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JANUARY 9, 2013 - JANUARY 15, 2013
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Board considers alcohol sales issue
By PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The Perquimans County Com
mission left the door open Mon
day night to the idea of allowing
the sale of alcohol at the county’s
recreation center during ban
quets and wedding receptions.
The issue boils down to liabil
ity
Michael Hurdle brought up
the request on behalf of Ducks
Unlimited and the National Wild
Turkey Federation.
“Our recreation building is
as nice as any buildings in the
Tidewater and northeast North
Carolina area for any sportsman
events,” Hurdle told the commis
sion.
A rule that bans the sale of al
cohol at the center means groups
have to go out of the county to
host events or settle for less at
tractive locations.
“The turkey federation has
been going out of the county for
their banquet
and Ducks Un
limited has been
using a 40x80-
square-foot farm
shop for our
banquet and we
have outgrown
the current ,,
building,” Hur- Muzzulin
die said. The DU banquet draws
about 150 people.
“We have no other facilities
that are open to us in the coun
ty.” .
Ducks Unlimited has already
planned its annual banquet in
March, so Hurdle was asking the
board to reconsider the issue for
next year.
Commissioner Edward Muz-
zulin asked Hurdle if the request
for was just for beer and wine or
if it would include liquor too.
Hurdle replied that they wanted
the ability to seU aU three.
A large part of the Ducks Un
limited banquet is an auction.
which raises money to pay for
restoration efforts. Since 1936,
DU has managed to protect 12.6
million acres of wildlife habitat
in the United States, Mexico and
Canada. Adding alcohol to the
mix tends to improve how much
money is raised in the auction.
Hurdle said.
“A little bit of alcohol and
people start to feel real good,” he
joked. “It’s not like we’re turn-
See ALCOHOL, 4
A Great Place To Sit And Read
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STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS
Teachers Julie Roberts (left) and Teresa Beardsley cut the ribbon on a reading bench dedicated at Hertford Grammar School Monday. The
bench honors former teacher Leslie Bell, who died suddenly in 2010 at age 34. She’d taught at the school since 1998. Bell’s husband James
said the school was important to his late wife. “People always say how important she was to the school. What they don’t probably know is how
important the school was to her,” he said. The bench carries Bell’s name and the motto “because nice matters."
Conference center opens at Camp Cale
By PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Perquimans County
is now home to a 9,200-
square-foot confer
ence center and more
improvements may be
coming.
A ribbon cutting
was held Friday for
the $800,000 building at
Camp Cale. The camp
near New Hope also
now has more land to
expand.
Matt Thomas, the
l-f
director of the camp,
said the center rep
resents the first of
three phases. The next
step will be a modern
bunkhouse to replace
open-air cabins built
50 years ago. A third
phase would include a
STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS
Officials cut the ribbon
dedicating the new con
ference center at Camp
Cale, Friday.
gym and a swimming
pool.
Thomas said the
future development
hinges on money. It
took about 10 years
from the time the con
ference center was
See CAMP CALE, 4
PHOTO COURTESY OF ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY
Celvin Webster is shown in this photo taken in
1965 when he was named rookie of the year
at Elizabeth City State University. He’s standing
outside Williams Hall.
Former coach
C. Webster
remembered
By PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
As a coach, Celvin Webster liked to win.
But former players from Perquimans
County High School are remembering
him more for the bigger things he taught
them.
Webster, 67, died Dec. 1. He started work
ing for the Perquimans County Schools in
1972 and over the years coached football,
track and basketball and taught health
and physical fitness.
James Bunch, now the assistant super
intendent of the school system, remem
bers when he played for Webster.
“One of his philosophies was participa
tion in football could instill discipline and
a work ethic that would serve you well af
ter football was over,” Bunch said. “A lot
of the student athletes he coached went on
not necessarily to play athletics in college,
some did, but all of them were more suc
cessful as a result of him.
“1 played baseball in college. I certainly
wasn’t an all-American, but I had some
skills and the work ethic. He always taught
us the most important thing is to prepare
properly And he was a local legend as far
as track and field. But it took a lot of hard
See WEBSTER, 4
Woman, 85, assaulted again
From staff reports
The Hertford Police De
partment has called in the
State Bureau of investiga
tion to help solve the assault
of an 85-year-old woman on
New Years Day
It’s the second time the
woman has been assaulted
in her home on Simset
Drive in three weeks.
Police say Beatrice Rid-
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dick managed to get to
the home of a neighbor
after the assault. Police de
scribed Riddick as “bloody
and beaten” but her injuries
were considered minor but
she was taken to Chowan
Hospital to be checked out.
No suspects were found in
her residence, but Police
Chief Douglas Freeman
said the department does
have two suspects they be
lieve were involved in both
incides.
The incident was re
ported at 6 a.m. In the early
morning hours, police also
responded to people shoot
ing guns in the air.
While trying to break
up a fight on King Street,
officer Gilbert Sullivan re
ported he saw a man in a
dark coat kneeling down
near a bush near the Brad
ford Apartments. The man
pulled out a gun and fired
four times, twice in the air.
Nobody was struck with
the bullets but a vehicle
was hit. The officers ap
proached the man, but he
fled. Nobody was injured
and two .45 caliber bullet
casings were recovered.
The police officers did not
fire their weapons.
King celebration set for Feb.
From staff reports
A celebration of the life
of Martin Luther King Jr
is being moved to Febru
ary to make room for an
other celebration — the
inauguration of Barrack
Obama.
Perquimans County
usually holds the King
celebration on the same
day of the King holiday
in January. This year that
falls on the same day as
the swearing in ceremony
in Washington D.C.
“I think a lot of people
will be wanting to go to
inauguration so we de
cided to combine the cel
ebration with Black His
tory Month,” said Connie
Brothers, one of the orga
nizers of the event.
The Feb. 23 event wUl
start with a motorcade
from Perquimans Middle
School and end at Per
quimans County High
School.
“We’re asking all the
local churches who have
a church van to ride with
us,” Brothers said. The
theme of the event is “from
a dream into a reality.”
The Perquimans Coun
ty Chapter of the NAACP
win be holding a member
ship drive for youth as
part of the event. Brothers
is the youth director for
the NAACP
Participating in the
event will be local African
Americans who broke the
mold and became the first
black person in their pro
fession.
“People know who Mar
tin Luther King is and
they know about Rosa
Parks, we just wanted to
make sure they know the
locals who made a differ
ence,” Brothers said.
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