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Wednesday, April 18, 2018
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Holmes track team defeats
a triojof rivals - 6B
CAC kicks off exhibit
The Chowan Arts
Council kicked off its
inaugural art exhibition
at its hoped-for new
space in the former
Chero’s building in
Edenton last Thursday
evening with a gallery
show featuring the
work of Bertie County
artists. — 1B
Service offers lesson
Nearly 100 believers
crowded the sanctuary
of Center Hill Chapel
Missionary Baptist
Church at noon March
30 to reverence the
“Final Words from the
Cross”. — 3B
Candidates mull energy
The increasing
footprint of wind and
solar energy projects in
northeastern North Car
olina became a policy
flashpoint at a candi
dates’ forum in Camden
Satin-day. Republican
state Senate candidate
Clark Twiddy and GOP
state House candi
date Candice Hunter
both said they oppose
subsidies for renewable
energy.— 4A
School budget seeks safety
improvements, salary increases
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Edenton-Chowan School
Board approved a proposed
budget request for 2018-19
that includes plans to en
hance safety and seek raises
for classified staff.
During Thursday’s meet
ing, Superintendent Rob
Jackson presented about a
$3.8 million local operating
fund request that represents
anincreaseofnearly$267,000
more than the 2017/18
operating fund budget of
REBECCA BUNCH/CHOWAN HERALD
Food Pantry Director Roger Coleman welcomes the crowd and talks about the mission of the pantry to feed
the hungry in the community during the annual “Fill the Food Pantry” dinner held at Nothin’ Fancy on Saturday
evening. The event was hosted by members of the Unitarian Universalists Fellowship of the Albemarle.
JACKSON
around
$3.5 mil
lion from
the county
commis
sion. The
$267,000
increase
represents
a request to
add a School Social Worker
position to the school sys
tem, a request to give school
system hourly employees
their first step increase
since the 2008-2009 school
year, and includes $122,000
that the school system is
required to pay to charter
schools.
When adding other local
funds from fines and forfei
tures, projected indirect cost
payments, sales tax refund,
and an appropriation from
the school system fund bal
ance, the total local operat
ing budget request comes to
around $4.3 million which
is up about nearly $267,000
from last year’s budget at
around $4.1 million.
See BUDGET, 6A
Commission shows
support for BOE
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Chowan County Com
mission will assist the
Edenton-Chowan School
system’s plans to relocate
its administrative offices.
During Monday’s meet
ing, the commission unani
mously approved plans
to appropriate $75,000
toward the project that
is estimated to cost more
than $302,000. Last week,
Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education made plans to
provide the $225,000 bal
ance of funds needed to
relocate from the Central
Services Building on West
Queen Street to space that
will be renovated at the old
D.F. Walker Elementary by
the Edenton Campus of
College of the Albemarle.
In other business, the
commission signed off on
plans to reduce exorbitant
water bills from custom-
See BOE, 2A
Weekend
filled
with fun
From staff reports
Spring is here, more
or less, so it’s time to go
outside and enjoy what
Chowan County has to
offer!
Friday and Saturday
will be sunny with highs
topping out in the low
60s.
Make plans to check
out some Beach music,
Easels in the Gardens,
Edenton Rotary Club’s
breakfast followed per
haps by a 5K before see
ing a priest bless the fleet.
Boogie on Broad, a
free, family-friendly street
dance featuring the Cata
linas, will take place in
See WEEKEND, 2A
Gardeners hold show
The eighth annual
Albemarle Master Gar
deners’ Spring Garden
Show, “Through a Gar
den Gate,” will be held
between 9 a.m. — 3
p.m. Saturday, April
28 at the Perquimans
County Recreational
Center, 310 Granby
Street, Hertford. — 2B
Board approves move
The bid to renovate
and upgrade the new
home of Edenton-
Chowan Schools
administrative offices
came in a bit higher
than expected — much
like suddenly learning
your car’s transmission
needs a bit more than a
tune-up. — 6A
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Fundraiser takes bite out of hunger
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
The annual “Fill the Food
Pantry” fundraiser held Sat
urday evening at Nothin’
Fancy in Edenton raised
more than two thousand dol
lars in support of the Book
Bag Buddies program that
combats hunger among chil
dren in the Edenton-Chowan
Schools.
The event is hosted each
year by the Unitarian Univer-
salist Fellowship of the Al
bemarle and chaired by UU-
FOA member Lee Lolkema
Lolkema said that over 100
area residents bought tickets
that allowed them to take
part in the buffet-style din
ner while others gave gener
ous donations in support of
the program that sends food
home with students in need
so that they will not go hun*
Ribbon cutting makes Farmers Market official
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor „
It’s official!
Edenton Farmers Mar
ket’s ribbon cutting took
place Thursday to pay trib
ute to its new downtown
location on North Broad
Street.
“We’re just so grateful
that everyone came out to-
night to help us celebrate
the grand opening of the
Farmers Market. This
will be a big benefit to the
community,” said Lexie
Armstead, president of the
Edenton Farmers Market
This display at the “Fill the Food Pantry” fundraiser
Saturday night offered a glimpse of the foods provided
to local school students on weekends through the Book
Bag Buddies program. Items included fresh fruit and
other kid-friendly items.
gry on the weekends.
“We’re keeping the kids
healthy with your help,”
Food Pantry Director Roger
Coleman told the crowd.
And he shared a story that
Board of Directors. “We are
so grateful that we are able
to help the vendors in our
area to be able to sell our
wares and to support our lo
cal economy.”
Several businesses made
generous donations in sup
port of the relocation proj
ect from North Granville
to the North Broad Street
property that formerly
housed the Etna station that
began last summer. Earlier
this year, the doors opened
for business bright and early
one Saturday morning.
See MARKET, 2A
illustrated how much the pro
gram means to the children.
“This morning I was at the
Arrowhead Beach Commu
nity Expo setting up an in
formation table for the food
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Edenton Farmers Market celebrated its official grand
opening Thursday with a ribbon cutting at its new
location on North Broad Street.
pantry,” he said. “As I was
carrying in display materi
als, a young boy came up and
asked if he could help. When
we began to set up the dis
play, he pointed to the Book
Bag Buddies food package
that I had brought and said,
‘That’s the Book Bag Bud
dies. 1 get that every Friday.’
He then ran off and brought
back several of his friends,
pointing out to them each of
the food items in the bag to
highlight their importance.
When he had finished, his
friends just stood there for a
few seconds and then togeth
er said ‘Wow’ before running
off to play.”
Coleman added that last
week he had been asked if
he thought giving out food to
families created dependency
instead of self-reliance. His
See HUNGER, 2A
Council
seeks
growth
strategies
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Harris Vaughan, a part
ner in the Raleigh-based
public relations firm of
Eckel and Vaughan, of
fered the town council
and interested community
partners in the audience a
glimpse at strategies that
could help Edenton bet
ter tell its story and create
opportunities for growth
during a special meeting
held Monday evening in
the council chambers.
His recommendations,
based on meetings with
local focus groups and
his team’s years of experi-
' ence, will be posted on the
town’s website this week,
according to officials at
the meeting.
Vaughan, son of Mayor
Roland Vaughan, and a
native of the community,
said the town’s natural
beauty, unique living his
tory and the welcoming
attitude shown by locals
to visitors are all assets
that can be used to draw
even more people to the
area as a destination for a
visit or perhaps a perma
nent home. Looking for
people who want to move
here and get involved in
making Edenton an even
better place to live and
See COUNCIL, 3A
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