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B4 THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19,2023- From the Front Page Podcasts great way to learn when you’re too busy to read D uring the work week, finding time to sit down and read a good book is hard. Between chores, work, cooking and oth er daily tasks, it is hard to find a moment to see what happens on the next page. Usually, there might be that 30 minutes just before bed to read a few chapters, but sometimes you might be exhausted and want to sleep. Reading, at least for me, is something I can do on the weekend and maybe in the evening before I go to bed. This sort of schedule, unfortunately, does not allow you to achieve that New Year’s resolution of reading over 100 books. Also, at least for me, I need to keep my mind active and constantly have something to contemplate. Growing up, I was taught that I should learn at least one new thing daily. It could be as complex as something in philosophy or a scientific concept JARED or as simple as a JACAVONE random trivia fact or skill. When I sat down to look at my daily schedule, I discovered areas where I could try and learn something, despite how full it can sometimes be. My daily commute offered about 45 minutes of down time where I was driving and maybe listening to the radio. Every other day I cook, which is about one or two hours where I can easily multitask. These and other moments throughout the day allow me to continue my reading. The solution was audiobooks. Using my smartphone, I can quickly peruse the online e-book and audiobook collection that all Pettigrew Region al Library patrons can access. Now that Overdrive has merged with Libby, I only have to download the Libby app to access thousands of titles you can either read or listen to. If you want to access the collec tion, you must download the Libby app, select “Pettigrew Regional Libraries,” and use your library card number (the last five digits of the number). Right now, I am working my way through Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton. If I don’t want to get deep into a book and want something relative ly brief or episodic, I turn to pod casts. Most podcasts are free, and you can download them to your smartphone through an app such as Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Buzzsprout, Google Play, Stitcher and countless others. As a huge history nerd, I love lis tening to history podcasts such as Mike Duncan’s “Revolutions,” Mike Corradi’s “A History of Italy,” Jamie Jeffers’ “British History” podcast, Laszlo Montgomery’s “China Histo ry” podcast and I just started “The History of Byzantium” podcast. If I’m in the mood for some good storytelling, I usually listen to “LeVar Burton Reads.” As a fan of science fiction and stories that mix genres such as fantasy and horror, Burton reads some of the latest short stories out there that experiment with writing. I often find new authors in his episodes that I would never typical ly consider reading. The possible choices of educationally oriented podcasts are limitless and I find the diversity of subjects ensures that I learn at least one new thing daily. If you want to fill up those hours with some knowledge or casual reading, give audiobooks and podcasts a try! If you need help getting set up, swing by the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library, and we can help you get started. Have a great week, and we hope to see you at the library! Jared Jacavone is Librarian at the Shepard-Pruden Library. PROTEST Continued from Bl where they discussed strat egies for approaching the school board and govern ment officials “to integrate the schools in a way that was not racially infused.” Throughout the South, whites persistently fought against school desegregation, sometimes violently. “The depth of white resistance to sending their children to his torically black schools was also reflected in the flames of the dozens of these schools that were put to the torch as desegregation approached,” Cecelski wrote. And when it happened, desegregation was a one- way street: Surviving former Black schools were almost always shuttered; Black and Native American teachers and principals were fired en masse; Black and Native American students were sent to white schools; and only white teaching styles and school cultures were pre served. An entire generation of Black principals was “elimi nated,” Cecelski wrote. And North Carolina was second only to Texas in the number of Black teachers who lost their jobs. “By 1966 and 1967, few black communities failed to raise objections to school closings and teacher dis placement,” he wrote. But while other communities in the state had protested, “one of the strongest and most successful protests, the first to draw national attention to the problem, occurred in one of the South’s most remote and least populated corm- ties.” Hyde County’s community of people of color didn’t want to sacrifice everything for integration. They organized and they committed fully for the long haul. The meetings centered on “how to successfully in tegrate the schools so that the people of color don’t feel like they’ve lost all of then- traditions and their cultures ... and how Caucasians don’t feel this is a bad thing and that they’re losing as well,” Brown explained. Mackey was involved with the “Star of Zion Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ,” which his father had helped found. As Cecel- ski’s book notes, the church community was intimately involved in not only the or ganizing and sustaining the peaceful protests, but also in supporting the children’s education while they were out of school. The protesters prevailed despite enormous challeng es. “White politicians in North Carolina opposed school integration with the same conviction as then- counterparts in other south ern states, and with more acumen,” Cecelski wrote. “In the spring of 1955, the General Assembly resolved that The mixing of the races in the public schools... can not be accomplished and should not be attempted.’” To that end, state politi cians “engineered a series of legal and administrative barriers to school integration that, although very effective, did not appear openly to defy the Supreme Court.” The Pupil Assignment Act and the Pearsall Plan were two such measures. They shielded the local education boards from potential law- suits, allowing North Caroli na to avoid school desegrega tion for more than a decade after Brown v. Board of Edu cation — “longer than many school districts in the Deep South and Virginia where militant resistance to school desegregation Irad occurred,” Cecelski wrote. And by fall 1967, Hyde County was an outlier in the state, with just thr-ee Black students attending classes with white students — the lowest biracial school enroll ment in the state. Not only was white re sistance to integration con stant, but Black students felt uncomfortable in the white schools. They missed then- Black teachers and princi pals who had served as “their most important role models and counselors,” and they missed the high expectations and family-like school atmo sphere they were used to, Ce celski wrote. After years of protests, ne gotiations and federal pres sure, as Cecelski wrote, by the end of the 1969-70 school year, Hyde County officials agreed to keep both the Black schools, O.A Peay and Davis, open. That alone was a remark- able victory in the South, but there were more. Among other agreements, officials decided to keep both the Black schools’ principals; preserve the teachers’ jobs; hire a Black assistant princi pal at the historically white Mattamuskeet School; start an African American history class; keep former educator and principal O.A. Peay’s name on that school; and al low use of all three of those schools for the Founder’s Day and the Homecoming celebrations that had played a big role in Black school and community culture for years. “These were, in the end, the ultimate successes of the Hyde Comity school boy cott,” Cecelski said. This story was reprint ed with permission from CoastalReview. org. TRAFFICKING Continued from Bl “Our goal is to develop an architectural model for web-based technologies that can be used in the fu ture,” he continued. “We hope to combine artificial intelligence and algorithms since a majority of sex trafficking exchanges be gin online through internet exchanges and on the dark web.” The information can be provided to police, who can conduct their own in vestigation to determine whether actual evidence of HAYES Continued from Bl central park right across the bridge,” Dixon said. The main house at Hayes Farm is still currently oc cupied by the Wood family. It will be off limits to the public until the family com pletes its move, Dixon said. But the public can walk around the property and down the old Norfolk and Southern railroad track now, he said. When officials an nounced in 2021 that the state intended to purchase the Hayes Farm, they said COVID Continued from Bl low, medium or high. In high risk counties, residents are encouraged to wear a suit able mask or face covering while indoors in the public. People who have health conditions that put them at greater risk if they con tract COVID-19 should stay away from non-essential indoor public events where sex trafficking exists, ac cording to Das. The two-year project is set to run through June 2024. Das said sex trafficking can involve people being smuggled into the United States from other corm- tries, but it also occurs within the country itself. People are also taken from one state to another in sex trafficking, he said. A couple of computer industry professionals also are assisting with the re search, according to Das. The research could be just the tip of an iceberg. Das currently is work- the property eventually would provide space for Edenton residents to walk, run, hike, kayak and swim. That is still the intention, of ficials said. Hayes is frequently the focal point of discussions about recreation during town council meetings, as councilors discuss how best to incorporate its near ly 200 acres of land into Edenton’s existing recre ation network. Recreation will not be the only thing featured at the estate, however. Historical, cultural and horticulture opportunities will abound as well. Volunteer Master exposure to the respiratory virus is increased. The CDC also recommends people in high risk communities to remain current on their COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters and to get tested if they have symptoms. In all three risk levels, the CDC recommends residents remain current on their COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters. According to the center, the number of Pasquotank ing on an application for an even larger grant that would involve both ECSU and FSU. Das said there are web- sites that are basically fronts for sex trafficking operations. In addition, sex traffickers also oper ate within the framework of otherwise legitimate websites, including some online dating sites. There are thousands of sites online that sex traf fickers use to further their operations, Das said. Das said the research can have practical results helping keep people safe. “The potential social im- Gardeners led by Marilyn Rutland have been seen working around the farm readying its gardens in an ticipation of public access. Robert Leath, executive director of the Edenton His torical Commission, said a formal announcement about the sale and the fu ture of Hayes will soon be forthcoming from both the state and town. For now, “a few weeks of intensive plan ning” on how best to pre serve and maintain Hayes will get underway. “We’re very excited about the potential of Hayes and what this means for Eden ton,” Leath said. residents who have re ceived at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine is 32,377, or 81.3% of the total popula tion. In Perquimans, 67.8% or the total population — or 9,134 residents — have re ceived at least one dose. In Currituck those numbers are 24,238 residents, or 87.3% or the total population; in Chowan, 11,175 residents or 80.1% and in Gates, 8,123 res idents, or 70.3% of the coun ty’s total population. pact of this technology is great — it will save lives, especially young girls and boys who are often the targets of sex traffick ers,” Das said. “This could 25-Month 4.50 Battle rising inflation with a competitive rate that beats the BIG banks! Earn more on your money at ABNB Limited time offer. Open today! Visit ABNB fcu.org have a powerful influence on our society and shape future research that can be used to assist other agencies, such as law en forcement training center, border protection, immi gration, and security, and solve other challenges that affect the health, safety and well-being of our com munities.” STEINBURG Continued from Bl stops with them.” Hollowell praised state Rep. Ed Goodwin, R-Chow- an, and state Sen. Norm Sanderson, R-Pamlico, both of whom currently represent Chowan County in Raleigh. Commissioner Alex Ke- hayes said the board should consider the proposed Steinburg lobbying contract in closed session with the county attorney. The board later tabled discussion of the proposed contract until last week’s meeting. Kirby asked for a motion at the meeting to approve or reject the contract with Stancil and Steinburg. No commissioner made a mo tion to act on the issue. “Hearing (no motion), the issue is closed,” Kirby said, moving on with the agenda. Stancil, who attended the meeting, made no comment and left the meeting shortly afterward. 'APY - Annual Percentage Yield. Dividend rare and APY accurate as of 1/4/23.1 united time offer can be withdrawn ar any time Consumer accounts only. Minimum $ 1,000 to open.°enalties for early withdrawal of certificates may apply to all certificates at 15‘days times original term of dividends • on amount withdrawn. 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