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BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Local volunteers are
working alongside volun
teer work teams from out
of town to repair, rebuild
and replace homes dam
aged or destroyed by last
April's tornadoes.
Stephanie Hunt, the co
ordinator for the United
Methodist Disaster Re
sponse rebuilding effort in
Chowan, Perquimans and
Pasquotank counties, said
volunteer work teams have
Former gas station site
to host historic home
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Fifteen years of perse
verance and hard work
ended with smiles Friday
afternoon at the Chowan
County Register of Deeds
office.
Waiting to file a deed of
gift for the former Etna sta
tion on North Broad Street
were Elizabeth Vann Moore
Fund representatives Sam
bo Dixon and John More
head, along with Penny
Binns, a neighborhood
organizer who has been
working with the board on
the project
“Penny and I have been
working on fixing this site
for 15 years,” Dixon said
Bestowing the gift were
the former co-owners of
the property, Ihylor Oil of
Winston-Salem and Mar
garet “Peggy” Satterfield
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been coming from Virginia
and North Carolina Local
ly, Open Door Church has
sent volunteers twice.
Hunt said she is project
ed to be here through Nov.
1,2015.
Chowan County Inter
faith Disaster Response’s
Dick Vail said all the debris
from the April tornadoes
had been picked up, most
of it by volunteers.
“Since there was no
FEMA money we had to
rely on the state assistance
program to help folks that
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STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
Chowan Deputy Clerk of Court Betty Venters (second from
left) poses with (k) Sambo Dixon, Penny Blnns and John
Morehead, while the three wait to file a deed of gift on
behalf of the Elizabeth Vann Moore Fund for the former
Etna Station property on North Broad Street, Friday.
of Philadelphia, Pa. The
tax value of the property is
$67,000.
The three noted that
when they began their
mission years ago there
were several areas in the
neighborhood that needed
did not have insurance,”
Vail said. “Unfortunately,
that process took longer
than we expected. In fact, it
was November before the
last case was resolved.”
Hunt said the volun
teer work teams through
United Methodist Disaster
Response have completed
extensive work at a home
on Wildcat Road. Volun
teers replaced the roof and
repaired walls and ceiling.
United Methodist Di
saster Response has three
active projects in Chowan
“cleaning up,” including
the site where a doctor’s
office stands today. The
former Etna location is the
final place on their list, they
said.
See ETNA STATION, 6A
County right now, in addi
tion to work in Perquimans
and Pasquotank. One of the
Chowan projects is a home
replacement on Sandy
Ridge Road, and Hunt is
working with volunteers to
try to have that one ready
for the family to move in by
Christmas.
“We’re just inches away
trying to get them in,” Hunt
said. The family consists
of a husband and wife and
their three children.
The other two current
projects are on Burnt Mill
Home visiting program for
parents of newborns launched
From staff reports
New mothers and their
babies in Chowan County
now have another place to
turn for health monitoring
and guidance in the first
few weeks after the baby’s
birth.
Family Connects, a home
visiting program for parents
of newborns was publicly
launched this fall in Beau
fort, Bertie, Chowan and
Hyde Counties.
All parents residing in the
four counties may sign up to
receive a no-charge home
visit regardless of income or
status. Visits are conducted
by registered nurses shortly
after birth using the re
search-based “Durham Con
nects” home visiting model
developed in Durham. The
goal of the program is to
improve child and fam
ily health and wellbeing by
supporting parents after the
birth of a new baby and by
connecting them with local
resources when needed.
A Spanish interpreter is
available.
Parents may sign up for
Road, she said. One is a
home replacement and the
other involves extensive
repairs.
Sally Holloway, volunteer
coordinator for Chowan
Perquimans Habitat for Hu
manity, has helped recruit
some volunteers for the re
building effort through the
local Habitat network.
Although this is not a
Habitat project, many of
the Habitat volunteers have
skills that are needed at
these sites and there are
Habitat volunteers who are
STAFF PHOTO BY REGGIE PONDER
Nurse Beverly Twine (right) and mom Desiree Memory
Interact with Infant Brodle Memory Nov. 20 during a
Family Connects home visit.
the program before the
child is bom or shortly af
ter birth - up to 12 weeks
postpartum. Parents may
sign up online at www.fami
lyconnectsnc.org or by call
ing 262-793-1806. The highly
qualified home visiting nurs
es are trained to help with
parental supports such as:
breast and bottle feeding,
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Fannie Holley is hav
ing a Meny Christinas
this year.
While holiday festivi
ties might be a matter of
course this time of year for
many people, she has had a
tough two-year road back to
Christmas cheer.
Her grandson in Phila
delphia was murdered two
yeans ago in November. She
said her close-knit family
could not bring themselves
to celebrate either Thanks
giving or Christmas that
first year, or last year.
Then in April of this year
the powerful tornadoes that
cut across Chowan County
ripped the top off her home
on Wildcat Road.
As awful as the damage
to the house was, though,
she said it wasn’t as bad as
losing her grandson.
Slowly, however, healing
has come to the family. She
said she was able to go to
Philadelphia and celebrate
Thanksgiving this year
- they finally were ready to
have another family Thanks
giving.
And now she is back in
her home, “thanks to God,”
she said.
“Now I feel like Christ
mas,” Holley said. “I have
forgotten all about the
See LONG ROUTE, 6A
pitching in.
Leo Fiddes, manager of
the local Habitat for Hu
manity Restore, helped
connect Holloway with
Hunt.
The local churches have
been very cooperative in
supporting the work teams,
according to Hunt.
“They have been won
derful,” Hunt said of local
churches.
The churches, for their
part, have found Hunt and
See VOLUNTEERS, 6A
child and maternal health
assessment, postpartum
depression screening, home
safety, childcare selection
resources, access to local
services and much more.
The home visiting program
works in conjunction with a
family’s doctors to create a
See NEWBORNS, 6A
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