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A12 THE COURIER-TIMES IROXBORO, NC WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30, 2011 C V? V V v.''^ Write, bring in, or email your Santa Letter to The Courier-Times, P.O. Box 311,109 Clayton Ave., Roxboro, NC 27573, or e-mail to cgarett@roxboro-courier.com. Your letter will be published in our Christmas Greetings tabloid on Wednesday, December 21st. We will also make sure your letters get to the North Pole in time for Christmas. Parents may help the little ones write their letters. All letters are welcome, from the young to the old. Please include your name and age. So write your letters and send them in today. Deadline is Monday, Dec. 5th. JEFFERS: Commissioner named to state's New Generations Initiative commmittee FROM PAGE 1 this initiative, we hope to retain more of our youth, not only in Person County, but the other 84 rural counties as well, with career training programs, com munity grant opportunities and, most importantly, job creation. “Anything to promote and en gage our youth across the state and particularly in our rural home communities, I am all for it,” Jeffers added. “And, I am happy Person County has a seat at the table.” The initiative is supported by public and private partners and will be guided by the New Gen eration Advisory Council, made up of rural economic and com munity leaders. “This is about building a foun dation to grow North Carolina’s rural areas,” said Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, who will chair the coun cil. “It is about making our com munities stronger. It is about challenging our young people to make a difference in rural North Carolina. It’s about challenging adults to assist them.” Earlier during the forum. Ru ral Center President Billy Ray Hall noted that over the last two decades 54 rural counties lost population in the 24- to 30-year- old age group. Furthermore, he said, 16 rural counties lost more than 20 percent of their young adult population. “We have to give them a rea son to stay,” he said. “We have to create jobs that wiU allow them to earn a living and support a family We have to continue to build an educational system that win prepare them and their chil dren for the future. We have to enhance the quality of life. And most of all, we have to listen to what they have to say, engage them in identifying solutions and then act on what they tell us.” The New Generation Ini tiative addresses those points through four distinct programs, touching on entrepreneurship, training for available career op portunities, leadership develop ment and community service. The four programs include: • New Generation Ventures aims to make self-employment an attractive and attainable ca reer option for young adults, ages 18-30. It will support young entrepreneurs by providing scholarships for business-relat ed training, business counsel ing, networking opportunities and access to new forms of busi ness capital tailored to the spe cific needs of young business owners. • New Generation Careers will encourage young adults to develop careers close to home while engaging rural businesses to cultivate local talent pools. It will provide grants to assist 10 communities with the develop ment of locally based strategies to fill and create jobs in high-de mand fields. The project will feature ap prenticeships, on-the-job train ing and wage subsidies to help employers make new hires. • New Generation Leaders will award challenge grants to stimulate the formation of high- energy youth and young adult action teams in rural communi ties. Through the action teams, young people ages 16 to 30 will work together and with estab lished leadership to design and implement a project aimed at attracting and retaining young adults in the community. Thir ty grants will be awarded over three years. • New Generation Communi ties will provide high-quality re sources and training programs for rural communities that seek to more fully engage youth and young adults in economic and community life. A 160-page youth engagement resource directory offers infor mation on national, state and local resources for communities seeking to launch or expand lo cal initiatives. A series of train ing programs will provide how to information on such topics as working with at-risk youth, fostering entrepreneurship and creating a welcoming environ ment. Hall said that by January 2015, the program will have worked directly with nearly 2,000 rural young people, helped 100 young rural entrepreneurs start their own businesses and involved 3,750 young people in communi ty improvement projects. POINTER: Personian eyeing national title after recent victory ATKINSON: State superintendent of public instruction visits Stories Creek to praise recent national achievement FROM PAGE 1 FROM PAGE I competing is that it takes a good team to get her stage-ready and looking her best. Thus, she expressed her ap preciation for Hieu Thach at Five Star Nails, Dr. Short, Scott Wesley and her “Total Fitness family;” Dr. Saunders, hair styl ist Tonia Melton; her husband John and daughter Bliss. While she has some time to rest before she begins preparing for her next show. Pointer said she won’t stray far from her con test weight, and will continue to workout. “I’m not going to sit around and do nothing for the next six months,” she said. Since she wore the same suit at her last two competitions, a new one is in order. January will mark a year since Pointer began training for figure competition, and she’s been amazed at what she’s ac complished in such a short amount of time, and what eat ing smart and moving more has done for her body. As a mother, full-time employ ee and graduate student. Pointer understands time constraints, and noted that it can be hard, for women especially, to make time for themselves. She said she would encourage other women not to feel bad about finding time to take care of themselves and be healthy. afternoon,” she said. Atkinson proceeded to tell students a story about her first visit to the White House, and explained that her visit to Sto ries Creek was equally impor tant, because their school was a “lighthouse” for other schools in North Carolina and throughout the nation. Stories Creek was named the North Carolina National Title I Distinguished School for Clos ing the Achievement Gap during the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s annual Title I conference in Greensboro on Nov. 3. During the 2010-11 school year, all students’ reading achieve ment at Stories Creek increased from 77.1 percent proficient in 2009-10 to 83.7 percent. Three years prior. Stories Creek was only 52 percent proficient in reading. Stories Creek also met the school’s goal of closing its read ing achievement gap by five per cent in one year. The reading gap for educationally disadvantaged students was closed by 8.1 per cent. “I am here to add my congrat ulations to you as students,” said Atkinson, “to you as members of Stories Creek Elementary School, for being a lighthouse for North Carolina, and for your very well-deserved recognition of being one of the best schools in the United States.” Atkinson took time to answer student questions, and was also presented with a book com piled of things the students had learned about her. “She gets awards just like the president,” one student wrote; and another, “She is the first girl to be elected for superinten dent.” Person County Schools Supt. Dr. Larry W Cartner thanked Atkinson for visiting the school and presenting the award. “We are indeed very proud of them, because they’ve done some great things,” Cartner said of Stories Creek, “and we know they’re going to do even more great things.” of Person County Households With Your Advertising In The Courier=Times ^ B o Y ComfortStudio' ^^La-Z-Boy Furniture? It’s like comfort food for your home?’ 4 i LAUREL Stationary Sofa now only $699 save $200 SHANE Rocker Recliner now only $399 save $300 LIMITED QUANTITIES... WHILE SUPPLIES LAST VAIL Rocker Recliner now only $599 save $200 Available in 3 colors I 0(;r?3;ACr Leather Match Construction ft-S SOFAS, SECTIONALS, CHAIRS & A WHOLE LOT MORE. THIS AREA’S LARGEST SELECTION OF LA-Z-BOY COMFORT FOR YOUR HOME! “The Becliner Capital" FURNITURE MART MATTRESS & FURNITURE SUPERSTORE Person Plaza ■ 740 N. Madison Blvd. Roxboro, NC ■ 336-599-8317 FurnitureMartofRoxboro.com © 2011 La-Z-Boy Incorporated
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