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Colleagues express sorrow at passing of Charles Shaw
Selflessness,
desire to help
others will
serve as legacy
Former Northeast Partner
ship Chairman Charles H.
"Charlie" Shaw, Jr., 80, of the ,
1500 block of W. Queen St.,
Extd., died Monday, June 10,
in Chowan Hospital, Edenton.
Colleagues and friends from
across the region expressed
sorrow at his passing but noted
that his love of community, and
his fellow man, would stand as
a lasting tribute across the
northeast region, and the state.
"I really feel we lost a tre
mendous asset when we lost
Charlie Monday night," said
Chowan County Manager Cliff
Copelahd. "He was someone
who, when he moved to
Edenton, could have taken life
Charles Shaw
easy. He could have spent his
time playing golf, but he chose
instead to devote his efforts to
making a real difference in the
quality of life for our people
here in the northeast."
Copeland noted that he con
sidered Shaw not only a pro
fessional colleague, but a friend
as well, a theme echoed by oth
ers with whom Shaw worked
closely.
John and Loretta Guard show they don t mind
having fun poked at them as they iaugh during one
of the skits performed during their retirement roast.
(Photo courtesy of Gienda Jakubowski)
Guard retirement
roast provides mix
of laughter, tears
BY GLENDA JAKUBOWSK)
<$pec;'a/ Corraspo^dcn/
More than 120 well-wishers
attended a retirement dinner/
roast last week for long-time
Edenton-Chowan Schools em
ployees John and Loretta
Guard.
The Guards each have given
more than 30 years of service
to public schools. Loretta spent
28 years teaching with
Edenton-Chowan Schools, be
ginningher career here in 1969
at D.F. Walker as an English
teacher. She has served in sev
eral schools in the system, re
tiring at John A. Holmes as
media coordinator.
John has spent 33 years with
Edenton-Chowan Schools, be
ginning with the system as a
driver's education teacher in
1969. He served as a principal
at White Oak School and
Chowan Middle School, and as
director of personnel in the
Central Office for more than 15
years.
After a meal furnished by
Nixon's Catering, the audience
enjoyed a version of The To
night Show, with Rob Boyce
standing in as Johnny Carson
and Allan Smith as Ed Mc
Mahon. Photos from the
Guards' lives in and outside
the school system illustrated
each portion of the show.
Brad Bass as Doc Sever insen
composed two songs for the
occasion, featuring Loretta and
John individually.
Michelle Alexander, return
ing to the Edenton-Chowan
Schools to fill the personnel
director position Mr. Guard
wiil leave vacant, sported a
fashionable wig in her role as
Barbara Walters, interviewer
extraordinaire. "Walters" in
See GUARDS On Page 8 A
"Charles Shaw was an out
standing economic develop
ment leader for northeastern
North Carolina, working hard
to bring our residents the hope
and opportunity they need and
deserve," said Sen. Marc
Basnight, D Dare. "He was a
close friend to many of us,S and
we will miss him tremen
dously."
Rep. Bill Culpepper, D
Chowan, said he was "shocked
and saddened by the news of
Charlie's death. He was a good
personal friend and one of the
smartest men we have had in
the Edenton-Chowan area in a
long time. I personally believe
that the economic development
success" of North Carolina's
Northeast Partnership has
been a direct result of Charlie's
efforts. This is the first time
that regionalism has worked
in North Carolina, when the
Northeast Partnership came
along. A great part of the rea
son it worked was the leader
ship of Charles Shaw and his
willingness to put aside county
lines and encourage everyone
to work together."
Those affiliated with the
Northeast Partnership ex
pressed a profound sense of
loss, on both a personal and
professional level.
"Charlie has been a personal
friend as well as a long-time
professional associate," said
Bob Spivey of Windsor, NC,
who succeeded Shaw as chair
man of the Northeast Partner
ship. "His selfless goal has al
ways been to improve the lives
of,the people of northeastern
North Carolina."
Rick Watson, president and
CEO of the Northeast Partner
ship, added. "He and I enjoyed
an excellent professional rela
tionship, but I especially en
joyed the warm, personal
friendship I shared with both
he and Mrs. Shaw. Mr. Shaw
instituted a model of account
ability for our economic devel
opment efforts in the northeast
region. I will miss him im
mensely."
Mr. Shaw was born in Provi
dence, RI and was the son of
the late Charles H., Sr. and
Mary Brown Shaw. He had
retired as Vice-President of
APACofCarolinas, Inc., a sub
sidiary of Ashland, Inc. and
later retired as the President
of C.H. Shaw, Jr. and Associ
ates, a management consultant
firm. A graduate of Duke Uni
versity, he served in the Navy
during World War 11.
Active in local community
affairs, he was a member and
past Master of Unanimity Ma
sonic Lodge #7, past president
of the Chowan County Shrine
Club, a past director of the
Edenton-Chowan Chamber of
Commerce, a member of the
Edward G. Bond Post 40 of the
American Legion, a past mem
ber of the Edenton-Chowan
Board of Adjustments, was a
member of the Edenton Re
gional Airport Commission.
Active in alumni activities of
Duke University, he was also a
past vice-chairman of the
Board of Visitors of Peace Col
lege in Raleigh, and was a past
chairman of the Chown County
Democratic Party.
An active member of the
Edenton Um^pd-MSthodist
Churchfhefiad served as Presi
denfof the Methodist Men and
as the chairman of the Board of
Trustees.
Survivingare his wife. Wiiiie
Love Morgan Shaw; a sister,
Loretta Know of Dunedin, FL;
two nieces and two nephews.
A funeral service will be held
Thursday morning at 11 a.m. in
the Edenton United Methodist
Church bythe Rev. JimHuskins
and the Rev. Ralph Epps. Burial
will follow in Beaver Hill Cem
etery. Friends may join the fam
ily Wednesday from 7 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. in Miller Funeral
Home. Edenton, and all other
times at the residence. Memo
rial contributions may be made
to the Edenton United Method
ist Church, 225 Virginia Road.
Edenton. NC 27932.
Town may delay adopting its budget
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Ecf:for
Residents of the Town of
Edenton would see no tax in
crease if the current proposed
budget for fiscal year 2002-03 is
adopted by the Town Council.
However, a retail electric rate
increase of 4.8 percent is being
proposed. According to Town
Manager Anne-Marie Knigh
ton. the budget is based on a
tax rate of 39.5 cents, in her
budget message to the council.
Knighton described the pro
cess of preparing the proposed
budget as far from easy.
"I cannot recall any other
year where accurately estimat
ing revenues has been so diffi
cult," she said. "While the bud
get is balanced, it is based on
the assumption that our reim
bursements in some form will
be included in the State of
North Carolina's FY 2002/2003
budget.
"As you well know the Gov
ernor declared a fiscal emer
gency in February and es
crowed certain long-standing
municipal revenues, specifi
cally $153,000 of the Town of
Edenton's funds for 2001/02 to
help balance the State's bud
get," she added. "To date none
of these funds have been re
leased. To compensate for this
we adopted a series of budget
amendments effectively delay
ing and deferring purchases
and hirings until the new fis
cal year."
Knighton noAc that "how
the State balances its budget
will dramatically affect our
budget." She pointed out that
Gov. Mike Easley's proposed
budget for the coming fiscal
year "does not include the re
imbursements for the appealed
ad valorem property taxes on
retail and manufacturers' in
ventory; the reimbursements
of the repealed intangible
taxes; the reimbursements of
the lost repealed local sales tax
on purchases made with food
stamps; and the partial reim
bursement for the homestead
exemption."
She went on to explain
Edenton's situation with re
gard to the reimbursements
issue. "You will recall," she told
the council, "that during the
2001 session the General As
sembly passed legislation to
end these reimbursements ef
fective June 30, 2003. This up
coming fiscal year was to be
the final year for the reim
bursements for these previ
ously repealed local taxes. The
General Assembly, provided
authority for county boards of
commisioners to convert he
most recent one half cent sales
tax to a local option sales tax,
effective July 1, 2003. If the
board of commissioners does
so the statute provides that
municipalities and counties
will get at least as much from
the one half cent sales tax as it
did from the reimbursements.
Over time, revenues from the
one half cent sales tax will ex
ceed the amount of reimburse
ments for most cities and
towns.
"Edenton was one of the
Relieving the prestigious Stedman Grant on behatf of Kadesh A.M.E. Zion Church in
Edenton are L R Ben Rose, Chairman, Edenton Historica) Commission; Norman Edney,
Trustee Chairman, Kadesh A^AE., Pastor Edna Hathaway, Kadesh A.M.E., and Cad
Stewart, Chairman of the the Borard of Directors, Preservation North Carotina (Photo
courtesy of A! Narvaez)
Kadesh receives Stedman grant
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Writer
On May 4, a group of repre
sentatives from A.M.E. Zion
Church traveled to Raleigh for
a momentous occasion in the
church's notable history. The
group was there to participate
in the Annual Preservation
North Caroiina Awards Cer
emony.
The church, and the commu
nity that it serves, in 2001 be
gan a process of restoration and
preservation.
"We discovered that we just
could not do it by ourselves."
says Pastor Edna Hathaway.
See KADESH On Page 6 A
municipalities that the sales
tax is projected not to equal
our reimbursement. That one
half cent sales tax locally is
expected to generate $85,000,
our reimbursements total ap
proximately $120,000, therefore
we will be short approximately
$40,000. The 2001 legislation
would hold us harmless. It
would be approximately FY
2008 when we would be ex
pected to generate enough sales
tax to cover our reimburse
ments.
But. Knighton said, recent
developments have caused con
cern that th is scenario may not
hold true. "My concern," she
said, "is that white there is dis
cussion in the General Assem
bly about possibly moving up
the local option to this July, I
am not sure that we can be guar
anteed the hold harmless pro
vision. At best, local option
sales tax provision will be au
thorized with a hold harmless'
agreement and we will be okay.
See BUDGET On Page 8 A
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fo Dofers
To the Town of Edenton
Registered Voters:
The registered votersofthe
Town of Edenton that were
affected by the Ward iine
changes will be getting no
tice from the Board of Elec
tions office. A letter of expla
nation and a new voter card
will be issued to these voters.
There aremaps at the Elec
tions office showing the ex
act Ward lines for individu
als that have any questions.
These changes were made as
a result of the reports from
the 2000 Census Bureau sta
tistics.
The Ward Councilmenare:
First Ward. Jimmy E.
Stallings; Second Ward,
Samuel B. Dixon: Third
Ward. Jerald Perry; Fburth
Ward. Willis Privott.
Questions? Call the
Chowan County Board of
Elections office, 482-4010.
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