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Reception for car charging station not so electric
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Edenton’s selection as
one of six locations chosen
to participate in the installa
tion of electric car charging
stations in North Carolina
Public Power communities
is drawing mixed reaction
from local officials.
Glenn Andersen, direc
tor of Edenton’s electric
department, said during
a town council work ses
sion on Sept 22 that he
had received very positive
reactions from Destination
Downtown officials as well
as Historic Edenton Histor
ic Site Manager Karen Ipock
and Chowan Tourism Direc
tor Nancy Nicholls.
“They can definitely see
the potential for this to help
grow tourism,” Andersen
said. They are all for it”
Councilman Sambo Dix
on also was quick to em
brace the idea. He said that
people with electric cars are
well-to-do and that the town
could benefit financially
from making itself user
friendly to potential visitors
with money to spend here
on shopping, dining out and
staying at local establish
ments.
“I like the idea,” he said.
But the remaining coun
cil members and the mayor
expressed concern over
possible parking lot sites in
town — several of them in
the downtown area — that
Andersen suggested might
be suitable for installation
of the double pedestal GE
Durastation electric charg
mg station. They also balked
at a suggestion by Electrici
ties that towns participat
ing in the pilot program not
charge users the $3.41 it
would cost them to charge a
car for 8 hours. '
The suggested sites
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One ‘Shell’ of a Good Time
Cubbie, the mascot for White Oak Elementary School, waves to the crowd as the school's float continues down the
Peanut Festival Parade route on Saturday morning.
. ' PHOTO COURTESY
SAMANTHA CHRISTOPHER
Saturday’s Peanut
Festival activities
got started with an early
morning Peanut Run/Walk,
with top finishers in the
men’s division Including
Ray Mock, first place;
Johnny Relnhold, second,
and Pete Gibson, third.
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■ Peanut Festival raises $15K to
benefit local schools-2A
■ Festival opens with run; See
women's results from the run-2A
■ Currituck claims high honors at
Guard, Jordan differ on experience
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
John Guard says his years of experi
ence in the Edenton-Chowan Schools,
both as an educator and longtime school
board member, are why voters should return him
to his District 2 seat on the Edenton-Chowan
Board of Educatioa
But Rhonda Jordan, a first-time candidate
challenging Guard for his seat on the board in
next month’s election, says it is exactly that expe
rience that should motivate voters to elect some
one new.
“Forty years of experience that is for the most
part invested in the past way of tackling public
education is not necessarily a resume that best
Disagreements abound in sheriff race
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Chowan County Sheriff Dwayne
Goodwin and Tim Brabble, a former
deputy sheriff challenging him in next
month's election, both agree the best thing
about the sheriff’s office is the opportunity it pro
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addresses the
l new state stan
\ dards and
v shifts to the
' use of tech
nology in the
classroom,” said
Jordan, a retired
flight attendant GUARD
Guard,
however, says he is up to date on the most re
cent irends in education. Since his retirement
from the Edenton-Chowan Schools, he has re
mained active as an education consultant He
notes that he currently serves on two important
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vides to serve
v the people
\ of Chowan
J County.
' But they
don’t agree on
much else.
Brabble, a
Republican who BRABBLE GOODWIN
got enough sig
natures to get on the Nov. 4 ballot as an unaffili
ated candidate, said he’s not impressed with the
job Goodwin has done over the past eight years,
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STAFF PHOTO BY REGGIE PONDER
Vehicles parked at Vidant Chowan Hospital last ,r
week sport bumper stickers supporting Tim j
Brabble (l-r) and Dwayne Goodwin in the race for
Chowan County Sheriff.
Chowan Herald
candidates forum
Thursday at PSC
From staff reports
The Chowan Herald forum
for local and regional candi
dates will be held Thursday at
7 p.m. at the Chowan County
Public Safety Center.
The moderator for the fo
rum will be Reggie Ponder of
the Chowan Herald. There also
will be one panelist each from the
Chowan County Democratic Party and the Chowan
County Republican Party.
Candidates are being invited in the county com
missioner, school board, sheriff, district attorney
and 1st District State House races. r ?
Early voting begins Oct. 23 and Election Day is
Nov. 4.
The public is invited to submit question ideas to
the Chowan Herald for consideration.
Questions may be delivered by hand or mail to the
Chowan Herald office or sent by email to rponder@
ncweeklies.com.
The Public Safety Center is located on West Free
mason Street.
Candidates invited to the forum are Rep. Bob
Steinburg, R-Chowan, and Camden Board of Com
missioners Chairman Garry Meiggs, in the 1st Dis
trict N.C. House of Representatives race; District
Attorney Andrew Womble and Nancy Lamb in the
district attorney race; Sheriff Dwayne Goodwin and
Tim Brabble in the Chowan County Sheriff race;
Commissioner John Mitchener, Brian Ferraraccio.
and Carey Y. Parrish IV in the 2nd District Chow
an County Commissioner race; Commissioner Jeff
Smith and Ron Cummings in the 1st District Chow
an County Commissioner race; and school board
Chairman John Guard and Rhonda Jordan in the
2nd District Edenton-Chowan Board of Education
race.
Tata: Northeast big part
of statewide connectivity
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
State Transportation Secretary
Tony Tata sought to reassure a
group of public officials and citizens
from across the region last week
that northeastern North Carolina
is not being ignored or forgotten in
Gov. Pat McCrary’s 25-year transpor
tation vision.
In fact, Tata told those gathered
at the Chowan County Public Safety
Center Thursday that rural areas
- and espe^ally northeastern North
Carolina - are what he thinks about
first when he thinks about the state’s
transportation needs.
“I do think of you first,” Tata said.
“I think of small town North Caroli
na and I think of coastal and eastern
North Carolina because that is my « ; '
roots."
Tata noted he grew up just across
the state line in Virginia Beach, Va.
“I grew up just up the road and *
spent a lot of time in this part of the ”f:‘i
state as a kid,” Tata said. •
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