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Juvenile detention center set to reopen in Winfall
WINFALL — Compared to working with adult inmates, a career as a juvenile corrections officer can be challenging but also more rewarding, says William Lassiter, deputy secretary of the N.C. Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. “I’d say there are more challenges because kids are more impulsive,” said Lassiter. “There also are more benefits, because a kid is changeable, where a lot of the adults that you get in the adult system, they’re kind of stuck in that lifestyle. ...
Cooper, Ward earn Todd awards, Stanley earns Hurdle award
Two Perquimans County High School seniors have been awarded a scholarship named for a PCHS graduate that helps promote awareness of a potentially fatal medical condition that can affect young women. Another PCHS graduating senior has received a scholarship named for a member of the Perquimans County Schools Foundation Board of Directors. Marleigh Cooper and Ashlynn Ward are this year’s recipients of the Abby Todd Toxic Shock Syndrome Awareness Scholarship,...
Open Door Food Pantry's Jail-a-thon set for Friday
More than 20 local “jailbirds” will be seeking your help getting themselves out of lockup and nutritious foods onto hungry residents’ kitchen tables when the Open Door Food Pantry of Perquimans County holds its annual Jail-a-Thon on Friday. Twenty-two Perquimans residents will be “arrested” by the Perquimans County Sheriff’s Office and transported to a holding site where they’ll have one hour to solicit friends, family and neighbors to raise enough “bail” money to be set free. ...
Jeanne Thurlow Cullings
Jeanne Thurlow Cullings, 87, of 203 Evergreen Drive, Hertford, NC, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2024 in her home. Mrs. Cullings was born in Rochester, NY, on February 3, 1937, and was the daughter of the late James Henry Thurlow and Cora Creveling Thurlow Anderson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Emerson Milroy Cullings, Jr., her brother, Thomas Thurlow (wife, Judy, deceased), and two brothers-in-law, Jack Lavery and Peter LeRoy. A graduate of State University of New York at Geneseo, she was a longtime educator having started as a teacher...
Throckmorton: The threat of contentiousness
“As coals are to burning coals, and wood is to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife.” — Proverbs 26:21 I awakened sometime during the night last night, and the word “contentious” just jumped out of my head. It brought to mind my mother, who was famous for saying, “Oh, those contentious people!” when discord erupted. I don’t hear that word often used these days; nonetheless, contentiousness is...
Northside-Pinetown ends Pirates' playoff run with 7-3 win
HERTFORD — Northside-Pinetown ended Perquimans' state playoff run Wednesday night with a 7-3 victory over the Pirates in Hertford. It figured that the game would be a competitive contest. The softball teams had split two games earlier in the season, with the Panthers winning 7-4 back in March, and Perquimans taking the second game 7-5 in early April. However, Pinetown, 18-4, took the all-important rubber match by posting five runs...
Tobias column: Showers of blessing for boats — and rest of creation
It was one of those mystical misty days when the burnished slate of the Albemarle Sound met the white cumulous horizon. It was Saturday morning, May 4th, and I was having a good ol’ time with my friends, Fr. Bob Sawyer and his brother Fr. Stan. We were standing at dock’s end where it juts into Edenton Bay. The three of us had on our hieratic stoles, waiting for the fleet of the Edenton Yacht Club to come sailing by. ...
Seems the NFL just takes what it wants
Is it just me or is the NFL the Deebo of American sports? Before you call me crazy or dismiss me entirely, allow me to elaborate. Debo is the very muscular character from Friday played by the late Tommy Lister Jr. Throughout the majority of the film, Deebo rides around the neighborhood on a bicycle he claimed as his own (aka stole) looking for other things to claim. Even if...
Hall column: Donors will get 2-tiered school system for their billions
Despite stiff opposition, the North Carolina Senate voted this month to double the funding for Opportunity Scholarships to boost enrollment in privately run K-12 schools; more than $200,000,000 is earmarked for kids in high-income families. Why would Republican leaders do this now when polls show voters oppose tax subsidies for the rich? And when public schools urgently need more funds — North Carolina ranks 48th in per-pupil spending. The answer...
Hartman column: Love that attends to needs of others God’s kind of Love
One of my all-time favorite comic strips is Charlie Brown, which was created by Charles Schultz. I love Schultz’s sense of whimsy. One of the strips he drew expressed the thought: “Love is getting someone a glass of water in the middle of the night.” Of course, the illustration accompanying the thought was of Charlie Brown taking Snoopy a glass of water in the middle of the night. The Apostle...
Pirate softball reaches 3rd round, baseball teams loses
Editor’s Note: The No. 7-ranked Perquimans Pirates softball team was scheduled to play the No. 4-ranked Northside-Pinetown Panthers at home Wednesday in the 1A NCHSAA state softball playoffs. The results of that game will appear in next week’s edition. In other recent Pirate softball games, the Perquimans defeated the 18th-ranked East Bladen Eagles 8-1 at home Friday, May 9, in the second round of the 1A NCHSAA state softball playoffs. ...
FOCUS Broadband brings high-speed internet to New Hope, Woodland Church roads
Residents and businesses located near New Hope and Woodland Church roads can now sign up to receive high-speed internet from FOCUS Broadband. The company is installing high-speed fiber optic lines throughout Perquimans County. The new service will provide residents with internet speeds as fast as 1 gigabit and should continue through the summer. Construction is currently underway in additional areas of New Hope. ...
Perquimans NAACP criticizes school board on track naming
The Perquimans NAACP is calling on the county Board of Education to honor what it says is a six-year-old commitment to name without conditions the high school’s new athletic track for the first woman and first African American ever to chair the county Board of Commissioners. In a May 4th open letter to Perquimans County residents, the local NAACP chapter said the school board voted unanimously in April 2018 to name the athletic track at the Perquimans County High School Athletic Complex, once it was...
Perquimans schools release honor rolls, principal's list
The following are the A and AB honor rolls and the Principal’s List for Hertford Grammar School, Perquimans County Middle School, and Perquimans County High School for the third nine weeks of the 2023-24 school year. The following students were honored: Hertford Grammar SchoolA Honor Roll 3rd grade: Caysen Applegate, Brayden Boyce, Collin Brown, Cash Caldwell, Logan Davenport, Phoenix Duncan, Briella Long, Sadie Martin, Mattox Miller, Mason O’Fallon, Catherine Kestrel...
Jo Knight Stroberg
Eleanor Josephine Knight Stroberg, 82, affectionately known as "Jo" of 445 Woodland Church Road, Hertford, NC, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 5, 2024 peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family. Jo was born on July 31, 1941, at 423 Woodland Church Road, Hertford, the oldest of three children born to the late Wallace M. Knight, Sr. and Sally Benton Wood Knight. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Sylvia K. Ball, and by her beloved husband, David Stroberg, retired Coast Guard Chief. Surviving are her two children: William...
Hartman: Salvation not a process but a person. Jesus is The Way
The term “Christian” was a pejorative that the enemies of Christ coined for His followers. According to Acts 11:26, the followers of Christ were first called Christians at Antioch. Originally, believers were called the “People of The Way” because Jesus said He was The Way. In John Chapter 14, Jesus declares He is the Way to God. This statement leaves His followers with several questions. Thomas posed the first: “How can we know the way?” Jesus answered, not by telling the disciples that they knew...
Orr column: Asparagus adds green hue to soup
I love the colors and flavors of spring. The variations of flowering hues and the bright chartreuse leaves of trees inspire me to create dishes in a spring palette. Beautiful spring vegetables such as asparagus, artichokes and peas add such fresh vibrancy and flavor to a meal. And with undertones of cool evenings still lingering a nice spring vegetable soup makes a wonderful beginning to dinner or a main course at lunch along with a little crusty bread and a salad. ...
Charles Barkley is one of the best - again
I wrote last week about a newer YouTube channel I was watching and wanted to tell you about. When you love sports like I do, sometimes you watch people play and sometimes, you simply listen to people talk about what they think when they watch other people play. For years, the majority of the sports media consumed was created and distributed by journalists. That made sense because until the last few decades, the majority of sports media was written, printed and then read. ...
Tobias: The House of Atreus and circle of violence, vengeance
“What do you think of the campus riots?” A friend and I were doing the “solving the world’s problems” thing in the Barker House parking lot. Fixing the world is a subject that I never tire of, but then again, it is tiring all the same. I didn’t hesitate: “If they cross the line into violence, then arrest and expel.” I’m all for freedom of speech, especially in regard to...
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