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AUG 1 3 REDD P The ERQUIMANS Weekey New teachers go through induction process, 7 "News from Next Door" AUGUST 13, 2014 - AUGUST 19, 2014 50 cents New Layout STAFF PHOTOS BY PETER WILLIAMS N.C. Department of Transportation representative Andy Mulder (second from right) gestures last week during a discussion about changing the traffic pattern at Perquimans Central School. The school system wants move the bus parking from the back of the school to the front in an effort to speed up traffic getting into and out of the school. Traffic tie-ups on Winfall Boulevard have been an issue in the past. The school is also changing the hours from 8 a.m. until 2:50 p.m. to 8:10 a.m. until 3:10 p.m. to have more instructional time and reduce the congestion of buses from Hertford Grammar School and Central during the day. Also pictured are Julie Williams, with the Perquimans County Schools transportation department, Jonathan Nixon, the schools maintenance director and Kenneth White, with N.C. DOT. The work could start in early August. Project should ease traffic woes BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor The N.C. Department of Transportation is wrapping up a project at Perquimans Cen tral School that should ease the traffic that has backed up onto Winfall Boulevard and provide a safer way for parents and bus drivers to get kids to school. The construction work to reroute vehicle and bus traffic is proving to be more costly than originally planned. Based on an estimate provided by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, the school system had hoped to do both of two phases for $80,000. Instead it’s estimated to cost that much for just the first phase. The first phase involves cre ating a gravel parking area for buses and some associated concrete sidewalk work in front of the school. DOT is pro ¬ An N.C. DOT backhoe moves sod to make way for a concrete sidewalk at Perquimans Central School last week. viding $10,000 of the cost, but the rest is being borne by local funds. It will be completed be fore school starts. Jonathan Nixon, who is spearheading the effort for the school system, said the in ¬ creased cost is because DOT determined that more gravel would be needed in the new bus parking area. A school bus weighs more than 13 tons and DOT said 12 inches of gravel was needed, not the six to eight inches recommended by DPI, according to DOT. “This project, although it came in over the original dol lar amount, was absolutely See PROJECT, 2 Man injured in house fire, hospitalized From staff reports A Perquimans County man was taken to a Virginia hospital last week after his mobile home was destroyed by an early morning fire last Wednesday. Kenny Roughton, of the 200 block of Felton Lane, was in critical condition at a burn trauma unit at Sentara Norfolk Gen eral Hospital last Wednesday according to a Sentara spokesman last week. The hos pital did not respond to several attempts to get an update this week. Inter-County Volunteer Fire Chief Bob by Swayne said his department received a call about the fire at Roughton’s residence shortly before 5 a.m. When firefighters ar rived within 15 minutes later, the house was fully engulfed in flames and its roof was already caving in, Swayne said. Roughton was already out of the house. Swayne said his department, assisted by firefighters from the Durants Neck Volunteer Fire Department, extinguished the blaze within 10 minutes. The fire units were at the scene much longer, he said, because they had to elevate the mobile home’s collapsed roof to get the fire com- See FIRE, 2 Schools still waiting for answers BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor With just a week before teachers are scheduled to report back and two weeks until students return, Perquimans school officials are still waiting for financial fig ures from the state showing how much money they’ll receive this year. Topically the school system gets its planning allotment from the Department of Public Instruction in July, but as of Monday Superintendent Dwayne Stall ings was still waiting. Without the figures, Stallings isn’t in the position to tell some non-contract staff if they’ll have a job this month or not. “I can remember years ago that we got the planning allotment and we could get everybody hired because we knew what See BUDGET, 3 Race for three Perquimans seats slow for now BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor The four person race for three seats on the Perqui mans County Commission is shaping up to be a low-key affair so far. Only one of the candidates has raised more than $1,000 toward the campaign. The state only requires candidates report their cam paign contributions if they exceed $1,000. Incumbent Ed Muzzulin, 70, was the only candidate who reached that, cap according to Perquimans County Elections Director Eula Mae Forbes. The others in the race are Stanley Nixon, 64, a retired instructor at College of the Albemarle; Fondella Leigh, 48, the former director of the juvenile detention center in Winfall and Wallace Nel son, 61, a pharmacist who has held offices on both the county commission and the Perquimans County School board in the past. The Perquimans County campaign effort pales when compared to the race being run for the county commis sion in Currituck County. As of the last report, the four candidates there had raised and mostly spent $13,000. The largest total came with one candidate who raised and spent more than $5,000. Perquimans County will get at least two new commis sioners on the county board after' November’s election. Muzzulin is the lone incum bent running in November. Ben Hobbs and Tammy Miller White opted not to run again. “My campaign is going well,” Muzzulin said via e- mail this week. “We are ob taining campaign supplies, talking with individuals (and) small groups throughout the county and have had two ads in the Perquimans Weekly with another this week.” His campaign theme is “Making a Difference” Muzzulin had $930 in cash on hand at the start of the Jan. 1 reporting cycle and has since raised another $1,125. The campaign report released this month shows he has $1,948 in cash on hand. About $525 came from cash from individuals rang ing from $25 to $50. The in dividuals were not named in the campaign report. His expenses have been few. He’s reported spending $49 on postage and mailing labels, $56 on envelopes and printer ink, Aside from Muzzulin, Nel son is the only other candi date that has been elected to county office. Nelson was on the school board from 1992 through 2000, and rejoined the school board in 2006. He served one term on the coun ty commission in-between his two stints on the school board. School vet program graduates first Perquimans student Festival to mark 33rd year BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Elexus Blake has become the first Perquimans County High School student to com plete a course as a Certified Veterinary Assistant. 6 89076 47144 2 The effort in cluded 300 hours working with a li censed veterinarian and 200 hours under the direct supervi sion of a teacher. Blake complet ed her internship BLAKE with Chowan Animal Hos pital under the supervi sion of Dr. Ruston Howell and staff and worked with PCHS agriculture teacher Angel White. The CVA train ing is just one of 10 programs offered at the high school. Others include cardio pulmo nary resuscitation training through the American Heart Association, vision screening, pharma cy technician, animal sci ence certification in both pork and beef, firefighting, See VET SCHOOL, 2 From staff reports Something that started in 1982 will mark its 33rd year this September in down- town Hertford. The Indian Summer Fes tival was originally a project of the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce. Chamber director Mary Har rell held a public meeting to see if there was support in the community to put one on. The name “Indian Sum mer Festival: won out. The festival is now two days. This year it’s Sept. 5-6. All the events center around the Church, Grubb and Market streets. Children’s activities have been head- quartered in the Hertford Baptist Church parking lot. The event is organized by Historic Hertford, Inc. It kicks off that Friday with music by DJ Cowboy and The Original Rhon- dels and a street dance on Church Street. Saturday’s events in clude a car show and pa rade, rides for the kids and vendors selling food and crafts. Music and a fashion show will be provided that Saturday on a stage in front of the Perquimans County Courthouse. A complete schedule of activities will appear in a special Indian Summer Festival brochure in the Aug. 27 issue of The Perquimans Weekly. The first festival was scheduled for the second weekend in September, but was actually held on the third weekend because there was a rain date. At the time it was three days. Thursday was Heri tage Day and was held at the Newbold-White House, See FESTIVAL, 3
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