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Voters pick Parks,
Quinn or Grother
By Rebecca Bunch -
Staff Writer
Early “one-stop” voting set
a record for voter turnout
during a municipal, non-par
tisan election in Edenton this
week, with 413 ballots cast.
As of lunchtime today,
close to 200 additional voters
had cast ballots during town
council races.
Of greatest interest in re
cent weeks have been the can
didacies of George Grother
and Bob Quinn, who are
seeking to unseat incumbent
councilman-at-large Jerry
Parks.
Tuesday morning Parks
said that, regardless of the
outcome, he was proud of the
clean campaigns he and his
opponents had rim.
“From my
view, all the
candidates
have been
very positive
and respect
ful, which is
refreshing,”
Parks com
mented. Parks
Quinn said
that he was very pleased to
learn of the high number of
voters who had cast ballots.
Grottier Quinn
“It shows that people are
both concerned and willing to
do something to bring about
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Members of the John A. Holmes High School Rag Team perform during their school’s homecoming parade on Broad Street in Edenton,
Oct. 30. View more photos from the homecoming parade online at www.DailyAdvance.com.
County OKs
wastewater
agreement
Chowan must solve
discharge violations
From staff reports
The Chowan County Board
of Commissioners agreed
Monday night to enter into a
special order of consent with
the state Division of Water
Quality to correct wastewa
ter discharge permit viola
tions at the Valhalla water
plant.
The five-year agreement
requires the county to study
the most acceptable method
of solving the problem, ac
cording to engineer Bill Die
hl.
The commissioners agreed
to transfer $75,000 within
the water fund to pay for the
study.
The consent order stems
ft-om violations cited by the
state dating back to August
2008 for excessive chlorides
in the plant’s wastewater
that resulted from the water
softening process, County
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Veterans Day: Watson’s life
anchored with love, service
By Rebecca Bunch
Staff Writer .
A love of country and a longing for ad
venture took Carol Watson of Edenton
further than she ever expected.
Watson, who grew up in the tiny town of
Salley, S.C., said she decided
to go into nurses’ training ,rnr ~
in the early 1940s when
World War II started.
“I joined the
Navy at 21,” she
said.
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People at the time were full of patriotism
and considered it an honor to go and serve
their country, she said.
Watson said the only time she had seen
anything similar to that feeling in recent
times was in the aftermath of the terror
ist attacks of 9/11.
“People reached out to each other
then,” she said. “And we saw a love of
country and for the flag and what it repre
sented.”
Early days
Watson began her training at the
Norfolk Naval Air as a young ensign.
Her first duty station was at the
Portsmouth Naval Hospital, followed
by time at a Naval facility at Willow
Grove, Pa.
From there she went to St. Albans Naval
Hospital in Long Island, followed by a stint
aboard the USS Repose, a hospital ship.
The ship contained everything
you would find at a typical
hospital, including sur
gical facilities, and a'
psychiatric ward. It’s
outside was clearly
marked with a bright
Red Cross. (
“That wai intend
ed to keep us safe,
to make sure we did
not get fired on,” she
said. ' > i
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Election results
For Edenton election
results, see www.DailyAd
vance.com; Wednesday’s
Daily Advance and next
week’s Chowan Herald for
follow-up stories.
a better future for Edenton,”
he said.
“I feel this has been a good,
clean and fair campaign.
School board
to return $1.7M
in
By Rebecca Bunch
Staff Writer
The Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education voted
unanimously Monday night
to return the authorization for
funds that would have allowed
it to begin renovations at John
A. Holmes High School.
That $1.7-million in interest
free financing would have al
lowed renovations at Holmes
to move forward for the first
time since 2005. •
The vote followed a report
from Board Chair Ricky
Browder on a joint school
board — county commission
meeting held Oct. 20.
“It’s not that we are throw
ing in the towel,” observed
board member John Guard.
“It’s just that there are no
lenders out there” willing to fi
nance the debt that the county
would have to sign off on.
A lender would have to have
been found by Dec. 31 in order
for the school system to quali
Woman faces
charges of
animal cruelty
By Rebecca Bunch
Staff Writer
A Chowan County woman
will face charges later this
month on 13 counts of animal
cruelty
Elizabeth Lawrence Cave,
49, of Edenton was arrested
Oct. 19 by Edenton police fol
lowing allegations that she
was hoarding animals in a
local neighborhood and not
providing them with proper
nutrition.
She is scheduled to make
her first court appearance on
Nov. 17. This was not Cave’s
first brush with the law.
She was convicted in a
Chowan County courtroom in
December of last year on five
counts of animal cruelty, and
placed on probation.
As part of the terms of her
probation she was ordered not
to have any animals at her
home on West Gale Street.
But according to Animal
Control Officer Mary Bass,
Cave violated her probation
several times.
Bass said that after her first
conviction, Cave agreed to
turn over some, but not all, of
Hopefully, this campaign will
energize others to make the
commitment to run for office ;
and others to realize how im- ■"■j.
portant their vote is to their
future, ” Quinn added.
Grother, who character
ized his campaign as one of
“David versus Goliath,” said
that, win or lose, he would al
ways remember the warmth
and kindness of those who
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fy for the loan.
• Known as QZAB (Qualified
Zone Academy Bond) financ
ing, the federal stimulus funds
would have financed work on
the highest priority items at
the high school.
“Of greatest concern are
those renovations to protect
the integrity of the building
— the gym roof, windows on
the front of the main build
ing, etc.,” Smith said in July
after confirming that county
officials could not incur ad
ditional debt that would have
allowed the school system to
accept the funds.
During their October meet
ing, Browder said the com
missioners and school board
members* ,had amicable dis
cussions on topics of mutual
interest set forward in a previ
ously agreed-upon agenda ap
proved by both groups.
The commissioners and
school board plan to hold a
second joint gathering in mid
December, Browder said.
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the numerous dogs and cats
found in her home to local ani
mal control personnel.
After receiving medical
care, Bass said, those animals
were adopted from the shelter.
“She has not yet done that
in this case,” Bass said, “but
we are hoping that she will”
for the good of the animals.
The animals involved in
the new court case had been
moved to a different location
within the community.
Photographs taken by of
ficials during their search in
the first investigation showed
animal feces in many rooms
oft the house, and at least one
photo appears to show a dead
cat.
One official familiar with
the case said that those in
volved in that search had to
burn their clothing after leav
ing the residence.
No animals had died at the
time of the second investiga
tion, Bass said.
Bass and other animal con
trol personnel said they could
not discuss specifics of their
most recent investigation cit
ing Cave’s upcoming court ap
pearance.