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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Chowan man dies in boating accident
■ Incident happens on
Albemarle Sound
From staff reports
The initial investigation
indicates a Chowan County
man’s death in the Albemar
le Sound was apparently an
accidental drowning.
.Divers recovered the
body of Jimmy Dwight
McKinney Jr., 42, of 908 In
dian Trail Road, Edenton,
around 12:25 p.m. Monday,
according to Washington
County Chief Deputy Eliza
beth C. Floyd.
Police
seek
shooting
suspect
From staff reports
Arrest warrants have
been issued for an Edenton
man police are seeking in
connection with a week
end shooting incident that
wounded two people at a
convenience store.
Thomas
Edward
White Jr.,
• 27, of the
300 block
of Boswell
Street, is
wanted for
the shoot
ings at the
Crown Food Mart on Sat
urday that wounded both
Maurice Mabine and Tren
ita Jackson, according to a
press release from the Eden
ton Police Department
Mabine, 35, and Jackson,
29, both of Edenton, were
in good condition Monday
at Vidant Chowan Medical
Center where they were be
ing treated for gunshots, the
press release said.
White is charged with
attempted murder, assault
with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill inflicting seri
ous ii\jury and assault with
a deadly weapon inflicting
serious injury, the release
states.
White is described as a
black male, 6-feet tall and
weighing 160 pounds.
The shootings at the
Crown Food Mart, located
at 309 North Oakum Street,
Edenton, were reported at
2:10 p.m. Saturday. Eden
ton police have declined to
release further details of the
incident, citing the ongoing
investigation.
Anyone with information
on White’s whereabouts is
urged to call the Edenton
Police Department at 482
4444.
Your information will be
kept confidential, according
to police.
County commissioners mull redistricting process
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
The Chowan County
©2009 The Chowan Herald
All Rights Reserved
The search for McKinney
began Sunday after a motor
ist on the bridge across the
Albemarle Sound on High
way 32 reported seeing a
man fall overboard from a
boat around 11:15 am.
McKinney reportedly left
on his 39-foot wooden Cam
bridge around 7 or 7:30 am.
Sundaty with the intention
of going fishing for rock
fish.
Although officers from
the Washington County
Sheriffs Department said
McKinney’s death appeared
to be an accidental drown
ing, a full investigation into
Local Ambitions
STAFF PHOTO BY REGGIE PONDER
Attorney Meader Harrlss III (left) has announced his candidacy for Disrict Court judge. Here, Harriss who is
the outgoing president of the 1st Judicial District Bar, is shown with incoming president Robin Ames (right)
and incoming Vice President Kim Pellini (center) before the start of the fall meeting of the 1st Judicial
District Bar last Friday at the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse.
Attorney to seek election to district bench
■ Judge Bean will not
seek re-election
From staff reports
Edenton resident Mead
er Harriss plans to seek
election to a District Court
judge seat in 2014.
Harriss filed a cam
paign committee, “Meader
Harriss for District Court
Judge,” with the State
Board of Elections in Sep
tember.
“I have been thinking
about a run for District
Court judge for several
years now,” Harriss said
this week. “My first serious
consideration to run was
brought on by a judge who
approached me after court
one day in Gates County.
He asked about my career
Board of Commissioners
voted Monday to have a
small group of county and
school district officials dis
cuss a process for drawing
new districts for county
commissioners and school
board members.
Board of Commissioners
Chairman Keith Nixon told
his fellow commissioners
during the board’s regular
the accident is being con
ducted by the N.C. Wildlife
Resources Commission.
The body was taken to
Vidant Chowan Hospital by
Chowan County Emergency
Medical Services and Chow
an authorities were expect
ed to contact the medical
examiner.
Washington County of
ficials reported that at one
point there were as many
as 14 boats on the sound
helping with the search, in
cluding numerous private
volunteers.
See BOATER, 3A
plan, said that I had the
presence and demeanor
and that I should consider
a run for District Court
judge in the future.”
“I’m supporting him,”
said Sambo Dixon, a local
attorney and town council
member. “He worked for
me for a few years, he’s an
honest guy and will be fair,
and a good judge.”
Filings with the State
Board of Elections indi
cate William Reid Nixon
of 2042 Rivershore Road,
Elizabeth City, is the trea
surer for Harriss’ campaign
committee.
Harriss started the com
mittee with $200 of his
own money.
Judge Chris Bean, who
is the chief district court
judge in the 1st Judicial
meeting Monday night that
the board needed to discuss
how to address redistrict
ing in Chowan County.
County Manager Zee
Lamb explained that the
redistricting is needed be
cause of population chang
es reflected in the 2010
census.
Under a ‘5 percent rule’
used by federal officials,
District, has indicated he
will retire after complet
ing his term in December
2014.
Harriss said he intends
to run for the seat in the
November 2014 General
Election.
Bean said last week he
plans to serve out the re
mainder of his term. He
said being a judge has been
a remarkable experience. |
“I have been doing this*
for 20-some years,” Bean
said. “It has been a fasci
nating career.” *
Harriss, who originally is
from Rocky Mount, earned
a bachelor’s degree from
the College of Charleston
and a law degree from
Campbell University under
the trial advocacy track.
He is in his ninth year prac
population of electoral
districts for local officials
are not supposed to devi
ate more than 5 percent In
other words, no district is
supposed to be more than 5
percent bigger — or 5 per
cent smaller — in popula
tion than any other district
Since the population of
Chowan’s three districts
are. roughly 3,900, 5,000,
tiring law.
He began in private
practice with the Dixon
and Thompson firm in
Edenton.
At Dixon and Thomp
son he had a general prac
tice that included drafting
wills, representing people
accused of crimes, traffic
tickets, civil plaintiff and
defendant litigation, and
representing indigent cli
ents.
aI love being in the
courtroom,” Harriss said.
“I found that representing
indigent juvenile clients
was my love.”
Harriss has been with
the Public Defender’s Of
fice since December 2008
and represents children
See ATTORNEY, 3A
and 5,900, Chowan needs
to add about 1,000 people
to the smallest district and
reduce the largest district,
by about the same number
of people.
The board unanimously
approved Commissioner
Jeff Smith’s motion to have
the school board liaison,
See REDISTRICTING, 3A
PHOTO COURTESY
U.S. COAST GUARD ,
In this photo
released by
the U.S. Coast
Guard, the boat
from which
Jimmy Dwight
McKinney is >
believed to have
fallen overboard
is shown on
the Albemarle
Sound, Sunday.
McKinney’s body
was recovered
from the sound
on Monday.
EMS
upgrading
to higher
level
From staff reports
Chowan County Emer
gency Medical Services is
upgrading to paramedic
level.
The county commission
ers approved the upgrade at
a meeting last month.
Colin Ryan, director of
Chowan EMS, said the plan
is to have a paramedic re
sponding on every call by
Dec. 1.
Eight local emergency
medical technicians cur
rently are enrolled in a para
medic class and four more
will enroll in January, Ryan
said.
There will be an addition
al cost associated with the
upgrade, but the cost will be
covered by increased reve
nues from reimbursements
as a result of having para
medics on the ambulances,
Ryan said.
There will be training
costs and the paramedics
will be paid $3,100 a year
more than EMTs currently
are being paid, he said.
The main benefit to citi
zens will be a higher level of
care, Ryan said.
“We want to provide a
better service to the citizens
— provide a better level of
care,” Ryan said.
As an example, Ryan said
that with paramedics on
an ambulance, EMS could
provide interventions to get
a cardiac patient’s heart to
the appropriate number of
beats per minute and then
transport that patient to the
nearest appropriate hospital
for cardiac care.
Chowan EMS is the pri
mary emergency and non
emergency medical service
provider for Chowan Coun
ty, including the town of
Edenton, according to infor
mation provided by EMS.
Currently, EMS is provid
ed at the EMT-Intermediate
level, which includes round
the-clock advanced life sup
port.
The county operates a
fleet of six type-III advanced
life support ambulances
and one state-licensed ALS
quick response vehicle. ‘ *•
EMS operates out of three
statioas located throughout
the county.
Chowan EMS has 21 full
time employees, 15 part
time employees and 12 local
volunteers — all operating
on 12-hour shifts.
The staffing level is based
on an annual call volume of
roughly 5,800.
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