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Wednesday, August 2, 2000 Single Copies 50$ Sailing across the Bay ' The Fifth Annual Edenton Bay Challenge, held here Saturday and Sunday, drew more than 100 participants from across the state and region. ‘ local officials called the event a great way to display the exceptional sailing opportunities that exist on Edenton Bay. (Staff photo by Derrick Armstead) (See related photos on page 10-B of this week's edition) Daylight bank robbery under investigation BY DERRICK ARMSTEAD Staff writer A mid-morning crime has left the Edenton Police Department (EPD) searching for clues involv ing the robbery of a local bank. Located at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Luke Street, Centura Bank — the scene of yesterday’s crime — was under heavy police surveillance immediately follow ing the incident, including the Chowan County Sheriffs Depart ment, EPD, and other agencies. Gregory Bonner, Chief of Police, stated that preliminary reports indicate that the suspects entered the facility at approximately 10:30 a.m. “At this time it appears that the suspects were wearing wigs and face paint...,” said Bonner. “Once again, at this time, it appears as if they, after making their way in side the bank, then told the (tell ers) and others to get into the bank’s vault.” According to police, six patrons were inside the facility when the incident occurred. There were no reports of injury. Bonner added “an undisclosed amount” of cash was taken from the scene. Officials were not able to pro vide a description of the suspects, only stating that “the suspects did See ROBBERY On Page 3-A Locals vie for school board vacancies Denton cites desire to be involved in future of public education in town BY JEREMY DESPOSITO Cox NC Publications Political newcomer David F. Denton has filed for one of three open seats on the Edenton-Cho wan Board of Education. Denton is a wildlife management technician employed by the State of North Carolina. Denton, 40, filed for the District 2 seat held by Alice Jones. Jones, who held the seat 16 years, will leave the board after completing her present term. Jones will have completed her second six-year term, the maximum allowed in Chowan County, as well as having served four years of her predecessor’s unexpired term. Board of Education Chairman Glorious Elliott is also stepping down, after her second six-year term, leaving her at-large seat up for grabs. Denton said he decided to see election to the school board be cause he wanted to be more in volved in his daughter Jessica’s education. Jessica Denton is a ris ing third grade student at White Oak Elementary School. “I’m concerned about public schools, and I want to be involved more in the future of the school system and where it’s headed,” Denton said. Denton also has another tie to the local school system: his wife, Joy, is a sixth grade teacher at Chowan Middle School. One of the school district’s strengths is its high level of orga nization, Denton says. He’d like to see even more organization if he’s elected. Any decisions he would make as a school board member would be See DENTON On Page 3-A Browder says he wants to* make a real difference in the lives of local children BY SEAN JACKSON Cox NC Publications Like his opponent in this fall’s Districts race for a seat on the Edenton-Chowan Board of Educa tion, Ricky Erowder has children in the local school system. Browder, 37, filed on Friday for the seat that is being vacated by 16 year board veteran Alice Jones, who because of term limits is pro hibited from seeking a third six year term. Browder will face David F. Denton, a state-employed wildlife technician. A partner in the Edenton-based Northeast Guttering Company, Browder has two sons at John A. Holmes High School and another child who will be starting school soon. “I want to make a difference in the lives of my kids and in the lives of other children,” Browder said See BROWDER On Page 3-A Laughton returning to Recreation Dept. BY DERRICK ARMSTEAD Staff Writer After serving fifteen years as director of the Edenton-Chowan Parks and Recreation (ECP&RD), Robbie Laughton decided that it was time to take a break. Now that that’s finished, he is set to engage on a second tour-of duty with his former employer— although, he believes that it would more appropriate to say that he, well, never actually de parted. “I feel like a part of me never left the recreation department,” said Laughton. Laughton added, “I had very, very deep feelings about the or ganization. Running the recreation department *,V is something that I really enjoyed,and themain rea son that I left was because of the hours involved, I mean we were talk ing over 70 hours per week, ev ery night, and every weekend.” Subsequently, he said that the arduous workload heavily im pacted his personal life. “There was very little family See LAUGHTON On Page 3-A Laughton Goodyear president pays visit to county BY DAVID CRAWLEY Publisher EDENTON - John Polhemus, President of Goodyear - North America, visited Chowan County last Wednesday. Polhemus, who was recently elevated from President of Goodyear-Latin America to the 102-year-old Charlie Creighton, at left, greets Goodyear Company President John Polhemus. Also on hand were a host of local dignitaries. (Staff photo by David Crawley corporation s top spot in North America, was wel comed by Charles Creighton, Presi dent of Colony Tire and other represen tatives of the locally owned and region ally recognized tire and automotive ser vice company. Also on hand to welcome the new Goodyear head were Mayor Roland Vaughan, Town Manager Anne Marie Knighton, and Chowan Coun ty Manager Cliff Copeland. Founded in 1976, Colony Tire had its beginnings in the oil and tire industry. In the first twelve years, the Edenton-based company added a number of locations with complete tire service and installation, repair and field service. They also built a new, modern truck tire retread plant See GOODYEAR On Page 12-A Construction timeline is offered BY RUSSELL G. HADDAD Cox NC Publications Construction of a $50.5 mil lion natural gas pipeline through the northeast won’t start late this year as originally planned, but should begin by March 2001, officials said Tuesday. After the digging has begun, the pipeline could be com pletely installed by the end of 2001 or as late as March, 2002, said Clayton Morgan, project manager for Carolina Power and Light. The^bipeline will deliver natural gas to six north eastern counties. “Once construction starts it goes pretty quickly,” Mor gan said. “Everybody I talked to is ex cited about it coming east. It will put them on par with people in the rest of the state who have natural gas.” Morgan made his remarks during a public hearing on the See PIPELINE On Page 3-A ExplorNet Chief information Officer Clayton Henkel, at left, presents a mock-up of a $12,000 check to employees of the Edenton-Chowan Schools. The check represents start-up money for a new technology program at John A. Holmes High School. (Staff photo by David Crawley) Seed money presented to schools BY REBECCA BUNCH Editor Officials from ExplorNet of Ra leigh, NC were on hand for last Thursday’s Back to School Break fast to present a welcome gift to the Edenton-Chowan school system: a $12,000 check representing seed money for the Computer Recycling Project at John A. Holmes High School. The funds will be used to pay for materials for the Computer Engi neering Technology class at the school. These include computer motherboards, processors, drives, video and sound cards, etc., that the students can use to construct state-of-the-art computers. The curriculum was developed by ExplorNet in conjunction with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI). Its pur pose is to teach high school stu dents the high-tech skills t hey need to upgrade old computers into high speed, modern units. The students See SCHOOLS On Page 12-A Sign Up This Week For 9am - 6pm @ Edenton-Chowan Recreation Department Old Armory Building, Broad Street vi ^ Soccer,
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