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Area schools may need more teachers
Morning at market
Farmers Market
Manager Janet MacK-
enzie was busy helping
customers and vendors
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Edenton-Chowan Schools
Superintendent Rob Jackson
said if the Legislature takes
no action to adjust class size
requirements for students in
grades K-3, then the school
system would need to hire
additional teachers.
Recently, Jackson gave a
presentation to the Board of
Education regarding
the law’s impact.
“The purpose of
the class size presen
tation was to update
the Board on our
current status with
regards to meeting
class size require-
JACKSON
for 2018-2019 if the
NC General Assem
bly does not make
changes,” he said.
While the Legis
lature seeks to de
crease class size for
grades K-3, it has
passed the buck to
„ j the local school dis-
state statute S.L. 2017-9, and tricts as to how to pay for
ments, as required by
to discuss the potential rami- any additional teachers that
fications of the requirements may need to be hired. Larger
school districts like Wake
County would need to hire
more teachers which could
cost substantially more mon
ey. Though small school dis
tricts would not have to hire
as many teachers, hiring de
mands so as to comply with
state law would add costs to
these tight budgets.
During the current 2017-18
school year, the Legislature’s
mandate was stalled so as
to allow time to implement
the changes. If the law isn’t
changed, school districts
across the state will have
to contend with additional
costs associated with hiring
teachers and perhaps adding
more classroom space.
Jackson said though the
school system is in full com
pliance with the 2017-2018
See SCHOOLS, 3A
on Saturday morning.
And Mayor Roland
Vaughan and his lovely
wife Peggy were there
looking at stuff to buy
as were many people of
Edenton. — IB
Honoring King’s Legacy
Pets of the Week
Check out some of
the pets the Tri-County
Animal Shelter offers
that would love to
start the new year in
a home of their very
own. — 2B
Forestry expert to speak
Rick Long, our State
Forest Service County
Ranger in Chowan
County, will kick off
the Blomquist “Fertile
Futures” lecture series
at the library this Mon
day January 22nd with
an in depth review of
our regional forestry
industry. — 2A
Vonner Hogan, guest speaker, talks about why no one should be satisfied until Martin Luther Kings dream
becomes a reality.
Speaker: Dream must be fulfilled
A taste of Vegas
Celebrity Chef Vic
Vegas — best known
for numerous appear
ances on the hit reality
TV show Bar Rescue
— has been named
Executive Chef at The
51 House on the Eden
ton waterfront, owner
Rose Tummarello has
announced. — 2B
Club hosts fundraiser
How would you like
to win up to $3,000?
You could if you buy a
ticket for the “Pot of
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
The Martin Luther King
Jr. Birthday Celebration on
Monday served as a call to
action to do more to ful
fill the civil rights leader’s
dream.
John A. Holmes High
School’s auditorium was
filled with people who
shared a desire to live and
pursue King’s everlasting
legacy.
“Most of us remember
MLK’s 1963 speech by its
more famous theme — ‘I
Have a Dream’ — but King
was much more than a
dreamer,” said Vonner Ho
gan, guest speaker. “What
made him one of the most
significant figures of the
20th century was his insa
tiable desire for Biblical jus
tice. This desire would end
up costing him his life, but
his dream of Biblical justice
in America would live on. It
still lives on today.”
A full transcript of Ho
gan’s speech and a slide
show of photos from the
event is posted to the
Chowan Herald’s Face-
book page and the Daily
Advance’s website.
Moments after the
JAHHS JROTC posted the
colors, Missie Harrell of
the Edenton-Chowan Com
munity Against Violence
offered a few words about
the promise of a new day
by quoting a passage from
2 Corinthians in the Bible.
“Our bodies are dying,
but our spirit is being re
newed,” she said. “Troubles
are small. Look forward to
troubles that are small be
cause joy lasts forever. Live
by believing, not by seeing.
See DREAM, 2A
Vonner Hogan, guest speaker at Monday’s Martin
Luther King Jr. service, was presented a plaque
honoring her commitment to pursuing King’s dream.
Police
probe
shooting
From staff reports
Edenton Police are in
vestigating a shooting from
Friday evening that left an
Edenton man with gunshot
wounds to his arm, leg and
back.
Police responded to the
reported shooting around
8:10 p.m. on 1013 Badham
Road where they learned
that Dashawn Jamol Leary,
25, of 712 B Johnston
Street, was being treated
at Vidant-Chowan Hospital
for gun shot wounds.
Police said Leary’s in
juries are non-life threat
ening. He was later flown
via medical helicopter to
Vidant Medical Center in
Greenville for further treat
ment.
Officers collected mul
tiple shell casings at the
scene. This shooting does
not appear to be random
and the victim may have
known the offender, police
said.
Investigators are seek
ing assistance from anyone
who may have information
about this crime before,
during or after the shoot
ing, are asked to call the
Edenton Police Depart
ment.
Your information will be
kept confidential. Contact
Sergeant Laura Wilkins at
252-482-5144.
Any questions regarding
the criminal investigation
should be forwarded to In
terim Chief Daroyll Brown,
Edenton Police Depart
ment 252-484-4440.
Gold” fundraiser taking
place at The Links at
Mulberry Hill in Eden
ton on Saturday, Feb. 3
from 6-9 p.m. and you
could show support for
the club at the same
time. —5A
Storm damage remains after snow melts
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BY MILES LAYTON
AND REBECCA BUNCH
Cooke Communications
Winter Storm Grayson
took its toll on Chowan
County.
During and after the
storm, roads were covered
with snow and ice.
Chowan County Sher
iff Dwayne Goodwin said
that his department stayed
busy responding to snow-
related calls for assis
tance. On the first day of
the storm, he said, his of
ficers helped 74 stranded
motorists, and 60 the fol
lowing day. He said these
were people whose ve
hicles were stuck or had
gone into a ditch. Good
win said his officers also
helped with four or five
rescue calls including one
that involved a four wheel
drive vehicle.
“Other than that,” Good
win said jokingly, “it was a
normal week.”
When temperatures
soared into the 50s and 60s
last week, pipes burst near
and far.
Edenton Town Manager
Anne-Marie Knighton said
Public Works responded
to more than 50 calls from
property owners who
wanted to shut off water
service at meter, due to
See SNOW, 3A
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Thomas Wood, a good son, scrapes ice from his parents’
windshield after the snow stopped falling from Winter
Storm Grayson. Like many folks including Nixon Plumbing
and Edenton’s Public Works Department, Wood did the
right thing by serving others trying to survive and recover
from the lingering after effects of the storm.
Council:
No parking
by Pembroke
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Town Council unani
mously agreed at its Jan. 9
meeting to grant a request
by homeowner Vince Bur
gher to restrict the number
of parking spaces in front
of his West King Street resi
dence, Pembroke Hall.
In a memo to the council
dated Jan. 5, Town Man
ager Anne-Marie Knighton
reminded them that a new
brick fence was being in
stalled in front of the his
toric home that has been
on the National Register of
Historic Places since 1976.
“The property owner
has requested two parking
spaces on the north side of
West King Street closest to
Pembroke Hall’s driveway
entrance be converted to
no parking zones,” she
wrote.
Knighton explained that
the new fence “reduces a
See PARKING, 2A