The District III Meetingfor seven area chapters of theUnited Daughters of the Con-federacy was held March 26at the Rowan Public Library.

Robert F. Hoke ChapterNo. 78 members Sue Curtis,Trudy Hall, Cindy Scott, San-dra Boyer and Cindy Webbwere hostesses for district

members from five cities.Activity reports for the

past year were presented bythe Hoke Chapter and theJames B. Gordon Chapter No.211 of Winston-Salem,Coltrane-Harris Chapter ofConcord, the StatesvilleChapter No. 276 and Centen-nial Chapter No. 2297 ofStatesville and the Battle ofBentonville Chapter No. 818of Mooresville.

Members spoke about theirchapter’s efforts featuringhistorical, educational, memo-rial, benevolent and patrioticprojects, plus activities oftheir auxiliary chapters of theChildren of the Confederacy.

Special guests includedN.C. Division President Emi-ly Champion of Butner and di-vision officers Aileen Ezell ofCanton, Michele Miller ofKernersville, Sara Powell ofWake Forest, Lori Cook-Fol-ger of Hot Springs, PatsyWhitfield of Greensboro andLaura Griffin of Selma.

A program of Southern im-ages and music preceded aslide presentation, “Searchingfor the Confederacy in RowanCounty,” by Ed and Sue Cur-tis. The meeting concludedwith the singing of “Blest Bethe Tie that Binds.”

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Work crews spent the day removing the green awnings from the arched windows on the top floor of the Wallace Building on the Square in down-town Salisbury. As the sun sets, one awning remains to be removed.

BY SHAVONNE POTTSspotts@salisburypost.com

The North Carolina Medical Boardreported the license of a Winston-Salemphysician’s assistant who lives in Salis-bury has been suspended after a 2008driving while impaired charge.

The board took action againstRichard Walter Trombley, 62, on Jan.22.

The report says Trombley, a certi-fied physician’s assistant with Concen-tra Medical Center in Winston-Salem,had his license indefinitely suspended.

The board released its bi-monthly re-port of all actions from January andFebruary.

Trombley was stopped by a RowanCounty Sheriff’s deputy March 22, 2008,for driving while impaired. He wasstopped at 9:48 p.m. on a Saturday andreleased 4 a.m. the following day, ac-cording to Sheriff’s officials.

Trombley was taken to the magis-trate’s office, jailed and given a writtenpromise to appear in court April 18.

The Medical Board report says inApril 2009, Trombley and the Board en-tered into a consent order based on hisdriving while impaired arrest. He wasreprimanded and placed on probation-ary terms and conditions including “re-fraining from the use of all mind ormood-altering substances and alcohol.”

A consent order is a way for theboard to resolve a matter without a for-mal hearing. The consent order is anagreement between the board and thepractitioner that details action taken bythe board.

The report also says Trombley hasto notify the board within 10 days of hisuse of such medication or alcohol.

He was also required to maintain acontract with N.C. Physicians HealthProgram, a monitoring and referralservice for the treatment of impairedphysicians.

After signing the consent order,Trombley admitted to consuming wine,the report said.

Trombley entered into a contractwith the N.C. Physicians Health Pro-gram in August 2009.

“He has been assessed as alcohol de-pendent, and inactivated his physicianassistant’s license in October 2009,” thereport said.

A phone call to Concentra MedicalCenter confirmed Trombley is no longeremployed at the practice.

There is no telephone listing forTrombley, who according to the RowanCounty tax map resides on Stafford Es-tates Drive.

License ofphysician’sassistantsuspended

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Opening arguments are set to begintoday in the first-degree murder trial ofRay Lee Ross.

Ross, 50, of Rockwell, has been in theRowan County Detention Center sinceSept. 14, 2007, awaiting trial in the deathof Henry Arthur Aldridge.

With jury selection complete, the tri-al is set to get under way at 9 a.m. inRowan County Superior Court, Court-room 2 of the Rowan County Justice Cen-ter.

Judge Paul Ridgeway of Wake Coun-ty is the presiding judge for the specialsession.

District Attorney Bill Kenerly is notseeking the death penalty.

Opening argumentstoday in murder trial

Most state offices will be closed Fri-day, including all local court offices.

Among the other closings:• China Grove town office will be

closed on Friday. Garbage pickup will notbe affected.

• Cleveland Town Hall will be closedon Friday. Garbage pickup will not be af-fected.

• Faith town offices will be closedMonday. Garbage pickup will not be af-fected.

• Landis town offices will be closed onFriday. Garbage pickup not affected.

• Rockwell offices closed Friday,garbage pickup will be unchanged.

• Rowan County offices will be closedon Friday, along with the landfill and all

convenience sites.• Rowan-Salisbury School System of-

fices will be closed Monday. Students willbe out of school Friday through Wednes-day.

• Salisbury offices will be closed Fri-day, garbage will not be affected.

• Spencer offices will be closed Fri-day.

• Concord offices will be closed onFriday. Normal collection schedule thisweek for garbage, recycling, buildingmaterials, and bulky waste.

• Kannapolis offices will be closed onFriday. Garbage pickup will be un-changed.

• East Spencer offices will be openFriday and closed Monday.

State offices among those closing for EasterBY KARISSA MINN

kminn@salisburypost.com

A blaze that de-stroyed a two-storyhome in Faith on Sundaywas caused by a greasefire, investigators say.

“There was a pot ofgrease on stove thatthey had used to fixFrench fries,” saidKevin Holshouser, whoserved as assistantRowan County fire mar-shal Sunday. “The stovewas left on and had beenunattended for a littlewhile before fire was no-ticed.”

A call just before 5p.m. reported smoke at449 S. Main St. in Faith.Originally, it was report-ed that no one was home,but Holshouser saidWednesday that threeadults and one childwere present when thefire started.

They were relativesof the homeowner, JuneSolomon — ThomasGardner Jr., 36, RickySturdivant Jr., 30, Ed-

ward Blaise, 21, and a10-year-old boy. TheRed Cross is assistingthe family.

Two of the threeadults attempted to putthe fire out themselves,Holshouser said. Thisallowed the fire to getprogressively worse.

“By the time the firedepartment got there...they couldn’t even makean interior attack on itbecause of quickly dete-riorating conditions,”Holshouser said. “It wasa balloon constructiontype of house. Once thefire breaches a ceilingor wall in a house likethat, it can travel realquick.”

It took about an hourfor firefighters to getthe blaze under controlas neighbors gatheredand looked on.

All three trucks fromFaith responded to thefire, along with enginesfrom Bostian Heights,Granite Quarry, Salis-bury and Rockwell Cityfire departments.

Grease on stove blamed for firethat destroyed house in Faith

Staff report

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is ask-ing for help in identifying two men who brokeinto the gem mine at Dan Nicholas Park onBringle Ferry Road.

The break-in occurred at 1:13 a.m. Sun-day.

Capt. John Sifford said video shows a manwho forced open a door using a fire ax andwent into the office area.

He took a gem display valued at $200 andalso pulled or knocked down a surveillancecamera.

The camera was found discarded outsidethe building.

During the crime, a park security cameracaptured the crime, which shows two whitemales. In the video, the suspects use headgear lights to see inside the dark building.

Damage to the door, a window and cam-era was estimated at $400.

Anybody with information on this crimeis asked to contact Lt. Chad Moose 704-216-8687, Detective Teresa Haupt 704-216-8702,or Salisbury-Rowan Crime Stoppers at 1-866-639-5245.

Thieves break into gem mine at Dan Nicholas Park

Woman stabbed in chest after altercationStaff report

A 23-year-old woman was stabbed in thechest Tuesday night, according to reportsfrom the Salisbury Police Department.

Jessica Ann Menefee sustained a punc-ture to her lung and was taken to Rowan Re-gional Medical Center.

According to police, Menefee told policeshe and a cousin had been at Lloyd’s onNorth Long Street in East Spencer when

they were accosted by a group of womenthey didn’t know.

Menefee told police they left and droveto Lafayette Circle. She told police that whenher cousin got out of the car “a bunch ofgirls jumped” her. She said she was stabbed,but didn’t see the weapon.

According to Salisbury police, Menefeewasn’t cooperative. She couldn’t rememberher home address or phone number.

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United Daughters of the Confederacy meet at library

Rowan County Sheriff’s deputies have chargeda Kannapolis woman with assault, saying she tooka baseball bat to her boyfriend and his car.

Lakisha Nicole Weeks, 30, 2865 N. CannonBlvd., was charged after the incident on Friday.

Capt. John Sifford said Weeks used a bat todamage the 1992 Cadillac owned by Nigel LamarSprings of 108 Landsburg Lane, China Grove.

Sifford said she also struck Springs with thebat.

Damage to the Cadillac was estimated at $2,100.Weeks was initially held in the Rowan County

Detention Center under no bond because of thedomestic situation. She has been released.

Woman charged with assaultafter baseball bat incident

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