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Throckmorton:
Cult leaders and
false prophets
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Perquimans
swim team
competes in its
first-ever state
meet
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Winslow
‘places first in
Daughters of
the American
Revolution essay
contest
Budd stops in Hertford during swing across region
GOP US Senate hopeful
touts Trump endorsement
BY REGGIE PONDER
AND PAUL NIELSEN
Staff Writers
U.S. Rep. Ted Budd,
R-N.C., told supporters in
Hertford Saturday that his
record of winning tough
elections makes him the best
candidate for Republicans to
place on the U.S. Senate bal
lot this November.
Budd, now in his third
term representing the
state’s 13th congressional
district, also touted his en
dorsement for the U.S. Sen
ate seat.by former President
Donald Trump, during other
campaign stops in Elizabeth
City, Currituck and Kitty
Hawk.
Budd faces former Gov.
Pat McCrory, former U.S.
Rep. Mark Walker, and polit
ical newcomer Marjorie East
man in the May 17 GOP pri
mary for the Senate seat. All
are vying to succeed U.S. Sen.
Richard Burr, R-N.C., who is
not seeking re-election.
Former State Supreme
Court Chief Justice Cheri
Beasley is the presumptive
Democratic nominee, so far
facing token opposition.
Budd was endorsed by
Trump last June, which
has provided a big boost
in name recognition and
campaign cash. Budd said
during his Elizabeth City
visit that he talks with
Trump but did not know if
Trump would visit the state
before the primary.
“Well, it certainly made
people pay attention and
then evaluate me,” Budd
said after greeting voters
at the Pier 17 restaurant in
Elizabeth City. “But I have
to be evaluated on my own
merits. That is why I tell
folks the Paul Harvey com
parison because they (vot
ers) want to know what the
rest of the story is.”
Last month, Budd’s cam
paign reported raising more
than $968,000 the final three
months of 2021. according
to a Federal Election Com
mission filing. McCrory
took in more than $748,000,
Eastman around $423,000
and Walker with $139,000.
Beasley reported raising
$2.1 million between Octo
ber and December.
See BUDD, A3
REGGIE PONDER/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
U.S. Senate candidate Ted Budd, a Republican
congressman representing North Carolina’s 13th
Congressional District, speaks to supporters at Capt.
Bob’s Restaurant in Hertford Saturday morning.
Congrats, Linda!
Longtime
employee
retires from
Woodard’s
Locals celebrate Bundy who
- worked at drugstore 46 years
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Employees and custom
ers of Woodard’s Pharmacy
celebrated Linda Bundy’s
retirement — and 46 years
of service behind the phar
macy counter — as she
worked her last day on the
job Friday.
Debbie Godfrey was one
of dozens of customers
who came, by on Bundy’s
last day to wish her well,
give her a hug and share
memories.
“Linda and I went to
school together and we
have been close friends all
this time,” Godfrey said.
“She is a great person
and she will definitely be
missed in this store — see
ing her smiling face behind
that counter.”
Cynthia Jennings said
she appreciated the care
Bundy has taken with cus
tomers.
“She has been here a long
time,” Jennings said. “She
will definitely be missed.
You can tell everybody
loved her. Just look at all
these flowers.”
PHOTOS BY REGGIE PONDER/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Longtime friend Debbie Godfrey (left) was among the customers who stopped by Woodard's Pharmacy in
Hertford on Friday to celebrate Linda Bundy (right) and wish her well in her retirement. Bundy worked at
Woodard's for 46 years; Friday was her last day of work at the local drug store.
Ricky Trueblood said
Bundy had been helping
him get his prescriptions
for a long time.
Bundy said she has en
joyed “my people” more than
any other part of the job.
“I have so many friends,”
she said. “That is what I am
going to miss the most. My
people is what I am going to
miss the most.”
Trueblood said the feel
ing would me mutual.
See BUNDY, A3
Customers
signed this
frameable
poster with
words of
appreciation
and love for
Linda Bundy on
her retirement
after 46 years
with Woodard’s
Pharmacy.
Election
post may
become
full-time
Elections board: Assistant
director should be full time
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Perquimans officials will
decide next month whether
to make the county’s part-
time assistant elections di
rector post a full-time job.
Perquimans Board of
Elections members Victo
ria Butler and Bobby Siller
made the case for the full-
time deputy director at last
week’s Board of Commis
sioners’ meeting.
Butler told commission
ers the elections boar d has
identified savings in the cur
rent budget that can cover
the cost of the position for
the remainder of the 2021-
22 budget year without the
need for additional funding
from the county.
County commissioners
said they will take up the
question of the new dep
uty director position for
the elections office at their
March meeting. The board’s
policy calls for waiting a
month on the decision be
cause of the projected im
pact on the 2022-23 county
budget.
Board member Bob
by Siller explained that
See ELECTIONS, A3
Former colleagues
remember Muzzulin
Resident has robot-assisted surgery at SAMC
Ex-Perquimans official died
at 77 on Jan. 31 in Colorado
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Ed Muzzulin is being re
membered for his advocacy
for public facility improve
ments, his assistance re
solving financial challenges
at the regional jail, and his
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work as ~a
negotia
tor on the
county’s
water con
tract with
Pasquotank
County.
Muzzulin,
who served
on the Per
quimans Board of Com
missioners from 2010 until
2019, died Jan. 31 in
Colorado, according
to his family. He was
2 77 -
Muzzulin’s health
had been declining
for the past two years
See MUZZULIN, A3
MAKOplasty robot used to
replace Hoeppner’s knee
From staff reports
A Hertford resident is
the first patient to under
go robotic-assisted knee
replacement surgery at
Sentara Albemarle Medical
Center in Elizabeth City.
Barie Hoeppner under
went the knee replacement
surgery with the assistance
of SAMC’s new MAKO
plasty robot on Feb. 3, ac
cording to a hospital press
release.
Dr. Scott Grabill, an
orthopedic surgeon with
Sentara Orthopedic and
Sports Medicine Special
ists, a division of Albemarle
Physician Services-Sentara,
PHOTO COURTESY SENTARA ALBEMARLE MEDICAL CENTER
Dr. Scott Grabill, an orthopedic surgeon with Sentara
Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Specialists, poses
with Barie Hoeppner, a Hertford resident on whom
Grabill recently performed knee replacement surgery
using the hospital’s new MAKOplasty robot.
performed the surgery.
According to the press
release, MAKOplasty uses
a CT scan before surgery to
create a 3D model specific
to each patient’s anatomy.
Surgeons then use the mod
el to develop a personalized
surgery plan.
“In the operating room,
surgeons control the
MAKO robot to precisely
position the joint implant,”
Sentara’s press release ex
plains. “The 3D model also
increases accuracy to save
more healthy bone and tis
sue.”
According to Sentara Al
bemarle, the robot-assisted
surgery offers a “more per
sonalized approach” that
may “lead to a better fitting
joint implant, which can re
sult in more natural feeling
and movement.”
Grabill, whose surgical
expertise includes hip and
knee procedures, said the
MAKO robot represents
“innovation in orthope
dic surgery that can (also)
lead to faster recovery” for
See SURGERY, A3