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Brian White
honored for
Cycle Speedway_1-B
Local tennis players
compete during
Pine Island Classic..... 10-A
State oks
matching
funding
sen. Marc basnight and tne
State Office of Management
and Budget announced Mon
day that the state has $208,000
as matching monies for a
$208,000 grant received from
the Save America’s Treasures
Program administered by the
National Park Service.
This funding will enable the
state to complete the restora
tion of the Old Chowan County
Courthouse. Previous restora
tion efforts totaled about $1.8
million, including roof re
placement, restoration of the
exterior woodwork including
the cupola, and of the court
room itself. This latest round
of funding will complete resto
ration throughout, including
the fully paneled assembly
room on the second floor,
which was the only one of its
See FUNDS On Page 3-A
Town to
work on
drainage
problem
The Edenton Town Council
hopes to soon be able to bring
some relief to residents of the
Liadham Road area of Edenton
whose neighborhood is
plagued by drainage problems
when there is heavy rainfall.
Improvements are also
planned for East Hicks Street.
During its November com
mittee meetings, council mem
bers reviewed bids for drain
age improvement projects in
both areas. The Town Council,
as part of its Vision Plan, has
See TOWN On Page 5-A
Beautiful for Christmas
The Perfect Gift shop owned by Tracy Nixon sports a beautiful storefront with a color
ful holiday motif. Downtown Edenton storefront windows will be reviewed this Satur
day morning by a panel of judges in conjunction with the annual Christmas at the Mar
ket, a holiday celebration sponsored by the Marketplace Guild. The 'best-dressed' win
dow will be featured in the Chowan Herald. The Perfect Gift is located beside the Herald
in the space formerly occupied by Fancy That. Christmas at the Market activities get un
derway at 10 a.m. and culminate in a lighting ceremony scheduled for 6 p.m. at the sol
diers monument at the foot of Broad Street. (Staff photo by Helen Kerr Outland)
Police charge
Edenton man
with robbery
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Staff Writer
An Edenton man, William
“Bill” Satterfield, 21, of 112
Alexander Road, has been ar
rested and charged by police
here with common law rob
bery in connection with an in
cident that took place at the
Edenton Village Shopping
Center Nov. 24. Police are con
tinuing to investigate and
more charges may be pending.
According to Sgt. Louis
Brothers of the Edenton Police
Department, officers re
sponded to the scene that Sun
day afternoon after receiving
a call concerning a possible
robbery at the shopping center.
Police reports indicate that a
juvenile was headed toward
his truck in the parking lot
when he was approached by a
black male who proceeded to
get into the juvenile’s vehicle.
“The suspect asked the juve
nile if he wanted to buy a gun,
indicating that he had one to
sell,” said Edenton Police
Chief Greg Bonner. “When the
juvenile declined, the suspect
told him he had a gun and in
structed him to drive away
from the shopping center.”
Bonner said that the youth
was then told by the suspect to
drive to the VEW building on
West Albemarle Street in
Edenton. “In the process the
suspect made several phone
calls from the victim’s cell
phone,” Bonner said. “When
they reached the VFW Hut the
suspect asked the victim if he
had any money, and was told
‘no’.
At that point, police say, the
victim pulled out his wallet,
showing the suspect that he
indeed had no money with
him. The suspect then alleg
edly snatched the victim’s wal
William Satterfield
let, took the victim’s cell
phone, and left the scene.
Bonner noted that Sat
terfield was arrested four
weeks ago in a similar incident
and charged with assault by
pointing a gun. Due to a con
tinuing investigation into that
incident, Bonner said, no fur
ther charges were filed against
Satterfield at that time and he
was released under an unse
cured bond.
Bonner added that more
charges might be filed as the
police investigation into both
incidents moves forward.
“We will be asking the dis
trict attorney’s office to look at
the possibility of charging
Satterfield with kidnapping in
both cases,” said Chief Bonner.
“We are still investigating both
cases in order to determine
exactly what transpired be
tween the victims and the sus
pect.”
At present Satterfield is be
ing held in the Chowan
County Detention Center in
Edenton under a $10,000 se
cured bond.
(Left photo) Chowan County Farm Bureau President Jimmie Parrish, presents the Outstanding Young Farmer of the
Year Award to David Hare. (Right photo) Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce President Larry Spivey, at right,
presents the Highest Produce per Acre Award for Peanuts for 2001 to JC Forehand (at left) and his son, Jimmy (not
pictured) during the annual Farm-City Banquet held here last Tuesday evening. (Staff photos by Helen K. Outland)
Annual Farm-City Banquet held
BY HELEN K. OUTLAND
Staff Writer
The Edward G. Bond Ameri
can Legion Post #40 was filled
to capacity last Tuesday night
for the Chowan County Farm
City Awards Banquet. The
Farm-City Banquet is an an
nual event sponsored by the
Edenton Rotary Club honoring
local farmers for their contri
butions to the community, the
state, and the country.
Louis Belfield, chairman of
the Chowan County Commis
sioners, welcomed area farm
ers and their guests. “Without
the cotton our farmers grow
we would not have clothes to
wear,” said Belfield. “Without
their fruits and vegetables, we
would npt have food to eat. We
are here to celebrate farmers,
and that we are all partners as
farmers, truck drivers, retail
ers, factory workers, and con
sumers — accounting for 22
million jobs in the American
food and fiber industries. We
must all' work together to en
sure that we continue to enjoy
the safest, most affordable, and
most abundant food supply on
earth.”
Edenton Mayor Roland Vau
ghan, whose company, CBS In
ternational, sells raw peanuts
to the peanut industry told
those attending what he is see
ing from the other side of the
harvest. “My job is to take your
See BANQUET On Page 5-A
School system
to reconsider
new calendar
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Editor
It’s back to the drawing
board for the proposed 2003
04 Edenton-Chowan school
system’s calendar.
During the public board
dialogue portion of Monday
night’s school board meeting,
White Oak Elementary
School teacher June Byrum
Proctor asked the board to
please think twice before ap
proving the proposed calen
dar. Proctor, speaking on be
half of many elementary
school teachers in the com
munity, said that the pro
posed calendar allows for far
too little planning time for
teachers at White Oak and
D.F. Walker elementary
schools.
Proctor told the board she
had a letter to that effect
signed by over 80 percent of
those educators.
She noted that elementary
school teachers would only
have three hours total per
week for planning, while
those teaching at the middle
school and high school
would have double that
amount of time. “Three
hours a week is just not
enough,” she said. “We are
begging, we are pleading
with you” to rescind the pro
posed new calendar.
On Tuesday morning, a
spokesman for Dr. Allan
Smith, superintendent of
schools, said that the board
of education will ask the
committee that drew up the
calendar to revisit the issue
and come up with a plan to
address these concerns.
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