Wednesday, November 5, 2003
Veterans
ceremony
is Nov. 11
Veteran’s Day will be cel
ebrated Nov. 11, at 11 p.m. on
the grounds of the Chowan
County Veterans Memorial at
the corner of Court and East
Queen Streets in Edenton.
v This year’s guest speaker
will be Captain C. Regan Pyatt,
Headquarters Detachment
Commander, 730th Quarter
master Battalion of the North
Carolina National Guard. The
Battalion’s 725th Quartermas
ter Company is headquartered
at the Edenton National Guard
Armory and was instrumental
in distributing food, ice, and
water to the public during the
immediate aftermath of Hur
ricane Isabel.
• This year’s ceremony marks
the first since the dedication of
the Chowan County Veteran’s
Memorial that U.S. Navy Vet
eran George Stokes will not be
officiating. Stokes is now trav
eling the country with his wife
Maggie. The November 11,2003
ceremony will be held as a
dedication of George Stokes
and his years of service to Vet
See VETERANS On Page 3-A
Deadline
for debris
clean-up
extended
BY TAMIKA SPRUILL
Staff Writer
Hurricane Isabel still domi
nated the agenda at Monday’s
County Commissioners Meet
ing. According to Special
Projects Director Peter Rascoe,
because of the high accumula
tion of Isabel related debris,
the deadline for pick-up has
been extended.
The town of Edenton will
finish the second round of de
bris pick-up by the end of this
week on November 7. The
County of Chowan will fin
ished their first round debris
pickup on Saturday, November
8, 2003. The County’s second
pick-up will start November 17
and be finished by December
4. After the second pick-up
residents will be responsible
for the own debris removal.
The Airport Debris removal
site will permanently close
See DEBRIS On Page 3-A
One heartbeat, one soul
Edenton Aces fullback Cal Walters shows the spirit that has carried the Aces
|f to their 500th all-time win and the top of their conference. Coach Bob Turner
| praised the team, saying, "It took all 32 guys to get that win." (Read more about
the Aces' milestone victory in Section C of today's edition)
Feasibility
of burying
lines eyed
BY SEAN JACKSON
Contributing Writer
Recalling the hanging power,
cable and telephone lines
downed by Hurricane Isabel,
the Edenton Town Council is
forming a committee to dis
cuss burying utility lines.
Mayor Roland Vaughan was
tapped to select members of
the committee. Town officials
apparently have received sug
gestions to consider burying
power lines.
“It only took a week of dark
ness to get it on people’s
minds,” Councilman Steve
Biggs said of the days the town
went without electricity and
phones.
The committee is expected to
study the feasibility of such an
expensive project.
“I hope we can figure out a
way to do it,” Vaughan said.
Town Manager Anne-Marie
Knighton said utility lines
have been placed underground
along portions of the Outer
Banks. She told councilors she
would talk with Dare County
officials about the costs in
curred for burying their power
lines.
Councilman Jerry Parks
noted that the Oak Hill and
Village Creek subdivisions al
ready have underground pow
er lines.
Knighton said she has dis
cussed the funding issue with
state officials. The town could
assess charges to residents
through two options, accord
ing to state officials, Knighton
said. One would be through
creating a “beautification dis
trict,” while the other would be
done by implementing month
ly user fees in telephone bills.
See LINES On Page 3-A
Edenton focus of 'Our State'
Ever wanted to walk into
the pages of a magazine and
experience the sights, sounds
and textures of one of its sto
ries? With Our State, you um.
The product of a new partner
ship between Our State maga
zine and UNC-TV, the pro
gram brings some of Our
State magazine’s most com
pelling stories to life.
UNC-TV’s award-winning
producer Jim Bramlett helms
the production of this pilot
episode for a potential ongo
ing Our State television se
ries, proposed to launch in
2004.
In the first segment of Our
State’s premiere episode, on
Nov. 6, Bramlett and his sea
soned crew visit “keeper of
memories” Frances Inglis in
the historic water’s edge town
of Edenton, Inglis and her
family, Edenton residents for
generations, are key players
in the restoration of one of
the town’s treasures — the
nearly 250-year-old Cupola
House. This pre-Revolution
ary house is impressive in its
architecture and its history.
Proving that not all graffiti is
In the premiere episode of Our State magazine's new program on UNC-TV, Edentonian
Frances Inglis talks about her family's commitment to restoring and preserving the Cu
pola House. The show is scheduled to air Nov. 6 at 9:30 p.m. (Chowan Herald file photo)
destructive, the house’s wavy
glass windowpanes boast sig
natures scratched in time
more than 150 years ago.
Inglis, an expert gardener,
works alongside the many vol
unteers who weed, hoe and
plant the beautiful gardens
that surround the house, cre
ating one of the lovelist spots
in Edenton. The volunteers
exert great care in planting
only those species that would
have grown in Colonial times
at the Cupola House, so the
garden authentically recre
ates the house’s original era.
Inglis takes landscape de
signer Phyllis Conklin on an
in-depth tour of the house
and its gardens.
Suspects
arrested
at motel
BY TAMIKA SPRUILL
Staff Writer
After being displaced by
Hurricane Isabel, local suspect
uses motel room as headquar
ters to launch drug operation.
Regina Lazardo Jones, 31,
formerly of Burnt Mill Road
along with others was arrested
after Edenton Police received
information about a local mo
tel being used to sell drugs.
After further investigation of
the lead Edertton Police Sgt.
Copeland and Officer Rawlins
entered the motel room and
found 29 grams of crack-co
caine and 52 grams of mari
juana.
Jones was arrested along
with twenty-three year old Dal
las Keith Cooper of 354 Wood
land Drive, Columbia, thirty
six year-old Chowan County
resident Paul Gregory Jr. and
twenty-two year-old Marqchel
lo Jordan of 123A Harvey
Point, Hertford.
See SUSPECTS On Page 3-A
Election Day 2003
A slate filled with uncontested races drew little interest
among local voters Tuesday. At presstime, turnout was very
light at the East and West Edenton precincts, the only sites
where ballots were being cast. Mayor Roland Vaughan,
Councilman at Large Steve Biggs, First Ward Councilman
Jimmy Stallings and Second Ward Councilman Samuel Dixon
all ran unopposed. "We'd like to think that it's because
people think we're doing the job we need to do,” said
Stallings in explaining the lack of opposition. (Staff photo
by Tamika Spruill)
Briggs named outstanding officer
BY TAMIKA SPRUILL
Staff Writer
“I have never seen a commu
nity get back together so fast,”
stated Peter Rascoe, Special
Projects Officer for Edenton &
Chowan County. “It was all
about community pride.”
This same community pride
was displayed at the Apprecia
tion Banquet for Chowan
County Emergency Opera
tions Services hosted by the
American Legion Family of
Edward G. Bond Post 40.
The Banquet was held in ap
preciation for all of Chowan
County and Town of Edenton
employees and volunteers.
Town and County employees
put in extra hours, served
meals, cleaned and manned
shelters. One example would
be employees of Chowan
County Sheriff’s Department,
who worked 2,346 Isabel-re
lated hours and answered over
Highway Patrolman Kevin Briggs, left, accepts the Law
Enforcement Officer of the Year award from Chowan Clerk
of Court Mike McArthur. (Staff photo by Angela Perez)
350 calls. A feat according to
Cliff Copeland that we should
never forget.
“What Chowan County
should remember is the com
mitment and dedication of the
employees here," Copeland
stated.
The American Legion also
gave their annual Outstanding
Chowan County Law Enforce
ment Officer of the Year
Award to Highway Patrolman
Kevin Briggs. Briggs, a 1993
graduate of Basic Highway
Patrol School, has been sta
tioned in Edenton since his
graduation.
“I call Edenton home and
See BRIGGS On Page 3-A
INSIDE THIS WEEIU
Aces end
regular
season
with big
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Downtown
Halloween
celebration
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Bennett’s Millpond
project back
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