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Bear Grass • Everetts • Hamilton • Hassell • Jamesville • Oak City • Parmele • ^^^ersonville • Williamston Knights upset in CPC semifinals... Sports, B $1 News MAKE NC COUNT ctNSus ifoao Residents to receive U.S. Census questionnaire next month. Page A3 Opinion iict* «■© Enterprise & Weekly Herald sport editor Jim Green — a packrat — starts to unpack, sort of. Page A4 Life & Style Billy Peel earns 2019 Farm Life Ruritan of the Year title. Page A5 GOOD MORNING, Janie Coltrain of Farm Life ■ Thank you for subscribing! Inside This Edition Classified B4 Life & Style A5 Out & About A2 Opinion A4 Sports B1 56525 10902 Volume 121: No. 15 MARTIN COUNTY & Week^ Herald FRIDAY* FEBRUARY21,2020 Repeat offender in federal custody Martin County Narcotics Unit assists with investigation, arrest SARAH HODGES STALLS Enterprise & Weekly Herald ROBERSONVILLE—A Green ville man is now in custody after being arrested in Rob- ersonville on a federal indict ment. Marcus Treymaine Hyman, 37, of 3519 old River Road, Greenville, was arrested Jan. 24 on charges of trafficking in cocaine. Hyman’s arrest comes af ter an investigation, which spanned several months, ac cording to Chief Deputy Drew Rob inson of the Mar tin County Sher iff’s Office. The investiga tion was conduct- HYMAN by the Martin County Narcotics Unit and the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation. Approximately 0.25 kilo grams of crack cocaine — with a street value of $25,000 — was seized during the in vestigation. The case was presented to the U.S. Attorney and was adopted for federal prosecu tion. After his arrest, Hyman was transported to the U.S. Court house in Greenville, where he was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service. He remains in federal cus tody awaiting trial, which has been continued until some time in April. The estimated time for trial was confirmed by the U.S. District Court Of fice in Raleigh. There was no bond set. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office, Williamston Police De partment and the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation con tributed to this investigation. Excellence honored Veteran educator recognized at governor's mansion SARAH HODGES STALLS Enterprise & Weekly Herald FARM LIFE—Willie C. Peele made his career in education a passion to reach young people. No matter if students had Peele for math or science, they walked away with a few life les sons as well. Twenty years after his retirement, Peele received a “great sur prise” when he received an invitation to the gov ernor’s mansion in Ra leigh. Peele was among a small group of educa tors from across the state honored Feb. 11 by the Gov. Roy Coo per and the N.C. African American Heritage Com mission.-The reception was held to “honor pio neering Black educators who have made ground breaking contributions in our state.” “1 have no idea how 1 was chosen for this, but 1 appreciate the oppor tunity to be recognized for this honor,” Peele said. A Martin County na tive, Peele spent his en tire education career in his home county. “My first teaching See OFFENDER, A3 Director earns national certification Enterprise & Weekly Herald STEWARD CONTRIBUTED Willie C. Peele, a veteran educator and community leader, was one a group of Black edu cators chosen honored Feb. 11 at the state’s governor’s mansion. Peele spent his entire education career molding young minds within Martin County. position was at East End,” he said. “1 did my student teaching and came back and worked three or four years.” That was in 1966. The next stop was E.J. Hayes School in Williamston. Peele got there just in time for the first year of inte gration, teaching sev enth and eighth grade science. “There were a lot of changes going on at that time. 1 enjoyed helping the students make those adjust ments,” he said. Peele went onto Williamston Junior High School where he taught seventh grade math and eighth grade algebra. “1 had the best ex perience there 1 ever had,” Peele said. “Al ice Hattem, George James (and many oth ers), it was just a good group. Peele would move into another arena of education by taking the principal posi tion back at E.J. Hayes School in Williamston, and later at his first school. East End. As he always want ed his students to be, Peele remained ready to learn. His next stop would be at Martin WILLIAMSTON—Mar tin County’s 9-1-1 Com munications Director Jason Stew ard recently earned the Emergency Number Profession al certifica tion from the National Emergency Number As sociation. Certification is a tool of a professional asso ciation to establish the benchmarks of perfor mance that will signify a broad-based compe tence in the profession al field. By successfully com pleting certification, an individual demon strates a mastery of the comprehensive knowl edge base required for emergency number program management; helps raise industry standards and increase the respect and pres tige of those involved in 9-1-1; and confirms the commitment to the See PEELE, A2 See STEWARD, A3 ^ 4'EASTERN m LIVING Eastern Living shares 'good' THADD WHITE Eastern North Carolina Living WILLIAMSTON—There are always stories worth telling. The goal of Eastern North Carolina Living has always been to tell those stories in the 12 counties that make up the coverage re gion. Usually the magazine’s writers follow a theme for stories. In the latest edi tion, writers simply told 12 good stories — one from each county. Martin County’s story in features a group of people still working to make the lives of those in southeast ern North Carolina better following Hurricane Flor ence. The group originated from Piney Grove Baptist Church in Farm Life, but has expanded to take in others from Martin Coun ty. The primary focus of their work has been New Bern. “It’s been amazing to see it come together and con tinue to grow,” said team leader Randy Mobley. Writer Sarah Hodges Stalls takes readers inside the team and the work they are doing in New Bern. In neighboring Bertie County, the story centers on the Junior Reserve Offi cers’ Training Corps at Ber tie High School. See EASTERN, A3 MARTIN COUNTY Ent \erc Renovations continuing... The work on our office is continuing. If there is not a staff member in the office, you can call the editor at 252-747-3883 Ext 1 for news items or email aharne@ncweeklies.com For Ads call Lou Ann at 252-809-9205-cell phone For subscriptions and line classifieds call Customer Care at 252-329-9505. Thank you for being patient with us during this remodeling.
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