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Class of 2019 Senior Awards program paid tribute Aces who have received a total of $5,488,259 in scholarships. The one-year total is
$1,457,821.
Aces earn nearly $5.5M in scholarships
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Before the Senior Awards pro
gram began Monday, Aces were
adjusting colored tassels, grap
pling with their graduation gowns
and straightening those mortar
boards for a Class of 2019 photo
in the gym.
Members of this class have
achieved much such as earning
state championship rings, aca
demic excellence, conference ti
tles and more during their time
within the hallowed halls at John
A. Holmes High School. For more
photos, see the Chowan Herald’s
Facebook page.
Monday night was about pay
ing tribute to this group of future
alumni who will accept their
diplomas on Friday, June 14.
Class of 2019 earned nearly $5.5
million in scholarship dollars.
Local dignitaries lined up to
present various awards and
scholarships to this exceptional
group of students that folks will
remember years from now as
among the best and brightest that
Chowan County has to offer —
Aces who aspire to become doc
tors, teachers, lawyers, jour ¬
Candidates spar over ad campaigns
DEBORAH GRIFFIN/
THE DAILY REFLECTOR
Dr. Joan Perry
debates with
State
Representative
Greg Murphy
Monday night
on the campus
of Pitt
Community
College.
Class of
nalists, skilled tradesman, farm
ers and maybe even score a
chance to play as a professional
athlete.
A few takeaways from sitting in
the front row close to the podium
include a story from Principal
Stephen Wood about Rachel Brin
son, who won the Principal’s
Award. Brinson’s Christian faith
and amazing memory of Scrip
ture prompted her to give notes
with Bible verses to the principal
3rd Congressional District
GOP runoff
BY TYLER STOCKS
The Daily Reflector
WINTERVILLE — The can
didates vying for the Republi
can nomination for the 3rd
District Congressional seat
took shots at each other dur
ing a debate Monday for being
dishonest in their adver ¬
when he needed inspiration. With
aspirations of being a teacher,
Brinson won the inaugural Re
becca Bunch Memorial Scholar
ship that was presented in honor
of a journalist who wrote for
more than 40 years about the
school system.
Because Kurshenna Jackson
and Dylan White served as mis
tress and master of ceremonies,
they didn’t have to walk far to the
podium to accept the many
awards and scholarships they
earned.
Long distance runner Amy
Turner probably added a few
more miles to her daily total be
cause her name starts with a “T,”
so she sat in one of the back
rows. It was hard to count how
many times Turner came forward
to accept awards, such as the
prestigious Edenton Rotary Cup,
See CLASS OF 2019, A5
tisements.
N.C. Rep. Greg Murphy, a
Greenville urologist and sur
geon, and Dr. Joan Perry, a
Kinston pediatrician, are cam
paigning for a July 9 runoff.
The winner will face candi
dates from the Democratic,
Libertarian and Constitutional
parties on Sept. 10.
More than 100 people
See CANDIDATES, A2
County
OKs
budget
Property owners will see a
$0.01 tax increase to $.755
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Chowan County Com
mission adopted a modest
property tax increase
when approving the bud
get on Monday for fiscal
year 2019-20.
The additional tax rev
enue will pay for new
EMTs who will cover un
derserved parts of the
county due to the lack of
volunteers and time com
mitment needed to cover
the night shifts in the
Rocky Hock area. The
squad, along with Center
Hill-Crossroads Volunteer
Fire Department, an
swered 228 calls in the
northern end of the county
so far this year.
To cover the cost of the
additional hires and a 2%
cost-of-living salary
See BUDGET, A2
Edenton
proposes
budget
$20.5M plan includes
fees, electric-rate increase
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Good news for taxpay
ers - Town of Edenton’s
proposed budget does not
seek a property tax in
crease.
But before you head
down to Edenton Bay
Trading Company to toast
good fortune, the budget
does call for modest fees to
pay infrastructure needs,
as well as a 1.5 percent
electric rate increase.
Town Manager Anne
Marie Knighton released
the proposed total budget
of $20.5 million for Fiscal
See EDENTON, A7
Senator: Legislators want Want issue resolved
Wells Fargo Cup
Davis: Makes no sense to revoke
status as teaching hospital
BY GINGER LIVINGSTON
The Daily Reflector
Reported discussions among Se
nate leaders about building a teach
ing hospital for the Brody School of
Medicine, independent of Vidant
Medical Center are just “chatter,”
said one eastern North Carolina leg
islator.
Sen. Bob Steinburg, R-Chowan,
whose 11-county district is served
by three of Vidant Health’s eight
hospitals, said legislators were con
cerned when Vidant leaders and Pitt
County commissioners ended the
University of North Carolina Board
of Governors’ ability to appoint
members to the hospital’s board of
trustees.
“I think it’s noth
ing more than chat
ter. I can only
speak for myself...
but if this was a
very serious initia
tive, I can assure
you I would be
aware of it,”
DAVIS
STEINBURG
medical school;
now they are talk
ing about building
a new teaching
hospital when they
have inadequately
funded the medical
school?
“I think taxpay
ers will see
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Steinburg said. “I think other east
ern North Carolina legislators
would be aware of it.”
Pitt County Sen. Don Davis also
can’t believe senator leaders are
floating the idea of building a new
hospital.
“It makes absolutely no sense to
talk about revoking Vidant’s status
as the teaching hospital for the med
ical school,” Davis said. “Every sin
gle year we are fighting to fund our
through that and see what it is,” he
said.
Even if the construction discussion
is nothing more than “pie-in-the-sky
chatter,” Steinburg said, Vidant offi
cials should move quickly to resolve
the conflict He believes restoring the
nominating powers of the Board of
Governors is the best solution.
Steinburg spoke after the Senate
HI .1 OVI RAI I PROf.RAA
John A. Holmes
2018-2019
PHOTO COURTESY KIM ULLOM
(L-r) John A. Holmes Principal Stephen Wood, Athletic
Director Wes Mattera and Edenton-Chowan Schools
Superintendent Rob Jackson celebrate as the school
won its second Wells Fargo Cup in a row. The award
was presented May 29, during the Senior Athletic
Banquet at Edenton Baptist Church. More on the
ceremony can be found on Page Bl.
WELLS
FARGO
CUP CHAMPIONS
See VIDANT, A2
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