Turbeville, Wilson Memorial Closed

6-2 Vote By School Board Dooms Schools

Following a public hearing Monday night the Halifax County School Board voted to adopt the $61,890,099 budget for fiscal year 2007-2008, sealing the fate of two of the county’s smallest elementary schools--Turbeville and Wilson Memorial.
A large crowd of parents and other community members gathered in the cafeteria of Halifax County High School for the public hearing on the budget. A total of 12 speakers voiced their opinions to the school board regarding the impending closure of the two schools.
Christy Watts, parent of a Turbeville student, said she was “appalled by the decisions of the board over the past few years.” She suggested that the salaries of Superintendent Paul Stapleton and other top administrators at the central office could be cut to release more dollars for the school system. She also touched on the issue of long bus rides to other schools for the students affected by the closures and that more children in the county’s schools would lead to “more discipline problems.”
Cheryl Watts told the board that parents and the community resented the timing of the closing issue. She said the idea of closing the two elementary schools did not come up until late in the school year, too late for parents and other community members to effectively react and attempt to organize against the closures.
Jamie Hudson said he was caught off-guard by the the decision to close Turbeville, and Conway Goodman told the Board that closing the schools would have a ripple effect on the county. Goodman said, “school closings are killing our communities...keep the schools moving.”
Tim Boelte, president of the Oak Level Volunteer Fire Department, echoed Goodman’s sentiments, saying that future federal grants for the fire department could be in jeopardy because there would be no school within the fire district for the fire department to protect. Boelte told the Board that is one of the questions on the application form for grants for local fire departments. He added that Wilson Memorial has one of the finest playgrounds and sits on one of the largest plots of land of any county elementary school.
Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Wooding, a former Turbeville student, told the Board members that students in smaller schools tend to have higher scores on Standards of Learning tests. She added that she learned more at a small elementary school than at the larger schools she has moved on to. Elizabeth’s mother Tammy Wooding followed her daughter to the speaker’s podium, questioning the School Board regarding the pre-kindergarten programs. She said the Board could close those programs rather than closing the two elementary schools.
Three more speakers expressed their sentiments to the board, touching on the close relationhips of students to their teachers in the smaller schools, the long bus rides, and the fact that research studies support the effectiveness of smaller elementary schools over larger ones.
Following the public hearing, Superintendent Paul Stapleton answered question regarding the pre-kindergarten programs, explaining that funding for those programs is provided by state and federal monies and that county taxpayers bear none of the costs of operating those programs.
Board member Steve Anderson asked Stapleton how many teaching positions would be cut if the Board decided to keep Turbeville and Wilson Memorial open. Stapleton replied that approximately 30 positions, many of those teaching positions, would have to be cut. And regarding the allegation that the two new elementary schools would have upwards of 1,000 students each if Turbeville and Wilson Memorial were closed, Stapleton replied that the new Cluster Springs Elementary School would have a total of 635 students and South Boston elementary would have a student body of 711.
Board member Sandra Rister said that when the issue of closing Virgilina Elementary School was being discussed before she was elected to the Board four years ago, there was enough tax money to keep the school open. But she said the current situation is completely different, and there is not enough available tax money to keep Turbeville and Wilson Memorial open.
Board member Steve Anderson finally made the motion to approve the $61,890,099 budget, including closing Turbeville and Wilson Memorial. After several seconds of silence, Kelly Hill seconded Anderson’s motion. The vote was 6 to 2 in favor of approving the budget, and the fate of Turbeville and Wilson Memorial was sealed. Board members Arthur Reynolds and D.H. (Mac) mcDowell, in whose districts the two schools are located, cast the two dissenting votes.
As the spectators filed out of the cafeteria, there were murmors of dissatisfaction with the decision and the effect it could have on the November School Board elections.

Supervisors Vote Themselves A Raise

Halifax County supervisors voted themselves a $100 per month raise during their meeting Monday in Halifax.
According to Dickie Abbott, the longest serving member of the Board, supervisors have not voted themselves a raise since the 1970s.
Board Chairman William Fitzgerald said Halifax supervisors’ pay is lower than most of the county’s neighbors.
Fitzgerald then recommended raising supervisors’ salaries from $400 to $500 per month, with the chairman’s pay going from $500 to $600.
Supervisors Bryant Claiborne made a motion to approve the raises and Supervisor Wayne Conner seconded the motion.
The pay increase passed unanimously.
In addition to their salaries, county supervisors also receive health insurance benefits.
During the public comment portion of the meeting two county residents addressed the Board.
Leroy Farmer questioned what happened to a utility fee that the county imposed in 1971 that he charges was supposed to go towards the landfill and garbage collection system.
He said for 19 years the county’s solid waste budget never went over $400,000 while the county was collecting approximately $800,000 in taxes.
“Citizens thought that money was being set aside,” Farmer said.
He also said that in 1995 the Board approved borrowing $4 million to build a new landfill.
Farmer asked the Board what happened to that money.
“Tell the engineer to produce the landfill or return the money with interest,” Farmer said.
Resident Lisa Fennimore said that she opposed the county going to biennial real estate tax billing.
She said she would like to see the taxes due in June instead of December, but still pay only once a year.
Fennimore also opposed the notion of putting a solid waste disposal fee on residents’ power bills.
She asked the Board if a resident paid the power bill, but refused to pay the fee, if the utility company would have the authority to cut off that person’s electricity.
Her question was not immediately answered.
Fennimore also said she thought the Industrial Development Authority should not purchase large amounts of land and hold it until prospects arrive.
She said the IDA should help businesses find the land they want, this way the landowners will continue to pay taxes to the county.
Fennimore said she did not think that the IDA paid property taxes on property it owns.
“Riverstone is nice, clean and pretty, but it’s not accomplishing much,” she said.

 

Board of Supervisors

One Recycling Center Is Approved, Another On Hold

The Halifax County Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning and conditional use permit (C.U.P.) request from Tony Powell for a recycling center on Allen Trail and deferred action on another request from Mac Ragans for a recycling facility during their meeting Monday.
Powell’s request to rezone five acres and obtain permit including numerous stipulations was approved by the Board after the Board received the results of a VDOT study which found that Route 803 could accommodate the additional traffic from the business.
During a public hearing at the Board’s May meeting several area property owners expressed opposition to a recycling center on Allen Trail, citing environmental and traffic safety concerns.
Supervisor Tom West, whose district the center in is, said he understood both sides of the issue, “but a man should be able to make a living on his own property.”
A public hearing was also held Wednesday on a request from Ragans to rezone 13 acres from A-1 to B-2 on Old Cluster Springs Road to open a recycling center.
The site is already an automobile junkyard with roughly 300 vehicles on it, Ragans said, noting the site was grandfathered in because it was there before the county had zoning ordinances.
“The land is already being used as such and has for 30 years,” Ragans said. “The only difference will be a little more traffic there.”
Several speakers opposed the recycling center.
Peggy Clayton said 10 houses can see the junkyard and there are 96 people that oppose a recycling center.
“It’s going to be noise,” she said. “It’s going to be dangerous.
“Oil and gas are going to sink into the water,” she added. “The fire hazard bothers me the most. The houses are so close
“Who would want a house across from a car crushing business?” Clayton asked.
Bill Miller, who rents Clayton’s house, said he would not have rented there if the recycling center were there.
He said he would not feel safe drinking the well water and expressed safety, aesthetic and noise concerns.
Three other speakers also addressed the Board citing similar concerns about property values, pollution and traffic safety as reasons for opposing the center.
Tommy Wilkins, who would operate the recycling center, said he understood the neighbors’ concerns, but that the business would be a good neighbor.
He said all the fluids are removed from the vehicles before they are brought in and he will not employ a car crusher.
“I have respect for my neighbors,” Wilkins said. “You can come by my location next to Mac’s (in Riverdale) and see how much noise I make and what a fire hazard the business presents.”
Several Board members said they had questions that needed time to be answered and agreed to defer action on Ragans’ request until their August 6 meeting.
The Halifax County Planning Commission recommended denying the request following its public hearing.
Two other C.U.P.s were granted by the Board following hearings.
Christopher Easley was granted a permit to operate an auto body repair and paint shop on Doug’s Trail and Tom and Mary Pittard were granted a permit for an auto repair service on Charles Lane.
Following the hearings the Board approved the county’s $103 million 2007-08 budget with only Supervisor Dickie Abbott voting in opposition.
Supervisor James Edmunds was absent from the meeting.
“If it (the tax rate) keeps going up elderly and working people are going to lose everything they’ve got,” Abbott said, noting the taxes on his property have doubled in the last few years. “A lot of people got hit.”
Following the budget adoption, supervisors voted to move forward with going to biennial real estate tax collection starting in June 2008 and request that the General Assembly consider enabling legislation to allow the county to put a solid waste disposal fee on residents’ electric bills.
The Board also approved funding for an industrial access road project at the Day site and approved a household hazardous waste collection event to be held in conjunction with the state’s pesticide collection program in September.
Supervisors authorized County Administrator Bryan Foster to advertise an ordinance change that will allow for a $10 fee for courthouse security and $25 Sheriff’s Office processing fee to be added on to court costs.
Three public hearings were then scheduled for the Board’s August 6 meeting.
C.U.P requests from James Anderson Sr. for a tire sales business on Mill Road, Eric Wingard for an RV camping area on Eric Lane and a request from Louis and Iris Andros to reopen the former S&J Grocery on Route 501 south will be addressed.
Under appointments, supervisors appointed Tommy Reagan and Jo Wimbish to the Library Board, Carlyle Wimbish to the Southside Community College Advisory Board and Catherine Howard to the Workforce Investment Board.
The Board deferred making an appointment to the Industrial Development Authority, but approved a resolution recognizing outgoing IDA Chairman Larry McPeters for his service to the county.

 

Edna Smith Allen
Edna Smith ‘Peggy’ Allen, age 86, of Cheraw, S.C., died Monday, June 25.
Mrs. Allen was born in Rockingham, N.C., on December 8, 1920, the daughter of the late James Harrison Smith and Estelle Coward Smith. She was married to the late Harry William Allen, and was a member of Cheraw First Baptist Church and the Women’s Missionary Union. She was a former member of the Scottsburg Baptist Church.
Her survivors include her son: John Harrison Carpenter and wife, Julienna, of Baltimore, Md.; a daughter: Virginia Lee Allen Lewis and husband, Richard, of Greensboro, N.C.; a daughter-in-law: Bonnie Kate Chavis of Cheraw; two grandsons: Thomas Myron Chavis of Cheraw and Randy Allen Lewis of Greensboro; two granddaughters: Jane Elizabeth Hyatt of Cheraw and Virginia Anne Lewis of Reidsville; a sister-in-law: Helen Smith; and numerous other great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by two brothers: Rozell and Neil Smith; and two sisters: Bulah Mae Leviner and Effie Smith; and a sister-in-law: Jennie Mae Smith.
The family will receive friends tonight, June 27, from 6-8 p.m., at Kiser Funeral Home in Cheraw, with the funeral service to follow in the chapel.
An additional visitation will be held Thursday, June 28, from 1-2 p.m., at Powell Funeral Home, South Boston, with a graveside service at 2:30 p.m. at Oakland Cemetery, Scottsburg. The Rev. Richard Lewis will officiate.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider the Scottsburg Baptist Church, P.O. Box 85, Scottsburg, VA 24589.

Nathaniel Harvey Conner
Nathaniel Harvey Conner, 50, of 4167 Cowford Road, Halifax died June 22, 2007, at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mr. Conner was born April 6, 1957, in Halifax County the son of the late James Harvey Cliborne and the late Margaret Virginia Conner, and was married to Alice Louise Conner. He was employed by E.C. Lewis Construction Company.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two daughters, Cassie Marie Conner and Anna Elizabeth Conner, both of Halifax; one brother, Steve Allen Conner and wife, Diane, of South Boston; three sisters, Linda C. Francis and husband, Jimmy, of Scottsburg, Mary C. Seate and husband, Larry, of Roxboro, N.C., and Julie C. Elliott and husband, Ken, of Vernon Hill. Mr. Conner was also preceded in death by his grandmother, Mary C. Cliborne; and one nephew, Ron Sterling Wilmouth.
Graveside services were held June 26, at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Christian Church Cemetery with the Rev. Randy Holmes officiating.

Annie Mae Seamster Coyne
Annie Mae Seamster Coyne, 100, of Green Valley Road, Clover died June 26, 2007, at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mrs. Coyne was born in Halifax County March 9, 1907, to the late Alfred Seamster and Cora Newcomb Seamster and was married to the late John Patrick Coyne. She was a member of St. Paschal Baylon Catholic Church.
Survivors include one nephew, Newton Seamster of Drakes Branch; one devoted great niece and nephew, Joyce and Richard Cheek of Clover; and a host of great nieces and nephews.
One son and daughter-in-law, Henry and Frances Veach; two brothers, Alfred and Robert Seamster; and two sisters, Virginia Fraine and Clara Orheim, also preceded Mrs. Coyle in death.
A graveside service will be held tomorrow, June 28, at 2 p.m. at Clover Cemetery with Father Steve Antes and Jennie Knotz officiating.
The family will receive friends this evening, June 27, from 7:00 until 8:30 at Powell Funeral Home.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider St. Paschal Baylon Catholic Church, South Boston.

Donnie Gunn, Jr.
Donnie Gunn Jr., 61, of Cocoa, Fla. died June 22, 2007.
Mr. Gunn was born August 31, 1945, to John Leon Gunn and Eva Pearl Gunn, and was married to Betty E. Gunn. He was an Air Force Veteran and retired employee of Phillip Morris.
Survivors include his wife of the home; four children, Kim Wilson and husband, David, of Mineral, Kristie Sheridan and husband, Mike, of Kents Store, Matt Gunn and wife, Mitzi, of Clover, and Lane Gunn of South Boston; five sisters, Doris Gleason of Powhatan, Harriett Gunn of Milwaukee, Wis., Barbara Sellers of New Port Richey, Fla., Deloris Ann Gunn of Chesterfield, and Mary Eichmann and husband, Lucky, of Sheboygan, Wis.; two brothers, Carl Gunn and wife, Judy, of Elkhart Lake, Wis. and Gary S. Gunn of Powhatan; eight grandchildren, Blake and Jessica Wilson, Ben and Luke Sheridan, Maranda, Madison and Joshua Gunn, and Taylor Gunn.
Mr. Gunn was preceded in death by his mother; and one brother, Larry J. Gunn.
There will be a memorial service on August 11, at Winns Creek Baptist Church in Halifax at 1 p.m.

Roy Lacy King
Roy Lacy King, 75, of 3021 L.P. Bailey Memorial Highway, Halifax died June 26, 2007, at Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg.
Mr. King was born in Pittsylvania County October 6, 1931, the son of the late Robert King and Lillie Mae King Owen and was married to Linda Lawrence King, who survives. He was a member of McKendree United Methodist Church.
Other than his wife survivors include one son, Ronald Lacy King of Montpelier; four sisters, Virginia Hanes of Lexington, N.C., Susie Waller of Bedford, Emma Ann Thornton of Radford, and Virgie Marsh of High Point, N.C.; and three brothers, Herman King and Roger King, both of Gretna, and Bert King of Brookneal.
One sister, Irene Barbour; and four brothers, Charkes, Herbert, J.L. and James King, also preceded Mr. King in death.
Funeral services will be held June 29, at 2 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs.Brian Simmons and Joseph Lotts officiating. Burial will follow in Halifax Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends tomorrow evening from 7:00 until 8:30, at Powell Funeral Home Funeral Home and other times at the home.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider McKendree United Methodist Church, 1100 Younger Road, Halifax, 24558.

James Anthony Watson
James Anthony Watson, 33, formerly of South Boston, died June 18, 2007, in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Watson was born July 25, 1973, to the late Faye C. Watson and was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Survivors include one sister, Tara Watson Bailey of South Boston; two brothers, Lawrence Watson and Lance Watson, both of South Boston; his grandmother, Rosetta Watson; his great-grandmother, Carrie Watson; and one brother-in-law, Alvin Bailey.
Memorial services for Mr. Watson will be held today, June 27, at 11 a.m. at Jeffress Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Minister Shirley Faulkner officiating.
The family is receiving friends at the home of his sister, 2150 Sinai Road, Apt. 7B, South Boston.

 

American Angels Beat National

Stay Unbeaten In Tourney

By Doug Ford
GV Sports Writer

The Halifax American Angels all-stars scored five first-inning runs and remained unbeaten in the Dixie Softball District 7 Tournament with a 7-3 win over Halifax National on Monday.
American played Altavista last night, while National took on Brookneal, needing a win to stay alive in the tourney.
Altavista scored 12 runs in its last at-bat to rally from a 15-14 deficit and defeat Brookneal 27-18 on Monday.
Monday’s matchup between Halifax County rivals turned in American’s favor early on, the first seven batters reaching base in the bottom of the first inning to give American a 5-0 lead.
Lauren Womack walked, Taylor Barnes reached base and Elizabeth Thomas walked to load the bases, before Kye-Neisha Logan hit a two-run single to start the scoring.
Cassie Lawhorn reached on a fielder’s choice for an RBI, and Jasmine Lovelace, Sara Stephens and Ashley Watts (RBI) also reached base, giving American the early advantage.
Womack walked, Thomas singled and Logan added her third RBI of the game with a base hit in the second, and Lovelace reached base on an error and scored in the third when Watts hit a RBI groundout to make it 7-0.
National had base runners in the each of the first fur innings without scoring, leaving one at third base in the fourth inning, before breaking through in the fifth.
Randi Welcher led off with a single and Lexi Reaves and Savanna Jones walked to load the bases, before walks to Mary Glasscock and Chelsie Whitlow drove home two runs.
American got out of the jam with a strikeout and foul out, and after American loaded the bases without scoring in the bottom of the fifth, National rallied in its last at-bat.
Kirsten Doss and Anna Cole walked to start the inning, and Welcher and Reaves (walk) reached base with two outs.
Reaves walked to add one run, but the rally fell short after a strikeout to end the game.
Thomas and Womack shared pitching duties for American, Thomas hurling the first five and one-third innings, and Womack coming on to finish the game.
The pair combined for ten strikeouts.
Emily Ingram started on the mound for National, pitching one inning before giving way to Cecilie Elliott, who hurled three innings before Tara Brandon came on to finish the game.
The three National pitchers combined for nine strikeouts.

Halifax Darlings Stay Alive
In District 7 Tournament

By Doug Ford
GV Sports Writer
Both the Halifax American and Halifax National Darlings all-star teams remain alive in the Dixie Softball District 7 Tournament in Halifax.
American rebounded from a 19-16 loss to unbeaten Altavista the first day of the tournament to beat Motley 23-10 on Monday, while National suffered its first loss of the tourney with a 13-2 setback to Altavista, also on Monday.
National had edged Brookneal 20-19 on Sunday, needing a tagout at the plate in the bottom of the last inning to prevent the game from going to extra innings.
American played Altavista yesterday while National played Brookneal, both teams needing a win to stay alive.
Halifax American 23
Motley 10 (Monday)
Mya Brandon and Quinshala Medley each homered and five players had three hits apiece as American routed Motley 23-10.
Medley added a key defensive play in the second inning, an unassisted triple play, to help hold Motley at bay.
Sydney Henderson had three doubles, Sidney McLamb and Morgan Puckett each two doubles and a single, Katelyn Moser two singles and a double and Shania Hankins three base hits for American.
Medley had a double and Brandon a single in addition to their home runs, Kayla Waller two triples, Aliyah Chandler a triple and single, Blair Bomar a double and Mia Womack a base hit in the win.
Medley homered in the first inning, Waller tripled, Henderson doubled and Puckett, Hankins, McLamb and Moser singled as American took an 8-1 lead.
Chandler’s triple, along with doubles from Bomar Henderson and McLamb and base hits from Brandon, Hankins, Moser and Womack, made it 15-1, before Motley scored seven runs on seven hits in the third to make it 15-8.
American outscored Motley 8-2 in the fourth inning to end the game under the mercy rule, getting seven straight hits to start the inning.
A single from Chandler and doubles from Henderson and Puckett preceded Brandon’s homer.
Hankins, McLamb (double), Moser (double) and Waller (double) followed with hits to make it 23-8, more than enough to stem two Motley runs in the final inning.
American’s defensive effort was highlighted by Medley’s unassisted triple play in the second inning.
With runners on first and second, she caught a pop-up and tagged second to retire the runner going to third.
Medley then tagged the runner heading for second that did not tag up to complete the triple play.
Altavista 13 Halifax
National 2 (Monday)
National collected six hits, but only scored twice in losing to Altavista 13-2, in a game called after four innings under the mercy rule.
Erica Allgood had a triple to lead National, Michaela Farson and Dymon Patrick doubles, and Courtney Claiborne, Abbey Bales and Sara Moser singles in the game.
Amber Moore reached base on an error and Farson doubled in the first for National, but Altavista scored four runs on four hits to take a 4-1 lead.
Claiborne singled in the second, and Patrick doubled and Bales and Moser singled in the third, but National couldn’t score, Altavista adding two runs in the second and four in the third to lead 10-1.
National added its final run in the fourth when Farson reached on an error and Allgood doubled, but Altavista added three runs to end the game.
Halifax National 20 Brookneal 19 (Sunday)
Moore homered and five players finished with three hits apiece, but National had to hold off a last-ditch Brookneal rally with a tag at the plate to end the game in a 20-19 win.
Moore added a base hit for National, while Patrick had a double and two singles.
Farson, Allgood, Claiborne and Bales each had three base hits, Taylor Jones and Terri Murray two base hits apiece, and Faith Lester, Madison Hailey, Jordan Carr and Sara Moser a single apiece.
The game featured two key defensive plays by National, the first a double play to end the third, when Jones caught a pop-up at second and tossed the ball to Moore at first for the second out.
Brookneal had scored seven runs in its last at-bat to pull to within one run, but National catcher Moser tagged out a Brookneal runner at the plate for the final out and preventing the game from going to extra innings.
National got singles from Moore, Lester, Farson, Jones, Carr, Claiborne and Murray to help it take a 6-2 lead after one inning, and singles from Bales, Patrick, Farson and Allgood helped make it 8-4 after two innings.
Patrick doubled, Bales, Claiborne and Jones singled and Moser hit a sacrifice fly as National scored three times in the third, but Brookneal plated five runs to pull to within 11-9.
A seven-run fourth, including singles from Allgood, Hailey, Claiborne, Murray, Moser and Bales, countered three Brookneal runs for a 18-11 advantage.
Patrick singled, Moore homered, and Farson and Allgood singled in the fifth to increase the lead to 20-11, but Brookneal rallied with seven runs in its last at-bat, a Brookneal batter out at the plate trying to score the game-tying run.

 

Clay, Long Win MCC
Two-Ball Tourney

By Bob Howerton
CHASE CITY – Jimmy Clay and W.J. Long of Halifax County fired a seven under par 65 on Saturday and came back with a one under par 71 on Sunday for a two-day score of 136 to win the Fifth Annual Ridley Green Memorial Two-Ball Golf Tournament last weekend at the Mecklenburg Country Club layout. This was one stroke better than the two day score of 137 turned in by the team of Jerry Wood of Chase City and Danny Knighton of South Hill. They shot 67 on Saturday and answered with a two under par 70 on Sunday.
June Hancock and Billy Payne of Halifax County put together rounds of 68-70 for a 138 to finish third in the Championship Flight. Robert Smith and Walter Cleaton finished fourth in the flight on rounds of 68-71 for a 139.
In the First Flight, the teams of Paul Elliott and Roland Turner of Kinderton Country Club and Raymond “Squeaky” Coleman and Mac Brown of Mecklenburg County Club tied for first place with two day scores of 139. Elliott-Turner took first place by defeating Coleman-Brown on the first hole of sudden death. Elliott-Turner had rounds of 71-68, while Coleman-Brown put together rounds of 70-69.
The teams of Shannon Haley and Malcolm Adams and Chris Bailey and Larry Maitland tied for third place in the flight with two day scores of 140. Haley-Adams took third place of a match of cards.
Woody Clay and Phil Rinker of Halifax County shot a 66 on Sunday, which was the best round of the tournament, to take first place in the Second Flight with a two day score of 138. They had an opening round score of 72. J.A, Devin and Steve Baker took second place with a 141 on rounds of 72-69.
Ronnie Pate and Chris Young of Halifax County finished one stroke back at 142 to take third place with Richard Wentz and Walter Robertson finishing fourth with a two-day score of 143.
It took four holes of sudden death play for Chip Karpus and R.G. Salyers of Chester to top Bill Moore and Bruce Newsom for first place in the Third Flight. Both team had 36 hole scores of 148.
Bruce Seamster and Tony Wilkins had rounds of 76-73 for a 149 to finish third with a 149. Don Moore and Jack Tanksley of Mecklenburg Country Club finished fourth with a two day score of 150.
In the Arnie’s Army Battle Prostate Cancer and the Prostate Cancer Foundation Fund Raiser, Raymond Coleman won the Original Arnold Palmer putter by being closest to the pin on the number 8 hole, while Kevin Haskins of Kill Devil Hills, NC won the Callaway Golf bag for sinking the longest putt on number 8.
A lunch of hamburgers, hot dog, beverages, chips and watermelon (on Saturday) was served to the 44 teams that played in the tournament on both Saturday and Sunday.

Flight scores:
Championship Flight
J.Clay-WJ Long 65-71-136
J.Wood-D.Knighton 67-70-137
J.Hancock-B.Payne 68-70-138
R.Smith-W.Cleaton 68-71-139
B.Ford-C.Payne 68-72-140
K.Haskins-C.Murray 69-71-140
B.Stone-B.Beck 69-71-140
P.Glass-B.Thomasson 69-73-142
E.Simmons-G.Powers 69-73-142
M.Hebert-J.Thomasson 69-74-143

First Flight
P.Elliott-R.Turner 71-68-139*
R.Coleman-M.Brown 70-69-139
S.Haley-M.Adams 71-69-140#
C.Bailey-L.Maitland 70-70-140
M.Gregory-D.Day 70-71-141
B.Wilborn-B.Vernon 71-70-141
J.Gill-D.Meeks 71-70-141
W.Sheffield-C.Wagstaff 71-73-144
M.Crutchfield-J.Clary 71-77-148
W.Hite-H.Parker 71-77-148

Second Flight
W.Clay-P.Rinker 72-66-138
JA Devin-S.Baker 72-69-141
R.Pate-C.Young 73-69-142
R.Wentz-W.Robertson 72-71-143

Third Flight
C.Karpus-RG Salyers 76-71-148*
B.Moore-B.Newsom 77-71-148
B.Seamster-T.Wilkins 76-73-149
D.Moore-J.Tanksley 77-71-150

*- Sudden Death Playoff
#- Match of Cards