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Terrorists hit New York and Washington, DC
President vows
US will ‘hunt
down’ those
responsible
In an act of terrorism that
caught Americans completely
by surprise, terrorists on Tues
day morjiing crashed two
planes into the New York-based
World Trade Center, resulting
in the collapse of both towers.
Fear spread across the coun
try as other explosions fol
lowed at the Pentagon and State
Department.
A witness to the New York
attack said that he witnessed
bodies falling from the World
Trade Center’s twin towers and
people jumping from the struc
tures during the explosions
which occuri’ed around 9 a.m.
yesterday morning.
President Bush, who was in
Florida at the time of the at
tack, flew back to Washington,
DC and held a press conference
promising a full investigation
to “hunt down the folks” re
sponsible.
One London-based aviation
expert called the events “per
haps the most audacious attack
that’s ever taken place in the
world.
"It takes a logistics opera
tion from the terrorist group
involved that is second to
none,” he added. “Only a very
small handful of terrorist
groups is on that list...I would
name at the top of the list
Osama Bin Laden.”
The planes used in the at
tack were commercial airlin
ers. American Airlines con
firmed Tuesday that two of its
aircraft, carrying 156 people,
were lost. Oneofthe'two planes
that crashed into the World
Trade Center was hijacked af
ter taking off from Boston, MA.
The second plane may have
flown out of Newark, NJ.
In Pennsylvania, a large plane
thoughttobeaBoeing747crashed
southeast of Pittsburgh.
It was also reported that a
car bomb exploded outside the
State Department in Washing
ton, DC and that a loud explo
sion was reported in the vicin
ity of the Capitol building.
One senior US intelligence
Smoke billows from the top of the World Trade Center's towers following a terrorist attack
Tuesday morning. Hijacked airliners, several of them bound for California, were hijacked and used
in the attacks there and at the Pentagon.
official said there was no clear
cut evidence yet of exactly who
had orchestrated the attack.
“We don’t know who’s doing
it,” he said. “Clearly, it’s...a
carefully coordinated attack.
(This is) not the work of an
unsophisticated enemy. It’s too
soon to say who.”
In the aftermath of the at
tacks, the Capitol and the White
House and other buildings in
Washington were shut down,
and airport traffic came to a
standstill as well. Billowing
smoke could be seen drifting
from the Pentagon over the
Potomac River.
Heavy black smoke filled the
sky over gaping holes in the
side of the World Trade
Center’s twin towers, as debris
rained down on the street out
side the structure. The World
Trade Center was the scene of
terrorist bombers in the winter
of 1993, resulting in the deaths
of six people and injuries to
more than 1,000 others.
Ironically, just prior to the
attacks, President Bush was in
a Florida classroom reading to
children in a classroom when
an aide advised him of the situ
ation.
County school system plays
host for first district meeting
State Supt. Ward
is among those
in attendance
at gathering here
Edenton-Chowan Schools
hosted the first of eight North
Carolina School Board Asso
ciation meetings Wednesday at
White Oak School.
About 120 participants from
northeastern North Carolina
attended the event, as well as
State Superintendent of
Schools Mike Ward.
Ward shared several good
news items with,the audience,
including North Carolina stu
dents’high performance on the
National Assessment of Edu
cation Program ; (NAEP) 2000
Mathematics Assessment,
Scholastic Aptitude Test
scores, continued closingof the
achievement gap between ma
jority and minority students,
and a Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup
poll in which the majority of
parents gave public schools a
grade of “A”.
“We want to keep up this
momentum with an Education
First Task Force, focusing on
giving a superior education to
Michelle Carter, a senior at John A. Holmes High School and
member of the Holmes Concert Choir, was one of several featured
soloists entertaining diners at the North Carolina School Boards
Association district meeting Wednesday.
all students and closing the gap
in achievement,” Ward said.
Edenton-Chowan teachers
from each county school pre
sented a panel discussion on
Gateway Portfolios and the
high school Senior Project.
Assistant Superintendent
Rob Boyce, Chowan Middle
assistant principal Sheila
Evans and teachers Gloria
Bryant of John A. Holmes,
Rhonda Tynch of Chowan
Middle and Eugene Baker and
Patricia Timberlake of D.F.
Walker School made up the
panel.
“These portfolios go beyond
the ABCs," Evans said, refer
ring to the state’s accountabil
ity system. “They connect
learning to career choices.”
. The teachers described how
the portfolios and student ex
pectations evolve as the chil
dren make their way through
their academic careers. Audi
ence members learned about
third-grade portfolios in which
children explore the “many
faces of me”; fifth-grade portfo
lios that “are a way for stu
dents to reflect on their
strengths as well as'areas that
need improvement”; eighth
grade portfolios focusing on
career skills such as regime
writing; and intensive high
school senior projects that send
students out into the commu
nity.
The school system’s hospi
tality extended to dining and
entertainment, as well.
Creekside Restaurant pro
vided meals for the guests, and
members of the John A. Holmes
High School Concert Choir pro
vided musical selections fea
turing several soloists.
Cycle Speedway to host event in Edenton
Cycle Speedway will host
exciting bicycle racing at the
Edenton-Chowan Recreation
Department’s Earnhardt Field
on Saturday, Sept. 29. Racing
will take place on a temporary
track on one of the fields.
“Cycle Speedway is trying to
gain exposure from everyone
all over northeastern North
Carolina,” said Brian White,
who is helping to organize the
event. “Kids ages six to 17 can
bring their bikes and helmets
to Earnhardt field to compete
at the races. All current racers
will receive two bonus points
for participation.”
Brian White talks with Dean Baxter or Coca-Cola
Due to the anticipation of a
high number of entries. Cycle
Speedway will have six divi
sions for the racers instead of
the normal three. The females
ages 6 to 9 will race in the A
Abiazing Division, the females
ages 10 to 13 will race in the B
Ablazing Stock division, and
the females ages 14 to 17 will
race in the C-Ablazing Stock
division.
The males ages 6 to 9 will
race in the A-Junior Stock di
vision, the males ages 10 to 13
will compete in the B-Junior
See CYCLE On Page 7-A
Ann Byrum of tfie Historic Edenton Visitor Center staff looks on
as Mayor Roland Vaughan signs a proclamation declaring
Constitution Week, Sept. 17-23. (Staff photo by Rebecca Bunch)
Constitution Week
observance planned
The Edenton Tea Party Chap
ter, National Society of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution (NSDAR), will
again have their primary ob
servance of Constitution Week
at the Historic Edenton Visi
tor Center in Edenton on Mon
day, Sept. 17.
Henry Pillow, Historic
Edenton temporary staff, will
be dressed in Colonial costume
portraying . Dr. Hugh
Williamson, one of the North
Carolina signers of the United
States Constitution, who lived
in Edenton.
Historic Edenton tours dur
ing Constitution Week will
emphasize the roles of
Edenton ians Hugh William
son, James Iredell Sr. and
Samuel Johnston in the adop
tion of the U.S. Constitution.
An exhibit, handouts and re
freshments will be available to
. all who visit on Monday. Dis
plays and handouts will be
available throughout the week.
The exhibit that was on dis
See EXHIBIT On Page 4-A
Williamson
to be honored
at ceremony
Dr. Hugh Williamson, a
framer and signer of the
United States Constitution
for North Carolina in 1787
will be honored on Consti
tution Day, Sept. 17, at
noon.
A short ceremony cer
emony will be sponsored
by the Edenton Tea Party
Chapter Daughters of the
American Revolution and
the Hugh Williamson
Monument Commission in
front of the 1767 Chowan
County Courthouse on
East King Street in
Edenton. Please make
plans to attend.
Mrs. Richard A. Boyd,
NC Society DAR Regent,
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