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Carolina Moon to
hold auditions for ‘A
Time to Remember’
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Jail probe:
Staff followed
rules after pris
oner collapsed
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3 Perquimans
rec teams win
titles, 4th finish
es 2nd
Pirates’ Thach selected by Giants in MLB Draft
Former 2-time championship MVP
hasn’t signed yet with MLB team
From staff reports
The San Francisco Giants se
lected former Pirate standout
Tarnier Thach with the final pick
of the 18th round, making him
the 556th overall selection in last
week’s 2022 M^jor League Base
ball Draft.
Pirates head coach Justin
Roberson told The Daily Ad
vance following the Giants’ se
lection of Thach that the former
Pirate had already turned down
offers that would have had him
drafted in earlier rounds. Thach
has not yet decided whether he
will sign with the Giants or stick
with his commitment to play
baseball at UNC-Wilmington
next spring.
Thach recently completed
his senior season with the Per
quimans High School baseball
program, leading the Pirates to a
second straight 1A NCHSAA state
title. He was named the most valu
able player in both state champi
onship series.
Thach was also named the 2022
1A state player of the year by the
North Carolina Baseball Coach
es Association after hitting for a
.478 batting average and slugging
12 home runs. He also compiled a
0.10 earned-run average, striking
out 139 hitters on his way to a 13-0
record as a pitcher.
After Perquimans defeated
Cherryville to win the state cham-
pionship on June 4, Thach began
playing with the Edenton Steam
ers, joining other college-aged
players in the wooden-bat sum
mer league.
As of last week, Thach was the
team leader in home runs with
six, runs batted in with 23, a .386
batting average and a .443 on-base
percentage.
THE DAILY ADVANCE
Tanner Thach, shown after connecting for a hit during Perquimans
High School’s win over J.H. Rose in March, was selected by the San
Francisco Giants in the 18th round of the Major League Baseball
draft last week.
A little summer help
Western NC firm
building vessels for
high-speed ferry
REGGIE PONDER/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY 1
Hertford interim Town Manager Janice Cole sits at a table in the conference room at Town Hall with summer
student interns (l-r) Riley Jakob and Bryant Bogel. Jakob, 19, is a rising senior at East Carolina University. Bogle,
16, is a rising junior at Perquimans County High School.
Interns pitch in at Hertford Town Hall
Jakob rising senior at ECU,
Bogle rising junior at PCHS
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
The town of Hertford has
benefited this summer from
the work of two student in
terns.
Bryant Bogle, 16, is a ris
ing junior at Perquimans
Comity High School, and
Riley Jakob, 19, is a rising
senior at East Carolina Uni ¬
Intern program sets stage for student
Barclift working at Carolina
Moon through new program
BY JOHN FOLEY
Correspondent
When Perquimans Coun
ty High School junior Der
ek Barclift decided to take
advantage of the Student
Summer Intern Course, he
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versity.
Bogle worked 20 hours
this summer, finishing his
internship on Monday. His
work focused on filing and
other general office activi
ties.
Jakob will continue
through Aug. 13. He has
been working in Hertford
two or three days a week
since the middle of June.
In addition, he does some
work online when he is not
in Hertford. The total intern
ship program is 330 hours.
had his eye primarily on the
$200 stipend he was to re
ceive through the program’s
federal grant funding.
Now he has his eye on the
stage.
Barclift, who finished his
junior year at PCHS last
spring, was recruited to in
tern at the Carolina Moon
Theater.
The timing was perfect
because the volunteer
theater company is
preparing to hold au-
2 ditions starting Friday
for its production of
“A Time to Remem
ber” this fall and the
See BARCLIFT, A4
Jakob explained that his
internship, which is fund
ed by the State Employees
Credit Union and operated
by ECU, focuses on 20 low-
wealth towns.
He said he has spent a lot
of time during his internship
editing and updating the
town’s website.
“I made it more visually
appealing,” said Jakob, who
is majoring in entrepreneur-
ship.
Jakob also has created an
Instagram account for the
JOHN FOLEY PHOTO
Derek Barclift (center left) and Kaylee Anderson (center
right) are shown after earning their first credentials
from Perquimans County High Schools’ new Student
Summer Intern Course.
town to use in promoting
activities such as the Friday
Night Stroll and Saturday
Morning Live downtown
flea market.
“It’s a different demo
graphic for the town,” Ja
kob said of those who are
reached through Instagram.
“A lot of his focus has
been on marketing,” added
interim Town Manager Jan
ice Cole of Jakob’s work
this summer.
See INTERNS, A4
Boats crossing sound to seat
30, travel up to 28 knots
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Fabrication and assem
bly of the first boat for the
Harbor Town high speed
ferry project was expected
to begin this week.
“We should be cutting
metal by the middle of next
week,” Nick Williams of
Smoky Mountain Jet Boats
said Friday.
The N.C. General As
sembly has set aside $5
million to built boats that
can provide high-speed fer
ry service on the Albemar
le Sound, offering tourists
access to the waterfront
towns of Elizabeth City,
Hertford, Edenton, Plym
outh and Columbia.
JOHN FOLEY PHOTO
The Trillium Mobile Integrated Care Unit, operated by
Port Health, is shown parked on Granby Street, adjacent
to the Perquimans County Recreational Department
Complex, in Hertford. The mobile clinic visits Hertford on
Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Port Health: Patients
using mobile clinic
Clinic seeing 10-25 patients
each Wednesday in Hertford
BY JOHN FOLEY
Correspondent
While many communities
across the country saw in
creases in substance abuse
during the pandemic, Perqui
mans County did not, says
an official with a regional
agency providing mental
health and substance abuse
services.
In fact, says Port Health
Outpatient Supervisor Gary
Stanley, the agency saw a
decrease in substance abuse
patients during COVID-19’s
peak.
“We all know that sub
stance use did not disappear
during that time,” Stanley
said. “However, for various
reasons' we saw a drop in
Williams said Rob Scho
field, a Florida-based ar
chitect with experience in
naval and aerospace engi
neering, is currently finish
ing up the vessel’s design.
The plans will be submit
ted to the U.S. Coast Guard
Marine Safety Center for
its review.
Williams said the design
that Schofield and Smoky
Mountain Jet Boats are
looking at for the Harbor
Town boats is a foil-assist
ed catamaran.
“Catamarans are very
stable and do very well
in rough conditions,” Wil
liams said.
Rough conditions, for
instance, like those that
can arise on the Albemarle
Sound.
“The Albemarle Sound
See FERRY, A4
new substance use patients.”
Even so, the mobile clinic
Port Health operates in Per
quimans in partnership with
Trillium Health Resources,
has provided a inqjor boost
to residents who need help
with mental health care and
substance abuse over the
past year and a half.
“We started mid-COVID,”
said Stanley. “We don’t have
a point of reference on the
unit’s ultimate success; how
ever, suffice it to say that it
did not take long for patients
and the local population to
learn of our presence. We
only have a 1.5-year mobile
unit footprint in Perquimans
so we continue to learn and
evolve.”
The mobile unit,
co-branded with Port and
'Mlium’s names and logos
See UNIT, A4