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SATURDAY September 10,2011 Roxboro, North Carolina www.personcountylife.com 75 Cents Serving all of Person County since 1881 GAME 4: Results of Friday j" Rocketfootball ac tion at Halifax A6 RCS SPORTS: Results of soccer, volleyball action from Roxboro Com munity School A7 DOG DAYS: Get ready to Strut YourMutC at4-H Program Is Dog Day Out^Z ^GOD THING': Salem UMCpastor comes from a long line of Methodist ministers B4 THE WORD: Where were you when you learned of the 9/11 terrorist attacks kZ -]| DEATHS i[- Michael Wilson Alley, Jr., 5 months Stem Donald J. Curry, 67 Durham Dorothy Honeycutt Epps, 79 Virgilina, Va. Myrtle Bowen Mills, 91 Roxboro See page All -mmi AGENDA A3 BOAT WRITES A2 BOOKS Bl CLASSIFIED B8-9 COMMENTARY AS COURT B6 DO YOU KNOW A2 EDUCATION B2 FAITH & WORSHIP B4-5 LEGAL NOTICES B9 LIFESTYLE B3 LOOKING BACK A2 MOST WANTED A3 MOVIES A3 OBITUARIES All OPINION A4 REALTY TRANSFERS B6 SPORTS A6-8 TV LISTINGS B7 WORD ON THE STREET A2 Our 129th year Number 73 Two sections 22 pages Copyright 2011 The Courier-Times Inc. I rights reserved Couricr-®meji School board accepts driver education bid Person Driving Academy, a newly-formed local company, is choice of BOE BY GREY PENTECOST COURIER-TIMES STAEE WRITER greypentetost@roxboto-tourler.tom The Person County Board of Education voted at its Thursday meeting to accept the bid from Person Driving Academy to run its driver’s education program, which the board voted to out source in May The board discussed the sub mitted bids at last month’s meet ing, and after receiving more in formation from each of the final three bidders, decided to support the newly formed local company. Board member Pecolia Beatty noted that two of the bidders did not indicate that they were going to hire local people. Beatty said that as a Person County resident, she would be more in favor of keeping jobs within the county and supporting the local econo my. “I agree with Ms. Beatty,” said board chairman Gordon Powell. “This is an opportunity to form a business right here in Person County, with Person County peo ple. 1 think it’s an opportunity for us as a board to support the driv er’s ed personnel that have done a good job for a long, long [time], without any problems that I’m aware of” Person County will fund the driver’s education program through state allocated funds and a $45 fee assessed to students. While Person Driving Acad emy was not the lowest bidder, estimating a cost of $225 per stu dent, the bidding process was non-competitive. Since the bid was not competi tive, Powell reasoned, and Person See BOE, Page 10 10th day enrollment numbers less for PCS this year BY GREY PENTECOST COURIER-TIMES STAEE WRITER gtevpentecosf@(oxboro-coutier.com The 10‘*' day enrollment to tal for Person County Schools came in at 4,857 on Thursday, 170 students less than were enrolled on the same day last year. Schools Supt. Dr. Larry W Cartner presented the num bers to the Person County Board of Education at its meeting Thursday evening. Cartner pointed out that two areas showing signifi cantly low enrollment this year were the third grade class at Helena Elementary School, with 88 students, 30 less students than expected; and the second grade class at South Elementary, which had 25 students enrolled on the lO*** day. Cartner said he was not surprised to see the low number at South, since the school was placed under Title I School Improvement this year, giving parents the option to send their children to one of two other schools in the district (Oak Lane or Sto ries Creek). Before the school year started, two teachers were moved from South to See PCS, Page 10 Council to consider donating civil defense siren to museum BY PHYIISS BOATWRIGHT COURIER-TIMES STAEE WRITER pboQtwright@roxboto-courler.com When it meets in regular session next Tuesday night, Roxboro City Council will consider donating the city’s old civil defense siren to the Person County Museum of History. Interim City Manager Tommy Warren said Friday that the siren, which sat atop city hall for years during the Cold War, had not been in use since 1988. He said, as a child growing up in Roxboro, he re membered that the siren was tested every Saturday at noon, and kids out playing knew it was lunch time when they heard the siren. The museum requested that the city donate the siren, which was removed from the city hall roof in 2005. Warren said it had been in storage since it was taken down from the roof The control panels are still at city hall, he said, and would be donated to the museum as well, if council approves the move. In other matters next week, council members will hear a request from Police Chief Todd Boycher that certain See PERSONALITY,Page 10 Donoho cycling the perimeter of the country to aid hght against cancer COURIER-TIMES EIEESTYEE EDITOR llfestyle@roxboro-courler.com Flynn Donoho of Hunting- ton Beach, Calif stopped by The Courier-Times office Thursday to introduce himself and say hello as he makes his way around the United States for a cause using a bicycle as a his mode of transpor tation. Mapping a route that fol lows the perimeter of the country, the 52-year-old Donoho is cycling to benefit the fight against can cer. Donoho explained that he is riding for his sister-in-law who is a two-year cancer survivor, as well as other family members who have lost their fight against cancer. With a goal of $1,000, he said he has raised $600 so far toward the fight against cancer. Along with two United States flags, Donoho’s bicycle sports a sign providing the Web site ad- County appoints new medical director BY TIM (HANDIER COURIER-TIMES EDITOR tchon(ller@roxboro-tourler.com During its regular meeting Tuesday, the Person Board of County Commissioners appoint ed Dr. Michael Ghim of Wake Forest University Physicians to serve as Person County’s Medi cal Director. Ghim’s two-year contract be gan July 1 and will continue through June 30, 2012. Dr. James (Tripp) Winslow for merly served as the Person Coun ty medical director until he was appointed as the state medical director in June. Assistant Medi cal Director Jim Johnson filled Winslow’s role until the hiring of Ghim. YORK, Page 10 dress to visit and make a dona tion. To donate, folks may visit www.teamacs.acsevents.org and click on “donate” at the top of the page and search on the name Flynn Donoho. During the past seven months, Donoho said his adventure has led him to four different places where a Relay for Life event was being held and he was then able to participate and even speak at one of the events. “Not questioning how,” Dono ho said he continues his journey each day “by putting my faith in the Lord.” Covering approximately 50 or 60 miles per day, and sometimes 70 miles if the hills aren’t too steep, he said, Donoho started the ride by leaving Huntington Beach on Jan. 14. He plans to continue his jour ney from Roxboro following a southern route and hopes to be in Key West by the Christmas holi days. From there he said he would continue along the Gulf Coast and then across the southern states to arrive back in California next spring. - .v:>^.: GREY PENTECOST I COURIER-TIMES Californian Flynn Donoho is cycling the perimeter of the United States to raise cancer awareness.
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