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NEW BRIDGE — Above is an artist’s rendition of what the new Albemarle Sound Bridge will look like when completed. At 9 a.m. on Monday, May 13, the public is invited to attend a groundbreaking ceremony at Sandy Point Beach to mark the beginning of construe tion of the new bridge that will replace the existing 48-year old bridge across the sound. The new two-lane high rise bridge is scheduled for completion by 1988. Groundbreaking For New Bridge Monday Governor Jim Martin is ex pected to join State Transporta tion Secretary James E. Harr ington for a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of the new Albemarle Sound Bridge. Governor Martin, Secretary Harrington and other federal, state and local officals will gather at the planned construction site on NC-32 between Chowan and Washington counties for a 9 a m. ceremony on Monday, May 13. The groundbreaking ceremony will be held on the north end of the existing bridge in Chowan Coun ty. The public is invited to attend the ceremony. In February, the state Board of Transportation approved a $22.3 million contract for the replace ment of the .Albemarle Sound Bridge, the state’s longest bridge. The bridge is the largest, single structure contract ever awarded by the board. The new Albemarle Sound Bridge will replace the existing 48-year-old bridge across the 4 CHOWAN HFRAID VilV/ V¥ rill ODlVriLil/ J Volume XLIX - No. 17 Edenton. North Carolina. Thursday, May 9, 1985 Single Copies 25 Cents sound. Under terms ot the con tract, which was awarded to Cian bro/Williams of Pittsfield, ME, the structure will be a two-lane "high rise" bridge. State transportation officials have determined that the wooden pilings which support the existing bridge have been damaged by ex posure to the elements of nature during its 48-year existence. Studies conducted in 1980 in dicated that rehabilitation of the 3.5-mile structure would not be cost effective. Secretary Harrington said Continued On Page I Conserving Area Water County officials are asking residents to voluntarily conserve water due to a lack of rain and heavy demands being made on the county’s water supply. Graham Earless, director, Chowan County Water Depart ment, recently told county com missioners that the county's water plants are running almost 24 hours a day to meet the demand for water. He also said the county is currently buying additional water from the town of Edenlon and Perquimans County. "Are neighbors are really sav ing us now," commented Earless. On Looking Ahead Observers along the Public Parade will be happy to know that the Chowan Herald building is in for a face lifting or, more precise ly, a face restoration. Not tomor row or taext week, but in the months ahead. Several other things have to be done fifst. One of our first priorities is the installation of a more centralized heating and coohng'^ystenrwhiehwrH-enaMe us to pUll out the window units which disfigure the front of the 1894 building. In the jnterest of fuel efficiency, we have asked our local represen tatives to look into the possibility of installing a water-based heating and air conditioning system.! If this is found not to be feasible^ then we will have to go to more conventional systems which may require building a deck oyer the pressroom in the rear of the building. As this work is completed, we intend t^> restore or replace doors and windows on the front damag ed by the air conditioning units, replace missing decorative features and undertake a paint schedule based on research into Continued Un Page 4 Renovations Scheduled Renovations at Edenton’s Municipal Airport should be get ting under way the week of May 13 thanks to a decision by the Federal Aviation Administration to add an additional $66,700 to the agency's original $350,000 alloca tion forithe project. When' the work is completed, 5,300 ft- of runway 1/19 will be resurfaced and lighting installed allowing greater access to jets and other aircraft. The grand total for the project is $594,759 ($416,700 from the FAA and $89,025 from both the town of Edenton and the State Division of Aviation). “Congressman Walter Jones and Senator Jesse Helms played a major-role in helping us get the additional funding,” said Town Administrator Sam Noble, “Also, the FAA has worked extremely well with us.” The RAA’s original allocation plus $23,150 each from the town and state was expected to cover the co6t of plans to resurface 4,800 ft. of the runway. But high con struction bids and a decision by the town to pave and light an ad ditional 500 ft. of runway made ad ditional funding necessary. The asphalt resurfacing will be done by Rose Bothers Paving of Ahoskie add lighting will install ed by Frye Electric Company. ■mv m. i u s umn EXTENSION HOMEMAKERS WEEK— Chairman of the Chowan County Board of Commissioners A1 Phillips (second from left) proclaimed the week of May 5 -11 as Extension Homemakers Week in Chowan County. Pictured with Mr. Phillips are (from left to right) Eula Jordan, Extension Homemaker Council President; Mary Julia Parrish, Extension Homemaker Week Chairman; and Etta Hathaway, Chairman of the EHA’s commissioner’s luncheon. Related Story on Page 4-A Dispute Over Vacant Board Seat Arises A dispute over how a vacant seat on the Edenton-Chowan Board of Education should be fill ed arose during a regular school Sherri Denise Belfield Belfield Gets Scholarship Sherri Denise Belfield, daughter of Louis and Jolyquin Belfield, Edenton, has been awarded a Pogue scholarship to study at the University of North Carolina. A student at John A. Holmes High School, Belfield is president of Student Council; president, Modern Music Masters Society; vice-president, National Honor Society ; and a member of both the Senior Executive Council and the Quiz Bowl team. Criteria for Pogue selection are Continued On Page 4 board meeting on Monday, May 6. The vacancy, which became ef-’ fective on April 30, was created when Jerald Perry, one of the two blacks on the board, resigned in March. On March 28, an article released by the Board of Educa tion announcing Perry’s resigna tion was printed in the Chowan Herald. The article stated that by law the remaining members of the board would have until June 30 to appoint someone to fill the empty seat. At Monday’s meeting, school board member James Taylor ask ed why the process of appointing someone to fill the vacant seat wasn’t begun when Perry’s resignation announcement ap peared in the Daper. Taylor said someone had been recommended to fill the vacant seat and an appointment should be made. “There is no reason to wait any longer,” said Taylor. “It’s been before the people of ficially since March 28.” But other members of the board said they wanted more time to consider additional candidates for the seat. “I don’t think we can hastily be making a decision,” said board member Eugene Jordan. Board member John Mitchener III suggested the board hold an open meeting where the public could hear the views of those in terested in filling the vacancy. “I do think the public is entitl ed to know the views and perspec tives of the person who will All the seat,” said Mitchener. No decision as to who will fill the vacancy was made Monday, but Rev. J.L. Fenner, representing the Edenton-Chowan Civic League recommended that Johnny Bond, manager of the Chowan Credit Union, be ap pointed to the vacant seat. Fenner had a petition signed by 475 peo ple supporting Bond’s appointment. “We feel we should have equal representation because the black community represents 50 percent of the students,” said Fenner. Fenner said appointing a black to fill the vacancy would not be a racial issue, but a black would be able to better represent black community. He said having only one black on the school board would take the community “back to the status quo.” Whoever is appointed to fill the vacant seat will serve through November, 1986. The remainder of Perry’s term - through November 1986 - will be filled by a non-partisan election in the Primary Elections to be held for County officers in 1986. Republicans: Local Meeting Chowan County Republicans will hold a meeting Monday, May 13, 8 p.m. at the old Courthouse. The agenda will include the Election of representatives to the State Convention in Wilmington. All county Republicans are urg ed to attend«s well as all new par ty members. 1970 Ordinance Repealed Commissioners Voted 5-2 This Sunday, May 12 will mark the first time in fifteen years beer and wine will able to be purchas ed on a Sunday in Chowan County outside the corporate limits of Edenton. In a 5-2 vote during a regular Board of County Commissioners meeting on Monday, commis sioners voted to repeal a 1970 or dinance prohibiting the sale of beer and wine outside the cor porate limits between 11:45 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 a m. on the following Monday. Voting to keep the ordinance prohibiting Sunday beer sales were board members Alton Elmore and Joe Hollowed. Because the ordinance to ban Sunday beer and wine sales in the county was a local one, state of ficials in Raleigh said the repeal becomes effective immediately without any additional action by the state. In a discussion before the vote. Commissioner Elmore made a motion to hold a public hearing on issue. Commissioner Hollowed, who said he has heard more from his constituents on this issue than on the issue concerning the sewage treatment plant, agreed with Elmore that a hearing should be held. But in a 5-2 vote the mo Commodities Distribution The Chowan County Depart ment of Social Services will be distributing cheese, butter, flour, corn meal, rice, dry milk and honey to the residents of Chowan County at two locations on Tuesday, May 14. Applications will be processed and com modities distributed at the School Maintenance Building on Dicks Street in Edenton during the hours Continued On Page 4 k -r r lion was defeated. Board members who voted to repeal the ordinance said they did so because it was not fair that merchants within the corporate limits were allowed to sell beer on Sundays and merchants outside those limits were not. Hollowed said he would like to have everyone treated the same and have Sunday beer and wine sales prohibited throughout the county both in town and outside theeor porate limits. Corporation Recognized The 1985 Clean Air Award was recently presented to Chowan Veneer Company, Inc. by the American Lung Association of North Carolina, Eastern Region, in recognition of their efforts toward emission reduction. This award is presented annual ly as a part of Clean Air Week to recognize industries in eastern North Carolina that have made significant efforts to improve air quality. Chowan Veneer installed a new boiler and redid the facili ty, which increased their fuel ef ficiency while lowering costs. These improvements reduced their emissions from .7 particles per million to .1 particle per million - almost no emissions! President James Darnell ac cepted the award for Chowan Veneer, which was nominated by the Department of Natural and Economic Resources, Air Quality Section. Final selection was made by the Environmental Health Committee of the Lung Associa tion’s Board of Directors. The award was presented by Deborah Bryan, Regional Director of the American Lung Association of - North Carolina, Eastern Region. 8 CLEAN AIR AWARD— Chowan Veneer Company president James Darnell, center, accepts the 1985 Clean Air Award from Deborah Bryan, Regional Director of the American Lung Association of North Carolina, Eastern Region. Also pictured is Herbert Hollowed, a board member of the Edenton American Lung Association.
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