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Single Copies 501 Vol. LXXII, No. 1 Wednesday, January 5, 2005 Local search goes on for missing PA man . BY SEAN JACKSON Staff Writer Local rescue workers contin ued to look for a missing Penn sylvania man Tuesday, two days after the search began for a man who fell off a barge in the Chowan River on Sunday. Aaron Drew Cahill, 24, of Elizabethtown, Pa., was re ported missing from a 68-foot barge Sunday morning, U.S. Coast Guard officials said this week. Cahill had been aboard the Nancy B, owned by the Norfolk (Va.) Tug Company, Chief Warrant Officer Morgan Dudley said Tuesday from his Cape Hatteras office. The water temperature at the time of Cahill’s disappear ance was 39 degrees, Dudley said. It was estimated that Cahill could only survive about 2 1/2 hours in waters that cold, Dudley added. The Woman s body found Stab photo by Sean lackson Deputy Andy Bunch cordons off crime scene at cemetery. BY SEAN JACKSON Staff Writer An elderly woman was found dead in and Edenton cemetery Tuesday, tragically ending the search for her whereabouts. The body of Joyce Lee, 64, of 201 Luke St., Edenton was found at Vine Oak Cemetery on North Granville Street af ter being spotted by state Highway Patrol Helicopter, Edenton Police Chief Greg Bonner said late Tuesday. Lee had last been seen Sunday amf'had been reported miss ing Monday by a relative who works at the police depart ment. Bonner said there were no visible signs of trauma on Lee’s body, which has been sent to a state Coroner’s Of fice in Greenville. “It’s unclear at this time how the body got there,” Bonner said. “Preliminary in vestigation does not reveal that she just wandered over there.” Bonner also said foul play is expected, but a cause of death has not been determined. Further investigations, in cluding the autopsy and inter views with potential suspects and other witnesses, will hopefully unveil how Lee died, the chief said. At press time, there were no arrests in the case. No sus pects had been identified. Early Tuesday afternoon, police and deputies gathered at the rear of the cemetery on North Granville Street. Crime-scene tape was being spread across two areas. On lookers out on an exception ally warm afternoon were steered away from the scene. Police Det. Sgt. Rhonda Copeland and Det. Aaron Davidson are the lead inves tigators in the case, Bonner said. Anyone with any infor mation about Lee’s disappear ance and death, call 482-5144. Coast Guard called off its search after nearly seven hours. “Usually when we suspend a search,” Dudley said, “there’s no chance for survival, consid ering the water conditions.” Peter Rascoe, Chowan County’s special projects of ficer acting as spokesman for Chowan’s emergency manage ment team, indicated Tuesday that hopes were dim for find ing Cahill alive. “It’s a recovery effort at this point,” Rascoe said. Sonars were being used to scan the river bottom since late Monday, Rascoe said. Dragging of the riverbottom was called off Monday because of the ar rival of the sonar equipment, he said. Officials estimate Cahill most likely went overboard in See SEARCH On Page 3-A E A Staff Photo by Earline White William Bond fishes at Queen Anne Park Tuesday afternoon waiting for his next big catch. Already William managed to reel in two white perch and a big catfish. No one could resist getting outdoors when January temperatures rose to 80 degrees. Court allows OLF land purchases to resume BY JONATHAN CLAYBORNE, RACHEL BROWN HACKNEY Washington Daily News For at least a couple of weeks, the Navy will be al lowed to proceed with land purchases around a Washing ton County site it has targeted for the installation of an out lying landing field, according to sources close to a legal battle to stop the OLF. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay Monday afternoon of a North Carolina judge’s preliminary injunction stopping all OLF property ac School system making strides BOE hears update on strategies BY EARLINE WHITE Staff Writer Another semester opens and the new year promises more success stories in the Edenton Chowan school system. The instructors have taken large strides toward intensive teach ing and learning strategies, and steadily implemented them into their daily curricu lum. “This is Chowan’s fourth year of learning teams,” said Peggy Yates at Monday night’s Board of Education meeting. “An integral part of what goes on in our system comes from the learning teams at each school. Through those facilita tors within the teams, the in quisition efforts. The stay al lows the Navy to negotiate land purchases with willing sellers — if there are any — around the proposed OLF, according to attorneys representing-the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit Filed in January 2004. Beaufort County, Washing ton County and three environ mental groups are suing the Navy to stop construction of the practice landing strip, which would be built over farmland and close to the Po cosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. A court date set for a judge to formation gets tunneled through the system on how to improve the “best practices” in teaching. In the fall of 2002, Dr. Smith organized a K-8 Literacy Team that later became the K 12 Literacy Team. Our goal for 2004-2005 is that by the begin ning of second grade and in each subsequent grade, 100% of students will read indepen dently at a level whereby they may benefit from instruction in the regular classroom,” Yates said. Part of the Literacy Team projects for the upcoming year will be the development of Lit eracy Language Dictionaries at each school. By developing a comprehensive dictionary at each of the four schools, teach ers at any level will under stand the terminology used in the different classrooms. An other project that will be un dertaken is videotaping teach ers using effective teaching strategies. “So often we go out and spend money on tapes that hear motions in the civil trial is still set for Jan. 19 in U.S. Dis trict Court in Raleigh, accord ing to Beaufort County Man ager Paul Spruill. “We’re still feeling really op timistic because the stay effec tively only allows the Navy to proceed until the outcome of the Jan. 19th federal hearing is determined,” Spruill said. “The counties continue to look for ward to arguing the merits of what we feel is a strong case in front of Judge (Terrence) Boyle in three weeks.” • Local anti-OLF activist Doris Morris still was strying to de show teachers and their effec tive teaching strategies,” Yates said. “Well our teachers are doing that here, everyday. There is no need to buy videos when we can make our own. We hope to one day have a collec tion of videos that our teachers can check out and watch their peers teach our children these strategies.” Each school will also develop an on-going lit eracy assessment for monitor ing student’s ability. “By doing this we are deepening our un derstanding and strengthening literacy instruction,” Yates said. Linda Perry along with the National Board Facilitators, Ms. Palmer, Ms. Proctor, Ms. Timberlake and Ms. Hollowell, gave a brief presentation on the upcoming “Getaway to Work” weekend. Taking place Janu ary 14-17 at Hampton Inn, the weekend promotes teacher leadership by providing sup port for those teachers who are currently undergoing National termine exactly what the stay entailed Monday night. Morris, the communications director for the grassroots North Caro linians Opposed to the OLF, said members of the group were disappointed but were still looking forward to the Jan. 19 court date. “We were so close to going to court,” she said. Morris indicated she could not definitely confirm whether any landowners in the OLF area were willing to sell. However, Michelle Nowlin, See OLF On Page 3-A Board Certification. “We have a comprehensive support pro gram to provideleadership for teachers before, during and af ter certification,” Perry said. “Last year over 400 hours were given from Edenton-Chowari teachers during the weekend support program. Candidates from all over Eastern North Carolina have attended the weekend programs in the past and have positive things to say about the experience. By pro; viding this support, we are impacting not only our stuj dents'but also ones across the state. Edenton-Chowan Schools have approximately 43 teach* ers with national board certi fication and 7 going through at this point. It will be a wondei> ful thing when we can say thai 25% of our teachers are na tionally certified,” Perry saidl Ms. Timberlake also supporti the weekend retreat by saying that she was most impressed See STRATEGIES On 3-A Employee charged in larceny BY SEAN JACKSON Staff Writer A Plymouth woman was ar rested in Washington County on Dec. 13 and charged with embezzling from her employer in Edenton. Vera Birdo, 29, of 2992 U.S. Highway 64, was charged with felony larceny by an employee. She was placed Under a $5,000 secured bond. A Winn-Dixie employee said Tuesday that Birdo was no longer employed at the supermarket on Virginia Road. Birdo allegedly made a false bank deposit on Dec. 10, Edenton Police Chief Greg Bonner said Monday. Birdo al legedly placed $1 bills in de posit bundles typically con taining larger bills, including $20s, $50s, and $100s, Bonner said. “(Birdo) was the only (Winn Dixie) employee that had aci cess to the money,” the chief said. Police Det. Aaron Davidson obtained warrants for Birdo’s arrest after Winn-Dixie offi cials contacted police about the bogus banks deposit. That deposit was reported to Winn Dixie by the bank where the deposits were made, Bonner said. Birdo reportedly used the See LARCENY On Page 5-A This map shows the area that will be affected by OLF noise.
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