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^ THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,2015 Growing Tree School bus involved in accident PHOTO BY CHUCK PAGELS A tree grows through where an engine used to be in a pickup truck sitting in a yard in Belvidere. From Staff Reports A Perquimans County school bus was involved in an accident early Tuesday morning at the intersection ‘ r*> Event for seniors set for Oct. 15 4 FESTIVAL Continued from 1 of Edenton Road Street and Ballahack Road. Teresa Beardsley, a spokeswoman for the school system, said Bus 123 was finishing the route when the accident occurred. No stu dents were injured and all reported to school. The bus suffered a dent. No other details were available. IPHOTO BY PAM HADDEN Chloe Jenkins had her face painted by Shelia SchuIthei Saturday at the 34th annual Indian Summer Festival. , From Staff Reports The 18th Annual Ag ing with Gusto Extrava ganza event will be held qn Oct. 15 at the, Curri tuck County NC Coop erative Extension Center in Barco. The regional conference sponsored by NC Cooperative Exten sion features workshops, ■ speakers, entertainment ajnd exhibits. The event starts at 9:30 a.m. and runs until 2 p.m. The cost is $10 per per son and includes lunch. The registration dead line is Oct. 2. Workshop space is limited.The center is located at 120 Community Way right off US 158 East between the Currituck Airport and Central Elementary School. This annual confer ¬ ence is hosted by NC Cooperative Extension Family and Consumer Science Agents in Cam den, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans, and Tyrrell counties. A registration brochure can be downloaded us ing the link: go.ncsu.edu/ awg2015. Or contact the Perquimans extension office at 426-7697. summerhouse 20% Off All Floor Samples September 21-26 10:30 - 4:00 ifu^ no- holiday season with a new piece of furniture 1 Raymond said. “For me that’s far more important than the total number of people who showed up.” That wasn’t lost on the people who attended. “It’s a good mix,” one per son said. Perhaps one reason for the mix in the crowd could be the vendors, performanc es and activities Saturday appeared to be more varied that in the past even if there were fewer of them. The festival started with staples — the presenta tion of the flag and perfor mances by the bands from Perquimans County High School and Middle School. But during the day musical acts varied and there was Native American dance and music performance as well as a gospel group. The two-day event started with a tribute to 9/11 and a concert on the courthouse green. The Main Event — a band from Greenville—pro vided the music. Raymond said the band brought a mix of songs that appealed to a broader selection of musical tastes. A U.S. Coast Guard heli copter performed a simu lated water rescue in the Perquimans River behind Hertford Town Hall. That’s not the first time for the event, but tight budgets have meant the event hasn’t happened in the past few years. What was new is specta tors got a very close look at the action standing and sit ting on the town’s new nine- slip marina. The marina didn’t exist the last time the Coast Guard did the rescue operation. What was also new was a paddleboard demonstration in the same area. Bron Prokusk, who orga nized the car show, seemed a bit disappointed that just 30 cars showed up. He sus pected even the threat of bad weather might have kept some people away even though the bad weather nev er actually happened. “If you’re close, it’s not a great issue but if you’re com ing from the Outer Banks it is,” Prokusk said. Still visitors could see ev erything from a 1923 Ford Model T to a trio of 2015 Scions. Raymond said a decline in vendors was both real and imagined. There were fewer of them. In one case a food vendor’s truck broke down in Norfolk. The imagined part is in last year’s layout HHI had four booths selling soda and water and prohibited food vendors from doing so. This year HHI allowed vendors to sell the products and elimi nated the four HHI booths. 313 South Broad Street, Edenton (lower level) Cindy Gandee: 333-8026 Anne Farless: 578-1462 Quitting can be hard. But we can help. THE BEST WAY TO QUIT... ... IS A PHONE CALL AWAY. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION RALEIGH DOCKET NO. E-22, SUB 524 1-800-QUIT-N0W In the past there were gaps between some vendors. This year, those single-space gaps were largely filled to open up one larger gap in the area near the courthouse stage. Most food vendors seemed content with the event. The volunteer groups use the money to fund their projects. “It wasn’t as much as we’d like, but it was enough,” one woman said at a Cub Scout booth. The group wanted to raise money for a camping trip the following weekend and they reached their goal. Because the event fell on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Hertford paid trib ute on Friday during a cer emony. The Hertford Fire De partment Honor Guard and Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts presented the colors and local EMS, fire and police members stood and were recognized. The Albemarle Chorale assembled on the courthouse lawn and sang. Jane Leechford, pastor of Hertford United Method ist Church, offered some words on the theme that 9/11 brought things that people shouldn’t have to deal with. “We remember where We were when we first heard the news,” she said. “We remember the first time we saw the images. Images of death and destruction. Images that human eyes were never meant to see. We remember the way our thoughts and prayers were with the families who lost loved ones. Our thoughts and prayers are with them again today. “Help us forgive those who caused so much trau ma and that we may find release in that forgiveness,” Leechford said. : BEFORE THE NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION • In the Matter of ; Application by Virginia Electric and Power ■ Company, d/b/a Dominion North Carolina ‘ Power, for Approval of Demand Side ■ Management and Energy Efficiency Cost ' Recovery Rider Pursuant to G.S. 62-133.9 ■ and Commission Rule R8 69 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the North Carolina Utilities Commission has sched- ■ uled a hearing in the annual demand-side management (DSM) and energy efficiency (EE) 1 cost recovery proceeding for Virginia Electric and Power Company, d/b/a Dominion North ■ Carolina Power (DNCP). The public hearing has been scheduled to begin Monday, November : 2, 2015, immediately following the 1:30 p.m. hearing in Docket No. E-22, Sub 526, in ' Commission Hearing Room 2115, Dobbs Building, 430 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, : North Carolina. This proceeding is being held pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 62-133.9 ■ and Commission Rule R8 69 for the purpose of determining whether an increment or decre ment rider is required to allow DNCP to recover all reasonable and prudent costs incurred for [ adoption and implementation of new DSM and new EE measures and appropriate incentives. On August 10, 2015, DNCP filed its application for approval of DSM/EE cost recovery i pursuant to G.S. 62-133.9 and Commission Rule R8-69. By its application, DNCP requests a DSM/EE cost recovery rider effective for service rendered on and after January 1, 2016. This request, exclusive of the regulatory fee, would result in the following kilowatt-hour (kWh) charges: 0.127 cents per kWh for residential customers; 0.087 cents per kWh for small gen eral service and public authority customers; 0.084 cents per kWh for large general service customers; and 0.102 cents per kWh for rate schedule 6VP customers. No DSM/EE rate rider would be applicable to rate schedule NS customers, outdoor lighting or traffic lighting customers. Specific information may be obtained from the Office of the Chief Clerk, North Carolina Utilities Commission, Raleigh, North Carolina, where a copy of DNCP’s application is avail able for review by the public, and on the Commission’s website at www.ncuc.net. The Public Staff is authorized by statute to represent consumers in proceedings before the Commission. Written statements to the Public Staff should include any information that the writers wish to be considered by the Public Staff in its investigation of the matter. Such statements should be addressed to Christopher J. Ayers, Executive Director, Public Staff 4326 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300. The Attorney General is also authorized by statute to represent consumers in proceed ings before the Commission. Statements to the Attorney General should be addressed to The Honorable Roy Cooper, Attorney General, 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27699-9001. Written statements are not evidence unless persons appear at a public hearing and testify concerning the information contained in their written statements. Any person desiring to intervene in the proceeding as a formal party of record should file a petition under North Carolina Utilities Commission Rules R1-5 and R1-19 on or before Friday, October 16, 2015. Such petitions should be filed with the Chief Clerk of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699- 4300. The direct testimony and exhibits of expert witnesses to be presented by intervenors should also be filed with the Commission on or before Friday, October 16, 2015. ISSUED BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION. This the 26th day of August, 2015. NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION Jackie Cox, Deputy Clerk QuitlineNC.com WHAT IS QUITLINENC? QuitlineNC offers free, private coaching over the phone or online to help you stop smoking or clipping. Albemarle Regional Health Services Partners in Public Health k 1 * 01^1 I Partnerships to Improve ■y^ I lK.il Community Health THE Perquimans Weekly (USPS428-080) Vol. 83 No. 37 Published each Wednesday. A publication of Cooke Communications North Carolina, LLC Established 1934 111 W. Market St., Hertford, NC 27944 Mike Goodman Publisher Peter Williams News Editor Bev Alexander Advertising Representative Phone 252-426-5728 • Fax 252-426-4625 Email: perquimansweekly@ncweeklies.com Subscription Rates In Daily Advance home delivery area All other continental U.S *Plus applicable sales tax in N.C. $25.25* $31.50* POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Perquimans Weekly. Hertford, NC 27944 WESTRA’S Continued from 1 home, but he said even if they put it on the market that’s no guarantee it’ll sell. They still own another Front Street home that’s been on the mar ket for seven years. Regan said given that her husband has a new job with a startup company, it’s difficult to plan. “We’re all kind of in limbo,” she said. She says just because she isn’t here doesn’t mean she can’t still contribute to the lo cal Habitat group. “I’ll still be active," she said. The Habitat president’s job falls to Sally Holloway who was in line for the position. The board is also bolstered by the fact five additional board members came on in August. “Those were exactly the people we needed with the skills we need. I don’t have any worries about the suc cess of Habitat moving for ward,” she said. She started out with Habi tat in 2011 as a volunteer, then a volunteer coordinator working with the family se lection committee. Dan’s position with Rotary will be assumed by Sandy Stevenson, an Albemarle Plantation resident. He was installed Sept. 1. Rotary, he said, has a strong organiza tional structure with a presi dent-elect and a vice presi dent that move up each year.
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