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BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Need a job or a career
change?
Maybe you want to build
boats for Regulator Marine
or sell ocean view homes
for Hatteras Realty.
Now’s your chance to
change your stars and fol
low your dreams by attend
ing the Northeast NC Career
Fair between 10 a.m. and 2
p.m. Thursday at the Col
lege of Albemarle’s Edenton
campus.
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It had been several years
since Chowan County had
hosted a career fair,” said
Win Dale,” Executive Direc
tor of the Edenton-Chowan
Chamber of Coirunt
realized the import
this event after holcL
cal event last fall where we
had 136 people attend and
several were hired by the
participating employers. “
Admission is free for the
event that takes place in the
Culinary Arts Building and
Building #3 of the Edenton
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so polish off that resume,
iron that blue blouse or
dress shirt and maybe wear
a necktie. Some employers
will be prepared to either
hire on the spot or set up
interviews.
“We were convinced that
we needed to hold another
event that was a little larger,
focused on the region, and
featured not just Chowan
County employers, but em
ployers from outside the
area,” Dale said. “Chowan
County’s unemployment
rate is still higher than the
state average, and we feel
that the more we can do to
help willing workers to find
a job, the better off all citi
zens will be.”
The Career Fair is a joint
venture between College of
the Albemarle, NC Works,
The Albemarle Commis
sion and Northeast Work
force Development Board,
Chowan County Social Ser-
See JOBS, 2A
Jones calls
into question
Comey firing
BY JON HAWLEY
Staff Writer
Congressman Walter B.
Jones said Thursday it’s
possible President Donald
Trump fired FBI Direc ¬
tor James
Comey this
week to
discourage
investiga
tion into
Russian in
volvement
in the 2016
presiden ¬
tial campaign.
Jones, R-N.C., also re
newed his call for an inde ¬
pendent commission to in
vestigate the matter.
Jones offered those
comments two days after
Trump fired Comey — a
sudden and shocking move
for which the White House
is offering questionable,
even contradictory expla
nations.
Trump himself said in
an interview with NBC
News Thursday that he
had decided to fire Comey
“regardless of the recom
mendation” from Deputy
Attorney General Rod
Rosenstein, which adminis
tration spokespersons ini
tially said motivated Trump
to fire Comey.
Rosenstein’s stated rea
soning for the firing was
that Comey mishandled the
investigation into former
presidential candidate Hill
ary Clinton’s emails, and
had made the FBI lose trust
with the public and Con
gress.
Though stopping short of
saying the White House was
lying or being deceptive,
Jones described Comey’s
firing as “very disappoint
ing.” If someone advised
the president to fire Comey
now — just days after he
testified the FBI was con
tinuing its investigation into
alleged ties between Russia
and Trump’s campaign — it
was “bad advice,” Jones
said.
“The timing is just bi
zarre,” Jones said, adding
the rationale for Comey’s
firing was “ironic,” consid
ering Trump has praised
See JONES, 2A
Appreciation Through Teddy Bears
STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
Handcrafted teddy bears shared table space with World War II memorabilia during a special program held
last week that honored the military service of several local women including Carol Watson and the late
Mildred Warner.
Ministry honors women in military
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
“We Honor Our Women in the
Militaiy” was the theme of a special
program held last week honoring the
service to their country provided by
several women who have served the
United States in the militaiy.
The program, held at Edenton
United Methodist Church fellowship
hall, was hosted by women of the
church including the members of a
knitters group that provided hand-
crafted teddy bears to those they
honored. Carol Watson, who served
as a U.S. Navy nurse from 1942-1950,
was given a teddy bear fashioned
from red, white and blue yarn. The
family of another honoree, the late
Mildred Warner, who was a U.S.
Army nurse, also received a teddy
bear in appreciation for her service.
That bear was accepted by Ameri
can Legion Post 40 Commander Ron
Green and his wife, Debbie, who was
Warner’s daughter.
Others who received special rec
ognition during the program were
Jacqueline Hardy, U.S. Air Force
electrician, 1981-1985 and Yvonne
Lambeth, U.S. Air Force nurse, 1970-
1972.
Carol Watson shared her memo
ries of her time serving and of meet
ing her future husband George in
Trinidad.
“We fell in love and got married,”
she said. “We had 20 days of leave
together.”
She was a Methodist from South
Carolina, a Southern girl, and her
Carol Watson,
who served as
a nurse during
World War II,
holds a red,
white and blue
teddy bear she
was given during
a program
last week that
honored the
military service
of local women.
Watson spoke
briefly during
the program,
along with
her daughter
Bonnie, sharing
memories of
her time in the
service.
STAFF PHOTO BY
REBECCA BUNCH
husband, who was Catholic, was
from Boston, she said.
Their daughter Bonnie recalled
during the program how her mom
told her, “His mom said you weren’t
Catholic but you were a nice girl any
how.”
Debbie Green talked about how
her mom, an only child, wanted to
travel and got the chance to spend
time in Australia as a result of her
military service. Mildred Warner
served in a hospital that was set
up “kind of like a MASH unit,” her
daughter said.
“She met my dad on the boat com
ing back,” Debbie Green said. “He al
ways joked that she trapped him on
the boat and he couldn’t get away.”
Ron Green said a highlight of Mil
dred Warner’s life came years later
after he had learned she was eligible
to receive medals in appreciation
for her service and he was able to
See MINISTRY, 3A
Steinburg:
Wind bin
good for area
BY JON HAWLEY
Staff Writer
The N.C. Senate’s pro
posed state budget includes
a moratorium on state ap
proval of any new wind en
ergy projects that is expect
ed to meet stiff opposition in
the state House.
Released Tiesday, the
Senate’s proposed $22.9 bil
lion budget would define
state spending for the com
ing year while advancing var
ious policy priorities. Among
those priorities is a halt on
the state’s wind industry for
three years to allow for what
the Senate describes as “am
ple time” for the General As
sembly to study the impact
wind farms an energy infra
structure would have on the
state’s militaiy operations.
The moratorium would ex
tend through Dec. 31,2020.
Senators proposed a near
identical measure in a stand-
alone bill in March, with bill
sponsors, including Sen. Bill
Cook, R-Beaufort, claiming
the bill was necessary to
safeguard military facilities
and their mqjor contribution
to the state economy.
A Cook spokesman said
the senator still supports the
moratorium, but didn’t pro
vide further comment as of
See WIND, 2A
NHShead
swears in
sister
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
, Many of John A. Holmes’
High School’s top students
were recently inducted into
the National Honor Society
- an academic group that
emphasizes service and
leadership.
“This is a big honor for
these students because it
shows that not only are they
academically strong, but
they also have leadership
skills, the community ser-
See NHS, 7A
Proud Edentonian opens Victorians’ boutique
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BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Maybe it was because
Mother’s Day was this past
Sunday, but that made a re
cent ribbon cutting for Vic
torians a little more special.
The store’s owner, Jac
queline Hardy-Lassiter, and
her mother, Annie Hardy,
may have stolen the show
for the new business locat
ed at 431 South Broad St.
that offers not only locally
designed clothing brands,
apparel and jewelry, but
also international and na
tionally known designers
and brands.
“Thank you for support
ing our endeavor because
this is a family backed com
pany,” Hardy-Lassiter said.
“Victorians’ boutique for
him and her is about the
one who dares to succeed,
celebrate, accomplish and
provide opportunities for
others. We compliment that
man and woman by provid
ing quality clothing, acces
sories, shoes and everything
from head to toe as well as
phenomenal customer ser
vice. We promise you that
type of experience when
you come into our store. I
like to say ‘you come in one
way, but you’ll definitely
leave another way.’ I’d like
to definitely make sure that
takes place. We are about
lifting up the community.”
Hardy smiled as she
shared her daughter’s suc
cess.
“I just want to say praise
God for everything that has
been done,” she said. “I truly
thank God for you all being
here at the ribbon cutting. I
thank God for Jacqueline to
come back home and start
a business. A lot of people
just come back home to
retire and don’t do hardly
nothing, but she came back
See BOUTIQUE, 3A