THE
QUIMANS
EEKLY
“News from Next Door^
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2020
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Rep. Goodwin Seeks Funds to Save S-Bridge
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
NC Representative Ed Good
win, R-Chowan, is pursuing state
funding to keep the old S-Bridge
from being taken apart and sold
for scrap after the new bridge is
completed.
Goodwin said McLean Con
tracting of Chesapeake, Va, the
firm awarded the contract to build
the new bridge, owns the S-Bridge
structure, not the state. Company
may sell the bridge for scrap or
haul it away to be reassembled
somewhere else.
During the Hertford Town
Council meeting Nov. 9, council
approved a resolution endorsing
Goodwin’s efforts to pursue state
resources and financing for the
project among other related ef
forts to save the bridge.
“If we don’t do something,
they’re going to cut it up and sell it
for scrap,” Goodwin said. “My job
is to get you the money so you can
save the bridge so you can set it
up where you like it and develop
a tourist attraction or something
for town. I think it’s worth fighting
for.”
Goodwin said he’s spoken to
the state Department of Trans
portation as well as leaders in the
General Assembly. He said saving
the S-Bridge, long recognized as
GOODWIN
symbol of Hert
ford, would be a
big benefit to the
conununity - a
place for wed
dings, concerts,
festivals and
much more.
Allison Platt
of Rivers and As
sociates, a firm
working with Town Hall on a wa
terfront redevelopment project
has suggested two possible loca
tions perpendicular to the north
ern waterfront in Hertford that
town council and the new Water
front Advisory Board will consid
er along with citizens input.
Councilman Quentin Jackson
said the state promised to pay
for moving the old S-bridge, but
the state’s finances have changed
so that the DOT is facing tough
times much like Hertford. Jackson
spoke of the virtues of saving the
bridge and how he wants any relo
cation project to have input from
everyone.
Councilman Frank Norman
said he supports saving S-bridge,
however, he wants the Black
community to be involved in any
recommendation process made
by a committee charged with for
mulating plans to save the bridge.
He said once again, decisions are
being made and the whole com ¬
as _
munity is notjinvolved. J:
CouncilmaSl Jerry Majilitsch
added, “We ^ gant tQ save our
S-Bridge. I d^tj^ovRugrone in
town who dobAr^J” 4 ^
Mimlitsch jn^e tffi ^notion,
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proved by ISbrjiKg fS ®»®win to
pursue state Sm® Ira gegroject.
Goodwirn #ai® i£j fy®re, no
matter whig |id?oKlt&^ wants
to talk him abrSIt “Sh^ S^Bridge,
they just have to pick up the
phone. Citizens can contact Good
win with their support for him to
pursue funding at 919-733-0010 or
via email at Edward.Goodwin@
See S-BRIDGE, A2
Round-up
Geneva and
Hertfordshire
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
A round-up of all things
Perquimans County...
First up, Connie
Jaklic, a proud and passionate
Rotarian, has been appointed as
assistant district governor of re
gional Rotary. That means Jaklic
gets Secret Service protection,
a driver, maybe even the missile
codes, possibly a cot at Greenbri
er in the event of a nuclear emer
gency. But seriously, congrats
Connie, you’ll do a great job!
Next up, Perquimans HS se
niors Carly Elliott and Tiffany
Mathis are Rotary Club of Hert
ford’s Students of the Month.
Phillip McMullan and John
Ernst, co-authors and editors
of “A House in the Albemar
le,” will sign copies of their
book Saturday celebrating the
Newbold-White House, North
Carolina’s oldest brick home.
“A House in the Albemarle”
details the history of the 1730
Newbold-White House, which is
located at 151 Newbold-White
Road in Hertford.
Saturday’s book-signing will
be at the Newbold White House’s
visitor center from 10 am. to
3 p.m.
In other news, Geneva Britt
of Raleigh brightened my day
with this kind note:
First, I want to say how much
I eqjoy reading the Perquimans
Weekly when I visit my brother.
You have done an excellent job
and please stay a long time. Britt
signed up for a subscription to
the newspaper - thanks!
Perquimans County High
School volleyball and cross
country seasons have begun - so
maybe our newspaper can begin
to have asports page again.
See ROUND-UP, A3
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Rotary Provides Books to PCMS
STAFF REPORTS
Rotary Club of Hertford has do
nated books to the Perquimans
County Middle School.
“Reading is the key that opens
the most important doors. I would
like to thank our Rotary Club for
valuing the power of a book and
supporting PQ schools,” Principal
Laura Moreland said.
The book program has been
made possible through a Rotary
District Grant
For several years, Rotary has
used these funds to provide books
for Perquimans County School Li
braries.
The school media coordinators
choose and order the books. The
club puts Rotary book plates inside
the book and in non-Covid times,
the club has its weekly speakers
sign a book to be donated back to
the schools.
In the lower grades, the students
can check out and read a book and
then take a quiz about the book on
the computer. They can earn points
for a reward. This is to encourage
reading.
Many years these maybe the only
books the school library receives
- unless they raise funds through a
Book Fair.
With Covid, club members signed
names in remaining books and took
them to the school libraries.
But that’s not all Rotary has done
for the kids.
Club also used some funds to do
an additional District Grant for the
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Rotary Club of Hertford provided books to students at Perquimans
Middle School - one of the many things the group does for the
community. From L to R: Frank Jaklic, Winfield Boyer and Mike
Gardner, all of the Rotary Club of Hertford.
past four years to buy food for the
Hunger Heroes Program started by
the Ag teacher and her students as a
community service project
They send home food to students
that may be in need of food on days
when school breakfasts and lunch
es are not available.
Both of these projects require
hands on participation by Rotari
ans.
Rotary members label books, act
as mystery readers at the school,
shop for several hundred dollars
See ROTARY, A3
Whatever
Happened
To? Shirley
Wiggins Track
Editor’s Note: We’re going to
start a feature that we call “What
ever Happened To?" that will - at
tempt - to address any questions
about the community that our
readers submit to the newspaper.
Send questions or tips to mlay-
ton@ncweeklies. com
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
First question comes from Con
nie Brothers of Hertford: What
ever happened to the Perquimans
High School track
to be named for
Shirley Wig
gins?
A former long-
time Perquimans
County Commis
sioner, Wiggins
died in April 18,
2010.
Perquimans
Board of Educa
tion unanimously approved nam
ing the future track as the Ms.
Shirley Wiggings Track in April
2018.
Judie Hoffler proposed nam
ing the track in honor of Wiggins,
according to the minutes from the
Perquimans Board of Education
meeting dated March 26, 2018..
“Ms. Wiggins was an advocate
for children in our community,”
said Hoffler, a member of the Ath
letic Complex Design Committee.
“One of Ms. Wiggins passions was
to have a track for our children for
which she worked tirelessly and
diligently.”
Hoffler said that such a track
would not only encourage chil
dren of color, but children of all
races and bring them together to
create a mutual respect for one
another. She said it will help chil
dren to realize that Black people
have fought and are still fighting
for equality and goodwill among
all races.
A few years back, Dr. Billy
Nixon and Charles Ward donat
ed land and money for the football
See TRACK, A3
Steinburg Stands With Trump; Declares Election Rigged
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Like many voters who cast
their ballots for President Don
ald 'Dump across eastern North
Carolina, NC Senator Bob Stein
burg, R-Chowan, is skeptical as
to the election results.
Steinburg said there appears
to be a lot of voting irregulari
ties across the nation that cast a
shadow on the results declared
by a hostile mainstream media
which claims that Democrat
Joe Biden won the election long
before all the legal votes have
been counted.
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Steinburg spurs discussion about
election.
Newly elected to a second
term in the senate, Steinburg
has not shied away from posting
his opinions about the matter
on social media
To view what our readers
from across the region think
of these posts, see the Chowan
Herald’s Facebook page.
Steinburg’s followers on so-
See STEINBURG, A3
STEINBURG