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tariy voting continues in siaie. leaeral and local races
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
As of mid-morning Tuesday
Chowan County voters had cast
3,047 early ballots in the Nov. 4
General Election.
Of those who had voted so far
during the early voting period,
1,477 were Democrats, 819 were
Republicans, 747 were Uniliated
and four were Libertarian.
Leading the way in early voting
is Chowan Commissioner District
2, with 1,403 early ballots cast.
District 3 is second with 913, while
734 early votes have been cast in
District 1.
Early voting continues today
(Wednesday) through Saturday.
At the Chowan County Agricul
tural Center on North Granville
Street in Edenton you may vote
today, Thursday and Friday from
7:30 am. - 6 p.m., and Saturday
from 7:30 am. -1 p.m.
At the Northern Chowan Com
munity Center on Virginia Road
in Tyner there will be early voting
Thursdau and Friday from 7:30
am. - 6 p.m. and Saturday from
7:30 am. -1 p.m.
In addition to the high-profile
races for president, governor and
other state and federal offices,
there are three contested races
for seats on the Chowan County
Board of Commissioners.
In District 1, voters have a
choice between Democrat James
“Jill” White and Republican Ron
Cummings.
Voters in District 2 will choose
between Democrat Derrick Wad
sworth and Republican Patti
Kersey.
Democrat Don Faircloth and
Republican Brian Ferraraccio are
competing for the at-large seat on
the board All voters in the county
are eligible to vote in the at-large
race.
Commissioner Greg Bonner, a
Democrat, is unopposed in Dis
trict 3.
If you haven’t voted during the
early voting period you have an op
portunity to vote Tuesday at your
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“More candy; please* Is what four year-old j
Riley Patterson of Edenton seems to be saying
; as she stops to add some sweet treats to her
; pumpkin In front of Waterman* Grill.
Chief:
Motorist
shot in
leg
From staff reports
Edenton police are seek
ing a suspect in the shoot
ing of a local motorist who
was hit by gunfire as he
drove through town Friday
night.
Torzay Privott, 23, was
driving in the 200 Block
of North Oakum Street
around 10:35 p.m. when he
was shot in the leg, Edenton
police Chief Jay Fortenbery
said Sunday.
Privott was treated for
non-life threatening injuries
at Vidant Chowan Hospital,
Fortenbery said.
Fortenbery said Privott
was unable to provide po
lice any information about
the shooting.
“We did recover some
shell casings in tire area,”
Fortenbery said.
There were two other
people in tire car with Pm
ott but neither was injured
in the incident, according
to police.
Anyone with information
about the incident should
contact the Edenton Police
Department at 482-5144.
Jones to address annual Veterans Day Ceremony
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Edenton businessman Frank
Jones will be the keynote speaker
for this year’s annual Veterans Day
Ceremony.
Jones, owner of the Downtown
CafA© and Soda Shoppe, is a U.S.
Navy veteran and former subma
riner. He is also a deacon at St.
Anne’s Catholic Church, a mem
ber of the American Legion and
the United States Submarine Vet
erans.
The walls of his business are
lined with military memorabilia
from all branches of service.
Many of the items
have been donated
by those who have
eaten there.
The ceremony,
sponsored by
American Legion
Post 40, will take
JONES place rnnay, i\ov.
11 at 11 a.m. at the
Chowan County Veterans Memo
rial in Edenton.
According to Legion Command
er Ron Green, a commemorative
bricklaying ceremony is planned
during the event.
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CHOWAN HERALD FILE
PHOTO
The Albemarle
Sounds will
perform patriotic
songs at the Nov.
11 Veterans Day
ceremony under
the direction of Gil
Burroughs.
Cummings, White vie for District 1 seat in Chowan
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Voters in the northern
part of Chowan County
have a choice between a
Republican making his third
bid for a seat on the Board
of Commissioners and a
Democrat naming for office
for the first time.
Republican Ron Cum
mings, who previously ran
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for county commissioner in
District 1 in 2012 and 2014,
and political newcomer
James “Jill” White, a Demo
crat, are vying for a District
1 seat
Cummings was unopp
posed in the Republican
Primary. White, meanwhile,
had to get past Commis
sioner Emmett Winbome in
the Democratic Primary in
order to get his name on the
ballot in the Nov. 8 General
Election.
Cummings, 68, cited
needs of the county’s K-12
public schools as the main
reason he is running for
county commissioner this
year.
“Right
now wiiat
I feel we
net»d to do
is work on
our educa
tion sys
tem,” Cum
mings said.
White,69,
said he was
inspired
to run for
county
commis
WHITE
CUMMINGS
Decision
2016
on an Issue
if he need
ed to.
“He in
spired me
to get things
done,”
White said
of Taylor.
White
said he
lives in the
community
himself and
wants to
sioner by the example of his improve things for citizens
brother-in-law, JamesTaylor. in any way he can.
White said Taylor worked Cummings, an Illinois na
hard to get things done as tive who has lived in Chow
a county commisioner and an County since 1993, noted
was willing to stand alone he has lived in Chowan
longer than he lived in Il
linois. He said his goals for
the local schools include
increased funding, securing
grants for school programs,
updating classrooms with
technology and addressing
maintenance needs.
“We need to start there,”
Cummings said. “Busi
nesses tend to look at the
schools as the foundation
of a community. I would
work with the school board
to increase funding for the
county schools.”
White also said he favors
increased school funding,
including an increase in the
local salary supplement for
teachers.
“The way tilings are
now they have a lot to go
through," White said of
teachers.
Both candidates were
short on specifics of how to
fund school increases, cit
ing a need to look closely at
the county budget in order
to identify possible sources
of funding.
“I really haven’t checked
into that yet,” White ac
knowledged in an interview
this week. “I really don’t
have that much knowledge
about the budget right
now.”
White said much of his
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