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Dream Story 

by: Arthur Schnitzler 

rthur Schnitzler was born 

A at Praterstrasse 16, Leopoldstadt, 

Vienna, capital of the 

Austrian Empire (as of 1867, 

part of the dual monarchy of 

Austria-Hungary). He was the 

son of a prominent Hungarian 

laryngologist, Johann Schnitzler 

(1835–1893), and Luise 

Markbreiter (1838–1911), 

a daughter of the Viennese 

doctor Philipp Markbreiter. His 

parents were both from Jewish 

families. In 1879 Schnitzler 

began studying medicine at 

the University of Vienna and in 

1885 he received his doctorate 

of medicine. He began work at Vienna’s General Hospital but 

ultimately abandoned the practice of medicine in favour of writing. 

On 26 August 1903, Schnitzler married Olga Gussmann (1882– 

1970), a 21-year-old aspiring actress and singer who came from a 

Jewish middle-class family. They had a son, Heinrich (1902–1982), 

born on 9 August 1902. In 1909 they had a daughter, Lili, who committed 

suicide in 1928. The Schnitzlers separated in 1921. Schnitzler 

died on 21 October 1931 in Vienna of a brain hemorrhage. In 

1938, following the Anschluss, his son Heinrich went to the United 

States and did not return to Austria until 1959; he is the father 

of the Austrian musician and conservationist Michael Schnitzler, 

born in 1944 in Berkeley, California, who moved to Vienna with his 

parents in 1959. 

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College of The Albemarle Foundation is pleased to announce 

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Elizabeth City Chamber News 

by: Holly Staples 

As we move into the 4th quarter of this highly 

unusual year, I want to tell you once again how 

proud I am of you for adapting and persevering through 

circumstances we couldn’t have imagined nine months 

ago. I am continually encouraged by all of you – as you 

lend a hand to your neighbor, support your fellow local 

businesses, or creatively pivot your business model. 

You have collaborated with and encouraged one another, 

all while demonstrating determination, resiliency, 

and grace. Thank you for your efforts to strengthen our 

community. 

We were thrilled to be able to resume a few events in 

September, and we have more planned throughout the 

fall! Dental Transformations celebrated their expansion 

with a ribbon cutting on September 15, and Albemarle 

Plantation hosted us for a Lunch Bunch Business Card 

Exchange on September 16. In October, we will hold 

our 12th Annual Chamber Golf Classic on the 2nd at 

YMCA at The Pines. Also on tap for October is the 

return of Coffee with The Chamber at The SweetEasy 

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I make a real difference for all North Carolinians. 

I’m not a politician, but I am a North Carolinian. I 

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the 9th of 10 children. Growing up, we were met 

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my mother, through her faith we were able to persevere. 

I understand the people of North Carolina 

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Making North Carolina the “Gold Standard” in veterans’ 

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Introducing new pets to your home can be stressful 

to both man and beast. The biggest reward will be 

when all are at total peace with each other. However, 

this does not happen in days or even weeks. It takes 

time, patience and love. 

Dogs are a little easier to introduce than cats, but the 

key is how you introduce successfully. It should be 

done in an open place, both on leads and let them 

sniff, get their hackles up, circle one another until 

they grow bored and decide the greasy spot on the 

road is much more interesting. You should never 

bring a new dog into the house without an introduction. 

Dogs are territorial and a new dog in the house 

is threatening to your dog and a bit scary. A safe and 

successful introduction should be on neutral ground: 

Introduce on a lead, take them for a walk together, 

then bring them in the house. 

Once inside, keep an eye out for tension, separate 

when feeding and until you are totally comfortable 

with your new pet, it is best to crate or safe place until 

you return. 

Bringing a new cat into the house with a resident dog 

can be trickier. If a cat has never been around a dog, 

no matter how sweet your pup may be, the cat is 

going to react. The way to ease stress for all is to 

have a room set up for kitty with litter box, food, water 

and bed. Also provide a place where she can hide, 

whether it is a box with a towel over it or even a cat 

carrier with bedding. Shut the door to the room and let 

the kitty get used to being in a safe place. She may 

hide under the bed for a week, but I guarantee when 

lights go out, kitty is up and sniffing around the room. 

She is also aware of the dog smell (or other resident 

animal) while getting used to the unfamiliar from the 

safety of her room. 

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SPCA of Northeastern NC 

Cats meeting cats should follow the same protocol 

as dogs meeting cats. Every animal coming into a 

new environment needs a safe place. If you just toss 

the cat or dog in a room and assume that everyone 

will get along, it only makes matters worse and the 

chances of a peaceful transition may never happen. 

Once you have made the decision to adopt, the steps 

you follow can be the deciding factor on whether you 

keep the pet or return it to the shelter. We have found 

that many people who return, have not followed the 

transition protocol nor have taken the necessary time 

it takes for the animal to become comfortable in its 

environment. Many animals have never been in a 

home, much less around people or dogs. It can easily 

take weeks to months for some pets to acclimate 

while others may feel at home immediately. You must 

gage the personality of your new pet to determine 

how to make it more comfortable and please be patient. 

It will be worth the time and effort. 

Providing a safe place for your new pets away from 

loud noises, other animals and even rambunctious 

children is the kindest thing to do until they feel safe 

and secure. Once that happens, you will have done 

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After a few days depending on the curiosity of the kitty, 

put a gate up at the door, angled with a space for 

kitty to get in and out. This allows her the opportunity 

to go out but retreat safely if need be. The gate provides 

both dog and cat the safety of getting to know 

each other with protection between them. Cat and 

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How Sweet It Is (Part One) chdomecq@hotmail.com 

by: Coy Domecq 

Readers tell me that they particularly enjoy the recipes 

that often accompany my articles highlighting 

foraged foods that usually impart nutritional benefit. 

Throughout history, this benefit has helped to sustain 

our forbearers. Recently, it dawned on me that most 

of the recipes I choose to augment the articles contain 

sugar as an ingredient. I would be remiss and send the 

wrong message if I did not address the candy-covered 

elephant in the room. 

It should not come as a surprise that Americans are 

obsessed with sugar. We live for the next offering of a 

double-fudge, gooey, chewy, extra rich, twice-baked, 

glazed, heavenly hash, super-sized confection, now in 

a family-bulk package on easy open pallets. On average 

people in the United States consume, depending 

upon the sources and the types of sugar considered, 

between about 66 and 150 pounds of the stuff each 

year. This is equivalent to somewhere around 22 to 30 

tablespoons of sugar each day. One recommendation 

by the American Heart Association is to limit consumption 

to about 7 tablespoons per day, or about 5% of our 

caloric content. As a nation, we have actually reduced 

our sugar intake, but it is nowhere near the suggested 

target levels. So what is it that is so bad about sugar? It 

seems it is not just that sugar, especially white refined 

sugar, is embroiled in nutritional debate but most 

people can agree it is mainly the amount of sugar we 

consume that poses the biggest problem. 

I will attempt to offer alternatives to using white granulated 

table sugar as a sweetener that hopefully will 

provide options representing healthier choices when 

embarking upon a quest to slay the sweet-tooth dragon. 

To round out this month I present the only, strictly 

speaking, non-plant sweetener, which also falls into the 

perfect food category, honey. This concentrated nectar 

has many health benefits and the advantage of being 

readily, and sometimes locally, available. More to follow. 

Cinnamon Honey Butter 

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All of us have heard in t.v. car commercials that any company 

can save you money, mostly hundreds of dollars if you 

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frame are they talking about?? 

Most clients would assume the 6 month or yearly policy that 

you will save all this money!! But, they do not tell you.. Usually 

it is over a 3 or 4 or 5 year period.. DO NOT BE TAKEN IN BY 

CHEAPNESS ONLY!! The only way you save money is to cut 

back on benefits-- AT YOUR EXPENSE!! 

But this article is about Homeowners Insurance and the amount 

of insurance you carry vs. the value of your house.. If you look 

on the main page of your policy, called the “Declarations Page” 

you will see 4 items up front labeled A-B-C-D.. I will explain all 

these letter coverages at another date, but this is about “A” .. 

This is the value of your house according to the amount of 

money you borrowed from the bank.. The bank wants to know 

the house is covered for most of the money you borrowed, so 

if the house is destroyed, they know they will get their money 

back.. Now, I want to use an example of a typical situation.. You 

borrow $250,000 (V.A loan at 100% or from a bank at 80%) If 

your house is built for you and the carpenter charges you $125 

per square foot and the house is 2000 square feet, that equals 

the $250,000 you needed to borrow.. and if your house is totally 

destroyed, the insurance company will pay the whole amount.... 

BUT, sometimes you do not insure the house for the entire 

amount, say only $225,000 because you have the other $25,000 

in your bank account , so you use that money to help pay off 

the loan,, NO PROBLEM HERE!! So, the lower you insure the 

house for, the lower your payment will be for the insurance .. 

In this situation, you are correct with no problems.. BUT HERE 

COMES THE BIG PROBLEM!! You must insure the house for at 

least 80% of its value ( in this case $200,000) If you insure it , 

say for 50 % of the value of the house, to save on the cost of the 

policy... THE COMPANY WILL NOT PAY YOU 50% of the total 

lose, they will only 50% of the amount you have the house 

insured for.. So, in this case with the house only being insured 

for $200,000 and a total lose occurs, the company will only pay 

50% of the$200,000 OR ONLY $100,000!!!!!!! Not the entire 

$250,000..... is this potential problem or lose worth saving a few 

hundred dollars per year????? Always be scared of companies 

telling you that you can save mega bucks, without knowing what 

the savings are from.. I can be reached at 252 202 5983 or 252 

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You can call me anytime with any type of insurance questions 

or problems.. So, until November.. remember to vote for your 

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Jakes Outdoor Adventures 

know I generally write about what we are catching 

I on the Outer Banks. However with the recent reappointment 

of a member to the recreational seat on the 

nine member NC Marine Fisheries Commission, I feel I 

need to update this move that affects every recreational 

fisherman in NENC. Recently Governor Roy Cooper 

reappointed Tom Roller from Beaufort to a full term on the 

NCMFC Board. Tom Roller was appointed when the seat 

became open after Cameron Bolts resignation prior to 

this past February’s Commission meeting. At the present 

time there are no members that sit on the board of 

Recreational, Commercial, Science and At-Large Seats 

that are from Dare County! As close as we get to NENC 

representation is Commercial Seat Representative Mike 

Blanton from Elizabeth City and Scientist Seat member 

Pete Kornegay from Camden. 

With all the miles of surf fishing areas, charter fishing 

fleets, fishing piers and marinas with private boats that 

recreational fish, Dare County gets no representation on 

the Recreational Appointments to this NCDMF Commission. 

If you look at both the At-Large seats, you will see 

that the two other board members live or have secondary 

homes in Wilmington and Harkers Island. This is nothing 

short of Dare County being geographically discriminated 

against by these appointments. One of the first actions 

Rob Bizzel took as chair was to stop having commission 

meetings in Dare County. At that time and ever since, 

when an open seat that allowed for someone from Dare 

County’s recreational community became available, 

there have been efforts from special interests groups to 

prevent it. You can start to see this is a blatant attempt to 

shut Dare County out of a seat at the table. Dare County 

is the number ONE selling county in North Carolina of 

Recreational Fishing Licenses. Add to that the number of 

licenses sold by other NENC counties, and one wonders 

why our geographical area of NENC is being left out 

in the cold on the Recreation side of the commission’s 

table. 

The Governor’s commission appointment should have 

included a Recreational Seat that would have finally 

given Dare County or a NENC county a Recreational 

Seat on that board. Governor Cooper has chosen to 

reappoint Tom Roller to the Recreational Industry seat on 

the Marine Fisheries Commission. A move many up and 

down the coast totally disagree with. However, sources 

say the Governor’s office felt that reappointing current 

commissioners would be less controversial leading up 

to an election. Given the economic impact of the fishing 

industry in Dare in both the recreational and commercial 

areas, one must scratch their head and truly wonder why 

our Governor is allowing this to happen. The three fishing 

regions included in this commission are: northeastern NC 

(our area), Morehead City, and Wilmington. Currently the 

Commercial side of the commission enjoys this balance 

with members from all three regions having seats on the 

commission. If you mix the scientist seat with the two at 

large seats, there is also a geographical balance. However 

if you look at the recreational appointments, they are 

two members out of the Morehead area and one from the 

Wilmington area. So from Ocracoke Inlet north to Virginia 

we have not one member on the recreational side fighting 

for our interests. 

It is political season so pose this question to every candidate 

you meet during this election cycle . Write letters 

of this discrimnation to Governor Roy Cooper and send 

copies to your State Senator, State Representative, 

and every county commissioner. Our goal must be to 

get a seat for our area on this Commission and get the 

representation we are due.If we don’t, Morehead City and 

Wilmington will be calling all the shots and we will not 

have a say in the process. 

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Dear Dr. Crime: I was never afraid of being killed in 

my home area before, but now I am. Is it all just the 

media wanting to attract attention? NC Citizen 

Dear Neighbor: I do not have an answer for the 

behavior of the media. Homicides are easier to 

measure! One of my favorite journalists who is trustworthy 

and insightful, John Hood, has a report in the 

current issue of Carolina Journal about homicides in 

our home state. He says rates are “spiking” in many 

NC cities and it is a national trend. Other types of 

crime show different paths. Mr. Hood provides his 

explanations. 

Dear Dr. Crime. Like many of your other readers I 

cannot understand the role of race in causing crime. 

What is the latest? Kid 

Hi Kid. Good to hear from you again. Join the club 

as even our scientists fuss over that relationship. 

The Post Falls Press has a great story today on 

that topic. It starts with 2018 FBI numbers that “of 

all violent crime arrests by 12,212 law enforcement 

agencies, 58.7 were of White suspects and 37.4 were 

Black or African-American”. USA TODAY reports 

that homicides are up 52% in Chicago with majority 

(95%) involving people of color. The work of 

Michelle Alexander’s book “The New Jim Crow: Mass 

Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” is used 

to argue the fundamental, basic, underlying cause of 

the numbers is unrecognized bias. Many similar arguments 

lead to the conclusion we must lean on our 

theoreticians and researchers to bring to the public 

a detailed and clear answer to your concerns. Black 

and White people must put aside hate and focus on 

what the research says works. 

Dear Dr. Crime: I saw on ABC News that the FBI is 

warning about danger to kids from computer-based 

school in the home. What is going on and how do we 

protect our kids.? Citizen and Father 

Dear Pop: You saw correctly, we have a problem with 

the kids and the predators having more unsupervised 

time on the internet. As much of this is new, the primary 

news is the thousands of child victims each year 

will likely get worse. See the FBI website on the new 

cyber threat. Talk it up and help protect our kids. 

Dear Dr. Crime: Does the FBI still put out a “10 most 

wanted” list of criminals? Cop Supporter 

Dear Supporter: Yes. I wish more people would be 

concerned about such. See on the internet 

“ https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten”. 

Dear Dr. Crime: I am really angry at the nuts who 

want to do away with police. I think I know, but tell 

me what you thing will happen if we got rid of the 

police. MadMan 

Dear Madman: I predicted that society would 

fall apart, so now check on the web and TV what 

happened in Minneapolis when they tried that. The 

Minneapolis council in June unanimously passed a 

measure to disband the Minneapolis Police Department 

. They would replace police with a “department 

of community safety and violence prevention”—The 

city has now seen an increase in homicides, assaults, 

car-jackings, and other violent crimes. 

Dear Dr. Crime: I want to help young kids get jobs. 

Will that cut down crime and how do I find the jobs? 

Pastor. 

SmartTeck did research on that and reported “The regression 

of unemployment on violent crime rates generates 

a positive coefficient of 31.87251, and is 

statistically significant at the 10% level. A one percent 

increase in the unemployment rate will increase the 

violent crime rate by 31.87251 per 100,000 inhabitants.” 

What you plan is one of the most important 

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They will help kids build a resume, and a website 

to let them know when selected jobs are open. 

They help veterans and offenders coming back into 

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While the Chowanoke Reservation is located in Gates 

County, Chowanoke territory had previously extended 

from the Blackwater River in Virginia to as far south as Edenton. 

In fact, Edenton is located in its namesake county, Chowan. 

There were many Chowanoke villages that were established 

along the Chowan River which primarily encompassed 

areas in Gates, Hertford, Bertie, and Chowan Counties. 

The Chowanoke played a significant role in establishing 

towns and systems of local government in the Roanoke 

Chowanoke area by providing a foundation for later growth. 

According to archaeologist Dr. David Phelps, the Chowanoke 

Indians were described as a sedentary people who had lived 

in the area for well over 800 years. He based his conclusions 

on radiocarbon dating of artifacts and other findings from 

various Chowanoke village sites. The Chowanoke had thriving 

villages that had been established for hundreds of years 

prior to colonization. Dr. Phelps believed that many towns 

that exist today evolved from those villages. For example, 

the Chowanoke capital was named Choanoac. This village 

evolved into present day Harrellsville. 

Metocquuem is another known Chowanoke village that was 

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Merry Hill. This village was situated along Salmon Creek, a 

tributary off the Chowan River. Interestingly, this area has 

recently become an increasingly popular site as archaeologist 

have recently uncovered artifacts that display primary 

Algonquin influence and culture. Noting this as a Chowanoke 

village site, they have also uncovered European artifacts 

which date back to the 1500’s. This discovery has proposed 

exciting theories surrounding findings from a site that also 

correlates with the location of a questionable patch that was 

placed on a drawing that John White himself had made of the 

Roanoke area in 1585. Could this village have been the site 

of an English settlement that was incorporated within and that 

has remained a mystery to this day? Many seem to think so. 

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Art in the Albemarle Area 

October! The first real month of fall and the beauty 

of the colors is about to hit its peak in the mountain 

areas of our beautiful state soon to be followed in our 

Albemarle Area. There is nothing like the beautiful colors 

and palette of the fall season. Time to put those warm 

colors to work on our canvas paintings! 

In this issue I would like to address a unique area of 

painting … companies or their representatives always 

have a business card to hand out to customers.Why not 

artists...not the preprinted kind but cards designed and 

painted by you instead of a bland commonplace corporartion 

card. Yes.. I am talking about creating your own 

“calling” cards. 

Here is how you get started. Start with the size in 

mind. Calling cards are generally 2 ½ inches by 3 1/2 

inches. This allows them to fit into the plastic sleeves in 

which they are stored. You can then use the plastic card 

holders in a binder to bring to your fiends or customers. 

This is the size of hockey cards and other trading cards. 

You can even start with mismatched playing cards as a 

base for collage or altered item artwork. Next, choose 

your media. You may start by cutting card stock or heavy 

paper to size. If you work in another medium, such as 

leather or fabric, you may either cut it to size or work 

so that the finished result is the correct size. Then let 

yourself go, paint your cards. Your calling card may be 

as simple or as detailed as you desire. Have fun with 

by: Talmage Dunn 

it. Make a lot of them. Upon completion, Sign and date 

your cards, attach contact information . An email address 

or website is a good compromise if you’ll be giving these 

cards to strangers, or mailing them. You may want to title 

your work. The title is optional, but it will give your recipients 

or viewers a context in which to view your work. Or 

leave it with the people you are contacting. Remember 

beauty is in the eye of the beholder so make your card 

personal to you. 

The whole point of calling cards is to identify and make 

others remember you and your art., 

◦ calling cards are personal. 

◦ Attend gatherings of artists in your area, and leave 

your calling cards. 

◦ Carry them with you as you would any other business 

cards, so that if you find an occasion to 

give away a card, they are with you. 

◦ Spread the word. If your local artist community is 

unfamiliar with creating calling cards, you might wish to 

give them the idea of creating their own cards. 

◦ You may even want to trade some of your cards 

with other artists. 

◦ Look on-line. There are on-line groups that will 

match you up with others the world who are making 

their own calling cards and can mail cards in exchange 

for yours. 

Many people have a collection of business cards now 

they can add your personal card to their collections, 

Because they are the size of other standard business 

cards, most will fit in business card sleeves. Calling 

cards should be as unique as the artists who create 

them, so enjoy the selection. Start your own collection of 

calling cards and try to get as many as you can of those 

by other artists. 

This is a prime activity to do during this period of social 

isolation as we are slowly getting back into a norm of 

some type and as we “phase” into this normalcy. Look up 

this type of project on-line, You may be surprised to find 

that these were the precursors to baseball trading cards 

Don’t get worn down in this period that we are going 

through. We will work through this. This would also be a 

good “home schooling” activity. 

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com or by phone 252-267-5437. Talmage Dunn, Artist. 






Orthodox Christianity 

The Protective Veil 

On October 1, the Orthodox Church celebrates a holiday 

that sounds strange to most everyone. It is the 

Feast of the Protective Veil of the Theotokos, and it’s all 

about prayer. 

Specifically, this special day celebrates the real promise 

of asking someone to pray for you, and that person can 

pray powerfully, and God answers prayer. 

Every holiday, or “feast day,” in the Orthodox Church 

celebrates a powerful moment in history. This Feast is 

about a day that started in a terrible moment of crisis 

and fear. Sometime in the 10th century (i.e., the 900’s), 

the great city of Constantinople was being attacked by a 

huge naval armada. 

Constantinople (now known as Istanbul) is located on a 

narrow strip of land between the Black Sea and the Marmara 

Sea (which is at the north end of the Aegean). In 

the 10th century, it was the greatest, most beautiful city in 

the world, surpassing anything in western Europe. It was 

known as the “Golden City,” richly adorned with artistic 

murals and monuments -- so much so that it became a 

target of frequent attack. 

But on one October 1st in the 10th Century, the City was 

attacked by an enormous armada from pagan Vikings 

and Slavs. They meant to rampage through the City with 

only destruction, looting, and killing in mind. 

The entire City was shaken with fear and trembling. Many 

prayer services were held in the city’s many Orthodox 

churches -- for Constantinople was a deeply Christian 

city, and had been so since its founding in AD 330. 

by Fr Jonathan Tobias, MDiv, MSEd 

In the Church of Blachernae on the city’s west side, an 

all-night prayer service was being held. Suddenly, the Virgin 

Mary appeared in the middle of the church. She knelt 

down and prayed fervently for a long while. Her shining 

face was traced by streams of tears. 

After her prayer, she stood up and removed her long veil. 

Like throwing a cloth over a great table, she spread out 

her veil over the people. 

It was a clear sign. A sign of God’s protection of His people, 

and a sign of the power of prayer. 

When the people left the churches at dawn and ran to the 

walls of the city, they found, to their overwhelming sense 

of relief and joy, that the Russian armada had melted 

away in the night. 

The City was saved. 

The Veil of the Theotokos (i.e., the Virgin Mary) has 

become a joyous message that the Christian community 

can never forget. We can pray to God in times of any 

trouble and need, and somehow He will answer. And we 

can ask friends to pray for us, and some of those friends 

can pray powerfully indeed. 

The best of these friends are those who are with the Lord 

right now, in Paradise. 

And the best of these saints who are with the Lord is the 

one who is the closest to Him. She is the one who asked 

Him to turn water into wine. She is the one who prayed 

for the Apostles after Pentecost “to turn the world upside 

down” (Acts 17.6) for the sake of salvation. 

She, of course, is His mother, the Theotokos, the Virgin 

Mary, who is the best “prayer warrior” of all, and for all. 

We don’t hesitate to ask her to pray for us, because she 

still knows Him best, and is still closest to Him. 

Instead of asking Him to turn water into wine these days, 

we pray, and ask her to pray with us, for Him to turn 

trouble into peace. 

If we look carefully, and spiritually, we can see her veil 

being spread out even now, the great sign of intercession, 

truly the Virgin Mary’s “sweet hour of prayer.” 

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Museum of the Albemarle 

MOA just opened its newest exhibition, The Day 

the Lights Came On. It focuses on the beginning 

of electricity and how it impacted and changed 

our region, state and nation. Large towns in northeastern 

North Carolina were introduced to electricity 

around 1890. Electricity became more widespread 

to rural communities by the 1950s. Power meant 

access to new inventions, which led to better food 

preservation, ease of performing tasks, faster 

communication, and new sources of lighting homes, 

farms, or businesses. 

Homes could use electric radios, irons, refrigerators, 

washing machines, stoves, and vacuum cleaners. 

Farms began using electric milking machines, coolers, 

and electric heaters. Florists, morgues, candy 

factories, ice plants, textile mills, saloons, and other 

businesses in the region all changed the day the 

lights came on. 

Electricity was new, especially to those who had 

lived their entire lives without it. Electricity, as with 

any product, had to be marketed for the population 

to want to use. Companies employed traveling 

agents to show potential consumers how to use 

electric appliances, along with images of people using 

electric products as time-savers, and the lighting 

By Wanda Lassiter, Curator, Museum of the Albemarle 

of rooms as sales pitches. 

Today, numerous methods can generate electricity, 

including windmills, solar panels, hydroelectric 

plants, nuclear reactors, natural gas, and coal-burning 

power stations. North Carolina receives most of 

its gas and coal from other states. New energy-efficient 

and renewable-energy standards are being 

set throughout the nation. The Museum partnered 

with area cooperatives and electric companies for 

research, artifacts and graphics. 

Please visit the Museum Monday-Friday, 10am to 

4pm to view this exhibit and others that help tell the 

history of northeastern North Carolina. 

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Happy Endings 

by: Roger Canaff 

Ever wonder where the happy endings to our children’s 

nursery stories, to Hollywood pictures and other types of 

prose, have gone? Well, many of the nursery stuff (particulary 

ones from our English culture) were somewhat gory, 

when you think about it (think of the unfortunate Humpty 

Dumpty, Jack with Jill on the hill and others). Happy endings 

still do exist, if only on our TV drug commercials. 

These art forms feature adults, for the most part, suffering 

from health issues. They take the medication, and, presto! 

They seem miraculously cured, or symptoms are magically 

alleviated. They all get better! 

Back in the day, we went to the doctor, who would prescribe 

something. Under this model, we become more proactive 

(“ask your doctor if ____________________ is right for 

you”). How could it be wrong? Just watch the commercial. 

We do need to pose some questions, however guided by the 

voiceover: 

-Have you been to places where certain fungal infections are 

common.....What? What are these? Where are these? 

Then we have all the possible things which could go wrong 

(may lead to death....). Maybe some of these things have really 

happened, which begs the question why any sane person 

would take this stuff, anyway 

The voiceover, is, of course, primarily intended to cover the 

drugmaker’s posterior. It is probably written by lawyers and, 

I guess, a necessary evil, but it casts a shadow over the spirit 

of good news (Well, we can’t have everything). Fortunately it 

ts delivered quite rapidly, and there s no quiz afterwards. We 

are redirected to the optimistic wrapup (“going for my best. 

For Eliquis!”). 

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course. These commercials cost about 4.5 billion dollars 

annually, industrywide, which could be used for, maybe, R&D, 

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North Carolina Bow Hunters Association 

by: Talmage Dunn 

By the time you read this article the North Carolina 

bowhunting season will be in full swing. 

I hope you have had the opportunity to go out into 

the woods and fields to try and get your first deer 

of the year. Perhaps you have had the chance 

to see a nice buck or doe. Now is when all those 

arrows shot in practice, all those times learning 

your effective range, comes into play. There is 

the deer, 30 yards away.... it’s just beyond your 

range of comfort.... you think,,, “maybe I’ll just try 

to make the shot....!” 

Do you? Do you take a shot at a range you 

aren’t positively sure you can make a humane 

kill ? That’s the question isn’t it? This situation 

all boils down to one concept …. ethics. Are you 

being true to your ethics as a bow hunter? For 

that matter... what are your ethics. What are 

your “standards” for hunting in the woods today. 

Even with all this marvelous technical equipment, 

whether it is with the most recent compound with 

all the bells and whistles or the most modern 

made recurve or longbow, every shot you make 

boils down to your code of ethics. Hunting with a 

bow requires a closeness to the game that must 

be achieved in order to be effective. Distance 

shooting is NOT the goal here. The goal is to get 

as close as possible when hunting an animal. 

In most bowhunting classes the instructors try 

to emphasize that the only shots a bowhunter 

should take is broadside or quartering away. Not 

shots facing directly away, directly underneath, 

quartering towards, or straight-on shots. There 

are those that have taken these shots and been 

successful, many more have not. The anatomy 

of our big game has not changed that these 

shots are ethical much less should be attempted 

in a hunting situation. Why spend those countless 

hours in the field and on the practice range 

only to attempt a shot you are unsure of? Shot 

placement is what we practice for... the difference 

in taking a bad shot and making a bad shot is 

tremendous. Bad shots can and do happen to 

all of us at one time or another, an unseen twig, 

a jumpy alert target, or simply a case of nerves 

can send our arrow off it’s mark. These happen 

to even the most seasoned bowhunter. Our job, 

as ethical hunters, is to keep these shots to a 

minimum. When we begin to consciously take 

questionable shots … we become trapped in the 

cycle that defines our success by the number of 

animals we take than by the code of ethics we 

hunt by. 

Think about your ethics and decisions when 

out in the field. Taking the shot, when and how, 

is only a first step. Before you release that arrow 

from your bow … make sure it is an ethical shot, 

well within your capable and accurate range. 

Do your best to be safe in the woods this season. 

Check the regulations for your hunting area. 

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Wave 

It's not just another wave, 

by: Joyce Bornfriend 

Staff at the Frisco Native American Museum & Natural 

History Center are always looking for ways visitors can 

experience significant aspects of Native American culture. 

Interacting with a native story teller provides a glimpse into an 

important tradition that has provided a rich and beautiful oral 

history for Native American nations over millennia. While 

entertaining, story telling has also been a tool to teach critical 

lessons, record major events, and connect the past with the 

present and the future 

it's an experience. 

FRISCO NATIVE AMERICAN MUSEUM - Stories at the Frisco Native American Museum 

Over the years, guests at Powwows and other special 

events sponsored by the Frisco Native American Museum 

have been enthralled by the stories of Crowfeather, a 

gifted narrator. Her ability to create visual images to teach 

meaningful lessons has captivated audiences from tiny tots 

to octogenarians. She recently shared one of the “important” 

stories in today’s world. Because It may be some time 

before she will be able to tell this story in person, we are 

pleased to present it here. 

Read More at: 

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Pow-wow Circuit, Spring & Summer 2020 

Sacred Circles, appearing empty, 

are filled with Spirit dancers 

stepping to the heartbeat 

of Spirit drums. 

Fields and clearings, appearing empty, 

are filled with the odors of 

fry bread and tacos 

and memories of beaded bracelets, 

deerskin moccasins, 

the gentle breath of cedar flutes. 

Unable to meet in person 

people connect by phone and email, 

laughing and joking, 

sharing news and photos, 

offering encouragement 

and solace, 

singing prayers of mourning 

and songs of celebration. 

“We have survived so much. 

We will survive Covid-19.” 

Crowfeather July 20, 2020 

The Frisco Native American Museum & Natural 

History Center is located on Hatteras Island and 

is open Tuesday–Sunday from 10:30 AM 5:00 

PM. For more information, call 252-995-4440 or 

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Miso Happy! 

Wave 

It's not just another wave, 

My son came home the other day with a mess o’ mahi mahi and 

I’m one happy Mama. There are so many ways to prepare 

mahi - one can bake it, grill it, blacken it, sauté it, fry it, and I’ve done 

them all. Today, I’m taking the fillets and marinating them in a miso 

paste-based sauce, then reducing the marinade and using it as a 

flavor-enhancing glaze for the sautéed fillets. Add a few sides, say 

some wild rice and a stir-fried vegetable mix, and you’ve got quite a 

palatable meal. 

In case you’re not familiar with the Japanese staple miso paste, it’s a 

thick, savory paste made from fermented soy beans. The soybeans 

are inoculated with a type of mold, called koji (which is also used 

to make sake) and blended with other grains, then it’s allowed to 

ferment. The longer the fermentation, the darker the paste and the 

more complex the flavor. Miso gives you a boost of sapidity, namely 

that fifth basic taste component, along with sweet, sour, salty, and 

bitter, called umami. Umami is salty, earthy, rich, intense, multi-dimensional, 

and kinda funky. Basically, it’s what makes your mouth 

water. 

Now, on to some mouth-watering mahi mahi. 

By Rosie Hawthorne 

it's an experience. 

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For more recipes, tours of my garden, and the 

occasional travelogue, please visit 

with Rosie at 

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For any culinary questions, e-me at 

Rosie Hawthorne@gmail.com. 

Mahi Mahi With Miso Glaze 

2 TB miso paste 

1 TB mirin 

1 TB soy sauce 

2 TB sake (You could substitute sherry or white wine if 

you don’t have sake on hand.) 

1 TB brown sugar 

2 large garlic cloves, minced or pressed 

3 1-inch cubes of ginger, juiced and minced or pressed 

Zest and juice of one lime and one lemon 

1 tsp red pepper flakes 

Combine all ingredients. For the ginger, I buy whole 

roots, then slice into 1-inch cubes, and freeze. Whenever 

a recipe calls for ginger, I nuke the cubes for about 

20 seconds, then I can squeeze by hand to release 

the juice. You can either mince the pulp or use a garlic 

press. Pour the marinade into a ziplock bag. 

4 mahi mahi fillets, bloodlines removed 

Add the fish to the marinade, turning to coat. Refrigerate 

for at least 2 hours. 

I served the glazed mahi mahi with a side of wild 

rice and a quick stir fry of bok choy, mushrooms, 

onions, garlic, and sesame seeds. 

Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and film it 

very lightly with peanut oil and a tablespoon of butter. 

The butter is for flavor; the peanut oil is to reduce the 

smoke point of the butter. Remove fish fillets from bag 

and shake off excess marinade, saving the marinade. 

Add the fish to the hot oil and cook about 2-3 minutes 

each side until done. (It will easily flake with a fork.) 

Place fish on warm serving platter and cover. Pour the 

reserved marinade into the pan, heat until bubbly, and 

cook until reduced by about half. Pour over top of the 

mahi mahi fillets and add a sprinkling of sliced scallions. 

If you don’t have mahi, this marinade would work equally 

well with pork or chicken. Enjoy! 


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Raising quail — A home grown delicacy 

By Allen Easterly 

Reprinted with permissions from Backwoods Home Magazine Issue Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 

Raising quail is inexpensive, easy, provides very 

healthy low-fat white meat, and supplies the fertilizer 

you need for your home garden. The moderate start-up 

costs for raising quail are well worth it. A simple 8×8-foot 

open-sided pole building is fine to start with. You can also 

use an empty corner in an existing outbuilding. Wall in 

the upper half to keep strong winter winds away. Sturdy 

wire should be applied over the bottom half to help keep 

pets and predators at bay. There are a lot of wild critters, 

including snakes, that like to snack on quail and their 

tasty eggs. At eye level on each side of the building, hang 

a 30x30x14” grow-off pen built with 1/2″x1” mesh wire. At 

the end of the building at waist height, construct a simple 

frame to hold a brooder, breeder pen, and incubator for 

the quail. Keeping the birds off the ground helps reduce 

the chance of parasite infestation or disease. It also 

makes cleaning up after the birds quicker and easier. You 

are almost ready to begin production. 

Cortunix quail 

A source for chicks or hatching eggs might be your local 

feed store. If not, there are several mail order companies 

that can provide eggs, chicks, equipment, and the 

supplies you need. The Japanese or Cortunix quail are 

the fastest growing and reproducing birds. After just 16 

days in the incubator, your initial egg purchase should 

provide at least a 50-percent hatch rate. Feed the baby 

birds a game bird starter mix for the first four weeks and 

a game bird grower mix for the next two weeks. For a 

small operation, select the best nine females and three 

males from the hatchlings as breeders and move them to 

the breeding pen. The remaining hatchlings are now old 

enough to butcher for the dining table. Maintain a threeto-one 

female-to-male breeder ratio for the best egg fertility. 

At this age, the breeders can start laying eggs. Begin 

feeding them a game bird breeder mix that contains the 

higher calcium needed for healthy egg shell production. 

Keep the breeders under 16 hours of light daily, and they 

will begin to lay eggs. Maintaining the same number of 

hours under lights will keep your Cortunix quail laying 

eggs throughout the year. 

Under prime conditions, each female bird will lay about 

300 eggs each year. When your breeders are laying eggs 

consistently, collect hatching eggs daily. Keep the eggs 

in a cool dark place until they are ready for the incubator. 

Collect eggs for 10 consecutive days, then set the batch 

of eggs in the incubator at 99-1/2° F. Maintain humidity 

levels identified with your incubator instructions. Eggs 

should always be kept pointy end down and need to be 

turned twice daily to keep the yolk centered inside the 

eggshell. You can do this manually or with the use of 

an automatic turner. Once hatched, transfer the chicks 

to a pre-warmed 100° F brooder. Each week, drop the 

temperature in the brooder by five degrees. At four weeks 

old, the young quail can be moved from the brooder to 

one of the grow-off pens. At six weeks old, the birds are 

ready to be processed for the dinner table. The eggs, 

while small, are also considered a delicacy. 

Quail poop is like brown gold for your garden. It’s low on 

odor and isn’t very messy to deal with. Shovel up your 

excess quail manure each week and move it to a garden 

manure bin to age until it breaks down before using it on 

plants. It is high in nitrogen, and when fresh, it can burn 

plants. In the heat of the summer, if the manure does 

emit much odor, a light covering of lime will eliminate it 

and sweeten the pile. 

Low in fat and high in protein, the all-white-meat quail is 

served as a delicacy in many fine restaurants. You can 

enjoy dining on this nutritious bird from your own homegrown 

stock with surprisingly little effort. Quail eggs are 

also a delicious delicacy served in many professional 

kitchens. It takes about three Cortunix quail eggs to equal 

one small chicken egg. 

An average six-ounce skinless quail contains about 123 

calories, 40 percent of the recommended daily allowance 

(RDA) of protein, 50 percent niacin, 30 percent vitamin 

B6, and 28 percent of iron. The same bird has only 1.2 

grams of saturated fat, 1.2 grams monounsaturated fat, 

1.1 grams polyunsaturated fat, and 64 grams of cholesterol. 

Whether you choose to pluck or skin your birds is a 

matter of personal preference. The skin has very little fat, 

unlike most commercial birds raised for maximum weight 

gain. When plucking, be careful not to tear the skin, as it 

is very thin. The skin does provide a suitable protective 

covering that prevents the meat from drying during cooking, 

so there are advantages to plucking. However, when 

cleaning a large number of birds for the home dining 

table, you might find it more efficient to skin the birds. It is 

far less time-consuming, and your fingers won’t be worn 

out after cleaning a flock. 

Starter Cortunix quail breeding flock in breeding pen 

Starter Cortunix quail breeding flock in breeding pen 

Euthanize your birds by quickly removing the head. Using 

a pair of kitchen shears, remove the wings and feet. You 

can then pluck the birds if you desire. To skin the birds, 

dunk them in a sink of cold water for a few minutes to 

cool the skins. This helps keep the feathers attached to 

the skin when it is removed and loosens the skin from the 

body. After the birds are plucked or the skin is removed, 

use your shears to split the bird lengthwise up the back. 

Remove the innards. If you have access to an outdoor 

hose, a blast of water into the body cavity will quickly 

remove any residual particles. The birds are now ready to 

be wrapped and frozen, or canned for future use. 

Your first dozen breeder birds will provide you with 

hundreds of quail and thousands of eggs during the year. 

Replacing your breeder stock annually maintains peak 

production. 

The cost of feed and supplies is minimal considering all 

the meat and eggs you get for your efforts. 

Typical quail-rearing setup with breeding pen, 

brooder, incubator (white box), and grow-off pen 

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Wanted: Convictions at any Price Part 2 

by Gila Hayes 

Reprinted with permission from the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network Inc. 

Law enforcement re-interviews Michaels, Olson and 

Todd. The latter two acknowledge being with the victim 

that night, admit the theft of the tire, and report that the 

victim left the party on foot around 3 a.m. Questioning 

Michaels yields little. Before developing severe fibromyalgia 

and chronic fatigue syndrome, Michaels was a state 

accounting manager, but he has become unable to work. 

His ill health has cost not only his job, but big blocks of his 

memory, as well. However, anyone who knew Michaels 

in his youth knew him as the guy who broke up fights, a 

peacemaker who literally was never in a fight in his life. 

Despite his disabling condition, Ron maintains a strong 

religious faith, a happy family life and a positive outlook. 

In September of 2003, investigators interrogate Dale 

Todd, who submits to questioning without counsel present. 

Fleming describes Todd as a nice enough guy who is a bit 

below average intelligence, and tends toward emotional 

responses. Interrogation transcripts quoted in The Bison 

King clearly show the fear and confusion the questioning 

progressively creates in Todd. The detectives de-escalate 

the suspect, offering him alternative theories about 

involvement by his friend Terry Olson or Ron Michaels who 

he does not know, then getting him wound up again about 

going to prison. Eventually, they lead him to point at Ron’s 

picture and implicate him in Hammill’s death. 

They tell Todd that in 1979 a baseball bat with blood and 

hair on it was found in the trunk of his car. “They told him 

it had the victim’s blood and hair on it,” Fleming exclaims. 

“That was a lie! There was a baseball bat in the trunk of his 

car, but it didn’t have any blood on it; it didn’t have any hair 

on it. They also told him that his car was seen out at the 

scene where the body was found,” he adds. 

In October, police visit the Michaels home and report that 

Dale Todd has implicated Ron and Terry Olson in Hammill’s 

death. The Michaels get advice from their family 

lawyer, and he advises Wright County authorities to send 

further questions through him, while offering to talk with 

investigators and requesting updates on new details. Two 

years pass, and Ron is invited to testify before a Grand 

Jury, which the attorney advises against. On the 4th of 

October 2005, the Grand Jury returns multiple indictments 

against Michaels, Todd and Olson. 

“The grand jury only hears from the witnesses that the 

State wants them to hear. The defendant is not there; the 

defendant’s attorney is not there,” explains Fleming. “What 

happened during the grand jury inquest? Well, the fellows 

from the BCA came in and told the jury the same lies about 

the baseball bat, the blood and hair on it, about the car that 

matched up, about the witness who saw the car, and about 

this false confession.” 

“As a result of that, my client and the other two guys 

were indicted for first degree murder,” Fleming continues. 

The BCA approaches Dale Todd and offers to reduce his 

charges to obstruction of justice if he will tell the story at 

trial. “You’ll do a year in prison, if we can get these two 

guys convicted,” Fleming narrates. 

A month later, Ron is at the door of his home with a friend 

from church, when suddenly police officers rush in, separate 

the two men, hold them at gunpoint and handcuff Ron. 

They tell Ron he is charged in the death of Jeffrey Hammill. 

He is taken to the county jail, 30 miles away, with such 

an abrupt departure that his front door is left hanging open. 

Jim Fleming Gets Involved 

From the police van, Ron notifies his wife, Jean, who calls 

their attorney. Their attorney responds that his schedule 

is too full and he does not feel he can commit the time 

necessary to Ron’s defense. Jean’s brother reaches out to 

his acquaintances, and before long, details of Ron’s plight 

reach Jim Fleming, police officer turned lawyer. 

A 1984 graduate of the University of Nebraska’s law 

school, Fleming has argued death penalty appeals (one 

resulting in Nebraska’s death penalty being declared unconstitutional 

due to its sporadic application). He’d moved 

his family and law practice to Minnesota in late 1991, 

where work and mutual interests associated him with the 

legal professionals to whom the request to step up and defend 

Ron Michaels was forwarded. “It didn’t take me long 

in looking at this case to realize something was wrong with 

it,” Fleming recalls. 

The Michaels family can raise $30,000 for Ron’s defense. 

“Against my better judgment, I finally said, ‘Look, if that’s 

all you can do, that’s all you can do. If you run out of money, 

you aren’t going to run out of lawyer. I’ll keep working 

on the case. Let’s just see what we can do with it.’ My 

thought was if I can take the inconsistencies in the case to 

the prosecutor, I can probably get them to drop the case.” 

Fleming goes to work on Dale Todd’s false confession, as 

well as law enforcement reports of other interviews, expecting 

that he can get the prosecutor to drop the charges. 

Meanwhile, Ron Michaels, despite his frail physical condition, 

is incarcerated in the county jail; there he will remain 

for almost a year until his trial. 

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Currituck Chamber News 

Welcome Amy Alcocer to the Currituck Chamber 

of Commerce Board of Directors. 

The Currituck Chamber of Commerce Board of the 

Directors have named Amy Alcocer, Executive Director 

of the College of The Albemarle Foundation, 

to an Ex-Officio seat of the Board of Directors for 

the Currituck Chamber. 

Visit our website for our latest Leadership Corner, a 

monthly column by Clark Twiddy of 

Twiddy & Co. 

Look for our monthly “Leadership Corner” with Clark 

Twiddy, President of Twiddy & Company Realtors, 

celebrating 42 years in business along the Outer 

Banks. A special thank you to Clark Twiddy for sharing 

and providing our members with helpful blogs 

topics like small business trends, marketing tips, 

and practical advice for business owners. Visit our 

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Chamber membership gives your organization exposure 

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George Washington’s changing views on slavery 

In 1786, George Washington writes a letter on 

a difficult topic. His views on slavery had been 

changing for many years. 

by: Tara Ross 

None of us are perfect, and I suspect future generations 

will find plenty wrong with the things that we 

have done. But I hope they will also find things that 

we did right. 

Perhaps unfortunately for him, his new perspective 

on slavery was making it difficult for him to settle a 

debt. 

The estate of John Mercer owed him money. An attempt 

was made to pay off part of that debt by giving 

him some slaves, but Washington did not want that. 

Instead, he noted his reluctance to own any more 

slaves than he already had. He wrote: 

“I never mean (unless some particular circumstances 

should compel me to it) to possess another slave 

by purchase; it being among my first wishes to see 

some plan adopted, by the legislature by which slavery 

in this Country may be abolished by slow, sure, & 

imperceptable degrees.” 

It is fashionable in some quarters today to blast our 

Founders as evil slave owners, but such a perspective 

is incomplete. Washington and our other Founders 

were born into a world where slavery was normal. 

DESPITE that handicap, many of them began to 

see the inconsistencies between the Revolution they 

were fighting and the institution of slavery. 

Washington himself wrestled with the subject for 

years, although he never took a public stance 

against slavery. Should he have done so? Some 

scholars speculate that he never did take a public 

position because he was worried about breaking up 

the Union before it ever got off the ground. 

Either way, Washington’s views were changing, and 

his actions reflected this evolving perspective. He 

quit selling slaves without their permission. He would 

not break up families, even when he had too many 

slaves and ran into cost inefficiencies at Mount Vernon. 

He softened his position on allowing black men 

to serve in the Continental Army during the Revolution. 

He met with the first black American poet, even 

giving her the respectful title, “Miss Phillis.” 

Towards the end of his life, he would speak of slavery 

as the “only unavoidable subject of regret” in his 

life. Maybe it is unsurprising that he freed his slaves 

in his will? 

One thing that the Founders did right: Fifty-five 

of them met in a room in Philadelphia. They were 

learned men, students of history. They had studied 

various political systems. They were free from partisan 

interests. (Their biggest bias was in favor of their 

own states.) They lived at a unique point in history, 

and they came together with the goal of creating a 

uniquely successful government. And they did just 

that. In this author’s opinion, we do our country a 

disservice when we ignore the good things that these 

men did because we wish that they had overcome 

one (really) big flaw more quickly. 

At the end of the day, don’t we think that our generation 

has made similar leaps? 

Should our generation be remembered for what 

we were born into and struggled to overcome? Or 

should we be remembered for what we accomplished 

and who we became? 

Presumably, George Washington and his peers 

would feel the exact same way. 

Tara Ross is a mother, wife, writer, and retired 

lawyer. She is the author of The Indispensable 

Electoral College: How the Founders’ Plan Saves 

Our Country from Mob Rule,Enlightened Democracy: 

The Case for the Electoral College, co-author of 

Under God: George Washington and the Question of 

Church and State (with Joseph C. Smith, Jr.), & We 

Elect A President: The Story of our Electoral College. 

She is a constitutionalist, but with a definite libertarian 

streak! Stay tuned here for updates on pretty 

much anything to do with the Electoral College, 

George Washington, & our wonderfully rich American 

heritage. 


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To order Tara’s books, go to this link: 

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Entrepreneurship Is Skyrocketing During the Pandemic 

The pandemic and related government lockdowns have 

caused widespread economic and social disruption 

over the past several months. There is much to despair 

about, as tens of thousands of small businesses have 

permanently closed and rates of depression and suicide 

rise. Yet, there are signs of hope. Uncertainty and fear 

might stop many of us from taking risks or thinking imaginatively 

during this tumultuous time, but recent data show 

that entrepreneurship is surging during the pandemic. 

Seizing new opportunities and spotting unfulfilled needs, 

entrepreneurs may help to lift our economy from its sickly 

slump. 

According to a Wall Street Journal analysis this week, 

“Americans are starting new businesses at the fastest 

rate in more than a decade.” These startups don’t 

outpace the number of companies closing this year due 

to the pandemic, but they do suggest that entrepreneurial 

individuals are launching new enterprises to satisfy 

changing demands. According to government data, there 

have been 3.2 million applications for employer identification 

numbers (EIN) this year. Required to start a US 

company, EIN applications reached only 2.7 million at 

this same time last year. The Journal cites additional data 

to confirm an increase in entrepreneurship, beginning 

in June, as some individuals turned layoffs or reduced 

work hours into opportunities to build a business. While 

startups are always precarious and many small businesses 

fail, these new ventures can be catalysts for sustained 

economic growth. According to the Journal: “Even though 

new businesses inevitably start small, they are a critical 

engine of job creation. Startups have historically accounted 

for around one-fifth of job creation...” 

Pandemic-Induced Creative Destruction 

The pandemic offers a moment ripe for “creative destruction,” 

the term used by economist Joseph Schumpeter in 

his 1942 book, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, to 

describe the dynamic process of new business models 

and enterprises replacing legacy organizations and 

industries. He explained that capitalism is “the perennial 

gale of creative destruction,” fueled by entrepreneurship 

and innovation. Schumpeter writes: “The opening up of 

new markets, foreign or domestic, and the organizational 

development from the craft shop to such concerns as 

U.S. Steel illustrated the same process of industrial mutation—if 

I may use that biological term—that incessantly 

revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly 

destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new 

one. This process of Creative Destruction is the essential 

fact about capitalism.” 

Especially in times of social upheaval like today, people’s 

needs change. As a result, solutions that worked before 

become outmoded. Innovation upends these old ways of 

doing things and offers fresh ideas and solutions that are 

better suited to people’s current needs and preferences. 

It is triggered by entrepreneurs who are dissatisfied with 

the status quo, imagine alternatives, and successfully 

introduce their vision into the marketplace. The economic 

and social turbulence resulting from the pandemic lockdowns 

provides countless opportunities to meet new and 

changing consumer demands. 

Perhaps nowhere is this turbulence more apparent than 

in education. Many students started this school year with 

remote learning only, as district schools, especially in urban 

areas, remain indefinitely closed for full-time, in-person 

instruction. Michael Strong, a longtime educator, 

author, and successful entrepreneur, quickly recognized 

that parents are dissatisfied with their children’s remote 

district schooling and want a high-quality, affordable alternative. 

“There is such immense demand,” he told me. 

“Once parents get regular school piped into their homes, 

they see that school isn’t always a great fit. They take on 

significantly more ownership of their child’s education and 

look for more options.” 

Strong recently launched Expanse, a virtual school that 

provides high-touch, project-based, live remote learning 

to middle schoolers throughout the US. “The whole 

world of edtech is one-dimensional, with teachers mostly 

lecturing to students. Our value proposition is rich, human 

interactive experiences that students find engaging,” says 

Strong. With Expanse, students aged (approximately) 10 

to 14 participate together in full-day, live remote learning 

led by a variety of expert educators and in partnership 

with top-rated organizations, such as QuantumCamp 

and Nobel Explorers. A typical school day begins with 

community discussion and goal-setting, followed by a 

Socratic reading and writing seminar. Midday is focused 

on math and science, while the end of the day emphasizes 

personalized, one-on-one mentoring and self-directed 

student projects. 

With an annual tuition cost of $8,000 and scholarship 

possibilities, Expanse is more affordable than many other 

private education options. Strong intends to reduce the 

price tag even further through growth and scalability. 

He believes that the education market is brimming with 

opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs, as parents seek 

new and better learning options for their kids. Strong also 

thinks education won’t return to the classroom status quo 

even after the pandemic ends: 

by: Kerry McDonald 

“I think even if everyone goes to school in January, we 

would still have a significant portion of parents considering 

other options. The old system of schooling was fragile, 

relying on tradition and a legacy orientation. We’ll see 

much more diversity in education models, and a greater 

realization that the standard path is not required. We now 

have countless examples of families who have eschewed 

standard education and they have found happiness and 

success.” 

The Art of the Pivot 

The creative destruction now occurring in the education 

sector is poised to dramatically reshape American education, 

with new, more accessible, more relevant learning 

models replacing the conventional classroom that was 

already being challenged pre-pandemic. In Washington, 

DC, Luba Vangelova was planning to open The Hub this 

fall as an in-person, self-directed community learning 

space for homeschoolers and others who wanted a more 

flexible education approach. When the pandemic hit, she 

had to pivot to an online format and temporarily table her 

in-person plans, but she remains hopeful. As one parent 

recently told her: “You’ve created digital joy, which is very 

hard to find.” 

With Gallup reporting a doubling rate of independent 

homeschooling this year, new organizations like The Hub 

should continue to attract parents looking for educational 

support and resources. According to Vangelova: “This 

is a year of great flux in the world, with a lot of social, 

political and economic transformations that are only just 

gaining steam, and although it’s been challenging on 

many fronts to pivot and adapt, I feel good about the fact 

that The Hub has been able to offer something valuable 

that is ‘of the moment,’ while also modeling a healthy 

culture and vision for learning and living in the future.” 

2020 has been a challenging year, with hardship and 

loss. There is much to lament, but millions of American 

entrepreneurs are showing us how to get through this 

difficult time with creativity, initiative, and grit. They are 

spotting opportunities and unmet needs, pivoting and 

adapting, and breaking down 

old ways of doing things to 

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No, You Don’t Need a Will 

People often ask me: Do I need a will? No, you 

don’t need a will, but you may not like the plan 

North Carolina has made for you. 

A person who dies without a will is said to have died 

“intestate.” Some assets which you may own have 

special legal significance and will automatically pass 

to designated persons at your death regardless of 

whether you have a will. These assets include joint 

tenancy with rights of survivorship (property passes 

to the surviving owner), tenancy by the entirety 

property (real property passes to the surviving 

spouse), retirement plan and IRA proceeds (property 

passes to the designated beneficiary), life insurance 

proceeds (property passes to the beneficiaries), 

payable on death accounts, and property held in 

trust. To change the person who will inherit these 

different types of assets at your death, you need to 

either change the way you hold title to these assets 

or change the beneficiary you have designated. 

All your other assets will comprise your “intestate 

estate” and will be distributed according to North 

Carolina’s statutory will provisions. Most of the 

time, the terms of North Carolina’s law are NOT the 

results that my clients would have selected. 

Your spouse will inherit all your intestate estate 

only if you do not have any surviving descendants 

and both of your parents predecease you. If you 

have any surviving descendants at your death, your 

spouse will inherit only about one-third to one-half of 

your intestate estate (depending on how many descendants 

survive you). Or, if you do not have any 

surviving descendants, but either of your parents are 

living, your spouse will inherit only about one-half of 

your intestate estate. 

By: Stella Knight 

Your parents will not inherit any of your intestate 

estate if you have any descendants living at your 

death. If you do not have any descendants living 

at your death, and your spouse survives you, your 

parents will receive approximately one-half of your 

intestate estate. Your parents will inherit your entire 

estate if you have neither a surviving spouse nor 

surviving descendants. 

So, take a married couple (no children) and the 

husband has living parents. The couple builds a 

home on land given to him by his family. He dies 

and now his wife owns a one-half (½) interest in the 

real property. The other one-half (½) is now owned 

by his parents. 

If you have been living with your significant other 

for many years without the benefit of marriage, and 

you die – if you don’t have a will, he or she does not 

inherit from you. North Carolina does not recognize 

common law marriages. Could your boyfriend or 

girlfriend of 5, 10, or 15 years be “kicked out” of the 

house by your children when you die? 

If the statutory will provided by North Carolina does 

not produce the results that you would like, you 

should prepare your own will – where you select the 

persons that will inherit from you and the proportions 

that they will receive. If you don’t have a will, the 

State of North Carolina will distribute your property 

at your death pursuant to the current law. So no, you 

don’t need a will, but you should want a will. 

The information contained in this column is of a 

general nature and does not constitute legal advice. 

The characters in this article are fictitious. 

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Home Visits Available 

Habitat for Humanity by Jane Elfring 

Are you or someone you know interested in applying 

for a Habitat for Humanity home? Many people who 

don’t qualify for a conventional mortgage do not realize 

that they might be eligible. The household income limit for 

a family of four is 50,650. Many of our essential workers 

in law enforcement, fire, and education may be eligible to 

apply. 

The primary criteria are: residency in Pasquotank County, 

ability to pay a mortgage, willingness to partner with us 

by completing sweat equity hours, and need. Whatever 

need is listed on the application will be verified during a 

home visit. In addition to the application, we need a copy 

of the latest tax return, credit score and proof of income 

(all sources). 

It is important to consider all sources of income when 

completing your application and how reliable they will be 

in the future. For examine, if you are currently receiving 

child support but the child is 17, that support will end 

shortly and cannot be considered when calculating the 

ability to pay. 

Once an application is screened for completeness, it is 

then evaluated by a mortgage lender to determine the 

applicant’s ability to pay. This includes an examination of 

the person’s credit record and determination of the debtto-income 

ratio. We want our homeowners to be successful, 

so we use the same criteria as traditional lenders. 

While the application is under review, we encourage applicants 

to take an online First Time Homebuyers course. 

This costs $35. Time spent taking this course counts 

toward the sweat equity requirement. Applicants are also 

required to complete in-person budget and credit counseling 

sessions as well. These classes are an essential 

part of the application process because we want homeowners 

to be successful. 

If the mortgage lender finds that you qualify, you will be 

scheduled for a home visit by members of our family 

selection committee. 

The purpose of the home visit is to verify the need that 

you stated on your application. If you said that your living 

conditions are poor or overcrowded, we need to see that. 

If you said the rent or utility bills were too high, we need 

to see those bills during the visit. 

It also gives us another chance to meet with you and 

answer questions you have about the process. The family 

selection committee will have a questionnaire to complete 

during their visit. This will verify much of the information 

that you submitted on your application and will also review 

the requirements of the Habitat partnership with you. 

The report of the home visit is submitted to the Board of 

Directors for consideration. If approved, the new partner 

family signs a partner agreement which specifies the 

design of the house as well as loan pre-approval amount, 

and family responsibilities for sweat equity. Families who 

do not fulfill the requirements of the agreement can be 

deselected by the board. This is not something that the 

board does willingly but must sometimes be done for the 

integrity of the program. 

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Northeast North Carolina Family History - U.S. Non-population census schedules… 

By: Irene Hampton - nencfamilyhistory@gmail.com 

This year is a scheduled census year when the government 

attempts to collect an accurate record of the 

population of those legally living in the country. This has 

been done every ten years since 1790. But there are 

other schedules beyond population that have been taken 

which are referred to as non-population census schedules. 

The agricultural census, sometimes referred to the 

farm schedule began as part of the 1840 manufacturing 

schedule and from 1850 has been a separate census. 

Others schedules were for industry, manufacturing, social 

statistics, etc. 

In 1919 the Bureau of Census released custody of the 

1850 - 1880 non-population schedules to state repositories 

if they wished to receive them. If states didn’t want 

them they were sent to the Daughters of the American 

Revolution (DAR) for safekeeping. The University of 

North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC) has about 300 microfilms 

from 12 states including North Carolina’s. The 

agricultural or farm schedule of 1850 was for free individuals 

with a farm that produced at least $100 worth of farm 

products but some census takers included smaller family 

farms anyway. The amount was supposed to be $500 in 

the 1870 schedule. 

A recent check of Ancestry.com indicates that selected 

U.S. Non-Population Schedules from 1850-1880 for 21 

states and what was Washington Territory at the time are 

available. Only Columbia and Duplin counties’ 1870 Agricultural 

census schedules are available for North Carolina 

on this site. The 1870 Industry Schedule is available for 

most counties but the townships can be surprising. For 

Pasquotank only Newland with a couple of businesses is 

there while Camden has three townships: Court House, 

Shiloh and South Mills. I mentioned the few businesses 

that were available for Currituck in last month’s column. 

General information about these schedules can be 

found at the National Archives website https://www. 

archives.gov/research/census/nonpopulation The free 

digitized Agricultural schedules to be found online for 

North Carolina are provided by UNC at https://archive.org/ 

What Will You Choose for Our Country? 

Election Day is fast approaching. On November 3rd, we will 

be asked to make a choice for several political races that 

will shape the makeup of our Country, State and Counties for 

the next 4 years. Some of those choices have the potential to 

affect us for the next 30-40 years. 

These choices are not to be made lightly. Everyone that is 

eligible to vote should exercise that most precious right. Voters 

need to familiarize themselves with ALL of the candidates and 

what they stand for. Don’t be misled by ads or commercials. 

Do your research and determine which candidates best align 

with your personal philosophies. 

I am running for the Commissioner at Large seat in 

Pasquotank County. I am a Christian, Conservative and a 

Republican. The reason that I am putting myself forward as 

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for the counties 

Alamance through Cleveland; https://archive.org/stream/ 

unc_chapel_hill_agricultural_manufacturing_census_records_1870#page/n1/mode/2up 

for the counties Alamance 

through Currituck and https://archive.org/stream/ 

unc_chapel_hill_agricultural_manufacturing_census_records_1880#page/n1/mode/2up 

for the counties Bladen 

through Carteret. Camden County lucks out as they 

appear on the three schedules available for 1860, 1870 

and 1880! 

I did research the 1870 Agricultural schedule for my 

husband’s ancestors and found ten families listed. The 

categories were: improved acres, woodland, unimproved, 

farm value, value of farm implements, wages paid in the 

year (June to June), horses, mules and asses, milk cows, 

working oxen, other cattle, sheep, swine, all stock value, 

Indian corn, cotton, wool, peas and beans, Irish potatoes, 

sweet potatoes, butter, molasses, home production, value 

of animals slaughtered, and finally value of all stock production, 

betterment and stock addition. Whew! You can 

get a pretty good idea of what an ancestor’s farm was like 

from that list. 

As an example, John Simmons of Crawford township 

had 75 improved acres and 75 acres of woodland. His 

farm was valued at $1,000 dollars with $40 in farm implements. 

He had paid wages of $100 in the previous year 

and owned one horse and two milk cows. He had one 

working oxen, three other cattle, four sheep and twenty 

swine with a stock value of $300. He had raised 400 

bushels of Indian corn, fifteen bushels of peas and beans, 

twelve bushels of Irish potatoes, 150 bushels of sweet 

potatoes, 25 pounds of butter, 15 gallons of molasses, $2 

in home products, $200 in animals slaughtered and lastly 

a total value of $1,600 which was double and sometimes 

triple the other nine farm families I recorded. For the most 

part values were pretty similar. I hope this gives a little 

insight into one of the Non-Population Schedules. Happy 

farming!! 

By Bill Ward 

a candidate is that I want to see the citizens of Pasquotank 

County have access to THEIR smaller government, with less 

intrusion into their personal and financial lives. I want to see 

controlled growth of businesses that will create good paying 

jobs and lessen the tax burdens on the citizens. I want to see 

our County grow and our citizens prosper. I want to see Our 

citizens kept safe and will support our Law Enforcement and 

other Public Safety entities. 

I ask for your support and VOTE on November 3rd to 

make our county a safer and better place for ALL of our citizens. 

Irene Hampton earned a certificate in Genealogy from Brigham 

Young University and worked as the Genealogical/Local history 

Researcher for the Pasquotank-Camden Library for over 12 

years. She has also abstracted and published “Widow’s Years 

Provisions, 1881-1899, Pasquotank County, North Carolina”; 

“1840 Currituck, North Carolina Federal Census” and “Record of 

Marriages, Book A (1851-1867) 

Currituck County, North Carolina”. 

You may contact her at 

nencfamilyhistory@gmail.com. 

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Those who have lived a long time have 

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investing. 

Consider some of the lessons you might learn 

from experienced investors: 

• Regulate your emotions. In the investment 

world, there’s always something coming at 

us that could sound scary: political flashpoints, 

economic news, and even those 

once-in-a-generation occurrences, such as 

the COVID-19 pandemic. But older people 

may take these events in stride; in fact, baby 

boomers and members of the Silent Generation 

(born between 1925 and 1945) are 

coping better emotionally with the impacts of 

COVID-19 than younger age cohorts, according 

to the 2020 Edward Jones/Age Wave Four 

Pillars of the New Retirement study. And by 

keeping control of your emotions, you may 

be less likely to make moves such as selling 

quality investments with good fundamentals 

just because their prices have fallen in the 

midst of an overall market decline. 

• Learn from experience. By definition, the 

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your portfolio take a bigger hit during a downturn 

than it would have if you had diversified? 

In the investment arena, as in most walks 

of life, patterns emerge, and once you learn 

to recognize them, you can learn from past 

mistakes. 

• Know yourself. When we reach a certain 

age, most of us know ourselves pretty well. 

But you don’t have to wait decades to gain 

this knowledge – at least not when it comes 

to investing. For example, you should quickly 

gain a good sense of your ability to withstand 

risk. How? Just consider how you react when 

the market declines sharply. If you find yourself 

losing sleep over your losses – even if 

they’re just on paper – you might be taking on 

too much risk for your own comfort level. Conversely, 

if market downturns don’t bother you 

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over weeks or months. But as the years pass, 

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• Don’t go it alone. Some of us, when we’re 

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New Life of Currituck 

by Pastor Dan Bergey 

think most of us would agree that we are living in 

I times that, maybe a year ago, we would not have 

even thought about. I see, talk with, and counsel people 

who are prospering and others who are hurting. Fear 

and uncertainty are common issues that arise as individuals 

struggle with all sorts of challenges. I think often 

about a verse in the Bible that says, “All the days of the 

afflicted are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual 

feast.” (Proverbs 15:15) 

Recently, someone came to me for counseling and 

insight after they encountered a difficult situation. I 

asked and received permission to share this story in a 

general way. A group of first responders were called to a 

situation to help a person in need. While trying to help, 

there was very negative feedback from bystanders who 

felt that some first responders were helping while others 

were not doing enough to help. The situation escalated 

to the point of needing additional units on scene to help 

keep everyone protected. 

by keeping the heart moldable and pliable to train us for 

times just like these. 

At the same time, the mind needs to be made new. 

Some will tell you this is either positive thinking or the 

removal of one thought and replacing it with another. 

While both are a part of renewing the mind, it is not 

something we do solely on our own. We do not have 

the willpower to effectively make this happen long term. 

The strength to do this only comes from a relationship 

with Jesus Christ. Look at how the writer of the proverb 

describes this process as “a continual feast.” Even 

when the world around us is struggling, we can feast on 

cheerful thoughts and rely on the nourishment it brings 

to the soul. 

Are you struggling these days to find a cheerful heart? 

Don’t let these tough days get you down. Ask for help, 

talk to a close friend, help others through tough times, 

and don’t give up. God loves you. 

Greater Than All in the World 

by Ron Ben-Dov 

Copyright all rights reserved 

Fear is of the enemy, cold, without soul 

And worry is fear, stealing away your life 

If you’re a believer, a follower of Christ 

Put it behind you, you’re already forgiven 

The Lord God Almighty showers you in grace 

His blessings fall on you, like the spring rains 

Keep your mind on Jesus, stay on His path 

Keep your mind focused, keep it on the Lord 

For Jesus within you, is greater than all in the world 

Why is this story important? We think it is awesome 

when a sports team works together and defeats an 

opponent. We often hear the words “Teamwork makes 

the dream work.” In the story above, had the bystanders 

taken the time to remember that each first responder 

had their own task to complete in order to effectively 

work together as a team towards the common goal of 

helping the person they were sent to help, maybe the situation 

would not have escalated. However, in emergency 

situations, it is sometimes hard to think clearly and it 

is easy to get overwhelmed. But what if we took the time 

to retrain our hearts and our minds so that in emergent 

situations, we have positive reactions that are helpful 

instead of potentially harmful? 

The writer of the proverb reminds us that every day 

brings its own challenges and struggles. We do not 

know what is ahead of us nor what is going to happen 

in the future. What we do know is that training can 

help prepare us to respond differently than if there is no 

training at all. I often encourage people to work on two 

important parts of themselves as a way of training. The 

heart and the mind are two of the most important things 

to train. 

Forgiveness softens the heart and lines it with compassion 

and mercy; knowing that my imperfections cause 

pain in others just as others may have caused me pain. 

I have developed and taught what is called “Forgiveness 

Camp.” It helps a person forgive themselves and others 

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Moved to New York at the age of five, and became a U.S. citizen 

at the age of eleven. Graduated from George Washington High 

School in New York City. In 1972, I enlisted in the U S Navy and 

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through 1988. In between I dug ditches, washed dishes, sold 

used cars, and even drove a cab. I graduated from Elizabeth City 

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I was a Motor Fuels Tax Auditor for the State of North Carolina, an 

IT Control Specialist for Gateway Bank/Bank of Hampton Roads 

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The Great “P” Conspiracy 

by: Bernie Walker 

The analyst will refer back to the current pandemic 

undoubtedly for years to come, and its effects on 

business and the economy and society, in general, 

will be felt for a long, long time. 

There is a minor footnote to all of this that could be 

as deadly as the disease itself. 

Many businesses, such as restaurants, hotels, 

schools, and other society components, are closing 

due to the disease. The buildings containing the 

hardware are shut-down or under restricted use, so 

the plumbing systems are either under limited use 

or completely withdrawn from service. That means 

the water seals in the “P” traps will dry out and allow 

sewer gas to flow into the living area. How many 

airborne germs and viruses could be released and 

inhaled is anyone’s guess. Then too, these microbes 

can mutate into who knows what. 

to Earth, got his inspiration from this condition. 

The Answer? When a plumbing fixture is taken out of 

service for any length of time, sealing the waste with 

tape is the correct method. Overflow holes in vanity 

basins must close with duct-tape, as should floor 

drains and any appliance with a trap. 

Believe it or not, this condition could potentially be as 

dangerous as the COVID virus or worse. 

Stephen King, the science fiction writer who wrote 

Carrie, could have a field day with a topic like this. 

Maybe, the late Michael Crichton, who wrote The Andromeda 

Strain about a space germ that comes back 

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Placedin1911tohonor our soldiersfromPasquotank 

that never returned home. During the war between 

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The Thin Blue Line 

by: Sen. Bob Steinburg, District 1 

We have learned over the last several weeks 

the priceless value of the “thin blue line” 

which separates us from Third World chaos. 

Those who stand for the rule of law protect our 

playgrounds and our homes as happy, safe places. 

They enable our economy to function, particularly 

allowing small businesses to exist with 

only an idea and a budget. And our American 

system is founded on the rule of law itself, not 

the rule of tyrants and monarchs, but an “empire 

of laws” as James Madison described it. 

Yet in many ways, it is indeed a thin line – too 

often underfunded and unappreciated. Just three 

years ago with the unnecessary death of five 

correctional officers here in Northeastern North 

Carolina, we learned the hard way that our public 

safety officers are woefully unsupported on the 

front lines. I am working in the State Senate to 

uphold these vital heroes, as they deserve. 

Recently, I finished my tour of all five-five prisons 

in North Carolina. From what national correctional 

leaders tell me, no other legislator has toured 

that many facilities, which is a sad commentary 

on my colleagues in other states. In my tour 

I met with correctional leaders and rank-andfile 

officers in detailed site visits, listening to 

their concerns and suggestions. I want to know 

what their needs are and to assure them I am 

personally committed to reforming our prison 

system. As Chairman on the Senate Select Committee 

on Prison Safety, I am not simply going to 

process the reports we receive from leaders in 

Raleigh, I want to know what the realities are on 

the front lines. 

That’s why I fought to double the death benefit 

for correctional officers and fought for substantive 

pay raises every year. We purchased a new 

prison management system that should save 

time, resources, and possibly even lives by 

helping to manage each inmate better. We also 

funded upgrades for personal protection, as well 

as technology and cameras. I was especially 

heartened to re-open the Tyrrell Prison Work 

Farm to help manage risks from COVID-19 and 

will fight to keep it open in the future. 

Is this enough? No, but it is significant progress. 

I can tell you we will continue making 

progress, because I have seen the light bulb turn 

on as I presented the case for prison reform to 

the highest leaders in our state. They now understand 

the urgency of this crisis. And for my part, 

I will not rest until we fully equip our frontline officers 

with every tool and every dollar they need. 

I urge you to stand with me for these fine folks. 

They won’t complain publicly and they usually 

hide from the limelight. But they report for duty 

every day and we owe them our thanks. More 

than that, we owe them our full support to do 

their essential job of public safety. Will you join 

me? 

Small Businesses Remain Resilient Amid Pandemic 

(StatePoint) Amid the historic coronavirus pandemic, 

businesses are adapting by making major 

changes to their operations, including increased 

use of technology, according to the latest PNC 

semi-annual survey of small and mid-size business 

owners and executives, which concluded 

Sept. 8. 

Eight in 10 business owners reported that 

they have made adaptations in response to 

COVID-19, including safety changes in the form 

of new procedures or physical modifications, 

while others have adopted work-from-home 

policies. 

“Business owners have learned that the previous 

status quo won’t work now. The majority of 

businesses have reconfigured their operations 

and for many, these changes will be permanent,” 

says PNC chief economist, Gus Faucher. “Their 

confidence may be shaken, but we know through 

the history of this survey that business owners 

are resilient and they know how to adapt to 

change.” 

According to the survey, half of businesses 

report increased use of technology since the 

outbreak began. Nearly three in 10 have added 

or increased the use of electronic or touchless 

payment systems, electronic/website-enabled 

sales or electronic banking/cash flow management 

services and 19 percent increased use of 

fraud/identity protection tools. 

The pandemic has also forced many businesses 

to shake up their product lineups to better align 

with consumers’ new habits. A third of business 

owners report making changes either to the way 

they sell or deliver their products and services or 

to the types of products and services they offer. 

Despite these positive signs of transformation 

and resilience, the drop in business activity 

over recent months forced many to take drastic 

measures through workforce reductions; nearly 

four in 10 businesses have cut workers since the 

start of the pandemic, although for 87 percent of 

those, the decrease is considered temporary or 

a furlough. In fact, 58 percent of the businesses 

who had temporary layoffs or furloughs have 

already begun rehiring. 

Faucher said that while the worst may be over 

and economic activity is on the rebound, the 

“new normal” doesn’t mean a return to robust job 

and business growth that existed early in 2020. 






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Camden School Bond 

October 1, 2020 – Camden, NC - Camden 

County Schools Superintendent Dr. Joe 

Ferrell will be holding public information sessions 

about the new Camden County High School 

and Camden Early College bond referendum: 

Tuesday, October 6th starting at 6:30 PM at 

Camden County High School in the cafeteria; 

Tuesday, October 13th starting at 6:30 PM at 

South Mills Fire Department located at 127 Keeter 

Barn Road in South Mills; Tuesday, October 

20th starting at 6:30 PM at Camden County High 

School in the cafeteria; Tuesday, October 27th 

starting at 6:30 PM at South Camden Fire Department 

located at 1061 NC Highway 343 South 

in Shiloh. A school bond will appear on voters’ 

November 2020 ballots. A community group 

promoting the project says it’s the lowest cost 

and best option. If the referendum passes, the 

County would be able to use its successful state 

grant of $12.3 million towards the project. 

The group has touted low interest rates as a 

benefit to reduce the taxpayer burden. The 

County Commissioners purchased land in 2008 

to replace the high school, a building which 

is now 94 years old and according to school 

officials, does not have the space or technology 

to handle the amount of students or the Camden 

Early College. While several cost options have 

been discussed, the best likely scenario involved 

borrowing $33 million at a tax impact of 10 cents 

or less. A group of citizens supporting the project 

says the cost of maintenance will rise over time 

and building now would offer long-term savings. 

On your ballot for the County of Camden School 

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The Faces of Voter Fraud 

What do a New York lawyer, a Washington 

DC nurse, and Rhode Island college 

professor have in common? None of them have 

ever lived in Pasquotank County, NC, but they 

all voted in Pasquotank County, NC in the 2016 

Presidential Election. 

These individuals were all raised in North Carolina 

and began their college educations in North 

Carolina. Their path thru colleges can be traced 

by the voter registrations as they voted in their 

college towns. But then their paths diverge from 

North Carolina. 

The New York Lawyer, graduated from Georgetown 

University, Washington DC in May 2016. 

She immediately headed to New York for a job. 

In October 2016 she registered in Pasquotank 

County, NC using her mother’s address, a physician 

in a local practice. Her mother lived in 

Pasquotank County for several years. On Oct 

11, 2016 she registered and requested an absentee 

ballot. Ballot was mailed to an apartment 

in the SOHO district of NYC and returned and 

counted in Pasquotank County. 

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The NY lawyer’s sister is a nurse, residing in 

Washington DC. If I may guess they were visiting 

their mother on the same weekend and registered 

and requested an absentee ballot together. 

She voted in Pasquotank County. So are they 

still registered in Pasquotank? No, the mother 

has moved her registration to a residence in 

Chapel Hill, NC. Both daughters, the Nurse in 

DC and the NY lawyer are registered to vote in 

NORTH CAROLINA at that address right now. 

And the college professor? It looks like he is 

a native of North Carolina, and his registration 

history follows his college path in North Carolina. 

But what happens when you move to 

Rhode Island and still want to vote in North 

Carolina? Simple. You use the address of 

your father, who has just remarried and moved 

to Pasquotank County, NC. Again, this college 

professor voted in Pasquotank County, NC after 

having never lived here and residing in Rhode 

Island at the time he voted. And now. Dad has 

moved to Hyde County. Son is still registered in 

Pasquotank County. What will he do? 

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New study on heart health: Get more omega-3s 

(BPT) - If you’re trying to improve your heart health, 

chances are you’re doing things like moving more and 

eating better. Making sure your diet delivers heart-healthy 

nutrients, including healthy fats, is a smart strategy. A 

new study from Mayo Clinic Proceedings provides more 

evidence on why certain fats - namely EPA and DHA 

omega-3s - are so important, and why you probably need 

to be getting even more than you think. 

What are EPA and DHA omega-3s? 

Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid 

(DHA) are the two most beneficial omega-3 fats. EPA and 

DHA are found in marine foods like fish (primarily fatty 

fish such as salmon, mussels, anchovies and sardines) 

and are important for overall health, including heart, brain 

and eye health throughout life; during pregnancy for both 

mom and her growing baby; and for brain and eye development 

in infants. 

While most Americans know what omega-3s are, 95% 

are not getting enough EPA and DHA omega-3s in their 

diets. The body doesn’t make enough EPA and DHA on 

its own, so they must be obtained from the foods you eat 

and supplements you take. 

New study shows the impact of EPA and DHA on 

heart health 

The omega-3 research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings 

is the most comprehensive analysis to date 

on EPA and DHA dosage and its role in cardiovascular 

prevention, with a review of 40 clinical trials. The authors 

conclude that EPA and DHA omega-3s are associated 

with reduced risk of coronary heart disease, the number 

one cause of death for Americans, and reduced risk of 

heart attack, including fatal heart attack. 

“The evidence continues to support the notion that EPA 

and DHA intake contribute to cardioprotection, and that 

whatever you may be getting through the diet, you likely 

need even more,” said Dr. Carl “Chip” Lavie, a cardiologist 

and one of the authors of the study. 

One of the more striking findings in the study is that 

benefits appear to increase with dosage. For example, an 

extra 1,000 milligrams per day of EPA and DHA decreases 

the risk of cardiovascular disease and heart attack 

even more. (Note: Study results included dosages up to 

5,500 milligrams.) 

“People should consider the benefits of omega-3 supplements, 

at doses of 1,000 to 2,000 mg per day - far higher 

than what is typical, even among people who regularly 

eat fish,” added Lavie. 

“Taking omega-3 supplements is a relatively low-cost, 

high-impact way to improve heart health with few associated 

risks.” 

How to boost your EPA and DHA intake 

The average intake of EPA and DHA omega-3s in the 

U.S. is about 100 mg per day, far below the recommended 

amount of 1,000 mg per day supported by the Mayo 

Clinic Proceedings paper. 

To get more EPA and DHA omega-3s: 

* Increase the amount of fatty fish in your diet. Most 

Americans eat only half the recommended eight ounces 

per week. 

* Consider an omega-3 supplement. In addition to eating 

healthy fish, a daily omega-3 supplement helps you maintain 

your EPA and DHA levels. 

* Add some omega-3 fortified foods to the mix. While 

most foods fortified with EPA and/or DHA usually offer a 

small amount per serving, every little bit helps. 

Look for a quality supplement 

Omega-3 supplements are like an insurance policy for 

your heart, brain and eyes, especially if you’re not eating 

enough fatty fish each week. When choosing a supplement, 

read the “Supplement Facts” panel on the packaging 

for the amount of EPA and DHA per serving, and 

how much you need to take to get a full serving. Also visit 

AlwaysOmega3s.com/GOEDQuality, which includes a list 

of companies that are members of the Global Organization 

for EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED) and adhere to 

strict quality standards for their products. 

Talk to your healthcare provider for specific advice and 

recommendations for your diet and about getting more 

EPA and DHA omega-3s. You can even get your omega-3 

levels measured by your clinician, or by doing a 

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North Carolina 

by: Dan Forest 

T 

his year’s election comes at a critical time for 

North Carolina. We must replace the current 

climate of fear and panic with hope and opportunity, 

and that’s why I’m running for Governor. We can do 

two things at once: protect lives and livelihoods with 

the same intensity. We can trust the good people 

of North Carolina to do the right thing, without the 

heavy hand of government dictating how we live 

our lives. 

North Carolina needs a Governor who will reopen 

the economy, get our children back in school, 

restore law and order, and protect both lives and 

livelihoods with the same intensity. As Governor, I 

will immediately focus on three key areas: 

Creating jobs. With more than 1 million North Carolinians 

out of a job, we need to 

quickly get our state back to work and repair the 

damage to our economy. This is more 

important than just subsistence: So many of society’s 

ills can be cured by a good job. 

We need to make sure that all parts of our state 

have the infrastructure needed to land 

job opportunities and that people have the training 

and skills needed to fill them. We also need 

to ensure we have a suitable vision for North Carolina 

to lead the way to 

opportunity. 

Putting students first. For too long, our education 

system has prioritized the system 

over the student. Parents know best what classroom 

setting works for their child, and 

we must protect school choice options so all students 

have access to a good education 

regardless of ZIP code. Right now, that includes 

reopening schools so every family has 

the option of in-person instruction. 

Protecting law and order. The government’s first 

priority should be the security of the 

people. We are watching murder rates climb in our 

major metropolitan areas. We must 

keep violent criminals off our streets and behind 

bars where they belong, and put a stop to riots and 

looting in our cities. I will not hesitate to call out the 

National Guard to restore peace, if necessary. 

The formula isn’t hard, but the work is. I believe we 

can bring North Carolinians together around shared 

values, like hard work, family, and patriotism. Then 

we can work to provide opportunities for all people, 

in education and the job market. When we do that, 

North Carolina’s best days are certainly ahead of 

us. 


HAROLD JOSEPH SINGER AKA: Hal “Cornbread” Singer 

by: Robert Threatt 

Hal Singer was born October 8, 1919 in Tulsa, 

Oklahoma and died August 18, 2020 (aged 100) in 

Chatou, France and his genre was jazz and R&B. His 

instrument of chose was the tenor saxophone. Hal was 

born in the Greenwood area of Tulsa, a prosperous Black 

community in Tulsa known as the Black Wall Street. His 

father was a machinist making tools used in oil drilling, 

and his mother catered food. Hal was the last surviving 

Black male from the burning of Greenwood. 

A White mob burned Greenwood on May 31, 1921, leaving 

in its wake as many as 300 Black residents dead and 

thousands without homes or businesses. Mr. Singer’s 

mother had taken him to the safety of Kansas City to stay 

with family, but they later returned. 

After studying violin as a child, Hal Singer learned reed 

instruments in his teens and settled on tenor sax after 

hearing jazzmen Lester Young and Ben Webster. He 

attended what is now Hampton University, a historically 

Black school in Virginia, before working in Midwest territory 

bands. 

Hal, who embraced modern jazz and even fusion, argued 

that a personal signature was more important than 

an abundance of technique. “The young kids are really 

blessed now, you know, with their books and DVDs and 

solos written out for them. When I was coming up that 

didn’t exist,” Mr. Singer told Blues & Rhythm, the Gospel 

Truth. He added: “They play very good at a technical 

level, but they don’t take enough time to put something 

of themselves into the playing. Back then you could tell 

Roy Eldridge, you could tell Louis Armstrong, you could 

tell Cootie Williams, you could tell Ben Webster…But now 

you hear a lot of guys who could play the hardest saxophone, 

but you say ‘Who is it?’” 

From the late 1930s Singer began playing in local 

bands, including Ernie Fields, before joining Jay 

McShann’s orchestra in 1943 and then moving to New 

York. In early 1948 he formed his own group and was 

signed to Mercury Records. For the Savoy label he 

recorded the instrumental “Corn Bread, which made number 

one on the R&B charts in September 1948 and gave 

Singer a new popularity and nickname. 

In the early and mid-1950s, he recorded with Mercury 

Records. In 1958, he began recording with Prestige 

Records as a jazz soloist. In 1965, after touring Europe 

with Earl “Fatha” Hines’ band, Singer stayed in France 

to settle near Paris because of the deteriorating racial 

climate at home. 

Harold Joseph Singer is survived by his wife of 55 

years, the former Arlette Verdickt of Chatou; two daughters; 

and four grandchildren. His 1969 album, Paris Soul 

Food, featuring him on saxophone and vocals, won 

a French Academy award for best international LP. In 

1974, he went on a State Department tour of Africa with 

Horace Parlan. Singer was awarded the prestigious title 

of “Chevalier des Arts” by the French government. He 

also appeared as an actor in the award-winning 1990 film 

“Taxi Blues”. 

Robert is retired from the Air 

Force and currently is a freelance 

writer and Short Wave 

Radio enthusiast. He also loves 

to channel and play Sudoku. 

Albemarle Eye Center 

T 

o avoid a real-life Halloween horror story – going blind because of a costume 

accessory – the American Academy of Ophthalmology is warning the public 

against wearing costume contact lenses purchased without a prescription. These 

illegally sold cosmetic lenses may not be sterile and can cause a host of serious 

eye problems capable of morphing a fun Halloween night into a nightmare. https:// 

www.aao.org/newsroom/observances 

If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it 

can create the consoling illusion that it has 

been mastered. 



Sen. Bob 

Steinburg 

equipment, technology and cameras 

Prisons. He has visited every one of the 55 facilities of the NC prison system . I do not know 

Nobody works harder to defend corrections officers . 

Millions for new personal protective 

Consecutive Pay Raises + Bonuses for Every 

Correctional Employee 

“In all my 30+ years with the Federal Bureau of Prisons , never have I ever seen someone with 

the commitment and interest of trying to ‘fix’ what needs to be fixed like Bob Steinburg . It 

did not take me long to figure out Sen . Steinburg’s heart is in the right place . The one 

thing I know to the bottom of my soul is his commitment to the staff of the Division of 

any legislator anywhere in the country who has visited every prison in the jurisdiction he or she 

serves. The 17,000 officers may not agree with him some of the time , but they know he is 

working for them all of the time .” ~Art Beeler, American Correctional Association 

PAID FOR BY ELECT BOB STEINBURG 

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