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2A THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23,2018 Street Safe lessons help prevent crashes From staff reports The Chowan County Sheriffs Office 4-H Kids and Cops club, with finan cial support from Street Safe, Colony Tire, Feyer Ford, and Weatherly Insur ance, recently hosted a free Street Safe session for teen drivers in Chowan County. Forty-six Chowan County teens participated in the Street Safe Lifesaving Driv ing Experience which in cludes lessons in “Drunk Goggles”, Distractions, Speed Control, and Stop ping Distance. “The Chowan County Sheriffs Office Kids and Cops program is all about building positive relation ships between the youth and law enforcement in our community,” Sheriff Dwayne Goodwin said. “We want our young people to be well prepared for the dangers of driving. We want them to be safe drivers.” Car crashes are the num ber one killer of teens. The Street Safe Lifesaving Driv ¬ ing Experience puts teens behind the wheel with highly trained First Responder In structors. All of the instruc tors in this session were law enforcement officers from our district, four of which are with the Chowan County Sheriffs Office. For more information on Street Safe visit www. streetsafeus. com. SUBMITTED PHOTOS Crimewatch EDENTON POLICE DE PARTMENT ARRESTS ■ May 15 — Amber Marie ■West, 28, of Willeyton Road, Gates, NC was charged with one misdemeanor count of failure to return rental property. ■ May 14 — Samuel Lee Valentine, 46, of North Oakum Street, was charged with one misdemeanor count of posses sion of drug paraphernalia. ■ May 11 — Dennis Leon Hassell, 58, of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, was arrested on one felony count of being an habitual felon. ■ May 10 — Palmer James Yount, 24, of Lynnhaven Drive, was arrested on one misdemean or count of failure to appear. INCIDENTS ■ May 16 — Hit and run on North Broad Street. ■ May 15 — Injury to per sonal property on South Broad Street. ■ May 12 — Larceny of a mo tor vehicle on EHiott Street. ■ May 12 — Larceny of a motor vehicle on McMullan Av enue. ■ May 11 — Larceny at Dollar General on North Broad Street. CHOWAN COUNTY SHER ¬ IFF’S OFFICE ARRESTS ■ May 17 — Casey Thomas Abbott, 26, of Hickory Lane, was issued a criminal summons on one misdemeanor count of failure to extinguish a fire. INCIDENTS ■ None reported. Bear sighted in Chowan County DOT to replace three bridges BY MILES LAYTON Editor A black bear was recent ly sighted at Arrowhead Beach. “I am worried about the bear because I frequently walk and work outdoors in the Arrowhead Beach com munity,” Henry Hodge said. Initially, the bear was swimming in the Chowan River before it came ashore Thursday to take a tour of the park by the Arrowhead Property Owners Associa tion’s office. Hodge spoke of children who may be at risk as they wait to board school buses. “I am concerned about the small children who board the school .buses in the area near where the bear was spotted,” he said. “Plus, I saw a small child walking just about an hour ago (Monday) whom I know that if a bear was to run out ; of the woods on here to pos- ’sibly attack, her small legs • would not be able to get -away from death quickly J enough.” J Seniors citizens may be at ' risk too. “Mostly, we have seniors in this neighborhood who may not be able to react as quickly to run away from the • bear.,” Hodge said. “Also, if i approached unexpectedly, J someone could have a mere ‘if not severe heart attack. I Jam concerned.” J Arrowhead POA’s Office j Manager Brenda DeMou- • lin said when the bear was first sighted, the Chowan • County Sheriffs Office and • the NC Wildlife Resources I Division were contacted. J NCWR re-routed the bear away from the river and park so as to send the creative on its merry way far from where it could hurt itself or others. Arrowhead ; Beach is a wildlife and bird ■ sanctuary, so hunting is ■ prohibited. J “The bear was a male ’about 2 years old and weighed about 200-300 pounds,” DeMoulin said. “We were told that it is mating season and they > (NCWR) figured the bear swam across the river and stopped here. He was tired, but not hint. He rested for about two hours before Wildlife took their truck and ran the bear back to the water. Later, Wildlife was trying to get him in the woods off Rocky Hock Road.” DeMoulin said she was not frightened of the bear. “I was not scared of the bear. He was calm and just wanted to rest,” she said. “We could get pretty close to him, but Wildlife was afraid if too many people approached him he would run up a tree and they would have to wait for him to come down.” According to NCWR, the five counties located between the Albemarle and Pamlico sounds have highest concentration of black bears within the United States. Some of the largest black bears in the world, weighing as much as 700 pounds, have been discovered in that neck of the woods. Biologists say there are as many as four bears per square mile in that area. According to the NCWR, here are ways to prevent and/or resolve bear con flicts: ■ Do not feed bears! Feeding bears rewards them for coming into residential areas. Bears feeding on un natural food sources around your home may lose then- fear of humans and will be more likely to approach peo ple — a situation that rarely ends well for the bear and could have potential safety issues for humans as well! ■ Remove or secure all potential food sources! ■ Store garbage inside buildings or other areas that bears cannot get to. ■ If the area is served by a garbage collection service, place garbage and recycla- bles out only during the day of collection. ■ Purchase bear-proof garbage cans or bear-proof your existing garbage con tainer by outfitting it with a secure latching system. ■ Do not leave pet foods PHOTO BY BRENDA DEMOULIN That’s not Yogi Bear in search of a picnic basket, but a real black bear who found his way into the Arrowhead Beach community last week. out overnight. If pets are fed outside remove any excess food after the animals have finished eating. Never store pet food on a porch or in an open garage where a bear can get to it. ■ Clean outdoor grills. After you use an outdoor grill clean it thoroughly and make sure that all grease and fat residues are removed. ■ Compost piles attract bears. Although there usu ally isn’t much food available in a compost pile the odor is enough to draw the interest of a curious bear. Avoid put ting pasta or oils in a com post pile. ■ Remove bird feeders and hummingbird feeders if bears are in area. ■ Do not hang bird feed ers from your house or deck. ■ Suspend feeder from a free-hanging wire away from your home, making sure it is at least 10 feet off the ground and at least 10 feet away from the trunk of a tree. ■ Bring bird feeders in doors at night. ■ Make bird feeder inac cessible to bears: ■ Alert neighbors of the bear and ensure that no one is intentionally or uninten tionally feeding black bears. One person feeding bears can create a problem bear that may affect the entire neighborhood. ■ Repellents. There are no repellents that are regis tered for use on bears. Some have found that sprinkling ammonia or other strong disinfectants on garbage can mask the odor of food. ■ Make sure dumpsters are bolted and locked and chain down heavy metal garbage cans and secure the lids. ■ Wood or plastic dumpster lids do not keep bears out. Replace these with metal lids that can be locked and make sure sliding side doors can be latched so only humans can open them. ■ Fencing in dumpsters or garbage collection areas can be very effective. A chain link fence with a barbwire overhang can work well. An electric fence powered with a high voltage, low imped ance charger can exclude bears; however, this should only be done if safety precau tions can be implemented to protect children and adults. There are several electric fence designs which can be provided by the local district biologist if this is deemed ap propriate. ■ Frightening or scar ing the bear. Shouting, clap ping, blasting a car horn or motion-sensitive lights may scare off a bear temporarily. Do not taunt a bear if it fails to respond to your efforts to frighten it. These methods are only temporary solu tions. ■ Crowd Control. Some times when a bear sighted, crowds may gather. This seemingly harmless situa tion can be aggravated or became potentially harmful as the crowd grows. People can cause bears to display unpredictable behavior. Law enforcement personnel should disperse crowds and allow the bear to exit with out interference. From staff reports The North Carolina De partment of Transportation is replacing three bridges on NC 32 north of Edenton. The first bridge is at Bal lard’s Grove Baptist Church. The second bridge is just north of Welch Road. The third bridge is at the Gates County line. Traffic will be shifted to a one lane pattern at each Welcoming King REBECCA BUNCH/CHOWAN HERALD New Edenton Police Chief Henry King, second from left, greets Town Councilmen Roscoe Poole, at left, Jimmy Stallings and Mayor Roland Vaughan at a reception welcoming him to the community. The reception took place last week at the Edenton Coffee House and gave citizens a chance to come by and greet the new chief. CHOWAYHERALD (USPS 106-380) Vol. 83, No. 21 Published Every Wednesday Cooke Communications North Carolina, LLC Entered as a second-class matter August 30,1934 at the Post Of fice of Edenton, North Carolina, under Act of March 3, 1870. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily Advance home delivery area $30* (Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, parts of Gates) Elsewhere in continental United States $47 *Plus applicable sales tax. Activation fee of $2.99 will be collected with all new subscriptions. Deactivation fees may apply for early cancellation. POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO: The Chowan Herald • P.O. Box 207 • Edenton, NC 27932 Telephone: (252) 482-2623 Fax: (252) 482-4410 mlayton@ncweeklies.com Recycle this newspaper. site during construction. A temporary traffic signal will be installed to control traffic at each location. The first lane closure will begin on Monday, June 4, 2018. Lane closures may occur at all three bridge sites simul taneously during the life of the project. Construction should be completed at all three bridges by May 31, 2019. Please expect delays on this section of NC 32. Read more Chowan news and feature stories online at DailyAdvance.com... At the home page, mouse over the News link and select Chowan
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