choppy
High winds and rough water did not make for desired circumstances Monday morning as crews from Waff Brothers Contractors
and Worth Hare House Movers retocated the second of two targe buitding for Atbemarte Boats. Tug Boats and smatter boats had
to do some expert maneuverings to negotiate the huge barge through some tight squeezes between channet markers and a few sharp
turns in Pembroke Creek. (Staff photo by Heten Kerr Outtand)
Schools hire new public relations head
Award-winning
former reporter
will be liaison
for community
A new school and commu
nity relations coordinator
began working with the
Edenton-Chowan school
system Aug. 6.
Glenda Jakubowski was
an award-winning educa
tion reporter for The Daily
Reflector in Greenville be
fore coming to Chowan
County. She is a graduate
of East Carolina Univer
sity, where she majored in
English with a Spanish mi
nor. Jakubowski, 40, has
three children.
In addition to her work at
The Daily Reflector,
Jakubowki has written for
Our State magazine and the
North Carolina School
Boards Association maga
zine. Her latest article is
scheduled to appear in the
October issue of Our State.
Jakubowski also is a
Gtenda Jakubowski
member of the Air Force Re
serve, training at Seymour
Johnson Air Force Base in
Goldsboro one weekend
each month. She works in
the public affairs office for
the 916th Air Refueling
Wing there.
As school and community
relations coordinator,
Jakubowski maintaihs two
way communication be
tween the school system
and the media, parents, stu
dents, school employees
and other interested per
sons.
,"1 hoped to work in
Chowan County from the
first time I saw Edenton,"
Jakubowski said. "Every
one I've met since coming
here has been helpful and
friendly. I'm especially im
pressed with the staff and
studen ts I, vemet at the four
schools."
"We are absolutely de
lighted to welcome Glenda
to our staff, and to this fine
community," said Dr. Allan
Smith, school superinten
dent. "We look forward to
working with her."
Jakubowski currently com
mutes round-trip from
Greenville each day to work.
She looks forward to settling
in and shortening her drive
time considerably.
The former coordinator,
Michelle Alexander, left to
become the school and com
munity relations coordina
tor for Martin County
Schools. Alexander was
with the Edenton-Chowan
school system for about 10
years.
Edenton airport
one of five in US
chosen by NASA
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The Northeastern Regional
Airport in Edenton has been
chosen as one of five North
Carolina airports that will par
ticipate in the first phase of
NASA's $69 million Small Air
craft Transportation System.
As part of this program,
Edenton's airport will receive
technology developed by
NASA specifically for small
airports, including the latest
global positioning system.
But that's not the only major
upgrade the airport will see in
the next few years.
On Aug. 1, the U.S. Senate
approved a transportation ap
propriation bill that will pay
for improvements in North
Carolina's airports, ferries,
rail systems, buses and roads.
The bill includes an allocation
of $500,000 for an instrument
landing system at the North
eastern Regional Airport. Both
the House and Senate have
passed versions of the bill,
which now awaits President
George W. Bush's approval.
"(The ILS) is in both the
House and Senate versions, so
that's very good," Knighton
said. "If the bill is approved,
and the President signs it, we'll
be in good shape."
The town has included an
ILS in its transportation plans
for at least eight years,
Knighton said. When the
state's budget crisis hit this
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Aduit Life Center
opens in November
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Chowan County's first
adult day care center should
be complete in November - a
month later than expected,
according to Sabrina Sand
ers, assistant director for
Albemarle Home Care.
Construction has been de
layed, and rather than finish
in October, crews will work
until shortly before Thanks
giving, Sanders said.
"I'm hoping the date won't
be moved any further," she
added.
To prepare for its opening,
Sanders asked the Board of
Commissioners to vote on a
name for the center at its
meeting last week. From
those names recommended,
commissioners chose
Chowan Life Center.
"We don't want 'adult day
care' in the name," Sanders
said. "We want the place to
have dignity."
Once open, the 13,000
square-foot-facility located
on West Freemason Street
will offer services to 40 adults
needing care and employ 12
13 part-time and full-time
staff. The center will share a
coordinator with Elizabeth
City's DayBreak, a similar
day care center.
Commissioners approved
construction of the day care
center in July 2000, to shorten
travel time of Chowan resi
dents visiting DayBreak.
They purchased a 6.75 acre
tract near Chowan Hospital
and Filbert's Creek to accom
modate it.
Like DayBreak, the
Chowan Life Center will have
a family room, kitchen, day
room, arts and crafts room,
and a fireplace. Staff will in
clude a licensed practical
nurse, cook and clerical as
sistant.
The center is a joint project
between the county and
Albemarle Regional Health
Services.
Albemarle
Chorale
gathering
A pre-season meeting of the
Albemarle Chorale will be held
Monday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. in
the Parish House of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, 101 Gale
Street, Edenton.
New, old and prospective
members are invited to attend
and plans for the coming sea
son will be presented.
If you cannot make the plan
ningmeeting. please join uson
Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Par
ish House as we begin our regu
lar Monday evening rehearsal
schedule.
The Albemarle Chorale,
sponsored by College of the
Albemarle, is composed of sing
ers from several local commu
nities and presents at least two
concerts a season. If you enjoy
singing some of the master
pieces of choral literature, this
would be perfect for you.
National 4-H exchange student visits locally
On July 22, Debby, Rodney,
Lauren, and Amanda Parker
drove to Raleigh to pick up a
temporary member of their
family, 13-year-old Yoshimi
Arai. There was a lot of excite
ment and a little bit of anxiety.
Communication is probably
one of the most challenging
components of the exchange.
Anyone who has traveled or
lived abroad understands how
frustrating it is being sur
rounding by people who are
speaking another language flu
ently. The Spanish one learns
in high school is quite differ
ent from the Spanish spoken
on the streets of Madrid.
Yoshimi is part or the Na
tional 4 H Japanese Exchange
Program where families can
gain some of the benefits of in
ternational travel right here at
home. Host families have the
unique opportunity to learn
not only to understand another
culture but visitor like
Yoshimi can understand and
appreciate the various aspects
of American culture.
"Yoshimi is a very sweet and
polite little girl", says Debby
Parker. She is also very tal
ented. Amanda and Lauren
have had lots of fun learning
origami and having her teach
them Japanese kanji."
Host families are encouraged
to involve their exchanges in a
variety of experiences. "Every
one in the communityhas been
very welcoming to Yoshimi,"
says Debby. Wanda Rossman
of Rossman Ballet Academy
allowed Yoshimi, who has stud
ied ballet in Japan, to attend a
ballet class with Amanda. Deb
Kozlowski, a local artist, and 4
H Club leader, invited the
Parkers over to paint tiles'and
fire them in her kiln.
As part of the workshop se
ries, Yoshimi and Amanda
played an important role as
sisting with the "Japan and the
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Yoshimi Arai (bottom row, second from (eft) joins some of her new 4-H friends in showing off
Origami paper art they created during a summer workshop. (Photo courtesy of Amy Damrow)
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