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2 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20,2016 Community STUDENTS Continued from 1 “You can become an ap prentice and work for four years and at the end of four years you’ve earned $100,000 and after four years of school you could owe $100,000,” Co hen said. I Norman said there is a de- inand for electricians. * “If you look at the tracking in 2003, the number of elec tricians age 18 to 30 years old (statewide) numbered 541. For the year ending in June there were only 100 in that age group.” He said the average age of an electrician in North Caro lina is 55. “If you look a the U.S. De partment of Labor stats, by 2022 there will be a 20 percent greater need for electricians, but as for computer program mers it’s only 8 percent,” Nor ¬ man said. “Contractors are telling us there is a need for helpers and journeymen right now. If the economy comes back, there are going to be huge holes to fill.” As part of CTE, Cohen helped coordinate a visit in June by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter from Elizabeth City. Both the pilot and one of the other men on board are Perquimans County High School alumni. A third man graduated from Camden High School. The entire sixth grade was invited to come out and see. That wasn’t by chance. “There is evidence to show that a good 60 percent of stu dents are making career deci sions by the time they finish middle school,” Cohen said. In the past year the school system has added programs on energy, medical technolo gy, accounting, entrepreneur and e-commerce. The CTE program works to match economic resourc es to careers. Some areas of focus include wind and so lar development, which has brought short-term employ ment during construction. Cohen is also looking and water and soil and advanced manufacturing. There is also boat building and mainte nance plus biotechnology and medical fields. The high school has an automotive program, and recently was recertified. A representative from a college in Ohio came in recently and talked about things they of fer. Laura Gardner, who heads the nursing class has had stu dents do on-the-job training with local health providers and her students have gone to other schools to provide vision screenings. In the area of agriculture, teacher Angel White has worked with the local Farm Bureau and employers like Tidewater Agronomics. A biotechnology course will be offered at the middle school level in August. In January the school system also started an EMT program. A Fire Academy established three years ago continues to operate and last year 10 students completed all the coursework. Cohen said there are now programs in Adobe software and personal finance. “We’re opening up a STEM classroom with hands-on ap plications of math and read ing skills.” “This year we’re adding an introduction to computer sci ence.” “We looked at what in dustry needs and look at our student surveys and met with the CTE advisory board and our administration and made some decisions.” CATFISH Continued from 1 by companies such as Qual- ity Seafood in Elizabeth City gument that the more costly USDA inspections process for catfish is unnecessary. “USDAs Office of Con gressional Affairs recently product coming into the country would be analogous to saying the IRS should audit every taxpayer,” Mingledorff continued. “It threatened to cut it in previ ous budget proposals.” Mingledorffexplained that the change “was designed to create a de facto trade barri- trumpeted that they found • sounds thorough in prin- and Frog Island in Weeks ville, as well as a number of fishermen in Virginia. “We have been fighting this thing hard,” Nixon said, adding “it’s a waste of money for the taxpayers.” Nixon said Rep. Walter Jones and other members of Congress from North Caro lina had been supportive of the effort to revert back to the FDA inspections sys tem. In an electronic commu nication reviewed by Chow an officials, Towers Min- ’ledorff, who is a legislative issist to Sen. Thom Tillis, t-N.C., echoed Nixon’s ar- Chowan Perquimans Habitat for Humanity’ Restore Open Tues., Thurs., Sat. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm an unauthorized compound in a shipment of catfish,” Mingledorff said. “They sug gest that this is ‘breaking news’ and evidence of how well USDA can protect con sumers. The simple fact is that FDA has a testing pro gram to identify these exact same compounds. USDA is doing nothing that FDA has not done for the past 15 years.” Mingledorff added that the FDA system “targets for testing countries and com panies that are suspected or have not met US standards. That is a smart use of limited government resources. “To suggest it would be better for FDA to test every ciple but would grind our economy to a snail’s pace.” Senate Bill 28, accord ing to Mingledorff, “would force the Agriculture De partment to go back to the drawing board on recently implemented regulations that transfer the authority of handling catfish inspections from the FDA to USDAs Food Safety Inspection Ser vice, the body that inspects meat for U.S. Consump tion.” If the bill passes the House, President Obama is not expected to veto it, said Mingledorff, who indicated the president had “ called the change to catfish in spections wasteful and even er on foreign catfish. Foreign meat products under USDAs jurisdiction are required to establish ‘equivalency’ with the USDA An equivalency agreement of this nature typically requires at least 5-7 years of negotiations, during which time foreign produc ers are banned from export ing to the U.S.” Mingledorff insisted that the FDA process has worked to protect consumer health and safety. “That FDA finds an oc casional unauthorized com pound in imported seafood, much like they found high levels of dioxins in domestic catfish, is an indication that the FDA system works,” Mingledorff said. We pick-up large donations! 1370 N. Broad St., Edenton 482-2686 JACKSON Continued from 1 sentence of 20 to 24 months. Beryamin has since served his jail time and is now on probation. The jury deliberated for about three hours Wednes- “We always welcome new patients.” COMFORT • QUALITY • EXPERIENCE day before coming to a ver dict A key part of the case in volved the age difference between Aaron Jackson and the victim. State law makes a dis tinction if the guilty party is much older than the victim. In the case this week! Aaron Jackson turned 16 in May of 2011 and the victim didn’t turn 14 until August. Assis tant District Attorney Jen nifer Karpowicz maintained the abuse started when the victim was about four and a half years old and went on for about 10 years. The victim said abuse stopped for a time after she was baptized. “I believe they considered me as ‘God’s kid” she told the court. It stopped for good after Eric Jackson, then 27-years- old, went to the sheriffs of fice and confessed to sex crimes at the urging of his minister. Eric was living in Youngville, NC at the time. Modern Dentistry in a relaxed environment for tne entire family. DR. CHRIS KOPPELMAN, DDS DR. ETHAN NELSON, bDS 482-5131 103 Mark Dr. Edenton, NC (behind Chowan Hospital) ALBEMARLE Dental Associates Qeneial and Cosmetic ^bentistly W E NIXON ELDING & HARDWARE, INC. “YOUR ONE STOP HARDWARE SHOP AND MORE!” Carhartt Hard at work since 1889. 3036 ROCKY HOCK RD., 221-4348 EDENTON, NC 27932 221-8343 ALBEMARLE II $6 E N Osar■ NO Appointment Necessary • Walk-In On-Site Lab & X-rays • Sports & DOT Physicals Open 7 Days A Week Most Insurance Plans Welcome Mon - Fri Sam - 7pm • Sat - Sun Sam - 4pm 252.482.6100 709 N Broad Street, Edenton What’s Happening TODAY ■ Clown Show The Perquimans County Library will offer a clown show today at 2 p.m. ■ Art Classes The dates and location for the acrylic painting work shops with Randall Jordan have been changed. One will be July 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. at and “the other will be on July 25 from 6 to 9 p.m. The cost for each workshop is $35 for Perquimans Arts League members and $40 for non-members and both will be at 252 Grill. All supplies included. For more info, call the gallery at 426-3041 or visit www.perquimansarts.org. ■ Story Time The Perquimans County Library will offer preschool story time each Wednesday at 11 am. Call 426-5319. ■ Bingo American Legion Post 126 hosts bingo on Thursdays at 6:45 p.m. at their building at 111 W. Academy St. ■ Movies at the Library Every third Thursday of the month, the Perquimans County Library will offer a movie geared toward adults at 10 a.m. ■ Weight loss Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) holds weekly sup port group meetings on Thursdays from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the Perquimans County Senior Center. Call 426-2022 or visit www.tops.org. FRIDAY ■ Children’s matinee The Perquimans County Library will hold a children’s matinee every Friday at 2 p.m. until school begins. Chil dren under 10 must be accompanied by an adult and those who attend should bring their own snacks and drinks. SATURDAY ■ Farmer’s Market Perquimans County High School’s FFA program will hold a fanner’s market every Saturday through Sept. 24 at Missing Mill Park from 8 am. until noon. ■ Kudzu Junction Carolina Moon Theater will present Kudzu Junction Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 and on sale at Caro lina Trophy. TUESDAY ■ Weight Watchers Weight Watchers will meet on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. at Hertford United Methodist Church’s Fellowship Hall. Call 331-5426. JULY27 ■ Blood Drive The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive July 27 from 2-7 p.m. at the Belvidere-Chappell Hill Fire De partment. ■ Library Cookout The Perquimans County Library will offer a cookout as part of the teen summer reading program on July 27 at 2 p.m. Registration is required. Call 426-5319. ■ Watercolor workshop A “Playing with Paint” watercolor workshop with Sheryl Corr is scheduled for July 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Perquimans County Recreation Center. The cost is $35 for PAL members and $40 for non-members. Registra tion forms and additional information on all classes can be found on the website at www.perquirhansarts.org or by calling the gallery at 426-3041. AUG. 3 ■ Shag Lessons The River City Shag Club will offer free shag lessons for beginners on Wednesdays starting Aug. 3 from 7- 7:45 p.m. at The Pines in Elizabeth City. Call 232-3044. AUG. 11 ■ Golf Tournament The Perquimans County Schools Foundation is host ing an annual fundraising golf tournament on Aug. 11 at the Sound Golf Links at Albemarle Plantation. Call Teresa Beardsley at 426-5741 for more information. ■ Photo Class The Perquimans Arts League will hold a program “Be ginning Digital Photography “Focus on Composition” with Shirley Whitenack at the HHI Building, 300 Grubb St on Aug. 11 from 8 am. until 2 p.m. Cost is $50 for PAL members and $60 for non-members. Class size is limited to 10. 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