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29 have applied for Roxboro city manager post
BY PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT
COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER
pboatwright@roxboto-coutiet.com
As of Tuesday afternoon, Rox
boro City Council had received
29 applications for the position
of city manager.
Mayor Samuel Spencer said
Tuesday that the advertisement
for the position would run until
July 15 in the League of Munici
palities’ newsletter, Southern Cit
ies. The city also advertised the
position in newspapers.
Spencer said, after the cut-off
date for applications passes, he
and council would take a look at
the applications and narrow the
field down to those candidates
they believe to be most qualified.
The finalists will then inter
view with council members and
Spencer.
Spencer reiterated this week
that he and council members be
lieved it best not to look at any
of the applications until after
the deadline had passed. He said
council members did not want to
look at submissions and possibly
form opinions about candidates
before receiving all applications.
Spencer said earlier that the
city was looking for experience
and relevant education in its
search for a manager.
He said the city would be
“very careful in looking at the
qualifications, to see if the ap
plicant meets the desires of the
entire council. Spencer said he
was not surprised at the number
of people that had applied for the
job thus far.
“There are people coming out
of school who have degrees” in
business or have taken munici
pal government courses, Spencer
said, “and others who are look
ing for advancement.”
Spencer mentioned the former
city manager, Jon Barlow, who
served as Roxboro’s manager for
five years. Barlow resigned in
March to take a similar position
in Fuquay-Varina. This week,
Spencer said Barlow “wanted to
MANAGER,12
GREY PENTECOST I COURIER-TIMES
Jo Hancock finds the bronze casting of her hand on the Community Column where Person County was
represented in the Veterans Park as Linzy Rimmer (center) and Hancock’s husband, Al, look on.
‘It’s one of the greatest
honors I’ve had’
Personians attend opening of Veterans Park in Fayetteville
BY GREY PENTECOST
COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER
greypentecost@roxbofo-courier.com
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FAYETTEVILLE — On this In
dependence Day holiday, a group
of Person County veterans and
their families joined a crowd of
over 1,000 to attend the dedication
of North Carolina’s first park to
honor all veterans.
Not only were Personians in at
tendance at the dedication in Fay
etteville, but tributes to the sac
rificial service of Person County
veterans and their supporters
have been specially woven into
the park’s design.
“The North Carolina Veterans
Park has been created to honor
the lives, service and pride of all
veterans — past, present and fu
ture,” declared Fayetteville Mayor
Tony Chavonne during Monday’s
dedication ceremony.
“This beautiful living park has
been designed to reflect the stages
of a veteran’s journey — life be
fore, during and after service —
and to reflect the homeland they
fought so diligently to protect.”
On the park’s Oath of Service veterans, one from each county
Wall, a bronze casting of Person in the state. Painter, who served
County veteran Hassell Painter’s in World War IT, Korea and Viet-
hand is displayed amongst those
cast from the hands of 99 other VETERANS,/"age/.?
GREY PENTECOST I COURIER-TIMES
Herbert Harris (left), R.O. Slaughter (center) and Gwendolyn Harris
listen attentively to the 82nd Airborne Division play at the start of
the North Carolina Veterans Park dedication Monday.
State trooper injured in
Friday night aeeident
BY TIM CHANDLER
COURIER-TIMES EDITOR
tcbaniiler@roxboro-tourier.tom
A North Carolina Highway
Patrol trooper suffered seri
ous injuries Friday night in a
one-vehicle wreck on Allens-
ville Road.
Trooper John L. Pointer,
35, was transported via medi
cal helicopter to Duke Univer
sity Medical Center after the
accident. Pointer has since
been released from Duke Uni
versity Medical Center
The accident occurred at
approximately 11 p.m., east of
Roxboro, just past the inter
section of Gentry Ridge Road.
The scene of the wreck is in
a curve prior to Allensville
Road’s intersection with Dir-
gie Mine and Mollie Mooney
Trooper John L. Pointer
roads.
The 2009 unmarked Dodge
Charger cruiser driven by
Pointer reportedly ran off the
left side of the roadway, struck
a culvert and overturned.
According to North Caro
lina Highway Patrol 1st Sgt.
Robert Pearson, the investiga
tion into the accident is con
tinuing.
SILVER ALERT ISSUED EOR
HURDLE MILLS WOMAN
The N.C. Center for Missing
Persons issued a Silver Alert
Tuesday for a missing Person
County woman.
Barbara Ann Abrams, 62,
was reported missing from
her home on Charlie Long
Road in Hurdle Mills.
She was reportedly wear
ing a blue shirt, white Capri
pants and white tennis shoes.
She is believed to be traveling
in a blue 1998 Oldsmobile Sil
houette van with North Caro
lina tag number ZWR-6448.
Anyone with information
about Abrams’ whereabouts
is asked to contact the Person
County Sheriff’s Office at (336)
597-0500.
Planning meeting set for
Rougemont residents
BY PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT
COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER
pboatwrigbt@roxboro-courier.com
A meeting is scheduled for
Thursday night to provide in
formation and answer ques
tions about the possibility of
Rougemont becoming an in
corporated town.
Last month. House Bill 292
was ratified by the state Leg
islature. The bill gave Rou
gemont the opportunity to
incorporate, if a majority of
residents who are registered
to vote approve a referendum
that will be held on Nov. 8,
in conjunction with the City
of Durham’s municipal elec
tions.
Rep. W.A. (Winkie) Wilkins,
D-Person, said, following the
bill’s passage, that he had
worked to get it ratified since
he was first elected seven
years ago to represent Person
and the Northern section of
Durham County that includes
Rougemont proper.
Only Rougemont residents
who live in Durham County
will be allowed to vote on the
referendum, and only Dur
ham County residents would
be affected by the incorpora
tion. There are Rougemont ad
dresses in Person and Orange
counties as well.
Should the November ref
erendum pass, the incorpora
tion will be along the US. 501
corridor, extending out along
Red Mountain Road and Ba
con Road. A map of the areas
included in the proposed in
corporation will be available
Thursday night, according to
the Rougemont Incorporation
Steering Committee.
Also during the meeting,
committee members will pro
vide information about time
lines and the pros and cons of
incorporation. They will also
answer any questions.
An important part of the
process will be to elect town
council members, should the
referendum for incorpora
tion pass, according to the
committee. The committee is
looking for people who would
be willing to run for a spot on
the five-member council, and
serve either a four- or two-
year term on the council.
The deadline for filing
to run for Rougemont town
council is noon on Friday,
July 15. Those interested may
file at the Durham Board of
Elections, at 706 W. Corpora
tion St., near the old Durham
Athletic Park. There is a $5 fee
to file.
Thursday’s meeting, the
first of two that are planned,
will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Rou
gemont United Methodist
Church.
Another informational
meeting is planned for Mon
day, July 11, at 7:30 p.m. at
New Red Mountain Baptist
Church.