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Honoring Their Sacrifice
STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
Jim Criddle of American Legion Post 40 in Edenton saluates after placing a wreath on
behalf of the Legion’s Forty and Eight members during a Memorial Day ceremony held
Monday morning at the Chowan County Veterans Memorial. Over 300 people attended
the event.
Budget
holds line
on tax
rate
Town avoids hike
for 6th straight year
By RITCHIE E. STARNES
Editor
Edenton residents will
not feel the pinch of a
property tax increase for
the sixth consecutive year,
provided the Town Council
approves the 2012-13 pro
posed budget.
Town Manager Anne
Marie
Knighton
said her
goal was
to stand
pat on the,
town’s cur
rent tax
rate of 29
cents per
Knighton
$100 property valuation.
The budget includes no fee
increases in the general
fund nor does it call for a
hike in electrical rates. It
does, however, include a
rate increase in the water
and sewer as recommend
ed per a study last year.
“I’m very excited to pres
ent a hudget that does not
raise taxes,” Knighton
said Monday. “We continue
to hold the line with the
economy being tough for
so many people.”
Mayor Roland Vaughan
echoed similar sentiments
while applauding admin
istration and department
heads for their commit
ment to efficiency.
“It’s always our goal
to structure our ad va
lorem tax to the absolute
needs of the community”
See TAXES, 2A
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Store owner shoots,
kills would-be robbers
The Joppa Store where owner DuanneAmmann shot and killed two would-be robbers May 22 is seen last Wednesday.
STAFF PHOTOS BY BRETT A. CLARK
Dead men were brothers
Sheriff: Ammann
fired in self-defense
By WILUAM F. WEST
Steffi Writer
HOBBSVILLE - A Gates Coun
ty convenience store owner shot
and killed two Perquimans Coun
ty men who were attempting to
rob him May 22, the Gates County
sheriff said.
Eldest Felton faced assault charge in Winfall
Man killed in robbery
assaulted dad May 16
By WILLIAM F. WEST
Staff Writer
WINFALL - Less than a week
before he was shot to death dur
ing an attempted armed robbery
of a Gates County convenience
Senate Bill calls
for EHC closing
Commission to
avoid elimination
By RITCHIE E. STARNES
Editor
The 51-year-old Edenton
Historical Commission
narrowly missed termina
tion last week after a pro
posed state bill called for
the elimination of such
commissions and boards.
After learning that Sen
ate Bill 851 proposed last
Tuesday called for the ter
mination of more than 500
boards and commissions
across the state, local lead
ers leaped into action to
strike the Edenton Histor
ical Commission from the
hit list. By last Wednesday,
a series of political favors
led to the assurance that
the EHC would be purged
and the bill later amended
to reflect its absence from
the list.
Quinten Felton, 17, and his
brother Eddie Felton, 20, died
from gunshot wounds they suf
fered during a robbery attempt
at the Joppa Store, Gates County
Sheriff Ed Webb said last Wednes
day.
Webb declined to say where the
Feltons lived, but obituary no
tices for both men listed the 400
block of Louise Street, in Winfall,
See SHOOTING, 2A
store, a Perqui
mans County
man was charged
with assaulting
his father, court
records show.
Eddie . Felton,
20, struck his fa
ther Leon Felton
in the head with
his fist on May 16,
Felton
a warrant is
{ “l can’t even
quarrel with
the objective
of the
legislature...
But, they
(state)
give us no
appropriation. ”
Jerry Climer
EHC chairman
Part of a legislative ef
fort to save taxpayers’
money and ensure gov
ernment efficiency, Sen
ate Bill 851 targeted the
appointed boards because
of its some 5,000 members
and an estimated annual
cost of $800 per member.
“I can’t even quarrel
sued by the Perquimans County
Sheriffs Department indicates.
Eddie Felton also was accused of
causing $200 worth of damage to
a wall at his father’s residence in
the 400 block of Louise St., Win
fall, the warrant states.
Eddie Felton was charged with
simple assault and destruction of
personal property the same day
of the incident. He was released
with the objective of the
legislature,” said Jerry
Climer, EHC chairman.
“But, they (state) give us
no appropriation.”
Unlike many of the
countless boards, none of
the EHC’s 33 appointed
members receive any type
of compensation, includ
ing per diem expenses
such as mileage or meal
allowance. Its members
contribute their expenses
as an in-kind donation to
ward the non-profit’s ini
tiative.
Because of its frugal
ness and generous mem
bers, Climer called the
EHC a “model” for other
state boards.
Legislatures seemingly
had no qualms about pull
ing the EHC from the tar
geted list due to its non
expense to state coffers.
But, even political
See EHC, 6A
Bullet holes
are seen
from the
outside of
the store
looking in
toward.the
cash register
and counter
at the
Joppa Store,
Wednesday.
from jail two days later after post
ing a $1,000 secured bond, court
records show.
Eddie Felton and his younger
brother Quinten Felton, 17, were
shot and killed May 2g. during
what the Gates County sheriff
has described as an armed rob
bery attempt of the Joppa Store
See FELTON, 2A