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Schools move forward with grant appiicatfon
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
DANDY DOZEN
School officials approved
a more detailed plan Mon
day showing how they
would put tablet computers
in the hands of more than
1,300 students and provide a
way to sustain the program
in the future.
The Perquimans proposal
Golden LEAF is making $10 million in grants available and 21 counties
applied this fall. Twelve counties were asked to proceed to round two.
has already cleared the first
hurdle.
Golden LEAF is making
$10 million in grants avail
able and 21 counties applied
this fall. Twelve counties
were asked to proceed to
rovmd two.
The computer project
was one of three in the Per
quimans County package.
The county is also asking
for money to build an in
dustrial-sized boat ramp
at the Perquimans County
Industrial Park. The county
is also asking money to help
fund a group that is trying to
attract boat builders to the
region.
The school proposal asks
for $864,000 firom Golden
LEAF so every student in
grades three through 12 can
have access to a computer.
In exchange, the school
board is willing to provide
$174,000 as a match. The
money will come from the
school system’s coital
reserve fund. Along with
in-kind contributions, the
total cost of the computer
program is projected at $1.1
million.
Students won’t be
charged a fee to use the de
vices. Some school systems
have gone that route as way
to raise money to sustain a
program.
“Let’s start without it (a
fee) and see if we can make
it happen,” said Victor Eure,
the director of technology.
The school board wanted
See APPLICATION, 3
State
Harriet Lane Clinic
fmoiton
sets
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Restaurants—new or old
— that look to offer mixed
drinks to the menu in Hert
ford will find themselves
having to follow a list of state
regulations that govern it
The good news is that if all
the p^q)erwork is up to snuff,
getting a permit is pretty
quick, according to Agnes
Stevens, a spokei^an for
the N.C. ABC commission.
PHOTO COURTESY JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN’S CENTER
“If someone comes in
early in the day and all
the paperwork is order,
usually that person can
leave that day with a
temporary permit.”
Agnes Stevens
Dr. Maria Trent, a Perquimans County native and adoiescent medicine speciaiist at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, was named to the 28th
annual “Power 100 List" that will appear in Ebony magazine’s December-January issue.
Spokesman, NC ABC
commission
Hertford native named to Ebony’s Tower 100’
SUBMITTED
PHOTO
Marie
Trent
when she
as a child
IS seen
with her
father,
Graham
Trent,
at their
house
on Hyde
Park
Street in
Hertford.
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
G rowing up as a girl in Hertford,
Maria Trent remembers she al
ways got the support she needed.
Now as a pediatrician at John Hopkins
Children’s Center in Baltimore, she’s try
ing to give that same support to others.
For her efforts, Trent was honored this
month as one of Ebony Magazine’s Power
100 list most influential black leaders.
The list is topped by President Barack
Obama and includes actress Kerry
Washington, NBA legend and entrepre
neur Earvin “Magic” Johnson and activist
Harry Belafonte. They gathered together
for a gala in New York City.
Hertford residents might remember
TVent as the younger daughter of Vivian
and the late Graham 'Trent. Her fondest
memories of Hertford include walking to
the library by herself at age 10 and riding
her bike to Woodard’s Pharmacy for ice
cream.
The community, she said, was always
looking out for her and helping.
“I remember growing up it was a safe
environment. People in the community
would look out after yoimg people. I
remember the adults of Hertford would
take us to places like Kings Dominion.
Teachers were always in touch. It was the
kind of experience tliat you don’t have
growing up in other places.”
In high school, Trent remembers
getting a lot of support from her sister
Granette, Valerie Vaughn, Demetria
Felton, Rodney Lyons, Todd 'Tilley, VirgU
'Whitehurst and Janice 'Talley.
Aside from her parents, she says she
had plenty of support from Nellie Hollie,
See ‘POWER 100’, 4
“If someone comes in
early in the day and all the
paperwork is order, usually
that person can leave that
day with a temporary per
mit,” she said. “It’s a fairly
quick operation.”
'There are fees — both
one-time and annual that
come as a part of the Eqjplica-
tion. Restaiuants also have
to follow state rules, includ
ing a rule that mandates that
they pay a higher price for
the liquor they sell.
'The state tacks on extra
charges when the liquor is
sold to a restaurant for re
late. A bottle of liquor that
would cost $11.95 before tax
to anormal customer ($12.79
after tax) would cost $16.70
after tax to a restaurant
Businesses that try and
See LIQUOR RULES, 4
Chowan eyeing wind project rules
Christmas Colors
BY REGGIE PONDER
Chowan Herald
Chowan County is moving
forward with a plan that would
bring its zoning rules more in
line with that of Perquimans
County when it comes to m^or
utihty-scale wind turbines.
'The Chowan County Plan
ning Board last week endorsed
an amendment that would more
than double the permissible
height for wind turbines in the
county. 'The Chowan County
Board of Comnussioners is
scheduled to hold a public hear
ing on the issue Dec. 2.
“A 600-foot anything is just
not consistent with what we
talk about. AH of a sudden
we throw out everything
that we have talked about
in terms of our vision.”
Patti Kersey
Member, Chowan
planning board
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'The move is required before
a Virginia company can move
forward on a plan to build a
10,000-acre wind project on
Weyerhaeuser-owned land
that straddles the Perquimans-
Chowan line.
About three fourths of the
project is in Perqiiknans Coun
ty, which permits such devel
opment but hasn’t been asked
to approve the specific plan by
Apex Clean Energy, Inc.
At the Nov. 19 planning
board meeting, a motion by
board member Allen Nixon to
recommend approval of the
amendment by the county com
missioners passed with board
member Patti Kersey casting
the lone vote against it.
Asked later about her op
position to the proposed text
amendment.
Kersey said anything — not
just a wind turbine — that is
built 600 feet high is contrary to
the county’s vision and land use
plan.
“A 600-foot anything is just
not consistent with what we
talk about,” Kersey said. “AH
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SUBMITTED ART
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Lauren Heath, a third-grader at Hertford Grammar School, drew this
Christmas picture. The Perquimans Weekly will be running more
holiday alTtwork from students over the next few weeks. ^