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Saturday's Internet Edition, 5:22 PM, May 10, 2008.

BICYCLIST SHOT TO DEATH
Mocksville Man Arrested Later On Monday Night
By Mike Barnhardt - A bicyclist was shot to death Tuesday evening at Milling Road and Carolina Street in Mocksville. Tracy Fortune, 23, of Etchison Street, was pronounced dead at Davie County Hospital. A suspect was arrested for first degree murder later that night. Kevin Louis Robertson, 20, of 1017 Milling Road, was being held without privilege of bond. Authorities were busy Tuesday night gathering evidence, including search warrants for that Robertson’s house and vehicle. Mocksville Police Chief Robert Cook said the call came in at 6:42 p.m. as a person on a bicycle being hit by a vehicle. Officers were there within two . . . [Click for More]

INSIDE NEWS STORIES
Mark Jones Leads Close Race For Commissioner Leadership. That’s what it is going to take to get Davie County working together once again. Mark Jones, who won one of the three Republican nominations for county commissioner on . . . [ Click for More ]

Novant Takes Round 2 In Court The legal maneuvering between North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Novant/Forsyth Medical Center continues with Novant winning the latest round. The NC Court of Appeals issued an order in Novant’s favor . . . [ Click for More ]

Bermuda Run Opens Town Hall
BERMUDA RUN - As you enter the newly constructed town hall at Bermuda Run, the smell of new carpet and freshly painted walls fills the air. Town Manager Ron Bell . . . [ Click for More ]

IT'S THE POPE
Davie Man Invited To Official Visit At The White House

As he stood on the White House lawn watching his country officially greet Pope Benedict XVI, Don Masura was proud. He was proud to be a Catholic, proud to be . . . [ Click for More ]

Voters Go To The Polls On Tuesday

Finally, it’s almost over, at least for a few months. On Tuesday, Davie voters will join other across the state as they go to the polls to cast ballots for . . . [ Click for More ]
Mocksville Police Detective Lt. Ken Hunter (left) and Detective Stuart Shore look for evidence at the scene of the shooting. - Photo by Robin Snow


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Local Sports
Jacob Walker, Ellis Explode On North

The Ellis baseball team improved to 11-0 last week, and it has made the run look fairly easy. Ellis disposed of host South Davie 4-1. Against visiting North Davie, Corey . . . [ Click for More ]

Local Obituaries
Obits: Week of May 8, 2008
Marvin Kermit Myers Mr. Marvin Kermit Myers, 60, died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at his home.  He was born June 10, 1947 in Davie County to the late Marvin and . . . [ Click for More ]

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Owens, Fuller Elected To Board Of Education

By Beth Cassidy - After being in education for 32 years, Barbara Owens finally gets to sit in a different chair, in a county she loves.
Owens won the board of education race, taking almost 24 percent of the vote. Chad Fuller also won a spot on the board, followed by Brent Ward, William Whaley, Shannon Grimes, Cynthia Durham and Edwin Owens.
Barbara Owens has served in many capacities over three decades, including teacher’s assistant, teacher, assistant principal and last, as principal at Cornatzer Elementary School. She has seen firsthand the growth the county has experienced and has been adamant in her desire to ease the overcrowding at the high school by building another school.
“We needed another high school two or three years ago, and the need is still there,” she said. “That was a recommendation of the task force in 2003.”
Owens said if a new school isn’t built, the county will continue to lose great students, staff and faculty due to the conditions at Davie High.
When asked why she wanted to run for school board, Owens said it was to bring her “expertise to the board and to begin to plan for the future, working as a team player.”
Owens has three grown children and three grandchildren. She is married to Barry and lives in ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.

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