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may 1 5 RECI) ERQUIMANS ■^LWeekev aolaMHl mmm Spruill "News from Next Door” Stallings MAY 15, 2013 - MAY 21, 2013 50 cents STAFF PHOTO' BY PETER WILLIAMS Hertford Police Chief Douglas Freeman speaks to a DARE graduating class last week at Hertford Gram mar School.The police department is poised to be up to full speed in terms of manpower in the next few weeks for the first time in a year. Police force rebuilding By PETER WILLIAMS News Editor After more than a year, the Hertford Police Department ex pects to be fuU staff. The police force, which tradi tionally has eight people, was down to four for some periods in the past year. The staffing issue was one Chief Douglas Freeman inherited when he was hired a year ago. In the past 12 months the offi cers that remained had to work far longer hours than normal and the Perquimans County Sheriffs Department and Win- fall Police Chief also provided support. “We had people working about every day off they had,” Freeman said last week. “The deputies have been great and WinfaU has been great, but we’re getting back to where we need to be.” In fact the department may be even better. Training starts soon on a new police dog and by this summer Freeman hopes to See REBUILDING, 9 Parlors remain By PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Sweepstakes businesses that have been shut down across North Carolina re main in operation in Hert ford while the town waits for definitive proof that they’re illegal. The town is waiting for the state to provide a rul ing once and for aU that aU types of sweepstakes are illegal. The town is tak ing the stance that a soft ware change made earlier this year exempts the ma chines. ^ The three businesses Vat did-operate in Hert ford last year closed in January after the state said they were illegal. They remained closed for more than a month, according Police Chief Douglas Free man. They were allowed to reopen Feb. 21. There are three in operation now — the same number as before the state rules changed. One is at Meads Trailer Park and two are located on U.S. 17 on either side of Harvey Point Road/ Church Street. A Roanoke Rapids law firm has taken the position that the games can remain because the software they use has been modified. “The terminals as con verted by Figure 8, Blue Diamond Pre-Reveal Sweepstakes System, have a disclaimed in the offi cial rules that identifies the terminals as using a “pre-reveal” system that does not use an “entertain ing display to conduct the See PARLORS, 10 Off And Running *■ n STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS Beau Smith (No. 81) and others take off from the Perquimans County Recreation Center on a 5K run to benefit local schools on Saturday. It was the first event for the group, which raises cash for the county’s four public schools. More than 85 runners ranging in age from 4 to 66 years old participated. Commissioner ‘gets real’ with students By PETER WILLIAMS News Editor P |erquimans County r Commissioner Kyle Jones laid it on the line Friday when he gave the keynote address at the graduation of more than 130 students from the DARE program. He challenged the fifth graders to look after their classmates and parents to look out after the children — aU of them, not just their own. “Kids, if you don’t hear anything else I say, please hear this: you are in this together,” Jones said. The students have been A— «*■»■ spending the last few weeks learning how to make good decisions as part of a DARE program offered by the Hertford Police Department and lead by Chief Douglas Freeman. The program includes help with making decisions about drugs and alcohol — the original focus of DARE. But the revamped DARE program is heavily STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS ^ Perquimans Commissioner Kyle Jones speaks to the DARE graduating class at Hertford Grammar School on Friday. focused on decision mak ing of aU kinds. But Jones gave anybody but a typical speech to the fifth graders. He works in the District Attorney’s office and sees first hand the consequences of bad decisions. Jones also levied an equal amount of responsibility on parents. “It’s easy to sit here today and look down your nose at the other parents who, truth be told, are probably not as good of parents as you are. Congratulations. But you have an investment in the outcome of their fifth grader. And what do you expect that fifth grader to do, pick himself up by his bootstraps and achieve the same thing your fifth grader is going to? If you believe that, then I’ve got some oceanfront property in New Hope to sell you.” Jones told the students that the kind of person they become will be based half on the decisions they make as individuals. The other half is based on See CHALLENGES, 10 Animals seized in Winfall Forty-seven dogs, cats now at shelter By PETER WILLIAMS News Editor At least 28 dogs and 19 cats were seized Monday firom a home in WinfaU. Police Chief David Shaf fer said he got a complaint from neighbors that the resident at 129 Nixon Street was keeping a large num ber of animals at the home, but they’d never seen the 89076 47144 animals outside. “I got the caU two weeks ago, but every time I went over there, nobody was home,” Shaffer said. The dogs, mostly long haired Chihuahua’s, ap peared healthy, but the owner admitted only two had their required shots. “They appeared to be in good shape otherwise,” Shaffer said. Perquimans Animal Control officer David Out- land said aU of the animals clearly needed to be bathed. Neil ReUly who was liv ing at the residence with the animals, had rented the home in the tidy, weU-kept See ANIMALS, 4 Pig Out w V- STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS Mary Vidaurri (left) and John and Susan Christensen dish out plates of pork barbecue last Friday dur- • ing Pig Out On The Green in front ’■ of the Perquimans County Court house. The annual event benefits Historic Hertford, a group that promotes the downtown area. His toric Hertford supports the Indian Summer Festival, the Carolina i Moon Theater, Grand Illumination i and the Market at Missing Mill. _ Sodas and water were donated i to Historic Hertford, Inc. by Pepsi ^ and after all the plate sales, items’’ remaining including desserts, % barbecue, slaw and potatoes, were taken to the Rescue Squad. * Forbes ^ jCwuitry V & Auctions, Canal Front Boat Dock 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths Bulkhead LLC NCRL#22873 NCAL#9180 252-426-1380 • www.forbesuc.com mi -A» W 104 Discovery Trail. Hertford I Minutes from Albemarle Sound I Wood Burning Stove Large Storage Building Listed $59,000 Featured Property of the Week www.forbesuc.com 252-426-1380
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