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Community Bogus check scam strikes businesses From staff reports The Edenton Police Depart ment is investigating a bogus check scant that has surfaced in town. Bogus checks claiming to be payroll checks have been pre sented at Westover Deli and Pa pa's Meat Market, according to Police Chief Jay Fortenbery. The | tolice are studying surveil lance \ideo in an effort to identify the woman who presented the bogus checks. Fortenbery said. The woman was dressed in scrubs, according to police. "We're investigating it now." Fortenbery said. The Edenton-Chowan Cham ber of Commerce this week no tified members in an email alert that there had been a run of fake checks that had been cashed at five locations around the area, in cluding two in Edenton over the last several weeks. All the checks have Vidant Ro anoke Chowan printed on them, but they are bogus, according to the Chamber email. 'Hie Chamber message indi cated the person passing these checks typically enters a place of business on a Saturday wear ing nursing scrubs and says she is in desperate need of cashing her payroll check since the banks are closed. But the email states Vidant rarely uses checks anymore for payroll since most employees are required to utilize direct deposit. Businesses are encouraged to contact the police if you en <'"'H ;s situation or anything similar mat seems out of the or dinary. Sheriff Dwayne Goodwin said he was not aware of any of the bogus hospital checks being pre sented at businesses in Chowan County outside the corporate limits of Edenton. Crimewatch Edenton Police ARRESTS • Jan. 8 — Kevin Lloyd Saw yer, 27, of Sunbury, was arrested for driving while license revoked, failure to stop for a stop sign and failure to wear a seatbelt. • Jan. 6 — Sherika Michelle Jor dan, 27, of Wedgewood Apts, was charged with making harassing phone calls. • Jan. 5 — Chaz Dequan White, 26, of Philadelphia, Pa, was ar rested on felony drug charges of possession with intent to manufac ture, sell or distribute a Schedule VI controlled substance, sale/de livery of a Schedule VI controlled substance and ' manufacturing, selling, distributing or possession within 1,000 feet of a park. • Jan. 4 — Denita Lynn Elliott, 45, of Mexico Road, was arrested for having no operator’s license. • Jan. 4 — Phillip Allen Stovall, 18, of Iredell Drive, was arrested for larceny from buildings. • Jan. 3 — Denzel Dequan Wil liams, 21, of West Church Street, was arrested for larceny involving a motor vehicle. • Jan. 3 — Walter Lee Wood Jr., 40, of Hertford, was arrested for failure to comply. INCIDENTS • Jan. 7 — Obtaining money by false pretense on Badham Road. MLK DAY Continued from 1A Iii tvi>;mls in the point .it >m it Mark businesses. I >au> remarked "we still have some Mack folks that t>ehe\ e that the white mail's lee is i •( >lcler.' Black-owned businesses and black professionals have to stniggle agiunst that perception. Davis said, "and so black businesses struggle and fail m our own commu nity." 1 tails, who ls both an at torney and a preacher, de liMTiil lus remarks Monday ;n the f< inn i if a senm >n <>n a bibheal text from 2 kintis 1. Tlte biblical story tells ■ >f an ini[*>verished wid< as who faced creditors pkui ning t<> take her sons as pay ment for her debts. Dans talked aixnit the euiTent threats against soils in the black community - in cluding high-profile eases of vi lima black men wr<mgfully killed and dispn>ix>nion ; it * imprisonment of young Mack men - and talked about how KlishaheliHiWhe a n ii >w di i \\ hat she neei lei! to do to |>n'teel her si>ns. "I'm not saying that rac ism doi'sni exist it does, all around us." I >avis said. But gangs are killing each otiier and innocent bystand ers. Dims said. ;uid as you | onfront that reality you need to ask “Chat ;m■ voii i<>mg m tiie h< iuse'’" The question I >a\ is ; u t-t j ■ it the center of his message a as an e< ho ot the pi test ii in Kfisilil a-kell >he V\ id' iu IIIe a ,ii< iw ti 1<I the pr. >|lie! that -! i hud a Singh- jar ■ >1 oil. ;u x 1 . ' || ie j. 1! o* I 111 I h -i ; u IU - ’ he ' | i.',' • 1 1 ii » 1 s |i |it;u lib .us a! o'. I'll ■!: of i M II )Ugl i I Hi I'i >r I 1 . ; 1,1 v ’ll-! i let ITS , L- i ] Jill ' : .mu tn f si .|LS III live l )t I lie ,i |i- urn • i.tr - if . ’ o| 1 w as a l;oo< 1 place to . I I s ; t : ' s;. ii • , - mm i-iniK m -n't wl .s' . i iu rail do in the • .-< Dans s.ud "U1 lal - ■ -1 * -1 ii .' i.: i at v in || s i| is 1 - -, ;, .us. Family Vektistky » ith a vault mu! canin' touch Yipikg Fa kg, pps 212 Amsley Avenue Hertford, NIC 252-426-5585 Chapter 2 15 Make this one brilliant! rbzyu«i^ 311 SOUTH BROAD STREET EDENTON,NC 252-482-3525 PHOTO COURTESY JOHN COLLINS The Judah Arts Youth Ensemble performs a musical selection during Monday’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance. I >a\is challenged his hear ers to teach their sons the importance of education and character, and to stress the goodness of marriage "rather than fornication." [ >a\is encouraged people to get away from the excuse of “notlung except” - refer ring to the widow's initial statement that she had noth ing except a jar of olive oil. People will say they have nothing except a high school diploma, nothing except a few friends, nothing except a little hit ofexpenenee from “a little piece of a job." But <i< h 1 created the uiu \eise out of nothing, so he ean do whatever he needs to do with w hatevei it is you ! i. r e, 1 >avis sud. Ml < iod needs is w hat you ha\ e " 1 )a\ is s;ud. “1 lon't let > > >i ll '< 'Xi ept' hei a une y i>ur excuse. The Kiierny wants to keep you from looking hi your house to s»*e what y i in already I lave fi >r (lod to i l->e. Hie second thing the w idow was told to do was gi > ii i her neighlMirs and Imr n as all the vessels she e< mid 1 ii im >w Pavis cited that detail from the biblical account as an indication of the impor tanee of networking. You need to have some i New Patients! Welcome1 friends that have some jars in the house, Davis said. These are people who have real wisdom to share, he stud. It doesn't dp any good, for instance, to st*ek advice on marriage from someone who has never been mar ried, he said. Networking requires a plan and a presentation, Da \is stud. You have to know the proper way to ask for what you need from your neighbors, he said. It's the season for the people of Dud to stop liv ing week-to-week and pay ehei ■ k-t < epaycheck, Davis stud. One way to do that is to save money by not spending it on tilings you don't need or can’t afford, he said. ‘Tin ;in old man anti I’ve never had a $200 pair of sneakers," Davis stud. It was i >ne (>f many lines in Ids mes sage that elicited applause and shouts of approval. Youth are being corrupted by gtmgsta rap, Davis stud. "I tun not against rap mu sic as an art form," Davis said. In fact, he added. "I may not look like it, but I'm a nipjrer myself." He said he has performed a ( 1os|k*1 rap, barked by a (iosjxf choir. But Davis stud he is agtunst lyrics that “denigrate our daughters” tuid glorify mine tuid violence. “We etui no longer afford the luxury of bltuumg our shortcomings on other |x*o ple," 1 >avis stud. He stud he rettlizes tiiat racism Ls alive and well, as evidenced, for example, by Confederate flags and racist bumper stickers. But those in the black community “need to clean up our house,” Davis said. “We’ve got to fix what Ls wrong with us.” Referencing tire biblical account of the ancient Isra elites rebuilding the w'alls of Jerusalem under the lead ership of Nehemiah, Davis pointed out that Nehemiah instructed the people to carry a battle ax in one liand and a trowel in the other, because they had to defend themselves against their en emies at the- same time they were building the wrall. “Our problem is we want to fight but we don’t want to build," Davis said. Nearly the entire crowd was on its feet shouting and dapping by the time Davis concluded Ills message1. "We have been blessed in a mighty way,” said Diana Jones Wilson after Davis fin ished his message. Wilson, who Ls president mid chief executive officer of Faith Partnerships Inc., presided at the ceremony. Angela Taylor Welch pre sented the1 Community Ser vice Award to Jo Baker ut recognition of Baker's work with the Reconciliation < iroup in Edenton. The Reconciliation Croup, which started through Edenton United Methodist Church as the Reconcilia tion Book Club, sponsored Bankruptcy can help you manage and solve your financial problems. Call Allen C. 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Although there have been gains in civil rights, blacks and whites still often Re proach one another with wariness, Baker said. Tire Reconciliation Group is working to address atti tudes in the community that lead to social exclusion of blacks, she said. The group also supports education as a way to improve income earning opportunities for local residents and recruit ment of business and indus try that pays a living wage, she added. Francis Inglis made a brief presentation on the purpose of the observance, which she said was to give thanks for the life and work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. She said she was grateful for tiie hard and dangerous work that he did. And many in Edenton also demonstrated and pro tested, Inglis said. “Wen giving thanks for them, t<x>,” she said. Even in this day, people of color - especially black men - continue to face great dan gers, Inglis said. Inglis said a major influ ence on her life and outlook h;id been the kindnesses shown to her by black people throughout her life. In particular, she recalled her appreciation for Harriet Gorham, who helped care for her as a child. She explained that Gor ham was the descendant of a slave who had suffered severe frostbite on both feet - they had to be amputated as a result of the frostbite - after being confined all night in the stocks when she was caught trying to escajre from Somerset Plantation from Edenton in order to set1 her mother. Inglis explained that she was descended form the owners of Somerset Planta tion. “It is not a comfortable heritage," she said. Inglis also noted that Gor ham was the granddaughter of John R. Page, who was tilt- last state representative from this area during Recon struction. Gorham was well educated, but because of her rar e could not find work except in domestic service, Inglis said. Inglis said she hat en joyed being part of the Ret onciliation Group in Eden ton and has found it helpful as blacks and whites simply learn to talk to each other. It has been said that all are recovering racists, Inglis said. If that is true, she said, “there are a whole lot more than 12 steps." Chowan County Commis sioner Alex Kehayes said he was glad the community was taking this time to re member the work of Martin Luther King Jr. “History is important," Kehayes said. He said that this past weekend he had been in Georgia with Iris wife, who was doing research on Kadesh AME Zion Church. She went to Georgia to in terview 97-year-old Reva Brinkley Standifer, the older sister of Edenton resident Norman Brinkley. Kehayes said he was .struck by the way she spoke of Martin Luther King Jr. simply as “Martin," talking to him about “what I liked about Martin.” She spoke of the civil rights leader as one who was humble, had the courage to say tilings people didn't want to hear, and re jected violence. Kehayes encouraged young people to sit down with the gray-haired or hair less people around them. “They'11 give you a view of history you won't get from a book," Kehayes said. Mayor Roland Vaughan said the kind of dre;im that is honored on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a vision you hope, plan and work for. Vaughan said the planning committee had done a great job on the event, wliich con tinues to grow in attendance and participation. Serving on the committee for the event were Angela Taylor Welch, chair. Mildred Vanterpool, co-chair Susan T. Brothers; Glorious Elliott; Carlton Griffin; Janet Hines; Anne-Marie Knighton; Jer ald I. Ferry Sr.; and Beatrice Stanley. »<unu}^nji i unmirnuMi tiiat tilt* crowd ;it the event apjrears to !>e growing huger every year. The benediction was pro nounced by Sherlton Broad nax. Mirsic was pro\ided by the Judith Arts Youth En semble under the direction of Brandon Mayo, and by Alana Stevenson ;uid Da’Jon Fleming. A presentation on tjie meaning of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dre;un was given by the Boys and (nils Club of EdentonA 'hovvan. Jerald I. Perry Sr. intro duced tile speaker. (Lidiya Bembry, a senior ;it Jolm A. Holmes High School, led a litany. Bishop Landon Ma son of (ireater Siumders drove Missionary Baptist Church led the prayer. Elder Wilbert Tatem of Soul Clutin Ministries read Scripture from Matthew 5: 1-12. The colors were posUsl by the Jolui A. Holmes Higli School JROTC. 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