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_ pep^ offers personal trainer... 10-A ■mim Masons and « Eastern Star gather.... 8-A v ' o : j; ." ■, :. . $ |f|2’ : 3 Ballance says he’s ready to meet new challenges.............. 1-B . Rocky Hock Opry is coming Ruritans Relay team, fundraiser BY JACK EVANS Special Correspondent On Friday, January 17 and Saturday, January 18 the Rocky Hock Ruritan Relay for Life Club will sponsor a Grand Ole Opry show and dinner at the Rocky Hock Playhouse. Dinner and drinks will be served from 6 - 7:15 p.m. and consist of pork roast, candied yams, and all t^e trimmings. Following the format of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry : the show will begin at 7:30 p.m. and include live com mercials featuring many dif ferent and great entertainers, all at a cost of $15 per person. Entertainment for the f&o shows will feature perform ers such as Brian Smith play ing the keyboard. Brian has been involved in music for most of his life. “Big Daddy” Sam Morris, drummer, just recently recorded his first CD in Nashville, Tennessee will See RELAY On Page 3-A "Cousin Minni Pearl" portrayed by Cindy Lewis, left, will bring her talent and humor to the stage during the com munity fundraiser performance. (Submitted photo) Performers to strut their stuff BY MARGE SOPER Correspondent • The Grand Ole Opry is coming to town! That’s right. Right here in Chowan County! Some of the finest Country Music musicians reside lo cally and for your pleasure and a very good cause, the Rocky Hock Ruritan Relay Team is sponsoring a dinner and show baged on the Grand Ole Opry The Rocky Hock Ruritan Relay Team has for years par ticipated in fund raising for the American Cancer So ciety’s Relay for Life. Each year they have come up with such fundraisers as bake sales or yard sales or suppers. This year they wanted to do something a bit different and they certainly have chosen a wonderful format for a fundraiser. A great deal of work and effort will be put into this entertaining ben See PERFORM Page 3-A Tyner man faces assault charges after shooting Milton Elliott Jr., 28, of Tyner has been charged with the Thursday afternoon shoot ing of Kwame Everett, also 28, of Hertford, NC. According to Chowan Coun ty Sheriff Fred Spruill, at about 1:37 p.m. last Thursday a call was received by the Chowan County Central Com munication 911 Center report ing that an individual had been shot at 3241 Rocky Hock Road. “Deputies and EMS person nel were dispatched to the resi dence,” Sheriff Spruill said. “Upon arrival, officers found the victim, Kwame Everett, laying in the doorway of the mobile home with a wound to the right knee area of his leg.” Everett was transported to Chowan Hospital for treat ment. ' Sheriff Spruill said that the r victim told those responding that “Milton Elliott Jr. had come to the residence, they got into an argument and Milton shot him.” Spruill added that Elliott had left the residence before authorities arrived. The sheriff said that a war rant was obtained for Elliott, charging him with assault with a deadly weapon with in tent to kill/inflicting serious injury. Elliott turned himself in at the Chowan County Sheriff’s Office on Friday night, Spruill said, and was released on a $10,000 secured bond. Investigating officer, Detec tive Victor Lamb, was assisted by W.G. Whitehurst, Lupe Mejorado, Qarl Rabe, Sheriff Spruill ana Ed Webb. The Gates County Sheriff’s Office also provided assistance. 1 Musical benefit for Tavlor A Love Musical Benefit for former Chowan County Com missioner James Taylor will be held at Swain Auditorium in Edenton on Jan. 18, begin ning at 7p.m. Featured performers will include: the RJ Gospel Sing ers; Edenton Male Cliorus; Mike Malloy and Billy But ler; and Piedmont Jazz. Everyone is welcome. BY REBECCA BUNCH Editor Chowan County Commis sioners were told during their monthly meeting Mon day that the board of the Shepard-Pruden Library would talk this week about possible revisions to a pro posed design that would add 5d00 square feet to the li brary building on West Water Street jn Edenton. At presstime, that meeting was set to take place Tuesday evening. Librarian Rosalie Miller explained %that architect Jerry Traub had created a design that had won the ap proval of the library’s board, r and was then submitted to the Eden-ton Preservation Commission for its consider ation. After the commission okayed the design, several local residents appealed the decision to the Edenton Board of Adjustments. That board returned it to the com mission, asking for addi tional documentation on the design elements. Particular concern focuses on a pro posed glas-sed-in addition to the site. “I believe in it,” said Boyd “I believe it will be absolutely beautiful, inside and out. I am particularly pleased that it will offer us the opportu nity to become handicapped accessible, which we would very much like to be.” Byrums welcome New Year's baby BY SHERRY JONES Chowan Hospital Dakota Byrum, 23 months, is excited but not sure what to make of the newest addition to his family. “Baby!”, he says, and wiggles to get down from the hospital bed where he was snuggling with his mother and new baby sister at Chowan Hos pital on Thursday January 2. His sister, Trinity Blake Byrum, is the first baby of 2003, the “New Year’s Baby”, born at Chowan Hospital. Trinity arrived at 10:34 p.m. on January 1,2003, weighing in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces and 22 inches long. She is a healthy and beauti ful new baby girl, delivered by Dr. Michael Gavigan, OB/GYN, of Francis and Boehling, in Edenton and the Labor and De livery nurses at the hospital. Parents Carlos and Spring Byrum of Windsor, NC, are glad their daughter has finally ar V rived. She has a large extended family who have been anticipat ing her birth, including grand parents Catherine Bundy of Windsor, Arnold Bundy of Harrellsville, Martie and Debbie Harris of Edenton and Frances Byrum. She is also the grandaughter of the late Raymond Byrum of Windsor. Trinity’s Godmother is Diane Cowand of Merry Hill. Her Great-grandparents are Ledrew Perry and the late Frances Perry of Merry Hill and Mildred Bundy and the late John C. Bundy of Hertford. On January 2, the Friends of Chowan Hospital and Chowan Hospital President Barbara Cale presented the Byrums with pink balloons and large bags of gifts. Edenton merchants donated all .the gifts-to welcome the-New Year’s Baby The Byrums were surprised See BABY On Page 3-A Crutchfield show at CAC Gallery BY HELfN K. OUTLAND Staff Writer On Friday, January 10, at 5:30 p.m. the Chowan Arts Council will be holding a re ception for the opening of art ist Mary Crutchfield’s One Woman Sho\y, Exploring Watermedia. Crutchfield is no stranger to the area and her unique artwork is viewed and appreciated by many. Over the years Crutchfield has developed her technique in watermedia through imagina tion and experimentation. “I have always painted,” Crutch field says. “And loving water color, my technique just evol ved.” Crutchfield says that ifchng only watercolor requires plan ning ahead, but with water Soaring Song Pear Pressure media, "you can play a little first and then pull it together," she says. Crutchfield goes on to say this allows her to work on several paintings at a time, working on one for a while then moving on to another as inspiration and experimenta tion dictates. She uses Watermedia in a number of different ways to add dimen sion to her work, creating a collage of color and texture. “Watermedia is not con fined to just watercolor ei ther,” says Crutchfield ex plaining the finished effect. Crutchfield may use acrylics See GALLERY On Page 3-A Trinity Blake Byrum, the first baby born in 2003 at Chowan Hospital, rests comfortably with her parents Spring and Carlos Byrum and big brother Dakota. Culpepper says an interest in history prompted decision BY REBECCA BUNCH Editor , In this edition the Chowan Herald’s Newspapers in Edu cation program kicks off the first chapter of a newspaper serial for children, “Dreams Come True: The Story of the First Flight,” written by Mary Maden and illustrated by Vicki Wallace. The first chapter, one of 14 detailing the story of the Wright Brothers adventure in flight at Kitty Hawk, NC on the Outer Banks, is titled “The Let ter.” It details Wilbur and Orville Wright’s excitement at receiving a letter from a Kitty Hawk resident, William Tate, offering his hospitality and assistance, and assuring them that Kitty Hawk would be “a fine place” for them to test Orville and Wilbur Wright their theories concerning “a flying machine.” The series is being spon sored by Rep. Bill Culpepper of Edenton. Culpepper said he appreciated the opportunity to show his strong support for lit eracy education, adding that the fact the series centered See HISTORY On Page 3-A *• * J"' ' « »> UML
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