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NC Supreme Court Justice Ervin visits Edenton
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Three weeks before the
full N.C. Supreme Court
is scheduled to convene
at the historic Chowan
County Courthouse for
two trials, one of its mem
bers gave local residents a
primer on the court and its
functions.
Supreme Court Associ
ate Justice Sam Ervin IV
visited Edenton on Monday,
speaking to crowds at two
separate sessions held in
the 250-year-old courthouse
chamber. Ervin explained
that the N.C. Supreme Court
serves as the court of last ap
peal in the state, considering
whether an error occurred
in the prior court proceed
ings of a case. There is no
jury and the court’s ruling
is made by the chief justice
and six associate justices,
he said.
Ervin’s visit comes as the
full state Supreme Court
plans a visit to the Chowan
Courthouse on Tuesday,
May 9, to hear two cases.
The court’s visit is timed for
this year’s observance of the
historic courthouse’s 250th
anniversary.
“It is a great privilege to
be here today,” Ervin said
Monday. “Some folks know
that I am a history buff by
avocation, so I look forward
to coming here. I’ve read a
great deal about Edenton
and Cho wan County through
the papers of U.S. Supreme
Court Justice (James) Ire
dell Sr. and others when I
was in college, so I felt like
I knew some of the charac
ters of Edenton back during
the pre-Revolutionary and
post-Revolutionary times.
It is a great honor for me to
come to this place where
these folks that I have read
so much about and have
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Associate Justice Sam Ervin IV speaks at the Chowan
County Courthouse, Monday.
County
maintenance
director
charged
From staff reports
Chowan County’s maintenance
director was recently arrested for
a felony assault charge.
Terry Wayne Rose, 48, of the
100 block of Edgewater Drive,
Camden, was charged April 19
with felony assault with intent to
kill, felony speeding to elude ar- j
rest, misdemeanor impersonating
a law enforcement officer and
misdemeanor resisting, delaying
and obstructing a law enforce
ment officer, according to the
Camden County Sheriffs Depart
ment. Rose was being held at Al
bemarle District Jail in lieu of a
$250,000 secured bond.
Chowan County Manager Kevin
Howard said as of now, Rose is
taking vacation leave while coun
ty officials try to sort through this
issue. Howard said the county
has not taken any disciplinary ac
tion at this time or appointed an
interim director. Once the county
makes a decision, Howard said,
it will take care of covering the
needs of the department.
Camden Sheriff Tony Perry
said Thursday that investigators
are working to get to the bottom
of “a very complicated situation”
that led to three area men facing
charges Wednesday night in con
nection with a vehicle chase that
included one motorist firing gun-
shots.
In addition, two of those ar
rested were cited for alleged drug
offenses.
Perry said in a press release
that the men were arrested after
Camden deputies received a re
port of suspicious activity in the
Shiloh area shortly after 6:30 p.m.
last Wednesday.
Deputies’ investigation deter
mined that one vehicle was chas
ing another and shots were fired
by the operator of one of the ve
hicles, Perry said.
No injuries were reported and
the investigation of the incident
continues, Perry said. The sher
iff said it could be several days
before investigators were able
to sort out the complex incident
enough to release additional in
formation.
The two other men who were
Pilgrimage: Gone with the Wind
PHOTO BY KIP SHAW
Carriage rides were part and parcel of a tour of history worth repeating during the Pilgrimage.
Tour attracts visitors
from near and far
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
More than a thousand visi
tors came for the weekend to
enjoy the Biennial Pilgrimage
in Edenton, tour officials said.
Tour chair Nell Drees said
she heard nothing but positive
feedback concerning the two-
day event. She said those she
spoke with were particularly
impressed with the special
events planned to coincide
with the tour.
“It went very well,” she said.
“And there was a lot of enthu
siasm shown by those taking
the tour and enjoying the other
events planned to coincide
with it.”
Drees spent Friday, the first
day of the tour, greeting visi
tors to the historic 1767 Chow
an County Courthouse that is
celebrating its 250th anniver ¬
sary this year. She also offered
cupcakes provided by Leslie
Lippincott, chef of the College
of the Albemarle Culinary Arts
program taught at the Edenton
campus. Drees said they were
very popular with those who
came.
“Saturday I went to all the
houses on the tour,” she said.
“Everyone I spoke with provid-
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Lessons learned from ladies, homes
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Having never taken the
Pilgrimage tour, I saw it as
an opportunity to learn not
only about local history, but
more importantly to offer my
daughter a chance to see lovely
homes and meet some of the
ladies of Chowan County.
Since 1949, the Edenton
Woman’s Club has organized
the tour of the area’s grandest
homes. As such, ladies from
14-year-old Arabella Dixon to
Virginia Wood have long pro-
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Greenfield owner Virginia Wood talks to guests about her
home, where nine generations of the family have lived during
the last 250 years.
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COA targets Edenton-Chowan budget
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BY REGGIE PONDER
Daily Advance '
The College of The Al
bemarle Board of Trustees
have directed staff to bal
ance and “rightsize” the
budget at COA’s Edenton-
Chowan campus to pre
vent further losses in state
funds.
The board, during its
meeting last Tuesday, also
formalized the previously
announced plan to relocate
the electrical and HVAC
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ALBEMARLE
(heating, ventilation and
air conditioning) trades
programs from the Eden
ton-Chowan campus to the
main campus in Elizabeth
City. The electrical program
will be moving this fall and
HVAC will move to Eliza
beth City in the fall of 2018.
Trustee Roger Lambert-
son made the motion to
move the two programs to
Elizabeth City and to bal
ance the budget in the com
ing fiscal year. The motion
passed unanimously.
COA officials noted that
the relocation of the two
programs was no secret,
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Rep. Jones
talks goats,
Afghanistan
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Congressman Walter Jones Jr., R-
NC, spoke to the city’s Rotary Club
about how the war in Afghanistan is
of money, time and resources.
“One of my biggest frustrations
is that staying in Afghanistan. It is a
waste of the taxpayer’s money and
a waste of our military,” Jones, a
member of the House’s Armed Ser
vices Committee, said last Thursday
at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church’s par
ish hall.
Jones has introduced House Bill
1666 which aims to revisit whether
the nation should continue to pur-
sue its ambitions
in Afghanistan - 16
years after hostili
ties started follow
ing 9/11.
“Tlie bill says that
after 16 years that
congress must de
bate on the future JONES
of Afghanistan,”
Jones said of the bi-partisan bill that
has Democrats’ sponsorship. “We’ve
been there for 16 years and not one
thing has changed. Nothing. It is a
tribal nation. I don’t think any one
can change that, quite frankly.”
Jones said most members of con
gress were not serving in 2001 when
military force was authorized.
“For me personally, if noth
ing else, even if you agree that we
should stay in Afghanistan, mem
bers of Congress should after 16
years have a debate to discuss the
future of Afghanistan and our in
volvement,” he said. “There are over
320 members of congress right now
in Washington who were not there
in 2001 when we passed the authori
zation of military force under Presi
dent Bush to go into Afghanistan.
They have never been part of that
debate on the future of Afghanistan,
but they should be part of the de
bate.”
Jones talked about goats given to
Afghanistan as it relates to the grow
ing national debt which was around
$19.8 trillion as of Wednesday, ac
cording to a flyer he distributed not
only to the Rotary Club, but during
his time with local leaders at the
Chowan Chamber of Commerce.
The federal government spent $6
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Ag program eyed
BY REGGIE PONDER
Daily Advance
As College of The Al
bemarle scales back pro
gramming at its Edenton-
Chowan campus, Chowan
officials are pinning their
hopes for the campus’ fu-
ture largely on the pros
pect of landing an agricul
ture curriculum program.
Chowan Commissioner
Patti Kersey, who was
sworn-in Tuesday as a new
COA trustee, said she’s ex
cited about the prospect of
the Edenton-Chowan cam
pus hosting COA’s future
agriculture program.
Both the Edenton cam
pus and COAs main cam
pus in Elizabeth City have
been mentioned as pos
sible sites for the planned
agriculture curriculum.
Two other curriculum pro
grams — electrical and
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