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Decision See election results 20X0 in today's Daily Advance 482-4418 Wednesday, November 3, 2010 Halloween costume kids flock * to downtown for Friday's safe, • trick-or-treat, 5A - Board narrowly hires Parker for manager By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor In a 43 split vote, the* Chowan County Board of Commissioners narrowly approved hiring Paul Parker as its new county manager Commissioners Kenny Goodwin, Keith Nixon and Emmett Winborne voted against hiring Parker. Only Goodwin explained his dis senting vote during Mon day night’s board meeting. “We spent a lot of money Nicole damages millponds, crops By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor Although Chowan County seem ingly escaped the wrath of Tropical Storm Nicole, floodwaters from the deluge washed away parts of the area’s mill ponds and crops. Federal Emergency Management Agency of ficials inspected Bennett and Dillard’s millponds and projected damages to be around $120,000. Al though estimated losses are not yet available for damaged crops, early projections show signifi cant losses for cotton and peanuts. Floodwaters washed away surroundings grounds after levees broke, also damaging boat landings and struc tures at the parks. It jrtay be weeks before Chowan County offi cials learn when it may receive compensation to make the necessary re pairs. After determining the preliminary dam age assessment, state emergency management officials will confer with FEMA for a declaration and funding, according to County Manager Paul Parker. Chowan has no plans of making any repairs until it receives funding, Parker said. Once the county receives funding, there will only be enough to make the repairs. “They (FEMA) will only pay for bringing the place back to a condition before the damage oc curred,” Parker said. Meanwhile, the county has cordoned off the damaged area to warn visitors of the hazard. “We didn’t want to MSHC: Client received ad proof before mailing By RITCHIE STARNES Editor A representative with the advertising agency that created the controver sial campaign mailer that depicted Nazi re-enactors for state Rep. Tim Spear, D-Washington, said the client received a copy for I final approval and before its mailing. MSHC Partners of Washington, D.C. admits that- it erred when it used ©2009 The Chowan Herald Xll Rights Reserved advertising the position and there are a few applicants >that I would like to have interviewed,” Goodwin said. “The result may have been the same, but I’d like to have interviewed them nonetheless.” Parker had been serving as interim county man ager since July 1 after Pe ter Rascoe left to become town manager of Southern Shores. Since his arrival, Parker said he wanted the permanent job and would . SUBMITTED PHOTOS More than 14 inches of rain from Tropical Storm Nicole washed away portions of the grounds at Bennett’s Millpond as seen here. close the park. People still want to fish,” Parker said. As far as the storm’s damage to crops, that estimate is still a work in progress. a photo of World War II German soldiers (re-en actors) instead of Ameri can troops when creating a flier for Spear. The firm had used a stock photo for one side of the ad while the flip side touted Spear as military friendly. Last Wednesday, a company representative said MSHC forwarded a proof to its client for final approval, but he did not know if the client was Spear or the N.C. Democratic Party. “Typically, we send the ad to the client for re view," said Mike Brown, a senior account executive with MSHC. “Most of the time, they focus on the text and not the photo, r take it for the same rate of pay as interim at $75,000 annually, Parker said Tues day that he does not in- parker terpret the split decision’ as a vote of no confidence. “I don’t feel that way at all,” Parker said. “I think Kenny (Goodwin) ex “We still don’t have a firm grasp because the crops are still in the ground,” said Heather Lifsey, county extension director. “We really want know until we get every j: typically, we send the i lv ad to the client for review.” | Mike Brown : Senior account ' v executive, MSHC f “I don’t know why it wasn’t caught, actually,” he added. “The burden, however, is not on the cli ent” Representatives with the state Democratic Party refused the Chow an Herald’s repeated re plained it. They voted with their principles and that has been to use their money wisely” Chowan County spent roughly $3,500 on its county manager search and re ceived 70 applicants from both the private and public sector. None were inter viewed for the job, unlike the case with the county’s interim search, Parker said. Parker assisted with the county manager search process as he has with other Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Nicole erodes the sur rounding grounds at Chowan County’s millponds, like seen here at Bennett’s Millpond. thing out of the ground. “Anytime you get 14 inches of rain in that span of time (two days), you’re going to have damages,” she added. Early estimates sug gest that cotton experi enced a 30 percent loss. Lifsey said. When the storm arrived, cotton was blooming and pea nuts were hanging on the vine, she added. Peanut farmers are still bring ing in their crops. “Some are not able quests to address its cam paign ad approval process. Instead the party released a statement via email that blames MSHC. “As our vendor stated yesterday (last Tuesday), they made an unfortunate error in their art depart ment on this mailer,” said Andrew Whalen, execu tive director of the N.C. Democratic Party. “We have apologized, and a follow up piece is being mailed to those who re ceived the mail piece with the unfortunate error.” Subsequent calls by the Chowan Herald to MSHC Partners about who at the Democratic Party ap proved the ad and when job openings. Despite the expense of the manager search, Chow an hires Parker at the same salary of $75,000, making him the lowest paid man ager in the region. Only county managers in Gates ($78,930), Camden ($80,902, and Perquimans ($82,470) counties are paid compara ble salaries. Parker has also been provided free rent at a county-owned house. Parker previously served as an assistant county man to get 2,000 pounds an acre, which is not good,”' Lifsey said. Damages to sweet po tatoes will not be known until after the crop is stored, Lifsey said. While FEMA handles structural damage, agri culture is treated sepa rately with aid coming from the Farm Services Agency, Lifsey explained. Some farmers have crop insurance that would pay them for their loss. Other affected farm ers, however, will depend on FSA. Any aid will likely come in the form of low interest loans, instead of monetary compensation, Lifsey said. have gone unreturned. Spear previously said he never saw the ad until he received it in the mail along with 10,000 other area residents. He^also said that the Democratic Party handled the ad ar rangements. The mailer stated that the ad had been authorized by both Spear and the N.C. Demo cratic Party On its company web site, MSHC touts its cam paign mailers as key to the Democrats election success in 2006 and 2008, including the presidency. Spear also previously acknowledged that" he has relied on the firm in the past. * ■ v ager and thrice as interim county manager in Pender County Although Parker’s hir ing was not official until Monday night’s vote, news spread throughout the community' over the last week that he would get the job. Parker’s wife has been seeking a job here and the couple has been shop? ping for a house, sources said. Efforts to reach Nix; on and Winborne were unsuccessful. ' Women; shoot, rob man By RITCHIE E. STARNES . Editor ■ Two women have been charged in the shooting and robbery of a local man Friday night, accord ing to the Chowan County Sheriff s Office. Shellie Harmon, 28, of Tip Toe Road in Edenton and Heather Byrum, 32, of Happy Home Road in Tyner, have been arrested for the shooting of George Hendricks, 52. Deputies were called to Hendricks* North Broad Street home at 9:13 p.m. where they found the victim with a gunshot wound to the right shoulder, said Chief Deputy Andy Bunch. ; Hendricks was taken to Chowan Hospital where he was stabilized before being transported to Pitt Memo rial Hospital in Greenville where he remains, Bunch said. Hendricks is listed in serious, but stable com dition, Bunch added. The women turned See SHOOT, 2A Declining members! pinch golf club j By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor Amid dwindling mem berships and a fiscal pinch, the Chowan GoK and Country Club elimi-: nated its general manager; position and plans to close its dining room at month's end. % A steady decline iri annual membership^ prompted club officials tc» find ways to immediately; cut expenses. By the end of November, the country club will no longer serve dinner Friday and Satur day nights or brunch or* Sundays. ;; “We eliminated the gen eral manager’s position because of finances,” said Nelson Smith, vice presi dent of the board of di rectors. “We’ve had to cut expenses. “We’ve been losing members over the last few See CLUB, 2A FRIDAY, NOV. 19, 7:90 PM BM Tickets $10.00 Sponsored by the Rocky Hock §?%%JrA Available at: Ruritan’a Relay for Ute Team ~y ' — ; 'd?r ry SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 7:30 PM Ww S»A- SWAIN AUDITORIUM! Jy EDENTON, NC \ EDENTON: Byrum True Value Hardware * 252-482-2131 • Chowan Arts Council - 252-482-8085 • Edenton Coffee House - 252-482-7465 * Leon Nixon's Catering 252-482-5660 • ROCKY HOCK: Nixon Family Restaurant - 252-221-2244 HERTFORD: Woodard’s Pharmacy • 252-426-5527 • ELIZABETH CITY: Clown’n Around • 252-331-2250 • MAIL ORDERS: Call 252-221-4875 or 252-340-3438 • Email: Rockyhockopry@live.com w* - • -it- ..... i/.
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