Historic Edenton
Pilgrimage 2003
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Chowan team heads to
world competition - again
Edenton-Chowan Schools
will send an Odyssey of the
Mind team to world competi
tion for the second year run
ning.
The Chowan Middle School
team solving the problem, “A
Scene From Above,” earned
the chance to compete in the
world competition by winning
second place at the state com
petition April 5. The team won
a first-place award in regional
competition earlier this year.
The world competition will
take place in Ames, Iowa from
May 28 through May 31.
The middle school team
solving the problem, “Put A
Spin On It,” took home a third
place award from the state
contest. A team from John A.
Holmes High School also
earned a third-place award.
First and second-place win
ners advance to world compe
tition.
Odyssey of the Mind is an
international creative prob
lem-solving competition.
Each fall, OM publishes 5 new
Chowan Middle School students hope to raise funds to
compete in the Odyssey of the Mind world competition in
Ames, Iowa. Shown: Liza Boehling, Danny Brusko, Chris
topher Edmundson, Chris Lane, Nikki Mitchell, Colleen
Potocki and Mary Strzyzewski, and coaches Mike Brusko
and Marvin Strzyzewski (submitted photo).
problems for teams to choose
from. While the problems are
different each year, they gener
ally fall in one of 5 categories:
Vehicle-building, Technical
(contraptions), Balsa Wood
Structures (that must support
weight), The Classics (with
themes based on history or
the arts), and Performance
(emphasis is on the creativity
of the skit, the props and the
presentation).
Edenton-Chowan Schools is
paying the registration fees and
room and board for the student
competitors for the event. The
team is hoping to raise the ad
ditional funds necessary for
plane tickets and shipping their
bulky props in the weeks re
maining until the competition.
Donations can be sent to
Marvin Strzy-zewski, 937
Soundside Rd, Edenton, or to
the Edenton-Chowan Schools
Board of Education.
Advancing to world competi
tion are: Liza Boehling, Danny
Brusko, Christopher Edmund
son, Chris Lane, Nikki Mitchell,
Colleen Potocki and Mary
Strzyzewski. The team is
coached by Mike Brusko and
Marvin Strzyzewski.
Woman faces
murder charge
By BEN DECK
Cox NC Publications
An Edenton woman was
charged Tuesday morning
with murder in the shotgun
slaying of her ex-boyfriend - a
man she says abused her for
more than a decade.
“I’m mad as hell that they’re
going to charge me with mur
der,” said 26-year-old Bridgette
Roulac. “I feel like the police.
weren’t here for me.”
Bridgette and her brother,
21-year-old Leon Roulac, were
both arrested, according to
Greg Bonner, chief of the
Edenton Police Department.
Both are being held in connec
tion with the death of 24-year
old Lorenzo Keith Pulliam,
who was killed early Friday
morning.
Bonner previously said he
did not expect to seek charges
against Bridgette. That plan
changed, however, after Brid
gette’s account of the shootihg
was contradicted by other in
formation. Bonner declined to
go into any detail about the in
consisten
cies, citing
a need to
protect the
ongoing in
vestiga
tion.
Bridgette
Roulac told
her side of
Pulliam the story
Monday
while standing in the the liv
ing room of the trailer she
rents at 106-B Reginald and
Mary Ave. in Edenton, the
room where she allegedly shot
Pulliam. Alice Roulac, Brid
gette's grandmother, said
Pulliam had often threatened
to kill Bridgette and her chil
dren if she ever left him.
At the time of his death,
Pulliam was under a court or
der to stay away from Roulac
and he was facing two assault
charges for incidents involv
ing Roulac and a friend of
hers.
Large bloodstains still stain
See MURDER On Page 3-A
Community invited to dedication of River Walk
EDENTON — On Sunday,
April 27, at 2 o’clock in the after
noon, you can be a part of a mo
mentous event with the dedica
tion of theJ.RobertHendrixPark
and Cannon’s Ferry Heritage
River Walk.
According to Nancy Nicholls,
executive director of the Chowan
Tourism Development Authority
“This development has taken
place beginning with a coopera
tive effort that began with the
Heritage Development Council
Identification Initiative in the fall
of 1998. During this process, the
Cannon’s Perry area and its rich
herring industry was identified
as a natural asset in Chowan
County that needed to be pre
served for our community”
Nicholls explained that in May
of 1999, a State Inter-Agency
Council made up of representa
tives from the State Historic Pres
ervation Office, State Historic
Sites, the Coastal Management
Division of the Department of
Dedication or the J. Robert Hendrix Park and Cannon s
Ferry Heritage River Walk will take place this Sunday at 2
p.m. Everyone is encouraged to attend. (Photo courtesy of
Nancy Nicholls, Chowan Tourism Development Authority)
Environment and Natural Re
sources, the North Carolina Di
vision of Tourism, the Depart
ment of Agriculture, North Caro
lina Arts Council, and the North
Carolina Extension Service vis
ited Chowan County and toured
all of the potential sites for devel
Jones to receive NC Folk
Heritage Award April 23
' Artists who all help tell
North Carolina’s unique story
by working with their hands or
Singing, playing, and sharing
stories from their hearts will
be honored at the North Caro
lina Arts Council’s Folk Heri
tage Awards Wednesday, April
23, at 7:30 p.m., at Stewart The
atre on the NC State University
campus. Grammy Award-win
ding musician David Holt of
Asheville will serve as master
of ceremonies.
Winners from Eastern
North Carolina include wheel
wright emmett Parker Jones
of Tyner.
“I was raised in my father’s
Shop,” says Jones, a fourth gen
eration wheelwright. His ear
liest memories of working
with his father began when he
was about three years old and
standing on a five-gallon cot
Emmett Parker Jones
tonseed bucket to reach the
crank to the blower that fired
his father’s forge.
For more information about
the awards, call communica
tions manager Joe Newberry
at (919) 733-2119 or e-mail
ioe.newberrv(5)ncmail.net.
opment.
“While they were viewing the
Cannon’s Ferry area,” Nicholls
said, “Mr Robert Hendrix joined
the group ancjgave them an over
view of what had taken place on
the shores of'the Chowan River
many years back when it was a
viable fishing site. At the end of
that day the Inter-Agency Task
Force presented recommenda
tions at a public reception that
was hosted at the Barker House.
During this time, the potential of
the Cannon’s Ferry site as a River
Walk area where visitors could
picnic, fish, paddle, and learn
about the industry through pic
tures and interpretation was
highlighted.”
Chowan County approached
the Albemarle Resource Conser
vation and Development Council
with the concept of developing a
public heritage riverwalk at the
Cannon’s Ferry land owned by
RobertHendrixinAngustof 2000.
Hendrix granted Chowan
County a long-term lease for this
site and grants by the Albemarle
Resource Conservation and De
velopment Council, from Coastal
Management and the North
Carolina Parks and Recreation
Trails Program in 2001-2002 got
the construction underway
“The interpretive signage de
picting the site’s herring indus
try history was gathered by Gin
ger Morelock, a regional folklor
ist,” Nieholls said. “These inter
views enabled Ms. Morelock to
learn about life at Cannon’s Perry
from neighbors, fishermen and
former fishery workers. She also
received the many photos that are
displayed at the site today A do
nation of a herring boat that was
once used will also be on site in
the near future for all to view.”
“Make sure and either take
Cannon’s Ferry Road to the River
Walk or paddle over and enjoy
this most spectacular view of the
Chowan River,” she added. “It’s
really something to see.”
The Chowan County Board of Commissioners
and
The Chowan County Heritage Development Council
Invite you to join them for the
Dedication of the J. Robert Hendrix Park
and
Cannon's Ferry Heritage River Walk
On Sunday, April 27, 2003
2:00 o'clock pm
Light Refreshments will he Served
On the Chowan River • 317 Cannon's Ferry Road
Main Street forum held here
Business owners and citizens joined town officials at a community forum designed to
seek comments about the idea of Edenton becoming a Main Street community. Rodney
Swink, state director (above), explains benefits of the program. (David Taylor photo)
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