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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Decision
2010
Two vie
for NC
House
Spear, Steinburg in
race for District 2
By RITCHIE E. STARNES
Editor
As the
Nov. 2 Gen
eral Elec
tion draws
near, the
N.C. House
of Repre
sentatives,
District 2
race has
become
one of the
more com
p e11in g
contests
and the
two candi
dates vy
ing for the Steinburg ,
job could
not be more different.
A five-year Democrat in
cumbent, Tim Spear touts
his familiarity with the
four-county district as a
unique advantage. Repub
lican political newcomer
Bob Steinburg, however,
believes a set of circum
stances catapulted him
into a rescue effort. Both
are convinced they’re the
best man to represent the
See DISTRICT 2,4A
Halbert says Dem opponent Jones refused debate
By RITCHIE E. STARNES
Editor
Republican Rich Halbert
says his opponent, Demo
crat incumbent Ed Jones,
(D-Halifax) has refused to
debate him.
Halbert, of Edenton, said
he has reached out to Jones
about a possible series of
debates. Halbert said he
first sent Jones a certified
Documentary airs lessons on manners
Film to be shown
at Taylor, Thursday
By REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Good manners never go
out of style.
That’s the message
Nancy Rascoe, 79, of Hert
ford has been instilling in
young children for the past
17 years through a series
of summer camps.
Now, her work has been
captured on film in a doc
umentary, “Miss Nancy
Minds Their .Manners,”
which will premiere to
morrow (Thursday) after
noon at the Taylor Theater
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STAFF PHOTO BY BECKY BUNCH
More than 200 people gathered at Saturday’s Edenton Tea Party rally on the historic 1767 Chowan Courthouse Green, where candidates touted fiscally
conservative platforms. The gathering marked the town’s second Tea Party rally in the last two years.
Commissioner Candidates Q & A
From staff reports
Editor’s note: In an effort to bet
ter inform Chowan County vot
ers, the Chowan Herald recently
posed three questions to the can
didates for the Board of County
Commissioners.
Those questions and the can
didates’ respective responses are
below.
1. Do you agree with how the
current Chowan County Board
of Commissioners has allocated
funds in its 2010-11 budget? If
so, why? If not, what differently
would you recommend?
wmgK/simim
Brabble
'am
Hollowell
Hutchins
Lawrence
Mitchener
Sams
Smith
2. Hoy^ could the county better
bolster its economic development
while also improving its unem
ployment rate?
3. Identify and explain what
more the county could do to im
prove the quality of life in Chow
an County.
John Sams, District 3, Seat 2
1. (Response) Yes. I attended
most of the budget deliberations
by the sub finance committee this
spring and agree with the meth
odology used to arrive at the final
result. However, I need to under
stand how it could be that there
was a fund balance on June 30,
2010 of nearly $2 million dollars
See CANDIDATES, 8B
letter on June 1 proposing
a debate, but it wasn’t until
the letter’s imposed June 30
deadline for a response that
Jones informed him that he
had turned the matter over
to his campaign committee.
.“I took it to mean that he
was waffling out of it, but
didn’t won’t to say it,” Hal
bert said.
Jones did not return a
telephone message to the
SUBMITTED PHOTO COURTESY MARTHA DANIEL
Nancy Rascoe (standing) teaches young ladies proper table etiquette during the documen
tary “Miss Nancy Minds Their Manners.” The film will premiere Oct. 14 (tomorrow) at the
taylor Theater in Edenton.
in Edenton.
Rascoe said she was
touched that filmmakers
Martha Daniel and Caro
Chowan Herald.
The letter did
not propose any
ground rules for
the debate or en
list any specific lo
cations other than
call for at least one
in each of the dis
trict’s seven coun
ties.
Halbert
I wanted him to agree
to a debate, sit down and
line Paxton felt her story
was one worth telling.
While she has yet to see
the completed film, Rascoe
agree where and who
would do it,” Halbert
said. “1 figured we
had to agree on do
ing it first.”
Halbert said he
hoped they could
present the elec
tions’ critical issues
prior to the Nov. 2
election.
Apparently, he doesnt
want the voters to be able
said, “I’ve seen all the
trailers. 1 was so very
See MANNERS, 2A
to make an informed deci
sion,” Halbert said.
Halbert and Jones have
been a part of several
campaign forums with an
opportunity to address
various issues and field
questions, most recently at
Holiday Island on Tuesday
night when the two spoke
on the issues.
Tonight the two are slat
ed to face off in Edenton at
7 p.m. in a Meet the Candi
dates forum to be held and
sponsored by the American
Legion Post 40.
Jones is seeking a third
term in the state Senate
while Halbert is a political
newcomer.
District 4 represents
Chowan, Bertie, Perqui
mans, Gates, Halifax, Hert
ford, and Northampton
counties.
One-stop voting
starts Thursday
Instant runoff voting eyed in judge’s race f
From staff reports
Voters who go to the polls Thursday on the first day of
one-stop no-excuse voting will be asked to cast more than
one vote in one of the five races to fill open seats on the
N.C. Court of Appeals.
While one of the court seats is uncontested and three
others feature traditional races between two candidates,
the fifth seat will be decided by the first statewide use in
the nation of a voting method called “instant runoff vot
ing.”
Under instant runoff voting, voters record not just
their first choice for an office but their second and thirtl
choices as well. The voting method is designed to avoid
traditional runoff elections, which are costly.
A voter’s second and third choices for the fifth Court
of Appeals seat won’t matter if one candidate gets more
than 50 percent of the vote. If, however, no candidate gets
a majority of votes on election night, a second round of
vote counting will take place. The only candidates in
volved, however, will be the top two vote-getters. These
will be the candidates taking part in the instant runoff.
See ONE-STOP, 6A