CHO WAX HERALD ***CAR-RT LOT**C 002 A0038 P9/C8*** 482-4418 W SHEPHERD PRUDEN LIBRARY = 106 W WATER ST EDENTON NO 27932-1854 Aces win AAC conference tourney - IB Council GREATEST EDITION ponders rental rules Town, county plan defines short-term rentals, seeks taxes BY MILES LAYTON Staff Writer Edenton Town Council had a heady agenda for Monday’s work session that was filled with pro posals and projects that Chowan County will be hearing about for the rest of the year. Let’s start with a pro posal to regulate rental housing and follow up with the renewed zeal by Chowan County to collect occupancy taxes. Council eventually will consider an ordinance that seeks to regulate short- term rentals, which may be more familiar to most as Airbnb — those quick stay-over places that may be a mother-in-law suite, a few rooms in a house, maybe even the house it self. Formulated by the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Local Government and See RENTAL, 3A Board of Elections ready to work Filing for Edenton election starts July 5 From Staff Reports The Chowan Comity Board of Elections has been assembled after Gov. Roy Cooper picked John E. Guard to serve as its chairman last week. The board was sworn in on Feb. 19 without Guard, who was appointed Feb. 20. The board includes Dr. Robert G. Reiheld, vice chairman, Lynn Patin, Jerard I. Perry and Linda Tiller, secretary. In other election re lated news, filing for the Edenton municipal elec tion begins at noon July 5 and ends at noon July 19. No one can file until the filing period opens. Election day is Nov. 5. One stop will start at 8 a.m. Oct. 16 in the regu lar office of the Board of Election (BOE) and ends at 1 p.m. Nov. 2. Four offices are up for election: council-at-large seat, the 1st ward seat, See ELECTIONS, 2A Like us on Facebook at /THECHOWANHERALD 6 '89076 44813 1 ©2019 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved ‘Edenton’s newsman,’ community servant dies BY MILES LAYTON Staff Writer Edward Nelson “Pete” Manning, 89, a former, long- time publisher of the Chow an Herald, died at his home in Edenton on Feb. 21. For more than 50 years, Manning was Edenton’s newspaperman, doing ev erything from delivering pa pers, working as a linotype operator, serving as general manager and publisher. He Manning lived life of service BY MILES LAYTON Staff Writer Former Editor’s note: One of Chowan County’s great ones has passed away — Pete Manning — for mer publisher/editor of the Chowan Herald. A lot of’people, many fa miliar faces, attended Man ning’s calling hows Sunday at Edenton Baptist Church. He was buried at Beaver Hill Cemetery. „ J \ . ■ Town Manager^ Anne-Ma rie Knighton was among those in the l/mg line of folks waiting in line to talk to family members at the church’s fellowship hall. She was hired when Manning was a leading member of Town Council. Pharmacist, businesslead er and downtoum ice cream counter icon Jim Blount was in line as was local legal eagle John Morehead, Tour ism director Nancy Nicholls, jewelry maker extraordi naire Margaret Attkisson, and many others. On each of the tables within the church’s fellowship hall, there were copies of last week’s edition of the Chowan Herald. How does one explain who Manning was? Born in 1929, Manning was a part of that genera tion that didn’t take any thing for granted and val ued hard work. A self-made man, Manning started his long career by sweeping the floors at the newspaper of fice where he would become publisher' many years later. By all accounts, Manning was a devout Baptist, who 0 $500,000 grant to help renovate boat-making plant Daedalus Yachts to create 50 news jobs BY NICOLE BOWMAN- LAYTON Editor •• The state has awarded the town of Edenton a $500,000 grant to help a local yacht maker renovate its 38,000- square-foot plant and create 50 new jobs. The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority an nounced Feb. 21 that Eden ton will receive the grant through the Building Reuse program to assist Daedalus Composites, a yacht design, engineering and manufac turing company that is also known as Daedalus Yachts, in renovating its existing plant at the town’s airport park at 109 Anchors Way was active in public affairs at both the lo cal and state levels. Former Chowan Herald publisher Bud Amburn, who worked closely with Manning for many years, said he had lost a dear friend. MANNING But things didn’t immediate ly start off well, he said. “When I became editor/ publisher in 1964, Pete was immediately bitter; he had was a strong advocate for his church — one of the finest in Chowan County or any where for that matter. In person, Manning was humble, forthright and a car ing person who could talk to anyone. I had the pleasure of meet ing Manning last year when former county commission- er John Mitchener made the invite and accompanied me to Manning’s home cm West Eden Street — one of those lovely homes with a historic sign that has a date on it. Mitchener was an essen tial part of the equation, be cause Tm shy and he likes to talk, so I was hoping that he and Manning would share stories; that they did. To pay tribute to Man ning, we’re reprinting that story from May 2018. For my part, Manning in spired me, as do some of the ghosts (Edwin Bufflap and Rebecca Bunch) who haunt this office on late nights, that it’s not the size of the paper that counts most, but that it’s the newspaper’s commit ment to the community it serves. If you get that right, business will take care of it self and you may be success ful if you work hard. RIP Mr. Manning Pete Manning’s life was dedicated to a noble aim — publishing the Chowan Herald. “You’ve got to want to do this kind of work — it can be hard let me tell you — but I epjoyed the work and serving the community,” said Man ning who retired in 2002. SUBMITTED PHOTO A yacht is shown under construction at Daedalus Yachts in Edenton. The town of Edenton was awarded a $500,000 state grant on Feb. 21 to help Daedalus renovate its 38,000-square-foot plant. State officials say the grant will help Daedalus create 50 new jobs. Drive. bon fiber composites, plans Daedalus, which special izes in thermoformed car- See PLANT, 3A > been promised the opportunity of some day having an own ership position,” he said. “I assured him that I wasn’t made aware of such dur ing my negotiations to purchase The Chowan Herald.” Despite that initial hiccup, Amburn said he and Man ning “immediately bonded.” For the next 20 years, there was never a harsh word be ¬ PHOTO BY MILES LAYTON Former Chowan Herald Publisher Pete Manning holds up a copy of the newspaper he devoted 54 years of his life too. For 54 years, Manning worked at the paper during its Golden Age. Books filled with past editions of the Chowan Herald bear this out with the newspaper’s cov erage of local government news, church announce ments, civic groups, lots of school news, farm reports and much, much more. Manning spoke of the im portance of how local news paper, a business where people have a stake in the community, is vital to the tween them, he said. “His dedication to the craft was evident as he moved from Linotype oper ator to ultimately top man,” Amburn said. “We were al ways co-equals, never own er-employee.” John Mitchener, a former county commissioner and former Edenton-Chowan Board of Education mem ber, said he recalls Manning’s work for the paper when his own father, who also was community it serves. Toward that end, Manning provided a very solid blueprint as to how newspaper can survive and thrive. He insisted that if these principles were applied today, the newspaper would continue to grow and thrive into the next century. “Treat people right,” he said. Apprentice to publisher Manning began his news Colony Tire OPENS NEW FACILITIES SUBMITTED PHOTO Charlie Creighton (center), CEO of Colony Tire, speaks to the crowd gathered at the grand opening of the new warehouse and corporate office Friday. Scott Creighton (left), president of Colony Tire, waits for his turn to speak. More about the new facilities will appear In a future edition. named John, was mayor of Edenton in the 1960s. “Pete’s ‘Chowan Herald’ was welcoming, fair and accessible to anyone who reached out to him,” Mitch ener said. Mitchener, whose fam ily operated a pharmacy in Edenton for years, said los ing his friend “hurts.” “Pete brought out the best in others while retaining in- See NEWSMAN, 5A paper career at the Chowan Herald when he was 16 years old by sweeping the floor, stoking the coal fur nace and doing janitorial duties every afternoon after school. He moved up to run ning a hand fed job printing press and then the newspa per press. A John A. Holmes alum nus, Manning was promoted to linotype operator. Put sim ply, those were machines that See MANNING, 5A