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Future track to be named after Shirley Wiggins
(This is the second part
of a two-part series on, the
new Perquimans County
High School athletic com
plex. In her life, Shirley
Wiggins was a champion
for children, veterans and
senior citizens.)
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Now the future athletic
running track at Perquimans
County
High
School will
be named
for her.
Wiggins
was her
self a trail-
blazer.
Wiggins
served
more than 20 years in the
U.S. Navy as a nurse includ
ing the period of the Viet
nam War. She retired with
the rank of Captain.
When she was elected
to the Perquimans County
Commission in 1992, she
was the first woman to
serve on the board. She was
also the first African Ameri
can and woman to serve as
chair of the board.
She was still serving on
the commission when she
died in April 2010 after a
brief stay in the hospital.
She was 77-years-old.
When she died, one of
Wiggins’ goals had been ac
complished. A Veteran’s Me
morial was dedicated on the
courthouse lawn in Novem
ber 2007.
Another goal was on the
radar of the Perquimans
County Commission — a
new senior citizen center.
The new facility opened on
Harvey Point Road in 2013.
But the goal to create a
track at the high school has
been elusive until now. It’s
estimated to cost $1.2 mil
lion.
Judie Hoffler, a mem
ber of the athletic complex
committee, made the pitch
to name the future track
after Wiggins to the county
school board. Hoffler ad
mits she didn’t know Wig
gins well, but she was very
impressed.
“I didn’t know her as long
as other people, since I had
a career in New York. But
when I met her, she was
quite impressive.
“She was an advocate for
everybody. She didn’t care if
you were black, white, blue,
green or purple.
Hoffler approached Su
perintendent Matthew Chee
seman with the idea and the
full school board approved.
See WIGGINS, 2
Town
debates
hiring
decision
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
A consultant wants be
tween $17,000 to $19,000 to
find Hertford a new town
manager, calling it “the big
gest challenge facing you
right now.”
Steve Straus, the presi
dent and founder of Devel
opmental Associates, also
cautioned town officials
not to expect to hire some
one who is already a town
manager with a large num
ber of years of service given
the size of the town and the
amount of the salary.
The town might be look
ing at hiring a recent grad
from a school like Appa
lachian State University, a
school that excels at public
government courses, Straus
said.
The board listened to
the presentation last week,
but took not action since it
was being held at a special
called meeting, not a regular
meeting.
Town Manager Brandon’s
Shoafs last day is May 28.
After that he will be the
planner in Chowan County.
Straus earned his Bache
lors Degree from the Whar
ton School of Business at
the University of Pennsylva
nia, a Master of Public Ad
ministration from the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. from
Duke University in Politi
cal Science. He is a former
Assistant City Manager in
Southern Pines.
But before Straus made
his pitch, he asked town
board members questions
about the town and what
they were looking for. He
asked council members
what were the biggest chal
lenges facing Hertford.
Mayor Horace Reid said it
was money.
“We never have the mon
ey we need when we look at
See DECISION, 2
CORAL CARAVAN Crowd
STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS
People check out what’s for sale at the Coral Caravan Saturday on Church Street Saturday for the Coral
Caravan. For more pictures, see page 2.
Memorial Day service on Monday
From Staff Reports
American Legion Post 126 will
conduct their annual Perquimans
County Memorial Day Observance,
Monday at the Veterans Monument
on the county courthouse green.
The observance will begin at 11 a.m.
In the event of inclement weather,
the event will be moved to the Per
quimans County Recreation Center
off Harvey Point Road in the county
business Park.
Post 126 Commander Rick Ca
porale will conduct the program,
which will include the traditional
roll call of Perquimans County vet
erans who have passed away since
last Memorial Day. The observance
will also include the memorial to
our existing Prisoners of War and
those missing in action. Other par
ticipants will include the Post 126
Color Guard and Legion Riders;
Hertford Scout Troop 150, Hertford
Cub Pack 150 and American Legion
Posts 126 and 362.
Wreath presentations will include
Perquimans County, Town of Hert
ford, Town of Winfall, Post 362 and
Post 126, and Hertford American
Legion Ladies Auxiliary Unit 126.
Other organizations which present
ed wreaths last year are being con
tacted.
The block of Church Street in front
of the courthouse will be closed at
approximately 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 am.
For additional information con
tact the American Legion Post 126,
426-1532.
Sheriff warns of possible scam
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The Perquimans County sheriff is
warning county residents, particu
larly the elderly, to be wary of two
would-be handymen whose work
manship apparently doesn’t live up
to the hype of their promises.
Neither man has been charged
with a crime, but Sheriff Shelby
White called Charles Barnes and
Randall Joyner “persons ofrinterest”
JOYNER
BARNES
in what the sheriff described as a
scam.
“The situation is they go to a house
and tell people this or that is what
they need doing — like cleaning gut
ters —and then they try and do bigger
jobs,” White said. “The quality of their
work is not anywhere near the quality
of work for what they get paid.”
The State Bureau of Investigation
has also been alerted about the two
men, both of whom are from the
Rocky Mount area, White said.
See SCAM, 2
Biggs
Classic
this week
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Albemarle Plantation will
host the fifth edition of the
Biggs Class golf tournament
this week.
A field of 120 young tour
ing professionals are ex
pected to participate.
The official tournament
rounds run from Thursday
through Saturday but there
are activities starting Tues
day, like a pro-am day. The
entire tournament is free
. and open to the public.
Unlike some previous
tournaments, this one isn’t
having any problems getting
players to sign up, said Tom
Loughlin, one of the orga
nizers.
“Yesterday it was 110 that
had signed up and paid,”
Loughlin said on Wednes
day. “We will be able to sell
out the full 120.”
Golfers will be flying in
from California, Missouri,
Kansas and Texas, he said.
A few may be coming from
Canada as well. The entry
fee is $850.
In addition to the chance
to win the $13,000 first-place
prize, the Biggs Classic has
some other lures.
Like Major League base-
ball has lower tiered de
velopmental farm clubs,
professional golf has devel
opmental tours.
This week’s tournament
is being run by the G-pro
tour, a lower level league
based in Charlotte. The next
step up is Web.Com and
from there, the next step is
the PGA.
This year’s Biggs Classic
winner will get a full spon
sors exemption to play in
the following weeks’ Rex
Hospital Open, a Web.Com
event in Raleigh.
“It all wouldn’t be possible
without generous sponsors,
like Biggs Cadillac-Buick-
GMC, and a host of local
volunteers,” Loughlin said.
Normally a golf tour takes
a cut of the entry fees for
their efforts.
See GOLF, 2
Candice Hunter facing
cyberstalking charge
BY WILLIAM F. WEST
The Daily Advance
CAMDEN — The Per
quimans County candidate
who lost the May 8 Repub
lican primary in state House
District 1 has been charged
with cyberstalking a mem
ber of the Camden Board of
Commissioners a few days
after the election, court re-
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cords show.
Candice Hunter, 46, of
the 100 block of Greenwood
Drive, is accused of “elec
tronically communicating”
Commissioner Garry Mei-
ggs “repeatedly for the pur
pose of abusing, annoying,
threatening, terrifying, ha
rassing and embarrassing”
him, a criminal summons
prepared by Camden Magis
trate B.J. Cooper states.
According to the criminal
summons, the misdemean
or offense occurred on May
See HUNTER, 2
Winfall Post Office Opens
Preston White (left) and Brenda Dillard (right) talk about
the new Winfall Post Office last week. Staffing the
counter is clerk Vanessa Davis. The facility will be open
Monday through Friday from 1-5 p.m. and Saturday from
8:30-11:30 a.m. Right, The new Winfall Post Office is in
the same place as the old one, on the corner of Catherine
Street and Main Street.
STAFF PHOTOS BY PETER WILLIAMS