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DIALING FOR DOLLARS: Local United Way to host telethon. 1B

STILL A MYSTERY: Biffle says NASCAR’s Chase is wide open. 1D

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Political signs line Eastchester Drive near the intersection with N. Centennial Street Thursday.

TRIAD – Today is the deadline for people to register to vote if they want a say in this fall’s general election ... well, sort of. Anyone who plans to vote on Election Day itself Nov. 2 must register to vote by 5 p.m. today. However, if someone misses today’s deadline, the would-be voter still will have a chance to cast a ballot during

early voting, which starts Oct. 14. During early voting, known formally as one-stop absentee voting, a person who isn’t registered can show up at an early voting precinct and register and vote on the same day. Early voting concludes Oct. 30. Anyone who wants to sameday register and vote early “will have to provide identification with their name and current ad-

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ELECTION OFFICES

Today is the deadline to register to vote on Election Day Nov. 2. For more information about voting registration, call your local board of elections office: • Guilford County Board of Elections offices in Greensboro at 641-3836 or High Point at 845-7895 • Randolph County, 318-6900 • Davidson County, 242-2190

Area college could get dental school BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

DAVIDSON COUNTY – East Carolina University is considering locating a new dental learning center at Davidson County Community College, according to Davidson County Health Department Director Layton Long. “They (East Carolina University) are in a selection phase,” Long told the Davidson County Board of Commissioners on Thursday. “They have not made a decision, but they are definitely looking at Davidson County, and they are very interested in us.” Long said he was contacted by ECU in 2009 regarding the development of a new dental school at ECU. He said the new dental school at ECU would be a different model from the existing school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The ECU model consists of 10 learning centers located in communities that have been identified as having unmet dental needs. According to Long, ECU representatives indicated that Davidson County had been identified as a community in need of dental services and as a prospective site for location of a learning center. He said the college’s initial visit was to gather general information about the county and suggestions on possible learning centers. “It will bring dentists into the community to provide services for the indigent care, but also increase access for them locating here,” Long said. “... It’s just a winwin situation.” Davidson County officials say the county currently has a ratio of 1.55 dentists to 10,000 residents. ECU dental students would complete their fourth year of training at the learning centers while providing dental services to the underserved population, Long said. Representatives from DCCC, Davidson Medical Ministries Clinic, county administration and Davidson County Health Department have been in talks with the college. A conversion of Davidson Medical Ministries Clinic into a Federally Qualified Health Center may entice ECU to locate the dental learning center at DCCC, according to county officials. dignasiak@hpe.com | 888-3657

Clinic seeks funding to expand services BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

DAVIDSON COUNTY – Davidson Medical Ministries Clinic hopes to expand its services by becoming a Federally Qualified Health Center, but the nonprofit needs help from the community to do so. At an informational meeting of the Davidson County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, Davidson Medical Ministries Clinic Executive Director Sandy Motley and Davidson County Health Department Director Layton Long discussed how the nonprofit could become a FQHC and

partner with Gaston Family Health Services. The FQHC status, which would provide $650,000 annually to the nonprofit, is designed to provide services to the medically indigent. Davidson Medical Ministries Clinic is considering a partnership with Gaston Family Health Services, which already is an established FQHC. Motley said the partnership with Gaston Family Health Services would increase the chances of Davidson Medical Ministries Clinic being approved for an FQHC status because it would be part of an existing FQHC. Motley said the federal government will approve 350 applica-

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ELECTION COUNTDOWN

BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

October 8, 2010

SLIGHT INCREASE: Furniture orders rise modestly. 1B

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS TODAY

Early voting starts Oct. 14

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tions. “They are expecting over 900 applications to be submitted,” she said. “We already know 26 are being submitted from North Carolina.” Davidson County would need to give $100,000 annually for three years to make the partnership happen. Motley and Long are working with representatives from Thomasville Medical Center and Lexington Memorial Hospital in hopes of getting a combined $70,000 annually from the two hospitals, leaving Davidson County’s portion at $30,000 each year for three years. Motley said Davidson Medical Min-

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istries Clinic currently has two parttime practitioners. The FQHC status and partnership with Gaston Family Health Services would provide the nonprofit with a full-time physician and two full-time nurse practitioners. “It will increase our capacity to serve more people because we are increasing our providers,” Motley said. Motley said Davidson Medical Ministries Clinic cut its budget by 20 percent in 2009, but provided $5.7 million of free services to residents of Davidson County. Commissioners will discuss the issue again on Oct. 12. dignasiak@hpe.com | 888-3657

WHO’S NEWS

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North Davidson High School English teacher Paul Piatkowski received the 2010 Davidson County Schools’ Teacher of the Year award. Piatkowski, who teaches 11thgrade honors English and senior English, has served at North Davidson since 2004.

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ASSAULT CHARGE: Police make arrest in shooting. 2A OBITUARIES

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Cheryl Branch, 63 Martha Brown, 69 Ann Dalton Annie Farmer, 99 Winfred Hall, 66 Charles Hartman, 72 Doris Harvell, 77 Robert Hester, 56 Dorothy Myers , 96 Andrew Pratt, 24 Suquan Rogers, 21 James Sanders, 87 Dorothy Sink, 100 Margaret Smith, 61 Obituaries, 2A,2-3B

WEATHER

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Sunny, warm High 78, Low 49 6D

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