Crime Beat
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
■ On May 18, a 40-year
old resident of, the 200
block of Colony Drive was
charged with breaking and
entering.
Arresting officer: G.
Whitehurst.
■ On May 20, a 26-year
old resident of Richmond
was charged with fleeing to
ellude arrest and unauthor
ized use of motor vehicle.
Arresting officer: K.
Townsend.
■ On May 20, an 18-year
old resident of the 100 block
of Birch Lane was charged
with assault with a deadly
weapon.
Arresting officer: K.
Townsend.
■ On May 28, a 17-year
old resident of the 800 block
of Johnston Drive was
charged with common law
robbery.
Arresting officer: M.
LaMirand.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
■ On May 23, a victim
was stabbed numerous
times on West Freemason
Street.
Investigating officer: L.
Battle.
■ On May 26, marijuana
cigarettes were discovered
in the ash tray of a vehicle
parked at Tyler Lane. Crack
cocaine was also discov
ered.
Investigating officer: S.
White.
Mexico Road hit by crime spree
A recent rash ot larcenies
on Mexico Road remains
unsolved.
Between May 21 and 26,
nine homeowners in the
300 and 400 block of Mexico
Road reported having items
stolen from their automo
biles.
Two homeowners had
their automobiles taken;
one of which was later re
turned with the keys, cash
and wallet missing. The
other — a 2004 gray Ford Ex
plorer — is still missing.
Items targeted in the lar
cemes include radios, por
table DVD players, cash,
cds, necklaces — anything
of value.
There are no suspects at
this time, Sheriff Dwayne
Goodwin said.
Residents are urged to re
move valuables from their
car, or place them in the
trunk, out of sight.
“If the fuel prices contin
ue to go up, it will only get
worse,” Goodwin said of
the crime spree.
Anyone with information
is asked to call 482-0865.
Former Hertford chief joins police force
Dale Vanscoy, former
Hertford police chief, was
sworn in last week as the
newest member of the Eden
ton Police Department.
Vanscoy will be working
with patrol until he famil
iarizes himself with the
town.
Vanscoy is an Army veter
an, having spent 10 years in
the military poliqe. He has
worked as a police officer
with the Vir
ginia Beach
department
and later
the Virginia
Beach sher
iffs office.
He spent
two years
working in
Winfall be
Vanscoy
fore going to Hertford in
1991.
Move over — it’s the law
Injuries occur three times a month in N.C. due
to failure to slow down, move over
Three times each month someone
in N.C. is either injured or a vehicle
crashed because a motorist failed
to move over in compliance with
a toughened state law, according
to statistics from the Consolidated
Courts of North Carolina.
Hundreds of violations occur ev
ery day because motorists do not
understand nor comply with N.C.’s
move over, slow down law, tough
ened in 2006, to better protect law
enforcement, emergency and other
public service personnel.
The move over law requires motor
ists to move over into another lane,
whenever possible, if a law enforce
ment, fire department, public or
private ambulance or public service
vehicle is on the side of the road.
If moving out of the adjacent lane
is not possible, due to traffic or trav
eling on a two-lane road, motorists
are required to slow down and be
prepared to stop.
Those violating the law can be
charged with a fine of $250 or be
charged with a misdemeanor for
property damage of more than $500
or cauding injury to a responder.
If a serious injury or death occurs
to a responder, it is considered a
Class I felony.
May is memorial month for fire
men, policement and emergency/
medical servicement killed in the
line of duty.
— submitted by AAA
Keep your laptop safe
(MS) — Laptop users in the World num
ber 100 million. In 2005, laptops sales sur- ,
passed desktop models for the first time
in the U.S.
According to FlBI estimates, the second,
most common crime, just after identity •
theft, is laptop theft. Each year, 2 million
notebook computers are reported stolen.
Treat your laptop like cash — keeping
it in sight at all times.
Use a laptop security cable to make
your laptop less portable when keeping
it in a hotel room or other place.'
Don’t put your laptop on the floor or
in another place where your eyes aren’t
constantly on it.
Toting a laptop in a laptop bag is just
advertising what you have inside. Con- .
sider using a backpack or a laptop bag
that-looks like a purse or a briefcase.
Whenever possible, do not store your
laptop in your car. If you must, keep it
out of sight.
Governor proclaims this week as Hurricane Preparedness Week
Gov. Mike Easley has pro
claimed May 25-31 as “Hur
ricane Preparedness Week”
and urged all citizens to pre
pare for this year’s predict
ed increase in storm activity
by assembling disaster pre
paredness kits and updating
and rehearsing emergency
plans.
Hurricane season official
ly begins June 1.
“Our state’s vulnerability
to hurricanes ranks second
only to Florida, so every citi
zen must be prepared,” Eas
ley said.
Easley said state agen
cies are working with local
and county governments to
practice what they preach.
More than a dozen state
agencies are participating
in a two-day exercise this
week that simulates what
they would do to prepare for
a major hurricane making
landfall in the state.
Working with local offi
cials in the eastern part of
the state, the state Emergen
cy Management Division
prepared a comprehensive
evacuation and sheltering
plan for the entire coastal
region.
The Coastal Region Evac
uation and Sheltering Stan
dard Operating Guide iden
tifies counties which are at
risk from storm surge flood
ing and those that will host
evacuees by providing safe
shelter from the storm.
The guide includes the
evacuation and sheltering
of elderly and medically
fragile citizens in 20 coastal
counties.
It also addresses man
aging mass evacuations,
assignment of resources,
sheltering of the general
population, sheltering of
functionally and medically
fragile populations, and co
ordinated dissemination of
public information.
Easley encouraged North
Carolinians to review and
update their homeowners’
insurance policy to make
sure it includes coverage
for accidental damage and
natural disasters and, if
necessary, flood insurance.
Families should have an
emergency plan and emer
gency preparedness kit
ready to go at all times.
The kit should contain
enough non-perishable food
and a gallon of water per
person per day to last three
to five days.
People can evacuate their
homes with their small, do
mestic pets to specially des
ignated pet-friendly shelters
like the one in Chowan (Al
bemarle Learning Center).
For more on how to pre-'.
pare, visit www.ReadyNC.
org.
Take mo
out to the
ballgame
Buy me some
>eanuts and
Packer Jack!
This season the 30 oz. jar of Bertie County
Peanuts will be wearing a new uniform!
On the front is the Edenton Steamers logo
and on the back is the
Edenton Coffee House logo.
Wrapped around the jar is the
Steamers 2008 Home Game Schedule.
This special jar of delicious
Blister Fried Peanuts is a Limited Edition
and sold exclusively at...
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
UTILITIES COMMISSION
RALEIGH
DOCKET NO. E-100, SUB 114
BEFORE THE NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION
In the Matter of
Investigation of Integrated Resource Planning
in North Carolina - 2007
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the North Carolina Utilities Commission (Commission) has scheduled a public hear- l •
ing in conjunction with the Commission's review and evaluation of Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) in North Carolina. I»
The purpose of the review and evaluation is to ensure that each regulated electric utility operating in North Carolina is ’ •
developing reliable projections of the long range demands for electricity in its service area, and is developing a combina- * ’
tion of reliable resource options fpr meeting the anticipated demands in a cost-effective manner. IRP is intended to iden- * I ‘
tify those electric resource options which can be obtained at least cost to ratepayers in North Carolina consistent with * *.
adequate, reliable electric service. IRP considers conservation, efficiency, load management, and other demand-side ™ * )
programs along with utility-owned generating plants, nonutility generation and other supply-side alternatives in the selec- * ’
tion of resource options. ■ ' . *
During the public hearing to be held in this docket, the Commission will receive testimony from nonexpert public wit- " •
nesses with respect to the most current IRPs filed on or before December 3,2007, by Carolina Power & Light Company
d/b/a Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. (PEC); Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke); Virginia Electric and Power Company
d/b/a Dominion North Carolina Power (NC Power); North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (NCEMC'); and the
four independent electric membership corporations; Piedmont EMC, Blue Ridge EMC, Rutherford EMC, and Energyu
nited EMC.
A night hearing for the convenience of public witnesses and solely for the purpose of taking nonexpert public witness ;
testimony is hereby scheduled as follows: •
Raleioh: 7p.m., qn Monday, June 30,2008, Commission Hearing Room 2115, Dobbs Building, 430 North Salisbury
Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. ’•
The Commission will convene an evidentiary hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony from expert witnesses )
sponsored by PEC, Duke, the Public Staff, and Intervenors as to the validity of the load forecasts of Duke and PEC as
follows:
Tuesday, July 1,2008, at 9:30 am., in Commission Hearing Room 2115, Dobbs Building, 430 North Salisbury Street,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Anyone wishing to view the IRPs filed by the utilities may do so either at the Commission’s website,
http://www.ncuc.net. by selecting the Docket Information tab and entering"Docket No. E-100, Sub 114, or at the Office of ’■
the Chief Clerk of the Commission, Dobbs Building, 430 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. Upon request, , ;
the Chief Clerk will place copies of the IRPs and any other documents filed in this proceeding in centrally located public *
libraries where they may be copied without prohibition. Such a request may be made by writing to the Chief Clerk, North • *
Carolina Utilities Commission, 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4325, by giving the name and address of
the library to which the information is to be mailed.
Persons desiring to present testimony for the record should appear at the public hearing. Persons desiring to send
written statements to inform the Commission of their positions in the matter should address their statements to:
Chief Clerk
North Carolina Utilities Commission
4325 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4325
The Public Staff of the Utilities Commission, through its Executive Director, is required by statute to represent the
using and consuming public in proceedings before the Commission. Written statements to the Public Staff should be ad
dressed to:
Robert P. Gruber, Executive Director
Public Staff - North Carolina Utilities Commission
4326 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NG 27699-4326
The Attorney General is also authorized by statute to represent the using and consuming public in proceedings before '1
‘the Commission. Statements to the Attorney General should be addressed to:
The Honorable Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina _
do Utilities Section
9001 Mail Service Center • ; i
Raleigh, NC 27699-9001
ISSUED BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION.
This the 17th dav of April. 2008.
NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION l \
Gail L. Mount, Deputy Clerk ’ "
) NOTICE OF PUBLIC
) HEARING