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WEDNESDAY August 3,2011 Roxboro, North Carolina www.personcountylife.com 75 Cents Serving all of Person County since 1881 Couricr-®mejr MUSEUM OFFERING The Yankee who came to Roxboro and Mayed B1 DO YOU KNOW: Do you recognize these basketball playersfrom BHHS 1936-37?M. t'-' BOAT WRITES: Has Washington gone too far? ^ CONTEST WIN: Create our Video ’ winners awarded B2 -11 DEATHS |[- Willis Cleave Briggs Sr., 57 Burlington Beverly Meloy Cavalier, 80 teashurg Bennett Edward Downey, 57 Rougemont Thomas Frank Harris Sr., 84 Roxboro Mary Satterfield Leach, 35 Roxboro James Raymond Nelson, 83 Oxford Steve Pergerson, 61 Graham SEE PAGE A11 -mm- AGENDA A3 BOAT WRITES A2 CLASSIEIED B8-9 COMMENTARY AS DO YOU KNOW A2 OPINION A4 ENTERTAINMENT B2-3 LEGAL NOTICES B9 LIEESTYLE B5 MILESTONES B4 MINI PAGE B6 MOVIES A2 OBITUARIES All SPORTS A6-7 TV LISTINGS B7 Our 129th year Number 62 Two sections 22 pages Copyright 2011 The Courier-Times Inc. Occupancy tax increase approved BYPHYLISS BOATWRIGHT C-T STAFF WRITER pboatwright@roxboto-couriet.com On Oct. 1, Person County will begin assessing a six percent occupancy tax on hotel, motel and bed and breakfast rooms, and other lodging. County commissioners on Monday de cided, by a 4-1 vote, to increase the occu pancy tax by one percent, with proceeds going to the county Tourism Development Authority (TDA). Commission Vice Chair man Kyle Puryear cast the lone nay vote, saying he made a pledge while campaign ing that he would not vote to raise taxes. The commissioners voted on the mat ter during their regular meeting Monday night, following a public hearing in which several spoke in favor of the tax increase and no one spoke in opposition. State Rep. WA. Winkie Wilkins got House Bill 518 passed in the General As sembly in June, giving the county the au thority to levy the additional tax, which only affects those renting hotel rooms or other lodging. According to the ratified bill, “Person County shall on a quarterly basis, remit the net proceeds of the occu pancy tax to the Person County Tourism Development Authority.” The bill goes on to state, “The Authority shall use at least two-thirds of the funds remitted to it un der this subsection to promote travel and tourism in Person County and shall use the remainder for tourism-related expen ditures.” Funds raised from the additional tax will go to support tourism and travel in the county TDA will also use a portion of the taxes generated by the levy to provide funding for the Person County Museum of History Members of the museum’s hoard See TAX, Rage 12 PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT I COURIER-TIMES The Person County Museum of History will benefit from a portion of the increased occupancy tax rate OK’d by commissioners this week. PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT I COURIER-TIMES This county-owned house at 316 S. Morgan St. will soon be demolished and replaced by green space. County commissioners approved the project Monday. County to replace vacant house with green space BY PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT C-T STAFF WRITER pboatwrlgbt@roxboro-toutler.com Soon, an aging, vacant house will he gone and a “premier green space” will replace it. The house, located at 316 South Morgan Street, is owned by the county and has been used for storage for the past several years. Ray Foushee, county general services director, said Monday, during the regular meeting of the Person Board of County Commissioners, that the house could be demolished for $3,800. Foushee took See GREEN, Page 12 Tax free weekend BY GREY PENTECOST C-T STAFF WRITER greypentetost@roxboto-tourler.com North Carolina’s tax-free weekend begins Friday and Roxboro shoppers can expect to find additional deals and even an extended tax-free period at some area retailers. Bill Dallas with The Bootery said the store plans to hit the sales tax holiday “full-force,” with plans to drop its sales tax starting today. He said the store would cover the tax Wednesday and Thursday, before the state wide holiday tiegins Friday The Bootery will also op erate on extended hours this weekend: Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Other Bootery deals include 60 percent off of women’s sum mer shoes, and 10 percent off Nike and New Balance shoes for men, women and children. Peebles will also begin its no-sales tax offer today, giving shoppers five full days to take advantage of the savings. The statewide tax holiday begins Friday at 12:01 a.m. and runs through Sunday until 11:59 p.m. Tax-exempt items include clothing, footwear, and school supplies of $100 or less per item; school instructional materials of $300 or less per item; sports and recreation equipment of $50 or less per item; computers of $3,500 or less per item; and computer supplies of $250 or less per item. According to the North Car olina Department of Revenue, clothing accessories, jewelry, cosmetics, protective equip ment, wallets, furniture, items used in a trade or business, and rentals are not covered by the exemption and will be subject to the applicable tax. In addition to the tax exemp tion, Roses in Roxboro is offer ing a savings of 25 percent off school supplies, a current deal that will run throughout the month. At Footwear Plus, custom ers who spend $50 or more this weekend will receive $10 off their entire purchase. The store is also running a sale on certain clothing items. A press release from the North Carolina Retail Mer chants Association stated, “The three-day exemption from state and local sales taxes was created by the North Carolina &? TAX-FREE, Page 12 City Council considering manager applications BY PHYLISS BOATWRIGHT C-T STAFF WRITER pboatwrlgbt@roxboto-couriet.com I rights reserved Mayor Samuel Spencer said Roxboro City Council plans to meet tomorrow to continue win nowing applications for city manager. An initial meeting was held July 26 to begin the process of looking over the qualifications of the 45 people who applied for the position. Spencer said the Aug. 4 meet ing would be “a continuation of screening the applicants. We hope to complete the screening” tomorrow, Spencer said, “and be gin setting up interviews.” He said council had already “narrowed down” the applicants. “We want to go back and take a second look” before moving fur ther, he explained. Spencer said he did not foresee council taking any action follow ing the special session on Thurs day. Advertisements for the posi tion ran from April, shortly af ter former manager Jon Barlow resigned, until July 15. The city advertised in the League of Mu nicipalities’ newsletter. Southern Cities, and in newspapers. The mayor has said that he See t\n, Page 12
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