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Viol. LXXII, No. 6
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
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Staff photo by Ashley Misseri
Cancer survivor Nicole Hart
man was the keynote speaker
at this year's Relay for Life kick
off.
Kickoff
for Relay
celebrated
BY EARLINE WHITE
The Chowan Herald
Participants and team lead
ers for the Chowan/Perqui
mans Relay for Life had the
opportunity to hear the touch
ing stories of local cancer sur
vivors at this year’s kickoff
ceremony held at Edenton
Baptist Church on Thursday,
February 3. Approximately 40
people turned out to celebrate
life with those who have fought
tremendous battles for their
*\ health.
Chairperson for the Relay
for Life, Mistie Ali, introduced
each of the cancer survivors
and gave them a trophy and
congratulatory words. All but
one of the survivors is cancer
free. Joey Davenport continues
to live with a quarter-sized
remnant of a tumor found a
decade ago. Though he is not
cancer free, Joey’s spirits are
high that he soon will be. Joey
gave an emotional talk at the
kickoff after which there was
not a dry eye in the crowd.
Joey’s fighting spirit and cour
age is an illustration of the
enduring spirit of all cancer
survivors.,
The Relay will be held this
year on May 20-21. There will
be three captain meetings
prior to the relay on February
22, March 22, and April 19.
Bank night will be held May 12.
After an invocation by Jack
Evans and a scrumptious meal
catered by Gail Singh of ‘That
Fancy Cafe’, everyone’s atten
tion turned to one of Edenton’s
See RELAY On Page 3-A
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House of Art opens
on E. King Street
School system recognizes exceptional staff
BY EARLINE WHITE
The Chowan Herald
Chowan County teachers
have been working especially
hard this year. In addition to
their usual responsibilities of
making daily, weekly and se
mester long lesson plans, hold
ing parent conferences, in
structing the youth each day,
attending PTA, and leading
clubs, nine teachers within the
Edenton-Chowan School sys
tem went the extra mile, and
have become National Board
Certified Teachers. A volun
tary process, the National
Board is a vigorous perfor
mance-based assessment that
takes over a year to complete.
At Monday night’s Board of
Education meeting the latest to
become certified were recog
nized. The Outstanding Educa
tors included Patsy Austin, Joy
Brickhouse, Holly Daniels,
Lori English, Dawn Formo,
Beverly Jones, Shirley Powell,
Brenda Seymour and Deborah
UNIQUE PROFESSION
Careers in
nursing
not just
for women
BY ANGELA PEREZ
Contributing Writer
Skiing the Swiss Alps.
Indulging in the fine red
wine of Hungarian kings.
Unlocking the mysterious
secrets of the opulent Blue
Mosque in Turkey.
Strolling along the glorious
waterfront of downtown His
toric Edenton (yes, Edenton).
All of these exciting adven
tures and more were made
•possible for Frank Touron
through a 25-year career in
nursing. Touron, who now
resides in Tyner, is a Certified
Registered Nurse Anesthetist
(CRNA) at Chowan Hospital
in Edenton. CRNAs adminis
ter anesthesia to patients in
a variety of settings from hos
pitals to dental practices.
Touron’s lifelong work has
primarily been administer
ing anesthesia to his country
men in the U.S. Army at sta
tions all over the world.
“I went into nursing in the
60s, during a time when nurs
ing where I came from wasn’t
seen as all that unusual,” said
Tomron, a native of Ogdens
burg in upstate New York.
“True, it has always been a
female-dominated field, but
that never was an issue for
me." Touron said that he felt
that through the Army, he
could travel the world and
serve his fellow man. Touron
has even practiced at critical
times of war, serving during
the Vietnam War, Grenada,
and even Desert Storm.” Af
ter such a long clinical career,
he at one point considered
going into nursing adminis
tration or education. But sev
eral factors kept him in the
field of anesthesiology. “Cer
tainly nowadays, the money
West. With the addition of
these nine exceptional instruc
tors, Edenton Chowan is happy
to have 38 National Board cer
tified teachers; 19 percent of
the instructional staff.
At the reception held Mon
day, the teachers of the Year
were also recognized. Mary
Helen Gaddy of Chowan
Middle School, Robert
Copeland of D. F. Walker,
Connie Ashley of White Oak,
and Sherlton Broadnax of
John A. Holmes were selected
and may go on to represent the
school system at the District
and hopefully State level.
Sherlton Broadnax was also
Chowan County’s Teacher of
the Year for which she received
the Jefferson Cup.
Other honors given were the
NC Technology Director of the
Year to Nelle Hyatt. Sheila
Evans, Principal of D. F.
Walker, was recognized at the
Administrator of the Year.
In other business, Jonathan
Davidson presented the 100%
Contributed Photo by Angela Perea
Frank Touron, a nurse anesthetist at Chowan Hospital, has
worked in the field of nursing for 25 years. Touron, now resid
ing in Tyner, has traveled the world and served in three major
wars as a result of his skills and training.
is there to attract students be
cause there is such a shortage
of nurse anesthetists,” said
Touron. To become a CRNA,
one must not only be a regis
tered nurse, but you must
graduate from a nurse anesthe
sia educational program, most
of which are at the Master’s
Degree level. “But it is also a
matter of job security. As a
nurse, any kind of nurse, you
will always have a job.”
Endless possibilities
The numbers of women and
men in the nursing workforce
are still vastly disproportion
ate, according to reports from
the’North Carolina Center for
Nursing. In 2003, there were
an estimated 4,442 male RNs
working in North Carolina
compared to 64,829 female RNs.
However, in the field of
Staff photo by Earline White
The Edenton-Chowan school system is happy to recognize nine more outstanding educators
who have gone the extra mile to become National Board Certified. Those teachers include Lori
English, Patsy Austin, Holly Daniels, Dawn Formo, Beverly Jones, Shirley Powell, Brenda Seymour,
Joy Brickhouse. Deborah West also received certificaton but is not pictured.
Tobacco Free Schools Plaque
to the Board. “In March of
2003, Edenton-Chowan schools
were the 21st system in North
nurse anesthetists in North
Carolina, where salaries
typically range from $86,078
(1 year of experience) to
$103,987 (8 years of experi
ence), there are 1,445 CRNAs
actively practicing, with 35%
of those being men.
The CRNA field has a lot
more men than other areas
of nursing primarily be
cause men tend to go into
specialty areas, said Joe Fos
ter, Chief CRNA at Chowan
Hospital. “I think that male
nurses often go into areas
that pay more because they
feel that they need to help
support their family.” Foster,
who began his career 32 years
ago as a medic in the Navy,
said that he first became a
See CAREERS Page 3-A
Carolina to adopt the tobacco
free school policy,” Davidson
said. “Now there are 49 schools
in North Carolina under the
Thermal imaging now
available to Edenton,
Center Hill firemen
Staff photo by Sean Jackson
Edenton Fire Department Captain Hawk Crummey, Edenton
Town Manager Annfc-Marie Knighton, Edenton Fire Chief Chuck
Westbrook, Emergency Management Coordinator Patty Madry,
Center Hill-Crossroads Fire Chief Louis Nixon, and Edenton
Chowan Emergency Services Director Doug Belch were on hand
for the presentation of new thermal imaging cameras for local
firefighters.
BY SEAN JACKSON
The Chowan Herald
In the cold grip of winter,
people take every step to keep
their homes warm. Unfortu
nately, that fact also leads to a
surge in house fires during the
wintry season.
In northern Chowan County
and Edenton, residents may
feel a little safer knowing that
the volunteer and paid fire
fighters charged with protect
ing their homes from such
blazes have increased their
means to douse flames.
On Feb. 3, the Edenton
andCenter Hill-Crossroads fire
department, were presented
with a valuable tool that may
be used in firefighting and
other emergencies, Edenton
Chowan special projects coor
dinator Peter Rascoe stated in
a press release last week.
Funded with a grant from
the U.S. Department of. Home
land Security, Edenton
Chowan Emergency Manage
ment Coordinator Patty Madry
and Edenton-Chowan Emer
gency Services Director Doug
Belch were able to procure two
state-of the art thermal imag
ing cameras, one for each fire
department.
“Patty Madry and Doug
policy.-1 present this plaque to
you and thank you for helping
See STAFF On Page 3-A
Belch have worked hard in se
curing these grant monies to
obtain this valuable piece of
equipment for us,” Edenton
Fire Chief Chuck Westbrook
said. “We appreciate their ef
forts very much.”
Manufactured by the Scott
Health and Safety Equipment
Company, these special heat
seeking image detection cam
eras are valued at over $11,000
each.
“They are extremely useful
in locating unseen hot spots in
structure fires, conducting
searches for humans on land
and on water surfaces, delineat
ing quantities of liquids and.
gases in storage containers, and
in delineating the spill area of
hazardous substances,” Rascoe
stated. “Images from the cam
eras may also be transmitted
from the scene of an emergency
directly to a remote monitor at
a command center
In addition, Chowan County
added to its firefighting arsenal
by recently accepting a Per
quimans County-base unit into
the fold. The Belvidere-Chap
pell Hill Fire Department,
though not physically located in
Chowan County recently be
came a “Chowan County Fire
Department,” Rascoe told The
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