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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Community
must help
stop gangs
Next public forum
set for Nov. 1
By Sean Jackson
Staff Writer
Efforts to curb gang-re
lated crime in Edenton and
Chowan County are work
ing, Sheriff Dwayne Good
win said.
But more community
involvement is needed to
keep those
efforts suc
cessful, he
added.
“If we
don’t get
the commu
nity behind
us,” Good
win said,
“we’re not
going anywhere with this.”
Goodwin was one of 25
people on hand for a gang
task force meeting in Eden
ton last week.
, Task force members dis
cussed a recently completed
assessment of the issues the
town and county have had
with gangs for the past two
plus years.
Although 80 gang-related
incidents and arrests oc
curred in that span, most
of the crime involved “wan
nabes,” not bona fide gangs,
consultant Linda Hester has
said.
Goodwin said his deputies
and town police officers have
worked hard to curb those
crimes over the past year.
“I think we’re doing a lot
of things in the right direc
tion,” he said. “It’s not a
gloom and doom situation.
We’ve got a long way to go,
but we’ve got a lot of success
stories.”
Officials have confiscated
manuals from students that
speU out how the Califor
nia-based Bloods and Crips
gangs operate, Goodwin
added.
Deputy Ken Townsend, the
resource officer at John A.
Holmes High School, said he
has confiscated notes passed
between students that de
scribe what local graffiti
means.
Task force member Ben
Rose agreed that good work
is being done to stem the
problem.
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INDEX
A Local
Opinion...,....A7
Land Transfers...A4
B Sports
Recreation News...B1
Nascar.. B2
C Community News
Upcoming Events......C2
Society. C4
Obituaries...C5
Church.......C6,7
D Classifieds
Buy/Sell/Trade...D1,4
Service Directory....... D2
Employment.D3
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From left, Tabitha Benfield, Zacy Mitzke, 10, and Matthew Winebarger, also 10, fish for "the
big one" during Saturday's free fishing event at the Edenton National Fish Hatchery. The
event was held to try to reduce the overpopulated catfish stock.
By Sean Jackson
Staff Writer
Four-year-old Caleb
Bunch peered into
the ice chest where
the recently caught
big striper swished around in
a little bit of pond water.
Other kids from Cub Scout
Pack 164 crowded around to
take a peek at the 10-pound
plus fish hauled in by Matthew
Winebarger.
, The kids were taking part
in a free fishing event at the
Edenton National Fish Hatch
ery early Saturday.
“She has a belly full of
eggs,” Winebarger said dur
ing a brief break in casting for
more lunkers.
Hatchery director Stephen
Moore honored for lifetime of work
Local historian says she’s blessed to
have spent much of her life in Edenton
Special to Chowan Herald
By Linda Jordan Eure
Edenton resident, Eliza
beth Vann Moore, 95, was
honored last week with a
lifetime historian award
for her regional and local
work. *
The award was present
ed by Harry Warren with
the N.C. Maritime History
Council during its 17th an
nual conference held last
week in Edenton.
“Moore’s work in docu
menting the history and
architecture of important
structures in Edenton has
earned her the respect and
admiration of - scholars
throughout North Caro
lina,” Warren said.
Jackson said the pond had
been stocked with striped
back, bluegill, largemouth
bass, catfish, various perch,
and a few mullet.
The fact the sun stayed
behind the morning clouds
helped the young anglers,
Jackson said.
“[The fish] like it when it’s
darker,” he said. “They feel
safe.”
Hatchery staff supplied
all the tackle, bait and fish
ing rods the kids would need,
though some brought their
own gear
“They provided everything
we needed,” Scout leader
Ricky Winebarger said. “All
we had to do was show up at
7 o’clock.”
Minnows proved to be the
Among her worthy ac
complishments is her
preparation and research
for all nominations to the
National Register of His
toric Places for the Town
of Edenton and Chowan
County, including three
National Historic Land
mark properties.
Moore’s hallmark is re
searching primary docu
ments to reveal factual
accounts of the history of
the Albemarle region to
take the place of legends
and myths resulting from
generations of embellish
ment.
She has devoted six de
cades to research, to writ
ing, and to providing a
wealth of information
most popular bait among the 30
kids. A few parents also joined
in the fun.
Renzo Benavides patiently
awaited his first catch an hour
into the event.
“I got a nibble,” Benavides
said with a shrug. “But I didn’t
pull it in fast enough.”
Ryan Tunney caught his
first-ever fish — a bluegill.
“He's having a good time,”
his mom Julie Tunney said as
Ryan tossed another minnow
into the water, trying to haul
in one more fish on the day.
Jackson, the hatchery direc
tor, said the only surprise of
the day was that the large and
abundant catfish weren’t bit
ing.
“For some reason, they’re
not hungry.”
which has
been used
in numer
ous pub
lications
about the
area’s past.
A hum
bled Moore
said that
she was delighted to find
people interested in get
ting back to the facts. “My
greatest blessing is living
in Edenton,” Moore said.
William S. Powell,
Moore’s mentor and friend,
was present for the presen
tation. Powell is professor
emeritus of history at the
University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill.
His many books include
North Carolina through
Four Centuries, which won
the 1989 Mayflower Cup for
nonfiction.
Map could
mean 2nd
rate hike
Homeowners could face even
higher insurance costs;
public meeting set for Nov. 7
By Rebecca Bunch
Staff Writer
Will local homeowners already smart
ing over a 25 percent increase in insurance
costs imposed this year face another rate
hike in 2008?
That could happen based on where their
property is located on a newly finished
flood plain map — the first updated map
the county has had since 1985.
During a public meeting planned for Nov.
7 at the Edenton Town Council Chambers
from 4-6 p.m., Chowan County property
owners will have their first chance to view
the new map and see whether their home
lies within a high risk area.
If it does, that could translate into high
er payments on the insurance that covers
their property.
Chowan County Planner Elizabeth Bry
ant says that she doesn’t know exactly how
many will find themselves in that catego
ry.
“We haven’t seen a lot of changes so far,”
she said, in terms of homes being moved
from one zone to another, based on the new
maps which were created using digital
technology.
♦ ♦ *♦
Nevertheless, if a homeowner does
find himself faced with paying more for
insurance next year, an appeals process is
being provided.
Citizens will have the opportunity to ask
about the map, how they can appeal where
their home lies within the flood zone, and
other points of interest.
“We want the people of Chowan County
to know that we stand ready to help them
understand what paperwork they will need
to complete to start the appeals process,”
Bryant said.
The appeals process will end Dec. 10.
See FLOOD, Page A2 >>
“Moore’s work in documenting the
history and architecture of important
structures in Edenton has earned her
the respect and admiration of scholars
throughout North Carolina. ”
— Harry Warren, N.C. Maritime
History Council
The scholarship and sig
nificance of Moore’s re
search and writing have
been recognized by the
Cannon Cup of the His
toric Preservation Society
of North Carolina, lifetime
achievement award of the
Edenton Historical Com
mission, North Carolin
iana Society Award, and
establishment of the Eliza
beth Vann Moore Biennial
Series for Preservation
Studies in 1999.
Moore received her B.A.
from UNC Chapel Hill in
1933 and M.A. from Colum
bia University in 1938.
She taught at All Saints
College in Vicksburg, Miss.
1934-1936 & 1938-1939, and
at St. Catherine’s School in
Richmond, Va. 1939-1942.
She worked as a specifi
cations clerk for the Navy
during construction of the
air base at Edenton 1942
1943 and American Red
Cross home services offi
cer in Edenton 1944-1947.
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