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From left, Etta Hurdle Bateman, Alene Dale Hollowell and Erma Jernigan Slade, sisters of local
fallen soldiers, were on hand for the unveiling of a new monument Sunday afternoon.
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A Local
Opinion.....;.,.A5
Land Transfers.,...A4
B Community News
Upcoming Events.B2
Society..B4
Obituaries...B6
Church......B7,8
C Sports
Recreation News.......Cl
Outdoors....,,.....,.C3
D Classifieds
Buy/Sell/Trade...........D1
Service Directory....... D3
Employment.....D8
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Wheeler and members of
his development team were
among a contingent of peo
ple who spoke to the Town
Council during a tense pub
lic hearing at Swain Audito
rium.
Of the more than 100 peo
ple on hand for the hearing,
roughly a third had signed
up to speak.
“This is an interstate loca
tion that will not compete,
Charlie Daniels entertains crowd of 3,000
By Earline White
Managing Editor
It’s been a long time since any one local
spot hosted such a large number of good ole
country boys (and girls) at one setting.
Whether it was black, white, clean, dirty,
ten gallon or kiddie size — there was a nev
er-ending display of cowboy hats Sunday
night. But none quite so large as that of
country legend, Charlie Daniels.
Patriot and recipient of the Secretary of
Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Ser
vice, Daniels took the stage at the American
Legion Post 40 Sunday night with nearly
3,000 people hollering him on.
He fiddled away for nearly two hours de
livering exactly what the people wanted to
hear — rock to western swing, many of his
hits including, “The South’s Gonna Do It
(Again)” aftd a sampling from his newest al
bum, Deuces, released last week.
It was an extra special night for 11-year
old Joshua Saver who got a chance to meet
the award-winning musician and get his au
tograph.
but will compliment down
town,” Wheeler said. “We’re
creating jobs and creating
dollars.”
Not everyone was con
vinced.
“We’re trying to figure out
if this is a good thing for our
community,” Councilman
Sambo Dixon said.
The public hearing was
still underway at press
time.
Wheeler said the previous
owner of the property had a
deal with Farm Fresh, but
that his firm never did.
“Farm Fresh said Farm
Fresh is coming,” he said.
“We don’t lie, and we don’t
bait-and-switch.”
Wheeler said Edenton
Commons could create more
than 300 jobs — most of
those part-time.
In addition, the center
By Earline White
Managing Editor
Etta Hurdle Bateman, 93, held a single
red rose in her delicate hands.
She made her way warily from her
chair to the front of the crowd to place
the rose on a new monument honoring
her brother, William M. Hurdle, and the
many other Chowan County soldiers
who made the ultimate sacrifice.
♦ ♦ ♦
Bateman lingered briefly after the
Veterans Day Ceremony ended and its
300 or soAattendees went their separate
ways.
Perhaps she was saying a prayer for
her brother. Or perhaps she was pray
ing for those families going through the
same thing her family did so long ago.
♦ ♦ ♦
“It was not the politician, philoso
pher, poet nor journalist that gave birth
to this nation. It was the solider with a
rifle,” said Maj. Gen. (ret) Joe W. Rigby
with the U.S. Army, speaker at the an
nual Veterans Day Ceremony.
“Soldiers are ordinary people in ex
traordinary circumstances. They are
warriors and benefactors; the most po
tent weapon a country can have.
For a nation to be successful there
must be people to protect its borders,
way of life and friends overseas. When
others turned away it was the soldiers
who answered the call.
The United States is still the land of
the free because of the brave,” Rigby
said.
See CEREMONY, Page A2 >
Earline White/The Chowan Herald
Shaver was shy at first but speechless after Daniels
told him to keep practicing his guitar playing, even
after his fingers get a little sore.
Shaver’s mom admitted that her son’s favorite band
was Rascal Flatts, but after the Charlie Daniels’ Vet
erans Day show, Shaver may have changed his mind.
See DANIELS, Page A2 ►
■ Developer touted economic,
job gains from proposed project
■ Some councilors questioned if
its benefits outweighed its risks
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would attract new shoppers
from surrounding counties,
a market Edenton currently
doesn’t serve, he said.
Mayor Roland Vaughan
questioned if the shopping
center would harm the
downtown business district.
“That’s my concern,”
Vaughan said.
Biggs credits
voting record
for victory
Biggs
By Sean Jackson
Staff Writer
Steve Biggs won election to his at-large
Town Council seat a dozen years ago by un
seating an incumbent.
Last week, Biggs fended off his first chal
lenger, Terry Waff, in a tightly contested
election.
While most voters polled Nov. 6 were mum
about their choice, two voters said they opt
ed for Biggs because of his experience.
Biggs said he’d hoped voters would con
sider his record of service on council, in
cluding the fact he’s voted for a tax increase
just one time in his three terms.
“Hopefully,” he said, “they liked what I
have done in the past. The people themselves
saw what they wanted, what they already
had, and decided it was worth keeping.”
Biggs edged Waff by slightly more than 20
votes, garnering just more than 51 percent
of the 700-plus votes cast.
Waff said she enjoyed running for elected
office for the first time. She has been a mem
ber of the town Planning Board for the past
two years.
“It was a learning experience and I got to
meet and talk with a lot of really nice people
and made new friends,” she said. “I consider
that winning.”
Early in her campaign, Waff said Biggs
had a conflict of interest serving on council
while working as the economic development
director for Bertie County.
Councilman Jerry Parks said he didn’t
consider Waffs statement mud-slinging.
“I am unaware of any negative aspects of
the Waff campaign,” Parks said.
Biggs agreed.
“1 thought it was a good-run campaign,”
he said of Waffs bid for his at-large seat.
“I tried to stick to the issues at hand,”
Biggs added, “as to what I felt, and what
I’d heard other people say, was good for the
Town of Edenton."
With another four-year term set to begin
next month, Biggs said he wants to focus on
improving the town’s infrastructure — es
pecially sewer services and streets. ' . •'
“We’ve got some problems,” he said. “And J
that’s because our infrastucture is old.” ■>
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