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Chowan County Regional Fair opens to public
The Chowan County Regional Fair opened yesterday (Tuesday) to the delight of youngsters and adults alike. Held at
the American Legion Fairgrounds in Edenton, the circus includes a wide variety of rides, educational exhibits, fun foods
and interesting animals. Also on tap are special events such as the popular Little Miss and Miss Chowan County Fair
pageants. The fair will continue through Saturday night, Oct. 18. (Staff photos by Bud Weagly)
Proctor '03
top teacher
BY GLENDA JAKUBOWSKI
Contributing Writer
Edenton-Chowan Schools
named 21-year teaching vet
eran and White Oak School
kindergarten teacher June
Proctor as its 2003-2004
Chowan County Teacher of
the Year.
“There was never a doubt in
my mind that I would become
a teacher,” Proctor wrote in
her application for Teacher of
the Year.
Proctor makes it a point to
understand the developmental
stages and learning styles of
the children she teaches, and
to create a classroom environ
ment to meet their specific
needs.
“Within this environment
the children are able to become
decision makers and self-di
rected learners,” Proctor said.
Chowan Board of Commis
sioners chairman Louis Bel
field, Chamber of Commerce
executive director Richard
Bunch, and school board chair
man Gene Jordan interviewed
and reviewed the written ap
plications of Teachers of the
Year from each of the county
schools before naming Proctor
as the county’s representative.
In addition to Proctor, the
panel interviewed Anna Kay
Laughton from John A.
Holmes High School, Debra
Elliott from Chowan Middle
School, and Pam Leary from D.
E Walker School.
“I know the panel faced a
tough decision, choosing one
teacher from this talented pool
of top-notch educators,” said
Edenton-Chowan Schools su
perintendent Allan T. Smith.
“June has demonstrated out
standing service to her stu
dents, her school, her col
leagues and the community.
She will be an excellent repre
sentative as Chowan County’s
Teacher of the Year, and it
wouldn’t surprise me at all to
see her take the state honor as
well.”
Parents, administrators and
colleagues also agr.ee that
Proctor was born to be a model
teacher.
“Mrs. Proctor is a wonder
ful, caring teacher who truly
puts students first,” said April
Bass, whose daughter, Susan,
is Proctor’s student this year.
Bass has first-hand knowledge
of one of Proctor’s key teach
ing philosophies: a strong part
See PROCTOR On Page 3-A
BY TAMIKA SPRUILL
Stqff Writer
Hurricane Isabel was indi
rectly responsible for the loss of
another life this past week. Wil
liam Hess, 32, of Cassville, PA
died from injuries sustained in
a work-related accident on Oc-'
tober9.
Hess was working in the
woods off Rockfish Drive in
Cape Colony clearing fallen
trees and debris for Dominion
Power when the accident oc
curred. Hess was reported to
have been cutting a tree and was
hit in the upper body area, when
the tree fell and bounced bads
at him. When reswaie and law
enforcement officials responded
to the call they found Hess un
conscious lying next to the tree.
He was transported to Chowan
Hospitalfor treatment and later
died.
Town Manager Anne-Marie
Knighton expressed sympathy
for the victim’s family and con
cern that residents still needed
to be alert to Isabel related haz
ards.
“It’s very sad,” said, Kni
ghton. “ I felt badly when I heard
the news. We all need to remem
ber that even though the storm
has come and gone, there are
still some hazards out there”
Drug-related arrests carried out
BY TAMIKA SPRUILL
Staff Writer
A drug campaign the Ed
enton Police Department be
gan in February has paid off
with a total of 32 indictments
returned against 15 individu
als.
“We hired Officer Dwight
Rawlins to head our under
cover narcotics investigation,”
said Police Chief Greg Bonner.
“I am very pleased with the
results.” Rawlins was formerly
with Plymouth Police Depart
ment as a narcotics investiga
tor.
Officer Rawlins’ investiga
tion led to indictments and
subsequent arrests on charges
of possession with intent to
sell and deliver crack-cocaine,
powder cocaine, marijuana
and felony possession of con
trolled substances. All but four
of the warrants have been
served. The arrests thus for
include:
• Reuben Rascoe, 22,of 211A
East Gale Street, charged with
possession with intent to sell
and deliver cocaine and pos
session of a scheduled II con
trolled substance. When
Rascoe was apprehended in
the downtown area, police
found on him additional crack
cocaine and marijuana.
• Norman Ford, 29, of 311 E.
Church Street, charged with
possession with intent to sell
and deliver cocaine, posses
sion with intent to sell and de
liver marijuana and posses
sion of drug paraphernalia. In
an additional search of Ford’s
residence police found a sub
stantial amount of marijuana
and crack-cocaine that led to
more charges.
• Jesse Holley, 21, of 203 E.
Albemarle Street, charged
with possession with intent to
sell and deliver crack-cocaine
and sell/delivery of crack-co
caine.
• Raymond Benbury, 26, of
1007 Yeopim Road, charged
with possession with intent to
sell and deliver cocaine and
sale/delivery of cocaine.
• Arkay Sutton, 18, of 109 W.
Peterson Street, charged with
possession with intent to sell
and deliver cocaine and sale/
delivery of cocaine.
• Eddie Roundtree, 21, 102
Boswell Street, charged with
possession with intent to sell
and deliver a Schedule IV sub
stance and sale/delivery.
• Robert Williams, 31, 506 N.
Granville Street, charged with
possession with intent to sell
and deliver cocaine and sale/
delivery of cocaine.
• Torrey Holley, 22, of 102
Creek Court, Hertford, char
ged with possession with in
tent to sell and deliver cocaine
and sale/delivery of cocaine
• Tyrrell Armstead, 29, of
3306 Joyful Lane, charged w ith
possession with intent to sell
and deliver cocaine and sale/
delivery of cocaine.
• Michael Boston, 21, of 1336
Paradise Road, charged with
possession with intent to sell
and deliver cocaine and sale/
delivery of cocaine.
Three other non-indictment
related arrests were made on
See ARRESTS On Page 3-A
Cannons
will be
relocated
BY ANGELA PEREZ
Staff Writer
On Monday the Edenton Pres
ervation Commission granted
the Town of Edenton permission
to move three of its Revolution
ary War-era cannons to down
town Edenton’s Colonial Water
front Park.
As a representative for the
town of Edenton, Peter Rascoe re
quested that three of these well
known symbols of Edenton - a 6
pounder on Freemason Street, an
8 pounder located in front of
Edenton’s Town Hall, and a 11/2
pounder, located on Freemason
Street - be grouped together in the
park in an attempt to preserve
and better display them.
“The town had taken this on as
one of its projects before the
storm but it was one of many
projects that I’ve had to postpone
since then,” Rascoe said. "We
wanted to do this because these
(cannons) are of real historical
significance to this town.”
Shown above is one of three Revolutionary War-era cannons to be moved to Colonial
Waterfront Park. (Staff photo by Angela Perez)
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Council supports
inclusion of park
among trail sites
BY SEAN JACKSON
Contributing Writer
Plans to include the Edenton
waterfront among the sites on
The National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom
moved a step further last week.
The Edenton Town Council
on Tuesday evening approved
a letter of support, at the re
quest of the town’s Heritage
Tourism Committee, for add
ing the waterfront to the his
toric network of water and
overland routes to freedom.
According to a letter sent to
Town Manager Anne-Marie
Knighton by tourism officials,
a prominent freed slave from
Edenton used the town’s water
way to escape bondage. Harriet
Jacobs fled to Philadelphia in
1842 onboard a ship departing
from Edenton Bay Jacobs later
wrote about her life in “Inci
dents in the Life of a Slave Girl
(Written by Herself).”
“The idea is,” Knighton told
See PARK On Page 3-A
INSIDE THIS WEEK
new siuru
opening
_6-A
Edenton Aces continue
their winning
strategy-8-B
Rascoe part of group
guiding recovery
Elliott says prayor
brings joy in life_4-B