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Vol. LXXIII No. 35 Wednesday, August 30, 2006 50c In Today's Edition Soulful voices blend to create joyful sounds at Pleasant Grove Gates not okay with councilors Knighton: ‘We want roads to be open to the community * BY SEAN JACKSON The Chowan Herald tive, older adults comes to Edenton it may have to scrap one of its prime components: its gates. A top town official said Mon day night that the Silver Com panies’ plans for a large devel opment shouldn’t bar, literally, other Edenton residents from having free access to the pro posed community. "We want the roads to be open to the community,” Town Manager Anne-Marie Knight on said during special meeting cn the 500-unit project slated to be built on property known as the Boswell farm, between West Queen Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Av enue. Knighton pointed out that Silver Companies offical Ri chard Tremblay, on hand for Monday’s information ses sion with town officials, has held fir m on the plans to have gates restrict access to the general public. Knighton said she and Tremblay have “agreed to disagree.” Inspiration, C8 If a gated community for ac See GATES, Page A2 ► ■ . f ' INDEX A Local Opinion_.......... A6 Land Transfers. A7 B Sports Aces Football.B1 Nascar.B2 C Community News t Upcoming Events.C2 Society.. (3 Obituaries.C6 Church...C7,8 D Classifieds Employment.Dt Service Directory.D2 Buy/SelITTrade.......... D4 Contact us Call 482-4418 02006 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved Stepping Into a New School Year Earline White/The Chowan Herald Sakiyah Evans, 10, gets off Sidney Lassiter's bus #79 on the first day of school. Nearly 2,500 students returned to school Friday. Edenton-Chowan Schools welcomes 50 new employees in cluding principal Tanya Turner and assistant principal Philip Gatling at the middle school. Peanut Festival Parade organizers seeking entries, monetary donations to assist them BY JOY CARON Contributing Writer Keeping traditions alive is not always easy to do. The Peanut Festival pa rade was at death’s door due to the Holmes HS Band Boosters being spread too thin. They don’t have the manpower to operate the hand competition and ac tivities as well as the pa rade. Their primary goal is to boost the band compe tition in the Battle of the Bands. A small group of citizens volunteered to take on the production of the parade, which starts at 10 a.m. Oct. 7. It will be followed by the band competition, the craft show, and food booths on the high school grounds. Besides providing a lot of fun for those sitting along Broad Street, the pa rade gives organizations, elubs, churches, busi nesses, and schools the op portunity to shine, and greet friends along the route. Whether it is a float, boat, car, tractor, bike, or by foot, there is a place for just about any way to move from Water Street to Holmes High School. Judges will select first, second, and third place for floats, and recognition for best other entry, and tro phies will be awarded. The success and continu ation of the Peanut Festi val parade depends on par ticipants and donations. There is no shortage of people to ooh and aah, but entries and financial sup port make the parade hap pen. To enter a float or unit, or make any size donation, please contact Joyce Lassiter 482-4985, Joy Caron 482-2072, or e-mail joycejordanlassiter@yahoo.com. Checks made to “Friends of the Peanut Festival Pa rade” can be mailed, to P.O.Box 739, Edenton, NC 27932. Deadline for entry is Sept. 22. New Feature Look for our Fun Ad; win dinner for two Details A6,A7 Read all about our Two for-One classified offer * Details, D4 Leaders sv-vi - ;f.s:K--rc ■-v; .'.i-j■/■■:: won’t take yes-or-no stance on uniforms School board members say parents should make the call BY EARLINE WHITE The Chowan Herald When Brittney Mansfield wakes up in the morning it is at least a 20 minute ordeal for her to decide what to wear. And after choos ing carefully she is likely to change again. Someone worried so much about their ap pearance must surely have a date to see a judge or be posing for a portrait. Brittney is going to school. She wonders if one day this decision will be not be hers. With some nearby communities imple menting school uniforms,including Bertie and Hertford counties, most everyone it seems has an opinion one way or the other concerning the Edenton/Chowan school system and school uniforms. I would have to School board wvulu nuue IV ? members here are be COTlViTlCed Why so far declining to -f f . . • offer comments U' la ^aQOl UTll for or against form] is a gOOd mandating the ifjpn wearing of school mVU. uniforms, saying -Board member John Guard that it will be the parents’ decision and not theirs. But with county school systems to the north and south of Chowan (and joining the lineup this year, Bertie County) already donning their standardized attire it may be only a matter of time before students here begin to dress alike. “The two things that would drive it (the push for school uniforms) would be the gang situation getting out of hand and pub lic resistance to regulating freedom of ex pression,” said board member Gil Burroughs. “Our community is a little different than most in northeastern North Carolina,” Burroughs said. “We have typically been a little more tolerant and forward thinkers. We have a different mindset that works against the mindset for uniforms.” At the present time no board members in terviewed have heard from the public on this matter. See UNIFORMS, Page A2 ► Early deadlines next week The Chowan Herald business office will close at noon Monday in obser vance of the Labor Day holiday. An early deadline of noon this Friday will be observed in accepting ads and news submissions for next week’s edition. Ads and news submis sions after that time will be accepted on a space available basis. EDENTOM, NC TICKETS 2097 or 4S2-M4I „ SONS OF THE AMERICAN LECION SHRIMP FEAST MUSIC BY MIKE. BILLY & LYNN SEPTEMBER 9,2006 f“ ScOO PM TO 7:30 Pi FOOD " MQ Ml TB WO Pi MUSIC $20: Pre-Sale; $25: At Gate
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