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Municipal Election Guide 2019Peletier Board

of Commissioners and mayoral races

The News-Times did not receive can-didate biographies and questionnaires for

the candidates running in the Peletier may-oral and town commission races. Mayoral candidate Dale Sowers and commission candidate Walter Krause did not respond

to requests to submit statements. They are both running unopposed.

BY ELISE CLOUSERNEWS-TIMES

NEWPORT — Drivers are reminded the N.C. Department of Transportation will close a section of Hibbs Road over the next two week-ends to make improvements to the roadway.

The first closure, which was pushed back a week at the contractor’s request, will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday and end at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The same section of road will close from 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 and reopen at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10.

According to a release from the department, NCDOT will widen both sides of Hibbs

Road and place a new layer of asphalt near the Highway 70 intersection. The road will be closed to traffic in both direc-tions and will be detoured onto Highway 70, Highway 24 and McCabe Road.

According to NCDOT’s real-time travel website drivenc.gov, there are the fol-lowing detours in place: For those coming from Highway 70 east, continue past Hibbs Road for approximately 2.3 miles, turn right onto McCabe Road and continue 1.1 miles to the intersection with Highway 24. Then turn right at the stop sign and proceed 3.1 miles to Hibbs Road, turn right back onto

Hibbs and proceed to your destination.

For drivers coming from Highway 70 west, turn left onto McCabe Road and follow the same directions as above to get back onto Hibbs.

From Highway 24 east, continue past Hibbs Road for about 3.1 miles. Turn left at McCabe Road and proceed 1.1 miles to the intersection of Highway 70. At the stop sign, turn left onto Highway 70 west. For those coming from Highway 24 west, turn left at McCabe Road and fol-low the same directions as above to get to Highway 70.

NCDOT says due to the

detour each weekend, driv-ers should anticipate needing extra time for their commute. Drivers are also urged to use caution around the construc-tion.

According to the depart-ment, this project includes pedestrian and signal upgrades in several locations around Newport. The project costs about $605,000.

For real-time travel infor-mation, visit DriveNC.gov or follow NCDOT on social media.

Contact Elise Clouser at elise@thenewstimes.com; by phone at 252-726-7081 ext. 229; or follow on Twitter @eliseccnt.

NCDOT to close section of Hibbs Road

still needed from some property owners to move forward with underground power service in the area to improve aesthetics and increase service reliability. The town is working with Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative.

The town is also work-ing with A-Team on a plan for the shared public parking spaces that will be installed on Islander Drive and Louise Avenue.

“Roadway improve-ments along Islander and Louise Drives are also being designed,” Mr. Zapp said in an email. “Conceptually, a section of Islander (between Reed and Louise) looks best suited to adopt a one-way traffic pattern. This shift allows for greater on-street vehicular parking and can also accommodate much needed golf cart parking. Louise Drive will remain a two-way road.

“We’re working to com-plete as much of the infra-structure work as possible during the 2019-2020 off-season,” he added, with the goal to have the powerline burial and road work com-plete before the start of the 2020 tourism season.

Concepts and designs will need to be discussed and approved by commis-sioners during upcoming public meetings, most like-ly in November, December

and January.It’s all part of a long-

term effort to revitalize the area, which was once a town hub.

A-Team is planning a residential and retail con-dominium project on the 1.85-acre tract the town sold the company, as well as on an adjoining larger tract it bought from a pri-vate owner.

The original plan calls for 28 buildings, 11 for multi-use efforts on the smaller tract and 17 for residential use on the larger, 2.63-acre tract. All buildings are to be a maxi-mum of 40 feet tall, which is slightly lower than the 40-foot “mean” allowed in the town’s Unified Development Ordinance.

The town bought the smaller tract in June 2017 to develop an events cen-ter, but the idea proved controversial and the town sold it instead.

The sale left the town with a profit, which offi-cials plan to reinvest in its improvements along the street. The town also has $100,000 in state grant money to use.

A-Team has said it will make an $8 million invest-ment in the areas. Managers of the limited liability corpo-ration are listed with the state as William Brown, Adrian Holler and Curtis Struyk, all of Morehead City.

Contact Brad Rich at 252-864-1532; email Brad@thenewstimes.com; or follow on Twitter @brichccnt.

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“When you encounter a bully, you relax,” he said. “They want you to be upset. If you need to, go and get an adult you trust.”

He also encouraged stu-dents to check on fellow stu-dents who seem distressed.

Next, using the word “imagine,” Mr. Thomas exhorted students to befriend those who are bullied and those who bully.

“Imagine how they feel. I can tell you that at some point all of you will experience bul-lying. Be a friend. If someone is bullying, you may not know what’s happening in their life. Try to figure out why they are bullying.”

He illustrated the point by sharing a bullying experience he went through as a child.

“When he picked on me I asked him if he was OK. He said no and we talked. Then we became friends and we used to play basketball together,” he said.

Mr. Thomas next used the term “Stand up.”

“You can stand up to a bully and walk away,” he said.

Finally, he encouraged stu-dents to empathize with those being bullied.

“I’m going to put myself in your shoes and try to under-stand how you’re feeling,” he said.

Mr. Thomas added that it’s

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today more than 70 coun-tries worldwide observe the practice.

However, several states have recently approved or introduced legislation that would make daylight sav-ing time permanent. The seven states to approve leg-islation, so far, would need final approval from the federal government. North Carolina is not among those states seeking to change the practice, though neighbor-ing Tennessee has approved legislation.

Contact Elise Clouser at elise@thenewstimes.com; by phone at 252-726-7081 ext. 229; or follow on Twitter @eli-seccnt.

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An artist’s rendition shows a planned mixed-use development on Islander Drive in Emerald Isle. (Town of Emerald Isle graphic)

Applications for Project Christmas Cheer assis-tance will be accepted beginning Monday at First United Methodist Church in Morehead City and Smyrna Pentecostal Holiness Church for Down East residents.

Applications will be taken from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Spanish translators will be available Mondays during the application peri-od at First United Methodist Church. The application peri-od will end Friday, Dec. 6.

PCC is a nonprofity organi-zation that provides Christmas assistance to needy children and adults.

Through the program, adults receive food from churches, organizations and PCC donors. Children receive

gifts from people who “adopt” their names from angel trees set up at three locations: One Harbor Church in Morehead City, The Sports Center in Morehead City and Newport Baptist Church.

Those who apply for assis-tance need to bring the fol-lowing:• A photo ID• Social Security cards for everyone in the household• Proof of income of any household members working outside the home• Electric and water bills• Proof of rent (copy of lease or proof of payment)• If receiving food stamps, a copy of the recipients Department of Social Services 8551 Letter of Eligibility• Contact telephone num-ber

• School name for all school-age children• Clothing sizes for chil-dren• What the children would like for Christmas

As the applications are pro-cessed and approved, the chil-dren’s names and wish lists are distributed to the angel trees located at participating churches.

Times and dates when angel trees will be open are:• The Sports Center in Morehead City - Monday, Nov. 11-Thursday, Dec. 12. Monday-Thursday, 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, 1-6 p.m.• One Harbor Church in Morehead City - Sunday, Nov. 24-Friday, Dec. 15. Tuesday-

Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m. to noon and Sunday, 8:30 a.m. through 12:30 p.m.• Newport Baptist Church - Friday, Nov. 22-Sunday, Dec. 15. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to noon.

Individuals, organiza-tions and businesses that wish to support PCC by donations or by adopting children or families can contact the organization at 252-247-7275, email pccvicki@gmail.com or writ to Project Christmas Cheer, P.O. Box 1914, Morehead City, NC 28557.

Information is also avail-able on the PCC website, pro-jectchristmascheer.com, or on the group’s Facebook page, “Project Christmas Cheer of Carteret County.”

Project Christmas Cheer gears up for holidays

important to care for others.“Help others around you

and help other kids feel good,” he said. “Treat others like you treat yourself.”

Students said they enjoyed the program.

“I liked that he told us to stand up for people who are getting bullied,” fourth-grader Emi Norris said.

Fifth-grader Angella Noll agreed.

“It was very good. I liked how he talked to us about bullying and how people feel when they get bullied,” Angella said.

Morehead City Elementary School Principal Anna Brooks said the school constantly tries to send an anti-bullying message to stu-dents by encouraging them to be kind.

“Bullying is a major issue

among students, not just here, but on social media,” Ms. Brooks said. “Bullying has taken on a new form with social media. The bullying may not actually happen at school, but it comes into the classroom the next day.”

Contact Cheryl Burke at 252-726-7081, ext. 255; email Cheryl@thenewstimes.com; or follow on Twitter @cherylccnt.