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Dem Primary contest emerges in 1st District
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
James “Jill” White has filed as a
Democratic candidate for county
% commissioner in the 1st District.
The political newcomer will face
incumbent Commissioner Em
| mett Winbome in the March 15
f Democratic Primary.
The winner of that primary con
test -will be on the ballot in the No
vember General Election along
side Republican Ron Cummings.
| Donald Faircloth Jr. filed last
week as a Demo
cratic candidate
for the at-large
seat. Republican
Brian Ferraraccio
also is running for
the at-large seat.
Derrick Wad
sworth filed Mon
day as a Demo
FAIRCLOTH JR.
WADSWORTH
Democrat, is un
opposed in his re
election bid in the
3rd District.
White, a po
litical newcomer,
said he is up to
the challenge of
running for coun
tv commissinnpr
cratic candidate in the 2nd District
and Patti F. Kersey filed Monday
as a Republican candidate in that
district.
Commissioner Greg Bonner, a
“I’ve never held any political
seat before,” White said. “Now
that I’m retired I have some free
time on my hands. I’ve always
been willing to help other people.
If I’m elected I really think I could
be helpful to a lot of people.”
White, 69, is retired from Unit
ed Piece and Dye Works. He also
worked 18 years with the N.C.
Department of Transportation
and six months with the Chowan
County Sheriffs Office.
He is a member of Warren’s
Grove Baptist Church and Oak
Leaf Lodge.
“I admit this would be a new
experience for me,” White said. “I
love a challenge. My papa always
told me, ‘Son, whatever you do in
life, do your best.’ I’m a candidate
for Chowan County Commission
1st District. I really would apprecii
ate you support.” !
Faircloth, 45, is president of
Edenton Construction. This is hi?
first bid for elective office. *
Faircloth has served on the
Board of Directors of the Eden
ton-Chowan County Chamber oi
Commerce and is a past president
of the Chamber. He is a volunteer
firefighter with the Edenton Fire
See CONTEST, 6A
A Family Christmas
. STAFF PHOTO BY REGGIE PONDER
Tyler Copeland, 8, (left) and Ydahs Welch, 7, play with a model train at American Legion Post 40’s Family Christmas party Saturday. See more photos from event on 3A.
Wife donating kidney to husband
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Many people believe that Christ
mas is a time for miracles, ff so, then
Dwayne Long got his a little early.
Long, who was diagnosed with dia
betes 38 years ago at age 10, is suffer
ing from kidney failure. He has been
on the transplant list for a new kidney
for the past two and a half years and
on dialysis at home since March of
this year.
king, a mechanic, said that his
illness prevents him from working
much, but that he tries to work one
or two days a week to help support
his family.
But all that could change once his
wife Amy donates one of her healthy
kidneys to him in surgery scheduled
to take place on Jan. 21 at Vidant
Medical Center in Greenville.
Amy said when she was deemed a
suitable match and asked if she would
agree to donate a kidney to save her
husband’s life, she didn’t hesitate.
“1 love him,” she said simply. “Arid
he would do the same for me.”
Amy, who has worked at Vidant
Women’s Care in Edenton for about
a dozen years as a medical assistant,
said she is hopeful tire surgery will
give her husband’s health the boost
See TRANSPLANT, 6A
OULJIVII I I tU rHU I
Dwayne and Amy Long
Preservationists interested in Walker building
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
A local preservationist
last week made a case for
finding a feasible use for the
two-story former D.F. Walk
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er High School building on
North Oakiun Street.
“We have been able to
do everything else in Eden
ton,” said John Morehead,
an attorney and expert in
historic preservation pro
cedures, during a meeting
Wednesday of the study
panel on the future of the
former D.F. Walker High
School building.
Morehead, who Is not a
member of tire study panel
but attended the meeting
alongside Claudia Deviney
of Preservation North Car
olina, said the way things
;ire done in Edenton Ls tire
community sees a build
ing that needs to be saved
and then finds a use that
will be appropriate and will
also provide adequate fund
ing for the restoration and
maintenance of the struc
ture.
The community has
saved everything else in
Edenton, and now needs
to save the Walker High
School building, too, More
head said. He said the new
use for the building needs
to be fully compatible with
College of The Albemarle
and have a nice collegiate
look.
The building is located
on GOA’s Edenton-Chowan
See WALKER, 6A
STAFF PHOTO BV REGGIE PONDER
Bora Duruman, in costume as Chewbacca, gets a tub of
popcorn and soft drinks at “The Force Awakens.”
Force Awakens’
at Taylor Theater
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Editor
Business has been brisk
at the Taylor Theater since
the latest offering in the Star
Wars films, “Star Wars: The
Force Awakens,” opened
with aspecial preview show
ing last Thursday night.
Belinda Respass, who
manages the theater for
owner Bob Kroclunal, said
that the film opened to a
sold-out crowd and that at
tendance had continued to
be strong through the week
end.
Friday night the theater
was also sold out and by the
close of business on Sunday
that offered two matinees
and one evening show, close
to 200 people had come that
day to see the movie, which
featured Star Wars veterans
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fish
er and Mark Hamill repris
ing their roles from the first
Star Wars movies, alongside
See 'AWAKENS', 4A
Lome Join Ut As We Lelebrate
Our Lord's Birth"
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The Rev. J. Malone Gilliam, Rector
ot, Pauls Episcopal Church
invites you to our
CHRIStMAS EVE SERVICES
5:30 PM FAMILY SERVICE
10:30 PM SPECIAL MUSIC
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CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE
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