‘Don’t Raise Taxes’ Citizens Tell Board

All were in one accord during Monday night’s public hearing on Halifax County’s proposed 2008-09 budget totaling $98,398,752.
“Don’t raise taxes,” was the consensus of the large crowd that filled the conference room in the Mary Bethune Complex in Halifax.
After Sheriff Stanley Noblin and his entourage of about 20 employees urged supervisors not to cut the sheriff’s department’s budget, 16 citizens followed, each echoing the same theme – cut expenses and don’t raise taxes.
Sheriff Noblin told supervisors that proposed cuts of about $145,000 to the sheriff’s department budget will cause the department, composed of 47 employees, to “go backwards instead of forwards.”
“Budget cuts of this magnitude will seriously hinder the sheriff’s department’s ability to serve and protect,” Noblin said.
“Criminals will not take a holiday because we need to cut our budget,” he said, calling proposed cuts “detrimental to citizens of Halifax County.”
He urged supervisors to reconsider cutting his budget and instead “give us something to work with.”
Following Noblin were 16 other speakers with all but one giving reasons why taxes should not be raised during these difficult economic times.
Joseph Edwards, executive director of the Southside Community Services Board (SCSB), encouraged supervisors to show support to the SCSB by matching state funds with 10 percent of county funding.
“Your 10 percent match to our state funds, a small amount, sends a message to the state that you value the services that we’re providing at Southside Community Services,” Edwards said.
In addition to the 10 percent match, Edwards urged supervisors to reinstate the 10 percent that was cut from last year’s budget for Halifax Healthy Families program that has since lost a grant.
Edwin Ferrell of Vernon Hill outlined personal budget cuts he has had to make and advised the board to do the same.
“With the situation the way it is today, the cost of gas, groceries, school supplies, utilities, medical expenses, health, car and homeowner insurance, we are forced to cut back on our budget greatly just to survive and keep up with what we have managed to save,” he said.
Now, according to Ferrell, his home is in jeopardy due to increased taxes.
A new house he built in 2004 for $102,000 has been assessed at $212,000, and his personal property taxes have more than doubled.
“Now you want to raise them again. Believe me if I could sell it for $150,000, I would sell it and pay the closing costs myself,” he told supervisors.
During this time of inflation, he said everyone is being forced to cut back on personal budgets, and he chastised supervisors for failing to pay attention to the wishes of the people.
He described the board’s proposal to raise taxes as being ”unjust” and “more dangerous to the well-being of people in Halifax County than any uranium mine in Pittsylvania County.”
Carroll Dodson of Chatham, a landowner in Halifax County, compared taxes paid in Halifax County to taxes paid in Pittsylvania County.
Dodson said $1,396 in taxes were paid to Pittsylvania County on a total of 480 acres of land last year, while he paid $1,573 on 179 acres in Halifax County last year.
“That’s something that caught my attention,” Dodson said.
Unlike Halifax County, Pittsylvania does have land use, he added.
Weldon Anderson, a tobacco farm owner, pointed out Halifax County has taken in $20 million in the last six months, “and they’re here tonight wanting more.”
“People in the county can’t afford this. Farming is going downhill,” he said.
County residents are living on fixed incomes, people who only receive between $7,000 to $12,000 a year.
“They own homes, and they own farms, but they can not stand the increases you are talking about. You are looking at taking care of the people who work for the county. They have the best paying jobs and have the best benefits, and you’re looking to people to finance this who have the least paying jobs and the least benefits,” Anderson told board members.
Gloria Crute of Nathalie spoke passionately about increases the county has inflicted over the past six years with taxes on her newly constructed house totaling $515 in 2002 compared to today’s $900 plus cost.
“This county is not doing very well. People are going downhill. The money is going out, and it’s not coming in. People are living on a budget, and it’s nothing we can do about it, and ya’ll just keep on raising taxes. What’s going to happen to the lower man? You just keep on saying we want more money. I want more money too. Somewhere, it’s got to stop. Things are tight,” Crute told supervisors. “You need to pull back and cut back and live like we do for awhile and maybe you could see what it’s like.”
James Smiley of Clover described himself as “a very unhappy taxpayer” whose taxes went up 18 percent last year and expected to go up between 25 to 50 percent this year.
He said he believed he had an opportunity to speak before the board at the public hearing only because it is required by law, “and not because any of the supervisors care.”
“You were elected to represent the people of Halifax County and not just spend and tax. As long as we pay the taxes, we should have a say on how much is spent,” Smiley said. “That’s not happening here in Halifax County.”
He encouraged supervisors to “learn to say no to the county administrator, IDA and finance chairman when money is not available.”
He referred to the large number of people attending Monday night’s budget hearing when he said, “This should be an indication to you of how hopeless and helpless we feel.”
Dick Moore of Halifax laid out the facts of “what’s really going on with the budget.”
Instead of a 6.5-cent increase in real estate taxes, Moore said the county will see a 15.9 percent increase countywide due to the reassessment.
Jack Dunavant, also of Halifax, complained to supervisors that his personal property taxes on business equipment has almost doubled since 2002.
“I’m still scratching my head and wondering why you tax tools a man has to use to make a living,” he said. “There are a lot of counties that don’t have taxes on machinery and tools.”
“Times are tight and people are really hurting,” Dunavant continued. “To me there’s too much of the good ole’ boys stuff going on. I think the wrong people are calling the shots now, and not the people who elected you and put you there.”
Walter Cook, a property owner and taxpayer in the county, told supervisors the taxes on his land on U.S. 360 went up 20.2 percent last year, and land on U.S. 58 went up 16.8 percent.
“That’s a lot as far as I’m concerned because I live on a fixed salary,” he said. “You people are getting it both ways. You went out there and reassessed the lands and jumped it up 15.9 percent. We can’t do that.”
“The only thing I can see growing in Halifax County is the governing body that’s getting bigger everyday, and that’s the reason our taxes are skyrocketing,” Cook said.
Thomas Hines of Nathalie voiced his opposition to paying taxes twice a year explaining that it is costing taxpayers the interest for six months they could be earning on that money if it were left in the bank.
Frances Lloyd of Clover told supervisors she simply can’t afford to pay anymore taxes, and she too disagrees with the twice a year collection of taxes.
Dorothy Powell asked supervisors to please not increase taxes.
“It’s creating too much of a hardship for the people in Halifax County,” she said.
Bernard Mitzler of Nathalie said one of the biggest problems facing the county is when the supervisors go into executive session and “give away land after everybody leaves, and give yourself a raise and put insurance on yourselves.”
“You buy $10,000 an acre ground and give it away for $1. The people can’t afford this. You’ve got Riverstone down here that you’re giving iaway rent-free,” Mitzler said.
“You’re hurting everyone in this county. When are we going to start saving by cutting things?” he asked.
Mary Cook urged supervisors to take into consideration what the taxpayers were asking them to do. “It should be their decision,” she said.
Sandra Midkiff of Halifax asked supervisors how they thought her 85-year-old mother could continue to pay these raising taxes on property her dad quit school in the fifth grade to farm.
“That property was valued at $153,000, and it has been raised to $269,000 now,” she said. “We don’t want people to lose their property because the taxes are getting too high.
“Think about ways you can cut the budget and adjust to help people instead of building new schools. We don’t need all these,” she added.
“I’m asking you to cut taxes and help people in Halifax County,” Midkiff concluded.
Donnie McKinney, a concerned resident of Vernon Hill, was the last speaker during Monday night’s public hearing.
“I don’t think I’ve heard anyone in this room here tonight say increase taxes. I believe we’re the people who put you into office. You represent us, and I think it’s time that you started listening to the people in the county. If you’re not going to start listening to all of us, then quit having public meetings. We’re not getting anywhere. You’re wasting my time, and I guess I’m wasting yours. It’s got to stop somewhere.
“This is not a bottomless pit that you’re getting the money out of, so I’m going to ask you tonight, do not vote for an increase,” he said telling his district’s supervisor, Chairman William Fitzgerald, that if he does vote for an increase in taxes, “If you do, then I promise you, I will do everything in my power to help you out of office next time.”
Supervisors are expected to adopt the budget at next Monday night’s meeting.

AVID Coming To Riverstone

AVID LLC, an aircraft design consulting and software design company, is coming to Riverstone Technology Building to occupy 773 square feet of upstairs office space.
Halifax County native Sam B. Wilson III, AVID president and chief visionary officer, announced Tuesday he will locate his regional office at Riverstone, initially employing four people with plans for future expansion.
Halifax County Industrial Development Authority (IDA) Executive Director Mike Eades said Tuesday morning AVID is on “the fast track” with plans to move its office into Riverstone “immediately” paying $14 per square feet or $10,822 annually.
“I’m drafting the lease right now, and plans are for the move to occur quickly,” Eades said.
“Riverstone is serving its purpose in attracting Halifax County’s brightest to come back home to provide high paying wages and technology jobs. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a cluster of technology company locations in Riverstone Technology Park,” the IDA director said.
Headquartered in Yorktown with a research center located in Blacksburg, AVID specializes in aircraft design consulting, creation, dissemination and maintenance of open-source aircraft analysis and design software.
AVID provides design and software support for U.S. Government agencies and aerospace companies – both military and commercial sectors.
According to an IDA press release, AVID LLC provides leading research and development in the aircraft design industry and specializes in aircraft design consulting and aircraft design software tools.
Methods utilized by AVID have been employed on conventional commercial and military aircraft, numerous vertical and short take-off and landing (V/STOL) aircraft, research vehicles, missiles and variety of UAVs. AVID offers dependable aircraft design software with broad and in-depth aircraft design expertise for any air vehicle project.
AVID’s conceptual aircraft design tools enable its customers to develop superior aircraft products, according to the release.
AVID LLC provides engineering analysis and methodology development for conventional, historical and advanced aircraft concepts.
Their state of the art aircraft conceptual design systems include validated multi-disciplinary design tools that are centered on parametric three-dimensional geometric modeling and optimization.
AVID engineers develop dependable aircraft design software such as the Honeywell Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) which is being used in Iraq, the release said.
AVID’s customers span across government and private industry with diverse projects in several areas. AVID has conquered aerodynamic challenges in areas such as ducted fans, high lift, planetary aircraft, V/STOL.
Acording to the IDA press release, the company’s design tools have been used for conceptual design on several successful crafts.
Customers include Boeing, DARPA, Honeywell, NASA, National Institute of Aerospace, U.S. Army, Space Launch Corporation, Orbital, Next Gen Aeronautics, Booz/Allen.Hamilton, Virginia Tech, Allied Aerospace and many others.
AVID CVO Wilson said he is “glad to have the opportunity to come back home.”
Wilson said he is excited to be able to have premier office space to offer his employees and to have access to MidAtlantic Broadband Cooperative’s fiber backbone and node center in Riverstone.

County Man Charged In Sister’s Death

A 61-year-old county man is being held without bond in the Halifax Adult Detention Center on a charge of first degree murder in the death of his sister Monday morning, according to Halifax County Sheriff’s Major T.E. Logan.
Kenneth Wesley Murray was arrested for the slaying of 57-year-old Carol Murray Wolfe after deputies found her body in his residence, Logan said.
Deputies were called to the residence at 3008 Cherry Hill Church Road, South Boston, at 7:22 a.m. Monday and found Wolfe’s body lying on the kitchen floor. Logan said the medical examiner pronounced her dead at the scene.
According to Sheriff’s Investigator T.R. Spencer, Wolfe and Murray had been involved in an altercation in the early hours Monday morning.
Logan said Wolfe had suffered what appeared to be a blow to the head, but the exact cause of death has not been determined.
Logan said the woman’s body has been sent to the state medical examiner’s office in Richmond for autopsy. The Virginia State Police assisted the sheriff’s office in the investigation, according to Logan.

Obituaries

Ernest Lewis Davis Jr.
Ernest Lewis Davis Jr., 56, of Rockingham, N.C. died March 11, 2008, in Hospice Haven.
Mr. Davis was born in Abbeville, S.C. to E. Lewis Davis Sr. and Ramona Tucker Davis on November 15, 1951. He was a graduate of Halifax County High School and East Carolina University.
In addition to his parents of Rockingham, survivors include two sisters, Rae Davis Cochran and her husband, Dan, of Washington, N.C., and Patti Davis Weller and husband, Al, also of Washington.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider Hospice Haven, 119 N. US Hwy. 1, Rockingham, 28379.

James Garfield Gillis Sr.
James Garfield Gillis Sr., 89, of 1036 Union Avenue, Virgilina died March 28, 2008, at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mr. Gillis was born in Virgilina on March 19, 1919, the son of the late Mercy Gills and Mollie Royster Gills, and was married to Aileen Wilkins Gillis. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Virgilina.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two daughters, Nellie Gillis Waugh of Virgilina and Margaret Gillis Swanson of Manalapan, N.J.; two sons, Wallace Barnette of Sicklerville, N.J. and James G. Gillis Jr. of Vineland, N.J.; three sisters, Janie Ragland of Philadelphia, Pa., Clara Skipwith of Winston-Salem, N.C. and Shirley Hall of Cleveland, Ohio; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one daughter-in-law, Florence Gillis; one son-in-law, James D. Swanson sr.; one sister-in-law; one brother-in-law; three special friends, Eldner Wiggins, Mollie Ann Powell and Goldie Bryant.
Five brothers, Hayward, Albert, Alexander, Mercy Jr. and Allen Gillis Sr.; and three sisters, Ann Rice, Pauline Person and Lucille Fitzgerald, also preceded Mr. Gillis in death.
Funeral services will be held April 4, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Virgilina with the Rev. Lorenzo Love officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends tomorrow evening, April 3, from 7 to 8, at Jeffress Funeral Home, and other times at the home.
The remains will lie-in-state at the church from noon until time of service on Friday.

Nell Loletta Powell
Nell Loletta Powell, 75, of Clover died April 1, 2008.
She was a member of Hunting Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors include a brother, Bill Powell of Clover; a niece, Sheri Powell, and a nephew, Gary Powell, both of Hedgeville, W. Va.
Graveside services for Ms. Powell will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow, April 3, at Clover Cemetery.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.woodfuneralservice.com

Howard Puryear
Howard Puryear ‘Tip’ died March 31, 2008, at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mr. Puryear was born in Charlotte County on March 4, 1932, to the late Henry and Ethel Gilliam Puryear. He attended Charlotte County Schools, was a retired farmer, and attended First Baptist Church of Wylliesburg.
Mr. Puryear was preceded in death by one daughter, one son, five brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth P. Puryear of South Boston; three daughters, Emma Ragland and husband, Marvin, and Cynthia Puryear, all of South Boston, and Ruth Puryear of Orange; two sons, Donnell Puryear and wife, Janie, of Chase City, and Charles Puryear of South Boston; two step-sons, Roy Lee Pulliam and wife, Lucille, and Herman Pulliam and wife, Marjorie, all of Wilmington, Del.; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three brothers, Clarence Gilliam of Pamplin, Jerry Francis of Saxe, and Bobby Gillian of Newark, N.J.; two sisters, Martha Price of Brookneal and Mary Morton of Camden, N.J.; five sisters-in-law, three brothers-in-law, and a number of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Mr. Puryear will be held at noon on April 4, at the chapel of Giles-Harris Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Chase City, with the Rev. Dr. James E. Scott officiating. Burial will follow in First Baptist Church Cemetery, Drakes Branch.
The family will receive friends tomorrow evening, April 3, from 7 until 8 at the funeral home.

Frosty Owens: Second Generation Hall Of Famer

By Doug Ford
G-V Staff Writer
Robert D. “Frosty” Owens, a candidate for induction into the Halifax County-South Boston Sports Hall of Fame, has experienced success as both player and coach.
Owens, a Halifax resident and Supervisor of Secondary Instruction for Halifax County Public Schools, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame Saturday, April 12, with the induction banquet starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Halifax County Middle School cafeteria.
He will join his father, the late Robert Emmett “Bob” Owens, as a member of the Hall of Fame, the first father-son combination.
Three other standout athletes will join Owens in the Class of 2008, including Dr. James “Jim” Priest, Lawrence Carter and the late Hubert A. “Dude” Austin.
Owens was a standout in several youth sports, and that success translated into an outstanding high school career in football, baseball, basketball and track.
He co-captained the ninth-grade football and basketball teams, and was a senior co-captain for the Comets 1969-70 Northwest Regional championship football team, being named First Team All-District and All-Region and Second Team All-State that same year.
A hard-hitting linebacker and fullback, Owens was a three-year letterman (sophomore, junior, senior) in football under the tutelage of coach Coleman Starnes.
His athleticism and work ethic extended to the baseball field, basketball court and track, with Owens serving as co-captain for the Northwest Region runner-up baseball team in 1969-70, receiving a letter that same year.
Owens was quad-captain of the Comets’ basketball team his senior year, and lettered in basketball his final three years in high school.
He was a one-year letterman in track his sophomore year, competing in the 100- and 200-yard dash, broad jump and triple jump.
A four-year letterman in football at Hampden-Sydney College from 1970-74, Owens was a fullback/tailback for the 1970-71 conference champion Tigers, playing in the Knute Rockne Bowl in 1970 and 1971.
Owens is also known for his accomplishments as coach for the Comets baseball team.
Owens was assistant coach from 1978-79, and head coach from 1980-85, winning district championships each year except 1984, and leading the Comets to regional titles in 1980, 1981, 1984 and 1985.
Halifax County won the Virginia AAA State Baseball Championship in 1984, and was state runner-up in 1981 under his tutelage.
Owens’ quiet demeanor belies a fierce competitive instinct that has served him well in all his endeavors, both on and off the playing fields, and he gives the majority of credit for that attitude to his father.
“I will always say that 95 percent of what I learned in athletics was due to my father, and I don’t think I was especially competitive,” said Owens, adding the two most competitive people in his family have been his father and his oldest son, Robert Allen “Bobby” Owens.
“I was blessed with a dad who taught me good fundamentals of each sport, the strategy behind the, and things you have to be aware of during the course of the game to make adjustments,” he noted.
“I was also blessed with great high school and college coaches, including Coleman Starnes, Bill Morningstar and Stokely Fulton.”
After moving to South Boston, Bob Owens was a catcher for the South Boston Wrappers, a semi-pro baseball team, and his son had a couple of opportunities to see him play.
“At Duke, dad would stand at the back of one end zone and bet guys that he could throw a baseball through the goal posts at the other end of the field,” recalled Owens.
“He had an arm people would say, but I think that athletic ability skipped a generation,” he laughed.
The elder Owens was also a North Carolina state runner-up in badminton, and went so far as to erect lights in his back yard to play during cool summer evenings, according to the son.
“The first time I beat him in badminton was one of my biggest athletic highlights, but he took no prisoners,” said Owens, who had been trying to do so since the age of seven.
He is quick to deflect any credit from his accomplishments as player and coach, giving full credit to the team around him.
Owens was part of an undefeated Comets freshman football team that gave up no points during the season, a fact he points to with pride.
He recalled the 7-6 win at GW his senior year, not for his knockdown of a potential game-winning two-point conversion pass, but for the flea flicker from quarterback Alan Parham to end Alan Gravitt, who then lateralled to Dewey Compton for the Comets’ only touchdown.
He also recalled the first-ever Comets football win over E.C. Glass his junior year, including the four interceptions by Dennis Ford, along with memorable catches by Ford and Gravitt during their football careers.
“I remember some of the passes Alan Parham threw and his ball handling ability, Bill Maxwell’s kicking, and the defensive line play by Bill and Ronnie Chappell, among others.
“It’s almost surreal, thinking about how many talented athletes I’ve played with and the unbelievably gifted athletes I’ve had the opportunity to coach.”
One such group among many was the 1984 Comets varsity baseball team, which captured the Virginia State AAA championship.
“They were a smart group of guys with a great work ethic,” recalled Owens.
“I think the feeder system (Dixie Youth) was a big part of it, and Scooter Dunn did a great job of teaching fundamentals at the junior high school,” explained Owens.
“That makes it easier as a coach. They seldom made mistakes and they didn’t beat themselves,” he continued.
“In my eight years of coaching at the high school, I think the fewest number of National Honor Society members I had was six, and so many of those guys, around 20 of them, went on to play collegiate baseball at some level.
“The four years I played football at Hampden-Sydney were the four most consecutive successful seasons in its history, not because of me but because I played with 11 Little All-Americans in that span,” added Owens.
Owens said it was “terribly humbling” to be selected for the Hall of Fame, and emphasized the support of his family through all his athletic endeavors.
My mom (Joan) and sister, Robin, seldom missed a game and I don’t think I missed any of my sister’s dance recitals,” said Owens.
“One of my parents’ expectations was that the kids support one another, and I can recall only three ball games I either played in or coached that my dad missed, and probably four that my mother missed.”
Owens is married to the former Joni Joseph and the couple has three children, Caitlin, Bobby and Michael, with Michael a current member of the Comets varsity baseball team.
Bobby played football and baseball while participating in track in high school and Owens understands the sacrifice spouses make.
“Joni was a trooper while going to football games and baseball games while I was coaching,” noted Owens.
“Most coaches’ wives or husbands understand very quickly that it’s an enormous amount of time involved, and she’s been a wonderful coach’s wife.”

The ‘Whooooo’ Is Gone

By Joe Chandler
Sports Editor
There will be no more “whooo.” There will be no more “stylin’ and profiling.”
One of the greatest figures in sports entertainment, Ric Flair, has retired from pro wrestling.
At a WWE event late last year, WWE General Manager Vince McMahon mandated that Flair retire from the WWE with the first loss he suffered from that night on. Sunday night, at Wrestlemania, in front of an event record crowd of over 76,000 fans at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. and in front of millions of fans nationwide watching on pay-per-view, Flair was beaten by Shawn Michaels.
I watched Monday night as Flair gave his farewell speech at the conclusion of the weekly WWE Raw telecast. During the farewell, Flair was greeted by the biggest icons of the wrestling business. The original Four Horsemen with whom Flair had partnered with for a number years, returned, making it the first time since the 1980’s that the original Four Horsemen had been in a ring together at the same time. Harley Race was there. So was Ricky Steamboat. And the list went on and on.
Flair, with his family near his side, broke down in tears several times. Tears were also seen in the eyes of some of the biggest names in the sport as they congratulated Flair on his outstanding career. It was a touching tribute.
Those that follow WWE pro wrestling probably had the sense that Wrestlemania would be Flair’s curtain call. Saturday night, less than 24 hours before Wrestlemania, Flair was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame. That was a big clue that the end of Flair’s wrestling career was close at hand.
I have been blessed during my 30-year career here at the newspaper to meet, talk to and interview many different people from all walks of life, a few of whom are or were famous, many of them who were not. When you look back, you sometimes remember things that are “firsts.” One of the “firsts” I can recall was my first interview with a professional wrestler –one I did with Flair at Halifax County High School.
I cannot recall what the year was, except to say that it was somewhere in the late 1970’s to early 1980’s. During that period of time, the Bethel Ruritan Club brought professional wrestling to Halifax County High School, usually a couple or three times a year. Some of the biggest names in the sport, Blackjack Mulligan, “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff, Ricky Steamboat, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and the Andersons, competed here. I can almost smell the aroma of the hotdogs smothered in chilli, slaw, mustard and raw onions floating from the lobby as I recall those events.
One night, I decided to try my hand at writing a feature story on one of the top wrestlers. Flair was among the “headliners” here that night. Arrangements were made and I sat down and interviewed Flair before the start of the first of the evening’s matches.
I don’t know if or how Flair’s personality changed over the years while he went on to become a 16-time world champion and wrestling legend. But, on that night, the Ric Flair I encountered was not the sometimes brash, wild talking, “stylin’ and profilin’” wrestler you saw on television. The “Nature Boy” I encountered was an easy-going, friendly, and engaging person.
I was glad the experience turned out that way because, as a result of the experience I had with Flair, I found it easier to approach and interview other pro wrestlers that came here from time to time.
On the occasions I have watched pro wrestling on television, I watched mostly to see Flair. I’m going to miss seeing the “Nature Boy.” So will his vast legion of fans.

Games Postponed

Rain over the past two days forced Halifax County High School and Halifax County Middle School officials to postpone and reschedule athletic contests scheduled Monday and yesterday.
At Halifax County High School, Monday’s boys tennis match here against William Fleming High School was postponed and rescheduled for April 18. The girls tennis team’s match scheduled Monday at William Fleming High School was postponed and rescheduled for April 11.
Halifax County High School’s season-opening track and field meet, which had been scheduled here Monday afternoon was postponed and rescheduled for April 7. That event had been set as a tri-meet with Person High School and GW. The April 7 event will involve only Halifax County and GW.
Monday’s scheduled varsity girls softball game at Heritage High School was postponed and rescheduled for yesterday. The contest was postponed again yesterday but a makeup date had not been set at press time.
Last night’s scheduled junior varsity girls soccer match here against Bassett High School and the junior varsity boys soccer match here against Martinsville High School were postponed and rescheduled for April 16.
Also, yesterday’s scheduled Halifax County Middle School track and field meet was postponed. The reschedule date had not been determined at press time.