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PERQUIMANS COUNTY LIBRARY
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HERTFORD NC 27944-1225
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"News from Next Door"
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
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EMS crew witnesses Florence
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Perquimans County
sent a two-person team of
paramedics to east of Fay
etteville with a strike team
from the region this month
to help with flooding from
Hurricane Florence.
Kate Thomas, an EMS
shift supervisor/paramedic
and paramedic Jessica Ar
thur were part of the five-
ambulance group from
Bertie, Chowan, Dare and
Pasquotank-Camden and
Perquimans that went to
Sampson Comity.
Both paramedics said
they realize it could have
been Perquimans that was
hit and help would be on the
way.
“This could very eas
ily happen to our county,”
Thomas said. “I know that
other counties will readily
send help.”
For Arthur you just had
to see it.
“I have seen flooding to
a degree,” Arthur said. “But
I’ve never experienced what
happened there in the areas
most affected by Hurricane
Florence. It was unbeliev
able and you really cannot
fathom what really hap
pened unless you see it first-
hand. I will never forget it.
The most horrible was see
ing a cemetery completely
submerged under water.”
Thomas said in Clinton
the south part of the city
was only accessible by air
craft because of flooding
but the north end was dry.
They also worked in New
ton Grove. Sampson is a
county of 63,400 people east
of Fayetteville.
“There was still no elec
tricity in most of the city (in
Clinton). There were sever
al rescue missions picking
people up from their roof-
tops of their homes and fly
ing them to hospitals, shelter
or wherever they needed to
get to. It was something I’ll
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SUBMITTED PHOTO
Kate Thomas (right), an EMS shift supervisor/
paramedic) and paramedic Jessica Arthur pose next to
a Perquimans ambulance.
Weather
delays
athletic
complex
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
The Perquimans County
High School football team
will not be playing at the
new athletic complex this
year, Superintendent Mat
thew Cheeseman said last
week.
The original goal was to
have the complex ready for
the first game of the season
on Aug. 17 against North-
side-Pinetown. Now five
games into the season, he
says it will be next season.
Playing this season is “is
unlikely now because of
weather. We will continue
on working with it.”
He said the sod on the
football field could be in
stalled within two weeks.
The irrigation system has to
be installed first. The water
system had to be installed
and tested before that. That
involved cutting a trench
through Edenton Road
Street.
But when the sod in in
stalled, “then we can let the
grass grow,” he said.
There is also a fence that
needs to go up around the
field and a scoreboard that
needs to be installed. The
home bleachers and press
box have been installed
and work progresses on the
concession stand/restroom
building and the field house.
The school system will use
existing portable bleachers
from the current field, but
they won’t be moved until
the new field is finished.
“There is still a lot of
work that needs to be done,
but we have been held up
because of weather,” Chee
seman said. “I am still very
excited but from my office, J
I am very disappointed we
were not able to give our se
niors the opportunity to play
on it. But I can’t do much
about the weather. I would
rather people be safe than
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TOAST Die Perquimans
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Race is
on for
sheriff
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Two veteran law enforcement
officers will face off on Nov. 6 for
the job of sheriff of Perquimans
County.
Until this
election, nei
ther man had
run for politi
cal office be
fore. Democrat
Shelby White
was appointed
sheriff in 2017
BRAY
Top, people
enjoy beverages
at the second
annual
“Toast The
Perquimans”
beer and wine
tasting event
Saturday. The
event is put
on by Historic
Hertford Inc.
Right, people
line up at one of
the food trucks
at “Toast The
Perquimans”
Saturday night
at the Hertford
Town Docks.
when Sheriff
Eric Tilley re
tired. With 17
years, Tilley
was the second
longest serving
sheriff in Per
quimans histo
ry. The longest
was Sheriff
(Julian) “Little
Man” Brough
ton who served
WHITE
for 20 years.
Republican challenger Jim
Bray has served his career with
the N.C. Highway Patrol.
Bray, 51, touts his law enforce
ment experience and leadership.
“I am not afraid to make the
tough decisions that are ne
sary to address the issues in
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Winslow named County’s Teacher of the Year
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Heather Winslow, 40, knew she liked
sports. She played basketball and soft-
ball at Northeastern High School.
She thought she might want to be
a physical therapist, but a mentoring
and shadow program in high school
convinced her she might want to think
about that.
“I decided it wasn’t for me,” she
said.
So she was assigned a f shadowing
program with a physical education
teacher at Central School in Elizabeth
City.
That’s where she found her calling
and last month she was named Perqui
mans County’s Teacher of the Year for
2018-19.
The 19-year veteran is a health and
physical education teacher at Perqui
mans County Middle School. This is
her 19th year in education and her third
year with Perquimans County Schools.
Winslow holds a Bachelor of science
degree in Physical Education from
Elizabeth City State University and is a
National Board Certified Teacher.
At PCMS she is a mentor to begin
ning teachers and she serves on the
School Improvement Team, the PCMS
Positive Behavior Intervention team
and the support team. She’s also on
the district’s Safety Health Advisory
Committee.
Additionally, Winslow coaches the
PCMS softball team, and she leads the
PCMS Fellowship of Christian Athletes
(FCA) chapter.
The Perquimans Fellowship of
Christian Athletes will hold a second
annual Fields of Faith event Oct. 14 at
5:30 p.m. at Perquimans County High
School. Speakers will include Brad
Hurdle and Scott Williams, the FCA
director for northeastern North Caro
lina.
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HEATHER WINSLOW
Judge: Jackson guilty of trespassing
ALS WALK
BY PETER WILLIAMS
News Editor
Hertford Town Council
man Quentin Jackson was
found guilty this month on
one of two counts stemming
from a property dispute he
has with a cousin.
District Court Judge
Meader W. Harriss III found
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Jackson
not guilty
of break
ing or en
tering last
week, but
did find
him guilty
of first-de
gree tres
JACKSON
pass.
On Sept. 12 Harriss sen
tenced Jackson to a 60-day
suspended sentence and 12
months of supervised pro
bation. Jackson is going to
appeal the case to Superior
Court, so the punishments
are on hold for now.
Jackson is already on pro
bation on another charge.
In February Superior Court
Judge Jerry Tillett sentenced
Jackson to 18 months of su
pervised probation for vio
lating an earlier probation.
Both the breaking and
entering and trespassing
charges stem from a dis
pute between Jackson and
a cousin, Catherine Flow
ers, over property Flowers
owns on Brace Avenue.
The case was first heard
by a magistrate in June.
Jackson said he and Flow
ers had an agreement in
which he planned to buy the
house. He claimed that he
didn’t live in the house, but
was making improvements
to the property.
At the time the magistrate
said he could not rule on the
case because magistrates
can only hear cases where
there is a clear landlord-ten
ant relationship.
In August, Jackson was
arrested for failing to appear
in court on the charges. He
was released under $5,000
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FILE PHOTO
Helen Hunter (right) joins more than 200 others as
they start off walking from Perquimans County High
School at a past Jim “Catfish" Hunter ALS Walk. The
event will be held again Saturday with sign-ups at 8
a.m. and the walk at 9 a.m.