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Fabulous
Fourth
On July 4, downtown
Edenton will be bustling
with holiday sales, not to
mention clowns, puppets,
bands playing gospel,
oldies and beach music,
pony rides and more at
the waterfront beginning
around 3 p.m. There will
also be barbecue plates
and the day will end with
a spectacular fireworks
display at dusk. Sponsors
will be the Chowan
Edfenton Optimists and the
Marketplace Guild.
Special July 4 ceremony to
be held at Hewes monument
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Staff Writer
As the Fourth of July ap
proaches how many people will
understand the sacrifices and
commitments that were made
so Independence Day can be
.celebrated as a day of reflec
tion on what it truly means to
be as American?
Many years ago one young
man from Edenton, Joseph
Hewes pursued liberty with a
commitment to freedom and an
undaunted determination for
the survival of “these United
States”.
On Thursday July 4, the ef
forts, sacrifice, and commit
ment of Joseph Hewes will be
praised in a 10 a.m. ceremony
at the monument that honors
him on the Historic Court
house Green in Edenton.
Judge Christopher Bean will
be reading the Declaration of
Independence and Chowan
County Commissioner Louis
Belfield will read a short bio
graphical sketch detailing Jo
seph Hewes’ life. The National
Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution-Edenton
Tea Party Chapter will lay a
wreath at the monument.
Joseph Hewes, one of
Edenton’s most recognizedciti
zens of the colonial era, is re
membered for signing the Dec
laration on behalf of North
Carolina. Hewes came to North
Carolina at the age of nineteen
to apprentice under George
Blair and Charles Worth
Blount in the mercantile busi
ness.
Hewes quickly established a
niche in the community as a
popular businessman and a
respected community leader
and within a few years was
elected the General Assembly
of the colony.
In 1773, as the tensions with
Great Britain increased, Joseph
Hewes and Samuel Johnston,
who had become close friends,
were appointed to a Committee
ofCorrespondence,and charged
with informing the colonies of
Britain’s activities. On July 4,
1776. as a member of the Second
Continental Congress, Hewes
signed the Declaration of Inde
pendence, being the only North
Carolina delegate present when
Congress voted for indepen
dence.
In late October or 1779 Hewes
resigned his congressional seat
as illnesses had plagued him for
much of the past three years. He
remained in Philadelphia, to
weak to return to North Caro
lina. Hewes died in November
of that same year and is buried
at Christ Church.
A special ceremony of tribute and remembrance
will be held July 4 at the site of the Joseph Hewes
monument on the Edenton waterfront.
Partnership has
clean state audit
TYNER, NC - Wendy Jewett,
Executive Director for the
Chowan/Gates/ Perquimans
Partnership for Children, an
nounced today that under the
leadership of Susan Nixon, its
Finance Officer the Partner
ship received word that its
most recent fiscal audit, per
, formed by Crisp, Hughes, &
Evans, revealed no irregulari
ties.
“Because some of the State’s
Partnerships for Children
have been cited for making
poor choices where finances
are concerned, we believe we
should let the people of our
service area know the respon
sibilities they have entrusted
to us are taken seriously and
carried out diligently,” said
Jewett. "This is especially
important during this time
when we will be depending
more and more heavily on
grants and private donations
to ensure continuation and
enhancement of the services
we provide to the children and
families in our three coun
ties,” Jewett continued. Ac
cording to Jewett, drastic
fundingcuts by the State have
necessitated a heavier reli
ance on grants, donations,
and volunteerism to keep the
Partnership’s programs in
tact.
“We are fortunate to have
received a great deal of sup
port from the community to
make many of our activities
possible,” said Jewett. She
continued, “Given the poten
tial that exists for even more
severe funding cuts by the
State, our very survival de
pends upon community in
volvement and commitment
to our mission of ensuring
children begin school healthy
and ready to learn.”
The Chowan/Gates/Per
quimans Partnership for
Children is a private, not-for
profit organization whose fo
cus is children from birth
through age five in the tri
county area.
E vans named new DF Walker principal
Edenton-Chowan Schools
announced at a board meeting
last week the new principal for
D. F. Walker School.
Former Chowan Middle
School assistant principal
Sheila Evans was named to the
post. She replaces Mary Anne
Karriker. who leaves the sys
tem on June 28 for the Iredell/
Rowan area.,
“We already know what an
asset Sheila is to Edenton
Chowan Schools,’’ said Super
intendent Allan T. Smith. “I’m
confident that her vision and
sense of community will lead
D.F. Walker to unprecedented
growth and achievement.”
Evans, who attained her
National Board of Professional
Teaching Standards certifica
tion in 1999, taught at Chowan
M iddle School for 11 years. She
was named Teacher of the Year
there for 1994-1995. Evans was
an assistant principal at the
middle school for two years.
Her most recent position with
the school system was as a Di
rector of Instruction.
“It’s going to be an exciting
year, as the teachers and I col
laborate to continue the tradi
tion of excellence at D. F.
Walker,” Evans said.
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Former Chowan Middle School assistant principal Sheila Evans has been named
principal at D.F. Walker Elementary School. She replaces Mary Anne Karriker
who leaves the Edenton-Chowan school system June 28 for the Iredell-Rowan
area of North Carolina. (Photo by Glenda Jakubowski, Edenton-Chowan Schools)
Evans received her Bach
elor of Arts in Education from
the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill in 1986. She
earned her Master of Arts in
Teaching in 1987, also from
UNC-CH, and her Principal’s
Certificate in 1994 from East
Carolina University.
She attends Rocky Hock
Baptist Church where she is a
Sunday School teacher,
Children’s' Committee co
chairperson and church histo
rian. Evans and her husband,
Steve, have two children,
Samuel and Noah.
Flag part
of edition
In an effort to promote pa
triotism and extend their
wishes to everyone for a
happy July 4, 30 area busi
nesses have joined together
to provide a flag for The
Chowan Herald readers this
week.
These civic-minded busi
nesses encourage you to hang
this flag in your window to
show your love df country.
ALC hosts ‘hands-on’ training
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Staff Writer
For area teachers a two week
course sponsored by the
Albemarle Learning Center of
Chowan County and the Sci
ence House of North Carolina
State University offered the
perfect opportunity for “hands
on-’ technology training that
will be passed on to students in
the fall when school starts
again.
Colleen Karl of the Science
House is sponsor ing the course.
Teachers have direct access to
a number of computers and
programs at the Albemarle
Learning Center that are spe
cifically designed to help tutor
the teachers in technology for
the classroom. “There are a
variety of tools on these com
puters that will help teachers
understand how to use tech
nology in the classroom and
make it natural, embedded in
the curriculum,” says Karl.
One of the programs the
teachers will be working with
uses mapping and geographic
analysis. For instance, the stu
dents can use the program to
map out fault lines and volca
noes worldwide. Thanks to Bill
Miller and Joe Sliva of E-NC,
through the Albemarle Learn
ing Center, the attending teach
ers have ready access to com
puter technology right there at
the learning center.
Throughout the two-week
See TRAINING On Page 8-A
Colleen Karl of the Science House
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