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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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Car slams into tree, kills teen
Victim not
wearing seat belt
From staff reports
He was known for joking
around with his customers
at the Food Lion in Hert
ford and for his loud bass
music thumping from his
green 1999 Ford Taurus as
he drove around town.
Food Lion employees
were expecting to see Sean
Jones arrive at work at 8
a.m. Saturday morning in
his favorite ride. After all,
he was a hard worker and a
dependable cashier/bagger
at the local grocery store.
' When he didn’t show up
for work, his co-workers
were saddened to learn that
Jones, 19, was killed hours
earlier around 1:30 a.m. in a
single-car crash in Chowan
County.
“He was always very fun
ny, always joking around
with customers and with
us,” said co-worker Ashley
Moore, who worked with
Jones for about three years.
“All of us here are very
close, but we’re doing OK.”
Jones died at the scene
of the accident on Yeopim
Road about 2.5 miles east of
Edenton, according to the
N.C. Highway Patrol. • He
was driving his 1999 Ford
east in the direction of his
home when he ran off the
shoulder and slammed into
a tree in the front yard of a
residence, said trooper S.C.
Heath. The residents of the
house were sleeping, how
ever, they were awakened
from the sound of the im
pact, Heath added.
Neither speed nor alcohol
is believed , to have been a
factor in the fatality, Heath
said. A toxicology report is
pending. Although Jones
was not ejected from the
car, he was not wearing a
seat belt at the time of the
accident, Heath said.
Lee Jones described his
son as clean-cut teenager
who was killed a week shy
of his 20th birthday.
“He was a good kid,” said
Lee Jones, choking back
tears. “He didn’t smoke or
drink.”
Lee Jones said his son
belonged to a car club - Un
limited Riders - a group
of owners of older, larger
cars.
“He was working his
way up to a larger car,” Lee
Jones said.
Sean, a music enthusiast,
provided the club with a
sound system in his car that
reverberated as it passed by,
Jones said.
“I was told that he had
the best sound system in
the club,”he added.
Jones lived at 366 Burnt
Mill Road in Perquimans
County and was believed
to be traveling home at the
time of the crash.
See JONES, 3A
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Sean Jones
stands beside
his‘99 Ford
Taurus, show
ing off his
car's sound
system Jones
was killed
early Satur
day morning
when his car
slammed
into a tree off
YeopimRoad ;
in Chowan J
County.
Market
to take
food
stamps
By REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Brentjens
Those who receive food
stamps from the federal
government are now eligi
ble to receive another ben
efit — the ability to pur
chase fresh
fruits and
vegetables
from the
Edenton
Farmers
Market.
Begin?
ning Sat
u r d a y,
the mar
ket will be able to accept
EBT (debit) cards issued
through the local Depart
ment of Social Services.
Vero Brentjens, a co
founder of the market
along with other members
of the Chowan-Edenton'
Environmental Group; ex
plained that once the debit
cards are swiped she will
in turn issue SNAP (Sup-'
plemental Nutrition Assis
tance Program) tokens in
an amount equal to what
the person plans to spend
at the market.
“Whatever they get (in
food stamps) per month is
put on their card as a cred
it,” Brentjens said. “And if
they are spending $10 at the
market I will given them 10
tokens so that they can go
to the vendor and purchase
what they want. And that
is the way it works.”
With the economy in
such turmoil, Brentjens
said, this is an opportunity
that is timely for many who
are without employment.
See MARKET, 2A
History On Display
STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
David McCall shows a clay pot he discovered as a teenager at an intact Native American village in Chowan County.
McCall will be displaying his collection at the Barker House Gallery’s exhibit on Native Americans in Chowan County,
which opens Aug. 18 with a reception from 4-6 p.m.
Barker House to exhibit Native American artifacts
By REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
For more than three decades
David McCall of Edenton
has been sharing and talk
ing about the Native American
artifacts he collected as a young
man.
Next Thursday afternoon the
artifacts will go on exhibit at the
Barker.House’s second floor gal
lery A reception is planned from
4-6 p.m. and the public is invited.
McCall said he is pleased to
have the opportunity to make
the items — and the history be
hind thejm—availabl'e for public
viewing.
“I guess you would call this
the bricks and mortar approach
to getting the word out,” McCall
said jokingly, “but it still works.”
McCall also makes informa
tion about his research avail
able on his work website at All
Seasons Realty. And he’s given
programs over the years at the
Shepard-Pruden Library as part
of its heritage series, and at
other venues like the Edenton
Chowan Schools, the Newbold
White House and College of the
Albemarle.
See ARTIFACTS, 2A
Tourists
evolve to
residents,
business
Edenton 14th in :
‘Most Preferred’ ;
From staff reports
Tourism is a key con
tributor to how future resi
dents discover communi
ties along the Inner Banks.
An authority on retire
ment tourism told a group
of Elizabeth City citizens
and leaders they should
consider marketing to at'
tract upwardly mobile, af*
fluent and educated tour!
ists as future residents. ;
Patrick Mason said his
research and Internet feed
back indicate that those
most interested in relocat
ing to the Carolinas are
from the snow states of the
Midwest and the North
east. Mason said other
prospects include those
who flocked to Florida but
who no longer find the rap
id growth of the Sunshine
State to their liking.
Mason is co-iounaer oi
the Center for Carolina
Living in Columbia, S.C.
He outlined his research
during a presentation to
the Albemarle Area Com
mittee of 100 last Wednes
day at Monteros restau
rant.
Because Edenton is often
mentioned in such publica
tions as Southern Living,
Our State, Country Living,
and Coastal Living, tour
ists and residential pros
pects make inquiries.
“That always has been
helpful to us,” said Nancy
Nicholls, director of Chow
an Tourism. Once retirees
See TOURISM, 2A:
Contest seeks county motto
From staff reports
If you could capture the
essence of Chowan County
with a catch phrase, what
would it be?
Share your creation with
County Clerk Susanne
Stallings by Aug. 31 and you
could snare $100 as the first
prize entry County leaders
are appealing to the Chow
an residents via a contest
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In an effort to pen a motto.
The motto will then be used
on the county’s revamped
website and letterhead.
Edenton adopted “Pret
tiest Little Town in the
South” after travel writer
Wyatt Blassingame coined
the description decades
earlier.
Chowan County on the
other hand, has no moni
ker.
“Chowan has never had
one," Stallings said. “With
our new website, a motto
kinda goes with it. We’re
trying to create an image
with something catchy”
Anyone interested in
submitting a suggested
motto can mail the entry
to Stalling at P.O. Box 1030,
Edenton, NC 27932 or by
email at Susanne.stall
ings@chowan.nc.gov. Con
testants must be a county
resident.
The contests don’t stop
there. Next month the
county plans to hold a
similar competition with
creating a county seal that
also relates with Chowan’s
characteristics.
Although county 'lead
ers do not have control
over the area’s cablevision
provider, franchise agree
ments are now handled by
the state, they are asking
^ ; See MOTTO, 3A
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Agricultural Expo
STAFF PHOTO BY ;
REBECCA BUNCH ;
Visitors at Saturday’s
Northeast NC Equine
& Tractor Expo had
the opportunity to
see some old-timey
tractors and other
farm equipment
used in years gone
by. The event took
place on the grounds
at the American '
Legion in Edenton. -
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