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'Get Patriotic in Person' See page A3 for info SATURDAY, Jan. 29, 2011 The Courier Times Weather Outlook Serving All of Person County Since 1881 Copyright The Courier-Times inc. 2011 All Rights Reserved TODAY; Hi 56 Lo 31 SUNDAY; Hi 55 Lo 32 MONDAY; Hi 48 Lo 35 TUESDAY; Hi 46 Lo 35 75c Our 128th Year— No, 9 Roxboro, North Carolina Two Sections — 20 Pages www.personcountylite.com Budget talks, strategic plan to highlight commissioners' retreat ■ Annual daylong event will be streamed live on Internet Monday By TIM CHANDLER Courier-Times Editor tchandler@roxboro-courier.com Heidi York The Person County Board of Commis sioners will meet Monday at the Mayo Park Educational Center for its annual budget retreat. The retreat, which is open to the public, will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude shortly after 4:30 p.m. The daylong retreat will, once again, be streamed live on the Person County Government Web site at personcounty. net. It was initially announced earlier this week that the retreat, which was streamed live last year, would not be streamed this year since only Commis sioner Kyle Puryear was in favor of doing so. County Manager Heidi York told The Courier-Times Thursday that Com missioners Frances Blalock and Sam Kennington had expressed their desire Wednesday evening to have the retreat streamed live as well. She also added that Commission Chairman Jimmy B. Clayton and Commissioner Ray Jef fers were not opposed to streaming the event live. York said Friday she was “excited” about Monday’s retreat, but knew it would also be a challenging day as well. See BUDGET back page Tobacco use policy in place at PCC campus ■ Smoking oiiowed only at designated outdoor locations By GREY PENTECOST C-T Staff Writer greypentecost@roxboro-courier.com Piedmont Community College is currently in the process of perform ing a complete review of its policies and procedures manual and has begun presenting the updates to the board of trustees for approval, one of which is the inclusion of a new policy regarding tobacco use on campus. According to the college’s public information director, Bonnie Davis, PCC’s executive council began look ing at the policy manual soon after Dr. Walter C. Bartlett became president of the college in August 2009. The review is being undertaken in order to make sure the college is following the poli cies that have been laid out, and also to make changes where necessary, said Bartlett at last week’s meeting of the board of trustees. Davis said that the way the policies are listed is being standardized as well, in order to make the manual a better reference tool. Getting the entire campus commu nity involved in the process has been an important aspect of the review, said Bartlett. He told The Courier-Times that he was excited about having everyone at the college communicating and discuss ing the policies, and that it is a “great opportunity for people to be heard.” Last week the board approved some of the updated sections of the policy manual, as well as five new policies, which included a tobacco use policy. According to the new policy, use of tobacco in “any college building, facil ity or vehicle” is prohibited. It states, “Tobacco use is allowed in designated campus locations (gazebos) with re ceptacles. Students and employees are required to place tobacco materials in receptacles located within the desig nated areas.” Bartlett said that when he first came on as president of the college, smoking was a concern that came up often as he talked with those on campus. He ex plained that with the college’s creation of a controlled smoking environment, the intent was to respect Person Coun ty’s tobacco heritage, while moving toward a healthier environment. Photos submitted by Susan Bowen Library Mural Local artist George (Bucky) Buchanan works on a mural that will grace a wall at the Person County Public Library. The Friends of the Library are funding the project. Interim Library Director Christy Bondy said she was appreciative of the support from the Friends, and had already received "great feedback from our patrons" regarding the mural. Crumpton joins PCC's board of trustees By GREY PENTECOST C-T Staff Writer greypentecost@roxboro-courier.com Piedmont Community College brought a new trustee on board with the recent appoint J Bayard Crumpton Barlow confident snow removal supplies 'will make it to the end of the season' ment of Bayard R. Crumpton, who was ap pointed to fill the unexpired term of Sheila C. Pashales af ter she resigned in September. Pashales served on the board for 23 years and was the first and only female chairman of the board, a posi tion she served in from 1992-1996. PCC President Dr. Walter C. Bartlett commented that Pashales was active at the state level by serving on the executive board of the North Carolina Association of Community College Trustees, and put “a lot of effort” into whatever she was involved in. He said the college appreciates the time she served on the board. Crumpton, owner of Nu-Way Clean ers in Roxboro, was appointed by the Person Board of County Commission ers for the per iod of Jan. 4,2011 through June 30,2012, and he attended his first meeting of the board last week. Crumpton said he hopes that his relationships with various members of the community will be of value in some way to the board. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Roxboro and Concord See BAYARD backpage By PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT C-T Staff Writer pboatwright@roxboro-courier.com See TOBACCO back page The four snow events last December and the spell of bad weather that hit Roxboro in early January forced the city to use much of its budget for sand and salt, but Manager Jon Barlow said this week that he felt confident “we will make it to the end of the season.” The brine applied to roads before a snow “appears to be working,” As sistant City Manager Tommy Warren told council members during the Jan. 11 meeting. The brine prevents snow from freez ing to the road, said Warren, as long as temperatures remain above 25. The brine also allows for easier snow removal by plows, he said So far, Warren told city council mem bers, the city has used 75 tons of salt on the streets. He said the city ordered 75 tons in October and another 75 tons in January. The cost of the salt is $91.75 per ton, Warren said. Barlow said this week that the city budgets $18,000 per year for sand and salt. That doesn’t include fuel and labor costs, he said. “We’re getting close to that figure” of the budgeted $18,000, Barlow said, “but I think we will make it” through the rest of the winter season. Public works crews use two trucks to spray the brine and “they cover the city pretty quickly,” Barlow said. INSIDE Saturday Agenda A2 Churches/Religion ...B2 Classified B6-7 Commentary ...AS Court... B5 Do You Know A3 Editorial A4 Education A6 Legal Notices Bt Lifestyle.. B8 Looking Back A3 Obituaries All Pentecost A2 Person County Reads B1 Realty Transfers B5 School Spotlight A7 Sports. A8-10 Tax Page ...B3 TV Listings B4 0 8 6 9 6 New vehicles helping health dept, aid environment and save on fuel By PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT C-T Staff Writer pboatwright@roxboro-courier.com When it comes to improving health conditions for Personians, the Person County Health Department is walking the walk — or driving it, rather. In May 2010, the health department was awarded grant funds by the North Carolina Solar Center at N.C. State University as part of the Clean Fuel Advanced Technology (CFAT) project, which allowed it to purchase two hybrid electric vehicles. Health Director Janet Clayton said the CFAT project was funded by the North Carolina Department of Trans portation to reduce mobile emissions in North Carolina’s non-attainment counties for national ambient air qual ity standards. “The health department proposed to utilize grant funds to begin the imple mentation of hybrid electric vehicles, which would provide a reduction in mobile emissions by replacingtwo aging vehicles—a Crown Victoria and a Dodge Intrepid with hybrid electric vehicles,” Clayton explained. “Using clean fuel advanced tech nology, in the form of hybrid electric vehicles, directly correlates with the mission of the Person County Health Department, which is ‘Promoting, Pro tecting and Nurturing the Health of our Community’” said Clayton. One of the new vehicles is specifically dedicated to the Home Health and Hos pice program for home visits through out the county, Clayton said. The other is used department-wide for travel to homes, daycares and schools, she said. See NEW back page Phyliss Boatwright / C-T FUEL SAVER — One of the two Toyota Prius vehicles purchased by the Person County Health Department is pictured above.
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