2 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8,2019
BUDGET
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tricts as well,” Bunch said.
The third position is for
a full-time groundskeeper/
custodian. During football
Season, the person would be
responsible for taking care
of the new football field as
well as other duties. The po
sition is funded at $24,723.
A joint meeting between
the county commission and
the school board has already
been held.
“It was a listening session
and there were some ques
tions that were asked by
both the board of education
and the county commis
sion,” Bunch said.
A second joint meeting is
set for May 13 at 8 p.m. on
the commissioner’s meeting
room.
County manager Frank
Heath is scheduled to pres
ent his budget recommen
dations to the county board
on June 3 at 7 p.m. and there
is a budget public hearing
set for June 17 at 7 p.m. at
which time the county board
will be asked to vote.
School system expenses,
including debt service for
paying off loans for school
improvements, make up
the largest single slice of
county budget pie at about
27 percent. Social Services
falls in second at 15 percent
followed by EMS at 10 per
cent.
When it comes to the
school capital budget re
quest, the biggest item on
there was on there last year.
The schools are asking for
$210,000 to upgrade the out
dated Direct Digital Control
(DDC) system the schools
use. The software allows the
maintenance department to
remotely monitor and trou
bleshoot the heating and air
systems. The $210,000 will
LIBRARY
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at Monday’s county meet
ing, Lynne Raymond, the
executive director of HHI,
was there. Before the meet
ing she said HHI/Carolina
Moon were “very grateful to
the town.”
Having the old library for
Carolina Moon would mean
than it could have all of its
operations under one roof.
The 11-page lease basi
cally says that HHI/Caro
lina Moon can’t make mqjor
alterations to the building
without prior county ap
proval. The groups assume
the building as “as-is” and
must return it the county in
the same condition, minus
normal wear and tear. HHI/
:Carolina Moon is responsi-
COMEDY
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hour — and decide it’s high
time to reclaim their enthu
siasm for life they’ve lost
through the years.
The cast includes Sherry
Beauchamp as Randa; Don
na Adams as Jinx; Paula Stye
as Marlafaye, and Mary Sue
Rieger as Dot. Tom Lough
lin returns as the director of
this performance.
Tickets are $18 and are
PARADE
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left on Church Street, a left
on Grubb Street and a left on
Edenton Road Street before
returning to Hertford Gram
mar School. The fireworks
will be held that night.
The parade starts at 6
p.m. and there will be ac
tivities and food trucks
at 7 p.m. at Missing Mill
Park. For more informa
pay for the first phase.
The next biggest item —
$110,000 — is for removal
of asbestos tiling at Hert
ford Grammar School. The
money represents the first
of two phases, that will re
move the tiles from the last
two areas of the school.
There is $50,000 to start
the renovation of the audi
torium at the high school.
Some local elected lead
ers balked when the item
was on the capital list last
year, saying money should
instead be found to replace
the old auditorium with a
new one. No funding was
provided, and Bunch said
the work still needs to be
done.
“At the end of the day,
the $50,000 to renovate the
auditorium is the minimum
amount we need,” Bunch
said. “There are some leak
age problems. The audito
rium represents the largest
and most utilized buildings
we have. It’s a historic build
ing so we need to maintain
it.”
The budget also includes
$35,000 for lease payments
to replace both a 1997 mini
activity bus with 120,000
miles and a 2000 activity
bus with over 126,000 miles.
Another $8,500 is set aside
to paint a 2004 activity bus.
The school system just spent
a large amount of money to
repair the engine, and wants
to keep the bus, but it does
need repainting.
While the yellow school
buses are provided by the
state, activity buses are
the responsibility of the lo
cal school district. Jeffrey
Miller, the school system’s
director of transportation,
said the district is moving
toward the state standard
which calls for replac
ing buses after 20 years or
250,000 miles, whichever
comes first.
ble for utility bills and their
own insurance and have to
have a $2 million liability in
surance policy.
Either party can end the
lease with 60 days notice.
At one point, the same
library building was con
sidered as a location for a
Boys and Girls Club. It has
basketball and tennis courts
on the same block, and is
across the street is Missing
Mill Park. The concept nev
er came to fruition.
The building originally
served as the cafeteria for
Hertford Grammar School,
which was next door on
Academy Street. The school
burned, but the cafeteria
survived to become the first
long-term home for a library
in Perquimans.
The public hearing on the
lease is set for June 3.
available from the Caro
lina Trophy Shop on Church
Street from 10 am. to 5 p.m.
through Friday of this week
or on line at https://squareup.
com/store/carolina-moon-
theater. You can also buy
tickets at the door. To get
tickets on hold at the door
to ensure your seating call
lynne Raymond at 426-5102
and leave a message as to the
number and your name.
The Carolina Moon The
ater is located at 300 W.
Grubb Street in Hertford.
tion or for parade forms,
call Vanora Brothers at
426-5956 or Sharon Smith
at 426-5657.
DONATIONS NEEDED
Donations are needed to
pay for fireworks this year.
The show will be at 9 p.m.
from Missing Mill Park in
Hertford.
Checks can be mailed to
PQ Fireworks, 104 Carolina
St., Hertford, NC, 27944.
The rain date for both
events is July 7.
Pets Of Hie Week
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Left, nine Lab mix
pups are ready
for adoption at
the Tri-County
Animal Shelter.
There are five
males and four
females. For more
information, call
221-8514. Right,
Cali is a colorful
young cat at the
Tri-County Animal
Shelter. She is
very friendly and
enjoys being with
people.
Perquimans teams enter state playoffs
From Staff Reports
Perquimans County
High School’s baseball
and softball teams host ¬
ELECTION
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state legislator, finished
first in Tuesday’s crowded
GOP primaiy in the 3rd
District, taking 22.5 percent
of the vote. Perry, a former
member of the University
of North Carolina Board of
Governors, finished second
with 15.4 percent of the
vote, according to unoffi
cial results from the State
Board of Elections.
Because Murphy didn’t
get at least 30 percent of
the vote, Perry is eligible to
call for the runoff election.
Perry announced last week
she plans to call for the run
off.
In Perquimans County,
Perry picked up 132 votes,
or 19.7 percent. Murphy
had 129 votes, or 19.25. Jeff
Moore finished in third with
14.49 percent.
Perry won the precincts
in New Hope, Nicano and
East Hertford. Murphy won
in Bethel, Parksville and
Belvidere.
While the total number
of registered Republicans
in Perquimans trails that of
Democrats and unaffiliated
votes, Republicans repre
sented twice the number of
votes last week (670 vs. 324
for Democrats). Unaffiliat
ed voters could cast ballots
in either race.
Thomas won all seven
precincts in Perquimans
with 52.4 percent of the
vote. Richard Bew came the
closest with 24.0 percent.
The winner of the Mur
phy-Perry primary will face
Thomas, a former Green
ville mayor and Global
Transpark executive direc
tor, Libertarian Tim Harris
and the Constitution Party’s
Greg Holt, in the general
election on Sept. 10. The
winner will finish the term
of U.S. Rep. Walter Jones,
R-N.C., who passed away in
February.
Though Murphy finished
first in Tuesday’s GOP pri
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INVITATION
ATTENTION PARENTS OF PRIVATE/HOME
SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN
PERQUIMANS COUNTY
A meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at
4:00 pm at the Perquimans County Schools Central
Office, located at 411 Edenton Road Street, Hertford,
NC 27944 for private/home school representatives
and parents of private/home school students with
disabilities. The purpose of this meeting is to
allow these parties an opportunity to consult with
representatives from Perquimans County Schools
about the proportionate share of federal funds that are
available for special education services for the 2019-
2020 school year. Please contact Mrs. Kanika Griffin at
252-426-5741 if additional information is needed.
ed games in the opening
round of the North Caro
lina High School Athletic
Association playoffs on
Tuesday.
mary, and has raised more
money than Perry and other
candidates, his victory on
July 9 is far from assured.
He finished first in only
four of the 17 counties in
the 3rd Congressional Dis
trict, and garnered the most
votes largely thanks to his
home county and its rela
tively large population. He
received 4,228 votes in Pitt
County, to Perry’s 660, rep
resenting 44.5 percent of all
votes cast for him, 9,507.
Perry’s strongest show
ing was also in her home
county, Lenoir, where she
won about 53 percent of
the vote. Perry also won
five other, smaller counties,
including Pasquotank and
Perquimans.
The numbers suggest
both candidates will need
to broaden their support if
they hope to win the next
primary. One way to do that
would be by securing key
rivals’ endorsements.
State Rep. Phil Shepard
finished third on Tuesday,
with almost 5,100 votes, or
12 percent of total votes
cast. He also won his home
county of Onslow by a 35-
point margin, 51 percent to
fellow Onslow native Phil
Law’s 16 percent, or 4,051
votes to 1,281.
Shepard didn’t endorse
either Murphy or Perry
in a short interview on
Wednesday, commenting
that his endorsement will
be a matter for discussion.
Commenting on his own
campaign, Shepard said he
was thankful to have fin
ished third, and said he got
a later start to the race than
other candidates. He also
thanked his supporters.
Coming in fourth last
week was state Rep. Mi
chael Speciale, R-Craven,
with 4,010 votes, or 9.5 per
cent of the total. He won
his home county, with 1,764
votes to Murphy’s 1,028,
plus Pamlico. He was not
immediately available for
comment.
Law came in fifth, with
Perquimans (13-8)
earned the No. 15 seed in
the region and hosted No.
18 seed Tarboro (13-9) in
baseball.
8.7 percent of the vote, or
3,683 total. Notably, this is
Law’s third run for the-3rd
District seat. He ran and
lost in the GOP primaries to
Jones in 2016 and 2018.
In a phone call Wednes
day, Law said the race’s out
come was unfortunate, but
he wasn’t disappointed. He
called running for Congress
a “rich life experience” and
said he was “blessed” to get
what support he did.
Asked if he plans to en
dorse Murphy or Perry,
Law said he’s “doing some
research” on both, and has
made no decision.
Coining in sixth was
Lenoir County Commis
sioner Eric Rouse, who gar
nered 3,251 total votes. The
seventh and lower finishers
each drew fewer than 2,300
votes, some far less.
Murphy and Perry have
both stressed their con
servative credentials on
numerous issues, though
Perry has put particular
emphasis on a social issues,
particularly her opposition
to abortion. In published re
ports, she’s commented she
decided to run in response
to legislation in New York
that critics claim will allow
more late-term abortions.
Murphy and Perry have
also drawn distinctions
with Republican President
Donald Trump in some ar
eas. Murphy has opposed
tariffs the president has
implemented, while Perry
has, according to a News &
Observer report, expressed
“reluctance” about using
an emergency declaration
to fund wall construction
on the southern border
without congressional ap ¬
PUBLIC NOTICE
Perquimans County is
considering the leasing of
the Old Library Building
located at 110 W. Academy
Street to Historic Hertford,
Inc. (Carolina Moon Theater
Group) for $1.00 annually at their June 3,
2019 Board of Commissioners’ meeting at
7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the
Commissioners’ Room of the Perquimans
County Annex Building located at 110 North
Church Street, Hertford, NC.
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In softball, Perquimans
(19-5) is the No. 9 seed in
the 1A East Regional and
hosted No. 24 seed Cape
Hatteras (7-7).
proval.
Last week’s election also
included three Currituck
residents, including Curri
tuck Commissioners Mike
Payment and Paul Beau
mont and a physician, Dr.
Kevin Baiko.
Beaumont finished ahead
of Payment districtwide, in
13th place with 1.8 percent
of the vote. Payment came
in 14th place with 1.3 per
cent. Beaumont won Cam
den County and came in
second in Pasquotank, but
lost Currituck to Payment.
Payment won Currituck
26.4 percent to Beaumont’s
20.7 percent.
Neither Payment nor
Beaumont could be reached
for comment, but Baiko
said he’s thankful for what
support he received. He
finished in second-to-last
place with only 0.4 percent
of the vote. Baiko, a strong
proponent of medical mari
juana, said his practice re
quired him to see patients
in Hawaii, where medical
marijuana is legal, and so
he missed most of the cam
paign period.
However, Baiko said the
campaign connected him
to influential people in the
district, and they encour
aged him to stay involved
in politics. He may run for
office again, though maybe
not at the federal level, he
said.
Baiko said he is endors
ing Perry over Murphy,
praising her for having a
“quick mind” and a “car
ing heart.” He also said she
was the only candidate to
request information on le
galizing medical marijuana,
his key issue.
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