Governor
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visits
Lions Club.. 2-A
Pembroke hosts
Pro-Am fishing
tournament..................... lo-A
Community residents
plan Improvements
to neighborhood................ 1-B
TUG ^ Wednesday, July 25,2001
CHOWAN HERALD
fct- LXVH1, No29~ Published in historic Edenton,.. The prettiest town on the North Carolina coast Single Copies 500
Governor’s One on One program
positive influence on local youth
BY HELEN KERR OUTLAND
Staff Writer
Th& Chowan County
Governor’s One on One pro
gram recently held its an
nual Volunteer Dinner. The
dinner was a chance for all
of those who give and those
who receive to come to
gether. Mr. A1 Robb was
honored as volunteer of the
year at the dinner. It was
also an opportunity for
Marcus, whose life has been
changed by the program, to
express his feelings and say
“thanks” in a very special
poem. Not one letter of this
heartfelt poem has been
changed.
It read:
Someone who can show
you respect and
care: someone who shows
up
when know one else is
there:
Someone who keeps you
standing brave
And tall: someone who’s
real close and able to call:
Someone who picks you
Mrs. Patty Cooper, chairman of the board for the Chowan
County Governor's One on One program, presents Al Robb the
Volunteer of the Year Award. (Submitted photo)
up every time you fall: some
one
Who’s heart is as gentle as a
dove:
That’s no other, no different
thaji
Voulenter love:
Someone who^passion cuts
deep has
A knife: someone who can
take
Hatered as a fact of life:
Someone who’s heart
bleed the
Blood of trust: someone
ipho
Thinks help is not a do
but a
Must: someone who get’s
their
Answers from the man
above:
That’s no other, no
different than
Volunteer Love.
Someone who lives for the
Moment and forgets the
Past:someone who’s love
will
Never end but will always
Last. Someone who keeps
promises
Like a vessel in their
hand:
Someone who never
forgets
And always understand:
Someone who will lift you
high
Like the sky above:
That’s no other, no
different than
Voulenter Love
Public input
being sought
BY REBECCA BUNCH
’ Editor
As they continue a series of
weekly meetings designed to
culminate in a report to the
Town Council in January con
cerning recommendations on
the future of the building that
Dowd said that comments and
suggestions from the public are
of vital importance tohis group
as it goes about its work.
“We are certainly very in
terested in what the public has
to tell us about what they feel
would be the best use for this
building,” he said. “Also, as
currently
houses
the local
police
force and'
the 911
emer
gency
commu
nications
center,
See public survey
on page 8-A
of today's
newspaper
part oi
th£ sur
vey, they
will have
an oppor
tunity to
suggest
where
they
would
like to see
members of the Edenton Con
ference Center Development
Commission are seeking pub
lic input on the subject. —^
This week’s edition of The
Chowan Herald contains a spe
cially prepared survey that the
commission is asking local
residents to fill in and return
by early August (see survey
form on page 8-A for deadhne
and mailing address).
Commission chairman John
the new headquarters for the
police department and 911 lo
cated.”
Dowd said the commission
is hopeful that many local resi
dents will take the few min
utes required to fill out the sur
vey. “We want people to know
their ideas and opinions really
domattertous,”hesaid. “Once
the surveys are completed and
See PUBLIC On Page 8-A
A group of youngsters participated in the Edenton Bay Challenge
aboard these Pram boats sponsored by a Dare County Optimist
Club. Businesses donated the funds to purchase the materials
necessary to build the sailing vessels, and some of the kids
assisted with their construction. (Helen Kerr Outland photo)
I
Bay Challenge races
draw waterfront crowd
BY HELEN KERR OUTLAND
Staff Writer
Saturday morning could not
have been any more perfect for
the opening day of sailing the
Edenton Bay Challenge and
Windmill Regatta Races. T.he
sky was clear, the water calm,
"'kid the air comfortable and
As sailing participants be
gan to register their boats the
excitement began to fill,the air.
A group of youngsters had ar
rived from Manteo, sponsored
by the Optimist Qljub, to brave
the elements and race their
Pram boats.
“Each boat is sponsored by
a local business,” says Justin
Tillette, one of the chaperones
for the group. $1;000 was do
nated for materials needed to
construct the tiny sailing ves
sel. The children participated
in the building of the boats and
the sponsoring business’s
See RACES On Page 8-A
Drugs, cash confiscated during raid
BY HELEN KERR OUTLAND
Staff Writer
V
Edenton Police Chief Greg
Bonner and his officers made
an unexpected house call
Wednesday, July 18, that re
sulted in the confiscation of n
over $500 in street value of
marijuana, a large sum of cash,
and the arrest of two alleged
drug dealers.
As part of an ongoing inves
tigation a search warrant was
issued for the residence of
Tyrone and Jacqueline Broth
ers at 106 West Carteret Street
in Edenton.
As the officers proceeded
with their search of the pre
mises they discovered approxk
mately fifty 5 and ten cent
baggies of marijuana “buds”
concealed the pockets of two
different coats in a closet. Of
, ficers also discovered approxi
mately $220 in cash along with
the drugs.
Tyrone Brothers, age 30, and
his wife Jacqueline, age 40,
were not at the residence. A
warrant was issued for their
arrest. On Thursday July 19,
the couple contacted Sergeant
Rhonda Copeland and turned
See RAID On Page 8-A
Two Edenton residents are facing charges after a search of their home turned up a large amount
of cash and baggies of marijuana/buds" in a closet.
Orientation
scheduled
There will be an Open
House/Orientation at Chowan
Middle School on Monday,
Aug. 6 ffom 6-7:30 p.m.
Sixth grade orientation will
begin at 6 p.m. in the gieteria.
At 7 p.m., eighth gradestudents
and parents/guardians are re
quested to meef^i the cafete
^g|a to discuss the new North
Caroling Accountability Stan
dards (Efemh Grade Gateway)
that all eighth grade students
must meet in order to be pro
moted to the ninth grade.
Seventh grade students may
come anytime between 6 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m. to meet their
teachers.
Area resident dies
in Hwy. 32 accident
BY HELEN KERR OUTLAND
' Staff Writer
According to reports from
the North Carolina Highway
Patrol Judith Sauer Gibson’s
2000 GMC was headed south
on NC highway 32 Wednes
day, July 18, atl:25p.m. when
she collided with a I9881nter
national truck approaching
her in the northbound land.
The report states that Mrs.
Gibson’s vehicle crossed the
center line and swerved to
avoid an oncoming vehicle.
In an attempt to regain con
trol she over-corrected, miss
ing the first north bound ve
hicle, lost control, crossing
the centerline a second time,
crashing into and 1988 Inter
national 18-wheel truck
driven by 53 year-old Milford
Randolph Rodgers of
Williamston.
See WRECK On Page 8-A
‘Perspective’
published
in Herald
Today's paper contains a spe
cial four-section, 20-page
progress edition, “Perspec
tive”. This community profile
takes a fresh, objective look at
everything from farming and
fishing to local government’s
plans for the future.
“These sections represent
months of planning and hard
work to present to you the very
best that our community has
to offer,” said Publisher David
Crawley. “We invite you to
share it with us.” .
Perspective
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