Town Hall Meeting Discusses National Health Care Issue

“TATTOOS”
ALIVE AFTER FIVE
VIKINGS POUND BUCCANEERS
See Fat Harry’s On Page 2a
On Page 8a & 13a
On Page 11a-12a
Thursday
September 3, 2009
Volume 43 Issue 49
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Town Hall Meeting Discusses
National Health Care Issue
OFFICE CLOSED
The Butner-Creedmoor
News office will be closed
Monday, September 7th in
observance of Labor Day.
The office will reopen
Tuesday, September 8th.
HARVEST SHOW
The third annual Lord
Granville Agricultural
Harvest Show will be held on
October 3rd and 4th, in
Butner.
The show will be held at
a new location in Butner,
Exit 189, I-85, turn west on
SR 1103 and follow signs.
The show will feature
demonstrations of tractors
and equipment and horse
drawn equipment.
On October 3rd there will
be beach music from 2 to 6 p.
m., featuring The Fabulous
Hot Dog Daddy-O’s. Cowboy
Church is scheduled for
October 4th at 11:30 a.m.
along with gospel and
bluegrass music.
Classic cars and trucks
(pre 1980) will be welcome.
A Parade of Power will be
held each day.
Proceeds will help
support the group’s
scholarship fund.
TOWN COUNCIL
MEETING
The next meeting of the
Butner Town Council is set
for Thursday, Sept. 3 at the
normal meeting place and
time — SGWASA Meeting
Room, 209 West C Street,
Butner, beginning at 7 p.m.
PERRY CHARGED
Ottis Perry, 30, was
arrested and charged with
voluntary manslaughter and
placed under $50,000 bond in
connection to the fatal
shooting of Jimmy Champion
which occured in Stem
August 20th.
Champion was struck in
the chest with a 40 caliber
bullet according to Sheriff
Brin Wilkins.
September 9, 2009 was
the court date set for Perry
according to Sheriff’s
Department records.
The definition of
voluntary manslaughter is
the killing of a human being
of which the offender had no
prior intent to kill in which
the act was considered to be
“in the heat of passion.”
.
A Health Care Town Hall
meeting, sponsored by the
State Employees Association
of North Carolina was held
Monday August 31st at the
South Campus of Vance-
Granville Community College
in Butner.
The Butner meeting was
held without the loud
demonstrations and shouting
disruptions which have
punctuated other Town Hall
meetings on the healthcare
debate held in other
communities across the
nation.
Speakers featured on the
panel of experts, who spoke at
the meeting, included Chuck
Stone, who is the director of
North Carolinians for
Affordable Healthcare. Stone
gave an update on federal and
state topics on the healthcare
issue.
Also on the panel was Dr.
Gary Greenberg, Medical
Director of the Open Door
Clinic which is sponsored by
Urban Ministries of Wake
County.
Elected officials on the
panel were N. C. Senator
Doug Berger and N. C.
BY SCOTTIE WILKINS
The Creedmoor Music
Festival marks the end of the
summer season with
festivities planned for
Saturday, September 19th
from 9 AM to 3 PM. The City
has plans and schedules of
activities leading up to the
event.
During the music festival
families and friends can
stroll though Creedmoor’s
Main Street browsing the
various booths of artists,
craftsmen, and local food
items and dishes. The
Festival is designed to allow
residents and visitors to relax
and enjoy a little southern
hospitality.
The highlight of
Creedmoor’s Annual Festival
is the Music.
The City has lined up a
group of artists for this years
festival.
The line up for the day
starts at 9:00 AM with Jazz
music from Tuxedo Junction.
Representative Lucy Allen,
both of Franklin County.
The moderator was Fred
Foster, an organizer for the
State Employees Association
of North Carolina.
Foster commented that
currently almost 2 million
people in North Carolina are
without health insurance.
Blue Cross and Blue
Shield is the provider of
health insurance for the state
employees in North Carolina.
Foster said that Blue
Cross has a 72.5% market
share of the health insurance
of those with insurance in
North Carolina.
He said Blue Cross had an
$180 million dollar profit last
year and that the chief
executive officer was paid a $4
million dollar annual salary.
Foster added that for
residents of North Carolina
[Continued On PAGE 13A)
County Commissioner Ron Alligood from Butner asks a question at
the Town Hall Meeting on Health Care Reform at Vance-Granville Chuck Stone, director of North Carolinians for Affordable Healthcare,
Community College’s South Campus Monday , August 31st. The answers questions on the issue of Health Care Reform at Monday’s
meeting was sponsored by the State Employees Association of NC. Town Hall Meeting at VGCC.
Music Festival September 19th
At 10:00 Nikki Baker will
entertain festival goers with
a mixed variety of music and
songs. The McShaws, a
Gospel group is slated for the
11:00 hour, with Steadfast
Ministries following at 12:00
noon. Bluegrass lovers will
enjoy the sounds of
GrassStreet starting at 1:00
that day, with Stacy Carroll-
Morales singing some rich
Gospel songs beginning at
2:00 PM. The Sourwood
Mountain Band will close out
the festival with some
Bluegrass music. They will
play from 3:00 to 3:45 PM.
Local citizens and
businesses are making plans
as well to take part in the
Festival.
So far the City has sold
51 booths with more calling
each day.
It isn’t too late to reserve
a booth or become a Sponsor
for the festival. The City of
Creedmoor still has booths
available for local artists and
craftsmen. Whether you
make arts & crafts, own a
clothing store, or craft
specialty items. Call the City
for a reservation.
Vendor applications and
rule sheets are available at
City Hall or can be
downloaded from the city’s
website “http://www.
cityofcreedmoor.org”
Sponsors for the event
play a part in the success
every year. Twenty three local
businesses have already
signed on to sponsor this
year’s event. If you want to
support the City’s effort to
provide enriching events and
[Continued On PAGE 13A)
Paratrooper Killed In
Action In Afghanistan
Private first class Morris
L. Walker, 23 year old son of
Morris and Sherry Dillard of
1419 Mangum Avenue,
Creedmoor in the Golden
Pond Subdivison died in
action in Afghanistan on
August 18, 2009.
His father Morris Dillard
is a Counselor at the Federal
Medical Center in Butner.
According to information
Alive After Five
provided by the U.S. Army
Pfc. Walker, an Army
Paratrooper was killed in
Pakitka Province,
Afghanistan of wounds
sustained when an
improvised explosive device
detonated near his vehicle.
Also killed at the scene was
staff Sergeant Clayton P.
Bowen of San Antonio, Texas.
Walker was assigned to
the 1st
Battalion,
5 0 1 s t
Parachute
Infantry
Regiment,
4 t h
Airborne
Brigade
Combat
[Continued On
PAGE 13A)
PFC MORRIS
L. WALKER
FIREMAN’S FUNDRAISER
Brassfield Vol. Fire Dept.
will hold their 26th Annual
Fireman’s Day Fundraiser on
Saturday Sept. 12 at
Brassfield Fire Station from
11 am until 7 pm.
The day will be featuring
$8.00 per plate for all you can
eat Barbecue Pork & BBQ
Chicken. The Meal which
will be served with baked
potato, cole slaw and
hushpuppies (drive thru/take
out also available).
Dancing to the music of the Fantastic Shakers the
couple shown above seemed to enjoy the evening
of free music and comradeship at the Alive After Five
sponsored by The Granville County Chamber of
Commerce. The August 27th Alive After Five was
held in downtown Creedmoor on the Ellington-Brim
Chevrolet car lot on Main Street.
The two twins shown above were decked out in beach music
attire right down to matching sunglasses. They seemed to
be enjoying the sights at Creedmoor’s Alive After Five
Thursday.
The couple shown above was one of a wide range of
age groups from children to senior citizens who danced
or enjoyed the food, drink and fellowship at this
summers Alive After Five in Creedmoor sponsored by
the Granville County Chamber of Commerce. More
pictures of Alive After Five are featured on page 8A
and 13a of this newspaper.

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2a The Butner-Creedmoor News, Thursday, September 3, 2009
FAT HARRY’S
by Harry Coleman
SOAP OPERA REVIEW
by Toby Goldstein
ALL MY CHILDREN GENERAL HOSPITAL
Cooking Column Crossword Puzzle
David forced Amanda to Andrea was able to
make a choice between Jake drug Edward, who suffered
It’s amazing what you can
get people to do if you just ask
them.
To entertain myself at the
recent Alive After Five Event
in Creedmoor I walked
around with my camera
saying “show me your
tattoos” even to people who
had no visible tattoos.
I guess it’s a cultural
phenomenon or maybe just a
passing fad, I’m not sure
which, but a large percentage
of the ladies I asked
proceeded to uncover their
tattoo in various places.
I’ll have to say that I was
enough of a gentleman not to
ask the question to the
several ladies in attendance
with considerable clevage
showing which still only
revealed a small portion of
the tattoos that were a part
of that clevage.
Most ladies seemed
happy to show off their
artwork, some even seemed
a little disappointed when
they had to tell me they didn’t
have any tattoos.
When I asked the
question to one attractive
woman she responded by
saying, “Who told you I had
a tattoo?” “No one,” I assured
her. “Well I’m sure not going
to show it here,” she
responded. Then she leaned
over and whispered in my
ear, “But I’ll show it to you
later.”
I love my job!
This Week’s Recipes
HOMEMADE ICE CREAM
4 qt. ice cream freezer
2 3/4 c. sugar
1 pt. half and half
1/2 pt. whipping cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract flavoring
1/2 teaspoon salt
Whole milk (enough to bring to fill line in ice cream freezer,
about 4 pints)
Mix milk, whipping cream, sugar, vanilla extract and salt
together. Refrigerate if not going to use immediately. Add
whole milk to fill line of ice cream freezer. Usually about 35
minutes after all ice and rock salt is added.
BACON WRAPPED SHRIMP
2 1/2 lbs. jumbo shrimp (heads on) 1 1/2 lbs. (heads off)
1 lb. thick sliced sugar cured bacon, cut entire pack in half
Lemon pepper (if desired)
Honey (if desired)
Remove head from shrimp and clean thoroughly. Pat dry.
Wrap each jumbo size shrimp with a piece of bacon. (If shrimp
are small then wrap 2-3 shrimp with bacon strips. Place bacon
wrapped shrimp on pizza pan or other large low-sided pan.
Sprinkle with lemon pepper if desired.
Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes and turn. Baste with
honey if desired. Bake another 15-20 minutes or until bacon
is thoroughly cooked.
Variation
Put shrimp on skewer and grill over medium heat (350
degrees). You can grill on pan placed on grill rack also.
and her son and Amanda
picked Trevor, but she and
Jake continued to meet
secretly and were almost
caught by David. J.R. told
Marissa the truth about his
cancer. As Zach assured
Kendall that Liza holds no
romantic allure for him,
Liza admitted to Tad that
she wants to be with Zach.
Coming: Zach uses Emma as
a way to get to Annie.
AS THE WORLD TURNS
Audrey killed James
with the syringe and
planted it in Henry’s pocket,
then forced Vienna to keep
quiet or open up Henry to
blame. Barbara realized
that Audrey was able to
prevent James from
changing his will, and
Henry was named the sole
heir. Coming: Parker shows
himself to be a true friend
to Liberty.
BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL
Taylor made a lasting
impression on Ridge when
she showed class and
dignity regarding his
decision to reunite with
Brooke. Rick stunned his
family when he finally made
amends with Ridge and
Thomas. Giving in to Owen’s
demand, Jackie fired Whip.
However, after Nick
reminded Owen that every
action has consequences,
Owen and Whip came to an
agreement serving the best
interest of Jackie M.
Coming: Steffy and Thomas
want romance in their lives.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Victor forced Arianna to
admit she’s a drug dealer
and to break up with Brady,
who was crushed when she
ended their relationship.
Later, Arianna tearfully
pleaded that she be let go -
to Roman. Nicole got hold of
Baker’s letters to Sami and
Mia, while Rafe learned
much more about Nicole
from Sister Theresa. But
when Rafe forced Nicole to
go with him to see the Sister,
she was no longer there,
thanks to Stefano. Coming:
Will intends to learn more
about Chad’s role in Mia’s
life.
a heart attack while driving
and caused havoc at the
carnival. Dominic was
critically injured while
saving Morgan and Olivia
realized that the truth
would have to come out if he
needs an organ transplant.
Max regained consciousness
but told his brother he
has no feeling in his genital
area. Coming: Despite
knowing what’s right,
Elizabeth still wants
Nikolas.
GUIDING LIGHT
Alan appealed to Phillip
to let him show courage in
his life and save his son by
being his donor, and Phillip
finally agreed. Both men
survived the risky operation
and Phillip gave heartfelt
thanks to his father. Lizzie
was shocked and overjoyed
to see Jonathan and Sarah
back in town, and had an
emotional reunion with her
daughter. Coming: The
story of Springfield comes to
an end - for now.
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
Sergei and his thugs
held Todd and Starr
hostage. Trying to stop one
of the thugs from taking
Hope, Shaun was shot
several times, barely
surviving transport to the
hospital. Aware of his
precarious condition, Shaun
told Greg to perform the
risk-filled surgery.
Meanwhile, Sergei fled with
Starr and Hope, and aimed
his gun at John as the
rescuers closed in. Coming:
Ross attempts to keep his
presence a secret.
YOUNG AND RESTLESS
Freed by Colleen, Patty
revealed her true identity to
her terrified rescuer, and
fled, taking Colleen
hostage. Colleen managed
to give Jack a clue to her
whereabouts over the phone
but Patty realized what she
did. Kevin refused to accept
Michael’s evidence that
Ryder is not his brother and
is working with Deacon.
Coming: J.T., Paul and Jack
race to get to Colleen in
time.
T HE
S UPERINTENDENT
C OLUMN
By Dr. Timothy Farley
Beyond
The
3 R’s
“Greetings and welcome back!” This is what I heard at
each school I visited on Tuesday and Wednesday. I visited
every school and many classrooms. I saw many happy
students, parents, and teachers. I saw none of the effects of
the budget on teaching and learning. As I expected, our
teachers have responded to some difficult circumstances with
the usual professionalism to which I have grown accustomed
over my past two years in Granville County Schools. We lost
much to a state budget that reflected the dire economic times
we now face. Our “cut” of the state’s discretionary reversion
(money we have to trim from our budget and return to Raleigh)
was $1.5 million dollars, quite a lot for a small, rural county..
There were other considerable budget cuts, as well. Because
of the budget “hangover,” we could have hung our heads,
griped, moaned and otherwise abrogated our responsibility
for our calling to educate children. We did none of that and I
have heard none of it. Yes, it will be a challenging year where
we discover new, creative, and innovative ways to address
issues that we face without the usual resources. We will be
fine and we will continue to do well because our children are
too important to do otherwise
Here is a note about the first day of school and related
topics. The first day went well. There were minor glitches
with transportation and cafeterias.. There were some issues
with air conditioning, but by-and-large, things went well.
Kudos to our students, parents, and staffs.
The new year brings with it many changes that are caused
by budget considerations and many that are not. You will
hear a great deal about changes in testing, technology
initiatives and upgrades, gangs and gang policies, reading/
SAT initiatives and a host of other topics. Stay tuned and as
always, continue to help and support Granville County
Schools.
If you have a topic you’d like me to address, please email
me at farleyt@gcs.k12.nc.us or call my office at 693-4613. Past
issues of this column can be found at our school system website
at http://www.gcs.k12.nc.us.
CROSSWORD CLUES
ACROSS
1 Cream of the crop
6 Lee J. or Ty
10 Bahrain leader
14 Airhead
15 Always
16 Lighten
17 Unsuitable
18 Artist Salvador
19 Colorado tributary
20 Music district
23 Rorem or Beatty
24 Truth twister
25 Dines sumptuously
27 Thaw twice
30 Volcanic rock
32 Mimicked
33 Lose heat
35 Show once more
38 Actor Curry
39 Theatrical producer
41 WWII zone
42 Derision
44 Verve
45 Bog collection
46 Man with shingles?
48 Cut canines
50 Aromatic fungicide
52 Track event
Your Week Ahead Horoscope
September 3, 2009 - September 9, 2009
by Lasha Seniuk
www.mysticstars.net
ARIES (March 21-April
19): Look at all the angles
and then stretch around
them. It is tempting to act
on misinformation, but just
as easy to take some extra
time during the week to
come to wait until you are
sure of the facts.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20): Gear up for good times.
You can use the week ahead
to tie up some loose ends
and prepare for traditional
end-of-the-summer
activities. Try to put
arguments on the back
burner for the next few
days.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20): Never drink
downstream from the herd.
If you listen to the news,
read a book or research data
in the week ahead,
remember that the
information you gather may
have been contaminated by
biased opinions.
CANCER (June 21-July
22): Stick with the decision
already on the table. It
won’t be in your best
interests to overreact to a
little flurry of controversy
this week. If you make
impulsive changes, you
might live to regret them.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Take it with a grain of salt.
You could easily be caught
up in misunderstandings
during the week ahead.
Avoid acting on impulse
because you may
misinterpret someone’s
actions and spoil your
chances.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22): If you like yourself,
others will like you. You
might perceive a change in
someone’s attitude towards
you during the week ahead,
but don’t take it too
seriously. Guard your
reactions to criticism.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Avoid gossip gabfests.
People might pick over the
remains of a relationship
gone bad like a flock of
53 Holbrook or Roach
54 Erskine Caldwell
book
60 Vivacity
62 Mil. course
63 Sao __, Brazil
64 Nevada city
65 Architect Saarinen
66 Bird with fine
plumage
67 Watched
68 Waiter’s aid
69 Watch again
DOWN
1 Radiate
2 Anderson of
“WKRP...”
3 Afghanistan’s
neighbor
4 Knocked over
5 Bring into play
6 Aromatic tree
7 Nearly round
8 Hemingway novel,
“For Whom the __
Tolls”
9 Legal outlines
10 Neurological test
letters
11 Sinclair Lewis book
12 Ait
13 Is a bookworm
21 Of course, slangily
22 Pine
26 Pub brew
27 Phooey!
28 Long poem
29 Nostalgic way
30 Arbor
31 Charity
34 Seep
36 The Beehive State
37 Observe
39 Proboscis
40 Room at the top
43 CD-__
45 Nobility
47 Broccoli top
49 Impetuous bride
50 At that location
51 Bill __ and the
Comets
52 The real __
55 Afrikaner
56 Gillette razor
57 Yours and mine
58 Opposite of aweather
59 Overdo the TLC
61 Wordless affirmative
vultures. You could be an
innocent bystander who
receives only one side of an
unsavory story this week.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21): Let the chips fall where
they may. You might be
challenged to react to
someone’s impulsive actions
this week. Acting like a chip
off the old block might create
a chip on someone else’s
shoulder.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21): Slow down if things
start moving too fast. It
might be summer, but if you
overreact impulsively the
snowball effect could create
an avalanche of trouble in
the week ahead. Use good
judgment.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-
Jan. 19): Eternal optimism
is a tool that outwits
negativity. You might be knee
deep in problems during the
week ahead, but you can be
grateful you don’t have to
deal with them standing on
your head.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18): There could be
numerous reminders of the
fact that you are but a mere
mortal. By the end of the
week you will have your faith
in your fellow man restored
and past mistakes will
become just a memory.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20): Use kid gloves when
dealing with any opposition
to your plans so you won’t be
cut up by red tape. In the
week ahead, you might face
criticism from straight-laced
people, but you can handle it
with poise.
SOLUTION

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The Butner-Creedmoor News, Thursday, September 3, 2009 3a
Upcoming Events And Activities
DOG TRAINING CLASSES
A combination of tricks
and agility training and
activity for dogs of all ages
and size will be starting in
September.
Call 919-690-0539 or
email crcampbell@wild
blue.net for more information.
LINE DANCE
Line Dance classes
resume at the South Granville
Senior Center every 2nd &
4th Friday from 5-6 pm. Cost
is $4.00 per session.
Instructor “Dancing Bob”,
Bob Webster “ Come Have
Fun While Getting Fit” at the
Creedmoor City Gym located
at the corner of Hwy. 56 East
& Main Street in Creedmoor.
For more information
contact 919-528-0848.
SENIOR DANCE
Senior Dances hosted by
the South Granville Senior
Center every 2nd Friday at 7
pm. The Country Lite Band
will be featured. The cost is
$5.00 at the door.
The dances will be held in
the Creedmoor City Gym at
the corner of Hwy. 56 East &
Main Street, Creedmoor.
For more information
contact 919-528-0848.
FREE SEMINAR
V ance-Granville
Community College’s Small
Business Center will offer a
free seminar in September
that can help local business
owners find success in an
economic downturn. The
seminar, entitled “Business
Success in Tough Times,” will
be held from 9 am until noon
on Thursday, Sept. 10 on the
college’s South Campus,
located between Butner and
Creedmoor.
VGCC Small Business
Center Director Diane Finch
advised that space is limited
for this free seminar. To
reserve a seat, pre-register by
calling South Campus at 919-
528-4737 or the Small
Business Center at (252) 738-
3275 or 738-3240.
Showtimes for Sept 4 - Sept 11 *No Passes
DIGITAL -3D Sept AUDITOR 26 - Oct 2 IUM Now Available!
Starting September 11
Tyler Perry’s I Can Do bad All By Myself
Sorority Row, Whiteout
( ) Early Bird Matinee: Fri., Sat., Sun., ONLY
*All About Steve (PG-13)
(10:30), 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45
*Gamer (R)
(10:50), 1:00, 3:10, 5:30, 7:45, 10:05
*Extract (R)
(10:45), 12:55, 3:05, 5:20, 7:35, 9:50
*The Final Destination 3D (R)
(11:00), 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45
*Halloween 2 (R)
(11:15), 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00
Inglourious Basterds (R)
(10:20), 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10
District 9 (R)
(11:10), 1:45, 4:30, 7:00, 9:45
GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra (PG-13)
(11:00), 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00
Julie & Julia (PG-13)
(10:50), 1:35, 4:20, 7:05
Post Grad (PG-13)
9:55
Shorts (PG)
(10:40), 12:45
G-Force (PG)
2:45, 5:00
The Time Traveler’s Wife (PG-13)
7:05pm
Harry Potter & Half Blood Prince (PG)
9:40pm
I -85 & Gregson St., Durham
Movie Hotline: 919-286-1001
www.eastcoastcinemas.com
MISSIONARY
ANNIVERSARY
The Hawkins Chapel
Missionary Baptist will
celebrate the Missionary
Anniversary on Sunday, Sept.
6 with the Morning Worship
Service.
Baptism will be at 9:30
am, Sunday School at 10 and
Morning Worship at 11 am.
The speaker will be Sis.
Wathea Yarbrough Corbitz,
assistance Dean School of
Secondary Education at A&D
State University, Greensboro,
NC.
Everyone is invited to
attend
THRIFT SHOP MOVED
Converting
Heart
Ministries of Creedmoor a
non-profit faith-based thrift
shop, has moved. The
ministry helps men who are
in need of help overcoming
addictions
The Thrift Shop was
located at the old Jerry’s Pizza
building and has now moved
to the former Currin’s NAPA
Auto Parts store building
across from American Hero.
Store hours are 7 a.m. to
12 noon on Saturdays and 8
a. m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday.
STUDENT EXCHANGE
World Heritage Student
Exchange is seeking local
families interested in sharing
their home to provide a high
Raleigh Road
Outdoor Theatre
3336 Raleigh Road
Henderson, NC 27537
For details, call • (252) 438-6959
www.Raleighroaddrivein.com
Fri., Sept 4th, Sat., Sept 5th & Sun., Sept 6th
Shorts (PG) 8:00 PM
Time Travelers Wife (PG-13) 9:45 PM
5 00 Days of Summer (PG-13) 11:30 PM
school exchange student a
positive encounter with the
United States. The students
are proficient in English, 15
to 18 years old and come for
the 2009-10 school year
For more information ,
call Karen at (919) 924-1338
or 800-888-9040.
SUPPORT GROUP
Families Living Violence
Free is offering a Domestic
Violence Support Group and
Sexual Assault Support
Group. If you or someone you
know has experienced
domestic violence or sexual
assault, call 693-5700 for
information. All services are
free and confidential.
WORSHIP
Greater Joy Baptist
Church of Oxford, located at
413 Bullock Street (site of
New Hope Church) has begun
an 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
morning worship service.
The pastor is the Rev.
Ronnie Morton.
TOWN HALL MEETING
On Thursday, September
3, 2009 Senator Doug Berger
plans to have a 7th Senatorial
District Town Hall Meeting at
7 pm in Warrenton, NC. The
guest speakers will include
Mr. Adam Linker from the
N.C. Justice Center’s Health
Access Coalition, Mrs. Chris
Collins, and Mrs. Anne
Braswell, both of whom are
from the NC Department of
*Gates open at 7:00 pm
$5.00 per adult,
Children
6 - 12 $2.00,
U nder 6
FREE
Mon., Sept 7th
Shorts (PG) 8:00 PM
Time Travelers Wife (PG-13) 9:45 PM
Join us for the 3rd Annual
September Sensations Bazaar
Granville County Museums!
Sat. September 12th 9:0 0 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Hot Sauce Day in Oxford
Vendors displaying a variety of items for sale will be
located in the Harris Hall Parking Lot, Granville
History Museum Courtyard, & Court Street
New exhibit “Glimpses of Granville”
Opening Soon
Health and Human Services.
This event will be held at
Warren County Courthouse.
The physical address is 109
South Main Street,
Warrenton, NC 27589.
If you have any questions
or concerns, please feel free to
contact our office by calling
(919) 715-8363 or emailing
dougb@ncleg.net.
SPECIAL SERVICE
Family and Friends Day
will be held at Union Chapel
AME Zion Church on Sept.
6th beginning at 3 p.m.
The guest speaker will be
Rev. Lawrence Wilkerson.
Refreshments will be
served following the service.
TEAMKID BEGINS
The First Baptist Church
of Creedmoor Team Kid
Program will begin Wed.,
Sept. 9th at 7 p.m. for ages 3
to grade 5. There will be a
Character Challenge Kickoff
to start the event.
First Baptist Church is
located at Main Street in
Creedmoor.
RPO TO MEET
The Kerr-Tar Rural
Transportation Planning
Organization (RPO) is having
a Rural Transportation
Coordinating Committee
(RTCC) meeting on Thursday,
Sept. 10th. The meeting will
begin at 1:30 p.m. at the
Oxford Public Works Facility
in Oxford.
The committee will
discuss several items
including an update on
transit funding. Updates on
transportation plans and
projects will be given by
NCDOT.
The Kerr-Tar RPO
planning area covers Person,
Vance and Warren counties,
and the northern portions of
Franklin and Granville
counties.
The Kerr-Tar RPO RTCC
includes representatives
from municipal governments,
county governments, public
transportation providers, and
the North Carolina
Department
of
Transportation.
More
information,
including an agenda and
directions to the meeting, can
be viewed on the Internet at
www.kerrtarcog.org/rpo.
CONCERT TICKETS
Tickets are now on sale
for Louisburg College’s 52nd
Allen de Hart Concert Series,
which will feature a wide
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Thomerson and Larry Jackson as part of
their staff of dedicated and capable
employees serving the community.
106 Clement Ave
Oxford
(919) 693-8186
E AKES
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Creedmoor
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Celebrating Downtown
Oxford on Saturday,
September 12, 2009
Third Annual North Carolina Hot Sauce Contest -
On Main Street
Featuring producers from around th e state, microbreweries, acoustic
bluegrass and more (Stovall’s Gifts, 100 Main Street, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)
Heritage Festival will be in the parking lot behind Remember When off
Hillsboro Street
~ Featuring antiques and collectibles for sale ~
Granville Garde ners Plant Sale will be held at the Extension
office on Wall Street
In addition to an array of plant s, there will be a raffle and silent auction
for several unique garden items.
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
2009 Charity Ride for the Children at Masonic Home for Children
on College Street
Horse-drawn Car riage Rides
Free rides from 11am - 3pm * Look for signs
Granville County Museum September Sensations
Outside September Sensations Bazaar,
featuring various vendors on Court St., 1 Museum Lane, and History
Museum Courtyard, 110 Court St.; both museum buildings also
open for exhibition viewing.
Run with the lions
7am - 10am - Littlejohn Street parking lot
The Oxford Farmers Market
Opens at 7am and will be serving breakfast at the market which will
include samples of their jams, jellies, sausage and salsa. They also have
p lenty of peppers for sale to make hot sauce.
Don’t stop there! To complete you r day, please plan to visit all of Oxford’s
downtown shops and restaurants!
Sponsored by the Downtown Oxford
Economic Development Corporation

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THE BUTNER-CREEMOOR NEWS
EDITORIAL PAGE
THURSDAY
September 3, 2009
South Granville last week
had a Town Hall meeting on
the issue of a National System
of Health Care.
The community had a
meeting open to those on both
sides of the issue and those
who were there to find out
more information who haven’t
yet made up their mind either
for or against the proposal to
establish a National Health
System.
The meeting was sponsored
and run by the State
Employees Association of
North Carolina SEANC.
It was obvious at the
meeting that SEANC is for
president Obama’s National
Health Care Program. There
were some dissenters at the
session and they were allowed
to express their opinions.
What didn’t happen in
Butner was a loud and
boisterous group of citizens
who oppose health care reform
who were bent on disrupting
the meeting and not
allowing an open discussion.
This has happened other
places to the point that some
federal elected officials seem
to be reluctant to take part in
these so called “Town Hall
events.”
One problem government
leaders caused themselves
was not making clear early on
what nationalized healthcare
would consist of and what it
would and would not do.
Finally a draft version of
the bill has been circulated to
answer some of these
questions but skeptics still
tend to call what is being
proposed socialized medicine
or simply socialism.
There were some people
who opposed Franklin
Roosevelt’s Social Security
Program for many of the same
reasons. Years later some
opposed the idea of Medicare
for senior citizens.
The people who oppose the
idea of an increasing government
role in health care
probably don’t think much
about how much government
both Federal, State and Local
is involved in our public school
system.
Public schools may be a
form of socialism but before
the public schools were
established education was
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only possible for upper income
families and the quality of the
schools that existed ranged
from superior to inferior.
Public schools today
obviously have problems and
challenges but they have at
least provided an opportunity
for learning for many decades
to students from a wide range
of economic and ethnic
backgrounds.
Our country needs an improved
system of providing
health care.
Right now those with
health care have to pay very
high premiums to help pay for
those who have no insurance
and pay nothing for the
service.
Those opposed to
“Socialized Medicine” should
look at the facts.
With Medicare you get a
card and a number. You go to
the doctor when you want to.
The doctors receive a payment
from the government but they
run their own business, they
make their own decisions.
The draft health care bill
is more about choice and
options, providing more choice
and providing a more efficient
system of delivering care with
less paperwork and profit
being diverted away to the investors
and administrators of
the insurance companies.
You have to be suspicious
about who is inspiring all the
protesters at the Town Hall
meetings across the country.
Is it the same people who
are paying 100’s of thousands
of dollars for all the ads on the
T.V. commentators shows
that oppose the health care
change from the present
system?
Do you think the heavy
spending by the insurance
industry might possibly be
influencing (or buying) these
commentators opinion?
In North Carolina since
the year 2000 the cost of
health insurance has gone up
96.8 per cent while median
individual earning rose by
18.4 percent. We can’t
continue this same pattern for
the next 10 years.
The plan as it has been
proposed would make it
against the law for companies
to discriminate against those
buying health insurance who
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Letter To The Editor
Saving Freedom
To The Editor:
Democrats and Republicans have traditionally fought
each other. Now we must bond together to save our
freedom.
If we are not vigilant, we just might wake up in a
socialist or fascist country.
We need to learn all we can about the people who
surround President Obama (his czars, advisors and friends)
and their backgrounds and beliefs.
The huge bills -- the stimulus, health care, cap and
trade and card check were probably not written in the few
months since Obama took office. Who wrote them, and
how long ago?
What is the Apollo Alliance?
What is the National Civilian Force? What is it’s makeup,
and who does it consider the enemy? We have a choice.
We can stick our heads in the sand and think that all is
well, while laughing at those who are concerned, or we
can look for answers.
I choose to become informed.
Carolyn Dry
Stem
have pre-existing conditions.
It would also prevent
insurance companies from
dropping coverage if the
insured got sick. There would
be no co-pays for preventative
and wellness care.
We should be encouraging
rather than discouraging
wellness care. Many doctors
today order tests which are
The Tax Arguments Continue
T he arguments are
cyclical, even if the tax hikes
are known as countercyclical.
A recession hits. Tax
collections decline. Legislators
wring their hands.
After some posturing, they
approve a tax hike to
balance a budget in a state
whose constitution forbids
running a deficit into the
next year.
As the tax vote looms, the
arguing heats up. The party
not in charge, usually the
Republicans in North
Carolina, describe the tax
hike as a job killer. Democrats
wave around
economic development
magazines that rank North
Carolina's business climate
among the best in the
country.
The scene repeated itself
this year as the North
Carolina General Assembly
raised taxes by $1 billion to
help make up for state tax
collections that declined by
better than $2 billion.
Legislators went home
So the family will be
gathering again. No, not the
family, the clan. That's the
word we always used to
describe the Kennedys, as if
they were the huge
sprawling royal tribe of our
political life. And they were.
Kennedy funerals have
marked our history: JFK.
RFK. Jackie. John Jr. And
two weeks ago, Eunice. This
time the death to be
mourned is the youngest
brother who became the
oldest, the only male to
achieve something
tragically denied the others:
longevity.
Teddy Kennedy. "The
Lion of the Senate." I first
met him in 1962 when I was
a student and he was a
neophyte. My father, a JFK
stalwart, was strong-armed
into supporting this brother
in his run for the Senate.
The 30-year-old was so raw
that when reporters asked
him about an issue, he
would excuse himself to
check the notes from his
handlers. The man who ran
against him said bluntly
and unwisely that if Teddy's
name were Edward Moore
instead of Edward Moore
Kennedy, the candidacy
would be a joke.
But he was "a Kennedy"
in Massachusetts.
Like most Boston
reporters, I have stories
that come to mind this day
but none so fond -- if you
will indulge me -- as the
almost a
month ago.
The arguing
continues.
T h e
liberal Budget
and Tax
Center rec
e n t l y
issued a
report suggesting
that
tax hikes wouldn't cause
overall job losses. The report
pointed out that the amount
raised by the tax hike
represents about one-third
of 1 percent of the gross state
product. It also noted that
the tax hike will save public
sector jobs.
Conservative critics
responded that the report
ignores basic economics,
that any tax hike will reduce
new private sector
investment and inhibit job
growth.
Some of those critics
enjoy trying to tie the state's
tax rates and tax hikes to its
high unemployment rate. In
their view, the golden goose
A V IEW
F ROM
R ALEIGH
had its
feathers
plucked a
while ago.
Anyone who
doesn't see
that the state's
economy is no
longer a high-
By Scott flyer, but
Mooneyham instead an
ugly, honking
critter that can't even get off
the ground, is delusional,
they say. .
The truth is a bit more
complicated.
North Carolina's unemployment
rate, at 11
percent, is among the ten
highest in the nation. But
are tax hikes and poor
financial management to
blame?
If so, North Carolina's
influence must be spilling
across state borders and out
across the Southeast. South
Carolina's unemployment
stood at 11.8 percent in July.
Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Tennessee and Kentucky all
had unemployment rates
His Own Man
.
time I was
flying from
D.C. with my
y o u n g
daughter.
H a v i n g
spotted the
senator, she
asked to
meet him. I
made her
promise to
just say hello
and leave him to his peace.
But Kennedy stood up in the
aisle and talked to this 10-
year-old about school and
life for 10 minutes, while she
warily eyed me to see if she
had violated our agreement.
He was like that, less a
patriarch than a father,
most at ease and most
himself with children,
especially the children of his
brothers. It was Teddy who
showed up at graduations
and weddings when their
fathers were missing. It was
Teddy who, tempered by
loss, reached out to
innumerable others in pain.
The obituaries say that
Kennedy never achieved the
dream of becoming
president. But there is a
difference between a family
destiny and a man's dream.
When Teddy took on Jimmy
Carter in 1980, he ran a
desultory campaign,
uncertain, floundering,
bumbling. Some blamed the
weakness on Chappaquiddick,
some on the press.
As I followed him on the
unnecessary but for which
they get paid a fee at the same
time they discourage wellness
care.
Sometimes family practice
doctors are encouraged to
rush patients through routine
exams so that more patients
can be seen in a daily shift.
Family practice doctors
affiliated with a corporate
health care provider sometime
don’t turn loose of the
door knob from the time they
enter the exam room until the
time they exit.
Patients aren’t
encouraged to explain
symptoms in detail. They are
instead processed like
chickens on the way to the
meat counter.
Citizens of the United
trail, one
thought kept
coming to my
mind: He
doesn't want
it. When I
LARGE wrote this, my
political
colleagues
laughed at my
By Ellen Goodman
naivete in
believing that
"a Kennedy"
wouldn't want it. But then
CBS' Roger Mudd lobbed the
softball question -- why do
you want to be president? --
and Teddy couldn't answer.
The youngest brother
closed that chapter with a
convention speech that left
his supporters in tears: "For
all those whose cares have
been our concern, the work
goes on, the cause endures,
the hope still lives and the
dream shall never die." But
by running and losing, he
had exorcised the family
burden. He was no longer a
ELLEN GOODMAN
AT
President Kennedy-inwaiting.
He became a
survivor, a senator and his
own man.
I do not have to list his
accomplishments. They are
stamped on bills from voting
rights to minimum wage and
the work for health care
reform. He called health
care "the cause of my life"
even as his life was slipping
away.
Nor do I have to list his
flaws. For a time they were
legion enough to compete
States deserve better. With
thoughtful and well designed
planning we can have better.
Are the regulations that
have been proposed the best
they could be?
The jury is still out.
What is clear is what we
have now isn’t working very
well.
Harry Coleman
between 10 and 11 percent,
according to the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
Florida and Tennessee,
by the way, have no personal
income tax. Apparently
that's no insulation to
joblessness.
In fact, these Southeastern
states still haven't
recovered from the textile
job losses of the 1980s and
1990s. That, more than
anything else, accounts for
the unemployment picture
here.
Still, most economists
would agree that pulling
more money out of the
private sector economy isn't
a good thing when it comes
to creating jobs.
One of those economists
is Christine Romer, a top
adviser to Barack Obama.
She has argued that most
tax hikes cause the economy
to contract. It's why a key
component of the federal
stimulus plan is a tax cut.
Of course, it's easier to
have those opinions in
Washington than in Raleigh.
In Raleigh, you have to
actually balance the budget.
with this year's graduates of
that infamous house on C
Street. In a mea culpa
speech in 1991, he said, "I
recognize my own
shortcomings, the faults in
the conduct of my private
life ... and I am the one who
must confront them." They
were put to rest in a second
marriage.
But it wasn't the flaws
that made Kennedy the
biggest target for
conservative fundraisers
until that flaming torch was
passed to Hillary. It wasn't
the flaws that made him the
prime target of haters until
that torch was passed to
Obama. It was his power
and commitment in the
fights against poverty and
for civil rights, education,
health care. It was his
willingness -- no his
insistence -- in being a
liberal when others wanted
to make the L-word a badge
of shame.
When Kennedy came to
the Senate as the youngest
brother, he was told by an
older senator, "you measure
accomplishments not by
climbing mountains, but by
climbing molehills." As an
insider for more than four
decades, he climbed
molehills. As "a Kennedy" he
bore the loss and burnished
the legacy. As his own man
he never lost sight of the
mountains.

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variety of artists ranging from
folk music and a big band, to
comedy juggling and a Las
Vegas style variety show.
Folk music legends, The
Kingston Trio, will kick off the
series on Sept. 12th. During
the late 50’s and early 60’s,
the trio enjoyed
unprecedented record sales
and worldwide fame, while
influencing the musical tastes
of a generation.
Immediately preceding
the concert, a special
dedication for Louisburg
College’s newly named Seby
Jones Performing Arts Center
(JPAC) and Francis Boyette
Dickson Auditorium will be
held.
Tickets are available by
calling the Louisburg College
Box Office at (919) 497-3300
or toll-free at 1-866-773-6354.
Tickets may also be
purchased at the door on the
day of show if still available.
The Box Office is open
Monday through Friday from
1 to 5 p.m. in the main lobby
of the Louisburg College
Auditorium, as well as one
nd a half hours before show
ime.
Tickets are sold on a first
ome, first-served basis, and
eats are not reserved.
Additional information and
tickets are also available online
at www.louisburg.edu. All
performances will take place
at 8 p.m. with doors opening
at 7 p.m. The only exception
is the “Church Basement
Ladies” performance, which
will take place at 2 p .m.
Preceding
the
performances on Dec. 3, and
Feb. 12, will be the concert
season’s buffet-style dinners.
These all-you-can-eat meals
will be served at 6 p.m. in the
Multi-Purpose Room of the
Jordan Student Center.
Reservations are required
at least a week in advance of
each event. To reserve a seat,
please call the Louisburg
College Box Office.
PLANT SALE
The Granville Gardeners
are getting ready for their
annual plant sale. It will be
held on Saturday, September
12, 2009, at the Extension
Office on Wall St. in Oxford,
next to the Thornton Library.
This is their only fund-raiser
for the year and proceeds from
the sale go to-ward the
scholarship fund.
There will be a very large
selection of perennials,
bushes, trees, vines, bulbs,
house plants and many, many
other plants.
There will be Master
Gardener’s on site to answer
any questions. A raffle will be
held for a unique 24 foot cedar
birdhouse, mounted on a 6
foot pole, that was built by
club member, Tom Jordan.
Raffle tickets are available
from any club member prior
to the sale and also on the day
of the sale. Tickets are $1.00.
As part of the sale there
will be a silent auction
featuring many garden
related items some of the
items will be an afghan, gift
baskets or gardening items, a
Mary Kay gift basket, a
beautiful birdcage, ergonomic
hand tools, an hand-crafted
platter, a 3-pc ceramic set and
a beautiful large wreath.
Free refreshments will be
served by club members. This
plant sale will coincide with
the NC Hot Sauce Contest
that will be held on Main St.
at the Stovall’s Gifts. Antique
vendors will be showing and
selling antiques.
If it decides to rain the
plant sale will be held on the
inside of the Extension
Center, so be sure to mark the
date and come out for a fun
filled day.
For more information call
692-0005 or 693-9023.
TAR RIVER FESTIVAL
The Greater Franklin
County Chamber of
Commerce will host the 20th
annual Tar River Festival on
Saturday, Sept. 12th from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. in downtown
Louisburg and Riverbend
Park.
This event is a family
event and includes children’s
inflatables, games and live
entertainment, crafts and lots
of food. The festival is free and
open to the public.
The Chamber is currently
seeking vendors for this event.
If you are interested in
becoming a vendor, please call
the Greater Franklin County
Chamber of Commerce at 919-
49-3056 or bfuller@franklinchamber.org.
The festival will be held
either rain or shine.
GOSPELFEST PROGRAM
The G. C. Hawley
National Alumni Association
of Creedmoor will present an
annual Gospelfest which will
be held on Sunday, Sept. 13th,
beginning at 4 p.m. at G. C.
Hawley Middle School in
Creedmoor.
Guest musicians will be
B. T. Green (Durham),
Leonard Lewis Group, and
the Pine Grove Male Chorus.
Tickets are on sale for
$5.00 for adults and $2.50 for
children.
For further information,
contact Rev. Bernard Holiday
at 528-0697. This program
benefits the association’s
scholarship program.
FINANCIAL PEACE
COURSE
Dave Ramsey’s
“Financial Peace University”,
a 13 week course, will be held
at Promised Land
Community Church
(Creedmoor Elementary
School). Classes begin Sept.
13th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
For more information, go to
www.plcc-church.org or call
919.693.7706.
INTEREST MEETING
There will be a Granville
County Relay For Life
Interest Meeting held
Monday, September 14th
from 6-7 p.m.
The meeting will serve to
bring individuals together
from the community who are
interested in learning about
Relay For Life and
participating in the Granville
County Relay For Life.
The meeting will be held
at The Masonic Home for
Children cafeteria located at
600 College Street in Oxford.
For more information contact
1-800-ACS-2345.
MEN’S FRATERNITY
COURSE
The fall Promised Land
Community Church will offer
two Men’s Fraternity courses.
These life-changing studies
are specifically designed to
equip men to win.
The quest for Authentic
Manhood is a captivating
journey comprised of 24
sessions. The series helps
men understand their
masculine identity and shows
them how to make the pursuit
of authentic manhood a
lifelong priority. The Quest
sessions will meet on Monday
nights, 7 to 8:30 p.m., beginning
Sept. 14th, at
Creedmoor Elementary
School.
The Great Adventure
explores a man and his world
beyond the everyday. The 20-
session study puts the roof on
the house of masculinity and
creates a vision for a man’s
future and destiny. This
study will help men
rediscover the adventure in
life through a greater
understanding of who they
are.
Men will uncover the
uniqueness they have as a
man and discover a satisfying
life focus. The Great
Adventure will meet Friday
mornings 6 to 7:30 a.m.
beginning Sept. 25th at the
Granville County Annex
Building across from Vance-
Granville Community
College campus.
For more information,
visit their website at
www.plcc-church.org or call
Mike Underwood at 693-
7706.
MEETING CHANGED
Due to the Labor Day
Holiday, the Granville
County Board of Education
will meet in Regular Session
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NEEDED
for new exhibit
in September!
“GLIMPSES OF GRANVILLE” AT THE GRANVILLE
COUNTY MUSEUM: Old photographs of interesting places
or people around Granville County. Would also like items
made or used in the county that our visitors would enjoy
seeing. We will be glad to copy your original photos and
return them to you. Please contact Pam @ 693-9706 or email
pam@granvillemuseumnc.org .
Butner Presbyterian Pre-Kindergarten
310 16th Street
Butner, NC 27509
Now Enrolling 3 & 4 year olds
Half-day Classes
3 yr olds-Tues. & Thurs - $95/month
4 yr olds- Mon, Wed & Fri - $115/month
Limited Spots Available!
For questions please contact Preschool Director
Angela Spradling
575-6850 (weekday mornings)
(314) 703-2344 (after 12pm & weekends)
The Five County Mental Health Authority’s Consumer and
Family Advisory Committee (CFAC) meets monthly to assist in
developing and revising the mental health plan that drives mental
health, developmental disability, and substance abuse services for
the five county area. Consumers are invited to attend the CFAC
meetings on the second Tuesday of every month beginning at
6:00 pm at the Vance - Granville Community College - Warren
Campus, 210 W. Ridgeway Street, Building #4, Room W432,
Warrenton, N.C. Consumers can sign up to discuss issues with
the CFAC from 6:15-6:30 pm. For more information please call
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history, see information about the Town Council,
Parks and Recreation etc. There is a page with
applications for zoning and related permits and
contact information for Town Staff and Mayor/
Council Members. There is also a page with
helpful links to include contact information for
utilities for new residents. Updates to the site will
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6a The Butner-Creedmoor News, Thursday, September 3, 2009
EVENTS
[Continued From Page 5A]
Monday, September 14th,
2009 at 6 p.m. at the Granville
County Board of Education
Administrative Offices ,
ocated at 101 Delacroix
treet in Oxford.
In accordance with
ranville County School
oard Policy 2310, citizens
nterested in addressing the
oard may do so by signing up
rior to the meeting. Each
erson signing up will be
imited to a maximum of five
5) minutes and a maximum
f thirty (30 minutes will be
llocated to this portion of the
genda.
VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT
The Central North
Carolina Chapter is seeking
volunteers in Granville and
Vance Counties. Volunteers
re needed at local blood
rives and disaster volunteers
re needed to respond to
isasters in our area which
ncludes home fires. A
olunteer information session
ill be held on Tuesday,
eptember 15th from 10 am -
1 am to the Red Cross office
t 300 South Garnett Street
n Henderson or on Thursday,
eptember 24th from 6:30 pm
o 7:30 pm at First Baptist
hurch, 200 West D. Street in
utner.
The American Red Cross
helters, feeds and provides
motional support to victims
f disasters; supplies nearly
alf of the nation’s blood;
eaches lifesaving skills;
rovides international
umanitarian aid; and
upports military members
nd their families. The Red
ross is a charitable
rganization-not a
overnment agency-and
epends on volunteers and
he generosity of the
American public to perform
ts mission.
For more information,
lease visit cncc.redcross.org
lanche Hudon, Director of
Volunteer Services at 919-
19-1849 ext. 376 or
udon@usa.redcross.org.
AGING WITH GUSTO
Food, fun and learning
are all on tap for the annual
Aging With Gusto Conference
scheduled for Tuesday,
September 15th from 9 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. in Oxford. It’s not
too late to register, but you
need to hurry! Call a friend
and sign up!
The class topics are:
TaiChi - Go With the Flow;
Jump Start - Begin a Healthy
Lifestyle with Seated
Exercise; Cook Smart, Eat
Smart; Managing Your
Finances - Organize to Win;
and Long-Term Care -
Preparing for Tomorrow.
Fliers with registration
forms are available at the
Granville County Senior
Center and at the Granville
County Extension Center at
208 Wall Street, Oxford. Or,
you can access a brochure
with registration form on-line
at
http://
granville.ces.ncsu.edu/
content/AWG.
A new feature this year is
the silent auction sponsored
by the Extension Volunteer
Association. You may preview
the items for auction at: http:/
/granville.ces.ncsu.edu/
content/Auction. Bids will be
taken at the Conference from
8:45 to 9:30 a.m. and at the
lunch hour.
This conference, jointly
sponsored by NC Cooperative
Extension, Granville County
Center, and Granville County
Senior Services, will be held
at the Oxford Baptist Church,
147 Main Street in Oxford.
The registration fee is $10
per person. Registration and
payment is being received in
person or by mail at the
Granville County Senior
Center at 120 Orange Street,
Oxford, NC 27565.
Make checks payable to:
Granville Aging Project.
Register early to get into your
first choice classes. For
additional information or a
flier, call Sandy Ruble at
NCCE at 603-1350 or Angela
Wright at Senior Services at
693-1930.
SUPPORT GROUP
SESSION
Families Living Violence
Free is offering a Circle of
Hope educational/
empowerment support group
for women survivors of
domestic violence and sexual
assault.
The domestic violence
support group will meet
weekly for seven weeks
beginning Thursday,
September 17th from 6-8 pm.
The Circle of Hope
Support Group is a facilitated,
interactive group meeting of
victims/survivors of domestic
violence offering a safe
environment to exchange
information and express
feelings with other women in
similar situations.
Support groups are
helpful for women who are
victims of abuse because most
have become isolated from
friends or family as a result
of the abuse.
As part of a group, each
woman can begin to
understand that she is not
alone and learn the steps she
needs to follow to have a safe,
healthy life.
For more information,
contact Shirley Davis at 919-
693-5700. Families Living
Violence Free is Granville
County’s Domestic Violence
and Rape Crisis Center.
Their 24/7 crisis/support
line 919-528-3579.
SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
A Coed Softball
Tournament to benefit
Families Living Violence Free
is scheduled for September
26th and 27th.
Registration deadline will
be September 18th.
The tournament will be
held at Currin’s Field in
Oxford on Hwy 96N.
For more information you
may contact Dennis Williams
at 919-482-0178.
There will be an entry fee
of $150.
MT. ENERGY STRINGS
CLASSES
A registration /
information night for after
school Strings Classes will
take place on Monday, Sept.
14th at 7 p.m. in Mt. Energy
Elementary School’s Multi-
Purpose Room.
Classes are open to all
Granville County students in
First Grade and above.
Beginners can choose to learn
violin, viola or cello in this
group setting. Classes are also
available for more advanced
players.
For more information,
please call Evelyn Snyder at
575-5781.
PRAYER VIGIL
A prayer vigil for Kelly
Currin Morris will be held
Thursday, Sept. 3rd on the
daycare lot of Creedmoor
Baptist Church on Main
Street in Creedmoor. The
prayer vigil will begin at 7
p.m.
Kelly was last seen on
Sept. 3rd, 2008. She lived with
her two daughters and
husband in Stem, N. C.
VGCC ANNIVERSARY
On September 4th, 2009,
Vance - Granville Community
College will mark 40 years
since Vance County Technical
Institute was issued its
charter. To celebrate its 40th
anniversary, VGCC has a
series of celebratory activities
planned.
On Wednesday, Sept.
16th, VGCC will hold a
Student Appreciation Day on
the college’s South Campus,
located between Butner and
Creedmoor.
On Saturday, Oct. 10th,
the public is invited to the
“Festival for the 40th,” which
will be held at various indoor
and outdoor locations on Main
Campus.
For more information on
attending these events, call Jo
Anna Jones, VGCC’s Vice
President of Institutional
Advancement and Director of
Endowment Program, at (252)
738-3430.
MEETING CHANGED
The South Granville
Water and Sewer Authority
has changed its regular Board
meeting from Sept. 8th, to
Sept. 9th at 7 p.m.
The meeting will be held
in the SGWASA meeting room
located at 209 West C Street
in Butner.
EDUCATION PROGRAM
An educational program
titled “What does it mean
when my doctor says my
kidneys are not working
well?” will be held Wednesday,
Sept. 16th, from 11:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. at Granville
Medical Center, 1010 College
Street in Oxford. The guest
speaker will be Dr. Robert
Gutman.
A free lunch will be served
at 11:30 a.m. along with Dr.
Gutman’s presentation
followed by a question and
answer period. The program
is free and open to the public.
To reserve a seat please
call 919-690-2159 or email
oxfordmealandmore@granvillemedical.com
on or before Sept. 14th and
leave your name, daytime
phone number and number of
people in your party (please
include their names).
The program is sponsored
by Granville Health System.
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Sept. 22-27
5 nights lodging, 1 lunch at Lambert’s Cafe,
6 shows (The Platters, Shoji Tabuchi, Clay
Cooper, The Twelve Irish Tenors, Loretta
Lynn and Buck Trent) 2 continental
breakfasts, 2 buffet breakfasts, 1 buffet
dinner, Stone Hill Winery, Shepard of the
hills Fish Hatchery, Asheville Farmers
market, Hurricane Mills & much more.
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SUPPORT GROUP
Families Living Violence
Free is offering a Domestic
Violence Support Group 7-
week session Thursdays,
Sept. 17th through Oct. 29th.
The time will be from 6:00
to 8:00.
Contact Shirley Davis at
919-693-5700 for more
information.
CINEMA FOR SENIORS
Are you 55+, like movies,
and have some free time?
The South Branch
Library, 1547 S. Campus
Drive in Creedmoor, on
September 17th, will be
playing “Driving Miss Daisy”
On September 24th the
featured movie will be
“Sabrina”; on October 1st, the
movie will be “Rear Window”,
available.
All movies are on
Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
WEBB'S CLASS OF '69
REUNION
school reunion.
Class members are
profile.
For additional
information, please contact
William Ad-cock at 693.8000
[Continued On PAGE 7A]
The Hinshaw Family, of Bahama, will be in concert at Mt. Harmony
Baptist Church of Timberlake, on Friday, Sept. 11th, beginning at
7 p.m. The Hinshaw Family consists of parents, Floyd and Connie
Hinshaw, and their three daughters, Debbie, Sandy and Robin.
There will be no admission charge for the service, however, a
love offering will be taken. The church is located just off US 158
on Mt. Harmony Church Road. For more information, call 336-598-
5144 (Rev. Tommy Robertson) or 336-599-3816 (Woody Painter).
Rev. Barry Chambers is the pastor.
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MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Annual Creedmoor
Music Festival is scheduled for
Saturday, September 19th,
2009 from 9 am - 3 pm on Main
St. in Creedmoor.
Vendor space is available
or $10.00 each. Encouraged
o take part are specialty foods,
jewelry and other vendors. (All
ood vendors must have
ranville County Health
epartment permits.)
If you have any questions,
lease call City Hall at (919)
28-3332 between the hours of
am and 5 pm Monday-Friday.
FALL FESTIVAL
The Youngsville Fall
Festival will be held Saturday,
September 19th, 2009 from 9
am - 4 pm.
The location is 125 US1-A
at the National Guard Armory
in Youngsville.
The event includes an
Open Class Car Show with Top
50 and Best of Class awards, a
craft show, children’s activities,
Bake-Off contest for cakes,
pies, and breads, as well as
food.
An new addition this year
will be a Salsa & Chili Contest.
The Chili and Salsa cook-off
will be held at the Youngsville
Armory from 1 pm to 3 pm.
here will be a $5 entry fee due
he day of contest and all
roceeds will benefit the
Youngsville Christmas Care
und.
Vendor spaces are filling up
uickly so if you are interested
n a vendor space, being a food
endor, entering the car show,
r being in the cooking contests
lease visit the website at
ww.youngsvillefall fesival.com.
TK’S CAR SHOW
TK’s Car Show, sponsored
by Creedmoor Cruise In,
Smithfield BBQ and Sonic of
Wake Forest, is scheduled for
Saturday, Sept. 26th at the
Lowe’s/Sonic/Smithfield BBQ
parking lot in Wake Forest,
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Trophies
will be presented at 1 p.m.
There is a $20 entry fee day of
show,.
Rain date will be Sept. 27th
from 2 to 6 p.m.
All classes of cars and bikes
are welcome. The car show will
feature “Best in Class” trophies
for each class and Top 75
trophies will be awarded. A 50/
50 and a Drivers Lottery will
be held along with other door
prizes.
For more information, call
Tommy Keith at 919-801-2799
or email Csmkeith@ymail.com
For all car shows/cruise-in
events,
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APPLICATIONS SOUGHT
The N. C. Youth Advisory
Council of the Youth Advocacy
and Involvement Office in the
Department of Administration
is accepting applications for
mini-grants available to youth
groups to conduct community
projects. The application
deadline is 5 p.m. Oct. 9th.
Up to $6,292 is available to
North Carolina organizations
composed of young people,
ages 13 to 18, which
implement programs to
benefit their peers. The minigrants
will range from $100 to
$500 each.
Examples of projects that
have received funding since
the program started in 1977
include after-school tutorial
programs, purchases of
recreational equipment and
orchestral music, an alcoholfree
graduation celebration
and publication of a
newsletter.
Requests for cost of food,
entertainment, travel and
salaries will not qualify for
funding.
The State Youth Council
and the Youth Advisory
Council will meet in November
to review applications for
awards and will announce
recipients in December.
For regulations or to
download an application, visit
www.ncyaio.com or contact
Cynthia Giles of the Youth
Advocacy and Involvement
Office at 919-807-4400.
VGCC ANNIVERSARY
BALL OCT. 3
As part of the celebration
of its 40th anniversary, Vance
- Granville Community College
(VGCC) will hold an
Anniversary Ball. The public is
invited to enjoy an evening of
dancing and fine dining on Oct.
3rd at the VGCC Civic Center
on the college’s main campus.
Dress will be black tie optional.
The doors will open at 6
p.m. Dinner, prepared by
Simply Delicious Catering, will
be served at 6:30 p.m.
Entertainment will be
provided by the Andrew
Thielen Big Band, based in
North Myrtle beach, S. C. The
band will play from 7:30 until
11:30 p. m.
The Big Band is made up
of musicians and singers from
North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Virginia. Led by
world-class drummer Andrew
Thielen, the ensemble also
includes trumpets, trombones,
saxophones, piano, base and
drums, plus vocalists.
The band plays a variety of
popular songs from the 1940’s
through today, from “Old Time
Rock & Roll,” “I Will survive”
and “I Love Beach Music” to
“In The Mood” and
“R.E.S.P.E.C.T.”
Tickets are available for
$90 per couple or $50 for an
individual.
Proceeds will benefit the
VGCC Endowment Fund.,
which has awarded more than
5,000 scholarships to deserving
VGCC students since 1982.
For more information, call
Jo Anna Jones, VGCC’s vice
president of Institutional
Advancement and director of
the Endowment Program at
738-3430.
HARVEST DAY
Wesley Chapel United
Methodist Church corner of
Pocomoke Road and Gordon
Moore Road, Franklinton,
North Carolina on Saturday,
October 3rd, 2009 will feature
Harvest Day with hot dogs
and drinks for sale from 11
am- 1 pm, Barbeque Pork &
Brunswick Stew Plates for
sale from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm,
Craft and Baked Goods
Auction from 7 pm - until.
Plates are $7.00 and a
quart of Brunswick stew is
$6.00.
You can preorder quarts of
Brunswick Stew by calling
Betsy Blackley at 919-528-
1185 or Dorothy Harris at
919-494-2266.
If anyone needs
information or directions,
please contact either Betsy or
Dorothy.
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The Butner-Creedmoor News, Thursday, September 3, 2009 7a
The Richard Thornton Library has moved into temporary quarters in the building which formerly
housed 84 Lumber Company, on Industry Drive in Oxford. The temporary location will be used while
renovation and expansion work is completed on the main library branch building in downtown Oxford.
Pictured front row, left to right, at a ribbon cutting of the temporary location are Chamber of Commerce
Director Ginnie Currin, Sharon Buchanan, Deana Cunningham, Markey Duckworth, Shirley McCaden,
Melinda Brooks, Emma Wilson, Library Director Tresia Dodson, Bobby; Newton, City Commissioners
Bob Shope, Walter Cantley and Paul Kiesow, and Wanda Garrett. Back row: Twanna Jones, Susie
Lee, Dick Taylor, Amy Humphries, Sherry Biggs, Sharon Ellis, Mark Pace, Nan Howells, Assistant to
the City Manager Tanya Weary, City Commissioner Bob Williford, City Manager Mark Donham, Larry
Wilson and Jackie Sergent.
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8a The Butner-Creedmoor News, Thursday, September 3, 2009
Creedmoor’s Alive After Five
Happy to be here
New Sheriff
Say Cheese!
Enjoying the moment
Waving hello
Total togetherness
Enjoying fellowship
Glad to be together
Fantastic Horn
Well protected
The girls
Pretty impressive Moo’s
Happy baby
Best guy around
Alive Staff
More Photos
On Page 13A
Smooth moves
Mother and daughter
Line dancing
Posing with the Chick-Fil-A cow
Enjoying the celebration
Giving the Peace sign
Still Shag Dancing The Chamber Ladies Pretty as a picture

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The featured business for this week is the new Curves
Fitness Center for women. It is located beside where the
Dollar General used to be, before it recently moved to its new
location on Hwy 56. The new owner, Tabitha Duke, and
Business Manager Dallas Duke are a local husband and wife
team who run the gym with a heartfelt desire to better the
lives of their members. Tabitha is a native of Granville
County. The new Curves had its ribbon cutting ceremony on
Friday, August 21st and followed by an Open House for
members and guests.
The Curves Company:
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women.
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Tabitha joined the Curves gym
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She found that when she left
Curves and tried other fitness
programs, she could not stick
with the programs and the
weight came back. Dieting alone
did not help. Frustrated, and
feeling as if out of options,
Tabitha had weigh loss surgery.
Even with the surgery, the weight returned. Unable to stick
to other workout regimens, she eventually returned to the
Curves system after trying many other methods. She finally
concluded that trying to take the easy way out with dieting
and medical intervention, that the only true way to stay
healthy is to exercise. Curves allow members to get a full
body workout within a 30-minute program designed
exclusively for busy women. Tabitha stuck to the plan and
was able to get from a size 32 to a size 6 working out 3 days a
week, with only a half hour each visit.
The Circuit:
Curves works because it gives you a complete cardio and
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We provide our members with a fun, convenient,
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10a The Butner-Creedmoor News, Thursday, September 3, 2009
Recent Area Deaths
GWENDOLYN BLACKWELL
WINSTON
Mrs. Gwendolyn
Blackwell Winston, age 75,
died Sunday, August 30, 2009.
A native of Granville County,
he was the daughter of the
ate Dorsey and Tazzie
razier Blackwell. Mrs.
inston was owner and
hairman of Winston
nternational in Oxford. She
as also a member of Grassy
reek Baptist Church and a
ember of National Business
omen of America.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday, September
2, 2009 at 11 a.m. from Grassy
Creek Baptist Church by the
Rev. Johnny Armstrong.
Burial followed in the Grassy
Creek Baptist Church
Cemetery in Bullock.
Surviving is her husband
of 56 years, James Pratt
Willoughby Allen
Hockaday Jr ., 81, a resident
of 610 14th Street, died
Saturday, August 29th at his
home.
A native of Granville
County, the son of the late
Willoughby Allen Hockaday
Sr. and Lessie Overton
Hockaday. He was a member
of Brassfield Baptist Church,
deacon and retired from
Central Prison as a prison
guard.
Funeral services were
conducted at 11 AM
Tuesday, September 1st at
Brassfield Baptist Church by
Rev. Wesley Garner. Burial
will be in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are a daughter,
Shirley Hockaday
Lane(Allan) of Butner, two
sons, David Allen
Hockaday(Susan) of
Creedmoor, Richard
“Dennis” Hockaday (Donna)
of Butner, four sisters, Inez
Bowen of Wilmington,
Emily Boegli of GA, Lessie
Noell of Durham, Rosalie
Mason of PA, three brothers,
Bruce Hockaday of Oxford,
Herbert Hockaday and
Reuben Hockaday Sr., both
of Creedmoor, eight
grandchildren, Jason
Hockaday, Jacob Lane,
Tracy Aiken, Jeremy
Hockaday, Kelly Lane, Teri
Brooks, Julie Hockaday,
Jamie Hockaday, three great
grandchildren, Trevor and
Sydney Hockaday and Baby
Aiken on the way. His wife
of fifty-one years, Thelma
Hedgepeth Hockaday, a son,
Robert Lee Hockaday, a
sister, Naomi Cash, a
brother, Elvis Hockaday
preceded him in death.
Flowers accepted or
memorials may be made to
Brassfield Baptist Church,
2072 Highway 96,
Creedmoor, NC 27522.
Visitation was held from
7:00-8:30 PM Monday
evening at the Eakes
F uneral Home in
Creedmoor and at other
times at the home. Online
condolences can be made to
www.eakesfuneralhome.com.
Select Obits.
Winston; one daughter
Kathryn Winston and
husband, John Richardson, of
Henderson; three sons, Jim
Winston and wife, Anne, and
John Lee Winston and wife,
Anna, both of Oxford; and
Francis Winston and wife,
Tammy, of Bullock; one
brother, A. D. Blackwell of
Oxford; and three sisters,
Jane Holden of Knightdale,
Yvonne Weeks of Oxford, and
Betty Pegram of Bullock; 12
grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.
She was
preceded in death by a sister,
Adelle Bentley.
The family received
friends on Tuesday,
September 1 from 7 until 8:30
p.m. at Gentry-Newell &
Vaughan Funeral Home in
Oxford and at other times at
the home.
In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be made to
Grassy Creek New Fellowship
Building Fund, % Peggy
Currin, 8723 Grassy Creek -
Virgilina Hwy, Bullock, NC
27507.
On-line memorials at
www.gnvfh.com;
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obituaries.
REBECCA LOUISE
O'BRIANT
Rebecca Louise O'Briant ,
77, a resident of 7572
Highway 96 N. died Friday,
August 28th, 2009 at
Universal Health Care in
Oxford.
A native of Granville
County she was the daughter
of the late Ira Lee and Lizzie
Greenway O'Briant. She was
a member of Oak Hill
Presbyterian Church for
many years and was a
homemaker.
Funeral services were
conducted at 2:00 PM
Monday, August 31st at Oak
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Hill Presbyterian Church by
Rev. Jason Leonard. Burial
followed in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are two sisters,
Wilma O. Murray and Effie V.
O'Briant, both of Oxford and
several nieces and nephews.
Flowers accepted or
memorials can be made to
Oak Hill Presbyterian
Church, c/o Janie Morton,
1589 Sunset Road, Oxford,
NC 27565.
The family received
visitation from 7:00-8:30 PM
Sunday evening at the Eakes
Funeral Home in Oxford and
at other times at the home.
Online"http://
www.eakesfuneralhome.com"
Select obits.
VAN META ALLEN
LINK
Van Meta Allen Link, 92,
a former resident of Durham
County, died Saturday,
August 29th at Carver Living
Center in Durham.
A native of Wake County
she was the daughter of the
late Wesley and Maggie
Morris. She was a member of
Fellowship Baptist Church in
Durham and retired from the
healthcare profession.
Graveside funeral services
were conducted at 3:00 PM
Tuesday, September 1st in
Maplewood Cemetery in
Durham by Rev. Jason
Holmes.
Surviving are two
daughters, Jackie Monroe of
Cary, Julia -Merita Talton of
Goldsboro, two sisters, Minnie
Pearce of Oxford, Ruby Allen
of Wake Forest, a brother,
Hick Allen of Creedmoor,
fourteen grandchildren and
fourteen great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
a son, Edward Link Sr.
The family received
visitation from 12:30 -2:00 PM
Tuesday, September 1st prior
to the graveside service at the
Eakes Funeral Home in
Creedmoor.
N ote Of Thanks
The Granville County
Crime Stoppers needs your
help! By calling (919) 693-
3100 with information that
leads to the solving of a
crime, Granville County
Crime Stoppers can pay up
to $1,000.00 for information
that leads to the arrest and
conviction of a person or
persons involved in an
unsolved crime you DO NOT
have to give your name
when calling.
NEW CRIMES
Some time between
Sunday, August 2, 2009 and
Sunday, August 16, 2009, an
unknown person or persons
trespassed on private
property, broke out a second
story window of a vacant
house located on Hester
Road and unlawfully
entered the house. If you
The family of Mary Bass Carpenter would like to
express gratitude for the outpouring of love shown to
us during her illness and her passing. Thank you for all
the visits, cards, food, flowers and prayers. We
appreciate everything that everyone did for her and our
family.
Special thanks go to the following people;
Josephine Glover, the wonderful CNA whom God blessed
us with to take wonderful care of Mama during the day.
Queen Royster, the CNA that sat with Mama every night.
The great staff of Community Home Care & Hospice of
Henderson especially Mama’s assigned nurse Mary Ann Lunsford.
Rev. Adolphus Smith and his wife Jessie from Morning
Star Baptist Church in Oxford for bringing Mama the
message that led to her salvation.
All the pastors who visited with her during her final
m onths;
Dr. Jenkins from First Baptist Church of Creedmoor.
Rev. Tommy Lamm of Fellowship Baptist Church of
Creedmoor.
Rev. David Chambers from Antioch Baptist Church of
Timberlake .
Linwood Jarrell, the Chaplain from Hospice.
All of the pallbearers, Murphy Gurganus, Chris
Rogerson, David Rogerson, Perry McCullough, Casey
Pearce and Tommy Keith who also took care of
mowing the grass at the house.
Dr. Angela Secord - Mama’s OB/GYN oncologist at
Duke who took excellent care of her during her battle
w ith Ovarian Cancer.
Kristen LeVoy - the OB/GYN oncology nurse who
always got our concerns addressed, questions
answered, forms filled out and made sure Hospice had
everything they needed to take care of Mama.
Neighbor Care of Oxford and Mid Atlantic Supply.
Mike Beal and Raymond Meadows for opening and
closing the grave.
Pastor Randy Watkins the children’s director at Faith
Baptist Church for stepping in on very short notice to
assist Rev. Smith with the funeral service.
Toby Rogers for providing the music at the funeral.
The staff of Eakes Funeral Home and Gil-Man Florist
for doing a beautiful job with the flowers. If anyone
was overlooked in this list please accept our apologies
and we thank you too. Many thanks go out to each and
every person who expressed acts of kindness to our
family during the loss of our mother. May God bless
each one of you.
With much love and heartfelt thanks,
The Family of Mary Bass Carpenter
have any information
pertaining to this incident,
please contact the Granville
County Sheriff’s Department
at 919-693-3213, or Crime
Stoppers, at 919-693-3100.
During the late night
hours of August 1, 2009 and
early morning hours of
August 2, 2009 an unknown
person or persons went upon
the premises of several
residents on Squire Lane and
Indian Trail, Oxford, and
entered vehicles removing
items of small change and
credit cards from same. A
2008 Toyota 4-Runner was
stolen from Indian Trail, deep
red in color.
SUSPECT
A vehicle which had been
reported stolen in Durham
earlier was found in the area.
The Toyota 4-Runner has
been seen in South Hill, VA
being driven by the man
shown in the attached
photos.
During the daylight
hours of July 24th an
unknown person, or persons,
unlawfully entered a private
residence on Turner Road
and removed several rifles
from a gun cabinet,
including a semi-automatic
Winchester .308, 303 bolt
action British rifle, 12 gauge
Mossburg pump action
shotgun, .22 cal. Rimfire
semi-automatic Marlin rifle,
and one rifle scope.
If you have any
questions regarding this
incident please contact the
Granville County Sheriff’s
Department at 919-693-
3213 or Crimestoppers 919-
693-3100.
Bowling-Wood Chapter #2622
Of The UDC Community Projects
The Bowling-Wood
Chapter #2622, Butner, of the
United Daughters of the
Confederacy have projects
including saving, clipping and
mailing grocery coupons
worth $158,000 to the
military families at Fort
Bragg, honoring service men
and women with military
service awards, and many
other community projects.
One of the latest projects
of the chapter has been, the
donation 1700 legal size file
folders, labels and file guides
to the Richard H. Thornton
Library, for upgrading the
“Family” vertical files in the
library.
The family folders were
converted from regular size
folders to legal size on Friday
and Saturday, after the
library reopened by members
of the Bowling-Wood and
Granville Grays UDC
chapters. The folders were
delivered on August 19, 2009
by Mildred C. Goss, President
of the Bowling-Wood UDC
chapter to the library.
The chapter saw the need
and with the economy the way
it is and decided to do their
part to help the library with
these much needed folders.
Patrons that use these files
when researching their
families will be able to find
them quicker. The print on
the labels is large enough for
researchers to find them
easier to read.
This has been a major
improvement to the files as we
continue to preserve the
history of our Granville
County families.
While working on the
above project, the chapter was
also involved in the Back to
School project with the
Granville County Sheriff’s
Department.
The objectives of the
United Daughters of the
Confederacy organization are
historical, memorial,
educational, benevolent and
patriotic.
Those eligible to join are
women no less than sixteen
years of age who are blood
descendants of men and
women who honorably served
in the Army, Navy of Civil
Service of the Confederate
States of America or gave
material aid to the cause.
N ATHAN M. G ARREN
A TTORNEY AT L AW
2557 Capitol Drive • Creedmoor, NC 27522
(919) 528-8200
Fax: (919) 528-8300 Residence: (919) 528-6428

CMYK
A SECTION
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
SPORTS
BRIEFS
FUNDRAISER
The South Granville
Cheerleaders will be holding
a Car Wash on September
12 th from 8 am to 12 noon at
Advance Auto. There will
also hot dogs for sale and lots
of fun while getting your car
washed. Come out and
support your South
Granville Cheerleaders.
SGAA BOARD MEETING
South Granville Athletic
Association will hold its
nnual Board Meeting to
lect Board Members on
hursday, September 24th
t 6:30 pm at the Thompson
uilding in Creedmoor.
The members of SGAA
nd anyone interested in
GAA activities in
ncouraged to attend.
If you have questions or
ould like to apply for a
oard position, please call
Andy Rutledge at 528-2900
r visit their website at
ww.sgaaweb.com for a
oard application.
South Granville Tennis In Full Swing
SGHS vs Durham
School of the Arts
8/26/09
SINGLES
DSA 5,
South Granville HS 1
M Williams DSA vs Katie
Bryan SG, Win, 4-6
Brittney Pierce DSA vs
Jacey Bryan SG, Loss, 7-6
Jayati Vyas DSA vs Hillary
Preddy SG, Loss, 6-1
Maggie Owens DSA vs Keri
Purvis SG, Loss, 6-3
Kellie Levine DSA vs Mary
Kathryn Smith SG, Loss,
6-0
Annie O’Donhue DSA vs
Kelly Barry SG, Loss, 6-0
DOUBLES
DSA 3,
South Granville HS 0
R Troxler/M William DSA
vs K Bryan/J Bryan SG,
Loss, 7-5
K Neill/M Owens DSA vs H
Preddy/K Purvis SG, Loss,
6-2
K Levine/J Vyas DSA vs
MK Smith/K Berry SG,
Loss, 6-1
Total: DSA 8, South
Granville 1
SGHS vs North Carolina
School of Science and
Math 8/27/09
SINGLES
NCSSM 6, South
Granville HS 0
Laura Outlaw NCSSM vs
Katie Bryan SG, Loss, 6-2
Meredith Armstrong
NCSSM vs Jacey Bryan
SG, Loss, 6-1
Lydia Allen NCSSM vs
Hillary Preddy SG, Loss, 6-
0
Neless Lewis NCSSM vs
Keri Purvis SG, Loss, 6-0
Meleissa Verne NCSSM vs
Mary Kathryn Smith SG,
Loss, 6-0
Emily Lim NCSSM vs
Kelly Barry SG, Loss, 6-0
DOUBLES
NCSSM 3,
South Granville HS 0
T Pincus/L Outlaw NCSSM
vs K Bryan/J Bryan SG,
Loss, 6-0
M Armstrong/L Allen
NCSSM vs H Preddy/K
Purvis SG, Loss, 6-0
M Lewis/J Deng NCSSM
vs MK Smith/K Berry SG,
Loss, 6-0
Total: NCSSM 9,
South Granville 0.
SGHS vs Carrboro
8/31/09
SINGLES
Carrboro 6,
South Granville HS 0
Alyssa Shuster CHS vs
Katie Bryan SG, Loss, 10-1
Sam Green CHS vs Jacey
Bryan SG, Loss, 10-3
Lindsey Kornaguy CHS vs
Keri Purvis SG, Loss, 10-0
Sandra Anton CHS vs
Mary Kathryn Smith SG,
Loss, 10-0
Jessica Malette CHS vs
Gabrielle Thorne SG, Loss,
10-0
Julia Bsrger CHS vs
Jessica Higgs SG, Loss, 10-
0
DOUBLES
CHS 3,
South Granville HS 0
L Kornegay/S Green CHS
vs K Bryan/J Bryan SG,
Loss, 10-8
SAnton/J Barger CHS vs J
Higgs/K Purvis SG, Loss,
10-1
A Copeland/K Yoder CHS
vs MK Smith/D Cearnal
SG, Loss, 10-2
Total: Carrboro 9,
South Granville 0
EXHIBITION
DOUBLES
CHS 3,
South Granville HS 0
G Sloan/E Souters CHS vs
C Ford/A Purvis SG, Loss,
8-0
K Marshall/K Kimm CHS
vs G Thorne/A Henry SG,
Loss, 6-0
S Weiner/A Holloway CHS
vs MK Smith/C Ford SG,
Loss, 3-1
GCHS Loses To Franklinton
BOARD MEMBERS
NEEDED
North Carolina Swarm
Basketball Club is seeking
Board Members for the
upcoming AAU season.
Responsibilities will include
attending meetings,
soliciting donations, and
participating in all club
events.
Contact Terence Harcum
at (919) 450-7220 or
tharcum@ncswarm.com for
more information.
Lady Viking Jayce Bryan prepares
to swing.
PHOTO BY BOBBY PAFF
Kelly Barry in doubles action with the return against NCSSM.
PHOTO BY AMANDA DIXON
Christian Mayes with one of his 13 saves for the Panthers.
Granville Central was tied at the half 1-1 with perennial powerhouse
Franklinton. Will Eddins scored on an assist by Gonzolo Leco in
the first half. Franklinton eventually pulled out the 3-1 win.
PHOTO BY AMANDA DIXON
2009 Hawley Football
Sept. 9 Home Vs. HMS
Sept. 16 Away Vs. Terrell Lane
Sept. 23 Home Vs. Bunn
Sept. 30 Away Vs. Cedar Creek
Oct. 7 Hawley Bye
Oct. 14 Home Vs. Butner-Stem
Oct. 21 Away Vs. NG/MP
Oct. 28 Home Vs. EJ
Nov. 4 Away Vs. Warren
Panthers Fall To Buccaneers 40-6
BY AMANDA DIXON
SPORTS WRITER
BCNSALES@MINDSPRING.COM
Granville Central fell to
the Bartlett Yancey
Buccaneers 40-6 in their
home opener on Monday,
August 31 st . The game had
been moved from Friday to
Monday due to a power
outage.
The Bucs moved the ball
73 yards on the opening
drive for the score with 9:32
remaining in the first
quarter. Bartlett Yancey
scored again after the
Panthers were unable to
move the ball. The Bucs
(Continued On Page 12A)
2009 Butner-Stem Football
Sept. 9 Home Vs. Warren
Sept. 16 Away Vs. HMS
Sept. 23 Home Vs. Terrell Lane
Sept. 30 Away Vs. Bunn
Oct. 7 Home Vs. Cedar Creek
Oct. 14 Away Vs. Hawley
Oct. 21 Butner-Stem Bye
Oct. 28 Home Vs. NG/MP
Nov. 4 Away Vs. EJ
2009 Hawley Soccer
Sept. 15 Away Vs.Butner-Stem
Sept. 22 Home Vs. CC
Sept. 29 Home Vs. HMS
Oct. 1 Away Vs. WC
Oct. 6 Home Vs. Butner-Stem
Oct. 8 Bye
Oct. 13 Away Vs. NG/MP
Oct. 15 Home Vs. Bunn
Oct. 19 Away Vs. TL
Keyante Lindsey #15 flies in to make the stop.
BY AMANDA DIXON
SPORTS WRITER
BCNSALES@MINDSPRING.COM
South Granville pounds
the Southern Vance Raiders
32-6 for the second victory of
Tyler Parrott #58 moves in for the tackle.
Vikings Pound Raiders 32-6
Adrian Perry #75 wraps up the Southern Vance running back for a
loss.
the season on another rain
soaked Friday night home
game.
The Vikings defense set
the tone for the night on the
opening drive. South
Granville’s defense dropped
the Southern Vance
quarterback for losses on
three of their first seven
(Continued On Page 12A)
Tony Byrd #7 breaks through the Raiders Defensive Line for a first
down.

CMYK
12a The Butner-Creedmoor News, Thursday September 3, 2009
IKINGS
(Continued From Page 11A)
lays and forced a punt. The
ikings started their first
ossession on the 20-yard
ine. With 80 yards to go for
score the tandem of Ian
osley and Dillon Beck
egan the march down field.
osley ran left and picked up
ine yards. Beck ran up the
iddle and picked up three
o move the ball to the 32. A
lag was thrown against
outhern Vance for a smack
o the head of a South
ranville player. This
oved the ball to the Viking
9-yard line.
Tony Byrd joined Bosley
nd Beck as they moved the
all down to the Southern
ance 34. Southern Vance
eceived a personal foul
enalty and the ball was
oved to the 13-yard line.
illon Beck broke through
he middle of the Raider line
nd scored on a 13 yard run
ith 4:19 remaining in the
irst quarter. Marlowe
indsey added the extra
oint and the Vikings held a
-0 lead.
Josh Hurt nailed the
outhern Vance quarterback
or a nine-yard loss in the
ext drive to force a punt.
Southern Vance bobbled the
snap and Clarence Peace
tackled the punter at the 20-
yard line.
The Vikings took just
three plays to score a
touchdown on this drive. Ian
Bosley dashed nine yards
into the end zone to give
South Granville a 13-0 lead.
Lindsey added the extra
point and the Vikings were
up 14-0 with 11:54
remaining in the quarter.
Southern Vance started
their next drive at the 20,
but could not advance past
their own 46-yard line and
had to punt. The Vikings
received the punt and began
their drive. A block in the
back and false start
penalties against South
Granville stalled the drive to
end the first half. The
Vikings held a 14-0 lead at
the end of two quarters.
The Vikings received the
kick to open the second half.
Ian Bosley took the kick at
the 19 and rambled 30 yards
before being brought down
by a host of Southern Vance
tacklers. The Vikings facing
a fourth and inches gave the
ball to Dillon Beck up the
middle to secure the first
down. The Vikings
continued to run over and
around the Southern Vance
defense. This frustrated the
Raiders as two players
received person fouls and
were ejected for
unsportsmanlike conduct.
The Vikings took advantage
to this frustration by adding
another score by Ian Bosley.
Bosley ran the ball seven
yards for the Vikings
touchdown. South Granville
held a 20-0 lead with 7:15
remaining in the quarter.
Southern Vance bobbled
the kickoff return and C. J.
Green recovered the ball for
the Vikings at the 15-yard
line. Tony Byrd ran around
the left side for the Vikings
score with 5:37 remaining in
the third quarter. South
Granville held a 26-0 lead.
Southern Vance finally
scored on a 15-yard
touchdown pass from Harris
to Carroll with 33 seconds
left in the third quarter.
This brought new life to the
Raiders sideline. South
Granville continued to hold
a 26-6 lead.
Ian Bosley slammed the
door shut on the Raiders as
the took the kickoff back 85
yards for the South
Granville touchdown with
20 seconds remaining in the
third quarter. The Vikings
held a 32-6 led going into the
final quarter.
Josh Thorpe ended any
hope the Raiders had of
scoring with his first
interception of the season.
Ian Bosley led the
Vikings offense with 23
carries for 133 yards. Tony
Byrd scrambled eight times
for 59 yards. Dillon Beck
added 41 yards on six
carries. Darrien Smith ran
the ball six times for 26
yards. Quarterback, Tony
Byrd completed 3 passes out
of five attempts for 43 yards.
Dillon Beck had one
reception for 28 yards and
Ian Bosley had two catches
for 15 yards.
Clarence Peace led the
defense with seven tackles
and five assists one of which
was a nine-yard sack. CJ
Green finished with five
tackles (two sacks for 14-
yard loss) and three assists
and a fumble recovery.
Adrian Perry added five
tackles (one sack for threeyard
loss) and two assists.
Akil Armstrong finished
with five tackles and one
pass defended. Josh Hurt
tallied four tackles (one sack
for nine-yard loss) and two
assists. Cory Hicks
registered four tackles and
one assist. Dondre’
Richardson logged two
tackles, two assists and one
pass defended. Damien
Chrisp added four tackles.
Darrien Smith recorded two
tackles and one assist.
Dillon Beck added two
tackles. Ian Bosley and Yul
Godfrey each had one tackle.
Marlowe Lindsey was
credited with one assist.
Josh Thorpe finished with
one tackle, three passes
defended and one
interception.
South Granville travels
to Webb on Friday,
September 4 th for a 7:30
kickoff. Come out early and
support your Vikings.
Ian Yancey #5 takes the ball in stride for Granville Central. The
Panthers took 10 shots on goal and had 11 saves by goalkeeper
Christian Mayes in the 4-0 loss. PHOTO BY AMANDA DIXON
SGAA Soccer Season Starts Soon
SGAA Volleyball
Prepares For
Upcoming Season
6/10 Girls Volleyball
Falcons
Coaches
Lori & Rodney Parrott
ourtney Conway, Sarah
arper, Alexus Landis,
amyiah Mangum, Karley
arrott, Carleigh Pearsall,
aylor Walker.
Hornets
Coach
Rose Brown
Rebecca Brown, Josee Davis,
Faith Gilbert, Cayla Kitts,
Rayneesha Meadows,
Gracie Nipper, Malia Olson-
Thornburg.
Mustangs
Coach
Cecily McDowell
aley Brogden, Morgan
aster, Allison Fletcher,
endall Hardiman, Allison
ambert, Ainsley McDowell,
auren Montren, DJ Yates,.
Pirates
Coach
Stephanie Smith
arle Bennett, Chelsea
onrad, Shelby Dunn,
ohanna Hill, Haley
ohnson, Kayla Resco,
annah Russell, Meagan
mith,
Vikings
Coach
Lisa Banks
Emily Banks, Paige Evans,
Taylor Freeman, Beth Frio,
Kamden Thompson,
Hannah Walker, Sierra
Wells.
11/15 Girls Volleyball
Falcons
Coaches
Christine Schmid
& Kay Mackubin
Sydney Chappell, Alyssa
Johns, Kaitlyn Mackubin,
Allie Malugen, Danielle
Schmid, Hannah Shaw, Rae
Ellen Wilkins, Sarah
Wilson,
Hornets
Coach
Jerry Whitlock
Deanna Allen, Brooke
Fletcher, Jessica Howard,
Whitney Kelsey, Taryn
Turner, Leighanne White,
Courtney Whitlock.
Panthers
Coach
Karen Colclough
Abbi Colclough, Kaitlyn
Colclough, Alyssa Essleston,
Alexis Farmer, Amber
Farmer, Kara Farmer,
Deseray Futch, Hailey
Poole.
Pirates
Coach
Amy Gilbert
Mallory Brogden, Chelsea
Cearnel, Grace Gilbert,
Kayla Hutson, Lauren
Stephenson, Chandler
Strickland, Natalie Tippett,
Logan Taylor.
Vikings
Coaches
Lynn Hall
& Gina Burger
Katya Davis, Abbigail Dunn,
Skylar Dunn, Bayle Hall,
Olivia Jackson, Hannah
Rich, Natalie Russell,
Ashlyn Smith.
Warriors
Coach
Rose Brown
Emma Britt, Amanda
Brown, Amber Hicks, Bailey
King, Sam Kwiatkowski,
Marquitta Long, Loren
McCusiston, Kelsey Parker.
Look For Schedules For Each League In Next Week’s
Sports Edition
Crush U5
Elias Benefield, James
Cox III, Ryder Hunt,
RaleighMundy, Phillip
Nicholson Jr., Hannah
Walker.
Green Gators U5
Luke Bennard, Briannah
Brown, Devon G onyea,
Lewis Gonyea, Nolan
Tucker, Claire Watson.
Hornets U5
Gabriel Anderson, Elizabeth
Chu, Ethen Hill, Ava
Munson, Nathan Munson,
Gillian Stewart.
Monsters U5
GarrettCarroll, Zachary,
Graham, Nehemiah Hunter,
Sara Nicholson, Madison
Primm, Emily Womble.
Mustangs U5
Christian B r i n k l e y,
Cole Campbell, Monica
Campos, Brinkley Hunt,
Joshua Leonard, Chase
Smith.
Raiders U7
Robert Chalifour, Collin
Johnson, Erin McIntyre,
Collin O’Sullivan, Owen
Walker, Trevor W a r d ,
Jahzarae West.
Royals U7
W. Jackson Beck, Caleb
Bost, Michael Hall, Ryan
Hall, Carson Hobbs,
Anna Lewis, Jacob
Morrill, Vladimir Tirado.
Stingrays U7
GarrettBerrier, Zara
Boustani, Justin Hite,
Rebecca Hodges,
Andrew M athews,
Taiya Mobley, Gabriela
Pleasants.
Vipers U7
Spencer Brooks,
Bracy Chavis, Zac Crosby,
Remanza Nicholson,
Emma Oliver, Matthew
Scott, Dylan Tunnicliff,
MorganWatkins.
Wildcats U7
Jonathan Adkins,
Joshua Adkins, Austin
Barrera, Cameron Bradsher,
Brentley E lliott,
Wilson Holcombe, Diego
Medina, Corbin Perry.
Dragons U10
Damian Barrera,
Elijah Bowling, Dion
Carroll, Joshua Colvin,
GarrettDeane, Nathan Hill,
Johanna Hookstra,
Alexis Mathews, Dani
Maxon, Jacob M axon,
Jalia Medlin, Chance
Roberts, Destiny Vanegas
Perez.
Geckos U10
Selina Banks, Brandon
Bowling, Alex Bragg,
Claire Gordon, Kyle
Graham, Cailyn Hunt,
Hayden J o h n s ,
Mikaleb Nicholson,
Janese Pleasants, Camryn
Rodriguez, ShelbySopko,
Emily Tomlinson, Jessie
Wrenn.
Mustangs U10
Hayden Allen, Alex
Bare, Brianna B o y d ,
Johnathon Brown,
Christyn Campbell,
Paige Ciferni, Zach
Gilliam, Brennan Henry,
Thomas H evener,
Ryan MaKueyi, Kevin
Martinez, Amanda Scott,
Haydn Taylor.
Strikers U10
NathanBrogden, Rebecca
Carranza, Alex Cole, Shelby
Cooper, Cassie Eccleston,
Meredith E lliott,
Sarah Elliott, Alex Hall,
Emily Holloway, Jonathan
Medina, Jonathan Olund,
Kerragan Stewart, Quinn
Walker, Austin Wayne.
Blue Blazers U14
Taylor Brown, Kaitlynn
Cooper, Keith (KJ) Hardie,
Qamron L eonard,
Courtney M axon,
Drew Maxon, Alayna
Moss, Sydney Rodriguez,
Austin Shuta, Justice
Shuta, Josh Zimmerman.
Drillers U14
Justin Bare, Keelia
Boustani, Julieann
Challacombe, Scott Hasserd
Bryan Sanchez, Ulises
Sanchez, Mario Silver,
2009 Hawley Volleyball
Sept. 8 Home Vs. HMS
Sept. 10 Home Vs. BSMS
Sept. 14 Home Vs. Bunn
Sept. 17 Home Vs. Cedar Creek
Sept. 21 Away Vs. EJ
Sept. 24 Away Vs. NG/MP
Sept. 28 Away Vs. Terrell Lane
Oct. 1 Away Vs. Warren Co.
Oct. 5 Bye
Matches Start @ 4:15 pm
Martasia Silver, Isabelle
Snyder, JoshuaToston, Roy
Toston, Juan V a n e g a s
Perez.
Screaming Eagles U14
Joshua Armstrong, Carli
Austin, David C hilton,
Lance Harold, Amia Jones,
IvyKeith, Mackenzie
Lambert, Megan Sealy,
Lance Weatherspoon, Jr.
Cedric Williams, Jack
Womble.
Vipers U14
Mark Cangas , Brittany
Daniel, Avery Fields, Arin
Hornung, Elena Jacek,
Robben Medlin, Haley
Murphy, Caleb Parker,
Dalton Rothery, Maridy
Tucker, Kyla Whitted.
Gators U19
Allison Bell, Sierra
Colquitt, Matt Crittenton,
Ashley Daniels, Katilyn
Hardie, Harley Keith, Coley
Lyon, Jeremy Silver, Jay
Smith, Tommy Weeks.
Sharks U19
Taylor Abernethy, Ashlyn
Eccleston, David Eccleston
Jr., Zachary Fields, Abby
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held a 13-0 lead with 7:10
remaining in the first
quarter.
Granville Central
fumbled the ball for a loss
during their next possession
giving way to a punt. The
Bucaneers were on the move
aided by a 15-yard penalty
for horse collaring followed
by an unsportsmanlike
conduct call against the
Panthers. The Bucs
attempted a lateral pass
from the five-yard line. The
receiver could not hang on to
the ball. Kenneth Walls
picked the ball up and ran
90 yards for the Panther
touchdown. The Panthers
were unable to convert the
two-point attempt.
Granville Central trailed 13-
6 with 32 seconds remaining
in the first quarter.
Bartlett Yancey got a
hand on a Panther punt to
set up the next score with
4:10 remaining in the half.
The Buccaneers held a 19-6
lead at the half.
A Panther fumble set up
the next score for Bartlett
Yankee with 10:04
remaining in the third
quarter. Central trailed 26-
6. Penalties killed the
drives for both teams as time
expired in the third quarter.
Bartlett Yancey would
score again with 11:14
Gilliam, Monica Jones,
Jessica McMillan, Caroline
Snyder, Emily Ward.
Ian Bosley breaks 4000 career
yards rushing and moves up
in the North Carolina High
School
Athletic
Association
record
books.
Bosley
broke the
4000-
y a r d
IAN BOSLEY
mark with
88 yards
against
Chapel Hill High School and
ran for 133 against Southern
Vance for a total of 221 for his
senior season. Bosley has
passed the legendary Charlie
“Choo Choo” Justice and
Carlester Crumpler to move
into the top 70 in the NCHSAA
Individual Rushing category.
2009
221 yards (through 8/31/09)
2008 1939 yards
2007 1578 yards
2006 468 yards.
remaining in the fourth
quarter and at the 3:28
mark to give the Bucs the
40-6 victory.
Panther Coach Don
Colgan commented after the
game, “Some of the kids
have never played football
before and we are still in the
process of teaching them
and when you are 28 players
strong you have to play the
whole game.
I am trying to remain
positive with the kids. They
played the whole game and
they did not give up and that
is a positive. We are playing
a lot of freshman on the
offensive and defensive line
and they are learning. We
will continue to build on this
taking it one game at a
time.”
Johnny Bryson led the
Panthers offense with eight
carries for 18 yards. Andrew
Edwards ran the ball twice
picking up 11 yards.
Kenneth Walls carried the
ball 4 times picking up four
yards. Brandun Lickliter
had seven rushes for –19
yards. Lickliter completed
2 of 11 passes for 20 yards.
Keyante Lindsey had one
reception for 15 yards and
Ben Green had on catch for
5 yards.
The Panthers travel to
Bunn on September 4 th and
to Franklinton on
September 11 th . Both games
are set to kickoff at 7:30.
Come out and support your
Panthers.

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the health care situation is
getting worse rapidly.
He said state employees
insurance premiums were
going up especially those who
added their families to their
coverage.
He further said that in
recent years everyone in
North Carolina had seen
dramatic increases with
health insurance costs
increasing 5 times higher
than wages.
Chuck Stone explained
that, what is needed is a
program that allows people to
have affordable coverage
with a system that includes
adequate care. He said that
the problems with the
present system is deep and
complicated.
He added that free and
charity care is not the way to
go. He also said that there
had been those who had
expressed the feeling that
government couldn’t offer
adequate health coverage,
but he pointed out “Most
people on Medicare are
satisfied with the service they
receive and it is a
government program.”
“Health care is almost
25% of the state budget and
if we don’t come out of the
present recession then we
haven’t seen anything yet,”
Foster predicted.
According to the message
presented by the SEANC
officials, if nothing is done,
individual health insurance
premiums in North Carolina
could double by 2016.
Other points emphasized
by the SEANC panel
members and local elected
officials included the
following.
Experts have estimated
that if nothing is done, at
least 6.9 million more
Americans will be uninsured
in 2010. Every week
Americans fail to enact
comprehensive health reform,
44,230 more Americans lose
their health insurance. By
2019, average family
premiums are projected to
skyrocket from $13,150 to
$22,440.
If Health Care reforms are
passed, Americans will be able
to keep their insurance and all
Americans will have access to
affordable coverage, the
SEANC representatives
predicted. Under the House
Health Insurance Reform Bill,
Americans who currently
have private insurance will be
able to keep it. Employers
may continue offering quality
coverage to their employees
and the number of people
covered by their employers
would actually increase.
To those who claim that
health care reform will put
America on the path to
socialized medicine, and put
private insurers out of
business, the reality ,
according to SEANC
representatives, is that a
strong public plan will not
force out private insurers and
will provide much needed
choice and competition.
Studies and analyses,
conducted by the American
Medical Association, have
shown that the most efficient
and effective private plans
will thrive under health
reform proposals, producing
lower costs and better health
care choices for Americans.
Stone said that the myth
is that health reform will
drastically cut Medicare and
harm health care of America’s
seniors. He said the reality is
that health care reform will
reduce waste and fraud in
Medicare, not cut benefits or
coverage for America’s
seniors.
Another position put forth
by opponents is that
Democratic health care
reforms will force taxpayers to
subsidize health insurance for
illegal immigrants. The
reality, he said, is that health
care reform legislation
explicitly exempts illegal
immigrants from coverage.
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activities to the Citizens of
Creedmoor, contact the City’s
offices to inquire about
becoming a sponsor. There
are a variety of sponsorships
to allow you or your company
to donate at the level that is
possible for you.
Another activity are the
Door Prize Drawings.
Every year, local merchants
and businesses donate items
for the Door Prize Drawing.
The City has placed
Ticket Registration Boxes in
three (3) locations for
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team, 25th Infantry Division,
headquarters at Fort
Richardson, Alaska.
Pfc. Walker attended
Fayetteville Academy, an
independent college
preparatory school, where he
graduated in 2004. From
2004-2008 he attended the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
residents and visitors to
register for the prizes: (1) City
Hall; (2) The Butner-
Creedmoor News; and (3) Ace
Town & Country Hardware
Store on E. Lyon Station Road
near I-85.
The City wants to
encourage everyone to
register, and remember - you
DO NOT have to be at the
festival to win!
If your name is called, you
will need to show your ticket
stub in order to collect your
prize. So, be sure to keep your
ticket stub, and register.
There were a total of 32
prizes given away last year,
including savings bonds, t-
shirts, gas cards, gift cards
and certificates, memberships
and various other gifts.
He deployed to
Afghanistan in April 2009 and
was scheduled to spend a year
there with plans to return to
the United States for two
weeks at Christmas time.
He was buried at
Lafayette Memorial Park in
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Saturday. Information for
this story was provided by
Phyllis Stallings of
Creedmoor, defense link
military releases, the
Army Times, the U.S.
Department of Defense
and
Freedom
Remembered.
Charity Widener, of Butner, made her first visit to the annual
Celebration of the Automobile Car Show and Racer’s Reunion in
Hillsborough on Saturday. Hundreds of cars were on display near
the site of the Historic Orange County Occoneechee Speedway,
home to the early years of NASCAR. (photo by David Hunt)
The Butner-Creedmoor News, Thursday, September 3, 2009 13a
More Alive After Five Photos
PHOTOS BY
HARRY
COLEMAN,
JOHN
STALLINGS
AND SHIRLEY
GURGANUS
A night out
Pretty girls
Still shaking
Slow dancing
Good Friends
Take our picture
“We never been in the paper”
Old friends
What raindrops?
Helping out
Murphy and Shirley on the Ellington-Brim lot

CMYK
THURSDAY
September 3, 2009
THE BUTNER-CREEDMOOR NEWS
COMMUNITY NEWS
B SECTION
A
TEASLEY JOINS
BROKERAGE
Donald Teasley has joined
Coldwell Banker Advantage
in Creedmoor.
Teasley served 10 years in
he U.S. Army as a helicopter
rew chief and has over 14
ears experience in the
ousing and finance industry.
Teasley currently resides
ith his family in Oxford.
Teasley’s specialties are
ew construction, 1st time
uyers and lake properties.
Teasley is a member of the
err Lake Board of Realtors,
RAR, NCAR and NAR.
DMV SCHEDULE
The DMV Mobile Service
Center visits Creedmoor on
the first Thursday in the first
full week of each month from
Y OU
D ECIDE :
By Dr. Mike Walden
N ORTH C AROLINA C OOPERATIVE E XTENSION
10 a. m. to 4 p.m.
It is located at 108 Wilton
Avenue at the South Granville
Senior Center.
THANKS EXPRESSED
The Town of Stem has
issued a notice of thanks for
all those who participated in
the support and donations to
the family of Kelly Currin
Morris during the recent
fund-raiser in Stem.
GRANT NOT FUNDED
The Town of Butner had
hoped to receive a $500,000
Parks and Recreation grant to
put with matching money to
complete a new ball field and
athletic park complex on B
Street in Butner.
The town leaders were
recently notified that they just
missed the grant in a tie with
CAN ECONOMICS
HELP IN THE
HEALTH CARE
DEBATE?
One of my sisters-in-law is a health care professional.
Whenever I bring up economics in a discussion about the
issues involved in today’s health care debate, she waves
me off my saying, “Economics has nothing to contribute
to these issues, because health is more important than
dollars and cents.”
Needless to say, this has led to some arguments
between us (mostly civil), because I believe just the
opposite – that economics has some very important
contributions to make as the country gets ready to perhaps
change how we receive and pay for health care.
But, of course, you might expect me to say this because
I’ve been a professional economist so long that economics
is in my blood, and I see applications for my discipline
everywhere. So let me present some ways in which I think
economics can be helpful in thinking about health care
and, of course, let you decide if I’m right - or my sister-inlaw
is.
Price and Cost Are Different: Price is what is paid for
one unit of a product or service, whereas cost is the price
multiplied by the number of units bought. So if
hamburgers have a price of $1 each and you buy three,
your cost is $3.
Therefore, a higher cost doesn’t necessarily mean a
higher price if a greater quantity is being used. But while
the quantity of hamburgers is easy to see, the quantity of
other things is more difficult to measure. Certainly no one
would consider the “quantity” of services from today’s cell
phones to be the same as from the first mobile phone 20
years ago, but it’s hard to put a number on the difference.
Most experts would consider the quantity of medical
care received from today’s procedures, operations and
treatment to be much greater compared to years ago.
Modern medicine can do so much more and do it much
better. What this means is that the price of medical care
may not have risen – indeed, some economists say it has
gone down. Instead, we’re paying a higher cost for health
care because we’re using more quantity.
The Demand Curve Lives: One of the oldest of
economic concepts is the demand curve, which simply
says we purchase more quantity of something when its
price (per unit) falls. So if health care reform makes health
care cheaper (lower price) to consumers, expect the amount
(quantity) of health care used to increase. Depending on
the size of this response, this could make the total amount
we spend on health care actually rise when the price drops.
Incentives Matter: At the heart of economics is the
notion that people respond to incentives. If people are
rewarded more, they’ll do more; if they’re rewarded less
or even penalized, they’ll do less. It’s the common idea of
the carrot and the stick.
So if we want people to have annual check-ups, eat
better and exercise and lead healthier lifestyles, this
economic idea says we should give them an incentive to
do so, through lower insurance premiums, for example.
Therefore, it’s important for people to have a financial
stake in their health, so called “skin in the game.” If
consumers are shielded from the financial consequences
of their health-related behavior, they won’t be as concerned
about monetary implications.
Insurance Costs More for Sure Things: Insurance was
created to pay for big expenses related to unexpected
losses, but at a relatively low cost to the buyer. Let’s say
100 people face an equal likelihood this year of suffering
a loss of $10,000. The loss will hit one unlucky person,
but no one knows who it will be. If each person paid $101
for insurance coverage, then the $10,000 loss could be paid,
and the insurance company would keep $100 for its effort.
The key word term here is unexpected loss. Let’s say
the insurance company is required to pay $50 each year
for a mandatory medical check-up for each person. Now
the $50 payment isn’t unexpected – instead, it is expected
and known. It’s a sure thing. The result – the annual
insurance premium paid by each person immediately rises
from $101 to $151.
Choices Must Be Made: This is maybe the crowning
principle of economics. Indeed, economics as a field of study
only exists because choices must be made. Collectively, at
any one time, there aren’t enough resources to give
everyone everything they want.
The only question is, what is the mechanism by which
these choices are made? That is, who makes the choices?
In the context of health care, who decides what operations
and treatments are given and when? The possible answers
are the patient, physician, insurance company, the
government or some combination of these. As with most
resource decisions, it’s often the entity that controls the
purse strings that makes the ultimate decision.
While these economic concepts won’t resolve the health
care debate, hopefully they help illuminate some of the
issues and make you more informed about the possible
options.
So who wins, my sister-in-law or me? You decide!
Kure Beach for the grant
funding.
The only part of the
application that the town
could have scored more points
on was if they had had a fulltime
recreation department,
town leaders were told.
However Dallas Tucker,
the State official who worked
with the town staff to apply
for the funding has suggested
a meeting to help Butner
Town Staff prepare for the
next application deadline
which will be January 31,
2010.
MARBLES KIDS MUSEUM
Marbles Kids Museum
located at 201 E. Hargett
Street in Raleigh is opened
Tuesday through Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Sunday from Noon to 5 p.m.
Admission is $5.
For more information you
may call (919) 834-4040 or
v i s i t
www.marbleskidsmuseum.org.
NC MUSEUM OF HISTORY
The NC Museum of
History will feature On
Earth's Furrowed Brow: The
Appalachian Farm in
Photographs through October
4; Workboats of Core Sound,
Lawrence Early's
photographs of Eastern NC's
fishing boats through May 2,
2010; Elected To Serve,
examines nearly 300 years of
NC gubernatorial history will
be featured through
September 1.
Featured on Wednesday,
August 12 from 12:10 to 1p.m.
History a la Carte: A Century
of 4-H, Bradley Dixon
discusses 100 years of NC 4-
H history.
The museum is located at
5 E. Edenton Street in
Raleigh.
The hours of operation are
Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5
p.m. and Sunday Noon-5 p.m.
Admission is free.
For more information you
may contact the museum
office at (919) 807-7943 or
visit www.ncmuseumof
history .org.
Tax & Business
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY
Tatum & Edwards, PA
Certified Public Accountants
IRS Calls Attention To New
Small Business Tax Breaks
This year’s hottest tax tip for small businesses comes
from a seemingly unlikely source: the IRS. The Internal
Revenue Service is urging business owners to take
advantage of new tax breaks offered through the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) before they expire.
Perhaps the most important feature of the ARRA is
the accelerated write-off of certain capital expenditures.
Up to $250,000 of the cost of new or used equipment
purchased and placed in service this year can be deducted
from taxable income. In addition, qualifying new
equipment, software, or leasehold improvements are
eligible for 50% first-year depreciation.
Businesses with taxable income in previous years, but
a net operating loss in 2008, may be entitled to another
tax break. The ARRA allows certain businesses (those with
average annual gross receipts over the last three years of
$15 million or less) to carry back their 2008 loss to as many
as five years ago rather than just two.
Estimated tax payment rules for certain small
businesses have been relaxed as well. Now qualified
taxpayers are permitted to make quarterly tax payments
equal to 90% of the lesser of their 2008 taxes or their 2009
taxes.
On the personnel front, the IRS reminds small
businesses that the 65% COBRA premium subsidy required
under ARRA for former employees is reimbursable through
the filing of their employment tax returns. And the new
rules regarding tax-free commuter expense
reimbursements begin this year.
If you are refinancing your business loan, here’s
another tip. Businesses that reacquire their own debt in a
restructuring move have the added benefit of deferring the
income from any discharged indebtedness for five years.
At the end of the five year deferral, the income can be
spread evenly over five more years.
Senior Center
Activities Schedule
PO Box 766, Hwy 56E. & Main Street
Creedmoor, NC 27522
Week of Mon. September 7 - Friday, September 11, 2009
Daily: 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. Walking in the Gym
9:00 - 10:00 Coffee Hour
12:00 - Lunch
For More Information - Call 528-0848
www.granvillecounty.org
Click “Senior Services”
Monday, September 7: Closed for Labor Day
Lunch 12:00: Closed for Labor Day
Tuesday, September 8: 8:45 Game Time, 9:00 Low
Impact, 10:00 Bible Study w/Mandy Moss, 10:30 Bowling,
12:30 Water Aerobics YMCA.
Lunch: 12:00: Mac/Cheese, Stewed Tomatoes, Pintos,
Roll, Fruit/juice, Milk
Wednesday, September 9: 8:45 Game Time, 10:15
Bingo, 11:30 Legal Aide by Appointment
Lunch 12:00 Cold Plate, Roll, Fruit/juice, Milk
Thursday, September 10: 8:45 Game Time, 9:00 Low
Impact Aerobics, 10:00 Crochet Club, 10:15 Stretch &
Wiggle, 12:30 Water Aerobics YMCA.
Lunch 12:00: Spaghetti & Meatballs, Corn, Toss Salad,
Roll, Fruit/juice, Milk
Friday, September 11: 8:45 Game Time, 9:00 Canvas
Crafts, 10:00 Speaker Ernestine Howard w/Granville Co.
Social Services-Topic “Food Stamps” 5;00 Line Dance w/
dancing Bob Webster, 7:00 Senior Dance “The Lite Country
Band”
Lunch 12:00: Smothered Chicken, Mashed Potatoes,
Black-eyed peas, Roll, Fruit/juice, Milk.
** Milk is served with each meal - Chocolate milk and
2% low fat milk are available.**
Savvy
Senior
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• Retirement Income Calculator: Provided by T. Rowe Price
(www3.troweprice.com/ric/ric/public/ric.do), this tool uses the
Monte Carlo methodology to project whether your retirementincome
needs will be met based on your savings, assets and
age.
• Vanguard Retirement Center: Provides retirement
advice, along with different calculators depending on your
needs and age: More than five years to retirement, less than
five years to retirement, and already retired. See https://
personal.vanguard..com/us/planningeducation/retirement.
• MyPlan Retirement Quick Check: Offered by Fidelity
(Fidelity.com/myplan) this site starts with a fun “Snapshot”
introduction that puts your retirement reality in perspective,
and will help you create a plan to help you reach your
retirement goals.
Other Resources
If you don’t like the company sites, there are many others
you can turn to for free retirement planning information and
calculators, such as:
• Choose To Save: Created by the Employee Benefit
Research Institute, this site (Choosetosave.org) offers the
Ballpark Estimate retirement planning worksheet, more than
100 online calculators, savings tips and links to resources to
help you manage your finances and plan your retirement.
• CNN Money (cgi.money.cnn.com/retirement/tools):
Provides a number of calculators that projects what and how
much you need to save for retirement, and how you compare
with other people in your age and income level.
• MSN Money: Has a “Retirement and Wills Center” that
offers a retirement planner and calculator and gives tips and
strategies for saving for retirement. Visit
moneycentral.msn.com/personal-finance – click on
“Retirement.”
• Yahoo Finance: Offers retirement information and a
variety of calculators at http://finance.yahoo.com/retirement.
• AOL Money & Finance: Provides financial and
retirement calculators at www.walletpop.com/calculators/
retirement.
• Bank Rate: Go to Bankrate.com and click on
“Retirement” for a variety of retirement calculators.
Specific Calculations
To get estimates or information on specific areas of
retirement, here are some additional resources that can help.
• Social Security: To estimate your future Social Security
retirement benefits at different ages using different future
earnings projections see www.ssa.gov/estimator. Also see
Metlife.com/individual/financial-tools/social-security-tool/
index.html, which offers a tool to help you decide when to
start drawing your benefits.
• IRAs: To determine which type of IRA (Roth or
traditional) is best for you, how much you can contribute and
whether you should convert part or all of a traditional IRA to
a Roth IRA see Morningstar’s IRA calculator at http://
screen.morningstar..com/IRA/IRACalculator.html.
• Immediate Annuities: To calculate how much you can
get with an immediate annuity see Immediateannuities.com.
• Life Expectancy: One of the key (and unknown) elements
of retirement planning is how long you’ll live. Log on to
Livingto100.com to get your estimate.
Financial Planning
If you’re looking for a detailed financial plan, there are
several new Web sites that offer interactive tools to help you
see your current financial situation and map out your financial
goals – all for free. The sites: SimpliFi.net,
Planwithvoyant.com and ESPlannerBasic
(Basic.esplanner.com). You’ll need to plug in your income
information expenses, debts, assets, insurance, savings and
retirement accounts, and the sites will do the rest.
Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443,
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FINANCIAL FOCUS
CHRIS ELLIS
EDWARD JONES INVESTMENT FIRM
Get Educated About Investing
It’s back-to-school time. But even if you don’t have schoolage
children, you can still find a place in your life for education
— so why not educate yourself about investing.
For starters, ask yourself these questions:
What are your goals? Your financial goals should drive
your investment decisions.
What is your risk tolerance? As you create your investment
portfolio, you need to understand your own views on risk.
When should you make changes to your investments? Over
time your life or your goals may change, so you’ll probably
need to periodically review your investment choices to help
ensure they still meet your needs.
Whom should you consult for help? To make the right
choices for your future, you may need to rely on help from a
professional financial advisor. The investment world can be
complex, so the more help you have on your side, the better
off you could be.