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Food Lon signs lease on ex-Farmer’s Foods space
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Food Lion has signed a
lease to occupy the former
Fanner’s Foods site at the
Chowan Crossing shopping
center and plans to operate
a store at that site, compa
ny officials confirmed last
week.
Christy Phillips-Brown,
a spokeswoman for Food
Lion parent company Del
haize America, confirmed
that Food Lion had signed
a lease this week on the
Chowan Crossing site.
Phillips-Brown stressed
that the new location would
offer the same low prices
that Food Lion customers
have come to expect.
One of the reasons for
relocating to the former
Farmer’s Foods site is that
the location is easier for
customers to get in and out
of, according to Phillips
Brown.
“The new location will
not open for at least another
year since we are still early
in the process,” Phillips
Brown added. “Food Lion
looks forward to serving
our longstanding and loyal
customers at this new loca
tion, which will offer a new
store with the same low
prices our customers have
come to expect from Food
Lion. In addition, we look
forward to being a strong
community partner and giv
ing back to our local food
pantries in Edenton and the
surrounding area”
Phillips-Brown said the
terms of the lease at the ex
isting site are confidential,
so she could not indicate
how much time Food Lion
might be expected to re
main at the Edenton Village
location.
Edenton Town Manager
Anne-Marie Knighton said
the timetable for moving
into the Virginia Road site
might be clearer following
an upcoming visit from ar
chitects who will be visiting
the site to plan the neces
sary renovations.
“I think we’ll know more
in the next couple of weeks,”
Knighton said
Terry Reeves, the owner
of the Chowan Crossing
See FOOD LION, 4A
AEMC
awards
youth
grants
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
The Chowan County
Sheriffs Office Kids and
Cops program and the
Chowan Sisterhood pro
gram at Chowan Middle
School have each received
a $3,000 grant from Albe
marle EMC.
Chris Powell, director
of public relations for the
electric co-op, visited the
middle school on Jan. 8
to present a combined
check for $6,000 to Sheriff
Dwayne Goodwin, school
officials and students.
Also attending were sev
eral deputies, including
Deputy Ricky Winebarger,
who played a key role in
developing the Kids and
Cops program that was the
brainchild of Goodwin.
Goodwin said that the
donated funds would be
used to support and ex
pand the program’s offer
ings.
“We are purchasing
a Pinewood Derby race
track that will be used to
hold community events
and give all youth the op
portunity to participate in
this activity,” Winebarger
explained.. "We will also
purchase other needed
camping gear.”
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Goodwin noted that
this was the second year
the program had received
a grant from Albemarle
EMC. Last year, the pro
gram received $5,000, he
said.
The sheriff said that the
program created in 2012
has grown from a starting
group of 30-35 students to
a record of reaching about
150 students.
\joodwin said that the
kids'and cops enjoy par
ticipating in a variety of
activities together that
include the Police Of
ficers’ Physical Abilities
Test, basketball, fishing,
camping, hiking, canoe
ing, campfires, parades,
mentoring and more.
The Chowan Sisterhood
group pairs professional
businesswomen in the
community with girls at
tending Chowan Middle
School in a program fo
cused on mentoring.
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STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
The Judah Arts Youth Ensemble, under the direction of Brandon Mayo, performs during the early moments of an annual celebration honoring
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Swain Auditorium, Monday, which was Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Guests hear rousing message on responsibility
■ Service award presented to
Baker of the Reconciliation Group
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
he Rev. W.T. Davis preached
a message of personal and
-1- familial responsibility at
Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr.
Day observance at Swain Audito
rium, challenging his fellow blacks
to be good stewards of their own
destiny.
Davis, an Edenton native who
practices law in Elizabeth City and
Ls pastor of New Shiloh Missionary
Baptist Church in Camden, said his
message to the black community
was “we can no longer afford the
luxury of blaming our shortcom
ings on other people.”
Meanwhile, white people in the
audience heard a similar challenge
to face their negative attitudes and
other shortcomings from two white
women on the program. Jo Baker, a
leader of the Reconciliation Group
in the community, in remarks af
ter receiving the Community Ser
vice Award encouraged her fellow
whites to examine attitudes that
tend to exclude blacks from social
activities and other opportunities.
And Francis Inglis made a stark
observation: “Jim Crow laws have
been repealed but Jim Crow atti
tudes have not disappeared.”
PHOTO COURTESY JOHN COLLINS
The Rev. W.T. Davis, an Elizabeth
City attorney and pastor at
New Shiloh Missionary Baptist
in Camden, speaks at the
annual Martin Luther King Day
observance, Monday.
Davis said it was a privilege to
speak at an event honoring the leg
acy of the Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr., a man who “believed enough in.
what he was doing to give his life
for it.”
Noting that President Obama
was slated to give the annual State
of the Union address Tuesday night,
Davis said his own intention was to
do something similar in addressing
the state of the black community.
He began by pointing to dire so
PHOTO COURTLSY JOHN COLLINS
Jo Baker (left) is presented the Community Service Award by Angela
Taylor Welch during Monday’s Martin Luther King Day observance.
cial and economic trends:
■ Blacks are 12 percent of the
population nationwide but repre
sent 44 percent of the prison popu
lation.
■ There are more young black
males in prison than going to col
lege.
■ Home ownership rates and
life expectancy among blacks lag
behind the figures for whites.
■ There are stark disparities in
income mid employment between
blacks and whites.
■ Many black children face peer
pressure against doing well aca
demically.
■ Black businesses often fail
for lack of support from the black
community.
See MLK DAY, 2A
Town ranked third for
retirement destination
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
A new online study con
ducted by New York-based fi
nancial technology company
SmartAsset has ranked Eden
ton third among the top 10
best places to retire in North
Carolina
Hendersonville and More
head City came in first and
second.
According to an email from
Aset's Singh, spokesman for
SntartAsset, the study was
focused on four factors: taxes
(both income and sales tax);
the number of doctors’ of
fices; and opportunities for
recreation and a social life.
SmartAsset offers interac
tive, online advice to help
people make the best deci
sions on personal financial
decisions in such areas as
home buying, mortgage refi
nancing, retirement and life
insurance purchase, accord
ing to its website.
See RETIREMENT, 4A
Officials mull reelection
bids in 2015 election
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Mayor Roland Vaughan tuul Town
Councilman Steve Biggs are still weigh
ing their options in this year’s municipal
election, but Councilmen Jinuny Stiill
ittgs and Sambo Dixon say they plan to
seek reelection in the fall.
The filing period for Edenton’s mu
nicipal election will open in July.
Filing opens July 6 and ends July 17,
according to Rebecca Lowe, director of
the Chowan Coiuity Board of Elections.
Vaughan said he has begun giving seri
ous thought to whether to seek another
<‘nn in office.
“I’m considering it but am not yet
ready to make my decision,” he said.
‘I am weighing the op[x>rtunity to file
again very carefully.”
Biggs, who holds one of two at-large
seats on the council, said he too is un
ready to announce what his intentions
night lie.
“1 plan to make an announcement at a
later date,” Biggs said in an email.
First and Tliird Wan! council mem
:x>rs Stallings and Dixon both said they
Jitend to seek re-election.
See 2015 ELECTION, 4A
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