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Courthouse interior due renovation ‘Watch’ By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

OXFORD — The Granville County Courthouse will undergo a major interior renovation to ensure a better appearance, install improved safety measures and provide more ease of flow. The County Commission unanimously gave the go-ahead to D.W. Ward Construction of Durham for a trio of projects totaling $146,862. Ward addition-

ally received a pair of alternate projects totaling $32,542. The projects will include modifying the Williamsboro Street entrance to allow for a security area, an exterior storefront with separate entry and exit doors and servicing for a new walk-through metal detector. County Manager Brian Alligood told the newspaper that one will only be able to enter or exit on the Williamsboro Street side. “The big wooden doors on

the other end will be closed,” Alligood said, referring to the Main Street side, which he noted would be an emergency exit. The courthouse’s metal detector has been a rarely used, portable one near the Main Street side. And Alligood said an exit door near the District Attorney’s reception office also will only be an emergency outlet. The projects will include renovating the corridors and lobbies of both floors, renovat-

ing the stairwells and replacing peeling and soiled wallpaper with a durable and washable paint. Thumb tacks are holding part of the wallpaper in place near the Superior Court Clerk’s cashier station on the first floor. And the projects will include work associated with renovations and upgrades to the superior courtroom, which is on the second floor. The work will include repairing that courtPlease see COURTHOUSE, page 5A

Chilly days, cold nights ahead

unity in new year Expanding Vance Community Watch also goal in 2010 By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE

Water from Kerr Lake sits frozen at the Crooked Run Wildlife Management Area off N.C. 39 north of Henderson. High temperatures are expected to range in the low 40s and 30s during the day and hover around 20 degrees for the next few nights. For more on this week’s weather, see Page 3A.

Police need your help to solve hit-and-run By DISPATCH STAFF

WILTON — The N.C. Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s helping in solving a hit-and-run on June 13, 2007, that resulted in the death of a 67-year-old flagman. R.C. Williamson was struck while assigned to N.C. 96 near Bruce Garner Road. A spokesman for the Highway Patrol’s Durham

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office said witnesses could only describe the fleeing vehicle as cream-colored and possibly a two-door model. The day after Williamson was struck, he was taken off life support at Duke University Hospital. Williamson worked for his brother-in-law Mike Ellington. Williamson’s family offered $1,500 for Please see HELP, page 3A

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Deaths Daleville, Va. Daisy P. Matthews, 81 Durham Frederick A. Crowell, 64 Timothy Glover, 51 Far Rockaway, N.Y. Charles Boben, 86 Goldsboro Earl Whitted Jr., 78 Henderson Clifton Bennett, 43

Edward Hargrove, 62 Lori A. Price, 45 Elizabeth H. Wortham, 75 Oxford Glen C. Currin, 87 George G. Davis, 75 Willia M. Dunkin, 46 Red Springs William R. Currie, 61

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A gathering featuring local leaders and officials is set for 7 p.m. Jan. 28 in connection with highlighting a Vance Countywide community watch effort to help make residents safer. The get-together will be in a classroom at Maria Parham Medical Center, 566 Ruin Creek Road. During Wednesday morning’s Clean Up Henderson Committee meeting, City Manager Ray Griffin noted the City Council and the County Commission each having recently approved resolutions declaring 2010 as the Year of Community Watch. Griffin said the purpose is to urge a unification of community watches, as well as to establish community watch organizations where none exist. The documents were approved at the request of the Rev. Frank Sossamon, who is chairman of Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers. During the Clean Up Henderson meeting, Senior Police Officer Angela Feingold made a cell phone call confirming the time and date of the gathering. Moments earlier, City Fire Chief Danny Wilkerson said he Please see ‘WATCH’, page 3A

Vance home rehab program at work Commissioners OK four bids on properties that will be resold By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

The Board of Commissioners approved Monday night three home rehabilitation bids and one demolition bid which are evidence of Vance County’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program at work. A $210,000 administrative contract with the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments was approved by the commissioners on July 8. The fee is 10 percent of the cost of the program. The companies’ bids that were okayed by the board Monday night were presented by Julie Reid, a COG representative.

They included: • Demolition at 632 Arch St. by CHI Construction for $6,300. • Rehabilitation at 1995 Frances Ave. by E.M. Wilkerson & Sons for $4,500. • Rehabilitation at 209 Hawkins Drive by L. Roberts Repair Builders for $3,800. • Rehabilitation at 506 Hickory St. by Bennett & Bennett Builders for $4,465. Reid said last September that an untold number of homes will be bought, rehabilitated and resold. “Service” people such as firefighters, local government employees, police officers and school teachers will be offered the homes first.

“We have identified 25 floor plans for houses with a price range of $60,000 to $137,000 that will contain 676 to just under 1,300 square feet of space,” Reid told county commissioners and city council members attending a joint meeting held at the Silo restaurant. She said the USDA and State Employees Credit Union were lenders chosen to work with the program because they don’t sell homes. Each time a house is torn down, another one is built through the self-sustaining venture, according to Reid. Contact the writer at awheless@hendersondispatch.com.

Report: 4,282 businesses operated in region Workforce summary shows Vance second in weekly wages among area counties By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

Vance County had 921 businesses with an average total of more than 15,000 employees for the quarter ending June 30 of last year, figures that represented .39 percent of the state average for the same time period. Those and other statistics were released this week in a workforce summary of the Kerr-Tar Region. The report was produced by the Labor Market Information Division of the North Carolina Employment Security Commission. In addition to Vance, the document included Warren, Granville, Franklin, Person and Caswell coun-

ties for the same time frame. Granville had 907 businesses with a total average of 19,440 employees. The numbers represented .50 percent of the state average. Warren had 331 businesses with a total average of 3,660 employees. The numbers represented .09 percent of the state average. The Kerr-Tar Region had 4,282 businesses with a total average of 62,757 employees. The numbers represented 1.63 percent of the state average. A comparison of weekly wages for the quarter ending June 30 also showed percentages of the state average. Included were: • Vance — $571 at 77.8 percent.

• Granville — $703 at 95.8 percent. • Warren — $537 at 73.2 percent. • Kerr-Tarr — $627 at 85.4 percent. • North Carolina — $734. Unemployment benefits paid out in November of 2008 and last November included: • Vance — $765,922 and $897,874. • Granville — $644,555 and $1,148,306. • Warren — $205,481 and $265,933. • Kerr-Tar — $3,107,876 and $4,924,715. • North Carolina — $127,618,883 Please see REPORT, page 3A

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Mark It Down Today Concert â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Catawba College Concert Choir will present a concert for the community at the First United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. The choir, under the direction of Paul E. Oakley, will be beginning a choir tour in Henderson with a variety of musical styles. The concert is free. Chess Club â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Henderson/Vance Chess Club, affiliated with the U. S. Chess Federation, meets at the First United Methodist Church from 6-9:30 p.m. All are welcome, adults and youths, novice or experienced. For more information, call Rudy Abate at 438-4459 (days) or 738-0375 (evenings). Childbirth classes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Prepared childbirth education classes are held at Granville Medical Center, 1010 College St., in Oxford, every Thursday night from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the first floor conference room. Women who are scheduled to deliver their babies at any hospital are welcome to attend. To register for the classes, call the Childbirth Education Department at (919) 690-3208. There is a $50 fee for classroom materials. Genealogical society â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Granville County Genealogical Society #1746 Inc. will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Granville County Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Meeting Room on Williamsboro Street in Oxford. Guest speaker will be Allen Dew, owner of the Cemetery Census web site and a member and webmaster for the society. Dew started working on cemetery surveys in 1995 and has documented more than 30 counties including Granville, Chatham, Caswell, Alamance, Wake and Surry counties. He will discuss some of the best methods for photographing cemeteries and grave markers. Nonmembers are welcome. Public Works Committee â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Oxford City Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public Works Committee will meet at 1 p.m. in the engineering conference room of City Hall, 300 Williamsboro St. The committee will discuss the findings of a 30-year master plan for sewer and water services. American Legion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; American Legion Post #176 will meet at 6 p.m. at the Elks Lodge on Rock Spring Street. For more information, call (252) 432-8982. Drafting show â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The third annual Dream On Drafting Show will open at the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library from 5-7:30 p.m. Student work from the Northern Vance High School drafting program will once again be on display. The schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Band will perform and refreshments will be provided. 4-H registration â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 4-H Camp Registration Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 305 Young St., Henderson. A $75 non-refundable deposit will be required. Camp week is June 27-July 2. Campers can choose between Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Camp in Reidsville, N.C., or the Eastern 4-H Center in Columbia, N.C. Transportation is included. Call (252) 438-8188 or visit www.nc4h.org for more information.

Friday Flu clinic â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The health departments in Vance and Granville counties will be holding H1N1 flu clinics on Friday afternoons from 1-4 p.m. while supplies last. The vaccine is free. The health department also has a limited supply of seasonal flu vaccine for individuals 6 months of age and older. The charge for the seasonal flu vaccine is $32. The pneumonia vaccine is also available for individuals over 65 years of age at a cost of $50. Medicare Part B (red, white, and blue card), Medicaid, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and Wellpath insurance plans are accepted for immunizations. Please contact the Granville County Health Department at (919) 693-2141 or the Vance County Health Department at (252) 492-7915 for more information. Weight loss group â&#x20AC;&#x201D; TOWN (Take Off Weight Now), a non-profit weight loss group, will meet at Aycock Recreation Center at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend.

Saturday Scholarship dance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Badd Boyz And Lady Badd Boyz Social Club will sponsor a Dr. Martin Luther King Scholarship Dance at The Pride Of Vance Elks Lodge from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. A donation of $10 is requested at the door. All donations go toward the scholarship fund. For more information, contact Barbara Dunston at (252) 430-6081. Deeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Barn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Deeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Barn, 3101 Walters Road, Creedmoor, will be featuring Ace in the Hole with James Potreat at 7 p.m. For more information, call (919) 528-5878. Community dance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Epsom Country Club will sponsor a community dance starting at 7 p.m., featuring live music. For more information and directions, contact Curtis Strickland at 492-6834. Ridgeway Opry House â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Performing are Julia Morton, Jackie Turner, Joyce Chisenhall, Ronald Puett, Donnie Gillam, Matt Nelson, Evylena Norwood, Freida & Delores, Allen & Betsy Reid and The Home Folks. Guest Band: Tri-County Blue Grass. Doors open at 6 p.m. Music starts at 7 p.m. Blood drive â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The American Red Cross will sponsor a blood drive at First Baptist Church in Butner from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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Britthaven receives gift of song courtesy of Troop 1119 Members of Girl Scout Troop 1119 from Vance Charter School visited Britthaven of Henderson in December to sing Christmas carols. The girls also gave out handmade cards and crafts to the residents. Pictured (left to right) are first row: Megan Ayscue, Alexis Watson, Ella Gruchacz, Taylor Ferguson and Carleigh Roberson; second row: Alyssa Guyton, Emily Ayscue, Maddison Sossaman, Jennah Roberson, Skyler McGhee, Katlyn Brammer, Kariny Castillo and Maddie Sauer; and third row: Jasmine Allen, Cordajhia Cheek, Destiny Reid, Charlis Hawkins, Kenyetta Hawkins, Susie Williams, Breanna Harris, Mira Patel and Kalei Knight.

SHADES club brightens up Christmas The members of the Speech Hearing and Developmental Educational Society (SHADES) Social Club helped spread Christmas joy to the Henderson Middle School Exceptional Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department. The members presented a monetary contribution to Angela Pugh. Pictured are Vice President Vanessa Perry, President Tymica Fuller, Secretary Sharon Harris, Pugh and Treasurer Vera Perry.

Senior center to offer additional tax aid services For many years, AARP Tax Aide has provided volunteers to assist seniors with tax preparation. This year a team of trained volunteers will be at the Vance County Senior Center on Wednes-

days from noon to 4 p.m. beginning Feb. 3 through April 14 by appointment only. This tax assistance will be geared towards people age 50 or over, but is also available for people with low to middle

Granville Little Theatre will hold auditions Saturday and Sunday for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grease!â&#x20AC;? The production will need teenage actors in grades 9-12 only. Auditions will be held from 1-5 p.m. each day at the Oxford City Hall Auditorium, 300 Williamsboro St., Oxford. Anyone wishing to audition can come to either one of the audition days (no need to attend both). Those auditioning are asked to

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Senior center offers winter art classes Winter art classes will begin at the Vance County Senior Center on Jan. 13 at noon. The classes are for any adult interested in learning to draw and paint, including those with some expertise already. All media are taught and some supplies are available until a favorite is chosen.

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The job of patching streets was slowed because an asphalt plant was closed the middle of December and plant crews decided to take an extended holiday, Leyen said. The plant reopened Monday, but hot asphalt is not available because of the cold temperatures, so the city is doing temporary patchwork, Leyen said. Committee Chairwoman Juanita Somerville asked about recycling. “We have ordered bins,” Leyen said. “We’ve given them all out. I’m waiting on a quote to order some more. “We have put out about 200 bins since July 1, additional bins that people have requested. And we’ve got another 200 we’re fixing to order,” Leyen said. Leyen said that she is going to prepare a report for Griffin showing how much recycling has progressed the past

and $218,118,047. The top six employers in Vance were: • Vance County Schools — Education & Health Services; 1,000-plus. • Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. — Trade, Transportation & Utilities; 500-999. • Variety Wholesalers, Inc. — Professional & Business Services; 500999. • Maria Parham Medical Center — Education & Health Services; 500-999. • Vance-Granville Com-

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Health Services; 1,000plus. • U.S. Department of Justice — Public Administration; 1,000-plus. • Altec Industries, Inc. — Manufacturing; 500-999. • State of North Carolina Department of Correction — Public Administration; 500-999. The top six employers in Warren were: • Warren County Schools — Education and Health Services; 500-999. • North Carolina

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12 months, but noted the tonnage seems to be growing with a new state law having been in effect since Oct. 1. The law prohibits throwing hard plastics, such as milk jugs and soda pop containers, into garbage bins. Approximately 12,000 educational flyers have been printed and will be sent out this month with water bills, Leyen said. City Code Compliance Director Corey Williams was not present to provide a report about dilapidated structures, but Wilkerson said plans are to burn an abandoned, vandaldamaged structure off Harriett Street and close to Alexander Street. The burning will be the morning of Jan. 15 for firefighting training purposes. Mayor Pete O’Geary said that there have been many complaints about why the structure has not

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hoped the effort would bring residents together. “To me, if we can get a community watch going in every neighborhood, it would help law enforcement so much, I mean, so much,” Wilkerson said. The Clean Up Henderson Committee met for approximately 45 minutes Wednesday morning. Among items of business, City Public Works Director Linda Leyen said the loose leaf pickup season will end Jan. 15. “We’ve picked up 1.1 million pounds the month of December,” Leyen said. “We have three trucks going just as hard as they can go, working six days a week in order to get ‘em up and get ‘em gone.” The picking up of trash at curbside is a slow process because so many people left boxes piled up in front of their residences after Christmas, Leyen said.

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Deaths William R. Currie RED SPRINGS — Mr. William Ronald (Ronnie) Currie passed away, January 5, 2010, with his much loved family and friends at his side at the Southeastern Hospice House in Lumberton. Mr. Currie was born in Robeson County on March 12, 1948. He graduated from Red Springs High School, attended Montreat Anderson College, Chowan College, received his B.S. in Education from Campbell College and received his Masters in Education from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. He taught middle school science in Carthage and Southern Pines for 36 years. Among his various educational involvements was his special dedication to the Technological Student Association, a national organization which promotes science and technological interests for young people through hands on learning and competition. His passion for teaching helped many students over the years to reach national level honors in TSA competitions, specifically in aviation design and engineering. He was known by his students and colleagues for his ability to connect with and engage their love of learning. He was a life long member of Red Springs Presbyterian Church, where he served as an ordained Deacon and in

Clifton Bennett HENDERSON — Clifton Bennett, 43, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, at Maria Parham Medical Center. The family will receive friends at the residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Garnes and Toney Funeral Home.

Charles Boben FAR ROCKAWAY, N.Y. — Charles Boben, 86, of Far Rockaway, N.Y., formerly of Warren County, N.C., died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, in New York. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Boyd’s Funeral Service Chapel in Warrenton. The Rev. Preston Williams will officiate and burial will follow in Union Chapel Church cemetery in Ridgeway. He is survived by his daughter, Gloria Boben Clark of Roanoke, Va.; his son, Raymond Boben of Long Island, N.Y.; nine grandchildren; 26 greatgrandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Martha Ingrim of Kentucky and Doreen Shepard of New York; and a brother, Virdiar Boben of Queen, N.Y. The body will be on view today from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. at Boyd’s Funeral Service Chapel in Warrenton. Arrangements are by Boyd’s Funeral Service Chapel of Warrenton.

Frederick A. Crowell DURHAM — Frederick A. Crowell, 64, a resident of J.J. Henderson Towers, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, at his residence. He was the son of the late Frederick P. Crowell and Berthenia Alexander Crowell. Funeral services will be conducted at noon Monday at Wright Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Monroe. He is survived by three sisters, Janice C. Bass of

other capacities where he was always willing to be called on to volunteer. His father, Mr. Lenton Worth Currie, Jr. preceded him in death. Survivors include his mother, Elizabeth Caldwell Currie of Red Springs, N.C.; two sisters, Barbara C. Wade and her husband Lee of Henderson, N.C., Elizabeth C. Arquilla and her husband Bruce of Orland Park, Ill.; nieces and nephews, Garrett Wade and his wife Jennifer and their son Lane of Henderson, N.C., Stacey Holland and her husband Jason of Raleigh, N.C., Clare Arquilla, Michael Arquilla and William Arquilla, all of Orland Park, Ill. The family will receive relatives and friends between the hours of 7 and 9 p.m., Thursday, January 7, 2010, at Crumpler Funeral Home, 220 East 4th Avenue, Red Springs, N.C. 28377. Interment will be 11 a.m. Friday, January 8, 2010, in the Alloway Cemetery, Vance Street, Red Springs, N.C. A Memorial Service will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, January 8, 2010, at Red Springs Presbyterian Church with the Reverends Michael McGehee and Nathaniel Jackson officiating. Memorials may be made to Red Springs Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 428, Red Springs, N.C. 28377 or Technology Student Association, Southern Middle School, 717 Johnson Street, Aberdeen, N.C. 28315 or Southeastern Hospice House, 1100 Pine Run Drive, Lumberton, N.C. 28358. Paid Obituary

Oxford, Frederica Barrow of Washington, D.C., and Rosemary Crowell of Oxford; and a brother, Munday Crowell of Temple Hills, Md. The body was on view Sunday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home in Oxford. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home of Oxford.

Glen C. Currin OXFORD — Glen Cameron “Jack” Currin, 87, of 213 Delacroix St., died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at Granville Medical Center. A native of Granville County, he was the son of the late Bennie Marsh and Lillian Hart Currin. He attended Campbell College, was a veteran of World War II having served three years overseas, was a member of Oxford Baptist Church where he was recently honored as a deacon emeritus and retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 27 years. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Oxford Baptist Church by the Rev. Dr. Steve Bolton. Burial will be in Hester Baptist Church cemetery. Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Evelyn Blackwell Currin of the home; a daughter, Glenda Currin Currin of Wilmington; a son, the Rev. Glen Cameron Currin Jr. of Zebulon; a brother, Dr. Robert G. Currin of Henderson; and three grandchildren. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to Oxford Baptist Church, P.O. Box 398, Oxford, N.C. 27565. The visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford and at other times at the home.

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Lori Ann Price HENDERSON — Early Monday morning, Jan. 4, 2010, Lori Ann Price, 45, left this Earth to be with her father and the Lord. Lori was a wonderful daughter, sister, mother and “Nanny.” She was born March 3, 1964. Lori was a kind-hearted women that loved everyone she met. She didn’t know a stranger and would give the shirt off her back if she could to anyone. She is survived by her husband, Terry S. Price of Middleburg, N.C., and also by her daughter and grandson, Michele A. Walker and Joshua D. Jenks. Lori was the daughter of Robert L. Brown and Joice M. Arrangements are by Eakes Funeral Home of Oxford.

George G. Davis OXFORD — George Green Davis, 75, of 3151 Lewis Road, Oxford, died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at Duke Medical Center. He was born in Vance County and was the son of the late Charlie Mitchell and Susie Francis Eaton Davis. At an early age, he joined Mt. Zion Christian Church and attended Granville County public schools. He retired in 1995 from the General Processing Company in Oxford. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of DavisRoyster Funeral Service by the Rev. Michael W. Epps Sr. Burial will follow in Meadowview Memorial Park in Oxford. Survivors include nine daughters, Georgia Taylor, Tarqueenia Oliver, Shenna Taylor, Tiffany Taylor, Gabrielle Taylor, Patty Taylor, Dianne Davis of Henderson, and Jacqueline Nelson of Durham, and Linda Josey of Missouri City, Texas; two sisters, Margie Davis of California and Wandra Davis of Durham; four brothers, Charlie Davis of Stovall, Haywood Davis of Spring Lake, James Davis of Durham, and Edward Davis of Louisiana; and several grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the residence of Georgia Taylor, 4153 Rockwell Road, Oxford. The body will be on view at the funeral home today from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Funeral arrangements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service of Henderson.

Willie M. Dunkins OXFORD — Willie M. Dunkins, 46, of 405 Sycamore St., died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, at his home. He was the son of Alexander Dunkins and Ellen Evans Dunkins. He attended Granville

Ezzell. She also had five nieces and one greatniece, all of which she adored. Lori was an avid member of the Raleigh Road Theater family as well as a huge dirt track fan. She loved her stations and thoroughly loved and enjoyed being a DJ. The viewing will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at J.M. White Funeral Home with the funeral following at noon. The family will receive loved ones after the service at the home of Terry Price, 7109 Broad St., Middleburg. Funeral arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home of Henderson. “People will forget what you say. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Lori Price Paid Obituary

County schools. Survivors include a son, Balitito Shoffner of Oxford; a daughter, Jessyca Dunkins of Durham; brothers, Lonnie Jones, Charles Dunkins and Larry Dunkins, all of Oxford, and Roy Dunkins of Durham; sisters, Barbara Heggie, Venise Roberts, Lillie Dunkins and Pam Peace, all of Oxford, Helen Gill of Raleigh and Annie Dunkins of Durham; and a grandson. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Betts and Son Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Floyd Green. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Church cemetery. The viewing will be from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. today at the Betts and Son Funeral Home in Oxford. Arrangements are by Betts and Son Funeral Home of Oxford.

Timothy Glover DURHAM — Timothy Glover, 51, a resident of Hardee Street, died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. at Duke Medical Center. He was a native of Granville County and the son of the late George Glover and Dorie Dolby Glover. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Wright Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. George Walker. Burial will be in Cheatham Memorial Park. He is survived by a sister, Ernestine Moore of Durham; five brothers, George Glover, Clarence Glover and Samuel Glover, all of Durham, Amos Glover of Lakewood, N.J., and Eugene Glover of Morristown, N.J. The family received visitors from noon until 7 p.m. Wednesday at Wright Funeral Home in Oxford. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home.

Rena E. Gupton HENDERSON — Rena Edwards Gupton, 98, a former resident of Coble Boulevard, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, in a local nurs-

Daisy Mae Pegram Matthews DALEVILLE, Va. — Daisy Mae Pegram Matthews, 81, of Daleville, Va., passed away Jan. 4, 2010. A native of Henderson, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Roy L. and Florence Pegram and the widow of Carl M. Matthews, Sr. She is survived by her daughter, Carla Davis, and fiancé, Bryan Buchanan of Troutville, Va; two sons: Carl Matthews, Jr. and Donald Matthews, Sr. of Lakeland, Fla; five sisters: Mary Davis of Portsmouth, Va., Betty Harrison of Chesapeake, Va., Patricia Foxwell and husband, Marvin, of Elizabeth City, N.C., Priscilla Hudson and husband, Barksdale, of Chesapeake, Va., and Joan Vincent of Barco, N.C.; a brother, Charles Pegram and wife, Carolyn, of Chesapeake, Va.; ing home. Born on Feb. 14, 1911, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Ned Edwards and Betty Ayscue Edwards. She was a retired nurse’s aide and was a member of South Henderson Church of God. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the J.M. White Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Frank Hunter Gupton. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. She is survived by three daughters, Christine G. Ayscue of Henderson, and Shirley G. Scott and Brenda G. Rodgers, both of Charlotte; two sons, Edwin Thomas Gupton of Valdosta, Ga., and the Rev. Frank Hunter Gupton of Savannah, Ga.; 23 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Brodie Thomas Gupton; a son, Alfred Lee Gupton; her sisters, Margaret G. McGhee, Mattie Sue Bledsoe and Hodgie Edwards; her brothers, Benette Edwards, Morton Edwards, Charles Edwards and Lee Edwards; her great-grandson, Kevin Thomas Ayscue; and her great-granddaughter, Stephanie Tolar. The family will receive friends today from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at J.M. White Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the home of Christine G. Ayscue at 533 S. Cooper Drive, Courtyard Apt. 55. Serving as active pallbearers will be Andy Short, Ashley Short, Mike Campbell, Charlie (Pee Wee) Edwards, Tony McGhee and Greg Scott. Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home.

Elizabeth H. Wortham HENDERSON — Elizabeth Hall Wortham, 75, of 7549 Highway 96 North, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at Duke Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Ceatrice Hall and Overda Hayhte Hall. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Wright Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Harold W. Watkins. Burial will be in New Corinth Baptist Church cemetery. She is survived by two sisters, Elaine Hall Johnson of Stem and Aurnette Hall Blackwell of Oxford. The family will receive visitors Saturday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home and at other times at the residence. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home.

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COURTHOUSE, from page one room’s stamped-tin ceiling and that courtroom’s wall plaster. The work on the superior courtroom will include putting in new stained-oak caps and tops along the judge’s bench and installing additional voice/data and electrical receptacles for the court secretary and attorneys’ tables. The superior courtroom is spacious, but the acoustics are not good. The work additionally will include replacing the superior courtroom carpet and repainting all surfaces. The alternate projects will focus on upgrading the District Court lobby and courtroom, which also is on the second floor. And the work will include replacing the district judge’s bench and creating a more expanded area for the court secretary and the court reporter. Commissioner Ron Alligood at Monday evening’s commission meeting made the motion to accept the bids, with Commissioner Pete Averette seconding. After the vote, Ron Alligood asked County Development Director Scott Phillips, “Is this going to take care of the courthouse problems?” Ron Alligood added, “We’ve been hearing ‘courthouse’ now for the last five

to 10 years, I think, and I’m tired of it.” Phillips said the environment “will be for the most part taken care of” and said problems would depend on whom one speaks with. While noting one of the alternate projects will provide District Court personnel more space to work, Phillips said, “I think that the problems with capacities obviously will still be there.” The district courtroom is constantly full when district court is in session. “The initial initiative was a security based effort to provide one point of entry and exit out of the courthouse,” to provide access control to certain doors for staff and other designated personnel and to have more manageable areas, Phillips said. Brian Alligood said there still are parts of the courthouse, such as offices, where painting will need to be done and carpeting will need to be replaced, but not to the extent of the details before the commission Monday evening. “Have we fixed the leak over Sam Currin’s office?” Ron Alligood asked, referring to the district attorney’s firstfloor workplace. “Yes sir, absolutely, we sure did,” Brian Alligood said.

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“That’s primarily what I was interested in,” Ron Alligood said, noting the leak had been happening for several years. The leak had been flowing from the second-floor restrooms across from the district courtroom and down into Currin’s office. Brian Alligood said he believes increased security measures and increased personnel “will help deter a fair amount of that because a lot of that was, ‘Just how much toilet paper can we stuff in the toilet to get it to overflow?’ And I think we haven’t seen those issues since we did that work.” Brian Alligood, when asked by the newspaper for clarity afterward, said persons were causing toilet overflows in order to aggravate Currin. The interior renovation is being paid for with capital improvement funds, plus $50,000 from contingency funds. Brian Alligood said Sheriff Brin Wilkins at a later time will present a request for more courthouse security personnel. The courthouse exterior has been renovated. Contact the writer at bwest@ hendersondispatch.com.

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Now that the Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved its permit, the Henderson Collegiate Charter School is one step closer to becoming the second charter school in the city. Henderson Collegiate would join Vance Charter School, which is located on Dabney Drive. The new charter school plans to begin accepting students at its temporary location — at the corner of County Home and Health Center roads — in July of this year. The plan is to then locate permanently at what is to be the Zene Street project. Add in the three private schools in the county, and Vance has a lot to offer when it comes to education. Some might argue that the prevalence of education choices points to a lack of quality from the traditional public school system. But that’s not how we see it. More than anything, the number of private and charter schools shows that this community cares about the education of its children. People in this community care enough to do more than complain. They care enough to take action. It’s no small feat to start a private or charter school. It takes a substantial amount of time, energy and money. You need facilities, administrators and teachers to make it happen. Charter schools typically receive public funding, but aren’t held to the same framework as traditional public schools. Charter schools are still held accountable by the State Board of Education, but usually have more freedom when it comes to things like curriculum and teaching methods. The hope is that students will learn more and perform better when freed from some of the constraints of the traditional public school system. Hopefully, Henderson Collegiate and Vance Charter will see that reality. Education should be one of the top priorities in any community, and it’s nice to see people who value education enough to form a charter school. Charter schools don’t charge tuition, so money doesn’t appear to be the motivation behind these efforts. The founders of these schools simply want to see children receive a better education. It’s a worthy effort and one that we encourage and applaud.

Other Views Bad Guys: Common sense demands better record-sharing If the criminal records-keeping system now being tested by Wake County law enforcement agencies doesn’t live up to its billing, the state legislature should come right back with another one. That’s not because we should slavishly endorse every idea with a tough-on-crime reputation. It’s because we know that the deficiencies of the existing system are being paid for not only in dollars, but in blood. It’s a shame that action so often comes only after someone becomes the recognized poster-victim for a particular kind of illness or crime. The 2008 murder of Eve Carson, student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, exposed the inadequacy of 1980s-vintage technology that had left probation officers and others stumbling around in the dark. One of the men charged in the killing reportedly had committed nine different crimes while on probation, all during a six-week period in which he’d had no contact with his probation officer. It’s no stretch to say that the failure to appear, not to mention the other probation violations, should have had this particular suspect behind bars at the time the crime was committed. If all goes as planned, the new technology will lead to a system that shares relevant information among law enforcement agencies, statewide. If it doesn’t go as planned, lawmakers should lose no time fielding a better plan and the funding to make this kind of problem go away. The Fayetteville Observer

Having a Yemen visa stamped in my passport has brought wary questions from border officials over the past few years. Nowadays I’ll be lucky if I don’t get stripsearched. What a difference a botched terrorist attack makes. Yemen has become a top priority for the Obama administration since Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day. Yemen is where he told authorities he received his training and the bomb that famously fizzled in his underwear. Yemen has been popping up on our terrorism radar screen repeatedly since the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole killed 17 Americans in the port at Aden. Ten prisoners involved in that attack later escaped from a Yemen prison. Escapes like that seem to happen a lot in Yemen. That’s one reason why Yemenis make up the largest bloc — 88 out of 200 — of the remaining prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. One of 23 suspected alQaida members who tunneled out of a high-security prison in Sana’a in early 2006 was Nasser al-Wuhayshi. He now leads al-Qaida’s Yemen franchise, which claimed responsibility for the underwear bombing. I happened to be visiting Sanaa, Yemen’s 1,000-plus-yearold capital at the time with two colleagues from the New

York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, of which I am a board member. The escapees might well have been digging beneath my feet, I calculate, while my colleagues and I happened to be meeting with government officials upstairs. There’s litClarence tle question that they Page received Tribune Media help from Services members of Yemen’s security forces. Yemen has all the makings of another Afghanistan except that Yemen, Osama bin Laden’s ancestral homeland, is even more poor, corrupt, repressive, unstable and therefore hospitable to al-Qaida. Foreign Policy Magazine’s latest “Failed States Index” agrees, noting that “refugees and extremists were perhaps Yemen’s most noteworthy imports in 2008.” My most striking memories are of daggers and khat, each of which says a lot about what makes Yemen both fascinating and dangerous. The jambiya is a curved dagger traditionally with a handle carved from rhino horn and worn in the belt of Yemeni men. It beats only the AK-47

and other automatic weapons as a popular male fashion accessory, especially in the rural areas. Once the jambiya is withdrawn from its sheath it must draw blood, according to tradition, even if the owner must cut his own hand to do it. The colorful weapon symbolizes an irrepressible warrior culture that currently fuels an ethnic rebellion in Yemen’s north, a secessionist movement in its south and al-Qaida sympathies everywhere. Khat is unofficially the country’s national recreational drug and a major agricultural commodity. Little business gets done in Yemen after lunchtime unless it is done over khat (also often spelled “qat,” among other ways), whose bitter green leaves are chewed like tobacco and parked in the cheeks. As Slate writer Elisabeth Eaves wrote in 2004, “After four weeks in Sana’a, I have met, through qat, government officials, ministers, politicians, business owners, journalists, poets, aid workers, a Hamas official, and an actress. Suffice it to say that without qat I would have neither friends nor sources.” Since past attempts to illegalize khat have resulted in at least one government overthrow, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh looks the other way while the drug sucks up human energy and the country’s water supply. The leafy evergreen plant

is so lucrative and low-maintenance as a year-round cash crop that about 40 percent of the nation’s dwindling water supply is devoted to its cultivation. That leaves the country importing food amid widespread malnutrition, unemployment and dwindling oil reserves. Team Obama is looking at ways to deepen military and intelligence cooperation with Yemen’s government, which like Kabul barely controls much of the country outside of its big cities. Saleh has stayed in power for 31 years, following a string of assassinated predecessors, by balancing the interests of tribal warlords and religious leaders against those of neighboring countries. Since President Bush turned up the post-Sept. 11 heat, Saleh has tended to cooperate, as long as this country doesn’t make its influence too obvious. Obama has stepped up covert operations against Al-Qaida in Yemen and plans to send $70 million over the next 18 months to equip, train and work with Yemeni security forces to strike al-Qaida bases. But Yemen’s desperate economic, political and social problems call for a broader strategy. We need to work with our allies and the World Bank to boost Yemen’s economic development and push for a settlement of its internal disputes. One Afghanistan is enough.

Letters to the Editor Grace upon us in the new year I begin writing with an overflowing heart, praising God for the grace that He has shown me and is now surely showing the city of Henderson. I pray that the spirit of Christ will abide in these words and reach out to those in need. On Tuesday, the Zoning Board approved a temporary site for the new Henderson Collegiate charter school. Last month they approved a site for a homeless men’s shelter. Soon, planning will begin on a new Boys & Girls Club, VGCC Educational Center, health clinic and permanent charter school home in the Zene Street/REEF redevelopment project. Thanks to the Neighborhood Stabilization Program side the GOP’s reflexive attempt to exploit the incident for politi- grant and other private cal gain, speaks volumes about and public initiatives, we will soon begin rebuilding why Washington cannot seem to fix airline security — or, for our inner city neighborhoods. Our churches are that matter, anything else. uniting and a new level of So polarized has our leadership become that it is incapable trust is being seen between all races of people rich or of seeing in any dimension poor, organizations, and beyond the political. When atlocal governments. The nay tempted mass murder is seen sayers are backing up as as an “opportunity” on the one we have discovered that the side and a signal to circle the vicious dog has no teeth. wagons on the other, one can If God be for us, who can only conclude that for some, stand against us! partisanship literally matters As our state, our counmore than life itself. I know what you’re thinking try, and perhaps the world spirals into chaos, know and for the record, yes: I did that the Lord blesses those indeed make this same arguwho bless Him. And to bless ment — repeatedly — when Him is to love and bless Democrats tried to use 9/11 to those He cares about. damage George W. Bush. My cup runneth over. I renew it now with an Happy New Year! The urgency. Too often, our leaders cannot work for the greater kingdom is near! good because they acknowledge Gary Morgan no good greater than politics. Gateway CDC But if that’s truly our prime diexecutive director rective and highest imperative, Manson God help us all. The unacceptable fact is that, “eight years” after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Umar The Daily Dispatch welFarouk Abdulmutallab was able comes letters to the editor. to waltz aboard a U.S.-bound Letters must be signed, jetliner carrying explosives. include the author’s city And Republicans are wondering of residence, and should how they can turn this to their be limited to 300 words. advantage? The White House Please include a telephone point person on terrorism is number for verification. wondering how she can deflect Letters can be accepted the blame? by e-mail, but city of resiSmall wonder we have no dence and a phone number answer for the problem of air for verification purposes still security. Step one in getting the must be included. right answers? Start asking the right questions.

Questions must be asked, but not these On Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a student from Nigeria, allegedly tried to blow up a jetliner bound for Detroit. He failed due to some defect in his explosives and the quick reflexes of passengers who subdued him. As you might expect, this close call has some of us asking hard, but necessary questions: Would full body scanners have stopped Abdulmutallab before he could bring explosives aboard the plane? Shouldn’t the fact that his father alerted U.S. officials that his son had become radicalized have flagged him as a security risk? How can this incident be used to hurt the Democrats? Granted, that last one may not have been high on “your” list of pressing questions, but it was obviously of vital importance to the opposition party. As a Washington Post headline put it: “Republicans see political opportunity; GOP says jet incident is more proof Democrats are weak on security.” Sure enough, there followed a spate of condemnation, led by former Vice President Dick Cheney, who accused President Obama of “pretending” we are not at war. Just as a factual matter, it’s difficult to see how the GOP can carry off this argument with a straight face. If Abdulmutallab’s bungled attempt to blow up a jetliner on President Obama’s watch proves Democrats are soft on terrorism, it stands to reason that Richard Reid’s bungled attempt to

blow up a jetliner on President Bush’s watch proves the same about Republicans. I’m just sayin’. Not that the GOP has a monopoly on inappropriate questions. The near tragedy had Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano asking one of her own: How can I cover my backside? Her solution was to suggest, Leonard on ABC’s Pitts “This Week,” that there Distributed by was really Cagle Cartoons nothing to be concerned about. “Once this incident occurred,” she said, “the system worked.” One can only wonder what color is the sky in her reality. Perhaps Madame Secretary is unaware of this, but the system is supposed to “prevent” incidents; it deserves no praise for the fact that Abdulmutallab was competently taken into custody “after” a miracle saved the jetliner from the explosives he managed to smuggle through security. Thankfully, Napolitano recanted her nonsensical blather the next day, which, as it happens, was the day before the president belatedly conceded the “human and systemic failures” that almost led to tragedy. But I submit that her initial, defensive, reaction, taken along-

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Today is Thursday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2010. There are 358 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight: On Jan. 7, 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei began observing three of Jupiter’s moons, which he initially took to be stars; he spotted a fourth moon almost a week later. (Another astronomer, Simon Marius, who claimed to have spotted the moons before Galileo did, later named the Jovian satellites Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.) On this date: In 1608, an accidental fire devastated the Jamestown settlement in the Virginia Colony. In 1927, commercial transAtlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London. In 1942, the Japanese siege of Bataan began during World War II. In 1949, George C. Marshall resigned as U.S. Secretary of State; President Harry S. Truman chose Dean Acheson to succeed him. In 1972, Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government. Ten years ago: U.S. Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., subpoenaed Elian Gonzalez to testify before Congress in a bid to keep Elian in the United States for at least another month while

courts decided whether the 6-year-old should be returned to Cuba. (Elian never testified.) Five years ago: A military jury at Fort Hood, Texas, acquitted Army Sgt. 1st Class Tracy Perkins of involuntary manslaughter in the alleged drowning of an Iraqi civilian, but convicted him of assault in the January 2004 incident. (Perkins was sentenced to six months in prison.) One year ago: President-elect Barack Obama met at the White House with America’s four living presidents: George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Today’s Birthdays: Author William Peter Blatty is 82. Country singer Jack Greene is 80. Pop musician Paul Revere is 72. Magazine publisher Jann Wenner is 64. Singer Kenny Loggins is 62. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 61. Latin pop singer Juan Gabriel is 60. Actress Erin Gray is 60. Actor Sammo Hung is 58. Actor David Caruso is 54. “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric is 53. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 51. Rock musician Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go’s) is 51. Actor David Marciano is 50. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) is 49. Actress Hallie Todd is 48. Actor Nicolas Cage is 46. Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting) is 45. Actor Doug E. Doug is 40. Actor Kevin Rahm is 39. Actor Jeremy Renner is 39. Country singer-musician John Rich is 36. Actor Dustin Diamond is 33. Actor Robert Ri’chard is 27. Actor Liam Aiken is 20.

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