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Top Stories for Friday, May 16th, 2008:


VGCC grads urged to follow the five ‘guideposts’ of life



DAILY DISPATCH/ ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE
 Graduates listen to fellow graduate Adrian E. Davis speak during commencement exercises at Vance­Granville Community College Thursday night. To view or purchase a photo of your graduate, visit our Web site at and click the photos link.
 



 BY JASON ALSTON

 DAILY DISPATCH WRITER
  The president of the North Carolina Community College System lives his life by five “guideposts” and invited new graduates of the local commu­nity college to consider living their lives by some or all of ...



 BY WILLIAM F. WEST

 DAILY DISPATCH WRITER
  BULLOCK — A 45-year-old north­ern Granville County woman said she feels great about the fact that she will receive $1 million from the North Carolina Education Lottery.
  Jacqueline Strong, of Bullo ...


Ollie Journigan Jr. David W. Pulley, 61
 Henderson

 Rayford E. Cofer, 63
 Franklinton

 Deaths

 Obituaries,


 BY MIKE CRANSTON

 AP SPORTS WRITER
  CHARLOTTE (AP) — Brian Vick­ers’ team kicked off NASCAR’s All­Star week activities by winning the Sprint Pit Crew Challenge on Thurs­day night, beating Denny Hamlin’s team in a battle of Toyotas ...



  BY REGGIE PONDER

 Female co- defendant also convicted in case

 DAILY DISPATCH WRITER
  A Henderson attorney and a young Oxford woman were found guilty of assault in Vance Superior Court Thurs­day.
  William W. Noel III was found g ...



 BY REGGIE PONDER

 DAILY DISPATCH WRITER
  A teen-ager charged in the 2006 shooting death of a Ramsey Street man pled guilty in Vance Superior Court Thursday to motor vehicle theft and accessory after the fact to voluntary manslaughter.
  DeLawrence ...



 BY WILLIAM F. WEST

 DAILY DISPATCH WRITER
  OXFORD — Mark Donham said he’s found in life that one is always in a learning curve.
  Donham was comment­ing Thursday in response to being asked how much time he will need to become familiar ...



 FROM STAFF REPORTS

  OXFORD — Police need help finding a man who on Wednesday evening was alleg­edly seen masturbating in the Richard H. Thornton Library.
  According to Police Sgt. An­dre Hargrove, an 18-year-old female was walking between the shelves ...



 BY AL WHELESS

 DAILY DISPATCH WRITER
  Investigators have arrested two men in connection with the theft of appliances worth $5,000 during break-ins April 24 and 25 at Clayton Homes on Ross Mill Road.
  James Henry Moss, 33, of 1542 Southerland Mill ...



 BY AL WHELESS

 DAILY DISPATCH WRITER
  An auction of Vance County Schools’ surplus vehicles and miscellaneous items will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at E.O. Young Elementary on U.S. 1 North in Middleburg.
  Up for sale will be: 1995 1/2 ton Fo ...



  The Granville County Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly Women in Business meeting will be held May 28 at noon at Thorndale Country Club, Oxford.
  With the support of Time Warner Cable and Granville Health System, these popular meetings have provided an opportunity for wom ...



  Maria Parham Medical Center recently received news that its score on inpatient satisfaction ranks above the national average, just in time for this week’s celebration of National Hospital Week.
  The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHP ...