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CAR SHOW TO RAISE DOUGH Proceeds from event go towards Fairgrove Family Resource Center
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BY ERIN WILTGEN Staff Writer With motorcycles and the occasional tractor slipping in with rare trucks and classic automobiles, it certainly won’t be a typical car show. But then again, the motivation for the event isn’t exactly run-of-the-mill, either. Sure, organizer Robert Smith fits the profile of a car enthusiast, cruising in his own automobiles and attending various shows in the area. But Show-U-Care Car Show, held Saturday, May 8, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fair Grove Elementary School, has a far deeper purpose. The event will help fund the Fairgrove Family Resource Center. “I’m hoping we get a good turnout so we can raise some money for them because it’s for a good cause,” Smith said. Smith is no stranger to the Resource Center’s integral part in the local community. When a fire destroyed his home last November, he and his family of six — him, his wife, three daughters and a son — were left not only without a place to sleep but with little to no worldly possessions. “If it had not been for them, we would’ve starved to death,” Smith said. “The Resource Center really tried to make sure we had something to eat every day.” To return the favor, Smith decided to give back in the only way he knew how. “My thing is hot rods,” he said. “I’m a
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Businesses discuss impacts of health bill Staff Writer The Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce held a Lunch and Learn seminar for local businesses Friday afternoon to discuss the health care reform bill and its impact on business. The seminar, held at the Tom A. Finch Community YMCA in Thomasville from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., was led by Marci Wilding, director of government relations at Novant Health. “It was such a hot topic — there wasn’t a day in my office while the debate was going on in Washington that I didn’t get e-mails and phone calls,” said Chamber President Doug Croft, who added that most discussions and coverage he had encountered talked about effects on consumers. “I represent the business
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“It came in right around $1.4 million,” council member Mark Swaim said. “We’re very pleased. We will be able to pay off the building as soon as it’s finished, which is what we wanted to do from the very start.” Neil Jarrell, co-owner of Jarrell Contractors, said the
LEXINGTON — Davidson County Sheriff David Grice’s day started well before the sun came up. A phone call of a wanted man refusing to get out of his car on Interstate 85 jumpstarted an Grice already b u s y Tuesday morning. The wily veteran, with his uniform laid out the night before, arrived at the scene around 5 a.m. and began coordinating efforts to negotiate the South Carolina man, who was on the run after allegedly murdering his wife hours earlier, out of his truck so traffic on the now backed up interstate could return to normal. Grice, a sheriff who prides himself on being able to work with different law enforcement agencies, contacted High Point police for use of their armored vehicle, negotiated with the suspect with the help of a Rowan County deputy and coordinated traffic with the highway patrol. “Being a sheriff is running the whole operation and not just blowing up in front of the media,” Grice said. “I take the job seriously, but you don’t want to micro-manage everybody. That’s why you have people out there. If you do make the decisions, you have to make sure they’re carried through. I carry through with what I do.” By 8:30 a.m., Grice and the Davidson County
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Robert Smith will host the Show-U-Care Car Show May 8 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at Fair Grove Elementary. Entry fee is $10 the day of the show and $8 if preregistered.
Wallburg to break ground on new town hall Monday BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer
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Grice feels actions speak louder than words
Wallburg’s wait is finally over. On Monday, Wallburg town council members will take part in a ground breaking ceremony for the new town Hall at the corner of Franklin Drive and Highway 109, ending year’s of fiscal and developmental plan-
ning. The ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m. and is open to the public. Once the ceremony is over, Jarrell Contractors, Inc., out of Salisbury, will begin the construction process. Jarrell Contractors was awarded the project because it submitted the lowest bid, a number that was right in line with what council members had in the budget.
East principal retiring after school year BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer Cathi Smith’s friends always told her she would know when it was time to retire. They were right. Smith, the principal at East Davidson High School, announced to faculty and students this week that she plans to retire at the end of the school year, ending her 11-year run at the helm of her alma mater. Smith’s retirement is effective June 30.
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“Yes, I am,” Smith said. “I announced it [Thursday] that after 34 years in education and 11 years as principal it was time to hang it up for a little while. Everybody kept telling me I would know when it was time and it is. You just feel it. I still love what I do and I love my school, but it’s time for me to take some time for me and my family.” After graduating from EDHS in 1972, Smith taught math at the school for 19 years before leaving for Ledford High School to take the job as assistant
principal. She spent two and a half years there and moved on to the same position at North Davidson High School. After more than a year at NDHS, she returned to East in 1999 as principal. “I’ve spent 34 years of my life in this building,” Smith said of EDHS. “I’m going to miss the students of course. They’re fun to be around, they’re energetic, and they’re just wonderful. They are the heart of any
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East Davidson High School Principal Cathi Smith will retire at the See RETIRING, Page A3 end of the school year.
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