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Permit process begins for project
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
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Ians to renovate and reopen the
■-^historic Hotel Hinton are shift
JL ing into high gear.
The permit process will begin soon
on the historic preservation project
Sam Barrow, planning director for
the Tbwn of Edenton, said consider
ation of the conditional use permit for
the Hotel Hinton project should be on
the agenda for the August meeting of
the Edenton Planning Board.
SAGA Construction and Develop
( ment submitted the application for
| the conditional use permit on Monday
which was the deadline for getting on
the August planning board agenda.
The recommendation from the
planning board will go to the Edenton
Tbwn Council. If the council gives a
. green light to the project, the next step
will be consideration by the town’s
Historic Preservation Commission.
Tbwn officials currently expect the
. project will be in front of the preserva
tion panel in October or November.
Construction could begin soon after
approval by the Historic Preservation
Native named extension director in Perquimans
BY PETER WILLIAMS
i The Perquimans Weekly
1
Jewel Winslow, a 20-year
veteran with the N.C. Coop
erative Extension Service,,
has been named director of
Perquimans County office.
The appointment was of
ficial June 2. She replaces
Lewis Smith who retired
as of the first of the year.
Smith had been in the Hert
ford office since 1991 and in
;> extension since 1980.
By some standards, the
six months it took to fill the
Perquimans position was
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BY REBECCA BUNCH
- x' Staff Writer
The school board unani
mously adopted an interim
budget resolution at its
July 7 meeting that will al
1 low local public schools to
'continue to operate until
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fast
Three of the five coun
ties in the Albemarle area
are operating with interim
directors. The Chowan of
fice hasn’t had a director
in more than a year and the
state has scaled back staff
ing for the extension service
and some positions have
been left unfilled.
Perquimans County Com
missioners stressed the
importance of extension in
the county when Smith an
nounced he was stepping
down.
On Friday County Man
the board can approve a
final budget.
Board member Kay
Wright was not present.
While Chowan County
adopted its final budget
for the coming year on
June 23, the state govern
ment has yet to complete
work on its budget. The
federal government has
until October to adopt a
completed budget.
The school system’s
budget begins July 1 and
ends June 30.
The interim 2014-2015
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is an architect’s computer-generated image of what the rooftop bar will
like at the restored Hotel Hinton.
Commission.
The Chowan County Board of Com
missioners voted June 7 to extend the
time that SAGA Construction and De
velopment has to complete its offer
ager Frank
Heath ap
plauded
Winslow’s
appoint
ment
“I think
it’s a wise
WINSLOW move on
the part
of extension,” Heath said.
“She’s got a lot of experi
ence in the community and
has proven to be a good
leader.”
Heath said county offi
cials worked closely with
TVavis Burke, the regional
budget is based on current
funding levels, according
to Emma Berry, finance
officer for the Edenton
Chowan Schools, who
presented the request for
adoption of the resolu
tion.
The budget includes the
following:
• Local Current Ex
pense Fund - $3,421,929
• Capital Outlay —
$203,176
• Food Service Fund
— $1,260,000
• State Public School
to purchase contract for the historic
property on East King Street
The building was constructed as a
See PROJECT, 4A
head of the extension ser
vice on getting a replace
ment, for Smith. Burke, a
former extension agent in
Elizabeth City, now handles
a 22-county region that in
cludes the entire northeast
region.
Winslow called the fact
that Perquimans County
only went six months with
out a director “a good sign.”
“I am so thankful that the
county and citizens have
been very supportive of co
operative extension,” she
said. They see the value of
what we’ve done.”
Fund —$14,088,098
• Other (Federal Plan
ning Allotment, Driver
Training and Textbooks)
— $1,372,394
The resolution stated
that the Berry and Super
intendent Rob Jackson
were required to maintain
records concerning any
expenditures relating to
these funds in compliance
General Statute 115C-434.
There were no ques
tions from the board prior
to the adoption of the res
olution.
Budget battle
over program
going down >
to wire
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Local officials and legislators are awaiting the com
pletion of work by a conference committee in the North
Carolina General Assembly to see if historic preserva
tion tax credits will remain alive.
Among them is Rep. Bob Steinburg,
R-Chowan, who lives in Edenton and
has seen firsthand the value of the tax
credits to preservation projects in his
own community.
Steinburg said such tax credits are
crucial to the continued success of re
habilitation of historic buildings. He
said fellow N.C. House members share
that belief.
STEINBURG
7 haven't had any problem arguing for it
(tax credit) because I think it's absolutely
necessary... Now we’ll just have to wait and
see how it goes."
Bob Steinburg
NC Representative, Republican
“I know the House conferees will be fighting very hard
to keep it in the budget,” he said.
Steinburg said that members of the N.C. Senate are
against keeping any tax credits in the state’s budget on
philosophical grounds and that he understands their
feelings on the subject He said, however, that has not
stopped him from talking with a number of them to try
and get them to understand the benefits of such credits,
particularly in small rural towns like Edenton.
“I haven’t had any problem arguing for it (tax credit)
because I.think it’s absolutely necessary,” he said. “Now
we’ll just have to wait and see how it goes.”
Claudia DeViney, regional director of the northeast
office of Preservation North Carolina, is keeping her fin
gers crossed that the tax credits will remain a part of
the new budget even though there will be changes to the
current program if that happens.
DeViney said the new tax credits — collectively
named the Historic Rehabilitation Investment Program
— would be based on a proposal favored by Gov. Pat
McCrory.
See BUDGET, 4A
“What I appreciate about
this new title is you’re a liai
son between N.C. State Uni
versity and the local govern
ment,” Winslow said.
Perquimans County has
five people in the Hertford
office including Winslow.
She is working to add a sixth
person, an agent to handle
crop issues. Until then,
those questions are handled
by agents in either Gates or
Pasquotank counties.
Winslow grew up in Tyner
in Chowan County, but has
made Perquimans her home
since she got married.
Filing in school
board races to end
From staff reports
Filing for candi
dates in the Eden
ton-thowan
Board of Educa
tion races ends
July 25 at noon.
As of Tuesday,
only the two m
cumbents had filed
for the two seats that will be
on the ballot in November.
Until now, Winslow’s
specialty was in the area of
family and student science.
She wall continue doing that
as well as the administrative
roles of being director. When
Smith was director, he too
split his time between crop
science and the administra
tive job.
The extension service is
marking its 100th year in
North Carolina this year.
A regional event Nov. 1 at
Museum of the Albemarle
in Elizabeth City is being
See WINSLOW, 4A
Chairman John Guard has
filed for Seat 1 in District 2
and board member
Gil Burroughs has
filed for Seat 1 in
District3.
Under the law
passed last year
that changed the
„ school board terms
in Chowan County
See RUNG, 4A
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