Halifax County High School senior Ashley Talley walked away with the two of the school's top honors Monday night at the annual Halifax County High School Senior Awards Night.
Talley was named as the recipient of the Principal's Award, the award for the all around most outstanding member of the graduating class as well as the school's Salutatorian Award for having the second highest grade point average among the graduating seniors.
The Principal's Award was established by former Halifax County High School principal, the late Dr. L.M. Venable, in 1969 to recognize the top all around student in the senior class and has continued to be presented each year as the school's top award.
Also honored with one of the school's top awards Monday night was Lauren Glass who received the school's Valedictorian Award. Glass was recognized for being the senior class' top academic student, the graduating senior having the highest grade point average.
In addition to the top academic awards, the awards for the top male and female athletes were also presented.
Ben Rand, who excelled in baseball and basketball, was named as the recipient of the T.C. Watkins, III Outstanding Male Athletic Award for being the top male athlete in the senior class. And, Jernaya Robinson, a three sport athlete who excelled in volleyball, basketball, and competed on the girls' track team, was named as the recipient of the Tuesday Woman's Club Outstanding Female Athlete Award.
In addition to recognizing students for the achievements in various school endeavors, a handful of students were also recognized for having perfect attendance. Three seniors, Casey Conner, Daniel Ivey, and Charity Overbey were recognized for not missing a day of school through grades K-12.
Robinson was recognized for not having missed a day of school through grades 9-12.
Six students, Curtis Bowes, Karen Clardy, Melanie Overby, LaWanda Sims, Tanya Williams, and Jared Wyatt were recognized for not missing a day of school during their senior year.
In all, 89 different awards and scholarships were presented during Monday night's two and a half hour long ceremony.
The complete list of award and scholarship recipients as furnished by the Halifax County High School Guidance Department follows:
SENIOR AWARDS
1. Class officers - President, Ernest Cage; Vice President, Jernaya Robinson; Secretary, Charity Overbey; Co-Treasurer, Trey Lawson and Wallicia Edmunds; Sergeant-At-Arms,Tanisha Bowman
2. Top Ten Seniors-10. Daniel Ivey; 9. Arlethia Royster; 8. Susan Roller; 7. Jeremy Bauldwin; 6. Margaret Anderson; 5. Melissa Spangler; 4. Erin Linsley; 3. Katherine Tompkins; 2. Ashley Talley; 1. Lauren Glass
3. South Boston Jaycees-Emily Holt, Daniel Ivey
4. President's Education Award Program - Anderson, Jennifer L., Anderson, Margaret D., Bauldwin, Jeremy R., Berneche, Garrett Brooks, Lachelle D., Cage, Ernest L., Carden, Brenda Denise, Carden, Candice M., Chism, Yvette Lashea, Conner, Casey S., Conner, Wendy, Crews, Reuben Thomas, Daniel, Rasheeta N., Dixon, Calandra Dione, Eakes, Sarah Jennings, Ellington, Joshua R., Elliott, Elizabeth, Epps, Shannon N., Fisher, Matthew B., Garrett, Jr., David E., Glass, Lauren Elena, Gordon, Laura B., Goulah John, Gravitt, Trina M., Hollandsworth, Michael, Holt, Emily G., Hudson, Heidi N., Ingram, Lakia Charice, Ivey, Daniel Scott, Jones, Candi, Jones, Carlesa L., Jones, Chrystal L., Linsley, Erin E., Long, Rebecca A., Maillet, Jolene Marie, McCarty, Gary R., Owen, Tranequa S., Pannell, Deshonta S., Parker, Lori Marie, Powell, Howard, Priest, Patrick R., Robinson, Jernaya R., Roller, Susan R., Royster, Arlethia E., Spangler, Melissa L., Talley, E. Ashley, Tompkins, Katherine L., Townsend, Mikal T., Whitaker, Shanta M., Williams, Fatimah
5. VFW Auxiliary Citizenship Award - Kim Wilmouth
6. DCC Academic Scholarship - Joshua Ellington
7. Delta Digma Theta Scholarship - Lachelle Brooks
8. Business Department Awards-Marcus Bates, Patrice Jennings, Leshina Ragland, Jernaya Robinson, Melissa Wilmouth
9. Wal-Mart Scholarship - Brenda Carden
10. Dixie Youth Baseball - Jeremy Satterfield
11. Lester L. Dillard, III - Memorial Scholarship - Missy Spangler
12. South Boston Junior Women's Club Scholarship - Shanta Whitaker
13. Little Theatre/Dorothy H. Crews Memorial Scholarship - Trey Lawson, David Garrett
14. Tandy Awards - Meg Anderson, Jeremy Bauldwin, Lauren Glass, Erin Linsley, Melissa Spangler, Ashley Talley, Katherine Tompkins
15. Young Men's Progressive Club Scholarship - Dominic King
16. Fred Wynne Memorial Scholarship - Calandra Dixon
17. Southfax Sertoma - Stephanie Driskill
18. Keith Crowder Foundation Scholarship - Kristy Clauden
19. Halifax County Usher's Union Scholarship - Jeremy Bauldwin
20. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - LeShina Ragland
21. Alice Kyle District Halifax Woman's Club - Lauren Glass
22. Parson's Bruce Scholarship - Jennifer Conner
23. Peer Mediation Award - Marcus Bates, Eric Buster, Erica Buster, Kristy Clauden, Cecelia 'CeCe' Jones
24. Mecklenburg Electric Corporation - Casey Conner
25. DAR Good Citizen Award - Mikal Townsend
26. X-Cell Scholarships - CeCe Jones, LeLe Jones
27. Iris Daniel Memorial Scholarship - Niki Daniel
28. National Merit Letter of Commendation - Rebecca Long, Ashley Talley
29. National Achievement Scholarship Program - Jeremy Bauldwin
30. Halifax Co. Vocational Foundation Scholarship - Jennifer Anderson, Rodney Francisco , Trina Gravitt, Daniel Ivey, Jernaya Robinson
31. Jamie E. Rickman Memorial Award - Phillip Lloyd
32. ABWA Tri-River Charter Chapter Scholarship - Casey Conner, Trina Gravitt, Crrystal McDowell
33. American Legion Oratorical Contest Award - Jolene Maillet
33A. Adventurette Club Scholarship - Maurice Wilkins
34. JROTC Awards - Assn. of US Army Medal, Kimberly Hayes; US Army Recruiting Command Medal, Ernest Cage; American Legion Scholastic Excellence, Rebecca Long; American Legion Military Excellence, Sharon Featherston; JROTC Academic Achievement Insignia, Ericke Cage, Ernest Cage, Kim Hayes, Rebecca Long
35. Jason Carr Scholarship - Ernest Cage
36. Southern Virginia College Scholarship - Daniel Strange
37. J. Bradley Neal Scholarship - Mikal Townsend
38. Voices of Tomorrow - Arlethia Royster, Shenatta Johnson, CeCe Jones, LeLe Jones
39. Art Award - Melissa Powell
40. Ray Kroc Award - Rebecca Long
41. William & Doris Adkisson Scholarship - Jennifer Anderson, Jason Whitt
42. Science Award - Lauren Glass
43. Trade & Industrial Award - Corey Coleman
44. Powell Scholarship - Rebecca Long
45. American Legion Post 99 - Tomeka Lee, T. J. Faulkner
46. Woodman-Of-The-World U.S. History Award - Erin Linsley
47. Band Award - James Landrum
48. Camerata Award - Russell Cook
49. VA Assoc. of Health Occupations Scholarship - Kiley Armstrong
50. VFW Post 8243 - Daniel Ivey
51. Byrd Scholarship - Ashley Talley
52. Ward Burton Scholarship - Lori Parker
53. The Macy Minorities in Medicine Program - Jacquan Penick
54. SVCC Math Award - Ashley Talley
55. Turbeville Ruritan Club - Crystal McDowell
56. Rotary Club Scholarship - Cindy Owen
57. Delta Kappa Gamma - Stephanie Driskill
58. English Department Awards Seminar Award - Reuben Crews; Highest Average - Lauren Glass
59. Floyd-Francis VA Tech Scholarship - Matthew Fisher, Chrystal Jones, William Rorrer
60. American Legion Citizenship Award - Erin E. Linsley
61. VA High School League Award - Ashley Talley, Katherine Tompkins, Mikal Townsend
62. SCA - Ericke Cage, Ernest Cage, Jernaya Robinson
63. Mary Bethune Alumni & Assoc. - Local - Shanita Whitaker; National - Tomeka Lee; Richmond - Alvin Bates; DC - Jernaya Robinson
64. Carrington Lanier - Shanta Whitaker, Ericke Cage
65. Pinochle Club - CeCe Jones, LeLe Jones
66. News & Record Journalism Award -Tyronda Bowman
67. Journalism Advisor's Award - Brenda Carden
68. Ace of Aces - Ashley Talley
69. Langston Roberts Scholarship - Susan Roller
70. Halifax Co. Missionary Baptist Community Deacon's Class Award - Kristy Clauden, LeShina Ragland
71. Jason S. Ramsey Memorial Scholarship - Jacquan R. Penick
72. Dr. Bessie Carr - Katherine Tompkins
73. Scholarships - Jennifer Anderson, Lynchburg College, $8,000, given by Lynchburg College; Tiffany Brizendine, Beth Car Baptist Scholarship, $759, Beth Car Baptist, and Dean Scholarship, $7,000 given by Lynchburg College; Jeremy Bauldwin, Presidential Scholarship, full 4-year tuition, given by Hampton University; Casey Conner, U of DC, $100, UDC; Reuben Crews, JMU Merit, $1,000, JMU; Temika Ewell, Presidential, $7,000, given by Ferrum College; Trina Gravitt, VA State Fair-Atlantic Rural Exposition, $1,000, VA Tech; Daniel Ivey, Ruritan Scholarship, $500, given by Ruritan Club; Carlesa Jones, Leadership Scholarship given by Howard University; Rebecca Long, Pamplin Leadership, $1,000, VA Tech; Lesley Oakes, Halifax Ruritan, $500, given by Halifax Ruritan; Shavon Pannell, Alliance For Excellence Achievement Award; Sclyna Penick, Alliance for Excellence Achievement Award; Charity Overbey, Hall of Fame; Jernaya Robinson, Hall of Fame; Mikal Townsend, Hall of Fame; LeShina Ragland, Roderick Lacy Scholarship, $400, Retired Teachers; Kristy Sadler, TEACH, $1,000, Tultex; Fatimah Williams, UVA, $10,000, UVA; Bobbie Wilmouth, Lynchburg College Merit Scholarship, $3,500, Lynchburg College.
74. Perfect Attendance - 12th Grade - Curtis N. Bowes, Karen B. Clardy, Melanie R. Overby, LaWanda M. Sims, Tanya L. Williams, Jared L. Wyatt; Grades 9-12 - Jernaya Robinson; Grades K-12 - Casey S. Conner, Daniel Ivey, Charity Overbey
75. C. Arthur Ware - Kim Wilmouth, Susan Roller, Candi Jones, Tommy Hastings, Annika Robertson
76. Math Science Conference Award - Arlethia Royster
77. Health Assistant's Awards- Cynthia L. Anderson, Jennifer L. Anderson, Kiley M. Armstrong, Kimberly D. Bales, Selena R. Ballou, April L. Carter, Stacy N. Conner, Melissa D. Duffey, Tabitha J. Martin, Tammy R. Martin, Nakisha P. Owen, Melissa S. Short, April L. Snead, April A. Walker.
78. Marketing Award - Meg Anderson
79. Virginia Tompkins McLaughlin Scholarship - Shanta Whitaker
80. Lois Swanson Scholarship - Ashley Talley
81. J. Marshall Swanson - Ernest Cage
82. Tuck Dillard Scholarship - Emily Holt, Mikal Townsend
83. Udy C. Wood Scholarship - Jeremy Bauldwin
84. Kathleen Wood Scholarship - Arlethia Royster
85. T.C. Watkins, III, Outstanding Male Athlete - Ben Rand
86. Tuesday Women's Club Outstanding Female Athlete - Jernaya Robinson
87. Salutatorian Award - Ashley Talley
88. Valedictorian Award - Lauren Glass
89. Principal's Award - Ashley Talley
By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The fate of the Senate's stalled tobacco bill likely will be decided next week, when its sponsor tries to limit debate and bring the issue to a vote.
Sen. John McCain, whose $516 billion tobacco bill has been besieged by efforts to change it, said it should be put aside if the effort to shut off debate fails. That would require 60 votes.
''I don't think the Senate can afford to have extended debate forever,'' said McCain, who plans this week to file his motion to limit debate. ''We have other pressing issues.''
President Clinton is expected to turn up the pressure on the Senate this week to pass the legislation, his spokesman says.
''The president feels that the Republican leadership of Congress would have a very difficult time explaining to the American people why this badly needed legislation that has bipartisan support could not advance on their watch,'' said White House spokesman Mike McCurry.
As Congress returned Monday from its Memorial Day recess with the tobacco bill behind schedule, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said the measure's survival is threatened by two amendments that toughen its terms for the tobacco companies and blow apart its appeal to a centrist coalition of lawmakers.
''The bill is teetering - teetering in the balance here - as to whether or not it's just going to collapse of its own weight,'' Lott, R-Miss., told reporters. ''I mean, how much is enough? I mean, greed has just gone hog-wild here.''
Proponents of the bill by McCain, R-Ariz., say it has been knocked off-center by successful attempts to change it. The Senate last month voted to strip it of legal protection for tobacco companies under an amendment by Sens. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Another proposed change, sponsored by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., would raise the cap on fines companies would pay the government if youth smoking does not decline.
''If ... (Durbin's) amendment passes, that, coupled with the Gregg amendment that passed, could be the death knell of the whole bill,'' Lott said. ''If those that want to keep enlarging this bill continue to do that, then I think that the bill will sink of its own weight.''
Durbin spokeswoman Melissa Merz denied that his amendment would generate more money for the government than McCain's bill. Instead, she said, it would put the burden of lowering youth smoking rates on individual companies, rather than the industry as a whole.
McCain's bill would cost tobacco companies at least $516 billion over 25 years, raise the price of cigarettes $1.10 a pack over five years and allow the Food and Drug Administration to regulate nicotine.
With each passing day, the calendar becomes a bigger roadblock for the bill as its claim on the Senate's time is challenged by other pressing matters. For example, the Senate will halt action Wednesday while lawmakers attend the Arizona funeral of former Sen. Barry Goldwater.
Lott said he didn't know whether he might set the tobacco bill aside. But he said an amendment by Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, that would abolish the so-called marriage tax penalty would ''improve its chances.''
Prospects for sweeping tobacco legislation are even more bleak in the House, where leaders are crafting a bill they believe carries a lower financial and political price tag.
''It's an election year, and there's an 11-seat majority in the House that's always tenuous,'' said retiring Rep. Bill Paxon, R-N.Y., past chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee who may help organize GOP campaigns this year. ''We would de-energize our base with a bill that raises hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes without giving some of that money back.''
McCain said of his own bill recently: ''We may not like everything in it, but it strikes a balance that will discourage kids from smoking. It is a compromise in the true sense."
Viagra.
"It's a miracle" drug for some ...a lawsuit for others.
One 70-year old man allegedly left his home and a shared 10-year relationship ...with a bottle of Viagra he'd had for two days, The Associated Press reported in New York.
She is reputedly charging infidelity in her palimony suit.
"He's rejuvenated and can get back out there," AP said she told the New York Post. . "At 70, I guess he figures he's going to party until he goes."
The woman said she and her insignificant other had sex for the first time in four years with the help of Viagra, the impotence drug that went on the market last month.
Locally, urologists Dr. Kostantinos Psihramis estimated he and his associate have issued hundreds of prescriptions for the drug since it came on the market.
Ever discreet, Dr. Psihramis described the Viagra demand here as "appropriate," and said he had not had any unusual requests for the impotence drug.
"The people I expected to come," began the physician. "It works on people that nothing else has worked as well. And so easy to administer," he added.
Some diabetics, surgery patients and individuals with really serious medical conditions affecting potency have been among the doctors' patients seeking the new drug.
A local pharmacist contacted yesterday described the Viagra demand here as stiff in drug stores he serves with the majority of men seeking the drug ranging in age from 45 to 65 years,
"Very few people seventy," he added.
The cost per pill ranged from about $8 to $10 in a very limited local survey yesterday.
Is the pill taken daily?
"No. It is taken whenever they want sex," came the doctor's clinical reply.
"It is a revolutionary product in the way it works. It works by inhibiting an enzyme that breaks down a natural product, nitric oxide," explained the doctor.
"The medication does not work on its own," continued the physician. "There must be sexual stimulation. If you just take it and lie on the couch and watch tv, it is not going to happen."
The urologist recommended taking Viagra and waiting about one hour with the maximum effect continuing for four hours, but for some as long as eight hours.
The recommended maximum dosage frequency is once per day, according to a Pfizer insert with the drug, reported one pharmacist.
Dr. Psihramis said the drug has been tested on subjects ranging from 18 to 85 in age.
Would he prescribe the drug for an older man?
A man's age should not stop medication of there are no contraindications, according to the urologist.
He emphasized the drug should not be used by those with a cardiac condition, unstable angina or those who take a nitrate drug commonly prescribed for heart patients.
"This is a prescription medication and anyone considering taking it owes it to themselves to see their physician, discuss the risks and benefits of the medication to make sure there are no contraindications," said the doctor.
The South Boston physician said there have been no adverse effects of significance "that we know of" in the clinic's practice.
Side effects associated with the drug, he said, include a mild headache in some, indigestion and visual disturbance, among others.
What if a woman took the drug?
It is being tested, he said he has heard, but he has not seen anything published on results. "It is presently under investigation."
The arrest of a loosely-knit, but highly-productive local crack cocaine ring resulted in seven people pleading guilty Monday in the U.S. District Court in Danville.
Alleged ringleader Kenneth Lee Traynham, 37, of Clays Mill entered a guilty plea in federal court to a felony count of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.
All of the subjects are currently being held in a Roanoke detention center pending their sentencing hearings which are scheduled to take place in U.S. District Court in Danville on August 18. The defendants were tried and will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon.
Traynham oversaw the Halifax County operation which was responsible for the distribution of between 15-17 kilograms of crack cocaine from September 1, 1996 and September 30, 1997, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Ray "Rusty" Fitzgerald who prosecuted the cases.
On a wholesale basis, the total value of the crack cocaine was approximately $300,000, Fitzgerald explained.
"However, on a street level, cocaine is often sold for $100 a gram," he said. "So, that works out to be sales of about $1.5 million."
Also entering guilty pleas were Phillip Duane Parker, 23, of South Boston; Reginald Todd Briggs, 37, of South Boston; Keith Graves, 26, of South Boston; Linda Clay (Lynn Clay Fuldewilder), 37, of South Boston; Christopher Leon Jones, 21, of Halifax; and Michael Shawn Williams of Halifax.
"This may not have been a highly-structured organization, but it is without a doubt, a major crack cocaine operation for an area with a population the size of Halifax County," Fitzgerald said.
Traynham would drive to New York City, buy crack cocaine in large quantities at wholesale rates, then smuggle the drug back to Halifax County, according to testimony.
"A good portion of what some of the others sold came from Traynham," Fitzgerald said.
Linda Clay pleaded guilty to a weapons charge stemming from her theft of weapons from her father, which she then traded to Parker for crack cocaine, Fitzgerald explained.
Parker pleaded guilty to a charge of using a firearm while in the process of drug trafficking, as well as distribution of crack cocaine, he added.
Traynham, who had been identified by the task force as the ringleader of the ongoing operation, was arrested in a "buy-bust." In that scenario, an undercover informant purchased crack from Traynham with marked money, then agents swooped in quickly for his arrest.
Traynham is facing a range in sentencing from 20 years to life in prison. Briggs and Graves are facing a range that begins at 10 years; while the rest are facing minimum terms of five years in prison, Fitzgerald said.
"What made this situation easy from my standpoint as a prosecutor was the excellence of the undercover work done by the Tri-County Regional Drug Task Force," commented Fitzgerald.
"Everything was done by the books and the agents down there did their job as good as can be done," Fitzgerald said. "In fact, they did such a good job, the defendants had no choice but to enter guilty pleas...they had no where else to go."
Town Council adopted South Boston's largest budget in history swiftly and without fanfare Monday night.
The process was speeded to conclusion when no one appeared at an announced public hearing to speak on the $15,814,509 package.
This was 49.27 percent higher than this year's $10,593,890, partly reflecting South Boston's first full year as a town.
The general fund budget showed a less dramatic difference, rising from $5,202,105 to $6,444,895.
Council, as expected, approved a $2,000 connection fee to existing home owners who connect to a new water line being installed to the State Road 658 area.
Tentative arrangements have been made to have town officials meet with representatives of the Halifax County Community Action Agency to discuss costs, financing options and other matters with homeowners in the area.
Council accepted an offer of $8,000 to acquire land needed to make improvements on U. S. 50l in front of Victory Warehouse. After finalization of plans, the project will be put out to bid.
Total estimated cost is $110,440, plus 10 percent contingency, for a total of $121,484.
Council awarded a contract to low bidder J. Harmon Saunders Inc. to install new box culverts at Orleans Avenue and Westmoreland Street at $95,800. Total costs, including purchasing materials and repaving streets, will be an estimated $218,526.
Council made these appointments:
*Industrial Development Authority--Sam Lewis, succeeding Dr. Rufus Gordon, who resigned.
*Halifax County Improvement Council--Ms. Patricia Fitzgerald-Brown, to succeed Charles Butler, who resigned.
*Southside Planning District Commission--Radford Trent and Josephine Marshall reappointed, and Corky Rorrer named to succeed Aubrey Houghton, who was ineligible for reappointment.
Officials of a local youth baseball organization appeared before the Finance Committee of the Halifax County Board of Supervisors Monday evening searching for despertly-needed operating funding for the Day Complex.
Named after Halifax County businessman Mason Day Jr., the baseball facility was formerly known as the Dixie Sports Complex. It is located at the end of Houghton Boulevard in South Boston.
Lofty goals, but limited funds, have hindered activities at the yet-to-be-completed facility.
Officials of Dixie, Inc., which operates the complex, asked the county to consider matching the $7,080 which the Town of South Boston currently appropriates annually to Dixie Youth sports, a portion of which funds the Day Complex.
Dixie, Inc. is also asking that the county pay for electricity and water and sewer expenses for the Day Complex which had previously been furnished by the Town of South Boston.
In the fiscal year 1997-98, South Boston spent $2,432.35 for water and sewer and $1,217.87 for electricity bills at the Day Complex, according to South Boston Town manager Ken McLawhon.
The complex is further hampered by limited roadway access, which may jeopardize use of the facility by various tournaments. The main road which previously led to the complex was torn up to make way for a higher grade for a new roadway, but that project has not yet been completed.
Players and fans now must travel along a makeshift roadway on the eastern side of the previous road to get to the ball fields.
In 1992, the then-City of South Boston donated the use of 23 acres of land (formerly known as the Powell property) to Dixie, Inc. for the location of the Day Complex. The city purchased the property for $50,000 and retains ownership of the land, while Dixie, Inc. pays for capital improvements such as grandstands, lighting, and fences.
South Boston and Dixie, Inc. then purchased a smaller adjacent tract for $15,000 (formerly the Daniel property), with South Boston paying $10,000 and Dixie, Inc. paying $5,000.
South Boston agreed in 1994 to fund services such as electricity, water and sewer, and dumpster rental for one year, allowing a grace period for Dixie, Inc. to become self-sustaining in terms of operating expenses. Those services were subsequently renewed.
Years later, Dixie, Inc. still needed operating funds for the services, so the South Boston Town Council agreed to extend services for yet another year, Town Manager Ken McLawhon said.
On April 10, 1997, the Town of South Boston signed a contract with Dixie, Inc., stating they would continue to pay for the services at the Day Complex from May 1, 1997 to April 30, 1998, McLawhon explained.
"I think the town council has been very, very generous in their efforts to help the Day Complex get up and running," commented McLawhorn. "And the town has greatly supported youth baseball generously for many, many years."
In addition to water and sewer and electricity payments, the town has appropriated a total of $74,760 to Dixie Youth sports since 1986, according to town records.
At the conclusion of the latest contractual agreement between the Town of South Boston and Dixie, Inc., funding for the operational expenses from South Boston was discontinued.
A delegation of officials from Dixie, Inc., including Day, Ricky Hudson, and Mike Hackney then appeared before the Halifax County Board of Supervisors' Finance Committee meeting Monday evening.
"They're asking the county for a total of about $10,000 a year to help fund the complex," Halifax County Administrator Dan Sleeper said. "They're also asking for any funding that could go towards capital improvements."
Supervisor Dickie Abbott, a member of the Halifax County Sports Hall of Fame, as well as chairman of the board's Recreation Committee, asked about the possibility of the group obtaining a state or federal grant.
"Other places have gotten half a million dollars (for baseball parks)," Abbott said. "There's no reason we shouldn't get something, too."
No action was taken by the Finance Committee on Dixie, Inc.'s request. However, the issue was referred to the board's Recreation Committee which will report back with a recommendation to the Finance Committee.
The Finance Committee will then make a recommendation to the board at a later date. If any county funding is appropriated, it would be during the next fiscal year, Sleeper pointed out.
Patricia Lavonne Young of Nathalie died Thursday, May 28, 1998 at University of Texas Medical Center in Galveston, TX at the age of 27.
She was born in Baltimore, MD on January 13, 1971.
Ms. Young is survived by her mother, Pastor Joyce Young of Nathalie; two sisters, Almeria Bowey of Nathalie and Michelle Young of Danville; grandmother, Oneza Jones of Nathalie; grandfather, William Jones of Baltimore, MD and a great-grandmother, Leola DeJarnette of Nathalie.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 2 at 1 p.m. at Crawford, Garrett & Burton Funeral Chapel in Halifax with Bishop Richard Harper officiating. Burial was in the Barbour-Moorefield Family Cemetery.
Tony Wayne Puryear of 1211 Berry Hill Road, South Boston died Wednesday, June 2, 1998 at his home. He was 47 years of age.
Mr. Puryear was born February 10, 1951 in Halifax County the son of Jesse Lee Puryear and Kathleen Murray Puryear and was married to Charlotte Mills Puryear.
Funeral services will be held at South Boston Church of God on Friday, June 5 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Bill Leonard officiating. Burial will take place in Black Walnut Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Puryear is survived by his wife; his parents of South Boston; two daughters, Sandra P. 'Sandy' Goad of Cluster Springs and Kelli Lynn Davis of South Boston; two sons, Mitchell Wayne 'Mitch' Puryear of Cluster Springs and Jamie Lee Davis of South Boston; two sisters, Kathy P. Boughman of Hopewell and Janice P. Moore of South Boston; two brothers, Carlyle Ramsey of Alton and Ronnie Puryear of South Boston; and one grandchild. He was preceded in death by a son, Christopher Eugene Puryear.
The family will receive friends at Brooks Funeral Home Thursday night from 7 until 9:00, and other times at the home.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider Halifax County Cancer Association, PO Box 875, South Boston, or Hospice Support Care of Southside Virginia, PO Box 1355, Halifax.
James William Lipscombe of Bold Springs died Friday, May 29, 1998 at his home. He was 72 years of age at the time of his death.
Mr. Lipscombe was born on May 18, 1926 in Itmann, WV the son of William Lowell and Elizabeth Lipscombe. He attended Norfolk State College, majoring in Business and Basic Office Machine Functions. He was first a member of Bethlehem Church of Christ Disciples in Norfolk, and later a member of Dan River Bethel Baptist in Bold Springs and a member of the Masonic Lodge in Maryland.
Survivors include one daughter, Elanor Valentine; and two grandchildren, Tasha and Kevin Valentine.
Funeral services for Mr. Lipscombe will be held today, June 3 at 3 p.m. at Dan River Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. James Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.