QUIMANS
"News from Next Door"
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020
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Pets available
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Agencies perform water
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PQ Schools to Receive CARES Act Funds
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
North Carolina General Assem
bly has allocated $500,000 from
the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
and Economic Security Act to
area school systems.
Allocation of the CARES Act
funds are based on a school sys
tem’s average daily enrollment.
School system’s that will be
receiving money include Bertie
($107,712), Camden ($97,08),
Chowan ($99,645), Perquimans
($82,529), Three Rivers Academy
($3,961), Tyrrell ($34,028), Wash
ington ($68,258) and The Pocosin
Innovative Center ($7,059).
“Perquimans is grateful for
the funds received. Several ar
eas have been identified where
these funds will be extremely
beneficial,” Superintendent Tanya
Turner said. “These areas include
transportation, child nutrition,
and technology.”
NC Representative Ed
See FUNDS, A3
Internet Issues Delay Article
Editor’s Note: Due to a
freaking internet collapse
at the worst possible point
during the Perquimans Week
ly’s Tuesday production cycle,
Monday’s Town Council story
will have to wait. Rest assured,
there were some interesting
matters discussed during the
4-hour meeting. Council dis
cussed CARES Act funds dis
bursements, the Tahoe, Toum
Clerk’s position among other
pressing matters.
5K Already
Cast Ballot
in District!
BY PAUL NIELSEN
For the Perquimans Weekly
Even with in-person one-
stop voting for the Nov. elec
tion set to begin on Thursday,
the number of voters in the re
gion deciding to avoid the poll
ing booth and instead mail in
their ballot continues to grow.
One-stop early voting starts
today (Thursday) and ends Oct.
31 at the Perquimans Board of
Elections office along with two
other sites: New Hope Ruri-
tan Building 2151 New Hope
Rd. and the Bethel Ruritan
Building, 392 Snug Harbor Rd.
Please see Perquimans Board
of Elections website for more
detailed schedule.
Worth noting, voters will
not be required to show photo
ID for elections held in 2020.
Federal and state courts have
temporarily blocked North
Carolina’s voter photo ID
requirement from taking ef
fect until further order of the
courts.
So far, more than 5,000 vot
ers in the 11 counties that make
up N.C. State Senate District 1
have already cast a ballot for
the general election.
The 11 counties in the dis
trict — Pasquotank, Currituck,
Chowan, Camden, Perquim
ans, Dare, Gates, Hertford,
Hyde, Tyrell and Washington
— saw a 24-percent overall
increase in absentee ballot re
quests in the last two weeks.
As of Oct. 8, 15,194 requests
have been received in the 11
counties and 5,330 voters have
already cast a ballot.
The increase in mail-in bal
loting, generally attributed to
concerns about stopping the
spread of COVID-19, is striking.
When incumbent state Sen.
Bob Steinburg, R-Chowan,
was first elected to the Senate
in 2018, a total of 1,279 voters
cast absentee ballots. In the
last presidential election in
2016 when District 1 encom
passed just eight counties
around 2,800 absentee ballots
were cast.
Statewide, 443,190 voters,
or 6 percent of all registered
voters, have already cast a bal
lot in the Nov. 3 election. Nine
percent of registered Dem
ocrats (228,740) in the state
have already voted compared
to 3.55 percent of registered
Republicans (77,423). Almost
See BALLOT, A3
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Teaching The TEACHERS
Above photo:
Perquimans
Beginning Teachers
working hard at
Teacher Talk to
learn engagement
strategies using
Thinking Maps with
Wayne Williams of
NC New Teacher
Support Program.
Focused on
supporting teachers
in their first three
years, NTSP
provides a myriad
of resources to help
teachers grow as
professionals. Left
photo: It’s not all
about chalkboards
or dry erase boards,
but computers these
days.
PHOTOS BY TANYA TURNER
Judge Stumps for 1st Senate District Seat
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON
For Perquimans Weekly
EDENTON'— Tess Judge, the
Dare Comity Democrat seeking
the state Senate seat in the 1st
District, believes education and
health care will be important is
sues for voters in next month’s
election.
The Kitty Hawk resident deliv
ered that message during an out
door meet-and-greet event with
area Democrats at the home of Su
san Inglis in Edenton on Sunday.
It was Judge’s first campaign
visit to the town her opponent in
the Nov. 3 election, state Sen. Bob
Steinburg, R-Chowan, calls home.
Judge has been to Edenton
many times, including to Inghs’
home, the Homestead, when it
was owned by Susan’s mother,
Frances Inglis.
“Years back, Brent Milton,
who was then director of Christ
Church in Elizabeth City, and I
came and met with Miss Frances
in that room over there one after
noon about Trinity Center,” Judge
said, referring to the residential
Episcopal summer camp. “We had
the most wonderful conversation
and honestly, I could have still
been talking. She was absolutely
just an incredible credible icon,
and I know you all know that as
well or better than I.”
During her remarks to support
ers, Judge said ensuring quality
education is essential to children’s
development.
“You know, the first 2,000 days
of a child’s life is the most import
ant,” she said. “We need to make
sure that we have the resources
See JUDGE, A3
Round-up
Holiday
Island and
Rotary
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
A round-up of all things
Perquimans County...
Sponsored by Historic
Hertford and the Town of Hert
ford, there will be a pumpkin
painting contest among other
activities between 11 a.m. and
2 p.m. Oct. 17 in downtown
Hertford.
Pumpkins and painting
supplies will be available per
person on a first-come first-
serve basis for children or you
may drop off your pumpkin on
Saturday. Prizes will be given
out to the winning artists from
various age groups.
View and vote on your
favorite pumpkin for each age
group at Perquimans Weekly
and/or Historic Hertford’s
Facebook page. Winners will
be announced at 5 p.m. Oct. 30.
Pumpkins will be on display
between Oct. 17 and Oct. 31.
Hertford Alive. Also, note the
event also features Unique
Catering by Jo Jo Parker, Keith
Rouse Band, Perquimans Arts
League chalk painting, tic tac
toe pumpkin, etc will be part
to the activities. The stores will
be open.
Soon-to-be former Perquim
ans County Tourism Director
Sharon Smith was hired
recently as Special Projects
Administrator at the Albemarle
Commission. Last Wednesday,
Oct. 7, Smith officially sub-
See ROUND-UP, A3
NICOLE
BOWMAN-
LAYTON/
CHOWAN
HERALD
Tess Judge,
Democratic
candidate for
state Senate
in the 1st
District (left),
speaks to
supporters
during a
meet-and-
greet event
at the home
of Susan
Inglis in
Edenton,
Sunday.