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Security
program to
be tested
at Holmes
GPS program to
monitor students,
help stop terrorism
By Connie Sage
Contributing Writer
Goodwin
John A. Holmes High
School will take part in an
experiment using technol
ogy that its designers say
could one day be used to
thwart terrorism.
The test will use geospa
tial analysis techniques —
similar to a GPS—and other
technology being developed
to collect
detailed
informa
tion about
the school,
said Eddy
Goodwin of
Edenton,
president of
I-P Systems
Internation
al.
The data that will be mod
eled in three-dimension on
computers that “can spin
the school around, see class
rooms and take them apart
piece by piece to see Inter
net servers and fire alarms,”
Goodwin said.
“I can get as detailed as
how many light switches”
there are in the building.
The Virginia Tech shoot
ings that claimed the lives
of more than 30 people, and
attacks at other schools
were the impetus behind the
pilot, he said.
If the pilot program can
be successfully developed,
Goodwin said, it could have
multiple uses, including di
saster preparedness, recov
ery and response.
Homeland Security is in
terested in the technology,
he said, and at least one area
city plans to do a similar test
next month to look at its po
tential use in hurricanes.
As part of the experiment,
the movements of a half
dozen school administra
tors and at least one student
will be monitored for four
to-five days next month, ac
cording to Edenton-Chowan
Schools Superintendent Al
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Join the filmmakers Friday at
the Taylor Twin Theater.
The theater will feature three
shows — a sneak preview at
5 p.m., followed by the N.C.
premiere at 7 p.m. and a 9 p.m,
performance. J
A post-premiere I
celebration after the 7 p.m. 1
show will take place at 9
Waterman's Grill.
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| By Rebecca Bunch
! Staff Writer
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j Mark Freiburger, director of ,
: “Dog Days of Summer,” says
| that completing his film and
sharing it with the public has
been a bittersweet experience.
The California premiere was
j held in February; the Edenton
opening of the film, which was
shot here, will take place Friday.
Freiburger will be among those
attending.
He described reaction to the
film as positive in California.
“It seemed to touch some
hearts, which the people in that
community need;” Freiburger
said. “Hollywood can be a dark
place and a lot of people there
need some hope.
“The praise we received about
Recycle trash for cash
Recycling up from 967
to 1,409 homes in March
By Connie Sage
Contributing Writer
In the seven months since the
town and county beefed up its trash
recycling program, $1,600 in cash
prizes have been awarded.
The contest to lure locals to sepa
rate eggshells and chicken bones
from recyclable soup cans and
newspapers appears to be working.
In March, an average 1,409 homes
recycled each week in the joint
town and county, compared with
967 in October, said county Finance
Officer Lisa Jones.
A prize for participating
Numbered tickets are given to
local participants who recycle —
those living in town use a blue con
tainer; county residents take then
trash to one of four drop-off sites.
the film and its story/message
from some usually cynical peo
ple made me feel like we did
something right.”
Freiburger said he has high
hopes that the people of Eden
ton will also embrace the film
“because without them this film
would not have been made. It has
just as much of their personal
stamp on it as it has mine.”
And, he said, his concern for
“Dog Days,” his first feature
film, went beyond the technical
aspects of the production. He
felt adopted by the community
during his time here and wanted
to produce a film the whole town
could be proud of.
“I have never felt so accepted
by a group of strangers as I felt
there,” Freiburger said. “I think
it’s unmatched by any other
Each week a number is drawn
out of a big bowl and the winner
has two weeks to claim the cash.
The winning ticket number is
posted on the town and county Web
sites, at the county’s convenience
centers and in this newspaper.
Sometimes residents don’t both
er to find out if they’ve won and
the award goes unclaimed, Jones
said.
Town and county officials hope
to continue the drawing, at least
through this fall, while encourag
ing residents to sign up for the re
cycling service.
“We’re making an effort but we
have a ways to go,” said County
Manager Cliff Copeland. “People
don’t realize we actually get paid
for recycling.”
Expense turns profitable
The county pays $57 a ton and
the town is charged $42 a ton to
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town in the world and I hope the
people... realize how lucky they
are to live there.”
The production was not with
out headaches, however, includ
ing the lack of a producer or dis
tribution deal when the film was
started. Freiburger said those
are mistakes he won’t make
again.
He added that a filmmaker has
to really feel passionate about
what he’s doing or it’s not worth
the effort.
“It takes your entire heart,
soul and strength to get some- !
thing like this completed as it j
is such a complex task ... you ;
have to be in love with the story ;
you’re telling, otherwise, I just '
don’t think it would be worth ;
making a film.”
3 days,
4 armed
robberies
"It is very unusual for
tj^is [number of
incidents] to occur."
— Police Chief Greg
Bonner
By Earline White
Managing Editor
Prior to Saturday, Edenton police had in
vestigated only two armed robberies since
January
Since then, police have added four more in
vestigations to the books.
Saturday morning, police responded to a
| call of an armed robbery in town.
A young man visiting his friend on Dillard
Avenue was approached by an armed man
1 and ordered to give up his wallet.
The two struggled. More suspects came out
| from the back of the home and began stran
} gling the victim with a rope.
The young man was then knocked uncon
scious with a handgun.
He was transported to the hospital and
later released.
Police chief Greg Bonner said he knows
i who the suspects are and at least four or five
| will be charged in the case.
Later Saturday night, at about 8:30 p.m.
| Saturday, a male brandishing a handgun
| walked from the Super 8 Motel parking lot,
j approached two locals parked in the Edenton
| Tractor parking lot nearby and demanded
money
After obtaining a wallet, the suspect ran
I back to Super 8 and got into a vehicle with
two others, fleeing the scene.
Minutes later, when the men pulled back
into the Super 8 parking lot, the victim was
following close behind in his vehicle.
The victim rammed the suspect’s vehicle
with the passengers still inside.
The armed suspect got out of the vehicle,
fired shots at the victim and then fled across
I Hwy 32 towards Hampton inn.
Local law enforcement arrived at the scene
j and the sheriffs K9, Rico, trailed the suspect
into the woods.
Shots were fired at the dog but luckily only
grazed the dog’s ear.
Apprehended were Corie E. Barry 19, of
Lewiston, Jonathan R. Welch, 21, of Edenton
and Laron C. Eason, 20, of Bertie.
Barry was charged with armed robbery as
sault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill
and possession of stolen property He is being
held in lieu of a $100,000 bond at the Chowan
County Detention Center.
Welch and Easton were charged with aid
ing and abetting an armed robbery They are
also being held under $20,000 bonds.
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Chowan, Edenton celebrate
opening of new safety center
By Earline White
Managing Editor
Outgoing Chowan County Man
ager Cliff Copeland joked Thursday
that he would leave it up to his suc
cessor, Peter Rascoe, to figure out
how to pay for the new $11.5 million
safety center.
Copeland and Rascoe were among
the 200 county and town officials,
residents and state dignitaries at
tending a grand-opening ceremony
for the 35,000-square-foot facility in
Edenton last week.
Chowan and Ed,enton officials,
residents and state dignitaries cut
the ribbon Thursday on the new
Chowan County Public Safety Cen
ter and Edenton Police Depart
ment.
The project, which began con
straction in 2006, has been a focal
point for local government since
Hurricane Isabel roared through
Chowan County in 2003.
During the devastating storm,
flood waters from nearby Edenton
Bay rushed into the police depart
ment and communications center,
causing both to be evacuated.
“It’s a situation we did not want
repeated. This building is the re
sult of lessons learned, thanks to
Isabel,” Town Manager Anne Marie
Knighton said.
A commendable project
The project has been called a
first-of-its-kind in the state—a com
mendable unification of town and »
county services.
State Rep. Tim Spear, D-Washing
ton, applauded the cooperation be
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