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BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
W hen it comes to
Atlanta — look,
but don’t touch.
The golden retriever
bom in June 2012 was just
one of litter named after
cities that have hosted the
Olympics.
And Atlanta is a dog is
on a mission. She’s been
trained to detect tiny
changes in a person’s blood
sugar level.
That’s just what 11-year-
old Caroline Robertson
needs. She’s had to deal
with the disease since she
was three years old and
now she’s a student at
Perquimans County Middle
School.
Getting a treat fi:om a
stranger or a mb on the
head will distract Atlanta
from her mission and pro
tecting Caroline is job one.
So before Atlanta set
foot in the middle school
the entire student body and
the staff got a lesson on
how deal with her. Atlanta
classifies as a service dog
— the same as seeing eye
dogs who help the bUnd.
That means anywhere
Caroline can go, Atlanta
can go too. Federal law
says so.
The rules aren’t that
complicated. Atlanta al
ways wears a red vest that
sets her apart firom other
dogs.
Rule One: People are
urged to ask before touch
ing the dog.
It’s fine to compliment
Caroline on her well-be
haved partner and it’s OK
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Caroline Robertson runs with dog Atianta ciose behind in October. The golden retriever is more than a companion
to 11-year-old Caroline, as it can detect smali changes in the giri’s biood sugar ievei. Caroiine has diabetes.
to ask her if she’s OK if the
dog is behaving strangely
like pawing, barking or cir
cling. People are urged not
to be offended if Caroline
asks them not to pet her
dog. People with pets are
urged not to allow their
pet to interact with Atlanta
because it would distract
her. People are asked not
to make noises, offer food
or other things that would
distract the dog. Others are
also urged not to ask what
the handler’s disability is,
but her mother speafe
openly about it because
she wants the pubhc to be
aware.
Leah Robertson works
at the media center at
Perquimans Central School
and said so far it’s gone
See ATLANTA, 2
SUBMITTED
PHOTO
Caroline
Robertson
and Atlanta
check out
Perquimans
County
Middie
School,
where
Caroline
attends.
Air Force
chaplain
to speak
at service
From staff reports
U.S. Air Force Reserve
Chaplain Lt. Col. Carol Yea
ger will the guest speaker at
the Perquimans County Vet
erans Day observance set
for Monday at 11 am.
Members of Hertford’s
American Legion Post 126
will host the program with
participation of Hertford
American Legion Post 362.
Yeager
is currently
is the co
pastor of
the Good
Shepherd
Lutheran
Church in
Elizabeth
YEAGER City. . She is
a former active duly line of
ficer as a weapons director
and has more than 10 years
of service as an Air Force air
battle manager. She served
with both U.S. Air Force’s
southwest and western
air defense sectors and
with the 552nd and 961st
AWACS units which provide
airborne surveillance and
command, control and com
munications functions.
In 2011 Yeager was named
the The Reserve Officers
Association of the United
States Chaplain of the Year’
for 2010.
The Reserve Officers As
sociation is the 60,000-mem
ber professional association
See CHAPLAIN, 4
Donation, investment may give former business new life
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
A building that once served
as the business hub for neigh
borhoods around Edenton Road
and King Street could take on
new life by late next year as an
adult day care.
On Wednesday, the Town of
Hertford presented a $6,500
cHeck to help make it happen.
The money is coming from state
funds made available through a
STEP grant.
Annette Grimsley and her
husband Louis have been work
ing for several years on the^
project and invested $12,000
already on the project.
The property was originally
developed by Joseph Spruill
and his wife Dora in the 1940s.
Mayor Horace Reid remem
bers it when he first went to
high school.
“I was about to say it’s been
here since I was knee high to a
duck,” Reid said. In the 1940s
black students attended a Ros-
enwald School that was just
across King Street from the
business. He remembers once
a. week Dora Spruill could be
seen hanging laundry on the
line on the roof behind the
main building.
Over the years, the footprint
of the building expanded down
King Street.
At one point it was home to
a propane company, beauty sa
lon, teen center, coin laundry
and a tire dealership.
Joseph Spruill died in the
early 1970s and the building be
gan a slow decline.
The last tenant, Ann’s Beauty
Parlor, moved out within the
past year. Today some of the
windows have been boarded up
and some of the second floor
windows aren’t there at all.
Town Manager Brandon
Shoaf said the town backs the
revitalization effort.
“Good things breed more
good things,” he said.
STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS
Hertford Mayor Horace Reid
(left) presents a check to
Annette Grimsley last week to
help toward the rehabilitation of
a building at Edenton Road and
King streets. The money was
provided through a grant from
the STEP program. Also pictured
are Councilwoman Lillian
Holman, Town Manager Brandon
Shoaf and Louis Grimsley.
A rapidly aging population
underscores the need for a se
nior day care center. A study
released by Albemarle Regional
Health Services this year shows
Perquimans County has a sig
nificantly higher number of
older residents.
People 65 years of age or
older composed 21.5 percent of
the population in Perquimans
See NEW LIFE, 4
Hertford, Winfall
voters head to polls
Man, 29, shot: Schools locked down
From staff reports
More than 10 percent of Hert
ford voters cast a ballot early
for 'Tuesday’s town election.
Just one voted early in Win-
fall.
Due to the print deadline of
The Perquimans Weekly, re
sults of the balloting won’t be
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available until
the Nov. 13 edi
tion.
As of the \r
close of early
voting on Satur
day, 155 people had voted in
Hertford and just one in Win-
fall.
Seven of the Hertford voters
came in on the last day.
There are 1,445 people eligi
ble to vote in Hertford. Winfall
has 416 voters.
See ELECTIONS, 2
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
A 29-year-old man was shot
Thursday morning on King
Street in Hertford, causing a
brief lockdown of both Hert
ford Grammar School and Per
quimans County High School.
The incident happened about
10 a.m. in the area of Stokes
Street. Larry Hunter was taken
to Albemarle Hospital where
he was in stable Condition. Ac
cording to Hertford officials he
was released on Saturday.
Police arrested Jeffray Priv-
ott, 28 and charged him with
assault with a deadly weapon
inflicting serious injury. He was
placed in Albemarle District
Jail under a $30,000 bond.
“At this time we feel that
all assailants have been ap
prehended and there is no rea
son to believe that any other
shooter(s) are involved,” said
Police Chief Douglas Freeman
Jr. in a press release.
When police arrived. Hunter
was at the intersection of King
and Stokes streets surrounded
by a large crowd.
Brenda Lassiter, a spokes
woman for the school system,
said the Lockdown was precau
tionary. The area of King Street
where the shooting occurred is
within blocks of both the gram
mar school and high school.
“We went on lockdown for
about 15 minutes to ensure.sus
pect was in custody,” Lassiter
said. “ We had been called and
informed that suspect was in
custody, but there was specula
tion as to whether others were
involved. So as we were wait
ing to verify, schools went into
lockdown as precautionary for
both HGS and PCHS.”
Lassiter said the lockdown
was lifted about 10:40 a.m.
Parents were alerted via
ConnectEd, a telephone calling
system and FaceBook. Staff
was notified via e-mail.
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