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Crimewatch EDENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTS ■ Sept. 28 - Desiree Darnell Gilliam, 39, of East Gale Street, was charged with one misdemeanor count of ii\jury to real property. ■ Sept. 28 - Essie Marie Baker, 25, of Wedgewood Apts., was charged with one misdemeanor count of ii\jury to personal prop erty. ■ Sept. 27 - Marcia Je nean Perry, 41, of Filberts Creek, was charged with one misdemeanor count parole and probation viola tion and one misdemeanor count of failure to appear. ■ Sept. 27 - Nykera Ti ranae Blount, 20, of Tyler Run 1, was charged with one misdemeanor count of communicating threats. ■ Sept. 27 - Marlon O’Neal Dillard, 19, of White mon Lane, was arrested on two misdemeanor counts of failure to appear. ■ Sept 27 - Donte Jer maine Scott, 24, of North Oakum Street, was arrest ed on one misdemeanor count of failure to appear. ■ Sept. 27 - Michanda Brendayn Felton, 25, of Greenhall Road, was ar rested on one misdemean or count of failure to ap pear. ■ Sept. 27 - Crystal Danielle Rankins, 29, ofTy ler Lane, was arrested on one misdemeanor count of cyberstalking. ■ Sept. 27 - Myisha Lynette Basnight, 26, of South Oakum Street, was charged with one misde meanor count of simple physical assault ■ Sept. 27 - Jantanisa Nisary Williams, 21, of Ty ler Run 1, was charged with one misdemeanor count of simple physical assault. ■ Sept. 27 - Deondre Dra’Shaun Copeland, 20, of West Peterson Street, was arrested on one mis demeanor count of failure to appear. ■ Sept. 25 - Dexter Je mell White, 29, of Boswell Street, was arrested on one misdemeanor count of fail ure to appear. ■ Sept. 22 - Avery La mark Holley, 44, of Dr. Mar tin Luther King Jr. Avenue. INCIDENTS ■ Sept. 24 - Injury to real property at the Eden ton Farmer’s Market on North Broad Street. ■ Sept. 22 - Larceny from motor vehicle on Luke Street. ■ Sept. 21 - Injury to real property on East Church Street. ■ Sept. 14 - Forgery and larceny at 313 South Broad Street CHOWAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTS ■ Oct. 1 - Jerome Mi chael Duncan Jr., 27, of Joy ful Lane, was arrested on five counts of misdemeanor probation violation. ■ Sept. 29 - Robert Keith Beasley, 38, of Coral Lane, was arrested on one misde meanor count of violating a restraining order (second degree trespass). ■ Sept. 19 - Whitley Bre Anne Turner, 18, of Riverby Farm Road, was arrested on two misdemeanor counts of cyberstalking. INCIDENTS ■ None reported. Williamson monument moves closer to reality BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer Members of the Hugh Williamson Commission hope that a long-cherished dream of seeing a monu ment erected in his honor will be realized this spring. In the meantime, they are grateful that about 16 years of hard work, dedication and planning are finally on the verge of bringing a suc cessful end to the project. One of the final steps in the process took place during the town's Sept. 26 town council work session when the council voted unanimously to approve a grant agreement authoriz ing it to receive Downtown Revitalization Funds from the North Carolina Depart ment of Commerce. Coun cil members Elton Bond and Nonna Simpson were absent. PHOTO COURTESY OF BETH TAYLOR This rendering shows the proposed design for the new Hugh Williamson monument being created by Parker Monuments of Edenton. The monument, which pays tribute to a local signer of the U.S. Constitution, will be placed in Queen Anne Park near the Hayes Bridge. The $95,000 grant was secured with the assis tance of Rep. Bob Stein STOP Foreclosure STOP Lawsuits STOP Car Repossession STOP Tax Levies and Garnishments Call Allen C. 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Broad St., Edenton 482-2686 Chowan County Important Dates For General Election November 8,2016 Friday, October 14 -Voter registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. Thursday, October 20 -One-stop early voting begins for General Election Tuesday, November 1 -Last day to request absentee ballots by mail Saturday, November 5 -One-stop absentee voting ends at 1:00 p.m. Monday, November 7 -Mailed absentee ballots must be received in CBE office by 5:00 p.m. OR postmarked Election date and received no later than 3 days after election Tuesday, November 8 -UOCAVA Absentee ballot return deadline - electronic *‘Tuesday, November 8 -General Election Day — polls open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 17 -UOCAVA Absentee ballot return deadline by mail Friday, November 18 -Canvass Day 11:00 a.m. at the Elections office Election Day - Polls will open November 8th at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Each voter is assigned a precinct polling location - to locate your precinct reference your voter registration card that was mailed to you by the Elections office or call the Chowan County Board of Election's office - 252/482/4010. Precinct Locations: East Edenton - Old National Guard Armory - Broad Street West Edenton - Chowan Agricultural Center - Granville Street Rocky Hock - RH Rescue Squad Building - RH Landing Rd Center Hill - Northern Chowan Community Center - Virginia Rd Wardville - Faith Fellowship Baptist Church - Virginia Rd Yeopim - National Guard Armory Building - Soundside Road Individuals may register and vote at One-Stop early voting locations within their county during the 17-day period, beginning October 20 and ending November 5 No photo I.D. required to vote in this election. Voters will no longer be required to present photo identification at the polls. First time voters may have to show ID if they have not presented it to the elections office previously. Any further questions contact the Chowan County Elections office - 252 482-4010 Email: rebecca.lowe@chowan.nc.gov to Destination Downtown Edenton’s Pub lic Art Initiative. Another $20,000 from the grant could be used for other needs in town such as con necting portions of missing sidewalks, Town Manager Anne-Marie Knighton said. Commission members Beth Taylor and Virginia Wood, who attended the session along with Bob Hopkins, executive direc tor of the Historic Edenton State Historic Sites, said in the end all the work and waiting were worth it “Virginia had the vision for it” Taylor said crediting Wood’s determination to push the project ahead with arrangements for the monu ment finally being finalized. Taylor recalled that just after she was installed as regent of the Edenton Tea Party Wood came to her and said there were two things that the DAR needed to ac complish - one was to cre ate a ceremony where each July 4 the Declaration of In dependence would be read and tribute paid to one of its signers, Edenton’s own Jo seph Hewes. The other was to create a monument hon oring Williamson, another Edentonian, who signed the U.S. Constitution. So, Taylor said, they set out to see what they could do. In short order, they set up the ceremony for the Declaration reading and went to work on getting a monument for Williamson. That has taken somewhat longer to accomplish but the pair never gave up hope it could happen. Wood said that while she may have been the one who came up with the idea, “she (Beth) put feet under it.” Years ago, Taylor said, when Bill Culpepper of Edenton was serving in the state’s General Assembly as a state representative, he was able to get funds com mitted for the project. But when the recession of 2008 hit and Gov. Bev Perdue started to look for funds that could be returned to the state that had not yet been used, Chowan County lost the money. Fast forward a few years and Rep. Bob Steinburg, R Chowan, now holds a seat in the General Assembly. “Last July 4 we talked with Bob and asked for his help in getting funds re stored for the project,” Tay lor said. The request for help came with a proposal that would put the monument in Queen Anne Park acfja cent to the Hayes Bridge. It would replace a historic bell that would then be re located to a site beside the 1886 Roanoke River Light house. The proposal, first men tioned by Mayor Roland Vaughan to Hopkins, was simple in nature. The area in question was already land scaped and wouldn’t require anything more than the creation of the monu ment and its placement at the site. So the members of the Hugh Williamson (’orn mission, Taylor said, once again talked with Frank and Suzanne Parker, own ers of Parker Monuments in Edenton, who had been a part of the earlier plan that lost funding and asked them to create a new design that would fit within the space at the site while still paying tribute to Williamson. The Parkers obliged and a monument design meet ing the requirements was introduced. “They came back with something we really liked,” Taylor said. Wood agreed. “The bell will be moved right where it needs to be longs, at the lighthouse,” she said. A site plan was drawn up by Bill Aheam of Edenton, Taylor said, and the Park ers gave the commission an estimate of the cost that would be involved. “We sent all the verbiage (wording) to them and they came back with a final price,” Taylor said. “Then Bob (Steinburg) took it to Raleigh and he was able to get grant funds through the NC Department of Com merce designated for small town revitalization proj ects.” His efforts were success ful, Taylor said, and the re sult was an announcement made at this year’s July 4 ceremony letting the com munity know that the mon ument at long last would be created and installed. The town, in signing off on the grant agreement, has accepted responsibility for owning and maintaining the monument, Taylor said. And that’s only fitting, Wood said. "Anne-Marie has been on top of everything to do with this project the entire time," she said. “Of course we were dis appointed when the earlier project didn’t work out," Taylor said, “but now 1 feel like this (new location) Ls where it was supposed to be all along. It’s just amaz ing how fast it happened once tire time was right.” Taylor said that once the four-sided granite monu ment is completed and installed, a special pub lic ceremony would take place. She said she agreed with fellow commission member, Judge Terry Boyle, who said that the installa tion represented a lot more than just something of local significance. “He said it has national significance," Tay lor said. “And the ceremony will reflect that.” Timbermill evidence eyes impact on water, crops BY REGGIE PONDER Editor Two scientists testify ing in opposition to the proposed Timber-mill Wind r Project told Chowan Coun ty officials last week tliat the project would hamper crop production in the area and deplete groundwater re sources. (USPS 106-380) Vol. 81, No. 39 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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES 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: (232) 482-4410 rponder@ncweekliea.com The testimony was part of four days of hearings on the conditionaJ use permit application for the proposed Timbermill Wind Project. An engineer testifying on behalf of the project coun tered the groundwater ar gument by explaining that tlie roads being constructed would not be nearly as large as the roads used as the ba sis for the scientist’s hydro geological projections. Charlottesville, Va-based Apex Clean Energy Inc. has proposed the 300-megawatt wind energy generation fa cility in the Bear Swamp and Center Hill areas of Chowan and Perquimans counties. The prposal includes 105 large-scale wind turbines, 48 of which would be locat ed in Chowan. The county commission ers finished hearing evi dence in the case last week and will meet Oct 17 to set See HEARING, 7B
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