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P8,CB*•*•■-CAR-R" LOT'*C h02 AO 109 SHEPHERD PRUDEM LIBRARY 106 W WATER ST EDENTGN NC 27932-1854 482-4418 Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Blind Tony releases first all-music CD — 6B 50* PHOTO BY KIP SHAW Dancers enjoy the music of the Embers during the Boogie on Broad Street dance on Friday. See story and more photos from the Biennial Pilgrimage weekend on IB. One year after fierce tornadoes, rebuilding goes on BY REGGIE PONDER Editor A year iil'ter devastating tornadoes struck Chowan and neighboring conn-' ties, destroying homes and claiming the life of a young child itt Chowan, volunteers tire busy helping people re building their homes and their lives. Stephanie Hunt of United Methodist Disaster Relief is coordinating volunteer efforts in Chowan, Per quimans and Pasquotank counties. The tomac li restore acre >ss 7 would love to have more local churches involved." Stephanie Hunt United Methodist Disaster Relief area counties on April 25 of hist year. Hunt arrived in Edenton on August 25 and had vol unteer work teams cotiting into the area beginning in < ietober. A number of work teams came last fall, and 19 teams have been here since Janu ary. The work hits been a combination of repairs and new home construction. Hunt said that in recent weeks there had been something of a slowdown because of short funds and a shortage of volunteers. “We're based on volun teers," Hunt said. Recently, however, ad ditional funding has been secured and volunteer com mitments also are starting to come in. “So now we’re back up and running,” Hunt said. One team already is on the books for May, but teams are needed for the summer. Surprisingly, Hunt said, there are no volunteer work teams scheduled so far for June, July or August. Local volunteers from Open Door Church and Edenton Baptist Church have provided a lot of sup port. Hunt said she would very much like to get addi tional local volunteers. “I would love to have more local churches in volved,” Hunt said. Construction of one new home has started in Chapa noke. Hunt is seeking fund ing to rebuild another house right next to it. Volunteers also are work ing on finishing a mobile home installation on Burnt Mill Road in Chowan Coun ty. Open Door and Edenton Baptist are helping with that project. “And we do need fund ing," Hunt said. Donations may be mailed to United Methodist Di saster Relief, 139 Maui St., Swan Quarter, N.C. 27885. Hunt’s email address Ls im u dr. sgal i unt.Cgmail. com. Another immediate need is for a skilled brick mason. “I’m definitely needing a brick mason - someone who can volunteer some brick work - in Perqui mans County,” Hunt said. “This lady has been ready to move in since Thanksgiv ing, except that 1 can’t find anybody to donate the brick work.” Hunt said she expects the rebuilding efforts to continue into December and possibly longer. She said her plan is to stay as long as necessary to get the work done. Schools: Leave partisan politics at the door BY PETER WILLIAMS The Perquimans Weekly The ehainuan of the Edenton-Chowiin Board of Education luvs joined ;ill five area school districts are unanimously opposed to new legislation that would require all sel»x>l board members to declare a politi cal party and run in partisan elections. Republican lawmakers who Tire puslting I louse Bill .'$24 say it would give voters more infor mation about can didates and boost turnout. (tpponents. like John Guard, chair man of the local school board, 'say partisan politics snouia not play a role in school board electioas. Guard, a registered Dem ocrat, said he can’t under stand the bill’s logic. “If it were Demo crats introducing the same bill I would still feel the same way,” Guard said. “If (the current system is) not broke, don't fix it. The one tiling that attracted me to the school board was the fact that it lias been non-partisan. “I’ve observed our boards over tlie year and we’ve had boards that were made up GUARD of Republic ans and Demo cniis and unless somebody said sometliing, you never knew which was which,” Guard continued. “I’d al ways guessed the1 minority (of school hom'd members) were' Democrats, but 1 re ally didn’t know that. If this (bill) passes it would make school board races more partisan and make them more expensive." See GUARD, 4A Commissioners begin work on 2015-16 budget BY REGGIE PONDER Editor The Chowaii County Board of Commissioners ©2009 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved will hold a budget work ses sion April 29 beginning at 9 am. During the board’s meet ing Monday night, commis sioners indicated a general inclination to spend a sig nificant amount of time at die budget session in order to get as much work as jios sible completed on the 2015 2016 county budget. Chowan County Manager Kevin Howard has compiled a preliminary tabulation of budget figures as a starting point for the county com missioners’ work on the 2015-2016 county budget. Those numbers, which Howard described as “very preliminaiy,” show a 21-cent increase in the property tax rate if the school system’s high-priority requests are fully funded and the budget is balanced with minimal use of fund balance. Howard has pointed out that the revenue estimates could change based on up dated information from tire tax office. The draft budget compi lation is based on requests from departments and agen cies and preliminary work See BUDGET, 4A Winborne jailed briefly, appeals to Superior Court ■ Commissioner found in contempt of no-contact order BY REGGIE PONDER Editor A Chowan County Com missioner s(x*nt nearly fiv e hours in the county jail on April 14 alter being found in contempt of a court or der barring him from com municating witli a local businesswoman. Commissioner Emmett Winbome was found in contempt of a Feb. 6 no contact order that required him not to text, call, threat en or be in tire presence of Sissi Dupraw or her busi ness. Dupraw operates Hunt er’s Deer Processing in the Arrowhead Beach area District Court Judge Robert Trivette ordered Winbome be committed to the county jail for tliree days ;uid pay a fine of $300. B u t Winborne filed no tice of ap WINBORNE peal and was released on bail at 5:25 p.m. on April 14 after Robert H. Winbome posted a $3,000 cash bond. Winbome’s appeal is scheduled to be heard on May 18 in Chowan County Superior Court. Winbome was received into the Chowan Jail at 12:30 p.m. on April 14, ac cording to jail records filed with the court. See WINBORNE, 4A r u FAMILY FUN QOCKY HOCK COMMUNITY CENTER SATURDAY, MAY 2ND-10AM Jfemtiroke Bass Club • Kids FishinglnstnictfeU Contest and Prizes M
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