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Council plans to pave a quartet of streets
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Four Edenton streets —
Twiddy Avenue, Luke Street,
West Hicks Street and West
Carteret Street — have been
identified as priority one
sites in a plan being worked
on by town officials.
Members of the town
council received a briefing
on the plan at their Aug. 28
work session from Derrick
Smith, project manager for
the Greenville based Wooten
Company office.
"The streets were evaluated for eight different
distress conditions."
Derrick Smith
Wooten Company project manager
Smith said that streets in
town had been given a rat
ing by the town ranging from
priority 1 for the most dis
tressed to priority 4 for those
least in need of work. At the
town’s request, the Wooten
Company performed an
evaluation of town street
conditions and a condition
survey to verify what repairs
would be necessary.
“The streets were evalu
ated for eight different dis
tress conditions,” Smith said
during a PowerPoint presen
tation on the project. “Con
ditions were classified as
slight, moderate or severe.”
Distress conditions the
Wooten Company looked at
included:
Alligator cracking that
is normally caused by in
adequate thickness. Other
causes, Smith said, include
drainage issues or poor sub
grade. The solution? Surface
patching or resurfacing, de
pending on the severity of
the problem.
Block or transverse crack
ing caused by shrinkage that
takes place with age and is
not due to structural failure.
The solution? Cracks can be
filled.
Reflective cracking that is
normally the result of an old
concrete road being paved
over that over time allows
cracks to be seen where
joints in the concrete exist.
The solution? Repairing old
concrete joints by crack fill
ing.
Rutting that takes place in
wheel paths or at the edge
of pavement. The condition,
Smith said, happens when
pavement and subsurface
compress, causing structural
failure. The solution? Resur
facing.
Raveling, a condition
caused by the wearing away
of a street’s surface by loos
ened aggregate. The condi
tion occurs due to the weath
ering of old asphalt, he said.
The solution? Resurfacing.
Bleeding which is a con
dition where excess asphalt
cement rises to the surface.
The solution? Resurfacing.
Ride Quality during which
road distortion affects the
See PAVE, 2A
Algae
blooms
grow more
common
BY COLLEEN KARL
For the Chowan Herald
The Chowan Edenton En
vironmental Group (CEEG)
hosted a special community
event focused on under
standing and monitoring
algal blooms in the Chowan
River and Albemarle Sound.
The program, A “Sound”
Waterway? — Monitoring
Environmental Changes in
the Chowan River, attracted
local citizens on Aug. 26 in
Edenton.
Elizabeth Fensin, NCDEQ
Algal Ecologist, provided an
overview of the general bi
ology and benefits of algae,
and then highlighted some
of the differences between
beneficial algae and the
blue-green algae which are
classified as cyanobacteria.
She shared pictures of the
mqjor blue-green algae spe
cies commonly found in our
waterways and reminded
the audience that these al
gae are much like plants
— for optimum growth,
they need sunlight, warm
temperatures and nutrients.
The “blooms” in our re
gion are not new according
to historical data. From 2000
to 2016, a total of 38 and 43
blue-green algal blooms
were reported and verified
from the Pasquotank and
Chowan River Basins re
spectively. The occurrence
of blooms does seem to be
on the increase since 2015
and 2016 had 5 -6 reported
events, and already this year
we have experienced eight
documented blooms in the
same region. The increase
could also be explained by
the fact that we are doing
a better job of reporting
bloom events to NCDEQ
when we see them. Our
state environmental agen
cies can be best informed
if we continue to report
See ALGAE, 3A
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Courtesy of the Waff family, these historical photos show the Confederate memorial statue being moved in
June 1961. Back in the day, the Waff Brothers were the contractors for moving the monument.
Taking a look at monument’s history
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Rather than write this like a
standard news story, I’ll stick to
my strengths — writing directly to
friends, neighbors and the commu
nity.
Like many people, each of us has
been asked what we think should be
done about the Confederate monu
ment in downtown Edenton.
It’s a hard question to answer be
cause offering a candid opinion may
risk offending or losing a friend,
which is a far more valuable com
modity than hot air spent on a cen
tury-old statue. We may not always
agree on everything, but I like to
think that most of us agree about
the more important things — fam
ily, community and the Aces — than
what separates us.
When County Commissioner
John Mitchener spoke to me about
this issue, he suggested that I check
Chowan Herald’s archives at Shepa-
rd-Pruden Library to see what those
folks thought in 1961 when the mon
ument was moved from the Court
house Green to the tip of Broad
Street.
Thanks goes to Librarian Jennifer
Finlay and Nicole Bowman-Layton
for their research skills.
Before heading to our local ar
chives to learn why the monument
was moved, here is a bit of my own
research from UNC-Chapel Hill’s
formidable archives about the mon
ument’s origin.
According to the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s ar
chives, the Bell Battery Chapter of
the United Daughters of the Confed
eracy organized a fundraising drive
in the early 1900s to build the monu
ment that cost $2,000 to build and
features a 19-foot tall granite shaft
topped off by a 7-foot tall bronze fig
ure.
According to the archives, fund-
raising for the monument began in
1901 when 9-year-old W.D. Pruden
Jr. made the first donation — 2 cents
— to the project. By 1904, the chap
ter had secured enough funds to
erect the base and shaft, which were
dedicated on June 3, 1904. On that
day, 75 veterans were in attendance
for the services which included the
conferring of 12 Crosses of Honor
and the “Rebel Yell” given by their
recipients. The bronze statue was
unveiled on May 10,1909.
Around the turn of that century,
a lot of Confederate monuments
went up across the South for many
reasons. Maybe first and foremost,
a lot of Civil War veterans were dy
ing. Makes sense because the Old
North State supplied a large number
of troops to the Confederate armies.
The last days of the Confederacy
See MONUMENT, 4A
Cook
will not
seek a
4th term
BY JON HAWLEY
For the Chowan Herald
Northeastern North Car
olina’s state senator since
2013 is stepping down,
citing redistricting and a
desire to spend more time
with family.
Sen. Bill Cook, R-Beau-
fort, announced he will not *
run for re-election in 2018,
explaining his reasoning in
a press release Tuesday af
ternoon.
“I’ve tried to be a good
servant to
the people
of East
ern North
Carolina.
However,
the recent
redistrict
ing chang
es have
prompted
me to reevaluate my com
mitment to my family,”
Cook said. “And as much
as I love the folks of East
ern North Carolina, I love
my family more. I have de
cided to not seek another
term in the state Senate. I
am blessed to have a won
derful family and I need
to spend more of my life
with them — especially my
grandchildren.”
Cook, 72, currently
serves Senate District 1,
which covers eight coun
ties including Camden,
Currituck, Pasquotank and
Perquimans. That is ex
pected to change, however,
as the General Assembly
is poised to approve new
Senate districts in compli
ance with a federal court’s
ruling.
Over Cook’s opposi
tion, the Senate approved
new maps on Monday that
would make Beaufort part
See COOK, 2A
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BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD
For the Chowan Herald
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WINDSOR — Etched in
stone.
Last Friday a service was
held to honor the life-and
service of Sergeant Meg-
gan Callahan by adding her
name to the Fallen Officers
Memorial next to the Ber
tie County Courthouse on
Dundee St.
An inmate at Bertie Cor
rectional Institute killed
Callahan, a prison guard, in
her line of duty on April 26.
Family, friends, cowork
ers and public officials gath
ered at the memorial to un
veil Callahan’s name newly
added to the list of fallen
officers.
Bertie County Vice Chair
man Ernestine Bazemore
welcomed everyone to the
occasion.
Chaplain Riccardo Hardi
son led the opening prayer.
A representative from the
Department of Public Safe
ty expressed condolences
from the department and
spoke about how Callahan
was an important asset to
Bertie Correctional Insti
tute.
Friends and coworkers of
Callahan had an opportunity
to speak about her and give
condolences to the family.
Bertie County Commis
sion Chairman John Trent
spoke to Callahan’s family
about her service and tragic
death.
PHOTO BY LESLIE BEACHBOARD/BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE
Sergeant Meggan Callahan’s name was added recently
to the Fallen Officers Memorial next to the Bertie
County Courthouse on Dundee Street.
See CALLAHAN, 7A