Art show
offering
prizes
; ELIZABETH CITY — The
■Pasquotank Arts Council Gal
lery is excited to announce
their 17th Annual Landmark
Competition. The show is open
to all artists who wish to com
pete.
| The exhibition opens on
Sunday, Sept. 7 and offers
$1,300 in cash prizes as well as
$4,000 in purchase awards.
! This year’s theme is an
jartist’s interpretation of
Northeastern North Carolina.
; If you would like a prospec
tus or are interested in a pur
chase award, please contact
the Gallery at (252) 338-6455.
Country
Festival
planned
WILLIAMSTON — Historic
downtown Williamston will
once again be the site for the
NC Finals of the Colgate Coun
try Showdown Talent Contest
during the 7th Annual Caro
lina Country Stampede festi
val, Sept. 26-27.
The contest is held in con
junction with a street festival
that, begins at 6 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 26, featuring the beach
band The Catalinas at 8 p.m.
Friday.
On Saturday, festival hours
are 10 a.m.-lO p.m. with the
Colgate Country Showdown
Talent Contest at 2 p.m. on the
main stage at Town Hall. The
headline act is expected to be
legendary country musician
and actor Jerry Reed. Plans
call for Reed to take the main
stage at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The festival features arts
and crafts, food, activities for
children and carnival rides.
Interested vendors should con
tact the Martin County Cham
ber of Commerce at (252) 792
4131. Other inquiries can be
made to Martin County Travel
and Tourism, 1-800-776-8566.
Lindsay-Rebekah Ellis Plummer and James Homer Tyre IV
Plummer, Tyre
plan fall nuptials
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ben
nett Plummer of Edenton an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter, Lindsay
Rebekah Ellis Plummer, to
James Homer Tyre IV of
Smith Station, Alabama. He is
the son of Janies H. Tyree III
and Sherry R. Tyre of Park
ersburg, West< Virginia.
Miss Plummer is a student
at Pitt Community College in
Greenville. She works at Rose’s
Gymnastics Training Center
in Greenville.
Mr. Tyre is a member of the
United States Marine Corps.
Stationed at Cherry Point, NC.
He recently returned from Iraq.
The wedding is planned for
Oct. 4 at the Edenton United
Methodist Church.
Don't leave your
kids in hot cars
A two-year-old Cumberland
County boy is the latest victim of
hot weather and cars. His death
is prompting officials with the
NC Department of Health and
Human Services to warn care
givers against leaving children in
cars during this heat spell.
“This is a terrible tragedy that
could easily have been avoided,”
said NC Division of Child Devel
opment Director Peggy Ball.
“You should never leave a child
in a hot car, even for a minute.
Even with the windows cracked,
it only takes a few minutes for
temperatures to reach dangerous
levels. The temperature can shoot
up to 120 degrees on a hot, humid
day”
Heat exhaustion can occur, at
temperatures above 90 degrees
and heat stroke can occur when
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brain, liver and kidneys, or even
death. Ball also warned adults to
lock their car doors when they
park to avoid kids climbing in and
becoming trapped, only to die in
high heat when they can’t get out
'Coolin'
Off' at
MOA
ELIZABETH CITY — Sum
mertime in the Albemarle —
hot and humid — calls for a
hammock in the shade, or
sandy flip-flops at the beach.
It’s the perfect time for view
ing the “Coolin’ Off” exhibit
on display now through Aug.
31 at Museum of the Albe
marle in Elizabeth City. It
showcases objects and images
from sweltering bygone days
before air conditioning, as well
as those from the more recent
past.
The entrance shows a
woman in a 1950s madras-plaid
relaxing on a porch settee. The
main part of the exhibit has
three cases full of beat-the
heat objects from 1868 to 2003.
Some of the interesting things
are bathing suits from the
1920s and 1950s, a kerosene
powered fan from 1900, and the
coolest largemouth bass tro
phy you’d ever want to see.
The museum also has trav
eling exhibits. Call (252) 335
1453 f<?r more information.
Couple to marry
Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Dawley of Edenton announce the
engagement of their daughter. Heather Lynn, to Jeremy
Charles Groves, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Groves of
Nettie, WV. Miss Dawley is a 2002 graduate of Elon Univer
sity in North Carolina. She is a marketing assistant at Bright
of America, a West Virginia manufacturing plant. Mr. Groves
is a 2003 graduate of Glenvilie State College in West Vir
ginia. He is a professional photographer with Images by
Romano in West Virginia. They plan to marry in the sum
mer of 2004.
New baby
in the house
Billy and Jennifer Bass and
big sisters Lauren and Natalie
announce the birth of their
third child and sibling, Kinnein
Riley Bass, on June 10 at
Chowan Hospital in Edenton.
The baby weighed 7 lbs., 7 ozs.
Maternal grandparents are Bob
and Laurie Owens of Edenton.
Paternal grandparents are Bill
Bass and the late Hazel Bass of
Edenton. Maternal great-;
grandparents are Emma White
man and Ethel Owens of
Edenton. The baby's mother is .
the former Jennifer Owens.
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