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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Music is his passion
Students are his mission
David Shaw
rattles the
music world
at John A.
Holmes
Inside, A3 -
Former Aces
football coach
passes away
Stories;A9 and B6
Local family has
the touch for
making candy
Community, B1
One juvenile, 13 adults face charges
from local stabbing, ranging from
inciting a riot to attempted murder
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I We asked residents
why they enjoy
Chowan County and
Edenton, they had a
number of reasons
BY EARLINE WHITE
Staff Writer
For those that grew up locally, it is no
surprise that nearly 30,000 visitors
come to Chowan each year.
For many of the same reasons that
the locals themselves never leave,
people from all over the world come to
visit.
A clear blue morning spent on the
lazy bay, a bike ride through the sweet
magnolia-scented downtown streets, an
afternoon picnic on the waterfront, a
slow ride through the countryside, a
cohesive sense of community, that
special quality of light - the serenity of
a small town is right outside the door.
Why not make Chowan your valen
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The historic homes, tree-lined
shopping district, waterfront access and
unique citizens are what people say
make this town the south’s prettiest,
and everyone agrees.
When it’s warm, Jewel Benton, 3,
likes taking Wednesday afternoon
picnics after storytime at the library
with her grandmother, Linda Keeter.
She spends most of the afternoon
feeding the Mallards that have become
so personable over the years that they
will practically walk up to her.
For Lillian Spears, who moved to
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“I like tumbling [at
the Northern
Chowan Recreation
Center], ”
— Faelynn Williams, 4
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“The quality of
light, the beauty
of every season —
I love Edenton. ”
—Deborah Free
Chowan from her home state of N. Y. 10 years
ago, it’s the yearning for the smell of some
thing different, she says, and for her the smell
is best captured here.
Local Brendette Leigh decided a long time
ago that this would be the best place for her to
raise her two children, and consequently
never left.
Deborah Free doesn’t know the lady’s name,
but it is the stranger who sings songs in the
park that adds a certain spiritual element to
the town.
It’s a love story really, of people and a place.
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They say you cannot step into the same body
of water twice and that you can’t go back
home.
But for those who never left, it is a reassur
ing sign that in small towns many things don’t
change too quickly and that even if you lose
your way, home is always where you left it.
And for those who stumbled upon this place
along life’s path and have yet to leave, go
ahead and admit that you’re in love with a
small southern town.
“I met my future
husband here.
Plus, Fd rather
have my kids go to
school here than
where Fm from. ”
— Stephanie
Goodman
“]f you don’t have
a car everything’s
pretty close... you
can walk. ”
— Lynda Jordan
“The whole town
is like a close knit
family — every
body knows each
other. ”
— Sue Britt
“Good Christian
people to work with
and a great place
for outdoor recre
ation — hunting
and fishing. ”
— Howard Askew
“Igo on picnics
with my grandma
and feed the
ducks. ”
— Jewel Benton, 3
“One reason that
has kept me here is
that it is a good
place to raise
kids. ”
— Brendette Leigh
*Well kept store
fronts, a variety of
stores, big homes
along the water
front, the smell of
something differ
ent. ”
— Lillian Spears
DARE
program
to end
Eighteen year old
program to be
replaced by gang
resistance education
BY EARLINE WHITE
Staff Writer
The program that has taught
local youth for 18 years to re
sist social pressures associated
with drugs and alcohol will
cease this week, making way
for a new program.
The DARE program, drug
abuse resistance education, is
currently being taught in the
third and fifth grades.
It will be replaced by
GREAT, gang resistance edu
cation and training, also of
fered at the schools by the lo
cal sheriff’s office.
GREAT keeps all the ele
ments of the DARE program
and adds to it, Sheriff Dwayne
Goodwin said about the
changeover. Goodwin feels that
the DARE program has run its
course and it is time to take a
new direction with youngsters.
“GREAT works to prevent
youth crime while developing
a positive relationship with
law enforcement. Unlike the
DARE program, GREAT aims
to bring the entire family to
gether to combat violence,
gang involvement, and peer
pressure.”
The program will continue
to take place in the third and
fifth grades, as well as one new
class never before offered at
the middle school.
“Another good thing about
the GREAT program is that the
curriculum changes every two
years. So a kid that took it in
third grade will learn some
thing completely new in the
fifth,” Goodwin said.
Goodwin hopes to build the
program each year, adding
more classes at the middle
school where peer pressure
tends to become a huge factor
in life choices.
Also built into the structure
of the GREAT program are
summer components and pro
grams for outside organiza
tions like the Boys and Girls
See SCHOOLS, Page A2 >►
INDEX
A Local/Sports
Land.A4
Opinion...........A6
Aces News.A9
Nascar.A12
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B Community News
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Upcoming Events B2
Society.
B4
Obituaries.B6
Church B7,8
Service Directory B9
Buy/Sell/Trade ..Bit
Employment
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Town, county move forward with new land use plan
BY SEAN JACKSON
Staff Writer
Town and county offi9ials
have sent a draft of their up
dated joint land-use plan to the
state, but it could be months
before the new plan is in place.
During a recent joint meet
ing between the Edenton Town
Council and the Chowan
Board of County Commission
ers, both boards unanimously
approved sending the plan to
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the state Division of Coastal
Management.
The plan would be used as
a guideline — not a mandate
— for how the town and
county continue to develop
land uses, consultant Buddy
Blackburn said during, the
Feb. 5 meeting.
It would also aid in manag
ing future increases in popu
lation, Blackburn added.
“This plan anticipates
growth on the fringe and the
m
adjacent waterfronts of Eden
ton,” he said.
Overall, a 30-percent popula
tion growth is forecast for the
town by the year 2030, Black
burn said.
Objectives included in the
plan are:
■ Identify and analyze new
and emerging land-use issues;
■ Develop new policies for
land-use concerns and needs;
■ Address public water ac
cess;
■ Review the town and
county’s respective infrastruc
ture capacities;
■ Address water quality is
sues;
■ Preserve open-space areas;
■ Manage large-scale resi
dential developments.
Public hearings on a final
plan would have to be held be
fore any plan is sent to the state
for final approval, Blackburn
See PLAN, Page A2 V