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Wednesday, May 16, 2018
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Colonial Park Playground poised to open Friday
Glow run a success
Local athletes laced
up their shoes to com
pete on Friday at the
Kids and Cops 5K Glow
Run. Eighty-five runners/
walkers finished the
race that was organized
by Chowan County 4-H
& the Chowan County
Sheriffs Office. — 2B
Latino News
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Weather permitting, town
officials are hoping the play
ground at Colonial Park will
be completed and ready for
use by the public by this Fri
day, May 18.
Town Manager Anne-Ma
rie Knighton said the con
tractor planned to install
the final layer of the surface
area on Monday. Fencing
has been installed and some
adjustments need to be
made to the various pieces
of equipment in the play
ground.
“We are hosting a rib ¬
bon cutting for the new
playground as part of the
20th Annual Music and Wa
ter Festival this Saturday,
May 19, at 9:30 a.m. and the
public is invited,” Knighton
said.
She added that the mayor
and town council are “very
pleased” with the outcome
of the project.
“The goal was to install a
playground that would be
accessible and usable for
all children,” Knighton said.
“Rene Jackson has been a
fantastic project manager
for the town. She solicited
feedback and input from
special needs teachers and
staff within our school sys
tem, she conducted public
workshops to seek input
from citizens and she co-
ordinated a survey as well.
Then she wrote a grant that
was funded by the North
Carolina Parks and Recre
ation Trust Fund.”
“Rene is a former town
manager and a former
physical education teacher
so we really were fortu
nate to have her helping us
with this project,” Knighton
added. “Her organizational
skills are off the charts and
there was a lot of coordinat-
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PHOTO
Colonial Park
playground
is closed for
renovations.
Should be
back open for
family fun by
May 18. The
Town received
a $200,000
grant for new
equipment
including a zip
line!
Check out our La
tino news section on
Mother’s Day, Latino
impact and soccer
news. — 3B
School reflects on year
As the end of the
school year comes to
a close, the doors of
D.F. Walker Elementary
School have been wide
open for students and
families. — 5A
Shelter gets manager
Katelyn Robertson
has been named the
new director of the
Tri-County Animal
Shelter in Tyner. The
shelter serves Chow
an, Gates and Perqui
mans counties. — 2A
Aces’ track advances
Elements of John
A. Holmes’ track team
conjured up the win
ning formula to earn
a spot later this week
at the state champion
ship meet in Greens
boro. — 1B
Session to eye pay hikes
Raises for state em
ployees and teachers,
more school funding,
rural broadband and
combating water pol
lution are among the
issues area lawmakers
wish to see addressed
during the legislative
session which starts
today. —- 4A
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Celebrating OUR 350TH
PHOTO BY NATALIE HARRISON
Visitors who were part of the Albemarle Sound Tour group enjoyed a tour and lunch on Saturday at the historic
1886 Roanoke River Lighthouse before leaving for Plymouth.
Historic charter, tour boat visit
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
More than 60 visitors
aboard the Belle of Wash
ington had the chance to
spend time in Edenton over
the weekend as part of the
area’s 350th anniversary
celebration.
Guests from across North
Carolina — everywhere
from Durham to Moores
ville — were treated to a
reception in their honor Fri
day afternoon at the historic
1767 Chowan County Court
house after they arrived at
the downtown Edenton wa
terfront to spend the night
and spend part of Saturday
in town as well.
“We are very happy to
DC trip topped off by free breakfast
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Now that the Bulldogs
are back from their recent
trip to the nation’s capitol,
check that trip off life’s
bucket list.
“I want to thank the sixth
grade teachers for coming
to me with the idea for a
trip that was something
they wanted to pursue for
their kids,” Chowan Mid
dle School Principal John
Lassiter said. “The Wash
ington DC field trip was to
give our kids the historical
component of what our
country was built from by
have these special guests
with us,” said Chowan
Tourism Director Nancy
Nicholls at the reception on
Friday.
On Saturday morning
the special guests enjoyed
a relaxed tour of the 1886
Roanoke River Lighthouse
and were treated to limch
there prior to departing for
Plymouth, the next spot on
the Albemarle Sound Tour
designed to help celebrate
the anniversary 350 years
ago of four precincts that
made up the first govern
mental units in what would
eventually become the state
of North Carolina
Special guests on board
See BOAT, 3A
seeing some of the monu
ments and touring the mu
seums.”
Travel for about 150 stu
dents from the sixth grade
class, staff and more than
80 chaperons was provid
ed by four tour buses from
Legacy Coach.
“The trip would not be
possible without the teach
ers’ initiative to plan it and
the amount of chaperons
who had to take off work
to invest their day to make
sure our kids had a good
experience,” Lassiter said.
The trip did experience
some problems from a bus
with a door that wouldn’t
REBECCA BUNCH/CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton Historical Commission Chair Chris Bean, at
left, was among the local dignitaries who greeted
visitors who landed at the downtown waterfront
on Friday afternoon as part of a boat tour tied to
the 350th Celebration of the establishment of the
Albemarle area.
close completely and later,
a busted mirror. While in
DC, a tire blew when the
bus was parked. A new bus
was acquired so the trip
home was able to proceed
with only a slight delay.
Legacy Coach refunded
the money for that tour
bus and has agreed to buy
breakfasts for students
when they take the End
of Grade (EOG) tests later
this month, Lassiter said.
“Every student will have
a good breakfast before
they take the test,” he
said.
Man wins
lottery
— twice
From staff reports
Maurice Fleming of Eden
ton has won the lottery not
just once, but twice!
Most recently, Fleming is
celebrating a $200,000 in
stant win in the Mega Bucks
game.
The Chowan County
man bought the lucky $5
ticket at the Speedway on
Virginia Road in Edenton.
He claimed his prize Mon
day at lottery headquarters
in Raleigh. After required
state and federal tax with
holdings, he took home
$141,003.
Mega Bucks launched in
November with seven top
prizes of $200,000. Four
top prizes remain to be
claimed.
Attempts to reach Flem
ing have been unsuccessful.
In October, Fleming said
a lucky feeling led him to
play the $500 Cash game at
the Broad Street Mart on
North Broad Street.
Fleming said he bought a
$5 ticket, took it home and
started scratching.
“I couldn’t believe it when
I saw it,” Fleming told the
Daily Advance soon after he
won. “I almost fell out of my
chair.”
Fleming claimed his
$150,00 lottery prize in Oc
tober at lottery headquar
ters in Raleigh. After re
quired state and federal tax
withholdings, he took home
$104,253.
Lottery officials said that
since Fleming won the $500
Cash game’s last top prize,
the lottery has ended the
game. Players have until
June 14 to claim any prizes,
See LOTTERY, 3A
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Legacy Coach reimbursed Edenton-Chowan Schools for the
bus that had some issues during the sixth grade class’s
recent field trip to Washington, DC. Chowan Middle School
Principal John Lassiter (left) said that not only did Legacy
Coach refund the money for that bus, but the company
provided funds to buy breakfast for students who will be
taking the End of Grade (EOG) Tests later this month.
See BREAKFAST, 2A
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