I HERTFORD NC 27944-1225 . \ kw eek^y Pets of the Week, 3 "News from Next Door" WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2018 75 cents Nearly $40,000 raised in sheriff’s race BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Republican challenger Jim Bray has raised nearly $20,000 in his race for Per quimans County sheriff so far. He’s spent roughly $16,100. Sheriff Shelby White has raised about $18,200 since the campaign started. He’s spent $16,200 of that. WHITE BRAY Campaign reports were posted last week by the N.C. Board of Elections. It up dates the period from April 22 through June 30. The two men will be at tending at “Meet The Sheriff Candidates” event at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Holiday Island Clubhouse. This is the first election for both men. White was ap pointed to the post by the Perquimans County Com mission after former Sheriff Eric Tilley stepped down in the middle of his term. Bray retired earlier this year as a sergeant on the N.C. Highway Patrol. If he wins, it will be the first time a Republican has held the sheriffs job in Perquimans. Bray’s campaign report shows during the period from April through June he took in $6,446 and spent $10,056. He received $500 donations from Steven Bembridge, Tim Corprew, D.A. Lane and Stephen Mc Donald during that period. White’s campaign report shows receipts of $4,439 during the same period and expenses of $4,423. White’s largest donor this period was Robin Copeland who gave $250, Both men have largely spent their money on signs, either yard signs or bill boards. White’s report shows two “in kind” contributions of $234 from Cooke Communi cations, the parent company of the Perquimans Weekly. White clarified that it was an “in kind” contribution because he paid for the ads out of his own pocket, not the campaign. Cooke Com- See SHERIFF, 2 ROCK AUTISM CONCERT coming Aug. 4 BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor The second annual Rock Autism Musical Festival is coming to the Crawfish Shack outside of Hertford on Aug. 4. The event starts at noon and the music will continue until 10 .m. The effort started by the parents with a young autis tic son named Jagger “We set out to use the platform of music to create an annual music festival to educate, advocate, and raise money for the cause near and dear to us,” said DiAnna Jordan. Her husband, Dan iel Jordan, came up with the idea of the concert. He plays in one of the bands that will be performing. Despite a heavy down pour of rain, last year’s concert still drew about 500 people and raised $10,000. This year Jordan hopes they can double those fig ures. Last year, the money went to the group Autism Speaks. This year, proceeds will go to another group. “The Autism Society of North Carolina regularly do nates 89 cents of every dol lar directly to help families affected by Autism,” Jordan said. Jagger was diagnosed with Autism at age two, Jordan said. He will turn 6- years-old in December. He worked with special ists with the Children’s De ¬ See AUTISM,, 2 PHOTOS BY BEVERLY PRITCHETT Top, Daniel Jordan kisses his son Jagger during last year’s Rock Autism event at The Crawfish Shack. Right, people play in the water at The Crawfish Shack during last year's Rock Autism event. Local man arrested for stabbing From Staff Reports A 31-year-old Perquimans County man with a prior criminal record that includes violence has been charged in the stabbing of a Hertford man last month. Larry Eugene White, of the 1800 block of Harvey Point Road, is charged with first- degree attempted murder in the June 9 knife attack on Cleveland Sutton. According to a Perquimans magis ¬ WHITE trate’s warrant, White is accused of stabbing Sutton in the chest with a knife. The warrant states Sutton suf fered a collapsed lung as a result of the attack. Interim Hertford Town Manager Pamela Hurdle told The Perquimans Weekly Sutton was stabbed at 1:48 am. in the 100 block of Wynne Fork Court. Sutton was treated at Vidant Health in Greenville, Hurdle said. A check for an update on his condition indicated Vidant has no record of Sutton as a patient. White was arrested by Elizabeth City police on the Perquimans Coun ty warrant on July 5 and transported to Albemarle District Jail where he was held without bond. Besides the attempted murder charge, White was also charged with misdemeanor first- degree trespassing. On July 11 White appeared before District Judge Meader Harriss III, who set a $750,000 secured bond See STABBING, 2 Extension rolls out ‘Master Food’ program BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor The N.C. Master Gardener’s program created in 1979 went on to train a statewide cadre of volunteers that can help people with garden issues. The Extension Master Food Volunteer program aims to do the same thing, but with food and cooking. Currituck acted as a pilot county for the program in 2016- 17 and now N.C. Cooperative Extension is reaching out to residents in Pasquotank, Perqui mans and Chowan counties to participate starting Sept. 4. “We’re building off the success of Master Gardener’s,” said Jew el Winslow the extension direc tor in Perquimans County. “It’s a well respected program and the Master Food Volunteer will be a cousin to that program.” Like the Master’s Gardener’s program, participants in the food program will be trained, but asked to volunteer an equal number of hours the following year. To apply for the 2018 class, register online at the Perqui mans Cooperative Extension Website at perquimans.ces. ncsu.edu or contact Winslow at Jewel—Winslow@ncsu.edu, or call 426-5428. There is a $50 fee for the class. Sue Mitchell, a Perquimans County resident, went through the program in Currituck in 2016 and will be helping put on the upcoming program. Winslow said anytime she’s mentioned the new program, people have been eager to sign up. The application process is now open to residents of Chow an, Perquimans, Pasquotank counties. The deadline to sign up is Aug. 15, but spots are limited. Volunteers with the EMFV program will receive a core cur riculum of 30 hours of training and will then shadow the Fam- See FOOD, 2 SUBMITTED PHOTO Sue Mitchell demonstrates a dish recently. Vidant Chowan Hospital working on program to be ‘Dementia Friendly’ BY PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Vidant Chowan Hospi tal should be a “Dementia Friendly Hospital” by the end of this year. That means everybody from the doctors on down to the custodians will get train ing on how help people in their care who have Demen tia. Dementia is an umbrella term to include things like Alzheimer’s. The chance of having it increases with age. The region already has a large number of people age 65 and over and 85 and over. “We are in the process of phasing it in right now,” said Jean Bunch, a registered nurse at the Edenton hospi tal. “There are environmental and cultural changes that will be need to be made. We’ve been working since Decem ber and 2018 is our goal to complete the project in 2018. It really is trailblazing.” By August, the hospital will be training all the nurses in the emergency depart ment, including simulations. “It’s very rigorous train ing. Bunch went through train ing herself last year. And training doesn’t stop with the hospital. “We are in the wakening stage right now,” she said. “Our attempt is to awake the community on Dementia and what it is. It is to increase awareness.” Vidant Chowan’s main cov erage area includes not only Chowan and Perquimans counties, but also Tyrrell and Washington counties. “Our affirmation is we be lieve that while we fight to find a cure, our best hope is to improve Dementia best care practices,” Bunch said. “We know there is no cure for Dementia, but while there is no cure, our cure is care.” A Sentara Albemarle Med ical Center spokesman could not be reached for comment on their status on the De mentia Friendly program. Marjorie Rayburn, who has been holding the month ly Alzheimer/Dementia Sup port Group for caregivers and family members since 2010, welcomes any efforts See DEMENTIA, 2 UPCOMING HOME GAMES Historic Hicks Field FMI Call 252-482-4080 www.edentonsteamers.com SATURDAY JULY 21 @ 7 PM VS MOREHEAD CITY MARLINS PERQUIMANS COUNTY NIGHT STRIKE OUT ALS FUNDRAISER, LIVE PREGAME MUSIC KIDS RUN THE BASES

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