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SATURDAY October 8,2011 Roxboro, North Carolina www.personcountylife.com 75 Cents Serving all of Person County since 1881 Couricr-®mejr PANTHERS! Southern knocks off Northern in cross town rival football matchup A8 WEEK 8: Find out if the Rock ets claimed their first win of the season Friday night .';A r*.L -it y • •i. «ac«i»>.n GIGGLES: Five little monkeys guaranteed to pro vide laughter B1 WHO'S I St? Check out thepicks in the C-TPigskin Pickin Party A10 PICK ^EM: Make your football contestpicks for the upcoming week A3 lEMar— Evie Sue Bryant, 85 Roxboro Alma Powell Gunter, 90 Roxboro Nancy Roberts Whitaker, 68 Siler City See page All -mmi AGENDA A2 BOOKS B1 BULLHORN B3 BUSINESS A2 CLASSIFIED BlO-11 COMMENTARY AS COURT B6 DO YOU KNOW A2 EDITOR'S NOTES A2 EDUCATION B2 FAITH & WORSHIP B4-5 FOOTBAEE CONTEST A3 EEGAE NOTICES Bll LIFESTYLE B7 MOVIES A2 OBITUARIES All OPINION A4 PIGSKIN PARTY AlO REALTY TRANSFERS B6 SPORTS A6-9 TV EISTINGS B9 Our 129th year Number 81 Two sections 24 pages Copyright 2011 The Courier-Times Inc. ‘Historic day for the community of Roxboro’ BY GREY PENTECOST COURIER-TIMES STAEE WRITER gteypentetost@roxboro-courler.com man Robby Jones reminded at tendees of his announcement of the board’s decision on the trans- Jeff Seraphine, Chad Brown as GREY PENTECOST I COURIER-TIMES president of Duke LifePoint Healthcare, introduces the new CEO of Person Memorial Hospital. Representatives of Duke Life- Point Healthcare and Person Memorial Hospital (PMH) gath ered with community members Wednesday evening to celebrate Duke LifePoint’s acquisition of PMH, which was finalized Fri day. “This is a historic day for Duke LifePoint, and I trust a historic day for the community of Rox boro,” said President of the Delta Division of LifePoint Hospitals Jeff Seraphine during Wednes day’s gathering in the PMH caf eteria. Duke LifePoint Healthcare is a joint venture of Duke Univer sity Health System and LifePoint Hospitals. PMH Board of Trustees Chair- 0:^ action a few months ago, when he told them that it was a great day. He said Wednesday “today is an even greater day,” because the ac quisition had been finalized. Jones said the board chose Duke LifePoint because it be lieved the organization was committed to the principals the hospital had held for years. He added that Duke LifePoint brings invaluable resources and shares the board’s vision of quality healthcare close to home. The hospital’s new CEO Chad Brown, who will begin his duties Oct. 17, was introduced as well. He told attendees he was excited to help lead the new venture and take the hospital “to the next level,” making it something the community could be “even more proud of” PMH CEO Chad Brown SeeflROVm,PageIO Deed: Purehase priee for PMH was $18 million BY TIM CHANDLER COURIER-TIMES EDITOR tchnntller@roxboto-tourler.com According to deed informa tion filed Monday in the Person County Register of Deeds Of fice, Person Memorial Hospital (PMH) was purchased by Duke LifePoint Healthcare for $18 million. Officials with Duke Life- Point Healthcare, a joint ven ture of the Duke University Health System and LifePoint Hospitals, had earlier declined to discuss purchase details of the transaction. Duke LifePoint officials did say earlier, however, that un der the terms of the purchase agreement, Duke LifePoint ac quired PMH and committed to investing $15 million in capital improvements at the hospital over the next 10 years. A mini mum of $6 million will report edly be spent within the first five years of ownership. Proceeds from the transac tion will reportedly eliminate PMH’s debt. Remaining pro ceeds will be used to create the Person Memorial Foundation, a charitable foundation that will support “crucial community needs,” according to a news re lease issued Monday. According to the records filed in the register of deeds of fice Monday, the grantee for the special warranty deed is DLP See PMH, Rage 10 Historic Uptown Roxboro Walking Tour updated BY GREY PENTECOST COURIER-TIMES STAFE WRITER greypentecost@foxboro-coutler.con The Historic Uptown Rox boro Walking Tour has re cently been updated to include new sites and site markers, and more interesting facts about Uptown Roxboro’s homes and businesses. The project was completed by Roxboro Development Group (RDG), with the aid of a grant from Person County Tourism Development Authority RDG Director Adrienne Dun can said she has been working on the project for the past three months, doing deed research. talking to residents and gather ing facts at the Person County Museum of History Some of the homes, Duncan explained, were taken off the tour because they had been torn down since the last tour was created. Other sites were added, using feedback from RDG board members and 2010 Leadership Person County class members. The free, self- guided tour now includes 39 sites, where it formerly had 38. Duncan said the tour of all 39 sites is about 1.25-miles long. A new brochure featuring an updated map was created with See RDG, Page 10 CITY ELECTION SET TUESDAY Today is final day to cast early ballots in municipal contests BY TIM CHANDLER COURIER-TIMES EDITOR tchnnrller@roxboto-courler.com 11. Today marks the final oppor tunity for registered voters in the City of Roxboro to cast early ballots in the municipal election, which wiU be held Tuesday, Oct. The board of elections office at 331 S. Morgan St. will be open today from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. to allow city residents to cast bal lots prior to Tuesday’s municipal election. As of 2:45 p.m. Friday, Person County Elections Director Bren da Whitlow said that 293 city resi dents had taken advantage of the early voting process. That mark well exceeds the 2009 early voting mark of 216 early ballots cast. Voting for the municipal elec tion will be held at Roxboro City &■? VOTE, Page 10 GREY PENTECOST I COURIER-TIMES North Elementary School students, left to right, Jaycee Overall, Daniel Thorpe and Danaisa Torain enjoy breakfast in their classroom. PCS grant allows North students to participate in universal breakfast BY GREY PENTECOST COURIER-TIMES STAEE WRITER greypentetost@roxboro-tourler.tom This year all students at North Elementary School are being giv en the same opportunity to start the day with breakfast, with the help of a grant Person County Schools (PCS) received to fund a universal breakfast opportunity PCS Child Nutrition Director Lyn Holt said the school system was made aware of the grant around late spring. In applying, the decision was made to focus on North Elementary, as the school has 90 percent of its students qualifying for free and reduced lunch, the highest percentage of any school in the system. The universal breakfast pro gram was implemented at North at the beginning of the current school year, with breakfast being See PCS, Page 10 BOE to discuss commissioners’ request for Helena property BY GREY PENTECOST COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER greypentecost@roxboto-courler.com I rights reserved The Person County Board of Education will consider a few property matters at its regular meeting to be held Thursday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the board of education board room, located on the ground floor of the Person County Office Building at 304 S. Morgan St. in Roxboro. Board chairman Gordon Pow ell will present on update on the request from the Person Board of County Commissioners regard ing the old Helena School prop erty The commissioners passed a formal resolution at their Mon day meeting requesting the board of education transfer the proper ty to Person County. The resolution includes possi ble uses for the property, “includ ing but not limited to:” an exten sion of the Piedmont Community College campus; an incubator for new businesses, a site for public recreation activities; a commu nity meeting and activity center; and a job skills training center. See BOE, Page 10
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