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Wednesday, july 17, 2013
Council races shaping up in Third, Fourth Wards
■ Three more file to run
for Town Council seats
BY REBECCA BUNCH
I Staff Writer '■
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Three more candidates
| have filed for election to the
Edenton Town Council.
Elton Bond Jr. will join
LoriAnn Curtin in seeking
election to the Fourth Ward
town council seat being va
cated by Willis Privott. Priv
ott, who has held the seat
for the past 33 years, re
cently announced he would
; not seek re-election,
j The Rev. Roscoe Poole
is seeking to unseat Norma
| Simpson, who was named
; to fill the unexpired Ward
3 term of the late eoundl
woman Phyllis Britton who
School
board
terms bill
moving
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
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A bill to reduce Edenton
Chowan County Board of
Education terms from six
years to four years is expect
ed to pass the State Senate
this week, according to the
bill’s sponsor.
The bill passed the State
House of Representatives
in May and came out of the
Senate Education Commit
tee with a favorable report
But the bill has slowed
down somewhat since being
referred to the Senate State
and Local
Govern
ment Com
mittee.
The bill
was on the
agenda for
Tuesday’s
SS*
tee, however, and Rep. Bob
Steinburg, R-Chowan, said
he’s confident it will pass the
committee and then pass the
full Senate.
Steinburg is the bill’s spon
sor.
The proposed legislation
is known as a “local bill”
because it applies only in
Chowan County. The Chow
an County Board of Com
missioners has backed the
change, while the county’s
Board of Education is on re
cord in opposition to it
Edenton-Chowan Board
of Education Chairman
John Guard has said that the
board of education was dis
appointed that the county’s
board of commissioners
decided to pursue four-year
terms for the school board,
but added he believes the
two boards still have a good
working relationship.
Chowan County Board of
Commissioners Chairman
Keith Nixon explained that
the commissioners had con
stituents come to them in the
past about running; for office,
expressing concern about
running for the school board
when the term is six years.
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died . in
December
2011.
Simp
son, a
healthcare
profes
sional and
political
newcomer,
was.sworn in on,Feb. 14,
2012. Simpson has filed to
seek election to the seat
Poole was among the ap
plicants who sought ap
pointment to the seat after
Britton’s death.
Incumbent at-large Coun
‘cilman Bob Quinn, 76, has
filed for reelection. Quinn,
who is retired from a career
in marketing, chairs the
Edenton’s 300th Anniver
sary Committee.
POOLE
Practice Makes Perfect
STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
Members of the Marching Aces at John A. Holmes High School practice during an early-mSming session of their annual band camp on
the front lawn of the high school. The camp provides a week-long opportunity for students in the marching band to hone their skills in
preparation for performing In halftime shows during fall football games. The band currently is raising money for uniforms — see story, 6A.
Williams pitches Steamers’ 1st no-hitter
From staff reports
In the 16-year history of the
Edenton Steamers, the organiza
tion has won Coastal Plain League
titles, numerous division titles,
held national summer league
rankings and helped a bevy of
players move on to professional
baseball. *
A rare first happened on July
10 to add to the list: a no-hitter.
Right-handed pitcher John
Williams made Steamers his
Local woman among pair charged in Perquimans
BY PETER WILLIAMS
Perquimans Weekly
An Edenton woman and
a Hertford woman - both
former Perquimans County
Schools employees - were
charged July 9 for an in
cident involving a special
needs student on a bus last
month.
Cynthia .Jones, 61, an ex
ceptional children’s teacher,
QUINN
Bond,
61, is a
native of
Chowan
County. He
is a 1970
graduate
of John
A. Hol
mes High
School. In 1974 he gradu
ated from Elizabeth City
State University where he
earned a BA in Political Sci
ence. For the past 3*3 years
he has worked as a fiber
line operator for Domtar
(previously known as Wey
erhaeuser) in Plymouth.
Bond, who has been en
dorsed by Privott, said he
thought the veteran council
See FILING, 3A
tbry by throwing
the team’s first
ever in a 4-0 win
against Florence
at Hicks Field.
It was the 23rd
no-hitter in CPL
history.
For the Steam
ers, the George
Mason product made his third
start and eighth appearance this
summer, and began on a tear,
retiring the first 12 RedWolves
WILLIAMS
resigned effective June 24.
Keda Phelps, 48, a teacher's
assistant was terminated
June 20. Jones lives in
Hertford and Phelps lists an
Edenton address.
Trie incident happened
June 16. The driver and an
otherteacher’sassisiantwho
were cm the bus were deter
mined not to be involved in
the case and no action was
taken against them.
■ Privott gives Bond
Fourth Ward endorsement
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Edenton Town Council
man Willis Privott — who
is not seeking reelection
this year after more than
three decades on the coun
cil—has endorsed political
newcomer Elton Bond Jr.
for the Fourth Ward seat in •
the November election.
Two candidates so far
have filed in the Fourth
Ward: Bond and LoriArvn
Curtin.
Curtin, a neighborhood
activist who chairs the
town’s Board of Adjust
ments, said in an interview
last week she hoped Privott
before plunking Florence’s Zach
Bellinger in the fifth.
Florence only got two more
runners on base, one through a
fielder’s choice on the following
fifth inning play, and a seventh in
ning walk, again putting on Bell
inger.
Fifteen of Williams’ 27 outs re
corded were in the air, and he re
peatedly pitched behind in counts
to take down RedWolves hitters
— he only had four strikeouts.
Williams finished the complete
Sources say the incident
involved an 18-year-old
special needs student who
was improperly restrained
while on the bus. Onboard
video cameras on the bus
captured the event and
were reviewed by school
officials, who turned the
matter over to the Perqui
mans County Sheriff’s De
partment
Perquimans County
would en
dorse her
candidacy.
When
Pri vott
was asked
last week if
he planned
to endorse
anyone in
the Fourth Ward race, he
said he knows both Bond
and Gurtin and had given it
a lot of thought
“I endorse Elton Bond,"
PRIVOTT
Privott said. “And I’ll be
glad to give you my reason
for that Our black males
need male role models and
I think Elton would be a
good role t model for the
black males.”
Privott said he hopes
somebody can get through
Sheriff Eric Tilley said the
school employees struck
the student They were
charged Tuesday with as
sault on a handicapped
person after turning them
selves in to the sheriffs
department A magistrate
released them under $1,000
unsecured bond.
The assault charge is
considered a Class 1 mis
demeanor, the most seri
to the
youngmen
in the com
munity. He
said he is
troubled
fL m by the
number of
BOND ” young men
he sees
outside the courthouse on
days when court is in ses
sion.
Bond can be a good role
model and will serve effec
tively on the town council,
according to Privott
“Elton is a clean-cut
young man and I think he
would do a good job,” Priv
ott said. “He will do a good
job on the council. He is
See ENDORSE, 2A
game with 111 pitches thrown.
Edenton started hitless through
three until Trent Miller notched an
RBI double to score Nick Thomp
son. Miller later scored when he
stole third and crossed home on a
throwing error.
Josh Hampton — one of eight
CPL All-Stars from the Steam
ers — made it 3-0 when he was
brought in by a Nick Miller RBI
single, and then 4-0 in the sixth
inning when he crushed a solo
homer, his fourth of the summer.
ous kind of misdemeanor. ' ;
Depending on a previous
record, a guilty verdict usu- |
ally involves a suspended
jail sentence.
A court date has been set
for Sept 18. The child had vf
been involved in a summer
program and was on the
bus being taken home. Tit
ley said the child was not • f
bruised as a result erf the |
incident >•. .