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Arrests on drugs charges By DISPATCH STAFF

The Vance County Sheriff’s Office has arrested three men on drugs charges in two separate incidents. Two men were arrested in their home at 310 Yancey Lane after investigators served a search warrant. Members of the Vice/ Narcotics Unit with the Vance County Sheriff’s Office charged Rufus Kenneth Williams, 37, and Christopher Williams, 49, with: • Felonious possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine. • Feloniously maintaining a dwelling for keeping and selling cocaine. • Possession of drug paraphernalia. The younger defendant was also accused of possession of marijuana. Bond for each was set at $20,000. A preliminary hearing in the case was scheduled to be held Dec. 28 in Vance County District Court. Kasey Hicks, 24, of 1016 Lehman St. was arrested and charged with: • Felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine, three counts. • Felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver ecstasy, two counts. • Felony maintaining a vehicle and dwelling for keeping and selling cocaine and ecstasy, four counts. • Felony possession of cocaine, two counts. • Felony manufacture of cocaine. • Felony possession of ecstasy. Please see ARRESTS, page 3A

Index Our Hometown . . . . . 2A Business & Farm. . . . 5A Opinion . . . . . . . . . . 10A Light Side . . . . . . . . 11A Sports. . . . . . . . . . 1-4B Comics . . . . . . . . . . . 5B Classifieds. . . . . . . 6-8B

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Panel recommends 17 percent more for sewer, five for water

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Deaths Creedmoor Dorcas H. Ray, 91 Henderson Junious A. Edwards, 48 Ruben Gilliam, 73 Raymond “Joe” Lilley, 58 Winifred T. Williams, 94

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Last year, Fleming said, his office processed about $100,000 in reservations on the first working day in January. “It’s been a transition for us, the park staff, and for the users,” he added. “A lot of folks know that they can make reservations closer to the arrival date.” In the past, reservations had to be made at least seven days in advance. “Now that is only 48 hours in advance,” Fleming said. “Early in the week, when they realize they want to go camping for that weekend, they can just call ahead and get a site.” In the past, too, he said, the local park office would have to have the check in hand in order to make a reservation. Now, campPlease see PARK, page 9A

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Large containers that will hold ice for the cooling system for the new elementary school sit on a concrete pad at the construction site Wednesday afternoon. Machines at night will make ice which will be stored in these containers for use during the day when water will be pumped through the containers and chilled as a part of the air conditioning system. According to Facilities Director Claiborne Woods, the weather would not hinder construction now that the windows were starting to be installed.

From left, board member Robert Duke, facilities director Claiborne Woods, board member Mary Cobbs, Superintendent Norm Shearin and board member Emeron Cash stand outside the new elementary school looking at the site plans during a tour of the outside of the facility Wednesday afternoon. Also present for the tour were board member Ronald Kinsley, board chair Margaret Ellis, finance director Steve Graham and public information officer Terri Hedrick.

New system makes park visits easier Reservations can be made only 48 hours in advance By DISPATCH STAFF

With more than half of North Carolina’s state park campsites already booked through 2010, the new revamped Internet-based registration system and call center appear to have had a positive impact on Kerr Lake bookings in addition to the state’s 37 other parks and recreation areas. “Since they have started, 3,639 reservations have been taken,” Bryce Fleming, park superintendent for the Kerr Lake State Recreation Area, said of the numbers for the seven campgrounds in our area. “So far, there are 13,542 nights that have been reserved through the system.” The new procedures also have brought to an end the annual early-January lines for selecting a

campsite at Kerr Lake. “We will not be holding the traditional registration day on the first working day of the new year,” Fleming added. Fleming Under the previous system, campers had to wait until the first of January to make any reservations for the year, meaning some lines at the park offices as campers scrambled to grab their favorite spots. The new system went into operation in April, Fleming said. The 3,639 reservations also cover picnic shelter and community building rentals, but the majority of the figures are for campgrounds.

By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

OXFORD — A majority of the City Commission’s Public Works Committee on Wednesday agreed to recommend the full commission vote Jan. 12 to require rate payers to pay 17 percent more in sewer fees and five percent more in water fees, starting July 1. The utilities rate hike is recommended in a $27,081 study by Raftelis Financial Consultants of Charlotte. And Cantley, a holdover commissioner who is the committee’s new chairman, said while he considers himself “a more conservative person” on the commission, he feels strongly about calling for going up on the rate because of decreased system usage and a need to rehabilitate sewer lines. For the past three fiscal years, water sales have gone down 115.1 million gallons, with a resulting decline of $472,000 in revenue, Cantley said. And for the past three fiscal years, sewage treatment has gone down by 37.3 million gallons, with a resulting decline of $188,000 in revenue, Cantley said. Additionally, Raftelis projects a $245,000 deficit for Fiscal 20102011 because the wastewater volume charge is insufficient. Holdover Commissioner Bob Williford, who sat in on the committee meeting, asked for an explanation for the decreases. City Public Works Director Larry Thomas cited residents conserving water in response to droughts as one reason. “The industries cut back immediately during the recession,” Thomas added. “We saw a big drop on our outside sales.” The latter was a reference to what longtime observers call gentlemen’s agreements in which industries are just outside the municipal limits and are exempt from paying municipal taxes in exchange for providing jobs locally. Except for Dill Air Controls, the outside industries voluntarily pay fees to receive Oxford fire and police protection. Another reason for Cantley’s call for the rate hike is the city

The yet-unnamed elementary school under construction off Garrett Road will welcome students next fall. Wednesday, the $13 million, 95,000-square-foot project welcomed members of the Vance County Board of Education for a tour. Greeting visitors are large tracks of mud that lead to a corridor under construction between two buildings at the construction site.

New Oxford commissioners ready for new challenges By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

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OXFORD — Thanks was the word from the four new City Commissioners moments after they were sworn in for a four-year term. While the newcomers as a whole thanked their respective family members and the electorate, Calvin “C.J.” Harris and Jackie Sergent included thanks to God in their opening statements and Danny Currin particularly thanked his wife, Ginnie. Ron Bullock included thanks to the current and the now-former commis-

sioners, telling them, “You’ve served Oxford well.” Bullock added that he can only hope to follow their leadership and example and that he hoped he could depend on them for guidance. The names of Bullock, Danny Currin, Harris and Sergent are now part of the long table in the commission meeting room of City Hall with re-elected Mayor Al Woodlief and with Mayor Pro Tem Howard Herring and Commissioners Walter Cantley and Bob Williford. Oxford’s mayor serves Please see OXFORD, page 4A

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Mark It Down Today Weed & Seed – The Weed & Seed Steering Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. Human Relations – The City of Henderson’s Human Relations Commission will meet at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. Fundraiser — The Volunteer Services Department at Maria Parham Medical Center will host a $5 Jewelry Sale from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and tomorrow from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the John T. Church building classroom. The public is invited to participate. Heritage society — The Heritage Society of Franklin County will hold its regular monthly meeting at noon at the Murphy House Restaurant in Louisburg. Everyone with an interest in the heritage and genealogy of Franklin County is urged to attend. The group is working on articles and information for Volume 2 of the Franklin County Heritage Book, North Carolina, 2010. For further information, contact Joe Pearce at (919) 496-3321, Maylon Cooke at (919) 5564213, Annette Goyette at (252) 492-3820, and Pat or Gerald Leonard at (919) 853-3293. 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). Car seat clinic — The Safe Kids Henderson-Vance Coalition will sponsor a free child passenger safety car seat clinic at Compare Foods on East Andrews Avenue from 1-5 p.m. Seats will be available for parents who are in need of a child safety seat. A donation of $20 is requested for the seats. The donations will help buy more seats. Instruction will also be provided to parents in how to correctly installing a child safety seat (more than 85 percent of all seats in Vance County are installed incorrectly). For more information, please call Lt. Irvin Robinson or Officer Angela Feingold of the Henderson Police Department or Lt. Michelle Satterwhite of the Henderson Fire Department. Community watch — The West Hills/West Creek/158 By-Pass Community Watch will hold its annual Christmas dinner at 6:30 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. All neighbors are invited to attend and bring their favorite covered dish.

Friday Flu clinic — The health departments in Vance and Granville counties will be holding H1N1 flu clinics on Friday afternoons from 1-4 p.m., except for Dec. 25, while supplies last. The vaccine is free. The health department also has a limited supply of seasonal flu vaccine for individuals 6 months of age and older. The charge for the seasonal flu vaccine is $32. The pneumonia vaccine is also available for individuals over 65 years of age at a cost of $50. Medicare Part B (red, white, and blue card), Medicaid, Blue Cross/ Blue Shield, and Wellpath insurance plans are accepted for immunizations. Please contact the Granville County Health Department at (919) 693-2141 or the Vance County Health Department at (252) 492-7915 for more information. ‘Look Good’ class — Granville Health System, in conjunction with the American Cancer Society, is offering a free two-hour class entitled “Look Good … Feel Better” for women of all ages who are currently undergoing chemotherapy. Tips on makeup, turban or cap wear, and wig care will be among the topics covered. The class meets from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Specialty Clinic at the medical center. Makeup and supplies are provided free of charge. Participants do not need to be receiving their chemotherapy treatments at Granville Specialty Clinics to attend. However, space is limited and advance registration is required. For additional information or to sign up for the class, call Granville Health System Specialty Clinics at (919) 690-3210. ‘Messiah’ concert — The Concert Singers of Cary will perform Handel’s “Messiah” at 8 p.m. in the Frances Boyette Dickson Auditorium at Louisburg College. Admission is free, but those attending are asked to bring a canned food item for the local food bank. For more information, call 1-866-773-6354. Weight loss group — TOWN (Take Off Weight Now), a non-profit weight loss group, will meet at Aycock Recreation Center at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend.

Saturday Dee’s Music Barn — Dee’s Music Barn, 3101 Walters Road, Creedmoor, will be featuring James Potreat and The Ace In The Hole Band at 7 p.m. For more information, call (919) 528-5878. Ridgeway Opry House — Performing this week are Julia Morton, Joyce Chisenhall and Matt Nelson with guest bands Tri- County Band and Classic Country. Doors open at 6 p.m. Music starts at 7 p.m.

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Emergency men’s shelter continues to need volunteers and donations In the week since the City of Henderson’s Zoning Board of Adjustments granted its application for a special use permit to house an emergency shelter for homeless men at First Presbyterian Church, the Shelter Committee established by the Henderson-Vance Ministers Community Partnership has been working through the final stages of preparing to open the shelter. Organizers hope in the near future to be able to announce an opening date and are grateful for the

widespread support that has been expressed for this effort that is critical for the community, said the Rev. Doug Addington, vice-chairman of the Henderson-Vance Ministers Community Partnership. “At the present time, we are working closely with the staff of the Vance County Office of Planning and Development on issues related to code compliance before we proceed with the minor renovations of the space at First Presbyterian Church,” he said. “The staff has been extremely helpful already

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and we are confident that we can work through these important issues. Once this process is complete, we will be able at long last to announce an opening date for the shelter.” The organizers continue to receive donations of toiletries and other supplies for the shelter, along with financial contributions toward the operation of the shelter. “We already have a core group of volunteers who have been trained to staff the shelter during the overnight hours, but we can certainly use more volunteers,” said Adding-

ton. “We welcome you, your church, or community organization to volunteer as overnight staff, provide meals, or assist with other tasks related to the shelter’s operation.” Anyone who wishes to volunteer, donate supplies, or make financial contributions should contact Joel Rice, housing coordinator for Five County Mental Health at (252) 430-3073. Rice serves as chairman of the Emergency Shelter Committee.

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Deaths Junious A. Edwards

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HENDERSON — Junious Andrew Edwards, 48, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at his residence in Henderson. A native of Franklin County, he was the son of the late Andrew “L.T.” and Iola Robertson Edwards. He was educated in Vance County schools and graduated from Kittrell Job Corp Center. He was employed with Eastern Minerals in Henderson. He is survived by his wife, Donte’ Blyther Edwards; two children, Elijah Andrew Edwards and Tajae Edwards, both of the home; two sisters, Majorie Patterson of Atkins, S.C., and Rosa Lee Patterson of Atlanta, Ga.; and two brothers, Tracy Vereen and Victor Vereen. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in the chapel of E.C. Terry’s Funeral and Cremation Services with the Rev. Debby Kearney-Scott officiating, assisted by the Revs. Frances Towler and Nellie Kearney. Interment will follow in Blacknall Cemetery. The body will be on view from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday and also on Friday until the services. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home and all other times at 1609 Nicholas St., Henderson. Casketbearers will be Tracy Vereen, Danny Vereen, Jack Tullstall, Eddie Perry, Victor Vereen, and Jimmie Lassiter. Floralbearers will be Faye Bullock, Joyce Lassiter, Rosa Burnette and Lisa Brown. Arrangements are by E.C. Terry’s Funeral and Cremation Services.

HENDERSON — Winifred Tucker “Peggy” Williams, 94, formerly of Raleigh Road, Henderson, died Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at a local nursing home. Born in Halifax County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Warner and Edna O’Brien Dickens Tucker. She was the widow of Thurston Edwin Williams. Mrs. Williams was a retired floral designer. She was a member of North Henderson Baptist Church, the Lottie Williams Sunday School Class, and served as church pianist for 20 years. She was also a member of the Variety Coffee Club. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 18, 2009, at 2 p.m., at North Henderson Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Frank Sossamon and the Rev. Brent Kasey. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery.

Ruben Gilliam HENDERSON — Ruben Gilliam, 73, of 320 Keene St., died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, in Guardian Care

of Henderson. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.

Raymond “Joe” Lilley HENDERSON — Raymond Joseph “Joe” Lilley, 58, a resident of 8340 N.C. Highway 39 South, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, at his home. Born in Vance County on April 7, 1951, he was the son of Pauline Carroll Lilley of Henderson and the late William Jessie Lilley. He was a truck driver with Epps Trucking Company. He was also a member of the Franklin County Trail Blazers and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Funeral services will be

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bara Lassiter of Henderson; two brothers, W. B. ”Bill” Lilley and James Robert Lilley, both of Henderson; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends Friday from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at J.M. White Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the home at 8340 N.C. Highway 39 South in the Epsom Community. Serving as active pallbearers will be John Winstead, Johnnie Tomblin, Alonzo Tomblin, Robert Paynter, Ben Farmer, Glenn Fisher, Carl Pulley, and Delbert Slaughter. Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home.

Surviving are a daughter, Sara W. McGhee, and husband, Tommy, of Henderson; a son, Horace Eugene “Skip” Williams, and wife, Bonnie, of Haddonfield, N.J.; four grandchildren, Frank Thomas “Tom” McGhee Jr., Dr. Eddie Williams, Beverly Williams McNamee, and Donna Williams Wakefield; and 12 greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Mildred T. Spain; and a brother, Henry Warner Tucker Jr. The family will receive friends today, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Flowers Funeral Home. The deacons of North Henderson Baptist Church will serve as pallbearers. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to the North Henderson Baptist Church, 1211 N. Garnett Street, Henderson, N.C. 27536. Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home.

Dorcas H. Ray

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held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the J.M. White Funeral Home Chapel by the Revs. Larry Johnson and Frank Sossamon. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Effie Meeks Lilley, of the home; three sons, Raymond Joseph Lilley Jr. and Robert Timothy Lilley, both of Henderson, and William Jessie “W.J.” Lilley of Kernersville; a daughter, Paige Belenger of Florida; a stepson, Ernie Spry of Logan, W.Va.; two stepdaughters, Laura Renee Thompson of Grassy Creek and Angela Spry of Youngsville; a sister, Bar-

CREEDMOOR — Dorcas Hobgood Ray, 91, of 9909 Scottie Drive, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, at her home. A native of Wake County, she was the daughter of the late Jimmy and Mattie H. Hobgood. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Eakes Funeral Chapel in Creedmoor by the Rev. Thomas Lamm and the Rev. Dr. Jack Hollowell. Burial will be in O’Briant-Hobgood Family Cemetery, off Highway 50. Surviving are a daughter, Cora Elizabeth Ray of the home; a brother, Jetter C. Hobgood of the home; and a sister, Shirley Sorem of Ames, Iowa. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday, prior to the funeral, at the Eakes Funeral Home in Creedmoor. Arrangements are by Eakes Funeral Home of Creedmoor.

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OXFORD, from page one a two-year term, while the seven commissioners serve staggered terms. The four new commissioners, who were sworn in Dec. 8, all replaced commissioners who opted not to seek re-election to their seats. And there were a couple of firsts among the newcomers: Harris, at 28, is the youngest city commissioner in Oxford history; Sergent is the first woman to serve on the commission since 2005, when Alice Currin narrowly lost a re-election bid. Harris, the first to speak, said while he did not run on an open-door policy campaign, he will do his best to serve the citizens, adding, “You have entrusted me with a duty and I will listen.” Harris is teaching at Warren County High School. Currin said, “I’ve been asked several times lately if I knew what I was getting into and I probably don’t totally, but I have a good idea. “And I realize it’s a challenge. I look forward to working for the citizens,” Currin said. Currin is a businessman who doubles as a Planning Board member and who received an appointment from Woodlief as chairman of a key commission committee: Finance. Sergent said, “I am humbled and honored and will do my best to live up to the votes you have cast.” Sergent is health promotion coordinator at the Granville-Vance Health District Department. Sergent cited the flex-

ibility she receives from the department and additionally noted her husband has already eaten dinner alone more times than he ever imagined. Bullock is retired from working two decades for Burlington Industries and is presently a part-time instructor for Vance-Granville Community College. Bullock did draw chuckles from the audience when he expressed thanks to his wife for standing behind him and additionally standing beside him when friends would walk up and ask, “Are you crazy?” Woodlief, like the other new commissioners, thanked his family. “And it’s been very difficult, not only personally, but it’s been a difficult last two years for the city. And our new commissioners are going to soon find that out,” said Woodlief, a retired broadcaster who served on the commission 14 years before being elected mayor in 2001. “But, for all of you in this room, most of you do live here. We’d like to see you here more often,” Woodlief told the large crowd in attendance. “And that shows your continued support, not only just on election day,” Woodlief added. Woodlief called for the 2009-2011 commission to make the first-ever motion to adjourn and Bullock responded. Contact the writer at bwest@ hendersondispatch.com.

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Boardman wrote the state’s coffers are still feeling the prolonged recession, as unemployment stays high and people spend less.

Appliance maker moving headquarters to Charlotte CHARLOTTE (AP) — Swedish appliance maker Electrolux will move its North American headquarters from Georgia and consolidate hundreds of white-collar jobs in North Carolina’s largest city, the company and Gov. Beverly Perdue said Wednesday. The move would bring about 740 jobs to Charlotte. In return, the company could receive tax breaks and direct grants worth up to $26 million from the state, and could receive more from local governments. Electrolux is best known for making vacuum cleaners, washers and dryers, and kitchen appliances for home and commercial uses. It employs about 650 at a dishwasher manufacturing plant in Kinston, 180 miles east of Charlotte, and at a sales office in suburban Huntersville. A company spokesman did not immediately return an e-mail Wednesday seeking comment about what Electrolux previously described as a consolidation of seven U.S. offices. Electrolux employs about 315 people in its North American headquarters in Augusta, Ga., The Augusta Chronicle re-

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Kevin Scott, CEO and President for Eletrolux Major Appliances North America, answers questions Wednesday in Charlotte after the announcement that Electrolux will create a minimum of 738 jobs over the next five years and invest $8.3 million in a new North American headquarters in Charlotte. ported last month. A customer service call center with 100 full-time workers will stay in Augusta, the newspaper reported. Other offices affected by the consolidation are an international sales office in Pittsburgh, the holding company office in Cleveland, financial support offices in Columbus, Ohio, and Springfield, Tenn., a design center in Anderson, S.C., and the Huntersville office, the newspaper reported. Stockholm-based parent company Electrolux

AB said in October it increased profits by 93 percent in the third quarter after raising prices on its products and slashing costs. The company said in October it would close a plant in Spain and two others in Iowa, cutting 1,300 jobs. The company employed 8,000 in the U.S. in 2008 out of a worldwide work force of 55,000.

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MAN THE LIFEBOATS What a terrible realization confronted the Captain and Officers of the RMS TITANIC on that fateful night in April 1912. This great ship with all its luxurious appointments to dazzle and pamper its patrons was woefully unprepared for the tragedy that struck that night. Despite all the attention to detail the ship did not carry enough lifeboats for all the passengers and crew. In this one vital area the ship’s owners and builders had done just enough to comply with the regulations of the time. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough. In a way our economy is like the TITANIC - there was no way it could sink, but it did. Now Henderson, like countless communities across the nation, is finding that our churches and agencies like ACTS, Lifeline, the Salvation Army, Red Cross, and the Boys and Girls Club are facing a serious short fall in contributions.

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These certificates will not be given to the purchaser. Instead, they will be delivered to ACTS (Area Christians Together in Service). They will be distributed by ACTS to our area’s most needy families and can be redeemed at Supply Line for any nutritious food items. This will allow these families to purchase fresh meats and produce which food pantries cannot normally provide. These certificates can be used for the purchase of nutritious foods (no soft drinks or snack items). We will give up to 99¢ in change.

“Times are tough,” you say, “the church can do with less and a lot of people getting help from various places don’t deserve it anyway.” Isn’t it fortunate for all of us that God doesn’t have this attitude. The bountifulness of His Grace is available to you and me just as it is to those who actually deserve it.

In order to work out the logistics of handling these Gift Certificates, we will initially sell 100 certificates. Your contribution will be tax deductible and you will receive a receipt at the time of your purchase. All checks should be made payable to ACTS- NOT Supply Line.

There are many in our community today who honestly cannot afford to do more in support of the needs of others. However, there are many who can. Whether it’s a church program that has to be cut because of a budget shortfall or a needy family or individual that has to be turned away because the money of ACTS or other service organizations has given out, THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF SOME IS A GLARING INDICTMENT OF OUR FAILURE AS GOD’S PEOPLE.

SUPPLY LINE COUNTRY MARKET will match up to 100 Gift Certificate contributions with a $25.00 Cash Donation. This means ACTS will benefit from $25.00 in Gift Certificates plus a $25.00 cash contribution. Thank you for your generosity in what we hope will be an ongoing effort to help those in need in our community.

Like the owners of the Titanic, it is our choice how to allocate our resources. The lesson, though, is clear. Lifeboats are very important. Let’s make sure our community has strong ones. Ralph T. Mayes

FREE GiFt WRap Our Gift Department also offers Free Gift Wrap on merchandize items (excluding reduced items). Also, Specialty Food Products can be attractively wrapped and bowed for a nominal charge.

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A Country Market Gift Basket Whether you choose a Fruit Basket, a Basket filled with Specialty and Homemade Food products, or a Basket built around a particular theme, a Country Market Gift Basket is a gift you can give with pride, knowing it will be beautifully arranged, wrapped, and bowed. You can also be confident that it is a gift that is always appreciated.

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Oxford keeping eye on drinking water Panel told city is ‘trending up’ in TTHM contamination By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

OXFORD — City Public Works Director Larry Thomas said the municipal government should start receiving another official update about efforts to keep the water system in compliance with safe water drinking laws. Thomas was referring to Trihalomethane (TTHM) levels. The limit is .08 parts per billion to assure that those who are drinking water are not at risk for contamination and health problems. TTHMs are considered carcinogenic, with problems with TTHM levels resulting when disinfectants react with natural organic matter in the water. “We’ve been trending up on it,” Thomas told the City Commission’s Public Works Committee on Wednesday. At the same time, Thomas said the city has been talking with the Kerr Lake Regional Water System about alternatives to reduce the TTHM levels. City Manager Mark Donham

expressed concern at the November Regional Water System Advisory Board meeting because he said Oxford’s last three or four samples taken from city water lines showed TTHM readings above the regulation. Oxford is a partner in the regional water system, with Henderson as the managing partner and with the water treatment plant being off Flemingtown Road in northeastern Vance County. Thomas told the Public Works Committee that some samples were taken in Oxford approximately two weeks ago. “They haven’t been faxed back to us and usually that’s a good sign,” Thomas said, referring to any immediate word from the state Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR). “We may finally have gotten all samples under the limit,” Thomas said. Public Works Committee Chairman Walter Cantley said he believes two problems are a municipality being farther away from the water treatment plant and the length of time water remains in a line. “Stovall is actually under an administrative order” from DENR, Thomas said. The northern Granville County town is a customer of Oxford.

“They’re having to send out notices (to rate payers),” Thomas said. “And don’t be surprised if we don’t go under an administrative order at some point in time if things don’t get better.” Donham told the Public Works Committee the city is implementing something right now the city hopes will solve this. Thomas said chlorine, which is being used to disinfect the water, is reacting with the organic materials, and said the longer the two are in contact with one another, the more byproducts will result. The regional water system is looking at the possibility of using ammonia as a disinfectant, Thomas said. And the regional water system additionally is looking at the possibility of using a filter to remove organic matter, Thomas said. Thomas said either one of these would be capital investments. Thomas said what Donham was indirectly referring to was Henderson intending to flush its system and passing the word to Oxford, which would flush its system. And Thomas said Oxford would next pass the word to Stovall, which would flush its system. Contact the writer at bwest@hendersondispatch.com.

Oxford is being aided by a $400,000 grant from the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center, which helps develop economic strategies to improve the quality of life in the Tar Heel State. The terms called for Oxford to pay the remaining $300,000 from the municipal budget and from reserves. Cantley replaced the retired Paul Kiesow as Public Works Committee chairman. The former commission, at its last meeting Dec. 8, passed action on a rate hike to the incoming commission, which is set to have a monthly agenda meeting Jan. 4 and a regular monthly meeting Jan. 12. And the rate hike would be timed with the start of Fiscal 2010-2011. “The importance of doing it now is this — is that we want to make sure that our industries have ample time to make sure that they know that those rates

are going to increase,” Donham told new Commissioner and Finance Committee Chairman Danny Currin in explaining the reason for having the vote Jan. 12. “We don’t want to come up the end of June and say, with the new budget, ‘Hey, guess what? We’re going to increase your rates.’ We want to let them know well in advance,” Donham said. The Raftelis study recommends that, for a five-year period, the increase in the charge for sewer service would be 17 percent for each of the first two years and no increase for the following three years. The Raftelis study recommends that, for a five-year period, the increase in the charge for water usage would be five percent each of the first two years and four percent each of the following three years.

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GREENSBORO (AP) — An 11-year-old North Carolina boy has found and returned a stolen purse with nearly $2,000 inside. The News & Record of Greensboro reports Wednesday that Edward Myers and his siblings were helping neighbors plant trees in a Greensboro park when he spotted a purse on the creek bank. The Boy Scout and his mother called the police, and the purse’s owner showed up to collect. The owner told police her car was broken into on Thanksgiving. Police say the thief took $30 out of the main billfold but missed $1,900 in another compartment before flinging the purse into the creek. The owner rewarded Edward with one of the $100 bills. He gave $40 of it to his mother and spent the other $60 on a Carolina Panthers jersey.

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s 6,000-plus lottery retailers will now get more than publicity when someone wins a big jackpot at their stores — they’ll get cash, too. The North Carolina Education Lottery Commission agreed Wednesday on financial incentives for retailer outlets that sell winning tickets for the Carolina Cash 5 numbers game and a pair of multistate games. A retailer who sells the winning Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot ticket would receive $50,000. Lottery executive director Tom Shaheen said store owners have wanted such incentives for a long time. He hopes they will encourage the retailers to sell more tickets. The General Assembly agreed this year to permit retailer incentives. Retailers already get a 7 percent commission on tickets they sell.

As a result, Cantley said, a typical residential customer’s monthly sewer and water bill, which is $49.51, would be $53.93. The impact on the larger customers would vary depending on their amounts of water consumption, Donham said. Public Works Committee member Jackie Sergent said in advance she would be out of Oxford and unable to attend Wednesday’s meeting, which lasted approximately 45 minutes. Contact the writer at bwest@ hendersondispatch.com.

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UTILITIES, from page one does not need to keep treating rainwater. Thomas said the city paid for smoke testing of sewer lines in 1995 and last year to detect leaks. City Manager Mark Donham additionally said the city wants to have a fiber-optic scoping of lines to help pinpoint leaks. Donham said another firm, Davis-MartinPowell & Associates of High Point, has done an analysis saying approximately $7 million would be needed to restore sewer lines affected by age and by inflow and infiltration of ground water and storm water. Donham said Thomas is recommending approximately $410,000 a year in repairs. And Donham said larger leaks in the lines have been addressed immediately, with an example being an approximately 250,000 gallon inflow and infiltration near the Maluli Drive area. The previous commission voted Feb. 10 to move ahead with a $700,000 project for repairing sewer lines.

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New procedures for making reservations at state parks Following are the new procedures as outlined at www. ncparks.gov: • A reservation must be made and confirmed at least two days prior to the planned visit. Example: If you will arrive on Friday afternoon, an advance reservation must be confirmed on Wednesday. • Reservations can be made up to 11 months in advance.

• There is a $3 surcharge per reservation/per night’s stay to support the reservations system. • A single site can be reserved for a maximum of 14 consecutive nights within any 30-day period. (No camper is allowed to camp in a park for more than 14 nights in a 30-day period, and upon reaching that limit, must vacate the park for 16 nights before returning.)

• An unlimited number of sites/facilities can be reserved in each online session, but each site/facility will be considered a separate reservation. • There is a two-night minimum stay (Friday and Saturday) on holiday weekends, Memorial Day though Labor Day. This does not apply to group campsites. • Reservations aren’t required for a campsite or picnic

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Daily Meditation And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Urias; And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel. Matthew 1:6-12

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Do you have story to tell? We can speak from personal experience here at The Daily Dispatch when it comes to publishing books related to the history of our county. With the aid of two publishers from Missouri, we called upon our local citizens to help us tell the story of our heritage in photographs. We were quite pleased with “Vance County Memories,” published in 1997, and “Memories: A Pictorial History of Vance County, North Carolina” from 2006. It’s exciting to hear that another book — this one driven by in-depth articles as well as photographs — is being produced to help tell the story of Henderson, Vance County, and our people. A committee of about 30 local citizens is working with a company out of Waynesville, N.C., to produce a 9-inch by 12-inch, gold-stamped and embossed hardbound book with family histories; stories about churches, clubs and organizations; military articles; and other related materials. From the information distributed to promote the book, it would appear the finished product will be very similar to a book titled “The Heritage of Vance County, North Carolina, Volume I,” published by the Vance County Historical Society in cooperation with the History Division of Hunter Publishing Co. in Winston-Salem. That 450-page volume was published in 1984 and has proven to be a valuable resource. We still refer to it for information quite frequently here at the Dispatch. In much the same way the Historical Society encouraged the submission of articles for that publication 25 years ago, this new Heritage Book committee, separate from the society, is reaching out to Vance County residents, former residents and people whose roots are in Vance County. Articles of up to 500 words — and one photograph — may be submitted without charge, 1,000 words if your ancestors came here before the county was established in 1881. There will be a charge for articles that run longer. During the past 30 years, County Heritage, Inc., says it has produced more than 300 County History and Heritage books in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Books are presently in progress for Franklin, Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Moore, Nash, Scotland and Transylvania counties in North Carolina. The printing will be limited, so paid advance orders are the only guarantees of getting a copy. For more information, you’re encouraged to see the web site at www.countyheritage.com/nc/vance for a list of the committee members and information on how to order a book. We wish the committee much success. We hope they have as much fun reminiscing as we did. They will surely be producing another valuable resource for us and for our children and our children’s children.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

The rock chunkers emerge EDITOR’S NOTE: Leonard Pitts is on vacation. Paul Greenberg is the Pulitzer prizewinning editorial page editor of the Arkansas DemocratGazette. It’s cast-the-first-stone time in Washington. It happens every time a war or an economic recovery stalls. That’s when the most immediate political need is for a scapegoat on whom to blame the country’s troubles — economic, military or any other kind. And out come the Rock Chunkers all ready to start throwing. Those given to assigning blame for the Crisis of the Moment never have a problem nominating an arch-villain. Herbert Hoover fit the bill for almost two decades. Whatever was wrong with the economy was his fault, just as all wars were the result of the munitions manufacturers. Congressional hearings became less like investigations and more like exorcisms. The aim wasn’t to identify problems and propose solutions but to root out evil spirits. For a while there, George W. Bush was to blame for all of America’s troubles and, if he wasn’t, surely Dick Cheney was. At least until the Surge they proposed worked in Iraq. The Rock Chunkers never did have the grace to admit they’d been wrong. Instead, they just fell silent. Or changed the subject to Hurricane Katrina. Now, as economic problems linger at home, happy days are clearly not here again — no matter how many jobs have been saved, created or just imagined. And so the financial geniuses in Congress have turned their ire on the secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner, and his senior partner in economic management, Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve. Bankers always did make the best scapegoats when money is scarce. Or for that matter when it’s so plentiful that inflation threatens to undermine the value of the currency. Or, as during the Carter Stagflation, both dangers threaten.

Whatever the bankers do, have done, or propose to do, it’s wrong. Or at least a congressional committee can be found to say so. In the House, the Financial Services Committee wants to audit the Fed’s decisions about which banks to save and which not. So much for the confidentiality that every Paul central Greenberg bank needs to remain Tribune Media effective, for Services the surest way to start a run on a bank would be to have the Fed release a list of all the ones it’s worried about. Nor is the committee happy about the way the Federal Reserve sets interest rates. The congressmen seem to think they could do a better job, which would be a dandy way to politicize the whole economy. One of the great advantages of having an independent central bank is that it is independent. And so not subject to political pressure, at least in theory. Meanwhile, over in the Senate, the Banking Committee would relieve the Federal Reserve of the tedious job of supervising banks, which some of us thought was the Fed’s principal purpose. That’s almost as good an idea as proposing that the FBI no longer fight crime. H.L. Mencken is credited with saying it: “For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple — and wrong.” If unhappy with the economy, then just fire everybody responsible for policing it. Or at least haul them before congressional committees for a little abuse. Secretary Geithner has made his mistakes, all right, and how. His big mistake, from which so many others sprang, was to believe that another Great Depression was upon us rather than just an oldfashioned financial panic. And

that in response government needed to take over one industry after another — rather than just stick to stabilizing the country’s banking system. That’s how we got Government Motors and are about to get Government Medicine. Not to mention a government that wants to micromanage banks, set corporate salaries and bonuses, hire and fire execs, and, oh, yes, re-inflate the housing market. (Isn’t that how we got into this mess in the first place?) Mr. Geithner responded to congressional rants for his scalp by mounting a counterrant of his own. When a GOP congressman from Texas demanded that he resign, Mr. Geithner fired back: “You gave this president an economy falling off the cliff.” Watching this secretary of the Treasury blame others for the country’s economic problems, an innocent observer might never suspect that, for the five years before the Panic of ‘08 struck, this same Timothy Geithner had been president of the Federal Bank of New York — the outfit that’s supposed to keep Wall Street from taking wild risks. Instead, he was cheering on the speculators as they took flyers on ever newer and chancier financial instruments. Turn the clock back to May of 2007, the year before the ceiling fell in on all those clever hedge funds and their oh-soingenious bundles of housing loans that were about to go disastrously bad. “Changes in financial markets,” Mr. Geithner assured a conference on the subject at the time, “have improved the efficiency of financial intermediation and improved our confidence in the ability of markets to absorb stress.” What, Timothy Geithner worry? On the contrary, as he also told the conference, “The larger global financial institutions are generally stronger in terms of capital relative to risk. Technology and innovation in financial instruments have made it easier for institutions to manage risk.”

Really? Compared to Timothy Geithner, or at least the one in May of 2007, Pollyanna was a sober realist. Now he says it was others who drove the economy over a cliff, especially if those others now demand his resignation. Yet our secretary of the Treasury, for all his gaffes and hasty over-reactions, did not make the worst mistake in the midst of a financial panic, and that would have been to do nothing. At such times, it is important to do something — even if it’s wrong. So people know the country still has a government and, even more important, one capable of taking action. In the Panic of 1907, all it took to restore stability was one private citizen with the resources, the influence, the intelligence, the know-how and the willingness to use it: John Pierpont Morgan. He also had the experience for the job, for the same financier had once before saved the U.S. Treasury — during the Panic of 1893. During the Panic of 200809, neither Timothy Geithner nor Ben Bernanke has been a J.P. Morgan, but at least they didn’t just stand there, like Herbert Hoover’s paralyzed secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon. All he could do was just keep repeating: “Liquidate, liquidate, liquidate!” Stocks, real estate, farms, banks, everything had to go. He seemed to be proposing a fire sale of the whole country. As advice, Mr. Mellon’s counsel amounted to a recipe for disaster. And despair. Let it be said that Secretary Geithner and his ardent critics do share some common ground. Both agree that the economy’s problems are the other’s fault. Wasn’t there a time when leaders tried to solve problems rather than allot blame? Well, maybe Alexander Hamilton’s. But that was long ago, and America’s first secretary of the Treasury had a country to build rather than divide.

Spin doctors say Woods could have put his own snafu behind him more quickly had he come clean right away in the way Letterman did in front of TV cameras. Yet, the media and the public seem to care a lot less about Letterman’s philandering, perhaps because Woods marketed himself as something Letterman never did, a non-ironically clean-cut and wholesome family man. We care about Woods product endorsements, for example, because the commercial value of his image benefited mightily from his heartwarming family narrative, beginning with his late father who coached the golf champ to stardom since his pre-school days. I appreciate the highbrows who complain about all the attention that media pay to Tigergate, but they’re outvoted. Celebrity train wrecks create gaper’s blocks on the highway of life. If anything intrigues us as much as the sight of celebrities on their way up it is the soap opera of watching them on their way down. Woods waited two weeks after his accident to release an apology on his Web site that acknowledged his “infidelity.” He also announced: “After

much soul searching, I have decided to take an indefinite break from professional golf. I need to focus my attention on being a better husband, father and person.” Indeed, as much as he benefited from his family-man image, he suffers from the damage he has done to that image now. Public image takes on a life of its own in the world of stardom. As Daniel J. Boorstin observed in his classic 1961 book, “The Image,” a celebrity’s “name is often worth more than his services.” Woods may well recover his marketable image as a sports star by doing what he does best, playing golf whenever he decides to return to the game. Repairing his image may well be a tougher job than saving his marriage. Woods’ woes reminded me of the late pro basketball star Wilt Chamberlain, who never worried about a familyman image, either, since he never married. He shocked us anyway by announcing in his second autobiography, “A View from Above,” in 1991 that he had sex with 20,000 women. He later admitted that he made up the number, but it did make him the target of jokes and criticism, includ-

ing from his fellow athletes for fueling prejudices about their sexual behavior. Yet Tiger could take a lesson from Chamberlain’s sentiments in 1999 shortly before his death. The seven-foot star known widely as “Wilt the Stilt” said he regretted his failure to explain that the sexual climate in the 1960s and ’70s, when he had most of his sexual escapades, was much more carefree than in later decades. He also warned “all of you men out there who think that having a thousand different ladies is pretty cool” that he had learned, “having one woman a thousand different times is much more satisfying.” Wise words. Too bad that Chamberlain was retired by then, deep into what Benjamin Disraeli would call his “anecdotage,” a time when athletes have their best stories to tell and their greatest wisdom, yet generate the least interest from the media. That’s another funny thing about fame. It often misses the best stories. 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.

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Tiger’s woeful tales Do celebrities hear the irony when they put out news releases that ask us to respect their privacy? “This is a private matter and I want to keep it that way.” So said Tiger Woods on his web site after his single-car accident in November near his home — as if public Clarence curiosity about him Page could be Tribune Media turned off Services and on according to when he has golf shirts or a sport drink to sell. The accident occurred as the tabloid and celebrity media were reporting the first of what has become more than a dozen reported mistresses with whom Woods has allegedly had relations during his marriage. Comedians are having a field day. On a Top Ten list of ways Woods could improve his image, David Letterman suggested, “Release list of women he did not have sex with.” Or, I might add, he could release the shrinking list of sponsors who are sticking with him as a product endorser. Either way, Letterman’s cut had to be particularly unkind, since the late-night CBS star was involved in a sexual scandal of his own not long ago.

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