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THE QUIMANS EEKLY "News from Next Door" SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,2023 $1.50 Page 4 Throckmorton: Growth in popula tion, crime, drove need for police pros Page 6 Edenton ten nis group adds to Key endowed scholarship Page 6 Holy Trinity to host blessing of the pets service Home Sweet Home Perquimans board mulls Narcan training for school employees PHOTO COURTESY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Mike Finamore, president of Chowan-Perquimans Habitat for Humanity, hands Ke'ena Riddick the keys to her new home at 313 Artie St., Hertford, during a dedication ceremony Aug. 12. Also on hand for the ceremony were Riddick's three chil dren — Nyquan Riddick, Savion Riddick, and Tyonna Chapman — Habitat board members and Hertford town officials. Riddick's home is the 22nd completed by the Chowan-Perquimans Habitat for Humanity chapter. Hertford family, Habitat partner on home FROM STAFF REPORTS HERTFORD—Thanks to volunteers with Chow an-Perquimans Habitat for Humanity and the non profit’s community part ners, Ke’ena Riddick and her three children have a brand new place to call home. Riddick and her kids — Nyquan Riddick, Savion Riddick, and Tyonna Chap man — received the keys to PCRA's Jollification! tour goes on despite storm VERNON FUESTON The Perquimans Weekly BELVIDERE —Tropical Storm Ophelia played havoc with organizers’plans but failed to stop Jollification!, the Perquimans County Resto ration Association’s annual historic home tour on Saturday, Sept. 23. Jollification is held each year to fund the Per quimans County Restoration Association’s his toric preservation efforts, which include oper ating the Newbold-White House in Hertford, North Carolina’s oldest brick home. Plans this year called for an outdoor dinner and silent auction on the grounds of the Newbold-White House, but high winds collapsed the tents, and the event was moved inside the site’s visitors’center. More TOUR | A7 VERNON FUEST0N/THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY The Elihu A., White House, built sometime in the 1890s, was featured on the Perquimans Cou nty Restoration Association's Jol I ificat ion! tou r Saturday, Sept. 23, as an example of a Quaker Victorian-era home. their new home at 313 Artie St., Hertford,from Habi tat board members during a dedication ceremony Aug. 12, a Habitat press release states. Mike Finamore, presi dent of Chowan-Perqui mans Habitat for Human ity, began the ceremony by introducing Deacon Lev- eille Miller ofMelton Grove Missionary Bap tist Church in Winfall, who read scripture from the Psalms emphasizing the sig nificance of homes in build ing communities. A prayer was offered for the family, encouraging them to allow God to guide their decisions and take control of their new home. Also attending the cere mony were Hattie Downing and Katie Askew, both local Habitat board members and family support advocates. They presented Riddick with an engraved family Bible, a monetary house- warming gift, and a binder containing home warranty information and a mainte nance schedule for the new home. Members of New Bethel Missionary Bap tist Church in Hertford also contributed a laundry basket filled with cleaning supplies. More HOME | A7 REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer HERTFORD — Per quimans County school officials are weighing a policy that would allow properly trained school employees to adminis ter Narcan in the case of a suspected opioid or opi ate overdose on school grounds. The board held a pre liminary discussion of a proposed policy on Nal- oxone/Narcan adminis tration in schools Monday night. The item was on the agenda for informa tion and discussion only, with action on the pro posed policy expected at the board’s October meet ing. “The Perquimans County School Board rec ognizes the increasing frequency of opioid use/ abuse in our surrounding Brief tornado spotted as Ophelia passed No damage from storm reported FROM STAFF REPORTS A brief and skinny tor nado was spotted briefly in the area of Belvidere early Saturday as Tropical Storm Ophelia was pass ing over the Albemarle. According to the National Weather Ser vice in Wakefield, Virginia, the EF-0 tornado was observed near Belvidere in the northern part of Per quimans County. WTKR News 3 in Nor folk, Virginia, posted a viewer-submitted video of the tornado at the station’s Facebook page. WTKR meteorologist Kristy Steward shared the video to her page, too, and said the tornado was filmed from a location off Hick ory Cross Road at around 7:38 a.m. Saturday. One person commented that the tornado was spotted off Hickory Cross Road community and the impact this use/abuse may have on all students, staff and community members,”the introduc tion to the proposed pol icy explains. “Perquimans County Schools wishes to prevent opiate-related overdose deaths by mak ing Naloxone/Narcan available in each of our schools.” The board’s discus sion followed a presenta tion on Narcan by Bethany Buttram ofPerquimans County Emergency Medi cal Services. The policy would authorize the Perquimans Schools superintendent or a designee to obtain a standing medical order from a physician that pre scribes Naloxone/Nar can for use by authorized school personnel. More NARCAN | A7 between Perrys Bridge and Sandy Cross roads, but closer to Perrys Bridge. In the video, the tornado appears to originate over a field and touch ground before dissipating about 10 seconds later. There have been no reports of damage. The Enhanced Fujita scale is used to rate the strength of a tornado with measurements ranging between EF-0 to EF-5. Julie Solesbee, assis tant director of Perquim ans County Emergency Services, included the tor nado sighting in a list of incidents that occurred as a result ofTropical Storm Ophelia. “A tornado warning was issued for the Belvidere Community on Saturday morning,” Solesbee said. “We have confirmed that residents visualized a rota tion in the sky, but there were no reports of a tor nado touching down.” More TORNADO | A7 Speakers at hearing critical of redistricting process PAUL NIELSEN The Daily Advance A legislative panel heard criticism after criticism about how the General Assembly plans to redraw the state’s political districts Monday afternoon. Nearly all of the 20 speak ers at the forum at College 6 89076 47144 Vol. 88, No. 39 WWW.PerquimansWeekly.com @2021 Perquimans Weekly All Rights Reserved ofThe Albemarle’s Per forming Arts Center seek ing public input on redraw ing all 170 seats in the Gen eral Assembly and the state’s 14 U.S. House seats were critical of how the GOP-led General Assembly is han dling the process. The forum was led by Senate Majority Leader and Elections and Redis 2 tricting Co-Chair Sen. Paul New ton, R-Cabarrus, state Rep. Bill Ward, R-Pasquotank, state Sen. Norman Sand erson, R-Pamlico, and state Sen. Kandie Smith, D-Pitt. Sanderson represents Pasquotank, Per quimans and Chowan coun ties in the eight-county 1st District. The legislators, however, did not address the forum and only listened to citizens’input. That was one of several complaints legislators heard during the 45-minute ses sion. Several speakers said law makers should present pro posed new maps before seek ing public input or have input sessions before and after the proposed maps are drawn. Other speakers com plained that they were given just a week’s notice about the three public input sessions scheduled across the state before legislators begin the redistricting process. Sev eral were also critical that the input session was held at 4 p.m. when many people were still at work. “There should be access to draft maps,”one speaker said. “We all want transpar ency in the process.” The other two legislative public input sessions were Tuesday in Hickory and today at the General Assem bly in Raleigh. More DISTRICTS | A2 PAUL NIELSEN/THE DAILY ADVANCE Pasquotank NAACP President Keith Rivers addressesa panel of the state Senate's Elections and Redistricting Commit tee chaired by Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, during a hear ing at the College ofThe Albemarle Performing Arts Center, Monday.The panel was seeking public input on lawmakers' plans to redistrict the state's 170 legislative districts and 14 U.S. congressional districts.
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