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March 4 - March 10, 2010 Vol. 8 • No. 09 Woodfin • Weaverville • Barnardsville Fifty Cents


Businesses receive notice on sweepstakes Police make


By Matt Tate Te video Internet Sweepstakes


machines that have been taking the place of the outlawed video


poker machines in some businesses throughout the state will soon face a refined set of restrictions from the Town of Weaverville. Town council voted to put a 60- day moratorium on granting new


licensing fees for these machines un- til new policies are put in place. Te moratorium is set to expire April 13. In the meantime, town officials


are notifying the affected businesses of the council’s schedule.


child porn arrest


By Matt Tate Te Woodfin Police Depart-


ment is taking a stand against child predators. Police arrested a Woodfin


resident Friday (Feb. 26) on a second-degree sexual exploita- tion charge. Woodfin Officer Jonathan Ammons said the de- partment is taking a hard-line stance on these types of crimes in Woodfin. “If they’re out there, we are


going to get them,” Ammons said. Friday’s arrest cited Phil-


lip Morris Driver of Riverside Drive. He is accused of having underage pornographic material on his computer. Ammons said police received


Weaverville Police Chief Greg Stephens, right, gives notice of the town’s schedule for adopting new regulations for Internet Sweepstakes games to Nancy Brank.


a complaint and began an inves- tigation. A search warrant was


Phillip Morris Driver was arrested for possession of child pornography.


executed on Driver’s house Feb. 18 and several files were confis- cated. Ammons began working


Continued on page 9 WE INSURE MOBILE HOMES! Weaverville Police Chief Greg Ste-


phens visited five businesses within the town’s zoning district, four of


Continued on page 10


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which had sweepstakes units, to de- liver information. He said he found


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