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Tri-County Animal
Shelter Pets fo the Week
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Local religions leaders
talk about God’s place in
society
Motorist
Charged
in Teen’s
Death
BY JULIAN EURE
AND CHRIS DAY
Adams Publishing Group
A Hertford motorist has been
charged in the death of a teen
who was struck and killed while
skateboarding on a Perquimans
County roadway last month.
Tyrone Mitchell, of the 280
block of Jacocks Lane, is charged
with vehicular hit and run involv
ing a fatality in the death of Kane
Michael Mountjoy, according to
the N.C. Highway Patrol’s colli
sion report.
Mountjoy, 14, of the 180 block
of Cove Road, was skateboard
ing eastward on New Hope Road
Sunday, Sept. 6, when he was
struck from behind by Mitchell’s
vehicle, which also was travel-
See DEATH, A3
Mystery Disease Kills 4 Horses, Infects 12
Rowell's Words
Remembering
Makiia Slade
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Four horses have died and
12 others are being treated
by veterinarians following an
outbreak of a mysterious dis
ease at a Perquimans County
stable.
Carla Bundy, owner of New
Hope Stables, said a Virgin
ia-based veterinarian tested
the animals for coronavirus,
cryptosporidiosis, clostridi-
um and salmonella, and none
of the horses tested positive
for the diseases.
In addition, preliminary
tests on the horses’ food have
come back negative. New
Hope Stables is currently
feeding the animals anoth
er type of food until what’s
causing the animals to get
sick can be determined. The
stable is also using an alter
nate water source until test
ing on the current source is
complete.
“The events of the past 10
days have been devastating to
not only myself but to the en
tire barn family,” Bundy said,
referring to the horses that
have gotten sick and died.
Eight horses that remain at
the stable are also suffering
from the mysterious illness
and are considered in critical
condition, Bundy said. Six of
those horses have required
an intravenous drip.
See HORSES, A3
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Kaylin Russell
(left) and
veterinarian
Shanna Edwards
work to treat
Stormy, one of
the horses that is
sick at New Hope
Stables. Several
of the stable’s
horses are at N.C.
State University,
in Raleigh, under
observation.
BY WILLIAM ROWELL
I f 2020 has not been bad
enough, on Friday, July 24, a
mother and her daughter were
senseless shot while traveling on
US 17 in Edenton.
The mother, Shatory Hunter
Slade, survived, but nine year
old Makiia Slade
did not. Here is
a young girl not
yet in her teens
and deprived of
getting there by
some deranged
individual.
The crime is
Stable in Sky
Gains Treasure
MAKIIA yettobere-
SLADE solved, so we
have no expla
nation for it. In
reality, there can be no logical
explanation. Who living among
us could have a reason for such
a senseless action? I am sorry
See ROWELL, A3
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
One particular horse named
Treasure is a symbol of the New
Hope Stable’s commitment to
care.
Though the horse died re
cently, the animal lived an amaz
ing life.
New Hope Stable owner
Carla Bundy said she found
Treasure in 2004 when she was
about two years young.
“The name fit perfectly, be
cause that’s exactly what she
is to us. A true treasure. A dia
mond in the rough,” Bundy said.
Bundy shared the tragic sto ¬
ry about how the original own
ers had Treasure in a dog pen
with another horse. Treasure
was about to be sold through a
yard sale for $1. She had been
starved, beaten and abused. The
United States Rescue League
discovered tliis and the owners
had to surrender her.
“What the original owners
were blind to, was how much
of an amazing horse they were
throwing away,” Bundy said.
“We, New Hope Stables, adopt
ed Treasure through the late
Amy Woodard with the United
States' Rescue League shortly
See TREASURE, A3
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Sam Ownley stands beside Treasure, a well-loved ribbon
winning horse, who recently passed away recently.
Sen. Steinburg Committed to Prison Reform
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Editor’s Note: This concludes
our two-part, series on state Sen
ator Bob Steinburg’s visit to the
state’s 55 correctional institu
tions.
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Three years ago, state Sena
tor Bob Steinburg, R-Chowan,
penned an essay that included
the phrase “secret society” to de
scribe a prison system that pro
tects its own,'resistant to change.
In April 2017, a corrections officer
at Bertie County’s correctional fa
cility was killed.
Later that year in October, four
prison employees were killed
and 10 other workers were in
jured during an inmate escape
attempt at correctional facility at
Pasquotank County in 2017.
Spurred to action, Steinburg
vowed to visit each of the state’s
55 correctional facilities. Soon af
ter Steinburg was elected to the
senate in 2018, senate leadership
selected him to serve as chairman
of the Senate Select Committee
on Prison safety reform. He held
many hearings on matters affect
ing the state’s correctional system
that employs 16,000 workers that
houses more than 35,000 inmates.
During Steinburg’s listening
tour, he spoke with administra
tors, cooks, prison guards - ev-
See PRISON, A3
—
SUBMITTED PHOTO
State Senator
Bob Steinburg,
R-Chowan,
visited each of
the state’s 55
correctional
facilities
located in
places near
and far such
as Alexander
County in the
mountains.
Vol. 86, No. 41
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