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Board approves permit for Tlmbermill Wind Project
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
The Chowan County Board of
Commissioners approved Friday
the conditional use permit for the
Chowan portion of the Timbemnill
Wind Project.
The board’s action, which fol
lowed nearly eight hours of delib
erations on testimony presented
during a quasi-judicial hearing
held over two days in late August
and four days in the last week of
September, is subject to formal
approval of a draft order that will
be prepared by the county attor
ney for consideration by the board
on Nov. 14.
The board on Friday recessed
its meeting until Nov. 14 at 5:30
p.m.
Don Giecek, senior manager of
project development for Timber
mill, a division of Charlottesville,
Va-based Apex Clean Energy Inc.,
said Friday that he was pleased
with the board’s decision.
“We’ve worked hard for several
years to develop the best possible
project for Northeast North Caro
lina, and though we have many
other steps before beginning con
struction, this vote represents a
huge milestone,” Giecek said. “We
appreciate the professionalism
and transparency with which the
county approached our applica
tion, and we thank those mem
bers of the public who took time
to view the proceedings.
“When built, Timbermill Wind
will produce enough safe, clean re
newable energy for 60,000 homes
while providing a significant eco
nomic boost for the area,” Giecek
continued. “We hope to be a part
of this community for decades to
come.”
The board met Friday to delib
erate on Apex’s application for
a conditional use permit for the
project.
Apex has proposed a 300-mega:
watt wind energy generation facil
ity in the Bear Swamp and Center
Hill areas of Chowan and Perqui
mans counties.
A separate conditional use per
mit is required for each county,
which will cover the portion of the
project located in that county.
The board approved the permit
with more than a dozen condi
tions. Among those was one in
tended to address the objection
raised by opponents of the project
that environmental studies related
to the proposed project have not
been made public. Henry Campen,
an attorney representing Apex,
proposed that one condition of
the permit be that Apex would
provide bird, bat and other wild
life and environmental studies to
the county at the time the compa
ny submits a permit application to
the state’s Department of Environ
mental Quality.
County Commissioner John
Mitchener called that condition,
which the board approved unani
mously, “a step in the right direc
tion.”
Patrick Flynn, a property owner
and resident representing himself
in opposition to the project, asked
that the board adopt a specific
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Navy veteran wishes
EVERYONE COULD KNOW
MILITARY SERVICE
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
William “Bud” Stinson had
a variety of experiences
in the Navy, including
working on reconnaissance flights
in Vietnam at the height of the war
there.
And he believes anybody would
benefit from those kinds of experi
ences.
“I think everybody should serve,”
Stinson said. “I would love to see
universal conscription. I think it
would do a lot to stabilize some of
the inner city hoodlums.”
Even though he was from a small
town in Ohio, Stinson said it was
good for him, too.
“I liked it,” he said. “I liked the
regimentation. I liked the diversity
in the work.”
The people also were diverse,
which was a good experience for
/ someone from a small town in a
rural area of the midwest
“You meet tons of people,” Stin
son said. “Every new duty station
you go to is a bunch of new folks.”
Stinson served in Vietnam on a
number of six-month deployments
beginning in 1966 and lasting until
1969. He returned to Vietnam in
1972-1973 on the U.S.S. America
CV 66.
His career in the Navy began in
general aviation service, working
in the arresting gear section on the
flight deck of aircraft carriers.
From there he went to a recon
naissance in Jacksonville, Fla,
where he worked on fixed wing
recon airplanes and installed pho
tographic equipment and control
systems.
On deployments to Vietnam the
planes would take pictures, then re
turn to a ship - or sometimes to the
beach - and unload. Stinson’s unit
was in Da Nang in 1968 and 1969.
Stinson said he enlisted in the
Navy after seeing “a really good
recruiting film” one day when he
went to the movies. The film de
picted a life of adventure And world
travel, and he was hooked.
In addition, he said, the
small town in northeastern
Ohio where he grew up didn’t
have a lot of work available
other than fanning - and he
didn’t want to farm.
So he pined the Navy in 1961
and instantly took to Navy life.
Another motivation for Stin
son in joining the military was
that his father had served in the 3 (
infantry in World War II.
Stinson noted his Navy service
was not just recon missions in
Vietnam. It also included some
very enjoyable times in places like
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Key
West, FTa
“I had so much fun it was unbe
lievable,” Stinson said.
But dangerous missions also
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STAFF PHOTO BY REGGIE
PONDER
Today, Bud Stinson
is a proud veteran
of the U.S. Navy and
an active member
of American Legion
Post 40 in Edenton.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
William “Bud” Stinson
retired from the Navy
in 1984 with 23 years
of service.
Local
man
killed in
crash
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
A Chowan County man
was killed in a single-vehicle
crash on a rural road north
of Edenton early Friday
morning.
Narciso Dominguez
Elizalde, 46, of Willow Drive,
Edenton, was pronounced
dead at the scene of the ac
cident, according to Troop
er Buddy Davis of the N.C.
Highway Patrol.
Davis was dispatched
to the scene at 5:53 p.m.
Friday. The trooper said
Dominguez-Elizalde was
driving a 2002 Ford Econo
line east on Wildcat Road
i when he apparently lost
control of his van coming
out of a curve.
According to Davis,
Dominguez-Elizalde's van
ran off the road on the right,
returned to the road and
then ran off the road again,
overturning twice before
coming to rest upside down
in the front yard of a house.
Tire accident occurred
about a tenth of a mile east
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Firefighters battle two blazes Election coverage
Editor
Two separate fires in the
Rocky Hock community
late last week destroyed a
mobile home and damaged
a popular business.
A fire Thursday night
damaged the Country
Store, formerly known
as Whiteman’s Store, at
the intersection of Rocky
Hock Road and Dye Plant
Road. The Center Hill
Crossroads Volunteer
Fire Department was dis
patched to the blaze at 9:38
p.m. and found the fire had
started in a small attic area.
The fire was contained to
the center part of the store
and firefighters were able
to extinguish the flames in
about an hour, according
to Center Hill-Crossroads
Fire Chief Mike Hamilton.
“It can be fixed,” Ham
ilton said of the building’s
condition.
Hamilton said it took
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This mobile home across from the entrance to Arrowhead Beach on Rocky Hock
Road was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon.
firefighters a while to get
into the Country Store
building because of steel
bars on the doors and
windows. The store was
closed and no one was on
the premises at the time
the fire started.
The cause of the fire
has not been determined
but it was probably elec
trical in nature, Hamilton
said.
The Center-Hill Cross
roads VFD also respond
ed to a mobile home Are
at 3340 Rocky Hock Road,
across from the entrance
to Arrowhead Beach.
The mobile home was
destroyed in the blaze
that began around 1 p.m.
Friday. No one was home
when the fire started.
The Edenton Fire De
partment also responded
to both fires.
in Daily Advance
and on the web
From staff reports
Because of the Tuesday af
ternoon presstime, the Chow
an Herald is unable to publish
results of Tuesday’s election
in today’s newspaper. You can
find coverage of the election
in today’s Elizabeth City Daily
Advance and at www.dafiyad
vance.com.
The Chowan Herald will
have followup coverage on
the election in next week’s
paper.
The county has three con
tested races for county com
missioner:
■ District 1 — Democrat
James “JUl" White and Repub
licaii Ron Cummings
■ District 2 — Democrat
Derrick Wadsworth and Re
publican Patti Kersey
■ AMaige — Democrat
Don Eairdoth and Republican
Brian Perraraccio.
In District3, Commissioner
Greg Bonner is running unop
posed
Tuesday's Election includ
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very tight — presidential con
test between Democrat Hillary
Clinton and Republican Don
ald Trump, as well as races
for governor. U.S. Senate, US.
House of Representatives,
N.C. House and a number of
oilier state and local offices.
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