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American Legion Post 40 Honor Guard prepares to lay service wreaths at this year’s Veterans Day ceremony at the Chowan County Veterans Memorial in Edenton, Tuesday.
Veterans, their sacrifices remembered
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Edenton-ChowanSchools
Superintendent Rob Jack
son told the crowd assem
bled for the annual Veter
ans Day ceremony Tuesday
morning that America is the
country it is because of the
sacrifices made by veter
;ans. -
Jackson served as the
County will
accept half
in Food Uon
tax dispute
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
The Chowan County
Board of Commissioners
has offered to accept half
of what it says Food Lion
owes the county in tax and
penalties in order to settle
a dispute over the grocery
chain’s listing of business
personal property.
The dispute arose from a
routine review of the com
pany’s property listings, by
a film the county hires to
conduct reviews of business
personal property listings.
Hosea Wilson, the coun
ty’s tax administrator, ex
plained that the county’s
contractor compares a com
pany’s listings with its tax
returns and depreciation
schedules in order to see if
there are things that have
not been listed. The review
for Food Lion discovered
such items and determined
that the company owes a to
tal of $7,982 in tax and pen
alties to Chowan County
and the Tbwn of Edenton.
But Food Lion disputes
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keynote
speaker for
the ceremo
ny, which
was held at
the Chow
an County
Veterans
Memorial.
In his
JACKSON
remarks, Jackson recalled
the origins of Veterans Day
whose first proclamation
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was issued in 1954 by Presi
dent Ijiwight D. Eisenhower.
Prior to that the observance
had been known as Armi
stice Day by a Congressio
nal act adopted in 1938.
“Today, Nov. 11,2014, six
ty years after the very first
Veterans Day proclamation,
we gather here in Edenton
to join our countrymen
across the land in honoring
those who have served us
all,” he said. “We pause to
reflect on their willingness
to serve. Urey, who offered
themselves as a living sacri
fice that we might er\joy the
freedoms we all too often
take for granted.”
On Veterans Day, Jackson
said, we all should pause to
remember those who have
served and the sacrifice
they made to do it
“From the first haircut, to
the utter exhaustiofi of boot
camp, to the loneliness of
standing watch during long
early morning hours, to the
ugliness of war, over and
over they chose and contin
ued choosing to serve.”
“We salute their service
and honor the sacrifices of
their comrades-in-arms,”
Jackson added. “We are the
country we are because of
our veterans.”
Jacksoh, who became
superintendent of the local
school system on July 1,
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Wayfinding signs get
preservation panel nod
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
The Edenton Preservation
Commission unanimously gave
a green light Monday to a joint
effort of town officials and local
tourism and downtown organi
zations to erect wayfinding signs
to point visitors toward historic
and architectural highlights.
Edenton Town Manager Anne
Marie Knighton said in a presen
tation to the preservation panel
that the wayfinding signs are
a way to help visitors connect
with everything the town has to
offer.
“We all know
that tourism is
an important part
of Edenton and
Chowan County’s
economy,” Knigh
ton said.
Knighton said
hopefully visitors
would find where I UN
they want to go and then will
stay longer, spend more money
while they are here, come back
for another visit, and tell their
friends to come.
The red, white and blue color
scheme on the signs is a nod to
Edenton’s role in the founding
of the nation, Knighton said.
The signs help promote com
munity identity and community
branding, she said.
The wayfinding signs project
evolved from a public visioning
session that Destination Down
town Edenton conducted about
three years ago, Knighton said.
A number of people men
tioned in the visioning session
that even though the 1767 Chow
an County Courthouse is one of
the community's treasures and is
only one block off Broad Street,
you don’t necessarily know that
if you’re not from here, Knigh
ton said.
DDE got support for the proj
ect from the Town of Edenton
and from the Chowan County
Tourism Development Author
ity, she said.
The town got small grants
from Electricities to help,
Knighton added.
For the past year and a half,
DDE, the TDA and the town
have been working on the proj
ect, Knighton told the commis
sion.
Knighton said
the plan was
presented at a
meeting of the
Edenton Histori
cal Commission.
The concerns
that the histori
HARRISS cai commission
raised about the size, height and
number of the signs have been
addressed in the plan, she said.
Knighton said the town has
received a lot of feedback since
posting a few model signs around
town several weeks ago.
Nancy Nicholls, Chowan
County tourism director, said
the feedback has been very posi
tive regarding the red, white and
blue color scheme and the direc
tional signs with arrows.
Knighton said the town has
received feedback that some of
the signs were too wordy, so the
updated plan calls for direction
al signs with arrows.
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Design Luncheon
STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
Ernie Carter adjusts some greenery In an arrangement he is
creating during a Christmas Design Luncheon on Nov. 4. He
teamed with fellow designer Harriet Bryan (not pictured) to show
how much fun using live materials to create special displays
for the holidays can be. By Day, Carter is an attorney, a fact he
used when pointing out that anyone can be creative. See more
photos from the luncheon on page IB.
Council hires architect
for new police station
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
The town council voted unani
mously Monday night to approve
a town staff recommendation
that the architectural firm of Oak
ley Collier be hired to work on
plans for the new police statioa
Councilman Sambo Dixon was
absent
1116 meeting was held one
night early since Veterans Day
was Tuesday, which would have
been the council’s normal meet
ing time.
In a memo dated Oct 24, Town
Manager Anne-Marie Knighton
reviewed for the council the pro
cess that had been followed.
“The Town solicited propos- %
als for architectural services to
design the new police station,”
sljjs^said. “Of those five firms in
terviewed, two were selected for
a final interview.”
As a result, Knighton said, she
and Councilman Dixon, Police
Chief Jay Fortenbery and Town
Purchasing Agent Bud Powell de
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