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I CHOWAN HERALD Published In The Most Beautiful Little City On The North Carolina Coast If Volume I1IV* No. 9 r-t-.-—— Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, March 3,1988 Single Copies 25 Cents As you read this, only a few lays remain before the so :alled Super Tuesday pri nary when voters in some 20 itates, North Carolina among em, will register their pref rences for candidates for sident of the United States. This is developing into a Very complex political situa ion, with two generally-con idered unelectable con enders, one in each party, kely to go to the national onventions with enough sup rt to be able to dictate terms to the winners. We are talking about Pat Robertson, the ex-televange list, who could easily run well Enough in the south next Tuesday to come out with enough delegates to represent the balance of power between George Bush and Robert Dole at the Republican National Convention. And Jesse Jackson, the 4Rack minister, could easily garner enough delegates in Tuesday's primaries to send -him to the Democratic National Convention with enough strength to dictate language in the platform if pot post-election concessions flrom the winner of a brokered nomination. | For thefe reasons, we con sider it very important that North Carolina voters, both ffotttbcrats and Republicans, come next ay with the greatest of care. ; We expect a very close race between Vice President Bush and Senator Dole. We do not presume to advise Republicans how to pick a pominee. But we have a feel ing that the better Bob Dole does in North Carolina and I throughout the south, the less likely it would be that the Religious Right end up as the invisible power behind the throne should the Kansas Senator become President of the United States. Continued On Page 4 ) Year Long Investigation Ends Sixteen Arrested On Drug Related Charges By JACK GROVE . A year-long undercover drug investigation in Chowan County culminated Tuesday in the arrest of 16 town and county residents. Four others are currently being sought by law enforcement officers. Chowan Sheriff Fred Spruill and Edenton Police Chief J.D. Parrish said that the investigation was a coor dinated effort with their de partments and the State Bureau of Investigation. An undercover SBI agent was utilized to make buys of marijuana and cocaine from the accused individuals. The charges include pos session, sale and delivery of marijuana and possession, sale and delivery of cocaine. Spruill said that all charges are ten-year felonies. There were a total of 30 charges against 20 individuals. The roundup of the alleged drug dealers began at 7 a.m. and proceeded through the morning. Participating were Spruill and five of his deputies, Parrish and six of his officers, eight SBI agents and three Alcohol Law Enforcement officers. A first appearance for 11 of those arrested was held before District Court Judge John T. Chaffin at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Bond was set and varied from $1,000 to $20,000. Assistant District Attorney Donna Forbes requested that bond for Jimmy Mack Evans be raised from $12,000, set by a magistrate to $25,000. Evans was accused as a major sup plier of drugs in the county and he allegedly had claimed that he had been in the drug business for ten years. Judge Chaffin set his bond at $20,000. Those arrested in the county sweep were Evans, 35, David Silverthome, 28, Roy Nixon, 44, Wayne Bond, 33, Robin Lee Thackston, 31, Tommy Wayne Basnight, 31, Marvin Wayne Henderson, 26, Chester Bunch, 31, and Tommy Cedi Nixon, Jr., 18. Town residents arrested were Geraldine Fleming, 24, Ivey Basnight, 23, Willie Basnight, Sr., 53, Raleigh Basnight, 25, James Charles Aylesworth, 22, Haywood (Hollywood) Burke, 34, and COURT BOUND-Some of the persons arrested Tuesday morning on charges of distributing marijuana and cocaine are escorted by Dep. Sheriff Victor Lamb to the Chowan County Courthouse for a first appearance hearing. Twenty people in Edenton and Chowan have been charged with distributing illegal drugs. A similar roundup has been conducted in Hertford. Raleigh Hughes, 31. The defendants were first taken to the Edenton Police Station for photographing and fingerprinting, next to the courthouse for setting of bond by a magistrate and then pro ceeded into the jail. Spruill said that no search warrants were used and no drugs were confiscated at the time of the arrests. Both Spruill and Parrish said that the arrests went smoothly and without resistance. Ten of the accused had been released on bond by Wednesday morning with six remaining in jail. The sheriff said that the following officers were in strumental in the investiga tion: Captain C.H. Williams of EPD, Sheriffs Deputy David Jethro, SBI Special Agent Dwight Ransome and the undercover SBI agent It was learned late Wednesday afternoon that a similar roundup of drug dealers was held in Hertford Wednesday. Sheriff Spruill said that Continued On Page 4 Rash Of Outdoor Fires Plague Area A rash of outdoor fires in the past two weeks has prompted county officials to sound a call for fire aware ness on the part of the public. Roger Spivey, county forest Demos Plan Meet MiSj^Ibwan Democrats will have an opportunity today to become actively involved in the process that will ulti mately pick the party's can didate for President of the United States. The process begins at the precinct level and progresses through a county convention, district and state conventions and culminates in the na tional convention in Atlanta, Ga. July 18-21. Chowan precinct meetings are scheduled for Thursday, March 3 at 8 p.m. The main order of business is to elect delegates to the county con mention.. ' Within .each precinct, one delegate will be elected for each 100 votes cast in the 1984 presidential elec tion for the party's candidate. Precinct meeting places and number of delegates to be elected are: • Yeopim, new National Guard Armory, six delegates; • Rocky Hock, Rocky Hock Rescue Squad building, five delegates; • East Edenton, old Armory, ten delegates; • West Edenton, new Rescue Squad building; 14 delegates; and Continued On Page 4 I Supporters Turn Out For Jordan Supporters of Democratic pt. Governor Bob Jordan's Campaign for governor had to wait for two hours last ^Wednesday afternoon for )heir candidate but there was a packed house when he did ar rive at 3:45. \ Jordan flew into Edenton k'rom Charlotte, where his mother is hospitalized, with an apology and a full plat form for his campaign. The gathering was at the Carolina Room of Gaslight Square. After circulating around shaking hands, Jordan was formally introduced by Herbert Hollowell. After building a successful lumber business in Mt. Gilead, Jordan told of his desire to run the state in a business-like manner. In an apparent swipe at Republican Governor and rival, Jim Martin, he said, "Leadership is not talk ing about something but doing something.” “ He struck a popular local 'chord when he spoke of his awareness of the importance Continued On Page 4 ie Carolina Room Wednesday afternoon le spoke on such popular local subjects ranger said "We've had at least half a dozen brush and woods fires during the month of February." The spring fire season runs from March through May. The forest ranger said that many people begin burning grass and garden stubble and leaves during this season. "The reason they're (fires) getting away is lack of prepa ration. The wind picks up and carries the fire to brush and to the woods." He said that those planning to burn should make such preparations as creating fire lines, have a water hose nearby and have readily available tools such as shov els and water buckets. "A charged garden hose is the main protection," he ob served. Spivey and Edenton Fire Chief Lynn Perry pointed out that many people do not rec ognize the spring fire hazard because of spring rains and general greening of grass and shrubs. They said that Continued On Page 4 ii&AVi luau-a trucK struggles to load a Din tor transport to the landfill. The bin contains trash removed from Pollack Swamp on the New Road. It was estimated that five or six loads will have been taken from the swamp when the cleanup is completed. Pollock Swamp Litter Removed Litter is unsightly. It can also be expensive and damaging to the environ ment. Pollock Swamp is an example. The county, which began a campaign against litter in January, began a cleanup at the swamp on New Road (SR 1318) near the Brayhall water treatment plant last week. Old refrigerators, stoves, truck and car tires, mat tresses, bed springs, castoff furniture, garbage and other assorted refuse has been dumped there for years. The county has teamed with the state transportation dept, and a private contractor in the cleanup. The swamp is adjacent to a stream and any poisonous and noxious material leak ing from various dumped implements and the garbage can foul the stream. County equipment is being used to drag the refuse from the swamp. A transportation department front-end loader picks it up from the roadside and deposits it in a large trash bin. The contractor, Charlie Ullom of Reliable Disposal Service Co. then trucks the bins to the Perquimans Chowan Sanitary Landfill. Ullom commented Friday, "If people knew how much this was costing them, (the trash cleanup) maybe they wouldn't do it." Graham Farless, su Continued On Page 4 Board Meeting Held By JACK GROVE Edenton-Chowan Board of Education members were up before the sun Friday morn ing to again discuss school building needs and financ ing. The purpose of the 6 a.m. meeting was to consider a critical needs application to the state for immediate fund ing from a special fund of $95 million set up by the General Assembly. The funds are to go to the school systems with the most urgent building re quirements. Application deadline is March 15 and must be based on a long-range building plan. The local plan was ap proved by a "super-sub" committee composed of county commissioners Alton Elmore and A1 Phillips and school board chairman Cecil Pry and board member John Mitchener, MI. Non-voting members are county manager Cliff Copeland, schools superintendent John Dunn and developer Ross Inglis. The super-sub gave its ap proval to a long-range plan at a recent meeting that calls for expenditures of $6.6 million, demolition of the two-story building at Chowan Jr. High and the construction of a new middle school there. It would house 6th, 7th and 8th grades. The location of the middle school became the issue at Continued On Page 5
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