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Kadesh AME
Zion’s restoration
leaps forward with
$2.1 million state
earmark
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Habitat for
Humanity's
Finamore helping
families become
homeowners
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Perquimans
boys hand
Pasquotank its
first loss of the
season
Commissioner, school board races form as filing delayed
Jackson files for commission,
5 seeking 3 school board seats
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
A Hertford town councilor
leaving office this week after los
ing his re-election bid in Novem
ber has filed for an open seat on
the Perquimans County Board of
Commissioners.
Quentin Jackson filed last
week for one of the three seats
on the commission board. He
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joins incumbent
Commissioners
Fondella Leigh,
Alan Lennon and
Wallace Nelson,
who also have
filed.
Further filing
for the Perquim
ans commission
seats and all oth
er offices is temporarily delayed
due to a N.C. Supreme Court
ruling issued Wednesday, Dec. 8.
The court has delayed the March
8 primary to May 17 because of
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unresolved law-
suits over the
new maps GOP
lawmakers drew
for legislative
and congressio
nal districts.
No date for
when filing can
resume has been
set, but some
election officials believe it will be
either January or February.
Meanwhile, three other candi
dates have filed for three open
seats on the Perquimans Board of
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Education. Matt
Winslow, Dave
Silva, and Kristy
Corprew joined
incumbent board
member Anne
White and new-
comer Brenda
Huddleston who
previously filed
for the seats.
Incumbent board member Amy
Spaugh has already announced
she’s not seeking re-election to
her seat.
Jackson, who left office this
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week when new
Hertford town
councilors Con
nie Brothers and
Sandra Anderson
were sworn in,
declined to com
ment last week
when asked what
issues he was fo ¬
cusing on in his
bid for county commissioner.
Although Jackson’s tenure on
the Hertford Town Council has
See FILING, A3
Ready for rescue
PHOTOS BY REGGIE PONDER/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Council: Norman,
Jackson must
turn over devices
Capt. Greg Terranova stands near the helm of the Hertford Volunteer Frre Department’s rescue boat. The Hertford
VFD paid for the boat and its sophisticated electronics with funds raised through the department's annual
Sportsmen’s Raffle. Hertford VFD Chief Drew Woodward noted the rescue boat is a way to give back to the
community’s sportsmen who support the raffle so generously.
Town also won’t be spending
any money on parting gifts
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Hertford town council
ors have taken the rare step
of ordertag two councilors
leaving the board to turn in
their town-issued computers
and other devices.
Both Quentin Jackson
and Frank Norman were
ordered in a resolution ad
opted by their three fellow
councilors last week to turn
over the town’s property by
either ’fiiesday or Thursday
of this week.
Both men lost their bids
for re-election in the town’s
election last month
Actions mandated in the
resolution agreed to by May
or Earnell Brown and coun-
NORMAN
JACKSON
cilois Ash
ley Hodges
and Jerry
Mimlitsch
require:
• Jack-
son and
Norman
to return
their- Sur
face Pro,
iPad, and/
or Mac
Book Pro
comput
ers, cell
phones,
mobile
hotspot
devices,
numerous
peripher
als and accessories, facili
ty keys and key fobs, and
any other material items
See DEVICES, A9
Hertford VFD using high-tech rescue boat
Vessel equipped with radar,
FLIR system, side scan sonar
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Area hunters and fisher
men and other boaters now
have an added degree of safe
ty dtie to a high-tech rescue
boat acquired by the Hertford
Volunteer Fire Department
The boat and its equip
ment were paid for with
funds raised through the
department’s annual Sports
men’s Raffle. Hertford VFD
Chief Drew Woodward noted
the rescue boat is a way to
give back to the community’s
sportsmen who support the
raffle so generously.
The boat also is available
to respond in Pasquotank,
Chowan and other area coun
ties, Woodard said.
“This is not just for Perqui
mans County,” Woodard said.
“It could be for anywhere in
this area.” '
The boat can help with
search and rescue and can
respond if duck hunters, "The Hertford Volunteer Fire Department's rescue boat
is equipped with technology such as a forward looking
See BOAT, A3
infrared (FLIR) camera system and radar.
County teachers to
see large boost in
supplemental pay
$100M to help rural districts
pay competitive salaries
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Teachers in most area
counties will receive a
combined pay supple
ment of more than $5,000
thanks to a new $100
million fund lawmakers
included in the new state
budget approved last
month.
In Perquimans, the ad
ditional assistance would
average $3,583, raising a
teacher’s combined sup
plement — both local and
state — to $5,107.
According to Repub
lican lawmakers who
wrote the budget, the
supplemental assistance
See TEACHERS, A3
Seeds of Success steers youth toward bright future
New group sets up Unity Center in
Community Center for youth 9-17
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
A group of volunteers in Hertford
has formed a new youth group under
the banner of Seeds of Success and
is excited to see the seeds beginning
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to germinate and grow.
Youth from the group marched
and rode in this year’s Hertford
Christmas Parade.
“We have a dedicated group of
volunteers and can use much more
help,” said Hertford Mayor Earnell
Brown, who has been instrumental
in forming Seeds of Success.
According to the organization’s
mission statement, Seeds of Suc
cess intends “to plant the seeds of
success for building a strong inclu
sive community through initiatives
addressing education, athletics,
cultural awareness, selfesteem and
life skills that will build-up our youth
and strengthen their resilience while
fostering positive social-emotional
development”
The organization’s first project
was establishment of a Unity Center
in the Community Center at 305 W
Grubb Street
The Unity Center is for youth ages
9-17 and, according to the organiza
tion, designed to “provide a safe loca
tion” and programs offering tutoring,
accountability, social skills, mental
health, career readiness, finances,
role models, character and leader
ship development, recreation, and
health/wellness activities.
A “soft opening” was held at the
center Aug. 14. On Oct 30 there was
a Harvest Fest for kids featuring mu
sic, games, food — and of course,
costumes.
See SEEDS, A9
REGGIE PONDER/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Youth involved in Hertford’s Seeds of Success program ride and
march in the Hertford Christmas Parade on Dec. 4.