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The local chapter of Habitat for Humanity started work on its third house last Saturday when an enthusiastic
crew of voiunteers turned out to dear the two recently acquired lots in our community. The Town of Edenton
parked two trucks near the site. By noon they were fully loaded with the cleared brush and the small mountain
of trash that had accumulated at the neglected site over the years. Before clearing continues the house
locations will be laid out so only the trees that need to be removed will be cut down. Fred Inglis supervised
the clearing project and did most of the heavy cutting. Tony Webb of Webb Land &T;m ^ vices has offeree
to survey the lots and stake the corners and that should be accomplished by next weekend. Anyone mte. ested
in participating in this Habitat project is encouraged to give Jim Robison a call at 482-2686. (Habitat photo
courtesy of Phil Lange)
New safety effort
targets children,
infant car seats
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Sfc# Wr:?er
Sheriff Fred Spruill of
Chowan County announces
that WHALE (We Have A Little
Emergency), a new safety pro
gram for small children and
infants riding in car safety
seats, is now available in our
community. Although consci
entious parents make sure
their young children and ba
bies are secured in a car seat
there is one important factor
that many overlook, important
information on a child or baby
should the parent or caregiver
driving, or a passenger in, the
car be unable to provide any.
Many times law enforce
ment and EMS personnel en
counter a situation such as the
following. While driving to the
store with her infant daugh
ter, a young mother lost con
trol of her car and crashed into
a tree. The mother was knocked
unconscious, while the child
appeared to be uninjured. Due
to her injuries, the mother
could not identify herself or
her child. The mother was also
unable to provide vital medi
cal information about her
daughter. The child, due to age,
was unable to communicate
with rescue personnel. While
both victims received the best
care possible, the emergency
services personnel felt their
rescue and treatment could
have been more effective and
efficient A only they had k nown
information on the child.
"In the event of an automo
bile accident that capacitates
the adult, rescue personnel can
have a difficult time identify
ing and obtaining vital medi
cal information about any chil
dren riding in the car," says a
press release from Sheriff
Spruill's office. With WHALE
an informational label is placed
on the back of the child car
safety seat. This label provides
important information about
the child in the seat, such as
name, date of birth, medical
history, and whom to contact
in case of an emergency.
WHALE vehicle and car seat
stickers are placed on the rear
windows of the car as well alert
ing rescue personnel to the per
tinent information about the
child riding in the seat.
"Each WHALE kit contains
one car seat informational la
bel, two car seat WHALE stick
ers, two vehicle window stick
ers, and one WHALE program
brochure with easy to follow
instructions for parents or
guardians," emphasizes Sher
iff Spruill.
For those concerned about
the dangers of personal infor
mation being available to any
one, Sheriff Spruill says this:
"The information sticker is
placed on the back of the where
it cannot be seen without physi
cally removing the seat," he
begins. "This is not a problem
for rescue personnel whose
preferred method of tran sport
in g a young ch il&isto leave the
child in his or her segt. That
way the information'goes to
the hospital with the child."
County commissioners are asked to transfer school hmds
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Dr. Alien Smith, Superinten
dent of Chowan County
Schools,, went before the
Chowan County Board of Com
missioners Monday morning,
requesting action to authorize
the transfer of $236, 656 from
the Fund Balance to the Capi
tal Outlay Fund, leaving ap
proximately $1 in the Board of
Education reserves.
Smith is attempting to pull
funds together for much
needed repairs to John A.
Holmes High Schooi. The State
General statues between the
county and school board re
quire that a request be submit
Shown here is water damage to the ti!ed ceiting and rust around the meta!
window frames in one of the dassrooms at the high school. (Staff photo by Heien
Kerr Outtand)
Edenton Steamers seeking
host families lor its players
The Edenton Steamers have
announced that they are stih
looking for host families for
their summer baseball team
made up of all collegiate ath
letes.
"Because they are collegiate
athletes." said Steamers Gen
eral Manager Todd Hunter,
"they cannot be paid for play
ing baseball during the sum
mer. If the players were paid
then they would lose their ama
teur status. Since the players
cannot be paid, they stay with
host families throughout
Eden ton and Chowan County."
Hunter added, "We are
searching for about 22 host
families. We currently only
have 13 host families for this
season. We are only three
weeks away from our first,
game and we need your help."
A family can take in one
player or as many players as
they like. "When searching for
host families," Hunter noted,
"the first we think about are
families with kids anywhere
from three to 18 years of age.
The players serve as great role
models for kids, especially
those who love sports. They can
serve as bedtime storytellers,
babysitters, big brothers, play
mates and family members."
The players stay from May
29 to Aug. 9 pending any post
season play. The Steamers are
also in search of businesses
that willing to employ a
Steamer on a part-time basis.
To help with either, call Todd
Hunter at (252) 482-4080.
TXc&ets
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Tickets are on sale now
for the Chowan Arts
Council's 25th Birthday
Party, to be held Saturday,
May 18, under the tent at the
downtown Edenton water
front, at 6 p.m.
A special "thank-you" to
past presidents and past ex
ecutive directors will beheld
at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are available at
the CAC Gallery, and from
selected merchants. For
more details, call 482-8005.
ted to the county commission
ers for that transfer of funds
from the Unappropriated Fund
Balance. The Commissioners
approved the transfer.
Smith presented photo
graphs and a report to the com
missioners outlining a two
phase project, over the next two
summers; to make much
needed repairs to John H.
Holmes High School. Accord
ing to Dr. Smith's accompany
ing report, Holmes was built in
1951 and at present is serving
875 students.
Smith's concerns for stu
dents and faculty lie in the ag
ing process of the high school
and the damages it has in
curred from leaks over the
years. Photographs presented
by the superintendent showed
some of the water damage done
to 18 classrooms and two of
fices representing approxi
mately 4,600. "Within these
areas wall surfaces, the corre
sponding floors, and ceilings
have been severely damaged
and require immediate atten
tion," said Smith.
The report goes on to say
that a special appropriation of
one million dollars was made
by the Chowan County Board
of Commissioners during the
2001-2002 school year to replace
the roofs of John A. Holmes
and Chowan Middle School.
See FUNDS On Page 8 A
New editorial feature
added to the Herald
The Chowan Herald is
pleased to add a new feature to
its editorial page, the moderate
voice of Cynthia Tucker.
Tucker is editorial page edi
tor of The Atlanta Constitution
and a syndicated columnist.
She is a frequent commentator
on The NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer and CNN and Company.
She has been a reporter for
the Atlanta Journal and The
Philadelphia Inquirer. She
graduated froth Auburn Uni
versity in 1976. She serves on
the board of the Poynter Insti
tute.
Cynthia Tucker
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