LOCAL BUSINESS – Crown Castle Cell Tower on Longs Store Road Under Construction – Crown Castle is a tower owner who leases space to cell carriers such as Verizon, AT&T, US Cellular and others.  AT&T has committed to installing their equipment on the Crown Castle tower which has passed Person County Planning Board approval.  The tower is going up near the corner of the Semora Road and Longs Store Road. 

Also, American Tower who is another tower owner has applied for 3 towers with one being at Hyco Lake on Wagstaff Road.  The report back from the County’s Consultant is due any day now on these 3 towers.  Once they report back, a public hearing will be requested by American Tower.  Hopefully by March or April the permits for the 3 towers will be completed and approved by our County Commissioners.  Once approval is obtained, the construction time is estimated to be less than 30 days according to American Tower.

 

Congratulations to Taylor Printing and Office Supply for being selected as Person County Business of the Year for 2009.  Way to go Ray! (and staff)

 

ENTERTAINMENT – The Flaming Star is having the Cowboy Outlaws Saturday night. Check out their schedule for other events at: www.theflamingstar.com/schedule.htm

 

April 10^th Hyco Lake Concert for Autism featuring Nashville recording artist Ray Scott.  This event will be held at the amphitheatre at the recreation area.  More info coming later.

 

April  22 - 24, 2010

Bluegrass Music Festival

The tradition continues with the family friendly Bluegrass Music Festival at Willow Oak Park in Roxboro NC. 3-Day ticket available for $50 before April 1st. Camping available. Bands include: Marty Raybon & Full Circle; Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out; Lou Reid & Carolina; The James King Band; NewFound Road; Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice; Deeper Shade of Blue; The Hagar's Mountain Boys; Big Country Bluegrass; Mashville Brigade; Melvin Goins; Constant Change; Danny Pailsey & the Southern Grass; Grasstowne. Willow Oak Park - 965 Blalock Dairy Road

 

April  24, 2010

Clash of the Carts

A most unique event involving home-made carts that a driver races against the clock down a hill in uptown Roxboro. A team consists of 5 people - one driver/rider and 4 to push off the cart. Entertainment is provided by the teams prior to their race and fun is had by all!  See more info a entry form at: www.historicroxboro.com Race time 10AM

 

2^nd Annual Shrimp Fest is scheduled for May 6^th by the Roxboro Area Chamber of Commerce.  Tickets are on sale now at the Chamber.  This was a huge event in 2009 and everyone enjoyed the great food and entertainment.  The Castaways Band will perform from 6-9. Contact the Chamber now to reserve your tickets. See this link for all the details: http://www.roxboronc.com/images/stories/2010_shrimpfest.pdf

 

Keep up with the latest entertainment on our Calendar on the homepage at www.hycolake.com   We’ve updated the calendar on the site so check it out for local events. Click on an event to get more detail.

 

COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS – Did you know that Person County Crimestoppers has a web page and that tips can be submitted online anonymously? There are many tips submitted online that go anonymously to the law enforcement agencies.  No personal data or tracking info is collected on the tip and you are assigned a tip number so you can call in later and see if the tip resulted in an arrest and payout from Crimestoppers.  Everything is done anonymously so there is no tracking of where the tip came from or who received the payout. For more information or to make a tip or donation, go to this link: http://www.personcountycrimestoppers.com/  Electronic Solutions, Inc., your local High Speed Internet Provider, donates the web site free to Person County Crimestoppers.

 

Everyone probably knows it is local election time in Person County.  Last week, Charlie Buck Oakley came to see me and asked that I get out the information for him concerning his campaign for Sheriff of Person County. We are glad to provide this information as a public service to our county.  I asked Charlie Buck what message he wanted to send out and he said;  “My door will always be open and my phone number listed”.  He also said that he was considering many changes to insure the officers were in the areas they are protecting. He has several fund raisers upcoming and is available to come speak to your group or organization.  His web site is: www.charliebuckoakley4sheriff.com and his email is: vote3charile@charliebuckoakley4sheriff.com  He reminds you that the last day to register to vote is April 9^th, early voting begins April 15^th and ends May 1^st and the primary election is May 4^th.  If you are willing to help, give them a call at: 336 504-3800

 

Also Dempsey Dunn is running for sheriff.  Dempsey says he has the desire to address drug and gang problems in the County and to make it safer for kids and all citizens.  You can see information on Dempsey at www.dunn4sheriff.org I can personally attest to Dempsey’s dedication to his work and dedication to the job at hand.  When I was Manager of Maintenance at CP&L, we hired contractor firms to assist in heavy maintenance of the plant.  Dempsey was a contract supervisor and I knew I could always count on him to get the job done. He was always receptive to guidance and always followed up after the job.  If he committed to do something, you could rest assured it would be done.

 

Relay for Life Auction will be held on Friday, March 26th at the Homestead Steakhouse Festival House.  There will be a silent auction starting at 6:00pm and a live auction starting at 7:30pm.
The entry fee is $10.00 and includes heavy hors d'oeuvres.  You will also receive a $10 voucher in exchange for your entry fee that you can use to apply to any items that you bid on and purchase.  
All proceeds from the auction will go to the Person County Relay for Life.  The Homestead Steakhouse Festival House is located at 155 Frank Timberlake Road, Timberlake, NC 27583.  Phone number is 336-364-8506.  If you would like to donate any new items for the auction, please contact Don or Becky Legun at 336-234-9437.  

 

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PERSONAL FAVORITE – Don’t forget that April 22^nd is Administrative Professionals day in Roxboro.  There is a recognition luncheon with a great speaker so sign up your valued administrative employees today.  Contact the Chamber to reserve your places. 599-8333

 

ADVISORY – The Person-Caswell Lake Authority reminds you to pick up your new boat dock tag at the office.  All docks have been reassigned new numbers so you’ll have to get the new tag and put it up.  West and Woodall has volunteered to go get your tag and put it up if you can’t get up here soon to do it or if you don’t have the means to mount the tag.  It is suppose to be located in a place that can be viewed from the water.  Call or contact West and Woodall at: (336)322-5800 or email to: whit@westandwoodall.com  Thanks West and Woodall for providing this as a service to the Hyco community! The numbering system use the logic of starting at the North Hyco Hwy 57 bridge going counterclockwise around the shoreline and ending up back at the bridge so if you are near St. Georges, your number may be single digits and if near Tommy Middleton, then 2400 or so.

 

New boating law May 1, 2010 requires anyone under 26 years old to take boat safety course for operating boats or jet skis or anything with over 10 HP engine.  (Click here for the NC Wildlife bulletin)

 

ADVERTISER HIGHLIGHT – Each newsletter, we highlight a paid advertiser on the www.hycolake.com website.  If it were not for these paid advertisements, the site would not be dynamic as it is and provide local information for Hyco Lake and Person County.  Please support the advertisers! This week we highlight Brian Brenner at Hyco Lake Vacation Rentals. Brian has a rental property on Hyco Lake for your short or long term enjoyment.  If you have an interest or know of someone who is looking for a nice rental, contact Brian at: http://www.hycolakerental.com/

 

LAKE LEVEL – You can always get real-time data on the www.hycolake.com web site from USGS or click here. 

 

Electronic Solutions, Inc. is now on Facebook. Click here to sign up on our Fans Page.

 

Quote of the day - A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it. -- Author Unknown

 

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