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A2 CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11,2019 SEWER Continued from Al a system designed to absorb and cleanse nutrients. It is anticipated that this will lessen the impacts of the discharge to the surface waters downstream of Filberts Creek. Must assuredly, Santa will be pay ing close attention to these Public Works employees; gold stars by then- names on the “nice” list that not even Elf on the Shelf can take away. Staff uniter Miles Layton can be reached at mlayton@ncweeklies. com Edenton Public Works staff works to repair a sewer line leak. SUBMITTED PHOTOS An Edenton Public Works employee is lowered into the sewer to help repair a leak recently on North Broad Street. LIFE Continued from Al Thirty minutes later, Chris arrived home and found Lisa unresponsive. Immediately, Chris called their cousin Beth Evans, who is a nurse and lives right down the road. Within two minutes, Beth Evans and her husband along with other family ar rived and the ambulance was called. In no time, the ambulance arrived along with a sheriffs deputy. “The response and con cern of the local responders was exceptional,” Chris Ev ans said. Once at Vidant Chowan Hospital, Dr. Bryan Gerber, the Emergency Department doctor, let Evans know that his wife was very sick, but the hospital was doing all it could do to get her stable. Her temperature was 107 degrees and she was in no way responding. Evans said Gerber knew there must be some horri ble infection or something neurological was happen ing. With kidney function a concern and a fear of lung failure, he ordered her to be placed on a ventilator. “Dr. Gerber and the staff were so ‘calm, cool and collected’ as they did their work,” Chris Evans said. Gerber then ordered East Care Helicopter and orga nized taking Lisa to Vidant in Greenville. “Another impressive thing to watch was when the East Care Team arrived,” Evans said. “I watched as they came in and did the transfer. Truly amazing to see all the hands and minds working together to see that her care was complete.” Lisa spent 10 days in the critical care ICU where they determined she had a kid ney stone that had created infection in her kidney, and she went septic. “The continual care that we received once in Green ville continued to be amaz ing,” Evans said. “Without our local hospital and the care, they provided, we feel Lisa’s outcome would have been gravely different.” With Evans’ wife near death, was he scared? “Not sure if ‘scared’ is the word, but truly in a zone of real concern,” he said. “The hardest thing I had in front of me was contacting our children.” The couples’ daughter and her husband live in the western part of North Caro lina and their son was trav eling with his work and was in San Antonio, Texas, but they traveled home to be with mom. “When Lisa woke up it was extremely important that her children were there and she knew they were with her,” he said. Always best to give God his due. “We are active mem bers at Rocky Hock Baptist Church,” Evans said. “I can not imagine going through what we did without the close-knit church commu nity that we have. Between them, our family and friends along with friends from across the state we were loved on and cared for won derfully. Prayers were of fered up by so many people.” While events were trans piring one Sunday morning, the church was there when the respiratory team came in to remove Lisa’s ventila tor. “Our Sunday school class Face Timed to pray for Lisa and prayed for the ones re moving the ventilator,” Ev ans said. “Technology was awesome. The vent was then removed without any problems. Shortly thereaf ter, we were Face Timed again during church so Lisa could hear the praise and worship music.” Lisa Evans said the expe rience brought her close to God. “My faith has always been strong, but this experience has certainly drawn me nearer to Christ and makes me really appreciate life in a new way,” she said. The family spent weeks in Greenville all together. “Once home we were under home health care for another three weeks along with physical and occupa tional therapy, Evans said. “ Again, wonderful care pro vided by the Vidant Team.” Weeks later, Lisa got per sonally thank and hug Ger ber for saving her life. “Dr. Gerber showed his kindness and compassion as he took time to sit and let her talk with him about that afternoon,” Chris Evans said. “It was great for her to hug and thank him and to hear him tell his part of what had happened. It was also good for the doctor to meet a patient whom he had the great experience of treating and saving.” Last note, praise for the miracle would not be com plete with paying tribute to Chowan’s first responders and other medical profes sionals. “We want to make sure that our local EMS, Sher iffs Dept, Chowan Hospital and Greenville get lots of praise,” Chris Evans said. Staff writer Miles Lay- ton can be reached at mlay- ton@ncweeklies. com VAUGHAN Continued from Al personable, a perfect South ern gentleman - the type of politician who doesn’t need to raise his voice to get things done. There’s a warmth about Vaughan and his wife Peg gy that make the couple one of Edenton’s trea sures. Anybody whose has ever walked past then- house on East Water Street knows this to be true as the Vaughans wave to everyone walking by their historic home. “Roland has been the May or of Edenton for an entire generation,” longtime Coun cilman Sambo Dixon said. “Children born here have only known an Edenton with Roland as its leader.” Vaughan’s leadership has kept the Town Council’s agenda rolling along with progress being made. “Roland has guided Eden ton with a firm hand and his leadership has produced extraordinary results,” Dix on said. “Many companies here are expanding, much of our infrastructure has recently been updated and our downtown is thriving. Roland has throughout his administration fostered goodwill and helped cre ate a political environment where there are no real po litical divides. He has made sure that we have all come together for the good of ev eryone.” Think about what’s Vaughan’s done for a brief moment. Conger Building being sold and becoming a brew pub - took a long time for that to happen. Most politi cians wilt like violets when facing the hot sun of op position, but not Vaughan. He stayed the course over more than a few years and the place is on target to be come a top notch attraction for our waterfront. Millions of dollars in wa ter infi-astructure upgrades can be attributed to Vaughan too. Beaver Hill water plant went online in late Novem ber. Town Hall expects that renovations and upgrades at Freemason to be completed in April 2020. Earlier this year, the town received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a $2.6 million 40-year low interest loan (2%) to renovate and upgrade the two water treat ment plants — Beaver Hill and Freemason plants, with the latter going online within the spring of 2020. Total cost of the project is $3.75 mil lion. Town Hall seeks to pay j the loan off in 30 years. Planning and money for that project didn’t fall out of the sky like rain drops, so give thanks to Vaughan for preserving the infrastruc ture for another 50 years or so. In large and small towns across the South, mayors and city councils are grap pling with what to do about Confederate statues. Some places have be come so polarized that stat ues are being torn down in the dark of night and Christ mas parades are being can celed because some folks are determined to make their voices heard though it is the season of good will. Edenton has avoided this media-manufactured insani ty because of Vaughan’s di plomacy, tact. Town Manager Anne Ma rie Knighton has worked alongside Vaughan since he was sworn in as mayor. “Mayor was a good per son to work for - he was so supportive of all of us who worked for the town, he really is beloved by the employees. We miss him al ready,” she said. Knighton talked about some of Vaughan’s accom plishments during his 24- year tenure in office. “I would say Mayor’s greatest accomplishments have been leading the effort to transform the waterfront into a stellar public place and weaving the downtown economy as an import ant segment of the overall Chowan County econom ic base,” she said. “Within months of Mayor being sworn in as Mayor in Decem ber 1995, he challenged the Council to identify was to maximize assets — immedi ately the Council embraced the vision of creating a true harbor town. Mayor appoint ed a blue ribbon commission made of people with knowl edge and sldlls and before you knew it we had a plan. Four years later, the break water, harbor and slips were built and dedicated for use. Knighton said Vaughan’s next years were devoted to promoting economic development that was in harmony with the County’s agricultural economic base CALL ALLEN C. BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW • 252-481-1906 and heritage. In 2003, Mayor summoned the Council to invest and commit to reviv ing downtown after the 2001 recession. Edenton applied for and was designated a NC Main St Community in 2003. “This designation is on of the hallmarks of the Mayor’s accomplishments as Mayor, we work every day to im plant the principles of the National Main Street Center program,” Knighton said. “And the Mayor worked to strengthen partnerships and the relationships we have with the Chamber of Com merce, the Tourism Devel opment Authority and the Edenton Chowan Partner ship — these partnerships are valued and important to the Town.” Dixon said all the citizens of Edenton owe Roland a huge thank you for his ser vice. “Roland has spent count less days traveling to meet ings to promote Edenton,” CHOWAt/HERALD (USPS 406-380 ) IMMMwi Every Wednesday Atoms Mftisbt^ firaw Balwwl aS a sec widiass matter August 30,1934 at the Post Of fice EjSentan,' North Carolina, under Act of March 3, 18"@. STBSCRIPTk A. 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Do they remember all the kind words and policies pursued that improved the quality of life for everyone or will they forget. In Vaughan’s case, his legacy of public service will echo an eternity. “I think to fully under stand Roland’s legacy we need to look at other small town across America that have vacant buildings on Mainstreet and a general loss of vibrancy and then compare these places to Edenton,” Dixon said. “Ro land’s legacy is all around us. I encourage everyone to just walk down to the wa terfront and look around. There you will see children playing on a new play ground, a breakwater with benches for those wanting to enjoy the view, a magnif icent lighthouse, and boats moored in Edenton as they travel the intercoastal wa terway. You will also hear the sounds of renovation at the old Conger building as the work on the new brew pub begins and on warm weekends people will be picnicking on the grass. This is just one example of what Roland has helped create for us all to enjoy and this is why we need to be exceedingly thankful for his public service.” Next week, we’ll hear from more voices about the impact Vaughan has had on the community and the lives of others. Vaughan has worked with several gover nors, served on many eco nomic development boards and currently serves as chairman for the Boys and Girls Club of the Albemarle where he led a $1.5 million fundraising effort and ne gotiated with the Chowan County Commission to buy and renovate the old D.F. Walker High School. A teaser to next week’s story comes from entrepre neur and successful busi nessman Charlie Creighton who said, “Roland was a fabulous ambassador for Edenton and brought big city respect to our little town. We will miss him more than we know. All the best to friend!”
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