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Crimewatch Edenton Police Department ARRESTS ■ Aug. 30 - Donte Jermaine Scott, 24, of North Oakum Street, was charged with one misde meanor count of resisting arrest. ■ Aug. 30 - Sharhonda Davinia Holley, 27, of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Av enue, was arrested on one misdemeanor count of failure to appear. ■ Aug. 29 - Joel Daniel Dilucia, 18, of Johnson Lane, was arrested on one felony count of first degree burglary, one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to in flict serious ii\jury and one felony count of larceny. ■ Aug. 24 - Trevin Areese Elliott, 29, of Mor ris Lane, was arrested on one felony count of failure to appear. ■ Aug. 23 - Rayshawn Lamont Anthony, 24, was arrested on one felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon, one misdemeanor count of possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance and one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia. ■ Aug. 23 - Dayana Lesherika Lankford, 23, of Reginald and Mary Ave nue, was issued a citation for operating a vehicle without a driver’s license. INCIDENTS ■ Aug. 30 - Failure to pay for food at Garden Buffet on Virginia Road. ■ Aug. 28 - Hit and run on Virginia Road. ■ Aug. 27 - Breaking and entering and larceny at the NC Division of Mo tor Vehicles office on North Broad Street. ■ Aug. 27 - Assault and communicating threats on West Carteret Street. ■ Aug. 27 - Criminal damage to property (van dalism) on Haughton/ Thick Neck Roads. ■ Aug. 18 - Credit card fraud on Morris Circle. Chowan County Sheriff’s Office ARRESTS ■ Aug. 31 - Israel James Hughes, 27, ot unamDers Ferry Road, was arrest ed on one misdemeanor count of communicating threats. ■ Aug. 24 - Treven El liott, age unknown, of Morris Lane, was arrested on one count of failure to appear. INCIDENTS ■ Assault by strangula tion and simple assault on Lynnhaven Drive. Chowan Democrats organize efforts for Nov. 8 Election From staff reports On Aug. 17, Chowan County Democratic volun teers, steering committee members and interested citizens met for dinner and an organizational meeting to plan voting efforts in the upcoming election. The event, held at Noth in' Fancy Cafe, drew 32 people to hear a presenta tion from Brenda Pollard, a Durham resident who was a North Carolina Demo cratic delegate selected to attend the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in July. Pol lard. a delegate pledged to Hillary Clinton, gave a rousing recap of conven tion activities and the pre vailing spirit throughout the entire week. Pollard mentioned the North Carolina delegation SUBMITTED PHOTO Sam Davis, candidate for District 1 seat in the North Carolina General Assembly, was among the featured speakers at the Aug. 17 meeting of the Chowan County Democratic Party in Edenton. was electronically linked delegate required to have in every phase of the con- a cell phone at all times to vention action, with each receive critical communi cations on matters requir ing them to be present on the floor. Even if their convention lodgings were outside Philadelphia, ar ranged shuttle service made their daily commute to the Wells Fargo Center relatively easy. During the meeting, in addition to the discussion of planning strategies for registering voters, getting out the early vote, and get ting the vote out on Nov. 8, several office-seekers spoke to the group and en couraged support for their candidacy, as well as sup port of the overall ticket. Sam Davis, who is seek ing the General Assembly Seat for District 1, rallied supporters to back him in his bid to unseat incum bent Rep. Bob Steinburg, R-Chowan. County Commissioner candidates Donald Fair cloth and James (Jill) White also spoke, asking for party support in get ting residents registered to vote and supporting their fund-raising efforts. Lynn Gilliard, treasurer of the Chowan County Dem ocrats, who is running unopposed for Chowan County Register of Deeds, was also in attendance. Regional Coordinator of the North Carolina Demo cratic Party, Jasmine Johnson, was introduced at the meeting and an nounced plans to provide the local party with skilled campaign volunteers, on a county-by-county basis, to help train local volun teers. She identified Kel vin Stallings as the local Democratic campaign coordinator who will be working with the county committee. William Miller, Chowan County Democrats Chair, closed by repeating the pleas for volunteers, fi nancial support for the party, and for maintaining ongoing enthusiasm as the final days of the campaign begin in earnest. “We have fewer than 83 days until Nov. 8, but we have much to do; if each of us enlists two or three people, we can extend our influence and get the word out about the positive steps that our Democratic ticket, from top to bottom, can make for all of our cit izens, not just the narrow interests courted by the Republican Party in North Carolina,” Miller said. If you care to volunteer to work on the Democrat ic vote-getting team email: Bill@AheamArts.com. SCHOOLS Continued from 1A continually improve student outcomes." Jackson said he believes in the steps the schools are tak ing to improve. “1 believe m our students, teachers, and staff." Jackson said. “Tlie school system's pr< tgress cl* -arly slit iws our fo cus on 1 icing i tetter today titan we were yesterday. As our stu dents achieve historic accom plisluuents like the liighest cohort graduation rate in the history of the school system, we know that we stand on the shoulders of giants. "We acknowledge those who paved the way and com mit to continuing on the path way to excellence," Jackson continued. “Our students deserve our very best, includ ing using this data to further improve our instructional practices:’ Test results from the 2015 2016 school year show that schools are making prog ress in several areas toward increasing the proficiency rate and student growth. At the district level scores for Math Grades 3-8 Career and College Ready increased 3.4 percent and Grade Level Pro ficient scores increased 1.8 percent over last year. Scores in Science Grades 5-8 Career and College Ready and Grade Level Proficient increased over .5 percent from the previ ous year. Holmes High School in creased over last year the per centage of students meeting the UNC System admissions requirement of a composite score of 17 on the ACT to 48.4 percent, and increase of 4.4 percent over the previ ous year. The percentage of students who have earned four CTE credits in a career cluster and the percentage of graduates who were awarded at least a Silver Level Career Readiness Certificate based on ACT WorkKeys increased at total of 6.8 percent over last year to total 76.7 percent John A Holmes students who earned Career Readiness Certificates contjnue to lead the way in National Career Ready Certification creden tialing in Chowan County. The large number of students earning NCRC credentialing was a significant factor that led to Chowan County be ing named the first county in Northeastern North Caro lina as a NC Works Certified Work Ready Community by The North Carolina Chamber Foundation in the spring of 2016. Chowan County is the 11th county in the state (out of 100) and the only county in Northeastern NC to earn this designation. Additionally, more than 95 percent of graduates took and passed high-level math courses such as Math ID. At Chowan Middle School the percent of students’ profi cient on the Math and Read ing End-of-Crade Tests and in the overall performance com posites for College and Career Ready and Grade Level Pro ficiency decreased slightly. Chowan Middle School has met or exceeded the growth standard nine times in the past 10 years. STORM Continued from 1A the incident at 3:45 am. and worked until 8:30 am clean C towitn Perquimans Habitat "111 for Humanity' v Restore Open Tues.,Thurs., Sat. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm 1370 N. Broad St., Edenton 482-2686 ing and sanitizing the area around the overflow. There was a discharge totaling approximately 13,877 gallons of untreat ed wastewater reaching Filberts Creek/Pembroke Creek. The untreated wastewater entered Eden ton Bay and the Chowan River Basin. This discharge was due to the extremely heavy rain associated with tropi cal storm Hermine and the significant amount of rainfall helped dilute the impact of the discharge. Recent smoke test ing has identified areas Town officials have been inspecting town facilities and so far have no reports of damages. where storm water is en tering the sanitary sewer system, which during ex treme heavy rain events causes these overflows, town officials reported. Repairs are being made to the system and the town will continue to inspect manholes in the vicinity of the overflows to identify where inflow and infiltra tion is entering the system and make the necessary repairs to stop the inflow and infiltration, according to town officials. Knighton noted the storm made for a long night for town employees. The Edenton Fire De partment responded to multiple calls throughout the night. Power outages caused a few fire alarm calls and tree limbs mak ing contact with electrical distribution components also resulted in fire calls. Town officials have " - v ? ; seen inspecting town fa cilities and so far have no reports of damages. Staff at the Northeast ern Regional Airport took precautions to tie down Lee hanger doors and as sisted aircraft owners who had aircraft on the ramp find space temporarily in hangars. Two aircraft re mained on the ramp but there did not appear to be any damage to those air craft. r The Edenton Police Department assisted with road-closing due to flood ing, responded to a few minor traffic accidents and assisted with traffic at fire calls. Knighton said the town planned to begin using the street sweeper on Tues day. There is a lot of work to do this week collecting yard debris and cleaning up parks, sidewalks and streets, she said. MEMBER APPRECIATION DAY FARM BUREAU INSURANCE Sept. 23rd 2016 1 1 :00am-2:00pm Auto. Homo. Life Chowan County Farm Bureau 524 Virginia Road, Edenton, NC 27932 • Free hotdogs, snacks and goodie bags • Door Prizes (must be a Chowan County Farm Bureau Member to win) • Young Farmer and Rancher Food Drive (bring nonperishable food item then you will be enter in twice for the door prize drawings) (USPS 106-380) Vol. 81, No. 35 Published Every Wednesday Cooke Communications North Carolina, LLC Entered as a second-class matter August 30, 1934 at the Post Office of Edenton, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1870. SUBSCRIFriDWEAIES Daily Advance home delivery area $27* (Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, parts of Gates) Elsewhere in continental United States $46 ‘Plus applicable sales tax Activation fee of $1.99 will be collected with all new subscriptions. Deactivation fees may apply for early cancellation. POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO: The Chowan Herald • P.O. Box 207 • Edenton, NC Telephone: (252) 482-2623 Fax: (252) 482-4410 rponderf^ncweeklies.coni
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