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Football team, band rack up wins Food
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
T | he Perquimans
County High foot
ball team racked up
a key conference football
win Friday and the high
school band swept its
1-A competition over the
weekend.
The Pirates came back
with 15 seconds left
to beat visiting Gates
County 34-32 to remain
undefeated in Coastal-10
conference play.
Kelly Tyson and Eric
Copeland were also
crowned Queen and King
of Perquimans County
High School at home
coming game Friday
night.
On Saturday, the
42-membdr band under
the direction of director
Sarah Fenske, captured
best overall band in its
division and first place
for drum mjyor, second
place for visual, first
place for percussion,
first place for general
effects, second place for
music and first place for
marching.
The victories were
sweet for Fenske who
is in her fourth year as
director
“Some of these stu
dents I started with as
freshmen when I was
a freshman (teacher),”
Fenske said Monday.
“The show is basically
about teenagers. They
have been having a lot
of input and I’ve been
giving them a lot of say
so about creating a pro
gram. It’s their show, it’s
not just a show I created
for them.”
The Marching Pirates,
led by Drum Major Court
ney Langley, performed
music with the theme
Our Time is NOW! that
included Welcome to the
Black Parade, Dream On,
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Perquimans County High band members Joy Spitier (drumiine), Evan Bunch (percussion), Joshua Parker
(trumpet), Courtney Langiey (drum major), Daja Feiton (guard), Brandon Shriver (hornline) and Brianne Green
(guard) hoid the trophies won Saturday night at the Battle of the Bands in Edenton.
PHOTO COURTESY CHUCK PAGELS
PHOTO COURTESY CHUCK PAGELS
Perquimans’ Raheim Kee runs for a touchdown against Gates County
in iast Friday’s homecoming game4. The Pirates were down by six
points with 38 seconds left but came back to win 34-32. For more
on the game, see page 6.
Keiiy Tyson and Eric Copeland were
crowned Homecoming Queen and King
of Friday night. For pictures of the
Homecoming court, see page 7.
and Don’t Stop Me Now.
And a band victory
next door in Edenton
was especially sweet.
The Battle of the Bands
is part of Edenton’s Pea
nut Festival.
“There was a lot of
home crowd there, and
we were able to play in
front of a lot of fam
ily and friends,” Fenske
said. “It was a big win, ,
almost like performing
at home and it’s a great
start to our season.”
On Oct. 26 the band
is scheduled to perform
at Greene Central High
School and on Nov. 2 it
will attend a large com
petition at Havelock High
School.
The Class 3-A Curri
tuck County High School
Marching Knights from
Barco, under the direc
tion of Lynn Dale, re
ceived the Otis Strother
Award. Strother served
as band director at John
A. Holmes High School
in Edenton for about 20
years and was instrumen
tal in initiating, organiz
ing and hosting the Battle
of the Bands for many
years. Dale was also a
longtime band director at
Holmes.
County seeks money for schools, jobs
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Perquimans County officials
agreed Monday night to apply for
a $1.4 million grant for two indus
trial development projects and a
program that would put a tabled
computer in the hands of most lo
cal students.
The board also approved three
privately funded solar power proj
ects worth about $18 million.
The grants would come from
Golden LEAF, an organization that
uses money from a tobacco settle
ment to promote economic growth.
Perquimans is one of 16 coimties
eligible to apply for $ 10 miUion. The
maximiun a county could receive
is $1.5 million and each county can
submit up to three proposals.
Perquimans had four plans, in
cluding one for a STEM school in
Elizabeth City aimed at training
students for aviation jobs. The Per
quimans commissioners opted not
to include that in the Golden LEAF
proposal.
\^at is included is an $860,000
plan that would provide tablet
computers to Perquimans students
in grades three through 12. 'The
school board had looked at plans
that would have tackled grades
six through 12 as well as one that
would cover aU grades.
If the county is going to seek
the money. County Manager Frank
Heath’s number one recommenda
tion was a commercial-sized boat
ramp on county-owned property
on North Grandy Street near a
proposed marine industrial park.
He^’s hope is that will spur some
economic development from the
See COUNTY, 2
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
A community program
that provides food for up to
200 families a month in Per
quimans Cormty is in need
of donations to keep the
program going.
Barbara Roberts, a mem
ber of Oak Grove United
Methodist Church, said it
takes more than $500 a
month to provide the ser
vice. The group buys food
at a bulk rate from the Albe
marle Food Bank.
The food distribution
takes place on the second
'Thursday of each month in
the parlfrng lot next to the
Hertford Fire Station on
Grubb Street.
“Historically funding has
come from the community,”
Roberts said last week. “We
originally had a grant from
the Duke Endowment, but
that ended several years
ago. We’re at a point now
where we need the commu
nity to help. I’m not saying
we’re going to close, but we
need help.”
The (Tates Mobile Food
Pantry did close recently.
At tlus point Bette But
ler, one of tlie volunteers, is
hoping that a Singspiration
set for Sunday night at the
church will raise enough
money to pay the Septem
ber food bill.
“Our funds are gone and
we’re a small church,” But
ler said. “We can’t afford to
do this aU by ourselves.”
She said the church has
about 70 members but on
any given Sunday atten-
dence runs about 40 to 50.
The church has to pay
for food by weiglrt Count
ing the delivery charge, it
amounts to about 21 or 22
cents per pound. It may not
sound like a lot, but one re
cent bill was $680.
Each family doesn’t get
a lot of food. Tliere is some
meat as well as canned
goods, vegetables and
bread. What’s available in
Hertford depends on what
the Food Bank has on hand
See FOOD PANTRY, 2
Business Expo starts Thursday
From staff reports
The Perquimans County Chamber of
Commerce wiU host more than 30 busi
nesses for a two-day expo at the Perqui
mans County Recreation Center Thurs
day and Friday.
A celebrity chef challenge Thursday
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. will feature Beau
tiful Moon Cafe, Church Street GriU and
Bakery, Boutine, Living Waters, 'The Car
riage House, One Stop Grille, Sweet Sur
renders, Tommy’s, Brew 2 Rescue Cafe
and Chick-Fil-A. Mascots from local
teams will be present, as well as Helen
Himter, wife of the late Jim “Catfish”
Hunter. Tlie theme is “Pitching a perfect
game with Perquimans Chamber of Com
merce.” 'Tickets are $10 and are available
at the Chamber.
Registration deadline is Friday
From staff reports
Prospective voters in Winfall and Hert
ford have until Friday to register for the
89076
7144
upcoming municipal electioits in
Perquimans County.
'Hie vote will be held Nov. 5,
but one-stop absentee voting
begins Oct. 17 and ends Nov. 2.
The deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot
is Oct. 29.
People wishing to register and vote
See REGISTRATION, 2
Arts League
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STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS
A shopper looks at dishes at the arts and crafts show sponsored by the Perquimans
County Arts League, Saturday. More than 600 peopie attended the event, which was
heid at the Perquimans County Recreation Center.
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