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Past glory, future promise on historic Edenton campus
Chowan seeks $1.5 million
in Golden LEAF funding
■ Money to be used for
Walker Building renovation
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Chowan County is ask
ing the Golden LEAF Foun
dation for $1.5 million to
renovate and “repurpose”
the D.F. Walker Building on
the Edenton-Chowan Cam
S pus of College of The Albe
marle.
I In June of this coming
year, Golden LEAF will be
awarding grants on a com
petitive basis within the
state’s 21-county Northeast
ern Prosperity Zone.
Preliminary proposals
called “requests for invita-'
tion” were due from coun
ties on Oct. 15. Each county
was allowed to identify up
to three projects and up to
$1.5 million in grant fund
ing.
Based on those requests,
Golden LEAF plans to se
lect six-10 counties to move
forward in the process, and
they will be notified by Nov.
8.
Letters of inquiry will be
due Dec. 1 and then full ap
plications for project fund
ing will be due March 7.
The Golden LEAF Foun
dation Board will make final
funding decisions at its June
5 meeting.
The project is being
proposed as a means to
economic vitality and revi
talizing a high-risk neighbor
hood.
The proposal, formally
known as a “request for invi
tation,” is the first stepin ap
plying for a grant in the new
See FUNDING, 2A
Alumni leader recalls glory
of former Edenton High
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Before it burned down
in 1972, the Edenton High
School building was an ex
ample of a larger than usu
al — and unusually elabo
rate — Rosenwald School
structure.
“Rosenwald Schools
were veiy historical build
ings,” said Norman Brin
kley Jr., a founder of the
Edenton/D.F. Walker High
School Association and the
first presidents the asso
ciation.
A conference on Ros
enwald Schools in North
Carolina was held in Eden
ton Oct. 5. That conference
highlighted the rich his
tory of the school buildings
built for black students in
the early 1990s through a
partnership between edu
cator Booker X Washing
ton, wealthy philanthropist
Julius Rosenwald, and lo
cal black communities in
the South and elsewhere.
“This was one of the
larger Rosenwald Schools,”
Brinkley said, noting that
many of the other struc
tures were small wooden
buildings.
Edenton High School
was built in 1931 and the
first class was in 1932.
A later addition to the
building, which unlike the
original structure is still
standing, was to become
known as the D.E Walker
School building — named
after a longtime principal
of Edenton High School.
Brinkley said Edenton
High School was, in his
opinion, a nicer facility than
See EDENTON HIGH, 3A
Early voting in town election behind ’09 pace
From staff reports
As of late Monday after
noon, 38 people had taken
advantage of early voting
in the Edenton Municipal
Election — compared with
99 for the first three days of
early voting in 2009.
The total number of early
votes cast in the 2009 elec
tion was 413. There were
833 votes cast in that elec
tion.
Early voting in this year’s
town election began last
Thursday, making Monday
the third day votes could be
cast in the election.
There were 13 ballots
cast Thursday, 11 on Friday
and 14 on Monday.
Voter registration in
Edenton is down somewhat
from 2009. There were 3,408
registered voters in the
town at the time of the 2009
election, compared with the
current figure of 3,363.
One-stop absentee voting
continues Monday-Friday
from 8 am. - 5 p.m. through
Nov. 1 at the Chowan Coun
ty Elections Office. The of
fice is located in Suite D of
the Agricultural Extension
See EARLY VOTING, 2A '
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CAMPAIGNING
BEYOND
THIS
POINT
Rain clips ‘Wings’ but some turn out for activities
PHOTO COURTESY JIM KALBACH
These young men were among the hardy souls who braved rain on Saturday to view vintage airplanes and vintage
cars at the Northeastern Regional Airport. The Wings Over Edenton event was cancelled due to weather, but folks
at the airport still welcomed visitors and gave them an opportunity to see the old planes and old cars.
From staff reports
Saturday’s Wings Over
Edenton event was can
celed due to bad weather
and very low ceiling pre
venting flights over Eden
ton, , according to Jim
Kalbach, chairman of the
Northeastern Regional Air
port Commission.
“However, many people
showed up and were able to
tour the hangars and chat
with the pilots,” Kalbach
said. “Several aircraft were
pulled out of the hangers
so the children could look
inside.
Dan White, the airport’s
resident mechanic, had his
collection of antique planes
displayed so visitors could
walk around and view them
inside the hangar, away from
the rain. White’s planhs date
as far back as 1910.
A group of Boy Scouts
camped out Friday night
and Civil Air Patrol cadets
performed close order drill
and toured the facilities.
“A good time was had by
all,” Kalbach said.
Airport Commissioner
Mimi Reiheld said organiz
ers are looking to schedule
another event.
’ “We will take stock, re
group, and, I surely hope,
plan another event before
too long, dVen bigger and
better,” Reiheld said in a let
ter to the Chowan Herald.
Edenton police seek suspect in home invasion robbery
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From staff reports
The Edenton Police De
partment is asking for the
public’s help in solving an
armed robbery that oc
curred Saturday evening at
a residence in the 400 block
of East Queen Street, just
east of downtown.
An Edenton man arrested
Saturday night on a weap
ons charge has not been
charged in the robbery or
named as a suspect in the
robbery, but is described
by police as a “person of in
terest” in the robbery.
Chief Jay Fortenbery
said Dwight Coston, 31, of
402 N. Granville St., was
jailed under $11,000 bond,
charged with possession of
a firearm by a felon, wear
ing a mask in public, and
resisting arrest.
Police found Coston
behind X-Mart with a gun
Saturday night, Fortenbery
said.
The suspect is described
as a black male, 5 feet 9
inches tall, with a medium
build and possibly having
a mustache. Police said
the suspect was wealing a
black hooded jacket with
black pants.
Police said the suspect
forced his way into the
residence while an occu
pant was exiting, pulled
See ROBBERY, 2A
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