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"News from Next Door"
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016
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SUPPORT SHOWN FOR LAWMEN
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The fatal attacks on law
enforcement officers in
Dallas and Louisiana has
sparked a wave of support
for local lawmen.
Hertford Police Chief
Douglas Freeman .said
people have been stopping
his officers and expressing
their thanks. Perquimans
County Sheriff Eric Tilley
said it’s unlike anything he’s
seen in his 29 years of law
enforcement.
“I want to give a sincere
‘thank you’ for the outpour
ing of support that people
have shown,” Tilley said.
Tilley said it’s not unusual
for his department to get a
thank you card for helping
out on a specific thing.
“Every now and then
when you do something for
somebody or give somebody
a donation you’ll get some
thing back,” Tilley said. “But
this isn’t about that. It’s the
community showing their
support. It’s really opened
the eyes of some of our guys
that they have this support.
“I don’t feel like we have
the issues that are going on
in bigger places,” Tilley said.
“I tell my officers when they
go out to treat everybody
like a member of your fam
ily. But all this support is
kind of humbling.
“I’ve got stuff in my office
I don’t even know where it
came from and every time I
turn around there is more.
With all the negative things
out there about law en
forcement, I do want to give
a sincere thank you to the
support people have shown
See SUPPORT, 4
STAFF PHOTO BY
PETER WILLIAMS
One of the
thank you cards
and bags of
treats sit on a
filing cabinet in
the Perquimans
County Sheriff's
Office.
PTA
official
arrested
From Staff Reports
The former secretary of
the Perquimans Central
School PTA was arrested
July 17 for embezzling mon
ey from the organization.
Perquimans County
Sheriff Eric Tilley said the
investigation started in late
2015.
Amber Joy Askew, 32, is
accused of diverting nearly
$1,000 for her personal use.
She was released under
$5,000 unsecured bond. Her
address was fisted as Polar
Street in Hertford. Tilley
See ARREST, 2
Ramp
stalled
library
proceeds
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The start of construction
on a new large boat ramp
may be stalled, but Perqui
mans County officials hope
construction on a new li
brary may start soon.
North Carolina’s Local
Government Commission
signed off on the library
plans this month. The coun
ty wants to replace the one
near Grubb Street with a
new one on Church Street
See RAMP, 2
Kudzu Junction Performs
Lawyer
Connie Hull of Elizabeth City did a short
comedy skit as “The Fabulous Consuela”
during the performance by Kudzu Junction
Saturday. The Carolina Moon Theater will
host another performance Oct. 14-16 with
the play ‘Hallelujah Girls.’
PHOTOS BY CHUCK PAGELS
Kudzu Junction performs Saturday at Carolina
Moon Theater in Hertford. The band features
Adam Nixon of Hertford, Sonny Morgan of
Chesapeak, VA, Marty Rogers of Chesapeak,
VA) and Chris Palestrant of New York.
on wind
project
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
An attorney represent
ing Perquimans County
residents opposed to a wind
farm in Bear Swamp argues
the application by Apex
Clean Energy fails to ad
dress the issue of noise.
Chad W. Essick made
the claim in a letter to Per
quimans County on July 21.
He is asking that the county
make a determination on his
claims prior to Aug. 2. That
is when the Perquimans
County Planning Board is
scheduled to resume review
of the application.
Apex is proposing to build
a $300 million project called
Timbermill on either side
of the Perquimans/Chowan
county line. It would include
105 wind turbines as tall as
600-feet.
Perquimans County Man
ager Frank Heath said the
See WIND PROJECT, 2
Yates, others show support for Clinton
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Winfall Mayor Fred Yates
was among more than a
dozen North Carolina may
ors who came out in sup
port of Hillary Clinton for
President last week.
Yates was among four
mayors participating in a
telephone press confer
ence Thursday morning.
The other mayors
were from Ashe
ville, Charlotte and
Durham.
One of the orga
nizers of the phone-
in press conference
said the four may
ors were chosen be
cause they showed
the diversity of the state.
YATES
stands the needs of
rural areas.
“As the mayor
of a real small and
rural town, I espe
cially appreciate
that she’s recog
nized already the
importance of
strengthening rural
America.” Yates said. “One
Yates said he supports of the things that sticks
Clinton because she under- out is rural transporta-
tion, water and broadband
infrastructure. Those are
the things that are needed
throughout small commu
nities and she’s addressed
that.”
Yates said President
Obama inherited one of the
worst economic situations
in history and Clinton has
plans to make the economy
stronger.
“She’s outlined a program
she would put in place from
day one, and that’s why I am
supporting Hillary Clinton.”
When reporters ques
tioned the four mayors
about what they would do
to get out the vote in No
vember, Yates echoed the
statements of Durham May
or Bill Bell.
“We have to hit the
See CLINTON, 4
Graffiti blamed
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Post Office-Crash
Retirees honored
on ‘Pokemon Go’
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BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
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BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Perquimans County isn’t
immune from the Pokemon
Go craze, and lawmen cau
tion players to be careful.
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augmented reality game
that uses a streamlined
version of Google Maps.
The game can super
impose cartoon “Poke
mon” creatures and vir
tual locations into the
real world. It encourages
players to explore places
with their smart phones
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STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS
Hertford Firefighters take a break after cleaning up
broken glass Wednesday afternoon after a 94-year-old
man drove his car through the front door of the Hertford
Post Office. Lloyd Owens of Willow Street was not
seriously injured in the accident and nobody was inside
the Post Office lobby at the time of the accident.
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The Perquimans County
Board of Education re
cently honored 15 employ
ees who are retiring. Com
bined they represent 372
years of service.
Four of the group spent
at least 30 years in educa
tion. They included Jessica
Adams with 30 years as a
child nutrition assistant;
Lynwood Winslow with
30 years as a choral music
and theater arts teacher;.
TILLETT
Celeste
Maus, with
31 years as
an Earth
and envi
ronmental
science
teacher
and Cath
erine Til-
lett with 32 years working
with exceptional children.
Exceptional Children
is an inclusive term that
refers to children with
See SCHOOLS, 2
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