THE ERQ h WEEKLY P22/C15 « 01 ’ 2 ?“>!,«!'"•''■'''' 514 5 C ,Ton NO 27944 ^FORO NC Man wins Legion raffle, 5 "News from Next Door" WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018 75 cents Gazzolo rallies to win Biggs Classic BY MALCOLM SHIELDS The Daily Advance For those who were wit ness to David Gazzolo’s tee shot on the 18th green dur ing the final round of the 2018 Biggs Golf Classic, some might say it ranks as one the best shots in the tournament’s five-year histo ry on The Sound Golf Links at Albemarle Plantation. Gazzolo’s tee shot on the 343-yard par-4 hole maneu vered past the Albemarle Sound to the right and came to a stop on the green within a few feet of the hole. All Gazzolo had remain ing was a manageable eagle putt to cap an improbable third and final round for the Riverside, Calif, native. Gazzolo shot 6-under-par 65 during the final round to win the Biggs Classic at 14- under-par. He edged out second- round leader Drew Weaver who completed the tourna ment at 13-under-par. Gazzolo, who began the final round at 8-under par and three shots behind Weaver, shot under par dur ing all three rounds of the Classic. “I was driving the ball well,” Gazzolo said. “My ball strike was pretty good. Put ting was a lot better (Satur day) than the last two days. I got pretty hot with my putter. I just managed the course pretty well.” He added that he was ag gressive on the holes that he wanted to be aggressive on and laid back on others. Gazzolo held a one-shot lead over Weaver at 13-un- der after completing the 15th. He ran into some trou ble on the next two holes. On the 16th, which is a par-4, Gazzolo bogeyed and on 17, his tee shot was left of the fairway past the cart path and in the rough. Gazzolo punched it over the green and eventually had to settle for par on the par-5 hole. When Gazzolo arrived to the 18th tee, he decided to See BIGGS, 2 PHOTO BY MALCOLM SHIELDS/THE DAILY ADVANCE David Gazzolo chips on the 17th green during the third and final round of the Biggs Golf Classic, Saturday at The Sound Golf Links at Albemarle Plantation. Gazzolo won the tournament at 14-under-par. Grammar school principal leaving BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Jason Griffin, a 2017 Na tional Distinguished Prin cipal and North Carolina’s 2017 Principal of the Year, will be leaving Hertford Grammar School to take a position with the Craven County Schools. Griffin, 39, will be come the director of elemen tary edu cation in Craven on July 2. STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS The crowd stands while the color guard carries the flags to the podium at a Memorial Day service Monday. Bundy: Make U.S. worth dying for BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor America can honor those servicemen who died by working together to make the country one worth dying for, a speaker told a crowd of 150 people Monday. Sgt. First Class Carroll Bundy, N.C. National Guard, (Ret) addressed the annual Memorial Day gathering. The event was moved from the court- house green to the Perquimans County Recre ation Center because of the threat of rain. Bundy addressed the reoccurring question “how do we honor those that died for us?” He said our debt to them could never truly be repaid except to make the nation something they would be proud of. “These men and women didn’t die for us as in dividuals,” Bundy said. “They died for the ideals that make us a country, a country most of them thought worth risking their lives for. “If we want to honor them, we must find ways to put aside our individual feelings for the great er good of the country. We must pull together to continue to make this country worth risking death, and dying for. “We hear all the time, ‘May God bless America.’ If we truly want America to be blessed, we must become the blessing. SeeBUNDY,2 STAFF PHOTO BY PETER WILLIAMS Carroll Bundy addresses the crowd at a Memorial Day service Monday at the Perquimans County Recreation Center. GRIFFIN He said he’s always aspired to become a school superintendent and he sees the Craven job as his next step. Craven is much larger school system with 23,000 students and 25 schools. Griffin will oversee the 15 elementary schools. Perquimans has four schools and about 1,600 stu dents. Griffin earns $71,322 in Perquimans. His Craven County salary is presently being negotiated. He said “everything hap pened really quickly.” He said Craven contacted him on May 15, and he told them he would take the job. He told his staff the very next day. Griffin said he would do as much as he can to help ease the transition for HGS. “As much as Craven County would like me to start tomorrow, we still have a lot of work to do here. I’d like to help the next (HGS) principal get acclimated.” End of year testing start ed last Friday and the last day of school is June 8. Local school officials wished Griffin well “The Superintendent and Perquimans County Schools Board of Education would like to thank Mr. Jason Grif fin for his service as a teach er, instructional facilitator, and Hertford Grammar School principal,” said Lisa See GRIFFIN, 2 Perquimans football coach steps down BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Ian Rapanick has stepped down as head foot ball coach at Perquimans County High School. The coach made the an nouncement last week. Ra panick resigned on Wednes day. RAPANICK “For the last seven years, I have worked towards my goal of becom ing a head football coach. Perquimans gave me an opportunity to achieve that goal and for that, I am forever thankful,” Rapanick said. “I would like to thank the people of Perquimans County for treating my family like we were born and raised here. I would like to thank the ad ministration and Board of Education of Perquimans County Schools for giving me this opportunity. “To Coach (Tommy) Johnson and Coach (Kris tie) Thach, thank you for making every day so fun and giving me a lifelong friendship. Most important ly, I’d like to thank Megan and Justin Roberson. Y’all made me love being a Pi rate and love going to work Mother still wants answers BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor BOSTA Three years after Karen Bosta went missing, her mother, Arlene Murin is still waiting for answers “I just want somebody to tell me where she is and what happened to her,” Murin said last week. Bosta was 39, when she disap peared in Edenton on May 30. She was last seen at the Walgreens there. ■ In October 2017, Thomas Edward White Sr., 62, was charged on by the Perqui mans County Sheriff’s Of fice with obtaining property by false pretense and at tempting to obtain property by false pretense. He is accused of using Murin’s credit card, which she loaned to her daughter so she could buy cigarettes at the Edenton Food Lion. White appeared in court in Hertford in May, but the case has been continued un til perhaps September. Murin said White was going to plead guilty to the credit card theft, but “he changed has mind at the last minute.” Investigators in the case say surveillance video alleg edly caught White using the card a day after Bosta dis appeared. Footage showed See BOSTA, 2 everyday. I cannot put into words how thankful I am for our friendship and ev erything you have done for my family and I. Thank you to all of you for giving a 24- year-old kid a chance to live his dream.” Rapanick isn’t sure what See COACH, 2 Hurdle named interim manager Whedbee leaves Winfall council BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Pam Hurdle has been named interim town man ager in Hertford. 6 89076 47144 2 She fills the va cancy left by the res ignation of Town Manager Brandon Shoaf who took a HURDLE county planner position in Chowan County. She started working for the town 19 years ago as a secretary and about 15 years ago was promoted to the position of executive as sistant. She also serves as deputy town clerk. Hurdle is originally from Gatesville. She graduated from Elizabeth City State See HURDLE, 2 BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Winfall Town Coun cil member Debbie Jean Whedbee has stepped down from office because she is moving outside to the town to another place in Perquimans County. Whedbee last won an election in November. Both she and Ken Rominger were the only names on the ballot. In all, she’s won three elections WHEDBEE for the town board seat. Mayor Fred Yates said Whedbee would be missed “She has been a blessing to the town,” Yates said. “I can’t say enough good things about her.” Whedbee’s - resignation took effect earlier this month. She could not be reached for comment Rominger agrees Whed- See WHEDBEE, 2

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