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force of the 4th and 6th Ma
rine Brigade.
After Desert Storm, he was
promoted to captain and as
signed as special assistant to
the Surgeon General of the
Navy in Washington, DC.
McCranie was cited for
his special duties and ser
vice when he was named
to the team that responded
to assist the families when
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Bethel district compared to
176 for New Hope and 123
for Parkville. Both Hertford
precincts and the one in
Belvidere combined for 133
votes.
So far voters have tended
to be white (558) vs. black
(169) or other (18).
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quimans County will be at
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the Coast Guard ship Black
thorn WLB-391 sank in Tam
pa Bay in 1980. He was also
cited for assisting the Ports
mouth Police Department
when a sailor took a hostage
by force and was barricaded
in an apartment. McCranie
was able to enter the apart
ment and have the armed
sailor surrender to the local
authorities.
When he retired he was
command chaplain for the
U.S. Marine Recruit Depot,
Parris Island, S.C.
the county elections office
in the 600 block of South
Edenton Road Street. Early
voting happens weekdays
through Nov. 2 from 8 am.
to 5 p.m. On Nov. 3 and 4,
however, early voting will
be from 8 am. to 7 p.m.
Perquimans will hold one
Saturday of early voting, on
Nov. 5. Hours will be 8 am.
to 1 p.m.
Perquimans County Reg
ister of Deeds Jacqueline
Frierson, a Democrat, is
Included in Captain Mc-
Cranie’s awards and decora
tions are the Legion of Merit,
Navy Commendation Medal,
Navy Achievement Medal,
Combat Action Ribbon Saudi
Arabia and Kuwait medals.
When he retired, Captain
McCranie and wife Vi, moved
to Grandy. They have two
sons: Jeffrey, chief engineer
on an oil drilling ship; and
Patrick, the sheriff of Lan
caster County, Va They also
have three grandchildren:
Hayley, Wyatt, and Leighten..
running unopposed in that
race.
In a regional race for the
N.C. Senate, Republican in
cumbent Bill Cook is facing
a challenge from Brownie
Futrell, a Democrat from
Washington, N.C. Cook lives
in Chocowinity.
In the District 1 House
race, Republican incumbent
Bob Steinburg is challenged
by Sam Davis, a Democrat
from Elizabeth City. Stein
burg lives in Edenton.
Chowan to meet Nov. 4 on wind issue
BY REGGIE PONDER
Chowan Herald
A Chowan County resi
dent urged the Chowan
County Board of Commis
sioners last week to con
sider several specific con
ditions when it meets Nov.
4 to discuss the application
for a conditional use permit
for the proposed Timbermill
Wind Project.
Bob Kirby, who also
spoke briefly during hear
ings held on the CUP ap
plication in late September,
addressed the board during
the public comment period
at the Oct. 17 meeting.
Charlottesville, Va-based
Apex Clean Energy Inc. has
proposed building a 300-
megawatt wind energy facil
ity in the Bear Swamp and
Center Hill areas of Chowan
and Perquimans counties.
Both counties require a
CUP for such facilities.
The proposed Timbermill
Wind Project would include
105 wind turbines, with 48
of them planned for sites in
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project. “These are the folks
that are paying the price.”
Even before the clos
ing arguments started, the
commission went into close
session to consult their at
torney. The Apex hearings
have been conducted in a
manner more consistent
with a court trial with wit
nesses that had to be sworn
in and cross-examined.
A court recorder has been
in attendance to take legal
transcripts of what was
said at the three hearings in
August, two in September
and two more earlier last
week. The issue is the com
missioners need copies of
all of the transcripts in hand
before final deliberations
in case there is a disagree
ment about what was said.
As of last Monday, only the
first three transcripts were
available.
When the final arguments
wrapped up, Janice Cole,
the chair of the commis
sion, thanked both sides for
their part in the process.
“You have worked hard
for your clients,” Cole said.
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Kirby noted that the “C”
in CUP stands for “condi
tional” and told the com
missioners it was their duty
to place conditions on the
permit that will benefit the
citizens of Chowan County.
Specifically, he asked
what remedy a county resi
dent would have if sound
levels generated by the tur
bines exceed the levels that
are in the permit and that
are projected by Apex. Kir
by said the county should
require Apex to provide
calibrated sound meters
to the sheriff’s office and
should authorize the sheriff
to order a turbine turned off
if it exceeds the allowable
sound level.
In the same way, Kirby
said, there should be an en
forcement process in place
for shadow flicker and all re
quirements of the ordinance.
In addition, the county
needs to be sure it is fairly
compensated, Kirby said.
The way to do that is to use
the payment-in-lieu-of-taxes
“It’s a hard decision and the
board will have to deal with
it.”
Industrial-scale wind
projects are allowed under
the county’s land use or
dinance as a “conditional
use.” That means there is
an extra level of review.
The commission will have
to determine that the proj
ect does not (A) endanger
public health, (B) meets
the conditions of the ordi
nance, (C) does not injure
property values and (D) is
in harmony with the area.
Henry Campen, the lead
attorney for Apex, con
tends the Apex application
proved its point on all four
issues. One of the goals in
the county’s land use plan
is to preserve farmland.
Campen claimed Timber-
mill does just that. Each
turbine requires about a
half-acre of land for a base.
That means just about 50
acres of the 15,000 acre site
will be disturbed and the
rest can be used to grow
timber or crops and hunt
ing on the site will still be
allowed.
Campen went point-by-
point on each of the four
criteria and claimed Apex
— commonly known as PI
LOT — methodology to col
lect fair compensation, he
said.
The PILOT needs to be
put in place to protect the
county from any current or
future state or federal law
that might limit the taxes
that could be levied on the
project, he said.
Right now, during the
CUP process, is the time
to establish the PILOT and
make it a condition of the
permit, Kirby said.
In another matter, Com
missioner Emmett Win-
borne, who had an excused
absence for medical reasons
from the Timbermill CUP
hearings held Sept. 27-29,
thanked those who had sent
him ‘get well’ wishes and
said he was glad to be back
at his seat at the table.
Winborne said the coun
ty manager had kept him
abreast of everything that
was going on.
“It’s a nice pleasure to be
back at my seat at the table,”
Winborne said.
has shown that they met
the standards. He also
questioned some of the
witnesses presented by the
opponents. One of them,
Mike McCann talked about
property values. Campen
claimed McCann had nev
er visited North Carolina
before getting involved in
the opposition’s case this
summer and has only been
licensed to appraise prop
erty in the state for four
months.
Johnson, speaking for
the opposition raised the
issue of average noise vs.
maximum noise, especially
when the noise is at night
when people are trying to
sleep.
Johnson said the World
Health Organization (WHO)
has a 40-decibel standard
for evening hours. He said
more than 300 people
would be subject to levels
higher than that if the Apex
project is allowed to move
forward.
“This is the first big red
flag that the project is too
big,” Johnson said.
The county’s ordinance
sets a maximum noise level
at 55 decibels, but doesn’t
break down to day or morn
ing hours.
“There is a place for this
project, but from a noise
level it’s not here,” Johnson
said. “There is too much
at risk. They (Apex) need
to be sent back —I on the
noise side.”
Essick said Apex has not
presented proof that prop
erty values won’t be hurt.
“That’s not our burden
to show it, that’s their bur
den,” Essick said.
The 15 th Surgeon General of the United States
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The 15th US Surgeon General, and the first African American woman to hold that post, Dr. M.
Joycelyn Elders is the eldest of eight children. Now a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the
University of .Arkansas School of Public Health and a Distinguished Professor at the Clinton School
of Public Policy, she never saw a physician prior to her first year in college. At the age of fifteen,
she received a scholarship from the United Methodist Church to attend Philander-Smith College in
Little Rock. AR, Upon graduation at age 18, she entered the U.S. Army as a first lieutenant where she
received training as a physical therapist.
Dr. Elders attended the University of Arkansas Medical School iUA.MS on the G.l. Bill. After
graduation in 1960, she was an intern at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis and did
a pediatric residency and an endocrinology fellowship at the University of Arkansas Medical Center
in Little Rock. She ascended the academic ladder to full professorship after her fellowship and board
certification in 19’6. She also holds a Master of Science degree in biochemistry.
Dr. Elders joined the faculty at LAMS as a professor of pediatrics and received board certification
as a pediatric endocrinologist in 1978. Based on her studies of growth in children and the treatment
of hormone related illnesses, she has written many articles for medical research publications and
continues as Professor Emeritus University of Arkansas Medical School. She was appointed Director
of the Arkansas Department of Health in 1987. While serving as director, she was elected president of
rhe Association of State and Territorial Health Officers.
Nominated as Surgeon General of the US Public Health Service by President Clinton in July of
1993, she was sworn in on September 8. During the Senate hearings on her confirmation, Dr. Elders
stated “I want to change the way we think about health by putting prevention first. I want to be the
voice and vision of the poor and powerless. J want to change concern about social problems that affect
health into commitment. And I would like to make every child born in America a wanted child”.
Dr. Elders has been active in civic affairs as a member of the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce,
Northside YMCA and Youth Homes. She was listed in “100 Outstanding Women in Arkansas”,
" Personalties of the South" and “Distinguished Women in America”. She has won awards such as the
Arkansas Democrat’s Woman of the Year, the National Governors Association Distinguished Service
Award, the American Medical Association’s Dr. Nathan Davis Award, and the National Coalition of
100 Black Women’s Candace Award for Health Science.
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