QUIMANS
EEKLY
"News from Next Door”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 $1.00
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Oct. 24 is World Polio
Day.
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Hertford Town Council
tackles issues
PAGE B5
Recipes for pumpkin
waffles and hints for eating
more nuts and seeds.
Moore and Hurdle to Lead Foundation
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Perquimans County Schools
Foundation, Inc. (PCSF, Inc.) re
cently elected its President and
Vice President for 2020-2021.
Congratulations goes to Antoine
Moore as president and Dina Hur
dle as vice President
Moore is a 2003 graduate of
Perquimans High School and 2007
graduate of NC State University
where he earned a degree in Agri-
cultural Communications and Ag
ricultural Business Management.
“Mr. Moore has been active on
the Board, providing leadership as
President and serving on the schol
arship selection committee for a
number of years,” Foundation Ex ¬
ecutive Director Brenda Lassiter
said.
Hurdle is a 1974 graduate of Per
quimans High School. She contin
ued her education at College of the
Albemarle and earned a Business
Administration Degree in 1976.
“Dina has been on the Founda
tion Board for six years and is ac
tive, visible and well-known and
respected throughout our com
munity. She has been an asset as
a Board Member throughout her
tenure, volunteering annually at
the golf tournament and on the
scholarship selection committee,”
Lassiter said.
In addition to the election of
See FOUNDATION, A2
HURDLE
MOORE
Murphy
Makes
Case for
Re-Election
BY DEBORAH GRIFFIN
For the Perquimans Weekly
The doctor who is seek
ing re-election to the 3rd
Congressional District next
month said he will focus his
energy on the health of the
nation if he makes it back to
the House.
U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy,
a urologist and surgeon, is
vying for his first full term
in the seat he
^won after
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VOTE the death of
■ longtime Con
gressman Wal-
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navy veteran
MURPHY
The Republican from Green
ville faces a challenge from
Democrat Daryl Farrow, a
and business
man from
Trenton.
The 3rd
District in
cludes parts
of Green
ville and
Pitt County
and 16 oth
er counties
from Jack
sonville to
the Virginia border. Repeat
ed attempts to reach Far
row by phone and through
Democratic party contacts
for this story were not suc
cessful. Election Day is Nov.
3; early voting starts today.
Murphy, also a member of
the East Carolina University
School of Medicine faculty
and a former Chief of Staff
of Vidant Medical Center in
Greenville, said he still prac
tices medicine a couple of
days a month.
“Given my unique position
as a physician in the U.S.
Congress, I’ve been very ac
tive in trying to help with the
response to the COVID-19
pandemic and the recov
ery of our nation,” Murphy
said during a telephone in
terview in September. “The
health of the nation and the
health of the economy are
very closely intertwined. I
have a unique perspective
being able to help move the
needle on both of those as
our nation tries to get back
to some sense of normalcy.”
He is working to bring
more jobs to eastern North
Carolina and is interested
in keeping cities safe, he
See MURPHY, A2
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Eye on Perquimans Winners Announced
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Rotary Club of
Hertford’s Eye on Perqui
mans photo contest was
a smashing success.
This event raised
over $2,000 for the club’s
scholarship program for
Perquimans County stu
dents.
Photographers took
selfies near and far to
highlight various vistas
and folks.
Rotary would like
to congratulate Mike
Gardner, the winner of
our first place prize of a
vacation at a Wyndham
Resort. Contest had
two student winners;
Cheneyaah Pettaway
and Emma Nixon.
Rotary would also like
to congratulate Glenn
White for submitting the
best picture at the New
bold-White House. The
selection committee for
best picture consisted
of Anna Robertson from
the Perquimans Arts
League, Katrina Mann
from the Chamber of
Commerce, Dave Goss
and Sandy Stevenson
from the Rotary Club of
Hertford.
There were many
excellent and creative
selfie photos submitted
so we also honored six
runners-up winners; Bill
& Marla Schribner at Riv
erside; Brenda Hollow
ell-White at Landsend;
Dan Macaman at the
Carolina Moon Theater;
Janet Benton & friends at
the Hertford Boat Ramp;
Karen & Mike Throck
morton at the pier at
Rotary Park; and Sandy
d’emery at Marina Park
at Albemarle Plantation.
Rotary would like to
thank all the participants
for visiting the sites and
submitting selfie photos
See WINNERS, A3
Area School Districts to Get $500K in CARES Funding
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
EDENTON — Six area school
districts and'two public charter
schools will split $500,000 in Coro
navirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security Act funding allocated by
the N.C. General Assembly.
State Rep. Ed Goodwin,
R-Chowan, held a press confer
ence Thursday with officials from
the districts and schools to an
nounce the $500,000 CARES allo
cation. Most said they plan to use
the funding to expand access for
students to broadband internet
service.
The districts receiving CARES
Act funding include Bertie Coun
ty Schools, $107,712; Camden
County Schools, $98,702; Eden ¬
PHOTO BY GLENN WHITE
Glenn White at Newbold-White House; Best Picture of Newbold-White House.
ton-Chowan Schools, $99,645;
Perquimans County Schools,
$82,529; Washington County
Schools, $68,258; and the Tyrrell
County Schools, $34,028.
Also receiving CARES funding
are two charter schools: Three
Rivers Academy in Bertie, $3,961;
and The Pocosin Innovative Cen
ter, $7,059.
The allocations were based on
each district’s or school’s average
daily enrollment.
“This money ... is a significant
appropriation for our schools and
the students,” Goodwin said. “Ear
marked for nutrition, technology
and transportation, tins funding
will be a significant impact for
See CARES, A2
PHOTO BY MIKE
GARDNER
Rotary Club
of Hertford’s
Eye on
Perquimans
photo
contest first
place winner
is Mike
Gardner.
Mike and
Mary
Gardner
won the
vacation at
a Wyndham
Resort.
PHOTO BY MILES LAYTON
State Rep. Ed Goodwin, R-Chowan, (left) presents Perquimans
County Schools Superintendent Tanya Turner a check for $83,711
in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funding in
Edenton, Thursday.
Round-up
Judge Cole,
Power Outage
Scheduled
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
A round-up of all things Perqui
mans County...
. Known for his signature
bow ties and cowboy boots Supe
rior Court Judge J.C. Cole has
announced that he is retiring at the
end of March (mandatory retire
ment due to age) in 2021. He could
come out sooner, but there is no
plan of doing that yet
Cole was honored recently in
Perquimans County Court because
that was probably tire last time he
will hold court there.
A Hertford resident, Cole, a veter
an district court judge for the First
Judicial District, was appointed to
the Superior Court in 2009 by Gov.
Beverly Perdue. He was reflected
in 2010 to serve an eight-year term.
He was reelected in 2018 also.
Having earned his undergraduate
degree from Livingstone College,
he received his master’s degree in
criminal justice from North Carolina
Central University and his J.D. from
the North Carolina Central Uni
versity School of Law. His masters
degree is from Long Island Univer-
sityinNY.
And he’s married to Janice
McKenzie Cole, herself a retired
District Court Judge and U.S.
Attorney.
In other news, please note that
there will be a power outage
between 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct 24
See ROUND UP, A3
Love the bow tie! Superior Court
Judge J.C. Cole announced that
he plans to retire in March 2021.