Vol. LXXII, No. 19
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
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So* CoauBunity Front H
Housing
issue to
be studied
Affordable
housing seen
as scarce
BY SEAN JACKSON
The Chowan Herald
A joint town-county panel
has been tapped to explore the
growing need — and rise — of
affordable housing in Edenton
and Chowan County
Town councilors Jerry
Parks and Phyllis Britton have
joined commissioners Jimmy
Alligood and Bill Gardner —
all Edenton residents—on the
Affordable Housing Commis
sion. Two citizen members
will be appointed at a later
.date by the town and county
boards, Town Manager Anne
Marie Knighton said last
week.
“The (Town) Council wants
Edenton to be a diverse place,”
Knighton stated, “where
young families with children
can live along side older fami
lies, senior citizens and
‘young retirees1.”
Council identified afford
able housing as an issue in it’s
Vision Statement in the 1990s.
Since then, councilors have
“supported the idea of helping
to facilitate and encourage af
fordable housing opportuni
ties in our town,” Knighton
said.
One subdivision under con
struction was initially
thought to be a step in address
ing the past shortage of afford
* able housing in Edenton. The
Colonial Village subdivision
on Coke Avenue “was seen as
an opportunity for first-time
home buyers to be able to re
* side inside the city limits,”
Knighton said. «
But those plans have
changed.
“This project is about to be
■ sold to a developer from Vir
. ginia that plans to build big
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Rescue squad/EMS
celebrate 40 years of
service to town,
county
Retiring educators honored
Renovations to
JA Holmes High
School are also
approved
BY EARLINE WHITE
The Chowan Herald
On Monday night the
Edenton-Chowan Board of Edu
cation honored retirees and 20
year employees of the school
system at a reception in the
John A. Holmes Commons. Also
on the agenda were approval of
bids for the summer construc
tion project and the Holmes
high school handbook.
“When you see these people
come up one by one you realize
just what we’re losing,” Gene
Jordan, chairman of the board
said to the audience of family
members and friends. “There
will be a big void left by each of
your absences. You’ve helped so
many children...you will be
missed. Still, I hope each of you
enjoys a well-deserved retire
ment.”
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Chowan dodged
several bullets
last year
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BY EARLINE WHITE
; The Chowan Herald
As Chowan County gears up
for summer, the Emergency
Management Services prepare
for the upcoming hurricane .
season. To the dismay of many,
the National Oceanic and At
mospheric Administration an
nounced this week that they
are predicting another active
hurricane season. In response,
Governor Mike Easley has pro
claimed May 15-21 as Hurri
cane Preparedness Week and
urges citizens to prepare now
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'One on One' Program celebrates Volunteer Week
BY MILDRED VANTERPOOL
Contributing Writer
The Governor’s, One-on-One,
4H Friends of Youth program,
a component of Chowan
County Cooperative Exten
sion, celebrated, the annual
Volunteer Appreciation Week
with a bang on Thursday, April
21. This program has over
twenty five volunteers. These
are special people who dared to
become involved and have help
to add a new dimension to the
lives of young people in our
community. Many of them
have done a fantastic job.
Each year this prqgram
chooses a Volunteer of the
Among those being honored
at the reception were: from
Chowan Middle School-retirees
Leyerna Copeland and Esther
Freeman, 20-year employee
Rose Hawkins; from D. F.
Walker, retirees Christine
Fleming, Beatrice Stanley and
Diane Swanner, from John A.
Holmes, retiree Gloria Bryant;
from White Oak School, retir
ees Julia Gregory, Annette
Parrish and Reta Shaw, and 20
year employee Susan Dail;
from Central Office, retirees
Linda Perry and Margaret
White, and 20-year employee
Emma Berry; from the Excep
tional Children Program Jack
Onufrak.
Following explanation from
Superintendent Dr. Allan
Smith, the Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education unani
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In this Coastland Times photo from last August, visitors to the Outer Banks stroll the beach
prior to the arrival Hurricane Alex, which spared Chowan County. NOAA predicts an active
hurricane season this year. 'J - % • •
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Volunteers of the Year Sarah McClease and Gwendolyn Moye
accept congratulations from Stella Brothers, board chair.
Dr. Allan
Smith, superin
tendent of
schools, shares a
light-hearted
moment with
outgoing Excep
tional Children's
Director Marga
ret White. White
was among the
retirees honored
at Monday night's
banquet.
mously voted to approve
the bid from C-VAC Corpo
ration of Portsmouth, VA
for the summer renovations
at John A. Holmes. Four bids
were received last Thursday;
the lowest from C-VAC for an
estimated cost of $215,900.
The board has estimated that
the entire construction this
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Year. One, who has gone be
yond the requirements of the
program in reaching out to the
youth they serve. Again this
year were pleased to announce
two such persons. Volunteers
of the Year, Sarah McClease
and Gwendolyn Moye have col
lectively invested over 500
hours of their time this past
year in mentoring two young
people in our program.
Volunteers recruited for this
program are matched with
young people from the commu
nity to be a mentor and friend.
There is no way that this pro
gram can repay these volun
teers for the sacrifice of time
and energy they invest in the
Man's car is
discovered in I
Yeopim Creek 1
BY CHRIS DAY
The Daily Advance
The Perquimans County She
riff’s Office is investigating how a
2000 Chevrolet Lumina ended up in
Yeopim Creek.
Deputies pulled the fully sub
merged vehicle from the waterway
Saturday, hours after a Snug Harbor
resident spotted it near a boat ramp,
Sheriff Eric Tilley said Sunday.
Divers from the Perquimans
County Water Rescue team sear
ched the area of the creek near the
vehicle Saturday afternoon, but
found no sign of a driver, Tilley
said.
Divers did discover that the car’s
ignition was still in the on position
and that its transmission wasn’t in
the park position, the sheriff said.
The vehicle is registered to a
Stanley Jones Jr. of Edenton, Tilley
said. Deputies don’t know Jones’
whereabouts, and Jones’ parents,
who are from the area, have not re
ported him missing, Tilley said.
The vehicle also hasn’t been re
ported stolen, Tilley said.
According to Tilley, Jones’par
ents told investigators that their
son often stays away from home for
a day or two without saying where
he is going.
Investigators have few other facts
about the case, Tilley said.
“All we have is a vehicle and no
other information,” he said. 1
A l'esident of Snug Harbor dis-,
covered the vehicle some time be
fore noon Saturday at a secluded
boat ramp on Yeopim Creek, Tilley
said. The resident notified a com
munity watch officer who then con
tacted the sheriff’s office.
Tilley said the location of the ve
hicle is unusual. The boat ramp is
secluded and not well known to the
public, he said.
“It’s in a place not many people
know there is a boat ramp there,”
Tilley said. “It’s almost like it was
put there deliberately.”
The car was found in deep
enough water so that the license
plate could not be read from land,
but close enough to the bank to be
towed out Saturday, he said.
youth of our community. How
ever, it is the hope of each men
tor that the time they do invest
will pay huge dividends by
making a positive impact in
the life of that young person
with whom they are matched.
There are living testimonies of
some of the young people who
were in this program and have
now gone on with their lives ,
doing wonderful things. Some
are in college, in the military
and some are working and
making a living.
If you would like to be a 1
part of this effort or want
more information please call
Mildred Vanterpool at 482
6585.