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Triad will benefit from research grants BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
TRIAD – Researchers at universities in the region will receive $23.1 million in federal funding as part of a national stimulus initiative to promote medical research that was announced by the White House Wednesday. President Barack Obama announced the $5 billion in grant awards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The White House says that the more than 12,000 grants are expected to create tens of thousands of jobs
during the next two years and are part of an overall $100 billion in stimulus funding for science and technology. The medical research money through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be distributed to the 50 states. The vast majority of research money for the Triad will go toward Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which received 70 grants totaling $21.7 million. The Wake Forest grants will fund projects ranging from research on diabetes and immune response to infections to combatting coronary
heart disease and drug addiction. Wake Forest ranked third in the state for the grants announced Wednesday behind Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, according to information from the White House. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro received four grants totaling $304,000, while North Carolina A&T State University received three grants for $764,000. WinstonSalem State University received a grant for $309,000. Nationally, more than $1 billion of the grant funding is dedicated to research applying the technol-
ogy produced by the Human Genome Project. The new funding will allow researchers to study the genomic changes linked to cancer, heart, lung, and blood disease and autism, potentially leading to new treatments and cures, the White House reports. The genome funding includes $175 million for the Cancer Genome Atlas to collect more than 20,000 tissue samples from more than 20 cancers and determine all of the genetic changes in thousands of the tumor samples.
Letitia Guran was hired as visiting assistant professor of English in the Department of English at High Point University. Guran is responsible for teaching courses in English grammar and composition, as well as courses in general English literature.
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FESTIVAL OF BANDS Groups to march at Ledford on Saturday
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BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
DAVIDSON COUNTY – Nineteen high school marching bands from across the state will perform Saturday in the 25th annual Ledford High School Festival of Marching Bands. “It’s one of our biggest fundraisers of the year,” said Mike Howell, Ledford High band director. “It brings a lot of positive attention to our school and to our band program. We have schools coming from Raleigh. We have one school coming from way up near Asheville and down in the Charlotte area. It gets our name out there.” Each high school marching band will perform its halftime show for a panel of judges. Performances will be judged on marching and maneuvering, music, general effect percussion, color guard and drum majors. “People can expect to see some very exciting performances,” said Bob Callicutt, Ledford High festival coordinator. “The smaller bands are going to be wonderful to look at. Many of them will have colorful props. As you get into the larger bands, you get a lot of power. You will be sitting in those stands
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M. Bodenheimer, 87 Franklin Crase, 71 Joan Dixon, 50 Ruby Gooch, 78 Ruby Goodnight, 86 Margaret Idol, 92 Grady Lain, 88 Randy Myers, 54 Elaine Overby, 67 Callie Redfern, 77 Charles Small, 90 Larry Von Hyde, 64 Obituaries, 2-3B SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE
Ledford band members (from left) Samantha Maynard (color guard), Jonathan Geiss (saxaphone) and Tyler Rathbone (drum major) get ready for big event. and there will be some bands who will absolutely blow your hair back.” At the end of the event, bands will be awarded trophies based on their performance within their class. Classes are determined by the number of members in each band. While Ledford High’s marching band will not be competing in the event, the school will take the field twice for an exhibition performance of its show called “The Dark Side of the Rainbow” featuring music from the 1939 MGM Classic “The Wizard
of Oz” and the 1973 album “Dark Side of the Moon” by Pink Floyd. “I’m pretty excited,” said Tyler Rathbone, a member of the Ledford High marching band. “It’s the first time we really get to showcase our stuff. It’s really cool to see all the other bands and see what we are about to go up against in the coming year. It’s pretty fun just to show our stuff off and not have to worry about if the judge is going to nail us for something.” In addition to Ledford High, schools that will perform include Southwest
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What: 25th annual Ledford High School Festival of Marching Bands When: 12:45 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday
HIGH POINT – A High Point nonprofit facing difficult economic times hopes to raise community awareness about its work by opening its doors to the public this weekend. I Am Now is planning an open house aimed at giving people an idea of how the organization tries to develop the potential of young men and women who are transitioning out of the foster care system. “We want to make people more familiar with what I Am Now is, and they can actually come take a look at things hands on,” said I
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I Am Now will host an open house from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at 509 Ferndale Blvd. More information about the organization is available on its Web site, www.iamnowinc.com.
Am Now founder Travis Burrell. The event will be held at the organization’s “Crossroads” house for young people who grew up in foster care but lack resources and support networks once they turn 18 and age out of foster care. In addition to transitional housing,
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Where: Ledford High School, 140 Jesse Green Road, Thomasville Admission: $7 for adults; $5 for school-age children; children 4 and under are free.
Guilford, Ragsdale and East partment. The event also will include a concourse of Davidson high schools. Proceeds from the event food tents and vendors. will benefit the Ledford High School Music Dedignasiak@hpe.com | 888-3657
I Am Now plans weekend open house BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
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the organization provides mentors and life-skills training geared towards self-sufficiency. Burrell said there will be information at the open house about all of its programs. The timing of the event is important because I Am Now has had difficulty finding the money to meet its monthly operating budget of $13,500 to $14,000. It receives some funding from Guilford County, but its representatives have been seeking other sources, such as grants and foundations. The organization tries to fill a niche by providing services unavailable elsewhere. According to figures on its Web site, there
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are 180 homeless people between the ages of 18 and 23 in Guilford County. Burrell said there continues to be strong demand for I Am Now’s services. “We’ve been real busy lately with our non-resident program and mentoring program,” he said. “We’ve been getting a lot of calls from different agencies seeking mentors for young people and also somebody to do case management for folks who are not necessarily homeless but may have aged out of foster care and just need to be directed to resources.” pkimbrough@hpe.com | 888-3531
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