WWVWWW
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9,2023
$1.50
"News from Next Door"
o
@ SCAN ME
Page 2
Inner Banks Santa
to parents: 'Let the
magic happen'
Page 3
22H/T24
Christmas Give-
a-Way benefits
200 families
Page 4
Tobias: 'The Red
Wagon,'Part 2 —
Summer and Fall
Perquimans board named "Commissioners of Year"
FROM STAFF REPORTS
GREENSBORO — In a lot
of counties, school boards and
county commissioners argue a
lot over resources and turf.
Not so in Perquimans
County.
The Board of Commission
ers’ close, collaborative work
ing relationship with the Per
quimans Board ofEducation
has earned it the designation
“County Commissioners of
the Year” for 2023 by the North
Carolina Schools Boards Asso
ciation.
The Perquimans Board of
Commissioners was presented
the award during the NCSBA’s
annual conference in Greens
boro last month, according to a
county schools press release.
According to the release, the
award is presented to a commis
sion board that “has demon
strated extraordinary lead
ership that has advanced stu
dent achievement and focused
on the community’s schools
through collaboration with the
school board, local agencies
and community groups.”
More AWARD | A6
PHOTO COURTESY PERQUIMANS COUNTY SCHOOLS
The Perquimans Board of
Commissioners was named the "County
Commissioners of the Year" by the N.C.
School Boards Association in November.
On hand for the award presentation
were, left to right, Darrell Pennell,
immediate past president of the N.C.
School Boards Association Board of
Directors; Arlene Yates, Perquimans
Board of Education member; Dr. Anne
White, Perquimans school board
member; Perquimans County Manager
Frank Heath; Leanne Winner, executive
director of the N.C. School Boards
Association; Kristy Corprew, Perquimans
school board member; and Tim Corprew,
a Perquimans County commissioner.
No stealing this Christmas
Hertford to use
$10K grant for
arts rebrand
KESHA WILLIAMS PHOTO
A float representing a number of public agencies, including the Hertford Fire Department, the Perquimans 911
Communications Center and the N.C. Department of Adult Correction rolls through downtown during the annual Hertford
Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 2. About 1,000 people watched the parade.
About 1,000 view Hertford Christmas Parade
KESHA WILLIAMS
Correspondent
Mr. Grinch got more
than he bargained for Sat
urday during the annual
Hertford Christmas
Parade.
Sheriff’s deputies trans
ported the grumpy, frown
ing, green character in a jail
First Collin Winslow mini-grants issued
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The first mini-grants
from the Collin “Snap”
Winslow Mini-Grant
Fund were issued to five
Perquimans educators
last week.
Ken and Holly
Winslow established the
mini-grant fund ear
lier this year in memory
of their son, Collin, who
6 1 89076 47144
Vol. 88, No. 49
WWW.PerquimansWeekly.com
@2021 Perquimans Weekly
All Rights Reserved
Inside
Courthouse lights up
during annual Grand Illu
mination. Page A2.
cell in the back of a pickup
truck the entire parade
route from Perquimans
died in a hunting acci
dent last spring. Each
grant issued to teach
ers is for a maximum of
$2,500 and is designed to
support student achieve
ment.
Brenda Lassiter, exec
utive director ofthe Per
quimans County Schools
Foundation, said the
mini-grant program
was started because the
Winslows wanted
contributions to a
fund in memory of
2 Collin “to touch as
many students as
possible.”
More WINSLOW | A7
County High School to
downtown Hertford and
back.
So for roughly an hour,
the Grinch had to watch
rows of parade-goers
giddy with holiday cheer.
Roughly 1,000 people
witnessed the parade,
according to one esti
mate.
PERQUIMANS COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
Holly and Ken Winslow and their son, Harris, look over books
purchased by Perquimans County High School for a mini-
grant project funded by the Collin"Snap"Winslow Mini-Grant
Fund, which is named in memory of their late son, Collin
Winslow. The mini-grants are awarded to teachers in the
Perquimans County Schools.
The pickup carrying
the Grinch was the first in
a line ofvehicles, floats,
motorcycles, classic cars,
antique cars and horses
taking part in Saturday’s
parade sponsored by the
Perquimans Chamber of
Commerce.
More PARADE | A6
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The town ofHertford
has received a $10,000
grant from ElectriCities to
use building its “rebrand”
as an arts-focused com
munity.
The grant will be used to
commission both a sculp
ture and a mural in the
town’s downtown area,
town officials said. Both art
pieces are part ofthe town’s
Community and River-
front Plan to attract more
tourists and improve eco
nomic development.
“Like many towns in
2020, Hertford experienced
TALENT ON PARADE
PHOTO COURTESY EVAN COPELAND
Perquimans Schools band directors Evan Copeland and
his wife Katie pose for a photo while participating in the
historic Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan,
New York last month. Evan is the band director at
Perquimans County High and Katie is the director at
Perquimans County Middle.
Copelands march,
perform in Macy’s
Thanksgiving Parade
CHRIS DAY
Multimedia Editor ,
Perquimans High band
director Evan Cope
land said marching in the
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade in New York City
last month took him back
to when he was a student
in the marching band.
Copeland and his wife
Katie Copeland were
among 400 national
school band directors who
Cole
a down
turn in
business
and tour
ism during
COVID,”
the town
said in a
release.
To explore ways to make
the town more econom
ically resilient, Hertford
participated in the N.C.
Department of Commerce
Community Economic
and Resiliency Initiative
Rural Planning Program.
More SCULPTURE | A7
marched in last Thurs
day’s historic parade.
Katie Copeland is the
band director at Perquim
ans Middle School.
The two are usually
positioned out in front
directing their bands, but
on Thursday, Nov. 23,
they found themselves in
an old familiar spot and
loving every minute of it.
More COPELAND | A6