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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9,2016 5
FARM DAY
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Perquimans County Extension agent Meredith Wood talks to children recently during
Farm Day at Perquimans Central School.
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Perquimans
County
Extension
agent Dylan
Lilley talks to
Perquimans
Central
students about
cotton during
Farm Day
recently.
Foundation looks to raise funds
From Staff Reports
The Northern Albemarle
Community Foundation
has launched a month-long
fundraising to boost local
grant making.
The Chairman’s Chal
lenge is made possible
through a campaign spon
sored by the North Carolina
Community Foundation.
Any resources raised for
the Northern Albemarle
Community Foundation’s
local grant making fund will
receive a proportional share
of a matching pool given by
several anonymous donors.
The NCCF is the single
statewide community foun
dation serving North Caro
lina and has made $116
million in grants since its
inception in 1988.
Those interested in giv
ing to the local campaign
can visit NCCF’s website at
nccommunityfoundation.
org and click Give Now,
or choose the Giving tab
from the home page where
online, mailing or faxing
instructions are posted.
Checks also can be mailed
to NCCF Northeast Office,
204 S. Poindexter Street,
Elizabeth City, NC 27909.
Please indicate Chairman’s
Challenge/Northern Albe
marle Community Foun
dation in the memo line.
Gifts must be postmarked
no later than Nov. 30 to be
eligible.
All money raised for the
community grant making
fund stays local and sup
ports localneeds.
For further information,
contact Natalie Jenkins
Peel, NCCF regional direc
tor, at npeel@nccommunity-
formdation.org or 216-8908.
Church
Briefs
■ Hertford UMC
Hertford United
Methodist Church will
be hosting a county-
wide Turkey Drop Nov.
18-19 to benefit Open
Door Food Pantry. Tur
keys and canned food
for thanksgiving can
be dropped off each
day at the church from
9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
■ Oak Hill AME
Oak Hill AME Zion
Church will celebrate
161st Founders Day
celebration on Nov. 20
at 2 p.m. Guest speaker
will be Rev. Michael
Gaddy of Kadesh AME
Zion Church and his
congregation.
■ Burgess Baptist
Burgess Baptist
Church will host “The
Oak Grove Boys” plus
Stephanie Nov. 20 at
6 p.m. For more infor
mation please call 619-
9689.
■ Hertford UMC
Hertford United
Methodist Church will
host The Lord’s Table
Soup Kitchen every
Wednesday from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the
fellowship hall. For in
formation call 426-5467.
Information for
Church Notes should be
emailed if possible to per-
quimansweekly@ncweek-
lies.com. The deadline
is Friday at noon. Early
submissions are encour
aged. Church Notes fea
tures special services and
activities that are open to
the public. Photographs of
special activities are also
welcomed.
TELECONFERENCE
Perquimans County Middle School students in Kelly Russell’s Agriculture Biotech
class and Vara Powell’s CTE Science Technology Engineering and Math class
partnered with Creative Discovery Museum out of Chattanooga Tennessee for an
interactive distance-based lesson on biofuels. The students were able to interact with
the museum’s instructor during the Skype session. Later, students learned about the
effects of fossil fuels on the environment through an experiment using salt water and
cabbage juice.
Local GAMA office to close
From Staff Reports
RALEIGH —The Eliza
beth City office of the Divi
sions of Coastal Manage
ment and Marine Fisheries
is closing for facility repairs
and will remain closed for
an undetermined amount of
time.
Members of the public
seeking a CAMA permit or
fishing license may go to
the Department of Environ
mental Quality’s Washing
ton Regional Office at 943
Washington Square Mall in
Washington or call 252-946-
6481.
Those seeking a fishing li
cense also may go to the Di
vision of Marine Fisheries’
Manteo Field Office, 1021
Driftwood Drive, Manteo or
call 252-473-5734.
Additionally, Coastal Rec ¬
reational Fishing Licenses
may be purchased at many
sporting goods and bait
and tackle shops; online
at http://www. ncwildlife,
org; or by phone, Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., at 888-248-6834.
Coastal Management
and Marine Fisheries staff
may be reached through the
Washington Office at 252-
946-6481 or by email.
PAL holding workshop Friday
From Staff Reports
Perquimans County native
Lamar Whidbee will hold a
workshop Nov. 11 from 10
a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Per
quimans Arts League gallery
on Church Street.
The gallery recently held
an exhibit of his work.
Whidbee graduated from
Perquimans County High
School inn 2008 and attend
ed Winston-Salem State Uni
versity and North Carolina
Central University earning a
BA in studio art. Whidbee is
currently working towards a
Masters of Fine Arts at UNC.
The workshop is an op ¬
portunity for local artists and
art students to work with
Whidbee. He will do a dem
onstration and workshop
participants will create their
own artwork.
This workshop is free of
charge but limited to 15 stu
dents. To register call 426-
3041.
OBITUARIES
Casen Walker Weeks
ELIZABETH CITY- Casen Walker Weeks, infant,
passed away Thursday, November 3, 2016 at Chil
dren’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Norfolk,
VA with his family by his side. Casen was born No
vember 1, 2016 to Faith Marie Howard Weeks and
Cody Williams Weeks.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by ma
ternal grandparents, Dana K. Weeks of Elizabeth
City and Jason and Crystal Howard of Hertford; pa
ternal grandparents, Paul and Lisa Weeks of Eliz
abeth City; maternal great grandparents, Shelton
Weeks, Sr., and Milton and Theresa Howard; pater
nal great grandparents, C.W. and Joyce Weeks and
George Sr. and Alice Bailey; paternal great great
grandmother, Lydia Weeks all of Elizabeth City;
and maternal great great grandparents Maxie and
Alice Lamb of Hertford. He was preceded in death
by a great grandmother, Patsy Weeks.
A graveside service was held 2:00 p.m., Tues
day, November 8, 2016 at New Hollywood Cem
etery officiated by Rev. Ken Littleton. The family
received friends at the residence, 1295 Newland
Road, Elizabeth City, NC. Twiford Funeral Home,
405 E. Church Street, Elizabeth City, NC assisted
the Weeks family. Online memorial condolences
may be sent to the family at www.TwifordFH.com.
Death Notices
HERTFORD — Malcolm
Jay Marquit, 84, died on
Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Gath
ering Nov. 4, 1-3 p.m., at Al
bemarle Plantation Club-
house. Arrangements by
Miller & Van Essendelft, Fu
neral and Cremation Provid
ers, Hertford.
SUNBURY — Doris
Jean Crummey Heath, 90,
died on Wednesday, Nov. 2,
2016. Funeral Nov. 7 at 11
a.m., at funeral home. Visi
tation 5-6 p.m. Sunday in the
funeral. Arrangements by
Miller Funeral Home & Cre
matory, Edenton.
Charles Clifford Banks
Jr., died on Sept. 3,2016. A
visitation and reception will
be held on Saturday, Nov.
26, 2-4 p.m., at Hertford
United Methodist Church.
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Great Hope Baptist Church
131 Great Hope Church Road
Hertford, NC 27944
Cell: 252-217-4022 Home: 252-426-5008
Pastor George Wilmore
Come In
There are word pictures in the scriptures. It is why we
encourage reading daily more than some “catch phrase”. The
Exodus is a picture of the power of God to take us from the
bondage of sin. The wilderness journey is a place of faith
testing and learning. The tabernacle was built and law was
given. After Moses, Joshua was the new leader that moves the
people beyond the Jordan and into the Promised Land.
The Promised Land is our life from salvation to Heavenly
reward. There are troubles and trials as we move into the the
new life. There are unbelievers who occupy the land. Joshua
gives this word of encouragement, “This Book of the Law shall
not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and
night, that you observe to do according to all that is written in it.
For then you will make your way prosperous, and hen you will
have good success.” ( Joshua 1:8 )
The tribes were assigned areas throughout the land. They
all worked and fought together to drive out idolaters and
unbelievers. We still live in a land with unbelievers. It has
become apparent that there is much work to do if we want
to possess this land as land of promise. The encouragement
given to the people of Joshua’s time is still good for us. God
favors those who are faithful to Him. It is our choice to occupy
the Promised Land and with God’s help drive out those who
despise the what is written in The Book.
Let’s pray for a local and national revival in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
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