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Vol. LXVII, No. 40
Wednesday, October 11,2000
Published in historic Edenton ..The prettiest town on the North Carolina coast.
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Group
leaves for
Honduras
On Thursday, Oct. 12, an ecu
menical group of 12 missionaries
will fly to San Pedro Sula in north
ern Honduras to help build houses
for victims of the flooding and dev
astation caused by Hurricane
Mitch in 1998.
Eight members of the group are
from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
while the others are from several
Edenton churches.
“We’ll be helping to build two
bedroom, cinder-block houses,
each with a kitchen, living room
and bedroom,” said the Rev.
Alfonso A. Narvaez, an assisting
Priest at St. Paul’s who is coordi
nating the trip. The houses will
have electricity, running water,
and indoor toilets, amenities
which many of these people have
not lived with before.”
Father Narvaez noted that many
residents here are familiar by the
devastation caused by Hurricane
Floyd in eastern North Carolina
last year but that the havoc caused
by Hurricane Mitch was hundreds
of times,worse.
“There were reports of 20,000
deaths, with entire villages being
wiped out by landslides and flood
ing,” he said. “Many people are
still living in makeshift shelters.”
The Episcopal Church in Hon
duras, with financial support from
the Episcopal Relief and Develop
ment Fund purchased a large tract
of land just outside San Pedro Sula
last year and has begun construc
tion of a housing development that
will eventually consist of 500
houses. Ninety-five houses, which
cost about$3,100to construct, have
already been completed with the
help of volunteers from across the
United States.
In addition to supporting the
trip, members of St. Paul’s have
raised money to build six houses
and to pay for construction of a
septic system for a technical school
being built in the nearby commu
nity of Santa Barbara.
Allen Hornthal, aretired dentist
who is a part of the group, said that
he was going to Honduras to inves
tigate the possibility of establish
ing an ongoing dental clinic at the
housing development.
;‘Tm going to see what is needed
and determine if it can be done,”
he said. “I’ll then call upon the
members of the North Carolina
See HONDURAS On Page 12-A
The Perquimans County High School Band delights the crowd at this year's Peanut Festival, sponsored by
the Edenton-Chowan Band Parents Association. Perquimans also won second place honors among the bands
participating in this year's parade. First place among the parade bands was captured by D.H. Conley High
School from Pitt County. Second place was a tie between Currituck and Northeastern High School. (Staff photo
by Derrick Armstead)
‘Battle of the Bands’ draws
enthusiastic crowd response
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Editor
West Craven High School from
Craven„(5ounty, NC walked away
with top honors as Band of the Day
in the 2000 Peanut Festival’s
“Battle of the Bands”. The annual
competition drew 16 bands from
North Carolina and Virginia who
spent Saturday afternoon perform
ing before a packed c'rowd at the
John A. Holmes High School Ath
letic Complex in Edenton.
The second highest honor in the
competition, the Marvin Shaw Tro
phy, went to D.H. Conley High
School from Pitt County, which
earned the highest parade score
and highest show score.
Perquimans County High School
received second place honors
among bands participating in the
Peanut Festival Parade. Currituck
and Northeastern High School
bands tied for third place.
Overall Band Awards went to
the following:
• Class A: First Place Band,
Washington High School; Second
Place Band, Southwest High
School; Third Place, James B. Hunt
High School.
• Class AA; First Place Band.
Green Central High School; Sec
ond Place Band, Bear Grass High
School; Third Place Band, Ply
mouth High School.
• Class AAA: First Place Band,
West Craven High School; Second
Place Band, Indian River High
School; Third Place Band, D.H.
Conley High School.
Other show awards went to:
Class A:
• Best Drum Major, First, Wash
ington High School; Second, J.B.
Hunt High School; Third, South
west High School;
• Best Visual Presentation, First,
Washington High School; Second,
Gates County High School; Third,
J.B. Hunt High School;
• Best Percussion Section, First,
Washington High School; Second,
Southwest High School; Third,
Gates County High School;
• Best Horn Section, First, Gates
County High School; Second,
Currituck County High School;
Third, Washington High School.
Class AA:
• Best Drum Major, First, Green
Central; Second, Plymouth; Third, (
Bear Grass;
• Best V isualPresentation, First,
Green Central; Second, Plymouth
High School; Third, Fike High
School;
• Best Percussion Section, First,
Green Central; Second, Bear Grass
High School; Third, Plymouth
High School;
• Best Horn Section, First, Green
Central; Second, Bear Grass;
Third, Plymouth High School.
Class AAA:
• Best Drum Major, First, West
Craven High School; Second,
Perquimans County High School;
Third, Western Branch High
School;
• Best Visual Presentation, First,
Western Branch High School; Sec
ond, D.H. Conley and West Craven
(tied), Third, Indian River High
School;
• Best Percussion Section: First,
See BANDS On Page 3-A
Law officers to
be honored at
annual banquet
The 30th annual Chowan County
Law Enforcement Appreciation
Banquet will be held Thursday,
Nov. 2, at the American Legion
Post 40 which is located on W.
Queen Extended in Edenton.
Social will begin at 5:30 p.m. and
the banquet starts at 7 p.m. Tickets
are on sale for $8 each and may be
obtained from Post 40, the Chowan
County Sheriffs Department,
Edenton Police Department,
Chowan County Clerk of Court’s
Office, Famous Subs and various
other Chowan County businesses.
Highlights of the evening will
include recognition of two special
law enforcement officers. The
Edenton-Chowan Optimist Club
will recognize an officer for their
I
work with youth. Post 40 will rec
ognize an officer, selected by a com
mittee of his or her peers, as the
officer of the year. The guest
speaker for the banquet will be
John Aldridge from the NC Attor
ney General’s Office.
Edward G. Bond, American Le
gion Post 40, sponsors this event so
that the citizens of Chowan County
can have the opportunity to pub
licly say “thank you” to the men
and women who are instrumental
in ensuring the quality of life we
all strive for. All are encouraged to
show their support by purchasing
a ticket and attending the banquet.
Post 40 provides all officers of
See BANQUET On Page 3-A
Fair opens
A young child makes friends with a goat at the petting zoo at last
year's Chowan County Fair. Th6 popular petting zoo will be back
this year, along with a number of other attractions such as the Little
Miss Pageant, the Miss Chowan County Fair Pageant, and
performances by The Embers. The regional fair will be held Oct. 10
14 at the American Legion Fairgrounds in Edenton. (Chowan Herald
file photo)
Oktoberfest
to be held
on Saturday
BY REBECCA BUNCH
r Editor
An exciting for all is promised
| with the coming of the Chowan
2 Arts Council’s first-ever Okto
I berfest this Saturday, Oct. 14. The
| celebration will be held at the Na
v tfonal Guard Armory on Soundside
Road in Edenton from 6:30 p.m.
until around 11 p.m.
CAC Executive Director Sue
Clark said the Arts Council is “very
excited” about hosting this special
evening. Performing that evening
•will be Die Nierentische, a well
known band from Dresden, Ger
many.
' “The only way I can think of to
'describe them to you is ‘campy’, j
’they’re very theatrical and fun to
See OKTOBERFEST Page 3-A
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Funds expected to spur work
on Chowan County Courthouse
BY DERRICK ARMSTEAD
Staff Writer
EDENTON—A $385,000 holdover
from the initial segment of a three
prong project coupled with a re
cent 650K maintenance and repair
fund allocation is expected to spur
completion of the Chowan County
Courthouse’s interior renovation
project, according to County Man
ager Cliff Copleland.
“The planning board has re
ceived $650,000,” said Copeland in
reference to the N.C. Joint Legisla
tive Committee on Governmental
Operations (JLCGO) approved
funding, "which added to the
(amount of money) left over from
Phase I should basically enable the
state and county to finish
renovations...and we expect this
(finished project) to be an economic *
engine.”
Copeland praised JLCGO co
cliair, State Senate President Pro
Tempore Marc Basnight (D-Dare).
“Not to get too political about
this but I can’t say enough about
Basnight and (N.C. House of Rep
resentative) Bill Culpepper (D
Chowan),” he said. “We were try
ing to do a two m illion dollar reno
vation, twenty-thousand dollars at
a time.”
As addressed by the county man
ager, the sum of the funding
sources will be used for basic res
toration of the building and mod
ernization of the east wing, his
torical restoration work, electri
cal and plumbing repair, and inte
rior finishes.
Constructed in 1767, the court
house—-which contains the larg
est fully paneled room from colo
nial America—enjoys a lofty sta
tus amongst its peers.
“I think it should be made aware
that there are five courthouses
built before the American Revolu
tionary War,” said Courtroom
Function Committee (CFC), and
Courthouse Study Commission
(CSC) Chairman, Ross Inglis.
“Ours is the fourth oldest...and
when it is renovated it will be
known as one of five pre-revolu
tionary buildings that are still
functioning as courtrooms.”
The aforementioned quartet in
cludes three facilities in Virginia
and a single edifice in New York
state.
Inglis added, “there are only five
or six buildings in Edenton that
pre-date this building...and for
about 150 years or more it was used
for a variety of activities in addi
tion to serving as the county’s
See FUNDS On Page 3-A
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Die Nierentische will perform at Oktoberfest here Oct. 14
wl Music by Showband
from Dresden, Germany! Catered German food!
Great atmosphere, dancing, loads of fun!
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