The Butner-Creedmoor News from Creedmoor, North Carolina (2024)

July 7, 1994

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The Butner-Creedmoor Newsi

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Creedmoor, North Carolina

Issue Date:

Thursday, July 7, 1994

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1

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35 I i Volume 29 Issue 45 5f rom The Editor Correctional System Examined Serving Southern Granville Northern Wake and Treybum Thursday July 7 1994 Granville County jail under a $50000 bond with his first court appearance on July 13 1994 said Grissom body was sent to Chapel Hill for an autopsy Assisting the Granville County Department in the investigation of the homi cide and in the recovery of the body were: the Wake County Sheriffs Department Dive Team the State Bureau of In vestigation of Raleigh the alls Lake Park Rangers and the WTVD Channel 11 chopper Grissom community Gourley was placed in the Granville County jail without bond by Magistrate Clifton' Brummitt with his first court appearance scheduled for July 13 1994 according to Grissom In addition Kenneth Allen Jarvis 23 of 1527 Olive Circle Creedmoor was arrested and charged with one county of ac cessory after the fact of mur der He was also placed in the In other business at the Tuesday meeting: The commissioners post poned the selection of an engineering company for construction of a transition plan at the Granville County landfill The selection was delayed because of the inabil ity of three engineering firms to present a total cost for the project urthermore Commis sioner Tony Cozart recom mended that the hiring freeze that was placed on the Moreover Reverend Bernard Holliday pastor of Pine Grove Baptist Church in Creedmoor asked the com missioners for assistance with various projects on edu cation health care substance abuse and economic develop ment SOUTH BRANCH GRANVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY Luncheon To Be Held A benefit luncheon for Eddie Skipper will be held riday July 15 from 11:00 am until' at the Butner National Guard Armory The menu will consists of barbecue chicken potato salad cole slaw bread and a drink The cost for a plate is $5 Office Closed The office of Dr Richard Mangum will be closed the week of July 11 while he at tends the Duke Post Graduate Morehead Symposium The office will reopen July 18 Market Has Opened Prison Leaders Named I South Branch LiLi ai PO Bo L'r eodiTiucji IC The Creedmoor armer's Market opened Saturday June 25 The market will be set up under the canopy in front of Hair Unlimited located at 214 Main St at 8 am and will last until the goods are sold out All farmers and Granville County residents are encour aged to bring their fresh veg etables baked goods and any homemade item to sell every Saturday during the summer months All participants are asked to bring their own table There will be parking available be side the building for anyone bringing trucks There will be no charge to set up a booth (Photo by Bill Wynn) At approximately 3:45 pm June 30 Ina Mae body was recovered from alls Lake by Granville County deputies and a alls Lake Park Ranger body was dumped into the lake after she was murdered early that morning in the Grissom community according to Granville County Sheriff Marion Grissom New superintendents have been appointed for the Warren and Granville County prisons effective July 1 Ted Smiley superinten dent of Granville Correc tional Center moves to War ren Correctional Center and the assistant superintendent The County will receive a Granville County Department state grant of approximately $6000 for the study The county must then provide ap proximately $2000 of its own money The commissioners were asked to 'appoint a committee to oversee this grant Reid pointed out that jail construction is expensive and crime is not decreasing costs a lot of money to keep people in the county she said program tries to balance corrective policies with the resources that are of Social Services at the last meeting be lifted Cozart said he had been involved in two meetings with the Department of Social Ser vices in which several actions that needed to be taken were outlined The commissioners unanimously approved motion The commissioners also approved a motion requesting that Granville Medical Cen ter be designated as the lead agency for the Community Alternative Program for Dis abled Adults in Granville County (CAPDA) CAPDA which is funded by Medicaid is designed to provide services to eligible disabled adults in their homes rather than in a nursing home AAU Team Wins Gold The Garner Road YMCA AAU 12 and under boys bas ketball team of Raleigh re cently Won the gbld medal in by Bill Wynn A proposed examination of the Granville County cor rectional system was put into motion by the Granville County commissioners at the July 5 meeting A contract between Granville County and the Kerr Tar Regional Council of Governments approving preparation of a community based corrections plan was submitted to the commission ers The Kerr Tar Regional Council of Governments has been hired to study the effectiveness of the criminal justice system The study is a result of the new structured sen tencing laws sentencing is supposed to shift a great many offenses from incarceration especially for first time of fenders and non violent of fenders into intermediate according to Julie Reid economic development specialist for the council of governments Counseling and commu nity service are two examples of intermediate sanctions Groups To Oppose Granville Landfill Seven environmental groups and governmental agencies have announced that they will hold a joint news conference to announce their opposition to a proposed location for a Granville County landfill The groups oppose the location near the Tar River because of environmental and economic problems the clean up lia bility for taxpayers and the potential for adversely affecting drinking water The groups which have announced their intention to participate are Save The Water Granville Residents Op posed to Waste (GROW) Granville Environmental Action Team (GrEAT) the Environmental Action Team (EAC) Citizens for Open Government (COG) the North Carolina Waste Awareness Network (NCWARN) and Mayor Lucy Allen representing the City of Louisburg The Butner 1y I fc 1 CreedmoorlM oouy Located Man Charged by Bill Wynn A Granville County woman was stabbed and stran gled to death during an appar ent domestic dispute in the Grissom community on the morning of June 30 and then her body was dumped off a bridge into alls Lake accord ing to Granville County Sheriff Marion Grissom The body of Ina Mae Green 43 was recovered in the lake at approximately 3:45 pm on June 30 some distance from the Beaver Dam bridge on Old Weaver Trail where the body was apparently dumped Earlier that morning Granville County detectives and State Bureau of Investiga tion agents arrested and charged Michael Gay Gourley 33 of 3140 Willow Creek Drive Wake orest with one count of first degree murder The ar rest came after authorities armed with a search warrant searched trailer Willow Creek Drive is lo cated just off of Lawrence Road approximately two miles past the North Carolina State Nell store in the Games in Durham The Garner Road team defeated the Carolina Express of Hickory by a score of 52 to 50 in the championship game at Shepard Middle School The Garner Road team will participate in the AAU Nationals in Utah on July 23 31 The record now stands at 19 2 The Gamer Road team is coached by Bob rank of Raleigh Michael Boyd of Ox ford a student at Mary Potter School is on the team reW 4 1 I mi i mi 1 1 mil ii MWmWrm S'' s'' 's Wilton Honor Moll f'' Pageib''' 'Page3b' SummerSAALT Plans Activities of the Granville County unit John Blalock will take his place as superintendent division of North Central Area has pro duced a number of quality employees Mr Smiley and Mr Blalock among said Correction Secretary ranklin reeman two promotions are well de served as both men have done excellent jobs in their roles with the Department of Smiley was born in War ren County and graduated from John Graham High School in Warrenton in 1966 He was assistant manager for ood Stores when he switched careers in 1970 be coming a correctional officer at ranklin Correctional Center When he was pro mpted' to lieutenant in 1974 (continued on page 5b) by Amy Lowery SummerSAALT one of Granville child care enrichment programs is be ing offered this summer for children in grades pre through fifth SummerSAALT stands for Summer Special Activi ties and Leisure Time Assistant Superintendent of Community SchoolsPublic Relations Leia Eaton said that the program began June 6 and will continue through August 12 Parents can enroll their children in advance or on a drop in basis at the pro gram sites The cost is $60 a week for the first child $50 a week for the second child free for the third child and half price for the fourth child West Oxford Elementary Wilton Elementary Creed moor Elementary and But ner Stem Elementary are the schools that are hosting the program according to Eaton Activities that have been planned for SummerSAALT include: arts and crafts computer camp science camp math activities reading time CCC Lab field trips and swimming bowling and skating once a week Each sitis directed by an individual who is experi enced in the classroom and most are certified teachers In addition' teacher assis tants and high school and col lege students help out accord ing to Eaton There is also a low staff to student ratio Most of the time there is no more than 10 to 15 children to a staff member Two coordinators Mary Moseley and Kathy Keith manage SummerSAALT They are certified teachers who serve as a liason between the school central of fice and the SummerSAALT sites They are in charge of the administrative responsi bilities According to Eaton the work of these coordinators en sures that staff membershave time to help children and not be concerned about adminis trative duties Eaton said that Summer SAALT is operated through the Community Schools Pro gram and that Summer SAALT was totally self sup porting from the fees parents pay The United Way also gives a grant to Granville County child care programs Eaton said no money from the school sysfem is used to sup port SummerSAALT Eaton also said that no one comes to these programs for free however some scholar ships are offered According to Eaton she and her assistant Diane Dickerson developed the Community Schools Program in 1985 Eaton said that when her son was a kindergartener she came up with the idea to create programs such as SummerSAALT that would benefit children when they in school Eaton said that Summer SAALT the only child care program the Community Schools Program operates In addition this summer the program is operating Coaches Club for children in grades 6 8 Throughout the school year the Community Schools Pro gram operates programs such as Club and Before and After School Eaton said that 300 chil dren were enrolled in Summ ers AALT and Coach's Club.

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