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Church supports Jones
The Baptist Men’s
Breakfast at Edenton
Baptist Church took a
special turn on Sunday
morning with the arrival
of guests Frank and Bar
bara Jones. — 1B
Ballot takes shape for November election
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
The ink is dry on the fi
nal names of the candidates
who have filed for Edenton-
Chowan Board of Educa
tion or as a Soil and Water
Conservation District Su
pervisor.
Filing for four of the sev
en seats on the BOE ended
Friday, July 27.
George A Nelson of
Drummond’s Point and
Maxine Mason of Tyner filed
have for the at-large seat on
the Chowan County Board
of Education.
BOE candidates who
have filed District 3 Seat 1
are Nancy Heiniger and Gil
Burroughs, who is running
for re-election.
Ricky Browder filed for
re-election to BOE for Dis ¬
trict 2, Seat 2.
Jean Bunch has filed for
re-election to the District 1,
Seat 2.
Filing period for two of
the three Soil and Supervi
sors ended July 6.
John T. Layton has filed
for Soil and Water District
Supervisor
Matthew Floyd filed for
Soil and Water Conserva
tion District supervisor.
Worth noting, when fil
ing for District Court Judge
ended June 29, District
Court Judge Meader Harriss
of Edenton, who is running
for re-election, was only
name on the ballot for that
judicial race.
And District Attorney R.
Andrew Womble of Eden
ton is the only candidate in
that race.
Based on the early spring
filing for local offices, Chow
an County’s ballot is pretty
tame this election cycle
with most of the elected po
sitions running unopposed.
However, there are two
contested races for county
commissioner. Republican
Bob Kirby is running against
Commission President Jeff
Smith, a Democrat, for Dis-
See ELECTION, 2A
Chief defends contract —
Currituck’s tourism
director is defending
the county’s spon
sorship agreement
with state Rep. Bob
Steinburg, R-Chowan,
despite some county
commissioners ques
tioning the deal’s value
and the perceptions that
come with hiring a state
lawmaker. —6A
Media day spurs hope
Many teams are
looking at changes this
upcoming high school
football season and oth
ers are looking to build
upon what they were
able to accomplish last
year. — 4B
Blackbeard exhibit open
Although Blackbeard
tire Pirate was killed
in battle 300 years ago,
a fascination with his
exploits continues
today. Now, the Queen
Anne’s Revenge travel
ing exhibit, is coming
to Edenton as part
of Chowan County’s
celebration of its own
350th anniversary,
courtesy of the North
Carolina Department
of Natural and Cultural
Resources. — 1B
MILES LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD
Run for the Fallen runners and their supporters cross the bridge over Pembroke Creek Monday on their way to
Edenton.
Cross-country run remembers fallen
Jackson shares story
Rene Jackson
remembers when she
first became aware of
a change in the way
her hands worked. It
was in 2014 as she and
her husband Rob were
preparing to move to
Edenton where he was
to become the super
intendent of the local
school system. — 4A
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON
For the Chowan Herald
Day 116. 5,254 miles down. About
800 to go. Over 19,000 soldiers remem
bered. Still about a thousand to be hon
ored.
On Tuesday, Run for the Fallen, a
cross-country run honoring U.S. sol
diers killed in the war on terror since
2000, made its way through northeast
ern North Carolina, passing through
Chowan and Perquimans. The runners
were also scheduled to run through
Pasquotank, Camden and Currituck
counties on Tuesday.
The group began its trek at 7 am.
near the Chowan County Courthouse
in Edenton. After a prayer for safety,
hospitable weather and a meaningful
run of remembrance, a dozen runners,
some carrying flags, began to make
their way down Broad Street to U.S.
Highway 17.
Their goal for the day was similar to
one they’ve had every day since April 7:
run 50 miles or so, stopping every mile
to read aloud the name of a soldier
— or maybe several—who died in the
line of duty since terrorists’ attack on
the USS Cole on Oct. 21,2000.
The Run for the Fallen was con-
The family of MSgt. Robert E. Connelly Jr. walks with the Run for the
Fallen runs during the last mile of their run Monday in Edenton. Connelly,
who was serving in the Air Force when he died on May 5,2017, was
honored at mile 55 of that day’s run.
ceived by Honor and Remember, a
group founded by families of fallen U.S.
military personnel, as a way to make
sure those service members’ sacrifices
were remembered.
“It is a way to thank the Gold Star
families for giving their loved ones who
died for our freedom,” said George
Lutz, Honor and Remember founder
and whose son, George Anthony
See FALLEN, 2A
Beekeepers
abuzz about
hidden hive
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Beekeepers of Chowan
County is a group on the
move. Since its formation
just last year, they have
grown into a chapter with
close to 35 members and a
president, Buzz Griffin of
Edenton, who just got his
masters certification in bee-
keeping. Another member,
Stacy Marriner, an Edenton
native, just earned his jour
neyman certificate.
Both figured prominently
too in the chapter’s recent
first adventure in beekeep-
ing.
With assistance from its
sister organization, Bee-
keepers of the Albemarle,
the Chowan County group
successfully performed its
first cut-out operation in an
abandoned house near the
Chowan River that is slated
for demolition.
Griffin said that after over
four hours of intense effort,
two complete sections of
walls in the house were
opened. The result? The
group filled a trio of five-
gallon buckets with nectar
and four extra-large lasagna
pans with honeycomb to
be used to nourish the bees
once they were retrieved
and moved to their new
home with BOCC member
Cindy Alarcon-Rivera who
lives in Perquimans County.
He added that this par
ticular colony appeared
to have focused on honey
production “as very little
capped brood and larvae
were found.”
Griffin said that poor
lighting inside the Tyner
house made their search for
the queen of the hive a slow,
difficult process that ulti
mately proved to be fruit
less, requiring that a new
queen be introduced — an
effort that proved success-
See BEEKEEPERS, 6A
Family man to lead community hospital
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BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
For Brian Harvill, being
a hospital administrator
means carrying on a family
tradition. Harvill, who was
recently named to succeed
longtime administrator Jeff
Sackrison at Vidant Chowan
Hospital, grew up in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, where his
father was a hospital admin
istrator.
“One of my first jobs was
working on the loading dock
at the hospital in our town,”
Harvill said. “After attending
high school on the Louisi
ana State University
campus, I decided to
branch out and go to
college somewhere
different, so I chose
Clemson University.
In my last year there,
I met my wife Joy.”
After he gradu
HARVILL
ated in 1993, he accepted an
entry level accounting posi
tion with Carolinas Health-
care in Charlotte.
“Joy and I got married in
1995 and I spent the next
several years earning my
CPA license and then a Mas
ters in Business Administra
tion from Queens Univer
sity.” Harvill said. “In
2011, after 17 years
of working at Caro
linas Healthcare
System, I was ap
proached about the
CFO (Chief Finan
cial Officer) position
with Vidant Chowan
and Bertie hospitals.”
Harvill, who along with
his wife Joy, welcomed
daughter Molly in 2006 and
son Josh in 2008, said once
they visited Edenton they
knew it was the right move
for their family.
“We feel so blessed to be
able to raise our children in
such a special conununity,”
Harvill said. “Working for
Vidant and learning how to
manage a rural hospital has
been the most exciting point
of my career so far.”
He added that one of the
things that in particular has
made his time with Vidant
so meaningful has been the
opportunity to work along
side Sackrison.
“Working with Jeff Sack
rison over the last seven
years has been a great expe
rience and the transition has
been very smooth,” Harvill
said. “Vidant has been very
supportive of me and the
transition as well. I am very
humbled and appreciative
of the opportunity and am
excited about the challenge
ahead.”
His goals for the hospitals
in Chowan and Bertie coun
ties are ambitious.
“In my current role as
president, my intention is for
Vidant Chowan and Vidant
Bertie to continue providing
exceptional healthcare with
optimal outcomes,” Harvill
said. “My goal is for our hos
pital to not only continue
providing care, but also
See HARVILL, 3A
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