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Voi. Lxxm No. 37 Wednesday, September 13, 2006 50< Providence Baptist preacher jazzed on the Word Page C8 §sa$ ■ are Local residents their feelings |hd fears ARLINE WHITE tmwcw Herald Staff Writer ■ " \ V . ' - • '' •" --'*3ys have passed but the pos- • *’sibility of another terrorist attack on Ain#lch^H; resonates loudly in, the Iminds of local citizens. On Sept. 11, 2001, classrooms across ithe country tuned, into live broad fcastsr wafchjn gin disbelief" 'a$ the' * Surning World Trade Center and the** Clines in New York weW’. jammed^-jiioth^sicalHngtheiVchi^1 gftn, husbaii3S*4g||!|iigvtheiE:;'w?ives —\ waiting T FoF’nmtrths dug through the < l^he dirty air. Some people still >. dread “What came out of the attacfcs^weire. -national efforts, community emer gency response teams," Patty MadryfA Chowan County Emergency Sdanage ment coordinator, said. Even the small*, estof communities across the country have trained for disasters such as 9/11 and how to respond effectively. * “I feel that in the event of something large happening we are no* in a bet ■ten, . 1 ! .... mi feel safer? P| ' r_ 3ft... ter position to go and assist,” Madry added. “Everyone knows who to take orders from, what their role is, and ' every department trains monthly — at least — for a possible worst case sce nario.” Billions have been pumped into ; our military and homeland security, but do locals feel that, as a country, we are better prepared for another disas ter such as 9/11? ^ Beneath the expression of mixed feelings, residents told The Herald that they do not feel any safer today than -they did five years ago. .V Cady Dail, 15, was in fifth grade when the attack took, place. Five years Iffiter she sat in class and shared a na tional moment of silence in memory of those who lost their lives during the \trag ic events of that day. = ,, __ Despite the reassuring words offered by government officials, she is scared ^ that the events of 9/11 could happen „again.v. , ; ■ Her fears are: coupled with the fact she, like many in the state, has a relative soon heading to fight in the war againstterrorism. Trey Johnson was’t'oo young to re member the attack (he was only five at the time) but has seen the images re played over and over on TV, He said that he doesn't feel very safe from pos sible attacks and worries about his fa- ’ . ther who flies often. His mother, Amy, was shocked by just on her son. - , - HJj ‘We were watching King Kong and at ■' the end of the movie Trey turned to me and asked if Kong Was going to be killed by a plane. I wouldn’t have even : thought of that at his age.” Some praise the efforts put in place so far to make the nation safer but echo concerns about America’s ’ level of preparedness. “I think the military is stronger now,” Robbie Sykes said, “but home land security areas like trains, airport terminals and shipping docks — I don’t a think we are as prepared as we could be.” Matthew Williams, 18, agrees. Hff flew from Raleigh to Buffalo a few days after the latest airport security breach resulting in a temporary ban of all liq uids on planes. Williams traveled with his girlfriend whom he said had several liquid sub "■ stances in her carry-on bag including makeup remover and a soda. He won ders how many more people got through security checks with illegal i ■ items. ■ • '^No, it {the government] is not doing all it can and we are no safer, despite what they say,” Williams said. ' : ,fIt definitely has me thinking before I fly,” Leonard Moon, 17, said. Moon’s f' aunt was among the 2,749 who perished 4 in the World Trade Center bombing. Another aunt lived in Manhattan at the v... time but has since left in order to leave it in the past, Moon said. ’ sp, h i. mm n&i gg . f am ■ . k* IjMaxine White, 84 pp, it's rough. And |hey {the govern lirrertt] are taking a lot m time and money;& j§Way from people who need it. iMin. i V a t/i .J* Bobby Barnette We are not as pre pared as people think vwe are. The government doesn't do anything but blun der. Jimmy Mint/ i think we are more prepared than we were, but now it’s such ar> inconve nience that! don't fly r * §, Javonte Brown, 18 I feel like it could happen again and this time be even worse. Tiffany Johnson, 15 i am still scared to get on a plane. 4 Nicholas Bond, 15 1 feel safer. Security fat airports] is W times more extreme. Teen’s mom said slain man abused her BY SEAN JACKSON Chowan Herald Staff Writer A Camden County man killed this spring may have abused the mother of the Edenton teen charged in the man’s death, court records show. Elizabeth King, the mother of the Edenton youth, had a protective order taken out against Robert Durwood “Bobby” Mansfield of Camden County, al leging that he verbally abused her and demanded that she have sex with him and his friends. King, of Edenton, has been charged with accessory to mur der in Manfsield’s death. Her son, 17-year-old Scott Daniel, also of Edenton, has been charged with murder. Both are jailed in Elizabeth City. “He has caused a lot of emotional stress to rhy children,” King, 52, said in her October 2005 com plaint against Mansfield. “My children are very disturbed,” she said. “I am very scared of him.” Nearly six months later, Mansfield’s body was found in a Camden field by a farmer. Medical ex aminers have said he died after being beaten in the head and stabbed. Camden sheriff Tony Perry has declined to reveal what type of object Mansfield, 61, was beaten with. Perry also has not disclosed a motive for the mur der. King said she broke up with Mansfield prior to filing charges against him, adding that he had been verbally abusing her, “over and over again.” That abuse included phone calls during which Mansfield demanded King have sex with him and his friends, King alleged. King also said that Mansfield had threatened to have her arrested for breaking and entering if she didn’t comply with his demands. She had the pro tective order dropped a week after filing it in Chowan County. King said she had been engaged to Mansfield in 1977, according to court records. She also said she suffers from general anxiety disorder. * Daniel is a senior at John A. Holmes. He played var sity football for the Aces, starting at fullback and play ing on the defensive line fox' head coach Bob Turner. Daniel and his mother were arrested in Edenton last month. Their next court appearance in Camden is set for Sept. 22. Daniel is being represented by Edenton attorney Sambo Dixon. King INDEX A Local Opinion. Land Transfers B Sports Aces football..Bf Nascar .......... B2 C Community News Upcoming Events .....C2 Society...... C3 Obituaries,;.............. C6 Church.'■*.C7,8 D Classifieds Rent/Buy...D1 Service Directory.D2 Employment.....— D4 Contact us Call 482-4418 02006 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved A6 A4 Local officials teaming with ECU staff to tackle growth issues Collaboration will result in creation of 10-year plan BY REBECCA BUNCH Chowan Herald Managing Editor Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce Director Rich ard Bunch said Tuesday the creation of a proposed 10 year plan for the community will present a “great opportu nity” to chart the future. His organization is part nering with town and county officials, the board of educa tion and Chowan Hospital, as well as the general public, to craft the plan. The first step in the pro cess will be holding a series of public meetings to seek comments from local citizens in order to identify goals and objectives for growth between now and 2010. Representatives from East Carolina University’s Re gional Development Services and Center for Survey Re search will serve as modera tors for the meetings. The first such gathering is planned for Monday, Sept. 18, at College of the Albemarle’s Edenton campus. The meet ing will take place at Building 4 at 5:30 p.m. The second meeting will be held at the Northern Chowan Community Center at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Refreshments will be avail able at both meetings. Bunch said that after the public meetings and the gath ering of information through citizen surveys, he believes that task forces will be named to further study the areas of interest that have been iden tified. “This approach will pro vide us with a good strategic study,” Bunch said, “that we can use as a guide for the fu ture.” Bunch noted that a similar plan developed 10 years ago with the help of ECU officials proved extremely valuable in guiding local growth. “Using the plan as as a guide, we accomplished most of the objectives spelled out in the plan,” Bunch said in a news release issued by the university. “We hope to con tinue that momentum with a second plan.” “In the new plan, we will have some of the same key topics from the first plan along with some new areas of focus such as Smart Growth, residential development as an economic development tool, job loss and growth and other workforce issues,” he said. Anyone with questions about the initiative can call the Chamber at 482-3400. Restructuring won’t reflect any drastic changes, Smith says BY EARLINE WHITE Chowan Herald Staff Writer Superintendent Allan Smith does not anticipate having to restructure the before and af ter school daycare, but is wait ing for more data before mak ing a final decision. The before and after school daycare operated at White Oak and Walker schools closed last year with a $23,000 deficit. Last month the school board asked for more information on why and how to get the revenue and expenditures in line. One prospect to make the program once again self-sup porting was for parents to pay for a spot in the daycare rather than for the number of days used ($10 per day), as had been done in the past. Carmellia Nickens, director of the school-affiliated pro gram, argued that the parents who use the program are those that do not have a regular work schedule such as substitute teachers, temp workers. Ni ckens foresees that mandatory pay would place hardships on an already struggling class. “There will be no changes to the program at least until the end of the month,” Smith said. “That will give Carmellia time to recruit numbers. And we want to give the parents using the program time to make ar rangements (if a restructuring were to take place). We also have an obligation to the staff.” Currently the daycare pro gram operates at both elemen tary schools and is staffed by See CHANGES, Page A2 >■
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