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2 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31,2018 WOMEN Continued from 1 of the APWC Community Giving Committee. APWC has awarded WIT grants for more than 15 years. In 2017 a grant was awarded to Sarah Bran ham of Hertford, a single mother of five, working two jobs with a dream of running her own restau rant someday. The WIT grant enabled her to com plete an online course in hotel and restaurant man agement to advance her career and her achieve her ultimate goal. In 2016 a WIT grant was awarded to Diane Sawyer Nordstrom to enhance her newly created small busi ness, Nordstrom Events, BUILDING Continued from 1 from the Perquimans Senior Center. The Albemarle region consists of Camden, Chow an, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perqui mans, Tyrrell and Washing ton counties. Davison said most coun ties were receptive to the plan, but Davison said Pas quotank officials were not. “Pasquotank turned down the idea of building a new building, so we’ve circled the wagons to see what we can do to work with Perqui- RIVERBASH Continued from 1 will be sold at the gate. Some of the other events that weekend include a pan cake breakfast, a fishing tour nament for kids, a paddling demonstration, an exhibit by Sea Grant, an exhibit by Old Dominion Model Boat Cavanagh Ringelrnan *l®w Public Ar>:ou»l»bH PC CAVANAGH RINGELMAN Certified Public Accountants PC Tax Return Preparation Planning & Budgeting Accounting & Auditing Services Business Effectiveness Business Coaching Recycle. "One good idea ... ...every time we talk!” P.O. 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She researched the best train ing opportunities that fit her needs and found an on- line course offered by the New York Institute of Art and Design to sharpen her skills to build a success ful business. She planned to use a small portion of her grant award to pro vide additional web-based resources on her website www.nordstromevents. com. In 2015 two WIT grants were awarded. Bridgette Bryant from Belvidere was awarded funds that enabled her to complete her teach ing certification process. Also, Diana Devine from Hertford, a paralegal, was awarded funds enabling her to enroll in law school with the goal of becoming mans County.” Davison said Pasquo tank officials were hesi tant to commit to paying their share of the new structure. “I completely understand their point,” Davison said. If for some reason, the Albemarle Commission were dissolved, the coun ties would still be liable for the debt service for the building. Also if Pasquotank ever decided to pull out of the regional group, it would still have to pay its pro-rated share. Because Pasquotank is the largest of the counties, it pays the largest share of ers, a pirate demonstration, miniature horses and a pet ting zoo, a bounce house, ar chery tag, an art walk on the courthouse lawn, an open air painting demonstration, a gospel sing, a Coast Guard rescue simulation, a water taxi between Missing Mill Part and Winfall landing, a homegrown and handmade craft market and live enter- a practicing attorney. The grants are open to all women that are over the age of 18 and five in Perquimans County. The financial assistance is to help a woman to advance her educational opportuni ties or to assist a female- owned small business to develop resources. Applications are avail able at: Chamber of Commerce Office, 118 W. Market St., Hertford Perquimans County Li brary. By sending an email to apwcgrants@gmail.com Or, send a brief a letter of interest to: The Albemarle Plantation Women’s Club, Women in Transition Grant Program, c/o 102 Cooper Circle, Hertford, NC 27944 local funds for the Commis sion, about 23 percent. With the biggest player out of the game, Davison said it was unlikely the Lo cal Government Commis sion would sign off on bor rowing the money. The commission is large ly funded by federal and state funds. They make up about three quarters of the Commission’s budget, but the counties make up the other quarter. The Commission admin isters programs dealing with seniors, and job training. It also works on regional transportation and econom ic development issues. tainment. Some of the already scheduled events for that weekend include the Un- hilly Hundred Bike Ride, and a garden show at the Perquimans County Recre ation Center. For more information or to find out how to get involved, contact Smith at 426-5657. State reports prison is still understaffed BY JON HAWLEY The Daily Advance Three months after a deadly escape attempt, Pasquotank Correctional Institution remains seri ously understaffed, based on numbers the N.C. De partment of Public Safety reported Friday. There are 104 vacan cies currently at PCI, DPS spokesman Jerry Higgins reported in an email to The Daily Advance. That’s com pared to 312 full-time posi tions, meaning roughly 1 in 4 full-time positions are un filled. Of the 104 vacancies, 75 are for correctional offi- cers.T’he prison has 189 cor rectional officers currently, he reported. While PCI still lacks staff, the employees there now are not stretched as thinly as they were on Oct. 12, when inmates attempted to escape. They failed, but still killed four employees in the process. Three of the four dead had Perquimans County ties. Geoffrey Howe went to Perquimans County High School. Wendy Shannon, as well as correction enter prises sewing plant man ager Veronica Darden were residents of Perquimans County. Correctional officer Justin Smith lived in Eliza beth City. Higgins reported DPS has reduced the prison popula tion to be more manage able. He didn’t share an ex ¬ PAL planning art classes From Staff Reports The Perquimans Arts League will offer drawing classes with E.M. Corsa in January and February: Backyard Wild on Jan. 26; act number, but a search of DPS’s website shows PCI’s population was 588 as of Dec. 31. That’s compared to the 725 inmates DPS report ed in an Oct. 13 release. Nevertheless, a report from the National Institute of Corrections has warned there’s a “critical need” to better staff the prison. In the report that DPS released this week, the NIC’s prison experts found under-staff ing contributed to unsafe conditions and employees cutting corners. An Associated Press re port published in Friday’s Daily Advance summarizes that report. Among the strik ing excerpts: ■ Following the escape attempt, PCI commonly told the NIC the deaths occurred because of an “overwhelm ing shortage of security staff.” They also appeared “emotionally drained” but carried on with the jobs. ■ One correctional of ficer was often expected to do the work of two officers in the sewing plant, where the escape attempt started. The officer vacancy there allowed freer movement of inmates and made it hard to effectively supervise them. ■ DPS policy is that a complete search of the prison for contraband is required every six months. “There is no record of the last time the Correction En terprise Sewing Plant was searched,” the report states. ■ PCI’s gatehouse did not Backyard Wild for parent and child on Feb. 3; Create a Sea Monster for parent and child on Feb. 17 and Create Your Own Sea Monster for adults on Feb. 21. All classes are 9 am. until noon. For more information and class fees, visit www. perquimansarts.org/class- es.html or call the gallery at 426-3041. PAL will also offer sever al workshops with nation ally-known watercolor art ists. Watercolor Batik with Ryan Fox will be on Feb. 24 from 10 am. to 4 p.m. at the Newbold-White House Visi tor Center. The fee is $70 MILITARY Continued from 1 “Coming from a small town, you see what’s avail able for these children and there is nothing here.” Her youngest, Spencer Harris, graduated PCHS in 2017 and joined the Army right away and has now finished boot camp and is going through additional training in Kentucky. Harris said she was amazed at the transforma tion of her sons after they enlisted. “There were like a lot of kids and talked in a red- neck way and mumbled a lot. But after boot camp, it was like they weren’t my boys anymore. They really follow practices required for identifying visitors and sending them through a metal detector; entrance procedures were “lessened due to the amount of staff entering and exiting the fa cility.” ■ The NIC team ob served the gatehouse’s gun cabinet doom left open and unsecured during a shift change. ■ PCI did not annually review the majority of its emergency plans, and there was a lack of training and drills for them. ■ There was confusion for staff on proper policies for controlling keys; the NIC also speculated “personal keys could very well have played a significant role” in the escape attempt. During the escape at tempt, the sewing plant manager left open a door to a hallway that should have been locked. “The unlocked door helped inmates facili tate the attack on staff and carry out their attempted escape.” ■ Pasquotank’s last se curity audit prior to the es cape attempt was in Febru ary 2017, and the NIC team found non-compliance in the audit’s “key and lock control” section. “It was evident the auditors did not conduct a thorough audit” and employees suggested there was a “you scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours” approach to inter-depart mental audits. for PAL members and $75 for non-members, which includes lunch. There will be two two- day workshops with Carol Carter on April 30 and May 1 and on May 2 and 3. The cost for the two-day work shop is $225 for PAL mem bers and $250 for non-mem bers. A deposit of $50 will hold your space in the workshop. For more about the artist, visit www.carol-carter.com. For additional workshop info and registration, visit www.perquimansarts.org or call the gallery at 426- 3041. grew up in 18 weeks.” The oldest has been sta tioned in South Korea and Germany and spent time in Afghanistan. Harris admits that’s tough on a Mom, but she knows it’s what’s right for her children. “Military life is not easy, but I’m here to support any Mom who wants to talk,” Harris said. Being in the military does require moving, Hinton ad mits. She remembers when she got orders to report to Kansas, and she wasn’t thrilled. “The only think I knew about Kansas was from watching Wizard of Oz. But it turns out we had an amazing time. When it came time, I didn’t want to leave.” PERQUIMANS ^KWeekly (USPS428-080) Vol. 86 No. 5 Published each Wednesday. A publication of Cooke Communications North Carolina, LLC Established 1934 111 W. 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