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Meredith Laverty, Aces - dethrone Knights sports, bi j*mL*B*-._^ I Lynn Perry •volunteers with hospice, food • pantry A3 y SAT scores sag Local participation increases, perfor mance decreases » * by Earline White Managing Editor i * More students are taking the SAT, but the scores are dropping locally, mirroring that of students’ perfor mance nationwide. Sixty percent of Holmes’ students took the SAT, one £ of the major college en ' trance requirements, last , year, up from only 47 percent the year before. But the scores in math, critical reading and writ ing, the three areas tested, dropped overall by nearly 50 points collectively. “We would be happy to see higher scores, but we’re Very pleased that so many more of our students took the SAT this year,” Superin tendent Allan Smith said. “The number and per centage of N.C. high school seniors who take the SAT show us that students are planning for education be yond high school,” said State Superintendent June Atkinson. ■ N.C.’s math score on the SAT dropped four points ~ See SAT, Page A2 > INDEX j A Local * Opinion..........A8 .*■ Land Transfers.A6 C B Sports } Aces Soccer.......B1 4 Nascar.... B2 C Community News Upcoming Events.C2 Society...C4 Obituaries......C7 Church. ...C8,9 D Classifieds Buy/Sell/Trade.D1 Service Directory.D2 Employment...D4 813 t ©2006 The Chowan Herald , All Rights Reserved HABITAT HOUSE UNDERWAY Earline White/The Chowan Herald Jeff Ziolkowski prepares the foundation for the Chowan-Perquimans Habitat for Humanity's newest home on E. Hicks Street. Habitat organizers are asking for volunteers to help Sept. 12 to assemble the new home for Samantha Twine and her four children.ThoseinterestedcancontactFrankKellyatfandckelly@embarqmail.com. GRANDPARENTS DAY — SEPT. 9 Court fees rising by Rebecca Bunch Staff Writer In the past, those convict ed of driving while impaired could apply for limited driv ing privileges without ex pense. But that has changed. Ob taining limited driving priv ileges if you’re convicted on a DWl charge now carries a $100 fee. The fee is the result of ac tion taken last month by the N.C. General Assembly. Existing fees also rose by varying amounts, ranging from $10 to $50 in additional court costs. For exam ple, DWI civil revocation of a license now costs $100, up from $50 last year. And failure to appear for a scheduled court date, is no laughing matter; it too will cost you $100. (see chart on page A2). Chowan Clerk of Court Mike McArthur said he was not surprised that the new fee was approved by legisla tors because of the ever-in creasing number of people coming before the court on DWI charges. “That in turn takes more of the court’s time to verify the information attached to the request, arid more time to process the paperwork.” McArthur noted that the limited driving privilege used to cover narrowly ap plied limits such as use of a vehicle to drive to and from work. But that perspective continues to broaden. “Life necessities are what they are to satisfy,” he said. “Certainly allowing some one to go to and from work applies, but so does allowing See COURT, Page A2 > Spending time with grandkids makes for happy days by Earline White Managing Editor The secret to a lasting, healthy marriage is to ... “do whatever she says,” Jim Hare joked. The secret to being good grandparents is to “teach respect, honesty and to be yourself,” he said. Whether cheering on the grandkids at a baseball or softball game, or at a drama club production, Jim and Anne Hare can be spotted at nearly every sporting event and high school play. Using a weekly planner as their guide, Jim and Anne” Hare keep just as busy a schedule as their active grandchildren. When the oldest grand child, Chelsea, was born, Jim was just as nervous as he was when his own first child was on the way and he accidentally locked himself out of the house. “Haying grandkids is a lot like having your own,” Jim said. “They come over and leave stuff behind,” he laughed. Laughter and footsteps echoes throughout the Hare house. The kids-have been over most of the summer — the boys, Alex and Cole, help ing Jim,, or Papa as he is called, build a waterfall for the fishpond outside; the girls, Chelsea and Megan, shopping with Anne, aka Grammy. “They really give Jim a time because he’s hard of hearing,” Anne said as the four kids descend to the floor to scratch the belly of the family dog, Daisy. “If you can’t say anything nice Anne said quoting Thumper from the movie “Barnbl.” It is a saying the granddaughters hear often, they said, and laughed with their grandmother. Anne blushed. ♦ ♦ ♦ Anne doesn’t remem ber much of her only living grandparent, her grandmother. “She lived in Greensboro and at the time that seemed like a million miles away,” she said. Jim, on the other hand, grew up just down the road from his own Papa, just a walk from where he and Anne live today on the fam ily farm. “I used to spend a lot of time there,” Jim said, “es pecially after Pqpa had a Jim Hare and his wife Anne and their grandchildren, from left. Cole Hare, Chelsea Perry, Megan Hare and Alex Perry. stroke. Somebody had to stay with him at night. We were a close family. We had a lot of good times.” Family time is one of the many things that Jim and Anne hope to continue with their grandchildren. “Grammy’s homemade french fries are the best,” Megan said. See G-PARENT, Page A2 > *• * I TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: AMERICA*! 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