Liberty Leader May 2010

Vol 6, Issue 5

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Town MarketPlace Meeting15

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Golf Tournament16

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Family Day16

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Life to downtownLiberty Block Party20-ADHD Meeting22

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Spring Fest23

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Memorial DayService26

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RTC Block Party26

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Chamber Golf Tournament27 to 29

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Patterson Cottage, Depot,

Named

Cultural Heritage Sites

The Randolph County Historic Landmark Preserva-tion Commission has named the Patterson Cottageand the Liberty Depot among its first Cultural Heri-tage Sites. The Commission set up the CulturalHeritage Site designationto recognize sites that arehistorically, archaeologi-cally, culturally or natu-rally of importance to anarea or community inRandolph County. Thesesites are generally of alocal significance, but canlater be named HistoricLandmarks if the Commis-sion feels they warrant thehigher designation. Com-mission member WarrenDixon nominated the Patterson Cottage and Lib-

erty‘s Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway De-

pot, along with the Richland Lutheran Church asCultural Heritage Sites. Mac Whatley nominated

the Parker‘s Mill Bridge and Mill Creek Friends

Meeting cemetery as his choices. The Commissionunanimously approved the five sites as Randolph

County‘s first Cultural

Heritage Sites in their March meeting. The CF& YV Railway began ser-vice from Fayetteville toGreensboro on March 16,

1884. Liberty‘s depot was

built the same year. Con-struction of the railwaygave Randolph County itsfirst railroad, founded thetown of Staley and revivedthe town of Liberty. In2003, owner Jim Wilsonrestored the depot to itsformer beauty, complete with its 1884 originalcolor scheme, making the depot the center piece of Liberty. It is by far the best preserved railway depotin the county. The Patterson Cottage, sitting on S.Fayetteville Street near the Liberty Town Hall andLibrary, was built around 1884 by Dr. A.J. Patter-son for his aging parents. The house was one of thefew structures in the business district that survivedthe fire of 1895. In 1974 the house was slated to bedestroyed but through the efforts of Bobby Haynes,Mayor Joe Griffith and the town council, fundswere raised and the historic house was saved. ThePatterson Cottage was moved to its current locationand restored. Today it serves as a small museum

and contains pieces not only from the 1880‘s but

also items donated by Liberty families spanningmany generations. Richland Lutheran Church onRichland Church Road in the north-east corner of the county was organized in 1789. The current building was built in 1849, although it has beenrecently renovated. Many of the early Germanfamilies of the area were members of Richland including theStaley, Fox, Moretz, Spoon,Coble, Kime and Reitzel fami-lies. Many of these family members are buried in the churchcemetery along with John Long,the first Randolph County nativeto serve in the United StatesHouse of Representatives and hisson Dr. John Wesley Long, for whom Wesley Long Hospital isnamed. The Richland GospelChurch now holds services in the

building. Parker‘s Mill Bridge is a one

-lane bridgeand is one of the first reinforced concrete arch

bridges build in North Carolina in the 1920‘s. It is

no longer open to traffic and lies on Jackson Creek Rd. over the Uwharrie River adjoining the City of

Asheboro‘s dam at Lake Reese Reservoir.

MillCreek Friends Meeting cemetery, also known as theOld Stone Graveyard, is the site of the Mill Creek preparatory meeting estab-

lished in the 1750‘s or ‗60‘s

as an outgrowth of CaneCreek Friends Meeting. Later the meeting lapsed and HollySprings Friends Meeting wasestablished. Holly Springsused the cemetery until it es-tablished its own and stillmaintains the Mill Creek Cemetery today. Many of theearly Quakers are buried inthe cemetery, includingHarmon Cox, one of the lead-ers of the War of the Regulation. The cemetery ison Mill Creek Rd., Ramseur. Dixon and Whatley, both of whom introduced the concept of the Cul-tural Heritage designation, say that they have only begun to name these locally important sites andmore will be forthcoming in the following months.Local citizens can also nominate sites for CulturalHeritage or Historic Landmark designations byfilling out an application available on-line atwww.co.randolph.nc.us/hlpc/default.aspx or byrequesting on through the Randolph County Plan-ning Office. Also available on the Commissions

website are essays and photos of the County‘s His-

toric Landmarks and its five new Cultural HeritageSites.

Hospice Shares Accomplishments, Recognizes

Board Members at Annual Meeting

At the 2010 Annual Meeting of Hospice of Randolph County heldon Tuesday, April 13, 70 attendees were presented with recentorganizational achievements. The meeting, called to order byBoard Chair Bob Mason, was held to update the public on the pre-

vious year‘s accomplishments and present the vision and goals for

the future. The outstanding accomplishment for 2009 was the se-lection of Carolina Bank as the commercial lender and Engineered

Construction Company as primary contractor for the organization‘s

15,000 square-foot hospice inpatient facility, currently under con-struction at 446 Vision Drive in Asheboro. The construction isundergoing significant progress as the building has recently been

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in‘ with the installation of the trusses and roofing. The‗hospice house‘ –

as it is commonly called - is due to open in early2011. Hospice of Randolph County officials also reported that the organization continued to experience an increase in patient care census and commu-nity service offerings. In addition, the organization also reported that its home health program was recently branded under the new name and logo, Care Bridge Home Health Care. Two board members were honored at the luncheon for their years of leadership and service as members of the Hospice of Randolph County Board of Directors. Local attorney

Robert A.

―Bob‖ Mason

was honored for his 6 years of service, including 4 years of leadership as the agency‘s board chair. Mason will continue on t

he board for one more year as the immediate past chairman.

Carla Freemyer

, Public Information Office with the Asheboro City Schools, was also honored as she retires from the board after serving a 6-year term. Two local pro-fessionals were also welcomed as new board members

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Neal Griffin

, of Advisors Financial Center in Asheboro, and

Pam Hill

, who serves as Clerk of Superior Court in RandolphCounty.

Neal Griffin

has a rich background serving the community as a member of various committees and boards. He currently serves as President of Asheboro Rotary Club and Vice-

Chairman and member of the Randolph Community College Foundation Board. He also served as Chairman of the annual Mayor‘s Pray

er Breakfast from 2005 to 2009 and is a member of the Finance Committee at Central United Methodist Church. Neal was also voted as the Courier-

Tribune ―Reader‘s Choice Favorite Financial Advisor‖ in Randolph County in 2007. Professionally,

Griffin is the Managing Partner and a Financial Advisor at Advisors Financial Center, LLP. Neal is

married to the former Julia Yates and has two children: stepdaughter Elizabeth O‘Briant and stepsonChristian O‘Briant.

Pam Hill

is also well-known in the Asheboro & Randolph County area for her service with variousorganizations, including First United Methodist Church, Randolph County Rotary Club, United Way,Randolph Arts Guild, Habitat for Humanity, Family Crisis Center, Randolph Health ImprovementPartnership and other organizations. Professionally, Hill currently serves in her elected role asRandolph County Clerk of Superior Court and has held this position for the past 4 years. She hasover 20 years of experience working in the criminal justice and court system and also held an elected position on the Asheboro City School Board for 11 years. Pam lives in Asheboro with her husbandJames Hill and daughter Allie.At the conclusion of the meeting,

Richard Brooks

, who is employedwith Triangle Grading & Paving, was officially installed as the new Board Chairman of Hospice of Randolph County.Hospice of Randolph County also presented the following service statistics for 2009 at the meeting:

659 Patients Served

(total adult hospice & home health patients),

41 Kids Path® Patients Served,818 Families Served in Bereavement Care, 157 Children Served Through Counseling Sup-port,

61 Children Attended Caterpillar’s Quest Grief Camp, 14 New Volunteers Trained,

40Clinical Students Precepted.

A copy of the 2009 Annual Re- port (includes financials andother information) is availableonline by visitingwww.hospiceofrandolph.org.

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Liberty’s July Celebration

So What Is This100 Man Project?

Well back in 2008, Gary Davis (First BaptistChurch) and Tom Meacham (First United Meth-

odist) began a dialogue at Kidd‘s Drive In

(where all great ideas are born) on developing a

―meaningful‖ service mission in the Liberty

area (more than cutting a load of firewood or two for a needy family) that could be accom-

plished by not only our two church men‘sgroup, but other church men‘s group her in the

Liberty and Staley area. The men of these twochurches, along with some men from HickoryGrove Methodist and Mt Pleasant Bap-tist...about 38 men total...not 100 but gettingthere, have had one cookout and two breakfastmeeting in the last twenty months, but have notyet identified a suitable service mission to de-vote our efforts toward ...then the story unfolds.The homework began. Tom had phone inter-views with RCATS transportation director, DSStransportation director, Randolph Co Commu-nity Health Specialist and Town Of LibertyManager about the possible need for transport-ing local residents for health purposes to health providers who have limited or no such help at vari-ous times. Homework results....there was limita-tions on when, who and more to make a long storyshort. The other result found, was that those thatneed help getting loved ones and friends to ap- pointments miss precious work hours. The proposal

idea was the Granny‘s Ride (a working name only).

It is to purchase a used handicapped van for $5,500from local man, Shelly Patterson. Title the van inthe name of Liberty Association of Churches.Purchase 3 million dollars in liability insur-ance. Assign one man to be sure the van ismaintained and that would be Chester Walters(First Baptist Church). Assign one man totake phone request, provide directions andremind volunteers of their duty, that individ-ual would be Terry Stutts. Debbie Coble,LAC Treasurer, will keep budget and ac-counting. Now we are looking for 25 men (20regular men and 5 backup) to be called on for a full day, once a month during the work week. These men will provide transportationfor local in need for items such as medicine pickup, short hospital run and more. We havea few men that have stepped up to the call is,David Lambe, Dee Martin, Bob Fell, DavidMeacham, Tom Teacham, Gene Dean, APMills, Dove Coble, Kevin Bowman, BobSuits and Cary McMasters. A full chargedcell phone for vehicle use only. A local couple issued a challenge of offering $2,200 if five others would agree to donate $2,200. Wehave all ready had one couple meet the chal-lenge. A Steering Committee has been cre-ated to over see this project. So just look what is happening in our great communitywhen willing people and warm hearts cometogether.

Won‘t you

step up tothe plate to be a part of this greateffort. Oneday you may be the oneneeding thehelpinghand.

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100 Man ProjectGranny's Ride Program

WE NEED DRIVERSDUTIES:

• Be “on call” to drive the handicapped van

only one day during the month (9-5 on anyfixed day of your choice)

• Agree to check your cell phone or answer-

ing machine every two hours during your day.

• Go to the L.A.C. Bargain Store to pick up

the van and follow through with your assign-ment's). Upon completion of assignments,return van to the L.A.C.

• Thank God he was able to use you to be his

hands and feet that day.o Duties may be to pick up a prescription intown and take it to someone in the Liberty &Staley area, take a family member who hasno vehicle to a 30-minute visit to see a lovedone at an area nursing home or hospital, take

some one to a doctor‘s visit or medical proce-

dure in Liberty, Asheboro, Greensboro,Chapel Hill, Duke, Salisbury V.A. Hospital. .. . You get the message. If you are not famil-iar with the drive, where to park, etc., TerryStutts, our dispatcher, will be in close contactwith you via cell phone.

• Don’t worry if you cannot drive on your

day

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there will be a relief driver to step inand drive for you.

• Please call Tom Meacham if you have any

unanswered questions: 622-1998 or 622-5399home; or 681-2589 cell.

• You can volunteer

your offer to W. T.Garner at 622-3716;or J. R. Beard at 622-9050; or Gary Davisat 622-3835, or Roger Davis at 622-4276. God has al-ready richly blessedyour life.