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Published In The Most Beautiful Little City On The North Carolina Coast
EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1995
Albemarle Firefighters Attend
Life Saving Training Sessions
By MARGUERITE MCCALL
Fifty-five firemen from the
10-county area making up the
Albemarle Firemen's Associ
ation missed church services
Sunday morning.
They were in Edenton par
ticipating in various, two-day
training exercises geared to
ward saving lives.
"People may wonder why
we’re doing this on Sunday,
but the truth is, many of us are
volunteers and the only time
we can get away is on a week
end,” said a Town of Hertford
fireman.
Lt. Gary Swanner, Eden
ton Fire Department, said the
annual training, which is of
fered the first week of Febru
ary each year, varies with the
type of courses taught. Also, he
said it rotates from year to
year throughout the associa
tion.
Vice President Billy Bass,
engineer with the EFD, serves
as training coordinator for
the association.
Participants spent Satur
day in classroom activities
held at the Chowan COA Cen
ter. Practical exercises began
early Sunday morning.
Repeatedly, firemen ig
nited a large, LP gas con
tainer set up in the middle of
the softball field on the corner
of Park Avenue and Oakum
Street. Successfully, each
time they doused the roaring
inferno with efficiency, al
though not without the danger
such a fire presents.
Swanner said the course is
titled LP Gas Emergencies.
"Firemen learn about dif
ferent types of LP gas con
tainers and their valves and
how to fight LP gas fires," he
said. "Fighting an LP gas
fire and a structural fire are
two different things."
The activity was conducted
by Assistant Fire Chief Gil
bert Baccus and Assistant
Chief Billy Pritchard, both 'of
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Firemen maneuver closer to extinguish a flaming LP gas tank Sunday morning during
training exercises held here for the 10-county Albemarle Firemen's Association, which is com
prised of 36 fire departments. (Staff photo by Marguerite McCall.)
A firefighter is lowered into the storm drain running beneath
Park Avenue Sunday afternoon as firemen participate in ''Con
fined Space Training." (Staff photo by Marguerite McCalL)
Hicks Field
To Receive
New Lights
liy MARGUERITE MCCALL
Whether the major leagues
resolve their differences and
play baseball this year or not,
umpires will walk onto Hicks
Field in Edenton and shout,
"Play ball."
Some had doubts there
would be games this season,
until the Board of County
Commissioners, during its
February meeting Monday
night, approved proceeding
with a four-year lease/pur
chase of new field lights.
Chowan County Manager
Cliff Copeland said the Hicks
Field Renovation Committee,
chaired by Wallace Evans,
has raised $35,000. He said the
amount is more than half the
purchase price needed for six
metal poles that will support
54 lights.
The committee plans to
hold several fund-raisers in
cluding an auction and golf
tournament to. raise addi
tional monies, Copeland said.
Town of Edenton Parks
and Recreation Director Rob
bie Laughton told the board,
"The present lights are in a
Continued On Page 6-A
Good Works Are Recognized
By CLIFF CLARK*
The gavel was passed and
four special Chowan County
residents were honored for
their good works at the an
nual meeting of the Edenton
C how an Chamber of
Commerce Thursday night at
the American 'Legion building.
While it was a night of ca
maraderie for the Chamber
members, the real stars of the
evening were the four special
individuals recognized for their
contributions to the commu
nity.
Vivian Phipps "Snooky"
Bond was'named Volunteer of
the Year. Ann Perry was
named Business Person of the
Year and Frank and Carol
Travers were honored with
the Marvin Barham Huma
nitarian Award.
During the awards cere
mony, Chris Evans, making
the presentation for Bond, out
lined many of her volunteer ef
forts over the years. "Through
the years, this person has
been active in almost every
capacity available as a volun
teer. This person has been a
member of the Arts Council,
Historic Edenton, Edenton
Woman's Club, Chamber of
Commerce, the Democratic
Party, and the Edenton
Garden Club."
He went on detailing her in
volvement as charter member
and former president of the
Edenton Garden Club, a guide
of Historic Edenton and execu
tive director of Historic
Albemarle Tours. She also
(Jitender Attacks
Officer Forehand
By MARGUERITE MCCALL
During the break-up of a
mob fight on West Peterson
Street Thursday night, Feb. 2,
an Edenton police officer was
forced to subdue an offender
with Capstun spray when the
latter attacked the officer and
attempted to get his gun.
Police Capt. G.K. Bonner
said Monday that he, Sgt. Lin
ard Bonner, and Ptl. Wayne
Forehand responded to a call
at 11:23 p.m. saying 60 or 70
kids who had attended a party
were in the street on the corner
of West Peterson and Gran
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Bond ^extremely active in
her church, St. Paul's Epis
copal, serving as a member of
the vestry and volunteer
breakfast committee. She also
(is involved in the Episcopal
Women and serves in a special
ministry to widows and those
who live alone.
She has served as president
of the Chowan Hospital Aux
iliary and chairperson of seve
ral hospital balls and other
committees. She is also a
Continued On Page 8-A
Snooky Bond, Carol and Frank Travers and Ann Perry (left to right) were recognized
during the annual Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce Banquet for their work
they have done to better their community. (Staff photo by Cliff Clark).
Following a regional public hearing on the goals of the N.C. Criminal Justice Information
Network Study Committee Thursday night at Swain Auditorium, Chowan County Sheriff Fred
Spruill (left) discusses the subject with (left to right) DMV Officer Hardy Gillam Jr., SBI Agent
Ron Hawley, Project Consultant Mitch Kemp, and Gates County Sheriff Elmo Benton. Approxi
mately 30 law enforcement officers attended the meeting. (Staff photo by Marguerite McCall.)
Criminal Justice Information
Discussed At Public Hearing
By MARGUERITE MCCALL
Law enforcement officers
from Chowan, Gates, Dare,
Pasquotank, and Washing
ton counties attended a re
gional public hearing in Ed
enton Thursday night, Feb. 2,
regarding the best ways to
share information.
Conducted by the state
Criminal Justice Information
Network Study Committee
and its consultant, Price Wa
terhouse, the hearing, held in
Swain Auditorium, was one of
six provided across the state
last week for giving an
overview of the project, goals
and to receive questions and
comments from audiences.
Steve Holdridge, project
manager for Price Water
house, said the study commit
tee is charged with giving a
report to the N.C. General As
sembly in April 1995.
"We started on the project
the middle of December of try
ing to develop a strategic in
formation system statewide,"
Holdridge told the audience.
"One thing we'll be looking at
will be setting common stan
dards for all law enforcement
agencies.”
He said the project plan is
to confirm the present situa
tion, identify opportunities for
improvement, identify alter
natives, determine con
straints, and prepare reports.
Project member Mitch
Kemp, who works with the
technical aspects of informa
tion systems, discussed the
many radio frequencies used
among various law enforce
ment agencies.
"I would love to have one
radio band across the state,"
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