2A THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7,2018
High winds cause outages, may have flipped truck
From staff reports
Albemarle area counties were
feeling the effects of a major
nor’easter pounding the East
Coast on Friday, as more than
400 power outages were reported
and a tractor-trailer overturned
on a bridge in Chowan County.
Chowan sheriffs officials said
the tractor-trailer flipped over on
the Chowan River Bridge shortly
after noon. The truck’s driver
was not injured.
While the N.C. Highway Patrol
will make the final determina
tion of what caused the wreck,
Chowan officials believed it was
in due in part to strong winds on
the bridge.
Town Manager Anne-Marie
Knighton said an outage was re
ported about 8:30 a.m., affecting
an area from the American Le
gion Fairgrounds to Wharf Land
ing near the Chowan River Bridge
and to Hickory Fork Road. She
said approximately 80 customers
were affected, but service was
restored to about 25 of them by
9:15 a.m. She said service was
restored to the remaining 55 cus
tomers by 11:15 a.m.
She said the town’s electric
department staff also installed
a new pole, which tightened up
power lines that had been flap
ping against each other in the
wind.
Elsewhere, Dominion Energy
spokeswoman Janell Hancock
said 11 Dominion customers in
Currituck County were without
power. Another five in Camden
County, two in Pasquotank Coun
ty and one in Chowan County
were without power, Hancock
said.
In Perquimans County, Emer
gency Services Director Jonathan
Nixon said four outages reported
by Dominion.
Albemarle Electric Member
ship Corp, spokesman Chris
Powell said a few isolated and
scattered outages had been re
ported on AEMC’s system. Those
were at Hertford Beach, on Bur
gess and New Hope roads, and in
Tyner and South Mills.
CHOWAN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
PHOTO
A wrecker begins
to remove a Pepsi
delivery truck
that overturned
on the Chowan
River Bridge,
Friday afternoon.
Chowan sheriff’s
officials believe
the high winds
buffeting the
region as part of a
major nor’eastern
slamming the
East Coast may
have played a role
in the accident.
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Crimewatch
EDENTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT
ARRESTS
■ Feb. 24 — Brandon
Maurice Blount, 31, of Mex
ico Road, was arrested on
one misdemeanor count of
failure to appear.
■ Feb. 23 — Darren Jer
maine Valentine, 29, of Cabar
rus Street, was arrested on
one misdemeanor count of
failure to appear and one
misdemeanor count of driv
ing while license revoked.
INCIDENTS
■ None reported.
CHOWAN COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
ARRESTS
■ March 2 — Rashonda
Lucille Welch, 35, of Center
Hill Road, was arrested on
one misdemeanor count of
failure to appear (criminal
summons or citation).
■ March 1 — William
Charles Byrum, 33, of Vir
ginia Road, was arrested on
one misdemeanor count of
failure to appear (domestic
violence protection order
charges).
■ Feb. 26 — Diana Gon
zalez Camargo, 29, of South
Carolina, was arrested on
one misdemeanor count of
failure to appear (controlled
substance, possession of
marijuana up to % ounce/
Nash County).
■ Feb. 22 — Shawn Ke-
nyata Medy, 22, of Crown
Street, Brooklyn, NY was ar
rested on one misdemeanor
count of larceny and one
misdemeanor count of pos
session of stolen property.
■ Feb. 22 — Christopher
Arron Phillips, 22, of 1359
East 56th Street, Brooklyn,
NY was arrested on one mis
demeanor count of larceny
and one misdemeanor count
of possession of stolen prop
erty.
INCIDENTS
■ Feb. 25—Larceny from
a motor vehicle on Schooner
Landing Drive.
CITIZENS
Continued from 1A
fire trucks. Other highlights
during his time in office in
clude the establishment of
Winfall Landing Park on the
Perquimans River and the
installation of a $6.4 million
sewer system that has ben
efited the entire town.
In fact, Yates said it was
the desire of Winfall resi
dents to secure a new sew
er system that first got him
involved in community af
fairs. Based on contacts he
made through that effort,
he was encouraged to run
for mayor, he said.
About that time, he said,
the mayor who was in office
became ill and wanted to
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take a leave of absence but
also wanted to get paid. So
Yates volunteered to serve
in his place until such time
as he could return. That
decision led to his eventual
election as mayor.
, “God works in mysteri
ous ways,” Yates said. “I
had no idea what I was get
ting into. But I didn’t let that
deter me.”
Instead he kept push
ing forward and working
for needed improvements
to the small town he had
come to love.
When asked what advice
he would give others in the
African American commu
nity about getting involved
in helping their communi
ties achieve progress, Yates
said collaboration, commit
ment and communication
were key elements of suc
cess.
“You’ve got to work to
gether,” he said. “Go to the
meetings in your communi
ty. Listen and ask questions.
You’ve got to be prepared
to ask questions to find out
what’s going on.”
Both Hertford Mayor
Horace Reid and Creswell
Mayor Edwin Blount said
that people like Yates had
served as an inspiration to
them and a source of infor
mation on how to accom-
plish things in their own
communities.
“I’ve sometimes felt like
Daniel in the lion’s den,”
Blount acknowledged.
Simpson agreed that serv
ing on a public board came
with many challenges. She
said that was something
she learned after deciding
go give it a try after then-
Councilman Willis Privott
came knocking on her door
asking her to do it.
“It’s not easy being on a
board,” she said. “People
complained, they didn’t re
spect me. It takes prayer
now in this day and time to
be on any board. I miss it,
I pray for the board (town
council)."
Hardy-Bond said after
the gathering that she felt a
solid foundation had been
established for future ac
tivities and events to be
held that would encourage
members of the black com
munity to seek a greater
voice in local government
and other venues where
they could make a differ
ence in the quality of life
here.
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Republican Convention
SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH
The Chowan County Republican Convention will be held
on Saturday March 24th starting at 10:00 am in the lobby of
the Chowan Public Safety
Center, 305 W. Freemason
St., Edenton. The business of
the convention will be to elect
delegates to the Republican
3rd Congressional District
and the Republican State
conventions. All Republicans
registered as of January 31st or
who have moved to the county
after that date or who have
EDITOR’S NOTE
Due to space and time
constraints, a story about the
Chowan County Commission’s
Monday meeting will appear
in next week's edition.
Commissioners discussed
a Farmland Preservation
survey, learned about NC
Department of Transporta
tion projects and a had lively
discussion about whether
to allow welding shops in
agricultural zones.
Other items that were
discussed included a request
to purchase radios for
Sheriff's Office patrol cars
and whether to replace the
Soundside Road Recycle
Compactor.
turned 18 by February 23rd
and are registered are eligible to vote. Also, we have invited all
Republican candidates who will be on the Chowan ballot to speak,
introduce themselves to their voters and to answer questions.
Call Chairman Jim Robison at 312-7711 with any questions.
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HUGGINS
Continued from 1A
cial parts of my job as Miss
North Carolina”
As part of Read Across
America Week and Dr.
Seuss’s birthday, Huggins
read them the book about
some guy who just didn’t
want to try anything new
— green eggs and ham. In
the end, the...whatever that
creature was...had some of
the breakfast fare and liked
it. After Huggins read the
book, she announced that
the kids were going to get a
big prize. They didn’t know
they were getting a book.
“How many of you like
surprises?” she asked as
the kids got all excited. “Oh
my goodness. Well, I like
surprises too. Thanks to a
grant from the CITGO cor
poration, each kindergart
ner will be getting a book!”
Huggins’ tour took her to
schools in Pasquotank and
Perquimans counties in re
cent days. She challenged
the White Oak Elementary
kids to keep working hard
and to become whatever
they want to be. Huggins
told kids that it took her
five tries to achieve being
crowned as Miss NC.
“I believed in myself,”
she said. “Every year, I went
back better and better and I
learned. Finally, this past
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Heather Denny’s kindergarten class at White Oak
Elementary takes a moment to smile for the camera
with Miss North Carolina.
year I presented to the judg
es the best Victoria Alexis
Huggins I could possibly be.
And they determined that I
was the best person for the
job of Miss North Carolina
If I can become Miss North
Carolina from a 2-stoplight
town of St. Pauls that hard ¬
ly anybody knows about at
the very bottom part of our
state, then you can become
whatever you want to be.”
The kids started clapping
before they echoed Hug
gins remarks as she said, “If
at first you don’t succeed,
you try try again.”
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10 AM TO NOON
The Cooperative Extension Building, 743 N. Granville Street
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LET'S TALK RESILIENCY IN EDENTON
We will be exploring hazard-related issues you have experienced,
discussing important assets in our community, & identifying
flood-prone areas through a mapping session.
This event is sponsored by the Town of Edenton and the Chowan Edenton Environmental
Group. The workshop will be facilitated by the Division of Coastal Management as part of
a resiliency project being conducted with the Town. We hope to see you there!
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princess to know that
dreams can come true.
Huggins asked for a show
of hands as to how many
students wanted to become
teachers, police officers or
doctors.
“Those are some won
derful dreams,” she said.
“I want to encourage you.
There is no dream too small
and there’s no dream too big
that you cannot accomplish
as long as you work hard,
you belief in yourself and
you get an education.”
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