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THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2022
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Saturday Morning
Live market growing
in popularity
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Perquimans
7-8U all-stars
down Edenton in
tourney
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Ukrainian
children draw
raw reality of
Russian war
Gregorys donate $50K to softball field upgrades
Project at PCHS to include
new backstop, home dugout
From staff reports
Thanks to a new capital
campaign, the Lady Pirates
of Perquimans County High
School hope to have a new
home dugout and play in
front of a new backstop
when the 2023 softball sea
son opens next spring.
The Perquimans County
Schools Foundation an
nounced a $50,000 dona
tion by Jim and Stephanie
Gregory to the campaign on
Tuesday. The foundation is
hoping to raise at least an
other $50,000 to match the
Gregorys’ donation.
“We are thankful for the
generous donation from Mr.
and Mrs. Gregory and hope
ful about the challenge now
presented to our commu
nity,” Perquimans County
Schools Foundation Execu
tive Director Brenda Lassit
er said.
She said the foundation
is hopeful others will now
step forward and contribute
to the campaign.
“The reality is we need
the community, former
graduates, and alumni soft-
ball players to invest in our
students and schools,” she
said.
The Gregorys’ donation
to the softball field project
is being made in memory
of Jim Gregory’s parents,
Johnie W. and Ann M. Greg
ory, and also honors three
members of the 2020 Lady
Pirates team — Abby Todd,
Alli Copeland and Kayle
Knapp — who lost their se
nior season to the COVID-19
pandemic, the foundation
said in a press release.
“The three seniors led
their team to a 3-1 record
when schools across the
nation were shut down and
their season was abruptly
halted,” the release states.
A permanent sign doc
umenting the Gregorys’
contribution to Perquimans
County school athletics will
be erected once improve
ments to the softball field
are completed, the release
said.
Those improvements will
See SOFTBALL, A4
DAVID GOUGH/THE DAILY ADVANCE
Perquimans first baseman Lily Winslow prepares to
catch a softball as the Lady Pirates turn a double play
during a home game against Cape Hatteras in May.
The Perquimans Schools Foundation has received a
$50,000 donation to begin making improvements to
the Pirates’ softball field.
District 7 Champs
PERQUIMANS COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION PHOTO
The Perquimans County Recreation Department’s 2022 10U Softball All-Star team won the Tarheel League
District 7 All Star Tournament championship by defeating a Roanoke Valley all-star team 8-1 at the Godwin-
Coppage Recreation facility in Williamston on Saturday. The team will now play in the state tournament in
Smithfield starting Thursday, July 21.
Winfall’s water,
sewer finances
draw NC concern
Letter: LGC adds town
to Unit Assistance List
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
WINFALL — The state
of Winfall’s water and sew
er finances has spurred a
state agency to place the
town on a list of local gov-
: ernments in need of state
| vigilance and assistance.
In a June 29 letter to
Winfall officials, Sharon G.
Edmundson, deputy state
treasurer and director of
the State and Local Gov
ernment Finance Division,
informed town officials
that Winfall is included on
the 2022 Unit Assistance
List.
The list was prepared by
Local Government Com
mission staff based on au
dited financial data for the
fiscal year that ended June
30,2021.
Winfall is included on
the list, Edmundson told
town officials in the let
ter, “because we have
concerns regarding the
financial condition of the
(town’s) Water and/or Sew
er Fund.”
Winfall Mayor Fred
Yates read the letter at
Monday’s meeting of Win
fall Town Council.
“What she’s telling us is
we’ve been put on the list,”
Yates said.
Edmundson’s letter, a
See WINFALL, A4
Sheriff: Virginia
man drowned
White, new school board members take oath
Corprew, Winslow, White
also receive ethics training
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Newly elected members
of the Perquimans County
Board of Education took
the oath of office and re
ceived board member train
ing and orientation during a
See TRAINING, A4
PERQUIMANS COUNTY
SCHOOLS PHOTO
Perquimans County
Clerk of Superior
Court Todd Tilley
(right) administers
the oath of office
to newly elected
Board of Education
members (l-r)
Matt Winslow and
Kristy Corprew and
re-elected member
Anne White,
Thursday, July 7.
Whener drowned July 4 while
swimming near Snug Harbor
From staff reports
SNUG HARBOR — The
Perquimans County sher
iff has ruled a man’s death
on the Yeopim River near
Snug Harbor on July 4 an
accidental drowning.
Perquimans Sheriff
Shelby White identified the
man as Joshua Whener of
Norfolk, Virginia
Perquimans County
Emergency Services re
leased a few more details
about Whener’s drowning
last week.
According to an emer ¬
gency services press re
lease, the Perquimans 911
Center received multiple
calls at 12:44 p.m. about
a possible drowning near
Snug Harbor Community
Park located on Navajo
Trail.
White said Whener, who
was in his 40s, was less
than 100 yards from the
shore when he began to
struggle to stay afloat.
“That’s when others
tried to assist him to get
him to shore,” White said.
“Eventually the struggle
overcame him.”
First responders began
coordinating grid searches
See DROWNING, A4
Supply chain shortages, inflation affecting school meals
Commodity shortages, rising
costs concern Cullipher
BY JOHN FOLEY
Correspondent
Perquimans County
Schools Nutrition Supervi-
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sor Kimberly Cullipher has
her hands full keeping kids
fed — all 1,600 of them.
When school is in ses
sion, Cullipher oversees
the daily operations of all
school cafeterias in Per
quimans and is responsible
for adhering to the policies,
rules and regulations
set by the N.C. Divi
sion of Public Health,
2 the U.S. Department
of Agriculture and the
local school board.
You might say her
plate is full. That is if
she can get plates.
While
many
school dis
tricts use a
three-week
menu cy
cle, supply
chain dis
ruptions
are making
it more dif ¬
ficult to project which com
modities will be delivered
by contracted vendors, Cul
lipher said.
“We cannot get the most
basic of necessary items,”
she said. “Some of what
would typically be the most
simplest of items to get was
impossible. Pizza, bowls,
forks, spoons, trays, chick
en, beef, the list is absolute
ly unbelievable.”
Cullipher says if it wasn’t
for Jackson Wholesale,
there would have been days
during the recently ended
school year that the district
couldn’t have served meals
to students.
“If you are unable to. get
utensils, bowls, or some
thing to put the food in, you
See LUNCHES, A4
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Amanda
Wetherington,
a Perquimans
County
Schools
cafeteria staff
member,
prepares
taco salads
for a school
lunch during
the 2021-22
school year.