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Schools’ pay arrives 5 days late
From staff reports
Some Edenton-Chowan
Schools’ employees were
paid five days late after an
apparent computer snafu
resulted in a payroll delay.
Superintendent Allan
Smith confirmed last Fri
day that some banks were
unable to process the cor
rection until as late as last
The Marching Aces flag corps leads the band down North Broad Street during Saturday’s Peanut Festival Parade.
Street music, dance cap off annual event
STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
Sheila Evans shows some John Deere green as she drives along the parade route during Saturday
morning's 36th annual Peanut Festival Parade in Edenton. Evans is better known for her day job as
principal at D.F. Walker Elementary School.
Tyner teen charged in threat against COA
ECSU student faces
cyberstalking charge
BY WILLIAM F. WEST
stuff Writer
An. Elizabeth City State
University student has
been charged in connec
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Tuesday
(Oct. 4),
whereby
the 340
full-time
school em
ployees
are typi
cally paid
the night Sm|th
before
the last day of the month.
tion with an e-mail threat
that led to the evacuation
of College of The Albe
marle’s
Elizabeth
City cam
pus Mon
day
Mar
garet
Monika
White, 18,
of Coun- white
ty Line
Road, Tyner, was ar
rested Monday night and
charged with cyberstalk
School officials offered to
advance those affected em
ployees $300 to help stave
off any financial hardship
the delay may cause. Fif
teen employees accepted
the offer and picked up a
check on Oct. 1 (Saturday).
“Friday night (Sept. 30)
my staff remained late
and called every affected
employee, told them of
ing, according to an ar
rest warrant.
Elizabeth City Police
Chief Charles Crudup de
clined to be specific about
where White was arrest
ed, only that it was on the
ECSU campus. Crudup
confirmed that White is
an ECSU student.
According to the arrest
warrant, White sent an
e-mail to COA President
Kandi Deitemeyer and
eight others in which
she threatened to bodily
harm Frank Hendrick
the situation, and offered
assistance with a check
for $300 which would have
to be paid back once their
payroll check was credited
at the bank,” Smith said
via email. “
Initially, only one bank
indicated that the delay
would exceed the checks
being one day late. But, by
Oct 1, two other banks re
and to do physical harm
to COA’s property.
Deitemeyer confirmed
Tuesday that Hendrick is
a math instructor at COA.
She also confirmed that
the eight other persons
who received the e-mail,
allegedly sent by White,
are either instructors or
staff at the community
college.
Deitemeyer declined
to release a copy of the
e-mail White is alleged to
have sent.
Crudup, citing an on
v- V',.; ' ,
ported they too could not
direct the deposit the af
fected accounts until the
following Monday or Tues
day.
One teacher who asked
to remain anonymous said
the previous story pub
lished Oct. 1 in The Daily
Advance and Oct. 5 in the
Chowan Herald that indi
cated the delay to be only
By REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Perfect weather accompanied Satur
day’s annual Peanut Festival for Des
tination Downtown Edenton’s first
go with the event dedicated to celebrate
one of the region’s most significant crops.
An early morning 5K launched the
event, followed by a parade and a plethora
of daylong events that concluded with a
street dance.
Dee Spruce, parade chairwoman, said
that she received positive feedback from
those who watched the parade as it made
its way down North Broad Street.
“I have heard lots of compliments,”
Spruce said. “I think people really enjoyed
themselves.”
Mysi Fortenbery, Wanda Rossman and
Laurie Shepard served as parade judges.
Four awards given include:
• Best Overall Parade Entry — Antique
Tractors of the Albemarle
• Best Marching Contingent — North
eastern High School of Elizabeth City
• Best Float — Immanuel Baptist
Church
See FESTIVAL, 3A
going investigation, also
declined to release a copy
of the e-mail. He also
declined to answer ques
tions about the contents
of White’s arrest war
rant.
COA officials canceled
classes and instructed
students and staff to
leave the campus Monday
morning after receiving
what officials described
later as a “credible”
threat against the cam
pus.
See THREAT, 2A
one day diminished the se
riousness of the problem.
She said the delay was es
pecially hard on those who
have their mortgage pay
ments deducted from their
checking accounts on the
first of the month.
Also hit hard were mar
ried couples that both work
See MY, 2A
Family
makes
offer to
buy grill
Waterman’s may be
sold within week
From staff reports
A deal is in the works
that would sell downtown
Edenton’s longest running
restaurant.
Waterman’s Grill could
be sold within the week as
the owners mull over an
offer. Co-owners Rick and
Katy. Ebersole acknowl
edged Monday night that
they and business partner,
Brian Roberts, are enter
taining an offer to sell the
popular eatery after more
than 15 years in business.
They. informed their
staff Monday afternoon
of the impending offer,
which quickly spread
through the community
via Facebook.
“We wanted them to
know what was going
on,” Katy said. “Probably
See WATERMAN’S, 4A
Jobless
jumps
to 11.4
percent
From staff reports
Chowan County’s jobless
rate jumped to 11.4 percent
for August, up nearly a full
percentage point over Au
gust last year. Last month’s
rate in the county was 11.2
percent.
The current rate means
that with a workforce of
6,179, there were 702 people
unemployed.
Regionally, two Al
bemarle area counties
topped Chowan’s jobless
rate — Bertie, with 12.8
percent and Washington,
which posted 12.1 percent,
respectively. Chowan tied
with Hertford County.
Unemployment rates in
other counties in- the re
gion were:
• Camden, 8.4 percent
• Currituck, 4.5 percent
• Dare, 7.5 percent
• Gates, 8.3 percent
• Pasquotank, 10.5 per
cent
See JOBLESS, 2A
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