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482-4418 Wednesday, January 12, 2011 School bus overturns on icy road By RITCHIE STARNES AND REBECCA BUNCH Chowan Herald Eight John A. Holmes students and a bus driver were taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after the driver lost control on an icy patch and overturned, ac cording to school officials and law enforcement. Chowan County Sher iff Dwayne Goodwin was among those on the scene of Schools could lose $3 million Eight teachers and programs to be cut By REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer The Edenton-Chowan school system could lose as many as eight teachers the next school year due to projected state and federal budget cuts in education. “We are Smith expecting drastic .re ductions in state and federal funding es timated to be between 2 and 3 million dollars,” Superintendent Allan Smith said. Smith said the school system knew cuts were coming and has tried to prepare for the shortfall. “But when you lose 2 to 3 million dollars,” he said, “it’s hard to prepare for that.” Smith said that about 64 percent of the school system’s $22.6 million cur rent operating budget is Edenton cops arrest suspect inbreak-in By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor Video surveillance led to the quick arrest of a sus pect that broke into two downtown businesses early Friday morning, according to the owner of one of the victims. “That’s what got him caught,” said Kristy Byrum of Kristy’s restaurant. Later that same venters day Eden ton police arrested Chris topher Thomas Venters, 24, of 1049 Macedonia Road for the 6 a.m. break-in of Kristy’s and Blount’s Mu ©2009 The Chowan Herald ;All Rights Reserved the 9:30 a.m., single-vehicle crash along Chambers Fer ry Road. “It looked like the bus went into the ditch and rolled on its side,” Goodwin said. “The road was slick in that area.” Schools were operating on a two-hour delay due to in clement weather. “We made that decision (delay) yesterday, as a pre caution,” said Michelle Mad dox, schools spokeswoman. made up of state funding. Federal funds make up 14 percent. Fifteen percent comes from Chowan County, and the remaining 7 percent from sources such as fines and forfeitures, invest ments and competitive grants, Smith said. Federal stimulus pro ceeds to the tune of nearly $114 million will be absent from next year’s school budget. The stimulus dol lars, Smith said, “provided needed funds to maintain approximately 26 positions within the school system” this year. “Unfortunately, this re source will cease at the end of the current school year,” Smith said. “The Board of Education has prepared for this eventuality but adjust ing for personnel implica tions will be necessary.” In addition to losing classroom teachers, the impact of the cuts would be felt in other places, too. Those areas are antici pated to include a reduc tion in funds for the Excep tional Children’s Program See BUDGET, 3A tual Drugs, according to po lice Chief Jay Fortenbery. Byrum said Venters en tered through the restau rant’s front door. Although the eatery has no alarm, a video camera at the restau rant recorded the crime. “He even took the time to throw away a piece of paper in the trash can,” By rum added. Fortenbery said Venters was a former employee at Kristy’s. “When officers went to get him at his home, they found a Blount’s pill bottle in his car,” Fortenbery said. “It all came together then.” Venters is accused of stealing narcotics from Blount’s after breaking in the business through a back door. “He pried open the door like a sardine can with a crowbar,” said Jim Blount, business owner. A security alarm at Blount’s sounded and alert ed police of the break-in. See VENTERS, 3A Only eight students were on Bus 50 at the time of the crash as the driver had not been long into his delayed route. No one was seriously in jured. Goodwin said one student was complaining of a hand injury and the driver cited an injured shoulder. Several were treated for minor injuries and released See CRASH, 3A PHOTO BY RITCHIE E. STARNES i ... , Scott Harlow of Scott’s Wildlife Gallery stands beside one of his many mounts inside his taxidermy shop. Taxidermist seeks to perfect craft By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor There are taxider mists; then there are taxidermists. Scott Harlow of Scott’s Wildlife Gal lery falls into the latter category if not some thing more unique. If the wildlife mounts that consume his shop aren’t proof enough, the bevy of championship ribbons decorating the wall behind his desk certainly get a prospec tive client’s attention. “You’ve got to be a sculptor, painter, and . seamstress, Harlow said. “Everything that comes in here has a bullet hole in it.” Harlow, 41, is as much an artist as anything else. He balks, however, at the comparison, add ing that he inherited a “thumb nail” amount from his mother. “It’s more a craft than art,” he counters. “Art is duplicable and increases in value. I’ve never seen any of these mounts increase in value.” See HARLOW, 2A Deer meat business irks neighbors Business ran despite complaints By RITCHIE E. STARNES AND REBECCA BUNCH Chowan Herald Several Arrowhead (Top clockwise) Scott Harlow pays close attention to the de tails of an animal’s likeness like . seen in the deer nose (above). Several trophy mounts from around the world can be found at Harlow's taxidermy shop. A bear’s snout is seen at the left. A realistic-looking eye of a deer is seen above. Beach residents are angry that a neighbor has been operating a deer process ing business from their home while Chowan Coun ty officials have done little to stop the practice. Although the Arrowhead Beach Property Owners Association first gave the* go-ahead for Danny and Angela “Sissi” Dupraw to operate Hunter’s Deer Processing from their 307 Chinook Trail residence, the association rescinded the approval June 17. Then on Nov. 5, the county noti m PHOTO COURTESY CORDELL PALMER/ CHOWAN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Emergency per sonnel attend an' Edenton-Chowan school bus wreck Tuesday morning. fled the Dupraws that their business is not permissible under current zoning. “Meat processing is not permitted in the R-15 dis trict, and an operation such as this would only be See DEER MEAT, 2A r<c*eis arv >chu ara?. nKtuse mnw ana me^icersmp, ana w*« o* a%.itfci&ce at door. Ducks Unlimited Ban ,1 floor pntf% Gun Auction,. Prints, Decoys, ana More' Prime R*b | Shrimp Soft-shell Crabs 1 Tuna Bites >
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