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WEDNESDAY

YOUNG AT HEART: Poll worker, 93, keeps things running smoothly. 1D

KEY RACES

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May 5, 2010 126th year No. 125

TRAFFIC SNARL: Police officer, 2 others injured in accident. 3A

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GRICE WINS IT

WHO’S NEWS

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(Unofficial results) Benjamin T. Cochran, managing partner of the North Carolina personal injury law firm Hardison & Associates, was named by North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star in North Carolina for 2010. Cochran is a graduate of High Point Central High School and a High Point native.

GUILFORD COUNTY Sheriff Democratic Harlon Costner............................ 22.26% C.B. Goins.......................................23.7% Phil Wadsworth........................32.54% James Zimmerman Sr...................21.51% Republican ✔ BJ Barnes..................................90.11% Scott Jones.....................................9.89%

County Commissioner Dist. 2 Republican ✔ Bill Bencini................................73.97% Myrene Stanley............................26.03%

Board of Education, at-large Nonpartisan Lisa Clapp......................................34.49% ✔ Nancy Routh.............................57.96% Charo Tomlin..................................7.55%

Board of Education Dist. 2

DON DAVIS JR. | HPE

Sheriff David Grice and wife Sarah await results with Ginger Grubb, Kerri Barker and Kelli Tesh.

Hege suffers defeat in bid to win back Davidson County sheriff’s post

Nonpartisan Richard Becker..............................17.96% ✔ Garth Hebert...........................27.25% ✔ Ed Price....................................54.79%

BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

6th Congressional District Republican Billy Yow.......................................16.33% James Taylor...................................6.97% Jon Mangin.....................................0.18% Jeff Phillips.....................................2.78% Cathy Brewer Hinson.....................1.63% ✔ Howard Coble..........................72.11%

State Senate Dist. 28 Democratic Evelyn Miller.............................25.29% ✔ Gladys Robinson..................74.71% Republican Robert Brafford Jr..........................8.09% Jeffrey Brommer...........................21.65% ✔ Trudy Wade..............................64.66% John W. Welch...............................5.60%

State House Dist. 60 Democratic ✔ Marcus Brandon......................59.81% Earl Jones....................................40.19%

DAVIDSON COUNTY – Davidson County Sheriff David Grice won the highly profiled sheriff race in the Davidson County Republican Primary Tuesday night, according to unofficial results. With all precincts reported, Grice received 61 percent, or 9,631 votes, to defeat former Sheriff Gerald Hege, who received 24 percent, or 3,838 votes. Former state trooper Terry Price finished third with 14 percent, or 2,274 votes, and Edgar Shuler received less than 1 percent, or 93 votes. Grice could not be reached for comment Tuesday night. Although his name was on the ballot, Shuler bowed out of the race last month, throwing his

Republican ✔ John Faircloth........................42.55% Gerald Grubb..............................15.18% Georgia Nixon-Roney.................17.13% Paul Norcross..............................25.14%

Sheriff Republican Edgar Shuler.................................0.59% Terry Price...................................14.36% Gerald Hege................................24.24% ✔ David Grice...........................60.82%

County Commissioner Republican ✔ Sam Watford........................13.08% ✔ Don Truell............................13.33% Eric Osborne.............................4% Owen Moore.............................6.28% ✔ Billy Joe Kepley..................15.8% Eddie Gallimore.......................8.71% Kenneth “Stump” Cavender....6.31% Dwight Cornelison..................7.68% Joseph Lee Byerly...................4.38% Larry Allen.............................10.11% ✔ Todd Yates.......................10.32% Democratic ✔ Kevin Willliams.................21.09% ✔ Ronald Swicegood...........21.34% ✔ Jeff Switzer.....................18.22% Phil Olshinski...........................14.93% ✔ Jason Hedrick..................24.43%

RANDOLPH COUNTY County Commissioner Dist. 3 Republican ✔ Harold Holmes.........................66.19% G.C. Burgess..................................33.81% Sheriff Republican Gary Davis.....................................17.39% ✔ Maynard Reid...........................82.61%

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More election results. 2A, 8A, 1B support to Price. Grice, who defeated Roy Holman for the seat in 2006, won the primary that had received quite a bit of attention with Hege in the sheriff race. Hege resigned in 2004 after pleading guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice for attempting to cover up money missing from the vice and narcotics unit of the sheriff’s department. As part of his platform, Grice previously said he has not and will not use the “office of Davidson County sheriff to promote myself, sell merchandise, create reality TV shows, or participate in any other money-

making schemes.” Hege, as sheriff, starred in a role on a national reality television program on Court TV and didn’t rule out during his campaign starring in another television show. Grice will face off against Democrat Tommy Evans, who didn’t have any challengers for a primary, on the November ballot. Grice and Evans also may have a challenge from Thomasville Resident Don Swink, who says he has enough signatures to get on the November ballot as an unaffiliated candidate. Price and Hege will not have the opportunity to get on the ballot through the petition process because their names appeared on the ballot in the primary election, according to general statutes. dignasiak@hpe.com | 888-3657

Price tops Hebert to win ballot spot

State House Dist. 61

DAVIDSON COUNTY

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BY DAVID NIVENS ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – Incumbent Garth Hebert will face businessman Ed Price on the Nov. 2 ballot for the District 2 seat on the Guilford County Board of Education. Price finished Tuesday with 55 percent of votes in the nonpartisan primary, according to unofficial totals, with Hebert at 27 percent. Retiree and former teacher Richard Becker finished third

QUALIFICATIONS

The N.C. Department of Insurance offers these hints as to whether or not you’ll receive a refund from your automobile insurance agency: • If your insurance premiums significantly increased in the first half of 2009, you may be eligible for a refund. • If you were already receiving discounts on your policy, such as discounts for being a safe driver, you may not be eligible for a refund. • If you were already receiving lower than average rates before rates increased in January, 2009, you may not be eligible for a refund because you weren’t affected by high premiums.

with 18 percent of 4,500 ballots cast. Because three candidates filed, the primary was needed to eliminate one for the Nov. 2 ballot. The candidates agreed in their campaigns that school violence is a major problem. Hebert, an accountant and fiscal conservative, said he has more to do. “I am not finished,” Hebert said earlier. Hebert, who received 1,226 votes, said he has been successful in achieving more data and finan-

cial transparency, but the district still has a way to go in closing the student achievement gap. Price, who led with 2,465 ballots, also favors better cooperation between the city and the school board on sharing some facilities and more teacher assistants. Becker, who got 808 votes, wanted to use his engineering background to help supervise the district’s school construction and maintenance programs. dnivens@hpe.com | 888-3626

Insurance refunds coming to drivers BY PAM HAYNES ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

TRIAD – Drivers worried about summer gas price spikes or oil spills on the Gulf Coast soon may find comfort in the form of a refund check. A dispute between the N.C. Department of Insurance and the N.C. Rate Bureau led to a settlement last year that will send refund checks to about 1 million drivers who were charged rates that later were appealed. A first wave of refunds will begin to be sent out this week. Drivers may or may not yet know

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if they’ll be receiving a check, said Kristin Milam, spokesperson for the insurance department. “It depends on the level of communication they have with their insurance agent or company,” Milam said. “If somebody has a question about whether or not they’ll be receiving a check, they should contact their insurance agent. They’ll have a good idea at this point as to who will receive a refund.” Before the settlement denied a rate hike last year, insurers were

REFUNDS, 2A

DRUG ARREST: Deputies seize marijuana, pills. 3A OBITUARIES

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Quinzell Gainey, 75 Margaret Harper, 89 Lloyd Jones, 80 Rose Lanier, 47 Eva Lewallen, 90 Maddie McCandies, 76 Sylvan Rubin, 83 Lester Ryals, 84 Patricia Steen, 72 Marian Toney, 76 Obituaries, 2B

WEATHER

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Sunny, warm High 85, Low 63 8C

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