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CHOWAl c 002 A0038 SS5 ^ ^^^ 482-4418 Wednesday, April 25, 2018 75* Council adopts Strategic Communication Plan Prom creates memories Memories that last a lifetime were created Saturday at the John . A. Holmes High School Prom. — 3B Celebrate prayer A National Day of Prayer observance will take place in Edenton at the historic 1767 Chowan County Courthouse on May 3 starting at noon. — 5B BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer The town council unani mously agreed Monday night to adopt a Strategic Communication Plan cre ated by the Raleigh-based public relations firm of Eckel & Vaughan. The vote came at a special meeting that preceded council’s reg ular monthly work session. Councilman Elton Bond was absent as he is recover ing from surgery. Harris Vaughan, a part ner in the firm and the son of Mayor Roland Vaughan, presented a report on the plan during a special meet ing held last week. During his presentation Vaughan suggested that town and tourism officials focus on making effective use of social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as well as set ting measurable goals that would enable them to see how well efforts at mar keting the community to a wide range of age groups, from millennials to young families and retirees, were succeeding. Making use of growing the community through col laborative efforts among the various community groups and agencies was another suggestion. And now that the vote to accept and implement the plan has taken place, that will form the next step, town officials said. They plan to contact local organizations and request an opportu nity to present an abbrevi ated version of Vaughan’s presentation which can be seen in its entirety on the town’s website. Copies have already been distributed by the town manager’s of fice to Destination Down town Edenton, the Edenton Chowan Partnership, the Edenton Historical Commis sion, the Edenton-Chowan Board of Education, Vidant Chowan Hospital and other stakeholders. In an effort to keep the town vibrant and interest ing for citizens and visitors See COUNCIL, 3A Sugar Bears opens Sugar Bears, at 110 E. King St., celebrated its grand opening Thursday evening with a ribbon cutting and a chance to let visitors take a peek inside the store that is a feast for the eyes and the sweet tooth. — 4A PHOTOS BY KIP SHAW District Court Judge Meader Harris danced with his lovely wife Jennifer as their oldest son taps his way underneath their “bridge” during Friday’s Boogie on Broad festivities. More than a thousand people attended the street party where the Catalinas performed. PHOTO BY VERONICA DOWNING Street repairs are a big priority for Town Council. Edenton boogies down on Broad County holds 4H show Tuesday, April 17, 2018 marked the 64th Annual Chowan Coun ty 4-H Livestock Show and Sale. Sixty-seven Chowan County youth participated this year and did an outstand ing job showing their animals. Mark Knauer, NCSU Swine Special ist, was the judge for the 2018 show. — 5A BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer A crowd estimated at a thousand people took to the street to dance at Boogie on Broad 2018 on Friday night and to epjoy a taste of North Carolina craft beers through the involvement of Edenton Bay Trading Company and John Glover’s Raleigh-based 1323 R&D Brewery. The event, hosted by Destination Downtown Edenton, was sponsored by Albemarle Bank and Feyer Ford to complement the Easels in the See BOOGIE, 3A For the record, Edenton is definitely not Bomont — that town from the movie “Footloose” where it was illegal to dance. Perhaps to underscore the point that our town rocks, Mayor Roland Vaughan and his wife Peggy Anne did a little toe tapping to Beach music during Friday’s Boogie on Broad. Cold brew flows fast from the tap BY MILES LAYTON Editor Friday night during Boogie on Broad, Chris O’Neill was very busy pouring beer. Not just any beer, but Citra Mo saic and Session, both IPA, flowed from a tap into the cups for people having a good time, listening to some tunes and otherwise enjoying what Edenton had to offer. O’Neill is the general manager of the future brew pub that is on tap for the Conger Building downtown by the waterfront. The cold beer O’Neill was pour ing Friday may be among the brew pub’s offerings. After all, the three kegs he had on tap were empty within about an hour and 20 min utes. SeeBEER,3A Store has adoption day Sound Feet Shoes of fered more than just its standard fare of shoes and sandals Saturday as it hosted an adop tion day. — 9A Iredell House cooks up taste of the past Like us on Facebook AT /THECHOWANHERALD l 89076"44813 l ©2009 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved NICOLE BOWMAN- LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD Historic re-enactors make dough for chicken and dumplings and apple pastries Saturday during a cooking demonstration at the Iredell House. 6 BY NICOLE BOWMAN- LAYTON For the Chowan Herald The James Iredell House offered visitors some of the sights and smells of colo nial-era Edenton as cook ing demonstrations were held Friday and Saturday. The kitchen, about 20 feet from the main house, opened its doors as re-en actors attempted to work with authentic recipes from the era — including sweet potato pancakes, apple turnovers and chicken and dumplings. An imposing brick walk filled with little and large nooks for dif ferent size fires. Over the large center fire, re-enac tors navigated between several cast-iron pots and pans while working in long-floor-length dresses typical of Colonial times. Sometimes they would be flipping sweet potato pan cakes while stirring a pot of chicken broth. A nook to the right served as an oven, similar to today’s brick ov ens for making pizza, and slowly warmed another pan sweet potato pancakes. Across from the Iredell See IREDELL, 2A Fragile streets create big problems BY VERONICA DOWNING Correspondent A story posted in an April 12, 2011 article from Forbes, com, named our magnificent little town at the top of their I “10 Prettiest Towns in Amer ica” list. Unfortunately, the streets of Edenton tell a different story. Traveling down small streets like Twiddy Avenue, West Albemarle, West Hicks Street and North Granville among others, one can find several inch-deep potholes and craters in the cement that have caused terrible driving conditions, and was a general eyesore to the other wise pristine image Edenton presents to its yearly tour ists. The Town of Edenton has started working to improve some of the smaller streets that stand off the main road. According to an emailed response from Town Man ager Anne Marie Knighton, Town Council decided long ago to begin a massive road repair and repaving project. In November 2017, the Coun cil received an almost $1 mil lion contract from Barnhill Contracting Company to be gin repaiis and resurfacing the following streets: Twiddy Avenue, Luke Street and West Hicks (which boarder Vidant Chowan Hospital), Mark Drive, North Oakum Street (which boarders Col lege of the Albemarle), Dicks Street, West Carteret Street and the 500 block of South Broad Street at Waterfront Park. Repairs were made to Jackson Street, East King Street, and on some NC De partment of Transportation Streets including Dr. Mar tin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, North Broad Street and Coke Avenue. The Town repaired a water line break on Paradise Road. Finally, there are addi- See STREETS, 2A American Cancer Society 1 FRIDAY, APRIL 27% 7:00™ $10.00 JOHN A HOLMES HIGH SCHOOL, AUDITORIUM SATURDAY, APRIL 28% 2:00pm & 7:00™ EDENTON, NC Tickets Available at various locations or call 252-221-4875 or 252-333-8567. Email rockyhock opry@live.com
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