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"News from Next Door" WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
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CROWDS TURN out For Annual Festival
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
T housands of people
came out Friday
and Saturday for
the 35th annual Indian
Summer Festival in Hert
ford.
The crowds and the
number of vendors were
down from last year, or
ganizers say. The positive
side is that gave people
more room to dance on
Church Street during
Friday’s perform from
“The Main Event Band”
said Lynne Raymond,
the president of Historic
Hertford Inc., the orga
nization that puts on the
event.
“The weather has been
pretty good, we had some
humidity Friday night
but it’s turned out pretty
nice.”
The heat index Satur
day climbed to more than
100 degrees, but a breeze
made it bearable, specta
tors said.
Hertford Police Chief
Douglas Freeman said he
couldn’t offer an Official
estimate on the crowd
size, but said the event
went well.
One of the new things
this year was the addition
of Knockerball. Knock-
erballOBX, an Elizabeth
City based company sup
plied the large inflatable
balls that people climb
into and bump into other
players.
Marcus Robbins, one
of the owner operators,
said the operation is still
new, but it s already made
appearances in Elizabeth
City and will be at this
year’s Chowan County
Fair.
“People have a lot of
fim,” Robbins said. “In
Elizabeth City we had a
6-foot-6,240 man against
a 5-foot-l, 100 pound girl.
STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS
The Perquimans County High School Color Guard performs for a crowd Saturday at the start of the Indian
Summer Festival. More photos coming in Sept. 21 edition.
- PHOTO BY
R WILLIAMS
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Alton Lane
g lights on
tent at the
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r and wine
den Friday
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“He of course won, but
she was safe and she had
a great time.”
Saturday’s events
began with performances
from bands from both
Perquimans County High
School and Perquimans
Middle School. High
school band director
Ryan Minster was happy
with the performance.
“This year they’re more
focused and that allows
me to push them a little
bit more,” Minster said.
A car show drew a
record crowd this year. It
was sponsored by Biggs
Cadillac GMC Truck.
The Best In Show win
ner was Jim Wise with a
1966 Pontiac GTO.
Other first place win
ners were: Best per-1940s,
Syd Halstead 1939 Chevy
Couple; Best 1940s, John
Sampsell, 1948 Chevy
convertible; Best 1950s,
Leroy Vanhorn, 1957 Be
lair; Best 1960s, Jim Wise,
1966 Pontiac GTO; Best
1980s-Plus, John Durko,
2014 Corvette; Best truck
per-1960s, Lloyd Sholes,
1950 Chevy 3100; Best
truck 1960s-plus, Cliff
HoUand, 1966 Chevy
See FESTIVAL, 3
Bridge
changes
possible
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Construction of a new
bridge in Hertford may be
a few years off, but trans
portation officials hope to
speed up the process once it
does gets final approval.
N.C. Department of
Transportation leadership
has committed to using “de
sign-build” method when it
comes to the replacement
of Hertford’s S-Bridge.
In some cases large proj
ects are designed by DOT,
bid out to contr actors and
then built. The design-build
method relies on a single
point of responsibility. The
contractor both designs and
See BRIDGE, 3
Wind
meetings
resume
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Perquimans County is
set to resume hearings
next week on an applica
tion to build a new wind
power project.
The six-member coun
ty board met for two
nights in August, but did
not hear from all of the
people scheduled to tes
tify on the project. The
hearings on the Condi
tional Use Application
(CUP) are considered
See MEETINGS, 3
Town of Hertford purchases new fire truck
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The Town of Hertford
took delivery of a new
$636,000 fire truck Friday,
the first new engine in about
14 years.
The E-One ladder truck
will serve both the role of a
fire engine as well as a lad
der truck. The town hasn’t
had a ladder truck before
and the new E-One model
will serve both purposes
and give the department the
flexibility of a 75-foot-tall
ladder.
It will replace a 22-year-
old engine, which will now
be sold.
Town officials said they
knew eventually they’d have
to replace the older engine,
but earlier this year council
members discussed putting
off the purchase. The origi
nal plan was to designate
$100,000 of its reserves this
year and then allocate an
other $100,000 next fiscal
year.
But the availability of
USDA loan funds and the
availability of a demonstra
tion model truck presented
itself, the town moved
quickly to close the deal
now.
“We started in August
See FIRE TRUCK, 2
STAFF PHOTO BY PETER
WILLIAMS
Robbie Reed
(right), the
Hertford Fire
Department’s
assistant chief,
and others
inspect the town’s
new ladder truck
Friday at town
hall.
Health report shows areas of concern for county
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Perquimans County has
an older population that is
likely to get even older and
has gaps when it comes to
health care providers ac
cording to a study unveiled
recently.
The numbers show men,
especially black men are at
risk of some health issues.
Sheila Pfaender, a public
health consultant presented
the findings. She urged offi
cials to watch levels of heart
disease and lung diseases
like asthma, especially
among African Americans.
The Perquimans County
Community Health Assess
ment is done every three
years and provides a snap
shot of economic and health
data. The assessment is de
signed to help health agen
cies shape what they do for
the clients they serve. Many
of those attending the meet
ing at the Perquimans Coun
ty Recreation Department
Were from Vidant Chowan
Hospital or Albemarle Re
gional Health Services.
Pfaender said the study
is based on secondary data
- data that was already out
there. She simply compiled
it. There were also 11 small
group meetings held in 2015.
They ranged from as few as
four people to as many as
15. The racial demographics
roughly matched the popu
lation.
In the past the data on
health would only list what
people died from, not the
health problems people
who are alive are living with.
With the inclusion of some
hospital intake data from
local hospital, the newer
study fills in that gap.
‘With the advent of hospi
tal data we are beginning to
understand what people are
living with,” she said.
Some of the data dealt in
the “incidences” of a disease
vs. the “mortality” of the dis
ease.
Pfaender said numbers
See REPORT, 5
Schools find recipe for success
IWo Trucks Collide
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
When the grades came
this month, it was only ap
propriate that teachers at
Perquimans County Middle
School celebrated with
cake.
For the past six months
the staff have been remind
ed “don’t forget the egg.”
Principal Laura More
land had been repeating
that statement since she
took over leadership at the
school this year.
Moreland explains. When
making a chocolate cake
there are certain ingredients
that need to be added at a
specific time. When educat
ing children, the same thing
applies.
“If you don’t add the ingre
dients at the right time, you
don’t end up with a fluffy,
moist chocolate cake,” she
said.
So to celebrate with cake
seemed like the thing to do.
”We had a fluffy, moist choc
olate cake,” Moreland said
with a laugh. “We laughed,
we cried and we celebrat
ed.”
There was reason to cel
ebrate. For years PCMS
has earned a “D” grade
when it came to annual
reports compiled by the
N.C. Department of Public
See SCORES, 2
STAFF PHOTO BY
PETER WILLIAMS
Hertford Fire
Department Assistant
Chief Robbie Reed
checks a pickup truck
that burned after
a head-on wreck
Saturday afternoon
on Grubb Street.
Three people were
involved in the wreck
and one of those was
transported to Vidant
Chowan Hospital. No
other details were
available.