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Our 129th Year — No. 38
Roxboro, North Carolina
Three Sections — 22 Pages
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City postpones decision on privilege license fees
EDC Chairman )im Stovall voices opposition to proposed increases at Tuesday night meeting
By PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT
C-T Staff Writer
pboatwright@roxboro-courier.com
Roxboro business owners will not
have an answer on whether their privi
lege license fees will increase until next
week.
Should the fees increase, however,
businesses will not have to open their
books or show their tax returns to the
city, and manufacturers and wholesalers
will be exempt from gross receipts.
Roxboro City Council held a public
hearing on possible increases in busi
ness privilege license fees during its May
regular meeting last night, and several
business owners, along with the chair
men of the Chamber of Commerce board
and the county Economic Development
Commission, spoke in opposition.
After hearing comments, members
of the council said they needed more
time to consider the points made during
the public hearing, and to begin work
on the city’s budget for fiscal year 2011-
12 before making a decision on how to
charge for business privilege licenses
in the future.
Under the current structure, busi
nesses in the city pay a flat fee to oper
ate in Roxboro, regardless of their size
or sales.
The changes council is considering
would have some businesses charged
the $50 minimum fee while others would
be charged the $50 fee for gross receipts
up to $5 million and 50 cents for every
$1,000 over $5 million.
Interim City Manager Tommy War
ren has said the city had collected
$78,000 in privilege licenses this year.
The change to a gross receipts collection
method would increase that revenue to
about $125,000 per year, he said.
Dennis Canter, chairman of the Rox
boro Area Chamber of Commerce board,
said the Chamber was opposed to the
proposed ordinance “as written.”
He said many Chamber members
felt that council had merely taken the
matter of increasing business privilege
license fees “off the shelf and dusted it
off to quiet the masses,” who opposed
the proposal when it was first presented
last year.
In July 2010, council members heard
a presentation from a consultant, who
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SKYWARD BOUND
Phyliss Boatwright / C-T
READY TO FLY — Henry Newell (left) climbs into Claude Burkehead's 1940s-era Ercoupe for a flight
around the Person County Airport during last weekend's fly-in of the Vintage Aircraft Association
Chapter 3. More photos and information of the event can be found on page B1 of today's edition.
House resolution honors
life of Gordon P. Allen
By PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT
C-T Staff Writer
pboatwright@roxboro-courier.com
The North Carolina House of Repre
sentatives passed a resolution last week
honoring the life of Personian Gordon
P. Allen Jr.
Rep. W.A. (Winkle) Wilkins intro
duced House Resolution 667, along with
co-sponsors Jim Crawford of Granville
County, Harold Brubaker of Randolph
County and Paul Luebke of Durham
County.
On May 2, the House recognized the
contributions Allen made during his
life, as a member of the state Senate
and House, as well as his service in the
Army during the Korean War and later
as a commanding officer in the N.C.
National Guard.
The resolution also honors Allen for
his contributions to the state and county
as a partner in the Thompson-Alien
Insurance agency and as director of
the Independent Insurance Agents of
North Carolina.
The resolution notes that Allen also
Gordon P. Allen
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BOE to consider new mentor standards,
staff development plan Thursday
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By GREY PENTECOST
C-T Staff Writer
greypentecost@roxboro-courier.com
The Person County Board of Educa
tion will address several items on the
action agenda at its regular monthly
meeting, to be held on Thursday, May
12 at 6:30 p.m. in the boardroom at 304
S. Morgan St. in Roxboro.
Person County Schools Licensure
and Teacher Services Coordinator Lori
Stacey will present a revision to the “li
censure policy exhibit,” which includes
new mentor standards. Mentors are
faculty who serve the needs of other
teachers who are in their first three
years of their teaching careers.
“Another new aspect of the revised
policy exhibit,” said Stacey, “includes a
peer review process for the Beginning
Teacher Support Program. Under this
new supportive approach, LEAs will
support one another by reviewing plans
and sharing best practices.”
Also up for vote is a proposed new
PCS graduation requirement, which
would mandate that, beginning with
the freshman class of fall 2011, all stu
dents successfully complete at least one
online course prior to graduation from
high school.
In other business. Program Special
ist Paula Chandler will present a 2011-
12 professional development plan to
the board for approval. The plan was
brought before the board for discus
sion at the March meeting. According
to Chandler, the plan will make profes
sional development consistent across
the district, as well as help schools pre
pare for the “common core standards”
to be implemented by the state. The plan
incorporates the use of Max Thompson’s
Learning-Focused Schools Model. The
proposal will also include a budget, with
a large amount of the funding coming
from PCS’ Race to the Top grant, said
Chandler.
Schools Supt. Dr. Larry W. Cartner
will present a resolution, as suggested
by the North Carolina School Boards As
sociation, opposing House Bill 344: Tax
Credit for Children with Disabilities.
Tbe bill, said Cartner would provide
tax credits for parents who would en
roll their children in private or home
schools, resulting in only the most
severely disabled students left enrolled
in public schools.
The board will also make an appoint
ment to Piedmont Community College’s
Board of Trustees at tomorrow’s meet
ing. A finance report and 2011-12 Head
Start budget will be submitted for ap
proval as well.
lYes, will have to
cancel plans
JNo, will not change
plans
served in many civic roles, including as
president of the Roxboro Area Chamber
of Commerce and the Roxboro Kiwanis
Club, as well as chairman of the Person
County Economic Development Com
mission and co-chair of the Person
Memorial Hospital Building Project.
Wilkins spoke to the House following
a reading of the resolution last week,
telling his fellow legislators that Allen’s
service in the General Assembly was
“probably unparalleled.”
Allen served in the state Senate
from 1969 to 1975, serving as president
pro-tempore in 1971 and 1973. He was
a member of the House of Representa
tives from 1997 to 2005, serving as chair
of the Finance Committee.
He was a lobbyist for the North Caro
lina Bankers Association for 20 years,
and the group named its annual service
award for Allen.
Wilkins said he knew Allen well from
the time Wilkins was a small child and
Jl am not sure yet
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Results of our latest poll:
Should Roxboro City Council approve
privilege license fees for businesses
in the city as proposed?
Yes, as proposed - 15%
No - 627o
Yes, but at an altered rate - 8%
It does not matter to me - 15%
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Person County Schools' lead nurse Shannon Pointer
named School Health Champion for May by NCDPl
Shannon Pointer
Person County Schools’ Lead Nurse
Shannon Pointer was recently named the
School Health Champion for the month
of May by the North Carolina Depart
ment of Public Instruction (NCDPl).
The School Health Champion of the
Month is awarded to a healthy role model
who demonstrates outstanding leader
ship in advancing school-based policies
and programs improving the health of
students and/or staff
Pointer will receive two tickets to the
UNC/UVA baseball game to be held May
20, where she will be awarded a plaque
and $500 for use in the schools she serves
to advance a variety of health-related
efforts.
Pointer has been a school nurse for
seven years, and is currently the lead
nurse for PCS, serving Helena, North
End, Oak Lane and Woodland elemen
tary schools.
She holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in nursing, and a national cer
tification in school nursing, as well
as a graduate certificate in nursing
education.
Pointer is currently enrolled at the
University of North Carolina at Char
lotte, where she is pursuing a master’s
degree in community and public health
nursing.
One of the goals of the State Board
of Education, said Pointer, is to have
healthy and responsible students. She
believes that unhealthy students aren’t
able to learn and unhealthy staff mem
bers aren’t able to teach effectively.
Pointer said she considers it an “honor”
to have a job where each day she can
help teachers do their best at work, and
help students learn and achieve at their
highest potential.
Pointer commented that she would
like to use some of her award money
to purchase new education materials
for teaching CPR, since the American
Heart Association has implemented
new requirements for CPR educators,
followed by a new curriculum.
Pointer was nominated for the award
hy the School Health Advisory Council
(SHAC), an organization required in all
North Carolina public school systems,
in accordance with state board of educa
tion policy. Tbe council’s responsibility
is to “support and guide school health
practices, programs and policies.”
“Shannon has been a member of
SHAC for most of the eight years she
has worked with the Person County
Schools,” said SHAC Chair and PCS
Child Nutrition Director Lyn Holt. “Her
main focus has always been supporting
and improving the health environment
for students and staff. As a member of
SHAC, she has been instrumental in
forwarding wellness initiatives. Obvi
ously she models good health for the
students with her own lifestyle.”
Pointer is now in the running for the
North Carolina School Health Cham
pion of the Year award to be given in
December.
Schools Supt. Dr. Larry W. Cartner
said PCS was “very proud” of Pointer,
deeming her receipt of the award “a
well-deserved honor.”
The School Health Champion of the
Month/Year award is the result of a
partnership between NCDPl, the North
Carolina State Board of Education, local
Subway franchises and Tar Heel Sports
Properties.