, Wednesday, August 4, 2004
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t-XXI, No. 30
Published in historic Edenton.;. The South’s prettiest town.
Sandy Point Land Use Plan set for Monday vote
BY EARLINE WHITE"'
Staff Writer '
The Chowan County Board
of Commissioners met in regu
lar session Monday, August 2.
A highlight of the meeting was
the Planning and Enterprise
Committee report given by
Commissioner Wayne Good
win and Elizabeth Bryant of
the Chowan Planning/Inspec
tions Board.
The upcoming Sandy Point
waterfront community is ap
plying for a Land Use Plan
Amendment to be voted on by
the Planning Board Monday,
August 9 at 7 p.m. in the
Commissioner’s Room of the
Courthouse. The commission
Renovations at
Holmes close to
being completed
BY EARLINE WHITE
Staff Writer
The Edenton-Chowan Board
of Education met in regular
session Monday, August 2.
Marvin Stryzyzewski and
Mike Brusko, leader of the
CMS Odyssey of the Mind
team, were on hand with the
team members to explain their
award-winning product in the
category of Envirover at the
National Competition. The
team placed 5th out of teams
from all over the world includ
ing China, Japan, Canada, and
Poland. The Envirover was a
self-propelled vehicle with at
least three wheels that moved
and picked up trash that would
be reassembled into other
items. “We are very fortunate,”
said Stryzyzewski, “some of
these students have been on
the team three years in a row.
They did a great job.”
Dr. Allan Smith gave the
John A. Holmes renovation
update. The major thing left to
be completed is painting and
cleanup, but there is quite a bit
of each to do. Meanwhile;
modulars are set up in place
and the teachers are in, ready
to go. The exceptional chil
dren’s class is complete and
ready. The canopy for the
handicapped buses is set up as
well.
However, the exceptional
children’s suite is not ready.
The deadline for completion
was July 23 and liquidated
damages accrue $500 for each
day it is not completed. As of
Steamers seeking to bring home trophy
BY SEAN JACKSON
Staff Writer
After two months of chasing
the Coastal Plain League’s regu
lar-season victory mark, the.
Edenton Steamers will be
headed to Hampton, Va. this
weekend seeking to bring home
. the Pettit Cup trophy
Through Tuesday, the Steam
ers remained one win away
from tying the league win
mark. Rain washed out games
„ on both Sunday and Monday.
Edenton (32-10) trails only the
2001 Durham Braves (who no
longer play in the CPL) and the
’99 Wilmington Sharks.
ers will hold a special meeting
August 23 at 6 p.m. to consider
the amendment designating
500 acres on the Albemarle
Sound from “limited transi
tion” designation to a “new
urban waterfront area” desig
nation. If approved, Chowan
County would implement the
, “New Urban Waterfront Desig
nation” as a result of the pilot
program as specified under the
Coastal Area Management Act
of 1974. This would be the first
development of its kind in
North Carolina.
With the new specification
the 30-foot setback can be fore
gone only on newly created
shorelines. Contingencies for
the development include that
Monday, damaged were re
ported at $5,000. Also, the guid
ance and counseling areas are
not complete either. Alterna
tives have been set up in case
the guidance area is not fin
ished by school's start on
Thursday. The deadline for the
counseling area is August 6.
“We are not moving in until
the quality of work is done to
our satisfaction," Smith said.
Comments from the guidance
staff are positive desite the
working area’s current rug
gedness. The staff feels that
the setup is much better now
that they are all together in
one central area.
Speculation is that schedul
ing conflicts and a lack of time
management are the likely cul
prits for the construction de
lays. This project required the
least amount of work (com
pared with the past three
summer’s construction) but
have not been completed in the
timely manner.
“It is difficult finding people
to work nights and weekends
in order to get the job done.
And with the original site su
pervisor being released and a
new one brought in three
weeks ago; I am sure that those
things contributed to the delay
But I can’t fathom why the
project was not completed on
schedule,” Smith said.
“With the future long-range
plans, the board needs to pre
pare themselves for disrup
tion. It will be nothing like
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“Ironically, those two clubs
went on to win the Champion
ship at the end of the season for
those respective seasons,” Jus
tin Sellers, CPL director of me
dia relations, said Monday.
Edenton is scheduled to play
the last regular-season game
Thursday against the Florence
RedWolves in South Carolina.
“Even if we don’t get both
games in or win both games,”
Steamers general manager Joe
Dapper said Tuesday, “we still
will have the highest winning
percentage in a season. ”
The Clams head north to War
Memorial Stadium this week
end for the league’s winner
the development must have
central water, sewage and
storm water management sys
tem. Two independent engi
neers will review the plan and
check to see if the air and wa
ter quality meets national
standards, which are higher
than the previous state stan
dards. Sandy Point must en
compass a non-gated commu
nity where the streets are open
to the public and maintain a
much-needed public beach ac
cess.
“This is an interesting
proposition,” said Cliff Cope
land County Manager, “The
legislation and national envi
ronmental groups have work
ed together in order to produce
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Photo by MattArtz/The Coastland Times
Residents and visitors throughout the Outer Banks took a last minute pre-storm walk on the beach on Tuesday
morning and prepared to ride out the first hurricane of the year.
BY SEAN JACKSON
Staff Writer
Creeping ever closer to the
northern Outer Banks, Hur
ricane Alex was poised to
brush northeast North Caro
lina by midday Tuesday.
Packing sustained winds
near 100 mph, the season’s
first hurricane was fore
casted to cause little damage
in Chowan County and
Edenton. It was expected to
bring more headache than
the heartbreak Hurricane
Isabel delivered in Septem
ber.
Edenton officials were hop
ing Alex would take the fore
casted track that would steer
take-all series. Seven other
teams will join the fray At press
CPL TOURNEY
Games dates and times
Friday, Aug. 6
Gamgi«—10 a.m.
Game 2—1 p.m.
Game 3 — 4 p.m.
Game 4 — 7 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 7
Game 5—10 a.m.
Game 6 — 1p.m.
Game 7 — 4p.m.
Game 8 — 7 p.m.
>■ Sunday, Aug. 8
Semifinal Game — 1 p.m.
Championship — 4 p.m.
something that could serve as
a model for other counties.”
There will be a central sewer
system on site and the total
area shall not exceed 500 acres
and not include more than one
mile'of natural shoreline.
• Bryant also reported that
the new Chowan County
FloodPlain Maps are currently
being made. The newly re
leased Pasquotank River Basin
FloodPlain map gives the best
idea of the susceptible areas
until the county plan arrives.
• Ray Goodwin of the
Chowan County Water Depart
ment reported on the surge of
complaints received from resi
dents. A letter to the editor in
the newspaper prompted an
it just east of the Outer Banks,
sparing.Chowan.
“We’ve been doing our nor
mal pre-storm preparedness,”
Town Manager Anne-Marie
Knighton said Tuesday morn
in|
bitches and catch basins
Were being cleared of debris to
allow for better storm-water
runoff. Town officials were
also double-checking genera
tors, including a new one at the
storm-water station.
Patty Madry, assistant direc
tor of Chowan County Emer
gency Services, was somewhat
relieved by Tuesday’s 11 a.m.
storm advisory, which put Alex
See ALEX On Page 3-A
time, only Gastonia, Wilson,
Thomasville, and the Peninsula
Pilots were guaranteed slots in
the series. /
“Because the seeding is done
by overall winning percent
age,” Sellers said, “we do not
know who will be playing
whom just yet. We will know
more as each day goes by.”
With a .762 winning percent
age, Edenton is almost guaran
teed to lock up the No. 1 seed in
the series.
The Petitt Cup Champion
ship Tournament, sponsored by
Home Depot, will be held Aug.
6-8 in Hampton at War Memo
rial Stadium, home of the Pen
investigation within the de
partment to see if each com
plaint was being recorded. “We
are implementing thorough
tracking of complaints and
documenting every one,”
Goodwin said. “In fact, the day
the paper came out, we were in
that area fixing the leaks. We
spent two weeks working in
that area to insure workabil
ity.”
• In preparation for the hur
ricane season, generators for
the water department are be
ing shipped mid-September
and by mid-October should be
up and running.
• Ranger Ferrell Banks rei
ported on the North Carolina
Forestry Annual Report. “Our
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Photo by Matt Artz/The Coastland Timei
Surf was beginning to pick up at Nags Head Pier by
11:30 a.m. Tuesday, with Hurricane Alex about 30 miles
south of Cape Lookout with winds of 100 mph.
insula Pilots. The tournament
will consist of eight teams
made up of the three divisional
"(North, South, West) first half
champs, the three divisional
second half champs, and two at
large bids.
The Steamers’ first game will
be Friday at 4 p.m. Edenton's
opponent was undetermined at
press time. Tickets are $5 for a
single game, $10 for a whole day,
and $20 for the entire tourna
ment. Tickets are available at
the gate.
Come Sunday, the team could
have wrapped up the best sea
son in the CPL’s 8-year history
and the coveted Pettit Cup.
number one priority is fire
control,” Banks said. “Be
tween July ’03 and June ’04 we
had 6 fires over-113 acre?
caused primarily by debrib
burning. Chowan County aver
ages about 14 fires a year.
Smoke management com
plaints are down. But there has
been a huge effort to replant
trees. Total payments made to
landowners in Chowan County
this year were $58,344. Isabel
damaged 40% of the county’s
trees. 2,500 of those trees have
been cut down. Another good
note reflects the work of the
crews during Hurricane
Isabel. Chain saw crews from
See PLANS On Page 3-A
INSIDE THIS WEEK
Shopping.................5-A
J. A. Holmes 2004
sports schedule... 2-B
Type 0, Type B blood
donors needed..... 4-G
ATTENTION YOUTH CHEERLEADERS, FOOTBALL AND SOCCER PLAYERS
The Recreation Department and Northern Chowan Community Center will take registration lor Cheerleading (ages 6-12), Flag Football (ages 6-8) and Tackl
. Football (ages 8-12 with weight requirement) and Soccer (ages 5-18) the week ol August 2-August 6. The cost is $10.00 ($ 15.00 after Aug. 6).
FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU MAY CALL 482-8595 OR 221-4901.