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Chanel Ledbetter, HIV caseworker with the Anson County Health Department, lights a candle in remembrance of AIDS victims at World AIDS Day on Dec. 2. Looking on, from left, are Faye Lotharp and Pastor Sylvia McLendon, program participants. |
World AIDS Day observed in Anson County (December 3, 2007) -- Anson County's first recognition of World AIDS Day was held on Dec. 1 on The Square in Wadesboro with the theme "Prevention is Everybody's Business."
"It's not just health care professionals, it's everybody in the community," said presenter Chanel Ledbetter, HIV case manager with the Anson County Health Department. Ledbetter explained that she is responsible for seeing that HIV patients get the services they need.
Pam Vernon, a nurse with the health department, said that her specialty is communicable diseases. She said that the health department provides free blood tests for HIV Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. No appointment is necessary and staff will answer questions at any time.
Vernon also said that counseling is available both before the test and after if it proves positive for HIV. "Twenty years ago HIV was a death sentence," Vernon said. "Now we treat it as a chronic disease. Patients are not treated any differently than those with any other disease."
Dr. Francis Kateh, director of the health department, said that he recently met a fellow health care professional who had lived with HIV for 26 years and looked very healthy. "I would not believe it if he hadn't told me," Kateh said.
Kateh said that his role at the health department is threefold: managing day-to-day affairs; working with the staff, the board and the county commisssioners to come up with policies to protect citizens from things that cause risk; and to enforce public health laws.
He asked the audience to "become ambassadors for the health department and spread the word that the disease can be controlled." There have been lots of discoveries in the way to treat the disease and advances in medication, he said, to where now patients take only one pill a day compared to the many drugs they formerly took.
"The key is early diagnosis," Kateh said. "If it is caught early, you can live a normal, healthy life."
Kateh said that Anson County is on a downward trend in new HIV cases. "It is happening because of education. It is no longer a taboo subject.
Go out and talk to your neighbors and friends," he urged.
Preceding the presentations, Ledbetter welcomed onlookers and Pastor Sylvia McLendon offered a prayer that was followed by the reading of Psalm 22 by Faye Lotharp. A moment of silence in memory of AIDS victims was held, after which the panel and audience read the HIV/AIDS Creed. Pastor McLendon then sang a moving and forceful spiritual.
Following the remarks, Ledbetter lit candles in memory of those who had died. A community prayer was read by all present as the benediction.
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Chamber announces Big-Game Hunt tournament winners
(December 12, 2007) -- Derrick Coble, John Bishop and Dustin Lassiter were the top winners in the Buck, Doe and Youth categories in the tenth annual Big Game Hunt Tournament that was held Nov. 23-24.
Coble of Mt Gilead won the first place prize of $700, plus a $100 daily prize, with a 166.2-pound buck. “This was not a record breaker but it was very close,” stated Lynn Edwards, Anson County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director.
Bishop of Kannapolis won the first place prize with a 112.9-pound doe, which also earned winnings of $700, plus a daily prize of $100.
Lassiter of Wadesboro won the Youth Division’s top prize of $250 with a 147.7-pound buck, followed by Aaron Hill of Wadesboro, with a 127.0 pound buck, good for $125; Elizabeth Tarlton of Wadesboro, her 126.7-pound buck and winnings of $75; Brad Edwards of Peachland, with a 113.2-pound buck, $50; and JD Little of Marshville, with a 105.0-pound buck and a free entry in 2008.
The buck category had a close second with Clint Mabry of Marshville, bringing in a 161.2-pounder winning him $400, plus a daily prize of $100. He was followed by Phillip Hatley of Polkton, with a 154.4-pounder, $375; Jamie Poplin of Wadesboro, 152.7-pounder, $225; Kirk Baker of Concord, 148.3-pounder, $100; and Brice Byrum of Monroe, 147.2 pounder, a $50 daily prize and a free entry in 2008.
Second in the doe category was Tony Benton of Ansonville, with a 107.1-pound doe and earnings of $400 plus a daily prize of $75. Benton was followed by Roger (Pike) Davis of Ansonville, 101.4-pound doe, $325; Scott Graden of Norwood, 99.8-pounder, $250; close behind was, Michael Dyson of Polkton, 99.6-pound, $75; and rounding out the does was Lloyd Rigdon of Marshville, with a 98.9-pound and a daily prize of $25, plus a free entry in 2008.
In all, 83 deer were weighed in. On Nov. 23, 15 bucks and 21 does were weighed in, a total of 36 for that day. On Nov. 24, there were 29 bucks and 18 does. “There were many nice size deer brought in this year with several of those being brought in by the youth division,” said Edwards.
The overall payout for this year’s tournament was $5,300 with 266 hunters registered (just 20 under last year). “Everyone enjoyed the food, fun and awards at the banquet on Saturday night held at the Ansonville Volunteer Fire Department. Many door prizes were given out as well,” Edwards said.
The raffle drawing winners were as follows, Kendall Griffin of Polkton, who won the 7mm Remington rifle; Amos Carpenter of Polkton, who won the Summit Goliath tree stand; and David Taylor of Peachland, who won the $100 cash prize.
The new pick board prize winners were Logan Scarborough of Polkton, who won a Moultrie Deer Feeder; and Butch Burr of Wadesboro, who won a ladder tree stand. Congratulations to all winners in this year’s tournament.
“We try to come up with new ideas to incorporate into this already great event and this year we added a Sponsor-only gun drawing,” said Edwards. “This drawing was for the Gold, Silver and Bronze sponsors of the Hunt Tournament and I am pleased to announce Cobb-Vantress as the winner for this new prize drawing.”
Edwards offered a special thank-you to the Big-Game Hunt Committee members and the many volunteers who spent their post-Thanksgiving time staging the tournament; a special thanks and appreciation to the Ansonville Volunteer Fire Department for providing a weigh-in site and banquet facility; Youth Division and Silver sponsor; Lynn Thomas Grading; Gold sponsors, Cobb-Vantress Inc. and Pee Dee Electric; Silver sponsors, Anson Bank & Trust, Burch Chiropractic Center, Monroe General Rental, North Carolina Electric Membership Corp., Progress Energy, Seago Distributing, The Sportsman’s Closet, and Triangle Brick; and Bronze sponsors McCollum Trucking & Grading and McCollum & Associates Paving.
The 2008 Big-Game Hunt Tournament will be held Nov. 27-28.
| Derrick Coble of Mt. Gilead, first place winner with at 166.2-pound buck. |
| John Bishop of Mt. Kannapolis, first place winner with at 112.9-pound doe. |
| Dustin Lassiter of Wadesboro, first place youth winner with at 147.7-pound buck. |
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Anson Bank & Trust to build on U.S. 74-West
(December 19, 2007) – Anson Bank & Trust has purchased 4.7 acres of land that fronts U.S. 74, where a new banking facility will be constructed on the west side of Wadesboro.
“We hope to be in our new building by early 2009,” said Jim Strayhorn, president, Anson Bank & Trust. “We knew that we wanted to be in the area and knew that the area needed to be served.”
Details on the size and design features of the new bank will be ironed out, but Strayhorn said it will likely be at least 8,000 square feet of space.
By concentrating expansion to the west of uptown Wadesboro (where Branch Banking & Trust, RBC Centura and SunTrust have a U.S. 74-52 presence), Strayhorn said the bank’s board of directors felt “it was important to make a statement to the community … that we are a player in this market.”
For more information about Anson Bank & Trust, go to www.AnsonBankandTrust.com.
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Leadership Anson 2008 participants selected
(December 22, 2007) -- The Leadership Anson Oversight Committee has selected 15 participants for the Class of 2008 that begins in January.
The 12th developmental program will kick off with an overnight retreat at the Beth Haltiwanger Center in Montgomery County Jan. 11-12. An orientation to prepare participants for the weekend retreat and the ensuing sessions will be held at the Anson County Chamber of Commerce office, 107-A E. Wade St., Wadesboro, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 7.
The Leadership Anson Class of 2008 participants are: Pam Layfield, Anson County Cooperative Extension; Bettie Broadway, The Caraway Foundation; Brian Dial, Dial Chiropractic; Jeanette Smith, Lillie Bennett Nursing Center; Jenny LaFave and Zana Lambert, Anson Community Hospital; Jeff McCormick, Sr. and Tommy Jarman, Wadesboro Police Department; Shana Peak, Anson County Partnership for Children; Derita Cox, Anson County Sheriff’s Department; Ellen Stephens, RBC Centura Bank; Christie Dutton, Hornwood Inc.; Lauren Sellers, Tracie Boone and Dana Roberts, South Piedmont Community College.
Classes will begin with “Team-Building Activities” and “Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge Day” on Tuesday, Jan. 29; followed by “Local Government Day” on Feb. 12, “Health Care Day” on Feb. 26, “Education Day” on March 11, “Local Leaders Panel” on March 25, “Industry Day” on April 8, “Community Service Opportunities Day” and “Heritage & Cultural Tour” on April 22, “Anson Agri-Business Day” on May 6, “Hornwood Day” on May 20, and “Legislative Day” on June 3. Graduation, which is planned by class members, has been set for June 17 at a site to be announced.
The Leadership Anson program was implemented in 1997 by the Anson County Chamber of Commerce and, in eleven years, has graduated 183 participants. The program, with assistance from South Piedmont Community College and Hornwood, is designed to develop a commitment to community through leadership.
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Uwharrie Capital reports 3rd quarter earnings and dividend
(December 29, 2007) – On Oct. 31, Uwharrie Capital Corp reported third quarter earnings of $774,000 up from $653,000 – which represented an increase of 18.5% for the same period in 2006. For the nine months ending Sept. 30, 2007, earnings were $2.149 million compared to $1.520 million for the first nine months of 2006 – a 41.4% increase.
Total assets ended the quarter at $393 million, up from $384 million record on Sept. 30, 2006, representing a 2.3% growth in assets.
Roger Dick, UCC chief executive officer, said, “We are focused on asset quality and profitability in our current economic environment. Our results year to date reflect this strategy.”
Additionally, Uwharrie Capital Corp. declared a 3% stock dividend that was paid to shareholders on Dec. 7.
Mike Snyder, UCC board of directors chairman, said, “The board of directors is pleased to make this announcement. Our shareholders continue to show their support by doing business with us and referring their friends. This allows our company to continue creating value and serving our communities well by empowering local people to control their economic destiny.”
Shareholders of Uwharrie Capital Corp as of the record date, Nov. 13, 2007, will receive the dividend. Only whole shares of stock will be issued. Shareholders who hold stock certificates will receive a new certificate by mail, representing the 3% stock dividend shares. Certificates will be electronically delivered directly to the appropriate accounts if the stock is being held in brokerage accounts. If applicable, a check for payment of a fractional share may also be enclosed with the new stock certificate.
Shareholders may contact Tamara Singletary or Lisa Hartsell in Investor Relations for more information.
Uwharrie Capital Corp is a $393 million multi-bank holding company located in Albemarle. The corporation offers a full range of financial solutions through its financial services companies including Anson Bank & Trust, Bank of Stanly, Cabarrus Bank & Trust, Strategic Investment Group and Strategic Investment Advisors.
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