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Vol. LXXIII, No. 18 Wednesday, May 3, 2006 Single Copies: 50c 'Showcase' adds funds to library expansion Organizers put a new twist on first homes tour BY REBECCA BUNCH The Chowan Herald Spirits are high and organiz ers are hoping for beautiful weather as the Friends of the Library get ready to greet visitors to their first ever Deco r a t o r s ’ Showcase, which gets underway tomorrow (Thurs day) and continues through the weekend. “This is going to be a really classy event,” said co-chair Lee Lolkema. “It’s going to be very, very exciting.” Lolkema, who along with Joanne Lesiewicz is co-chair ing the showcase. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Shepard-Pruden Public Li brary in Edenton - specifically, the North Carolina Room and the Children’s Room in the soon-to-be-built library expan sion. The showcase will feature five local homes decorated with book-related themes. These include: • ‘Volume I’ - The Tillie Bond House, 300 North Broad Street, located behind the Lords Pro prietors’ Inn, owned by Jane and Arch Edwards. Decorated by Regan Coxe and Geordie Robison, The Old Man and the Sea\ Susan Wilkerson and Carolyn Perry, Fancy That, A Room of One’s Own and The Great Gatsby; Elaine Sch neider, Elaine Schneider Inte riors, A Gift from the Sea; Bettie Vail and Martha Badger, Antiques Unlimited, Memoirs of a Geisha; Shelby Laczko, Boutiques 210, Little Brown Bear Won’t Take a Nap. See SHOWCASE On Page A2 Lolkema INSIDE Calendar.C2 Church.Cl, 8 Classifieds..... D1-4 Editorials.A6 Obituaries.C6 School..C5 Society.C3 Sports ..B1-4 Contact us Call 482-4418 6 0 ©2006 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved ’ ~ Two qualified candidates for sheriff campaigned hard to win the loyalty of Chowan County voters. Now, for just one of them... It s in the has1 ■^r v. ■ Dwayne Goodwin is chosen to lead the Chowan County’s Sheriff’s Office in 2006 and beyond BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald Chowan County Sheriff’s Deputy Dwayne Goodwin has defeated challenger Rhonda Copeland to become the county’s next sheriff. Goodwin won 75 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s primary, while Copeland, an Edenton police detective sergeant, pulled in 25 percent of the vote. Goodwin garnered 1,656 votes, while Copeland earned 539 votes. Altogether, about 2,200 of the roughly 9,200—or nearly 24 percent—of registered Moore gets death in Virzi stabbing Friends and family weep as BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald The man sentenced to death by a Chowan County jury Wednesday could sit on death row for up to two years before his appeal is heard by the state Supreme Court. The 12-member jury only took 27 minutes' to sentence William Joseph “Bill” Moore, 48, to the death penalty. He re ceives an automatic appeal. Just what course of action Moore, who represented him self during the three-day trial, will take is unknown, Assis tant District Attorney Michael Johnson said Monday. “I don’t know what his in tention is in pursuing the ap peal,” Johnson said of Moore, voters in Chowan. Goodwin, 36, had his largest victories in Yeopim (175 votes of 258 ballots cast, or about 80 percent) and Center Hill (185 votes of 232 ballots cast, or roughly 77 percent). Copeland, 52, had her best showing in Wardville (102 votes of 271 ballots cast, or about 45 percent) and West Edenton (149 votes of 586 ballots cast, or roughly 39 percent). Goodwin carried all six of the county’s voter precincts. Goodwin, whose grandfather, George who pleaded guilty to first-de gree mur der on Feb. 27. Moore faced ei t h e r death or life in prison for the slaying of former girlfriend Pamela Joye Virzi on Aug. 17,2004. "These cases have the poten tial for going on for several years,” Johnson said. Moore waited 18 months be fore entering a plea, and was sentenced two months later. Johnson said he never pre sumes what a jury might de cide. Moore “^wasn’t shocked by the re sulv* he said of Moore’s sen tence. “I think I agree with the state’s decision, obviously” Johnson also said the jury’s deliberation “seemed to be pretty fast.” Moore asked few questions on his own behalf during the trial and only offered a five minute address to the jury dim ing closing statements. “I’ve never tried a serious murder case where the defen dant represented himself, that I can remember,” Johnson added. Johnson called upon a num ber of witnesses to testify against Moore, including Virzi’s 17-year-old daughter. See CRIME On Page A2 Lee Byrum, died Tuesday at the age of 95, also pulled in 193—or 78 percent — of the 211 absentee ballots cast. Goodwin said he was having “all kinds of emotions” shortly after learn ing of his victory. “I’ve been working on this for the last three years or better,” he said. “It’s something I’ve wanted, wanted more than anything.” j Goodwin, a 15-year veteran under retiring Sheriff Fred Spruill, also said Copeland ran a tough race against him. Lottery funding still leaves schools short BY EARLINE WHITE The Chowan Herald North Carolina’s new Edu cation Lottery will not solve the budget woes that Edenton Chowan, or any other small school, faces in the upcoming year, Super intendent Dr. Allan Smith said as he ex plained the proposed 2006-2007 school system budget. The bud get was formally presented at Smith Town plans to expand services to match new growth Forty-five percent growth in population anticipated over the next six years BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald For decades, Edenton has remained a cozy town, with a static population. That’s soon to change, with the town’s head-count ex pected to spike by roughly 45 percent over the next six years. While the town may keep its long-es tablished personal ity, there will be a lot more of it to go around, Town Manager Anne-Marie Knighton said last week. “Looking ahead to the next few years, I can’t imagine a time when I’m more optimis tic about the future of our town’s ability to improve the quality of life for all of our neighborhoods, all of our resi dents,” Knighton said. “But this budget year is going to be very, very challenging.” That challenge for Knighton and the Town Council will be just how to manage the tax rate with property values expected to soar after a recent revalua tion. Final numbers are ex pected this month on new property values, Knighton added. And with additional capac ity for water and sewer ser vices likely needed over the next few years, councilors must also decide how, and where, to appropriate money for upgrades. Then there’s the potential need to boost funding to the police and See GROWTH On Page A2 Knighton Monday night’s Board of Edu cation meeting. “This year’s budget is differ ent in terms of what we’ve been through the past four to five years with the economy’s shrinking and cuts from the state and federal government,” Smith said. “But hopefully the economy is starting to im prove; preliminary indicators show that state revenue is in creasing, and hopefully that will continue,” Smith added. However, the school system is currently facing a $549,066 budget shortfall for the upcom ing 2006-2007 school year. Many See SCHOOLS On Page A3 MAY 4 - 7. 2006 Thurs. Fit Sat. 104; Sun. 12:30-5 Thursday—Special Red Hat Ladies Day* nov) on sole at: The Barker House 252 482-7800 The Visitor's Center 252 482-2637 The Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library 252 482-4112 Sfword by frioih of tW lifcrory • Proeooh to kooofit tko Childroo't Room ui N.C. Room
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