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WEDNESDAY December 21,2011 Roxboro, North Carolina www.personcountylife.com 75 Cents Serving all of Person County since 1881 Couricr-®mejr WHO DAT?!? Check out scenes from annual Rox boro Christmas Parade B1 TO THE HOOP: Person scores non conference victory over Roxboro Com munity School A6 in COTILLION: Fifth Grade Pro gram held its an nual holiday dance recently B5 HO! HO! HO! Tom of letters to Santa Clam in cluded in annual Season s Greetings tab C Section ROCKETS WIN: Rocket girls claim victory over Rox boro Community School Monday A6 -]| DEATHS |[- Paul Ervin Bowes, 69 Roxboro Albert T. Horner, 85 Roxboro Glenda Ellen Small Ish- mael, 52 Timberlake Laura M. Harrison Rob erts, 78 Mebane See Poge A9 -mm- AGENDA A3 ARRESTS B6 CLASSIFIED B8-9 COMMENTARY A5 DO YOU KNOW A2 ENTERTAINMENT B2 EXTENSION NOTES B6 LEGAL NOTICES B9 LIFESTYLE B5 MILESTONES B4 MINI PAGE B3 MOVIES A2 OBITUARIES A9 OPINION A4 SPORTS A6-8 STRAIGHTAHEAD A2 TV LISTINGS B7 Our 129tb year Number 101 Three sections 52 pages Copyright 2011 The Courier-Times Inc. All rights reserved Merchants pleased with Christmas holiday sales BY MIKE FLOYD COURIER-TIMES EDITOR milefloyil@roxboro-courier.com ;E FLOYD I COURIER-TIMES Shoppers make holiday purchases this week at Rose’s. Local Roxboro merchants say they are delighted with the holi day tune their cash registers are humming these days. It is this time of year that can make or break any private or small busi ness and there are reportedly some good sales numbers being racked up around town. The buy-local emphasis start ed by the Roxboro Development Group’s, “Shop — Eat — Enjoy, Roxboro’’ caught on in November and appears to be surging toward the Dec. 25 finish line, recession or no recession. Ship on Site’s Greg Burnett, while sealing plastic tape on a MERCK ANTS, Page 10 C-T’s holiday schedule set So that the staff may enjoy the Christmas holidays with their families. The Courier-Times is observing an altered publication schedule and office hours during the upcoming week. The Saturday edition of The C-T will be published Friday, Dec. 23, this week and no paper will be published on Wednesday, Dec. 28. It is customary for The C-T io skip an edition at Christmas. The C-T office will be closed Friday, Dec. 23, and will also be closed Monday through Wednes day, Dec. 26-28. The office will open for regu lar business hours on Thursday, Dec. 29, at 8 a.m. and The C-T will resume normal publication with the Saturday, Dec. 30 edition. The office, however, will he closed on Monday, Jan. 2, in order to allow the staff a holiday in ob servance of New Year’s Day Annual parade featured 172 units Saturday BY TIM CHANDLER COURIER-TIMES EDITOR tchnu(ller@roxl)oto-courler.com The Roxboro Christmas Pa rade, sponsored annually by the Roxboro Jaycees, stepped off Sat urday afternoon in near perfect weather conditions. A host of Personians lined the traditional Main Street route for the parade, which featured 172 total units, according to Bryan Westmoreland, co-chairman for the event. “I want to thank all the partici pants for their time and their do nations,” Westmoreland said. Westmoreland noted that, thanks to the proceeds from the parade, the Jaycees would be adopting one needy family and four elderly people for the holiday season. “I also want send special thanks to the people who made it happen — the City of Roxboro, Roxboro Police Department, the Person County Sheriff’s Department, the Roxboro Fire Department, Steve Folley with Charter Communica- See PARADE, Page 10 TIM CHANDLER I COURIER-TIMES 'And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof. ’ Person County Schools Supt. Dr. Larry Cartner looks skyward as he reads lines from the Christmas Classic Twas the Night Before Christmas Sunday afternoon at the Kirby Gallery. Cartner served as an elf for Santa Claus for four separate readings of the book. The event was hosted by the Person County Tourism Development Authority, the Person County Recreation, Arts & Parks Department and the Roxboro Development Group. Seven PCS teaehers obtain National Board Certifieation Seven Person County Schools (PCS) teachers from across the district achieved National Board Certification in 2011.1n addition, four other current National Board Cer tified Teachers (NBCTs) re newed their certification for an additional 10 years. This brings PCS’ total to 77 NBCTs. As the conversation in the education arena expands from teacher quality to teacher effectiveness, the National Board for Professional Teach ing Standards (NBPTS), the organization that sets and maintains the standards for teaching excellence, reported See PCS, Page 10 State’s jobless rate drops to 10 pereent in November BY TIM CHANDLER COURIER-TIMES EDITOR tclian(ller@roxboto-courier.com For the second straight month. North Carolina’s unemployment rate decreased in November, ac cording to information released Tuesday by the state’s Employ ment Security Commission (ESC). According to Tuesday’s infor mation, the state’s unemploy ment rate decreased from 10.4 percent in October to 10 percent in November. The decrease in November came after the state saw a jobless decrease from 10.5 percent in Sep tember to the 10.4 mark. Despite decreasing for the sec ond consecutive month, the state’s unemployment numbers still lag behind the national jobless rate, which stood at 8.6 percent in No vember. Total nonfarm jobs in the state grew by 3,800 in November with the private sector gaining 4,600 jobs. The public sector shed 800 jobs. “The drop in the unemploy ment rate was significant,” N.C. Department of Commerce Dep uty Secretary Dale Carroll said. “However, the focus must remain on growing jobs in our state. “The private sector has experi enced moderate growth over the past year,” Carroll added. “We are strongly committed to Gov. Per due’s mission on jobs for North Carolina.” Prior to being at 10.5 percent in September, the state’s unemploy ment rate was at 10.4 percent in August. That mark was up from 10.1 percent in July and 9.9 per cent in June. In the three months prior to June, North Carolina’s unem ployment rate had held steady at 9.7 percent. ESC officials will release No vember unemployment rates for each of the state’s 100 counties on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The October unemployment rate for Person County was 9.4 percent, which was down from 9.6 percent in September. Seasonally adjusted total non- See ESC, Page 10 Betterton to chair N.C. Charter School Advisory Council BY GREY PENTECOST COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER gteypentecost@roxboio-courler.tom Last week Bethel Hill Charter School principal John Betterton met with fellow members of the North Carolina Public Charter School Advisory Council to re view new charter school applica tions, a meeting at which Better- ton was also elected chair of the council. According to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Web site, the council “recommends policies for adoption by the State Board of Education regarding all aspects of charter school opera tion, including timelines, stan dards, criteria of acceptance and approval of applications. The council also monitors charter schools and grounds for revoca tion of charters.” Betterton was appointed to the council in the fall. Last week, while meeting at DPI in Raleigh to review applications for new charters, the council elected Bet terton to the position of chair. State Rep. WA. (Winkie) Wilkins, D-Person, noted Bet terton has been involved in edu cation long-term from both the traditional and charter school sides. “Now, he’s probably one of the most respected charter school people in the state,” said Wilkins. “I know he certainly has my re spect.” He added, “I think the council will function very well under his leadership.” As chair, Betterton will be an advisor to the state board on charter policy Betterton also hopes the coun cil can break down some of the walls that exist between charters and traditional public schools, noting that the council currently has two former superintendents and one active superintendent of traditional schools on the coun cil. In June, the 100-school cap on charter schools in North Caro lina was lifted, and the council reviewed 27 “fast track” applica tions for the 2012-13 school year ✓N I T See BETTERTON, Page 10 John Betterton
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