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Officials invesigate shooting, three injured
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Police say three people
were shot the night of July
19th in the area of Wynne
Fork Court in Hertford.
The Hertford Police De
partment was dispatched
to the scene at about 9:45
p.m. When they arrived they
found two victims suffering
gunshot wounds. A third
victim was later identified
and was taken to the hospi
tal in a personal vehicle.
Two of the victims were
treated and released from
the hospital, according to a
statement from Police Chief
Douglas Freeman. A third
has been admitted to a hos
pital in Norfolk. No further
details were available on
her condition.
Freeman said the shoot
ing was not a random act.
Freeman said due to the
serious nature of the inci
dent, the N.C. State Bureau
of Investigation has been
called in to assist in the in
vestigation. Also assisting
are members of the Perqui
mans County Sheriffs Of
fice and the Elizabeth City
Police Department.
On Monday Freeman said
the SBI was still conducting
interviews and he expected
he’d be able to make an an-
nouncement soon.
Freeman said he couldn’t
answer if all or any of the
victims were residents of
Wynne Fork Court. He does
not believe the three people
were related.
He said he reached out
to the Elizabeth City Police
to see if the shootings were
part of any investigations
there since Elizabeth City
has had more shooting inci
dents. He said Hertford is a
small department, so that’s
why it’s reaching out. He’s
also spoken to Edenton po
lice and may seek help there
depending on how the in
vestigation progresses.
Anyone that has any in
formation on the case is
asked to call the police de
partment at 426-5587. A re
ward is being offered in the
case.
It is unclear if Wednes
day’s shooting was related
to one July 15 that sent an
Elizabeth City man to the
hospital.
In that case Khalil Mabi-
ne, 18, of the 100 block of
Wynne Fork Court, was
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent
to kill inflicting serious inju
ry, Sgt. Latoya Flanigan said
in a press release. Mabine
was taken to Albemarle Dis
trict Jail Sunday in lieu of a
See SHOOTING, 2A
Price
named
New Bridge Design
new
principal
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Every child needs to find
their niche — that thing that
excites and interest them.
Wayne Price wants to cre ¬
ate those niches at Perqui ¬
mans Coun
ty High
School.
Price, 48,
takes over
the reins of
the school
this year.
Growing
up Price’s
PRICE
niche was music.
“ When I was a kid I would
look forward to PE, lunch
and band,” Price said last
week.
Top: A rendering shows how
the new Hertford S-Bridge
may look. The actual
bridge may look slightly
different and/or be in a
slightly different location,
although it has to generally
follow and be close to
the alignment. Right: A
rendering shows what the
proposed new S-Bridge will
looking back for a motorist
driving to Winfall. The
actual design is still under
review.
Price was born in Smith
field and grew up in Clay
ton. The high school he
graduated from had 100
students in the senior class,
a little less than what PCHS
had last year.
He went to East Caro
lina University and earned
a bachelor’s degree in music
education. He went back
to Johnston County and
served as the band director
at Smithfield-Selma High
School and Clayton Middle
See PRICE, 2A
SUBMITTED DRAWINGS
Four
file for
Hertford
offices
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Four people will be run
ning for two seats on the
Hertford Town Board in No
vember.
Both Quentin Jackson
and Frank Norman added
their names to the list last
week. Norman filed on that
Monday and Jackson filed
on Tuesday.
It’s Jackson fourth at
tempt at running for the
Hertford seat. Norman
mounted a write-in cam
paign in 2015.
They join incumbents Ed
Lane and Lillian Holman.
Both Holman and Lane are
seeking their third four-year
term.
In Winfall, only the two
incumbents, Ken Rominger
and Debbie Jean Whedbee
had filed as of Friday’s noon
deadline. Both are seeking
their third four-year term.
Norman had announced
he intended to run several
weeks ago. Norman mount
ed a write-in campaign in
2015 and got 88 votes, five
votes shy of Sid Eley who
won with 93 votes. Archie
Aples finished with most at
See FILE, 2A
Lee Duncan joins Albemarle Plantation as golf pro
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Lee Duncan is back near
the coast, this time as the
golf pro at Albemarle Plan
tation’s The Sound Links.
Duncan, 54, is a native
of North Carolina and was
born in Boone. At the age
of two, he moved with his
family to Canada where his
father, Jim, was coaching in
DUNCAN
the Canadi
an Football
League.
They re
turned to
North Car
olina and
settled in
Morehead
City.
“I grew up in Morehead
City and eryoyed it.”
He grew to love golf early
in life, riding his bike to the
local country club in Cal
gary to caddy. High school
golf allowed him the chance
to play in college at Appa
lachian State University in
Boone. While he was there
he met his wife Laura They
were married in 1986.
His golf career took him
as an assistant professional
to Pine Lakes Internation
al County Club in Myrtle
Beach, then at Oakwoods
Country Club. It was in
Wilkesboro he earned his
“Class A” membership with
the PGA.
He landed his first head
pro job at The Country Club
of South Carolina where he
worked for six years. During
that time he recruited and
hosted the Nike South Caro
lina Classic tournament, a
part of the Nike Tour, which
is now part of the Web.com
tour.
He returned to Oakwoods
in 1994 when he spent 10
years as club manager and
head pro. In late 2003 he
accepted the job as general
manager and head pro at
Mid Carolina Club in Pros
perity where he remained
until the Plantation job
opened up.
Two things drew Duncan
to the Plantation. The job
description and the coastal
living.
One thing the Plantation
has been working on for the
past four years is building
a solid tournament for up-
and-coming golf pros.
Duncan has experience
at that with the Nike South
Carolina Classic. His broth-
See DUNCAN, 2A
Clinkscales steps down from foundation
Rtesh BEANS
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
After 30 years in Hertford
and three years as president
of the Perquimans Schools
Foundation board, Bob
Clinkscales is leaving.
He and his wife are mov
ing to Cypress Glen, a retire-
ment com
munity in
Greenville.
Clinkscales
is 75-years-
old.
The Mis
souri native
remembers
first mov ¬
Then in
1987 his
boss trans
ferred him
North Car
olina.
“We
moved
her on the
Fourth of
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ing to North Carolina. He
has earned a degree in ag
riculture business from the
University of Missouri and
worked in banking and in
surance as it relates to the
farming industry.
July in 1987 and it was hot,”
he remembers. “You have
humidity all year long.”
On the flip size, Hertford
doesn’t get the zero degree
See CLINKSCALES, 2A
Charlie Felton of 350
Pender Road, holds
a handful of Great
Northern Beans he
grew this year. Felton,
69, couldn’t find the
seeds for the beans
when he first looked
in 2013 so he tried
growing store-bought
dried beans from
the grocery store. He
tried it again this year
and once again had
success.
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