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SUNDAY, November 15, 2009
Volume XCV, No. 268
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Detective is Officer of Month By DAVID IRVINE Daily Dispatch Writer
Detective McLloyd T. (M.T.) Bynum was selected Office of the Month for October by the Henderson Police Department. It is the second time Bynum has won the distinction, receiving the same award for June 2008. A statement by the department says in part: “Detective Bynum conducted search warrants at locations in the City of Henderson in which the HenderBynum son Police Department Narcotics Unit received numerous complaints of illegal drug activity. During his investigations Detective Bynum located approximately 15 grams of marijuana, illegal
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Diabetes project wins for city native By Matthew E. Milliken The (Durham) Herald-Sun
DURHAM — Some teenagers practice the speech they’ll deliver when they win Academy Awards. Lanair Lett doesn’t seem to be that type of fellow. When the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics senior went to Georgia Tech last weekend, he didn’t believe he had a chance to win the regional event in the
N.C. School of Science and Mathematics senior moves on to the national Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology in New York Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology. So when the group of about 20 competitors from around the Southeast were eating dinner on Nov. 7, he ended up surprised by the announcement of the victor. “I went so far as to pick the winner in my head and was ready to shake
his hand and then I look down and wait, it’s me,” the Henderson native said, laughing at the memory. “So it was very shocking.” Lett was one of five students at the Science and Mathematics, a staterun two-year residential school that draws youngsters from around North Carolina, to advance to the
regional at Georgia Tech. By winning the region’s individual competition, he earned a $3,000 college scholarship and the right to present his work at the competition’s national final in New York in early December. Should he win, Lett would join a roster of recent Siemens Competition winners from the School of Science and Mathematics. Students there took titles Please see PROJECT, page 5A
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Deaths Henderson Alice Perkins Kittrell Woodrow Edwards Jr., 70 Oxford Crawford W. Allen, 85 Lillie M. Connell Zelda Harris, 82 Dorothy H. Hawkins, 76 Warren County John W. Wyche, 58 Warrenton Margie Powell, 78 Wise Michael A. Paynter Sr., 53
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By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer
Henderson residents pay $9.91 a month for municiDaily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE pal sanitation workers to pick up their household garbage and recyclables, but the total monthly sanitation bill is $25 because of what is tacked on. Cars are stopped on Interstate 85 just south of Parham Road in the southbound lane after a reported four-car accident ocCity Manager Ray Grifcurred near the one lane merge early Friday night. By press time, the Henderson police had not return the newspaper’s phone fin, who was hired in July calls requesting details about the incident. 2008, told the City Council at a presentation Monday evening that City Finance Director Sandra Wilkerson went back and looked at the reasons for the $25 fee. And what happened, in order to avoid tax increases in prior years, was the Tuesday evening, addithe system. this is it, right?” Wilkinson sanitation fee was inBy WILLIAM F. WEST tionally comes after the During Tuesday asked McNally, who was Daily Dispatch Writer creased to supplement the commission in May voted evening’s meeting, Comin the audience. McNally general revenue funding 6-1, with Steve Powell mission Finance Comreplied in the affirmative. stream, Griffin said. Griffin OXFORD — The City being the lone dissenter, mittee Chairman Chance City officials said in Commission without disnoted it is not unusual for to allocate $5,000 to pay Wilkinson said McNally documents that the reason municipalities to do this. sent voted to amend the for higher-than-estimated had negotiated down to for the $4,250 expense budget by $4,250 to cover A breakdown of the $25 costs of converting City the $4,250 for the most re- was because additional costs for additional comshows that, in addition to cent expense and said the programming time was puter programming for the Finance Director Steve the $9.91 cost for the pickMcNally’s office’s computcity will not have to pay needed to resolve issues conversion of the business ing up of garbage and reers to handle the system. any more money in conwith the payment applica- cyclables, $5.52 is marked privilege license system to And the $5,000 was in nection with the computer tion, the creation of deinclude a gross receiptsfor the general fund, $4 is addition to an original essoftware. based calculation. P lease see COMPUTER, page 6A marked for debt servicing timate of $3,750 to change “And hopefully, Steve, The action, which came and covering state withheld funds, $2.05 goes to the Code Compliance Department, $1.85 is used to collect leaves and yard debris and $1.67 is marked on current events and politics in Hospital and Camp Butner. The By WILLIAM F. WEST to cover bad debt and cover the Tar Heel State. The show has new psychiatric facility and the Daily Dispatch Writer senior citizen discounts. four panelists, with Campbell National Guard training center are Sanitation fees generate taking time out to briefly give a at the southern end of Granville OXFORD — The Granville nearly $1.59 million, makdescription of the week’s featured County. County seat will be receiving ing this Henderson’s third This is not the first time a Granstatewide television air time today place in the state. largest revenue source N.C. Spin airs at 6:30 a.m. on ville County municipality has been when it is featured as an N.C. behind property and sales Sundays on television station given air time on N.C. Spin this Spin Carolina Community. tax revenues, Griffin said. WRAL and at 8:30 a.m. on Sunyear. In August, Creedmoor was “A century ago this community The sanitation rate was days on television station WRAZ, featured as a Carolina Community. was called one of the prettiest in $16 from 1999-2000, but by but also can be watched on-line the nation. It still is,” N.C. Spin 2003 was up to $20. on television station WRAL’s and On the Net: www.ncspin.com/ says of Oxford. Wilkerson has told the N.C. Spin’s respective Web sites. carolina_communities.php N.C. Spin is an unrehearsed Dispatch that the city had The N.C. Spin Web site, howprogram moderated by Tom to borrow from banks to Contact the writer at bwest@henderever, incorrectly says Oxford is Campbell, whose family founded help pay for the expansion both the home of Central Regional sondispatch.com. Campbell University, and focuses
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