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APRIL 16, 2014 - APRIL 22, 2014
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Lawmen and emergency officials sit through a debriefing last
week after emergency drills were held at Hertford Grammar.
Tragedy brings drill to life
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The timing was a pure coinci
dence, but state and local lawmen
officials staged a school emergency
drill last Wednesday—the same day
a student armed with a knife injured
20 people in Pennsylvania.
“It was really an ‘eye-opening’
training and I believe because of the
events (in Pennsylvania) participants
were acting on emotions realizing
that any school is at risk on any day,”
said Brenda Lassiter, a spokesman
for the Perquimans County Schools.
The drill had been in the works
since last August when schools
Superintendent Dwayne Stallings
asked Perquimans County Emergen
cy Management Coordinator Jarvis
Winslow to make it happen.
The drill involved a gunman inside
the school. The intruder was also
armed with booby traps.
Wednesday’s exercise involved
about 75 people, including lawmen
from the Perquimans County Sher
iff’s Department, Hertford and Win
fall Police Departments, the State
Bureau of Investigation and the N.C.
Highway Patrol.
Every fire department in the coun
ty was invited along with Emergency
Medical Services.
The groups spent nearly four
hours and ran through three scenari
os involving an armed intruder in the
building. No students were involved,
and participates went through a de
briefing after each session.
An analysis of the exercise will be
conducted with the next few weeks
by a consultant brought in to stage
the drill. The county got a grant to
pay the $2,500 fee.
See TRAGEDY, 2
Early
voting
starts
soon
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Perquimans County vot
ers will start deciding which
of four candidates will sit
on the county school board
when they can start voting
early for the May ballot next
week.
Early voting starts at 8
am. on April 24 and runs
through May 3. Hours are 8
a.m. until 5:30 p.m. on April
24-25 and April 28-30; 8 am.
until 7 n.m. on May 1-2 and
7:30 am. until 1 p.m. on May
3.
Three seats on the Perqui
mans County Commission
will be decided in Novem
ber. But the three school
board seats will be based on
votes in the May.
There are , 12 different
sample ballot styles in Per
quimans County depend
ing on the voter’s party and
their address.
Incumbent Ralph Hol
lowell appears on the bal
lot along with one former
member of the school board
— Amy Spaugh — and two
former educators, Chuck
Pagels and Anne White.
See EARLY VOTING, 4
Pastor Arthur Manigault of Spirit and Truth Ministries (right) reads a passage of the Bible
Saturday outside Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Hertford during an event honoring the stations
of the cross. Dave Goss, a member of Hertford United Methodist Church holds the cross.
The Rev. Larry
Bowden of
Hertford United
Methodist leads
a group down
Hyde Park Street,
Saturday. The
Methodist church
served as the
start and the
finish for an event
that honors Jesus
Christ on his trip to
the cross.
Three
injured
in wreck
From Staff Reports
The driver of a six-wheel
truck that failed to stop at a
red light in one of Hertford’s
busiest intersections Sunday
afternoon caused a series
of accidents that sent three
people to area hospitals and
damaged three vehicles.
The wreck happened
about 3:30 p.m. when the
truck traveling south on
U.S. Highway 17 failed to
stop and hit a van entering
the intersection and then hit
a pickup truck, according to
the Hertford Police Depart
ment.
The truck continued
through the intersection
through the median and
struck another vehicle wait
ing at the U.S. 17 north inter
section forcing the vehicle
into the ditch.
The truck then struck a
traffic signal utility pole and
came to a rest.
Perquimans County EMS
transported two of the in
jured to Vidant Chowan
Hospital. One was trans
ported by EMS to Albemarle
Hospital.
All were treated and re
leased.
Charges are pending
against the driver of the
truck. No names or other
details were available.
Outdoor TV series now airing
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
An outdoor TV series fea
turing a Perquimans County
man and two fitness models
began airing on the Dish Net
work last week.
Ralph Hollowell says at
least a half dozen shows will
be shown on that network
over the next few weeks. The
first featured Amy France
and Cara Christensen taking
down a 1,200-pound water
buffalo that had been terror
izing neighbors in Florida
They used only a bow and ar
row and a crossbow.
The program centers
around Hollowell and the
two women. France is the
wife of NASCAR CEO Brian
France. Christensen is a fit
ness model.
In the future, it’s possible
some of the episodes might
be filmed in Perquimans
County. Some early versions
of the show Fit To Be Wild
were filmed in the area
Of the first batch airing
on the Dish Network’s Hunt
Channel, all but two were
filmed in Florida There were
two that were taped in St.
Martin.
The one with the water
buffalo was interesting, Hol
lowell admits. It was shot in
February.
“They wanted to do it with
a bow and a crossbow,” he
said. “They took it down, but
in the end the end they had
to finish it off with the 45/70
rifle.”
The women were about 20
yards from the animal when
See TV SERIES, 2
Lynne Raymond honored as Main Street ‘Champion’
From staff reports
Lynne Raymond was
honored as Hertford’s
2013 Main Street Cham
pion at the North Caro
lina Main Street annual
awards ceremony in New
Bern on April 1.
Raymond was selected
by Historic Hertford, Inc.
for the special recogni
tion in appreciation of her
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exceptional contributions
to the downtown revital
ization process.
She along with cham
pions from 32 other com
munities received certifi
cates presented by N.C.
Assistant Secretary of
Commerce Dr. Pat Mitch
ell and Office of Urban
Development Director Liz
Parham.
In their nomination let
ter to Main Street, Histor
ic Hertford Inc. credited
Raymond for many of the
good things that are hap
pening in the town.
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they have contributed or
accomplished as much as
Lynne Raymond has in the
three years that she has
served as chairperson of
the Historic Hertford, Inc.
board of directors. Lynne
led Hertford’s Main Street
program in expanding
the Indian Summer Festi
val, now in its 32nd year.
The festival has grown
to include a Friday night
street dance, with live
music performed by such
nationally-known bands
as the original Rhondels.
The addition of a beer
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ble the number of festival
goers at this downtown
Hertford event. Lynne
Raymond continues to
volunteer her time and
boundless energy to fur
thering the mission of His
toric Hertford, Inc., which
applauds her for making
the organization the best
it has ever been.”
Parham talked about
the importance of Main
Street Champions.
“They are a glass half
full kind of people - the
type that recognizes the
possibilities in their
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to make those possibili
ties reality. They are the
young couple who raise
funds to keep their down-
town’s lone theater screen
from going dark. They are
the mother-daughter team
who, despite naysayers,
believe an art crawl se
ries would be successful
in their downtown and go
about creating one. They
are the downtown board
chairman who demon
strates his understanding
of the value of investing
in downtown by devel
oping an award-winning
sets a standard for quality
and serves as a catalyst
for future development.
“‘Main Street Champi
ons are the believers, the
doers, the backbone of a
successful revitalization
effort that has brought
new jobs, new businesses
and a renewed spirit of
vitality back to the heart
of the community in small
cities and towns through
out North Carolina,” Par
ham said.
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part of North Carolina
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