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House fills nine seats on UNC Board of Governors
The
state House on Thursday elected six persons to at-large seats
on the UNC Board of Governors, filled two seats reserved for
the minority political party and one seat for the minority
race. The Senate filled nine seats on the 32-member board last
week. Elected to the at-large seats were:
Bradley Adcock,
an incumbent from Cary, received 89 votes. He was supported by
Reps. Gordon Allen (D-Person) and Jerry Dockham (R-Davidson).
Dudley Flood
of Raleigh received 86 votes. He was supported by Rep. Donald
Bonner (D-Robeson).
Frank Grainger,
an incumbent from Cary, received 78 votes. He was supported by
Rep. David Miner (R-Wake).
James Babb,
an incumbent from Charlotte, received 70 votes. He was
supported by Rep. Martha Alexander (D-Mecklenburg).
Robert Warwick,
an incumbent from Wilmington, received 63 votes. He was
supported by Reps. Danny McComas (R-New Hanover), Gene Arnold
(R-Nash), Thomas Wright (D-New Hanover) and Dewey Hill
(D-Columbus).
Charles Mercer
of Raleigh received 59 votes. He was supported by Rep. Douglas
Yongue (D-Scotland).
Among those nominated for at-large seats but failing to win
election were Cherri Cheek of Sunset Beach, incumbent John
Sanders of Chapel Hill, Harold Webb of Raleigh, Phillip
Dixon of Greenville, Hoyt Bailey of Shelby, and Adelaide
Daniels Key of Asheville.
Two were elected to seats on the board reserved for the
political minority party. They were:
John
Cecil, an incumbent from Biltmore Forest, received 108
votes. He was supported by Reps.Trudi Walend
(R-Transylvania), Lanier Cansler (R-Buncombe), Martin Nesbitt
(D-Buncombe), Wilma Sherrill (R-Buncombe), Larry Justus
(R-Henderson), and Dan Blue (D-Wake).
Craig Souza,
an incumbent from Raleigh, received 108 votes. He was
supported by Reps. Theresa Esposito (R-Forsyth), David Redwine
(D-Brunswick), Gene Rogers (D-Martin), and George Holmes (R-Yadkin).
The House filled an unexpired term on the board reserved for
the minority race. Gladys Ashe Robinson of Pleasant
Garden received 73 votes. She was supported by Reps. Mary
McAllister (D-Cumberland), and Alma Adams (D-Guilford). She
defeated Virginia Newell of Winston-Salem, who received
39 votes and was supported by Rep. Larry Womble (D-Forsyth).
L.
Richardson Preyer dies at 81
Former
Congressman L. Richardson Preyer, who as a state
Superior Court judge in the
1950s issued a landmark school desegregation order, died
Tuesday at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro after a
long bout with cancer. He was 81. The funeral was Thursday at
First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro. Gov. Mike Easley said
"Mr. Preyer has served
the people of this state as a judge and a congressman, but he
will be remembered most for his high character and integrity.
He was above all else a true gentleman." The grandson of
the inventor of Vick's Vaporub and Vick's Caugh Drops, Preyer
was serving as a Superior Court judge in 1957 when he upheld a ruling that
allowed five black children to enter all-white Gillespie Park
School in Greensboro. It was the first time black and white
children attended school together in the city. In 1961
President Kennedy named Preyer to the federal bench but he
left the court two years later to run for governor. He lost
the Democratic primary to Dan K. Moore. Four years later was
elected to Congress. He was in Washington until 1980, and
chaired the House Select Committee on Ethics, which created
the Congressional code of ethics. Preyer also served on the
House Select Committee on Assassinations, which investigated
the deaths of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
After retiring, Preyer was very active in civic affairs,
serving as co-chairman of the N.C. Performing
Arts Institute's executive committee and on other
state commissions. In 1998, he and his late wife, Emily,
received North Carolina awards -- the state's highest honor --
for their contributions to the arts, science and public
service. Emily Harris Preyer died in 1999.
DMV
Commissioner Janice Faulkner(left), who
formerly served as secretary of the Secretary and State and
Revenue departments, announced Tuesday that she will retire
effective April 12. Faulkner, 69 was appointed to her current
post by Gov. Jim Hunt four years ago. She said she was proud
that DMV reduced fatal truck accidents by 16 percent,
implemented an enhanced vehicle emissions inspection program
and provided the state's first e-government service -- license
plate renewals over the Internet. Faulker had a reputation for
cleaning up troubled state agencies. She was also appointed
Secretary of State following the resignation of Rufus Edmisten
in 1996. Gene Cella, an assistant DMV commissioner since 1997,
will serve as acting commissioner until Gov. Mike Easley
appoints a permanent successor.
State Democratic Party Executive Director Scott Falmlen was
elected to a two-year term as president of the Association of
State Democratic Executive Directors. Party officials from 56
states and U.S. territories unanimously picked Falmlen for the
post. Falmlen will serve on the Democratic National
Committee's site selection panel for the 2004 Democratic
Convention.
Ramar, the gorilla
who as a baby was one of the N.C. Zoo’s most famous
residents, became a father early Wednesday at Chicago’s
Brookfield Zoo. Baraka, 10, gave birth to a 4- to 5-pound
infant around 3 a.m. Ramar was sent to the Chicago zoo two
years ago to help its breeding program.
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