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Legs of a school girl are seen underneath the collapsed rubble of St. Gerard School.
Cindy Terasme cries after seeing the feet of her dead 14-year-old brother.
A Mexican Red Cross worker loads humanitarian aid leaving for Haiti.
Peng Deng, professor of history at High Point University, recently gave a presentation at an international conference, held on the campus of Chongqing Teachers University in Chongqing, China.
HORROR IN HAITI
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STATE OF THE DREAM: Leaders, educators assess King’s legacy. 1B AP
Gladys Loiuis Jeune is pulled alive from the rubble in Port-au-Prince nearly 43 hours after Tuesday’s quake, where she was greeted by her daughter.
Local organizations wait to lend a hand
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Crossover Community Church at 711 Knightdale Ave. will collect the following items from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday to be sent to Haiti:
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Help is on the way. 5A BY PAM HAYNES ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
HIGH POINT – In an area that has no shortage of churches and nonprofit organizations that have answered the call for disaster relief in the past, many groups in the Triad are waiting to find out if they’ll be able to lend a helping hand in Haiti as well. The High Point/Thomasville chapter of the American Red Cross and the World Relief office in High Point have been in touch with their national headquarters, which are organizing relief efforts in the country after it was hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday. The fact that the earthquake took place on distant shores, however, may delay other groups’ response to the disaster or change the ways in which they help. “We usually respond with a tragedy when it’s on our shore. We have a disaster relief trailer with supplies,” said Ben Vogler, minister with youth and recreation at First Baptist Church in High Point, who noted the church’s immediate response when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. “When it’s something like this, you can’t go on your own. I’m sure we’ll be hearing soon from some of the organizations that we normally team up with.” Mark Kadel, executive director of the World Relief office in High Point,
• Snack foods, such as granola bars • Cereal • Peanut Butter • Blankets • Towels and washcloths • Hygiene products such as soap, toothpaste, shampoo, etc. • First Aid kits
said most groups won’t travel to the country until the initial chaos settles. Until then, local residents can help by donating to reputable disaster relief funds or by collecting items that may be needed in the country, he said. That’s what Jonathan Lawson, student pastor at Crossover Community Church in High Point, plans to do at the church on Sunday. The church will be collecting some non-perishable food and toiletry items from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. that day, which then will be driven to Barefoot Community Church in Myrtle Beach, S.C. From there, the items will be flown to Haiti. “We saw the need in Haiti,” Lawson said,” and this is how we wanted to respond to it.” Kadel said the organization had relocated some Haitian refugees to the city several years ago, but it no longer had connections with those refugees. The offices of Rep. Howard Coble, R6, and Rep. Mel Watts, D-12, said they had received inquiries from constituents seeking the status of loved ones in Haiti, but it wasn’t clear how many. phaynes@hpe.com | 888-3617
FedEx will play key role in quake relief efforts BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
TRIAD – FedEx Corp. will provide upward of $1 million in initial contributions to the Haitian earthquake relief effort, though its cargo hub at Piedmont Triad International Airport probably won’t be directly involved in the campaign, a corporate spokesman said. FedEx will provide $1 million in cash support and will work with relief agencies to provide logistical assistance to the Caribbean island nation, said Jim McCluskey, spokesman at the corporate headquarters in Memphis. The overnight sorting conglomerate will work with the groups such as the Red Cross, Heart to Heart International, Direct Relief International and Water Missions International. FedEx has played a role in major U.S. and international relief efforts from the time the company launched its first flights in 1973. The company’s planes played a role in ferrying
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HIGH POINT – Hopes that a High Point Housing Authority redevelopment project will soon start construction have gotten a boost. After the first tax credit investor for Clara Cox Homes backed out and elected not to play a role in the financing of the planned affordable housing community in southeast High Point, a new investor for the project has been secured.
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Project is victim of sour economy. 2A Officials involved with the project said they expect construction to begin before June at the 20-acre site of the former Clara Cox Homes public housing community, which was demolished nearly five years ago. “While the Clara Cox redevelopment effort has not been exempt from the (tax
credit investor) market challenges, we are pleased to report the project is successfully moving forward,” Dionne Nelson, vice president for Crosland, the Charlotte-based developer working with the authority, wrote in an e-mail. In 2008, the authority was granted $1 million in federal tax credits and a $615,000 state tax credit loan for the first phase of the project, and enlisted SunTrust Banks Inc. to invest in the tax credits. Officials hoped the project would begin
construction last summer, but the company backed out of the deal. Nelson said the authority is proceeding with a new investor for the first two phases of the planned $28 million, three-phase project that will consist primarily of multifamily rental units. Nelson said the investor wishes to remain anonymous until the deal is expected to close this spring. The authority has been working to find funding since Clara Cox Homes
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center reported that corporate aid pledges for Haitian earthquake relief already exceeded $16 million by Thursday morning. The donations include cash, in-kind contributions, employeematching campaigns and donations through customers and clients.
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Among the companies with ties to the Triad donating are: • Lowe’s Companies Inc. – $1 million • UPS Inc. – $1 million • Coca-Cola Co. – $1 million • Wal-Mart Stores Inc. – $600,000 For more information, check the Web site http://www.USChamber. com/BCLC/Haiti_CorporateDonations
relief supplies to parts of Southeast Asia five years ago following the devastation from the tsunami. FedEx reports it cooperated with more than 20 government and relief organiza-
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Clara Cox redevelopment project clears hurdle BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
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was demolished in 2005. “It’s unfortunate that it’s been delayed, because people have had expectations for some time of the project going forward and being completed, and I’m a little disappointed that it’s delayed,” said City Councilman Mike Pugh, the council’s liaison to the authority. “I’m certain the authority will move forward the best they can to try to get it completed as soon as possible.” pkimbrough@hpe.com | 888-3531
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