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By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

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A third person has been arrested in the Nov. 29, 2008, death of Joseph Arrington Davis III. Davis, 48, a snack truck driver, was found dead at his home at 4489 Stagecoach Road near the Granville County line. He had been killed with a shotgun and possibly another weapon. Sheriff Peter White said Friday that Charlie Christopher Terry, 31, of 1091 Jo Jackson Trail, Halifax, Va., was charged with first degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. Terry is serving a sentence in the Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville, Va., for a conviction in Mecklenburg County, Va. White said the process of extraditing Terry to Vance County is under way. Previously, two other Virginia residents — Sandra Small, 39, of Nelson and Terrell Freeman, 22, of Chase City — were charged. They are being held in the Vance County jail. Davis’ body was discovered in a bedroom by the man’s nephew, Brandon Davis, who stopped by to check on his uncle who hadn’t been seen for a few days. Davis was last seen alive at various times on Nov. 26 while he was making deliveries in the community, White said at the time. Send comments to news@ hendersondispatch.com.

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Above, from left, Terri Hedrick, from the Vance County Schools, Linwood Martin, a member of the United Way’s Volunteer Center’s board, Nancy Gray, from the United Way of Vance County, and Joan Robinson, from Kittrell Job Corps Center, wait for donations of school supplies outside Chick-Fil-A Friday morning. The drive was sponsored by Chick-Fil-A, the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, the United Way Volunteer Center of Vance County and the Vance County Schools. At right, Kittrell Job Corps students Kendetta Terry, left, and Javonte Wimbush take a monetary donation from the driver of a passing car.

Expenses, drop in water usage move Oxford toward rate study By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

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OXFORD — The City Commission’s Public Works Committee on Friday morning recommended that the full commission give the go-ahead to a $27,081 study of sewer and water rates by Raftelis Financial Consultants of Charlotte. The full commission will take up the matter at the regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. “I think we should do it,” Committee Chairman Paul Kiesow said. “I have to say that I was really impressed with what they do,” committee member Walter Cantley said of he and his fellow city officials having made a July 13 trip to the Queen City to meet with Raftelis representatives. “And it appears that we don’t have much of a choice on this one,” Cantley said. Oxford’s engineering department is a two-person operation with City Public Works Director Larry Thomas and Technician Dud Frazier. Commissioner Bob Shope, who attended Friday morning’s committee meeting, also said he will vote for hiring Raftelis. The committee in June agreed to City Manager Mark Donham’s request to get moving on having the outside study. Donham at the time cited the reasons. One is the Kerr Lake Regional

Panel: City should take a $27,000 look at what it charges consumers Water System Advisory Board, of which Oxford is a partner, approving a 6 percent rate increase in April to help cover increasing operating expenses and plans for a future expansion of the plant, which is in northeastern Vance County. Another is a need to spend approximately $21 million on projects. Donham at the time said that, in addition to this being for Oxford’s share of the Kerr Lake water plant, this would include building a third water tower in Oxford, upgrading aging utilities lines in the older part of the city and a potential expansion of the city’s state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant near the Interstate 85/N.C. 96 interchange. And Donham at the time said the city needs to keep in mind potential customers in the Triangle North Granville business park, which is taking shape near the I-85/U.S. 158 interchange and minutes away from VanceGranville Community College and Henderson. Donham and Thomas at the time additionally said Oxford was experiencing a decline in water consumption, with Thomas having noted usage was down by approximately 200,000 gallons daily. And one of the questions to be addressed in the study would be

how to fund Oxford’s expansions and improvements. The previous City Commission in July 2006 unanimously approved a study by Raftelis. The study recommended a residential sewer rate increase of approximately 17 percent, to be timed after the wastewater treatment plant came on line and to soften the impact on the municipal treasury when the city repays loans for the plant. The city discontinued discounts for industries using more than 500,000 gallons of water per day, with examples being the Revlon cosmetics plant, the CertainTeed roofing shingle plant and the Bandag tire retreading plant. The rate structure went into effect in January 2007. In other business Friday morning, the committee agreed to recommend that the full commission accept a bid of $59,694 by H.G. Reynolds Co. Inc. of Henderson to improve drainage in the Meadowbrook residential area near Thorndale Country Club. Thomas said that the lowest bidder, Ellington and Son of Oxford, lacked the proper licensing. Ellington and Son Inc. had bid $55,026, while Osborne Co. of North Carolina, which is in Eden, had bid $83,334. The problem having prompted the project is that a creek — while dry at the moment — winds from higher ground into Meadowbrook and through a Please see OXFORD, page 4A

A phone survey of other Vance Commissioners Thursday and Friday morning unanimously upheld the Planning Commitee’s 2-1 approval of three proposed projects for Golden LEAF Foundation grants totaling $1,180,000. Chosen at a noon meeting on Thursday were: • Spending $250,000 in seed money in connection with the proposed construction of a sewer line along U.S. 1 in Kittrell that could foster economic development. • A water distribution project costing $750,000 that could serve Carver Elementary School, which is on well water, in addition to nearby residences and businesses • Installation of 100 additional hydrants costing a total of $180,000 to increase fire protection in Phases 1A and 1B in the County’s water district that is waiting to become reality. Two of the committee members — Danny Wright and Terry Garrison — were in favor of the $250,000 expenditure related to the sewer line along U.S. 1, but Chairman Dan Brummitt wasn’t. Those surveyed who were in support of the committee’s decision were Tim Pegram, Vice-Chairman Eddie Wright, Scott Hughes and Deborah Brown. Brummitt said if the $250,000 were spent on the sewer project, there is no guarantee at this point that it will ever be built. The chairman related that possibility to the idea of applying to the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center for a $40,000 grant that would be used to identify the sewer line route, as well as engineering problems. The line had initially been intended to serve the Kittrell Job Corps Center, but the school is proceeding with repairing its sewer plant, which would make the proposed U.S. 1 route unnecessary for that purpose, Brummitt said. He told his fellow committee members that he would like to see if residents of Bear Pond and Kittrell could be consulted to get their ideas on the project. According to Brummitt, the proposed four-inch force-main would not have the capacity to serve economic development and future growth. The chairman said the sewer line could end up costing $4 million to $5 million dollars before it’s finished. Brummitt wondered whether the Golden LEAF Foundation would take back the $250,000 at some point if it were not actually spent on the project. He expressed hope that the money could be applied to some other effort, if necessary. Wright estimated that construction and completion of the sewer line could be five to 10 years away. The commissioner also supported a large forcemain. “We won’t borrow money for this project,” he said. “My objective is to find other sources.” He thought the $250,000 “would still be Vance’s money,” and could be used for other purposes, if needed. According to Wright, the proposed project is in line with merging infrastructure closer to Raleigh. “I support all three projects.” Garrison described himself as in agreement with Wright’s comments about the sewer line. “I think it’s doable,” he said early-on in the meeting. “We need to use our Congressional delegates to do it.” The rush among the board members Please see PROJECTS, page 3A

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Community dance — The Epsom Country Club will sponsor a community dance starting at 7:30 p.m., featuring the Shakedown Band. For more information and directions, contact Curtis Strickland at 492-6834. Warren County Farmers’ Market — The Warren County Farmer’s Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon at the corner of Market and Main streets in historic downtown Warrenton. All produce is locally grown by the vendors. For more information or to receive a vendor application, contact the Warren County Extension Center at 257-3640. Vance County Farmers’ market — The Vance County Farmers’ Market is open from 7-11 a.m. The market is located at the intersection of Williams and Arch streets in downtown Henderson. Vendors interested in selling at the market should contact Wayne Rowland at 438-8188. Oxford Farmers’ Market — The Oxford Farmers’ Market, located on the corner of McClanahan and Lanier streets across from the police station in Oxford, is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ridgeway Opry House — Performing this week are Matt Nelson, Lindburgh Tudor, Ronald Puett, Allan Reid and the Home Folks and Jackie Turner. Also open mic night. Doors open at 6 p.m. Music starts at 7 p.m. Dee’s Music Barn — Dee’s Music Barn, 3101 Walters Road, Creedmoor, will be featuring The Southern Connection Band at 7 p.m. For more information, call (919) 528-5878. Flea market — The Warren County Training School/North Warren High School Alumni and Friends Association will hold a community flea market from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 430 Paschall Station Road, Wise. Police fundraiser — The Hubert E. Tyndall Lodge #33 Fraternal Order of Police will hold a barbecue chicken plate sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church, 905 Americal Road. Tickets are $7. Free delivery for 12 plates or more available.

Sunday Appreciation Day — A Community Appreciation Gathering will be held beginning at 1 p.m. at the Elks Lodge on Rockspring St. Food and drinks will be available along with entertainment featuring gospel rap, a talent show, singing, and basketball. For more information, contact Wilma Harris at 572-4290.

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Masonic meeting — Beacon Light Masonic Lodge #249 will hold its stated communication at 7 p.m. at the lodge, located at 1204 West Andrews Ave. For more information, contact Michael Edwards at 767-3672. MADD meeting — A local chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is forming in the area and will hold an initial meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the classroom at Maria Parham Medical Center. Men and women are invited to attend. For more information, e-mail dome@nc.rr.com. Water meeting canceled — The Kerr Lake Regional Water System Advisory Board meeting that was set for 9:30 a.m. has been canceled. The next meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 21. The advisory board meets in the conference room of Henderson City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. Genealogical society — The Vance County Genealogical Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Local History Room of the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library. The public is invited to attend. City Council — The Henderson City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave.

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Tragic abuse of our leafy friends Perhaps I’m being overdramatic (begin rant), but one of the great tragedies of our time is the way trees are treated. We live in an age when our lovely leafed friends are being bulldozed by the acre (and I’m not talking about the rainforest!), carbon is Paul reaching excessive McKenzie levels in Cooperative our atmoExtension sphere, and shade on a hot summer day is more precious than gold or oil. Now I’m willing to accept a certain amount of bulldozing in the name of progress. Heck, my wife and I watched a good two acres of forest fall to the bladed beast as the land was cleared for our house. It was shocking and exciting and bittersweet. But once the land has been cleared and economic

progress has occurred, a wonderful opportunity exists — the opportunity to restore some of what has been lost. And here’s the real crime — too often, that opportunity is frittered away by bureaucracy, incompetence and indifference. What a tragedy that I can’t pull into a parking lot in August and find a shade tree to park under. We envy the lucky sap that gets there before us and finds the one shaded parking spot in a five-acre lot. I also cringe at municipal and commercial landscapes where contractors may have honored the details of the contract, but not the spirit. In too many cases, low quality trees are planted too deeply in poor soil, smothered by excessive mulch, and then strangled by forgotten guy wires. All of these mistakes are easily avoided. What’s more, it costs no more to install them correctly, and saves the cost of removal and replacement later.

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would face a 3 percent surtax for two years. Cigarette taxes will rise permanently by 10 cents per pack. Also, individuals with taxable income of at least $60,000 and couples reporting $100,000 to $250,000 would face a surtax amounting to an extra $20 for each $1,000 in tax they owe in 2009 and 2010. Couples reporting taxable income of more than that would pay $30 extra for every $1,000 they owe. Health and human services programs were given $1 billion less than the amount lawmakers appropriated last year, though much of the state cuts may be replaced by federal recovery dollars. Community support services will

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RALEIGH — Gov. Beverly Perdue signed North Carolina’s $19 billion state budget into law Friday without fanfare, announcing the news in a list of bill signings that included regulations of shellfish and golf carts. Perdue said after the General Assembly passed the measure Wednesday that she would spend a few days reading the entire document before reluctantly making the spending plan law. The governor said she would have wanted more spending for education and more taxes to pay for it, but lawmakers stopped just short of $1 billion in new taxes. The

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Talmadge W. Ayscue N.C. Rep: Health care reform led to HENDERSON — Talmadge Woodrow “Mickey” death threat Ayscue, 62, of 124 Granite St., Henderson, died Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, at the University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill. Born in Vance County, he was the son of the late Woodrow and Lois Jackson Ayscue. Mr. Ayscue was a former employee of Kennametal Inc. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. A member of Thomas Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church, he was an assistant adult Sunday school teacher. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Thomas Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church, conducted by the Rev. Don Zimmerman and the Rev. Earl Campbell. Burial will follow in the Jackson Family Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Nancy Edwards Ayscue; three daughters, Kristen Ayscue of the home, Lisa A. Harmon of Warrenton and Angela C. Hughes of Henderson; a son, Nicholas S. Carroll of Henderson; three sisters, Charlotte A. Dixon of Oxford, and Violet A. Hoyle and Patsy A. Seaman, both of Henderson; and five grandsons. He was preceded in death by a brother, Larry C. Ayscue. The family will receive friends Saturday, from 7-8:30 p.m., at Flowers Funeral Home. All other times, they will be at the home, 124 Granite St., Henderson. Serving as active pallbearers will be Randy Hayes, Roger Bibee Jr., Bob Stanley, Ricky Edwards, Ray Patrick, Robert Lester, Bryan Carey and Charles Stell. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to Thomas Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church, c/o Deborah Matthews, 863 New Bethel Church Road, Henderson, N.C. 27537. Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home.

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RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina congressman says he has received a death threat from someone upset with the debate over changing the health care system. Multiple media outlets report that a caller told a staffer for Rep. Brad Miller that the congressman could lose his life because his position on health care. The U.S. Capitol Police confirmed Friday they were looking into a threat against a congressman, but wouldn’t provide details. On Friday, hundreds of people from a group called Triangle Conservatives peacefully protested Miller’s support of President Barack Obama’s health care proposal at his Raleigh office. Miller says he is not listening to the fringes on either side of the issue and is supporting what is best for the people in his 13th Congressional District.

N.C. car dealers set to close may get more leverage RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina legislators want to give hometown auto dealers extra leverage as they fight efforts by General Motors and Chrysler to close and consolidate licensed car lots. The Senate unanimously approved legislation on Friday that backers say will clarify laws governing how carmakers license motor vehicle dealers. The measure passed the House by a wide margin late Thursday. The bill would give longtime dealers the right of first refusal for four years if GM, Chrysler or another company that succeeds a bankrupt manufacturer tries to give a license in the same market where a dealership had been closed. The proposal now heads to Gov. Beverly Perdue’s desk.

Man gets 7 years Lawmakers OK for impersonating Border Patrol officer rules after July 4 fireworks blast RALEIGH (AP) — An illegal Mexican immigrant living in North Carolina has been sentenced to seven years in prison after authorities say he impersonated a Customs Border Patrol officer and tricked illegal immigrants into paying him for proper documentation. Prosecutors say Roberto Diosdado-Star wore a Customs Border Patrol uniform that included a badge, hat and Homeland Security shield. Authorities say Diosdado-Star collected more than $200,000 from Hispanic individuals seeking legal documentation for themselves or family members and used the money to buy several vehicles and a house

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers have reacted to a fatal fireworks explosion on the Outer Banks on Independence Day with new requirements for training employees who work with pyrotechnics. The Senate voted 43-0 on Friday to approve detailed

standards for people who transport and set off fireworks at public concerts or exhibitions. The measure earlier passed the House unanimously and now goes to Gov. Beverly Perdue. The state fire marshal would issue licenses to pyrotechnics operators after ensuring they’ve had a minimum level of training and gained experience by helping to set up displays at least three times. Four workers from Wayne County died after the fireworks they were unloading from a truck on Ocracoke Island exploded on July 4.

Roanoke to promote spur of Wilderness Road with signs ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Roanoke leaders hope to draw tourists by promoting a spur of the Wilderness Road. Tourism and city representatives plan to erect signs marking the Carolina Road, which crosses the city and Roanoke and Franklin counties and eventually runs into North Carolina. Mayor David Bowers says the first sign will be erected in downtown Roanoke. All the signs should be installed by late summer or fall. The city is paying for the signs. Bowers said he didn’t know what the cost will be. The Wilderness Road traveled by early settlers begins in Philadelphia and ends in Louisville, Ky. The route includes 500 miles through Virginia, from Winchester to Cumberland Gap.

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9 governors seek federal help for pork producers By MIKE GLOVER Associated Press Writer

DES MOINES, Iowa — The governors of nine key pork-producing states sent President Obama a letter Friday urging him to rescue an industry that’s been battered by high commodity prices and worries about disease. “Today, the pork industry is facing an economic crisis that is catastrophic in nature,” the governors said in the letter. They urged Obama to purchase an additional $50 million in pork for government nutrition programs, eliminate a ceiling on how much surplus product the Agriculture Department can buy and push to expand export markets, primarily to China. “This is a situation I am taking very seriously,” Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said in a conference call with reporters. He was joined by governors from Colorado, Illi-

nois, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Wisconsin in sending the letter. “We’ve had a tremendous loss of equity and little or no profit for almost two years,” said Dave Moody, of the Iowa Pork Producers Association. The industry has been hammered by the high costs of corn and soybeans, the primary feed for hogs, but the economic trouble got worse with the swine flu outbreak, also called H1N1. “Even though pork products are very safe, the negative impact of the A/ H1N1 influenza outbreak has crippled a previously injured industry,” the governors said in the letter. Since the flu outbreak became public last spring, pork producers have lost $330 million in profits, they said. Projecting through October, the governors said those losses could exceed $1 billion and deal a crippling blow to the

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Daily Meditation Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy. Preserve my soul; for I [am] holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. Psalm 86:1-3

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A new start for the EDC The city has come to the table to work with the county on economic development, and a newly redesigned commission has been seated. We applaud the city for its interest in economic development, and we hope this new partnership will add a spark to Henderson and Vance County’s search for jobs. With the change in board composition, about half of the experience on the commission has walked out the door. Four of the nine members of the former Vance County Economic Development Commission are returning, if perhaps only for a short time. Moving on are five members who contributed 56 of the total 102 years of experience of the commission as it was seated. It’s easy to see that many of the members of the board overseeing economic development have been around for a long time. Terry Garrison, Andrea Harris, Dennis Tharrington and Sam Watkins have been members of the EDC since September 1993. Ronald Gregory and Robert L. Hubbard Sr. have been on the board since 1998; Chuck Teeter, since 2001; and R.G. “Chick” Young Jr., since 2003. Only one board member, Tommy Hester who replaced Cliff Rogers a year ago, had less than one year. Under the new plan, the county is appointing six members and the city three. With recent actions by the Henderson City Council and the Vance County Board of Commissioners, Garrison, Harris, Watkins and Teeter will keep their seats on the commission. Garrison was appointed to a three-year term by the county; Harris, three-years, by the city; Watkins, one-year, county; and Teeter, two years, county. They will be joined by John Foster, appointed for a three-year term by the county; Mike Rainey, three years, city; Thomas Church, two years, county; Paul Harris, one year, county; and James Kearney Sr., one year, city. Thus, stepping down will be Gregory, Hubbard, Hester, Tharrington and Young. County Manager Jerry Ayscue and City Manager Ray Griffin will be ex-officio. Garrison is appointed as a member of the commissioners and Rainey as a councilman. The changes present a double-edged sword. A lot of experience in economic development is being lost with the turnover. But, there’s much to be said for fresh ideas and new blood. Time will tell. Frustrations certainly have mounted on the economic front, in particular for an umbrella group formed four years ago to bring ideas to a single table. The Henderson-Vance Economic Partnership – made up of members of the EDC, the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, Vance County Tourism, Henderson-Vance Downtown Development and key leaders in the community – has complained its ideas to create more jobs haven’t been taken as seriously as they should have been by the commissioners. Last September, the partnership endorsed a reorganization that called for putting the EDC and the chamber under one roof to streamline operations. The idea had merit. Long-time EDC Executive Director Benny Finch retired from his position last December and still has not been replaced. In this interim period, we understand, the chamber has been a valuable resource. The county has said it wants the involvement of the partnership but the commissioners have demonstrated they will be doing it their way – albeit now with the city and some new faces. We certainly hope that the first order of business for the new EDC – and soon – will be to go to work with a new executive director. As far back as March the applications were said to be coming in, and as recently as June a county commissioner said we could look for a new director in July. On Friday, Dan Brummitt, chairman of the commissioners, said the new commission will have its first meeting within 60 days. While it’s our understanding that the EDC won’t be directly involved in the hiring of Finch’s replacement – that’s the job of the county manager and the commissioners – we hope we aren’t waiting much longer without an executive director. It’s time to put Henderson and Vance County back in the business of aggressively searching for jobs for our citizens.

Throughout spoken and written historic accounts of tyranny, there have been both likely and unlikely heroes and heroines who have emerged at opportune moments to thwart oppressive rule of the masses. Joan of Arc, William Wallace, the creators of the United States of America’s Constitution, the French Underground Resistance in the face of Nazi occupation, Zorro, the Three Musketeers, Robin Hood and Randolph Scott, to name some. Such a stalwart defender of the rights of the many from the wrongs done by the authoritarian few surfaces in my relatively short memory in the form of Albert. We were in the fourth grade, as I recall, or maybe the fifth, but that really doesn’t matter since the classroom in our elementary school in a blue-collar community was merely a stage for the drama that unfolded sometime around 1953. As for Albert, he was sort of a quiet enigma who had an aura of toughness about him. He was nothing, however, like the cookiecutter, Hollywood version of TwoLegged Justice. In fact, Albert looked rather plain, physically. Devoid of what one would call “social graces,” his manner was somewhat on the sullen side, to be diplomatic about it. The same hour and day — whether it was a Tuesday or a Friday, I forget — were set aside in our class every couple of weeks for the arrival of Mrs. Blackwell. I remember her as always wearing a black dress, black shoes, black eyebrows, black eyes and black hair. Wherever she put her purse, it had to have

been black, too, and so did her car which must have been parked outside. Like the bygone hangmen and other circuit riders who travelled from territory to territory in the West during its taming, Mrs. Blackwell was our public school system’s music teacher who did just about the same thing. It was her Al Wheless job to drive from one Dispatch mundane Writer academic brick building to the next to not only bring mind-numbing tunes and lyrics to students who didn’t want to hear them, but to force them to sing them as if they really cared. It couldn’t have been a well-kept secret that we hated her, which also meant that we feared her. On this particular day, precisely at the appointed time, as usual, she came through the door, and, after being introduced by our teacher once again — in understood tones that promised swift and deadly retribution if we misbehaved — Mrs. Blackwell walked to the front of the room and confronted us as we stood helplessly before her. The routine was always the same. She was the lion tamer. We were supposed to be the lions, but we knew better. There was no banter, no ice-breaking joke, no hint of warm-and-fuzzy on her part. Everyone in the class was

already familiar with what was coming next. First, she would melodiously chant: “Good morning, children.” Second, we would mechanically respond: “Good morning, Mrs. Blackwell.” Third, she would announce what we were going to sing. Fourth, she would raise her little silver pitch pipe to her lips and blow an ominous note. Fifth, we would all attempt to hum the same frequency. This time, we never got past Number Two. When the ordeal began, our tormenter looked at us and crooned: “Good morning, children.” Being our turn, we intoned: “Good morning, Mrs. Blackwell.” I was standing next to Albert on the front row, maybe four or five feet from our tormentor who never saw it coming. During the deep silence that separated Number Two from Number Three, Albert looked up at her defiantly and flatly stated his opinion of the whole thing in a loud voice that his still-breathing listeners recall more than half a century later, wherever they are. “Aw, s#*t!” It took what seemed an eternity for all of our minds — including our teacher’s and Mrs. Blackwell’s — to process the incoming information in stages. The sequence went from totally unreal to shock-and-awe to “What does this mean?” to mutiny. Mrs. Blackwell’s mouth was still open when our teacher closed hers, quickly walked the few feet from her desk to Albert, grasped him by the elbow, and escorted him into the gloomy hallway and out of the sight of 50 eyeballs.

Letters Shrine Club appreciative Dear editor, In these bad economic times Henderson Shrine Club had its annual fish fry and exceeded last year. I feel that was in part due to the support of The Daily Dispatch, WIZS radio, and the local merchants that support us. Our many thanks go out to these companies but most of all the generous people of Vance County. With the economy down and contributions down in the past few years, it had been discussed closing six of the 22 hospitals in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In the July meeting in Florida, Shrine Imperial voted instead of closing and of the hospitals we would do some restructuring and cutbacks. Thank God for that decision. We now have to work a little harder to keep them open. So any time you see a Shriner selling raffle tickets, fish tickets or anything else, please help us. On a further note, if you know a child who needs the care of Shriners Hospitals, please get in touch with me or any other Shriner. If you would like to make a contribution to the hospitals make your check payable to Amran

Shriners hospital fund and mail to Amran Temple, 11101 Creedmoor Road, Raleigh, N.C. 27614; or drop off at Advance Printers. Thanks again for all your help. Harvey L. Tyson Vance Co. Trustee Amran Temple

Joseph and the Founding Fathers I am sure most of you are aware of the story of Joseph and his “coat of many colors.” He was a man who loved and trusted God. He was sold into slavery by his brothers. But he excelled in every situation and ended up as ruler over the Egyptian people. Only Pharaoh was above him. Joseph ruled Egypt from the age of 30 until his death at age 110. Joseph’s father and brothers came to Egypt and prospered. Exodus 1:6-7 reads, “And Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation. But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.” Joseph set the scene for everyone in Egypt to live abundantly and peacefully. Our Founding Fathers did

this for us in America. They, like Joseph, were men who loved and trusted God. This is why He blessed them with the wisdom (again, like Joseph) to set up a nation where people could be fruitful and prosper. But Joseph and the Founding Fathers did not live forever. They died and the lessons of their leadership were forgotten. A new king arose over Egypt. And he viewed the freedom and prosperity of the Israelites as a threat. So he set taskmasters (slave drivers) over them. He made their work harder and forced them to build supply cities for him. Now we don’t have slave drivers in America anymore. But we do have more and more regulations that make it harder to run a business. Remember, businesses are where the jobs are. We also have a higher and higher tax burden that makes it harder to provide for our families. Our government was designed to be very limited, but it is looking more and more like the new pharaoh who did not know Joseph. Government is taking more control of our lives every day. We are not being whipped physically, but we are being whipped economically. And every lash diminishes our freedom. Now God delivered the

I honestly don’t recall ever seeing Albert again, or being given any explanation of what happened to him. As for Mrs. Blackwell, she kept coming back every two weeks after that, like nothing had occurred. I think the principal marched Albert far down nearly countless stone steps into a dungeon where he was placed in a cell and made to eat gruel from the school’s infamous cafeteria three times a day for the rest of his miserable existence. Years later, when the building was torn down and replaced with a more modern one, there must have been some aging witnesses to what had gone on in our classroom who observed the demolition project from the nearby campus sidewalk while withstanding a Winter wind whipping their clothes beneath a dark sky. Or, maybe, they stood in the middle of a downpour on a Sunday afternoon in late Spring, heedless to getting drenched. I’m sure they wondered in whispers among themselves whether Albert had been transferred under cover of night to the basement of some other secondary institution of lower learning to finish serving his sentence. The other possibility — that Albert’s bones would remain below the foundation beneath the newer school — was probably allowed to remain the unthinkable. But he was not forgotten. He lives on in our dwindling cerebral corpuscles for standing up to evil, no matter the cost. Albert is still our hero. Contact the writer at awheless@ hendersondispatch.com.

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Israelites. Some people have told me that they don’t worry about these things because they trust God to resolve it. I trust God, too. But notice that God did not teleport the Israelites to the promised land. He could have, but He didn’t. They had to walk. God wants us to have abundance. We are His children. But if we don’t want it enough to do something about it, we don’t deserve it. “But they had Moses.” Yes they did. Where is our Moses? He is you. He is me. He doesn’t have to be one person. We, the American people, have risen up to right many wrongs in our history. We must tell the new pharaoh (government) that we will not be controlled with new law after new law. Government involvement in health care and cap and trade will lash our wallets and our health. Please, don’t just repeat what someone tells you. Seek to understand these bills and the impact they will have on us. This is a small step to preserving what our Founding Fathers risked their lives to give us: Freedom. I just have one question. Will you walk? Rory Richardson, Chairman Warren County GOP

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