CMYK Plant for cell-based vaccines open in N.C. Business & Farm, Page 5A
About Project RIDE in Vance and Franklin counties Local News, Page 7A
Bulletin board chronicles history of Veterans Day Community News, Page 8A
Northern Vance Girls fall to Red Rams
NV’s Jordan Branch blocks a shot in Vikings’ win over Franklinton.
Easy entertaining
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Sports, 1B
Good Taste, Page 1C
WEDNESDAY, November 25, 2009
Volume XCV, No. 276
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'Tis season for serving up turkey Thanksgiving meals offered by generous community groups From STAFF REPORTS
On this Thanksgiving Day eve, those is need of a place to go to celebrate the holiday won’t be left out in the cold. So-ul Delicious Restaurant on South Garnett Street in Henderson will once again open its doors at 11 a.m. today to serve free Thanksgiving meals with all the trimmings to anyone who comes through the door. An outreach ministry of Rock of Prayer Deliverance Church, the restaurant will serve its Thanksgiving feast until 6 p.m. (or as long as the food lasts), said Pastor Rosa Perry. More than 500 people lined up last year to enjoy the church’s generosity. On Thanksgiving Day, Kittrell First Baptist Church at 1380 N. Chavis Road, Kittrell, will be serving Thanksgiving dinner to the community from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the church Please see TURKEY, page 3A
Index Our Hometown . . . . . 2A Business & Farm. . . . 5A Opinion . . . . . . . . . . 10A Light Side . . . . . . . . 11A Sports. . . . . . . . . . 1-3B Comics . . . . . . . . . . . 2C Classifieds. . . . . . . 3-5C
Weather Today Partly ... High: 60 Low: 41
Thursday ... cloudy High: 62 Low: 37
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Because of rail, work on part of street put off By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE
Breedlove Electric Inc. employee Joey Nance pushes a traffic signal out of the way Tuesday morning as co-worker Dennis Safrit guides in one of the Henderson’s new Christmas snowflake lights at the corner of West Church Street and North Garnett Street. The city invested $9,120 in 40 new lights to display along Garnett Street from Rose Avenue to Belle Street. Some of the old decorations were saved and will be displayed on Williams Street from Montgomery Street to Orange Street. Also, Rose Avenue and Breckenridge Street will be home to Christmas lights also. The Henderson-Vance Downtown Development Commission will hold its annual Light the Night ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 6:30 p.m. The annual Henderson Holiday Parade will travel Garnett Street on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2:30 p.m. Above, the new lights illuminate Garnett Street Tuesday night.
Getting a Boys & Girls Club organized Committee must raise $150,000, find a location By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer
OXFORD — An organizational meeting for a future Boys & Girls Club in Granville County was held Tuesday amid much enthusiasm, but with the realization much work must be done to raise funds and find a location.
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“We really do need everybody to be involved in order to make this happen,” one of the two chief organizers, Xavier Wortham, told a roomful of citizens, educators, governmental leaders and law enforcement officers. “We need it desperately, desperately.”
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“This is our community,” said the other chief organizer, Cynthia Yancey. “These are our children. And together we can make a difference.” Wortham is executive director of the Oxford Housing Authority. Yancey works with the juvenile court and is the
chief court counselor for the 9th District. Wortham’s and Yancey’s remarks followed a presentation by Susan Whitten, who is executive director of the Hendersonbased Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central North Carolina. And Wortham’s and Yancey’s remarks followed a brief testimonial by Eddie Ferguson, a Vance County developer who was influenced by the-then Boys Clubs while growing
The N.C. Department of Transportation has put off plans to completely upgrade Chavasse Avenue from Raleigh Road to Williams Street. Assistant City Manager Frank Frazier told the City Council that his last correspondence from NCDOT said the Chavasse crossing of the railroad line would be closed because of the proposed southeastern bullet train route. “I still believe it’s a very viable project,” Frazier said, referring to the segment of Chavasse from Raleigh Road to Young Avenue just short of the railroad crossing. “I think probably further correspondence is needed to go on record as showing our support for the project,” Frazier told the council, which met for a short regular session on Monday evening. City Attorney John Zollicoffer asked whether there is any grassroots effort to preserve a crossing at Chavasse to make the project more viable or to construct a new overpass or a new underpass. Frazier said, “We can
Please see CLUB, page 12A
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Hitting the highway? Don’t be a statistic
There’s no place like home for the holidays. That’s why countless numbers of drivers will be on the road over the next few days. But some of those drivers may have been celebrating excessively, whether traveling or just Obituaries, 4A partying. Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that the holiday season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve is one of the busiest on the
Charles Bullock, 68 Henderson John T. Bentley, 89 Hazel R.L. Durham, 74 Alton E. Harp Sr., 83 Mary J. Harris, 91 Emily T. Yates, 54 Stem Virginia C. Blair, 88 Kelly E. Currin, 28
NCDOT It’s that time of year . . . calls off Chavasse upgrade
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nation’s roadways. It’s also one of the most dangerous, due to a high incidence of alcohol-related traffic crashes. What can you do to make sure you aren’t included in the holiday statistics? If part of your Thanksgiving celebration involves drinking and you’re going to be on the road, designate a sober driver before you start celebrating. Aside from the dangers of being injured yourself or of injuring someone else, the chances are very good Please see HIGHWAY, page 7A
Turkey Trot at Dabney
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Students at Dabney Elementary participate Tuesday afternoon in a Turkey Trot, organized by physical education teacher Lisa Rotolo, on the last day for students before Thanksgiving. Staff and parents joined in to get a jump on burning some calories before the big Thanksgiving feast.