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TIM CHANDLER I COURIER-TIMES
IT'S
HOTH!
Person County has been mired in a sizzling heat wave for the
better part of two weeks now and Friday was no different. In the
photo above, the temperature had soared to the century mark at
a Madison Boulevard business by noontime. We also spotted the
temperaure above the 100-degree mark at a separate business in
Roxboro Friday morning prior to 11:30 a.m. In the photo at right, the
temperature crept over 100 degrees earlier this week at a residence
in Semora. The thermometer was located in the shade underneath
a screened, covered porch. Things are likely to continue sizzling
for the next few days, according to the National Weather Service.
The forecast high for today is 97 degrees with a high only expected
to creep slightly above 90 degrees on Sunday before roaring back
near 100 degrees by early next week.
VICKI BERRY I COURIER-TIMES
TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHERS IN PCS
BY GREY PENTECOST
COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER
greypentecost@roxboto-courler.com
Person County Schools teach
ers will have the opportunity to
participate in professional de
velopment sessions led by their
fellow teachers this summer,
through the new “T3 Profession
al Development.”
T3 (Teachers Teaching Teach
ers) was developed by Paula
Chandler, PCS program special
ist for professional development,
grant writing and public infor
mation.
With no funds budgeted for
professional development in the
coming school year, Chandler
said that as professional develop
ment director, she had to think
about how to provide teachers
with quality professional devel
opment with no funding.
Chandler said she began to
think about the professional de
velopment workshops that were
most beneficial to her when she
was a classroom teacher. She con
cluded that the most worthwhile
sessions were always the ones
lead by teachers who were in the
classroom at the time.
Chandler added that teachers
view master teachers who they
see “walking in their shoes” and
having success in the classroom
as having a lot of “credibility.”
After sending out a district
wide survey asking educators
if they felt they had resources
or skills that could benefit other
teachers. Chandler said she was
pleased to get 15 responses from
teachers working within a vari
ety of grade levels.
The sessions will be offered
on Aug. 11 and 16, and teachers
have been given the opportunity
to register.
Chandler said she chose to
hold the workshops before school
starts because that seems to be
the time when teachers are most
“motivated and excited about
learning something new.”
Many of the sessions, noted
Chandler, revolve around the use
of technology in the classroom.
The Person County Board of
Education recently approved a
new district-level requirement in
which certified personnel renew
ing their licenses in June 2012
should have one CEU (10 contact
hours) in technology as part of
the CEUs required by the state.
Starting in 2014, personnel will
be required to have two CEUs in
technology.
The technology-based T3 ses
sions, said Chandler, will allow
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Occupancy tax
public hearing
set Monday
BY PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT
COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER
pboafwright@roxboro-courler.com
The Person County Board
of Commissioners will hold
a public hearing Monday to
hear comments on whether
the county should levy an ad
ditional one percent room oc
cupancy tax.
The public hearing will be
held before the regular Aug. 1
meeting begins.
House Bill 518 was passed by
the state legislature in June,
giving the county authority
to increase the occupancy tax
rate for motels, hotels and
bed and breakfasts in Person
County.
Funds raised from the ad
ditional tax would go to sup
port tourism and travel in the
county
According to the ratified
bill, “Person County shall on a
quarterly basis, remit the net
proceeds of the occupancy tax
to the Person County Tourism
Development Authority” The
bill goes on to state, “The Au
thority shall use at least two-
thirds of the funds remitted
to it under this subsection to
promote travel and tourism in
See MEETING, Page 12
Person’s jobless rate
remains at 9.9%
BY TIM CHANDLER
COURIER-TIMES EDITOR
fchan(ller@roxboto-couriet.com
For the second consecutive
month. Person County’s un
employment rate remained
just below 10 percent in June,
according to numbers released
Friday by the Employment Se
curity Commission (ESC) of
North Carolina.
After inching up by 0.1 per
cent to 9.9 percent in May, Per
son County’s unemployment
rate held steady at 9.9 percent
in June, according to Friday’s
ESC numbers.
One year ago. Person Coun
ty had a jobless rate of 11.2
percent in the month of June.
Statewide, the unemploy
ment rate increased in 91 of
North Carolina’s 100 counties
in June after it had decreased
in 40 counties one month ear
lier. Jobless rates decreased
statewide in six counties and
remained the same in two oth
er counties in addition to Per
son. Unemployment rates in
creased in all 14 of the state’s
SeeUHmPlOmim, Page 12
PERSON
COUNTY SCHOOLS
Preparing siudenis for suceesi in a e/janging world
New logo developed to mateh
sehools’ mission statement
BY GREY PENTECOST
COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER
greypenfetosf@roxboto-touriet.tori
Person County Schools
(PCS) is now releasing a new
logo, following recent updates
of its vision and mission state
ments.
“The mission of Person
County Schools is to pre
pare students for success in a
changing world,” the new mis
sion statement reads.
PCS Program Specialist for
Grant Writing, Professional
Development and Public Infor
mation Paula Chandler said
that since the new statements
“brought [PCS] into the 21®‘
century,” the system wanted to
do the same with the logo.
The old logo, with the ap
ple (formed from the letters
“PCA’) sitting on top of the
book, was introduced around
1992, said Chandler. There is
no evidence of a logo prior to
that time, she said.
In developing a new logo.
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Proposed redistricdng maps likely headed for le^
BY PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT
COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER
pboalwrigbf@toxboro-courier.com
The North Carolina General
Assembly approved redistricting
maps this week that could change
the make up of state Senate and
House districts, and the US. con
gressional district in which Per
son County lies.
State Rep. W.A. (Winkie)
Wilkins, D-Person, said Friday
that the changes involving his
district, which now includes all
of Person and a section of north
ern Durham County, could put
him in contention with fellow
Democrat, Rep. Jim Crawford in
Granville County
Crawford, a (Jranville County
native, has served 14 terms in the
House of Representatives.
The newly drawn District 2,
should it survive a court chal
lenge that Wilkins said would be
a certainty, would have Wilkins
representing all of Person and
portions of southern Granville
County, with the exclusion of
“one little old finger that includes
[Crawford’s] hometown,” Wilkins
said earlier this week.
According to the maps ap-
Sce REDISTRICTING, Page 12
North Carolina’s proposed U.S. Congressional districts