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OPINION
Adam Kelly and Jonathan Tobias look at Thanksgiving
blessings - A4
NEWS
Edenton Police Department assists families with Pack
a Patrol Car Program - A6
SPORTS
Aces football team heads to Round 3 of NCHSAA play-
offs - Bl
SPORTS
Aces boys’ basketball team to compete in tournament
on Jan. 20 at ECSU - B2
Town adds support to Kadesh AME Zion Church
Resolution allows Edenton to
provide administrative support
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Efforts to save historic Kadesh
AME Zion Church progressed
during Monday’s Town Council
meeting.
Edenton Historical Commis
sion and the Kadesh Church con
gregation are working with the
National Trust for Historic
Preservation and Saving Sacred
Places Trust to save the East
Gale Street church that was
heavily damaged after Hurricane
Isabel in 2003.
During Monday’s special meet
ing, council unanimously passed
a resolution to be a partner in the
effort so as to provide adminis
trative support to the capital
campaign.
“We are not pledging financial
resources, but would be pledg
ing our administrative support
— to be a partner and a sup
porter,” Town Manager Anne-
Marie Knighton said. “Kadesh is
the anchor of the North Oakum
Street Redevelopment Zone, so
the town is already heavily in
vested in the Kadesh and the
East Gale Street neighborhood.
It would be the staff’s honor to
represent the town and be a
partner as Kadesh embarks on
the next important phase of their
journey to restore the historic
church and create a multi-pur
pose community facility.”
Councilman Sambo Dixon is a
leading force behind the efforts
to save the historic church.
“The town has been very sup
portive of the restoration and
preservation of the church,” he
said. “The restoration of Kadesh
will further the goals of our rede
velopment zones and it will safe
guard a very important African-
American historic site that will
tell one of Edenton’s most
See TOWN, A3
FILE PHOTO
Edenton town council recently passed a resolution supporting
restoration efforts at Kadesh A.M.E. Zion Church, on East Gale Street.
Long Road to RECOVERY
Ocracoke
recoveiy
slow going
District Rotary president talks
about work on 0BX island
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Road to Ocracoke is going to
open in a few days, Dec. 2.
Let that sink in for a minute.
After nearly two months, the
island will be somewhat more
accessible than it has been since
Hurricane Dorian invaded in late
August.
Ocracoke is special, one of
those places we all go to get
away from it all.
Let’s just say it like it is — is
land may take years to recover.
See OCRACOKE, A6
PHOTOS COURTESY TRACEY IVEY
Left: Rotarian Mark Matthews with Rotary
Disaster Aid USA traveled from San Diego to
Ocracoke to volunteer for a couple of weeks
to assist with recovery efforts. Above: Hun
dreds of appliances were damaged with Hur
ricane Dorian invaded Ocracoke.
Some filing
periods will
start Dec. 2
4 commission seats, register
of deeds to be on 2020 ballots
STAFF REPORT
The local political season
for 2020 will be getting under
way next week, as the filing
period opens for several
Chowan County positions.
The filing period for the
board of commissioners and
register of deeds starts at
noon Monday, Dec. 2, and will
end at noon Friday, Dec. 20, at
the board of elections office in
the Chowan County Agricul
ture Building, according to in
formation provided by elec
tion director Terrence “Terry”
Meyers.
This year, four seats on the
Chowan County Board of
Commissioners will be open:
See ELECTION, A5
PHOTO COURTESY
KELLY HERR
Nicole Bowman-
Layton (left) helps
adjust gear she
will need to wear
for the Dementia
Experience Wed
nesday, Nov. 20, at
Vidant Chowan
Hospital.
Glimpse of life with dementia offered
Vidant Chowan Hospital hosts
Dementia Experience simulator
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON
Editor
Vidant Chowan Hospital of
fered the public a chance to feel
what it is like to be a dementia
patient through the Dementia
Experience Wednesday and
Thursday.
About 54 people went
through the simulator during
the two days, which coincided
ON PAGE A2
* 10 warning signs of dementia
* Column: Experience brings back
memories of grandmother
with the hospital’s health fair
held at Edenton United
Methodist Department. After
arriving for their appointment,
participants were geared up for
the event, with member of the
hospital’s behavioral health
team helping them put on gog
gles, headphones attached to a
radio, gloves and inserts in their
shoes.
The simulator was set up in
one of the hospital’s classroom.
Dimly fit, the simulator had var
ious stations, such as a clothes
rack, a table, and an area with
letter-writing supplies.
Another member of the hos
pital staff gave the participant a
list of tasks to complete. This
See DEMENTIA, A2
State group recognizes school board
Edenton-Chowan Schools BOE
receives leadership award
SUBMITTED REPORT
The North Carolina School
Boards Association (NCSBA)
selected the Edenton-Chowan
Schools Board of Education as
the recipient of the 2019 School
Board Leadership Award. This
award is presented to an entire
school board that has demon
strated extraordinary leader
ship during the school year.
This annual Leadership
Award is presented to a local
Board of Education for demon
strating the following qualities
in the past year.
* Focus on students by fos
tering an environment in which
the student can develop and
flourish
* Demonstrated progress in
achieving system goals
* Fostered increased
parental involvement
* Developed collaboration
with social agencies and/or
community groups, including
other governing bodies
* Created a school commu
nity that fosters quality perfor
mance and innovation
* Worked well with adminis
trative staff and as a board
Superintendent Dr. Rob Jack-
son said, “The Edenton-
Chowan Schools Board of Edu
cation has an unwavering com
mitment to educational excel
lence. It is difficult to choose
only one quality to define the
significant impact our Board
has on teaching and learning in
See SCHOOL, A3
STAFF REPORT
Children are invited to tell
Santa Claus what they want for
Christmas by participating in our
tiers to Santa.
Send letters, short stories,
poems and drawings. We will
make sure they appear in our
Letters to Santa section on Dec.
18.
- Santa prefers letters to be
1 emailed to nlayton@neweek-
/ I lies.com. The deadline is Dec. 6.
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