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^ Wednesday July 3,2002
Hot time for all
Members of the Center Hill Volunteer Fire Department
found the going hot in the red glow of heat as they battled
the flames from this house fire. High 90s temperatures,
being dressed in full turnout gear, and heat from the fire
gave these guys a real workout. Nixon kept a close eye on
his new volunteer fireman, as the fire was good training for
them. "Right now we have 36 volunteer firemen," says
Nixon. "However, we have slots available for forty." Only
only one person occupied the house, located next to Nixon's
Family Restaurant. The resident was not at home as fire
devoured the 90 year-old structure. (Photo by Helen Kerr
Outland)
Washington County joins Chowan,
other counties in opposition to OLF
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Staff Writer
Representatives from six
counties, including Washing
ton County, were on hand for
the OLF meeting Thursday,
June 27th. The committee has
been meeting on a regplar ba
sis since the public announce
ment concerning the proposal
by the military of an Outlying
Landing Field in eastern North
Carolina. With the release this
week of the Environmental
Impact Study by the Navy, the
counties targeted for a field,
with the exception of Washing
ton, are contributing finan
cially toward retaining Ward
and Smith, P. A, a lobbying
firm.
Washington County Man
ager Chris Coudriet was
present for the meeting and at
that time could still make no
financial commitment on be
half of his county to retain
Ward and Smith. The other
committee members pro
ceeded to officially vote and
accept the services of Ward and
Smith, PA’s to lobby on their
behalf against an OLF. Each
county represented committed
$25 thousand toward retaining
the firm.
However, during Monday
The OLF Steering Committee met last week to finalize plans to hire a lobbying firm.
On hand for the meeting was Washington Co. Manager, Chris Coudrit. Washington
County announced Tuesday it will join the anti-OLF effort. (Photo by Helen Outland)
night’s board meeting of the
Washington County Commis
sioners/ things changed. A
statement released from
Coudriet’s office after the Mon
day night meeting reads, “The
board tonight pastsed the reso
lution of solidarity, including
the commitment of funds up to
$25,000 (to help retain Ward and
Smith).
Even though Washington
County had been indecisive
until its Monday meeting it did
not keep them out of the line of
fire for public responses to a
proposed OLF. They too re
cently, as has Chowan County,
fell victim to one of the nega
tive impacts of a proposed land
ing field that leaders from all
the targeted counties are
deeply concerned about. For
these counties real estate sales
represent a very important
part of their counties’ finan
cial survival. They believe that
the proposed OLF creates the
potential for tremendous losses
in revenue. “We recently had
two real estate purchases go
sour due to the threat of an
OLF,” said Chris Coudriet.
A statement released by
See OLF On Page 6-A
Election
filings are
reported
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Staff Writer
Four candidates filed this
week with the Chowan County
Board of Elect ions for two seats
with Soil and. Water and two
for the School Board.
Fred R. Smith filed for re
election as Conservation Su
pervisor for Soil and Water. ,
Fenton T. Eure III filed for a
seat to be vacated by Louis
Nixon on the Soil and Water
board.
John E. Guard III filed for a
seat on the Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education for District
2 and a seat vacated by Claire
Mills.
Gil Burroughs has filed for a
seat on the Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education to be va
cated by Thurlis Little, who has
served twice, representing Dis
trict 3.
Watch next week’s Chowan
Herald for more on these can
didates.
Special ALS
Night set
This week’s Chowan Her
ald contains special pages
that tell the story of the Jim
“Catfish” Hunter ALS Foun
dation on pages IB - 3B.
On July 5, as the Edenton
Steamers play the Outer
Banks Daredevils, proceeds
will be dedicated to the foun
dation to be used for medical
research.
The Herald, its sister pa
pers, and their advertisers
are proud to support the fight.
1st blossom
Lynn Hobbs of Hobbs
ville, NC shows off the
first Chowan County
cotton blossom for 2002.
Veterans tell legislature not
to forget service to country
BY E. C. TOPPIN
Past Department .
Commander for NC
Members of Edward G. Bond
Post 40 of the American Legion
traveled to Raleigh. There they
joined with other veterans
from across North Carolina to
tell the North Carolina legisla
tures, “Don’t balance the bud
get on the backs of the Veter
ans!”
“The Senate Budget Com
mittee has proposed to cut the
N.C. Division of Veteran Af
fairs by twelve percent. The
budget cut would negatively
affect North Carolina veterans
in several ways.” the release
states. The cuts would require
closing three district offices,
important staff positions
would be reduced, and there
would be a significant reduc
tion in funds for scholarships
for the children of eligible vet
erans.
The overall effect of the staff
cut would be a 20% reduction
in the services to veterans.
Tourism,
award
The Snooky Bond
Excellence in Tourism
Award was recently
presented by Linda Eure
(center) to the Chowan
Arts Council for bringing
25 years of cultural arts
to Chowan County.
Accepting were CAC
President Craig Miller,
and CAC Executive
Director Sue Clark (right).
The presentation was
made during a recent
tourism meeting.
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Servicemen salute the American flag during recent
Memorial Day ceremony. (Chowan Herald file photo)
This is not an acceptable
burden for North Caroliha vet
erans to bear. Veterans have
already paid the price and to
reduce their services was un
thinkable.
By the middle of the after
noon the Senate had restored
all scholarsh ip funds and most
of the staff monies. Now the
House will consider the bud
get.
The Edenton Legionnaires
met with Representative Bill
Culpepper and Culpepper as
sured the group he would do
See VETERANS On Page 6-A
GOP’s Dority talks
tough on defense
BY ROBERT SHItES
Cox NC Publications
Greg Dority. unopposed
candidate In theGOPprtoary
for the 1st District congres
sional seat now held by Demo
crat Eva Clayton, is talking
tough about national defense,
“Wars are*won by taking
the fight to the enemy and
destroying both his capabil
ity and will to cont inue fight
ing,” Dority said in a recent
interview with The Daily Ad
vance.
Dority, 43, is a managing
partner for a security firm
that specializes in security
issues and communications,
and he has served as a secu
rity consultant in places such
as Bosnia, Kosovo province,
Albania and the Balkans, j
.
See DORITY On Page 6-A
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