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P The ERQUIMANS Weekly Perquimans soccer refuses to quit, 9 "News from Next Door" SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 50 cents ALS walk finds new supporters BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Dottie Hueb has never participated in an ALS walk before, but she and her team from Elizabeth City will be doing it in Hertford Saturday. Hueb is part of a new fol lowing for people who have been battling to find a cure for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis as well as help those who have it. * Some of the upsurge is credited to the viral spread of people taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. It not only raised money for ALS efforts, it spread the aware ness to people who had never heard of it before, ac cording to local officials. Hueb knows the disease Tournament raises thousands BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor From modest begin nings in 1999, the Jim “Catfish” Hunter ALS Softball Tournament has grown to be a m^jor local fundraiser and a season finale for some slow-pitch all too well. Her brother Shannon lives in Texas and has suffered from ALS for nine years. He’s 51 with a wife, Vickie, three daugh ters, one son and five grand- children. He’s now confined to a wheelchair. “I’ve always wanted to do softball fans. Guy Webb has grown up around the tourna ment. He was 20 years old and the recreation direc tor when Joan Hunter first pitched the idea of having the event. “Of course Jimmy knew about it, he supported it, a walk, but I haven’t done it before,” Hueb said last week. Hueb works at both Lowe’s and Big Daddy’s in Elizabeth City. “I’ve wanted to do some thing because of the way they’ve been helping my brother. I wanted to show but he never got to see it,” Webb said. “The first one happened two weeks after he passed away. I think we raised $800 or $900 and last year we raised $24,000.” The softball kicks off See TOURNAMENT, 2 my support and hopefully raise money to help find a cure.” Helen Hunter and her friends in Perquimans County have been doing just since 1999 when the first See WALK, 2 SUBMITTED PHOTO Shannon McGee and his wife Vicky pose for a picture in Texas recently. Shannon has ALS and this Saturday his sister Dottie plans to participate in the Jim “Catfish” Hunter ALS Walk in Hertford to help those like him. Another Look Two PCHS SUBMITTED IMAGE A site plan shows the proposed athletic complex. It’s located across Edenton Road Street from Perquimans County High School. Schools rekindle athletic complex plan BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor With time running out, the Perquimans County School Board agreed last week to ask the county to reconvene an ad visory board with the goal of raising money for a new high school athletic complex. In 2010 Dr. William Nixon offered to give the school sys tem 33 acres across the street from Perquimans County High School for an athletic com ¬ plex. In doing so, he set a five- year deadline during which he wanted to see progress made toward building it. That deadline is up in Feb ruary and to date, $12,000 has been raised toward the $6 mil lion goal. The only develop ment on the site is a sign with a rendering of what the complex could look like. “The timeline is getting closer,” said Superintendent Dwayne Stallings told school board members in a retreat last week at Camp Cale. The athletic complex was just one of the issues discussed. Susan Cox, the chairman of the school board, said she would approach Perquimans County Commission Chair Janice McKenzie about restart ing the fundraising effort. There were 12 people on the original fundraising com mittee including three ex-of ficio members to represent the schools — Cox, Superin tendent Dwayne Stallings and Brenda Lassiter, the school’s public information officer. Cox said she’d ask for the commis sion to replace the late Charles Ward who died in early Sep tember and chaired the com mittee. The school board also 'wants the committee to start meeting again. Nixon, Wilmington nephrol ogists, has been a long time supporter of athletic programs. He graduated from PCHS in See COMPLEX, 3 football players suspended after charges BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Two Perquimans County High School football players have been suspended from the team indefinitely over an incident where they were charged with assault and battery and simple assault and the school admin istration was never notified. A meeting is planned with the coaching staff for Tuesday afternoon. One of the two students had an electronic bracelet on his ankle, according to James Bunch, the assistant superintendent. Both students are 18-^ears-old but their names were not released because they are stu dents. “We have two major concerns regarding this matter,” Bunch said. “One is the failure to inform the principal by the coaching staff. If you’ve got a kid who is playing football and has a bracelet oh his ankle you should know it: The other is failure to follow proce dures in our athletic handbook.” Bunch said Principal Chante Jordan was just notified of the situation Tuesday morn ing by an outside source. Football coach Elvin James could not be reached for com ment. The assault apparently happened in April. Bunch understands that the pair had a court date in July and are on probation. The crimes are misdemeanors under North Carolina law and both of the students remain enrolled at the high school. Had the crimes been felonies, Bunch understands that the football team would have to forfeit any games the students played in. The Per quimans football team has a record of two wins and three losses this season. It has an open date this Friday night. Bunch admits he was still sorting through the details of how the situation unfolded, but he said it involved “outside sources” tell ing the school system about it. See PLAYERS, 2 Teen charged in fatal accident Incentives offered through workforce plan From staff reports A 17-year-old Perqui mans County resident was charged last week in con nection with the death of another teen in a moped wreck late last month. Hertford Police Chief Douglas Freeman said an arrest warrant was issued for Trevon Moore on charg es of misdemeanor death by vehicle and misdemeanor unsafe movement. Freeman said the warrant was served the same day and Moore was released under his own recognizance. Moore lives in the 1700 block of Harvey Point Road. The warrant states Moore allegedly caused the death of 14-year-old Mustafa Hol ley, who was a passenger on the moped Moore was driv ing Aug. 30. According to an accident report, Moore was driving south on Edenton Road Street about 3 p.m. when he See FATAL, 2 BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Ar program offered through the Albemarle Commission is using small cash rewards to encourage at risk youth and adults to earn a high school degree, get a GED or reach other goals. “It’s not really about money, but money is in volved,” said Lora Aples, the youth program coor dinator for the Northeast Workforce Development Board (NWDB). “It’s about telling youth ‘good job’ for their accomplish ments. If we can do just that little thing to get them going, it’s good.” The program is offered throughout the 10 coun ties that the commission covers. There are about 75 people age 16 through 21 involved at present and another 25 to 30 that have moved on to a follow-up phase. The program is open to individuals who fall into a low-income status. They also must have at least one other factor, like the lack of basic skills, preg nancy or homelessness. Aples said it’s possible the program can be ex panded, but she’s focusing more on quality, not quan tity. “We’re trying to ensure that we don’t just have a bunch of youth but that it’s a good group and we’re of fering quality services.” For youth looking to earn a GED, the program offers gift cards as a re ward. “They can get a $20 gift certificate for passing the first test, $30 for the sec ond test, $40 for the third test,” Aples said. There are four tests in all and youth can earn up to $140. For students earning the most basic career readiness certificate — the bronze — there is a $25 reward. For silver the amount increases to $50 and for gold, it reaches $75. People interested in joining the program can contact the Albemarle Commission or their local high school or social ser vice agency. Five of the youth in volved currently are Perquimans County resi dents. There are 18 in Pasquo tank, seven in Camden, 16 in Chowan and one in Cur rituck. The money to pay the students is provided through the federal Work force Investment Act of 1998. The incentive policy was adopted by the NWDB board in September.
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