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tHE CHOWAN HERALD Published In The Most Beautful Little City On The North Carolina Coast Volume IVll - No. 26 Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, July 11,1991 Single Copies 35 Cents PRAISED BY THE ADMIRAL -- RADM Walter T. Leland, Commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District, encourages guests to examine the new HHJ-60 J Jayhawk helicopter which conveyed him from Portsmouth to Elizabeth City to attend an "Acceptance Ceremony"for three Jayhawks. Admiral Leland was the program's keynote speaker. Acceptance Ceremony Held For Helicopters By MARGUERITE MCCALL Chowan residents have re ported seeing faster, quieter helicopters flying over the county the past several weeks. They are the three new HH 60J Jayhawks belonging to the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Elizabeth City. On July 3, an "Acceptance Ceremony" to formally re ceive the Sikorsky-built air craft took place at the base. More than 100 people wit nessed Sikorsky Aircraft Vice President Merrick Hell yar present the Jayhawks' keys and logbooks to Captain Terry Beacham, command ing officer of the Air Station. "We're very excited about flying the H-60," Beacham said. "It’s one of the best things I’ve seen in my years of flying aircraft.” Beacham, who started fly ing in 1966, said he was sta tioned in New Orleans in 1969 when the HH-3F helicopters were commissioned. "Sikorsky told us the H-3s were built to last eight years," he said. "We're still flying them. I hope the Jayhawk will do as well." (The Jayhawk, which re ceived its name in a service wide competition, will grad ually replace all H-3s now in use.) Hellyar replied, "The Jay hawk has strong forebears. In our forty-eight year associa tion, Sikorsky has delivered over 250 helicopters in eight different models to the Coast Guard." The keynote speaker, Rear Continued On Page 8 Supoenas Issued For Kelly Trial Attorneys for alleged child sexual abuser Robert Fulton Kelly Jr. issued 176 subpoenas Tuesday. Chowan County Sheriff Fred Spruill said his department has served the subpoenas to various people throughout the town and county. Kelly's trial in the Little Rascals Day Care case, scheduled to have begun on June 3, was delayed until July 22, when the defense objected to the previous quashing of subpoenas by trial Judge D. Marsh McLelland and re quested a review by the N.C. Court of Appeals. The court upheld the judge's decision that the summons were unreasonable to expect daily attendance throughout the trial of those subpoenaed. At the same time, the court overruled McLelland on a decision to sanction the attor neys by ordering them to pay attorneys fees for those sub poenaed. In the summons issued Tuesday, defense attorneys Report Focuses On Town s Potential Economic Growth By REBECCA BUNCH Tuesday night's Edenton Town Council meeting open ed with Councilman Roy Har rell still expressing concern about the proposed 2.5 percent pay increase for municipal employees contained in the budget adopted by council last week. After a few minutes, he was interrupted by Mayor John Dowd who stated, "That's not on the agenda for tonight. I'd like to move on." The mayor then introduced Mrs. Gayle Gieseke, chair man of the Planning Board. Mrs.. Gieseke gave an over view of the board's new report "Charting a Course for Eden ton's Economic Betterment." Mrs. Gieseke said, "One of our most important tasks will be to assist in orderly com munity development in order to improve the quality of life here." She introduced Bob Will, principal author of the report. Will said the study as pre pared approached Edenton's future development from a number of perspectives, in eluding: areas needing im provement; how to attract out side money into the commun ity; setting realistic goals; and the need to follow through to achieve those goals. Noting that the report's fi gures were for Chowan County as a whole "because that's the way they come," Will explained where our community ranked in a number of areas in relation ship to other locales in the state. He said while Chowan County scored well in such areas as the number of hospi tal beds available, and placed in the middle with regard to the rate of available physi cians and level of education attained, the county was lag ging in other areas such as salaries. According to the latest available figures, the local pay scale is only 79 per cent of the state's average salaries, Will said. He noted that Hertford and Windsor ranked even lower in the sa lary study. "Certainly we can move up somewhat," Will said. "We Redistricting Plan Delayed While a new ward re districting plan will be need ed soon, the Edenton Town Council has voted to delay adopting a new one until after the fall election. That course of action was recommended to them by Town Manager Anne-Marie Kelly at Tuesday evening's council meeting. "Every 10 years, munici palities look at the census fig ures and see if the population is balanced. In check the lat est (1990) figures, we found that there is more than a 10 percent variance in popula tion growth reflected in the Third Ward at this time,” Ms. Kelly said. The Third Ward is currently repre sented by Councilman Gerald Perry. Ms. Kelly reminded the council, "With the election coming up soon, you have two options - you can proceed with a study and complete a new redistricting plan after the election, or you can choose to redistrict the wards now and hope you have the pre-clear ance to have an election in May in conjunction with the county commissioners." Bush Campaign Begun The Aces Booster Club has initiated a "Buy a Bush” campaign to help provide landscaping for the new John A. Holmes High School Ath letic Complex. According to J.M. Parrish, chairman of the. landscaping committee, there are 335 yards of fencing that need to be screened. Parrish said the committee estimates that in order to ac complish this about 170 bushes will be heeded. "We plan to use wax myr tle bushes,” said Parrish, "and I'd like to point out that individuals or organizations that contribute $10 or more will have their1 names listed in the football program for the 1991 season." Parrish said that donations may be mailed to the Aces Booster Club, P.O. Box 409, Edenton, N.C. 27932. The deadline for receiving dona tions is August 1. She continued, "I think you need to take some official ac tion and go on record now." Ms. Kelly indicated she had discussed the matter with town attorney Chris Bean and "he also feels we should get started. He's indicated a wil lingness to help in any way he can." She recommended to the council that they proceed with the municipal election as scheduled on November 5. "The two wards that would be affected (wards 3 and 4) are held by councilmen not up for re-election at this time," she said in a prepared statement. "Also, the election to be held in May is for a partisan pri mary. I think most municipal officials would rather shy Continued On Page 8 examined factors already here or ones that have the po tential to improve our rank ings." Will said, "Tourism is one area that we feel certainly Continued On Page 8 W. Michael Spivey and Jef frey L. Miller modified the earlier command for daily appearance. Persons are told they must contact Miller's of fice and furnish his secretary with a telephone number stat ing where they can be reach ed. "You will then be notified by telephone of the specific date or dates when you are to appear in court," the subpoena reads in-part. Responding Tuesday to the latest summons, Special Dep uty Attorney General Wil liam P. Hart, who is assisting the prosecution, said, "These subpoenas do properly inform people that they can be on call, that they don't have to be in the courtroom during the entire trial." Continued On Page 8 Rose Assumes Duties As Social Services Director W.B. "Ben" Rose assumed his duties July 1 as director of the Chowan County Depart ment of Social Services. The Raleigh native comes to Edenton from Hope Haven Center in New Orleans, Lou isiana, where he held the posi tion of program director. A graduate of Campbell University, Rose received an MSW from Tulane Univer sity in New Orleans. "I fell in love with Edenton when I came for the first in terview," he said. "It's very scenic, and the people here have been so friendly." Because he enjoys golf and fishing, Rose said he defi nitely felt he had located in the right area. He also said his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levy Rose of Raleigh, were "ecstatic" to have their son this close to home. His initial goal, Rose said, is to learn the more than 20 programs involving social services. "I then want to maximize that knowledge," he stated, "to make this de partment efficient in that it meets the needs of its clients in a timely and professional manner." He said his personal goals are to look at preventing and alleviating situations -- not just maintaining them - and to hold the department ac countable to the people. W.B. "Ben" Rose "If I have a speciality that I bring to this job," he said, "it's working with emotion ally and behaviorally dis turbed children." Rose and his wife Brenda and their golden retriever Bridgette, who loves to swim and play on the beach her master said, live at Chowan Beach. Mrs. Rose, a registered nurse, works at the Dialysis Center on Virginia Road. FHA Film To Feature Swain Building Project By MARGUERITE MCCALL In a filmed interview last week, County Manager Cliff Copeland extolled the worthi ness of the Swain Building project. "Was this a building peo ple felt was worth preserv ing?" asked interviewer Ann Carroll. "Absolutely," Copeland re plied. "People love to see an existing building renovated and put to a good use." Farmers Home Adminis tration (FHA) Representative Martha Cashion of Wash ington, D.C., explained the ON CAMERA - County Manager Cliff Copeland (right) relaxes before the camera during an interview with Ann Carroll (left), while cameraman Gary Geboy (behind Carroll) and sound man Alex Milenic make adjustments to their equipment. Farmers Home Administration (FHA) set up the interview to film a piece about the Swain Building Project purpose of talking with Cope land. She said FHA is docu menting stories nationwide to illustrate some of the ways it has helped with special pro jects in rural communities. "FHA employees across the country speak to numerous organizations," she said. "They will use this video as an introductory piece to show what has been done in other places." Speaking on camera, Cope land related historical back ground on the Swain Building property. He told Ms. Carroll it had been the site of two academies prior to the early 20th-century construction of Swain School. "It (Swain) was used as a school until 1985," he said. "When we sought funds for the building, the appraiser we'd hired said the best use of the property was a parking lot. The lot would cost $60,000. We didn't agree with the ap praiser." After the board of education transferred title to the property to the county commissioners, Copeland said the project was "put on the shelf' until devel oper Wayne Anderson made a proposal. He briefly out Continued On Pag* 8
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