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Food Pantry accepts challenge to raise $100K
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
A family-centered organi
zation, the 4 Others Founda
tion, has offered the Eden
ton-Chowan Food Pantry
an incredible opportunity to
qualify for a matching grant
of $100,000. The Pantry’s
challenge is to raise enough
funds in the community to
meet that challenge.
Roger Coleman, who
serves as director of the
nonprofit organization dedi
cated to feeding adults and
children in need, said the
Pantry needs everyone’s
help to meet the challenge.
They have until Dec. 31 to
raise the money.
“We are faced with the
task of fundraising this
equal sum from the commu
nity and this will require an
extensive outreach effort,”
he said. “Our plan is to be
gin now reaching out to the
community to announce the
need for us to secure these
funds,” Coleman added.
He said that some dona
tions for the campaign have
already been received and
that has allowed the Pantry
and its fundraising commit
tee to secure almost $25,000.
But a good deal more sup
port will be needed to raise
the remaining funds.
Coleman and Campaign
Challenge Chair Amanda
Howell credited Edenton’s
Mayor Roland Vaughan
with getting the ball roll
ing. Vaughan has long been
a friend of Dr. John Phillips,
who is affiliated with the 4
Others Foundation. When
the mayor learned of his
friend’s interest in doing
something to benefit the
community, he suggested
that the Food Pantry would
be a great venue for helping
those in need locally.
Howell is one of a group
of educators from the Eden
ton-Chowan Schools who
played an integral role in
establishing a local Book
Bag Buddies program to en
sure that students did not go
hungry during times when
schools are closed.
“Eighty-two percent of
the students in our local
schools quality for free and
reduced price lunches,” she
said. “We’re doing all we can
to keep them healthy.”
Other programs offered
by the Food Pantry include
regular distribution each
month of nutritious food to
low-income families, as well
as Summer Without Hunger,
a summer feeding program
geared toward children that
is carried out in cooperation
with an outreach committee
from Edenton United Meth
odist Church, and also sup
plemental food made avail
able to low-income, elderly
See PANTRY, 3A
STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH
Amanda Howell talks about the origins of the Book Bag
Buddies program, one of the initiatives of the local Food
Pantry that helps to make sure children in the community
have healthy, nutritious food to take home with them on
weekends during the school year, and in the summer.
Looking on is Roger Coleman, Pantry director.
Schools
scores
improve
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Edenton-Chowan school
system officials are express
ing excitement over prog- j
ress in student academic
growth and proficiency
reported for the 2016-2017
school year reflected in a
test/accountability report
released last Thursday by
the North Carolina State
Board of Education.
Michelle Maddox, hu
man resources and public i
information officer for the
school system, said that D.F.
Walker Elementary School
experienced the highest
growth rate among the
county’s four schools. The
school exceeded expected
growth for the second con
secutive year and moved
from a performance grade j
of C to a grade of B.
“Students at the school
increased ’their growth and
percent proficiency in every
tested area with an overall
growth rate of 88.8 percent,”
she said.
Michelle White, principal
atD.F. Walker, said she and
See SCORES, 5A
EDITOR’S NOTE
Due to Hurricane Irma, the
Chowan Herald had a much
earlier press deadline for
this edition so that we could
be sure that the newspaper
wouldn’t need to risk a delay
in publication. Thus coverage
of the hurricane as well as
Leon and Joyce Evans’ 9/11
service will not appear in this
edition. And NASCAR fans
- blame Irma. That special
page will be returning Sept.
20 to the Chowan Herald.
PHOTOS BY KIM ULLOM
“Another Day in Mayberry” was performed recently at Rocky Hock Baptist Church. Give these master
thespians a bit of credit for their dedication and ability to perform characters from the much beloved “Andy
Griffith Show.”
‘Another Day in Mayberry’
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
The “Andy Griffith Show” is a part
and parcel of being not only a North
Carolinian, but the show shared the
values that make small town living
sweeter than Aunt Bee’s butterscotch
pecan pies.
To pay homage to the show, “Anoth
er Day in Mayberry” was performed
last weekend at Rocky Hock Baptist
Church. The cast for the show includ
ed Andy ((Steve Evans); Barney (Mike
Evans), Opie (Grant Nixon), Otis (Pas
tor Tyler Cone), Gomer (Chris Turn
er); Aunt Bea (Donna Peele); Thelma
Lou (Marcia Evans); Helen (Meredith
Wood); Floyd (Sammy Morris) and Er
nest T. Bass (Allen Nixon).
“I think the lessons that are por
trayed in the play are very relevant
for the world today,” Cone said. “We
as humans sometimes find ourselves
in backsliding situations and don’t
know where to turn. The first place
that we should turn is to the gospel of
Jesus Christ and that can come from
Alright Otis. Get in the jail cell. Sleep it off. Maybe if you’re lucky, you
won’t wake up next to a goat who ate a bunch of dynamite. Kablooey!
focusing back on Him and asking for
forgiveness for the things that have
caused us to backslide.”
Noted photographer and Chowan
High School alumnus Kim Ullom said
she enjoyed the show.
“The members of our church never
cease to amaze me,” she said. “This
type of ministry is something that
unites not only our little community
but those all around us. Our church
has always been known for our music
and sharing the gospel through our
creative ministries. But now I think
See MAYBERRY, 2A
1-87
project
gains
speed
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
The state Department of
Transportation displayed
maps from a preliminary
feasibility study Thursday to
local government officials
about a possible 1-87 high
way.
Once completed, 1-87 is
planned to start in Raleigh,
continue northeast through
Rocky Mount, Williamston,
Elizabeth City, ending in
Norfolk, Va The meeting’s
purpose was to provide in
formation on the study and
to gather any additional com
ments that local government
officials may have. A draft
of the project should be re
leased this winter.
“This plan will bring your
speed limit up to 70 mph,
make it safe and you’ll get
more traffic and that should
boost your economy as
well,” said Shane York, DOT
feasibility Studies Engineer.
“GPS devices will send more
traffic through this corridor
instead of rerouting though
1-95 which means more eco
nomic development.”
The US-17/64 Highway
Association is considered
the leading advocacy orga-
j nization for most all eastern
North Carolina roads.
“I think this a really im
portant step toward getting
a fully controlled access,”
said Marc Finlayson, a New
Bern-based consultant who
serves as Executive Direc
tor of the US-17/64 Highway
Association Project. “I-87 is
See PROJECT, 3A
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Commission meets new director, passes brunch bill
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
A new executive direc
tor of the Edenton-Chowan
Partnership was introduced
recently to the Chowan
County Commission.
Thomas Mallory Denham
of Maysville Kentucky said
he looks forward to living
and working in Chowan
County. Denham was
“My desire to remain in
volved in economic develop
ment activities was compli
cated by the fact I also wanted
to continue to live in a rural
community,” he said. “Hap
pily, Edenton and Chowan
County are about the same
size as Maysville and Mason
County and Edenton has
the added benefit of being a
historic and beautiful town
on the Chowan River and
Albemarle Sound. Because
this area is highly depended
on agriculture, it is very easy
to find myself feeling right at
home and I’m quickly learn
ing about the amazing num
ber of folks from Edenton
who had a hand in creating
our great country.”
Jeff Smith, chairman of
the Chowan County Board
of Commissioners, praised
Denham’s wide ranging ex
perience.
“It is great that Mallory has
owned a farm and industrial
supply firm and understands
what our kind of economy is
all about,” he said. “He’s com
fortable in the middle of a
soybean field or on the floor
of a modern factory.”
The executive director’s
post has been vacant since
Larry Lombardi took a job in
April as Currituck County’s
economic development di
rector. Denham will be earn
ing $52,000 annually.
In other business, County
Manager Kevin Howard was
appointed as county plan
ner until a new can be hired.
Former County Planner
Elizabeth Bryant’s resigned
in August. The county’s loss
is Town of Edenton’s gain as
Bryant recently started her
new job as the town’s new di
rector of planning and com
munity development.
Also, the commission ap
pointed Don Hoggard as the
county’s maintenance direc
tor. Hoggard has many years
of experience from his work
in Hertford and East Caroli-
See COMMISSION, 2A
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