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WEDNESDAY November 16,2011 Roxboro, North Carolina www.personcountylife.com 75 Cents Serving all of Person County since 1881 SALUTING: Morepicturesfrom annual Veterans Day Service held on Friday^X IS IT WILLIE? Person County Willie Nelson look- a-like sees star in person B8 TOP PICKER: ResherialBailey securesfirst place in eighth week ofC-T gridiron contest^b RPD ARRESTS: Photos and info of people arrested by Roxboro police last weekM IGA BOUND: Mike Floydglad to be able to head back to N. Main IGA A2 RCS HOOPS: Basketballpreviews for Roxboro Com munity School A6 -]| DEATHS i[- Lila McKee Carver, 80 Roxboro James Thames Coleman Jr., 87 Roxboro Betty Wilson Dunn, 71 rim be rake Franklin Lynn Motherly, 47 Mebane Hayden P. Mims, 88 CreemiUle See page A9 -iiMir- AGENDA A3 ARRESTS BY RPD A8 CLASSIFIED C SECTION COMMENTARY A5 DO YOU KNOW A2 ENTERTAINMENT B2 EXTENSION NOTES B6 FOOTBALL CONTEST B6 LEGAL NOTICES C3 LIFESTYLE B5 LOOKING BACK A2 MILESTONES B4 MINI PAGE B7 MOVIES A3 OBITUARIES A9 OPINION A4 SPORTS A6-7 STRAIGHTAHEAD A2 TV LISTINGS B3 Our 129th year Number 92 Three sections 22 pages Copyright 2011 The Courier-Times Inc. All rights reserved Couricr-®mesi ^ Steese settling in as Roxboro city manager BY MIKE FLOYD COURIER-TIMES STAEE WRITER mil(efloyd@roxboto-couriet.tom Stephen Steese Stephen Steese began his du ties as Roxboro city manager Monday. Steese is just getting his feet wet in Roxboro, but he doesn’t come up short when it comes to experience in public service. “I was the city manager down in Woodruff, S.C., which is right in the Greenville/Spartanburg area,” Steese said. “That area was close to Asheville, Hendersonville and the Tryon area and was nice and hilly like it is around here.” A native of Florence, S.C., Steese attended college at Clem- son University where he earned an undergraduate degree in po litical science and history and a graduate degree in public admin istration. “Yesterday, at our [city] coun cil meeting, I told them now was a good time for me to be a Clemson fan because once bas ketball starts, we lose to Duke and North Carolina every year,” Steese joked. “Clemson nor mally does good in football and baseball and I’m a big fan then.” Steese graduated in 2000 and went to work for a grant program in Florence, S.C. He was then hired as the planner for Spartanburg County, which was followed by a position as procurement director for Spartanburg Community Col lege. After that, Seese took on the Woodruff position, which he left in favor of his current position. “Being a city manager was al ways what I wanted to do after graduation,” Steese said. “How ever, you don’t just graduate and go straight into a city manager position. You’ve got to gain the experience before you are consid ered qualified enough to manage any municipality “I’ve always wanted to be in local government management because if you do something in local government, you get to stick around, you get to see the town prosper and see people benefit from the service,” Steese added. “You get up to the state and fed eral level, pass a program and never see it affect a single person or ever come to fruition. “I like the local government See STEESE, Page 10 BOE agrees to transfer Helena Sehool property to eonnty BYGREYPENIECOSI COURIER-TIMES STAEE WRITER gteypentecost@roxboro-tourier.tom The Person County Board of Education moved forward with plans for the relocation of the Person County Learning Academy (PCLA) and voted to transfer the old Helena prop erty, where PCLA is currently housed, to the county. Smith Sinnett Architecture presented a plan and cost esti mate for the renovation of the old VFW property and build ings for the relocation of PCLA at the board’s Monday meet ing. The firm said that one of the buildings was in good shape, but recommended demolishing the other, as it would be costly to “bring up to the current code.” The firm also estimated the total project cost at $2,355,809. The Smith Sinnett representa tive noted the project might not cost that much, but the amount represented an estimate they believed any architecture firm could work under. Under Smith Sinnett’s time line, if construction started in See PCS, Page 10 Sheriff's officials confident teacher accused of wrongdoing will Be in custody soon BY TIM CHANDLER COURIER-TIMES EDITOR tcbnniller@roxboro-couriet.com A1 Rhew, chief deputy with the Person County Sheriff’s Of fice, said local law enforcement authorities have received “in direct contact” from a Person High School (PHS) teacher, who is under investigation for al leged inappropriate behavior. Arrest warrants were issued Friday for Megan Trainor, 24, a math teacher at PHS, charg ing her with a felony count of taking indecent liberties with a minor and a misdemeanor charge of preparing obscene photographs/slides/motion pictures. Rhew said Tuesday he “felt comfortable” Trainor would Megan Trainor “be in custody soon.” Trainor, of 321 Floyd Hicks Rd. in Timberlake, has been employed by Person County Schools (PCS) for three years. She was suspended from her teaching position last Wednes day. .y, , y 'c' •aTF'tt* ■ 'S' :' Fall colors in Uptown Roxboro Susan Bowen, Person Co. Public Library outreach coordinator, snapped this colorful photo last week. Durham man dies in Monday crash BY TIM CHANDLER COURIER-TIMES EDITOR tcbnntller@roxboto-tourier.com A Durham man died Monday morning as a result of injuries he sustained in an accident on Dur ham Road. Philbert Quincey, 54, of Dur ham was pronounced dead at Per son Memorial Hospital shortly af ter a vehicle struck him Tuesday morning. The accident occurred shortly after 10:30 a.m. Monday at 3146 Durham Rd. According to information re leased Tuesday by Roxboro po lice, Quincey was struck by a 2004 Chevrolet, which was driven by Graham Eugene Seagroves, 77, of 118 Clay Pot Rd. in Rougemont. Quincey was reportedly op erating a 1995 Dodge pickup on Durham Road when scrap metal, which was loaded in the vehicle fell into the roadway. According to police, Quincey and one of two passengers in the truck had exited the vehicle to remove the scrap metal from the roadway when the vehicle driven by Seagroves struck the truck and careened off and struck Quincey. Seagroves was taken to Person Memorial Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries and re leased. The investigation into the accident is continuing. RCS fares well in many areas in 2010-11 sehool year BYGREYPENIECOSI COURIER-TIMES STAEE WRITER greypentecost@roxboio-courier.com Roxboro Community School (RCS) students performed above the state average in many areas during the 2010-11 school year, according to the latest North Carolina School Report Cards, released in October. The report cards, published annually, contain information about student performance and other school data for each of the public schools in the state. In overall student performance for grades six through eight, 90.8 percent of RCS students per formed on grade level in reading, as compared to 70.7 percent at the state level. In math, 93.4 percent of RCS middle school students were on grade level, while that percentage was 82.4 for the state. At the high school level, RCS students exceeded the overall state performance in end-of- course tests in English, algebra I, biology and US. history. Students performed at a slightly lower lev el than the state in the subjects of algebra II, and civics and eco nomics. The percentage of minority students at RCS who passed read ing, math and end-of-course tests last year was also above the state average, pointed out RCS Assis tant Principal Greg Hamilton. Attendance at RCS was two percent above the state aver age and the AYP (Annual Yearly Progress) graduation cohort rate of 94.6 percent was higher than the state percentage of 77.9. According to teacher Wanda Ball, teachers at RCS are avail able to tutor students Monday through Wednesday of each week. As a public charter school. RCS receives the same state and local per pupil funding as does the traditional public school sys tem, but does not receive funding from other traditional sources. “That is all we get,” said RCS Interim Principal Sam Kenning- ton. “As a charter school, we get no lottery funds” from the North Carolina Education Lottery, “and we get no capital expense funds. SeeKimmGlOH.Page 10
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