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NEWS
Edenton Woman’s Club gives Pilgrimage proceeds to
local churches, library among others - A5
COMMUNITY
Chowan Arts Council opens exhibit, to host CD release
party Friday - A8
SPORTS
Four former Steamers are playing in the Major League
Baseball’s postseason - Bl
CALENDAR
Boys to Men breakfast, Walk for Hunger among activi
ties happening this weekend - B7
Commission studies hiring bond counsel
Law firm would help with
school construction project
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
’Chowan County Commission
grappled with acquiring a bond
counsel for a potential future high
school construction project
Other matters that the commis
sion dealt with during Monday’s
meeting will appear in a future edi
tion of the Chowan Herald.
Commission approved plans to
potentially enter into a contract
with the law firm of Parker, Poe,
Adams and Bernstein of Raleigh to
navigate the paperwork and plan
ning needed to. possibly float a
bond initiative, perhaps as early as
the November general election in
2020.
Law firm would not be paid un
til the back end of the enterprise
and the “clock” for billing their - ser
vices would not start until local
policymakers — Edenton
Chowan Board of Education and
the county commission — have
moved closer to making decisions
needed and firming up any plans
as scope and timing of any con
struction. Bond counsel would
cost $13,000 and $30,000 perhaps
more with fees, etc.
Preliminary cost estimates indi
cate a price tag of perhaps $40 mil
lion for a 600+ student school, de
pending depth of the project, be it
a new school or renovate/repair
job.
County Manager Kevin Howard
See COMMISSION, A3
Mayor,
3 council
seats up
for grabs
Early voting for Edenton town
council election starts Oct. 16
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
November’s ballot will feature
a three-way race for Edenton
mayor between Jacqueline
Hardy-Lassiter, a local business
owner, and councilmen Jimmy
Stallings and Steve Biggs, who
serves as mayor pro-tem.
Current Mayor Roland
Vaughan announced he’s not
seeking re-election after 24 years
of service, which means there is
change ahead, the passing of a
torch.
Edenton also will have a race
for 2nd Ward councilor between
Tray Taylor and incumbent
Sambo Dixon.
William Hackney High Jr., a lo
cal attorney, is running uncon
tested for the 1st Ward seat cur
rently held by Stallings.
Roger Coleman is unopposed
for the at-large council seat cur
rently held by Biggs.
Election day is Nov. 5.
Early voting begins Wednes
day, Oct. 16, and will run through’
Friday, Nov. 1, 8:30 a.m. until 5
p.m., at the Chowan County
Board of Elections, at 730 N.
Granville St. # D, Edenton. Per
the weekends, folks can vote on
two Saturdays — Oct. 19 and Oct.
26—between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Chowan Herald sent ques-tion-
naires to each candidate to learn
more about what these folks
think about some of the major is
sues affecting Edenton. Those
candidates, who respond to the
questions, will have their
See COUNCIL, A7
PHOTO COURTESY KATE WEMPLE
The Chowan County Regional Fair’s Ferris Wheel is lit up for fair-goers. The record-breaking fair
was held Oct. 1-5. More photographs and information about the fair can be found on
Page Bl.
Long day worth Peanut Fest rewards
12 bands competed during
Battle of the Bands
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON
Editor
EDENTON — For Edenton-
Chowan Schools Superintend
Rob Jackson and John A.
Holmes Principal Steve Wood
and Assistant Principal Sonia
Reinhardt, Saturday started
early. They participated in the
Pace with the Aces 5K—which
aids the Aces’ cross-country
teams — in the morning (infor
mation is on Page B2). They
participated in the Peanut Festi
val later that morning.
Late in the evening, the trio
were seen during the Battle of
the Bands, as Jackson served at
the master of ceremonies for
the 44rd annual event.
Others who had a long day
were members of the 13 bands
—12 competitors and the John
A. Holmes Marching Aces —
that performed that night,
along with the hundreds of par
ents, supporters and other
MILES LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD
John A. Holmes High School’s JROTC Color Guard led the
parade that inaugurated the 44th annual Peanut Festival in
Edenton.
volunteers at the marching
band competition.
To seamlessly pull off four
hours of the 44th annual
Peanut Festival’s Battle of the
Bands.that evening, band par
ents and other volunteers
arrived at the school’s athletic
complex around 5 a.m. to be
gin setting up.
When the day was done,
they looked a little fired but
See PEANUT, A6
Edenton
PD to test
BolaWrap
Restraining device discharges
tether to entangle subject
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Edenton Police Department
will be the first law enforce
ment agency in North Carolina
to test a Bo-
laWrap device.
Police depart-
ments from
across the state
will descend Fri-
day upon Eden-
ton to see how
KING this restraining
device may be
safer and more effective than a
Taser.
BoloWrap is a hand-held re
mote restraint device that dis
charges an eight-foot bola style
Kevlar tether to entangle a sub
ject from 10-25 feet. The cords
wrap around a suspect’s arms
or legs and render the suspect
temporarily incapable of free
movement. Barbs at either end
of the cord grab hold of the tar
get as the wire wraps tightly
around the suspect’s arms or
legs, making movement diffi
cult if not impossible.
“This is a great tool to assist
law enforcement in dealing
with mentally ill and uncooper
ative individuals,” Edenton Po-
lice Chief Henry King Jr. said.
King invited Wrap Technolo
gies to show his team and other
area departments what this tool
can do to help in de-escalating a
situation. Law enforcement
agents will receive instructor
certification training so as to
spread the know-how
statewide.
“We believe in looking for
' See BOLOWRAP, A7
Dick Schulze viewed politics as community service
Editor’s note: This con
cludes a two-part series
about former Pennsylva
nia congressman Dick
Schulze, who has been liv
ing at Albemarle Planta
tion since 1999.
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
HERTFORD — Retired
congressman Dick
Schulze, now of Hertford,
has had his finger on the
pulse of history since the How did
mid 1970s. ' Schulze come to
The photos of world be a Pennsylvania
leaders on the office walls congressman, a
of his Albemarle Plantation member of the
condo provide a small
glimpse into the life of a
man that who has kept
abreast of public affairs.
Schulze, now 90, served as
a member of the U.S.
House of Representatives
between 1975 and 1993 for
the western Philadelphia
suburbs.
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Long before be
ing elected to
Congress,
Schulze attended
local government
SCHULZE
meetings where he would
make speeches about pre
serving the land for future
generations to hunt, fish
/TheChowanHerald
Fall soccer,
tennis teams
do well — B2
and eqjoy the out- said. “The guy’s challenge
doors. irritated me, so I got in-
After a local volved and ran a few coun-
politico resigned, a
GOP leader ap
proached Schulze
after a speech and
asked him to get in
volved politics.
“Guy came up to
tywide campaigns. More
than anything, I viewed it
as community service —
much like Rotary or
Scouts.”
Schulze was elected to
the state House and then to
me cigar in mouth, Congress. Schulze admit-
‘Hey - you’re always shoot
ing your mouth off at these
meetings, why don’t you
put up or shut up?’” he
ted he was reluctant to
serve at first, but grew to
enjoy being able to help
people and get things
What’s Happening in Chowan County
Obituaries — A3
Margaret G. Baker
Mary Piece Baker
Elaine Muse Thompson
done.
“I backed into public ser
vice,” he said. “But after I
was elected, took the job,
found I liked and enjoyed
it. Being a congressman
gives you a different per
spective.’’
Brexit
Schulze noted how Bri
tain’s Parliament was grap
pling with Brexit. Long be
fore the news broke that
See SCHULZE, A5
Calendar B7
Index
Classifieds....B7-8
Community....B4
Obituaries A3
Opinion A4
Sports ..B2
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