Vol. LXXII, No. 11
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Wednesday, March 23, 2005
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Part II of the series
on the upcoming Open
Days garden tour
Drug raid
results in
arrests
BY SEAN JACKSON
The Chowan Herald
Police raided an Edenton
Manor apartment late Monday
afternoon, arresting five
Chowan County people on
various drug charges.
The arrests — which also
included a sixth person being
cited for marijuana possession
— stemmed from information
, provided by a tipster, Edenton
Police Chief Greg Bonner said
Tuesday. After obtaining a
search warrant, police entered
the apartment and arrested the
six suspects, seizing drugs,
cash, and drug paraphernalia.
“Police had received infor
mation that drug activity was
being conducted in that apart
ment,” Bonner said. “It was
apparent ... all the suspects
were engaged in illegal drug
See RAID On Page 4-A
; Rep. Culpepper
says lottery not
coming soon
BY SEAN JACKSON
The Chowan Herald
Don’t expect to be able to
buy a lottery ticket any time
soon, but do
get ready to
shell out ex
tra bucks for
cigarettes.
Those
were two of
the predic
tions state
Rep. Bill Cul
pepper offer
ed on Monday morning at a
“Legislative Breakfast” hosted
by the Edenton-Chowan Cham
ber of Commerce. Culpepper,
See LOTTERY On Page 4-A
INSIDE
Calendar. A2
Church.C4
Classifieds.D1-6
Editorials.A6
Learning.B1-3
Obituaries.C6
Society.C3
Sports.B4-6
The office of The
Chowan Herald will
be closed Friday,
March 25. Deadline
for submissions will
be Thursday at noon.
Two from Holmes head to Governor's School
Two John A. Holmes High
School students received news
last week of their selection to
attend the Governor’s School
of North Carolina.
Rising seniors Ashley Klein
and Alex Boehling will attend
the school this summer.
Klein will attend Governor’s
School East, at Meredith Col
lege, Raleigh, where she plans
WOMAN OF THE YEAR
Staff photo by Carline White
Guest speaker Blair Currie, left, joins BPW President Fran Ward (next to Currie) and
Awards Committee Chairman Pat Anderson (far right) in congratulating Mary Julia Parrish
on being named Woman of the Year by the Edenton BPW Club.
BY EARLINE WHITE
The Chowan Herald
The Edenton Business and
Professional Woman’s Club
was happy to name Mary Julia
Parrish as its Woman of the
Year for 2004 on St. Patrick’s
Day. Parrish was speechless as
she accepted her award from
Marina Crummey, Awards
Committee member.
“There is no job too big or
too small for Mary Parrish,”
Crummey said. “In fact, I’ve
never known anyone who
asked Mary Julia for a favor
that she didn’t help.”
Parrish was nominated for
her business and profes
sional contributions as well
First phase of renovations ending at campus
BY REBECCA BUNCH
The Chowan Herald
According to COA officials,
phase one of renovations for
the College of the Albemarle’s
Edenton-Chowan campus is
nearly complete. The officials
noted that the transitioning of
the former D.E Walker school
site into a new campus for COA
is being performed in several
phases to lessen interruptions
for students and to spread the
resulting costs over a number
of years. "COA doesn’t have
the necessary resources to
complete (the) entire project at
once,” said COA President
Lynne Bunch.
In carrying out the first
to focus her
studies on
social sci
ence.
Boehling
will attend
Governor’s
School
West, at Salem College in Win
ston-Salem where he will study
Klein
math.
as her outstanding civic,
church and outreach involve
ment, among other things.
She was nominated by Hettie
Wallace and Fran Ward
whose submissions said, “I
have known and worked with
Mary Julia for many years.
She has always been an ac
tive and important part of
her family farm operation, a
wonderful supportive daugh
ter, wife and mother, a dedi
cated leader of youth...and a
woman I am proud to call my
friend.”
The speaker for the event
was local author, Blair Currie,
whose two book about locals
have contributed much to the
community. Currie said,
BB&T executives Keith Warren and James Farmer (at right)
present instructor Gary DeCastillia and COA President Lynne
Bunch a check in support of renovations at the Edenton-Chowan
campus. A classrom at the campus is being named in honor of
the bank. , ■
Boehling
They
will be joi
ning 800
other Go
vernor’s
School se
le c t e e s
from all ac
ross the state.
The Governor’s School of
North Carolina is the oldest
“When Chrissie and I moved
to Edenton we were amused by
the mannerisms and friendli
ness of the locals reminiscent
of the neighbors we had back
in Scotland. But there was
something missing—an ac
count of everyday ordinary
people.” Two books later,
Currie feels that he has filled
that void and is now happy to
call Edenton home.
Despite the weather, many
people turned out to join the
past BPW Women of the Year,
BPW Officers and guests in
congratulating Mary Julia
Parrish for her contributions
to Chowan County; its work
force, its youth and its commu
nity.
statewide summer residential
program for academically or
intellectually gifted high
school students in the nation.
The program is open to rising
seniors.
“Alex and Ashley are most
deserving of this honor,” said
Edenton-Chowan Schools su
perintendent Allan T. Smith.
“They will make fine ambassa
Shelter seeking help,
foster families after
parvo outbreak here
BY EARLINE WHITE
The Chowan Herald
The recent outbreak of
Parvo at the Tri-County Ani
mal Shelter in Tyner has
raised a desperate cry that
only the community can an
swer. Mary Bass, director of
the shelter, urges any pet
friendly residents to please
consider making their homes
inhabitable for foster pups un
til this disease can be handled
at the shelter.
“It’s just that time of year,”
Bass said when asked about
the current Parvo outbreak.
“There are so many puppies
being born whose moms
weren’t vaccinated. Puppies
can be vaccinated as early as
four weeks old. The after-shot
given to those with Papvo is not
100% effective, so we recom
mend prevention rather than
a followup measure. Because
phase of the project, a press
release issued by the college
noted, one building was com
pletely renovated to house in
dustrial skills programs such
as HVAC, electrical, and con
struction skills classes, as well
as a computer lab and offices
for faculty and staff. The re
lease said that county support
provided additional renova
tions to other buildings to cre
ate classroom and lab space for
existing programs including
culinary arts, nursing assis
tant curriculum, EMT/EMS,
art and various workforce and
community development
courses. The newly renovated
See CAMPUS On Page 4-A
dors for Edenton-Chowan
Schools.”
Funded annually by the Gen
eral Assembly of North Caro
lina, the program is adminis
tered by the Public Schools of
North Carolina, State Board of
Education, and the Depart
ment of Public Instruction
through the Exceptional Chil
dren Division.
of the outbreak, at the shelter
we are being very selective
with the animals we are taking
in. In fact, we have set up some
foster care parents for puppies
to keep them out of the shel
ter, but because of the large
number coming in every day
we are asking for more assis
tance from pet lovers.”
Christian Ford, DVM at the
Chowan Animal Hospital fur
ther explained, “Parvo is a
very common virus that has
been around since the late 70’s.
It is spread by dog-to-dog con
tact (body fluids) and most
common in places where dog
congregate such as the shelter,
kennels, parks and play
grounds. Parvo tends to come
out in early spring and in the '
fall. The virus attacks the GI
tract and causes the dogs to
lose a lot of fluid, which causes
See SHELTER On Page 4-A
Local foster
families are
being sought
to help
prevent
puppies at
the Tri
County
Shelter from
developing
parvo, like
this one.
Pilgrimage
focus of
magazine
The new edition of the
Albemarle Magazine is in
cluded with this week’s
Chowan Herald. The focus
in this issue is on the upcom
ing Edenton Woman’s Club
Historic Edenton Pilgrim
age.
The 40-page magazine pro
files homes and public sites
to be included on the 2005
tour which takes place in
April.
Mary Lou Baldi and Kay
Caveney co-chair the tour
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