In the Under 8 tournament, the Anytime Party Rentals team beat Piedmont Services for the Championship.

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2017 Under 8 RVGSL End of Season Tournament Champions "Anytime Party Rentals"

2017 Under 8 RVGSL End of Season Tournament Runner-up team "Piedmont Services".

For Resers, Brianna Parrott had a triple;  Taylor Wade had a single;  Mary Graeter had a single.

For G2 Utilities, Allison Pair had a double; Madison Etheridge had a double; Kimmie Etheridge had a single;  Omoni Harris had a single;  Fiona Simmons had a single;  Bridgette Turner hade a single.

Game photos by Randy Wrenn

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Clary's Motor Speedway "Where Legends Are Born" is set to return to racing on Saturday June 17th with five exciting divisions of racing. June 13th race program will include racing in Late Model, Limited Sportsman, Pure Stock V8, Super Stock 4 Cylinder, and U-Car.

The Speedway will be hosting a special event for the Limited Sportsman division on June 17th paying $800 to win sponsored by BugLink Pest Prevention of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.

Pit gates will open at 3 PM with grandstand gates opening at 5 PM. Drivers meeting is set for 5:30 PM with on track activity to follow.

Come out and join Clary's Saturday June 17th at the place "Where Legends Are Born" Clary's Motor Speedway. Make Clary's Motor Speedway your home track in 2017!

Events Times:

Pits Gates Open: 3:00 PM.

Driver Registration Opens: 3:00 PM.

Grandstand Gates Open: 5:00 PM.

Driver Registration Ends: 5:30 PM.

Drivers Meeting: 5:30 PM.

Slow Roll In: 5:45 PM.

Practice: 6:00 PM.

Qualifying: 6:45 PM.

Features: 8:00 PM.

Admission Prices:

(Grandstands) Adults: $15

(Grandstands) Ages 11-15: $5
(Grandstands) Kids 10 & Under: Free
(Pits) Adults / All Drivers: $30

(Pits) Kids 10-15: $10

(Pits) Kids 10 & Under: $5

Mr. Viverette was born in Halifax County, November, 01, 1946, to the late William Hoyt Viverette and Helen Winstead Viverette. He was a veteran of the United States Army, proudly serving his country in the Vietnam War where he received a Purple Heart. He was the owner/operator of Core Carolina Trucking Company and was president of the Sharpsburg Exchange Club for many years. Mr. Viverette also served as a scout leader in the Boy Scouts for a period of time. He is a man that will be truly missed by his family. In addition to his parents, Mr. Viverette was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.

Surviving is his wife of 46 years, Beverly Eason Viverette of the home; sons, William Scott Viverette and John Corbett Viverette, wife, Brooke and grandson, Ian “Buddy” Corbett Viverette, all of Sharpsburg; brother, Troy Lee Rogers of Weldon; sister, Ruby Davis of Halifax. Also surviving is his sister-in-law, Frances Viverette; sisters and brothers-in-law, Shelia and Terry Wheeler of Roanoke Rapids, and Willa and Robert Moyer of Raleigh and a host of nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends Wednesday, June 14, 2017, from 7-8:30 pm at Hockaday Funeral & Cremation Service. Rev. Randy Martin will conduct a graveside service at Crestview Memorial Cemetery Thursday, June 15, 2017, at 11:00 am. Those wishing to follow in procession to the cemetery may meet at Hockaday Funeral & Cremation Service no later than 10:30 am.

Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com

Captain Tommy Parker of the Scotland Neck Police Department said in a statement the chase began around 8 p.m. as Officer C. Little was responding to assist in a traffic stop.

The driver of the vehicle started driving more than 80 miles per hour and what Parker described as a high-speed chase ensued.
Officer J. Lanier, Parker and Sergeant J. Vlasak joined in the pursuit which started on Highway 125 and ended in Martin County at the intersection of Iron Mine and Smith roads.
Parker said in the initial statement the alleged suspect reportedly threw several items from the vehicle and tried to cause the officer to wreck.
Both vehicles went off the road and the chase continued before the suspect vehicle struck a ditch. The suspect left the vehicle and fled.
Little’s patrol car caught fire but he escaped safely and continued pursuing the suspect. Little and Lanier caught the suspect and, after a struggle, arrested him.
Little and the suspect were taken to Martin General Hospital in Williamston by EMS.
Drugs were located at the scene.
Martin County deputies and the state Highway Patrol assisted. Oak City Fire and Rescue and the Scotland Neck Fire Department were also at the scene.
Parker said an update is expected to be released later this morning.

Citizens Community Bank (CCB) beat Northampton G2 Utilities 3-2 Sunday night.

For CCB:  Cassidy Dickens 1-3, triple;  Karlee Hammack 3-3, double and triple 1 RBI;  Brianna Vann 1-2, single, HBP;  Jessica Baird 1-3, 2RBI.

Cassidy Dickens pitched six innings for CCB with nine strike-outs.

Monday nights game, Citizens Community Bank beat Northampton Hampton Farms 8-2.

For CCB:  Cassidy Dickens 1-1, 2BB;  Karlee Hammack 2-3, 2 RBIs;  Kalyn Long 1-3, Double;  Meagan Beam 2-2, 1 RBI;  Paige Turner 1-1, 1BB, 1 RBI;  Kayla Gaertner 1-2.

Cassidy Dickens pitched four innings for CCB with seven strike-outs.

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Scotland Neck police Chief John Tippett said this afternoon the chase started when Officer C. Little was going to assist another officer with a separate traffic stop.
The driver of the car involved in the chase, Raheem McDaniel, was in front of Little’s patrol car and failed to heed the officer’s blue lights and sirens.
Tippett said McDaniel, 23, nearly struck Officer J. Lanier, who was attending to the unrelated traffic stop on Highway 125.
Lanier, Captain Tommy Parker and Sergeant J. Vlasak joined in the pursuit which ended in Martin County at the intersection of Iron Mine and Smith roads.
Parker said in an initial statement McDaniel reportedly threw several items from the vehicle and tried to cause the officer to wreck.
Both vehicles went off the road and the chase continued before the suspect vehicle struck a ditch. The suspect left the vehicle and fled.
Tippett said officers believe McDaniel intentionally tapped on his brakes causing Little to smash into the rear of his car. Little’s patrol car caught fire most likely from a busted oil pan. Little escaped from the vehicle and continued to pursue McDaniel on foot. Little and Lanier caught McDaniel and arrested him after a struggle.
Officers seized 7 grams of cocaine and 24 grams of marijuana at the scene, Tippett said.
In a statement this afternoon Parker said both Little and McDaniel were released from Martin General Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
McDaniel was jailed on $30,000 bond.
McDaniel faces charges of felony flee to elude arrest, felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine, felony possession with intent to manufacture sell and deliver marijuana, felony maintaining a vehicle for a controlled substance, resist, delay and obstruct, assault with a deadly weapon on a government official, and driving while license revoked.
He additionally faces 14 traffic violations and has a July 12 court date.

For five days in May they would stay in Halifax, damage a Continental Army supply depot and a munitions factory.
Saturday, Historic Halifax will recreate that occupation, including a court martial scene at the jail of the Historic Site.
The court martial scene begins at 1 p.m. The occupation of Halifax day begins at 10 a.m. and will run through 5 p.m. There will also be activities Sunday.
During the actual occupation of Halifax there were two court martials, one of a British sergeant and one of a dragoon, Site Manager Robert Bemis said. Both were executed.
The court martials of the sergeant and dragoon, ordered by Cornwallis, according to the state Historic Site website was “for outrages against the town and citizens of Halifax for which they had been responsible.”
The state Historic Site says homes were plundered of valuables and the people insulted.
There were skirmishes as well, site interpreter Frank McMahon said, one at Fishing Creek and another near the grounds of the Historic Site close to the river.
It was during the skirmish at the Historic Site General Banastre Tarleton and his British legion outflanked local militia, which pulled out. British troops fired cannons across the Roanoke River to entrenchments, McMahon said.
After the militia was outflanked, the British left Halifax.
The exodus from Wilmington, McMahon said, came after Cornwallis’s army became “stretched too thin, too far from their operation base. The Carolinas were not working out.”
Bemis said Saturday’s event will be a small vignette with some 60 to 70 reenactors, some 25 british and between 35 to 40 Americans.

Saturday schedule

10 a.m.

March into Halifax (Davie House parking lot to Sally Billy House)

10:30a.m.

Orders of the day (Sally Billy House)

11:30 a.m.

Artillery Demonstration (behind Tap Room)

Noon

Kid’s Militia Muster (Halifax Green)

1 p.m.

Court martial (Jail)

2 p.m.

Kid’s Militia Muster (Halifax Green)

3 p.m.

Drill and tactical demonstration (Halifax Green)

4 p.m.

Artillery demonstration (behind Tap Room)

Sunday schedule

10 a.m.

Site open to the public

11 a.m.

Period church service

Noon

Kid’s Militia Muster (Halifax Green)

1 p.m.

Breakdown camp

1:30 p.m.

Artillery Demonstration (behind Tap Room)

Firefighters responded shortly after 9:30 p.m. and remained on scene at 115 Clearfield Drive until around 11:30 p.m.
Deputy Chief Mike Clements of the Roanoke Rapids Fire Department said foul play is not suspected but the cause is undetermined.
The resident of the apartment got out safely.
A small fire in apartment 39 was put out using a water extinguisher. “The firefighters did an excellent job and quick knockdown and containment of the fire,” Clements said.
There was some smoke and fire damage to the apartment and minimal water damage to apartment 39 and an adjacent apartment.
There was smoke throughout the building and residents were evacuated as firefighters did smoke removal and made sure the building was safe for residents to re-enter.
Many of the residents are elderly and some are on supplemental oxygen, Clements said.

The collision occurred around 9:15 p.m.
Chief Chuck Hasty said the pedestrian remains under medical treatment at this time after being transported to Halifax Regional Medical Center.
No charges have been filed in the collision and a final decision will be made upon completion of the investigation.
Hasty said a preliminary report by Officer M. Hunsucker indicates the vehicle was travelling east on Highway 158 and was merging into the center turn lane to make a left hand turn onto Daniel Street.
The pedestrian was struck while attempting to cross the road.

Pictured above:

left to right Front Row: Morgan Brewer, Makalia Ricks, Alea Bullock, Olivia Ricks, & Kyra Moseley. Middle Row: Zakiya Robinson, Chole Moore, Alana Bullock, Leyana Davis, Mary Lynch, Coach Sammie Moore, & Emily Clay.

Back Row: Coach Brandon Moore, Head Coach Gary Moore & Coach Kevin Moore

Today was the first round of sentencing in the police corruption case with two more rounds scheduled for Thursday at the federal courthouse in Greenville.
The sentencings Thursday will be spaced out in a 9 a.m. session and then a 1 p.m. session.
Judge Malcolm Howard sentenced Lann Clanton to 16 ½ years in prison; Ikeisha Jacobs to 10 years; Jason Boone to 8 and Wardie Vincent Jr. to 6.
Clanton, the only person to be recruited by the FBI to guard shipments of fake heroin and cocaine as well as proceeds, told the court, “I’m asking for mercy to help me anyway you can. I made a mistake. I’m sorry it happened.”
Judge Howard asked Clanton about allegations made by the government today that he became a law enforcement officer to aid convicted federal drug dealers Sterling Moody and Elton Boone.
“That part is not true,” Clanton said. “I’ve known Elton Boone all my life. They didn’t tell me to do those things.”
Clanton said he was scared to walk away from the operation. “I throw myself on the mercy of the court. I understand I took a plea. Anything you can do to help me, you’ll never worry about this again from me.”
United States Attorney Lauren Bell told the court, “The government disagrees this was a mistake.”
She said Clanton participated in 13 operations, including robbing a reputed drug courier. Bell said Clanton described the people who ended up being undercover agents as friendly. “You can’t say it both ways, say they were too friendly and you were too scared.”
Jacobs broke down as she talked to the court. “I am responsible for my activity. I have dishonored my entire family, the citizens of Halifax, Northampton and Pasquotank counties. I’m asking for a second chance. I’ve worked hard all my life. As a single mother I took to work diligently.”
Jacobs told the court she made a clearly poor decision with her involvement in Rockfish. “I learned a valuable lesson … I’ve learned not to take anything for granted. When I was offered $2,000 I lost sight of myself, I forgot who I was.”
United States Attorney Toby Lathan told the court the case “tears at the very fabric of law enforcement.”
Jacobs was the second person to participate in the case. “She shows up in her uniform, eager to participate,” Lathan said. “She asked the FBI to provide her cocaine.”
While Jacobs denied it as she spoke to Judge Howard, Lathan told the court, “It was clear Ms. Jacobs was involved with another drug dealer.”
Boone admitted responsibility for his actions in the case. His plan is to better himself, he told the court. “I accept my responsibility.”
Boone’s attorney, Joe Cheshire, gave a lengthy account of his involvement with his client in the case. “Clearly there was corruption,” he said.
But Boone was a quiet defendant in the case, his attorney said, recruited by Vincent, his cousin. “At the time he didn’t know it was drugs.”
After his recruitment, Cheshire said, “You see very little of Jason Boone. He came to realize what was going on. There was no evidence Jason Boone ever had a gun until the end.”
Cheshire spoke of the economic woes of Northeastern North Carolina. “It’s a tough place to be from. He was not born into an impoverished family. He was born into a poor family.”
The attorney said Boone worked to provide for his family, driving a Pepsi truck at one point before becoming a law enforcement officer. “He wasn’t just a good law enforcement officer, he was a great law enforcement officer. He upheld the law, uplifted children and young people and worked in schools and parks.”
Cheshire said his client will do well. “This man will never be in trouble again.”
Vincent apologized for his actions as his father and mother looked on.
His father, former Northampton County Sheriff Wardie Vincent Sr., declined comment during a break.
“I’m sorry for my actions. I hurt my family and community,” Vincent told the court. “My neglectful actions took away two years. I know there is no acceptable excuse. I ask for the mercy of the court.”
Lathan said Vincent, the first person to take a plea in the case, admitted his culpability in the case.
His attorney, Thomas Manning, told the court, “It’s important to know he worked as a deputy when his father was sheriff. Because his father was the head guy, he worked twice as hard and twice as long. He was better, faster, quicker than everyone else.”

She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents Leon’ & Vernon Holmes of Illinois and her maternal grandparents Evelyn & Joseph A Lee Jr of Strasburg VA.
Loved ones left behind to cherish her memory are her mother Terri Godsey and husband Ronnie of Roanoke Rapids, NC. Her father John Alan Holmes of Falmouth, VA. Her sisters Shari Mills and husband John of Fredericksburg, VA. Brandy Holmes of Roanoke Rapids, NC. Megan Hargrave and husband Dylan of Roanoke Rapids, NC. Tammie Holmes of Illinois, and Maternal grandparents Buck and Vivian Turner of Severn, NC. And several Aunts, Uncles, Nieces, Nephews and Cousins.
A family visitation will be held on Friday June 16, 2017 from 6pm-8pm at the home of her Aunt Amy Barnes – 33291 Pine Crest Drive, Boykins, VA 23827
A graveside service will be held Saturday June 17, 2017 at 6:00pm at Severn Cemetery HWY 35 in Severn, NC 27877, with Rev. Ricky Barnes officiating.
In lieu of flowers, monetary donations for funeral expenses can be made to her family at 3643 Everetts School Rd, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870
Arrangements are in the care of Wrenn, Clarke & Hagan Funeral Home.
Online condolences may be made to wwwwrennclarkehagan.com

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Northampton Recreation is currently accepting registration for its Camp. The camp will be for boys & girl ages 7 - 12.  

The cost for the program is $25.00. 

The registration deadline is June 23rd, 2017.  Late registration fee is $5.00 more after June 23rd, 2017.  

The program is designed to run from 9am till 12pm, July 10th thru July 14th . 

Forms can be picked up at the Culture Wellness Center in Jackson NC, or your local post office.  

If you have question, please contact James Roberts or Collin Sneed at 534-1303.

T-BALL

Players of the game were Braylen Taylor for Chichester Law office and Lucy All for Subway.

Players of the game were Sophia Lassiter for New Life Church and Lucas Campbell for Rough Riders.

COACH PITCH

Players of the game were Bryson Pair for Welcome Finance and Damins Rice for Kapstone

Players of the game were Emmerson Taylor for Chichester Law Office and Payton Richardson for Kapstone

Howard split the sentencing into two sessions, one this morning and one this afternoon.
As in Wednesday’s sentencings, the defendants, including one civilian and one former dispatcher, delivered their regrets for their participation in the operation to work for what they believed was a drug trafficking operation with ties to a Mexican cartel.
Some family members sobbed as Howard read the sentences, one defendant blew a kiss to his family as he was escorted from the federal courthouse in Greenville and one turned and waved.
In the morning sessions, Howard sentenced Adrienne Moody, Corey Jackson, Jimmie Pair Jr. and Curtis Boone to 87 months in prison and Alaina Sue-Kam-Ling to 38 months.
In the afternoon sessions, the only civilian in the case, Crystal Pierce, was sentenced to 6 months while Tosha Dailey, a dispatcher, was sentenced to 24 months. Thomas Jefferson Allen II, who boasted of ties to Russian mobsters, was sentenced to 87 months, Alphonso Ponton 48 months and Kavon Phillips 57 months.
Antonio Tillmon, the only person to plead not guilty in the case is scheduled for sentencing in August.
In a statement released this evening, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina John Stuart Bruce said, "Our office was pleased to partner with the FBI and the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section in this important case. When law enforcement officers breach their public trust by agreeing to assist criminal organizations for profit, they must be held accountable, as was done in this prosecution."
Said North Carolina FBI Special Agent in Charge John Strong, "They vowed to protect and serve, but instead these law enforcement officers sold their badges to line their own pockets. Public corruption is the number one criminal priority of the FBI and we will work aggressively to protect the public trust."

Morning sentencing

Moody: Moody’s attorney, Christopher Young, told the court, “She knew she wasn’t delivering candy.”
He said his client never carried a gun in the operations, and soon became scared. “She realized it wasn’t a run of the mill Roanoke Rapids drug operation. She thought she was dealing with a real Mexican drug operation.”
United States Attorney Lauren Bell countered, however, that Moody asking for drugs to sell on her own, “doesn’t show a fear of the cartel. It shows she was willing to embrace the cartel. She chose to come back time and time again and recruited two other people.”
Moody expressed regrets for her participation in the operation.

Jackson: Keith Williams, Jackson’s attorney, told the court the case was based on fiction and the belief there was a Mexican drug trafficking operation involved. As far as the drugs, Williams said, “There were small pieces of samples. It’s a fictitious story written by the government.”
Jackson told the court he has stopped and reflected on his involvement. He said his involvement broke the oaths he took to protect his friends, family and co-workers. “I offer my deepest apologies.”
United States Attorney Tobin Lathan told the court there was no fiction in the case. “What matters is the defendant’s conduct. That was moving large quantities of drugs. He took an active role. His role was an active one.”

Pair: Numerous letters were written on Pair’s behalf, his attorney, Neil Morrison, told the court, describing him as a loving man, married to his wife for 28 years.
Pair apologized to the court for the position it was put in following his arrest in the case. “I slipped, I did wrong … I ask everybody for forgiveness.”

Curtis Boone: Boone’s attorney, Raymond Tarlton, told the court, despite his “fall from grace,” his client pulled himself up by the bootstraps and got a job with Don Pancho outside Halifax. “He was recognized as employee of the month. He was promoted as a supervisor.”
Boone apologized to the court. “I apologize to my family for what they’ve had to endure. I wasn’t a bad person, a corrupt person. I was trying to provide for my family. I’m trying to teach my son don’t make the same mistakes I did.”
Lathan called Boone an armed guard for what he believed was a drug trafficking organization.

Sue-Kam-Ling: “She was desperate. She needed the money,” her attorney, Wayne Eads said. The $2,000 bribe payment she received went to pay for electricity, rent and school supplies.
“I’m sorry,” she said. “This is the toughest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life … I’m not a bad person. I made a bad choice.”

Afternoon sentencing

Phillips: Phillips hugged a family member before taking a seat with his attorney, Kelly Greene.
Greene told of how his client’s daughter was born with a hole in her heart. “It’s very important to know how he financially supports her.”
Since his arrest, Phillips took a job with Perdue, hanging chickens. “He’s a nice young, man, polite,” Greene said.
Phillips told the court, “I accept the punishment you give me.”
He blew a kiss to family members as he was taken away.

Ponton: Howard read into the record a letter with 293 signatures from people in the Weldon community supporting Ponton.
The letter spoke of the children he has helped. “His mistake was getting involved with the wrong people,” it said.
The letter asked for a second chance for him.
“I will not make the same mistake,” Ponton said. “You will never see me in court again.”
Ponton waved to his family as he was escorted out.

Allen: Allen’s attorney, Walter Paramore III, said his client participated in one operation and ceased.
Lathan said, however, that didn’t mean he didn’t try to expand the operation, by using what he claimed were his ties to Russia.
Allen apologized to the “people he disgraced,” including law enforcement, his family and himself.
He told the court he was thankful for his pretrial release, which allowed him to be with his family. He said he will spend his prison time working on self-improvement.

Dailey: A dispatcher, Dailey received $500 for running a license tag, her attorney, H.P. Williams Jr., told the court. She received $2,000 for one operation she went on.
Dailey told the court, as she looked into the faces of her family members, “I felt I didn’t deserve the love I have. I have learned sometimes if it’s too good to be true it must be. The only thing I can do is move on.”

Pierce: Pierce was the only civilian in the case. Her attorney, Myron Hill Jr., told the court, Pierce was recruited by Ikeisha Jacobs who was sentenced Wednesday. “The only person she knew was Ms. Moody.”
Pierce suffers from numerous physical maladies, Hill said.
With a long sentence, he said, “There is a good chance it would be a death sentence.”
Pierce told the court, “I apologize to the federal government and my family. I take full responsibility. I learned my lesson.”

Captain A.M. Harris of the City County Drug Task Force said 2 grams of crack and a user amounts of marijuana were seized.
The arrests of Theresa Moody, 43, and Tyrell Benjamin, 41, came after Agent C.A. Parker continued to follow up on drug complaints.
During this investigation, complaints of drug sales and the volume of traffic in the area led Parker to apply for a search warrant at a residence in the 700 block of Maple Street.
The search warrant was executed around 7:15 with assistance from the Hazardous Entry and Arrest Team of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office.
Agents located crack cocaine, marijuana and several items of drug paraphernalia. The paraphernalia included a spoon with white residue, razor blade and a box of baking soda.
Parker arrested and charged Moody and Benjamin with felony possession of cocaine, maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana up to one-half ounce.
Moody was also served with an outstanding warrant for trespassing.
Moody received a $3,500 bond and Benjamin a $3,000 bond with a July 5 court date.
Weldon police Chief James Avens said in a statement, “Thanks to the City County Drug Task Force for their hard work and effort to fight the drug problems not just in Weldon but Halifax County.”

Claude was born in Franklin County, May 06, 1938, to the late John William and Julia Overton Cash. In addition to his parents, Claude was preceded in death by his brother, Julian Cash and sister, Emogene Cash Perry.

Surviving are his children, Claude Wesley Cash, Jr. and fiancé, Jennifer Joyner, of Rocky Mount, Deanna Sigmon and husband, Mark, of Halifax, Frank James Cash and wife, Donna Gail, of Elm City and Teresa Gail Miller and husband, David, of Wilson County; brother, Wilbur Cash of Indiana; sister, Christine DeShields of Pinetops; grandchildren, Kaleb Joyner, Meggon Hammack, Brittney Sigmon, Mark Sigmon, Jr., Christopher Cash and Samantha Jungier. Also surviving are his great grandchildren, Avery Hammack, Bentley Bell and Cody Radford.

There will be a graveside service Saturday, June 17, 2017, at 1:00 pm in Creedmoor, at the Jacob Thomas Cash Family Cemetery.

Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com