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106 W WATER ST
EDENTON NC 27932-1854
D01 12
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Gates open at G.-00 pm
June 15 vs Morehead City Marlins (Wayback Wednesday: Beachin in the 60's)
June 17 vs Wilmington Sharks (Kids Run the Bases, VectorCSP Night)
June 18 vs Morehead City Marlins (Kids Run the Bases,
Post Game Fireworks, Catch With Dad)
June20 vsAsheboro Copperheads (50< Hot Dogs)
June 21 vs Peninsula Pilots ($1 Kids Night)
Call 482-4080 For Mote Information f www.edentonsteamers.com
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Apex presents details of wind energy project at info session
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
A spokesman for Apex Clean
Energy Inc. last week noted that
while all the turbines proposed for
the Chowan portion of the Tim
bermill Wind Project comply with
county ordinance requirements
for setbacks, more than four out
of five turbines are located more
than half a mile from the nearest
non-participating property owner.
Citizens in both Chowan and
Perquimans have raised concerns
about property values, sound
and the possibility of detrimental
health effects from infrasound.
Infrasound refers to low-fre
quency vibrations that are not au
dible but can sometimes be felt or
sensed by the body in other ways.
The minimum setback required
in the ordinance is two and a half
times tip height, or roughly 1,500
feet. But Apex’s Kevin Chandler
said during an information ses
sion Thursday at D.F. Walker Ele
mentary School that 98 percent of
the turbines proposed in Chowan
are more than three times the tip
height from the nearest property
line of a non-participating proper
ty owner, and 84 percent are more
than half a mile away.
Apex officials held the informa
tion session at the school from
9 am. - 1 p.m., with eight Apex
See WIND FARM, 3A
VERNON FUESTON PHOTOS
Graduates turn their tassles
at the end of commencement
exercises Friday night at John
A. Holmes High School.
Holmes High School graduates
SMALL — BUT ACCOMPLISHED — CLASS
BY VERNON M. FUESTON III
Correspondent
r ohn A. Holmes High School
celebrated the end of a 13-year
Zj journey for its class of 2016 on
Friday as 125 graduates received
their diplomas at commencement
exercises.
Tire graduation, held at the high
school's athletic field, was attended
by several hundred parents, fam
ily and well-wishers. In addition
to those graduates who received
diplomas at the ceremony, there
were four who graduated but were
not present for the commencement
exercises.
Mr. Stephen Wood, Principal of
Jolrn A. Holmes, first thanked the
faculty and staff who, he said, had
made the day possible. He then
also thanked the parents and fam
ily who had supported the graduat
ing seniors.
Wood said the class had distin
guished itself in several ways. He
said that 122 of the students had re
ceived college acceptance letters,
reading from a list of colleges from
around the country.
In addition to that, Wood said
that 24 students had earned cred
its at the College of the Albemarle
while earning their diplomas at
John A. Holmes with Daniel Midg
ette earning an associate&rsquo;s
degree at that institution.
Wood said MIdgette was the fust
student from Holmes High School
ever to earn an associates degree
while working on his diploma
Teacher of the Year Laurie
Brooks addressed the graduates as
keynote speaker, reminding them
of their experiences in her English
classes. There, she said, they stud
ied the concept of a hero.
See GRADUATION, 4A
Graduates march in at the beginning of commencement exercises
Friday night at John A. Holmes High School.
Police
identified
‘person of
interest’
From staff reports
Edenton police said last
week they have identified
a “person of interest” in the
home invasion and assault
that sent a local man to the
hospital with serious injuries
on the morning of June 7.
Police Chief Jay Forten
bery said Thursday that
police have identified the
owner of a bicycle left be
hind at the victim&rsquo;s
house and that person in
turn led them to the person
of interest
“Due to the help of citi
zens, the owner of the bicy
cle has been identified along
with a person of interest in
this case,” he said.
Fortenbery did not re
lease the identity of the bi
cycle’s owner or the person
of interest, but suggested
investigators are close to an
arrest.
“We’re still investigating
and, hopefully, we’ll have
charges soon” in the case,
he said.
Both the Edenton Police
Department and N.C. State
Bureau of Investigation
have been investigating the
burglary and assault, which
occurred around 5 am.
Tuesday in the 100 block of
W. Queen Street.
The victim in the assault
suffered multiple head usu
ries and remains in serious
condition at Vidant Medical
Center in Greenville, ac
cording to police.
Police have described
the suspect as a dark-com
plexioned black male about
five feet, 11 inches tall and
weighing about 170 pounds.
The suspect was last seen
wearing a dark shirt, jeans
and dark shoes.
Anyone wan aacuuonai
information about the inci
dent is asked to contact Sgt.
Laura Wilkins at the Eden
ton Police Department at
482-9884 or 482-5144.
County OKs slight
hike in school funds
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
The Chowan County
Board of Commissioners
voted unanimously to in
crease local funding for
Edenton-Chowan Schools
operations by $11,545 in the
2016-2017 county budget
- bringing local current ex
pense funding for schools
to $3.55 million.
Commissioner Keith Nix
on made the motion. Com
missioner Ellis Lawrence
was absent from the board’s
budget work session Tues
day morning.
The budget mast be ad
opted by June 30. A final
vote to adopt the 2016-2017
county budget is expected
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at the commissioners’ meet
ing Monday night.
After the school funding
motion the board was look
ing at a roughly 1.5-cent in
crease in the property tax
rate. The board continued
to deliberate the budget as
of late Tuesday morning.
Among other things, Nixon
and Commissioner Emmett
Winbome were calling for
slight fee increases in rec
reation and other areas to
help with the county's rev
enue picture.
Before Nixon’s motion,
Commissioner John Mitch
ener made a motion for a
$372,000 increase in schools
current expense funding.
The motion failed with only
Mitchener voting for it.
Comity Manager Kevin
Howard’s recommended
budget included a four-cent
increase in the property tax
rate*to 76.5 cents per $100
See BUDGET, 4A
Fishing highlighted in Albemarle Magazine
STAFF PHOTO BY REGGIE PONDER
A lone fisherman waits for a bite at the mouth of Queen Anne Creek on a recent afternoon. There’s much more
about fishing around the Albemarle in the Summer 2016 edition of Albemarle Magazine, inside today’s Chowan
Herald. Also, see information about fishing license requirements on 2A.
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