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482-4418 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Hattie Elliott keeps Chowan Hospital spic and span A3. Pro-growth group forms, . t • .. ; * - ■/> welcomes Lowe’s to town By Sean Jackson Staff Writer Local members of a newly formed pro-growth group said those opposing the proposed Lowe’s for Edenton are few in number, with little vested in terest in job growth here. The Mooresville-based com pany wants to build a store at ! Aces’player back | after hunting accident j By Sean Jackson, Staff Writer Aces tailback Ben Winslow takes the pitch, tucks the ball away, t veers around his right tackle. Defensive teammates are waiting for him a couple yards downfield. They sand wich the speedy senior after a short gain. Winslow pops right back up, returns to the practice huddle, a new grass stain or two on his uniform. At first glance you wouldn’t think anything is amiss, out of the ordinary But a closer looks tells you that Winslow isn't your average kid. He’s missing two fingers on his ,eix hand, the result of a November hunting ac cident. “I thought I’d never be able to play football again,” he said of his first thoughts after the accident. That turned out to be a needless worry. Winslow has returned, coming back more determined and focused than ever, head Coach Bob Turner said. In fact, Winslow, 17, earned a starting spot in the Aces’ backfield. “Some kids would have given up right there, ” Turner said. “Since this happened, INDEX A Local Opinion....^7,8 Land Transfers.. A4 B Sports Aces News................ B1 Nascar...B2 C Community News Upcoming Events.C2 Society......C4 Obituaries.. C6 Church...C7,8 D Classifieds Buy/Sell/Trade...........D1 Service Directory.D2 Employment......D4 6 ""8 907 6"44 813-" 0 ©2006 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved Edenton Commons Shopping Center — a development yet to break ground on the north ern edge of town. Supporters of that plan — dubbing themselves “Grow Chowan” —said Lowe’s would bring much-needed jobs to Chowan County. “The economic factors in here are just good, good, he’s a totally different kid. I think he knows that it could have been worse than it was.' He knows he was given a blessing.” The accident Winslow recalls it was a mild morning last Nov. 10. A Friday off from school. Temperatures were in the low-40s. Thirteen days till Thanksgiving. He was in a tree stand ear ly. He had wrestling practice coming up m a few hours. Then Winslow lost his balance in the stand. With his 12-gauge, double-barrel shotgun clutched in his right hand, he grabbed at the tree with his left. Then the gun boomed, shearing off his index and middle fingers. “It was all like in one quick motion,” he recalls. He made his way to the . ground, walked about 75 yards to a field, and col lapsed. He called his dad, Scott, who scooped him up and rushed his son to Chowan Local officials oppose OLF in Gates Nearby airfield would bring noise, little economic benefit, they say By Sean Jackson Staff Writer Local officials say the plan to put Gates County on the radar screen for a fighter jet airfield is off-target. Last week, a state panel presented the Navy with six new options for an out lying field, including a pair of sites in Gates and Cam den counties. Gates shares a boundary with Chowan County. The new site options re sulted from fierce opposition to the Navy’s previous plan to put the OLF on farmland in Washington and Beaufort good,” Owen Maxwell said of a financial impact assessment provided to the town by the developer, Wheeler Interests. Maxwell, co-owner of an Edenton boat building com pany, said WTieeler is a re sponsible developer. Realtor John Dowd said Edenton has been losing retail dollars to nearby towns such By Sean Jackson/The Chowan Herald Ben Winslow lost two fingers on his left hand during a hunting accident, but the 17-year-old senior has returned as the starting tailback for the Aces this fall. Hospital along with Ben’s mom, Carol. “When we first got there,” Carol Winslow said, “We didn’t know how bad it was.” After being stabilized at Chowan, he was airlifted to counties. Environmental groups, and local, state and federal officials all said that option would not fly. Now local leaders are say ing a site in Gates — the closest is within 25 miles of downtown Edenton—makes even less sense. “It is very obvious that [Gov. Mike Easley’s] com mittee did not do their homework,” Richard Bunch, executive director of the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce, said. “I do not understand Gov. Easley even suggesting sites in this area when all we will get is the noise,” Eden as Williamston and Elizabeth City for years. Those towns have large scale retailers and Dowd said it’s time to bring those dollars back to Edenton. “They’re cannibalizing our retail right now,” he said. Opponents of large-scale retail such as Lowe’s “have their head's stuck in the a Durham hospital. Ironically, Turner was in a tree stand hunting deer that morning. His wife Tanya buzzed him on his cell phone around 7:30. She had something to tell him. Bunch Vaughan ton Mayor Roland Vaughan said. Chowan County Manager Cliff Copeland agreed, not ing that 10 of the 12 Super Hornet squadrons will be at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va. Copeland and others have complained that the county that gets saddled with the OLF would receive little eco nomic benefit. “Why the heck don’t they just put the OLF in Virgin I Edenton has been losing retail dollars to other towns for years, officials say I Lowe’s store would create 100 jobs, including 70 full-time clouds,” Dowd, a former may or of Edenton, added. About 25 people — mostly business leaders — support Lowe’s coming to Edenton. The group embraces Lowe’s plans to build in town. An opposing group, headed by Julieii Mordecai and Mark Reilly, wants residents and of ficials to take a closer look as “My knees were shaking,” Turner said of receiving the news about his player. “When she told me, I got out of the tree-stand. I was done for the day.” See WINSLOW, Page AS ► ia?” Copeland said. Both Chowan and Gates were options for OLF sites in the original search in 2001, Bunch said. They were later supplanted in priority by the Washington/Beaufort site, which is within miles of a national wildlife refuge. “The Navy made a deci sion then that Chowan and Gates sites were not accept able,” Bunch said. Bunch is also concerned that the Navy could recon sider a previous site pro posal in Perquimans County — which is closer than both the Gates and Washington/ Beaufort sites. “I still believe that the Per quimans site is the target and has been for some time now,” Bunch said. INSIDE Readers weigh in about Lowe’s A7, 8 Town Council hears Lowe’s proposal A2 See GROWTH, Page A5 > Biggs, Waff: affordable housing lacking By Sean Jackson Staff Writer Both candidates for Eden ton Town Council’s contest ed at-large seat say afford able housing is needed in town. Steve Biggs, the incum bent, and challenger Terry Waff also say they aren’t certain if a forecasted hous ing boom will open the reed estate market'to new, local homebuyers. Waff says unemployment is a tough hurdle for would be homeowners to over come. Biggs agrees. He says the town could do more to offer lower-cost housing, Both also say that lower cost housing options could bring new, qualified teach ers to the Edenton-Chowan Schools System -— via a po See HOUSING, Page A2 > Bertie Co. developments on the move By Connie Sage Contributing Writer Drawn by the availability of rural, waterfront prop erty, developers have bought — or have options to buy — more than 4,700 acres in Bertie County, south of Edenton. The owners of a 603-acre farm oh the Chowan River are the latest to sign a pre liminary contract for the possible sale of their land, potentially making it the sixth new subdivision that is planned or under con struction in that part of the county. Four of the six sites are off of Hwy. 17, within five miles of Edenton. Woody Copeland and his brother, Carl “Cotton” Cope land, have reached a tenta See BERTIE, Page A2 ► Chowan County Service Groups If you are a member of a service group and would like to oe included in tms special puuoui call Ashley Misseri at 482-4418 ext. 25 or Becky Carter ext. 28_
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