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. ^^ £ EDENTON NC 27932-1854 CHOWANHERALU 482-4418 Wednesday, August 15, 2018 y^ Past is protogua to Aces’ legacy — 38 Town Hall seeks to upgrade water infrastructure Stallings honored Edenton Councilman Jimmy Stallings was honored at a luncheon on Friday for his 18 years of service as the town’s liaison with the New Edenton Housing Authority. — 1B Latino News BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer Town officials have been notified that an application that would be applied dur ing Phase II of upgrades to the local water system has been approved by the State Water Infrastructure Re volving Loan Fund. The town has qualified for $1,336 million — 20-year loan with a low interest rate of 1.93 percent, according to Town Manager Anne-Ma rie Knighton, who called the awarding of the loan “great put out for bid now. This news” for the town. USDA combination grant/ “This project will fund loan project will reno- rehabilitation work to the Town’s existing water supply wells and the con struction of a new ground- water storage tank at the Bea ¬ ver Hill Treat ment Plant,” she explained. “Phase I of the Town’s upgrades to Check out our Latino news about Carrera and the bishop visit. — 6B Libraries rock! On Aug. 7, the Shepard-Pruden Memo rial Library showed how Libraries Rock with its end of the summer party. —7A Girts club shows talents Earlier this month members of the Fannie A. Parker Girls Club had the opportunity to show off the skills and talents they demon strated during competi tions performed at the district and state levels before a gathering of family, friends and lo cal residents. — 2B Book tells boat’s story One local woman has completed her husband’s dream. For over 25 years, Don Upchurch, a local radio broadcaster and noted historian, researched and sorted clues about the fate of the Doro- thie. — 6A Ask Santa for a tree Edenton has a well- deserved reputation as one of the South’s prettiest towns — and at no time of the year is that more true than during the Christmas holidays with its bright lights and vivid green ery. — 4A Like us on Facebook AT /THECHOWANHERALD l 89076 ll 44813 l ©2018 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved 6 0 vate and upgrade the Town’s two water treatment , plants.” Knigh ton said the two upgrades would include a new treatment process designed to reduce the amount the water system is being of Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) in the town’s wa ter system. “Phase I will bring the Town back into compliance with state regulations as the new treatment process will permanently reduce the pre cursors that cause TTHMs to form in the water,” she added. “Phase II will reha bilitate the wells, which will improve operations and ef ficiencies and construct a new ground storage water tank. This additional storage capacity will help us during emergency situations, like the water main break we had last summer or if we have a hurricane that dis rupts water production.” The town manager said the new storage tank would hold an additional 500,000 gallons of water storage for the town’s water system. The new storage tank will decrease the emergency response time as well, she said. At the time of the an nouncement, the Author- See WATER, 2A ‘SHARING THE LOVE OF G00’ PHOTOS BY REBECCA BUNCH/CHOWAN HERALD Rob Jackson, superintendent of the Edenton-Chowan Schools, offers a personal word of thanks to volunteers during a backpack stuffing event held at the old Armory last Thursday evening. Jackson also stayed around to join members of his staff in filling the backpacks with school supplies for local children that will be given away this Saturday at the Back of School Bash at John A. Holmes High School from 4-8 p.m. Back to School Bash planned for Saturday BY REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer Close to 260 volunteers, including Supt. Rob Jack- son and many of his staff from the Edenton-Chowan Schools, came out to the old National Guard Army last Thursday evening to stuff over 900 backpacks with school supplies in prepara tion for the second annual Back to School Bash taking place this weekend. Jackson pronounced himself “blown away” by the generosity of the com munity in supporting the effort and the dedication shown by volunteers who gave their time to stuff the backpacks. There to greet them with a warm welcome was Keith Ammons, director of mar keting for Regulator Marine in Edenton. Ammons, who moved here from Winston- Salem in 2016 to take the job at Regulator, said a de sire to increase unity among people from various walks of life prompted him to un dertake the project that fo cuses on the community’s children. “Thank you for coming together tonight and sharing the love of God,” Ammons told the volunteers as they worked to stuff and orga- See BASH, 8A More than two hundred volunteers gathered at the old Armory in Edenton last Thursday evening to stuff school supplies into over 900 backpacks in preparation for the Back to School Bash. Meet the BOE candidates BY MILES LAYTON Editor Maxine Mason of Tyner and George A Nelson of Drummond’s Point are candi- dates for the at- large seat on the Chowan County Board of Education for the No- vember general election. Mason has aback- ground in science and strong ties to the school MASON NELSON system while Nelson has a formidable resume in education and military service. A native of Chowan County, Mason graduated in 1987 from John A. Hol mes. She is a graduate of North Carolina State Uni versity with a bachelor of science degree in zoology and has earned a masters degree in biology from Elizabeth City State Uni versity. She was employed with JLA, Inc in Edenton as a microbiologist su pervisor. She has worked at ECSU as an adjunct professor and research assistant and has taught science at Perquimans County High School. Ma son is a substitute teacher for the Edenton-Chowan school system and has been a volunteer for many years. She is mar ried to Dr. Landon Mason, Sr. and they have a son, Landon II. “I am running for the Edenton Chowan School Board of Education be cause I believe that public See BOE, 2A Water remains hazardous due to algae bloom BY MILES LAYTON Editor Edenton Bay is still pretty at sunrise, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t algae in the water. Despite recent rains that hopeful kayak enthusiasts thought would wash out the bay, the algae flows from Queen Anne Creek to beyond the second channel marker in the Albemarle Sound. But maybe there is some good news. Tuesday morn ing, the bass were jumping and there doesn’t appear to be any dead fish on the shorelines or in the bay. The green water hasn’t turned blue, so the pungent smell is negligible so far. “It looks like the blooms in the river and bay have dissipated a bit,” said Mark Powell, Natural Resources Management Consultant to the Albemarle RC&D Council. “I could see small blooms along some shore line, but just spots in the river and sound. Hard to say if the widespread blooms will return.” For photos of the algae bloom, see the Chowan See ALGAE, 3A MILES LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD Algae remains a problem for water enthusiasts seeking relief in Edenton Bay and the Albemarle Sound. N.C. Division of Water Resources (DWR) continues to urge the public to avoid contact with green or blue water in the Chowan River due to an ongoing algal bloom that has lingered in the area since June 20.
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