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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Vol. LXXII, No. 25
Chowan campus given first designated scholarship
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Managing Editor
Harriette Howard remem
bers her late husband, Al, as a
man of great character with a
passion for making a differ
ence. And she and her family
have chosen to make sure his
desire to help others becomes
his living legacy.
The Howard family recently
approached College of the
Albemarle to express interest
in offering the first endowed
scholarship for a student at
tending the COA Edenton cam
pus. And they had very specific
ideas about the type oi student
they would like to see receive
it. To qualify, a student must
reside in Chowan County,
maintain at least a 3.0 grade
point average, and be a veteran
or the dependent of a veteran.
A1 Howard, or Captain
Howard, as he was known by
most locals, was himself a vet
eran of the United States Navy.
His distinguished Naval ca
reer, his wife noted, spanned
more than 33 years. Following
his retirement from the Navy
in 1974, she said, “He devoted
his life to his community and
to protecting its natural re
sources.
Howard led efforts to moni
tor water quality and to clean
up algae blooms that threat
ened to choke local waterways
as a member of the Chowan |
River Restoration Project. But
he didn’t stop there. He also |
served for several years as a
volunteer for the Governor’s -
One on One Program which I
provides positive adult role |
models for at-risk youth. And, 1
he served on the Edenton
Chowan Airport Commission.
His service on the advisory
See CAMPUS On Page3-A
Harriette
Howard, left,
talks with Lynn
Hurdle-Winslow,
center, acting
dean of the COA
Chowan campus,
and Sandra Ray,
right, from the
COA Foundation.
PHOTO BY
MARGE SOPER
COA
OLF steering
committee
meeting here
Navy puts other
area counties back
on the table
BY SEAN JACKSON
The Chowan Herald
The U.S. Navy’s proposal to revisit
previously rejected sites for a jet land
ing field in Bertie and Perquimans
counties is befuddling to Edenton and
Chowan County officials.
The Navy pub
lished noticed last
week that it intended
to reconsider four
North Carolina sites
for the outlying land
ing field for its new
Super Hornet fighter
jets. The Navy tap
ped land in Beaufort
and Washington
counties for its preferred OLF site in
2003, ending two years of speculation
about what location would be chosen.
Opponents of that site — on rich
farmland and within miles of a na
tional wildlife refugue — have been
battling the Navy in federal courts
shortly after that decision was made.
Chowan County Manager Cliff
Copeland indicated he was perplexed
by the Navy’s latest move.
“I just think it’s another misstep by
the Navy to land the OLF,” Copeland
said Tuesday.
He and Edenton Town Manager
Anne-Marie Knighton both said this
week that they intend to continue to
support a previous site on the list in
Craven County that was rejected by
the Navy.
Copeland
See OLF On Page 2-A
READY FOR THE FOURTH
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Chowan Herald file photo
To the delight of kids arid adults alike, it's almost time for the Chowan-Edenton Optimist Club's
annual Fabulous Fourth of July festivities at the downtown Edenton waterfront. In addition to
North Carolina's largest over the water fireworks show, the day's events will include a tribute to
our armed forces as well as lots of food, fun, crafts, games for children and Steve Hardy's Original
Beach Party. The Fabulous Fourth will get underway at about 4 p.m. with fireworks planned after
dark. Also on the Fourth, the Edenton Tea Party Chapter DAR will host a reading of Declaration of
Independence at 10 a.m. in front of the Joseph Hewes monument. (See related info on page 3-A)
Plat approved
for Sandy Point
development
BY SEAN JACKSON
The Chowan Herald
What once was a sleepy shoreline straddling
the Albemarle Sound Bridge should soon be
come a bustling, vibrant residential community
just south of Edenton.
Developers of the proposed Sandy Point sub
division received approval of a
preliminary plat for the
planned community by the
Chowan County Planning
Board on June 21. Roughly 1,500
homes—including condomini
ums .— are slated for the 930
acre site being developed by re
nowned design firm Duany
Plater-Zyberk. Elizabeth Plater
. Zyberk and Sam Young, presi
dent of The Fund for Sandy Point North Caro
lina, LLC, were on hand for the meeting with
the planning board last week. About 50 resi
dents and local officials also attended the meet
ing.
Plater-Zyber said the plapned community
would mesh well with nearby Edenton and its
popular historic district. Chowan County Man
ager Cliff Copeland said last week that Sandy
Point would have a strong, positive impact on
both the town and county Edenton and Chowan
will see residential growth in the future, he said.
“This is the kind of growth any community
in the nation would desire,” Copeland said of
Sandy Point.
Copeland does not expect the community’s
new population or infrastructure to adversely
affect the existing community. Plans are for
Sandy Point to have its own water system, and
it could aid the county’s efforts to install a sewer
system in southern Chowan County.
“Frankly,” Copeland added, “(Sandy Point)
demands little of county services.”
The majority of homeowners at Sandy Point
are expected to be residents buying retirement
See SANDY POINT On Page 2-A
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Chowan Herald will be
closed Monday, July 4.
Deadline for submissions
will be 5 p.m. June 30.
Edenton men face drug charges after Elizabeth City bust
Several already
have other
cases pending
From Staff Reports
Pour Edenton men were ar
rested in an Elizabeth City restau
rant parking lot Wednesday after
noon while they allegedly were in
the middle of a drug deal
In addition to the suspects,
agents with the Elizabeth City
Pasquotank Drug Task Force
seized 27 grams of cocaine, two
vehicles, $14,000 in cash, a small
amount of marijuana and a
Springfield .40 caliber semi-auto
Fairdoth Powell
matic handgun.
Pasquotank Sheriff’s Deputy
William Williams said the drug
bust came after task force agents
received a tip that a large drug
deal was about to take place.
Agents located the vehicle they
had been warned about a black
2003 Chevrolet Tacoma, in the
parking lot of Bojangles restau
rant on Ehringhaus Street at
Skinner Walton
about 1:30 pun., Williams said.
After noticing what appeared
to be a drug transaction between
occupants of the Tacoma and a
2000 Toyota Avalon, agents
moved in and arrested all four
men without incident, Williams
said.
Each suspect was charged with
ahostof drug charges, including
conspiracy and trafficking, and
!
all were being held at Albemarle
District Jail in lieu of secured
bonds of between $600,000 and
$800,000.
The arrested include:
- Michael Brock Faircloth, 27,
of 319 S. Broad Street No. 6;
- Bashiri Olvgbala Powell, 25,
of 123 W Carteret Street;
- Gregory John Walton, 39, of
710 Adams Street; and
-Terrence Skinner; 30, of 121W
Carteret Street.
According to Sheriff’s Dep
uty Joe Tade, Walton and
Powell were out on bond on
weapons and drug charges in
New York City at the time of
their arrest.
Edenton Police Chief Greg
Bonner is also familiar with the
four men.
“They’ve all been charged by
this office before,” he said Mon
day
According to Chowan County
court records, Skinner is await
ing trial on cocaine-possession
charges in Chowan stemming
from a 1994 arrest.
Powell’s past charges in
Chowan include assault, drug
and resisting arrest.
, Faircloth was charged with
possession of cocaine earlier
this year, and his past charges
include possession of mari
juana, traffic violations, assault
with a deadly weapon, trespass
ing, and resisting arrest.