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A6 THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2019 CAC opens ‘Piecing for Peace of Mind’ exhibit Proceeds benefit NAMI Albemarle Region STAFF REPORT Chowan Arts Council is bringing attention to the fight against mental illness with its July exhibit. The Piecing for Peace of Mind quilts to fight mental illness reception opened Thursday, at the CAC building on West Water Street. The quilts are part of a fundraiser for National Al liance for Mental Illness (NAMI) Albemarle Region. The local group, co founded by Cindy Smith and Betsy Johnstone, is dedicated to raising aware ness and providing essen tial education, advocacy, and support so people af fected by mental illness can build better lives. “Ours is a nationally and state supported, locally based nonprofit made up of people who have lived with mental illness,” Smith said in an email interview. NAMI Albemarle Region was founded in 2015. It now supports for people in seven counties in north- eastern North Carolina. Piecing for Peace of Mind started in April 2017, when NAMI Albemarle dis played more than 50 NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD PHOTOS Quilts from “Piecing for Peace of Mind” hang in one of the gallery rooms at the Chowan Arts Council. An opening reception was held Thursday. contemporary, vintage and art quilts throughout Eden ton, each dedicated to someone’s story of mental illness, Smith said. The quilts were later auctioned, raising mental illness awareness and funding for local mental health pro grams, activities and sup port. This year, NAMI Albe marle is launching a new fundraising initiative The pieces in the exhibit can be used as wall hang ings, pillow covers, placemats, etc. rewarding those making tax deductible donations with a variety of quilting re lated items which can be found on its Facebook page, https://www.face- book.com/NAMI-Albe- marle-778217098941961/ . A collection of these items will be displayed and avail able for purchase at the CAC during July. The exhibit will be open until July 31. ROUND-UP Continued from A5 Police Chief Henry King attended a big time chiefs’ conference in Wilm ington earlier this week. He said law enforcement leaders met to discuss plans and solutions to making the Tarheel State safer. Craig and April Gar man’s store on North Oakum Street is open for business. The store sells overstocked items gath ered from various leading retail chains — a welcome addition for customers who dread the trek to Eliz abeth City or Greenville. Their son Logan is a tal ented Bulldogs cross-coun try runner. Per Chowan Herald/ Daily Advance intern Veronica Downing’s re search for an upcoming story about Golden Frinks’ home on Peterson Street, Downing reports that this nugget remains in the pro posed state budget— $155,000 of funding to add Frinks’ home to Edenton State Historic Sites. NC Representative Ed Good win, R-Chowan, a member of the House Appropria tion committee, deserves a tip of the hat for keeping this spending proposal in the budget that lawmakers and Governor Roy Cooper have been grap pling with these past few weeks. Maybe with any luck, Raleigh will get its crap together and pass a budget. Speaking of politics, a lot people commented on social media about last week’s editorial welcom ing President Donald Trump to eastern NC. That’s good! Unlike the ma jor mainstream media out lets, we respect and en courage a diversity of opin ion. And if there is a Demo crat elected president in 2020, we most certainly will welcome that person to eastern NC the same way we did with Trump or any future president, maybe someday Alexan dria Ocasio-Cortez. Gay McClelland Chatham was recently ap pointed as Daughters of the American Revolution National Vice Chair Southeastern Division His toric Preservation. A cou ple of years back, Gay was regent for the Edenton Tea Party’s chapter of the NSDAR and she does a spot-on Tillie Bond imper sonation. Last week marks the fourth year the Rev. Malone Gilliam has served as rector at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Malone is married to Arts and Wellness of Edenton co-owner Mary Gilliam. They have four daughters, Grace, Anne, Elizabeth and June. Most notably, Gilliam’s sermons make a person think. And there is the oc casional pop culture refer ence that never ceases to amaze—how during Iris Lenten sermon he and the congregation sang a bar or two of “Take it Easy” from the Eagles or when he ex plained how 80s’ Flash Gordon’s super power— his humanity—can be the same as everybody else as we tty to be better people, good Samaritans. I’m probably not doing this portion of one of Gil liam’s sermons justice, but here goes. After everything that had just happened with the crucifixion, Christ emerges from the tomb and rather than being an gry at mankind like Rocky III’s Mr. T was when he promised to inflict “pain” on Balboa, Christ forgives mankind, embraces love. Trust me, Gilliam’s ser mons are not all about the pop references, but it does add to the flavor. Though I’ve long consid ered myself a Christian, I’d never really thought about much about the inner workings of faith until at tending church at St. Paul’s. Understanding the workings of anything, be it faith or sailing, makes you appreciate it that much more. Today is my 25th birth day. Thus, per usual, I’m burying the lead news at the end of this column so that if you’ve read this far, I value your faith, friendship and trust. Like Gilliam, here’s this song nugget to listen to when folks cele brate birthdays - Google “Trip Around the Sun” by Jimmy Buffett. Among the “super ¬ powers” I’ve discovered about myself as I travel around the sun — I know more than a bit about the passage of time. Though time is measured by clocks, that’s not really the most accurate way to illus trate the past, present or future, but it is the only, perhaps easiest, means of marking the minutes. A decade may be 10 years long, but its effects can last much longer. Ten minutes for a small child is an eternity. And a year is but a blink like seasons in the sun to some. Time is a feeling, a mood, a shared experience among minds. If you know the cues and what you’re looking for, you can travel back wards and forwards in time with relative ease. While the 1767 Court house is just a brick build ing to some, it can be port- hole to the past. Across the globe, people and places live within time “bubbles.” Navigating through these bubbles is like exploring new worlds. Maybe a better analogy for time travel is finding the exact groove on a vinyl record to play a favorite song and then figuring the right spot to take the nee dle off the turntable so as you can skip the crappy power ballad that big hair metal groups thought was important to include on the album. Because the world is constantly spinning, the trick is finding the right groove. Many “tracks” are not only struck on “repeat” but played at various speeds. One town may live in the 1950s while another place may be in the 1990s — same thing is true with people. Not everyone grows at the same rate. Once you find the right track, it’s best not to listen too long. Rather than learn ing to experience change, you can become trapped, forever circling the same routine. The longer you stay, the harder it becomes to skip to various beats. Taken as a whole, the ticks on a clock are nearly mean ingless. Immortality is best judged not by the length of time, but the quality. Miles Layton can be reached at mlayton@ncweeklies. com CUPOLA Continued from A5 time for last week’s news paper, but here are the re sults from the watermelon contests held during the Chowan-Edenton Optimist Club’s Fourth of July activi ties. For the seed-spitting contest, first place went to Gavin Shafer, of Trinity; second place, Gavin Moody, of Pembroke; and third place, Everett Near, of Edenton. For the watermelon-eat ing contest, first place went to Zoey Nowell, of Gates County; second, HEALTH Continued from A5 3384370. Aug. 1: General, WIC, Child Health AM, Immu nizations 5-7 p.m. Aug. 2: General Aug. 5:General, WIC ORR Continued from A5 This week, I have included a recipe for a nice, fresh sum mer supper using tomatoes for a quick, fresh marinara It’s wonderful with home- made pasta or if using a box, dried pasta I prefer De Cecco, but they stopped Nichole Brooks of Col erain; and third place, Pre ston Clubb of Port St. Lu cia, Florida Thanks Optimist Club members Kirk DeVine and John McArthur for getting the information to us and congrats to all the winners. This week will be a Steamers’ heavy week for my family as we hope to at tend two games this week. The team had games every day this week, both at Hicks Field and away, so it’s a great time to take in a game. Thursday, July 18, is Daily Advance night at Hicks Field. The Chowan Aug. 6: Women’s Health Services, Prenatal All Day Aug. 7: General Aug. 8: General, New Prenatal AM Aug. 9: General Aug. 12: General, WIC Aug. 13: Women’s Health Services, Prenatal AM, General, WIC carrying it at our Food Lion under protest A decent dried pasta I found by accident is the Ronzoni Homestyle dried pasta Be sure to salt the boil ing pasta water liberally to taste like the sea, cook to al dente, and use a freshly grated parmesan. Eqjoy! Cheryl Orr is the owner of the Cotton Gin Inn. Herald has free tickets to the game at our office on South Broad Street avail able on a first-come, first- served basis. Come out and support the Steamers as they face the Peninsula Pilots (Hampton, Virginia). Since I’ve thrown out the first pitch at the past two Daily Advance nights, I thought it would be best if I passed the ball to another Steamers’ fan, our youngest son, Joseph. He’s been practicing to get ready to make his big de but. Also at Hicks Field, the Steamers will have Kids Night on Saturday, July 20. I’ve been told that the night Aug. 14: General Aug. 15: General, WIC, Child Health PM, Immu nizations 5-7 p.m. Aug. 16: General Aug. 19: General, WIC Aug. 20: Women’s Health Services, Prenatal All Day, WIC Aug. 21: General US17 Bypass & Captain Bob’s Restaurant Sat. & Sun. 11am-6pm will include a Scout activ ity, which is the first of its kind held at Hicks Field in recent memory. The Cub Scouts from Hertford and Edenton will participate in the opening ceremonies. After the game, they’ll be camping out—weather permitting. Speaking of kids, school is a little over a month away. Edenton-Chowan Schools wants to remind parents and guardians that if you did not turn in an up dated school bus needs form for the upcoming school year, and you have not received a call from the Transportation Depart ment yet, call the bus Aug. 22: General, New Prenatal PM Aug. 23: General, Adult Health Aug. 26: General, WIC Aug. 27: Women’s Health Services Prenatal AM Aug. 28: General Aug. 29: General Aug. 30: General garage at 482-5306 ASAP so they can double check your child’s bus profile. This helps with verifying bus information now, so that their reports are as ac curate as possible for the first day of school and thereafter. Also, if a family moves to a different ad dress over the summer, come in or fax a change of address and a copy of 320 W. Queen St. Edenton 252-482-2402 COMING SOON All Burgers Made Fresh Daily from the Freshest Ingredients Available STILL SERVING SOFT SERVE & DIP ICE CREAM Join us for Lunch or Dinner New Hours: Mon-Sun ll:00am-2:30pm Thur,Fri, Sat 4:30pm-8:30pm Hot and Cold Sandwiches Emilio's General Store & Take Away 206 S. Broad St., Edenton • 482-8240 proof of residence; light bill, water bill, rent or lease agreement, to the school(s) your child(ren) will be attending. Once re ceived, school staff will in form transportation of the official change. I really hope you eqjoy the rest of your week. If you have any questions or story ideas, contact me at nlayton@ncweeklies.com.
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