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Gladiators conquer title
Half-Nelson, single-
leg takedown and an
ankle pick — those are
all wicked cool wres
tling moves that the
Aces may have used to
capture the Albemarle
Athletic Conference
championship this
season. — 6B
Pets of the Week
Check out some of
the pets the Tri-County
Animal Shelter offers
that would love to
start the new year in
a home of their very
own. — 3B
Lawmakers talk class law
Some area legisla
tors are hoping to
move forward legis
lation they say will
provide relief to local
school districts whose
officials are worried
about meeting man
dated class-size limits
this fall. — 6A
Exhibits on display
Forty-two pieces of
art and photography
were entered in the an
nual Members Exhibit
that is the featured
show at the Chowan
Arts Council Gallery
in downtown Edenton
dining the month of
January. — 1B
Habitat helps family
Some people, when
they aren’t chosen for
something they desper
ately want, are prone
to abandoning the
effort. But not Sharon
Fleming, who has been
chosen, with her two
children, to be Chowan-
Perquimans Habitat for
Humanity’s 2018 Partner
Family. — 4B
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Mark your calendar for Chamber banquet
■ Tickets still available
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Make plans to attend the
upcoming Edenton-Chow
an Chamber of Commerce
banquet.
The banquet takes place
Thursday Feb. 1st at the
American Legion Building
On West Queen Street. Ca
tering comes from a famil
iar place to many — Kelly’s
Outer Banks Restaurantand
Tavern.
Highlights of the evening
include how Destination
PHOTO BY KIM ULLOM
Winter weather has taken a toll on instruction time since school started in early January. So far, students have
missed six days and had four early dismissal days. After missing no hours prior to Christmas, students missed
45.5 hours of instruction this month.
Snow days plow into exam prep
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Snow days means time
away from school that was
intended for examination
preparations for students.
Most years, students are
sent home for the holiday
break for approximately 10
-14 days (depending on the
year) before having to come
back for a week of review
followed by another week
of testing in mid to late Jan-
uary.
Because of Winter Storm
Grayson and last week’s
snowfall, it is almost easier
to tabulate the time stu
dents have been in school
since Jan. 3 than to add up
the number of days — 6
days — they have missed
plus the four early dismissal
days. That figure does not
include the Martin Luther
King Jr. holiday. After miss
ing no hours prior to Christ
mas, students missed 45.5
hours of instruction during
the month of January.
Superintendent Rob Jack-
son said elementary and
Sen. Erica Smith talks to County Commission
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
State Senator Erica Smith,
D-Northampton, spoke Mon
day evening to the Chowan
County Commission about
a host of topics including the
Equal Riglits Amendment
and school class sizes.
Smith gave a presentation
about why the Commission
should consider approving
a resolution endorsing the
ERA in hopes that one day,
perhaps, the rest of the Tar
heel state will follow suit She
Downtown Edenton will
recognize their “Main Street
Champion” and when
the Chowan Tourism
Development Author
ity will recognize
their “Snooky
Bond Ex
cellence in
Tourism”
winner.
The
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Chamber will recognize the
William P. “Spec” Jones Vol
unteer of the Year; the Mar
vin S. Barham Humanitar
ian of the Year; the Chowan
Edenton Optimist Organiza
PHOTO BY BETH WILSON
Will Wilson, 3, of Edenton
may not be old enough
to attend school, but his
smile says all you need to
know about snow days - a
feeling shared by children
across Chowan County.
middle schools students will
be taking Benchmark as
sessments this week. These
assessments measure a stu
dent’s progress so far this
See SNOW, 4A
discussed pay inequi
ties between men
and women. More
on that will appear in
the next edition.
Smith also dis
cussed the chal
lenges arising from
legislation aimed at
changing class sizes.
SMITH
For more about her position
on that, see the School page
on A6. For video of Smith
talking about this issue, see
the Chowan Herald’s Face-
book page.
Though the Commission
tion of the Year; the John A.
Mitchener, Jr. Business Per
son of the Year
“The highlight of the
evening is of course all
the awards,” said
Wm Dale, Cham
ber director.
U The Cham
ber Award
winners
are kept
top secret and are never an
nounced or publicized until
the presentation. Seeing a
person react to winning an
award when not expecting
it has always been one of
School board talks
plans for Aces’ spaces
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Edenton-Chowan Board
of Education listened
Tuesday to an architectur
al consultant discuss the
options available for im
proving or replacing John
A. Holmes High School.
Though the Board made
no specific plans as which
direction it will pursue,
Don Hughes, a consultant
with Facilitative Designs,
offered possible paths to
upgrade or replace the
decades-old school that
was built in the 1950s. He
spoke of the pros and cons
of replacing the school or
renovating the existing
campus.
Hughes said a new
school would be more
affordable and take less
took no action re
garding the ERA,
supporters of the
measure moved the
ball forward.
“We first present
ed the ERA back in
November (to the
Commission),” Sa
vannah Sievers said.
“After hearing your thoughts,
we deliberated and decided
on a plan that would heed
your recommendations. We
bring a legislator, a male
voice and we garnered over
250 signatures from com
the most special moments
of this event over the years.
American Legion got the
honors this year for ban
quet’s location, perhaps as
a homage to the past when
the annual banquet was held
the Legion hall.
“We decided to utilize the
American Legion this year
for a number of reasons,”
Dale said. “The American
Legion has been a longtime
supporter of the Chamber
and asked us to consider
holding the Banquet there
this year. The first banquet
was actually held at the
time to build. A new
school would cost $36.4
million and take around
two years to build. In con
trast, costs for renovating
and additions would range
between $38 million and
$57 million depending on
the scale of the job. The
project would take three
years, maybe longer, to
complete, he said.
Funding for any project
would come from various
sources including $13 mil
lion from a state school
bond referendum, $15 mil
lion from Tier 1 fund and
perhaps a local bond ref
erendum. While Hughes
didn’t dismiss receiving
funding from state bond
referendum, he wasn’t op
timistic that the school sys-
See BOARD, 2A
munity members to show
support for your passing the
ERA. We amended the reso
lution and spoke with several
of you personally.”
Sievers went onto give
a brief history of the ERA
and explained how it would
make a difference if North
Carolina ratified the Consti
tutional amendment.
“We are asking you to ap
prove the resolution to show
support for the ratification of
the ERA by the North Caro
lina General Assembly,” she
said. “Support of the resolu ¬
American Legion and for
many years thereafter. I’m
not sure when the Banquet
was moved or why, but we
do know that the Banquet
has been held in the Na
tional Guard Armory, the
former Dram Tree Inn (for
mer Polka Dot Palm Build
ing), the former Creekside
Restaurant and of course
the Links at Mulberry
Hill.”
Space is another reason
the venue shifted.
“We’ve also been selling
See CHAMBER, 3A
Politicians
differ over
nominee
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Democrats are taking
aim at a conservative ju
dicial nominee who is an
other step closer to being
appointed to the federal
bench.
Republicans are firing
back that
Demo-
crats are
more in
terested
in “politi
cal pos
turing”
than ap
proving
a well-qualified Raleigh
lawyer.
Last week, Senate Judi
ciary Committee approved
the nomination of Thomas
Farr for the Eastern Dis
trict that covers 44 coun
ties from Raleigh to the
coast. Farr’s nomination
passed out of committee
on a party-line vote of 11
to 10 and his nomination
will be sent to the full Sen
ate. The Eastern District
has offices in Elizabeth
City, Fayetteville, Green
ville, Raleigh and Wilm
ington. President Donald
Trump nominated Farr to
the post that has not been
filled since 2005.
Farr has tried cases in
federal and state courts
in North Carolina and
has handled appeals at all
levels of the North Caro
lina appellate courts, the
Fourth and Sixth Circuit
Courts of Appeal, and the
Supreme Court. He is cur
rently a shareholder in the
Raleigh office of Ogletree,
Deakins, Nash, Smoak &
Stewart, P.C. where his
practice focuses on em
ployment matters and
constitutional law. Farr
graduated from Emory
University and holds an
LL.M. in Labor Law from
Georgetown University.
Farr has drawn fire
from Democrats and the
Black Congressional Cau
cus. See the Black Caucus’
Sep NOMINEE, 3A
tion is a must at the county
levels to make the NC ratifi-
■ cation a reality.”
Roger Coleman of Eden
ton spoke on behalf of the
resolution.
“Violence is a form of sex
discrimination,” he said. “The
Equhl Rights Amendment
would provide a constitu
tional foundation to end this
discrimination—discrimina
tion which deprives women
of their most fundamental
right to life.”
See SMITH, 2A