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10U and 12U All Star
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Tobias: 'The Red
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Hartman: Hope
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3 of 4 incumbents plan to run for re-election in 2024
Frierson, Hoffler, Woodard
to seek new 4-year terms
JULIAN EURE
Managing Editor
Two county commission
ers and the Perquimans Register
of Deeds say they plan to file for
new terms after the filing period
for the March 5 primary election
opens at noon on Monday.
Hoffler Frierson Woodard
Commissioners Joseph Hoffler
and Charles Woodard and Reg
ister ofDeeds Jacqueline S.
Frierson all say they
plan to file for re-elec
tion. Republican Kyle
Jones has already
announced that he will
not be seeking re-elec
tion.
“I want to run
because I believe
my work is not finished and I
have value to offer,” said Frier
son, a registered Democrat who
will be seeking her third elected
four-year term as the custo
dian and manager ofthe county’s
real estate and other important
records. She was first appointed
to the job in 2013 following the
retirement ofthe previous regis
ter of deeds and won election in
2016 and re-election 2020.
“I also enjoy what I do and I
want to do it for another four
years,” said Frierson, who has
worked for the Register of Deeds
office since 1994.
Hoffler, a Democrat, said
he plans to run for a new term
because he has “unfinished work
in the county” and because he
believes he can provide the lead
ership to make sure “everybody
in the county has a voice in how
their monies are spent.”
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She's a Spartan
Hertford man
arrested, charged
in Winfall slaying
CHRIS DAY/THE DAILY ADVANCE
Perquimans High softball standout Bristyl Riddick poses after signing with Norfolk State University during a signing
ceremony held in the lobby of the Perquimans County High School gymnasium, Tuesday, Nov. 14.
Perquimans’ Riddick signs with Norfolk St.
CHRIS DAY
The Daily Advance
Perquimans High senior
softball player Bristyl Rid
dick says she chose Norfolk
State University as the school
to spend her collegiate career
after the Spartans satisfied a
trio of criteria.
Riddick, 17, said the
Spartans’ coaching staff
was the main reason she
signed with Norfolk State,
which is located in Norfolk,
Virginia. The other two
reasons included oppor
tunities to fulfill a lifelong
dream ofplaying Division I
softball and to play close to
home so her parents can see
her play.
' “It just felt like that was
the place for me,” said Rid
dick, who plans to study
biology.
Norfolk State is about an
hour’s drive from Hertford.
Riddick was joined by
family, teammates and
friends at a signing cere
mony held in the lobby of
the Perquimans County
High School gymnasium
on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
Riddick plays catcher
for the Lady Pirates, and
in softball, each throw by
the pitcher could result in
several outcomes. That’s
why Riddick enjoys being
behind the plate.
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JULIAN EURE
Managing Editor
WINFALL — A Hert
ford man has been arrested
and charged with mur
der in the death ofa second
man who the Perquimans
sheriff says died last month
from “blunt force trauma”
injuries.
Guadalupe Andres
Martin, 26, ofthe 200
block of Meads Circle,
was arrested Nov. 15 for
the slaying death ofMar-
cos Domingo Velazquez,
43, according to court
records. He was charged
DeWald is county’s
new 4-H agent
UNC grad grew
up as 4-H'er in
Davidson County
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Perquimans County
Cooperative Exten
sion’s new 4-H agent
is someone who ben
efited from the pro
gram while in school
herself.
“I was a member of
4-H throughout my
childhood, so I can
Martin
with mur
der and
is being
detained at
Albemarle
District Jail
without
bond.
A press release from
Perquimans County
Emergency Services said
deputies responded to
the Albemarle Street area
in Winfall Sunday, Nov.
12, about 6:15 a.m. after
receiving a report ofa
deceased male.
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person
ally attest
to the
benefits
of getting
involved,”
DeWald said Tori
DeWald,
who recently was intro
duced as the county’s
new 4-H agent. “My 4-H
club leader was, and still
is, a phenomenal role
model for me.
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Edenton to screen doc marking Isabel’s 20th anniversary
VERNON FUESTON
Chowan Herald
EDENTON — Hurricane Isa
bel was one of the most destruc
tive storms in the area’s his
tory. According to the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
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Administration, the Category 2
storm felled thousands of trees,
resulted in massive power outages
and caused “unusually high storm
surge” after making landfall on
the North Carolina coast on Sept.
18,2003.
Area residents will get a chance
to remember Isabel’s devastating
impact when the town ofEdenton
hosts a free screening ofa locally
produced documentary film
marking the storm’s 20th anni
versary next month at the Taylor
Theater.
The71-minute film, titled “Isabel
20,” was produced by the town of
Edenton’s public information office
over six months using 10 hours of
archival film and 300 photographs.
It traces the hurricane’s path and
aftermath. Isabel was the stron
gest storm to strike the region since
Hurricane Mitch in 1998.
The hurricane cut a swath from
Hatteras and Ocracoke Island
through the Inner Banks ofNorth
Carolina and up through the
Tidewater regions ofVirginia and
Maryland.
MARK WOLFE/FEMA NEWS PHOTO
This home in historic
Edenton was damaged
by one of the many
trees felled by
Hurricane Isabel after
it made landfall on the
coast of North Carolina
on Sept. 18,2003.The
town of Edenton has
produced a locally
made documentary,
"Isabel 20," marking
the'storm's 20th
anniversary that will
be shown at the Taylor
Theater on Dec. 14.
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