Shores at Lands End CERT Gets AARP Grant
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Perquimans County is the
proud host of three state recog
nized Community Emergency Re
sponse Teams.
These volunteer teams train
and work within their community,
throughout Perquimans County,
and at times can be called on to
help in other areas throughout the
state.
CERT training includes both
classroom and hands-on skills
that include basic disaster re
sponse skills such as: fire safety,
basic medical care, light search
and rescue, and basic damage as
sessment.
The newest team is the Shores
at Lands End CERT, which has
approximately 26 members and is
comprised of four different com
munities located on a peninsula
surrounded by water.
Deep in the Durant’s Neck
community, these neighborhoods
have one road that leads in and
out, which could pose a challenge
if a major disaster were to occur.
See CERT, A3
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Perquimans’ Shores at Lands End Community Emergency Response Team serves on the front line
of any disaster response. Group was recently awarded a $6,000 so that each CERT member has an
individual backpack that has personal safety and first aid equipment along with smaller tools.
Judge Cole
Retiring on
March 31
Judge recommends to Cooper
Reid succeed him on bench
BY REGGIE PONDER
For the Perquimans Weekly
Judge J.C. Cole banged the
gavel Thursday for the last time
— at least for a while.
Cole is retiring March 31, but
he said Thursday had been the
last day he was scheduled to
hold court.
“I’m going to relax for a little
while,” Cole said Friday.
He’s thinking about doing
some work in mediation, arbi
tration and dispute resolution
after taking a little time off, he
said. And after 90 days from
his retirement day he will be
eligible to be called back for
emergency duty as a judge, he
explained.
Cole said he plans to do
some emergency work if asked.
He said it’s likely to be needed
because of the current backlog
in cases that mounted due to
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cole said he will miss serving
as ajudge.
‘This past July was 26 years
for me,” he said. “I enjoyed
working, handling cases, try
ing to make a difference in the
system,” Cole said. “I’m sure I’ll
miss it.”
Cole has served on the Su
perior Court bench since 2009
and was a District Court judge
before that.
He said he always focused
See COLE, A2
REGGIE PONDER/THE DAILY ADVANCE
Superior Court Judge J.C. Cole
stands by the bench in the
courtroom at the Perquimans
County Courthouse in
Hertford, Friday.
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Perquimans County volunteer Paula Cartwright takes a moment to deliver a meal and bring a smile
to William Williams.
Meals on Wheels Serves
Food and Compassion
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Meals on Wheels is an essential
program that feeds thousands of
people across eastern North Car
olina.
The program is intended to help
keep seniors in their homes for as
long as safely possible through nu
tritious meals, supportive services
and daily human connection.
The Albemarle Commission
Senior Nutrition program offers
home delivery of meals (Meals
on Wheels) to approximately 500
clients in a 10 county service area
that includes Camden, Chowan,
Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde,
Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell
See MEALS, A2
Editor’s
Note: Please
congratulate
these Perquim
ans Schools’ stu
dents for their
academic high
achievement.
Perquimans Volunteer Debbie Pfenning brings a meal to Mattie
Whitehurst.
Perquimans County Schools HONOR ROLLS
Hertford Grammar
School Honor Roll
PCMS Honor RoU
2020-21 A/AB Honor RoU
Quarter Three
Grade 3
2020-21 A/AB Honor RoU
Quarter Three
6th Grade
A Honor RoU
Principal’s List
Kamarien Coulter, Carson Diamond,
Colton Dick ¬
TaNiyah Brothers, Emily
son, William
Howell, Bran
don Hughes,
Gavin Jones,
Noah Miller,
Ryan More
land, Olivia
Ross, Emily
Russell
AB Honor
RoU
Coppersmith,
Za’erha Gor
don, Brenden
Graham, Ma-
halia Hodges,
Scarlet Hoop
er, Eleanor
Howell, Kelvin
Linton, Landon
Melton, Mason
Roberts, Brianna Ross, Cailyn
Keira Abu-Zahra, Farrah Adams, Au-
Stallings, Jason Vanscoy, Chloe
Ward, Dallas Williams, Nathaniel
See HGS, A3
See PCMS, A3
Round-up
Strawberry
and SBI
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
A round-up of all things
Perquimans County...
Perquimans Youth
Rally speaker will be retired
Major League baseball player
Darryl Strawberry. Speech
starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday,
May 5, at Piney Woods
Friends Meeting located
at 118 Piney Woods Road,
Belvidere. Outside event, so
bring a lawn chair. Bonus -
first 300 people get a hot dog
and a drink. Event is spon
sored by area businesses and
churches.
NC State Bureau of
Investigation has not made
any arrests as yet in the
ongoing probe of Town Hall.
SBI is investigating wheth
er Mayor Pro Tern Ashley
Hodges’ personal emails
were retrieved from a town
computer without his per
mission and then used by
another town councilor to
extort him.
In other news, Town of
Hertford has a new Face-
book page. See https://www.
facebook, com/officialtown-
ofhertfordnc
No word from Town Hall
as to explaining what hap
pened to the old page, but
perhaps the person, as yet
unnamed, who was running
the old page for the town
decided to delete that page
after a resolution was passed
earlier this month that gave
access to Councilman Jerry
See ROUND-UP, A3
PCHS Honor Roll
Honor RoU 20/21
3rd 9 Weeks (Q3)
9th Grade
A Honor RoU
Kaylee Anderson, Morgan Baccus,
Laura Bohn, Daven Brabble, Dawson
Brickhouse, Kyle
Cavana ¬
ugh, Cas
sie Hurdle,
Vivien Lane,
Shavoris
Lewis Jr.,
Dakota
Mayo, Jus
tin Richard ¬
son, Bristyl
Riddick, Holly Riddick, Collin Rob
erts, Ashleigh Russell. Hailey Scott,
Breanne Shepherd, Kenley Stallings,
See PCHS, A3