4 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,2016
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PERQUIMANS CEN
TRAL, HERTFORD
GRAMMAR SCHOOL,
PERQUIMANS COUNTY
MIDDLE SCHOOL
■ SEPT 21: BREAK-
FAST: Sausage biscuit,
apple slices, fruit juice.
LUNCH: Pizza sticks with
marinara dip, corn, baby
carrots and ranch dip,
diced pears, milk. GRAB
AND GO: Cobb salad or yo-
gurt/cheese munchie pack.
■ SEPT. 22: BREAK
FAST: Yogurt and fruit
parfait, applesauce or fruit
juice. LUNCH: Hamburger
steak with gravy and whole
grain roll, mashed pota
toes, seasoned collards,
apple, milk. GRAB AND
GO: Grilled chicken salad
or yogurt/cheese munchie
pack.
■ SEPT. 23: BREAK
FAST: Morning pizza, or
ange slices or fruit juice.
LUNCH: Chicken dippers
and sauce, oven-baked
fries, broccoli with cheese,
spiced apples, milk. GRAB
AND GO: Chicken Caesar
salad or yogurt/cheese
muchie pack.
■ SEPT 26: BREAK ¬
FAST: Cereal bar, ap
plesauce or fruit juice.
LUNCH: Hot dog with chili
on bun, baked beans, sweet
potato puffs, applesauce
cup, milk. GRAB AND GO:
Chef salad or PB&J Box.
■ SEPT. 27: BREAK
FAST: Cereal bar, peach
cup or fruit juice. LUNCH:
Chicken quesadilla, sea
soned pintos, lettuce and
tomato cup, seasonal fruit,
milk. GRAB AND GO:
Chicken fajita salad or
ham/cheese wrap box.
■ SEPT: 28: BREAK
FAST: Sausage biscuit, ap
ple half or juice. LUNCH:
Pizza sticks with Marinara
dip, corn, baby carrots and
ranch dip, diced pears,
milk. GRAB AND GO:
Cobb salad or cold cut sub
box.
PERQUIMANS COUN
TY HIGH SCHOOL
■ SEPT. 21: BREAK
FAST Sausage biscuit fruit
or juice. LUNCH: Pizza
sticks with dippin’ sauce,
corn and/or baby carrots
and Ranch dip, diced pears
and/or fresh apple. GRAB
AND GO: Hot ham and
cheese, cobb salad.
■ SEPT. 22: BREAK
FAST: Yogurt and fruit par
fait. LUNCH: Hamburger
steak and gravy with roll,
mashed potatoes and/or
seasoned collards, apple
and/or pineapple tidbits.
GRAB AND GO: Western
burger or grilled chicken
salad.
■ SEPT. 23: BREAK
FAST: Morning pizza.
LUNCH: Chicken dip
pers with sauce, baked
fries and/or broccoli with
cheese, spiced apples and/
or peach cup. GRAB AND
GO: Chicken Caesar salad
or chicken filet.
■ SEPT. 26:BREAK-
FAST Fruit muffins.
LUNCH: Chicken filet on
bun, peas and/or sweet po
tato fries, applesauce and/
or orange slices. GRAB
AND GO: Bacon cheese
burger or chef salad.
■ SEPT.27: BREAK
FAST: Cereal bars. LUNCH:
Taco cups with chips, sea
soned pintos and/or taco
trimming cups, fresh fruit
cup and or peaches. GRAB
AND GO: Chicken fajita
salad or Chicken filet.
■ SEPT: 28: BREAK
FAST: Sausage biscuit.
LUNCH: Cheese or pepper
oni slices, side salads with
dressing and/or baby car
rots and Ranch dip, diced
pears and/or fresh apple.
GRAB AND GO: Cobb sal
ad or hot ham and cheese.
ALS WALK
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signs came when he had
pain in his legs and lower
back. He went to a doctor
in Kitty Hawk who in turn
referred him to the medi
cal center at East Carolina
University.
“Finally Dr. Frere did a
test that determined it was
ALS.”
ALS is a relatively rare
disease. About 6,000 peo
ple a year are diagnosed
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with it in the U.S. each year,
according to the ALS Asso
ciation. That compares to
the 1.6 million new cases
of cancer.
For ALS patients that
often means there are few
people they can really talk
to. The monthly ALS sup
port group in Edenton ad
dresses that problem, Dix
on said.
“It means a lot to me,”
DixOn said. “The biggest
thing it gives us is informa
tion and support. We sup
port each other. With ALS
it’s important to have a
caregiver and for me that’s
my wife. She’s been through
it. This was a crushing blow
to our lifestyle and she gets
to get out and talk to others
who are going through it.”
The group meets on the
third Monday of each
month at 1 p.m. at Vidant
Chowan Hospital.
Tommy Harrell, a life-
long friend of Jimmy Hunt
er. is one of the big support
ers of the local ALS group.
The money raised through
efforts like this weekend’s
walk and a softball tour
nament in Winfall Sept. 30
through Oct. 2 gives the
foundation a way to sup
port victims directly.
Registration for the walk
starts at 8 a.m. at Perqui
mans County High School.
There will be an opening
ceremony at 8:50 a.m. and
the walk starts at 9 a.m.
The foundation offers
grants of up to $725 each
quarter for things like pre
scriptions, home goods
and transportation for pat
ents going back and fourth
to clinics.
Dixon has received some
of that help.
“The first thing I had
done was we put handi
capped bars around the
house,” Dixon said. “I got
a handicapped toilet which
was good. We’ve also got a
loaner closet for things like
lift chairs, and electric re
cliners for people that need
them.”
The local foundation
also supports an ALS clinic
in Greenville. That’s impor
tant, Harrell says, because
the only other clinics in
North Carolina are in Dur
ham, Winston-Salem and
Charlotte. The foundation
also offers a voice for pa
tients.
“We just got a lady from
South Mills this summer
who came to our support
group,” Harrell said. “She
needed to get to the clinic
real bad and she had an ap
pointment for October.”
Harrell said they got the
appointment moved up to
August.
ALS made national head
lines in 2014 with the Ice
Bucket Challenge. People
agreed to get dunked in ex
change for donations that
in turn went to efforts to
find a cure for the disease.
It raised more than $100
million and scientists have
since discovered a new
ALS gene, NEK1, known
to be among the most com
mon genetic contributors
of the disease. While the
Ice Bucket Challenge did
raise awareness for the
disease as well as money
for research both Harrell
and Dixon said the money
didn’t filter down to the lo
cal level with programs like
those supported by the Cat-
fish Hunter Foundation.
“The Ice Bucket Chal
lenge got the word out
and it helped with funding
some research projects,”
Dixon said. “Cancer gets
a lot of money because of
research and the drug com
panies.”
Because the potential
market is so small for ALS,
drug companies aren’t
pushing for a cure for ALS
as strongly, Dixon said.
“With ALS there is no
cure. There is a one pill, but
they say it will extend a life
by a couple of months, and
from what I heard people
don’t like it.”
“It (ALS) happens to
some of the greatest peo
ple in the world,” Harrell
said. “I just think it’s great
that people care enough
about the foundation that
support us to help with
the needs that wouldn’t be
taken care of.”,
For more information
on the walk, contact Helen
Hunter at 426-7988. For
more information on the
softball tournament, call
340-0210.
The Rotary Club of Hertford
11th Annual Scholarship Concert
THE DIFFERENCE
Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 7pm
Perquimans County High School Auditorium
305 S. Edenton Road Street, Hertford, NC 27944
Reserved Tickets $18.00
Call 252.426.5246
General Admission Tickets $15.00
available at
Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce, Carolina
Trophy, Hertford Hardware, or from your favorite Rotarian
from The Rotary Club of Hertford.
Opening Performance
The Center Players
from the Arts of Albemarle!
FUNDING
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(Friday) from the holder of
federal funds and we should
have it by October. That’s
good, but that’s not great.”
The project is more than
just a boat ramp to county
officials. They see it as a
way to spark the even larger
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UTILITIES COMMISSION
RALEIGH
DOCKET NO. E-22, SUB 535
BEFORE THE NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION
In the Matter of Application of Virginia Electric and Power Company,
d/b/a Dominion North Carolina Power for Approval of Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard Cost Rider
Pursuant to G.S. 62-133.8 and Commission Rule R8-67 PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the North Carolina Utilities Commission has scheduled a public hearing in the annual Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) cost recovery application and compliance report filed by Virginia Electric and Power Company, d/b/a Dominion North
Carolina Power (DNCP), in the above-captioned docket. The public hearing has been scheduled to begin immediately following the hearings in Docket Nos.
E-22, Subs 534 and 536, which are scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m., on Monday, November 7, 2016, in Commission Hearing Room 2115, Dobbs Building,
430 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. This proceeding is being held pursuant to G.S. 62-133.8 and Commission Rule R8-67 to consider
DNCP’s application for approval of REPS cost recovery and compliance with the REPS requirements during the 2015 calendar year. Public witness testimo
ny will be received in accordance with Commission Rule Rl-21(g).
On August 25, 2016, DNCP filed direct testimony and exhibits in support of its application for REPS cost recovery and 2015 REPS compliance report.
By its application, DNCP proposes to implement the following total REPS rates, including regulatory fee, effective for service rendered on and after January
1, 2017: a $0.88 charge per month for residential customers; a $3.87 charge per month for commercial customers; and a $25.82 charge per month for indus
trial customers.
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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
Mr. 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 proceedings before the Commission. Statements to the Attorney General
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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
RI-5 and RI-19 on or before Monday, October 24, 2016. 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 interveners should
also be filed with the Commission on or before Monday, October 24, 2016.
ISSUED BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION.
This the 31st day of August, 2016. NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION
Janice H. Fulmore, Deputy Clerk
development of the 72-acre
Perquimans Marine Indus
trial Park next door. Even
now there is an investor
who has bought land and
an existing building next to
the proposed ramp that is
poised to open a business
once the ramp is built, ac
cording to County Manager
Frank Heath.
“I don’t anticipate any
problems, but we have a
business that could be do
ing something now that’s
not doing it because of the
ramp.”
The delays have already
prompted county officials
to get an extension from
Golden LEAF once. That
gave the county until the
end of this year.
“I’ve already talked with
Golden LEAF about getting
another extension if need
ed,” Heath said. “They told
me that’s fine, but wait until
December.”
Sherman said she hopes
that won’t be needed
“Hopefully we won’t have
to go that route, but it’s nice
to know there is a life raft
out there,” Sherman said.
Building a small boat
ramp requires pouring a
concrete slab on dry land
and just pushing it into the
water. Building one 176 feet
long with 100 feet of that un
der water requires building
a cofferdam and pumping
out the water first.
Sherman said the Golden
LEAF funds can be applied
to the cost of building the
cofferdam and that expense
comes at the start of con
struction. The money from
wildlife could then be used
on the remainder of the
project.
The size of the project
has complicated the issue.
The state prohibits marine
construction for a period
from February through the
end of June. That’s to pro
tect anadromous fish, a type
that is born in fresh water,
spends most of its life in the
sea and returns to fresh wa
ter to spawn. Smelt, shad,
striped bass and sturgeon
are common examples
When the contract was
awarded in March it was
hoped that construction
could start by the first of
July when an annual mora
torium is lifted.
Perquimans County is
participating through the
in-kind donation of land at
the foot of North Granby
Street.
“First anything going
through the formal process
is going to take time,” Sher
man said.