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O’Geary addresses countywide water talks By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

Mayor Pete O’Geary at the start of Monday evening’s City Council meeting read a prepared statement saying that he felt compelled to respond to remarks that the city is not working fairly with Vance County for the sale of water for the proposed countywide water system. O’Geary said that there have been many comments made in the local media

Evans against privatized trash pickup By WILLIAM F. WEST

Daily Dispatch Writer City Councilwoman Mary Emma Evans proclaimed her opposition to privatizing the municipal sanitation service, saying, “I’m just not buying it.” Evans, playing on an old adage in saying, “If isn’t broke, we don’t need to try to fix it,” believes what Henderson has is better than what the city would get from Waste Industries, which was the lone company to submit a proposal for the collection of household garbage and recyclables. And Evans said that, according to the customers she has heard from, they are satisfied with the service provided by the city and that she believes the city is thinking about a few dollars over sanitation employees. Please see TRASH, page 3A

Index Our Hometown . . . . . 2A Business & Farm. . . . 5A Community . . . . . . 6-7A Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . 8A Light Side . . . . . . . . . 9A Sports. . . . . . . . . . 1-6B Comics . . . . . . . . . . . 7B Classifieds. . . . . . 8-10B

Weather Today Scattered High: 65 Low: 54

Wednesday Cold rain High: 54 Low: 42

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Deaths Henderson Anthony Bullock, 53 Larry P. Reavis Essie H. Walker, 88 Manson Anna C. Ayscue Norlina William H. Green, 72 Orange Park, Fla. Rebecca D. Newton, 68 Oxford William M. Huffaker Sr., 59 Grant Peace Sr., 103 Willie M. Pruitt Allie Smith, 77

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Mayor says city is working with, not taking advantage of, Vance County via letters to the editor and in conversations in the city. “Normally, I do not publicly address such comments; however, for the sake of transparency and good intergovernmental cooperation, I feel that I must do so now,” said O’Geary, who was elected Henderson’s chief execu-

tive in October 2007. County voters in May 2008 narrowly approved going to a countywide water system. Henderson, Oxford and Warren County are partners in the Kerr Lake Regional Water System, with Franklin County being a customer of Henderson.

O’Geary, in his statement, said that, first, Henderson is very supportive of Vance County’s efforts to build a countywide water system and that development of this type of infrastructure can only help the county and the city move forward in the future. Secondly “and quite

importantly,” the city has never once and will not tie countywide zoning to the sale of water, O’Geary said. “Both are important issues and both are separate issues that must stand on their own merits,” O’Geary said. Thirdly “and equally important,” the city is not trying to “hold up” the county on how much it must pay for water, O’Geary said. Please see O’GEARY, page 3A

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Vance board updated on new school By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

Besides approving final interior colors for the new elementary school Monday night, the Vance County Board of Education also got a construction update on the facility. The various hues that were chosen were for Building 200, which will house the second and third grades, and for Building 300, which will be for the fourth and fifth grades. As of two weeks ago, the overall project was 50 percent complete, according to Brad Williams, a representative of Hite Associates, a Greenville architectural firm. He said the school should be finished in June of 2011, and ready to open for business two months later. Williams gave the board this progression list: • Site Work — 90 perDaily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE cent completed within the next three to four weeks. Waffle House opened Oct. 29 at the corner of Ruin Creek Road and Tiny Broadwick Boulevard. • Roof — 85 percent finished. • Structural Steel — At 95 percent. • Masonry — 50 percent complete. • Underground Infrastructure On Site — At 95 percent for plumbing, electrical and mechanical work. Paving of drives and restaurant hasn’t forgotview, in between customwas a treat for their dog, By DAVID IRVINE parking lots should begin ten its origins. In addition ers Rhone told The Daily who “eats human food.” Daily Dispatch Writer this week, Williams said. to the standard waffle, a Dispatch that business has This was their first visit Steve Janowski, a civil been good since the restau- to the new Waffle House. Waffles! They’re not just customer can order a butengineer working for Hite termilk waffle or a waffle rant opened on Oct. 29. “Very good,” was their for breakfast anymore. Associates, gave the board The number of diners at 2 evaluation. Henderson’s new Waffle with pecans, chocolate chips, blueberries or in the afternoon seemed to The Waffle House chain a rundown on the site House features waffles work, which will leave strawberries. confirm her assessment. began with a single reson the lunch and dinner room for the proposed Located at the intersecKimberly Smith of taurant in Avondale, Ga., menu, as well as on the middle school to be built at tion of Ruin Creek Road and Oxford sat at the counter in 1955. Today, there are breakfast menu. But the a later date. Tiny Broadwick Boulevard, early in the afternoon. She more than 1,600 restaulunch and dinner menu The redistricting plan told the Dispatch that she rants in 25 states. Waffle also lists wraps, sandwich- the restaurant advertises being developed for the 14 meals under $5. It is likes breakfast any time of House restaurants are es, burgers, chili, soups Clark Street, L.B. Yancey, the first of two Henderson day. She had ordered two open 24 hours a day, 365 and steaks. Kids’ items Aycock and Zeb Vance elelocations; the other is under breakfasts for herself and days a year. are listed on a separate mentary school populations construction on Andrews her husband to eat at home. The company estimates section of the menu. For should be presented to the Avenue near I-85. She said she loves the food that in 50-plus years it has full board for adoption at more formal meals, the Rochelle Rhone is the and the atmosphere. served almost 500 million the December or January menu offers full dinners meeting, according to Ruth unit manager for the local “The people are nice,” waffles and more than a and desserts. Waffle House, which is Smith said. “They make million orders of hashbrown Hartness, chairwoman of But back to the breakthe Building and Grounds operated by the parent com- you want to come back.” potatoes, washed down fast menu. Waffles take a Committee. pany. She worked for five Charles and Marie with a million cups of coffee. prominent spot, of course. During the committee’s years at the Youngsville Floyd of Henderson left Henderson diners can now But a diner can also order Oct. 29 meeting, Hartness Waffle House before being with a plastic container, add to those totals. eggs, bacon or sausage, said Monday, the members tapped to open the new the modern equivalent of a grits or hashbrowns, and discussed “building utilizarestaurant in Henderson. “doggie bag.” They told the Contact the writer at dirvine@ toast. tion.” hendersondispatch.com. Too busy for an interDispatch that it literally For waffle lovers, the She explained that the purpose was to build a student population at the new elementary school, while leaving room for growth at The readings, which considered carcinogenic, officials to coordinate to By WILLIAM F. WEST each of the schools in the were taken last month, with problems with TTHM flush water lines to help Daily Dispatch Writer southern district. were as follows: levels resulting when manage the TTHM levels. Posting of maps in the • For the water leaving disinfectants react with The need for circulating The Kerr Lake Regional schools that are involved the plant off Flemingtown natural organic matter in the water is important Water System Advisory should be done in NovemRoad in northeastern the water. Temperatures because when disinfecBoard met for approxiber, according to Hartness. Vance County: .021. additionally play a large tants react to the natural mately 30 minutes on She said other work to • At Oxford Booster part, with the TTHM read- organic matter, TTHM Monday, with most of the be carried out includes ings being higher in the levels will increase. session focusing on discus- Station No. 1, located off collecting feedback and adU.S. 158 Bypass: .03. summer. And Lipscomb emphasion of efforts to keep the dressing concerns. • At Oxford Booster Oxford City Manager sized she does not run the system in compliance with Also Monday night, the Station No. 2, located off Mark Donham expressed distribution system and safe water drinking laws. board voted to follow the Dabney Road: .04. concern because he said does not want to tread Christy Lipscomb, the committee’s recommen• For Warren County: his city’s last three or four over those officials. water plant’s manager, dation not to rent school samples taken from his “They’re going to have gave the most recent read- .02. facilities out to the public • For Franklin County: city’s water lines showed to handle that,” Lipscomb during the holidays so out of Trihalomethane .048. TTHM readings above the said. “All I can do is kind (TTHM) levels. The limit the custodial personnel The Kerr Lake Reregulation. of guide in what needs to is .08 parts per billion to can spend time with their gional Water System is Lipscomb went into be done to help with these families. assure that those who are required by laws to collect detail about what is belevels.” drinking water are not at ing done, emphasizing risk for contamination and samples in the distribuPlease see KLRWS, page 3A Contact the writer at awhetion network. TTHMs are the need for distribution health problems. less@hendersondispatch.com.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Mark It Down Today Special Olympics — The Vance County chapter of the N.C. Special Olympics will hold an end-of-the-season bocce tournament at 6 p.m. at the Aycock Recreation Center. Rain date is Nov. 17. For more information, call (252) 431-6091. Appearance Commission — The monthly meeting of the Henderson Community Appearance Commission will be held at 3 p.m. at the City Hall main conference room, 134 Rose Ave. Oxford Commission — The Oxford City Commission will meet at 7 p.m. in the commission meeting room of City Hall, 300 Williamsboro St. Mental health meeting — The Five County Mental Health Authority’s Consumer and Family Advisory Committee (CFAC) will meet at 6 p.m. at the Vance-Granville Community College, Warren campus, Building 4, Room W432, 210 W. Ridgeway St., Warrenton. For more information, call 430-1330, ext. 3035 and ext. 3050. Board of Elections — The Vance County Board of Elections will meet at 11 a.m. for canvass. Following canvass, the Board of Elections will meet for its regular meeting. Both of the meetings will be in the Vance County Board of Elections Office in the Henry A. Dennis Building, 300 S. Garnett Street, Henderson. Advisory Committee — The Granville County Citizens Advisory Committee for Environmental Affairs will meet from 4-5 p.m. in the conference room on the first floor of the old brick building of the Tobacco Research Station, 300 Providence Road. Lee Bodenhamer, general manager of the Vance-Granville branch of Waste Industries, will give a perspective about recycling in Granville County. ECA — The Williamsboro County ECA Council meeting will be held at 4 p.m. at the Vance County Cooperative Extension Center, 305 Young St., Henderson. Cooperative extension agent Mary Helen Jones will present a program on “When Parents Fight,” which will focus on current research findings on the effects of parental conflict on child outcome. The public is invited. For more information, contact Lucille Alston, president, at (252) 492-8401.

Wednesday Wednesday Farmer’s market — The Wednesday Farmer’s Market, located near the track behind the Henderson Family YMCA, 380 Ruin Creek Road, is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. selling local produce. 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.

Thursday Parks and rec committee — The Henderson-Vance Parks & Recreation Committee will meet at noon at the Aycock Recreation Center, 307 Carey Chapel Road. Retired school personnel — The Vance County Unit of the N.C. Retired School Personnel will meet at 11 am. at the Western Sizzlin, 619 Ruin Creek Road, Henderson. Guest speaker will be Kelli Foti and she will talk about different types of insurance. Marvin Green from ACTS will also be a guest. Members are asked to bring canned food and non-perishable food items to donate to ACTS. Members needing transportation can call Louise Kelly at (252) 438-8071 or W.T. Ramey III at (252) 492-3096. BPW meeting — The Henderson Business and Professional Women’s Club (BPW) will hold its regular monthly dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the boardroom at Maria Parham Medical Center. New members and guests are welcome. For reservations, call (252) 438-6732. Chess Club — The Henderson/Vance Chess Club, affiliated with the U. S. Chess Federation, meets at the First United Methodist Church from 6 to 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). Lion’s Club — The Henderson Lion’s Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the Henderson Country Club. Anne Joyner will be the guest speaker. Anyone who is interested in becoming a member of the Henderson Lions Club, please contact Randy Oxendine at oxendine@nc.rr.com.

Dabney Elementary volunteers (above) plant some of the 38 azaleas awarded to the school. (At right) Zeb Vance Elementary School staff members are shown as they plant some of the 50 azaleas received by their school near the front entrance.

Two local elementary schools get a boost to beautification projects Zeb Vance Elementary School and Dabney Elementary School have been selected by N.C. Beautiful’s 24th annual Azalea Celebration to receive azaleas for beautification projects at the schools. At Zeb Vance, a special beautification prize of 50 azaleas was awarded for use in the group’s 2009 Beautification Project. “We are very lucky to have been selected to receive this grant to help support our beautification project at Zeb Vance,” said Anne Garrison, principal. “We recently have completed the installation of a walking path around our school grounds, and are also continuing to work on a memorial garden to honor two of our students

who have passed away, Tyler Moss and Jamarri Johnson. This will be completed soon, and we will be able to then have our dedication ceremony. The azaleas look great, and we can’t wait for our students, staff and community to be able to enjoy this wonderful atmosphere of health, fitness and remembrance. Garrison also thanked the Vance County Schools’ Maintenance Department for their continued support throughout the path installation, and more specifically, with the removal of the overgrown landscaping at the entrance to Zeb Vance. “Without their support and assistance, this project would not have been able to be completed,” she said.

Dabney Elementary School was also selected by N.C. Beautiful to receive 38 azaleas for use in the group’s 2009 beautification project. Katherine Reed, chairperson of the school’s beautification committee, was very excited when she received notification that Dabney had been chosen. The committee has made extensive plans to improve the school campus and to make it look more attractive. Both awards are part of N.C. Beautiful’s 24th annual Azalea Celebration, which rewards North Carolina community groups for improving their communities through creative landscape projects. The annual Azalea Celebration, developed

Franklinton Area Community Theater to present ‘Seussical Jr.’ Friday and Saturday The Franklinton Area Community Theater will present “Seussical Jr.” on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Franklinton High School auditorium. Tickets are $5. “Seussical Jr.” is a musical production conceived by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty,

and Eric Idle based on the works of Dr. Suess. “Seussical” brings to life Horton the Elephant, Getrude McFuzzy, Lazy Maycie and all the Who’s of Whooville. Franklinton Area Community Theater is a community baed theater group directed by

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“While negotiations continue, the proposed sale price has always been, and still is, less than that established for both Kittrell and Franklin County,” O’Geary said. “The lower rate is based on the fact that the county will be a large volume user for 40 years and the county’s success in developing its water system is good for both the county and the city’s future economic well being,” O’Geary said. And O’Geary cited one of the municipal government’s core values: “We value a good working relationship with the county of Vance and be-

lieve by working together in a cooperative effort we can better address the strategic challenges and opportunities facing our community.” “It is in this spirit that we will continue to work with and negotiate in good faith with the county regarding the proposed countywide water system,” O’Geary said. “It is also in this vein that we will continue to seek to meet with the county to discuss solutions for more equitable funding formulae for the several joint programs provided by both jurisdictions,” O’Geary said.

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“Finally, we will always seek to work with the county to address opportunities that help improve the lives of our citizens and the quality of life within our community,” O’Geary said. No one on the County Commission has come up with specific figures at the regular commission meetings. The county’s focus has been on the creation of four water districts, obtaining grants and getting county residents to sign onto the system.

Oxford City Commissioner Paul Kiesow said the northern Granville County town of Stovall, which gets its water from Oxford, was not mentioned. Donham said Stovall will have to be in sync with Oxford. Henderson City Manager Ray Griffin credited Lipscomb with bringing the distribution officials together, starting in September. And Griffin noted Lipscomb has started an eightpoint process for improving the water that is coming out of the plant. “We’ve also talked about modeling the system to look at our times that water goes throughout the system” because the system has become so spread out, Henderson Assistant City Manager Frank Frazier said. Lipscomb told the Dispatch that Franklin County has had a couple of high readouts of TTHM, but that their levels have not been consistently high. Lipscomb said the next samples will be taken in January. The Kerr Lake Regional Water System is a partnership of Henderson, Oxford and Warren County. Henderson is selling water to Franklin County and Vance County voters in May 2008 narrowly agreed to a countywide water system.

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service “percentage wise is pretty much the way it is across the state on that part of it.” The proposal calls for shifting from backdoor service to curbside service, with exceptions for those who are physically challenged. “But, this is where we are today,” said Frazier, who along with Leyen is continuing to recommend going with Waste Industries. The Dispatch will follow with a report about public comments made at the meeting against privatizing the service.

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TRASH, from page one And Evans maintained her belief that sanitation employees are going to lose their jobs, even though city officials are assuring no one would be receiving pink slips. Of 10 sanitation employees that would be impacted if privatization is approved, three are temporary workers. Waste Industries would need three workers with a commercial driver’s license and the remaining four workers will be offered a reassignment within the city’s operations or their positions will be eliminated by attrition. Evans said she hoped her fellow council members would consider

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Deaths Anna C. Ayscue MANSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Anna Copley Ayscue, died Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at Community Memorial Healthcenter. She was a Mecklenburg County, Va., native born to the late James Henry Copley and Bessie Whittemore Copley. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Carl B. Ayscue Sr. The Rev. Davy Mayo will conduct funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Blaylock Funeral Home with burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery. Surviving are three children, Carl B. Ayscue Jr. of Embro, Cheryl A. McMullen of Manson and Michele A. Perkinson of Warrenton; three sisters, Karen C. Cobb of Richmond, Va., Alma C. Ostrander of Richmond and Shirley C. Lyles of Macon; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Memorials should be made to Norlina Christian School. The family will receive friends prior to the funeral service on Wednesday from 1-2 p.m. at Blaylock Funeral Home. Arrangements are by Blaylock Funeral Home of Manson.

Anthony Bullock HENDERSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Anthony Bullock, 53, of 439 Bryant Abbott Road, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Granville Medical Center. The family will receive friends at the residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced by DavisRoyster Funeral Service.

William H. Green NORLINA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; William H. Green, 72, of 236 Yancey Road, Norlina, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, at his residence. Funeral services are incomplete at this time but will be announced later by Boydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funeral Services in Warrenton.

Rebecca D. Newton ORANGE PARK, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rebecca D. Newton, 68, of Orange Park, Fla., died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. She was born in Henderson, N.C., on Jan. 27, 1941, and was a 1959 graduate of Henderson High School. She was preceded in death by her parents, Loyd and Durema Daniel of Henderson. She is survived by her husband, Elbert Clay â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alâ&#x20AC;? Newton; a daughter, Kimberly N. Pruitt; a son, Elbert Clay Newton Jr.; three granddaughters; a grandson; a sister, Barbara Daniel Griffin; and a brother, Loyd R. Daniel Jr. A memorial fund has been established to help defray funeral and burial expenses. Contributions may be made

William M. Huffaker Sr. OXFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; William Michael Huffaker Sr., 59, of 6195 Horner Siding Road, Oxford, N.C., died at home on his beloved farm on November 8th after a courageous battle with Melanoma. Mike was born on October 5, 1950, to Clyde Lee Huffaker, Sr. and Helen Clark Huffaker, both deceased, in Knoxville, Tenn. Mike grew up in Tazewell, Tenn., where he was active in his churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth group as well as in the local Boy Scout Troop. He was the starting quarterback for the Claibourne County Blue Devils and continued playing football at Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn., as well as at Morehead State University in Morehead, Ky. Mike received his undergraduate BS degree with a major in Biology and minor in Chemistry in 1973. In 1975 he received his masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in Science from Morehead State University. Mike was a lifelong educator with his teaching career beginning to Vy Star Credit Union, P.O. Box 45085, Jacksonville, Fla. 32232, Account #702795484.

Grant Peace Sr. OXFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Grant Peace Sr., 103, of 5505 Antioch Road, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at Granville Medical Center. He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and a retired farmer. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at Antioch Baptist Church by the Rev. Joe David Shaw Jr. Burial will be in the church cemetery. He is survived by five sons, Grant Peace Jr. and Leonard Peace, both of Oxford, Garland Peace of Largo, Md., William Henry Peace of Farmville, Va., and Johnny Blackwell of Elizabeth City; seven daughters, Sarah Priscilla Lemay, Mable Williams, Mary Lee Pettiford, Mamie Perry and Ida Blackwell, all of Oxford, Annie Idenia Williams of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Lucille Hawley of Kittrell; 50 grandchildren; 111 greatgrandchildren; and 11 greatgreat-grandchildren. The viewing will be Wednesday from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home. Arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home.

in 1973 at Morehead State University as a teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assistant in Invertebrate Zoology. Upon receiving his Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree he taught Anatomy and Physiology at Maysville Community College in Maysville, Ky. He also helped write an environmental impact statement while teaching in Kentucky. Mike moved to Oxford in 1978 and began teaching at Vance Granville Community College in Henderson, N.C. He helped form the International Human Anatomy and Physiology Society, where he was one of the charter members. He also taught at Piedmont Community College in Roxboro, N.C., from 1986-1987. He taught EMT, Hunter Safety, First Aid/Safety, and CPR courses during his lifetime. He certified a large number of individuals who were later credited with saving many lives. Mike was an avid outdoorsman and conservationist and was passionate about hunting, fishing, and wildlife. He created wildlife habitats on his farm and worked for wildlife enhancement. He was a lifelong member of Quail and Ducks Unlimited, NRA, NC Wildlife Habitat Foundation, Sierra Club, and Audubon Society. Mike was a loving and devoted husband to his wife Gail Smith Huffaker and a

loving and totally devoted father to his son Will. Mike is also survived by his brother Lee Huffaker of Maryville, Tenn., and sister Phyllis Stark of Oxford, N.C. Mike was a member of Oxford United Methodist Church where he was Den Leader with Pack 637 Cub Scouts, and a committee member of Boy Scout Troop 637. He coached soccer, basketball, and T-ball at the Henderson YMCA for a number of years. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m. at the Oxford United Methodist Church by the Rev. Pat Hawkins. A private graveside service will be held at another time on Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farm in Oxford overlooking the lands and farm he loved. Serving as pallbearers will be Leon Dillard, Charles Pleasants, Johnny Newell, David Wallhausser, John Rexrode, and Joe Stepusin. Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to the Vance Granville Community College Endowment Fund in memory of William M. Huffaker, Sr., P.O. Box 917, Henderson NC, 27536 to help create a perpetual scholarship. Arrangements are by the J.M. White Funeral Home.

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children; and eight greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Betts and Son Chapel by the Revs. Dorwin Howard and Michael Hamlin. Burial will follow in the New Grassy Creek Church cemetery. The viewing will be from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. today at the Betts and Son Funeral Home in Oxford. Arrangements are by Betts and Son Funeral Home.

OXFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Willie M. Pruitt, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Southern Pines. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Gentry-Newell and Vaughan Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Meadowview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. at the funeral home. A complete obituary will be published later.

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Allie Smith OXFORD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Allie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alâ&#x20AC;? Smith, 77, of 2546 Little Mt. Creek Road, died Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at the Granville Medical Center. He was a Granville County native. Survivors include a son, Fredrick Smith of Henderson; six daughters, Gwen Bullock of the home, June Smith, Linda Durham, Charlene Jones, Sherry Smith and Jamie Smith, all of Oxford; three brothers, Harvey Smith of Oxford, James Smith of Durham and Thurman Smith of Oxford; and a sister, Allice Bullock of Oxford; 14 grand-

HENDERSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Essie Harris Walker, 88, of 3030 Rock Spring Church Road, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Revs. James Harris and Susie Henderson Harris. She was a retired teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aide for the Vance County School System. She is survived by three daughters, Olivia W. Reid of Woodbridge, Va., Kiefer Daniel of Durham and June Ellis of Manassas, Va.; a son, Ronald Walker of Greensboro; a sister,

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HENDERSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Larry Peete Reavis, of 6764 Vicksboro Road, Henderson, N.C., went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, November 7, 2009 with his family and friends by his side. Born in Warren County, he was the son of Lana Jones Reavis, of Henderson, and the late Thomas Edgar Reavis. Mr. Reavis was a retired agent with Consolidated Marketing Insurance Company. He was a former employee of Laurenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Glass Inc. and Lowes Inc. He was a United States Army Veteran of the Vietnam War. A member of Harriett Baptist Church, he was a former Deacon and Sunday School Teacher. He also attended South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at New Sandy Creek Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Timothy J. Burgess, the Rev. Frank Sossamon, and the Rev. Ben Bates. Burial, with Military Honors, will follow in the church cemetery. Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his wife, Sandra Duke Reavis; a daughter, Tyler Reavis, of the home; three sons, Scott Roberson, and wife, Debbie, of Franklinton, N.C., and Terry Roberson, Gail Martin of Manson; two brothers, Dwight Harris of Henderson and Reginald Harris of Johnstown, Pa.; 27 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Woodsworth Baptist

and wife, Teresa, and Mike Reavis, and wife, Dee, all of Henderson; three sisters, Betty Thompson Jones, and husband, Pete, of Warrenton, N.C., Anne R. Davis, and husband, Charles, of Rocky Mount, N.C., and Linda R. Sharpe, and husband, John, of Henderson; two brothers, Robert Reavis, and wife, Betty, of Savannah, Ga., and Alvin Reavis, and wife, Shelia, of Skippers, Va.; and 10 grandchildren, Chetna Patel, Marissa Patel, Ashton Roberson, Ethan Roberson, Chelsey Roberson, Tara Roberson, Josie Roberson, Branson Reavis, Jonathan Pendergrass, and Brycen Pendergrass. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Kimberly R. Falkner; and his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Ida and George Duke. The family received friends Monday, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Flowers Funeral Home. All other times, they will be at the home, 6764 Vicksboro Road, Henderson. Serving as active pallbearers will be Mike Reavis, Terry Roberson, Scott Roberson, R.G. Peoples, Donnie Hoyle, Donald Keeton, Mitch Thompson, and Jason Thompson. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to Hospice, 1937 N.C. 39 Highway North, Louisburg, NC, 27549. Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home. Paid Obituary

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Mutual of Omaha may have had its own “aha moment.” The insurance company has decided to settle its lawsuit against Oprah Winfrey’s production company over rights to the phrase. Jim Nolan, a spokesman for Mutual, and Angela DePaul, a spokeswoman for Winfrey’s Chicago-based Harpo Productions Inc., would only say Monday that the case was resolved amicably. Documents filed last month in U.S. District Court in Omaha do not outline details of the settlement. Mutual and Harpo began sparring earlier this year after Mutual starting using the slogan “official sponsor of the aha moment” in a national advertising campaign. Harpo asked Mutual in a letter to stop using “aha moment” to promote its insurance and financial products because it didn’t want confusion about whether there was a relationship between Mutual and Winfrey. Winfrey’s representatives argued in April that the phrase was synonymous with Winfrey and her show. Mutual responded with the lawsuit and documents showing it had obtained preliminary approval of a federal trademark. The insurance company said it conceived its slogan in February 2008 and unveiled the Web site www. ahamoment.com a year later. It began researching trademark rights to “aha moment” in July 2008 and filed an application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that August. Mutual said no opposition was made to its trademark application, and preliminary approval was granted in April. Mutual originally asked the court for a legal declaration allowing it to use the slogan and pronouncing that Mutual has not infringed on Harpo’s or Winfrey’s rights. Harpo never filed a formal response to Mutual’s lawsuit. Mutual asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed last month, and the judge entered his ruling Oct. 22. As part of its ad campaign, Mutual sent a crew on a 25-city tour to collect video stories of people describing a turning point in their lives when they realized something important. Visitors to Mutual’s Web site helped the insurance company pick ten of the “aha” stories to appear in television commercials starting next year.

Stocks Listed below are representative interdealer quotations at approximately 4 p.m. Monday from the National Association of Securities Dealers. Prices do not include retail mark-up, mark-down or commission. ACS 55.41 ATT 26.34 Ball Corp. 50.86 BankAmerica 15.77 BB&T 25.23 Coca-Cola 55.48 CVS 30.90 Duke Energy 16.31 Exxon 72.85 Ford 8.18 General Elec. 15.85 Motors Liquidation 0.58 Home Depot 26.81 IBM 126.00 Johnson & Johnson 60.75 Kennametal 24.99 Krispy Kreme 3.38 Louisiana Pacific 6.61 Lowes 21.25 Lucent Tech. 3.96 Pepsico 62.28 Phillip Morris 18.87 Procter & Gamble 61.85 Progress Energy 38.01 RF Micro Dev 4.24 Royal Bk Can 53.49 RJR Tobacco 49.10 Revlon 14.79 Sprint 3.43 Sun Trust 21.00 Universal 43.53 Verizon Comm. 30.17 Vulcan 48.73 Wal-Mart 52.00 Wells Fargo 28.40 Wendy’s 4.42 Establis Delhaize 75.89

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Deadline in Google book deal extended to Friday SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge has given Google Inc. more time to revise a legal settlement that has drawn government scrutiny because it would give the Internet search leader the digital rights to millions of out-ofprint books. Under a change approved Monday, Google and groups representing U.S. authors and publishers now have until Friday to change an agreement reached more than a year ago. It marked the latest twist in a copyright lawsuit that the authors and publishers filed against Google’s digital book project four years ago. The revisions to the settlement were supposed to be filed by the end of Monday, but Google and its negotiating partners told U.S. District Judge Denny Chin they still needed to address objections raised in September by the U.S.

Justice Department. Chin signed off on the extension without comment. The Justice Department has warned it probably would try to block the current agreement from taking effect because antitrust regulators had concluded it threatened to thwart competition and drive up prices. Some of the Justice Department’s preliminary findings echoed concerns from a chorus of critics that include Google rivals Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc., and Amazon.com Inc. Google, based in Mountain View, Calif., had insisted the settlement merited court approval until the Justice Department raised red flags. In its current form, the settlement would entrust Google with a digital database containing millions of copyright-protected books, including volumes no longer being published.

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broad continuum of risk, and cigarettes are at the far risky end of that, and it’s possible to have far less hazardous products that would probably meet the needs for a very significant number of smokers,” Sweanor said. The possibility of a deal between Reynolds and Niconovum was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Karl Olov Fagerstrom, an expert on smoking cessation and nicotine dependence, formed Niconovum in 2000, according to its Web site. Niconovum did not immediately return calls seeking comment. Reynolds American spokesman David Howard declined to comment. Reynolds, like all tobacco companies, is looking to cigarette alternatives such as smokeless tobacco for growth as demand for cigarettes has declined as taxes, health concerns, smoking bans and social stigma have increased.

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Vance-Granville Community College’s Day Care Center, located on the college’s main campus in Vance County, received special guests during the week of Oct. 5, as the children studied safety and Great Beginnings Christian Child Care Center’s three- and four-year-olds participated in Fire fire prevention. One morning, Tim Twisdale of the Watkins Volunteer Fire Department visited with a fire truck. The other visitors included Lt. Irvin Robinson of the Henderson Police Department, and his Prevention Month. Asst. Chief Jason Edwards and Lt. William Boyd of the Bearpond Fire Defriend, McGruff, the Crime Dog. “ Above, McGruff and Lt. Robinson pose with the four-year-old class. partment visited the center to talk about the importance of being prepared in case of fire.

VGCC offers administrative assistant training for those who need to brush up on computer skills Vance-Granville Community College will offer a course on the college’s main campus in Vance County that trains people for jobs in today’s computer-driven

offices. “Administrative Assistant Essentials” will be offered Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon, Nov. 23 through Feb. 26, 2010.

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Henderson Institute alumni chapter hears update on Vance County schools

Students take learning from classroom to concert hall

At the Henderson Institute Triad Chapter meeting in early October, Gloria J. White, chairperson, Vance County Board of Education, gave an informative talk on changes in the Vance County school system. Topics included the early college program, the decrease in public school enrollment due to the growing number of private schools and charter schools, and rezoning due to the closing of Clark Street Elementary and the opening of the new school (not yet named) on Garrett Road, which is scheduled for September 2010. Pictured with White is Louis Thomas, Triad Chapter program coordinator.

A group from Vance-Granville Community College poses outside Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh. More than a dozen VanceGranville Community College students recently moved their study of opera from the classroom to one of the state’s finest performing arts facilities. VGCC music instructor Michael Stephenson took a group of students, along with a few VGCC faculty and staff members, to Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, to see Rigoletto, the opera by the 19th-century Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The opera was presented by the Opera Company of North Carolina at the opening of their 2009-2010 season. “This was the first opera performance that any of the students had ever attended,” Stephenson said. “It was a world class performance.” The students are enrolled in one of Stephenson’s three music appreciation classes — one taught at the college’s main campus, one taught at South Campus in Granville County and one taught online.

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Daily Meditation What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

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Life in prison not inherently cruel Supreme Court justices are often sharply divided. And frequently the cases under consideration have implications far beyond the fate of the specific plaintiffs or prosecution and defendants involved. On Monday, justices heard arguments on whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment. At issue are two cases involving crimes committed by Florida teenagers. Joe Sullivan, now 33, was sent away for life after being convicted of the rape of an elderly woman; a crime committed when he was 13. Terrance Graham, now 22, received a life sentence for armed robberies committed when he was 16 and 17. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that “because of immaturity, you can’t really judge a teenager at the point of sentencing.” Conservative justice Samuel Alito argued that a defendant who has committed rape perhaps deserves life in prison. We agree with both positions, and believe that is why a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole can sometimes be a justifiable penalty, and certainly not cruel and unusual punishment. In the case of Graham, if nobody was hurt in the armed robberies he committed as a teenager, a life sentence might — someday — be deemed to have been too much. That could be for a future court or parole board to determine after he shows a large measure of rehabilitation in prison. But a 13-year-old who commits the very adult crime of rape — against an elderly woman, no less — is quite possibly already too dangerous a predator to ever be safely returned to society. Deeming a life sentence to be automatically cruel and unusual based on the offender’s age strips away the court’s ability to protect the public from the most dangerous of offenders. And that’s something that should never happen, regardless of the perpetrator’s age.

Quotable “This is an important milestone as the Iraqi people continue to take responsibility for their future. I want to congratulate Iraq’s leaders for reaching this agreement. The United States will continue to stand with Iraq as a strong partner and as a friend.” — President Barack Obama, in a statement after Iraq’s parliament passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the U.S. troop withdrawal. “There is an accountability of their contracts, and there is a serious corruption in the implementation of those projects. And the responsibility for this corruption is (with) the international community. I am hopeful that by joint cooperation we will be able to overcome all these challenges.” — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in a statement saying donor countries share some of the responsibility for rampant corruption in Afghanistan while also pledging that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration.

When I was a kid, I went to Times Square and looked up at the billboards. They were massive. Biggest signs I ever saw. “How do you get up there?” I asked my grandmother. “You have to be famous,” she said. For the Mitch rest of my A lbom childhood, that was the Tribune Media mountaintop Services of celebrity. A billboard in Times Square. The fact that you had to crane your neck to see it, to squint into the blinding sun of fame, well, it was literally, figuratively and physically the top of the heap. On every visit, I took notice of what ruled the Times Square roost. Was it a new Broadway show? Was it someone modeling low cut jeans? Was it that famous coffee pot for A&P that opened

and emitted steam? Whatever loomed, it was larger than life. And now? Now it could be Phil. Or Jane. Or Irv. Or Tyler, Max, Freddy or Sam, your little brother, your next-door neighbor or the mailman. Thanks to a new promotion, you can be the giant face in Times Square — for 15 seconds. Andy Warhol was only slightly off.

What a great concept This new 25-story opportunity comes courtesy of American Eagle, the clothing chain, which is opening a store in Times Square and is offering anybody who buys anything from that store the chance to be on their massive billboard for 15 seconds. You don’t even have to buy something expensive. A shirt. Pants. Even a pair of socks will do. You fork over a few bucks, they take your photo, you run outside, and within 15 minutes, there you are, larger than life, for 15 seconds

— which, of course, is long enough to snap a gazillion photos, send them out all over the Internet and live in your moment of fame forever. On the one hand, it’s a brilliant marketing idea. Who wouldn’t buy a pair of socks for a chance at the Mt. Olympus of commercial exposure? This is the air space that once featured a giant winking penguin or a billboard of people’s butts adorned with smiley faces. “We’d love this to become the newest landmark in Times Square,” the marketing chief for American Eagle, Steve Kubinski, told USA Today this past week.

What a stupid concept On the other hand, if everyone is literally famous for 15 seconds — and for nothing more than buying a flannel shirt — how famous is famous? This is all part of the narcissism culture that moved from T-shirts with your kids’ faces to chest thumping to

celebratory rap lyrics through Me Cameras, reality TV, YouTube postings and now, the last pinnacle, a Times Square billboard. You used to have to do something to become famous. Now being famous is doing something. The most important currency in this country is not measured on green paper. It’s measured by how many people point at you and say, “Aren’t you...?” I have this vision one day of a world where it is so easy to be famous, that the only really celebrated person will be the one who escapes attention, like some fugitive, a dark knight, a Batman of anonymity. Of course, that will be hard to do when everyone gets his or her 15 seconds. Twenty-five stories high. It makes me wonder what my grandmother would have thought. Walking through Times Square, holding her grandson’s hand, seeing him look up, eyes wide, and ask her, “Who’s that?” And she’d say, “That’s Phil. And they were ugly socks.”

Other Views Hearings show need to hold candidates more accountable

Dems find hope in GOP chaos Democrats took it on the chin in this year’s off-off-year gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. Since those are two states that President Obama won last year, vulnerable Democratic lawmakers in next year’s elections are feeling as nervous as Glenn Beck at an ACORN convention. But the Dems can find a silver lining in the high-profile Democratic victory in a traditionally Republican upstate New York district. The lesson in that contest: National Republican leaders are taking the title for infighting away from the traditionally fractious national Democrats. That’s one important lesson to be come out of this year’s contests. Here are two more: 1. The magical Obamamania that energized young voters, in particular, last year was historic but not easily loaned out to other Democrats. 2. Colorful extremists fire up a party’s base and raise a lot of money, but moderate swing voters tend to decide who wins. Obama’s coattails were too short to give New Jersey Gov. John Corzine anything to grab onto as he struggled in vain to keep his seat. Exit polls show voters were fed up with high taxes and corruption scandals. Repeated campaign visits by President Obama, Mr. Change himself, could not save a governor who had come to represent a despised status quo. Nevertheless, the even bigger loss suffered by Virginia’s Creigh Deeds showed that it is better for a Democrat to have Obama by your side than out of sight. After failing to get anywhere by distancing himself from Obama, Deeds was delighted to have Obama campaign with him. But Deeds learned too late what Al Gore learned by spurning the help of Bill Clinton in 2000: Don’t distance yourself from people whom your voting base still adores.

The possibility that the 2009 contests are a preview of bigger Democratic losses in next year’s midterm elections puts a chill up the spine of vulnerable Democrats at a bad time. Party leaders need all the spine they can muster to pass a strong health care overhaul bill this year. With Deeds’ demise in mind, Democrats would do well to remember what the late Clarence Texas-based columnist Page Molly Ivins Tribune Media used to say, Services “Dance with the one that brung you.” The Democratic base expects to see a meaningful health care overhaul and they’ll be even more turned off next year if they don’t get it. With that in mind, Democrats can find some hope in Republican disarray, as evidenced by Democrat Bill Owens victory in New York’s 23d district. Party leaders anointed State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava to fill Rep. John McHugh’s seat after he was appointed secretary of the Army. But she wasn’t conservative enough for purists like Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Kristol, Sean Hannity and the Club for Growth. They backed Doug Hoffman, a self-described fan of anti-tax tea party protests and Fox News’ excitable Beck. When Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a 2012 GOP presidential hopeful, endorsed Hoffman, the race became a test of clout for the talk-show-driven, populist-conservative movement born out of this year’s anti-tax, anti-Obama “Tea Party” movement and town hall protests. Former Speaker Newt Gingrich warned against dividing the party and handing Speaker

Nancy Pelosi another Democratic vote in the House. He was jeered by the Palin populists for that, but Newt turned out to be right. I don’t know if Obama had such a fight in mind when he appointed McHugh, but if I were him I would claim I did. Thanks to the tea party populists, the move bore sweeter fruit than Democrats had any right to expect. Undaunted, Palin declared on her Facebook page, “The race for New York’s 23rd District is not over, just postponed until 2010.” Of course, in the meantime, a Democrat will be filling the seat and casting the votes. But the Palin populists seem to care less about winning campaigns at this point than winning arguments. A better model for Republican success is provided Virginia’s governor-elect Bob McDonnell. He beat Deeds by moving to the center, soft-pedaling his background as a Pat Robertsonaffiliated social conservative and addressing practical issues like taxes and transportation. McDonnell didn’t have to reassure his conservative base, since Deeds’ negative ads ironically did that job for him. As a result, attacks from his left freed McDonnell to run as an Obama-style centrist, not a Palin-style barnstormer. That’s a lesson for charisma-challenged Republican leaders as they try to get back into power in Washington. The GOP’s angry tea-party conservatives can raise money and whip up excitement in the discontented Republican base. But when big problems like jobs and the economy are at stake, voters care less about who’s right or who’s left than with what’s going to work. E-mail Clarence Page at cpage@ tribune.com, or write to him c/o Tribune Media Services, 2225 Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Buffalo, NY 14207.

Mike Easley painted himself as Mr. Clean, but there was dirt under his fingernails. The State Board of Elections slapped his campaign with a $100,000 fine recently for assorted violations and is asking for a criminal investigation. His Wilmington lawyer says he welcomes the investigation as a chance to clear the ex-governor’s name. Time will tell. A federal grand jury also is sniffing around. Whether charges are forthcoming or not, however, (the) hearing shone a harsh spotlight on Easley, and he didn’t come out looking good. His “friends” — most of them major campaign contributors — depicted him as an amiable freeloader, happily accepting gifts and favors without feeling the need to offer repayment. Easley, meanwhile, pleaded amnesia about those and other financial dealings … Associates … also characterized him as a bit of a tightwad, reluctant to authorize spending. Apparently he didn’t apply that Scrooge-like philosophy to other people’s wallets. From testimony at the hearings, it seemed that Easley felt entitled to free flights, free use of an SUV for his son and the under-the-table deal that landed his wife a swell job with N.C. State University. The fact that many of these “friends” also received plum appointments or were seeking favorable action from state government … adds a sleaze factor. … Throughout his own testimony, Easley displayed a casual attitude about his campaign finances. That may have prompted State Board Chairman Larry Leake’s observation that North Carolina law should hold candidates more accountable for the actions of their campaigns. … Candidates should take responsibility for the actions of their campaign staffs, and should be punished for any violations. These hearings also illustrated the difficulty of controlling how soft money — donations to political parties and special interest groups — is used. If (donors who testified) were assured that their soft money would go to a specific candidate, it stands to reason that other donors got the same information. Does all this mean Mike Easley, a former prosecutor, attorney general and governor, is a criminal? That is for the justice system to sort out. But ordinary taxpayers can’t help but notice the political stench that followed him out of the Governor’s Mansion. — Star-News of Wilmington

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