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Roanoke River Partners
plan for the coming year,
and how to be involved.
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Pastor Wallace Phillips
writes about how
everyone has a busy
life.
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Volume 121:
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FRIDAY. JANUARY 17,2020
Juvenile charged in school threat
SARAH HODGES STALLS
Enterprise & Weekly Herald
WILLIAMSTON - A juvenile has
been identified and charged
in the Dec. 13, 2019 threat of
mass violence made against
Riverside Middle School.
According to Chief Deputy
Drew Robinson of the Mar
tin County Sheriffs Office,
the caller rendered specific
threats towards the campus
by way of a telephone call.
Officers with the Martin
County Sheriff’s Office im
mediately responded to the
school and began to assist
school personnel with a modi
fied lockdown status and con
trolled release of students.
Through the subsequent in
vestigation, a juvenile Suspect
was identified and charged
with making a false report of
mass violence.
Sarah Hodges Stalls can be
reached via email at shstalls®
ncweeklies.com.
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Prison Camp Road was closed for several hours following a truck overturning in the roadway.
Overturned truck leads to
closure of Prison Camp Rd.
WILLIAMSTON - An overturned
truck carrying hogs resulted in
a road closure for several hours
Tuesday.
According to the North Caro-
iina Highway Patrol, Rollie Dut
ton, a driver for MAD Trucking
of Albertson was charged with
exceeding a safe speed and driv
ing left of center in the incident,
which resulted in the death of
some of the hogs.
According to Martin County
Communications, the wreck oc
curred on Prison Camp Rd. be
tween Race Track Rd and N.C.
903. Dutton was not injured;
however, the road was closed
for several hours while the ac
cident was cleared.
In addition to the North Caro
lina Highway Patrol, Roberson-
ville EMS, Robersonville Fire,
Martin County Emergency Man
agement, Martin County Sher
iffs Office and N.C. Department
of Transportation responded to
assist.
Sarah Hodges Stalls can be
reached at shstalls@ncweeklies.
com.
Celebrating: Young learners
delve into the world of art
SARAH HODGES STALLS
Enterprise & Weekly Herald
WILLIAMSTON - One elementary
school art teacher integrates
math and any other subjects
she can to enhance her stu
dents’ class experience.
“1 am trying to boost their
confidence and also instill in
them how art can bring joy,” ex
plained Laura Frye of E.J. Hayes
Elementary School.
In an effort to allow her stu
dents to build confidence in
drawing simple shapes, Frye
uses desserts, specifically the
cakes in the colorful artwork of
Wayne Theibaud, to grab their
interest.
“American artist, Wayne Thie-
baud, was born in Arizona in
1920,” Frye told one class. “This
is 2020. How old will he be this
year?”
One student guessed 1000.
“No, he will turn 100 years old
on Nov. 15,” Frye explained.
The children were surprised
to learn that the artist still goes
to his studio and paints every
day.
Frye then explained how to
draw a cake in five steps.
“We are going to draw a cake
together. First turn your paper
so it looks tall. We are going to
draw an ellipse near the top of
the paper,” she directed.
The teacher explained an el
lipse as a circle that an elephant
sat on.
“This will be the top of your
cake, then two straight lines
down from each side of the el
lipse and a curved smile finish
es the cake itself,” she contin
ued.
“Now, you have drawn a cyl
inder. Next, we are drawing
a plate under the cake. What
does it look like?”
A top hat was the response.
Frye guided the students
See ART, A5
RALEIGH - Beginning
Monday (Jan. 13), ab
sentee by-mail ballots
for the March primary
election will be mailed
to voters who request
them.
Any registered voter
in North Carolina may
vote absentee by-mail.
Primary Election Day
- when voters select
the political party nom
inees to appear on the
ballot in the Nov. 3 gen
eral election - is March
3, 2020.
“By-mail absentee vot
ing officially launches
the 2020 primary elec
tion,” said Karen Brin
son Bell, executive di
rector of the State Board
of Elections. “Any reg
istered voter in North
Carolina may request a
mail-in absentee ballot
for the primary.”
To vote absentee by
mail, voters must com
plete a 2020 State Ab
sentee Ballot Request
Form. For the 2020 pri
mary, the form must be
received by the voter’s
county board of elec
tions by 5 p.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 25.
Voters who submit
a valid request will
receive a ballot from
their county board of
elections. The materi
als will include detailed
instructions on how to
complete and return
the ballot.
Session Law 2019-239
made several changes
to the absentee voting
process. Changes in
clude:
■ An absentee re
quest form is now valid
only if returned to the
county board of elec
tions by the voter, the
voter’s near relative or
legal guardian, or a Mul
tipartisan Assistance
Team (MAT);
■ The absentee re
quest form must be
mailed or delivered in
person to the voter’s
county board of elec-
See MAIL, A5
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