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■ However, fair officials
pleased with new midway
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
About 14,000 area resi
dents attended this year’s
Chowan County Regional
Fair, fair officials said.
Fair Board President E.C.
Tbppin said that including
the free admission given to
schoolchildren and senior
citizens, paid attendance to
taled just under 10,000.
Tbppin said that with
the fair being rained out
Wednesday night, revenue
from the weeklong event to
taled about $2,000 less than
last year.
Tbppin said that a bright
spot during the event was
the new midway from Big
Rock Amusements.
“The midway was fine,”
Tbppin said. “Everybody
liked the rides. They espe
cially liked the lighting sys
tem that Big Rock used at
night. It was great."
Tbppin said the fair board
was scheduled to meet Oct
15 to begin making plans for
next year’s fair. He said a
decision would be made at
that time about whether to
continue using Big Rock to
provide its midway.
Toppin’s wife, Brenda,
who serves as secretary
to the fair board, said that
2,528 exhibits were entered
this year.
“We gave out about $8,000
in premiums to those that
entered the various catego
ries,” she said.
Chowan County residents
who were big winners for
their fair exhibits included:
• Noah and Sarah Sawyer
ofEdenton
• Annie Bembry of Eden
ton
• Jim Droze and Family
ofEdenton
• Petra Van Zyl of Eden
ton.
Playground Ball to benefit pediatric rehab program
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
The pediatric rehabili
tation program at Vidant
Chowan Hospital is grow
ing, and the Chowan Hos
pital Foundation is offering
the public a way to support
the program with its upcom
ing Playground Ball.
The black-tie-optional
ball will be Nov. 8 and will
include a live auction. Tick
ets are $100 per person and
information is available at
482-6314.
“We’re excited to be able
to participate in this,” said
Ginny Waff, director of the
THOMAS J. TURNEY/THE DAILY ADVANCE PHOTOS
This attraction called the YoYo was among the many rides featured in the new midway at this year’s Chowan
County Regional Fair. See more photos from the fair at DaiiyAdvance.com.
Jim Arneberg (right) has one his
dogs, Mimi, jump over a barrier
during a dog show he and
his brother perform called Kountry
K-9, at the fair, Thursday, Sept. 26.
Visitors (below) have a blast
on the Fire Ball, Thursday.
Chowan Hospital Founda
tioa
The hospital ball is being
billed as The Playground
Ball, with proceeds ben
efiting the pediatric therapy
playground.
Waff said the Founda
tion expects the ball to be a
beautiful experience, with a
huge tent set up at the wa
terfront.
Kristy Worrell, the hos
pital’s rehab manager, ex
plained that the pediatric re
hab program started seeing
kids in 2012. The program
has grown, and in the most
recent quarter the thera
pists saw more than 40 kids
m f
for multiple visits.
Worrell said the hospital
administration expects and
hopes that the rehab pro
gram will continue to grow.
“We’ve certainly seen sig
nificant growth in just two
yeans," Worrell said.
PHOTO COURTESY KELLY HERR
A youngster who is
undergoing therapy
in the pediatric rehab
program at Vidant Chowan
Hospital enjoys time in the
therapeutic playground at
the hospital.
Before Vidant Chowan
offered the services, parents
were driving to Greenville,
Elizabeth City and Norfolk.
The local program provides
access to care for the local
area
Children are coming from
across the area, including
not only Chowan County
but also Hertford, Bertie,
Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Sting
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drug
charges
From staff reports
The Edenton Police De
partment began making ar
rests Thursday as a result
of a 10-month undercover
operation known as “Opera
tion Fall Harvest*
This covert operation was
conducted as part of the
ongoing commitment to re
duce crime and improve the
quality of life in the Town of
Edenton by targeting street
level drug sales. Warrants
have been obtained on 10
individuals with a total of 66
criminal charges.
Operation Fall Harvest
was initiated with coopera
tion and information from
the citizens of Edenton.
The following agencies
provided assistance: The
Chowan County Sheriff’s Of
fice, the Elizabeth City Po
lice Department, the Rocky
Mount Police Department
and the State Bureau of In
vestigation.
Anyone with information
concerning the location of
the wanted subjects below
should contact the Edenton
Police Department at (252)
482-5144 or (252) 4824444.
The individuals and
charges are listed below:
• Anthony C. Askew, 32,
of 108 Reginald and Mary
Ave., Edenton; charged with
two counts of possession of
cocaine, three counts of pos
session of marijuana and co
caine with intent to sell and
deliver, three counts of sell
ing and delivering cocaine,
and selling marijuana within
1,000 feet of a playground
• Shakitta Necole Walton,
37, of 172 Waterlilly Loop,
Edenton, charged with two
See STING, 2A
Washington, Camden, Cur
rituck and Gates.
Parents are bringing
children to receive therapy
for numerous conditions,
including autism, develop
mental delay, fine motor
coordination delay, gross
motor problems, sensoiy
processing disorder, hand
writing deficits, cerebral
palsy and brain cancer.
Worrell said the parent
of a first-grader who re
ceives occupational therapy
and speech therapy at the
hospital had said the thera
pists had made more of an
See REHAB, 4A
Negotiations continue on store space
From staff reports
The owner of the Chowan
Crossing Shopping Center said
this week that he would like to
get a new tenant in the former
Fanner’s Foods site - but he
added there is nothing to an
nounce at this point.
“We’re very interested in get
ting somebody in there," Terry
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Reeves said Monday.
Reeves said he could not
comment further on the situa
tion.
Edenton Town Manager
Anne-Marie Knighton said in an
email statement to the Chowan
Herald this week that the town
is doing what it can to assist in
recruiting a grocery store - but
the negotiations are being han
dled by the property owner.
“I get asked a lot - ‘What is
the Town doing to get another
grocery store?’" Knighton said.
“I know people are frustrated
and want a choice of where to
buy groceries.”
Knighton s statement indi
cated' that this current situa
tion with the grocery store had
been unlike any other retail re
cruitment process that she had
been involved with during her
tenure in Edenton.
“Normally we have a land
lord that needs our help re
cruiting a tenant to fill empty
space,” Knighton explained.
“Landlords ask the Edenton
Chowan Partnership to recruit
a tenant, provide demograph
ics, convince the client to come
here and sometimes write grant
See STORE SPACE, 4A
Lawyer to lose law
license for 5 years
BY WILLIAM F. WEST
The Daily Advance
A former local attorney will be
suspended from practicing law
in the state for at least five years
after the N.C. State Bar accused
him of electronically sending
obscene pictures of himself to
clients.
Christopher Rahilly, of Eden
ton, received notice of the action
after appearing before a three
member panel of the Bar’s Disci
plinary Hearing
Commission,
Bar Clerk Dottie
Miani said last
week.
A written
order against
Rahilly will first
have to be pre- RAHILLY
pared and of
ficially served on him, and once
Rahilly receives the document,
See LAWYER, 4A
39th ANNUAL
BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Sat., October 4*
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