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m m Vol. LXXIII, No. 2 Wednesday, January 11, 2006 tmimm Single Copies: 50c —■—mwiiwuioiw.ini m - s mmmsmmimmmaimfflmm ' 0 Voting machines on display Public to have opportunity to learn the options January 17 BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald Seeking to show Chowan residents just how proposed new voting machines would work in upcoming elections, county officials have set a pub lic demonstration of how two proposed options operate. The Chowan County Board of Elections will host a public meeting on January 17 at 5 p.m. at the Chowan County Agricul tural Center conference room at 730 N. Granville St. in Edenton. “The purpose of this meet ing is to provide information to the public on the voting equipment that is being con sidered by the County,” elec tions board director Rebecca Lowe stated in a press release. Elections Systems and Soft ware (ES&S) will demonstrate the optical scan system equip ment and the direct record sys tem equipment. Both systems are being considered by the county. A new state law re quires all 100 North Carolina counties to purchase new vot ing machines by the May pri mary elections. Following this demonstra tion, Lowe added, the Board of Elections will make a recom mendation to the Board of Commissioners for its consid eration. Of the two machines, one is a traditional optical scan, where voters use pens on paper ballots. The other is a high tech direct-record machine similar to an automated teller machine, where voters use a touch-screen. Both machines also provide paper receipts, or backups, that can be counted by hand in case of an electronic malfunc tion. The county has obtained funding to help purchase the new machines through the Federal Help America Vote Act. INSIDE Calendar.C2 Church.C5,6 Classifieds.D1 -4 Editorials.....A4 Obituaries.C4 School.A5 Society..C3 Sports.B1-4 Contact us Call 482-4418 02006 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved State Senator Robert Holloman stumps in Chowan County for this year’s election while North Carolina Lt. Governor Beverly Perdue eyes possible bid for Governor in 2008 Sean Jackson/The Chowan Herald Senator Holloman (D-Hertford) enjoys a lighter moment with Lt. Governor Beverly Perdue and Senator A.B. Swindell (D-Nash) at a gathering of supporters Monday at Chowan Golf and Country Club in Edenton Holloman says his voice 'will be,heard' in Raleigh BY SEAN JACKSON • The Chowan Herald State Sen. Robert Holloman says he’s still new in rep resenting Chowan County, but he told a'crowd of sup porters Monday night that he’s up to the challenge. Holloman, who was first elected to his seat in 2002, met with more than 100 local officials Monday at Chowan Golf & Country Club for a fundraiser. The Hertford County Democrat, whose District 4 area in cludes Chowan as the result of a 2003 redistricting plan, said his goal is to continue to improve roads, educa tion, and economic development in northeast North Carolina. He is seeking to win a third term in his Dis trict 4 Senate seat, beginning with a victory in the May 9 primary elections. Holloman said he would continue to push state law makers to fund his district in the way that more urban, and wealthier counties, are funded. “My voice will be heard,” Holloman said. “I will knock on some doors until we get our fair share.” Public education continues to be a major issue for ) lawmakers, Holloman said. “Public education is going through a lot of changes now,” he added. Holloman was praised by lo cal leaders and Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue for his role in securing $1 million in state funding for upgrades to the College of The Albemarle’s Chowan County Campus in Edenton. “This man knows how to get things done,” Perdue said of Holloman. “You have someone who really cares about people.” State Sen. A.B. Swindell, who joined Perdue and Hol loman at a podium for a 20-minute brief ing to the crowd, said Holloman hit the ground running when he joined the Senate six years ago. “He began with a lead role,” Swindell, a Nash County Demo crat, said. “He’s right up front about his beliefs.” The General Assembly is set See HOLLOMAN On A2 Perdue gauges support for N.C. Governor bid BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald North Carolina Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue said Monday that she interested in entering the 2008 gubernatorial race. The Craven County Demo crat made a stop in Chowan County Monday during a fund raiser for state Sen. Robert Holloman. Before leaving the event held at the Chowan Golf & Country Club, she told The Chowan Herald that she won’t make an official announce ment until early 2007, once this year’s statewide elections are over. Perdue, herself a former state senator, said she’s been travelling recently to gaugb support for a potential guber natorial bid. “There’s a lot of excitement and interest in me being gov ernor,” she said. “Actually, I’m very, very interested in it,” too. Current Gov. Mike Easley, also a Democrat, is completing his second full term and can not run for re-election in 2008, 4 according to state law. Perdue’s name has cropped up in news reports about poten tial Democratic candidates who could seek to follow Easley in the governor’s man sion in Raleigh. ( Among the issues* Perdue may have to address if she en ters that race could be her role in making a state-run lottery a reality Perdiie broke a tied state Senate vote last year that approved the lottery. Two Re publicans were absent from See PERDUE On Page A2 Sheriff's Deputies, citizens work together to foil crimes in County BY EARLINE WHITE The Chowan Herald Chowan County residents have been doing ti>eir part to ‘take a bite out of crime’, according to Inves tigator Dwayne Goodwin with the Chowan County Sheriff’s Depart ment. An informal partnership be tween the Sheriff’s Office and its residents, two Arrowhead Beach citizens, and another in Cannon’s Ferry, enabled them to work to gether successfully so that three persons committing felonious crimes were caught. An active citizens’ watch proved beneficial to the Arrowhead Beach community in the December 12 arrest of two juveniles breaking and entering into the gateway cor ridor that once inside has a win dow access into the Arrowhead Beach Association Park offices. "A resident called the Chowan County Sheriff’s Office saying that two individuals were spotted prim WARNING COMMUNITY WATCH Contact your local Sheriff’s Department at 482-8484 ing the door (of the corridor) and going inside,” Goodwin said. “The concerned resident called his neighbor who lived on the opposite side of the building and together they staked out the place until of ficers arrived.” Officers Blake Fuller, Ricky Winebarger, Alan Stulick, and Allen Browder from the Sheriff’s Office were able to respond within minutes to the call. Both trespassers, aged 17 and 15,., were taken into custody^and charged with felony breaking and entering. “One pled guilty in ju venile court; the other is sched uled to appear in court in Febru ary,” Goodwin said. The names cannot be released due to age. Just after Christmas, Cannon’s Ferry resident, Mike Hollowell, found himself in an awkward situation; after a day hunting, Hollowell returns home to Find a stranger, Daniel Young Shipman of Plymouth, inside his home, ap parently loading goods into his own car out front according to Goodwin. ^ “Hollowell approached the tres passer who then fled to his car. Hollowell shot the tires of . Shipman’s vehicle (an act not con doned by law enforcement), dis abling it. Shipman then got into See CRIMES On Page A2 E.P.D. nets drug arrests over holidays BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald The Ederiton Police Department continued its crackdown on illegal drug activities over the holidays, with a trio of arrests just before and after the new year was ushered in. On Jan. 1, Police Officer D.W. Knox stopped a suspicious vehicle near Chowan Court 'Apartments shortly before midnight, accord ing to a press release fronuChief Greg Bonner. After the driver of the vehicle admitted he had been smoking marijuana, Knox searched the vehicle and arrested Marcus Logan, 18, of Tyner, on a charge of possession of crack co caine. He was confined at the Chowan County Detention Facility in lieu of a $2,000 secured bond. On New Year’s Eve, Knox stopped an older model Buick driven by Brandon Elliott of Edenton for a stop sign violation. After! a search of the vehicle, Knox cited Elliott, 18, of 107 Levi Creecy Road, for possession of See ARRESTS On Page A2 '
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