Clinging to hope
After a recent storm local photographer Blair Currie found and photographed this huge
moth clinging for dear life to a phlox in his garden. Currie and his wife Chrissie are avid
gardeners and have a lovely yard. (Photo by Blair Currie)
Northeast Partnership
welcomes ECU officials
BY TAMIKA SPRUILL
Staff Writer
EDENTON — East Carolina
University officials and profes
sors visited the Northeast
Partnership during a tour of
the sixteen county northeast
ern North Carolina region.
One of the tour’s purposes was
to reacquaint ECU faculty and
staff with the Northeast re
gion. The other facet was to see
the area that would probably
be most affected by the new
Tourism Program ECU is de
veloping. The program will
include a curriculum for eco
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Ballance visits here during tour
Initiative
means of
building
tourism
BY TAMIKA SPRUILL
Staff Writer
Congressman Frank Bal
lance visited Providence Burial
Ground in Edenton during his
Community and Heritage Tour
ism visit of northeastern North
Carolina last week. Ballance,
with the support of the North
east Partnership is sponsoring
a bill that would designate the
northeast sixteen county area
as a National Heritage Tourist
Site. Such designation would
strengthen the area’s tourism
Economy
“One of the reasons we want
this designation is that other
folks of North Carolina and out
Congressman Frank Ballance visits Providence Burial
Ground in Edenton as part of a Heritage Tourfsm visit. (Staff
photo by Bud Weagly)
of state would know of
Edenton’s and other area’s rich
history,” Ballance stated. “On
the other side of the coin tour
ism is this area’s economic en
gine. This designation would
promote tourism by getting va
cationers to visit. This would
provide jobs and enhance small
businesses.”
Officials including Town
Manager Anne Marie Knigh
ton, Commissioner Louis
Belfield, and Mayor Vaughan
expressed support for the bill.
“The Town of Edenton is
grateful to you for what you’re
doing for cultural heritage in
our are,” Stated Mayor Vau
ghan.
Ballance also visited Somer
set Place in Washington and
Roswell School in Halifax
County. Providence Burial
Ground is the gravesite for the
most prominent African Am
ericans in Edenton’s history.
The site’s location was un
known until it was discovered
during a land clearing.
8 million steps and
counting...
Recreation Director Robbie Laughton has been counting
his steps with a pedometer for nearly two years and will
have walked approximately 8,000,000 steps during that
period. The Recreation Department and Chowan Healthy
Carolinians are offering free pedometers to a limited num
ber of participants in an organized walking program for
county residents. See related article for information on
how you can be involved. (Photo by Mary Sawyer) (See
related photo and story on page 1-C of this edition)
Cathy Scott, a consultant for the Northeast Partnership,
discusses tourism initiatives to ECU faculty and officials.
Edenton man
killed in wreck
BY JOANIE MORRIS
Cox NC Publications
A car apparently rented
from Enterprise Rent:A-Car
was involved in a wreck that
killed an Edenton man and
sent another to the hospital
early Thursday morning.
William Holley, 49, of
Edenton, was driving his
1990 Cadillac on U.S. High
way 17 North over the
Chowan Bridge when his
vehicle malfunctioned,
according to Sgt. J.S.
Hardison of the North
Carolina Highway Patrol.
“For some unknown
reason, his vehicle mal
functioned,” Sgt. Hardison
said.
At that time, a rented
2003 Dodge Durango driven
by Bashiri Powell, 23, came
across the bridge and
struck the rear of Holley’s
Cadillac. Both men were
taken to Chowan Hospital
where Holley was pro
nounced dead and Powell
was treated for minor
injuries.
Powell was charged with
driving while his license
was suspended. Hardison
said it would be up to
private parties to involve
Enterprise in a suit, if
they chose to go that route.
“That’s going to be a
civil matter and I couldn’t
tell you if it will be
brought up or not,”
Hardison said. “I did not
see a rental agreement.”
•Trooper E.D. Goodwin
investigated the accident.
Sheriff receives President's Award
^ Chowan County Sheriff
Fred Spruill recently received
a very special award honoring
his professionalism.
During the North Carolina
Sheriffs Association Annual
Conference and Retraining
Session, Mecklenburg County
Sheriff Jim Pendergraph,
president of the association,
presented the President’s
Award to Spruill. The Pre
sident’s Award is given each
year to a sheriff from the East
and one from the West selected
by their peers.
Lincoln County Sheriff Bar
bara Pickens and Sheriff
Spruill received the awards
this year in recognition of
their outstanding leadership,
professionalism, loyalty, assis
tance and dedication over the
Mecklenburg County Sheriff Jim Pendergraph, president
of the NC Sheriff Association, left, presents the President's
Award to Chowan County Sheriff Fred Spruill. (Contributed
photo)
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sive coverage possible.”
years, Sheriff Spruill pres
ently serves on the asso
ciation’s Auditing Committee,
and is Sergeant at Arms for the
association. He also represents
the First District on the North
Carolina Sheriffs’ Training
and Standards Commission.
Sheriff Spruill said that he
was very honored to receive
this award and encouraged his
fellow sheriffs to continue to
serve the citizens of their
counties and the State of
North Carolina with their
leadership and professional
ism.
The annual conference gives
sheriffs across the state an op
portunity to talk with and
learn from each other, as well
as bring them up to date with
important developments at the
state and national level.
The highlight of the confer
ence was a visit and presenta
tion by Sir John Stevens, the
Metropolitan Police Commis
sioner of London, England.
The commissioner gave a two
hour presentation on terror-*
ism. He discussed experiences
with terrorists in his country,
as well as signs and activities
for law enforcement to- be
aware of.
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