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WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2011
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Our 129th Year — No. 20
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Napier's body recovered from Mayo Lake
Sheriff: 'There were no visible signs of any type of trauma on the body at all'
By TIM CHANDLER
Courier-Times Editor
tchandler@roxboro-courier.com
“We have recovered the body and
sent it to the medical examiner’s office
in Chapel Hill.”
A relieved Person County Sheriff
Dewey Jones uttered those words when
speaking via cell phone just before 3
p.m. Tuesday.
Jones was referring to the body of
Chad Napier, which had been missing
in Mayo Lake since the early morning
hours of Jan. 31.
Thirty-six days after the search for
Napier’s body began in the cold waters
of Mayo Lake, his body surfaced Tuesday,
Jones said.
“The body was really in pretty re
markable shape considering how long
it has been,” Jones said.
The area of Mayo Lake where Napier’s
body was found has water depths of 60
to 70 feet with very low visibility at the
bottom of the lake, Jones said earlier.
The water temperature at the surface has
hovered near 38 degrees since Napier’s
disappearance.
The body was discovered Tuesday by
Person County Rescue Squad members
just south of an area where a cadaver dog
had alerted recovery workers Monday.
“The dog did alert in the same general
area [Monday],” Jones said.
While a preliminary autopsy report
will not be available for “a few days,”
Jones said Tuesday “there were no vis
ible signs of any type of trauma on the
body at all.”
In addition to having assistance
from cadaver dogs during the search
from Napier, authorities have also used
divers, robotic cameras, sonar and he
licopters.
Numerous state, local and regional
rescue officials aided in the search for
Napier.
“We have had a lot of help from a lot
people,” Jones said. “We are grateful to
all of them. A lot of people have put in
a lot of hours during this.”
The total man hours spent on the
search was close to 2,000.
Napier, 32, of 275 Crystal Springs
Rd. in Timberlake had reportedly gone
out for a canoe ride in the early morn
ing hours of Jan. 31. He was reported
missing by Alan Brent Foushee, 40,
of 163 Anderbrock Dr. Foushee told
authorities Napier yelled for help from
the cold waters of Mayo Lake and that
he swam out to try and save him, but
was unsuccessful.
Chad Napier
Photo submitted
RECYCLING CENTER UPGRADE — Rickey Hardee and employees of DAVCO Steel work Monday to install a
new metering drum that will improve the efficiency of the sort line at Person County Recycling Center.
Improving efficiency
DENR grant enables Person Co. Recycling
Center to obtain new piece of machinery
By PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT
C-T Staff Writer
pboatwright@roxboro-courier.com
Thanks to a grant from the North
Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR) the Per
son County Recycling Center has a new
piece of machinery that will improve
efficiency.
Wanda Rogers, director of Person
Industries, which operates the county
recycling center, said this week that
the metering drum is attached to the
infeed of the conveyor system on
which recyclable materials are sorted.
The metering drum will “improve the
efficiency of the sort line by creating
a manageable amount of recycling
materials that drop on the line to be
sorted,” Rogers explained.
The metering drum was installed by
DAVCO Steel on Monday and Becky Clay
ton, who manages the recycling center,
said she and her staff looked forward
to increasing the amount of materials
they can sort.
The center has a potential of handling
5,000 tons of recyclable materials each
year. Now in its second year of opera
tion, the center handles about 1,100 tons
a year.
The center has increased its tonnage
by over 100 tons since last year.
Rogers and Clayton said the recycling
center is now able to accept electronics,
such as computers and televisions, at
no charge. Electronics will be banned
from North Carolina landfills beginning
July 1.
Clayton said she and her staff plan
to hold Customer Appreciation Days
on March 18 and 19. Customers who
bring in recyclables on those days will
receive a goodie bag while supplies last,
and names will be placed in a drawing
for door prizes of rain barrels donated
by Epoch Solutions, large recycling
containers and T-shirts.
There will also be shredders avail
able for citizens who wish to shred per
sonal and confidential documents. The
shredders will be available on Friday,
March 18, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., said
Clayton.
Also that day, Carl Cantaluppi, area
horticulture agent with the Person
County Extension Center will offer a
compost demonstration at 10 a.m.
The center offers tours for schools,
civic groups and businesses interested
in learning more about the center or
about recycling.
Timberlake man
arrested on
multiple sexual
exploitation charges
By TIM CHANDLER
Courier-Times Editor
tchandler@roxboro-courier.com
A Timberlake man was jailed Friday
under a $2 million bond on multiple
charges alleging sexual exploitation of
a minor.
Deputies with the Person County
Sheriff’s Office arrested Rickie Music,
45, of 771 Ned Moore Rd. in Timberlake
on sevenfelony counts of sexual exploita
tion of a minor. Music is alleged to have
had child pornography on a computer in
his residence.
According to Person County Sheriff
Dewey Jones, his office was contacted
by the North Carolina State Bureau of
Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against
Children Task Force on Feb. 28.
“The SBI actually conducted the in
vestigation and contacted us, ” Jones said
Tuesday He added that SBI authorities
had managed to track the IP address used
in the alleged illegal activity to Music’s
Timberlake home.
“With the information the SBI pro
vided us, we were able to obtain a search
warrant and then search his home,”
Jones said.
While executing the search warrant.
Rickie Music
deputies reportedly seized multiple
computers, along with a host of DVDs,
compact discs, and other items.
According to an incident report on
file at the sheriff’s office. Music con
fessed to having child pornography on
his computer following his arrest.
Music is scheduled to appear in Per
son County District Court on April 12.
Internet site set up for
county farmers' market
By PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT
C-T Staff Writer
pboatwright@roxboro-courier.com
Those interested in selling their
products at the Person County Farmers’
Market, and those who plan to shop there
can now visit the market’s Web site for
information.
Kent Duke, who manages the farmers’
market site on a volunteer basis said
this week that customers could visit
http://personcountyfarmersmarket.com
to check for hours of operation, “What’s
Happening at the Market,” and find out
what products were being offered in a
given week and for information about
vendors.
Duke said, “We are still accept
ing applications for vendors and the
market rules and application can be
downloaded off the Web site under a
post in the ‘What’s Happening at the
Market’ section.”
Duke said he would “be doing a fea
tured vendor post about every two to
three weeks once the market is up and
running this year,” where customers
can get more information about those
who sell their locally produced crops,
meat and baked goods at the market.
Person County Extension Director
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Christy Bondy named director of public library
By PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT
C-T Staff Writer
pboatwright@roxboro-courier.com
Christy Bondy
Christy Bondy was named director
of the Person County Public Library
on March 1.
She has served as interim director
since Linda Howerton retired from the
top position last fall.
Bondy has worked at the library for
the past 10 years, serving as children’s
librarian for nine and a half years of
that time.
Bondy graduated summa cum laude
from North Carolina Central University
in May 2010 with a master of library sci
ence (MLS) degree. Her undergraduate
degree is a bachelor of science in inter
disciplinary arts for children: theatre
from the State University of New York
College at Brockport.
Before coming to Person County,
Bondy worked as a program assistant
at the Arts Guild of Old Forge, Inc. in
Old Forge, N.Y.
When asked how she became inter
ested in being a librarian, Bondy said,
“My mother has worked at a library
for 29 years, so I basically grew up in a
library which is what piqued my interest
in working at one.”
Of her accomplishments with the Per
son County Public Library, Bondy said,
“I built a good collection of children’s
materials, and implemented several
new children’s programs that have been
successful over the years, including our
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sci
ences after-school programs.”
Regarding her future plans for the
library, Bondy said she hoped to increase
awareness of library services available
to Person County citizens.
“I also plan to explore digital and
technological resources that would be
beneficial services to the county, and
to increase advocacy for the library by
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building on the great relationships
that the library has had with the com
munity,” Bondy stated.
County Manager Heidi York said,
in a note to county commissioners ex
plaining her choice of library director,
“Christy Bondy has been serving as in
terim library director since the middle
of September and has brought fresh
ideas and innovative programming
to the library” Following Howerton’s
retirement, Bondy served as interim
director while also continuing her role
as children’s librarian. York indicated
to commissioners that the children’s
librarian position would remain fro
zen through the current fiscal year. It
is uncertain whether the position will
be reinstated with next year’s budget.
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