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Commission amends Timbermill permit
Collecting donations
The Rocky Hock
Lions and the John A.
Holmes LEOs were all
around Edenton recently
collecting donations
for the Brighter Visions
Campaign. — 3B
Latino News
Check out our La
tino news section on
quinceaneras, Latino
advocacy and soccer
news. — 2B
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Chowan County Commis
sion unanimously approved
amendments to a proposed
wind turbine project’s per
mit.
During Monday’s meet
ing, the commission signed
off on Timbermill’s plans for
a new collection substation,
an interconnection substa
tion and a transmission line
connecting the two substa
tions.
Attorney Henry C.
Campen, Jr., of Parker Poe
based in Raleigh, explained
why amending Timbermiirs
conditional use permit did
not substantially change the
company’s proposal during
the commission’s evidentia
ry hearing on the matter. He
said there was no evidence
presented to this board op
posing this application. The
burden for presenting such
evidence would be with the
opposition.
“For these reasons, we
submit to you that Timber-
mill has submitted a com ¬
Former commissioner Kehayes said he’s
done extensive research and asserts that the
setbacks between wind turbines and structures
should be increased as they are in other
places around the globe.
plete application and that it
is within the commission’s
jurisdiction to decide.
There is no evidence, no
substantial evidence of any
kind, based on this report
to deny this application,”
he said.
The Chowan County
Planning Board unani
mously recommended ap
proval of the transmission
right of way (TROW) and
substation application to
the commission. Approval
constituted complete local
zoning approval for all Tim
bermill related facilities.
After the meeting, for
mer County Commissioner
Alex Kehayes discussed
his objections to the Tim
bermill project. As the sole
member of the commission
to vote against the propos
al when the commission
approved Timbermill’s con
ditional use permit in 2016,
Kehayes used an analogy
See PERMIT, 8A
Curry wedding sermon
Michael Curry was
invited by Prince Harry
and Meghan Markle
to deliver the address
at their wedding on
Saturday at St. George’s
Chapel, Windsor Castle
in England. — 5B
Biz sells bait, tackle
In what was origi
nally the Pawn Shop
at the back of Frog
Crossing, Jeff Baker
and his wife Penny
hope to capitalize on
one of Chowan Coun
ty’s most profitable
pastimes, recreational
fishing. — 4A
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Chowan teachers recently attended the “March for Students and Rally for Respect” in Raleigh to make their voices
heard. (Left to right): Shaunte Hunt, Molli Rose, Mike Vinickas, Nicole Smoot, Linda Sutton and Nick Moore wore
comfortable walking shoes, carried colorful signs and later, met with NC Representative Bob Steinburg, R-Chowan,
to discuss education spending in the Tarheel State.
Steinburg
talks
prison
reform
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
N.C. Representative
Bob Steinburg, R-Chow
an, discussed a variety of
issues arising during the
recent news cycle that
included
last fall’s
prison
escape,
doubling
the death
benefit
paid to
families
of cor
rectional
STEINBURG
employees
Teachers march for better tomorrow
Band presents concert
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
John A. Holmes’
track team captured
top honors at the
1A North Carolina
High School Athletic
Association state
championship. Though
schools from Andrews
to Winston Salem
competed in Sunday’s
track meet at NC A&T
University in Greens
boro, the Aces finished
the season as run
ner-up with only Polk
County High scoring
more points. — 1B
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Chowan County teachers
joined thousands of educa
tors to demand that lawmak
ers do more to raise teacher
pay and education spending
in North Carolina
Held May 16, the “March
for Students and Rally for
Respect” rally was the larg
est organized teacher politi
cal action in state history.
Organized by the North
Carolina Association of
Educators, thousands of
public school students had
the day off because schools
couldn’t find enough sub
stitute teachers to keep
schools open.
Edenton-ChowanSchools
remained open during the
march as did other schools
throughout northeastern
North Carolina.
Chowan County’s teach
ers, who represented their
colleagues by attending the
rally, were Molli Rose, Linda
DAILY REFLECTOR PHOTO
Educators march with their signs as they protest unfair
pay, limited funding and large class sizes as they march
to the North Carolina State Capitol, May 16.
Sutton, Nicole Smoot, Nich
olas Moore, Michael Vinick
as and Shaunte Hunt.
“I attended the rally for
my students, my colleagues
and myself,” said Rose, who
teaches English at John A.
Holmes High School. “My
students deserve the very
best we can give them.
Funding for schools needs
to be more equitable. Stu
dents in small, rural coun
ties should have the same
opportunities as students in
larger districts.”
Coffee in the teachers’
lounge turned to praise for
stepping up to the plate.
“Several of my colleagues
reached out when they
found out I was going to give
me their support,” said Rose,
who has been teaching fora
quarter of a century. “One
of my colleagues was set to
go and was selected for jury
duty. Several were unable
to attend due to the cost of
using a personal day, $50.
Some had other obligations
at home with their kids and
family. I went to represent
them as well.”
Rose described the rally
as “very positive and em
powering.”
“We are not isolated in
how we feel,” she said.
“Also, the support from
people along the march
was inspiring. People lined
the sidewalk and some
wore red swatches of cloth
pinned to their chest. Some
even made posters and just
thanked teachers outright
See TEACHERS, 7A
killed in the line of duty
and the teachers’ rally.
Early Saturday morn
ing, Steinburg said he
had just finished reading
recent news reports re
leased about the brutal
ity of the attacks made
during a prison escape in
October at the Pasquo
tank Correctional Insti
tution.
Inmates used ham
mers to crush skulls
and scissors to spear
flesh when they killed
four employees last fall
in the bloodiest prison
escape attempt in North
Carolina history, newly
released autopsy and
other reports by medical
examiners said.
Steinburg vividly re
called speaking to two
nurses who attended to
the aftermath of the trag
edy.
“I knew this — a cou
ple of nurses came to see
me soon after the attack.
Based on what they saw,
they had not gone back
to work because they
were so traumatized.
They were the first re
sponders,” he said. “They
shared with me the sever
ity of the attacks. What
See STEINBURG, 3A
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Relay for Life
‘Because You Loved Me’
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Evangelist Sherlton Broadnax
opened this year’s Chowan-Perqui
mans Relay for Life Friday night
with a humble and heartfelt message
about how her faith helped her sur
vive cancer several years ago when
she was an educator in the Edenton-
Chowan school system.
“I held on to my trust in my God
through it all,” she said during her
journey through cancer in what
would turn out to be her last year of
teaching. “I asked Him for His help
and He gave me all I needed.”
Broadnax said she was well aware
she was one of the fortunate ones;
another member of her family who
had cancer during that same time did
not survive. But she said she believed
her survival was all part of God’s plan
for her life. Today she gives back
through sharing her faith as the lead
er of the Our Place spiritual ministry.
She also uses her story of survival to
inspire and encourage others.
“He has a plan to bring good things
into my life,” she said, adding, “I don’t
know why some die and some live.”
To the survivors who were at Re
lay to walk a lap together during the
opening ceremony, she said, “You
who are survivors, I hope you get
up every day knowing He’s the one
PHOTO BY RICKY ROBERTS
Chowan-Perquimans Relay for Life did their of duty by raising funds and
awareness for the battle against cancer on Friday at John A. Holmes track.
that brought you through. I’m here the sun broke through the clouds
tonight to encourage you in that.”
As Broadnax finished speaking, See RELAY, 3A