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Community MLK celebration set for Jan. 19 From staff -eports The annual Chowan County I>r Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration will be held on Jan. lb at Swain Auditorium at noon. The Rev William T. 1 ta xis. attorney at law. is the guest speaker. 1 taxis was bom in Washington. I>.('.. and grew up m Edenton. where he graduated from 1). F. Walker High .School. I taxis matriculated to North Carolina Central 1 itiversity where he earned a bachelor of Ails Degree. He also earned a doctorate in law from N.C. Central i UlXersltX 1 tax is is a pnx ate prac attorney m Elizabeth i .: x B e - I stowed the ■ honor or | earning a [ master's (i e g r e e from the School of | 1 neology DAVIS of Virginia Union University in 1993, Pa\is is the pastor of New Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church m Camden County. The celebration will also include musical selections by the Judah Arts Youth Ensemble under the direc tion of Brandon Mayo: and duets by Alana Stevenson and Ua Jon Fleming. The public is invited to attend this annual free-of e!large event. Chamber banquet slated for Feb. 5 IN' annual K< I*: m hi'u;ui Climnbui Auanis Bmi.|ilot will be lh‘III on niuiNcInv Fob ’> ni thf : how.u: < ...If ,u1.1 i oimtn lul1 M;ului£ al' ■ | ..m 'IVkoI.s ,uv ;i\ mini A ni llio ! u U i it XT t( >] Al. i i : i I i >1 ■unite tables mo SI'*' mu! a \ mul HaJt t '■ t-}»,r:ii*■ 1 n!' 1 os mo '_l i.) w !o si ■;Us Ini'4. Awards will he presented in tlm Chowan Coimt)' Vol unteer nf the Ye;ir. (’howan ('(Minty Humanitaruui nf the Year and Chowan County Business Person of the Year. And this year, for the first time, an award will he pre sented fia the(’hiiwan ( oun p. i irganization of the Yetir Fi ir mi ire infi innation. call the ( hamher at 1N4-UIH). Truck crash snarls traffic From staff reports Traffic came to a standstill for more than four hours Monday in the walo of a log truck crash on the Albemarle Sound Bridge. WITN television reported that the N.C. Highway Patrol was called to the scene of the crash around llsit) a.m. Monday. The station cited a statement from Washington County Sheriff John Barnes that a log truck lost a wheel and hit the side of the bridge and that no othe' hides were involved. Reports were that initially the bridge was closed down, followed by an open ing of one lane of traffic Monday after noon and the resumption of two-lane traffic shortly after 4 p.m. Crimewatch Edenton Police ARRESTS • Dec. 30 — Shakitta Nocole Walton. 37. of Waterlily Loop Road, was arrested for failure to return rental property. • Dec. 25 — Alexander Raymond Val entine. 55, of North Oakum Street, was arrested for ipjury to real property. INCIDENTS • Dec. 27 — I liber Perez. 25. of Hast Dale Street was cited for failure to stop resulting in an accident and failure to re port that collision inmUinely manner. • Dec. 27 — Lircehy and vandalism at TVler Rim 1. • Dec. 26 — Larceny at Walgreens on North Broad Street. • Dec. 25 — Vandalism on (tide ('< >|< my I irive. • Dec. 23 — Lirceny on South Broad Street. • I)ec. 23 — Identity theft at TVler Run •> Chowan Sheriff ARRESTS • Jan. 6 — Kaysean Neuter Rome. 27, of Ryans Grove Road, was arrested for trespassing. • Jan-. 3 — Trade Denise Wilson, 30, of Morristown Road, was arrested for failure to appear and resisting arrest. • Jan. 3 — Thomas Edward Bem bery, age unknown, of Morristown Road, was arrested for resisting ar rest . • Jan. 1 — Tammy Deguzman Al exander, 38, of Dogwood Drive, was charged with simple assault. • Jan. 1 — John Edward Nowell Jr.. 33. of Mexico Road was issued a crim inal summons for violation of a local ordinance. • Dec. lti — Trayvien Cjuartez Miller. 25. of Granby Street, was charged with contempt of court, perjury, court vio lations. INCIDENTS • J;in. 12 — Larceny on Riverbv Farm Road. •Jan. 11 —Criminal damage to prop erty (vandalism) on Wingfield Road. • Dec. 31 — (Jills for service on ('hero kee Trail. • Dec. 22 — Calls for service on TVnch Town Road. TURNER ; 'iruvr: : A ■. ■<- t. • I riili.il Sit h . 1111 i 11! ! ii '! i ■( >>! 11 it •<«»! 'Mi ;k|thr li >n;il I 1,1" Hi ! ia> ,i i mtIitIi i| >1 MillilT i]i-T|‘TT in li iiiTiUan <■<!■,u at h m In mi Mti!ii nil-.; I iu\iT-it\ SIit •l!'! - • -< i iiiT !1111.-111 i'S (ii "An i:. si||«-r. i-i'm ainl ailium iMraMon i'l'nni K;i>t t'amli ria i i!i\iT-.:t\ and i ilit;until ' i'll it a at |i i i i ■ > i Tar! i ara ■ i*• 11ili a 11 \ ml’ti-il TiluratHin i A!aiIt- K IS tft mi < ■ >1 Curing her profession;)] earner "turner has earned mmien 19 honors, among i hem .Noddle I>‘vel Ad ministrator lo Watch for N.C. Eastern Region 2012. recognition for comple tion of ihe National Board for Principal Standards. Principal of the Year' for Edenton-( 'howan Schools -HI 1-21) 12 ;u>d president of the North Carolina Middle School .Association 2010 2011. Turner c;une to work for the Hdenton-Chowan Schools m 2001 as an assis tant principal of ( umeiilum and instruction at I 'howan Middle School. In 200a she \v;is chosen to he the direc tor of teacher development and testing for the school district. She has served as principal at Chowan Mid dle Schoi >1 since 200(1. Turner's academic ca reer began in 1002 in neighlx >rmg Perquimans County, where she was an elementary school teacher and basketball coach. She later was an instructional facilitator at Perquimans Middle School. Turner said that it was wit h s(une sadness that she w < mid lea\ e staff and st 11 dents at the middle school behind. "I have and will always have a deep love and ap preciation for the staff and students at Chowan Middle School and choos ing to pursue this role was a difficult one for me. hut one 1 believe 1 was led to through prayerful consid eration," site said. "1 be lieve the staff and students at the middle school have shaped me into the leader that 1 am today and I will be forever grateful to them for the special role each of them has played in my life." Turner said she and ('MS also had benefited greatly from the professionalism and teamwork of the staff. "I have list'd my strengths along with the strengths and teamwork of an awesome staff to estab lish CMS as a N.C. School to Watch which (involves recognition) for organiza tional st met ure, academic excellence, developmental responsiveness, and social equity," she said. “I would like to take what 1 have learned over my 2d years in education and use it to help all of Chowan County experience this same suc cess." TAX CREDITS " ■ -— . -1 A ii»>k .it * !' '' ‘ :! ’ i ! ] >! I' '! I i'. i it 't.'-N. ':! ■ - : • •; 111 n([. i« ■ 1 . . -I . If . ,!' I. ;iii if I lirsi ■ ' ' i! i' I 1 >t t ,i-! s 11kt ■ • ! 11.i* !,;ni ■ m'i ii;is i' 1.1 I >*■’. II ' •. .ii, ■ 11 ': ■■ ’! I I". Il I' III ■ ’! 'I ' k' i"!iti .1, ‘ nf M;: ■[.«■ H■. ,L~ I i'i •-'Still lii In- assoc lilted u ilti 1 ’\< "The 1 >illliliIios . nielud II jU I tie ( oTIi HI Mill ei Ul 'ii as u ell as a st landi • sel el ( i null >s Ielialihed is Hall and Bcts\ Harrell ■ !' il i! isl( Hie of Hi lento! i ' ti.ee iuriw'iI out to he areal li\ ma spaces that have at '! acted some II il crest 11 Itt I " ■' || lie " stie said I tie recently expired \"fi h i arolina prcscr.a Noii state tax credits o| ten ■ 1 lor lhe rehahilitatnhi • 1 historic Innldint’s made a', ailahle a M l | icrceiit stale tax credit for m< ome-pro ducing properties that also were olijajlilf for ;i JO per cent federal investment tax credit — in effect equal ini’ a Hi percent credit for qualifying properties. It also offered a state tax credit of d(t percent ft>r qualifying projects to re hab non income prtxlucing histone buildings, includ ing personal residences I hat were t >w ner-t m t upied. No fetleral match for those rehabilitations currently exists, state officials said. IIan and Bngid Bold. who haw taken advan tage of both sets of state tax credits, have used the funds to rehab their ( <>t lon Mill condo and the Mill office building they pur chased that is home to the ( otton Mill Museum. As the sunset of existing preservation tax credits vsenl into effect at the end of Iteeember. the Bohls said they I lad alim >st com pleted all the work ner es saiy al the Mill office but v\ (>ul(In t i|iiite make it. "1 think we're going to make it. or be cli >se to it. " said Ihigid Bold. 'The only thins won't get finished is 111*‘ floors. This contin ues to he a work in prog ress." N.( . I tepailinent of ( ul tural Resources Secretary Susan Klut/ is leading a coalition ot elected of Itcials. small businesses, developers, preservation ists. downtown advocates, hankers, architects, real tors and others in pushing a grassroots effort to ask the state legislature to re store the historic presen a tion tax credits. BALANCE Continued from 1A above the county's target of 25 percent. Hut county officials point i mi mtermil commit n tents such ;ts $1.36 million set aside for debt service and $22,600 that is specifically for the Register of Deeds of fice. $28,200 for the Senior Center, $51,800 for the Sher iffs (iffiee, $207,(MK) for Col lege of The Albemarle and $26,900 for animal control. < )nce such internal com mitments are taken into consideration, the county’s adjusted unrestricted fund balance is 4.59 million or 28.9 percent. lhe adjusted figure stilt meets the 25 percent target ;md county officials general ly consider it a more realistic description of the county's fiscal outlook than the 41.2 percent would he. Commissioner Emmett Winbome said the numbers show that luird work has been done and hard deci sions have been made. Among other observa tions in the audit rejxirt for fiscal year 201.'4-2014: *The county's projx'rty tax collection rale improved last year. *The county spends 28 percent on education. 28 percent on human services and 21 percent on public safety. Those three area to gether make up 72 percent of the county's spending. "The county had a $.'585,000 negative cash flow in the Emergency Medical Service last year. FARMLAND .Continued from 1A completed farmland preser vation pliut. 'Hie first step would lx1 to form a county team made up of leaflets from agriculture, forestry and agribusiness; representatives of county agencies; ;md local leaders. 'Hie team would conduct surveys and interviews m order to get ;m accurate pic ture of the current state of agriculture hind forestiy in the county. ■lune Colli is the target date for completing the plan. “What exactly is in a plan?" askei I Bt >ard < if ( t mimissii lit ers ('hairman .Jeff Smith. Utwrence explained that the plan would include rec ommendations for preserv ing fiumland. It would not lie a regulatory plan in ;uiy way. she said. The phut would lie a tool to guide county agencies and could become pan of a com prehensive kind use plan, ae e<irdmgto Lawrence. Bankrupted can help you manage and solve >our financial problems. Call Allen C . Brown Attorney Our 2.50(1 clients helped with 28 \ears of experience I -800-752-0952 #252-752-0753 New Year's ROCKsolution Throw rocks at pretty girts 3)1 SOUTH BROAD STREET EDENTON, NC 252-482-3525 Sun-Kissed Tonning is pleased to announce Tangles Hair Salon Jamel Davenport $10 OFF Perms, Color & Highlights 252-455-2447 Sun-Kissed Tanning 15 Minute Tanning Beds call for specials 812 N. Broad St. Edenton • 482-4100 sfft’t' empires Jiin. 30 ,vsi*n animal <1, Benton. 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