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“News from Next Door” WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20,2019
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Jackson announces plans to overturn election
‘Ain't over until God says
it’s over’
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Hertford councilman
Quentin Jackson, who was
defeated in his bid for may
or, is pursuing plans that
seek to overturn the munici
pal election from Nov. 5.
Friday, Jackson posted a
video to social media that
says he will be challenging
the election results based
JACKSON
on irregular
ities at the
polls and
allegations
that not all
the votes
cast were
counted.
Before
Jackson
made his announcement, he
played the intro song “Ain’t
No Stopping Us Now” - a
1979 disco era hit performed
by R&B duo McFadden and
Whitehead.
When the song ends,
“We are now fighting to have another election
again based upon all these allegations.
Everybody say 'Go me, Black Power and all
that.'The devil tried to stop us.”
Quentin Jackson
Hertford Councilman
Jackson says, “Eveiybody
knows I ran for office, but
didn’t win. But the real
reason everybody doesn’t
know is why I didn’t win. We
found out that even though
some of you people vot
ed, they didn’t count your
votes.”
Jackson continues, “So
See JACKSON, A8
Election Board
dismisses protests
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Perquimans County’s
Election Board unanimous
ly decided in an emergency
meeting held Monday eve
ning that there is no proba
ble cause arising from chal
lenges made by Councilman
Quentin Jackson and others
regarding the Nov. 5 Hert
ford municipal election.
“Monday’s meeting was
a preliminary consideration
meeting for the BOE to de
termine if, based on the
face of the documents, the
See BOARD, A6
Plantation
Directors
select new
leadership
BY DAVID RIGBY
For the Perquimans Weekly
The Albemarle Planta
tion Board of Directors
recently announced new
leadership for the residen
tial waterfront golf and
marina community in Hert
ford.
Named general manag
er of the Albemarle Plan
tation Property Owners
Association is Tara Tay
lor. She is a resident of
Edenton who has been
serving as the community
manager for the associa
tion.
Lee Duncan was
named General Manag
er, • Albemarle Planta
tion Properties, Inc., the
operational subsidiary
of the APPOA. Duncan
previously served as the
PGA Golf Professional
at The Sound Links Golf
Course at Albemarle
Plantation.
Taylor, a native of Rich
field, N.Y, will be resppn-
sible for the administrative
management of the; AP
POA, the not-for-profit as
sociation of property own
ers. She brings a wealth
of property management
experience, including fi
nance and budgeting, proj
ect planning, and resident
relations to her new posi
tion.
Taylor’s duties will
PHOTO BY ED SOUZA
Longtime Hertford NC resident Lincoln Mott holds October 1944 newspapers proclaiming the defeat of the
Japanese navy following the Battle of Surigao Strait in the Philippines. Mott, 95, is the last living crewmember
of the destroyer USS Remey which led a night time torpedo run that resulted included the sinking of the
Japanese battleship Fuso.
Sailors’ WWII service reveals father’s life, shapes son
Goodwin
amendment to
keep Chowan,
Perquimans in
3rd District
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
If you see state Rep. Ed
Goodwin, R-Chowan, give
him a pat on the back!
Thanks to
an amend
ment by
Goodwin,
both Chow
an and Per
quimans
counties
remained in
the 3rd Con
gressional
GOODWIN
See PLANTATION, A3
TAYLOR DUNCAN
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Friday evening as the
nor’easter is blowing
through, my cellphone
pings and there is a mes
sage from Ed Souza from
California.
Souza’s note peaks my
interest not just because
of its faraway origins, but
because it touches on
Hertford treasure, Lincoln
Mott, who will be turning
95-years-old on Saturday.
Happy birthday.
“Your first impression
of Lincoln may be that of
a very reserved gentleman,
but seeing him interact
with locals - he is very hu
morous and always one to
say a wise crack,” Souza
said. “He currently says, ‘I
am not a senior citizen but
a certified antique.’”
Favorite Mott saying:
See SERVICE, A2
PHOTO BY ED SOUZA
Lincoln Mott of Hertford NC is shown here next to
his home display honoring his VVVVII Navy service.
The photo shows Mott asa young seaman. The photo
hanging above is of his crew friend and mentor,
Edward V. Souza (seen at age 24) was the ship’s chief
radioman.
District map approved by
the General Assembly last
week.
“‘Mega kudos’ to Rep Ed
Goodwin for introducing
his Amendment to keep us
See DISTRICT, A2
Sound
beckons
Belle
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Regional leaders are
pursuing the prospect of
bringing the Belle of Wash
ington, a cruise vessel, to
the Albemarle Sound next
summer.
During a meeting Monday
in Hertford, policymakers
associated with the Harbor
Town Project said they seek
to attract this 85-foot long
See BELLE, A6
Meads’ boys win acclaim, big money from NC State Fair
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
While some kids are play
ing video games and chas
ing colors around on tiny
phone screens, brothers
Justus and Colton Meads
are busy tending to hogs - a
job that has paid off with a
hefty paycheck and acco
lades from the North Caro
lina State Fair.
“We are extremely proud
of both boys for all the their
hard work and time spent
with their animals,” said
Meads’ mother, Brianne.
Through the years, the
Meads family had a very
good run throughout sever
al shows in North Carolina
winning grand and reserve
at multiple shows, but 2019
would be a banner year for
Justus Meads, 12, a seventh
grade student at Perquim
ans Middle School, and his
older brother Colton, 18, a
freshman at North Carolina
State University.
The Meads family has a
6-pig pen out in the county
by New Hope on Whitehat
roads - God’s country.
Mother Meads said she
is very proud of her sons’
work ethic.
“First thing they do when
they get home is home
work,” she said. “Home
work has always been pri
ority. Colton ranked 4th in
his graduating class this
past year from Perquimans
High School. And Justus is
an ‘AB’ student. School is
important or they don’t have
pigs.”
During the 152nd NC
State Fair in October,
Colton Meads was awarded
champion senior showman
as well as champion senior
showman for the Carolina
Swine Showmanship Cir
cuit. And he was able to go
and compete in the round
robin that is hosted every
year for the top two placing
senior individuals of each
species.
Justus Meads won cham
pion intermediate show-
man on the Carolina Swine
Showmanship Circuit, but
what he won next was
something many people
dream of.
When Justus Meads com
peted in the Open Market
Show, it paid off after “Bub
ba” won Reserve Champion
Open Market Barrow. How
ever, there was one pig that
Justus named “Cash” that
brought it home in the end.
“This was by far his fa
vorite pig and he put a lot of
effort into raising him and
it all paid off in the end,”
Colton Meads said. “He
placed grand and reserve
multiple times so going into
the fair they knew he was a
pretty special pig. He ended
up placing grand champion
in the lightweight division
and then taking Reserve
Champion Crossbred Mar
ket Barrow.”
Earning this award is
quite an achievement for
the seventh graders or any
one for that matter.
“This was quite enough
See FAIR, A3
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Colton Meads feeds his younger brother Justus’ pig
“Cash” during the recent NC State Fair where both
would win awards for raising prize pigs.
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