CHOWA^ HERALD
482-4418 WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2019
TEAMERS TO HOST FAN FEST;
EASON STARTS THURSDAY — B
County remembers fallen service men, women
Veteran Rep. Goodwin discusses
symbolism of flag ceremony
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON
Editor
Out of the five Chowan
County residents who were
killed in action while serving the
United States during the Viet
nam War, Representative Ed
ward “Ed” Goodwin, R-Chowan,
knew three of them personally.
Two of them worked on his
family’s farm. He graduated from
high school with the other one.
MORE ONLINE
For additional photos of the Memorial
Day ceremony, visit our Facebook page,
facebook.com/thechowanherald.
Goodwin told the story of his
time serving in the Air Force and
the Navy, as a member of NCIS,
Monday during the Memorial
Day ceremony held at the Veter
ans Memorial behind the
Chowan County courthouse.
American Legion Post 40 hosted
the event.
Goodwin noted that the
crowd of about 200 was gath
ered to honor the men and
women who made the ultimate
sacrifice.
“Look at how their sacrifice
has changed our lives,” he said.
“We live in the home of the
brave, the land of the free.”
Goodwin’s father, William Ed
ward Goodwin, was a World War
II veteran. He often told his son
that God put service in humans’
hearts.
See SERVICE, A3
NICOLE BOWMAN-
LAYTON/CHOWAN
HERALD
Rep. Edward
Goodwin, R-
Chowan,
speaks
Monday
during the
Memorial
Day
ceremony
hosted by
American
Legion Post
40.
Celebrating Our Seniors
Meyosha Moore hugs a White Oak Elementary staff member Friday during the Class of 2019’s senior walk. John A? Holmes seniors™
also visited Chowan Middle School and D.F. Walker Elementary. Graduation is set for 7 p.m. June 14 at the school’s football stadium
For more on the senior walk, visit the Chowan Herald’s Facebook page.
Proposed budget seeks $0.01 tax hike
New EMTs to be hired since
rescue squad will stop service
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON
Editor
Due to a request by Edenton-
Chowan Rescue Squad, the
Chowan County Emergency
Medical Service will hire two
EMTs during the Fiscal Year
2019-2020, which starts July 1.
To cover the cost of the addi
tional hires and a 2% cost-of-liv
ing salary increase, the Chowan
County Commission unani
mously approved a proposed FY
Frances Inglis remembered
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff Writer
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
was packed to the rafters,
standing room only, for Frances
Wood Drane Inglis’ funeral
Saturday morning.
By all accounts, the service
was a fitting tribute to a woman
beloved by many who died
Monday, May 20, at Homestead.
A few takeaways from the
service include Florence Nash
leading the congregation in the
Song of Creation; Emma Bon
ner reading from the Old Testa
ment, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; Laura
2019-2020 budget that includes
a $0.01 property-tax increase
Friday during a special meeting.
The total tax will be $0,755 — it
was $0,745 for Fiscal Year 2018-
2019 — per $100 of property
value. For example, if someone
owns property that is valued at
$1,975,000, he or she would pay
$14,911.25 in county property
taxes, a $197.50 difference from
$14,713.75 owed at the FY 2018-
19 rate of $.745.
The proposed budget pre
sented earlier this past week,
called for a half-cent increase.
The budget is not officially
INSIDE '
Frances Inglis’ family contributed to
church’s history, see page 83.
Thorp reading Psalm 103; and
Cynthia Harding reading from
the New Testament, 1 Peter 2:1-
5.
The Rev. Malone Gilliam’s
homily touched upon Inglis be
ing the keeper of memories — a
good way to be remembered —
as that relates to God’s love.
Gilliam ended his homily with
“The Space Between.”
approved until the board adopts
the budget ordinance sometime
after the public hearing, which
will be held during the June 3
commission meeting.
Crystal Copeland, who serves
as volunteer chief with the
Edenton-Chowan Rescue
Squad, resigned from her post,
but will remain as a member. Ac
cording to EMS Director Colin
Ryan, the Rocky Hock-based
squad asked to reduce its level
of service due to the lack of vol
unteers and time commitment
needed to cover the four night
shifts. The squad, along with
I am the stirring in your be
ing
The elusive beauty beyond
and the space between
I am no stagnant destina
tion
A statement confined
A concept defined
But the path
the living story
the narrative unending
I am what happens when
you recognize the mystery in
the music
The silence, the sounds, the
crescendo to come
See INGLIS, A3
Center Hill-Crossroads Volun
teer Fire Department, answered
228 calls in the northern end of
the county so far this year.
Ryan said Unit 3 — Edenton-
Chowan Rescue Squad — cov
ered the coimty four nights a
week. Because the squad is re
ducing its service, the county-
owned ambulance and equip
ment the squad used will be dis
tributed between Chowan
County EMS’ main facility in
Edenton, beside Vidant Chowan
Hospital, and Center Hill VFD.
See EMS, A2
MILES LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD
Toward the bottom and under
David Ross Inglis' name that is
engraved on this stone, readers
may be able to see Frances
Drane Inglis' name. The stone is
near St. Paul’s Memorial Garden.
Groups
monitor
algae
CEEG: Cells have been reported
close to the local shorelines
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
What’s is slimy, green, maybe
tinged with a bit of blue, and ap
pears alongside shorelines be
tween Arrowhead Beach and
Pembroke Creek?
The blue-green algae is back
but has — as yet — not spread
so much across Chowan County
waters like a thick helping of
green guacamole dip spread on
top of a tortilla chip. Preliminary
reports indicate algae sightings
See ALGAE, A2
NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON/CHOWAN
Chowan-Edenton
Environmental Council has
taken water samples in
various places to determine if
the annual algae bloom is
poised to return.
Man: Plan
relies on
faulty data
Says Valhalla plant’s effluent
won’t move as study suggests
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON
Editor
Editor’s note: This is the sec
ond of a series based on inter
views of area residents who are
concerned about the proposed
project to diffuse effluent from
the Valhalla Water Treatment
Plant into the Chowan River,
near Harris Landing. The inter
views were conducted May 2.
The location of the proposed
Valhalla Water Treatment Plant
effluent diffuser is about 2,000
feet off Harris Landing, in the
middle of the Chowan River.
See PROJECT, A2
6
89076'
'44813 1
Vol. 84, No. 22
0
WhaTsHappening in Chowan County
©2019 The Chowan Herald
All Rights Reserved
Like
us on
Facebook at
/TheChowanHerald
Heritage Farm Fest
set for Saturday —
A5
Obituary — A3
Frances Drane Inglis
Calendar B2
. Classifieds.... B4-6
InfipY Community....A5
IllUvA Obituaries A3
Opinion A4
Sports Bl
Heritage Farm Fest
June 1, 2019, 9AM - 3PM
John A. Holmes H.S., Edenton, NC
FREE EVENT
Featuring: Heritage Village with craftsmen.
Vintage tractors, Farm animals, 4-H horse
demos. Kids games. Historical displays,
Food and much more!
252-489-0349 • heritage.association@yahoo.com