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COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER


January 20 - January 26, 2011 Vol. 9 • No. 3 Woodfin • Weaverville • Barnardsville • Alexander Fifty Cents Town honors retiring police sergeant


By Matt Tate Chief Brett Holloman said in


his 15 or so years with Sgt. Dawn Roberts he had been through just about every law enforcement experience imaginable, from the harrowing to the light-hearted. Roberts, who took a medical re-


tirement after 15 years on the job with the Woodfin Police Depart- ment, may be best remembered in her post for her benevolence and her efforts working with the town’s youth and elderly.


The Town of Woodfin honored


Roberts on Tuesday (Jan. 18) in front of much of her family and fellow officers. Roberts has been instrumental


in the town’s Christmas program that delivers presents, clothes and money for heating costs to underprivileged Woodfin fami- lies. She said she would remain in-


volved with those activities with the town. Roberts, who has undergone


multiple knee surgeries, said the pain had simply taken its toll.


She thanked the Woodfin Board of Aldermen, town officials and fellow officers for their support.


In addition to receiving an hon-


orary plaque, a gun and a badge, in a jocular manner, Woodfin


Mayor Jerry VeHaun presented Roberts with a lone silver bullet,


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Higgins remembered for his zest, spirit


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By Matt Tate Those close to Howard Hig-


gins often wondered if he was from another place or time. A place where a man roamed


Dawn Roberts receives an honor. PETE


HELPING OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS!


A carriage takes Howard Higgins to his final resting place Saturday (Jan. 15).


alone on his horse across ma- jestic alpine mountains, deso- late prairies or rugged redrock canyons, those iconic images


of the Old West that he likely held firm throughout his life. “He should have been a cow-


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Phone 645-6300 • Fax 645-0065 • www.brankinsurance.com 9 Georgia Avenue “Just off Main Street” Weaverville, North Carolina


Megan


PATTY


LAUREN


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