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July 22 - July 28, 2010 Vol. 8 • No. 29 Woodfin • Weaverville • Barnardsville Fifty Cents


Police catch CVS robbery suspect Park residents


By Matt Tate Weaverville police arrested the


lone suspect in a robbery Friday (July 16) at CVS Pharmacy, hours after the alleged crime. Christopher Glen Gentry of


Marshall is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and traf- ficking in opium. Police arrested him at his home


four hours after he is believed to have handed CVS pharmacists a note stating he had a gun and de- manding Oxycontin tablets. Police say Gentry then leaped


over the counter, stole several bot- tles of pills and fled the scene in an older model vehicle. Authorities arrived around 1:45


pm at the Monticello Road loca- tion and, based on evidence col- lected in cooperation with CVS personnel, identified Gentry as the suspect and obtained arrest war- rants. Det. Alan Wyatt and Sgt. Stacy


Wyatt made the arrest at Gentry’s home in cooperation with deputies from the Madison County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities recovered a majority of the stolen pills. Te street value of the stolen


drugs is approximately $23,000, Weaverville Police Chief Greg Ste-


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Christopher Glen Gentry faces several charges after allegedly robbing a Weaverville drug store.


caught in between


By Matt Tate Te issues at Ponder Mobile


Home Park in Woodfin are now in the hands of the court, leav- ing residents wondering how much longer they will be able to live there. Due to code violations and


public health concerns, the Woodfin Board of Aldermen voted last month to revoke the grandfather status to operate as a mobile home park which could shut the park down pend- ing a court decision. Te town has a lawsuit against the owners, identified as Joshua and Cynthia Ponder Robinson, that is await- ing a court date. Ricky Revis and Amy Clontz


moved in to Ponder Mobile Home Park just two months ago. Tey did not know anything about the lawsuit or the litany of


issues between the park’s owners and the town until recently. Now they are trying to find


out as much information as they can while they look at an uncer- tain future. “We’re caught up in the mid-


dle of this whole situation,” Re- vis said. “I guess all those people, all those children, will be out of luck.” If the park does close, town


attorney Joseph Ferikes said the mobile homes must be moved, a proposition that may prove dif- ficult for some residents. Most in the park own their


homes and rent the land from the owners Some, such as Revis’ home, are


newer models that can be trans- ported. Fellow resident Mark Meadows said his home cannot be moved because of its age. Woodfin Town Administra-


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