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A2 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY,THURSDAY, JUNE 25,2020 Quentin Jackson Charged with Obstructing Police BY MILES LAYTON Editor Hertford Town Coun cilman Quentin Jackson was arrested Saturday and charged with resisting, de laying, obstruction of a po lice officer, a misdemeanor offense. According to court docu ments, Jackson, 34, alleged ly attempted to interfere with Captain Gilbert Rodri guez, Hertford Police, as he was doing his duty Saturday while conducting a traffic stop. Jackson has not offered any comment. Inquiries were made late Monday with Town Hall to confirm and/or elaborate about other details not in cluded in the police report. As of Tuesday evening be fore press time, council has not responded. Jackson’s bond was set as a written promise with his court date scheduled for Sept. 16. May 17, Jackson was charged with a misde meanor offense of com municating threats when he allegedly threatened Sonya Thomas of Herford - allegedly telling her that he was going to beat her up and spit on her, according to court docu ments. His court date is sched uled for Aug. 12. Jackson is serving two years probation arising from a simple assault con viction last year. In December, Jackson spent a little over a week in jail following his guilty plea to assaulting a former town councilman Sid Eley by hit ting him in the face. Jackson served eight days in jail and he was or dered to serve two years of probation, required to attend anger management counseling and pay court costs and fees. The sentencing formu la was based in part upon Jackson’s prior arrest re cord that includes convic tions for simple assault and communicating threats. During court proceed ings, Jackson apologized to Eley, the 72-year-old former Hertford town councilor he punched in the face follow ing a work session on Oct. 1, 2018. Jackson also apol ogized to his colleagues on Town Council. AR PHOTO This photo shows the removal of a Confederate statue in Greenville, North Carolina, on Monday June 22, 2020. Part of the 27-foot monument to Confederate soldiers outside a courthouse in eastern North Carolina has been removed after local officials gave their approval last week. WNCT-TV reports crews on Monday removed the bronze statue that tops the monument outside the Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville. Obituaries Victor Francis Baker RUISLIP GARDENS, ENG - Victor Francis Baker, 85 of Ruislip Gardens, Middlesex England, passed away Thurs day, June 11, 2020 in his home. He was preceded in death by his wife of 20 years, Sandy Baker. Sur viving is his son Victor Gary Baker; three sis ters, Veronica Rountree and husband, Jesse of Belvidere, NC; Shelia Bushell of Gateshead, Scotland; Maureen Sul livan and husband, Mike of Bovingdon, England and several nieces and nephews. During his 68 visits to the Belvidere community to see his sister, Veronica and family, Victor was affiliated with the Up River Friends Meeting. While he was visiting, he enjoyed time spent outside as he was fascinated with snakes. Victor also loved his nieces, Kim, Kathy, and Sarah, and enjoyed tak ing family vacations with them. Often venturing to the Appalachia mountains. Victor was well-loved by his family and his new American friends. Often making friends every where he went. Funeral services will be held in England at a lat er date. Herman Hill HERTFORD - Herman Hill, CPO, US Navy Re tired, 94, of Hertford, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mr. Hill was born in Macon County, GA, on Au gust 18, 1925 and was the son of the late Frank and Alice Eathel Mott Hill. A retired Chief Petty Officer from the United States Navy, he was a veteran of both World War H in which he had served in the Pa cific Theatre, and the Vietnam War. For his service to the country and for his valor and courage he re ceived numerous decorations including the Purple Heart. During his years of living in Hertford he en joyed fellowship in Hertford Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Dennis Hill, and by a brother, Frederick Hill. Surviving are his wife of 71 years, Joyce Gools by Hill; a daughter, Bonnie Ann Holtzscheiter and husband, Ron, of Chesapeake, VA; two sons, Gary Hill and wife, Debra, of Norfolk, VA, and Donald Hill and wife, Marie, of Allen, TX; six grandchil dren, Robert and James Holtzscheiter, and Chris topher, Travis, Megan, and Melissa Hill; and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday, June 22nd, at 2:00 p.m. in the Miller & Van Essendelft Funer al Chapel, 1125 Harvey Point Road, Hertford, and were conducted by the Rev. Don Carter. Burial with military honors followed in Cedarwood Cem etery. Friends joined the family in the funeral home the hour prior to the services on Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to Hert ford Baptist Church, PO Box 34, Hertford, NC 27944. Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.millerfhc.com. Obituary Policy For information on suobituaries 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 interested in obituary information for The Perquimans Weekly. On weekends and holidays, email obits@apgenc.com. We do not accept notices by fax. Obituaries must be received, processed and approved by noon on Tuesday 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 in formation; and the name of the funeral home. COUNCIL Continued from Al to the proper Zoom channel. Monday’s meeting was important because a public hearing offered a citizens a chance to comment about the proposed budget for fis cal year 2020/21 that is slated for approval this week After much debate, coun cil opted to move forward with Monday’s meeting which was dominated by dis cussion about budget plan ning for King Street Park and a grant associated with the development of the water- front park. Jackson and Norman have long been supporters of improving King Street Park. They questioned why there wasn’t money in the budget for playground equipment - $80-$100K in funds they believed that council had set aside during budget plan ning. Mayor Pro Tern Ashley Hodges countered that be cause of a tight budget that is forecast to be more stressed because the forecast eco nomic effects associated with COVID-19, money for improving the park was not appropriated. However, if as the year goes by and the general fund’s bottom line becomes more clear, Hodges said, council may dip into these funds to pave the way for upgrades. He stressed that based on past discussion, council appears strongly committed to improving the park. “We have to balance bud get by statute. Changes will be made going forward,” Hodges said. Jackson countered that at least $50K has been set aside as matching funds needed to secure a $145K US Depart ment of Agriculture grant to develop the town’s water- front - if that grant is award ed to the town. He said that money was “lujacked” from funds he hoped would be set aside to improve the King Street Park. The town’s match - more than $50,000 - is to concen trate on developing a plan for the town itself —what to do with empty green space, reduce blighted housing, where parks and businesses should go. Jackson questioned how during the tough economic times ahead, would council be able to find that $50K Town Manager Pam Hur dle said these funds have been earmarked in the bud get to be in place if the grant is awarded. Jackson said when he found another way to secure $50K by changing the word ing associated with secur ing the grant before funding deadline, he called a special meeting for June 12. He chastised council because only he and Norman attend ed the meeting. Jackson then sought an swers about $6K raised from private donations to facili tate planning for waterfront development. This money was paid to Rivers and Associates to help write the grant applica tion. Jackson said because the money would be used to pursue development on behalf of the town, council should’ve been consulted as it meant this would set the stage for plans to come. Jackson said he is not play ing the “race card” but rather than just a “select” group of people, no one from various diverse constituencies from Wynne Court to King Street has been involved with the concept - particularly local businessman Tony Riddick, who might have opinions on such matters because of his expertise on property devel opment. Hodges countered that the purpose of the grant is to fund a master planning process which will include town hall discussions in ev ery community to ensure all residents can make their voices heard. When Norman brought out email exchanges Hodg es had with Mayor Earnell Brown that seemed to sug gest Hodges was making de cisions regarding the grant without council’s assent, Hodges clarified the emails’ intent as he explained the signatures and time con straints associated with fil ing the grant. “The strategy moving for ward, the plan is to finish things earlier so Council has time to see all the documents before they’re submitted,” he said. Meeting’s end, Norman praised all who assisted with Saturday’s Protest and His torical March through down- town Hertford. He praised Kim and Tim Brinn of Front Street for assisting citizens with census forms and/or voter registration. “We always welcome new patients.” COMFORT • QUALITY • EXPERIENCE 73 ® R.L. 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He was arrested Sunday night after he allegedly jumped a fence around the Three Presidents monu ment in Union Square and failed to return to the oth er side, police Chief Chip Hawley said in a news re lease. Two statues of Confed erate soldiers attached to the obelisk were pulled down by demonstrators Friday night, and the state’s governor subse quently ordered the re maining monuments be moved to protect public safety. By midday Satur day, crews had removed the monument to the Women of the Confedera cy and the figure of Henry Lawson Wyatt. James was in the Wake County jail on a $55,000 secured bond, the police statement said. A jail offi cial didn’t have informa tion late Monday about whether James had an at torney. At Gov. Roy Cooper’s direction, the state on Sunday started to remove a 75-foot (23 meter) obe lisk near the old 1840 Capitol building. The soldier standing atop the obelisk was taken down in the morning, but crews couldn’t remove the en tire monument. By Monday afternoon, the foundation remained intact with graffiti writ ten on it demanding the state “take it down.” Mes sages of “BLM (Black Lives Matter)” and “no justice, no peace” also were inscribed on it. The toppling and re moval of monuments to the Confederacy come across North Carolina and the country amid protests against racism and incidents of police brutality and the deaths of African Americans in encounters with law en forcement. In eastern North Car olina outside the Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville, crews re moved a bronze 27-foot (8-meter) Confederate statue early Monday. It took more than five hours for a crane to lift the statue off its pedestal. A county news release said the pedestal would be taken away later. The city of Salisbury announced Monday after noon that its local chap ter of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy signed an agreement pro viding for the relocation of the “Fame” Confeder ate statue. Law Enforcement Log Perquimans County Sheriff’s Office arrests between June 12 and June 18: ■ Ronnie Spence of Edenton was arrested June 12 and charged with driving with license revoked and possession of drugs. Bond was a written promise. ■ Steven Bass of East Inlet Cir cle, Hertford, was arrested June 18 and charged with possession of a fictitious registration plate and possession of stolen proper ty. Bond was $1,500 secured. ■ Grandy Dunbar of Elizabeth City was arrested June 18 and charged with fictitious registra tion plate, driving while license revoked and misuse of 911 system. Bond was set at $3,000 secured. (USPS428-080) Published Each Thursday A publication of Adams Publishing Group Established 1934 111 W. Market St., Hertford, NC 27944 Robin L. 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