Monday, July 21, 2003

Youth Indicted On Drug Charges
Seventeen-Year-Old County Female Allegedly Sold Cocaine To Undercover Detectives

A 17-year-old county youth has been indicted by the Halifax County Grand Jury on five drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation by the Halifax/South Boston Regional Drug Task Force.

Brandy Fallen, of Clays Mill Road in Scottsburg, has been charged with three counts of the distribution of cocaine and two counts of the conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, according to the indictments released Friday.

The charges are based on the alleged purchases of drugs that occurred on December 27, 2002, and January 5 and February 25 of this year, according to court records.

In other indictments handed down by the grand jury, Kevin Lashon Stevens, aka "Salty," 20, of Acorn Road in Nathalie, was indicted for possession of a firearm after being convicted as a juvenile of an offense that would be a felony had he been an adult, possession of a concealed firearm after the juvenile offense and driving on a suspended license.

The alleged offenses occurred January 28.

• Pency King Hammock, 36, of Swing Bridge Road in Brookneal has been indicted for the possession of cocaine.

The alleged offense occurred March 8.

• Alfrederick Lamont Dunn, 30, of Cluster Springs Road in Alton, was indicted for the possession of cocaine.

The alleged offense occurred March 24.

• Carlos Antwain Walker, 21, of Goldenleaf Road in Nathalie, was indicted for the possession of cocaine and the possession of marijuana.

The alleged offense occurred March 23.

• Dewey Smith, aka Dewey H. Smith, aka Henderson D. Smith, aka Dewey H. Henderson, aka Dewey H. Smith, 44, of River Road in South Boston, was indicted for the breaking and entering of Sunny Quick Shop.

The alleged offense occurred April 24.

• Joseph Louis Jones, 49, of North Centennial Street in High Point, N.C., was indicted for the possession of cocaine, the possession of marijuana and reckless driving.

The alleged offenses occurred April 22.

Halifax County Circuit Court

• Hugh Dana Acree, 46, of Nathalie, was convicted last week of an amended indictment, charging him with unlawfully requesting criminal history record information under false pretenses, a misdemeanor.

Judge W. Park Lemmond Jr. sentenced Acree to six months in jail, with all suspended.

• Jerome Lemont Anderson, 24, of South Boston, was convicted last week of speeding 68/55 MPH zone, a misdemeanor offense.

The court sentenced Anderson to pay the same fine as ordered before.
• George Thomas Lacy III, of Halifax, was convicted last week of speeding 74/55 MPH zone.

The court ordered Lacy to pay a fine and court costs.

Schools, Memorial, Dumpsters On Agenda
Supervisors Will Meet At The Prizery Tonight

Supervisors will meet tonight with the School Board, who is seeking up to $22 million for a revised capital improvements program, hold a public hearing for location of a proposed recycling/garbage convenience center on Route 658, and hold a joint meetings with town councils.

The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at The Prizery in South Boston. Councils and supervisors will tour the historic facility, receiving a renovation update from Chris Jones, president of the Community Arts Center Foundation.

During the joint meeting with towns, officials will recognize late composer/musician Kenneth Cranford for his contributions to the community.
The Community Chorale will participate in the Cranford memorial program, as well as Delegate Clarke Hogan and David Martin, chairman of the Board of Supervisors.

Town and county officials will view a presentation on land use planning, hear an update on South Boston area land purchased by the Industrial Development authorities, as well as other economic development issues, from Scott Morris Halifax County IDA executive director.

Following the adjournment of the joint meeting with towns, supervisors will receive proposed personnel policies and procedures manual recommended by the Policy and Personnel Committee.

They will also hear recommendations from the Public Works and Environmental Services Committee on solid waste convenience center locations and replacement of current solid waste dumpsters.

Public Hearing

At 8 p.m., a pubic hearing will be held on the proposed convenience center on Route 658, just east of the convenience store and restaurant near the intersection of Cedar Grove and Cluster Springs roads.

Supervisors are scheduled to meet with the School Board at 8:30 p.m. to receive an update on the new Phase II school capital improvements program.

Last week the School Board proposed the new plan, one that will delay renovations and additions to C.H. Friend Elementary School and move proposed additions and renovations to Sinai and Meadville Elementary schools to the head of the capital improvements list.

The new Phase II package also includes a new K-3 Washington-Coleman Elementary School in South Boston as well as additions and renovations to Cluster Springs and South of Dan Elementary Schools.

The price tag for the new Phase II package is estimated at $1 million more than the $21 million the School Board had been seeking from supervisors.
The next scheduled monthly Board meeting is scheduled August 18.

On Thursday, August 28, the new Agricultural Marketing Center will be opened at the old Bethel Landfill site.

King Village Viewers Hone Road Report

Road Viewers for King Village Trail reviewed their first draft report from Attorney Russell Slayton Jr., sought additional VDOT and legal information and set a final August 12 meeting during their Thursday session.

King Village Trail is located off of Love Shop Road near its intersection with Cowford Road.

The Road Viewers were appointed by supervisors to consider the proposed Rural Addition to the VDOT Secondary Road System to serve King Village.
Viewers are expected to present their final report to the Board of Supervisors during its August 18 meeting.

Two routes to King Village have been under consideration as Village residents seek road improvements.

One would improve the existing route to King Village, while a second proposal would open a new route along the Banister River.

Road Viewer R.O. Harrell Jr. asked if both routes could be pursued, according to minutes of the meeting.

The attorney indicated pursuing condemnation and donation of right of way from the Lacy family simultaneously might be problematic.

Harrell suggested that parallel action might be perceived as seeking solutions rather than forcing condemnation.

Viewers requested that the Epps Lacy family be contacted to better determine a willingness to explore the alternative route.

Ms. Mattie Cowan, also a Road Viewer member, raised the point that an alternative route is feasible only if additional funding to meet the $260,000 shortfall is secured within a reasonable amount of time.

The Viewers' previous consensus was to pursue parallel tracks, with funding for land acquisition to be funded by or on behalf of the King Village residents, not using county tax funds, according to the meeting's minutes submitted by County Administrator Joe Morgan.

However, due to the following issues, the revised consensus was a sequential course of action, pursuing the alternate route first.

Issues raised included the following:

If the alternative route along the Banister River is chosen, uncertainty whether the donation of existing prescriptive easement rights will be made to the Lacy family by all owners of such rights along the existing King Village road.

Road Viewers asked that all owners be contacted, which would include King Village property owners, the Roberts family, Mr. and Mrs. Epps Lacy and Mr. and Mrs. James Lacy.

Naming an alternate road King Village Trail was also discussed Thursday.
Jerry Lovelace, assistant county administrator, said such renaming was reasonable and would be determined by supervisors following an appropriate request.

Viewers also asked Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) officials to advise to what extent engineering for the alternate road would avoid flooding.

Specifically, to which level of flooding the road would be designed to be protected.

Ms. Carolyn Ballou, a King Village spokesman, asked whether it is definite that the easement from King Village to the Lacy property - and to some extent through the Lacy property - is wider than the typical prescriptive easement.

She recalled than easement of at least 40 feet in width existed when the Roberts family owned the property prior to Lacy's purchase of the portion crossed by the existing road, according to Morgan's report.

Slayton replied that a deed and plat search would answer that question.

If no recorded documentation of the easement width could be found, Slayton noted delineation of the prescriptive easement from a court would be required.
During the Thursday meeting it was also noted that confirmation of the cost of utility relocation from Virginia Power is needed and should be included in the Road Viewers' report to supervisors.

Road Viewer Larry Clark requested confirmation of the ability and expectation of property owners and residents - who will benefit from the construction of a rural addition - to contribute funds for the cost of the road addition not eligible for VDOT funding, Morgan reported.

Ms. Marshall indicated it would be helpful to estimate the maximum amount in contributions that might be needed by or on behalf of the road's beneficiaries.
Slayton summarized that the dilemma is getting a committed source of funds for an unknown sum of expenses.

King Village spokesman Freddie Edmunds asked whether an appraiser's estimate of the value of the right of way over the existing road included land and fence relocation to be donated by the Roberts' family.

It was also suggest by Ms. Cowen that references to other benefits from making a VDOT maintained road available to King Village residents be added.
Clark suggested modifying language in Slayton's draft to remove reference to heavily traveled roads since numerous county school bus stops are on heavily traveled roads.

Harrell encouraged stating a perspective in the Viewers' report that minimizes the chance that the Lacy family will consider the Viewers' recommendations to favor condemnation, if some other alternative is possible.

The attorney said that pursuing the parallel track may put a burden on the Lacy family to undertake expense to defend their land from condemnation, according to minutes of the meeting.

He noted that should litigation occur, the Lacy family might have the cost of their defense of condemnation ordered paid by the county, should the condemnation effort be abandoned.

It was also mentioned that the presence of an alternate route might weaken the necessity case on behalf of the party pursuing condemnation.

Road Viewers also received a report from Joe Barkley II, VDOT resident engineer, about steps VDOT will take to improve safety at the intersection of Routes 614 and 651, Cowford and Love Shop roads.

Halifax Wins District Title
Halifax Won The DYB District 2 Title Yesterday With A 10-2 Win Over Clarksville

By DOUG FORD | G-V Staff Writer

The Halifax Dixie Youth Major League all-stars made a living off the long ball in sweeping a best-of-three series with Clarksville over the weekend to take the District 2 championship.

With the weekend sweep, Halifax advanced to the Dixie Major League State Tournament, starting Friday at the Moyer complex in Salem.

"When our kids went out I told them to look for base hits and the long ball will come," said Halifax Manager Bruce Pearce.

"And, they followed up, listened well, played well as a team, and here we are.

"We actually had two really good ball games. You like to see everybody hit throughout the lineup, and sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.

"But, they're still kids, and, as long as we keep that in perspective, we'll always be there when the bell rings."

Pearce said he had a feeling the team could win the district going into the district tournament.

"I had that feeling, but I didn't tell anybody, because we always taught the kids to talk with their bats and their gloves.

"And, the kids came through."

Halifax 10, Clarksville 2 (Sunday)

Kaleb Long, Kyle Long and Michael Owen each homered yesterday in Halifax's clinching 10-2 win at Halifax.

Kaleb Long, Owen and Deion Lipscomb each had two RBI's in the win, with Tyler Truitt adding another.

Halifax collected six hits for the game, compared to only two for Clarksville.

Lipscomb and Truitt had doubles, and Kaleb Long a single, in addition to the three home runs.

Tyler Hunt started the game on the mound for Halifax, pitching the first two and one-third innings, before Jarrett Pearce came on for the remainder of the third and the fourth innings.

Kyle Long pitched the fifth and sixth innings, striking out the side in each frame to secure the district title.

Halifax jumped to an early 3-0 in the bottom of the first, with Pearce and Kaleb Long drawing two-out walks, each recording a stolen base before Owens' three-run homer.

Derick Hilliard walked to lead off the Clarksville second, went to third on an error, and scored on Kurt Royster's RBI groundout to cut the deficit to 3-1.

Patrick Johnson singled to start the third inning for Clarksville, stole second and third and scored on Chris Overton's RBI groundout to cut the deficit to 3-2, before Halifax responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning.

Josh Gregory walked to start the Halifax third, and Kyle Long reached on an error.

With one out, Kaleb Long launched a home run to give Halifax a 6-2 lead.

Clarksville's Terry Eggleston was stranded after a leadoff single in the fourth inning, and Halifax added four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning for the final margin.

Kyle Long homered to start the rally, Pearce drew a walk, and Kaleb Long singled.

With one two outs, a two-RBI double by Lipscomb and a run-scoring double by Truitt accounted for the final runs.

Halifax was hot on the basepaths, stealing seven bases for the game, with Pearce stealing second twice and third once.

Kaleb Long stole second twice, with Owen recording a steal of second and Gregory, third base.

Halifax 4, Clarksville 2 (Saturday)

Kaleb Long pitched a one-hitter and hit a tie-breaking home run in the fourth inning, as Halifax rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win 4-2 in Clarksville.

Kaleb Long went the distance, giving up a two-run home run to Clarksville's Derick Hilliard in the first inning, after a leadoff walk to Franklin Watson.

Halifax scored once in each of the first two innings to tie the score.

With one out in the first, Kyle Long and Pearce walked, with each stealing a base, before Kaleb Long's groundout scored one run.

Tyler Hunt walked with one out in the second, advanced to second and stole third, before scoring on P.J. Saunder's sacrifice.

Kaleb Long allowed only one Clarksville baserunner in the second and third innings, before his home run in the fourth gave Halifax the lead for good.

Halifax added an insurance run in the fifth inning.

Gregory drew a two-out walk, stole second, and scored on Kyle Long's RBI single for the final run of the game.

Kaleb Long collected eight strikeouts in the game, allowing two runs on one hit, both runs coming on Hilliard's home run. He walked three batters.

Clarksville's Hilliard allowed four runs on only two hits, striking out seven batters and walking seven.

Obituaries

Inez Roark Dejarnette

Funeral services for Mrs. Inez Roark Dejarnette will be held Monday, July 21, 2003 at 11 a.m. at the Children Baptist Church.

The Rev. Rodney Barwick will officiate.

Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Dejarnette, of Cody Road in Nathalie, died Friday, July 18, at her home.
She was 86.

Mrs. Dejarnette was born in Halifax County on September 21, 1917, to the late Laborn Flournoy Roark and Effie Jamie Roark.

She was married to the late Daniel Thomas Dejarnette and was a member of Childrey Baptist Church and a former member of the First Baptist Church of Republican Grove.

Mrs. Dejarnette is survived by two sons, William T. Dejarnette and wife Agnes of Satellite Beach, Fl., and Fred R. Dejarnette and wife Nadene of Cary, N.C., four grandchildren, Denise Miller of Cary, N.C., Lisa Dejarnette of Raleigh, Renee Labonia of Weston, Fl., and Michele Morton of St. Petersburg, Fl., four great grandchildren, two brothers, Stuart W. Roark of Chesapeake and L.F. Roark Jr., of Jamaica, Va., and a number of nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers please consider the North Halifax Volunteer Fire Department, c/o James Burton, 2066 Tobacco Road, Nathalie, Va., 24577

Samuel Leroy Glass

Samuel Leroy Glass, of Riverview Drive in Altavista, died Friday, July 18, at Lynchburg General Hospital.

He was 78.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, July 21, at the Central Baptist Church.

The Revs. H.V. Conner and Brady Willis will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Altavista Memorial Park.

Mr. Glass was born November 18, 1924 in Halifax County to the late Lacy M. Glass and Marie Conner Glass. He was married to the late Nellie Stevens Glass and was a member of Central Baptist Church and a retired employee of Virginia Power with 42 years of service.

Survivors include one daughter, Judy Mitchell and her husband Allen Ray of Altavista, two grandchildren, Sheryl M. Hicks and her husband Andy and Ryan Allen Mitchell, one great granddaughter, Erin Elizabeth Hicks, one brother, Jesse A. Glass Sr., of Nathalie and one sister, Vivian G. Smith of Nathalie.

The family suggests that those wishing to make memorials consider the Central Baptist Church, P.O. Box 387, Altavista, Va., 24517, the Patrick Henry Boys and Girls Plantation, P.O. Box 1398, Brookneal, Va., 24528, or the Altavista EMS, P.O. Box 1, Altavista, Va., 24517.

Pauline ‘Polly’ Orr Martin

Funeral services for Mrs. Pauline "Polly" Orr Martin, of Mt. Laurel Road in Clover, were held yesterday at the Clover United methodist Church.

The Revs. Bonnie Pizzeck and Tom Walker officiated.

Burial followed in the Clover Cemetery.

Mrs. Martin died Friday, July 18, at the Halifax Regional Hospital.
She was 84.

Mrs. Martin was born in Lee County, Virginia on August 24, 1918, to the late Morgan Simpson Orr and the late Emma Cecil Orr. She was a retired teacher in the Halifax County School system, was a member of Clover United Methodist Church, the UMW and the Clover Volunteer Fire Department Auxilliary.

She was the former owner of the Gregory and Martin Supermarket and the Martin and Nichols Funeral Home in Clover.

Mrs. Martin is survived by one daughter, Elizabeth Carter Martin of Lynchburg, one son, E.S. "Bert" Martin III and his wife Kathy, of Clover, one granddaughter, Emily Anne Martin of Clover, and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Bernice Orr and Lucille Orr and two brothers, Robert Cecil Orr and Clyde W. Orr.

The family requests that anyone wishing to give memorials please consider Clover United Methodist Church Memorial Fund or the Cover Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 199, Clover, Va., 24534.