P The ERQUIMANS J^Weekly "News from Next Door" WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 Rec league champs, 4 JUL 1 9 RETD 50 cents Mabine arrested for shooting From Staff Reports Elizabeth City police have arrested a Hertford man in connection with a shooting incident that sent an Eliza beth City man to the hospital Satur ¬ day night. MABINE Khalil Mabine, 18, of the 100 block of Wynne Fork Court, is charged with as sault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting se rious injury, Sgt. Latoya Flanigan said in a press release. Mabine was being held Sunday at Albemarle District Jail in lieu of a $50,000 secured bond, she said. Mabine is accused of shooting Jermaine Armstrong following what Flanigan said was “some type of child custody dispute” at Armstrong’s resi dence in the 300 block of Dyer Street. Armstrong, 24, was treated for a non- threatening gunshot wound to his lower left leg and foot and released from Sentara Albemarle Medical Cen ¬ >oro Knoxville Raleigh Hickory Asheville Charlotte Fayetteville Spartanburg :k Hill Atlanta Athens Augusta Macon Dublin Albany Douglas , Gr«at American Eclipea.com Greenville* Goldsboro Beaufort Jacksonville Lumberton Greenvill - Columbi Charleston^X O TV TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OVER SOUTH CAROLINA ON AUGUST 21, 2017 IMAGE COURTESY OF GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE.COM A map shows the route of the total eclipse over South Carolina. ter, Flanigan said. According to Flanigan, officers re sponded to a report of shots fired in the area of West Church Street and South Dyer Street on Saturday about 8:40 p.m. When they arrived, they found shell casings in the 300 block of South Dyer Street. Not long afterward, they received a report that a gunshot victim—Armstrong — had shown up at Sentara Albemarle. Flanigan said police have learned that Mabine and his girlfriend went to Armstrong’s residence, and while there got into a physical altercation with him and Ids family over a child custody matter. During the alterca tion, Mabine fired several shots from a handgun, striking Armstrong, Flani gan said. No one was at the scene when po lice arrived. Mabine, who had taken his girlfriend to the hospital for treat ment following the incident, was ar rested there by police, Flanigan said. Mabine was scheduled to make his appearance in court today. Eclipse coming Aug. 21 BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Sometimes you have to be in just the right place to get an once-in-a-lifetime experience. On Aug. 21, the Albemarle region isn’t exactly the right place, but it’s close. On that day — weather per mitting — area residents will get a pretty good look at what a partial solar eclipse solar eclipse looks like. To see the full total eclipse — know as the ‘path of totality’ — you’ll have to be somewhere along a roughly 70-mile swath that goes from Oregon across the country to South Carolina. A total eclipse happens when the moon completely blocks out the light of the sun. Total so- submitted PHOTO While not a total eclipse, a rendering shows what viewers in Perquimans County should see when the solar eclipse comes next month. lar eclipses are not unheard of. One happens about every year or every other year somewhere on Earth. But they may happen in remote places. The partial eclipse will be at the peak in the Albemarle area about 2:48 p.m. It will start at about 1:21 p.m. The last time a total eclipse was visible in North Carolina was in 1970. Before that, it was 1900. If you want to wait for the next one, it’s in 2078. If you miss that, there is another one in 2099. The total eclipse will pass over the far western part of North Carolina including Bryson City and Murphy. There the total eclipse may last be tween 2 minutes 39 seconds to two minutes and 30 seconds. In South Carolina, the cities of Greenville and Columbia are See ECLIPSE, 2 Election deadline coming Friday From Staff Reports As of Monday only the four incum bents for races in Hertford had filed for office. In Hertford, Lillian Holman and Ed Lane have asked to be on the ballot. In Winfall, it’s Debbie Whedbee and Ken Rominger. The deadline to file is Friday at noon. The filing fee for each position is $5. Filing takes place at the Perquimans County Board of Elections office, 601 A S. Edenton Road St. For more infor mation on running, call 426-5598. The election will be held on Nov. 7. Family looking forward to event BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Samantha Nadj has a vague memory about watching par tial solar eclipse when she was a child. She wants to make her two sons have a better memory for themselves. Nadj remembers when she was a student at Grandy Pri mary School in the 1970s. “We wore special glasses and went out to watch a partial eclipse,” she said. “It is a vague memory without much detail.” When her sons, Daniel, 16, See FAMILY, 2 SUBMITTED PHOTO The Nadj family from Camden will be making the trip to see the total eclipse in August. Pictured are Daniel, mother Samantha, Shane and Dan Nadi. Stadium plans moving forward BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor The Perquimans County Schools system is moving forward with plans to build a new football field in time for the start of the 2018 sea- son. School officials are scheduled to interview rep resentatives from two archi tectural firms today. Based on that, the committee will make a recommendation to the school board at the July meeting and the board can negotiate with one of the firms to determine a price for the design contract. The project is expected to cost between $1.1 million and $1.2 million. The two firms tha.t ex pressed interest in the proj ect are Pinnacle Architec ture, P.A. of Matthews and CHA Design/Construction Solutions, which has offices in Charlotte and Raleigh. Superintendent Matthew Cheeseman said he’s excit ed for the future. “Our board of education is so wonderful,” Cheese man. “Within 12 months there is going to be a foot- : ball field across the street from the high school.” The committee includes Cheeseman; Justin Rob erson, the lugh school’s athletic director, Jim Da vison, the school system’s maintenance director; Ian Rapanick, the schools new football coach; Susan Cox, a former school board mem ber and athletic director; Ju die Hoffler, as an member of the public and Ed Nixon, the brother of Dr. William Nixon who is donating the land for the football field. The idea of building a new athletic complex has been around since 2010. That’s when Dr. Nixon, a former Perquimans County I resident, offered to give the school system 32 acres provided the schools use the land to build an athletic complex. Initial fundraising didn’t get far. The original plan would cost $6.1 million and in cluded a football field, eight-lane track, soccer field, 8,700-square-foot See STADIUM, 2 New coach to lead Pirates BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Perquimans will have a new football coach and a pair of new quarterbacks when the Pirates take to the field in August. In May, the county school board named Ian Rapanick, 24, to the head coaching job. Two players are vying for the QB slot now. Mahli Jones is a rising junior. He’s been splitting practice duty with Mason Votava, a rising senior. Both show potential, Ra panick said. Submitted PHOTO New Perquimans County High School football coach Ian Rapanick talks to players during a seven-on-seven drill against Currituck High School this month. 6 Church opens tiny library SUBMITTED PHOTO Hertford United Methodist Church has opened up a ‘Little Free Library’ box where people can take a book home to read or donate a book they no longer want. It is located outside the church’s educational building on Dobbs Street. 89076 7144 2 “Quite honestly if we had a game tomorrow, I’m not sure who I’d start.” Jones is about 6-foot-l, 210 pounds. “He’s an athlete,” he said. “If he has a problem, it’s that he’s so hard on himself. He’s See COACH, 2 From Staff Reports Hertford United Methodist Church has erected a “Little Free Library” outside the educational building on Dobbs Street. It will be stocked with books for all ages. People can take them home, and if they wish, replace them with another book or return the book later. Anybody who would like to donate a new of gently used book can drop them off at the church office. They can also put them directly in the box. The Hertford United Methodist Church Little Free Library is registered with little- freelibrary.org, a non-profit organization that “inspires a love of reading, builds conununity, and sparks creativity by fos tering neighborhood book exchanges around the world.” The church’s hope is to provide 24/7 access to books and encourage a love of reading. For more information, call the church office at 426-5467.

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