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Monday, October 15, 2012 Local couple Public hearing arrested for Volume 122, Number 31 on schedule of Whiteville, North Carolina contributing in road death property values 75 Cents By NICOLE CARTRETTE nRonald and Lisa Caffee Staff Writer of Union Valley Road, Inside Today W h itev i l le, ch a r ge d Tonight, the Columbus County board of with providing alcohol commissioners will hold a public hearing on 4-A to underage driver who the 2013 schedule of values. r#BMMT$MVCDMPTFECZ wrecked and killed pas- It is another step in the property revalua- senger. tion process. DPVSUPSEFS New values won’t take effect until 2013 but r5XPSPCCFSJFTIFSF By BOB HIGH tonight’s hearing is the public’s opportunity EVSJOHXFFLFOE POF Staff Writer to comment on the 150-page schedule that con- BSSFTU tains guidelines used to assign values. Alcohol Law Enforcement Tax Administrator Richard Gore said over- agents arrested a Whiteville all the county would see about a 2.5 percent couple Friday in connection increase in property values. with a high-speed wreck of a Gore made it clear that some properties car, driven by a 19-year-old, that may have a greater jump in value while oth- killed his passenger on May 3 ers may have a drop in value or stay about on Shade Fisher Road, south of the same. Chadbourn. Under the plan the county’s 2005 market Lisa Caffee, 47, is charged value of $2.15 billion will reach nearly $2.58 with providing alcoholic bever- billion. ages to Nicholas Kent Wilkin- Once land use is factored in and exempted son, 19, of Silver Spoon Road, properties accounted for, the net value for 2013 Clarkton, and Ronald Caffee, is about $2.35 billion. 51, is charged with assisting Gore did not discuss particulars with the Today’s his wife in providing the alco- board upon presenting the schedule. It does not American Profle holic drinks during a “party” include specific value changes but is a guide at the Caffee’s home on the for the revaluation. features “Horses for evening of May 2. Early in the revaluation process, Gore Heroes. New Mex- Wilkinson and others placed told The News Reporter increases were likely Ryan Christopher Hommel, 21, in certain areas, like lakefront property at ico rancher helps of Chadbourn, in a car driven Lake Waccamaw where market values have military veterans by Wilkinson to take Hommel increased, he said. to his Peacock Road home. Gore also hinted in July at slight increases ‘cowboy up.’” Car split in the value of farmland that had been selling While driving on Shade DIDYOB? See Arrested, page 4-A See Property page 3-A Did you observe ... Staff photo by Mark Gilchrist Bert Carabello Schools settle Twin honor No response dancing the “Cu- Shirley McKoy Kelly of Charlotte addresses the audience during a cer- with charters emony Saturday at the burial place of Millie-Christine McKoy in the pid Shufe” with Welches Creek Cemetery. The conjoined twins performed throughout received from daughter Katti and for $464,000 the U.S. and Europe, and died 100 years ago this month. Fuller Royal dancing By FULLER ROYAL Waterbrooke the “Wobble” with Staff Writer nCould be one of few in the state to be shut down; former resident says: daughter Lillie at The Columbus County and ‘None of us wants to go back.’ Whiteville City schools have One-stop, early voting Meredith College’s written checks to Roger Bacon By NICOLE CARTRETTE annual Father- Academy and its two charter schools for $464,000 as part of begins this Tursday Staff Writer Daughter dance a settlement in lawsuits filed A spokesperson for the N.C. Department of at the Marriott by the state’s charter schools By NICOLE CARTRETTE individuals who missed the dead- Health and Human Services said late last week for funds they said were owed Staff Writer line can participate in same day that owners of Waterbrooke, an adult care Crabtree in Raleigh from 2007 through 2011. registration at any one-stop site in facility in Tabor City, had not yet responded Saturday night? Also In late 2009, the North Caro- Those wishing to cast an early the county. to the state’s notice of intent to revoke the lina Supreme Court refused to ballot and beat the Nov. 6 Election Completion of a voter registra- present were former facility’s license. overturn an N.C. Court of Ap- Day crowds can do so beginning tion form, proof of residence show- Raintree Healthcare of Tabor City, LLC Whiteville resident peals decision that was in favor Thursday. ing the person’s name and address with a Charlotte mailing address and Reema of charter schools. Known as One-stop voting will be held at and identification that includes a Johnny Gurkin and Owens named as managing partner, had until the Sugar Creek I and II deci- the Columbus County Board of driver’s license, government iden- Oct. 13 to respond in writing to numerous daughter Jordan and sions – named for the primary Elections Thursday, Oct. 18 through tification, utility bill, bank state- deficiencies cited in a 58-page state report charter school in the litigation. Nov. 3. ment, pay check, government check Whiteville native released last week. The rulings held that One-stop voting hours at the or other government document may The News Reporter has requested copy of Walter Powell and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Elections office are Mon- be used. that response (should it exist) but had not been Schools had under-funded the day-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and Satellite One-stop sites will be daughter Martha. ... received as of press deadline. charter schools in its district from 8:30-1 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 3. open Oct. 24-26, 31 and Nov. 1-2 from The state’s deficiency report detailed the by the way it calculated its per- One-stop absentee voting is 2 to 8 p.m. each day. death of a resident and raised questions about pupil payments to the charters. open to any registered voter and The locations of the satellite how many hours passed before the resident With Sugar Creek II, the county residents who may not be One-stops are as follows: was found dead. In addition to a series of court ruled that the charter registered. Bolton Town Hall, 221 9th St. County Deaths deficiencies in reporting accident-related and schools where Charlotte-Meck- The deadline to register to vote See Voting, page 11-A injury-related incidents to social services as Whiteville on Election Day has passed but See Settlement, page 2-A See Waterbrooke, page 14-A Dinah W. Murphy Chadbourn Carrie Lee Ballard Taplin Delco Beaver trapping class could pay of for students Charles Allen Jr. By JEFFERSON WEAVER Trappers across the region, however, reported unex- Staff Writer pected increases in sale prices at the NAFA auctions that ended in June. Fashion trends in China and Russia have Index While Saturday’s beaver trapping class is primarily contributed to the rising demand and prices. aimed at getting trappers ready for the county’s pro- But before the hides can be sold, the critters have to &EJUPSJBMT" posed bounty program, students could find themselves be caught. A class this Saturday in Whiteville will hope- 0CJUVBSJFT" a lucrative sideline. fully teach new trappers how to do just that. 4QPSUT# After several years of low prices, beaver pelts on the The free class includes lunch, and will be held at $SJNF" North American Fur Auction (NAFA) rose drastically in the Columbus County Cooperative Extension Office in -JGFTUZMFT$ price in recent months, with top lot (best quality) hides Whiteville. Pre-registration is required. selling for as much as $40. Due to low prices and moder- Students will learn how to use bodygrip and foothold ate winter temperatures, fur trapping in Southeastern traps, as well as snares. Both a classroom session and North Carolina has been a break-even proposition at hands-on outside instruction will be held. best in recent years. The workshop is sponsored by the Soil and Water Most area trappers say they make more money Conservation Office, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Com- removing beavers than by selling their hides. While mission, and the N.C. Trappers Association. “country dealers” once bought thousands of furs in While their hides can be valuable, beavers are pri- North Carolina – as many as four operated in Columbus marily hunted as a pest in North Carolina. Beavers build County at one time – only a handful of dealers are still dams across creeks, ditches, canals and other waterways in business across the entire state. Most area hides are to create safe locations for their nests. Beavers can also prepared and sold to travelling furbuyers or shipped to the NAFA auction house in Canada for sale. See Beaver, page 3-A A beaver at work. 2-A – The News Reporter, Monday, October 15, 2012 This week, on... This week, on... TopSTUDENTS Cullipher likes frst post as principal October 15, 2012 By FULLER ROYAL Whiteville.com Staff Writer Biser Ball Sports Trivia Shelly Cullipher like her new job as principal of North Question #159: Where did Whiteville Academy – her first WHS head football coach time at the helm of a school. Luke Little play college “It feels like a blessing and baseball? honor to serve the students, Answer: Find the answer today at parents, staff and community Whiteville.com, in our Sports Section.