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HOLLIE NIVENS/DAILY JOURNAL Gary Greene. (left) first vice president of the Hamlet Lions Club and Bill Bayless, president, move a plow from inside the judging area in preparation for the Richmond County Fair. The judging will be Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. and Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The fair gates will open at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Special To The Daily Journal Shirley Fuller of Rockingham has been appointed to the Richmond Community College Board of Trustees by the Richmond County Commissioners. She has been in education for 41 years, and served 15 years as a princi- pal. She also served on the Rockingham City Council. Fuller earned her bach- elor’s degree in educa- tion from Winston-Salem State University and two master’s degrees; one in ele- mentary education and school administration and another in school administration for princi- pals, from North Carolina A&T State University. She has just attended her first trustees conference and said she learned a great deal about her new role. She knows firsthand what RCC means to students and what it is like to be an instructor. Years ago, she taught several courses for RCC’s Basic Skills Program. “It was wonderful interacting with those students. They wanted their degrees. They had a career focus in mind and were working toward that end,” she said. “They were enthu- siastic and would push me to teach them more once they understood a concept. They were concerned about their qual- ity of life, and I was happy to be there to help them reach their goals.” As a principal, Fuller had teaching assistants who attend- ed RCC. Several transferred to universities and are now teach- ers. “Education has been my life- line for over 40 years. I’ve always been a cheerleader for education and worked to encourage teach- ers, students and parents by let- ting them see my enthusiasm,” Fuller said. “The same feeling is there for me at our college. I can be a cheerleader here and do anything I can to promote the welfare of our college. We talk about our students being lifelong learners. I respect that and have an appreciation for the mission of our college. That mis- sion is similar to that of the pub- lic schools, but at a higher level. One builds upon the other. I like our focal theme for 2010- 2011: one college, one mission and one team working together for one set of students,” she said. INSIDE NEWS, 2A Tea Party members march in Washington INSIDE OPINION, 4A Seeking one principled person from each side WEATHER Generally sunny despite a few afternoon clouds. Hot. HIGH: 93 LOW: 67 INSIDE SPORTS, 1B Raider freshmen host South View 100% recycled newsprint Deaths Jane McClanathan Lewis McCree, 77, Hamlet Betty James, Rockingham John King, 75, Rockingham Annette Watkins, 62, Rockingham Connell Wilkerson, 82, Rockingham Dorinda Vernon, 39, Rockingham Obituaries can be found on Page 5A. The Daily Journal is published with pride five days a week for the people of Richmond County, N.C. The Daily Journal is committed to editorial integrity and excellence. If you spot an error, please contact us at (910) 997-3111, ext. 18. Calendar 2A Classified 5B Comics 4B Obituaries 5A Opinion 4A Puzzles 4B Sports 1B TV Listings 3B Inside today POVERTY CONTINUED ON PAGE 6A Fuller SCOUTS CONTINUED ON PAGE 3A ON THE WEB: www.yourdailyjournal.com E-MAIL: [email protected] Vol. 79, No. 185 Material inside this edition is © Richmond County Daily Journal. Reproduction without expressed consent of the Richmond County Daily Journal is prohibited. Daily Journal Richmond County Rockingham, N.C. 50 cents FRIDAY • Sept. 17, 2010 REFUND CONTINUED ON PAGE 2A CHURCH CONTINUED ON PAGE 3A FISH CONTINUED ON PAGE 2A Dawn M. Kurry Richmond County Daily Journal Richmond County will cele- brate 100 years of Scouting this Saturday. The Second Annual Scout Show will be held from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. between Wal- Mart and Champion Ford in Rockingham. The event features activities and demonstrations, as well as food and information. Native American dance will be fea- tured throughout the day by the Central N.C. Council’s Order of the Arrow dance team. A mime group from Outreach for Jesus ministries will be at the event, as well as Richmond County pro- fessional storyteller J.A. Bolton, and the contemporary Christian praise and worship band from Roberdel Baptist Church. Civil service units will attend the event for education and dem- onstration purposes, including city police, Richmond County Sheriffs Office, city and county fire departments, rescue squad units and the Forestry Service. The fire department will offer prevention tips and firefight- ing techniques, and people can explore the fire trucks and equipment hands-on. The police department will have vehicles and members of the ICE and K- 9 units on hand. They will also operate as event security. “There will be a lot of Scouting activities,” said Scout leader Laverne Schultz. He went on to say scouts can practice camping skills, like out- door cooking. There will also be a fully-stocked Scout Shop on site for purchasing any Scouting items needed, ranging from handbooks and leaders guides to patches, caps and hats, com- plete uniforms and all kinds of items needed to join and take State gets closer to owning fish hatchery Dawn M. Kurry Richmond County Daily Journal The McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery in Hoffman may soon belong to the state. On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan, Richard Burr and Representative Larry Kissell introduced legislation to transfer McKinney Lake Fish Hatchery from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the State of North Carolina. The bill has no cost and is supported by both the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. “My family and I love fish- ing on North Carolina’s lakes, and this legislation will pre- serve fishing programs enjoyed by all North Carolinians across our great state,” said Hagan. “The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has always effec- tively managed this hatchery, and it only makes sense that this important resource be transferred to the state.” “This has been on-going for 10 years, and this is the furthest it has gotten,” said Rick Bradford, McKinney Fish Hatchery man- ager. “This is great progress. We’ve run into stumbling blocks along the way,” Bradford said the legislation won’t change the way the hatch- ery functions on a day-to-day basis, but the sign out front will change. He called it “land we can now own” and said it made sense, as the rest of the gamelands around the hatch- ery fall under the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. The legislation requires an act of Congress to completely and permanently transfer the land to the state. “The McKinney Lake National Scouts to put on a show Saturday Fuller named to RCC board Poverty rates on the rise Philip D. Brown Richmond County Daily Journal Census statistics show the ranks of the impoverished in North Carolina grew in 2008 and 2009, but the growth may have been tempered by federal assistance such as the exten- sion of unemployment insur- ance benefits. Preliminary statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday show poverty rose in North Carolina, and the nation as a whole last year. In North Carolina, the statis- tics show about 291,000 North Carolinians became impover- ished in 2008 and 2009, and the state’s poverty rate rose a full 3 percentage points from 13.9 to 16.9 over the course of the two years. Nationally, the poverty rate rose more than 1 percentage point in 2009, from 13.2 to 14.3 percent. According to the North Carolina Justice Center, how- ever, the blow was softened by enhanced federal assistance, primarily authorized under the 2009 stimulus package. “Without the federal Recovery Act, the pain for working fami- lies would have been dramati- cally worse,” Justice Center Policy Analyst Alexandra Forter Sirota said in a press release. “Now is precisely the time to re-invest in American communi- ties, to ease that suffering and get the economy going again.” While Thursday’s release reflects some aspects of the stimulus package, such as unemployment insurance, it does not include data on oth- ers, such as food stamps and tax credits. It is estimated unemploy- ment insurance benefits alone kept 3.3 million Americans out of poverty in 2009, according to Justice Center analysis of census data. One unexpected finding in HOLLIE NIVENS/DAILY JOURNAL The intersection of Fayetteville Road and Fifth Street in Hamlet next to Second Baptist Church in Hamlet may be closed so the church can expand. Church wants to close street to expand Hollie Nivens Richmond County Daily Journal A Hamlet church is asking that the city close a road next to it so it can expand. The city board heard the request from Second Baptist Church at a meeting this week and agreed to consider it. The church wants a portion of Fayetteville Street closed between Fourth and Fifth Streets. Gina Burgin, secre- tary of the church, confirms that this will be a permanent closing of the street. The church owns property on both sides of the road. “We plan on building a family life center,” Burgin said. “There will be a soccer field and Insurance refunds available for some Philip D. Brown Richmond County Daily Journal Allstate Insurance is refund- ing more than $680,000 to about 1,800 North Carolina customers. Allstate Exclusive Agent Jeff Graves, whose office is located in Rockingham, said he was researching the matter to see if the refunds apply to any of his customers. “We’re working diligently to see if this affects any of our cus- tomers, and if it does we’ll take the necessary steps to satisfy them,” Graves said Thursday. North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin made the announcement Wednesday, attributing the refunds to “excessive charges” discovered during an investi- gation into a consumer com- plaint. “The Department of Insurance became aware of the overcharges when researching a routine consumer complaint to the agency’s Consumer Services Division,” a DOI release reads. “The complaint investigation led to a larger review of Allstate’s practices. As soon as Allstate became aware of the rating error, the company amended the situation and began processing premium credits and refunds.” “I’m proud that the Department of Insurance iden- tified this rating error and worked to put money back into the hands of consumers,”
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Gary Greene. (left) first vice president of the Hamlet Lions Club and Bill Bayless, president, move a plow from inside the judging area in preparation for the Richmond County Fair. The judging will be Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. and Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The fair gates will open at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
Special To The Daily Journal
Shirley Fuller of Rockingham has been appointed to the Richmond Community College Board of Trustees by the Richmond County Commissioners. She has been in education for 41 years, and served 15 years as a princi-pal. She also served on the Rockingham City Council.
Fuller earned her bach-elor’s degree in educa-tion from Winston-Salem State University and two master’s degrees; one in ele-mentary education and school administration and another in school administration for princi-pals, from North Carolina A&T State University.
She has just attended her first
trustees conference and said she learned a great deal about her new role. She knows firsthand what RCC means to students and what it is like to be an instructor. Years ago, she taught several
courses for RCC’s Basic Skills Program.
“It was wonderful interacting with those students. They wanted their degrees. They had a career focus in mind and were working toward that end,” she said. “They were enthu-siastic and would push
me to teach them more once they understood a concept. They were concerned about their qual-ity of life, and I was happy to be there to help them reach their goals.”
As a principal, Fuller had teaching assistants who attend-
ed RCC. Several transferred to universities and are now teach-ers.
“Education has been my life-line for over 40 years. I’ve always been a cheerleader for education and worked to encourage teach-ers, students and parents by let-ting them see my enthusiasm,” Fuller said. “The same feeling is there for me at our college. I can be a cheerleader here and do anything I can to promote the welfare of our college. We talk about our students being lifelong learners. I respect that and have an appreciation for the mission of our college. That mis-sion is similar to that of the pub-lic schools, but at a higher level. One builds upon the other. I like our focal theme for 2010- 2011: one college, one mission and one team working together for one set of students,” she said.
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Dawn M. KurryRichmond County Daily Journal
Richmond County will cele-brate 100 years of Scouting this Saturday.
The Second Annual Scout Show will be held from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. between Wal-Mart and Champion Ford in Rockingham.
The event features activities and demonstrations, as well as food and information. Native American dance will be fea-tured throughout the day by the Central N.C. Council’s Order of the Arrow dance team. A mime group from Outreach for Jesus ministries will be at the event, as well as Richmond County pro-fessional storyteller J.A. Bolton, and the contemporary Christian praise and worship band from Roberdel Baptist Church.
Civil service units will attend the event for education and dem-onstration purposes, including city police, Richmond County Sheriffs Office, city and county fire departments, rescue squad units and the Forestry Service. The fire department will offer prevention tips and firefight-ing techniques, and people can explore the fire trucks and equipment hands-on. The police department will have vehicles and members of the ICE and K-9 units on hand. They will also operate as event security.
“There will be a lot of Scouting activities,” said Scout leader Laverne Schultz.
He went on to say scouts can practice camping skills, like out-door cooking. There will also be a fully-stocked Scout Shop on site for purchasing any Scouting items needed, ranging from handbooks and leaders guides to patches, caps and hats, com-plete uniforms and all kinds of items needed to join and take
State gets closer to owning fish hatcheryDawn M. KurryRichmond County Daily Journal
The McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery in Hoffman may soon belong to the state.
On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan, Richard Burr and Representative Larry Kissell introduced legislation to transfer McKinney Lake Fish Hatchery
from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the State of North Carolina. The bill has no cost and is supported by both the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
“My family and I love fish-ing on North Carolina’s lakes, and this legislation will pre-serve fishing programs enjoyed
by all North Carolinians across our great state,” said Hagan. “The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has always effec-tively managed this hatchery, and it only makes sense that this important resource be transferred to the state.”
“This has been on-going for 10 years, and this is the furthest it has gotten,” said Rick Bradford,
McKinney Fish Hatchery man-ager. “This is great progress. We’ve run into stumbling blocks along the way,”
Bradford said the legislation won’t change the way the hatch-ery functions on a day-to-day basis, but the sign out front will change. He called it “land we can now own” and said it made sense, as the rest of the
gamelands around the hatch-ery fall under the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
The legislation requires an act of Congress to completely and permanently transfer the land to the state.
“The McKinney Lake National
Scouts to put on a showSaturday
Fuller named to RCC board
Povertyrates on the risePhilip D. BrownRichmond County Daily Journal
Census statistics show the ranks of the impoverished in North Carolina grew in 2008 and 2009, but the growth may have been tempered by federal assistance such as the exten-sion of unemployment insur-ance benefits.
Preliminary statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday show poverty rose in North Carolina, and the nation as a whole last year.
In North Carolina, the statis-tics show about 291,000 North Carolinians became impover-ished in 2008 and 2009, and the state’s poverty rate rose a full 3 percentage points from 13.9 to 16.9 over the course of the two years. Nationally, the poverty rate rose more than 1 percentage point in 2009, from 13.2 to 14.3 percent.
According to the North Carolina Justice Center, how-ever, the blow was softened by enhanced federal assistance, primarily authorized under the 2009 stimulus package.
“Without the federal Recovery Act, the pain for working fami-lies would have been dramati-cally worse,” Justice Center Policy Analyst Alexandra Forter Sirota said in a press release. “Now is precisely the time to re-invest in American communi-ties, to ease that suffering and get the economy going again.”
While Thursday’s release reflects some aspects of the stimulus package, such as unemployment insurance, it does not include data on oth-ers, such as food stamps and tax credits.
It is estimated unemploy-ment insurance benefits alone kept 3.3 million Americans out of poverty in 2009, according to Justice Center analysis of census data.
One unexpected finding in
HOLLIE NIVENS/DAILY JOURNAL
The intersection of Fayetteville Road and Fifth Street in Hamlet next to Second Baptist Church in Hamlet may be closed so the church can expand.
Church wants to close street to expandHollie NivensRichmond County Daily Journal
A Hamlet church is asking that the city close a road next to it so it can expand.
The city board heard the request from Second Baptist Church at a meeting this week and agreed to consider it. The church wants a portion of Fayetteville Street closed between
Fourth and Fifth Streets. Gina Burgin, secre-tary of the church, confirms that this will be a permanent closing of the street. The church owns property on both sides of the road.
“We plan on building a family life center,” Burgin said. “There will be a soccer field and
Insurance refunds available for somePhilip D. BrownRichmond County Daily Journal
Allstate Insurance is refund-ing more than $680,000 to about 1,800 North Carolina customers.
Allstate Exclusive Agent Jeff Graves, whose office is located in Rockingham, said he was researching the matter to see if the refunds apply to any of his customers.
“We’re working diligently to see if this affects any of our cus-tomers, and if it does we’ll take the necessary steps to satisfy them,” Graves said Thursday.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin made the announcement Wednesday, attributing the refunds to “excessive charges” discovered during an investi-
gation into a consumer com-plaint.
“The Department of Insurance became aware of the overcharges when researching a routine consumer complaint to the agency’s Consumer Services Division,” a DOI release reads. “The complaint investigation led to a larger review of Allstate’s practices. As soon as Allstate became aware of the rating error, the company amended the situation and began processing premium credits and refunds.”
“I’m proud that the Department of Insurance iden-tified this rating error and worked to put money back into the hands of consumers,”
