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Single Copies 501 Vol. LXXII, No. 41 Wednesday, October 19, 2005 Astute officer nabs pair Charged with felonies, pair released on unsecured bond BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald A head’s-up recognition by an Edenton police officer led to an Oct. 13 pair of drug ar rests of men sitting outside a town hotel. Officer Derrick Knox, who joined the force in early July, spotted two men sitting inside a Pontiac Grand Prix last Thursday night, according to police Chief Greg Bonner. Knox saw the driver pass a beer to a backseat passenger, Bonner said. Knox ap proached the car in the Hamp ton Inn parking lot and searched the vehicle, finding marijuana and cocaine inside. “It was apparent that mari juana was being smoked in side the vehicle,” the chief added. The driver of the car, Chris topher Steven Schiffer, 19, of 107 W. Carteret St., Edenton, was charged with felony pos session of cocaine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and was cited for underage consump tion of alcohol. He was placed under a $3,000 unsecured bond. John Roy Tyree, 21, of 8485 Newland Road, Creswell, was charged with felony posses sion of cocaine, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also placed under a $3,000 un secured bond. Both men were expected to make their first appearance in a Chowan County courtroom Tuesday, Bonner said. Earlier that night, Knox cited Erwin Gerrod Gilliam, of 110 Paradise Spur Road, Edenton, on drug charges. Knox spotted Gilliam sitting in a vehicle outside of Tyler Run Apartments, formerly known as Edenton Manor Apartments. After approach ing the vehicle, Knox searched Gilliam and found marijuana in his sock, Bonner said. On Oct. 12, Knox charged See CHARGED On Page A2 INSIDE Calendar.C2 Church.C5 Classifieds.D t -4 Editorials.A8 Obituaries.C6 School.C8 Society.C3 Sports.B1-4 On Page Ct ... • The Affair at Brownrigg Mill Teacher turnover rate exceeds sfc Eight Chowan educators retired in 2004/2005 academic BY EARLINE WHITE The Chowan Herald Thirty four of the 199 teach ers in the Edenton-Chowan school system called it quits last year, according to the an nual teacher turnover survey and the 2004-2005 System Level Teacher Turnover Report re leased October 5. That places Edenton-Chowan schools 21st r in the per centage of teacher turnover. The state’s rate (for all 115 school districts) Maddox for 2004 2005 was 12.95, up slightly from last year’s figure of 12.37. “There are a lot of reasons people leave (teaching),” Michelle Maddox, Director of Human Resources said to the Edenton-Chowan Board of Education. “I think, though the numbers seem high, that this is , a fairly positive reflection on our schools. Our turnover rate was 17.09 percent for this year, largely due to the increasing number of retirees we have within the system, especially at Historic gem meets cyber age ""wgqz " ■ - : A“'CJ ■ ' •’ ' ••■ ,::. :-• • :. . '■ ■ ' V V ;/ . ' v ' . ■' ; i . : ;■ ....... . ■ , ,..■ iK" v,. ■ \ . • . , rrrr Photo by Mary Kay Coyle/from www.cupolahouse.org This photograph of the front of the Cupola House, flanked by flowers from the garden in full bloom, is among those that can be found on the new website. Volunteers build website for Cupola House BY REBECCA BUNCH > The Chowan Herald One of Edenton’s best known and most loved his toric sites now has it’s very own website, www.cupola house.org. The site contains considerable information on OLF foe! everything from the history of the house to photos and de scriptions of the flowers in its lovely gardens. Cupola House Association member Bob Quinn provided the writing and layout con tained on the site. Paul Stallings provided the techni »meet in Pi cal know-how to create the site and photographs were taken by Mary Kay Coyle. According to Quinn, ef forts to develop the site got underway this spring. “It was fun doing it,” he See CUPOLA Page A2 ymouth Group asks legislators to take stand BY TYLER ARCHIE The (Williamston) Enterprise PLYMOUTH, NC — In Hood Richardson’s perfect world, Sen. Elizabeth Dole would have publicly rebuffed Virginia Sen. John Warner at the NO-OLF rally yesterday for his urging the Navy to hurry towards con struction of the outlying land ing field project. But she has not sided with NO-OLF in opposition to the project, and in the absence of her and other state leaders’ support, the Beaufort County commissioner said he would like Dole to receive the first copy of this article. “We were not allowed to be heard at (last Tuesday’s meet ing with Navy officials in Hyde County),” said Richard son, speaking to at least 50 con cerned citizens and a handful of reporters on the steps of the Washington County Court house. “Our leaders held money and greed above our citizens’ welfare.” Opponents of the OLF, rep resenting Washington, Beau fort, Hyde, Bertie, Perqui See OLF On Page A2 Tyler Archie photo Kathleen Taylor, a NO OLF member from Beaufort County, speaks during rally. tte norm :year the high school level. And that is a trend that will continue over the next few years. But overall, we should be proud of the number of teachers and classified people (we retain and attract). “ Of the 34 employees who left teaching in Chowan, 8 of those employees retired, 2 had proba See TEACHER On Page A2 .^"Albemarle Are.'* Teacher Turnover Edenton-Chowan schools-34 of 199 teachers or 17.09% Elizabeth City-Pasquotank ;:§|t public schools--110 of 456 |teachers or 24.12% 5|f Perquimans County schools--^ 717 of 150 teachers or 11.33% | Currituck County schools-20' * of 326 teachers or 6.13% 1|j Camden County schools-5 of > 116 teachers or 4.31% :^3| NC schools 12,398 of 95,709 ( teachers or 12.95% —Information provided by NCDPI Chowan economy survived closings Officials foresee continued growth in near future BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald, Although a series of plant closings slowed the local economy in the 1980s and ‘90s, Edenton and Chowan County rebounded nicely over the past decade, officials said last week. In the mid-‘90s, the Edenton Cotton Mill, Pelikan, and Fisher Nut joined the exodus of factories leaving Chowan County North Carolina, and the U.S. But the town and county recovered, Town Manager Anne-Marie Knighton and Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Richard Bunch told the Town Council during the board’s Oct. 11 meeting. “That could have been devas tating economically to this com munity,” Knighton said. Over the past 20 years, she added, Chowan Crossing shop ping center arrived, businesses bloomed on N.C. Highway 32 North, and the Cotton Mill Vil lage arose, essentially avoiding the economic collapse other towns in the state experienced. And more growth is on the way, Knighton and Bunch pre dicted. “I think you’re going to see the population number in crease significantly over the next five, 10 years,” Knighton said during the presentation to council. Other numbers were re vealed showing how Edenton and Chowan’s economies have improved over the years: • In 1985, Chowan’s tax base was $276 million. It has grown to $820 million now, though some of that increase is due to inflation, Knighton said., Still, a near-completed revaluation of property in the town and county could boost that figure near the $1 billion mark, she added. •Per capital income has risen , from $10,127 in ’85 to $24,000 this year. • Building permits rose from Knighton 192 in ’95 to 231 three years ago. “We’ve seem tremendous in crease just from 2002,” Knighton added. • The number of females des ignated as head-of-household dropped by 22 percent from ’90 to 2000. “That is a very positive sign,” the town manager said. One boost to the local economy, Bunch said, is the de velopment at the industrial park near Northeastern Re gional Airport in recent year. There are 13 buildings in use at the site, Bunch added. Councilman Willis Privott applauded the current and former leaders who helped the tovyn and county avoid pro See ECONOMY On Page A2 Council considers ways to curb 'move-offs' Residents move away without paying bills BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald Seeking to stop losing dol lars to electric customers who skip paying their final bills, the Edenton Town Council is considering a hike in utility deposits. But Councilman Jerry Paries hopes other options are ex hausted before the town doubles deposits to $400. Parks’ request to delay a vote was granted by the board’s Utilities Committee during an Oct. 11 council meeting. “I do realize we have a prob lem that needs to be ad dressed,” Parks said, noting that the town Could be losing thousands of dollars per month through such non-pay ments. He also noted that some resi dents are “less fortunate” than See THEFTS On Page A2 Don t miss watching the worTdsjzreatest compete from England and Wales Thursday, Oct 20 Friday, Oct 21 A CYCtf Saturday, Oct 22 Sunday, Oct 23 Elizabeth City Race Edenton Raceway CTY^iYm Edenton Raceway Edenton Raceway 6:00pm 7:30pm /w jby 2:00pm 2:00pm
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