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Barker House to be tour headquarters
The Barker House, located on the downtown Edenton waterfront, will serve as headquarters for this year's Christ
mas Candlelight Tour, set for Friday, Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 14 from 4-8 p.m. An Old-Fashioned Oyster Roast
being held both nights of the tour, will be held on the grounds there. For more information on this year's tour see the
Albemarle Magazine inserted in this week's Chowan Herald. Tour and oyster roast ticket info is available by calling
the Barker House historic site at (252) 482-7800.
Town council
okays cellular
tower lease
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Editor
If you’ve been frustrated by
the quality of your cell phone
reception, help may be on the
way
In an Oct. 24 memo to the
mayor and town council, Town
Manager Anne-Marie Knight
on noted that in recent months
she had written letters to US.
Cellular and Alltel “complain
ing on behalf of the many citi
zens who have complained to
us about the poor cellular cov
erage in Edenton.” Knighton.
noted in the memo that as a
result o f these letters, her of
fice had been contacted by U.S.
Cellular which had expressed
interest in obtaining a lease
agreement to install a 20-foot
antenna on the town’s Park
Avenue water tower.
At last Tuesday night’s town
council, U.S. Cellular reps Sam
Hughes and Colleen Shepherd
made a presentation on their
company’s proposed plan to
provide better cellular recep
tion to their customers in the
community.
Under the terms of the pro
posed agreement which was
approved by the council, U.S.
Cellular would pay $1,200 a
month for a five-year renew
able contract. In response to a
question from Councilman
Steve Biggs, Hughe said the
company anticipates renewing
at least every five years for the
next 30 years.
Hughes added that the town
would be consulted on all
phases of the project and that
her firm understood its con
tract would allow it non-exclu
sive rights to use the tower,
meaning that other firms
would also be able to place
equipment there if they
wished.
Knighton noted that under
the current plan, two or three
more attachments to the tower
would be possible.
Suspect charged
with burglary
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Staff Writer
An unsuccessful attempt
to rob BB&T in Edenton early
Sunday morning resulted in
the arrest of an Edenton
man.
At about 5:30 a.m. Edenton
Police Officers Steven White
and Dennis Smith responded
to an alarm call at the BB&T
Bank located at 322 South
Broad St. in Edenton. Upon
arrival Officer White ob
served 23-year-old Roshawn
Gibson, of 502 West Albe
marle Street, standing next to
an exterior wall of the bank.
White and Smith immedi
ately apprehended Gibson.
A subsequent search of the
suspect revealed he had in
liis possession a bag contain
ing burglary tools. As offic
ers began a search of the
area they discovered a sec
ond level doorway to the
band had been demolished.
"From there it appears the
suspect traveled to the first
floor of the bank,” said
Edenton Police Chief Greg
Bonner. Officers discovered
that the doors of two safes
and the main bank vault
found on the first level had
sustained damage. Officers
also discovered that the
bank’s alarm system had sus
tained damage. “It appears
that the suspect did gain ac
cess to an area of the bank
where small amounts of
change and cash were kept,”
added Chief Bonner.
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Three are being sought
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Staff Writer
According to Edenton
Chief of Police Greg Bonner
his department has issued
warrants for three individu
als. Two of those are sought
as the result of a shooting. A.
third is being sought on rob
bery charges.
According to Chief Bonner
on November 1, at approxi
mately 9:30 p.m. an employee
of First Southern Cash Ad
vance, 1316 North Broad
Street, was preparing to make
a deposit into a night drop box
, when he was attacked and the
deposit bag he was carrying
was stolen. “This individual
had driven to a local bank and
was about to drop a money bag
into the night drop box when
the theft occurred,” says Chief
Bonner. “According to the vic
tim, a black male, wearing
dark clothing and a mask, ap
proached him and a struggle
insued over the money bag.”
The victim further related to
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Bunch
receives
ad award
Sue Bunch of
the Chowan Her
ald in Edenton
has won second
place in the
North Carolina
Statewide Classi
. fied Advertising
Bunch
Contest. Ms. Bunch has
worked for the Chowan Herald
since 1968.
The ad contest, for the Fall
2002 Back to School, ran for
eight weeks starting the week
of September 9 and running
through October 28,2002. Each
sale representative earned a
$25 and a gold star for each new
business advertiser and new
business ad renewal submitted
during the contest.
The listed participants gen
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Animal Shelter adds runs to serve tri-county area
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Staff Writer
For Mary Bass and her staff
at the Chowan-Gates-Perqui
mans Animal Shelter the days
start early and often run late.
Earlier this year the Chowan
Gates Shelter also took on the
responsibility of animal con
trol in Perquimans County.
Gates and Perquimans have
one Animal Control Officer in
each of their counties.
The shelter in Chowan has
their hands full. But, every
thing that can be done for ani
mals brought to the shelter is
done. Euthanasia, although
unavoidable, is a last resort. I
don’t do this job for the pay,”
says Bass “And it breaks my
heart every time we have to
euthanize a cat or a dog. If
people think we don’t have a
heart, they are sadly mis
Animal Control Officer Mary Bass greets Marty
taken.”
Bass and her staff show the
heart put into their jobs as
they go that extra mile to make
sure the animals receive the
very best while in their care.
Every resource at their dis
posal is utilized. “ This job is
not 9 to 5, Monday through Fri
day,” Bass says. “It is Monday
to Monday, 24-7.”
It would be simple enough
for the animal shelter to pick
up strays, abandoned, or
abused cats and dogs and put
them down, but the staff goes
well beyond simplicity. Their
extra efforts are not part of
their job description. “ For in
stance we go to schools and do
programs on animal care and
responsibilities,” adds Bass.
She says that the education
process has started in
Perquimans with after-school
presentations.
Bass also maintains a
record of breed specific adop
tion organizations across the
country These organizations
can find and place the dogs
with people who understand
the breeds such as German
Shepherds and Rottweilers.
The same effort is put into
finding homes for the Heinz 57
varieties. At present, there is
one pure bred dog in her care,
found roaming loose, that will
require breed knowledgeable
owners. “This is a wonderful
dog and would not have sur
vived long,” says Bass. “Nor
does the dog need to be adopted
out to just any setting.” Bass
will find the right place for the
purebred.
“There are many things that
people can do to ensure the
safety and protection of their
dogs and cats so they do not
end up in a similar situation,”
says Bass. “They can spay or
neuter their pets and help ease
the heartbreak of this job.”
Bass goes on to explain about
a new tracking device called
Microchip that can be placed
under the skin of a pet with a
simple injection process. It can
be used to help locate pets
should they wonder off or be
stolen. “It is a fairly inexpen
sive devise,” she says. “When -
an animal is rescued by us, or
shows up in a vets office, they
can be scanned and the im
planted chip will reveal infor
mation on the dog, who owns
' it and where it comes from. We
want to get these babies back
home.”
Although Bass deals regu
larly with stray animals, she
all too often has to deal with
animals that have been ne
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