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A2 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY,THURSDAY, MAY 7,2020 NATIVE Continued from Al County Schools before earn ing a spot to attend the mag net North Carolina School of Science and Math in Durham that spurred her interest in medicine. “Yes, my upbringing in Herftord was critical for my personal and academic devel opment,” she said. “The safe, small-town community where everyone looked out for each other and where education was supported enabled me to grow up withahuge safety net filled with good friends and loving adults.” Trent, the daughter of Vivi an and Graham Trent, said her fondest memories of Hertford include walking to the library by herself at age 10, and hav ing “a little old lady at church” one day press $20 into her hand, according to an article from the Daily Advance’s ar chives. A class act, Trent praised family for her upbringing that provided the foundation for success. Interested in math and science all along, Trent said she regularly completed her homework before going home from school. “I am grateful that my par ents highly valued education and understood the necessary steps for achievement, and my extended family who also always looked supported me,” she said. Trent, whose mother grew up in Hertford and whose fa ther lived there until his death several years ago, says she received a lot of community support and encouragement growing up. Tent’s high school science teacher, Ms. Driber, nominat ed her in 10th grade to attend the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham. The application process was rigorous, but she was accepted, and attend ed during her 11th and 12th grades in school. “I was also fortunate to Law Enforcement Log BY STAFF REPORTS Hertford Police Depart ment activity between April 17 and April 27: ■ 4/17: Hit and Run Accident on Edenton Road. Investigator Duncan is in vestigating where a bicyclist was hit. ■ 4/18: Drug Possession at the Rec. Center. Officer Martin has filed juvenile petitions. ■ 4/19: Breaking and En tering at Wynne Fork. Officer Martin investigating where an unknown person entered a window and damaged the property. ■ 4/19: Assault on LEO and Resist Arrest at Wynne Fork. Officer Martin has filed juvenile petitions. ■ 4/19: Incident Liberties with a Minor. Investigator Duncan is investigating. ■ 4/21: Damage to Prop ¬ Obituary Policy For information on sub mitting obituaries or death notices Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., call 252-329-9505 or email obits@apgenc.com and specify that you are inter ested in obituary informa tion for The Perquimans Weekly. On weekends and holidays, email obits® apgenc.com. We do not ac cept notices by fax. have teachers like Edith Drib er (my high school biology teacher) who nominated me for important opportunities like attending the North Car olina School of Science and Mathematics.” And worth noting, based on this country editor’s research, Trent held two NC 2A State Records in 1987 - 800-meter and 1600-meter. State meet that year, that was a hot day to run too. Needed sprinklers to cool the runners pacing them selves around the red and white track at North Carolina State University. After running and gunning around the track, Tent earned degrees from Yale to Universi ty, University of North Caro lina School of Medicine and the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her pe diatric residency at Children’s National Medical Center in D.C. and was an adolescent medicine fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School). Trent has been on the faculty at the John Hopkins School of Medicine since 2001 and has served as a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine; Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health; the Department of Acute and Chronic Care at the John Hopkins School of Nursing. She is an indepen dent scientist that serves as the principal or key investi gator on multiple research projects, both domestic and international, that are funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and other fund ing agencies. Among Tent’s many ac colades, she was named to Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 list of the nation’s most in fluential African-Americans, among peers including Pres- ident/CEO of McDonald’s Don Thompson, national security adviser Susan Rice, director/producer Shon- da Rhimes and President Barack Obama. erty at Wynne Fork. Officer Downing has filed juvenile petitions. ■ 4/23: Damage to Property at Wynne Fork. Investigator Duncan has filed juvenile petitions. ■ 4/25: Suspicious Person at the Family Dollar. Officer Downing trespassed the suspect. ■ 4/27: Damage to Prop erty at Wynne Fork. Officer Martin has filed juvenile petitions. ■ Perquimans Sheriff's arrests between April 24 and April 30: ■ Jimmy Tarkington of Bethel Fishing Center, Hert ford, was arrested April 27 and charged with possession of heroin. Bond/other. ■ Marcus Quintana of Pender Road, Hertford, was arrested April 30 and charged with cyberstalking and assault with a deadly weapon. Bond/other. Obituaries must be received, processed and approved by noon on Tues day to appear in print in the Thursday edition.. Death notices are $25 and can include the name and age of the decedent; funeral and visitation or viewing information; and the name of the funeral home. STORY Continued from Al work, faith and family. “Even before Story’s sea food was opened, crabbing helped to put food on the table for me and my family.” Story said. Tm thankful that my granddaddy passed his commercial fishing and crab bing passion down to not only my mom but also my uncle who brings in fresh fish from the Perquimans River to sell at Story’s Seafood whenever possible. It has taught me to work hard and not complain about it because hard work always pays off.” Story’s Thle So who is Lizzy Story? A hero origin story like that de serves more ink, so let’s start small, like the popular crab bomber that the restaurant sells. Come fall, Story will be attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she plans to nrqjor in biology and minor in Spanish because she hopes to do a bit traveling, most likely Latin American. “I would like to be a den tist,” Story said with cer tainty. “Ever since I went to Ecuador with fountain of life church last summer on my first mission trip, I have hoped to travel and use my profession to give free dental care to others in need. Traveling has and will always be one of my biggest passions.” Academics and sports achievement are the twin pillars of anyone attending Perquimans County Schools and Story is no different. “My most important ac tivity that I’ve participat ed in through Perquimans High School is the volley- ball program,” she said. “I treasure the time I got to bond with my amazing teammates and my coach. We all put so much heart in the game and each other most importantly.’ Moreover, Story is vice president of Interact Club at Perquimans High School and secretary of Student Government Association. “Interact club is amazing because I get to work first- hand in being able to make an impact on the communi ty,” she said. “It also excites me to be a part of SGA be cause it teaches me leader ship and inspires creativity for pep rallies and student DEATH Continued from Al suffering from this virus.” The death is the sixth in the eight-county health dis trict served by ARHS. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases in the eight-county region in creased to 165 on Monday, as Bertie County and Hert ford County reported new cases. Bertie is now reporting 48 cases, including 10 cas es at Bertie Correctional In stitution and three at Three Rivers Health & Rehabilita tion, a nursing home. Only 15 of Bertie’s cases are still active. Bertie has reported two COVID-19 deaths. WE LOVE YOU MOM! The STORAGE UNIT that you’ve always dreamed of! RENT BEFORE MAY 15th & get MAY’S RENT FREE! KJ all seasons self □^storage ^ th# W» ^ ^^ (%&. CALL US TODAY! 252-482-2019 j 1212 N. OAKUM ST, EDENTON www.allseasonsselfstorage.us functions.” A proud Pirate, Story ex tols the virtues of the county school system. “I can honestly say that I am completely satisfied with the education I have gotten from the Perquimans School System,” she said. Tire fishermen are good at math - same is true with this Pirate. “My favorite subject has always been math, most ly because I feel that it is my strongest subject,” Sto ry said. “My junior year I took AP Calculus with Mrs. (Kim) Tyson and the inten sity of the course is what made it so much fun.” Some of Story’s fondest memories of High School are the ones with her best friends and teammates. “Everyone knows how awesome the memory of a win is, but I also cherish that long bus ride to Ocracoke with the volleyball team and singing throwback songs super loud,” she said. “None of us had any talent but it didn’t matter because we were having fun.” They say water has mem ory - so does this child of Perquimans schools. “I love getting up early and walking the ALB walk every year with my team- mates and I love contem plating every year what character group we are go ing to be for character day on Spirit Week,” Story said. “I know it may be something everyone says but pep rally memories really are the best. Especially that one my freshman year when a class- mate ran across the field in his underpants and the boys dressed up like cheerlead ers to dance to a silly song.” Story has taken advan tage of the high school’s dual enrollment program Hertford County is re porting 44 cases, including 27 cases at Rivers Correc tional Institution, a private prison housing federal inmates. Only 20 of Hert ford’s cases are still active. The county has reported one COVID-19 death. Pasquotank County, whose case count did not increase from Sunday, is reporting 37 cases, only four of whifh are active. Pasquotank has reported one COVID-19 death. Nineteen of the cases in Pasquotank are prison inmates incarcerated at Pasquotank Correctional Institution. All 19 have re covered. Two others are cases reported on Saturday at Elizabeth City Health SUBMITTED PHOTO Rather than waste hours playing video games such as IVlinecraft while her senior year is on lockdown, Lizzy Story used her time wisely to go hunting, bag this turkey. with College of the Alber- marle. “With the exception of ad vanced placement calculus, the past two years all of my classes have been through College of the Albemarle. I love that Perquimans gives us that option,” she said. “An important aspect of a good education are con tinuous relationships and its easy for me to say that no matter if I’m learning through high school cours es or college courses, I am getting the support and en couragement that I need to continue to learn.” Not everything is sweet - quarantine all but killed se nior year for 120 Pirates, but Story transformed lemons into lemonade, or buckshot into a turkey dinner. “The stay-at-home thing has affected me but in a good way,” she said. “I have done a lot of things that I don’t normally do. For instance, I killed my first turkey during quarantine, have been fishing multiple times (more than ever), and found that I love to kayak. It is something about being on the water that is so calming. It’s a pain that such a thing could happen during my senior year, but I still have hope. Even if I don’t get prom or my senior walk I will still smile. I’ve learned how much I love people’s faces during quarantine. I don’t always get to talk to everyone in my school, but I’d do anything to see all of their faces again. I really do miss it.” Time Spent at the ‘Fish House’ Story works at Story’s Seafood which is a restau rant down Harvey Point Road in Hertford. Most of the time, Story is in control of the cash register and to- and Rehabilitation, a long- term care facility in Eliza beth City. Only one of those cases is currently active. Only 42 percent of cases in ARHS’ eight-county re gion remain active. The 165 cases in ARHS’ eight-county district don’t include 18 lab-confirmed cases in Dare County, which has its own health department. The county’s health agency reported two other positive tests for the virus on Friday. The agency said both new cases are family mem bers of an individual whose positive test was reported on April 30. The agency said the persons contract ed the virus through direct contact, not by community spread. Tm: QUIMANS EEKLY (USPS428-080) Published Each Thursday A publication of Adams Publishing Group Established 1934 111W. Market St., Hertford, NC 27944 Robin L. Quillon Publisher Miles Layton Editor Bev Alexander. Advertising Representative Phone 252-426-5728 ■ Fax 252-126-4625 Email: mlayton@ncweeklies.com Subscription Rate Home delivery. $35 + tax per year Information For subscription questions, delivery issues, classified ads, legal notices, and obituaries, please call Customer Care at 252-329-9505 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Perquimans Weekly, Hertford, NC 27944 go orders. However, there are also times when she is/ was the waitress. “No matter if I am wait- ressing or being the cashier, I am also always making sure the market is stocked for any customers that are looking to get some pounds of fish or shrimp,” she said. Story’s Seafood knows how to season its shrimp and fish - no doubt. But more than that, this family knows the water, so let’s talk about the water that domi nates the landscape around our neck of the woods. May be Google Billy Joel’s song “Downeaster Alexa” - much respect to the Story family who works with the rod and reel when trolling Atlantis. “We get up around 5 am. or so and try to get out on the water as soon as sun light hits,” Story said. “Ever since I was little I have been going on the boat with my mom and my two brothers to crab.” Story is a bay(woman) as is her heritage. “Now that I am older and my oldest brother has found his own career, I’ve had bigger responsibilities,” she said. “I drive the boat for my mom as she grabs and shakes the pots. This is not very fun when its windy because you want to get the pot in an easy position for my mom to grab. It’s not my favorite thing to do, but it’s needed and people love crabs in the summertime. It’s also my job to help my mom grade the crabs when we get them back to the fish house - what we call Story’s Seafood.” Shop Local Last word goes to the community support for Story’s Seafood during this damn quarantine - Bless your heart King Cooper (not a compliment). Shop local by getting your fish at Story’s -join the revolution! “I think the community has been very supportive during this time,” Story said. “I have not worked much since the pandemic went down, to give hours to the ones that need it most, but when I am there, I am glad to see familiar faces and new faces. I can’t wait until we get to open up the entire place again.” Miles Layton can be reached at mlayton© ncweeklies. com Dare County began a phased-in reopening of the county to 25,000 non-res ident property owners on Monday. The phased-in re opening will continue on Wednesday and Friday. Statewide, the number of COVID-19 cases rose to 11,848, an increase of more than 200 from Sunday. The number of deaths rose from 422 to 439. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in North Carolina rose to 498, an increase of 23 since Sunday. The N.C. Depart ment of Health and Human Services also reported an other 2,604 COVID-19 tests had been completed, rais ing the statewide total to 146,439. g ® ^ ^Ili® ^ * -i® 5 »L. ARNOLD CPA PC I 5 lip & Accounting & Tax Service £ I ^ CORPORATE & INDIVIDUAL TAX PREPARATION ■ 4 ^ BOOKKEEPING © gf PAYROLL PROCESSING 220 WINFALL BLVD, WINFALL (APPLE TREE MALL) @ 15] (252) 426-1040 • Fax: 1-866-254-2994 ^ H MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6pm •SATURDAY 9AM-12pm i www.richardarnoldcpa.com ■ ——
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