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482-4418 Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Watercolors headline new CAC exhibit, PAGE IB 50* Industrial accident kills worker By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor An Edenton man was ■ killed Thursday morning in an industrial accident at Seabrook Ingredients, ac cording to police Chief Jay Fortenbery. Steven Lamar Phelps, 25, of 304 N. Granville Street was fatally injured at 11:39 a.m. after his safety har ness became entangled in Veterans Day Ceremony ' " la ' ‘ ....’1 mm PHOTO BY RITCHIE E. STARNES The Color Guard, US Army JROIC Aces Battalion Juim A. Holmes High School jnewmithe colors during iT»e Veterans Day Ceremony, Thursday. ; . Hundreds pay homage to local veterans By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor Hundreds endured a brisk morning and a stiff wind to honor Veterans Day at the Chowan County Veterans Memo rial, marking the 20th anniver sary at the site. “Veterans Day is set aside to remember all the men and women who have taken up arms to defend our country,” said Earl Soper, a former Cpl. in the U.S. Marines. “We honor every soldier, sailor airman, marine and coast guards man who gave some of the best years of their lives to the service of the United States and who stood by to sacrifice their all on our behalf.” Soper and his wife, Marge, of Edenton served as alternate guests speakers, substituting for the their daughter, Col. Martha P Soper, U.S. Air Force, who was unable to keep Thursday’s date due to an emergency that kept her on duty. “I am sad to share with you that Col. Martha Soper could not be with us today,” Marge Soper Hunters find remains in Winfall ID of Currituck man found at the scene By CATHY WILSON The Perquimans Weekly f WINFALL — Two hunt ers backtracking a deer 02009 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved an auger, Fortenbery said. The machine then pulled Phelps into the auger. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Chowan Hospi tal, Fortenbery said. The accident occurred in an area of the plant where shipping and loading take place, Fortenbery said. A visibly shaken Larry Hughes, general manager of the plant, expressed his sympathy to Phelps’ family, Service and memorial wreaths adorn the Chowan County Veterans Memorial held Thursday, marking the 20th aniversary of the memorial. said. “She sends her regrets and we too are disappointed that she is not here with us. As parents it would have pleased us to see our daughter share her thoughts about Veterans Day and what it means to her.” Earl Soper issued a poignant reminder that Americans have a historic history in regards to mili Friday morning found human skeletal remains instead in a wooded area behind Miller Street in Winfall. Chief David Shaffer with the Winfall Police Department said the re mains were discovered 300 feet inside a wood line adjacent to a cell phone tower, about 500 feet from U.S. Highway 17. A Bible, driver’s li cense, passport and wal let containing money were also found. adding that the incident re mains under investigation. “We’re terribly saddened by what has happened and our sympathy goes out to Steven Phelps’ family at this time,” Hughes said from the plant Thursday afternoon. “We’re cooperating with authorities and going through our inspection about what happened,” Hughes added. “I sure didn’t expect to find that,” said Jared Stanton of Hertford, one of the two hunters who found the remains. “I looking for the big I shot yesterday, nearly stepped over bones on my way Shaffer said the identificationjcardar found with the remains were that of a 39-year-old white Currituck County man. Chief Shaffer would Friends and family mem bers gathered at Phelps’ home to console his moth er, Kesha Cooper. “He had a 6-year-old daughter that he loved with all his heart,” Cooper said. “He cherished his family and friends.” Phelps had only been working at Seabrook as a technician for about four weeks, Hughes said. Prior to that Phelps had been un employed, Cooper said. Be tary sacrifice for their country’s protection and preservation of freedom. Some 25 million veter ans walk among us today, Earl Soper said. Each generation has yielded men and women dedicat ed to the defense of their country, regardless of the war’s public See VETERANS, 4A not release any names until next of kin is noti fied. “The preliminary evi dence doesn’t appear to be foul play,” said Shaf-. fer, “but, that is still be ing investigated.” No vehicle was found in the area, he added. ^Shaffer said the re mains mhy have^ been there for several mnnths. The remains were taken to Greenville fpr exami nation by the state medi cal examiner. I fore then, he had worked at Edenton House, she added. Company officials have met with the N.C. Depart ment of Labor’s OSHA En forcement. On Monday, Delores Que senberry of the Depart ment of Labor, confirmed that the work-related fatal ity is under investigation and will take three to four months to complete. If the agency finds that the com Health Department to switch buildings DSS may recoup $1M in 35 years By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor After a year and a half of failed attempts to find a tenant for the former Albemarle Mental Health Center facility, county leaders hope to move another agency into the county-owned building. Plans include moving Chowan County’s office for Albemarle Health Re gional Services (AHRS) into the empty building that formerly housed the defunct Albemarle Mental Health. The county would then move the Department of Social Services from the county office building to the existing health de partment facility, which could then reap federal and state reimbursements for housing the operation. Those proceeds could then be used to pay for the building’s debt service. “It’s a ripple effect. To move DSS out of the coun ty office building, I’ve got to move the health depart ment into the Albemarle WestEdenton records highest voter turnout East Edenton carries all Dems By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor . Chowan’s West Eden ton precinct led the county in the number of ballots cast and vot ing percentage on Elec tion Day, according to the final tally released Monday by the Board of Elections. Voters in West Eden ton cast 1,730 votes at slightly more than 54 percent of its total reg istered voters, according to the data. Most of those votes were cast during early voting, also tops pany committed any safety violations, the Department of Labor could issue fines and citations, Quesenberry said. Seabrook’s Edenton plant, located at 115 Peanut Drive, houses the compa ny’s peanut dry roasting and peanut butter facil ity, according to a company website. Staff Writer Rebecca Bunch contributed to this story. 4' i- ■■ “It’s a ripple j effect. To move DSS out of the county office •;! building, I’ve | got to move | the health department . into the * Albemarle Mental Health building. ” Paul Parker County manager N ■ Mental Health building,” said County Manager Paul Parker. At its Nov. 1 board meet ing, the Chowan County Board of Commissioners voted to allocate the more than $44,000 collected from the recent sale of the See BUILDINGS, 9A Decision 2010 in the county. Despite the heavy one-stop vot er turnout at 955, West Edenton still managed to lead the most votes on Election Day with 714. It was there that voters were still in line at 7:50 p.m., 20 minutes after the polls closed elsewhere ill the county. Statistics show Rocky Hock and Yeopim pre cincts' cast the same number of votes at 869 with the latter garnering a higher percentage at See VOTING, 8B Tickets $10.00 Sponsored by the Rocky Hock §J 9 Available at: Rurttan’s Relay for Ufe Team J J ~ E.A. SWAIN AUDITORIUM EOENTON, NC EDENTON: Byrum True Value Hardware * 252-482-2131 * Cltowan Arts Council - 252-482-8005 • 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
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