Cancer screening to be offered
The Vidant Wellness van
will be*in the Roses parking
lot in Edenton March 8 from
2-5 p.m. to offer colorectal
cancer screening.
Any community mem
ber age 50 or over who has
not had a colonoscopy or
screening within the last
three years is welcome.
Participants will pick
up their screening kit from
the designated location and
get instructions on how to
use the kit in the comfort
of their home. They will
also receive information on
when and where to bring
the kit for testing. Testing
results will be given on the
return date and participants
will have the opportunity to
speak with a nurse about
any questions they have,
along with education on any
next steps.
Vidant will also be offer ¬
ing free wellness screenings
(cholesterol, blood sugar,
and blood pressure).
For any questions, con
tact Liza Layton, Vidant
Chowan Community Health
Improvement coordinator at
482-6242 or by email at liza.
white@vidanthealth.com
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Extension granted for Boat RAMP
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proceed.
Sherman said Waff Contracting, the
company hired for the job, requested a five-
week delay.
“It didn’t take that long (to remove the
stump) but they asked for the change order
because they had scheduling issues with
some other projects. Since we held their
bid for so long, we decided to grant it (the
five week extension.)”
The project was originally supposed
to start July 1, 2016, but the Wildlife
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BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Construction on a new boat ramp near
the Perquimans County Recreation is pro
ceeding, but the N.C. Wildlife Commission
is giving the contractor until mid-May to
complete the $820,000 project.
Sara Sherman, an engineer for the NCWC,
said an unexpected large submerged tree
stump was encountered in the area of the
river where the ramp will be. Stump remov
al wasn’t included in the original contract,
but the stump had to go for the project to
County
to look at
master
plan
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Does Perquimans County
need a splash pad? What
about more recreational
programs for adults? Would
you be willing to pay higher
taxes in order to get it?
Those are some of the
questions in a survey being
conducted by the county so
it can develop a new recre
ational master plan.
“It has been several years
since we have updated our
plans for the future of the
department,” said Parks and
Recreation Department Di
rector Howard Williams. He
said without a plan it would
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Golf
tourney
date set
From Staff Reports
For the fourth straight
year Albemarle Plantation
will host a tournament for
up and coming golf profes
sionals.
The Biggs Cadillac Buick
GMC Classic is set for June
26 through July 1. Other
mqjor sponsors include
S wimme and Sons along with
Albemarle Bank and Trust.
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STAFF PHOTOS BY PETER WILLIAMS
Amir Northern and Harlee Hunter
recreate a moment in 1965 when the
then 19-year-old Jim ‘Catfish’ Hunter
sat on the lap of 59-year-old Satchell
Paige for a photograph. A few days
later Paige pitched in his final Major
League game for the A’s. Harlee Hunter
is Hunter’s granddaughter. Holding
the microphone is Derrick Jones, who
brought his traveling tribute of Negro
League baseball to Hertford Grammar
School. The Perquimans Schools
Foundation paid for the program.
Derrick Jones puts his arms around the shoulder of
Coley Drew who was playing the role of a Negro League
baseball player Friday during a presentation on the
black baseball league at Hertford Grammar School.
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Inter-County’s Privott to lead nation’s Ruritans
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Danny Privott, the Ru-
ritan Club’s 2017 National
President, plans to spend
the next year promoting
ALS awareness.
Privott, a charter mem
ber of the Inter-County
Ruritan Club in Woodville,
was elevated to the head
of the national organization
in January in Tennessee in
front of a crowd of
850 people. Nation
ally the club has
about 30,000 mem
bers in more than
20 states.
The last time
someone from the
Albemarle area
served as National
PRIVOTT
President was in 1946 when
Swindell Lowery held the
post. Lowery lived in Pas
quotank County.
Privott, 74, spent
his career working
at Newport News
Shipbuilding and
retired in 2010 as a
senior project engi
neer. Privott joined
the Ruritans in 1991
and was one of the
founding members
of the Inter-County club.
The goal of each of the
nation’s 11,000 .Ruritan
Clubs is to improve the
community in which they
live. Privott said for the
most part it’s up to each in
dividual club to decide the
best way to do it.
“One thing I like about the
Ruritan Club organization is
there is no quote ‘national
project’ but each year each
national president and their
spouse normally do identify
some project that year to
promote,” Privott said.
Last year’s president pro ¬
County
questions
solar
policy
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Perquimans County of
ficials say they want more
time to review their rules
regarding solar power proj
ects and may impose a tem
porary moratorium.
The county commission
directed staff and the plan
ning board members to
study the issue last week.
Two commissioners, Ed
Muzzulin and Joseph Hoffler
were absent from the Feb.
19 workshop meeting.
Perquimans has three so
lar projects in operation and
one that has been approved
and not yet built. The first
two fall into the 5-megawatt
category. The last one built
is about 20 megawatts and
sits along U.S. 17 near Snug
Harbor Road.
.“Our board recognizes
that, like a lot of things, pub
lic policy with respect to
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moted Alzheimer’s aware
ness.
In Privott’s case, his wife
Linda wanted to promote
ALS awareness. She went
to school with both Jimmy
“Catfish” Hunter and his
wife Helen. Helen was a
year younger than Linda
and Jimmy was a year old
er. Hunter, a Mqjor League
baseball star and Hertford
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Deadline looms for disaster help
Bridge Repairs
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Perquimans County resi
dents have a week to apply
for help with disaster miti
gation.
Next Wednesday at 5 p.m.
is the deadline to apply for
help. It’s also the date for
a public meeting on North
Carolina’s plan to review
the state’s efforts on hazard
mitigation. That meeting is
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set for 4 p.m. at the county’s
Emergency Services Build
ing, 159 Creek Drive in Win
fall. Two more meetings are
planned.
Funds are available for
property owners interested
in a hazard mitigation grant,
but they must apply by
March 8 at 5 p.m.
Mitigation can include
elevating a home, home
buy-outs where the prop
erty is demolished and the
land left vacant as well as
reconstruction of damaged
homes.
Jonathan Nixon, Perqui
mans County’s Emergency
Management Director, said
three county residents have
already expressed an inter
est in the hazard mitigation
program. All of those three
seem interested in elevating
a home or an outright buy-
out.
Nixon said Perquimans
was largely spared by the
mqjor flooding areas like
Lumberton and Greenville
did.
“We were blessed com
pared to other areas,” Nixon
said.
But Nixon admits there
may have been flooding the
county doesn’t know about,
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STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS
Repair work is proceeding on Hertford’s S-Bridge. Now that I-beams have been
replaced, wood is being bolted on top of the steel. Once complete, wood beams will be
placed across them to act as the wearing surface. The repairs will reduce the weight
on the gears and buy more time for the S-Bridge until a replacement can be built.