' 482-4418 Wednesday, April 23, 2008 50* SEE BELOW Plane makes emergency landing Lawsuit against Southern Bank dropped COA to hold first career fair April 30 Winslow named director Former advisor to lead historical commission By Earline White Managing Editbr History and its preserva tion has always held a special place in Becky H. Winslow’s heart. Having helped establish three historic districts in Perquimans County — Belvi dere, Hertford and Winfall — Winslow always had the love of the work, just never the pay. But after coming on board as the new execu tive director of the Eden- Winslow ton Historical Commission, Winslow can fi nally cash in on her passions. “The Commission’s aim is to make Edenton not just a stay-over town, but a destina tion,” Winslow said. “We are working, closely with the state on the Roanoke River Lighthouse restora tion (with Simon Rich as the chair of the initiative) as well as other historical preserva tion projects to amplify what Edenton already has to of fer.” “I see this venture as a puzzle wlia each of its resi dents holding a piece. The Commission has presented the final picture; now we are looking for the pieces. “And everyone has a piece, including Marion Antho ny, who cleans the Barker House. “We have to join together to finish the puzzle and make Edenton a destination on the map.” Winslow is aformer branch manager with RBC in Hert ford and former CEO of East Carolina Bank in Hertford. She worked in marketing at the Albemarle Plantation for seven years. She and her husband John ny live on the 100-year-old Winslow family farm in Bel videre. Together they have two sons and six grandchildren. INDEX A Local Editorial ..,..........A7 Land Transfers.......A4 B Sports Upcoming Games.B1 Nascar.B2 C Community News Upcoming Events.C2 Society.C4 Obituaries...C6 Church.C7,8 D Classifieds Buy/Sell/Trade.D1 Service Directory..02 Employment.....D4 ©2006 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved **•••v mm (( VI Know any eligible single late, (l asks Chowan County truck driver Wayne Goodwin, after winning a $500,000 dream home Wayne Goodwin plans not to move into his new home in Virginia — he prefers calling Tyner home. By Vernon Fueston Contributing Writer And they say no good deed goes unpunished. Wayne Goodwin, after watching a telethon for St. Jude’s Hospital, decided to buy a $100 raffle ticket the day after his. 62nd birthday. “I bought the ticket on Sunday morning at 8:30 and won the house by 9:30,” Goodwin said. “If I hadn’t won it, it wouldn’t make any differ ence. It was going to St. Jude’s and the kids.” The prize was a $500,000 house in East Ocean View overlooking the Chesa peake Bay. Arid that’s the problem. You might think that Goodwin, who lives in a 2,poo square-foot brick house on Ryland Road, is not long for Chowan Coun ty “You got that wrong!” Goodwin said. “I wouldn’t move up there if that was all I had to do to get it.” Goodwin likes where he’s living just fine, thank you very much. He sees no reason to move up to the city. He plans to sell the house in Virginia, which is com plete except for the land scaping. Goodwin is an indepen dent trucker. He hauls sew age from waste water treat ment plants in Virginia. Again, you might think that’s one job the 62-year old bachelor might dump, now that he has a half million dollars in pocket money. Not so, said Goodwin. He’s going to keep on truck ing. Besides, it’s not really a half million' dollars. After taxes, Goodwin figures he will net only $300,000. When asked what he plans to do with a paltry $300,000, Goodwin is quick with an answer. It’s obvious he has given the matter some thought. “I want to travel and check out the wild wom en all over these United States,” he said. But those taxes take a bite — that leaves Goodwin just $6,000 per state. But at least he is a man with a goal. So, Goodwin doesn’t plan to change much other than the size of his wallet. He plans to live right where he’s been living and keep on doing the work he’s been doing for years. Well, maybe everything won’t stay the same. “You don’t know any eli gible single ladies, do you?” he asked. Plane lands m town without aid of front landing gear No one injured; nose of plane was damaged By Rebecca Bunch Staff Writer A Washington, D.C.-area resident made an emergency landing at the Northeastern Regional Airport in Edenton Sunday afternoon. Phil Fox, pilot/owner of a Cessna 310, had taken off from the airport about 4:30 p.m., according to airport manager Harry Davis. “Immediately after take-off from runway 19, he heard a loud bang when he retracted his landing gear,” Davis said. “He realized he had a gear problem and reported (it) to our airport atten dant, Earle Soper,” who was on duty at the time. “Fox then requested personnel on the ground to report his gear status when he flew by on a low pass over the runway,” Davis added. “The ground personnel reported his main gear down and his nose gear up.” At that point, Davis said, Fox begin conducting “in-flight aircraft emer gency gear extension procedures” in an attempt to correct the situation. ' Those efforts were unsuccessful. Soper then contacted Davis to re port the situation and alerted local emergency personnel, asking them to stand by at the scene.. Patty Madry A landing such as this has not been done at the airport in nearly a decade. However, thanks to what both Soper and Davis called “some very profes sional flying,” Fox was able to set the plane down at 5:15 p.m. with no injury to himself or damage to the runway The nose of the plane reportedly sustained some damage. “He has a lot of experience in fly ing that airplane, and I think that re ally helped him,” Soper said. “His wife Mary has family at Snug Harbor so they are flying in and out of this airport a lot, so he’s very fa miliar with it.” Soper added that he has worked at the Edenton airport for about eight years and that this was the first land ing of this kind he’d seen made at the site. Davis said that FAA representatives are scheduled to visit the airport on April 28 to inspect the plane, which is currently housed in a hangar there. He praised the “timely and profes sional response” by Soper and the standby emergency personnel at the scene. v COA to hold fair Career Fair to be held April 30 in response to economy By Rebecca Bunch Staff Writer With jobless rates high, and the econom ic news looking bleak, some might be pes simistic. But Lynn Hurdle-Winslow, dean of the COA campus in Edenton, prefers to look at the situation as an opportunity That opportunity, she says, is to show that education holds the key to a better job and a more solid future for area residents. “We want to show people in the area just what we have to offer,” she said. So, on April 30, the college will hold its first-ever Career Fair here. “We have been part of several Job Fairs here over the years in response to layoffs and things like that,” Hurdle-Winslow said. “But this is something completely dif ferent.” The COA Career Fair will be held at the former D.E Walker School from 1-4 p.m. An Open House is also planned. The community, from high school stu dents to adults, is encouraged to come to the school, walk through the classrooms and talk with instructors about particular programs offered here. “We want your questions,” Hurdle-Win slow said. "We are always looking for better ways to serve the communities where we are located.” Partnering with COA for the event will be the Edenton-Chowan Schools, the lo cal Employment Security Commission/ JobLink Center, the WIA Program, the See FAIR, Page A2 > Condos on Chowan River in near future InstaHation to begin in May on Rocky Hock Creek By Connie Sage Contributing Writer Work will begin May 1 on the 48-unit Cypress Landing Marina condominium proj ect on the Chowan River. A dozen units already have been pre-sold for the project, located on a natural harbor at the mouth of Rocky Hock Creek, according to devel oper Max Busby, an Edenton attorney. Deeded boat slips will be included with all but eight of the three-bedroom, two bath units, he said. At build-out, three build ings will be constructed on one acre of the 24-acre prop erty, Busby said. Each build ing will be three stories with parking underneath. One building will have 12 condos and the other two will have 18 units in each. The county approved the project last June and all the necessary permits have been obtained, said Busby, who has owned the property since 1978. The modular unit condos will be built by Profession al Building Systems in Mt. Gilead, N.C., Busby said. Twiddy Construction is the general contractor. Each three-bedroom, two bath unit, delivered with all appliances, will be set into place by crane, Busby said. It will take about a week to install the units and 30-to-45 days to finish them, he said. First-floor units come with a 12-foot wide, 30-foot See CONDOS, Page A2 > Southern Bank project clears another hurdle By Connie Sage Contributing Writer A lawsuit challenging the proposed expansion of Southern Bank at Broad and Queen streets has been dis missed. In a document filed Tues day in Superior Court, Mi chael Montanaro voluntari ly dismissed the suit he had filed against the town Oct. 10. In an attempt to stop the demolition of the Furlough building, where Snookers restaurant was located, Montanaro had challenged the town’s decision to issue permits to the bank. With the lawsuit dropped, Southern Bank is free to move forward with its ex pansion, said Town Attor ney Hood Ellis. Charles Britton, city ex ecutive for Southern Bank, said he is not certain when work will begin, but said it likely will be before the end of the year. Montanaro, a Connecti cut dentist, owns the Taylor See BANK, Page A2 > .OLUMBIA ART & ARCH ITECTU RE TOUR Saturday May 10 ioam-4pm xplore Columbia i architectural heritage with a rare glimpse into 12 historic dwellings and 4 notable public buildings at the heart of le Historic District. Enjoy special exhibits at Pocosin Arts, Southern Dreams Gallery, Columbia Theater, and Tyrrell County Library, • louse Tour Tickets $2.5 on sale atTyrrell County Visitors Center (252 796 0723) www.visittyrrellcounty.com

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