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Vol. LXXIII, No. 15 Wednesday, April 12, 2006 Single Copies: 50c i Museum Construction of the Museum of the Albemarle spanned seven years Contributed A grand opening and ribbon-cut ting will be held at Museum of the Albemarle’s new location May 1. ' BY REBECCA BUNCH The Chowan Herald ! After a seven-year wait, pri marily due to funding-related issues, the Museum of the Al bemarle will mark the official opening of its new facility Monday, May 1 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The celebra tion will take place from 5-7 p.m. at the new site, 501S. Wa ter St. in Elizabeth City. The museum serves a 13 county area that includes Chowan. Edenton is the focus of several prominent exhibits in the new museum, including silver designed by smith Issac Marquand, and Edenton’s role in the American Revolution. Officials from Chowan and other counties in the MOA ser vice area have been invited to participate in the opening. '■* Juveniles are suspects in vandalism BY EARLINE WHITE The Chowan Herald A group of juveniles are the culprits in the vandalism that occurred oyer the weekend at the Northern Chowan Com munity Center on Hwy. 32. A meeting between Recreation Department officials, the de linquents and their parents will take place today to dis cuss disciplinary action. According to the Chowan County Sheriff’s Office See VANDALISM On A3 INSIDE Calendar.C2 Church.C7, 8 Classifieds.D1 -4 Editorials. A6 Obituaries...C6 School.C5 Society.C3 Sports.B1-4 Contact us Call 482-4418 6 "89076 02006 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved i ‘Odyssey’ takes students to Iowa Middle school contestants in Odyssey of the Mind make it to national venue BY GLENDA JAKUBOWSKI Edenton-Chowan Schools Chowan Middle School’s Odyssey of the Mind team con tinues a several-year streak by heading to the world competi tion in Ames, Iowa on May 24. The team earned its spot in the competition in two ways: by placing first in the state in its category, and by winning a Ranatra Fusca Award for ex emplary creativity. “Our Odyssey of the Mind teams continue to prove fine ambassadors for Edenton Chowan Schools,” said super intendent Allan T. Smith. “They never fail to impress the judges with their creativity and sense of fun.” Odyssey of the Mind is an international creative prob lem-solving competition. Each fall, OM publishes five new problems for teams to choose from. While the problems are different each year, they gener ally fall in one of five catego ries: Vehicle-building, Techni cal (contraptions), Balsa Wood Structures (that must support weight), The Classics (with themes based on history or the arts), and Performance (em phasis is on the creativity of See ODYSSEY On Page A2 Marvin Strzyzewski Members of the Chowan Middle School Odyssey of the Mind team (also composed of D. F. Walker students) celebrate after learning they will return to world competition this year. Red Banks Farm: recreation mecca ' Robbie Laughton The Red Banks Farm property, located off West Queen Street, will consist of a seven-field complex with trails, a pavilion, disc golf course, water access and a volleyball area, among others. The project will cost an estimated $1.1 million. Grants are already in the works to help curb local costs. BY EARLINE WHITE The Chowan Herald RED BANKS FARM PARH CHOWAN COUNTY New rec complex awaits funding A sportslover’s dream will be realized if everything goes according to plan, said Robbie Laughton, Director of the Edenton-Chowan Parks and Recreation Department, who is overseeing and applying for grants for the $1.1 million Red Banks Farm project, a seven-field complex with trails, a pa vilion, disc golf course, water access, and a volleyball area, among others. The Red Banks Farm project, proposed for the.county owned property behind the Edenton National Fish Hatchery on W. Queen Street, is composed of 100 acres, of which 40 that border Pembroke Creek will be left undeveloped. Preliminary sketches for the site include a four-field baseball/softball com plex; three multi-purpose fields for soccer/football; paved trails for hiking, walking and biking; a 1300-foot boardwalk along the adjoining Pembroke Creek with kayak, canoe, fish ing and nature observation access; a large open pavilion and picnic area for small and large groups with volleyball, bocceball, horseshoe pits, shuffleboard areas; an 18-hole disc golf course in the nearby wooded area; and a playground for the kids. “This project touches many of the needs addressed by the See RED BANKS On Page A2 Chowan aims to retain more educators BY REBECCA BUNCH ' The Chowan Herald Many challenges await first-time teachers in estab lishing their own classrooms for the very first time. Establishing a disciplined, or derly classroom where a pro gram of learning can take place on a daily basis can cre ate confusion and frustration for beginners, and helps ex plain why so many first-time teachers end up leaving the teaching profession to work in other fields, according to Tanya Turner, Director of Testing and Accountability/ Staff Development for the Edenton-Chowan Schools. This is an issue that the lo cal school system has been studying, she told the Edenton-Chowan Board of Education during their monthly meeting and developing strategies for dealing with successfully. But that’s not the only reason that teachers have been leaving local classrooms. Turner said that over the last 10 years about 40 percent of its teachers have resigned to teach elsewhere. Another twenty percent have retired. In smaller numbers, teach ers have left due to non-renewal of their teaching cer tification, moving into a non-teaching position, a career change, and health/physical disability issues. What does all this mean for our school systems? Ba sically, it translates into a need to work harder to re tain good teachers to ensure a quality education for Chowan County’s children, Turner said. She noted that in addition to dealing with the “same old fears and un certainty” that brand new teachers have always faced, those walking into today’s classrooms also confront a number of new issues. These include: discipline issues; declining public support for educators; an increase in' the number of students who do not speak English; and new pressures created by a greater level of state ac countability and testing, as well as the provisions of Tanya Turner the No Child Left Behind Act. In ah effort to provide a greater level of support and encouragement for new teachers, which hopefully will result in their wanting to remain a part of the Edenton-Chowan school system, a plan of action has See EDUCATORS On Page A2 Robbery, assault lead to , arrest early Saturday BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald An Edenton man was ar rested by police within a half hour of allegedly beating and robbing an as sistant manager of a local pizzeria early Saturday mor ning. Yanique Lamont Robinson, 31, of 108F Filbert’s Creek Apartment, was charged on April 8 with robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault by strangulation. He was jailed at the Chowan County Deten tion Facility under a $500,000 bond. He was set to make his first court appearance Tues day. Police Det. Aaron Davidson Robinson said a female Pizza Hut assistant man ager was leaving the restaurant on Vir ginia Road at around 1 a.m. early Saturday when Robinson attacked her and took a bank deposit bag. Robin son apparently had been waiting for the manager, Davidson added. “While she’s getting in her car,” Davidson said, “a man See ARREST On Page A3 War games played out at airport BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald From specks on the horizon, U.S. Marines converged upon the Northeastern Regional Air port outside of Edentdn on Fri day and, amidst the crack of M 16s and the shouts of friends and foes, they “freed” a group of relieved “hostages”. Landing in CH-46 and CH-53 assault helicopters, the roughly 70 members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville made a beeline for an abandoned lum ber mill just north of the air port. Crouched in the doorway W" •<-»* •*. j ^ Sean Jackson/Thr Chowan Herald Marines from the 24th Expeditionary Unit at Camp Lejeune enter a warehouse where role-players acting as insurgents were “hous ing” explosives during a hostage rescue exercise on April 7. of an otherwise deserted loading dock, the role-play ing hostages awaited. In a nearby storage building, the insurgents making IEDs — improvised explosive devices often just called roadside bombs — were prepared to fend off the rescue mission. However, it took roughly 30 fr--, minutes for the Marines to quell the revolt of “insur gents” and free the shirt wav ing, “U.S.A. good!’’-shouting hostages. The training session should prepare the Marines for an upcoming deployment See GAMES On Page A2
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