Thursday's Internet Edition, September 02, 2010. RECENT NEWS School Board Welcomes Two New Members Two new school board members were given the oath of office last week. Carol Livengood, is serving another term, having served from 2002-2008, before leaving to help her mother through health issues. A proponent of the new high school and helping improve the dropout rate, Livengood said she is looking . . . [ Full story ] School Board, County Appear Ready To Work On Early College It was with “mixed feelings” as one member of the Davie County Board of Education put it, that the board unanimously approved a resolution to ask county commissioners for funding for new construction for Davie County Early College. “I have mixed feelings reading this resolution,” said board member Barbara Owens. . . . [ Full story ] Fine Arts Festival Downtown Saturday The first “Arts About Town” will be held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday on Main Street in Downtown Mocksville. Sponsored by Historic Downtown Mocksville Merchants, 25-30 fine artists are expected to participate. “We are looking forward to a great turnout for this first-time event,” said Chuck King, coordinator. “A variety . . . [ Full story ] Former Teacher Pleads Guilty The Davie Early College teacher arrested in January for exposing himself to a 15-year-old boy at a High Point bookstore pleaded guilty to the charge last week. On Jan. 22, Eric Jason Reeder, 34, of High Point was arrested by High Point Police Department for indecent exposure and taking liberties . . . [ Full story ] Schools Adopt Budget; 34 Jobs Saved The Davie Board of Education unanimously approved a budget resolution for next year, just a few hours before the governor signed the state budget. The board must have a resolution in place until the state budget is final, and it is expected members will adopt the final budget at the . . . [ Full story ] Authorities Looking For Man Who Abandoned Horses A man who had animal cruelty charges against him dismissed last year is facing more criminal charges after 30-plus horses were found abandoned at a farm on Cana Road. According to Davie Sheriff’s Animal Cruelty Investigator Bob Dewitt, Herbert McKenzie, 49, whose last address in Davie was Hardin St., Mocksville . . . [ Full story ] County Approves Budget; Minus Tax Increase By a quick 5-0 vote, Davie County commissioners took a proposed three-cents tax hike out of the 2010-11 budget Monday. In a 15-minute session, the board took surgical action on the proposed hike that would have paid for a new high school on Farmington Road. That school has been shelved. . . . [ Full story ] McDaniel Wants Transparent Government He has bedeviled Davie County�s leadership, poked holes in their plans and helped halt a $30 million high school project with bulldozers already parked on the site. One of the �Three Musketeers,� Randy McDaniel, 54, was a hard-charging baseball player in his youth who played all nine positions for one . . . [ Full story ] 'WISE' CHOICE Challenger Wisecarver Beats Webb Robert Wisecarver beat Wayne Webb by 185 votes Tuesday to earn a Republican nomination for a seat on the Davie Board of County Commissioners. Webb, who beat Wisecarver in May but didn�t have enough votes to avoid the second primary, carried the Hillsdale, Smith Grove, Farmington and East Shady Grove . . . [ Full story ] Relay Walk Brings Mixed Emotions For Survivor WILLIAM R. DAVIE - Linda Harpe has heard the dreaded phrase three times from her doctors. �You have cancer.� From the first time she heard those words in 1995 until now, she hasn�t been alone. Her family, her friends and her God have been at her side. All have given . . . [ Full story ] A BLUE STAR DAY Bermuda Run Garden Club Honors Veterans With Rest Area Marker It was a time to honor the veterans. Just two weeks after Memorial Day and a few days following the anniversary of D-Day, a Blue Star Memorial marker was placed at the Davie County Rest Area on I-40 East in a special ceremony last Wednesday. �For all the veterans here . . . [ Full story ] Wisecarver Or Webb? Vote Is Tuesday Davie voters will decide the final Republican nominee for a spot on the county board of commissioners on Tuesday - choosing between Wayne Webb and Robert Wisecarver. Carl Humphrey has already secured one of those nominations, and will be joined by either Webb or Wisecarver against Democrats Chris Anderson and . . . [ Full story ] Most Charges Against Parks Dismissed The West Rowan high school football player involved in an altercation with an off-duty trooper and a Davie sheriff�s deputy pleaded responsible to a traffic violation in Davie District Court last week. All other charges against him were dismissed. Kevin �KP� Parks, 18, of Salisbury was charged May 1 with . . . [ Full story ] Town Cuts Fire Budget COOLEEMEE - A public hearing on this year�s proposed budget was held at town hall Monday. Cooleemee Town Manager Tyler Beardsley presented highlights for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. The budget is balanced at $632,757 and property tax rate remains the same, .38� per $100 of valuation. The proposed budget includes: . . . [ Full story ] WALL OF HONOR Advance VFW Unveils Memorial To Veterans ADVANCE - Thomas Howard, 86, came back home Sunday to tell old war stories to grateful friends and family at VFW Post 8719. His name was on the new Wall of Honor unveiled on the anniversary of D-Day, a listing of the war dead and all the veterans of war . . . [ Full story ] Commissioner Takes Offense In Call For Second Primary The Davie County Board of Commissioners meeting went mostly as usual Monday. A Davie High junior, Taylor Anderson, gave the invocation. A World War II veteran, Paul Barney, led in the Pledge of Allegiance. Commissioners heard rezoning requests, approved budget amendments and conducted the county�s business for the month. And . . . [ Full story ] N. Davie As High School? Board Chair Says That�s An Option Less than a week after Davie County was denied funding for a new high school by a state commission, Chair Terry Renegar of the Board of Education said all options for a solution will be explored over the next 30 days. �If you live in Davie County, you know on . . . [ Full story ] RESPECT THE WATER Rescue Squad Dive Team Ready In Case Of Accident BERMUDA RUN - Warm weather and the end of school mark, for many, the beginning of summer vacations and time spent swimming in area lakes, pools and the river. But Pete Ressa, dive rescue captain of the Davie County Rescue Squad, wants everyone to remember one thing: �Water�s great, but . . . [ Full story ] Most Voters Can Cast Ballots In Second Primary Who can vote in the second primary? Most people who are registered to vote - although unaffiliated voters who voted in the first primary must vote in the same primary the second time. If they voted as Unaffiliated, there is no ballot for them on June 22. Republicans must vote . . . [ Full story ] State Panel Says No To School Funding Plan RALEIGH � It�s back to the drawing board for Davie County in its pursuit of funding for a new high school. The North Carolina Local Government Commission voted 5-3 Tuesday afternoon to deny the county�s request of $30 million in state-issued Certificates of Participation funds. School bond referendums in Davie . . . [ Full story ] This is an on-line publication of The Davie County Enterprise-Record 171 So. Main St. P.O. Box 99 Mocksville, NC 27028 336-751-2120 Fax 336-751-9760 For comments or questions, email us Publisher: Dwight Sparks dsparks@enterprise-record.com. Advertising Director: Ray Tutterow erads2@davie-enterprise.com. 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