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f If®'mjmmm ,P|8| C ni llli* *CAR_RT LOT**C 002 A0095 asa-.. 106 W WATER ST EDENTON NC 27932-1854 482-4418 weunesday, April 23, 2014 Robotics Club builds robot, enters contest —- 7A 50* • ■« f Taking the Oath STAFF PHOTO BY REGGIE PONDER Lynn Gilliard, flanked by her husband, Travis, is administered the oath of of office as Chowan County’s Register of Deeds Tuesday morning by Susanne'Stallings, clerk to the Chowan Board of Commissioners. Gilliard sworn in as Register of Deeds t BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer lynn Gilliard was sworn in Tuesday morning as Chowan County Register of Deeds. The oath of office was administered by county clerk Susanne Stallings. Gilliard will be filling the unexpired term of the late Sue Rountree, who won re-election to the office in 2012. Rountree died earlier this month. Gilliard, who had served as assistant register of Teachers, students demonstrate technology’s role in classrooms BY REGGIE PONDER Editor The Education Committee of the Eden ton Chowan Partnership got a hands-on lesson last week in how the local school district is using iPads and other technology funded through a Golden LEAF grant At the committee’s April 17 meeting, • teachers from John A. Holmes High School and Chowan Middle School talked about how they’re using technology in their classrooms — and students from the high school tutored committee members in how to use iPads to learn about English, social studies and other subjects. English classes at the high school use an application called subtext The technology gives students a variety of ways to interact with the texts, which encourages them to See TECHNOLOGY, 3A County continues to mull Hopeline request BY REGGIE PONDER AND REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writers County commissioners appear reluctant to resume the practice of funding non profits —but some commis 02009 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved deeds under Rountree, has worked in the office for al most 18 years. She said that she had admired and re spected Rountree and was glad to have the opportunity to keep the office running. “One thing that I noticed about Sue that’s also very important to me is that she always treated everyone the same,” Gilliard said. That same philosophy spilled over into the way that Rountree treated her staff and the bond that fos tered between all of them, sioners are taking a close look at whether they should make an exception for the Albemarle Hopeline domes tic violence program. Board of Commissioners Chairman Keith Nixon re ported at the board’s April 15 meeting that Commis sioner Alex Kehayes had done additional research on the Hopeline issue in the wake of a request for fund ing that was presented by Melanie Jordan at the com missioners’ April 7 meeting. Jordan said at the April Gilliard said. “We’ve all had a really good working relationship,” Gilliard said. “It’s been like family. We’ve got each oth er’s backs. Sometimes we even finish each other’s sen tences.” Gilliard is a native of Chowan County and a graduate of John A. Holmes High School. She attended College of the Albemartejn ' Elizabeth City. She and her husband, TVa vis, have four children The announcement of 7 meeting that she appreci ates the fiscal responsibility the county has shown dur ing the past few years and realizes that a lot of fund ing cuts had to be made be cause of the serious fiscal crisis the county faced. But she added that she hopes the county is now in a position where it can help Albemarle Hopeline, which helps women and children (and occasionally men) es cape domestic violence. Jordan made reference to a letter that Albemarle Gilliard’s , appointment was made during an April 14 county commissioners meeting. “I know (her) and I know she’ll do a fine job,” Commis sioner Greg Bonner said. Also, during the meeting, the commissioners adopted a resolution paying tribute to Rountree and her out standing public service. A framed cojpy- of the resolu tion was presented to her husband, Ronnie, and other family members who were present at the meeting. STAFF PHOTO BY REGGIE PONDER A’shantl Johnson, a junior at John A. Holmes High School, demonstrates for Frank Palm some of the instructional technology used at the high school. Hopeline Executive Direc tor Pat Youngblood had written in February to Clif ton Hardison, who at that time was serving as interim county manager. The letter requests that the county allocate $2,0000 for Albemarle Hopeline in the 2014-15 budget. Kehayes reported at the commissioners’ April 15 meeting on what he had learned about Albemarle Hopeline during the previ ous week “Everyone I spoke to Resident drowns in Edenton Bay From staff reports An Edenton man drowned in Edenton Bay Monday morning, according to local police. The victim has been identified as David Earl Hassell, 49, of Oakdale Drive in Edenton. “The Edenton Police Department is sad to report a drowning that occurred today in Edenton Bay,” Chief Jay Fortenbery said in a statement released Monday af ternoon by the department * The Chowan County emergency communications center received a report of a possible drowning in the water near South Granville Street and West Water Street around 10:30 am., according to police. Officers from the Edenton Police Department, Chow; an County Sheriff’s Department and Chowan County Rescue responded and began a search, according to po lice. Around 12:10 p.m., with assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard, Chowan County Emergency Management and several local citizens, Hassell was found and trans ported to Vidant Chowan Hospital, where he was pro nounced dead, police reported. Fortenbery said the drowning was accidental and there is no criminal investigation being conducted. According to information from the scene, Hassell had waded into the water to retrieve a remote controlled toy boat Two members of the sheriff’s department dive team were instrumental in locating Hassell, according to re ports. Town becomes a‘Retirement Community’ BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer Edenton is one of two North Carolina locales desig nated as a Certified Retirement Community by state of ficials last week Tarboro is the other. Chowan County will partner with the town in the en deavor, according to officials from the North Carolina Department of Commerce who oversee the program. Town Manager Anne-Marie Knighton confirmed that when the town prepared its application it asked that it be allowed to share the designation with Chowan County. State officials acknowledged the request but said the program’s guidelines only allow towns and cities to of ficially hold the designatioa A reception in celebration of the news was held April 22 in the town council chambers. Special guests were Wit Tuttell, executive director of the Commerce Depart ment’s Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Develop ment and DOC Tourism Development Manager Andre Nabors. Mayor Roland Vaughan said in a news release an nouncing the designation that the town was excited and honored to be one of the state’s Certified Retirement Communities. “We look forward to the many opportunities the pro gram will bring to Edenton and Chowan County as we continue to embrace folks looking for a new commu nity in which to spend their retirement years,” Vaughan See COMMUNITY, 3A spoke veiy highly of their service and considered it to be valuable,” Kehayes said. When Nixon asked if the funding could be funneled through the budget of the county’s Department of So cial Services, Kehayes re plied that if the funds were included in the DSS budget, then county staff would have to be assigned to do the work that Hopeline is doing. Nixon repeated the reser vation he expressed during the previous week’s meeting —that funding one nonprofi it would invite others also t0 seek funding. J “The problem I have i$ it’s going to become polity cal,” Nixon said, referring to the situation that arises when multiple nonprofits request county funding. “It’S not our job to take the taxi payers’ money and divide ft up as we think best.” ; When Nixon again asked Kehayes to look into the DSS option, Kehayes cited' See HOPELINE, 3A ROCKU HO Ruritan’s Tickets * $10.00 FRIDAY, APRIL 2S™, 7:30pm V _E.A. SWAIN ^ U AUDITORIUM SATURDAY, APRIL 26™t 7:30pm HINTON, AC Tickets Available at various locations or call 252*221-4875 or 252-340*3438. Email rockyhock opry@live.com
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