YouTube/MuslimsoftheWorld.com

♦ Video: Pazuzu Algarad, the Alleged White Cannibal Who Put Salisbury, N.C. on the Map. An Islamic Documentary on Pazuzu Algarad’s Demonic Fall.  Outstanding Footage.

RFP Staff

♦  Monday August 10th was the grand opening and ribbon cutting for Brewtique, a 5 star Coffee spot, open for several weeks now in Downtown Spencer, N.C. across from the N.C. Transportation Museum at 410 Salisbury Avenue.

Besides serving locally roasted and free trade coffees, bakery items, expresso, hot teas, lattes, hot chocolate, and smoothies, Brewtique is above all a warm and friendly place hosted by Jon Untiedt and his baristas.

Besides serving outstanding coffee (no doubt the best we’ve tasted in Salisbury or the county since Tastebuds shuttered) and providing great service, Brewtique’s atmosphere is highly conducive to conversation and camaraderie.  Talk between tables was common during our visits.  Brewtique seems to draw a steady flow of Salisbury expatriates and brighties from the neighboring berg a short drive away.

We give Brewtique our highest recommendation and we’re certain you will too.  Enjoy the coffee and the conversation.

Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brewtique/1607622186164117?ref=br_rs

Chuck Hughes, Board of Education, Salibury, N.C.

♦ My apologies to the citizens of Rowan County and two of my colleagues for leaving them stranded at Monday’s Board of Education meeting when I left early due to a family issue requiring my attention. My early departure left a five member board: Chairman Wagner, Mr. Allen, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Kennedy and Doctor Miller (Mr. Hunter was out of town.)

The first meetings of the month, as was Monday, August 10th, are by history and design a work session where issues are discussed in depth then set aside for a formal vote at the “business session” at the following meeting.

It is important to know that the $500,000 for furniture for the Central Office Building (COB) was initially donated by a private donor. When the cost of the COB climbed well above what was anticipated, the donor was lobbied (it is not clear to me by whom) to allow the dedicated donation for furniture to be re-purposed to cover the overage for the steel, brick and mortar of the building proper. This left funding for furniture in the void with no clear plan on how the furniture would be funded OTHER than taking it from our already stressed budget.

When the $500,000 for furniture appeared in the July budget resolution, I was clear that I would not support pulling $500,000 of taxpayer money, money that could be used for other pressing needs, out of our budget to pay for furniture that had earlier been covered. The absence of my vote today left a majority who pushed for a vote on a budget issue that should have been postponed until the following business session on August 24th. The vote to take the $500,000 from our reserve to pay for previously funded furniture was three to two, with Chairman Wagner and Mr. Allen dissenting.

In the end, a vote that should have been delayed until August 24th adds another $500,000 of Rowan County tax payer’s dollars to their initial $6.5 million expenditure.  Cost of Central Office Building will be $8.5 million and small change of which $7 million will now be paid for by tax payers now that another $500,000 for furniture will come out of our budget. That money would have gone a long way in addressing safety needs.

RFP Staff

♦ Salisbury, N.C. Makes Another TOP TEN MOST DANGEROUS CITIES IN NORTH CAROLINA LIST. The Bury Scores a Per Capita 9th Ranking:

http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/north-carolina/most-dangerous-nc/

We expect the chiefs of police of these crime-infested rat holes to bleat “unfair”. Naturally they will attempt to cover their hind ends. FBI Crime statistics don’t lie. People living in and around these criminal sinkholes have seen too many killings, robberies, break-ins, street beatings, and stolen vehicles to believe “its not happening here.”  The end result is working class black and white people are pulling up stakes and moving to higher ground elsewhere.  Covering up crime just makes it grow unchecked.

Here’s the previous article on the other “per capita” 9th ranking for Salisbury, N.C. as a top ten most dangerous North Carolina city. Salisbury has a well-deserved rep it can’t shake.

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/04/28/salisbury-n-c-ranked-9th-most-dangerous-city-in-north-carolina/

Rodney Cress, Veteran Advocate

♦ A new free mobile app is now available for veterans to help them with information about their benefits. Defense Mobile developed the app called MILISOURCE and has rolled over 900 benefits into the app, including education, locations of VA hospitals, scholarships, discounts and exceptions. Less than one third of these benefits are linked to the VA, many coming from private sectors. It is available for IPhone and Android. Click on the link below for more information and a informative video.

https://www.defensemobile.com/milisource

RFP Staff

♦ The Salisbury Police are now calling Jonathan Pierre Dillard’s Saturday morning death in Salisbury, N.C. a homicide.  Dillard was found dead from a gunshot wound in a driveway between two houses at 828 Park Avenue near North Arlington early Saturday morning. Dillard was a resident at Rowan Helping Ministries.

Emergency personnel and Police were summoned to the Park Avenue shooting location by neighbors after 4:15 a.m. Dillard was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police investigators questioned area residents about the shooting. Several heard multiple gunshots hours before Dillard was found. The investigation continues.

Persons with information about the shooting are asked to call the Salisbury Police Department at 704-638-5333 or contact Salisbury-Rowan Crime Stoppers at 1-866-639-5345.

The Late Jonathan Pierre Dillard:

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/05/28/information-sought-for-the-unsolved-murders-of-steven-omario-rosario-and-kijuan-dishad-lamont-sweat/

RFP Staff

♦ Christie Michelle Myers, 27, of 50 Lakewood Drive was arrested Monday night around 7:20 p.m. at the Lakewood Apartments allegedly for the possession of Meth and the precursor chemicals for the manufacture of methamphetamine.

Myers was charged with the possession of a controlled substance Schedule I (felony), possession of immediate precursor chemicals (felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia (misdemeanor).

Myers secured bond was set at $25,000.  She is now in the Rowan County Detention Center and her first court hearing is set for Wednesday August 12th.

Christie Michelle Myers Previous Record:

http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1212157&searchLastName=Myers&searchFirstName=Christie&searchMiddleName=m&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

RFP Staff

♦ Tyler James Sherrill, 19, of Salisbury was the subject of a 6 month investigation by the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) after the agency was tipped off by that Sherrill was allegedly downloading male child pornography in March.  Shortly thereafter the social media website MeetMe.com alerted law enforcement that Sherrill was said to be soliciting pix of nude underage boys.

Investigators traced Sherrill’s IP to his computer.  Salisbury Police obtained a search warrant for Sherrill’s lodgings in April where they seized his computer, cellphone, and 3 micro SD cards containing child pornography.  Police also located marijuana plants growing in Sherrill’s quarters. Sherrill was arrested on April 15th and charged with the possession of a controlled substance schedule IV with intent to manufacture (felony) and possession of drug paraphernalia (misdemeanor). Under a secured $500 bond, Sherrill was placed in the Rowan County Detention where he was held until he was released on bail.

Recently Sherrill was arrested and charged with 8 counts of 3rd degree sexual exploitation of a minor (felony).

Under a secured $10,000 bond, Sherrill was placed in the Rowan County Detention Center and then released on bail.

**This article will be updated as more information arrives**

RFP Staff

♦ Bicycles are among the most stolen items appearing in Salisbury, N.C. police reports.  Its heart breaking for kids who get their bicycles ripped off and it creates major problems for adults who commute to work or who enjoy weekend biking excursions.

How many of us have witnessed bicycles carelessly left unattended and unlocked out in the open or resting on their sides on a lawn ripe for a “grab and go” Salisbury style?  So what can bicyclists do to better protect their investment in peddle power?  Here’s a list of the basic universals for preventing your bicycle from being stolen:

• The chances of your bicycle getting stolen go way down if it is kept indoors in your house, garage, or in your apartment stairwell.  Any bicycle kept out-of-sight is unlikely to be stolen unless you suffer a break-in.

• A quality lock is an important investment especially if you have a high-end bicycle.  A key lock or a combination lock–that’s up to you.  If you tend to forget combinations, then go with a key arrangement.  The tighter the lock is around a pole–the better.  Some U-locks create enough open space for a thief to compromise it.  Only buy a U-lock with a disk or flat key.  These are the most difficult U-locks to pick.

• Never lock your bicycle to an object that can be easily cut, torched through, or removed.  Can a thief lift your bicycle up and over the top of a pole?  Lock you bicycle to an object. And lock it through your frame and wheel only.

• Never lock your bicycle in an area frequented by bicycle thieves.  Like Main Street or  either East and West Innes in Salisbury. Or supermarket parking lots, train stations, or in front of pharmacies.  These are prime hunting grounds for bicycle thieves.  Avoid locking your bike in the same place.  A thief may note the pattern and make your bicycle disappear.  A secluded area is also bad pick.  A bicycle thief might feel more comfortable trying his his luck here.

• Make certain any bike rack or metal pole you use is securely bolted to the ground.

• Keep your lock manufacturers warranty, a photo of your bike, and product replacement agreement.

• Two locks are better than one.  Use a heavy duty chain lock as one of your lock choices.  Two locks are a visual deterrent too.

• Always secure your bicycle’s quick release components or better yet, take them with you.

• Register your bike’s serial numbers with the National Bike Registry or BikeRegistry.com.

RFP Staff

♦ Yesterday “Slide the City” was forced to cancel its event in Winston-Salem, N.C. because of abysmal registration in a city with a far greater population and more spendable income than poverty and crime-ridden Salisbury, N.C.  “Slide the City” is frequently being canceled all over the United States because of TV and media reports of irate “Slide the City” customers.

Here are the most commonly heard complaints:

• Badly managed events manned by inexperienced teenage volunteers

• Severe injuries, heat exhaustion, and concussions

• Drunks and rowdies disobeying “Slide the City’s” laundry list of rules

• Dangerous high-speed human missiles slamming into adults and children in unmanaged mayhem

• Angry ticket holders having to chase refunds

• Consumers feeling cheated by poorly organized events, a lack of water, and not enough elevation to slide any distance

• Pooling water with liquefied fecal matter in it and unhealthy levels of over-chlorinated water.

• Gang members bullying their way into lines and sliding for free.  A lack of police presence in some cities to offer crowd control

We urge anyone entertaining a thought about attending on August 29th to think long and hard before wasting their time and endangering their health and safety

“Slide the City” allegedly appears in Salisbury, N.C. on August 29th unless its canceled because of low numbers or the N.C. Health Department says no go because of the same “pooling” effect that happened in Asheville, N.C.

A selection of articles concerned with “Slide the City”:

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/06/24/videos-slide-the-city-hampton-virginia-epic-fail-slide-the-city-bust-head-compilation/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/06/01/video-slide-the-city-meets-jaws-some-people-dont-pay-attention-to-water-safety-rules/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/07/06/video-first-u-k-slide-the-city-called-absolute-disaster/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/06/03/slide-the-city-rules/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/08/08/more-cities-across-the-u-s-a-cancel-slide-the-city-events-in-the-wake-of-injuries-and-lack-of-ticket-sales/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/06/22/slide-the-city-events-being-cancelled-across-the-usa-often-due-to-dangers-public-health-laws-and-poor-registration/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/05/29/letter-to-the-editor-the-slide-the-city-waiver-rowan-drought-who-pays-for-the-water-and-police-overtime/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/05/26/slide-the-city-the-next-sleepy-hollow-fiasco-for-the-downtown-merchants/

Press Release

♦ Raleigh, N.C. – Sen. Tom McInnis (R – Richmond) joined hundreds of local elected officials and community leaders from across North Carolina Wednesday in support of a proposal recently passed by the N.C. Senate to fairly allocate local sales taxes to counties and municipalities.

The crowd was comprised of about 200 mayors, county commissioners, town council members, school board members, community college presidents, registers of deeds, county managers, finance officers, county attorneys, chiefs of police, town administrators and other county and town officials.

“This bill represents the most important piece of legislation for rural North Carolina this session. The 50% per capita and 50% point of sale will level the playing field for the rural counties while keeping the urban counties strong. We look forward to the bill being passed in the House and signed into law by the Governor.” said Sen. McInnis.

The current system dates back to 2007, when past legislative leaders decided to redistribute wealth by sending 75 cents of every dollar of local sales tax to the mostly urban counties where the tax is collected, while allocating just 25 cents based on population. Since then, this unfair change has resulted in rural residents leaving their sales tax dollars behind when they leave their home counties to buy goods in urban areas.

The Senate proposal – passed with bipartisan support earlier this week – returns to the fairer system in place for a quarter of century prior to 2007. Under the fair system the bill returns to, 50 percent of sales tax revenues will be allocated based on where people live, with the remaining 50 percent allocated based on the county where a sale takes place. The plan also eliminates outdated and unfair “adjustment factors” that redistribute sales tax revenues to just a handful of counties.

The change will allow smaller, less prosperous counties and municipalities to benefit from the taxes their own citizens pay, helping them to strengthen their schools, attract new jobs, and drive their local economies.

The rally was just one of several public displays of support for the Senate proposal. Earlier this year, more than 100 local officials from across the state traveled to Raleigh to share the tremendous positive impact a fair allocation of sales taxes would have on their communities – including a county commissioner who said his county hasn’t built a new school in over three decades, a community college president who worried her students don’t have access to critical technology and educational resources, and a school superintendent who still relies on a 75-year-old bus garage, even though the school buses won’t fit all the way inside.

Local officials were encouraged to contact members of the House of Representatives and Gov. Pat McCrory to voice their support for a change in the sales tax.

Rep. Carl Ford–District 76

♦ On Wednesday, the House passed its second Continuing Budget Authority, or Continuing Resolution (CR). The CR continues the 2014-15 budget through August 31 and allow the House and Senate budget writers more time to reach a compromise. After August 31, the House and Senate will have to have passed a new budget or consider yet another CR. Also this week, the House passed a major piece of legislation aimed at worker misclassification, an issue that has plagued state budgets writers for years.

Bill updates

“Employee Misclassification Reform” – House Bill 482

Employee misclassification is an issue that employers face whenever hiring laborers. Employees (who file 1099’s) are guaranteed certain benefits and tax statuses that “independent contractors” (who file W-2’s) are not entitled. Oftentimes, independent contractors save employers a great deal of money in taxes, unemployment insurance, and workers compensation requirements. However, misclassification of employees as independent contractors can result in heavy fines, penalties, and back taxes.

While HB 482 provides employers guidelines for determining which of their laborers are employees or independent contractors, I and a few of my conservative colleagues believe this bill went too far in enabling the Department of Revenue to investigate employers’ classifications. While I understand that misclassification is an issue, HB 482 allows the government to pry too far into the job creators and small businesses in our state.

Thank you for taking the time to read about the work I was able to accomplish this week for Cabarrus and Rowan. Expect to hear big news as the 152nd resumes its legislative session and budget process.

Please share this newsletter with your friends and family in the district. Also, please remember to tune into the Houses’ Weekly Republican Address on YouTube and Town Hall Thursdays on Twitter. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

God Bless,

Carl

Legislative Office: (919) 733-5881

District Office: (704) 305-3541

carl.ford@ncleg.net

RFP Staff

♦ Rowan County Commission Meets at 6 P.M. Monday August 17th in the J. Newton Cohen, Sr. Room in the Rowan County Administration Building at 130 West Innes Street in Salisbury, N.C.

ROWAN COUNTY COMMISSION AGENDA

Call to Order

Invocation
• Provided By: Chaplain Michael Taylor
Pledge of Allegiance
Consider Additions to the Agenda
Consider Deletions From the Agenda
Consider Approval of the Agenda
Board members are asked to voluntarily inform the Board if any matter on the agenda might present a conflict of interest or might require the member to be excused from voting.
• Consider Approval of the Minutes: August 3, 2015
1 Consider Approval of Consent Agenda
A. Refunds for Approval
B. July Refunds – Regular
C. Grassroots Grant -NC- Arts Council
D. Set Public Hearing for September 8, 2015 for CDBG Closeout
E. Set Public Hearing for September 8, 2015 to Consider Financing Proposals for Rowan-Cabarrus Community College HVAC and Health Science Program Improvements
F. Professional Architectural Services for a New EMS Station, Based on RFQ
G. Authorize County Manager to Approve $500 to Rowan County Softball League
H. Proclamation Honoring the 50th Anniversary of Franklin Baptist Church
I. Proclamation Declaring August 28, 2015 As Food Lion Day
J. Retirement Weapon for Master Deputy Charles Seward
2 Public Comment Period
3 Consider Request from Board of Education Regarding Heilig Road Property
4 Discussion Regarding Trap-Neuter-Return Program
5 Consider Approval of Budget Amendments
6 Approval to Contract with Talbert, Bright and Ellington for Community Hangar
7 Presentation of Financial Report
8 Closed Session
• To Discuss An Economic Development Matter and to Consider Approval of
the August 3, 2015 Closed Session Minutes
9 Adjournment

For Agenda and Supporting Information:

http://agenda.rowancountync.gov/DisplayAgendaPDF.ashx?MeetingID=135

Citizens with disabilities requiring special needs to access the services or public meetings of Rowan County Government should contact the County Manager’s Office three days prior to the meeting by calling (704) 216-8180.

RFP Staff

♦ “Quaferee Quaferah–Quash a Nisi–Sis Boom Bah!” A Harvard gridiron cheer circa 1912

With the backdrop of towering water towers and its BBQ joint neighbor, the long awaited Central Office A.K.A. “The Wallace Forum” at 500 North Main is making rapid progress toward completion. It’s steel skeleton in place and awaiting its handsome green dome, the Central Office will stand as a mighty beacon for education and will let potential teacher recruits know that the Rowan-Salisbury School System “really takes education seriously”.

RFP Staff

♦ Today August 14th 1945 World War II Ended.  Commemorations Took Place Today Throughout Rowan County and North Carolina.

http://spiritof45.org/home0.aspx

RFP Staff

♦ Elisha Maurice Walker, 20, a transgender woman from Salisbury missing since November 2014, was found dead Thursday in a shallow grave in a wooded area behind a house on Homestead Lane in Johnson County.  Walker’s body was identified by her physical description and personal property.

Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested and charged Angel Arias, an alleged Latin Kings gang member from Hemlock Drive in Salisbury, with Walker’s homicide.

Walker was reported missing by her family after family and friends lost contact with her in late October.  Walker, prior to her disappearance, kept regular contact with her family and friends phone calls, texts, and Facebook, but all that stopped in late October and her family became alarmed.

Walker’s 2000 silver Pontiac was found burned near the town of Clinton in Sampson County, N.C.  The fire appeared intentionally set.  Not long after Angel Arias, living on Hemlock Drive in Salisbury, became a “person of interest” in Walker’s disappearance.  In early August the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office was alerted that Arias was being held on drug charges in the Johnston County Jail.  Not long after the house on Homestead Lane in Johnston County was identified as a possible location for Walker’s body.

Thursday investigators found Walker’s body in a shallow grave in woods behind the house on Homestead Lane.  Soon after Walker was IDed and brought to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Raleigh for an autopsy and final positive ID.

Arias, awaiting transport back to Rowan County, was charged with murder (felony) and larceny of a motor vehicle (felony).  He is currently being held in the Johnston County Jail.

RFP Staff

♦ This past week Governor Pat McCrony, Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kluttz, DSI Director Paula Bohland, Mayor Woodson of Salisbury, and councilwoman Karen Alexander, in a primal embarrassing scene, attempted to drum up support for historic preservation tax credits ended the last day of 2014.  Talk about beating a dead horse and the trying to give it water.  Historic Preservation Tax Credits are “graveyard dead”.  The N.C. Senate showed zero interest in resuscitating them.

Articles appearing on the Rowan Free Press discussing Historic Preservation Tax Credits and the overwhelming case against them:

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/04/11/local-delegation-chilly-to-reviving-historic-preservation-tax-credits-brock-and-warren-fend-off-nagging-at-legislative-breakfast/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/01/30/defrocking-the-so-called-historic-preservation-tax-credit-scam/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/03/13/letter-to-the-editor-business-owners-prefer-to-spend-on-their-own-businesses-instead-historic-preservation-tax-credits/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/01/16/historic-preservation-tax-credit-abuses-are-many-time-to-protect-the-taxpayers-and-our-communities/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2012/11/22/gentrify-this-the-dark-side-of-gentrification/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2014/12/24/historic-preservation-and-gentrification-modern-weapons-for-neighborhood-cleansing/

http://rowanfreepress.com/2015/02/03/historic-preservation-tax-credits/

RFP Staff

♦ Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education Meets at 8 a.m. on Tuesday August 18th for “Back to School Conference” at Carson High School in China Grove, N.C.:

https://eboard.eboardsolutions.com/Meetings/ViewMeetingOrder.aspx?S=800&MID=2031

Videos: Most Recent Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education Videos:

http://rowanfreepress.com/videos-rowan-salisbury-board-of-education-meetings/

Steve Mensing, Editor

♦ Anyone with even the most limited powers of observation will quickly note Salisbury’s ghostly Downtown ain’t cookin’ with wall-to-wall vacancies and the South Main Badlands spray painted with gang tags.  Few people dare to go to the “Isle of the Lost Souls” due to its pathetic lack of any real attractions, lack of meaningful retail, and only a few successful eateries like Romo’s Pizzeria, Uncle Bucks, and Bangkok Downtown.

Downtown could be turned around by not replicating its ongoing failures.  Downtown doesn’t need another wiggery, it needs the hands and brain of a skilled surgeon.  Making it a bicycle and rickshaw haven will not cut it.  Salisbury is completely the wrong context for that approach at this point in time.  In fact traffic calming on East Innes will move many drivers from even bothering to drive to Salisbury and put a hurting on Salisbury’s East Innes chain store tax base.

Here’s a short list of what can be done to remake Downtown Salisbury a draw using cooperatives, affiliating independent retailers who can profit from affiliation, creating attractions likely to generate high-volume tourist traffic, allowing in boutique style chain stores, and removing obsolete buildings (The Empire and its South Main Badlands need to be killdozed pronto) and replacing their empty spaces with viable assets. Let’s also add in ridding the merchant community of the onerous municipal tax, dumping DSI, and creating another merchant-based organization capable of promoting Downtown and nights out.

Overnight Salisbury could turn its “SCARS INTO STARZ!”. Today our focus will solely on the creation of tourist attractions in Downtown Salisbury.

Tourist Attractions

Rowan County placing a distant 29th in “dollars spent” by North Carolina counties means that Rowan County is a complete tourism non factor.  All the pricey rebranding of Rowan County is not going to do much for a county with limited attractions.  Outside of N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer, the “Hillbilly Rivera” (High Rock Lake), the Confederate Prison guard house (Salisbury), and the Hall House and Plantation (Salisbury), Rowan County is absent-without-leave in the tourist attraction category.  Salisbury, utilizing private investment, could build Downtown attractions that would draw folks from across North Carolina and the United States to our currently ghostly berg.  Overnight Salisbury could turn its “SCARS INTO STARZ!”  Here’s some suggestions:

THE N.C. MUSEUM OF MURDEROUS CREATURES

Main Street would be a great spot for a small museum housing a N.C. Museum of Murderous Creatures.  What a fantastic draw for both children, adults, the murderous creature curious, and school groups.  Different museum wings could be dedicated to North Carolina’s lethal venomous snakes (rattle snakes, water moccasins, copperheads), death dealing spiders (Brown Recluse Spiders and Black Widows), and other murderous creatures.  A Rowan County Room dedicated to local killer snakes and spiders would be a thrill a minute winner.

THE N.C. MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAME

An overwhelming number of Motorcyclists reside in Rowan County and Salisbury would love a “N.C Motor Cycle Hall of Fame”.  Famous choppers, historic motorcycles, and plaques commemorating world class motorcycle racers could crowd its wings. People and motorcyclists would pour into Salisbury from all over the state and the U.S.A. to visit this hall of fame. And the more people coming to such an attraction means more visitors to Salisbury’s Downtown.

THE INTERNATIONAL HALL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Displays of forensic science and notorious criminals who graced North Carolina, Rowan County, and Salisbury would be an outstanding attraction. Perhaps when famous white cannibal Pazuzu Alagrad, who allegedly bagged human quarry from Salisbury, passes away as a ward of the state, the state might grant consent to turn Pazuzu Alagrad’s body over to an able taxidermist who might put the satanic hunter on display. Roy Rogers had a taxidermist prepare Roger’s favorite horse “Trigger” for display. Why not Pazuzu?

DRUG DEALERS SEIZED ASSETS AUCTION HOUSE

Imagine the grand auctions that could be conducted on Main Street in Salisbury! Example: “Drug Dealers Seized Assets Auction”: Jewelry and fine art seized by police, the sheriff’s Office, and federal and state agencies. Property from seized and forfeited drug bust assets. Heroin, meth, and crack peddlers losses–our visitor’s gain. Rollexes, diamond studded grillz, gold teeth, high grade bling, fine art, Southern Heritage memorabilia, fur capes, and digital scales.

Salisbury is in dire need of attractions

The International Hall of Criminal Justice (below):

RFP Staff

♦ Charles Ray Fleming, 80, of Salisbury, died Saturday at 2:30 p.m. when his Nissan pickup truck slammed into a tree on the 4900 block of Goodman Lake Road out in Rowan County.

When the N.C. Highway Patrol arrived on the scene, they found the Nissan pickup on its side. The only person in the vehicle was Fleming who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Fleming was the co-owner of the Fleming Candy Company on 3680 South Main Street in Salisbury. Fleming Candy Co. opened originally in 1935 on Council Street and later moved to larger quarters on South Main where it became a popular stop for large bags of school candy and fishing gear. “Ray” Fleming had many friends throughout Rowan County.

Goodman Lake Road was closed for a short time while emergency responders cleared the scene. The N.C. Highway Patrol reported that Fleming was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the fatal accident which remains under investigation.

**This article will be updated as more information arrives.**