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Randolph offers 6 attendance line options

into the new Wheatmore High School. Chairwoman Becky Coltrane said in past meetings that Archdale HIGH POINT – Six possible ways Elementary’s facilities best met the to redistrict attendance lines for needs of the area’s middle school stustudents in kindergarten through eighth grade were presented by Randolph County school officials at a meeting on Thursday night. Superintendent Donald Andrews said the school had considered several ways to reduce crowding in Archdale-Trinity district middle schools, but nothing would be changed in the current school dents. Other proposals included: year. The proposal to convert Archdale • Converting Trindale Elementary Elementary into a sixth-grade school into a sixth-grade school. Braxton was discussed by school officials earlier Craven would become a sevenththis year. Under the proposal, current through-eighth-grade school for the students at the school would be reas- new Trinity area under this propossigned to various middle schools, and al. Archdale Trinity Middle School Braxton Craven would become a sixth- would feed into the new Wheatmore through-eighth grade-school that feeds High School. This plan would lead BY PAM HAYNES ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

Several ways to reduce crowding in ArchdaleTrinity district middle schools were discussed.

to 293 overcrowded seats among elementary schools, according to school officials’ calculations. • Converting all elementary schools into kindergarten-through-sixth-grade schools. Braxton Craven would become a seventh-through-eighth-grade school for the new Trinity area. Archdale Trinity Middle School would become a seventh-through-eighth-grade school for the new Wheatmore area. However, Coltrane said elementary schools could not provide elective classes such as band that the state requires for sixth graders. • Trindale Elementary becomes a sixth-through-eighth-grade school for the Trinity area. Braxton Craven would become a kindergarten-through-fifth grade school, and Archdale Trinity Middle School would become a sixth-through-

eighth-grade school for Wheatmore. • Braxton Craven becomes a sixththrough-eighth-grade school for the new Trinity area. Archdale Trinity Middle School would become a sixth-through-eighth-grade school for Wheatmore. • Braxton Craven would remain a sixth-grade school for the ArchdaleTrinity district. Archdale Trinity Middle School also would remain a seventh-through-eighth-grade school, leading to 78 overcrowded seats at Braxton Craven and 24 overcrowded seats at Archdale Trinity Middle School. Andrews asked anyone with concerns or suggestions about the proposals contact the school board. phaynes@hpe.com | 888-3617

WHO’S NEWS

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Steven Sherrick, a junior majoring in marketing and finance at High Point University, spent his summer interning at a swimming pool complex in New Jersey. During his internship, Sherrick was responsible for a corps of lifeguards.

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Back on the job?

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NOTES FOR HOPE: Southwest students send message for 9/11. 1B

Signs in Davidson indicate Hege may consider another run at sheriff

OBITUARIES

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Maxine Bowers, 80 Margaret Elkes, 75 Thenas Hatcher, 71 Paul Leonard, 98 William Davis, 93 Donald Purdee, 76 Jon Riddle Jr., 79 Jessie Thomas, 78 Colene Tussey, 80 Garland Tyner, 79 Obituaries, 2B

BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER SPECIAL | COURTESY WXII

DAVIDSON COUNTY – Five years after pleading guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice, former Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege may be considering a run for sheriff in 2010. Signs supporting the controversial sheriff are popping up in Davidson County, according to WXII-TV. Attempts by The High Point Enterprise to reach Hege for comment were unsuccessful Friday. Hege resigned as sheriff in 2004 and pleased 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. The former sheriff, who was elected in 1994, ended his probation in May 2007. After finishing his probation and as a convicted felon, Hege could vote and also run for sheriff again. Under state and federal law, Hege can never own a gun even if he is ever re-elected to the post of sheriff because he is a convicted felon. According to Ruth

Signs like this one in Lexington are popping up around Davidson County in support of Gerald Hege for sheriff. Huneycutt, director of the Davidson County Board of Elections, Hege registered as a Republican in Oct. 10, 2008. Huneycutt said Hege’s background was checked to make sure he had completed his probation before he could be registered to vote again. On Friday, Davidson County Sheriff David Grice said he will run for sheriff in 2010, but would not comment on the potential candidacy of Hege. Grice has been in office since 2004 as he was appointed by the Republican Party to fill the seat of Hege. He easily retained the office of sheriff in 2006 for a four-year term with a victory over Roy Holman. “I’m definitely going to be running on the Republican ticket in 2010,” Grice said. “I’m not going to comment much about any candidacy or so forth. It’s too early to get back and forth on that. We have done a good job under my administration, and I think I have earned a second term.”

WEATHER

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Mostly sunny High 85, Low 61

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Then-suspended Sheriff Gerald Hege of Davidson County leaves the Davidson County Courthouse in Lexington with sheriff’s department Chaplain Wayne Knight in September of 2003. Sen. Stan Bingham, RDavidson, said a bill that would have amended the North Carolina Constitution to make convicted felons ineligible to hold the office of sheriff is “now a dead issue.” The bill, which was introduced by Bingham, was dropped for consideration in the N.C.

Senate because it required a constitutional amendment, Bingham said. He said he introduced the bill on behalf of three sheriffs in adjoining counties because felons aren’t able to carry guns. “It seemed an injustice that you could hire 100 officers that could carry

guns and you are the boss and you can’t even carry one,” Bingham said. “It seemed like a discrepancy in the law in my opinion and that was the purpose of introducing this as an issue of fairness.” dignasiak@hpe.com 888-3657

PTAA seeks utilities for job, business growth

lion so the airport’s governing board could contract for work on 16-inch and 12-inch water GREENSBORO – The Piedmont mains and an 8-inch sewer Triad Airport Authority is main to a pair of PTIA sites, acseeking $4.6 million from the cording to information supplied city of Greensboro and Guilford to the Guilford County Board of County to extend water and Commissioners. sewer lines to land that could “Currently, (the) Piedmont spur business and job growth. Triad Airport Authority is The city of Greensboro would actively pursuing two potenprovide $2.8 million and the county would pitch in $1.8 milAIRPORT, 2A BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

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