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THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2021
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Fire destroys mo
bile home on New
Hope Road
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Peacemaker:
Marine Patrol
Reflections
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Sheriff’s Of
fice set to take
over policing in
Hertford
Perquimans sweeps East Surry for state title
Pirates win 3rd baseball
title, first since 1963
BY MALCOLM SHIELDS
The Daily Advance
HOPE MILLS — During
the 2021 season, the Perqui
mans County High School
baseball team had devel
oped the ability to over
come adversity.
The Pirates needed to
overcome another dose of
adversity Sunday afternoon
in Game 2 of the North
Carolina High School Ath
letic Association Class 1A
State Championship series
against East Surry.
The Pirates overcame a
two-run deficit in the late in
nings as Perquimans defeat
ed East Surry 7-5 in Game
2 to win the best-of-three
game series two games to
zero and to secure the state
championship at South
View High School.
With a three-run lead,
the Pirates needed one last
stand in the bottom of the
seventh inning.
Perquimans, the desig
nated away team in Game 2,
brought in Tanner Thach as
a relief pitcher for a second
time in the game.
East Surry’s Folger Boaz
hit a single to center field to
score a runner from third
base to trim the deficit to 7-5
See PIRATES, A7
MALCOLM SHIELDS/THE
DAILY ADVANCE
Members of the
Perquimans County
High School baseball
team celebrate
after winning the
NCHSAA Class 1A
Baseball State
Championship series
against East Surry
on Sunday at South
View High School in
Hope Mills.
Filing starts
in Winfall,
Hertford
From staff reports
Filing for Town Council
seats in Hertford and Winfall is
slated to begin Friday.
Filing for two seats on the
Town Council in Hertford and
two on the Town Council in
Winfall will begin at noon on
July 2, according to Perquim
ans County Elections Director
Kathy Treiber.
Municipal elections in Hert
ford will be held Tuesday, Nov.
2.
The filing period for coun
cil seats in both towns ends at
5 p.m. on July 16.
Treiber noted that filing does
not begin until noon on Friday,
so any candidates who arrive
that morning will have to wait
until noon to file.
The seats currently held by 1
Frank Norman and Quentin
Jackson in Hertford and by I
Kenneth Rominger and Arnet- '
ta Ormond in Winfall will be on
the ballot in the election.
County launches
broadband
service survey
Results will be used to seek
grants to expand access
From staff reports
HERTFORD — Perquimans
County is launching a survey J
to find out which areas of the ,
county don’t have access to j
high-speed internet service.
County officials are urging
all residents and businesses to
take the broadband survey by
July 31.
“This survey is critical in help
ing Perquimans County identity
areas in the county that do not
have access to high-speed in
ternet,” County Manager Frank
Heath said in a press release.
“The information we get back
will help us determine the geo
graphic areas most in need.”
The survey results also will
allow the county to “work col
laboratively with internet ser- ;
vice providers to find solutions j
that can bring highspeed inter
net to these areas,” Heath said.
See BROADBAND, A2
Eye on Tokyo: Gardner is
top US Paralympic archer
Area native to lead US
team to Czech Republic
for trials
BY REGGIE PONDER
The Perquimans Weekly
Perquimans County
native Wendy Gardner
will be leading Team USA
archery when it travels to
the Czech Republic this
week to compete for a
spot in the world Paralym
pic Games.
Gardner, 47, suffered a
mqjor stroke during the
birth of a child two de
cades ago and since then
has not been able to use
one arm and has had lim
ited use of her legs.
Gardner spent most of
her childhood in Perqui
mans County. She later
moved to Chowan Coun
ty but graduated from
Perquimans County High
School.
She has risen to the
top of the field in archery
for people with physical
differences in just a year.
After trying unsuccessful
ly for years to find a form
of recreation that was
well-suited to her physi
cal challenges, she finally
found — and fell in love
with — archery last year.
“I do it because it’s fun,”
Gardner said. She said she
actually cheers for other
competitors during her
competitions.
Although she down
plays her competitiveness,
Gardner nonetheless shot
well enough during a three-
stage process of Paralym
pic trials to earn the top
spot on Team USA The
first two trials were held in
Florida and the third was in
Chula Vista, California
She left the second stage
tied for second but was in
first place after the Chula
Vista stage in early June.
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LOTTERY WINNER!
Hertford resident wins $100K in NC lottery
provide any details about
how Boyce plans to spend
her winnings.
According to the N.C.
Education Lottery, Caro-
lina Cash 5 drawings are I
held every night and the I
odds of winning one of
the game’s jackpots are 1
in 962,598.
Boyce purchased
winning Cash 5 jackpot
ticket in EC
From staff reports
A Hertford resident
has turned a set of family
birthdays into a $100,000
PHOTO COURTESY WENDY GARDNER/
Perquimans County native Wendy Gardner is shown taking aim during an
adaptive archery competition. Gardner will be leading Team USA archery when
it travels to the Czech Republic next week to compete for a spot in the world
Paralympic Games. Gardner, 47, suffered a major stroke during the birth of a
child two decades ago and since then has not been able to use one arm and
has had limited use of her legs. She says archery is well-suited to her physical
challenges. Below, Gardner and her husband, Gary, display a trophy she won.
Games will be held in To
kyo from Aug. 24 to Sept.
5.
Gardner, who now lives
in Wilson, gives a lot of
credit to her husband,
Gary, who has been able
to fabricate the equip
ment that enables her to
use one arm in shooting
and release the bow with
her teeth.
“This interested me be
cause I couldn’t use my
See GARDNER, A3
prize in the North Caroli
na Education Lottery.
Jennifer Boyce used
the birthdays when pur
chasing her ticket for Fri
day’s drawing in the Cash
5 jackpot, lottery officials
said Wednesday.
Boyce bought her
winning ticket from the
7-Eleven on Patrick Way
in Elizabeth City.
Boyce claimed her
prize at lottery head-
quarters in Raleigh on
Tuesday. After required
federal and state tax with
holdings, she took home
$70,752.
Lottery officials did not
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Dr. Turner
and Moore
give back
From staff reports
TURNER
A round-up of all
things Perquimans
County...
Perquimans Schools
Superintendent Tanya
Tiirner successfully de
fended her
disserta
tion and
earned her
Ed.D. from
Wingate
University.
Congrat
ulations!
Technically
we can call
Superin
tendent Turner, Dr. Turner,
but she’s best addressed as
Tanya. Since coming to lead
the charge in the Perqui
mans schools, academics
continue to improve and
sports teams have enjoyed
success.
In other news, meet
Perquimans County’s first
responders between 5 p.m.
and 7 p.m. Friday at the
county courthouse. Hot
dogs, chips and drinks will
be served.
Speaking of first re
sponders, technically
Thursday was the day
the Hertford Police
Department officially
disbanded. As our readers
are well aware, the town
will be paying $350,000
during fiscal year 2021-22
to the Perquimans Sheriffs
Department for public
safety. All the department’s
gear will be “gifted” to the
sheriffs department.
And well... Hertford is
not going to have Fourth
of July fireworks cele
bration. The reason why
is complicated, but it has
to do with availability of
fireworks from the dis
tributor due to COVID-19
uncertainty, government
contracts and more, so let’s
just leave at that. Edenton
is not having its fireworks
show either.
While we’re not certain
if other fireworks shows
are planned elsewhere, we
do know that Rocky Hock
Baptist Church has a good
show. The church’s Inde
pendence Day Celebration
is scheduled for Sunday,
July 4, with fireworks. The
show was so big one year
people could see and hear
the fireworks from Rocky
Hock.
Holy Trinity Episcopal
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