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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
50*
Lady Aces finish
fine season with
trip to playoffs
Sports, B1
Angel Broome rescues
homeless animals, works
at veterinary clinic
Inside, A3
12 school buses defaced
over the weekend, reward
offered for information
Inside, A4
Kids find
fun in faith
Mission focused curriculum
grows at Albemarle Baptist
Inspiration, C8
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Home sales
stay flat as
building
permits rise
BY SEAN JACKSON
Staff Writer
| While building permits
| continue to increase in
Edenton and Chowan
I County, the sale of homes
| isn’t on the upswing, a local
realtor said.
Building permits have
nearly doubled over the past
five years, with 1,451 being is
sued last year. Only 1,313
were issued two years ago.
But Janet MacKenzie,
owner of Albemarle Sound
Realty, said sales haven’t
risen as sharply
“Sales in Chowan County
are still rather flat,”
MacKenzie said, “but I have
noticed an increase in the
number of calls in the past
week from buyers about our
area.”
MacKenzie said the steady
climb in permits for new
homes is likely due to the
fact that land-owners have
recently decided to build on
property they’ve owned for
years.
“A majority of people who
purchase land do not build
right away,” MacKenzie said.
“They either buy it for the fu
ture to build on, or have to
save up money in order to
build.”
State officials have pre
dicted that the town of
Edenton will see a rise in its
population — from 5,000 to
7,000—over the next decade.
That would increase the
population by about 40 per
cent.
The county is also ex
pected to grow, officials have
said, at a slightly lower rate.
INDEX
A Local
Land Transfers.. A5
Editorial.. A7
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B Sports
§1 Aces News....,
-- Nascar...B2
B1
C Community News
Upcoming Events .....C2
Society............C4
1 Obituaries.C6
I Church.. C7.8
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D Classifieds
Buy/Sell/Trad.... D1
||i Service Directory...... D2
4 Employment.D4
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Not So New Newlywed Game in Rocky Hock
From left Billy Elliott Gloria Emmerich, and her husband, Jeff, share a laugh Saturday night during the Not
So New Newlywed Game in Rocky Hock. The event raised nearly $1,400 for the Rocky Hock Ruritans Club.
Earline White/The Chowan Herald
BY EARLINE WHITE
Staff Writer
Bob Eubanks would have
been proud.
There wasn’t a dry eye in
the crowd at the Not So New
Newlywed Game, sponsored
by the Rocky Hock Ruritans
and Lions clubs Saturday
night.
When Valeria Roberts was
asked, “if your husband of 47
years, Frank, were to go to
Belk Tyler’s tomorrow and
buy you a bra, what size would
he buy,” Valeria stumped the
game’s host by asking “now or
back then.”
And when Frank learned
the correct size of his wife’s
undergarments his quick
shout of “holy mackerel” set
the crowd rolling in the aisles.
Valeria turned beet red.
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Senator touts
education as key to
future prosperity
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Editor
Education, healthcare and
the environment have some
thing in common.
All were much on the minds
of those attending a breakfast
where U.S. Sen. Richard Burr,
R-N.C., was the keynote speak
er.
During the Friday breakfast,
sponsored by the Edenton
Chowan Chamber of Com
merce, Burr told a group of
educators, business and com
munity leaders that he felt
good things were on the hori
zon for the Tar Heel State.
“I’ve never been more opti
mistic about our economy,” he
Embarrassing
questions;■
hilarious answers
Local couples find out how well
they know their partners
It was like that all night long
— embarrassing questions
and hilarious answers from
some of the most well-known
couples in Chowan County
Emmett Winborne, when
asked the same question
about his wife of 33 years,
Phyllis, looked around at the
declared. “I believe in North
Carolina prosperity is right
around the corner.”
Burr said that community
colleges, like College of The
Albemarle’s Edenton campus,
would play a “vital role” in
helping to make sure that ev
ery student went into the
workforce prepared to earn a
living,
But he acknowledged it
would take more than just a
solid infrastructure to keep
kids in school long enough to
graduate.
He said that many high
school students are benefiting
from partnerships between
their schools and community
colleges that keep them inter
ested in the learning process.
In response to a question
from the Rev. Jim Huskins on
the dropout rate, however,
Burr acknowledged that edu
cators can’t do it all.
other ladies as if comparing
sizes.
When Phyllis noticed what
he was doing, she slapped him
on the arm.
Winborne had asked his
neighbor, the emcee and host,
Tom White, not to embarrass
him because his kids were in
“I think you are asking me
if you can legislate parenting,
and you can’t,” Burr observed.
“We need to look at ways to
keep kids engaged, so they stay
in school. That is something
we can work on.”
County commissioner Louis
Belfield asked Burr what
America could do to ease the
environmental problems asso
ciated with global warming.
Burr noted that it Was fuel
emissions from cars and
trucks that were largely re
sponsible for environmental
issues in this country. He said
that continuing to work to per
fect fully electric cars would of
fer a real solution.
In the short term, though, he
had this advice.
“What we can do is to be bet
ter stewards of the earth right
now. That would be a very good
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the audience.
Too late — his kids were al
ready laughing.
In the end it was only
Sandra Bateman, and her hus
band of 25 years, Lionel, that
wouldn’t be returning to Belk
Tyler.
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Nearly $1,400 was raised
through ticket and dinner
sales for the third annual
event, this year held at the
Rocky Hock Playhouse.
All of the proceeds will be
split between the two clubs
and into their respective com
munity outreach programs.
Each year, the Rocky
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Easley, Butterfield
say Navy should
reconsider plans
BY SEAN JACKSON
Staff Writer
State and local officials are
disappointed that the U.S.
Navy still wants to build a
landing field for fighter jets in
nearby Washington and Beau
fort counties.
The Navy released a new en
vironmental study Friday that
taps a 34,000-acre site within
miles of a wildlife refuge.
The Navy had previously se
lected that same site several
years ago, spurring objection
from residents and environ
mental groups.
State officials have joined in
the opposition this time, in
cluding Gov. Mike Easley, who
has asked the U.S. Congress to
withhold funding for the pro-'
posed outlying landing field, t
“I am writing to express my
frustration and disappoint
ment with the Navy’s decision
to again identify Washington
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neoecca bunch/The Chowan Herald
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., addresses a group of
business and community leaders at the COA campus
during a stop in Edenton last week.
E^ky Hock Ruritan Club
Rocky Hock Community Center
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