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WWW.CAROLINACHRYSLER.COM 1252-335-0724 11001 HALSTEAD BLVD. ELIZABETH CITY UPRMT PEOPLE / UPFRONT PRICES ^■w^^g^^ Wt^l^OWI |JO6|) OMMS^r P The ERQUIMANS , WEEKLY Wounded Warriors given a tur key hunt, 6 "News from Next Door" WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 MAY 10 REC'D 50 cents Groups mark National Day of Prayer PHOTO BY PAM HADDEN Participants gather for a 12th annual National Day of Pray event last week at the Holiday Island Property Owner Association clubhouse. From Staff Reports Two local groups held events last week in honor of National Day of Prayer. The first was held at noon Wednesday in front of the Perquimans County Court house. Pastor Greg Owenby opened the event with a prayer for national leaders. Pastor James Spaugh of fered prayers for families and Pastor Chuck Hartman offered a prayer for schools. They were followed by Todd Kemp who offered a prayer for youth; Mayor Fred Yates who offered a prayer for federal, state and local lead ers and Pastor Don Carter who prayed for the military. Special music was pro vided Carole Laughton and Bridgette Bryant. The event was held by the Perquimans County Minis ters’ Council for Education. That evening there was an event at the Holiday Is land Property Owner Asso- See PRAYER, 2 STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS Participants in a National Day of Prayer program gather on the sidewalk in front of the Perquimans County Courthouse last week. The event was sponsored by the Perquimans County Ministers’ Council for Education. Drama students perform this week BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Just how did Peter of “Peter Pan” get his name? That question will be answered this week when drama students from Perquimans County High School perform “Peter and the Star Catcher.” Drama teacher Rachel Sand ers, who directed her first high school play “Alice in Wonder land” last fall, said most of the cast for this performance will be juniors. Sanders, who started work last year at PCHS, said she saw a brief clip of “Star Catcher”at her previous job and instantly fell in love with it. The play is based on a 2004 novel of the same name by Dave Barry and Ridley Pear-son. After some performances, it opened STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS Perquimans County High School students practice Monday for their production of “Peter and the Starcatcher.” The play will be performed Thursday and Friday. Lacefield stepping down from COA BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Perquimans County is about to get a new representative on the College of The Albemarle Board of Trustees. Charles Lacefield informed the county late last month he wouldn’t seek an other term when his expires at the end of June. Lacefield took the job in October 2014 to fill out the term of the late Charles LACEFIELD on Broadway in 2012. See DRAMA, 2 SUBMITTED PHOTO Every time a picture of Jack The Dog is shown at a Perquimans County Commission meeting, a donor from Virginia Beach, Va. is donating $200 toward the Tri-County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center in Tyner. Ward. Ward was named to the COA board while he still served on the county commission and remained on the COA board until his death. COA’s coverage area includes sev- See LACEFIELD, X Jack’s image supports animal shelter BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Perquimans County Commis sioners are getting familiar with “Jack the Dog.” Since April, apicture of the black Labrador mix has been flashed on the video screen at each commis sion meeting. It’s all for a good cause. Jack was adopted from the Tri-County Animal Shelter and his owner has pledged to give the shelter $200 every time Jack’s picture is shown at a commission meeting. Jack’s picture has been a regu lar part at Chowan County Com mission meetings for about a year. He’s lately become a regular at commission meetings in Perqui mans and Gates as well. Barbara Yates, a volunteer with the shelter in Tyner, said Jack’s owner, Tom Ammons, has been a very strong supporter of the shel ter. He lives in Virginia Beach and See JACK, 2 Veterans to be honored May 29 Backpack Donation From Staff Reports American Legion Post 126 will conduct the annual Perquimans County Memo rial Day Observance May 29 at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Monument on the county courthouse grounds. Hert ford’s American Legion Post 362 will assist in the obser vance. In the event of inclement weather the observance will be moved to the Perquimans County Recreation Center off Harvey Point Road in the Business Park. The block of Church Street, in front of the court- house, will be closed at ap proximately 10 a.m., but traffic will be permitted to enter to drop off the elderly and handicapped. There will be limited parking on the street prior to 10 a.m. Post 126 Commander Ric Caporale will conduct, the program which will in clude the traditional roll call of Perquimans County veterans who have passed since last Memorial Day. The observance will include the traditional MIA/POW Memorial; and the tradition of saluting our military ser vices; Wreath presentations will be made by the county; Post Commander 126; Post Com mander 362; and the Ladies Auxiliary Unit 126. Other organizations which laid wreath last year will be con tacted by Post 126 or may, as well as other groups or organizations that wish to lay wreath, contact the Post, 426-1532. Other participants will include the Post 126 Color Guard, Post 126 Legion Riders, Hertford Boy Scout Troop 150, Hertford Cub Pack 150 and Posts 126 and 362 members. An unrelated celebration of veterans will be held June STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS Judie Hoffler, (left), Teresa Blanchard, Joseph Hoffler and Winfall Mayor Fred Yates present donations totaling $1,000 to Angel White, the coordinator of the Future Farmers of American program at Perquimans County High School. The donations came from American Legion Post 363, the Post 363 Auxiliary, the Perquimans County NAACP and the Perquimans Fellowship. The money will be used to provide food for Perquimans County students who might not otherwise have food when school is not in session. See VETERANS, 2
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