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Wednesday, November 6,2002
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Goodwin defeats Sams in Commissioners' race
BY REBECC A BUNCH
AND HELEN OUTLAND
Chowan County voters
chose to return incumbent
County Commissioner Wayne
Goodwin to office Tuesday.
Goodwin, a businessman, was
opposed by retired naval of
ficer John Sams.
Residents of District 1 (com
prised of the Yeopim, Center
Hill and Wardville precincts)
re-elected Goodwin by a vote
of 588 to 384.
In announcing his candi
dacy Goodwin said he wanted
to serve because "1 strongly
believe that Chowan County is
a great place to live and work
and I would like to be a part of
the efforts to see it stay that
way"
On Tuesday, Goodwin said
those feelings had only grown
stronger as he campaigned for
re-election. "I'd like to thank
everyone that voted for me to
Repubiican Larry McLaughtin, teft, greets an approaching voter as Democrat Jimmy
Aiiigood iooks on. McLaughiin and Aiiigood are vying for a seat on the Chowan County
Board of Commissioners. (Staff photo by Heien Kerr Outiand)
day" he said. "I have ways en
joyed being involved and as
long as I can be involved. I will
be.
"I try to do my part," he
added. "I like being here in this
county and would like to see it
stay the way it is, with good
people and good things going
on."
At presstime Tuesday night,
with four of the five precincts
reporting, former Edenton
Town Councilman Jimmy
Alligood appeared to be the
voters' choice to hold the Dis
trict 2 County Commissioners
seat up for grabs. He was lead
ing Larry McLaughlin, ,a
former Chowan County magis
trate, by a two-to-one margin.
Alligood said his campaign
strategy was simple and
straightforward. "I went and
talked to as many people as I
could and listened to their con
cerns," he said. "1 want every
body in my district to know
that I will always listen, and
will do my very best to repre
sent them."
With the West Edenton pre
cinct still not reporting, the
race between incumbent
Thurlis Little and former
teacher Gil Burroughs was too
close to call. Earlier in the day.
Little said he was happy to
have had the opportunity to
have served in the past, and
hoped to "continue to make a
positive contribution towards
the education of all children in
Chowan County"
Little added that he was par
ticularly pleased to see the
large voter turnout on Tues
day. "In order for the political
process to work," he said,
"there has to be a concern
shown by the public. If the
weather holds out, I think we
will see one of the better turn
outs we have had here in
Chowan County."
Preservation grant
goes to courthouse
The Chowan County Court
house, considered the best pre
served courthouse in America,
has been awarded a $208,000
Save America's Treasures
(SAT) preservation grant by
the Nations) Park Service, ac
cording to Dr. Jeffrey Crow,
deputy secretary of the NC
Department of Cultural Re
sources.
SAT awards grants to pre
serve nationally significant
threatened intellectual and
cultural artifacts. It is a pro
gram of the U S. Department
of the Interior. The grant must
be matched with no-federal
funds.
Before the world wars, the
Civil War or even the Ameri
can Revolution, the Chowan
County Courthouse stood in
Edenton. Built in 1767. the
courthouse is a national His
toric Landmark and also part
of the Historic Edenton State
Historic Site.
Historic Edenton Site Man
ager Linda Eure said the court
house was a community build
ing where meetings were held
leading up to the American
Revolution and remained a
community gathering place
throughout its history. It was
the primary courthouse for
Chowan County up until 1979,
when a new courthouse
opened.
The courthouse was closed
for renovation in 1998. The
renovation is a joint effort be
tween the Department of Cul
tural Resources ami Chowan
County. State appropriations
have allowed the exterior and
a portion of the interior work
to be completed. The remain
ing work to be done includes
installing a heating and venti
lation system, installing an el
evator to comply with the
Americans with Disabilities
Act, restoring the paneling in
the assembly, and completing
interior painting, molding and
trim to be historically accu
rate.
The Department of Cultural
Resources submitted the appli
cation to the U.S. Department
of the Interior to bring about
completion of the renovation.
For information about the
Chowan County Courthouse,
contact Site Manager Linda
Eure at 482-2637.
A toca! ceiebratior of the U S Manne Corps' y:7th birth
day cvi!) be heid in Edenton Nov. 10th at That fancy Cafe,
701-C North Broad Street, Edenton on Nov. 10. Sociai hour
and dinner are ptanned. Reservations may be made by cas
ing 482-3230 or 482-1759.
Marine Corps wit!
ceiebrate iocaiiy
BY MARGE SOPER
Correspondent
As time passes so do many
of the young and now older
men who fought and today
fight so valiantly for us on for
eign soil. This year the two
hundred twenty-seventh birth
day of the United States Ma
, ine Corps will be {alebrated
all over the free world by Ma
rines and their families.
The annual birthday cel
ebration is spread by word of
mouth, so if you are or know a
Marine (present or past) let
them know that this year the
local Birthday Celebration will
-take place at That Fancy Cafe.
701-C North Broad Street,
Edenton on Nov. 10 beginning
at 17:30 hours with an "Attitude
Adjustment Hour" and dinner
at 18:30 hours. Reservations or
for more information, call 482
3230or482:7;K.
The birthday celebration
takes place each year in small
towns, military bases and
See MARINES On Page 5-A
Veterans Day service set
The twelfth annual Chowan
County Veterans Day Service
will take place next Monday
morning, Nov 11, at 11 a.m. at
the Chowan County Veterans
Memorial in Edenton.
Keynote speaker will be
Edenton businessman Wallace
Evans.
Master of ceremonies will
be George Stokes. A welcome
will be offered by Ron Green,
Commander, Post 40, Ameri
can Legion, Edenton. Special
music, including the Star
Spdngled Banner and God
bless America, will be per
formed by Lynn Bundy of the
Edenton-Chowan Schools.
Following the laying of ser
vice and memorial wreaths, an
invocation will be offered by
Rev. Robert White. The guest
speaker will be introduced by
George Stokes. Following re
marks by Wallace Evans, and
a musical selection, the bene
diction will be offered by Rev
Robert White. "Taps" will be
performed by Larry PrivOtt.
Also, at 5:30 p.m. that after
noon, American Legion Post
40. Edenton will have an unser
viceable American Flag Dis
posal Ceremony. The general
public is invited.
Predncf
meet/ng
Chowan County Demo
cratic Chairperson Jerald
Perry asks all precinct chair
persons tor Chowan County
to meet Wednesday evening,
Nov 13, at 6 p.m. at Edenton
Town Council chambers.
A brief meeting to share
some key information is
planned, Perry said.
Guard/ans
focus of
program
Mike McArthur and Sheila
Schulthetss, of the Clerk of
Court's office, will soon
present information to parents
of exceptional children on ob
taining guardianship when
their children turn 18 years of
age.
The presentation is sched
uled for 3:30 p m. on Nov. 8 at
John A. Holmes High School in
Edenton.
McArthur and Schuitheiss
will demonstrate the steps par
ents must take to become
guardians for their adult chil
dren, who, although they are
no longer minors, are unable
to make legal decisions on
their own.
For more information, call
Margaret White, Director ot
Exceptional Children's Pro
grams for Edenton Chowan
Schools, at 482 4436
Musicai group Andes Manta wi!) perform at Swain Auditorium Nov. 15
Andes Manta to perform next week
A magical evening of vi- forium Friday evening, Nov. thralled audiences from Lin
brant and hauntingly beauti- 15, at 7 p.m. The musical group, coin Center to the Discovery
ful music from the Andes Andes Manta, will bring the Channel.
Mountain is coming to same high-energy perfor
Chowan County's Swain Audi mance to Edenton that has en- See PERFORM On 5 A
Schutken wit!
attend Expo here
Mary Schulken, senior as
sociate editor and editorial
page editor of The Daily Re
flector in Greenville, NC will
be a special guest of The
Chowan Herald during the
Business Expo 2002 preview
party tonight (Wednesday) at
the old D.F. Walker Elemen
tary School. Her column ap
pears regularly in the award
winning Edenton newspaper
Visitors to the Expo party
will also have the opportunity
to talk with other Herald col
umnists, writers, and photog
raphers including Rosalie
Boyd Miller, Marge Soper and
BudWeagly.
In 2000 Schulken was nam
ed Cox Newspapers Writer of
the Year. Since then her col
umn has become syndicated
and appears in newspapers
across America.
Mary Schulken
Born and raised in Lake
Waccamaw, NC, Schulken
graduated from East Carolina
University in Greenville with
a degree in English and a mi
nor in journalism. She joined
the Daily Reflector in 1980.
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