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a ■V'' 482-4418 Wednesday, December 5, 2007 50« Peggy Walklet honored as Barker House Volunteer A2 HOLMES RENOVATION PROJECT Need and timing are critical Architectural plans to be secured by March By Earline White Managing Editor A solution to overcrowd ing, inadequate services and old technology at the high school is what administra tors and politicians are hop ing to find. And soon. Renovations at John A. Holmes have been a topic of concern for many years and the need to find the light at the end of the tunnel is reaching a critical point. “We are past the point of not serving the immedi ate needs,” Superintendent Allan Smith said during a joint meeting with school and county leaders Monday afternoon. “We have spent a little over $5 million in renova tions over the past six years. I cannot go to you and rec ommend going any further with short-term renovations until we know what we’ll be doing long-term,” Smith said. The high school is made up of 13 buildings on 26 acres. Only the main building, the adjacent wing, gym, li brary and Armory have wa ter facilities. When students are tak ing-classes in the modular units near Park Avenue, they must go into one of the main buildings to use the restroom and hurry if it’s raining — there’s no breeze way. The cafeteria is cramped. The gymnasium locker rooms are an embarrass ment. The gym itself has to be locked during some games to avoid exceeding the fire code. And the audi torium can hold only half of the student body. Holmes needs at least 10 additional classrooms and approximately 200 more square feet of space if it is to See SCHOOLS, Page A2 > The Herald office will be closed today from noon to 2. INDEX A Local Opinion...A8 Land Transfers...A4 B Sports Recreation News.B1 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 ,89076n448131 02006 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved Putting on the final touches Photos by Farline White/The Chowan Herald Ginny Culpepper gets help from Paul Waff decorating her live 8-foot Christmas tree in time for this weekend's tour. By Earline White Managing Editor Ginny Culpepper admits that she is guilty of espionage this holiday season, as far as deco rating for the Candlelight Tout goes anyway Every time her King Street neighbor Tracy Whichard brings a box into the house from the car, Culpepper is peeking through the slits between the curtains. (Of course by now Whichard knows that she’s being spied on and puts on a bit of a show for Culpepper and occasion ally Ann Rosenblatt from Court Street.) ♦ ♦ ♦ With only one more day until the Christmas Candlelight Tour, the Whichards are busy ing themselves with last-minute touches. Eldest daughter Ellie is clean ing out the chimney for Santa; | Tracy is sweeping the second story landing; son William and middle child Kate are covered in glitter from working on a special surprise in the rumpus room. Culpepper meanwhile has re cruited friend Paul Waff to help decorate her tree. “I’m not doing any more than normal,” Culpepper said. “I’ve always been big on New plans for fair, school calendar in 2008 Ticket price increase, new floor for ag. barn By Sean Jackson Staff Writer Expect a couple of chang 3S at next year’s Chowan bounty Regional Fair. With increased gas prices *nd inflatjon, gate pric 3s could' increase for the popular September fair at the American Legion Fair grounds on West Queen Street, Legion official E.C. roppin said. “That decision will be made in early 2008 after meetings with midway man agement,” Toppin said, add ing that Playworld Amuse ments will return as the midway operator next year. Prices were $12 at the gate Christmas. It reminds me of my family and friends all getting to gether and daddy putting up the tree.” Culpepper pointed to a gap in the tree where nothing was hanging. /• She reached for an ornament given to her by Mary Aime Ca hoon after Culpepper's first year of teaching, then an angel made by her son Gardner when he was about 7, then a pinecone or nament made by her dad when he was in third grade. “I especially like the torn- this year,” Culpepper said handing a Santa head to Waff to perch on top of the tree. “I’ve helped friends in the past with the tour and I myself have been on it before, but this year it’s like touring a neighbor hood — you get to see nearly everything within a couple of blocks.” ♦ ♦ ♦ Tracy and Bill Whichard had been asked to be on the tour before but never had enough corn-age with small children, Tracy said. “This year we decid ed to go for it and have fun.” Having fun could be code for shopping as Whichard admitted to buying a lot of decorations and things for the tour. Husband Bill remained silent but smiled when Tracy men ($10 in advance) this year. This year’s fair was one of the most successful ever, Legion officials have said. The biggest change will be a paved pavilion, replac ing the dirt floor formerly used by animals at the fair and other events at the fair grounds. Installing a cement floor will allow the site to comply with a law recently passed by North Carolina lawmak ers. That law requires a six month waiting period for use of such dirt-floor sites by humans after animals have used the site — to al low for the dissipation of any e-coli bacteria. tioned that. Tracy has been flipping through magazines for months to get ideas and Bill has been told that his job is to gather smi lax from the woods. 4 4 4 Harry Rosenblatt is particu larly thankful for friends with smilax so hunting through the woods for it won’t be necessary “I’m sure I’ll panic at the last minute but having helped friends on past tours, the people who come tlirough are so nice I am excited about being part,” Ann Rosenblatt said. The Rosenblatts are one of two Jewish families who will be taking paid in the holiday tour this year. They hope to shed some light on the holiday for Christians who may be curious about it. “We. anticipate lots of ques tions and we’ll have a computer set up that will have informa tion about Hannukah. “It is not as important a holi day for the Jewish community as Passover but very popular especially amongst the kids,” Harry Rosenblatt said. Even though the Rosenblatt grandchildren will not be in town for the tom’ the house will be ready for- them, and for you, this holiday season. “With cement, it can be sanitized and then is OK for use,” Top pin said. A con crete floor could allow the Legion to host more events at the fair grounds, officials said. The upgrade will cost about $15,000. "We have the money for this improvement in a re serve account,” Toppin said. No date has been set for when the work on the proj ect would begin. i i-'V'' i Wmmm k J ••>►< *^v#,v** 'lv psi -i |k*m -s| ifS|| |*»SgT ?inr- ’? 6v/;ir iilRiii SfeKf Harry and Ann Rosenblatt light a menorah to prepare for Hannukah and the holiday tour. Conference to be held in a.m. By Rebecca Bunch Staff Writer Parents who’ve hustled from work to be on time for parent-teacher confer ences, take heart: relief is on the way. The calendar for the up coming school year calls for at least one of the par ent-teacher conferences to be scheduled in the morn ing rather than the after noon. “This idea would bring parents to the schools at 8 or 9 in the morning, rath er than from 4 to 6 in the afternoon,” said Dr. Allan Smith, superintendent of the Edenton-Chowan Schools. “We felt this might ben efit Working parents.” Families will also be af fected by another change called for in the new calen dar approved by the Board of Education Monday. That change calls for all of the county's schools to convert to a six-week grad ing period for students. Currently, the high school follows the six-week plan with the other schools adhering to a 9-week grad ing period. School is scheduled to begin Aug. 25 and end June 10 with graduation sched uled for Friday night, June 12.
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