482-4418
Flooding drives some residents from their homes
rium diali reports
Twenty local residents spent
the night Saturday in a shelter that
Chowan County made available at
the Public Safety Center on Free
mason Street because of flooding
from Hurricane Matthew.
Those who stayed at the shel
ter had left their homes due to
severe flooding in areas such as
the 200 block of East Carteret
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Street and Extended Stay at 601N.
Broad St
The shelter was only open Sat
urday night
They were all gone by 11
o’clock Sunday morning,” County
Manager Kevin Howard said.
Sheriff Dwayne Goodwin used
a military surplus truck to rescue
someone from a vehicle stuck
in deep water at Bolton’s Bridge
ounaay.
The sheriff’s office helped an
ambulance get to a call Friday
night and helped guide it back to
town.
Flooding on North Broad Street
also affected the Edenton Fire
Station and Chowan Chiroprac
tic Clinic. Dr. James Cranford of
Chowan Chiropractic Clinic said
Sunday the clinic would be closed
seven to 10 days because of the
flooding. Carpet and furnishings
were removed from the building
Sunday.
The Edenton Police Depart
ment reported five abandoned
vehicles stranded in floodwaters
over the weekend.
Neither town nor county au
thorities reported any accidents
involving injuries.
Many county residents were
without electricity during the
weekend and some remained un
der a boil-water advisory Tuesday.
Howard said some water cus
tomers in the Morristown Road
area remained under a boil-water
advisory from the previous storm.
Early Wednesday afternoon the
advisories were lifted for the Yel
lowhammer Road and Chambers
Ferry areas.
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Senior Center sustains major damage in flood
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
The Chowan Senior Center is closed until
further notice after sustaining significant
damage from approximately three feet of
floodwater that broke through double glass doors
on the Church Street side of the building.
On Tuesday morning as county maintenance
workers and staff from the Edenton-Chowan
Recreation Department worked to clear mud
and debris, and remove ruined furnishings and
fitness equipment from the center, located in
the basement of the E.A. Swain Building, Senior
Center Manager Connie Parker worked her cell
phone trying to make arrangements to move the
center’s lunch program, Meals on Wheels,
and fitness programs elsewhere.
“We just bought a new pool table in June and
it’s ruined,” she said. “Our office furniture is
ruined. Basically, it’s all ruined.”
“The damage we have now is worse than it was
after Hurricane Isabel, because the water came
up higher,” Parker added.
Tentative plans call for the senior lunches that
are typically served at the Senior Center every
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 10 am. until
2 p.m. to relocate to the Culinary Arts building at
Edenton’s College of the Albemarle campus but
those arrangements aren’t expected to be final
ized until later this week.
And Parker said the hours for lunch could be
slightly different
“We could change them to 11 am. until 1 p.m.
if we had to,” she said.
For more information about those arrange
ments, Parker said, seniors should call 312-6418.
Headquarters for the home-delivered meals
program has now been relocated to the old D.F.
Walker School campus, Parker said.
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STAFF PHOTOS BY REBECCA
BUNCH
Chowan County
maintenance workers and
Recreation Department
staff work to clear debris
and ruined furnishings
from the Chowan Senior
Mud from floodwaters caused
by Hurricane Matthew lines the
walls and floors at the Chowan
Senior Center Tuesday morning.
County maintenance workers
and Recreation Department staff
were at work in another part
of the building clearing debris,
ruined furnishings and physical
fitness equipment. The rising
waters broke through the double
doors on the Church Street
side of the building covering
everything in its path.
Commissioner candidates seek ways to fund schools
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Don Faircloth and Bri
an Ferraraccio have both
thought about ways to in
crease school funding with
out increasing the property
tax rate.
Democrat Faircloth, 46,
and Republican Ferraraccio,
42, are vying for the at-large
seat on the Chowan County
noard ol Commissioners,
currently held by Republi
can Keith Nixon.
Nixon, a former chairman
of the board of commission
ers, did not seek reelection
this year.
Ferraraccio, who ran
for county commissioner
in District 2 in 2014, sees
growth as the key.
“We need that growth,”
Ferraraccio said, noting
state data
projects the
county’s
population
to grow
by only
84 people
from 2014
2019. And
the county
has a 27.4 ]
rate, he said
“We need
FERRARACCIO
FAIRCLOTH
and ag
gresively
looking for
, funding
] from state,
I federal
and other
sources
due to our
impover
lerrant poverty
to start actively
isnea status, nesaia.
Bringing in new business
es and growing the popula
tion would increase the tax
base and also could grow
sales tax revenue, which
would be a bi^ boost for the
schools, Ferraraccio said.
“We have to work on our
curb appeal to people who
are looking to locate here,
and business and industry,”
Ferraraccio said. “If we be
come more welcoming to
business and industry you’ll
start seeing your poverty
rate go down and unem
ployment rates go down.
We have to become more
welcoming to business and
industry.”
Faircloth, who is mak
ing his first bid for elective
office, said he supports in
creased funding for school
operations.
“Naturally I support the
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Attendance up slightly at Chowan Fair
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Chowan County Regional
Fair officials say that while
attendance at this year’s
fair wasn’t as large as they
might have hoped, those
who came had a great time.
Fair vice president Becky
Wilder said one of their big
gest challenges was the rain
that fell here and in sur
rounding counties.
“We only had 30 minutes
of actual rainfall on opening
day,” she said.
But rain falling in area
communities may have led
potential fair-goers to be
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lieve it was raining in Eden
ton as well, Wilder said.
Overall attendance at this
year’s fair was 13,965 peo
ple including lads, senior
citizens and students who
came to the fair on Kids
Day. Attendance was up this
year, she said.
Wilder said fair officials
heard many positive com
ments about Dreamland
Amusements, the new mid
way operators of the fair
this year.
“I think everybody en
joyed what they provided
and they were easy to work
with,” Wilder said.
Other popular attractions
besides rides were dino
saurs Dakota and Friends,
and hypnotist Herb Mc
Candless.
“TTiey were a huge hit,”
Wilder said. “Both shows
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KERI PAMPUCH/THE DAILY ADVANCE
(Clockwise from front left) Skylar Biggs and Van-Dee
Hetherington are neck and neck with Shannon Bond and
Sadee Biggs In their race down the Super Slide at the
Chowan County Regional Fair In Edenton.
Police seek suspect
in Friday shooting
From staff reports
Edenton Police are still seeking a local man wanted in
connection with the non-fatal shooting of two people on
Oct 7.
The police responded to the shooting
in the 300 block of North Oakum Streel
and found two individuals had been shot
resulting in non-life threatening injuries.
Twenty-seven year old Zabah Hum
phrey of 2118-B John Hill Lane in Eden
ton has been identified as the shooter ir
this case. Warrants have been issued or
Humphrey for two counts of assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflict
HUMPHREY
ing serious uyuiy ana aiscnargmg a weapon into occupied
property.
"This individual is considered armed and dangerous and
the police department asks for your assistance by report
ing any information that leads to his arrest,” said Police
Chief Jay Fortenbeiy. “Remember, we want your informa
tion, not your name.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 482-6144 or
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