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White files for District 3 seat on school board
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Joan Hoggard White has filed
for the District 3 seat on the school
board being vacated by incumbent
Kay Wright
White, 55, is a native of Bertie
County. She is the director of the
Out of the Box Childcare Center
in Edenton. Under her leadership
during the past three years, the
center has gone from a two-star
state rating to a five star facility,
the highest rank available in North
Carolina.
White has an extensive
background in education,
including working for the
Bertie and Perquimans
County school systems.
Tve worked at every
level in some capacity,”
she said. Tve worked in
elementary school, middle
JORDAN
education from
East Carolina
University, and a
master’s degree
in administration
from ECSU. She
is also a National
Board Certified
teacher.
“I’ve always had
WHITE
from John A. Hol
mes High School.
She plans to at
tend ECSU in the
fall.
White said a
desire to contrib
ute to the better
ment of the lives
of children in the
W-W- ’HtMt li ;
WRIGHT
Edenton-Chowan school
system in continuing to
make it everything it can
be. We may be a small
town, but we’re not small
minded people.”
White said before de
ciding to run she made
sure Wright did not plan to
seek another term on the
SCIIUU1 CUIU Ulgll school
White holds a bachelor of sci
ence in early childhood education
from Elizabeth City State Uni
versity, a master’s in elementary
it passion lor neipmg cruiaren,
she said.
She and her husband, Frank
have one child, a daughter, Krys
ten White, 18, who just graduatet
community had influenced her de
cision to run.
“I want to give back to the com
munity,” she said. “I want to work
l with other board members in the
board.
Wright confirmed Monday that
she would not seek re-election to
See FILINGS, 2A
Coming together
PHOTO BY KERI PAMPUCH/THE DAILY ADVANCE
Elizabeth Spruill enjoys her Involvement in activities at the Boys & Girls Club of Edenton-Chowan, shown here, and
in the activities of the Elizabeth City Boys & Girls Club. The clubs recently merged into a single organization with
Spruill as executive director.
Elizabeth City,
Edenton-Chowan
Clubs merge
BY REGGIE PONDER AND
WILLIAM F. WEST
Staff Writers
The Boys and Girls
Clubs of Elizabeth
City and Edenton
C ho wan are merging into a
new regional organization.
The announcement
was made at Wednesday’s
monthly meeting of the
Elizabeth City-Pasquotank
Economic Development
Commission by Jeff Dixon.
He’s a Pasquotank County
commissioner who doubles
as board president of the
Elizabeth City Boys and
Girls Club. Additionally, his
wife, Dottie, had been serv
ing as interim executive di
rector of the Elizabeth City
club.
“And hopefully, it’s go
ing to make both clubs a
lot more stronger,” Dixon
told the EDC of the merger.
“And then they will seek to
branch out into other com
munities to form other Boys
and Girls Club in communi
ties that are badly in need of
such organizations.”
Elizabeth Spruill, who
for the past three years had
been the director of the
Edenton-Chowan Boys and
Girls Club, is executive di
rector of the new regional
collaboration.
“I’m excited about it,”
Spruill said of the merger,
noting “that is a national
trend among Boys and Girls
Clubs.”
Dottie Dixon will be the
unit director for Elizabeth
City and Susan Brothers
will be the unit director for
Edenton-Chowan. Spruill
said a one-year trial period
with the purpose of merging
the two organizations took
effect June 1.
Jeff Dixon said a new
name for the united clubs is
pending.
Dixon said afterward that
the trend in the eastern part
of the state has been for Boys
and Girls Clubs to merge, an
example being in the Green
ville area
Dixon cited concern about
hiring a full-time executive
See CLUBS, 2A
Technical Review Committee looks at Apex application
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Fire safety, traffic and
agriculture were among
the concerns addressed at
last week’s meeting of the
Chowan County Technical
Review Committee meeting
regarding the conditional
use permit application for
the Timbermill Wind Proj
ect.
The Chowan County
Planning Board was slated
to meet Tuesday night to
hear public comment and
make a recommendation
on the CUP application. The
decision on the CUP will be
made by the Chowan Coun
ty Board of Commissioners
following a quasi-judicial
hearing.
At the Technical Review
Committee meeting, Don
Giecek of Apex Clean En
ergy Inc. described the
proposed project as encom
passing about 16,000 acres
with roughly 8,000 acres in
Chowan County and includ
ing 105 turbines with 48 in
Chowan.
Giecek said there would
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gravel-surfaces and gener
ally 16 feet in width, Giecek
said.
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manent me
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towers in the
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Wind Project is Aug. 2-2A
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ect will em
ploy about
; 10 person
nel for op
erations and
maintenance,
iLy wuuiu iiave a imuiiiium
capacity of 300 megawatts,
according to Giecek
Apex will provide new
and improved all-weather
access roads that will be
including lacwiy managers,
a site manager and certified
crew of technicians, Giecek
said. Specified personnel
will be on call 24/7, he said.
In addition, a 24/7 remote
operations team also has
full control and monitoring
capabilities, Giecek said. He
added that a third mecha
nism for safety and control
is the turbines themselves.
Giecek said construction
of on-site roads, tower foun
dations and the substation
may take about eight to 10
months. Turbine installation
will take about two to three
months, he said.
Subject to receipt of nec
essary permits and weather
delays, the project is slated
to be operational during
the fourth quarter of 2018,
Giecek said.
Apex will work closely
with the N.C. Department of
Transportation and Chowan
County to manage construc
tion traffic, Giecek said.
The company has leases
with 27 Chowan landown
ers involving 88 parcels, he
said.
Giecek said Apex doesn’t
know the exact turbine that
See WIND, 2A
Council to consider Yacht
Club lease proposal
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
At the Edenton Town
Council’s monthly work ses
sion Monday night council
members agreed to send
to full council the Edenton
Yacht Club’s request for a
10-year lease for the prop
erty on the west side of the
former Northeast Commis
sion building as well as the
storage building where the
club’s sails, buoys, kayaks
and other supplies are pres
ently being kept
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tee Chair Steve Biggs and
other members of his com
mittee made the recom
mendation concerning the
plan that was first raised
by the Yacht Club in a letter
last month. Moving the item
before the full council at its
monthly meeting in August
would allow time for addi
tional discussion and a pos
sible vote.
Mayor Pro Tern Jimmy
Stallings presided in the
absence of Mayor Roland
Vaughan. Tbwn Councilman
Sambo Dixon was also ab
sent
In a memo dated July 22
Town Manager Anne-Marie
Knighton said she thought
the council should wait a
while before making a deci
sion on the issue.
“As you know we are in
the middle of discussions
ft
with John Glover, the brew
ery and brew pub developer,
to address questions raised
by the Council regarding
his proposal,” she wrote. “I
think it is premature for the
Council to enter into a ten
year lease of the land and
the storage building with
the Yacht Club.”
Knighton said that Glover
has requested that the town
work with him to find out if
the National Park Service
would agree to an exchange
of the land in question.
“If an exchange could be
approved, that land would
be classified on the “6F
Map” as reserved for out
door public recreation,"
Knighton said. “A long term
lease now might be an im
pediment to the Town’s ef
forts to gain approval for
this land exchange.”
STAFF PHOTO BY REGGIE PONDER
This home at 206 Vance Lane in Edenton was gutted by Are Thursday night The Edenton
Fire Department extinguished the blaze and the American Red Cross Is assisting the family.
Family loses home in fire
From staff reports
An Edenton family lost
its home last week in a fire.
Myisha Basnight and
family were not at home
Thursday night when their
home caught fire. The mo
bile home at 206 Vance Lane
was destroyed I the blaze,
according to Edenton^Tre
Chief Craig Forlines.
The American Red Cross
is assisting the family.
Firefighters were dis
patched around 9:05 p.m.
Thursday and were on
the scene within five min
utes. The fire was quickly
brought under control and
the site was cleared at 10:55
p.m., according to Forlines.
The mobile home is
owned by Enell Granby, fire
officials said.
Forlines said the fire start
ed from an electric short in
the bathroom. No firefight
ers were injured on the call
and crews were able to put
out the fire and contain it to
the mobile home where it
started.