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"News from Next Door" SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7,2023 $1.50 ^ SCAN ME Page 2 Perquimans resi dent Albert Davis Sr. turns 101 Page 4 Ex-Coastie Christiansen wins top award at PAL Member Show Page 5 Throckmorton: An imperfect man perfect for calling as prison pastor Tough competition PHOTOS BY CHRIS DAY/THE DAILY ADVANCE Perquimansjunior Madelyn Stallings (right) spikes the ball over the opposite end of the net during set 4 of the Lady Pirates' 3-1 win over Ayden-Grifton, Monday. Perquimans beats visiting Ayden-Grifton CHRIS DAY The Daily Advance HERTFORD — Perqui mans has faced some stiff competition in the last few weeks and even suffered two losses. On Monday night, the Lady Pirates (16-2) bene fited from that experience by delivering Ayden-Grif ton (15-1) its first defeat of the season. Perquimans defeated the visiting Ayden-Grifton Lady Chargers 3-1 at Per quimans High, Monday. INSIDE Thach honored by Board of Education after 300th win. Page A3 Perquimans opened the match by winning the first set 25-23. Ayden-Grifton responded by winning the second set 25-21.The Lady Pirates won the next two sets by scores of25-17 and 25-23. More PIRATES | A3 Perquimans' Kaydee Hunter (18) and Ashlynn Ward (5) defend thenetand score a point for the Lady Pirates against visiting Ayden-Grifton, Monday. Smart Start offers range of services VERNON FUESTON Staff Writer EDENTON — Sarah Williams, program coordi nator for the Chowan-Per quimans Smart Start Part nership, said most people think about daycare when her organization comes up in conversation. While it’s true that Smart Start assists and rates day- care centers and many par ents come to smart start for assistance finding day- care for their children, the organization has a great deal more to offer parents in the area. CPSSP, which is head- quartered in Edenton, serves parents and young children by helping to increase the quality of daycare services, offering parenting classes for new parents, looking out for early childhood health and safety, and fostering read ing among children from the moment they are able to sit and listen to a story. More SMART | A7 VERNON FUESTON/CHOWAN HERALD Sma rt Start Program Coordinator Sa rah Williams (rig ht) tests her vision screening equipment with intern DamarisAmbro- sio-Reyes.The equipment, which uses a small video screen, is particularly useful when working with young special needs children who may not cooperate with the kinds of optomet ric equipment in many doctor's offices. New panel to explore animal welfare rules Current ordinance doesn't address animal welfare REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer HERTFORD — Per quimans County officials have appointed a study committee to recommend possible animal welfare regulations for the county. Perquimans Board of Commissioners Chairman Wallace Nelson announced Monday night that he was appointing Commission ers Tim Corprew and Kyle Jones, County Manager Frank Heath, and Sheriff Shelby White to the new panel. The committee will review the county’s current animal control ordinance, consider suggestions that have been brought forward by members of the public, and recommend possible animal welfare amend ments to the animal control ordinance, he said. Perquimans resident Mary Vidaurri said in a recent letter to the county commissioners that the current animal control ordinance deals with dan gerous animals but does not address concerns related to animal welfare. She called on the board to adopt a sec tion II of the ordinance that would focus on ani mal welfare matters such as protection from severe heat and cold and provision of adequate food and water. Vidaurri repeated those concerns in comments at the board’s meeting Mon day night. She also said she was encouraged that the committee had been appointed and the issue of animal welfare is being looked at closely. More WELFARE | A7 Hertford opts for $15 fee for kayak rental program REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer HERTFORD — Users of the town of Hertford’s new kayak rental program will be able to get on the water for $10 less than pre viously proposed. Hertford Town Coun cil voted last week to adopt a $15 rental rate for two hours, which is lower than the $25-per-two-hour fee council initially approved in August. The town is partner ing with rent.com, a digital vendor that provides kay aks for rent, allowing cus tomers to rent them by cell phone. At their August meet ing, councilors agreed to a $26,000 equipment cost for the service and a rental rate of $25 for two hours. But at its Sept. 11 meet ing, councilors autho rized Town Manager Jan ice Cole to negotiate with rent.fun for a lower rental fee. Town officials noted at the Sept. 11 meeting that nearby Edenton rents kay aks for $5 an hour, which Cole characterized as “a much lower price.” Hertford town offi cials agreed that the town was not starting the kayak rental service to make money, but rather to increase access to the Per quimans River. Cole reported to the council that she had asked rent.fun for an alternative pricing proposal. “What I determined was that for the vendor to still make the same profit that they would have made at the $25 for two hours, we would need to go with about $15 for two hours without the town taking any sharing”of the revenue, Cole said. More KAYAKS | A7 Harbor Towns eyes $10M for town tourism upgrades REGGIE PONDER Staff Writer The nonprofit planning to pro vide high-speed ferry trips and dinner boat excursions across the Albemarle Sound is expected to 6 89076 47144 2 Vol. 88, No. 40 WWW.PerquimansWeekly.com @2021 Perquimans Weekly All Rights Reserved receive a $10 million grant for infrastructure upgrades in five har bor towns once the new state bud get officially becomes law. Nick Didow, a University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill professor who heads Har bor Towns, Inc., said Thurs day that state Rep. Ed Goodwin, R-Chowan, asked that the $10 million appropriation be included in the budget, and that his request received broad support from law makers. “We understand the grant request has broad support, includ ing (from) the other northeast ern regional members of the Gen eral Assembly, members from all across the state, and the leader ship of both chambers,” Didow said. Harbor Towns, Inc. already received $5 million in state fund ing several years ago.That money was spent building two high-speed passenger ferry vessels and pur chasing a larger dinner excur sion boat.The first fast ferry,The Penelope, has been delivered and is awaiting final Coast Guard approval before it can be used to transport passengers between five towns on Albemarle Sound: Eliz abeth City, Hertford, Edenton, Plymouth and Manteo.The din- undergoing renovations and is expected to be rented by groups. Didow explained that the new $10 million appropriation will provide up to $2 million for each of the five towns served by Har bor Towns, and that the money will be used toward two objectives: increasing each town’s capacity to welcome and engage tourists and visitors as a destination; and con tributing to the mission, initiatives, and'priorities of Harbor Towns, Inc. The projects may include ren ovating and rebuilding docks in some of the towns, as well as other infrastructure upgrades that con tribute to visitor experience and make boating more feasible for that destination. More UPGRADES | A7
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