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2A THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28,2018 Speakers urge Confederate monuments be left at Capitol The Associated Press RALEIGH — A Vietnam veteran brought up .a name from the past, “Hanoi Jane,” as he spoke in favor of keep ing three Confederate mon uments on North Carolina’s Capitol grounds. Some of those who want the monu ments moved described Confederates as traitors, bringing some stifled “boos” from the crowd. But that was as raucous as the March 21 public meet ing got as about 60 people addressed a committee that will make the first of what’s likely to be several recom mendations about whether to move the monuments from the Capitol grounds to Bentonville Battlefield, a Civil War site about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Raleigh. When a society starts moving monuments, “the question must be asked: Where does it stop? What is the criteria for doing that?” asked Boyd Cathey of Wen dell, the former state regis trar. Speakers were address ing a five-member commit tee of the state Historical Commission. The panel plans to report on the pro posal next month to the full state commission, which makes the decision on Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposal to move the monuments to the Bentonville battlefield site in Johnston County. The monuments include the 75-foot (22-meter) mon ument completed in 1895 to the state’s Confederate dead. The others are the North Carolina Women of the Confederacy Monument, dedicated in 1914, and the statue of Henry Lawson Wy att, dedicated in 1912. Wyatt is described on the statue’s base as the first Confeder ate soldier killed in action during the Civil War. Cooper requested that the statues be moved after two events: a violent rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the toppling of a Con federate statue outside a Durham County govern ment building by demon strators.- But a 2015 state law approved by the Re publican-controlled Gen eral Assembly prevents the permanent removal of most Confederate monuments on state and local property without legislative approv al. It also severely limits they; relocation. Dennis Johnson of Wil low Spring said it’s stupid to move the monuments. “I can’t believe we’ve got a governor that would even consider that,” he said. “It’s not just wrong. It’s against the law.” After his 60 seconds of speaking time elapsed, Richard Foy of Raleigh continued talking and was directed back to his seat. As he walked, the Vietnam veteran continued talking, mentioning “Hanoi Jane,” a reference to actress Jane Fonda’s controversial visit with the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. He also spoke about Russia’s Vladimir Putin, dysfunction al politicians and others. He was followed by Em ily Keel of Robersonville, the 14th speaker, who was the first to support moving the monuments. The Civil War monuments “are relics of another time,” she said. “What we display now to the public should be our current principles and aspirations of North Caro lina citizens.” She said she initially wanted the monuments de stroyed, but now believes they should be moved “so their context can be ex plained and so that we can learn from history.” The last few speakers came out most stridently for the move — or removal — of the monuments, in cluding Joanne Clayton, the daughter of former U.S. Rep. Eva Clayton. Everyone knows slavery was wrong, she said. “And they want to be proud of ancestors’ fairy tales about the Confederacy,” she said. “The reality is slavery was wrong. The Confederates were traitors. And we have statues to traitors that need to be removed.” Far fewer people signed up to speak than expected, and the comments ended an hour earlier than sched ule. That could be because people have had a chance to give their opinions online, where committee chair Da vid Ruffin said more than 4,300 comments have been posted about moving the three monuments. Crimewatch EDENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTS ■ March 20 — Javon Ra heem Johnson, 31, of West Church Street, was charged with one count of communi cating threats. ■ March 19 — Deeandre Keithale Copeland Jr., 19, of Badham Road, was arrested on one misdemeanor count of driving left of center and one misdemeanor count of no operator’s license. ■ March 19 — Christo pher Mark Talmadge, 23, of Goosie Lane, Hertford, was arrested on one misdemean or count of failure to appear. ■ March 19 — Taylor Elaina Jethro, 25, of Mace donia Road, was charged with one felony count of as sault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. ■ March 19 — Kenan Av ery White, 30, of Old Merry Hill Road, was charged with one misdemeanor count of assault and battery. ■ March 17 — Yolanda Yvette Tann, 42, of Haw thorne Road, was charged with one misdemeanor count of failure to deliver title. ■ March 16 — Alexan dria Sarah-Emily Johnson, 38, of North Broad Street, was charged with one mis demeanor count of dis charging a firearm in the town limits. ■ March 16 — Robert Lee Copeland Jr., 42, of Bridgetowne Avenue, was issued a criminal summons on one misdemeanor count of hit and run. ■ March 15 — Marcia Jenean Perry, 43, of Cisco Road, was arrested on one misdemeanor count of fail ure to appear. ■ March 15 — David Theodore Chappell Sr., 69, of Jordan Loop Road, was charged with one felony count of possession of a Schedule I controlled sub stance. ■ March 15 — Taylor Elaina Jethro, 25, of Mace donia Road, was charged with one misdemeanor count of assault and one misdemeanor count of pos session of drug parapherna lia. INCIDENTS ■ March 22 — Breaking and entering and larceny from a motor vehicle on Morris Circle. ■ March 19 — Assault with a deadly weapon inflict ing serious injury at the cor ner of Tyler Lane and Coke Avenue. ■ March 19 — Break ing and entering on Boswell Street ■ March 16 — Larceny at Duck Thru on Virginia Road. CHOWAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTS ■ None reported. INCIDENTS ■ March 14 — Larceny (taking mail from mailbox) on Cisco Road. ■ March 9 — Lost dealer license plate at M&M Auto on Virginia Road. LAND Continued from 1A the population,” Knighton wrote recently in her memo to Town Council “We would include the ECP’s feasibility study that supports investment for a senior living housing devel opment and the efforts to recruit a developer for that project; the town’s strategic communications/market- ing to recruit residents, families, retirees, mobile workers and entrepre neurs,” Knighton wrote. Also included, Knighton said, should be “the county’s investment in the (local) campus of the College of the Albemarle, the partnership between the school system and COA, the county’s part nership with the Boys and Girls Club; the community acquisition of the downtown movie theater; Destination Downtown Edenton’s report in cumulative investment in downtown properties; the resurgence of the Chowan Arts Council and the public library; the Tourism Devel opment Authority’s suc cesses with earned media supporting as a travel des tination; the recent major industrial expansions, and more.”' Tabling adoption of the CHOWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA P.O. Box 1030 Edenton, NC 27932 (252) 482-8431 (252) 482-4925 fax Board and Commission Vacancies Chowan County residents who are interested in being appointed to fill upcoming vacancies on various boards and committees are encouraged to fill out an application. The Chowan County Board of Commissioners appoint representatives to local and regional committees, boards, commissions and authorities. Applicants should be a resident of Chowan County Chowan County Nursing Home Advisory Board - Chowan County Planning Board Applications are being considered for Area “B” at this time Chowan County Board of Adjustment There are currently three vacancies, two of these vacancies are “alternate” seats. This Board is NOT assigned by districts at this time. Applications are available at the Chowan County Managers Office or online. For more information, contact Susanne Stallings, County Clerk (252) 482-8431 x 1 or email susanne.stallings® chowan.nc.gov proposed plan, Knighton advised, would “give us and the consultant time to draft amended language and seek out alternative viable popu lation projections.” Isher-Witt acknowledged the findings used in the plan, based on state and census data, had alarmed lo cal officials as it appears to show the population locally in a “crashing” mode in the years ahead. “Folks are concerned it could send the wrong mes sage,” she said. Just a few citizens showed up at the public hearing held at the start of the joint ses sion. Among them was Bob Kirby, a civil engineer with experience in planning. Kirby questioned the find ings concerning projected population growth, pointing to a northeast region popu lation projection study pre pared for Gates County that looked at population trends there and in other area corm- ties, including Chowan, for the years 2015 through 2045 at five-year intervals as re quired by CAMA According to those fig ures in 2015, Chowan Coun ty had apopulation of 14,670 and in 2045 is projected to have 14,667 citizens, for a minor drop in population of minus 0.02 percent. “I like those figures a lot MILES LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD Town Planner Elizabeth Bryant talks to the Chowan County Commission and Town Council on Monday about a proposed updated 2018 Coast Area Management Act Land Use Plan. better,” Kirby said. Local businessman Lar ry McLaughlin pointed to such variables as the even tual creation of interstate highway 1-87 and said “it’s hard to predict” what their impact might be. McLaughlin suggested a laundry list of correc tions and clarifications from the report that need to addressed ranging from bridges to sidewalks. He noted how there was very little mentioned in the plan about solar and wind farms. McLaughlin noted the plan’s reference to utilities may be incompatible with the comity’s rural character. McLaughlin said urban planners have been fore casting for years that peo ple would move from the inner cities to the suburbs. However, McLaughin said, many young adults and families these days seek to Cavanagh Ringelman CAVANAGH RINGELMAN Certified Public Accountants PC Tax Return Preparation Planning & Budgeting Accounting & Auditing Services Business Effectiveness Business Coaching “One good idea... ..every time we talk!” P.O. 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Climer, pointing to the “volatility” of data used in preparing such documents cited comments by ESRI, one of America’s biggest private demographic ana lysts, that warned against reliance on estimates in its online Methodology White Paper. “Measuring demograph ic characteristics is more challenging since 2010,” the paper explained. “Census 2010 was a game changer in the develop ment of small area data because it collected no sample data — variables like income, education, employment, home value and marital status. The American Community Sur vey is the replacement for sample data. The differ ences between it and the census sample are signifi cant.” “Census sample surveys were collected during the decennial censuses,” the paper went on to say. “The sample sizes were large enough to provide a solid base and to represent a single point in time, April 1. ACS sample sizes are much smaller than a cen sus survey taken once ev ery 10 years. To represent the smallest sample areas — block groups — data must be collected over 60 months. Even one-year ACS data is actually a 12- month average rather than a single point in time, April 1. The American Commu nity Survey represents pe riod estimates with a series of monthly surveys whose collective sample size is still less than the sample from the last census sam ple survey, in 2000.” Climer said negative data affects decisions ahead from public plan ners, investors, families and Town/County officials, so he urged caution when compiling and preparing this report. “If this data exists as a confirmed public policy document — we’re out trying to recruit grocery stores and industrial plac es — they’re not going to be very interested in a community that has itself proclaimed that it is de clining,” said Climer, who once advised Congress as to statitics as they relate to planning. An analogy of predicting what day and when deep it will snow 50 years from now seems applicable to how Climer took aim time and again at the statistics and forecasting methods. “My point is that this is creating so much uncer tainty that it seems to me that the only reliable way that this document can be presented would be to go back to the two previ ous decennial census fig ures maybe even further — I have no idea whether CAMA will have a heart at tack over that suggestion or not,” he said. “I would say that the 2017 data shown is a whole lot different than 2015 and from previous years. There’s an enormous amount of volatility in this data. This is relevant to the future of this community.” CHOWAI^HERALD (USPS 106-380) Vol. 83, No. 13 Published Every Wednesday Cooke Communications North Carolina, LLC Entered as a second-class matter August 30,1934 at the Post Of fice of Edenton, North Carolina, under Act of March 3, 1870. 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