17 A * X nr, 11? StoHNC 27932-'** 482-4418 50‘ Wednesday, June 8, 2016 UPCOMING HOME GAMES GAME STARTS AT 7PM AT HISTORIC HICKS FIELD Gates open at 6:00 pm June 8 vs Wilson Tobs (Wayback Wednesday: Swingin with the 50’s) June 15 vs. Morehead City Marlins (Wayback Wednesday: Beachin in the 60’s) Call 482-4080 For More Information I WWW.EDENTONSTtAMERS.COM Board hears call for school funding, no tax hike BY REGGIE PONDER Editor Parents and school officials urged the county commissioners Monday to increase funding for the local schools while other citi zens encouraged the commission ers to hold the line on the property tax rate. The commissioners must adopt a balanced budget by June 30. The board currently is holding budget work sessions to come up with a final version of the 2016-1017 county budget. A public hearing on County Manager Kevin Howard’s recom mended budget was held during the commissioners’ regular meet ing Monday night. The recom mended budget, which already has been altered by the commissioners in work sessions, called for a four cent increase in the *property tax rate to 76.5 cents and increased current expense funding for the public schools by $50,000. Edenton-Chowan Schools Su perintendent Rob Jackson pushed for increased funding during his remarks at the hearing. During the extraordinarily lean times of 2009, the school board reduced local salaries and supple ments for teachers and staff by 2 percent Since then, 1 percent of that has been restored. The school board is hoping in the coming fis cal year to restore the remaining 1 percent. Jackson told the commission ers Monday that restoring that 1 percent to teacher and staff sala ries - slated to cost $177,918 - is the school board’s highest priority in the 2016-2017 budget. See BUDGET, 6A Righteous Brothers Too STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH Russell Bootwright, lead vocalist for The Righteous Brothers Too, performs the Jerry Lee Upwis classic, "Great Balls of Fire,” during Saturday's annual Music and Water Festival. Escapee returns to custody From staff reports The man who escaped from the custody of a Chow an County Jail transport of ficer last week is facing ad^ ditional charges as a result of the incident. David Alan Stallings, 48, has been charged with es cape irom jail, break ing and entering, and larceny after break ing and entering, according to Chowan STALLINGS County Sheriff Dwayne Goodwin. Stallings is being held in the Chowan County Jail under $200,000 secured bond, according to Good win. Stallings has a court ap pearance scheduled for July 12. Goodwin said Stallings ran away in handcuffs while being taken from the trans port vehicle to the county jail around 3 p.m. on June 1. See ESCAPEE, 6A Bond to recieve France’s most prestigious award BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer A retired Edenton postmaster is being honored at a ceremony next week with the National Order of the Legion of Honor, the highest honor bestowed by the French. James Bond Ls one of 12 World War II veterans receiving the honor at a ceremony tliat will be held at the Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte on June 15 at 2 p.m. Established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonapar te, the award recognizes those who have offered outstanding service to the French Republic. According to a news release, recipients of the honor j are designated by the President of the Republic, Francois Hollande. Besides Bond, North Carolinians receiving tire award include Rich Anthony J. Buccieri of Apex, Murray Lorber, also of Raleigh, James R. In man from Elizabethtown, Charles J. Jones of Jamestown, and Julius N. Watlington of Yanceyville, as well as Vincent Corsini of Burlington, S.C. Bond and the other recipients be ing honored at the ceremony are re ;ini r. Woodson oi Kaieign, Lewis h. BOND ceivmg the recognition as a gesture HeiTon of Asheville, John W. New- of thanks for protecting and defend nian of Mooresville, Jerome M. Schwartz of ing France and the French people with their ('harlotte, Men in E. Hogg from Wilmington, very lives during the war. “It is a tremendous honor for me to thank, on behalf of my country, the American vet erans who participated in the liberation of France more than 70 years ago,” said Consul Genera] Denis Barbet when the announce ment was made. “We wish to give these men their due honor and to assure them that the French people have not forgotten their heroic service. We are forever grateful to them.” See BOND, 6A Bethel Fishing Center is more than just a bait shop BY REGGIE PONDER Editor Editor’s note: Much more fishing coverage mil be included in the Summer 2016 edition of Albemarle Magazine, which will be inserted in next week's Chowan Herald. Bethel Fishing Center is a bait and tackle shop located at the edge of a residential subdi vision of the same name in Perquimans County. Titat’s true enough. It’s situated right on the ©2009 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved Yeoplm River next to a boat ramp in the Bethel commu nity. That’s true, too. And it also might be helpful to note Bethel Fishing Center sells snack and other assorted items in addition to fishing supplies. But you still don't know Bethel Fishing Center until you meet the owner and op erator. Mildred Henry and her late husband, Patrick, bought the shop 22 years ago, she recalled in an in terview recently, seated at a table near the counter that has an awesome view of the river. Her husband died six years ago and she has con tinued running the business since then. See FISHING, 4A STAFF PHOTO BY REGGIE PONDER Mildred Henry is right at home behind the counter at Bethel Fishing Center. |,sr»®r1 WE DON'T EXPECT TO BE EVERYONE'S PHARMACY, BUT WE SURELY WOULD LIKETO BE YOURS. 323 S. Broad St. • PO Box 209 * Edenton, NC 27932-0209 • (252) 482-2127 J.G. (Jim) Blount, Sr., R.PH • Jennr Blount Wiliams, PtumD. • Nelson Spear, Pkm D.

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