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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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Lady Aces make strong
playoff run
' INSIDE, B!
Teenager revives art
of paper quilling
INSIDE, C1
Area OLF site on the ropes?
INSIDE, A2
Graham
sought for
questioning
Edenton suspect
wanted for Ahoskie
shooting incident
BY SEAN JACKSON
Staff Writer
An Elizabeth City man
wanted for questioning in an
attempted murder here last
month is also being sought in
connection with a recent
shooting in Ahoskie.
Nathaniel “Nate” Graham,
18, is being sought by the
Ahoskie Police Department in
connection
with a May
15 incident
that left an
apartment
full of bul
let holes,
according
to a story
by the Roa
noke-Cho
wan News
Herald. Po
lice in Edentort, Elizabeth City,
and—now—Ahoskie have de
scribed Graham as “an ex
tremely dangerous individual
that may be heavily armed.”
“I would highly recommend
to any law enforcement agency
not to attempt to approach this
young man alone,” Ahoskie
Police Chief Troy Fitzhugh
told the News-Herald.
Graham was indicted in
Chowan County last month on
a charge of attempted murder
for an April 22 shooting on
West Carteret Street.
Edenton Police Chief Greg
Bonner said recently that rob
bery was the apparent motive
for the shooting that left 27
year-old Willie Cofield, of
Edenton, seriously wounded.
Graham is also being sought
for questioning for a pair of
shootings last month in Eliza
beth City
Graham has eluded authori
Graham
See SUSPECT, PageAZV
CLOSING
The Chowan Herald business
office will be closed Monday
in observance of Memorial
Day.
Deadline for ads, stories and
photos will be noon Friday.
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INDEX
A Local
Opinion.A6,7
Land Transfers.A5
B Sports
Recreation News...... B1
Nascar.B2
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C Community News
Upcoming Events .....C2
Society.C4,5
Obituaries....C6
Church..C7,8
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D Classifieds
Buy/Sell/Trade...... D1,5
Service Directory...... D2 a
Employment.D3
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RELAY TEAMS FAR EXCEED GOAL FIRST-TIME KIDS EVENTS A SUCCESS
In excess of $150,000 raised this year Children from Chowan/Perquimans participate
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RILAYH
A TEAM I VINT TO
FIGHT CANCER
Shaquean Nixon, 12, shows
off his back flip while tak
ing a break from playing
football during Relay
events Saturday.
About 150 people from
Chowan and Perquimans
counties signed up to walk
the survivors' lap which
traditionally opens the
Relay for Life.
RAFFLE WINNERS
Woodland United Methodist
Church Quilt winner was Amy
Winslow; winner of the Ashlee
Birckhead print, Kathy Hynes
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Four-year-old Meredith Tunstall was one of the youngest children to
take part in the Chowan-Perquimans Relay for Life on Saturday. She
was one of those participating in the Kids Walk and later enjoyed play
ing with a beach ball.
work magic
STORY AND PHOTOS
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Editor
With the results tallied, the
monies raised during this year’s
Chowan-Perquintans Relay for
Life far exceeded everyone’s ex
pectations.
The event raised a total of
$158,506.24. This year’s goal was
$140,000.
“I just cannot believe what the
people in these two counties have
done,” said a jubilant Debbie
Burroughs, Relay chairperson.
“It’s phenomenal.
“I know it’s going to blow
people away because the total just
blew me away.”
Burroughs announced Friday
evening during Relay’s opening
moments that thanks to a gener
ous donation by a local woman,
Suzanne Burnside, and her hus
band — combined with funds
from other teams that had already
been raised, the $140,000 goal for
this year had already been met.
“So anything we get from here
on out is just gravy,” she said.
With the fundraising out of the
way, the occasion became one of
celebration, fun and tender mo
ments.
During the opening moments
of the event, a group of survivors
walked the first lap as Chowan
Hospital Administrator Jeff
See RELAY, Page A2
Kids Walk King and Queen Layden
Stallings and Brianna Rodriguez raised
the most money in the children's division.
About 55 youngsters participated, pull
ing in over $5,000 for cancer research.
Frank White talks with his daughter,
Krysten, 9, during Relay events Saturday.
White said he felt it was important to
participate "because it helps people" and
that he wanted to encourage other fami
lies in the community to get involved too.
Nicholas Hartman hugs family friend
Carolyn Nixon. Participating in honor of
his mother, Nicole, who has cancer, he
walked the most laps — 64 — this year.
He also completed the most laps in 2006.
New book recalls bygone days of herring fishing
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Editor
Author Frank Stephenson
says his new book, “Herring
Fishermen: Images of a North
Carolina Tradition,” reflects
his lifelong fas
cination with
those who’ve
made their liv
ing fishing the
waters around
Chowan and
Bertie counti
es.
"I really had
hoped to do a
book like this
because I was
seeing a way of
life and a culture disappear,
and I wanted to find a way to
preserve some part of that for
future generations,” he said.
Stephenson said the photos
See HERRING, Page A2>
Nixon
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Contributed
tunis pound net crew members haul one of the fishery's pound nets on the Chowan River
in this photo taken by author Frank Stephenson. Stephenson, who teaches at Chowan
University, included this photo and many taken in Chowan County and other area locales
over many years, in his new book, "Herring Fishermen."
Realtor cleared
of Tenn. charge
BY SEAN JACKSON
Staff Writer.
A former Chowan Coun
ty realtor has been cleared
of theft charges from a
home he was showing in
Tennessee.
Geddes Bootwright, 37,
was found not guilty of
stealing more than $500 in
property last summer from
the $1.2 million home he
represented in Williamson
County, Tenn., according to
the Tennesseean newspaper
in Nashville.
Bootwright has been a
realtor in Tennessee for
several years, counting re
cording artists Alan Jack
son, Tanya Tucker, and the
Judds among his clients.
See CLEARED, Page A2 >