Transcripts tie former Chowan manager Copeland to 'fault'

By Ritchie E. Starnes
Chowan Herald editor
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Former County Manager Cliff Copeland acknowledged responsibility for the Capstrat controversy that cost county taxpayers $260,000 for what has since been deemed suspect assistance, according to conversation transcripts.

Be Cautious About Giving Info to Census Workers

by Susan Johnson

With the U.S. Census process beginning, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises people to be cooperative, but cautious, so as not to become a victim of fraud or identity theft. The first phase of the 2010 U.S. Census is under way as workers have begun verifying the addresses of households across the country. Eventually, more than 140,000 U.S. Census workers will count every person in the United States and will gather information about every person living at each address including name, age, gender, race, and other relevant data.

The big question is - how do you tell the difference between a U.S. Census worker and a con artist? BBB offers the following advice:

A recent scam is using the domain name albemarleweb.com to trick the un-suspecting. No mail has been sent to any registered or un-registered user.

DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK!!!!!

Forging a domain name on an email is easy to do. Be alert and suspicious and do not respond or comply to the requests of any email that requires you to open an attachment or directs you to a website that requests any information. No reputable organisation will use email for this purpose.

A Speakers Forum, "The 1886 Roanoke River Lighthouse", will be hosted by the Edenton Historical Commission on Thursday, October 22nd. Mark Williard, architect for the restoration and historian Harry Thompson, Curator of the Plymouth Museum will be speaking in the panel room of the old courthouse from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. A reception will be held in the Barker House at 7:30 p.m. There is no charge for the event. Attendance is limited to 89. Please call the Barker House if you would like to attend 482-7800.

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The Chowan/Edenton Environmental Group's Recycling Group will meet next at 10:00am, Tuesday, August 11 at First Presbyterian Church. If you are interested in recycling efforts in Edenton and Chowan County, please join us.

I was pedaling my bike down W.Queen Street to the Chowan Arts Council Opening about 5:15 this evening. As I approached the Presbyterian Church a sleek, three foot high, black bear loped across the street right in front of me and bounded into the parking lot.

Spring Splash event day Saturday May 9, 2009 9 AM -2 PM Edenton Town Docks

Is your boat's safety gear up to snuff? If not, you could wind up helping to reduce the State and County budget short falls when the man with the blue light decides to pay your boat a visit. Find out the cheap way by inviting a local Coast Guard Auxiliary Volunteer aboard this Saturday at the Edenton Town docks.

The following summarizes my observations of today's marathon (8:30-5:00) meeting of County Commissioners and various county department heads who are drafting the FY09/10 Budget. Unfortunately, there isn't much to report, as the commissioners once again provided no policy guidance to Peter Rascoe (Item 10 on the agenda was: "Consideration and Adoption of any FY 09/10 budget policies.") The only substantive action taken was a vote to remove from next year's budget $25,000 to conduct an employee pay study. To me this is penny-wise and pound-foolish. Recall that one highly qualified member of our group volunteered to do such a study for free, but none of the commissioners I spoke with is interested.

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Citizens Against the OLF in Gates county have secured critical support from two significant resource programs in our Southeast region -The Southern Coalition for Social Justice and Duke University's Environmental Law and Policy Clinic. At a NO OLF meeting on Thursday, April 23 at 7 PM at the Gates County courthouse the Executive Directors of these programs will discuss their work challenging the U.S. Navy's documentation for its proposed outlying practice field in Gates county.