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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2019
NEWS
230 men attend annual breakfast at White Oak Ele
mentary School - A6
UPCOMING EXHIBIT EDENTON EPICUREAN
Dolls representing the ladies of Edenton Tea Party to Cheryl Orr shares her recipe for maple bacon scones
! visit Oct. 25 - A8 with coffee glaze - B2
COMMUNITY
Edenton’s annual Ghost Walk set for Friday and Satur
day, Oct. 18-19 - B5
Candidates discuss housing, economy
Early voting for municipal
election starts today
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-
LAYTON
Editor
Six candidates seeking a
seat on the Edenton Town
Council spoke on topic such
as water, a second grocery
store and Hotel Hinton on
Monday.
The forum, hosted by
Chowan Herald and moder
ated by Miles Layton, drew
about 50 people to the John
INSIDE
Profiles, as provided by the
candidates - A2
Questions left to answer - A4
A. Holmes High School audi
torium. Mike Ervin served
as the time keeper.
Early voting begins today
and is being held at the
Chowan County Board of
Elections office, in the
county agriculture building.
The election will be Nov. 5.
Those attending the
BIGGS
COLEMAN
DIXON
HIGH
STALLINGS
TAYLOR
forum included mayoral
candidates Steve Biggs and
Jimmy Stallings, 2nd Ward,
Sambo Dixon and Travian
Taylor; 1st Ward, W. Hack
ney High Jr.; and at-large,
Roger Coleman.
Mayoral candidate Jac
queline Hardy-Lassiter did
not attend. She was invited
to participate and accepted,
but was a no show.
In regards to the town’s
water system, each can-
didate looked forward to the
completion of the repair
project’s first phase slated
for later this month.
Dixon said that a reason
why that the project took so
long was the wait time for
the town to re
ceive the proper
state discharge
permits.
High and Biggs
noted that the
town should be
proactive when
addressing future
infrastructure ■
needs. Coleman
noted that during the water
issues, the town hasn’t been
as transparent as it should
be, and in the future, more
See FORUM, A5
Man
dies in
wreck
Copeland known for
produce stand along NC 32
STAFF REPORT
A Chowan County man
known for selling produce
died Sunday evening in a
single-vehicle accident on
the road.
Chadwick “Chad”
Copeland was driving
northbound on N.C. High
way 32 near a bridge at
Floyd’s Corner when his
vehicle crossed the center
line, ran off the roadway
and hit several trees,
Trooper T.P. Shepherd
said. .
Copeland was dead
when troopers arrived,
Shepherd said.
While it was raining
when Copeland’s vehicle
left the roadway, it is not
known whether weather
was a factor in the acci
dent, Shepherd said.
Copeland ran a popular
produce stand, CC’s Pro
duce, at his property near
the Center Hill/Crossroads
area. He was known for
producing strawberries,
watermelons and pump
kins.
According to his obitu
ary, he was 49 and lived in
See COPELAND, A7
Signage
notes site
of school
Chowan High School
alumni, staff celebrate
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff Writer
TYNER — Chowan
High School alumni,
teachers and staff dedi
cated a highway marker
Saturday to a place and
time that will forever re
main in their hearts.
Between 1920 and
1980, Chowan High
School taught character
values that transcend
time.
“Growing up in rural
Chowan County was a
blessing for me as well as
a lot of other people,” said
Rob Boyce, an alumnus,
educator and administra
tor, now retired, who had
a long career in the
county school system.
“The three values that we
really did learn when
growing up in this com
munity were — God first;
your neighbor and peo
ple, second; then it was
hard work, the work
ethic. The people who
came to this school, we
had a good time; the work
ethic I’m talking about
was not necessarily
school work though
See SCHOOL, A6
Leaving Their Mark
PHOTOS MILES LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD
Former principals John Guard and Rob Boyce pull away the tarp on Saturday
to reveal a highway marker dedicated to Chowan High School near where the
school was once located on U.S. 32 by present day Chowan Middle School.
Members of
the Chowan
High School's
Reunion
Committee
strike a pose
next to the
highway
marker that
pays tribute to
their school.
911 dispatcher helps deliver baby
County gives employee
stork pin for her work
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
True story — soon after
11 p.m. Sept. 17, Cassi
Wright Morris went into la
bor. This wasn’t Cassi’s
first rodeo, so she knew
the drill, but ... her labor
wasn’t going to be that
long drawn out affair of
watching reruns of the
television show “iCarly”
from a hospital bed before
the time is right. Nope.
Cassi was going into “la
bor-labor” at home, so the
family called Chowart
County 911. As the ambu
lance raced to Rocky
Hock, dispatchers started
giving the tips and advice
needed to assist the
birthing process.
Some babies take their
time, others zip oyt of the
womb — this was one of
those cases.
“I wasn’t feeling myself
SUBMITTED PHOTO
During the Oct. 7
Chowan County
Commission
meeting, 911
Director Herman
Weiss (left)
presented
Dispatcher Alanna
Parks (center) with
the stork pen for
her handling of the
call on the
birthday for
Isabella Joy
Holcomb - born at
home Sept. 17.
Music
& Water
Fest ends
Organizers planning
different event for 2021
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-
LAYTON
Editor
After fielding several
comments from the public
that Edenton Music and
Water Festival has run its
course, organizers are
looking at revamping the
festival for 2021.
A group of business
owners, economic devel-
I opment and tourist agen
cies and town officials,
talked about the festival
Oct. 2 during a meeting at
the town council cham
bers.
The Music and Water
Festival has been held in
May or June for about 21
years, according to Eden
ton-Chowan Tourist Direc
tor Nancy Nichols. The
See FEST, A7
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Man records
Hong Kong
protests
Photographer: Citizens’
stories need to be told
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
HONG KONG —
Though the Chowan Her-
I aid is a county-seat weekly
in rural North Carolina, the
newspaper has a world-
I wide reach that is growing.
More than a few world
travelers have noted the
newspaper’s hometown
appeal and ability to tell a
story that transcends time
zones.
Scott Mallon, a photog
rapher now embedded in
; Hong Kong, has long been
on front lines at various ex
otic locales across the
globe. He feels Hong
Kong’s pro-democracy
demonstrations with its
geopolitical implications
See HONG KONG, A7
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Senior
Center
reopens
— A6
Obituaries — A3
Barbara Ann O’Bryan
Brower
Chadwick V.
Copeland
Alton Gray Elmore
Rodney T. Harrell, Jr.
Ruby Piland Hollowell
Peggy Taylor Pierce.
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