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Family [
Fun Day j
a success !
BY ROBBIE LAUGHTON I
Contributing Writer ■
When Gwen Brown, Karen I
Ames and Rose Hawkins get [
together and plan an event you |
can usually count on three I
things. There will be fun, there I
will be food, and there will be I
a great time had by everyone. 1
On Saturday, May 10, the |
three coordinators of after- I
school programs in Chowan 1
County brought together the j
participants, parents and vol- I
unteers to sponsor their an- |
nual “Family Fun Day”. This
Kids check out a fire truck from the Edenton Fire Department
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A roulette wheel-style exhibit at this table drew the in
terest of youngsters at Family Fun Day.
event marks the end of the
year for the After-School Plus,
SOS, and Intensive Supervi
sion Programs sponsored by
the Edenton-Chowan Schools,
NC Department of Juvenile
Justice, and the Edenton
Chowan Recreation Depart
ment. Overall there are 115 stu
dents enrolled in these pro
grams offering tutoring, reme
diation, character building,
community service, and recre
ation.
Over 200 people attended the
family day on the campus of
Chowan Middle School and
several activities were plan
ned. There were the softball
games, tug-of-war, and three
legged races for the physically
active. There were educational
Photos courtesy
of
Gwen Brown
exhibits by the Edenton Fire
Department, Food and Nutri
tion by the Edenton-Chowan
Schools, and Smoke-Free
Schojpls by Jean Bunch. There
was face painting, kid identi
fication, the Optimist Club
Train, and members of the
John A. Holmes Step Team.
And of course there was food,
drinks and snowballs.
Also on hand were members
of the Chowan County SAFE
KIDS Coalition and the Eden
ton Police Department to put
on a Bike Safety Rodeo. Free
bike helmets were awarded to
. all kids that successfully par
ticipated in the bike rodeo
events. Kids learned how to
properly and safely make hand
signals, how to keep properly
balanced while riding, and
what to do at intersections and
when riding with traffic.
After-School Plus Coordina
tor; Gwen Brown, had this to
Steamers planning skills
training camps for kids
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Managing Editor
The Edenton Steamers cor
dially invite local youngsters
nine to 18 years of .age to come
out and play ball with them
this summer.
“Our first and second an
nual Baseball Camps were
such a big hit that we will
again host two camps in 2003,”
explained Steamers General
Manager Todd Hunter. Camps
take place at Historic Hicks
Field, the “Home of the Eden
ton Steamers”.
Hunter said that at the be
ginning of each camp, “the
kids are divided into groups
and coached by Steamers play
ers and coaches in pitching,
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fielding and hitting.”
The first camp will take
place Thursday, June 26
through Saturday, June 28; The
second will be held Thursday,
July 10 through Saturday, July
12. Hours will be 9 a.m. until
noon. Registration fee is $35.
Sign-up is limited to 40 youth
for each camp. Register by call
ing 482-4080.
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Members of the Community Music and Water Festival Committee make plans for the
free waterfront event on Saturday, June 14th from noon until 8 pm. Some planned events
include: canoe and kayak paddling, games, sailing, eco-exhibits, great food and live music.
They are: Robbie Laughton; Nancy Nicholls; Kermit Layton; and Sue Clark. -
say about the event. I am very
thankful to the many volun
teers that came out and helped
with our family fun day The
kids had a great time and we
had a lot of fantastic commu
nity service agencies providing
information. Not only did the
kids have fun, but also they
learned something along the
way. Thanks again to everyone
for making it such a great day”.
Special thanks goes to the fol
lowing people and agencies for
their help: Chowan Middle
School; Officer Lamell Valen
tine; Alfred Cooper; Laura
Rankins; Vernon Privott; Ken
ny Rankins; Joe Fain; Marcus
Hawkins; Mary Williams; Alice
Bunch; Carolyn Leary; Mark
Noneman and the Cho-wan
Edenton Optimist Club; Every
wear T-Shirts; Sharon Bunch;
Wanda Brooks; Myra Fain;
Linda Leary; Reta Blair and the
SAFE KIDS Coalition; Robbie
Laughton and the Edenton
Chowan Recreation Depart
ment; the Edenton Police De
partment and Officers Stulick
and Copeland; Karen Ames,
Rose Hawkins and especially
Gwen Brown.
Town Council
okays hazard
mitigation plan
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Managing Editor
The Edenton Town Council
last Tuesday evening adopted
a hazard mitigation plan that
shouldbetter enable the com
munity to quickly obtain state
and federal assistance for ar
eas sustaining damage. The
plan would kick into effect in
the event of natural disasters
ranging from hurricanes to.
blizzards.
Those wo rked to develop the
plan, including outgoing Plan
ner Chad Sary and Emergency
Medical Services Director
Doug Belch, noted that the
deadline for having such a plan
in place was November, 2004.
“We are ahead of the game,
and we are very proud of that,”
said Belch in his remarks to
Council.
Belch said that the plan was
developed in accordance with
FEMA'guidelines and takes
into account that Edenton
could sustain significant infra
structure damage under the
right circumstances and must
be prepared for that possibility
He noted that there is a five
year implemetation deadline
in place, adding that federal
officials were looking for a
“good faith effort” being made
to move forward on the part of
local officials.
r i Belch added that over the
past year funding had been
obtained to allow a survey
crew from Washington, DC to
examine Holmes High School,
which would serve as the local
shelter for Edenton residents
in the event of a disaster.
Memorial Day
service planned
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Managing Editor
Chowan County’s 12th an
nual Memorial Day Service
will take place Monday morn
ing, May 26, at 8 a.m. at the
Chowan County Veterans Me
morial in Edenton. Everyone
is welcome. •
Master of ceremonies will
be George Stokes of Edward G.
Bond Post 40 American Legion
in Edenton.
Keynote speaker will be the
Rev. Thomas Biggs, pastor of
the Cape Colony Church of
Christ. '
Also participating in the pro
gram will be Lynn Bundy,
drama teacher at John A.
Holmes High School, who will
sing “The Star-Spangled Ban
ner” and “God Bless America”.
“Taps” will be performed by
Larry Privott and the Edward
G. Bond Post 40 will provide
the Color Guard which will lay
service wreaths and memorial
wreaths during the ceremony
“We ask everyone to come
and honor those who have
given the ultimate sacrifice for
their country,” said Stokes.
Rosa Bunch (at left holding torch) helps the Edenton delegation prepare for their leg of
the Torch Run Monday morning. Bunch coordinated the effort locally.
Torch Run passes through
By TAMIKA SPRUILL
Staff Writer
Law enforcement officers
across North Carolina began
relaying the Special Olympics
Flame of Hope across the state
in Asheville May 8 in prepara
tion for the 2003 Special Olym
pics North Carolina Summer
Games Opening ceremony to
be held May 30 in Raleigh.
The Edenton Police Depart-'
ment proudly participated in
their leg of the relay on Mon
day morning. The torch relay
started in Elizabeth City and
ran through Hertford to
Edenton where Pasquotank
County law enforcement offic
ers Shannon Ashley (Pasquo
tank Correctional Institution),
Anton Thomas (ECSU Police
Dept.), and Officer T.R. Poole
(Elizabeth City Police Dept.)
relayed the torch to Edenton
Police Department members.
Sgt. Brenda Toppin, Officer
Stephen White, Bike Patrol
Officer Dennis Smith, Rosa
Bunch and Brenda Parks along
with high school students Jack
Pierce and Artrice Heckstall
walked the torch from Diary
Queen on North Broad Street
to the Police Department at the
end of South Broad Street. The
group was led by highway pa
trol and followed by Edenton
Police.
The 2003 Law Enforcement
Torch Run for Special Olym
pics North Carolina is a 2,000
mile, 14-leg torch relay that in
volves more than 4,000 law en
forcement officers and person
See TORCH On Page 3-A
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO ARE GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.. . AND...
liHONOR OF OUR CHOWAN COUNTY HEROES WHO ARE PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM
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