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CHRISTMAS STARS: Elementary school concert helps needy. 1B
November 19, 2009 125th year No. 323
BUDGET SLASHING: Board will likely OK spending cuts on jail. 2A
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SECOND-HALF SURGE: Wake pulls away from HPU in men’s hoops. 1D
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BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
Break-through performers The area’s winter athletes have worked and waited throughout the fall and finally are ready to hit the hardwood, mash foes on the mats and splash to success in the pool. Don’t miss our indepth Winter Sports Guide with stories, photos and schedules of the basketball, wrestling and swimming teams at the 16 high schools in the Enterprise circulation area. Inside today!
HIGH POINT – Lois Powell remembers the days when E. Washington Drive served as the social and economic hub for the African-American community in High Point. Powell, founder of the Washington Drive Resource and Enrichment Center, and others will recall those days this weekend as they try to assist the city of High Point’s efforts to restore the Washington Drive area. The Washington Drive Resource & Enrichment Center, located at 607 E. Washington Drive, will host “Tracing Our Roots: Recapturing the Legacy of High Point’s
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Lois Powell, Washington Drive Resource and Enrichment Center founder, talks about the area’s history. Washington Drive” at 4 p.m. Saturday. E. Washington Drive, which the city’s planning and zoning commission recently changed to Washington Street, is part of the city’s Washington Drive District plan that aims at restor-
ing the historic area. Noting how vibrant E. Washington Drive was many years ago, Powell called the plan “very important.” “I just hope that it would become a reality
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Store clerk shot
Dr. Alicia C. Walters joined the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Walters is a clinical instructor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and also sees patients at the Peace Haven clinic.
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OUT OF WORK: Dell layoffs begin this week. 1B OBITUARIES
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High Point police are investigating an armed robbery at the Skeet Club Grocery Store Wednesday morning.
Robbery suspect soughts, schools locked down BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
HIGH POINT – A 23-year-old store clerk from Archdale was shot twice Wednesday morning at Skeet Club Grocery in High Point. Police identified the clerk Wednesday evening as Waqar Gilani. His condition was unknown at Moses Cone Hospital, according to police. A hospital spokesman declined Wednesday to release the condition of Gilani. At 11:02 a.m., High Point police received a call that a possible armed robbery was in progress at the Skeet Club Grocery Store, located at 1533 Skeet Club Road. The caller advised police that gunshots had been heard. Police received an additional call stating that someone had been shot. When police arrived on the scene, they found the clerk had been shot twice. EMS transported
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Rep. Laura Wiley, R-Guilford, announced Friday she won’t seek another term after her third one expires at the end of next year in the 61st State House District. The district, which includes parts of High Point, Jamestown and southwest Guilford County, is Republican-leaning. No Democrat has sought the seat since it was redrawn for the 2002 election based on results of the last census. Wiley is the lone High Point resident in the 170-member N.C. General Assembly.
the clerk to Moses Cone Hospital where he underwent surgery. WXII-TV reported that the store’s owner identified the victim as his nephew. Police said the store was robbed by two black males in their late teens or early 20s who were last seen running northbound behind the store. It’s unknown exactly what was taken during the robbery, according to police. Witnesses told police the suspects were wearing hooded sweatshirts. Police didn’t announce any arrests in the shooting as of press time Wednesday. As police searched for the men, Southwest High, Middle and Elementary schools locked all exterior doors and brought all students and faculty inside around 11:10 a.m. Classes carried on as usual inside the buildings, with the lockdown being lifted around 11:40 a.m, said Haley Miller, a Guilford County Schools spokes-
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Local detectives sift through recycling bin at scene of shooting. woman. At the time of the shooting, Terry Albright was working at Husqvarna Triad Lawn & Garden, which is adjacent to Skeet Club Grocery in a small shopping center called Parrish Plaza. Albright said he didn’t hear any gunshots fired. “I was over here doing something with a customer, and all of a sudden half of the police department, rescue squad and TV
cameras are here,” Albright said. “I was surprised. We never have any problems around here.” Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call High Point Crimestoppers at 889-4000 or Detective Melanie Leonard at 887-7877. Staff Writer Paul Johnson contributed to this report. dignasiak@hpe.com | 888-3657
Third Republican files to replace Wiley BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
GUILFORD COUNTY – Less than a week after Rep. Laura Wiley, RGuilford, announced she wouldn’t seek another term next year, the field to replace her in the 61st State House District already has become crowded. High Point businessman Gerald T. Grubb announced Wednesday he will enter the Republican race for the 61st House District, becoming the third GOP candidate to declare this week. High Point city councilman John Faircloth and Phoenix Academy charter
James Anglin, 60 Everette Atwood, 81 Janet Beck, 45 J. Covington, 87 Antilee Hill, 85 Booker T. Johnson, 72 Michael McKinney, 41 Susan Oakley, 63 Mary Sheffield, 77 Gregory Tucker, 42 Claude Williams, 90 Richard Wilson, 71 Obituaries, 2B
school board Chairman Paul Norcross announced Monday that they will run as Republicans for the district seat. The Republican nominee will be decided in Grubb the May 4 primaries. Grubb and Norcross are making their first bids for public office. The winner of next November’s general election will assume the seat when the N.C. General Assembly convenes for the 2011 session in January 2011. Wiley said she will serve through her current term at the end of next
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year in the Republican-leaning district. No Democrat has run for the seat since it was redrawn for the 2002 election. Grubb, who has lived in the district for more that 40 years, is the owner/broker of Southern Cross Mortgage Co. He has operated the business for the past 12 years. Grubb said he has begun to organize his election team. He said he wants to serve 61st House District constituents by being an “active listener.” Grubb and his wife, Patty, are longtime members of Green Street Baptist Church. pjohnson@hpe.com | 888-3528
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