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Supply chain issues hold up signs' install at monument
Heath: Affixing signs to granite
slants to take 2 months
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
Perquimans County has
received interpretive signs
to be placed next to the
Confederate Monument on
the county courthouse lawn
but supply chain issues will
delay their installation for
another two months.
County Manager Frank
HEATH
Heath said
Monday
that the
signs put
ting the
monument
in histori
cal context
have ar
rived “but
have to be
affixed to granite slants.”
Heath said he’s been
told it will be between four
See MONUMENT, A3
Residents of Perquimans County unveiled this
monument to the Confederate dead in 912 The
of local Confederate soldiers who sacrificed their
lives in the Civil War. Due to the heavy Quaker
influence in the County, many Perquimans
residents opposed secession and others enlisted
in the Union Army. Consequently, the Union
victory in 1865 ended slavery and guaranteed a
lasting freedom for millions ot people.
Perquimans County is homa to one of the few
n,o hutna n t8 in the nation honoring those
African American soldiers who fought for the
Union in the Civil War of 1861-1865
I he monument’ located nearby on the corner
of Hyde Park arubKing Street, was erected in
1910 to honoi the bravery ot those local troops
who fought tor the cause ot their freedom.
PHOTOS COURTESY PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Shown are the two interpretive signs to be placed next to the Confederate Monument on the lawn at the
Perquimans County Courthouse. Supply chain issues will delay their installation for another two months, the
county manager said.
Congressman in Class
Perquimans woman,
Va. couple charged
in overdose death
REGGIE PONDER/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
U.S. Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C. greets students at Perquimans County High School in Hertford, Tuesday, March 14.
Citing the importance of teachers to students’ success, Davis said he wants to look at how to incentivize boosting
teacher salaries across the country to at least $60,000 a year.
Davis: Set teacher pay floor at $60K
Congressman meets with
students at Perquimans High
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
U.S. Rep. Don Davis told
students at Perquimans
County High School last
week that he wants to help
boost pay for the teachers
who make a difference in
their lives.
“Listening to the students
today, it’s very clear to me
PAL showcasing student artwork this month
that teachers and coaches
are making a difference,”
Davis said during a meet
ing with Career and Col
lege Promise students from
Perquimans County High
School on Tuesday, March
14. The meeting was also
attended by Perquimans
High School Principal Mick
ey Drew and a few other
school administrators.
Davis, a Greene County
Democrat who represents
North Carolina’s 1st Con
gressional District, has
been on what he calls the
“Living the Dream in East
ern North Carolina” tour in
recent weeks. The tour has
focused on education in
schools around the newly
drawn 1st District.
Citing the importance of
teachers to students’ suc
cess, Davis said he wants to
look at how to incentivize
boosting teacher salaries
across the country to at
least $60,000 a year. He said
he and others in Congress
are currently looking at
what kind of federal incen
tives could get teachers to
that goal.
Perquimans County High
School Principal Mickey
Drew asked Davis what he
sees as the greatest need in
education.
“My biggest concern right
now is, how do we support
education in eastern North
Carolina — and not just
eastern North Carolina,
but rural America?” Davis
See DAVIS, A3
3 charged with concealing
Va. man’s Jan. 30 death
BY REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writer
A Perquimans Coun
ty woman and a Virginia
Beach couple have been
charged in connection with
the overdose death of a Vir
ginia man whose body was
found in Pasquotank Coun
ty in late January.
Brittany Cartledge, 26, of
the 110 block of Wildwood
Drive, Hertford, was arrest
ed TUesday, March 14, and
charged with concealing/
failing to report a death fol
lowing an overdose, Perqui
mans Sheriff Shelby White
said. She was being held at
Albemarle District Jail on
Tuesday in lieu of a $100,000
secured bond.
A day earlier, Tia Medlin,
34, of Landfall Arch, Virginia
Beach, Virginia, was arrest
ed and charged with con
cealing a death and steal
ing, altering or destroying
criminal evidence. She also
was being detained at ADJ
Tuesday in lieu of a $100,000
secured bond.
Medlin’s husband, Holden
Medlin, 32, of Landfall Arch,
Study eyes public
transport option
to 0BX for workers
Employers in Perquimans, 4
others, asked for feedback
From staff reports
CARTLEDGE H. MEDLIN
Virginia
Beach, was
also arrest
ed Monday,
March 13,
and is fac
ing a host
of charges.
According to
T. MEDLIN jail records,
he’s charged
with concealing a death
and altering, stealing or de
stroying criminal evidence;
assault on a law enforce
ment officer with a firearm;
assault by pointing a gun;
three separate charges of
possession of a weapon by
a felon; carrying a concealed
weapon; possession of a
weapon of mass destruction;
and trafficking an opiate or
heroin. He also was being
detained at ADJ Tuesday in
lieu of secured bonds total-
See ARREST, A3
solutions for employees
traveling to the Outer
Banks for work,” a press re
lease from the ARPO states.
“This survey is geared to
ward decision-makers ask-
Annual youth art exhibit at
gallery through March 31
BY TYLER NEWMAN
Staff Writer
Artworks by students
in the Perquimans County
Schools are on display at
the Perquimans Arts League
in Hertford, part of an annu
al exhibit that draws atten
tion to the youngest artists
in the community.
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Portraits, still fifes,
multi-colored turtles, eccen
tric masks, rainbow hearts,
fall landscapes, even a giant
cellphone are currently on
display in the PAL exhibit,
which continues through
the end of the month.
Aaryn Hunter, a
third-grader, illustrated
beautiful geometric snow-
flakes with her entry. Shani-
yah White, a fourth-grader,
crafted a portrait of a per
son standing in a rainstorm,
shielded by a rainbow
umbrella.
Meanwhile, Rae-
2 firm Winslow and
Champ Blount
— a first- and
second-grader,
See YOUTH, A3
TYLER NEWMAN/
THE PERQUIMANS
WEEKLY
A giant Crayola
marker hand
designed by
Perquimans
County school
students is
shown on
display at the
Perquimans
Arts League’s
gallery last
week. The
artwork is part
of PAL’s annual
Art Youth
Month exhibit
that will remain
on display at
the gallery
through March
31.
The Albemarle Rural
Planning Organization is
spearheading a workforce
transportation study to
evaluate the feasibility of
public transportation op
tions for workers commut
ing to Dare County from
five area counties.
The five counties in
cluded in the study include
Perquimans, Chowan,
Pasquotank, Washington
and Tyrrell counties.
The ARPO, the In-
ter-County Public Trans
portation Authority and
the N.C. Department of
Transportation are asking
employers and employees
to complete a survey as
part of the study.
“The study is aimed at
identifying transportation
ing questions specific to
your business operations
on the Outer Banks.”
The employer survey fea
tures 21 questions on sub
jects ranging from onsite
parking availability for em
ployees to difficulty in hiring
qualified candidates because
of transportation challenges.
“The study will analyze
the existing barriers and
challenges that employ
ers and employees may
currently encounter and
the role transportation
plays in those,” the press
release states. “The study
will also gather informa
tion on the expected par
ticipation in a workforce
transportation program
See OBX, A3