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WEDNESDAY November 2,2011 Roxboro, North Carolina Serving all of Person County since 1881 www.personcountylife.com 75 Cents Couricr-®mejr irS OVER: A disappointing season for the Rock et football team has concluded fA SUCCESS: Special Olympics Equestrian team fares well in state championship^^ FlOOMLli THE WINNER: Dale Gentry claims top prize in sixth week of C-Tfootball contest WL PIE JOB? Former C-Tstaffer Boatwright transi- tioningfrom reporter to teacher ALL-PAC-6: Four Rocket volley ballplayers receive postseason confer ence honors iA -]| DEATHS i[- Lonnie Wilkins Bell Goldsboro Robert Lester Chambers, 86 Roxboro Sarah Lou Wrenn Mundy, 85 Durham Bera Mae Laws Oliver, 89 Roxboro James Wiley Poole, 85 Milton Elsie Johnson Wrenn, 87 Durham See page All -IDMaE- AGENDA A3 BOAT WRITES A2 CLASSIFIED B8-9 COMMENTARY AS DO YOU KNOW A2 ENTERTAINMENT B2 EXTENSION NOTES B6 FOOTBALL CONTEST A2 INSIDE NASCAR A9 LEGAL NOTICES AlO LIFESTYLE B5 MILESTONES B4 MILITARY NOTES B4 MINI PAGE B7 MOVIES A2 OBITUARIES All OPINION A4 SPORTS A6-8 TV LISTINGS B3 WHAT'S GOING ON? A3 Our 129th year Number 88 Two sections 22 pages Copyright 2011 The Courier-Times Inc. I rights reserved Stephen Steese ‘exeited about eoming to Roxboro’ to serve as eity manager BY TIM CHANDLER COURIER-TIMES EDITOR tchnntller@roxboto-toutlet.com In less than two weeks, Ste phen Steese will begin his tenure as Roxboro’s newest city man ager. Roxboro City Council an nounced Steese to succeed Jon Barlow as city manager in Sep tember. Since then, Steese has been finishing up his duties as city manager in Woodruff, S.C. and making plans to transition to Roxboro’s city manager. “I am excited about coming to Roxboro,” Steese told The Couri er-Times Tuesday. “The city has a lot to offer and I am looking at it as a great opportunity for me and my family.” Steese said the move from Woodruff in upstate South Caro lina to Roxboro would be a step up for him. “For me, it is an opportunity to advance my career,” Steese said. “Roxboro is a bigger city with a bigger budget and more utilities.” Steese added that he was ex cited about Roxboro’s “proximity to the Triangle [Area],” and the potential for economic develop ment that exists locally. Steese’s first day as Roxboro’s city manager will be Monday, I . I M See STEESE, Page 12 Stephen Steese 40.620 Operation Medicine Drop proves to be success BY TIM CHANDLER COURIER-TIMES EDITOR tchan(ller@roxboto-tourler.tom 40,620. Tliat was the number of dosages of prescription medications turned in Satur day when the Person County Sheriff’s Office hosfed an Op eration Medicine Drop Take Back Event at Wal-Mart. Operation Medicine Drop is an effort coordinated by the North Carolina Depart ment of Insurance, Safe Kids North Carolina, the State Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agen cy (DEA) and local groups to prevent accidental poison ings and substance abuse and to protect water sources. Across North Carolina, 265 Operation Medicine Drop events were held this past weekend. The prescrip tion and over-the-counter medications collected will be destroyed. “Operation Medicine Drop was a huge success this year with over 40,000 dosages of prescription medicines turned in,” Person County Sheriff Dewey Jones said. “I would like to thank everyone who helped in their efforts to get these unused medica tions out of reach from our kids and away from those who have addictions.” Jones said the local Op eration Medicine Drop was, in part, so successful due to a recent undercover drug roundup in Person County. See 40,620, Page 12 TIM CHANDLER I COURIER-TIMES User friendly City of Roxboro crews were busy Tuesday morning working on the Lamar Street entrance to Roxboro City Hall. The entrance is being widened to allow citizens easier access in and out of the parking lot when visiting City Hall. ACT will be administered to high sehool juniors in Mareh BY GREY PENTECOST COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER greypentecost@roxboto-courler.com In March, all high school juniors in Person County Schools (PCS) will be admin istered the ACT college en trance exam as part of a state wide accountability model that is being developed. According to PCS Account ability Director Deanene Deaton, administration of the test is being funded by the state, and is part of the feder al and state drive to prepare students to be college and ca reer ready. The test, as stated on www. act.org, is universally accept ed for college admission and is subject-based. Said Deaton, the scores would be used to help PCS im prove instruction. And since it is state-funded, there would be “equity across the board,” in terms of giving all students a chance to apply to college if they so choose, said Deaton. The costs for the SAT, on the other hand, must be absorbed by students or parents. When students take the ACT on March 6 at Person High School, they will be test ed in the subject areas of Eng lish, math, reading, science and writing. There will also be a makeup day, but Deaton said the date has yet to be de termined. Deaton explained that ad ministering the test would take a total of approximately four hours, giving students about two hours and 55 min utes to actually work on the See ACT, Page 12 Farm-City Week in Person County BY GREY PENTECOST COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER gteypentecost@roxboro-courler.com Winners of the Farm-City Week 4-H poster contest were recognized Tuesday during a lun cheon held in the auditorium of the Person County Office Build ing. Each year during Farm City Week, the 4-H program hosts a poster contest for fourth- graders in the county. This year’s theme was Locally Grown Foods, and posters were judged on origi nality, relativity to theme, use of color and imagination, and cre ativity. First place winner was Kate- lynn Grothe, daughter of Kris tina and John Grothe, and a student in Ms. Barker’s class at Bethel Hill Charter School. She received a certificate, first place ribbon, a $100 savings bond and a pizza party for her class. Coming in second place was Matthew Bradsher, son of Mi chelle and Derrick Bradsher, from Ms. House’s class at Helena Ele mentary School. He was awarded a certificate, second place ribbon and a $75 savings bond. The third place winner was Lily Hoard, daughter of Jessica and Gary Hoard, from Ms. Bark er’s class at Bethel Hill Charter FARM-CITY WEEK, Page 12 GREY PENTECOST I COURIER-TIMES The Farm-City Week 4-H poster contest winners were recognized Tuesday. They are, from left to right, Katelynn Grothe (first place), Matthew Bradsher (second place) and Lily Hoard (third place).
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