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P8/C8**■* **CAR-RT LOT * * C 002 A0109 SHEPHERD PRUDEN LIBRARY 106 W WATER ST EDENTON NC 27932-1854 482-4418 Wednesday, July 15, 2015 50* UPCOMING HOME GAMES 6*»£S SJtmm 7PM m tttST0RtC HICKS FIELD NEXT HOME GAMES July 15 Asheboro Copperheads - Pepsi Night I July 18 Fayetteville SwampDogs - VectorCSP Night I July 20 Petersburg Generals - Centurytink Night I July 21 Wilson Tohs - Pasquotank County Night I July 23 Petersburg Generals - Bertie County Night Military Appreciation Night Tv W WFfta* STAFF PHOTO BY REGGIE PONDER Sue Campbell (right) of American Legion Post 40 Auxiliary collects toiletries and snacks for area troops deploying to Kosovo during Military Appreciation Night, Thursday, July 2, at Historic Hicks Field. The Edenton Steamers hosted Peninsula and fell 11-4. The auxiliary will continue to collect items for care packages over the coming weeks and months. See more photo* from the night’s game on page 7A and In our slideshow at DailyAdvance.COM. Vaughan to seek sixth term as mayor From staff reports Mayor Roland Vaughan has filed for re-election. Vaughan, who is serving his fifth term as mayor of Edenton, filed July 8 to seek re-election in the Nov. 3 Municipal Election. Vaughan, 71, announced months ago that if elected this would be his final term in office. He said Friday that he decided to run one more time for the same reason he ran for office the first time around. “1 want to continue to try to give back to the town because it has been so good to me and my fam ily,” Vaughan said. “Also, we have a lot of positive things in the works,” he added. “I want to see those projects through to fruition.” Vaughan said that he wanted to work to help create job opportunities and an expansion of the tax base. He said that while the population of the town had re mained unchanged STALLINGS m laag-.m VAUGHAN 16 years (4 terms). George Grother j has filed to oppose j incumbent Sambo : Dixon for the Sec | ond Ward seat Dix on currently holds, j Grother unsuc cessfully ran for the at-large seat on for the past 30 years, he felt that Edenton is now on the verge of ex periencing positive growth for the first time in a long time and that he wanted to be a part of that as well. The filing period closes Friday at noon. Councilman Jimmy Stallings, who serves as mayor pro-tem, has filed for re-election to the First Ward seat he has held for almost the council currently held by Bob Quinn. Quinn was elected to the seat in 2010 after defeating Groth er and incumbent Jerry Parks. Dixon has said he plans to file for reelection, but had not filed as of presstime Tuesday. Steve Biggs, who holds an at large seat, had not filed as of presstime, and had not announced whether or not he would seek re election. Neighborhood redevelopment plans OK’d BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer The town council last month unan imously approved plans to remedy blight in the North Oakum Street and Moseley Street neighborhoods. The council approved the redevel opment plans following two public hearings that preceded the council’s regular monthly work session on June 22. No citizeas spoke at either hear ing. Dale Holland of Wilmington-based Holland Planners Inc., a firm social izing in land use planning, urban de sign and community development, reviewed the steps it had taken to get to this point in the process. “Concluding tonight will Ik- what has been a long, winding road,” Hol land said. Holland also reviewed final revi sions to the redevelopment process. They included clarifying the definition of detailed inspections of dilapidated properties that are part of the acqui sition/condemnation process and co ordinating deed restrictions with the town's Historic Preservation Com mission. He said the Moseley Street plan needed to take into account that the Moseley Street Park was acquired with Clean Water Management Trust funds, which come with their own set of guidelines. Ilie process came alive in May 2014 when the town council adopted a res olution that resulted in the creation See NEIGHBORHOOD, 4A Schools to charge $65 driver ed this year BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer The school board voted 5-1 at its July 7 monthly meeting to begin charging a $65 fee for students in the ©2009 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved Edenton-Chowan Schools who take driver education training during the 2015 2016 school year. Board member Gil Bur roughs cast the lone dis senting vote. The $65 fee is currently a capped, allowable fee that the state says students can be charged. Prior to the vote, the school system had never charged students who received the training. But school officials pointed out that the state legislature has removed money from its tentative budget that school systems had been using to fund tire program. Burroughs said his feel ing was that academic sub jects were supposed to be the school system’s priority and he was troubled by the idea of taking money from the school’s fund balance to pay for the program. “I’m reluctant,” he said. “It’s a question for me of priorities.” But board member Gene Jordan disagreed. “We do a lot of things not related to academics,” he said. “If you want to fvuic tion in today’s society, you need your driver’s license." School officials said front what they are hearing from See DRIVER ED, 4A Both sides speak out on wind energy issue BY REGGIE PONDER Editor Supporters and oppo nents of making Chowan County’s wind energy ordi nance substantially more restrictive were vocal about their views during the July 6 meeting of the Chowan Board of Commissioners. Speakers addressed the commissioners in the wake of a citizen petition ask ing the hom'd to adopt six revisions to the county’s wind ordinance that were proposed by the Planning Board. Apex Clean Energy Inc. has proposed the Timber null Wind Project along the Chowan-Perquintans line. Don (iiecek of Apex ('lean Energy said the com pany follows federal, state and local road maps when it begins exploring a potential project. The local road map is the county wind energy ordinance, he said. The company has invest ed hundreds of thousands of dollars in wildlife moni toring and other tests based on the standards established in the existing ordinance, he said. The petition drivers are making false claims to land owners who aren’t in areas that would be affected by the project, according to Giecek. Giecek noted additional requirements could be put in place during the condi tional use permit process. “Reopening the ordinance is unnecessary,” Giecek See WIND ENERGY, 4A Sheriff warns of rash of scam activity From staff reports Sheriff Dwayne Gotxiwin is winning residents to be wary of tilings that sound too gotxi to be true - or just don’t add up. Scrams an* on the rise, he said. One local resident re ceived a check for more than $3,000 that purported to lx* from Haliburton. The check actually was bogus, with the goal of ob taining the resident’s bank information, according to the sheriff. Goodwin said often the banks will recognize such checks as fakes, but it’s al ways a good idea to be cau tious. Such Iwigus checks have come from various compa nies mid different states, Goodwin said. Another common scheme is someone who claims to need help in coming to America, according to Goodwin. Another scam is a claim of lottery winnings, with in structions to pay a “process ing fee” or taxes in order to claim the prize, Goodwin said. Goodwin said recently some residents have gotten calls from a young-sounding person claiming to be their See SCAMS, 4A CHOWAN EDENTON OPTIMIST CLUB OFFERS A BIG THANK YOU! COUNTY OF CHOWAN CHOWAN EMERGENCY t EDENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ■ WILDLIFE RESOURCES THE WOPO FAMILY AT HAYES PLANTATION VOCALIST HANNAH ROSE 81 BOY SCOUT TROOP 104 ^ For All Yourm Extraordinary ervices Randal In Support Of The July 4th Celebrationf Please Send Tax Free Contributions To; OHOWAN EDENTON OPTIMIST CLUB 1®! C/O JOHN M'ARTHUR M 108 MEADOW LARK DRIVE EDENTON, NC 27932 '
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