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Wednesday, May 1,2002 chowjeIIerald Lady Aces overtime victory... 12-A Spellman < loads assn. to awards 8-A Second Tuesday lends Arts Council season with recital...... 2-B Proposed library expansion to be focus of Monday hearing This simulated photo shows what the proposed design for the new addition to the Shepard-Pruden Library would look like from as viewed from Broad Street. Architect Jerry Traub said that in preparing for the planned expansion, "The whole effort has been to minimize the addition's impact on the historic district. The design achieves that by the treatment of the wall surfaces with materials that reflect the environment: trees, the sky and the Cupola House. The photo rendering is an honest portrayal of the effect we will achieve." (Photo courtesy of Rosalie Boyd, Shepard-Pruden Library) Plans for expansion of the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library on West Water Street will be presented to the Edenton Preservation Com mission on Monday, May 6. This public hearing on the plans will be held at 1:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers on South Broad Street. The Library Board will be seeking a certificate of appro priateness for construction of the much-needed addition. The commission will receive a staff report on the plans from Chad D. Sary, planning director. If it follows previous procedures when considering major com munity projects the Commis sion will also seek a report from the North,Carolina Division of Archives and History. The proposed addition to the north of the present library has long been in the planning stage to relieve the critical need for space. The library has been wrestling with cramped quar ters and overflowing shelves in recent years and its present space is below state standards in relation to thsyisers it serves. The board has worked closely with Gerald P. Traub, arch if tect, to develop plans that will add 5,500 square feet to the building. The model of the extension, which has been on display for several months, shows reflective glass walls on the east and north sides. This model has been presented to the Chowan County Commis sioners and the Edenton See LIBRARY On Page G-A Confrontation, break-in result in arrests here BY HELEN K. OUTLAND Staff Writer Local law enforcement offic ers were kept busy this week end making arrests at two Edenton apartment complexes, and investigating a break-in. At about 6 p.m. Sunday, Edenton police officers and Chowan County sheriffs depu ties responded to a call at Chowan Court apartments in Edenton concerning weapons and a fight. When police arrived they found a large crowd gathered. According to a complaint filed by Dianne Privotte, who was visiting relatives at the apart ment complex, Jan Maurice Bonner, 22, and a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, had al legedly brought a group of men to the site with plans to fight Privotte’s 14-year-old grand son, Jamal Lamar. Lamar is a resident of Chowan Court. Privotte told police that as she attempted to stop the fight, Bonner allegedly produced a weapon and pointed it at her, saying, “Ain’t nobody gonna do a damn thing here but me.” According to witnesses, offic ers said, Bonner then allegedly pointed the gun at the fourteen year-old Lamar. A search of Bonner’s vehicle conducted by Edenton police produced a holster, a pistol magazine, and a box contain ing i5 rounds of 9mm car tridges. Police said they deter mined that the weapon in ques tion had also allegedly been taken into a nearby apartment at Chowan Court. In a subse quent search of that apartment, police said, they discovered a 9mm automatic handguq. Bonner, who listed his ad dress as 129 Thick Neck Road, Edenton, but who is stationed at Camp Lejeune in Jackson ville, NC, was arrested by po lice on two counts of pointing a gun, carrying a concealed weapon, and going armed to the terror of the people. He re mains in the Chowan County Detention Center under a $5,000 secured bond. He is scheduled to make his first court appearance July 16. Investigating officer is Sgt. Rhonda Copeland of the Edenton Police Department. “I would like to commend Sergeant Copeland on a job well done,” said Police Chief Greg Bonner. “I would also like to thank the other agencies who assisted in this investigation, particularly the Chowan County Sheriffs Office which always backs us up on a weap ons-related call.” Edenton police are still in vestigating the breaking and See ARRESTS On Page 11-A School board approves budget request for FY 2002-2003 The Edenton - Chowan Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to approve the 2002-2003 system budget request as written. The school system will have to use $536,000 of its fund bal ance in the coming lean year, which is marked by a proposed $300,000 reduction in state allo cations. The use of those funds will significantly reduce the fund balance. “Turning to the fund bal ance is a better option than cutting services to our stu dents,” said superintendent of schools Allan T. Smith. “Un fortunately, if we have to go much beyond these cuts, we will start to impact learning.” In addition to using the fund balance, the system will ini tiate other cost-saving mea Hiring consultant viewed as key to anti-OLF effort BY SEAN JACKSON Cox NC Publications EDENTON - Saying there's little time to waste, members of a steering committee oppos ing a U.S. Navy landing strip coming to the area discussed obtain ing a consultant by June during a meeting here last week. The five-county committee is preparing for the Navy’s re lease of an environmental im pact statement. That document will outline the pros and cons an outlying landingfield would hcive upon each of the five coun ties in northeastern North Carolina that are among the final candidates for the site. The OLF will be used by the new F/A-18 Super Hornets for touch-and-go landings. Bertie County Manager Zee Lamb said the opposing coun ties will need to rebuff the en vironmental report once it is released. The Navy reportedly will make the report public in June or July. “The day the EIS comes out, we need to have somebody on board who can say what this (report) means, and shoot holes in it if need be” Lamb said dur ing the April 25 meeting. The meeting included offi cials from Bertie, Chowan, Hyde, Perquimans and Pas quotank counties. Committee members said that one environmental con sulting firm has already been interviewed. Several other firms may be interviewed be fore the committee selects one to analyze the report. See EFFORT On Page 6-A sures such as reclassifying some personnel so that their positions will be funded by state and federal dollars. The “found” money will result in savings to the system of $158,000. The loss of state funds is mitigated somewhat by the savings, but the net effect to the system will still be a loss of $142,000. All told, the school system is asking the county for a $259,329 increase in funding over last year’s county allotment for current expenses of $2,926,776. The bulk of the request will go toward funding mandated in creases in salaries and health insurance premiums. Other current expense expansion funds would go toward main tenance and waste disposal fees. The proposed budget allows for no new initiatives or ex pansion of existing programs, Smith said. The salary in creases are required to match locally-funded teachers’ sala ries to those of state-funded teachers, who are expected to receive a 3-percent raise.. Insurance costs are taking the next-biggest bite out of the budget dollar, with health in surance rates expected to rise 30 percent, and fleet and facili ties insurance costs jumping by similar percentages. The school system is not re questing any increase in 2002 2003 beyond the amounts pro vided in last year's appropria tion of $200,000 to fund capital outlay or $250,000 for technol See SCHOOL On Page 6 A May Play Day festival Saturday at Rocky Hock Community Center BY JACK EVANS Special Correspondent Rocky Hock's unique an nual May Play Day will be held this Saturday, May 4, at the Rock Hock Community Center located at 126 Evans Bass Road, just around the corner from the Rocky Hock Baptist Church. The event will start at 10 a.m. May Play Day is a family oriented, fun day filled with activities for everyone includ ing kids games and crafts, complete with hands-on projects, contests and learn ing labs. Optimist Club train rides will be offered as well as a BB Gun Shooting Clinic and Con test with winners receiving a Daisy BB gun. Entertainment will be pro See FESTIVAL Page 6-A Children enjoy the crafts booth at May Play Day _. _ Sat., May 4 • 10 am -10 pm Rocky Hock Community Center _126 Evans Bass Road • Edenton_ @kitdncH & tyxmtA 9 ^kileOuK i. '%m<U-Oh 2W4j 9 S*tent<iiMmeHt 9 Z)(AfuUufi 9 "pud BBQ CHICKEN DIMMER 3:00 - 7:00 P.M. S6.00 PEB PLATE_ 7RZZ TfUiiC
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