the needy, church members, neighborhood folks, lots of children, even visitors who stopped by It was part of a community outreach service, a vision of the church pastor Rev. Johnathan Franklin. “We want the church to be a helping hand to the community,” said Franklin. “We want to help meet their physical needs as well as their spiritual needs.” Volunteers from the church cooked 14 turkeys, three whole hams and several pieces of ham to provide the basis for the STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON Serving up free Thanksgiv ing dinners Thursday at First Baptist Missionary in Hertford were (l-r) Freda Lyons, Jaylin Mitchell, Annette Brimsly and Nicole Franklin. lunch-time meal. Others added venison and even bear meat to compliment the dinners. Pans full of mac and cheese, greens, string beans, potato salad, cornbread, and rolls were offered as well. A table holding slices of homemade pies and cakes and other sweets was a popular spot. “We’ve been prepar ing for this day for three months,” added Franklin. “The church is right in the heart of the community and we want to be a com munity church. We hope to have this become an annual event. We want to help our community, not just at Thanksgiving, but anytime the Lord lays it on our hearts.” Felton is parade’s grand marshal Hertford Christmas Parade is Saturday By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer A devoted woman of God, an advocate for area school children, and a lady who continues to work for racial equality will serve as grand marshall of this year’s Hertford Christmas Parade. Estelle Felton, noted for her long-time involvement in Perqui mans County, will lead the parade Saturday when it gets underway at 2 p.m. “Miss Estelle”, as she is known to one and all, is the first female chairperson of the Perquimans County Democratic Party, the first African-American female direc tor of Albemarle Electric Mem- FILE PHOTO Santa arrives in Hertford both Friday during the Grand Illumination at 6 p.m. on the courthouse square and again on Saturday during the Hertford Christmas Parade at 2 p.m. in historic downtown Hertford. Church where she serves as church clerk and d e a - con. in •HERTFORD- She is well known for her singing and has participated in numerous National Day of Prayer services on the historic courthouse lawn. by the Perquimans Chamber of a board member for 30 years. Commerce which sponsors the She is also a past president and bership Corporation, and the first home and school coordinator for Perquimans County Schools, ac cording to information provided parade. She has served on the Ministers’ Council for Education for a number of years and has helped Open Door Food Pantry as vice president of the Perquimans County NAACP and one of the Mothers of the Greater Saun ders Grove Missionary Baptist One of 12 children, Felton grew up in Hertford and later married her soul mate, the late Louis Hen ry Felton. She is the mother of seven children, grandmother to See PARADE, 10 Downtown Grand Illumination is Friday night By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer Dancers from The Dance Company of Hertford will perform during this year’s Grand Illumination Fri day night at 6 p.m. Instructor Amy Goudy says her older students are excited about perform ing in holiday attire for FILEPHOTO The Perquimans County High School band will perform Friday night during the Grand Illumination on the courthouse square at 6 p.m. the crowd. “My high school girls will be dancing a ballet piece to ‘The First Noel.’ I also have my intermediate class doing a fun jazz piece to Louis Anderson’s ‘Zat You, Santa Claus?’ The girls are excited for the opportunity to perform. They helped to pick their own costumes and look forward to the activities coming up on Friday.” Members of the Perqui mans County High School band will also offer holi day selections as will the the choir Ensemble from Evangelical Methodist Church. Sponsored by Historic See ILLUMINATION, 4 County man dies in wreck By WILLIAM F. WEST The Daily Advance A 65-year-old Perqui mans County man died late last week at a Virginia hos pital after his motorcycle overturned after striking a deer on N.C. Highway 137 in Gates County, the N.C. Highway Patrol said. Benjamin Gaither Cul- lipher was alone on his 2012 Harley-Davidson while driving west on N.C. 137 on Friday morning when the deer came out of a wooded area, from Cullipher’s left, Sgt. Rodney Sawyer said. The motorcycle went to the right and off the pavement before going back onto the pavement, Sawyer said. The motorcycle overturned in the roadway and Cullipher was ejected, Sawyer said. The wreck occurred shortly before 10 a.m. about four miles west of Gatesville and Trooper Marc Cerbone responded. Sawyer said Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance transported Cullipher to Sentara Norfolk General, where he died later in the evening. Sawyer said that speed was not a factor in the accident and that Cul lipher had been wearing his helmet, along with pro tective leather clothing. The accident became the fourth fatality report ed by the patrol in Gates County this year. Cullipher lived in the 100 block of Crystal Lane. 252-426-1380 • www.forbesuc.com Featured Property of the Week www.forbesuc.com 252-426-1380
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