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BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer

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ix soldiers raising the American flag atop a hill on a small island in the Pacific Ocean in the final months of World War II. The image would find itself on stamps and posters, and renditions of the photograph taken on Feb. 23, 1945, at the top of Mt. Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima continue to conjure up memories and emotions more than 60 years later.

For Thomasville’s Charles Cline, the image is still hard to talk about

without breaking out in tears.

Cline stood aboard the U.S.S. Auburn that day, watching the flag go up from the bow of his battleship, not far from the surf where 5,000 Americans died during the initial 24 hours of the 35-day campaign aimed to root the Japanese from their Pacific Ocean stronghold.

Victory at Iwo Jima marked another step toward an Allied victory and an end to the bloody war to end all wars.

“I never told a soul this till last year,” Cline said. “I got so fed up with all the Bush-bashing concerning the war. I saw them raise

the flag at Suribachi. I went on 12 o’clock. They did sometime after lunch and we had a long glass we could look through for other flagmen. I turned it up on Suribachi and they were raising the flag. I wouldn’t tell people that because they would think I was full of bull.

It’s the honest truth. They raised two flags. The second one was bigger and that’s the one I saw.”

It’s hard for Cline to look back at those days without remembering the sacrifice of so many young men. He spent his days aboard the

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Charles Cline holds a picture of himself from his time in See IMAGE, Page A6 the U.S. Navy during World War II.

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City Cemetery a marker to town’s past, compassion

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From left, Pam Cooper, Jody Jackson and Chan Baker of CV Products and Xceldyne Technologies help pack backpacks for local school children to have on weekends during the summer months.

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CV Products, Communities In Schools join to provide weekend meals to underprivileged children

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V Products and Communities In Schools of Thomasville are forming a partnership to help low-income students on free or reduced lunches eat healthy meals during the weekend.

Extending a program that started at Thomasville Primary School, CV Products and CIS of Thomasville are providing needy students at Liberty Drive Elementary with a carepack full of food to last them through the weekend when school is out. CV Products, a Thomasvillebased company that distributes racing parts and accessories, is hoping other companies will join

‘When a child comes up in a community that cares, that child will care about the community.’

— JUDY YOUNTS Communities In Schools in and help out the nine out of 10 Thomasville City Schools’ students who receive free or reduced lunches.

“That was astonishing to me that 90 percent of the students in the city schools are on free or reduced lunch right here,” Melissa Black-

Community Sponsor

well, a marketing communications specialist with CV Products, said.

“We would like for this to be a focus for a call to action. We’re not asking for contributions. CV Products wants to issue a challenge to other companies in the community to get involved.”

Employees of CV Products and Xceldyne Technologies, a sister company that also is headquartered at 42 high Tech Boulevard, have been bringing in food for the program, as well as donating money through payroll deductions. Every Thursday, volunteers sort out the donated food items and fill up customized backpacks to be handed out Friday afternoon. CV Products

t was an era that tore the country in half, pitting father against son, neighbor against neighbor. Friends became enemies, and the great ideals that first united Americans seemed on the brink of destruction.

But in the quiet town of Thomasville, at least by the war’s end, friend and foe alike were treated in local hospitals and buried side by side.

Coming up on its 150th anniversary, the Thomasville City Cemetery is the only known cemetery with Confederate and Union soldiers buried together in a common grave. Of the 36 soldiers buried there, 28 are Confederate soldiers, four Union soldiers and four unknown soldiers.

“It’s pretty rare for that time,” said Bill Colonna of the Thomasville Historic Preservation Commission. “They were enemies to the nth degree, and to be buried side by side shows that it’s significant.”

The City Cemetery began when city founder John W. Thomas donated property for use as a cemetery.

Some accounts say that this transfer of land occurred in 1860, and some historians conjecture the donation happened after T homas’ death in 1871, but other stories say that burials in the cemetery were made as early as 1855.

Whatever the date, the land Thomas donated became known as Willow Branch Cemetery North and South. In 1924, the cemetery was taken over by the City of Thomasville and renamed City Cemetery.

Thomas, his wife, and several of his children are buried in the cemetery, along with a number of Thomasville’s other early prominent figures.

But what sets the grave-site apart from others of its kind is the Civil War soldiers buried there.

Union and Confederate soldiers wounded in the battle of Bentonville, who were treated — and ul-

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What’s happening?

Hiliday garbage schedule

The City of Thomasville will be closed on Monday, May 31, in observance of Memorial Day. The collection schedules will be altered the following days: Garbage Monday route will collect Tuesday Tuesday route will collect Wednesday Wednesday and Thursday will collect Thursday Friday will be regular schedule Recycling Monday route will collect Tuesday Tuesday and Wednesday will collect Wednesday Thursday and Friday routes will be regular schedule * If items are not collected on listed day, leave materials at curb for next day pick up.

Big Chair tulip bulbs

Thomasville City Beautification is taking orders for Big Chair tulip bulbs.

Cost is 25 bulbs for $20, 50 bulbs for $35, 75 bulbs for $45, 100 bulbs for $50. Mail checks or money orders to Thomasville City Beautification, PO Box 368, in Thomasville. Deadline is October 15.

Delivery will be in November.

Yard of the Week

The City Beautification Committee is currently seeking nominations for Yard of the Week. To be eligible for Yard of the Week, the yard must be maintained by the homeowner. Yards that are professionally maintained are not eligible.

To nominate a yard, contact Crystal Hodges at 476-8675. Have the homeown-

er’s name, telephone number and address when calling.

Yards are named for the weeks May 1 through July 31.

Raffle The Silver Valley Civitan Club is conducting a summer raffle with proceeds designated for various service projects, including those that benefit people with disabilities. The grand prize is a 32-inch flat screen television with the winning ticket to be drawn July 26. Tickets are available at $2 each or three for $5 from any Civitan member or by contacting President Roger Barker at 474-1438.

Democratic Women of Davidson County will meet on June 8 at 7 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 419 South Main Street, Lexington. Membership is open to all registered Democratic Women in the County. For more information, call Faye Powell at 475-1247.

Book fair Hasty Elementary School will host a buy one, get ond free book fair Monday, May 31, through Thursday, June 3.

Customers pay for the more expensive book, and the lower priced book is free.

This Scholastic Book Fair is a great opportunity to get summer reading materials for children. It is very important that children continue reading over the summer vacation so that they do not lose skills learned in the classroom.

Hours for the book fair are Monday, May 31, from noon to 3 p.m., and Tuesday, June 1, through Thursday, June 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Shoppers should park in the back parking lot of the school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Monday, it is OK to part in the front parking lot of the school (where the busses park).

Hasty Elementary School is located at 325 Hasty School Road

WDB Youth Council meeting The DavidsonWorks Workforce Development Board Youth Council will meet Wednesday, June 2 at noon, at Davidson County Community College, Mendenhall Building, Room 226.

Bingo

Business expo The Thomasville Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the High Point and Archdale-Trinity Chambers to offer a marketing opportunity to a larger audience of regional business-to-business connections. The event will be on June 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the International Home Furnishing Center.

A three-chamber Business After Hours will follow that evening from 5 to 7 p.m. Online registration for all three chambers is centralized through the High Point Chamber. To register, visit http://highpointchamber.org/Expo/index.htm.

Country dance Sound Factor Country Band will hold a family-style (alcohol & smoke-free) country dance Saturday, June 5. Bring a covered dish to eat at 6:30 p.m. Linedancing begins at 7. Band starts at 7:30.

The event will take place at Lil Carolina Opry Dance Hall, formlerly J.R. County Line Music Hall, 8154 Highway 64-West, in Trinity. Cost is free for children 12 and under, and $6 adults. Also, linedance lessons begin every Tuesday night at 6:30.

For more info call: 336- 847-9740 or go to www.lilcarolinaopry.com

Hospice of Davidson County volunteer training classes Hospice of Davidson County will hold volunteer training classes June 7–9 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Home Care and Administration Building located at 200 Hospice Way, in Lexington. The consecutive afternoon sessions will offer training to equip volunteers in helping patients and caregivers receiving home care services.

To find out more about volunteer opportunities with Hospice of Davidson County or to register for the June training sessions, contact Windy ColeHedrick, volunteer manager, at (336) 474-2068 or via email at whedrick@hospiceofdavidson.org. Applications are also available online on the volunteer section of the agency web site, www. hospiceofdavidson.org.

Fair Grove Lions Clubhouse, 502 Willowbrook Drive, will hold a bingo night Thursday, June 10, 6:30 to 9 p.m. There will be prizes and 50/50 drawing. Light snacks and non-alcholic beverages are available for purchase.

Customer appreciation day

The Salvation Army of Davidson County’s Lexington Family Store, 524 S. Main St., Lexington, will hold a customer appreciation day on Saturday, June 12, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The event will include special sales, refreshments, a magician performing and making animal balloons and possibly a person doing face painting.

THS Class of 1962 Reunion

A reunion of the Thomasville High School Class of 1962 will be held on Saturday, June 12, at the Colonial Country Club in Thomasville. Organizers are looking for up-to-date addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses for classmates. For more information, contact Alice Ervin at 561-732-1521.

Ms. Senior Davidson County pageant

Davidson County Senior Services Senior Dynamics program will sponsor its 18th annual Ms. Senior Davidson County pageant, June 17, 7 p.m. at the Community Center in Thomasville, located at 7003 Ball Park Road.

A contestant search is now in progress for ladies 55-years-old and older to compete for the title. Contestants will be judged on personality, appearance and their answer to an impromptu question.

Females must live in Davidson County.

Each contestant will receive a free makeover, luncheon, dinner for themselves and a guest, and prizes.

The pageant winner will represent Davidson County in activities and social events throughout the reigning year and will be involved in public speaking on the platform of their choice.

Applications are available at the Thomasville and Lexington Senior Centers. For more information, call (336) 474-2754.

May 29, 2010

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Local student attends Law Day at the state capital

BY ERIN WILTGEN Staff Writer Most fourth graders visiting their state’s capital go through a school field trip, an extension of the classroom lesson on their home state.

Kayla Lenz, a fourth grader at Thomasville’s Brier Creek Elementary School, saw downtown Raleigh in a slightly different capacity.

The Young Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Bar Association invited the 10-year-old to the capital to celebrate the 53rd observance of Law Day in North Carolina in honor of her second place finish in the third through fifth graders’ division of the association’s art contest.

“This was her first trip to Raleigh,” said Deanna Lenz, Kayla’s mother.

“We tried to take some time to look around. She was excited about seeing the capital.”

For her age division, Kayla had to create a poster following the theme “Law in the 21st Century: Emerging Challenges and Enduring Traditions.”

Her poster featured a variety of images — trees, the globe, a bride and groom among others — drawn over a background of the American flag.

“It talks about everything in our state — the challenges, traditions and environment,” the 10-year-old said.

The reception in Raleigh — held May 7 for the contest winners, their families and their art teachers — took place at the Carolina Club on the top floor of the Wachovia Building, overlooking the State Capital Building.

“She was nervous, and she was just smiling,” Deanna said. “She knew the way that they were dressed that it was a big deal. They made it into a real special event — they had more than one fork.”

Seeing all those lawyers dressed up, giving out awards and talking to the kids about law was one of Kayla’s favorite parts of the entire weekend — besides seeing the capital

LUNCH From page A1 designed the backpacks that sport the company and the CIS logo.

“It’s not just the community in this building but we’re part of the community at large,” said Blackwell. “We really want to stay involved and help the Thomasville community. Our biggest call isn’t for recognition, we really want to get other organizations to step up and help the children out.”

A similar program was already in place at TPS, but not Liberty Drive, spurring CIS members to change that fact. CV Products stepped in and ensured the backpack program will run through the end of the summer.

“CV Products heard the call,” CIS of Thomasville Director Judy Younts said. “We need the help of everybody out there to take care of our children because it will come back to us. They’re going to be in our businesses,

working for you or stealing from you. We want taxpayers, not tax takers. This all goes toward that.”

Susan Upton, Liberty Drive’s CIS coordinator, said that when students get the call on Friday to come pick up their backpacks, the sound resembles a herd of elephants running down the hall.

Davidson County’s unemployment has been above 12 percent for more than a year, and the current economic recession has impacted families throughout Thomasville. Upton said students are issued backpacks on a need basis through teacher referrals, and 21 children currently receive the food every week.

“The kids are so excited about the backpacks,” said Upton. “Other kids ask where they can get one. There’s no name on it so there’s no embarrassment factor. It’s not expensive. If one person were to do it, then maybe it would be expensive.

But if one person picks up a box of macaroni, it’s not. For CV Products

to do payroll deduction, if even if it’s $1 a week, that’s incredible.”

Younts said all food items are selected based on nutrition, keeping up with TCS’ policy of providing children with a healthy diet. The backpacks are colored red and black, LDE’s school colors.

“If the child isn’t getting the right nutrition, they’re not going to be able to learn,” said Younts. “This hits and focuses on so many things.

I can’t say enough about the partnership with CV Products. We’ve come in and they have heard us.

Parents have difficult decisions to make when it comes to paying rent or electricity, not to mention buying groceries. When a child comes up in a community that cares, that child will care about the community.”

For information about Communities In Schools of Thomasville, call 4744233.

Staff Writer Eliot Duke can be reached at 888-3578, or duke@tvilletimes.com.

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Kayla Lenz of Thomasville stands with Chief of Justice Sarah Parker of the N.C. Supreme Court while in Rabuilding, of course.

“I didn’t know there were that many people in law,” she said.

The N.C. Bar Association held the contest and the event to raise awareness of Law Day and to get schools involved. The association contacted the schools, who in turn passed the information on to its students.

Kayla’s art teacher encouraged the young girl to submit something because of her passion for art.

“I like art because I get to express what I feel,” Kayla said.

But while the 10-yearold likes art, she’s young enough to remain modest about her work — she said she never thought that she would win.

“I was shocked,” Kayla said.

The girl’s proud mom said Kayla was ecstatic about the news, as was the rest of the family.

“She was excited,” Deanna said. “She wanted to tell everybody.”

Besides the fun of traveling to Raleigh, visiting the capital and meeting lawyers from all levels, the experience also

taught Kayla a lot, her mother said.

“The project took research and a lot of time,” Deanna said. “I think it just made her realize that if you work hard and you really try your best, it’s worth it.”

Deanna also said that, even though her daughter is still young, the competition and trip to Raleigh did get the girl thinking about the future.

“It’s a step in thinking about college,” Deanna said. “It’s the first thing that actually happened that’s made her think about what she wants to be.”

Before this, Kayla’s ideas of the future centered around being a teacher or a doctor, just as most young children do.

Deanna said her daughter hadn’t had much exposure to law.

“It really got her interested in it,” Deanna said.

“She got to see how important it was. It opened her eyes to other careers. It boosted her confidence.”

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timately died — in the local hospitals were buried without being separated.

“Just the uniqueness of it, that it may be the only cemetery with Civil War soldiers that were from opposing sides buried together,” said Thomasville Tourism Director Mark Scott. “Not heaped together, but dug out, laid side by side very carefully in uniform.”

Scott said that while other cemeteries may have Confederate and Union soldiers buried in individual graves on the same plot, the Thomasville City Cemetery is thought to be the only one with opposing sides buried in one grave.

But though the fallen soldiers may not have gotten individualized plots, they were by no means thrown haphazardly together in a mass grave. In fact, the soldiers were buried in almost perfectly straight lines so that when Nat Walker, cemetery groundskeeper, walks over the ground with a metal detector, he can pick up the brass buckles in line.

“They took great care not to desecrate the bodies,” Scott said.

In about 1908, a Georgian who had served in the hospital depot in Thomasville led a fundraising effort to provide the 36 headstones for the soldiers, who had before been buried in an unmarked plot.

The care that Thomasville citizens took to honor the dead soldiers reveals Staff Writer Erin Wilt- a compassion and appreciation for the gen can be reached at 888- fallen that the city has carried through 3576 or at newsdesk@tvil- the years, Scott said. letimes.com “They weren’t just buried there, they

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CITY CEMETERY Thomasville City Cemetery is located at 205 Memorial Park Drive.

To visit the cemetery museum — which must by done by appointment — call 475-5534 or 475-4215.

were buried in a special section that has been chained off,” he said. “That has helped with the tradition with how people in Thomasville conduct themselves with respect and reverence.”

And through all the bitterness and strife caused by a country fighting against itself, Thomasville citizens found it in themselves to look beyond the uniform and treat the soldiers as human beings.

“I can imagine all these residents that went to fight for the most part for the Confederates, and there’s all this death and misery, and yet they apparently didn’t hesitate to bury all of them together, whether they were from the North or South or unknown,” Scott said.

“It just typifies Thomasville.”

Even today, the Chair City shows the remnants of such human compassion.

“In modern-day Thomasville, I see more of the same,” Scott said. “I see council members and neighborhoods that may agree or disagree, but the wounds seem to heal quicker here and then everybody seems to go work for the greater good. They go and make the best of what they can with the situation, whether it be the end of the Civil war or the furniture industry leaving.”

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Susan Merritt (left) accepts the Nancy S. Frazier Distinguished Teacher in Special Education Award from Davidson County Civitan President Teresa Shaw. Civitan GovernorElect Frank Goodnight of Salisbury was a special guest at the ceremony.

Merritt honored with Nancy S. Frazier Distinguished Teacher Award TIMES STAFF REPORT

Susan Merritt of Fair Grove Elementary School has been selected for the Nancy Sink Frazier Distinguished Teacher in Special Education Award for 2010. Merritt recently accepted the award from the Davidson County Civitan Club.

Merritt was presented a personal plaque and a $200 contribution for use by her class.

Colleague and 2008 Frazier Award recipient, Jane Freeman, nominated Merritt. Freeman wrote that that Merritt, “has the gift of helping her students recognize and build upon their individual strengths. She actively demonstrates that all students can learn.� Merritt uses personal time writing letters of encouragement to her students and keeps up with them after they move on from the school.

Merritt is described as teaching compassion, giving back to the community and how her students have opportunities to make a difference in this world.

She organized a penny drive and used it to teach math and literacy skills to her students. The project is stated to be life changing for many.

She achieves academic growth by her students using different strategies, interventions, modifications, technology and after school tutoring. She has excellent rapport with her students and the respect of parents and fellow educators. Merritt received the Teacher of

the Year Award in 2001 from her school.

Merritt has taught students with special needs in Davidson County Schools since 1980. After earning her degree from UNC-Greensboro, she worked with visually impaired students. Merritt they instructed resource students at Pilot Elementary and Ledford Middle Schools before moving to the staff of Fair Grove Elementary School in 1986.

Civitan President Teresa Shaw and Linda Cook made the presentation at the club’s May meeting. Merritt had been unable to attend the original ceremony at Davidson County Community College in April.

The late Mrs. Clarence Frazier, namesake of the award, retired from DCCC in May 2001, at age 71 and passed away February 21, 2002. She taught compensatory education at the Workshop of Davidson, Inc. for 26 years through the college.

Frazier is described as a giver and devoted to her job and students by Gary Craver, retired Director of Services of Special Populations at the college. Carrol Gantt, Administrator of The Workshop, praised Frazier as a kind and dedicated person who was a pleasure with which to work.

A club awards committee screened eight nominations representing school systems in the county and selected four finalists. A Board of Directors committee then selected the recipient. Applications were read in the blind with neither the name of the individual nor their school being given.

Lexington walking trails get face lift TIMES STAFF REPORT

The Start With Your Heart walking routes in uptown Lexington recently received a new paint job. The markers were embedded in the sidewalks in 2003 and have pointed the way for numerous residents to increase their physical activity.

In 2002, the Davidson County Health Department received grant funds to establish walking routes in uptown Lexington. The health department collaborated with Uptown Lexington, Inc. to establish five walking routes that lead people throughout the uptown Lexington community and then some.

There are 31 markers embedded in sidewalks that point out the directions of the walking routes.

The routes range from .57 miles to 1.9 miles and lead walkers past historic landmarks, old churches, and a number of businesses in the uptown area. “The intent of the walking routes is twofold,�

According to Jen Hames,

health education supervisor with the Davidson County Health Department. “One, obviously, is to increase physical activity. We are in an obesity epidemic and almost 63 percent of Davidson County residents are sedentary and don’t get enough physical activity.

But, second, we want to introduce walkers to the various businesses that line the walking routes.

When we were laying out the routes, we walked past a number of unique businesses that I didn’t know existed, and we wanted to be able to promote these businesses with other walkers.�

To complement the walking routes, there are guidebooks available that describe the walking routes, the history of Uptown Lexington, safety tips, log sheets, and other information. These guidebooks can be picked up from the Uptown Lexington office or from the Health Department. “Uptown Lexington has become a destination for walkers who recognize our sidewalks are a great place to walk and the dis-

trict is also a safe place�, said Jo Ellen Edwards, executive director with Uptown Lexington.

To help revitalize the walking routes, Uptown Lexington received funds from TRIP (Tourism Recreation Investment Partnership for Davidson County Foundation).

They carried P-38 can openers and heat tabs, watches, and dog tags, insect repellent, gum, cigarettes, Zippo lighters, salt tablets, compress bandages, ponchos, Kool-Aid, two or three canteens of water, iodine tablets, sternos, LRRPrations, and C-rations stuffed in socks. They carried standard fatigues, jungle boots, bush hats, flak jackets, and steel pots. They carried trip flares and Claymore mines, M-60 machine guns, the M-70 grenade launcher, M-14’s, CR-15s, Stoners, Swedish Ks, 66 mm Laws, shotguns, 45 caliber pistols, silencers, the sounds of bullets, rockets, and choppers, and sometimes the sound of silence. They carried C-4 plastic explosives, an assortment of hand grenades, PRC-25 radios, knives and machetes.

Some carried napalm, CBUs and large bombs, some risked their lives to rescue others. Some

escaped the fear, they carried a handkerchiefs to wipe the sweat from their face and forehead, and to dry a tear from their eyes when their buddy beside of them was killed, but dealt with the death and damages. Some made hard decisions and some just tried to survive.

They carried malaria, dysentery, ringworm and leaches. They carried the land itself as it hardened on their boots.

They carried stationary, pencils and pictures of their loved ones real and imagined. They carried love for people in the real world, and love for one another. And sometimes they disguised that love: “Don’t mean nothing!�

They carried memories!

For the most part, they carried themselves with poise and a kind of dignity. Now and then, panic set in and people squealed or wanted to, but couldn’t; when they twitched and made moaning sounds and covered their heads and said, “Dear God,� and hugged the earth and fired their weapons blindly and cringed and begged for the noise to stop. They went wild and made illogical promises to themselves and God and their parents, hoping not to die. They carried the traditions of the United Stated military and memories and images of those who served before them. They car-

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ried grief, terror, longing and their reputations.

They carried the soldier’s greatest fear, the embarrassment of dishonor. They crawled into tunnels, ditches, manholes, walk points, and advanced or flew into fire so as not to die of embarrassment.

They were afraid of dying, but too afraid to show it. They carried emotional baggage of men and women who might die at any moment. They carried the weight of the world and the weight of every free citizen of America.

They carried each other.

Men and women who have served out great nation, “I salute you!�

May God bless those who have served in the United States military branches. May God bless those who carried us to where we are today. And may God bless America! .

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Thomasville Times MICHAEL B. STARN Publisher mstarn@hpe.com • LYNN WAGNER Advertising Director lwagner@hpe.com

LISA M. WALL Editor editor@tvilletimes.com • ZACH KEPLEY Sports Editor tvillesports@yahoo.com

Up front in America VIEWPOINT

PETER FUNT Syndicated Columnist Every Saturday morning, just for fun and without spending a dime on gas, I take a trip to roughly 100 American cities and towns.

I do this through a terrific website operated by the Newseum, a facility in Washington, DC, dedicated to preserving and promoting the nation’s news media, particularly its newspapers. At www.newseum.org there is a section called Today’s Front Pages which, without comment or embellishment, lets visitors read newspaper “fronts” from around the nation.

During my tour on May 22 I saw on the front page of The Durango Herald in Colorado that residents are complaining about the city’s 50-foot pile of snow that was collected during winter and is now brown and smelly and won’t seem to melt, global warming and the coming of summer notwithstanding.

The Courier News in New Jersey reported the four millionth fan to attend a Somerset Patriots minor-league baseball game received a year’s supply of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. The Stamford Advocate in Connecticut ran a photo of a 2000 Jeep Cherokee, bought by a local man for $26,000 because it was once owned by Barack Obama.

In Georgia, The Gainesville Times led with news that Scott Haley, 28, was sentenced to two years in prison for posting YouTube videos in which he claimed, falsely, to have killed 16 people in what the paper notes, “could be the first case of its kind in Georgia.”

There was legal news in North Dakota as well where The Bismarck Tribune told about a guy who is protesting because state officials won’t allow his personalized license plate to read ISNOGOD. In an eye-catching photo on page one of the Herald News in Fall River, Mass., “chain saw artist” Jesse Green is shown making a wooden sculpture of chef Emeril Lagasse, of all people.

According to The Press Journal in Indian River, Fla., an 86-year-old page of math homework was found at the former Fellsmere School building. “So all these years later,” the story said, “Hallie Alcutt could prove that she really did lose her homework.”

Unfortunately, Ms. Alcutt died

eight years ago at age 91.

In Albany, N.Y., The Times Union reported that a middle school sparked controversy by banning hugging on campus.

Meanwhile in Georgia, a front-page story in the Macon Telegraph said several parents were turned away at high school graduation ceremonies for wearing short pants.

It was front-page news in Riverside, California’s Press-Enterprise that Jordan Romero, 13, became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest. Other mountains made news, as The Honolulu Star Bulletin ran a photo of the Kilauea Volcano erupting for the 10,000th straight day.

As different as the nation’s front pages tend to be, it’s clear that all editors love photos of animals. On this single Saturday, moose were fronted on The Anchorage Daily News and bison on The New York Times. There was a goat on The Harrison Daily Times in Arkansas, a horse on The Washington Post, and a giant octopus on The Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa. The Erie Times-News in Pennsylvania featured a colony of bees, The State in Columbia, S.C. focused on kangaroos, and The Wisconsin State Journal pictured a monkey.

Under the headline “Pooch in the Pokey,” The Union in Grass Valley, Calif., disclosed that a pit bull named Romeo may have been framed for attacks on neighborhood pets.

In Iowa, the lead item in the Sioux City Journal was that a cat named Amazing Grace survived surgery to remove a three-inch nail from her head.

In other news of good fortune, The Topeka Capital-Journal in Kansas reported that Donna Nish found 21 four-leaf clovers and three five-leaf clovers growing in her front yard.

The Times Record in Fort Smith, Ark., revealed that a program requiring drunk drivers to tour prisons is running into trouble because many of them are showing up for the tours drunk.

Then there was the story on the front page of the CourierTimes in New Castle, Ind., announcing plans for this year’s Memorial Day celebration.

The highlight will be a traveling museum about funerals.

Reporter Donna Cronk notes that alongside the caskets “there will be complimentary hot dogs, chips, beverages, and tropical shaved ice.”

It’s apparent that despite the shrinking globe, this remains a remarkably diverse nation. And despite technological changes in the news business, the nation’s front pages still capture it best.

Peter Funt may be reached at www.CandidCamera.com. Peter Funt is a writer and public speaker. He’s also the long-time host of “Candid Camera.”

Happy Memorial Day VIEWPOINT

MARTHA B. CARR Syndicated Columnist It’s time once again to remember those who have sacrificed their lives in the service of our country so that the rest of us can argue over the details and then go home to dinner with our families.

Originally, there were separate dates for Memorial Day. The Southern states chose their own individual dates, while the rest of the country chose late May. After WW I we let go of some of our past grievances as a country and compromised.

The South also now recognizes the last Monday in May as the official date and then has additional days set aside to commemorate the Confederate war dead.

While the holiday has since been taken over by lawn and garden sales, pool openings and backyard barbeques the tradition is supposed to be to visit the graves of fallen soldiers from any generation, spruce them up and leave behind flowers, particularly poppies, and a small American flag. Poppies can also be worn in the lapel as a sign of remembrance and gratitude.

Poppies were first used in

the early 20th century and really caught on when the VFW started selling them in 1922. A small flower would be refreshing after the sea of ribbons and rubber bracelets.

In 2000, a resolution was passed asking all American to pause at 3 pm local time, “To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to Taps.”

The resolution was signed

by President Clinton with a special request of gratitude for how well the country was doing that year, economically.

Okay, things have changed quite a bit in the past 10 years. There’s been 9/11, a war in two foreign countries that’s dragging on and a Great Recession. So that’s all the more reason to take a moment and recognize what a few have made possible for the rest of us.

The United States is still here. That’s the gift. We can come together in a moment of gratitude to remember and thank those who knowingly stepped out onto a battlefield to give the rest of us a chance to continue on in a democratic state.

No soldier ever asks for those they defend back home to agree with them on political or religious issues.

They don’t demand celebrity salaries or even seek fame for going into armed combat. Imagine if your job description included ducking from enemy fire or keeping watch for roadside bombs. We’d at least want our neighbor to give us the

bigger burger off the grill.

Lately, it’s seemed like those who work along Wall Street have been the rocks stars in America but we’ve gotten a great reality check in the past two years about how to recognize what’s really important. People who make piles of money for moving around other piles of money should never be on the list. We have worshipped the Dow long enough and can stop behaving as if the stock market is the heartbeat of our country. It’s really just Vegas on a small island.

Our real rock stars are teachers, police and firemen and women, civil servants and parents who raise not only their own kids but others as well.

However, at the front of the line is always going to be the men and women who join the Armed Services to protect our right to free speech, free assembly, swift courts and quite a few other freedoms that other countries can at least dream of because there is an America as an example across the oceans.

Happy Memorial Day everyone, and to our service men and women everywhere, thank you.

We are forever grateful.

The web site, US Memorial, www.usmemorialday. org, has a lot of additional great background information on the national holiday including past traditions.

Martha’s latest book is the memoir, A Place to Call Home. www.MarthaRandolphCarr. com. Email Martha at: Martha@caglecartoons.com.

Letters to the Editor To the Edior Growing up in Camden, South Carolina, during the ‘50s everyone was always very patriotic, especially in schools. My father, Robert Lee Gaston. had enlisted in World War I and was very proud of his service. I remember two incidents from his war years that I think are quite significant — one sad event and the other one unusual. My father met up with his best friend from childhood, Edgar Love,while he was serving in Belgium in l9l8. They had just visited with each other and then had to return to

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their lines. When my father left to walk back to his line he heard gun shots but did not know until 2 days later that his best friend had been killed as soon as he left him.

The other incident was when my father was wounded. He had been assigned two German prisoners to watch. When he was shot in the leg from machine gun fire, his two prisoners brought him back to safety rather than go free. They said that they got treated better as American prisoners than they did in the German army.

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the Memorial Day Parade in Thomasville on Monday to show your support to our current military men and woman and our past veterans. Be sure to bring your children. It is a great way to thank them for helping keep America free.

Also, Mount Zion Wesleyan Church is presenting a program today at 7 p.m. to honor our military past and present and that is also a good time to remember those who have given their lives for our country.

Jane Osborne Thomasville

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United Way and FamilyWize offer discount drug card TIMES STAFF REPORT

The United Way of Davidson County has partnered with 800 other United Way organizations across the country and with the FamilyWize Partnership, to provide free prescription drug cards to families without health insurance, or who need medicine not covered by an insurance plan.

The card could lower the cost of prescription medication as much as 30 percent for persons not covered by insurance. The United Way of Davidson County is distributing the drug discount cards to the 31 human service agencies that receive United Way funding, as well as to other social service organizations in Davidson County.

There are no age restriction, no income restrictions, no limit on how many times you can use it and no waiting to get a card. The FamilyWize prescription drug discount cards will help individuals and families who otherwise could not afford to buy the medicine they need.

Lee Jessup, President of the United Way of Davidson County, stated, “Too many people have insufficient coverage, no prescription coverage, or need medications not covered by their insurance, Medicare, Medicaid or VA benefits. We are happy to join the FamilyWize Part-

nership and 800 of our sister United Ways in saving people money on prescription medications. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to 55,000 participating compassionate pharmacies nationwide that are willing to accept the FamilyWize Partnership discount cards.”

People with Internet access can go to www.FamilyWize.org to print a card, look up drug prices, and get a list of participating pharmacies. Around 95 percent of the nation’s pharmacies are willing to accept the FamilyWize discount drug cards.

“We hope everyone in the community will take the time to thank their pharmacist,” Jessup said. “Participating pharmacies all across the country have agreed voluntarily to accept the FamilyWize cards and provide people in need with savings.”

In the spring of 2005, Dan and Susan Barnes decided to give a supply of free prescription drug discount cards to the Family Centers in the local schools in Bethlehem, Pa. They had heard of families who were having difficulty buying the medicine they needed because of the high cost and they wanted to do what they could to reduce the cost of prescriptions for families in the Lehigh Valley. As a result, they established the FamilyWize Community Service Partnership in the fall of 2005.

SCHOOL MENUS Thomasville City Schools

Monday, May 31 — No School.

Tuesday, June 1 — Breakfast: Biscuit, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Chicken fillet, chef salad, potatoes, collards, fruit sherbet, fresh fruit, milk.

Wednesday, June 2 — Breakfast: Cereal w/ munchies, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Pizza, chef salad, potato wedges, carrot sticks, chilled applesauce, fresh fruit, milk.

Thursday, June 3 — Breakfast: Pancake on a stick, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Chicken wings, macaroni and cheese, chef salad, baked beans, strawberries and bananas, oranges, milk.

Friday, June 4 — Break-

fast: Breakfast pizza, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Nachos with ground beef, chef salad, steamed cabbage, oven fried potatoes, fruit juice, fresh fruit, milk.

Davidson County Schools Monday, May 31 — No School.

Tuesday, June 1 — Breakfast: Not listed: Lunch: Mini corn dogs, lasagna with Texas toast, quesadilla, hash brown sticks, lima beans, tossed salad, applesauce, milk.

Wednesday, June 2 — Breakfast: Not listed; Breakfast: Chicken nuggets, steak and cheese sub, grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup, tossed salad, mixed fruit, strawberry smoothie, whole

IMAGE From page A1 U.S.S. Auburn as a flagman, relaying signals to other commanders and nearby ships. Cline specialized in Morse Code and other advanced forms of communication used by the Americans to coordinate strategic attacks throughout the Pacific campaign. His job may have kept him from ever firing a gun, but being aboard the U.S.S. Auburn, just off of Iwo Jima’s narrow coastline, didn’t hide Cline from danger. Japanese mortar shells and artillery fire landed regularly on the ship’s bow, sending troops scurrying for cover. Cline still has a piece of one bomb that drew its share of attention.

“The U.S.S. Auburn was a flagship because we had an admiral on it,” said Cline. “I read Morse Code, flashed lights and had to look out for mines. I was told the wrong signal one time and we went right by a mine that could have sunk the ship. We were bringing a convoy in for occupation. The water was deep all around Iwo Jima and we went in so close mortar fire was landing on the bridge, so we had to back off.”

Cline’s war career almost never got off the ground. A bone growth on his hand nearly kept him out of the Navy until a local doctor friend intervened and offered to take care of it. Not long after graduating from Fair Grove High School, Cline found himself on the high seas, heading to the Pacific Ocean, a far stretch from his home on Fisher Ferry Street.

“When you were drafted, they stripped you down to find any scars so they could identify you in case you were killed,” Cline said. “I had a small spot on my right hand that formed after I broke my arm when I was 14. The doctor told me

wheat roll, milk.

Thursday, June 3 — Breakfast: Not listed: Lunch: Nachos, combo sub, soft chicken taco, potato roasters, refried beans, lettuce and tomato, peaches, apricot cobbler, milk.

Friday, June 4 — Breakfast: Not listed: Lunch: Chicken fillet, manager’s choice entree, mini cheeseburgers, green beans, baby carrots w/ dip, lettuce and tomato, strawberries, milk. * Cereal and toast, fresh assorted fruit and milk offered daily with breakfast. * Chef salad meal, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, boxed raisins, dried cherries and milk available daily with lunch.

the service would never take me in with that on my hand, even though it never bothered me. By September of 1943, I was in the Navy.”

Once Iwo Jima was secure, Cline’s ship headed toward Japan, planning for a key land invasion of the country, an event that never took place after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. “[President Harry] Truman saved a million lives by dropping the bombs,” said Cline. “The way they had that place fortified in the mountains, they had gun placements everywhere you could see.”

Japan would surrender in August, 1945, and some of the paperwork took place on Cline’s ship near Sassamo, Japan. When he returned home, Cline was left with the memories of the war. Memories that included high-ranking officials disregarding suggestions to stop the Iwo Jima invasion due to the high casualty rate. By the time Iwo Jima was secure, 50,000 Americans were dead, either on the beaches or in the hills of the slowly smoldering island.

Cline weeps when he hears people criticize the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Just thinking of Americans not supporting their troops literally brings the 85-year-old to tears. Like so many others during World War II, Cline lost something he can never regain —an innocence towards life that vanishes amidst the death and despair of war.

He was there for one of the lasting images of his generation. Cline’s heart remains torn by the very thought of loss, and his tears are his reminder of the thousands who gave their lives underneath a scene that now symbolizes victory, sacrifice and a spirit of determination earned on a little piece of earth in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Staff Writer Eliot Duke can be reached at 888-3578, or duke@tvilletimes.com.

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Index Thomasville Sara F. Hege, 88 Michael O. Russell, 67 Lexington Joe B. Greene, 73 Earl F. Hicks, 64 Kelly E. Lowder, 53 Martha K. Wilson, 72 Other areas C. Smith Craven, 88

C. Smith Craven WINSTONSALEM — Mr. C. Smith Craven Sr., 88, a resident of the Midway Community, Winston-Salem, died Thursday evening, May 27, 2010, in the Britthaven of Davidson Nursing Center.

He was born May 31, 1921, in the Midway Community of Davidson County, a son of Fred Cleon Craven and Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Smith Craven. He was a 1938 graduate of Midway High School. He was a self-employed farmer and an avid hunter and fisherman.

Mr. Craven was a veteran of the U.S. Army, 10th Mountain Division, serving during World War II. He was a life-long member of Bethany United Church of Christ, where he had formerly served as a Sunday school teacher, Sunday school superintendent, president of the consistory, church treasurer, youth counselor, men’s fellowship, cemetery committee and trustee of the church.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Helen C. McConnell and her husband, Merlin K. McConnell; brothers, Charles H. Craven and the Rev. Raymond C. Craven; brothers-in-law, Dr. Calvin Tyner and Leroy W. Bailey.

On Feb. 2, 1951, he was married to Evelyn Smith, who survives of the home. Also surviving are a daughter, Debbie Dawson, of Winston-Salem; sons, Cleon Smith Craven Jr. and wife, Glenda, of Winston-Salem, and Joel C. Craven and wife, Terri, of Jamestown; grandchildren, Jeff Craven and wife, Lara, Sarah Craven, Michael Dawson, Melissa Craven and Drew Craven; a great-granddaughter, Ella Craven; sisters, Jean C. Bailey and Marge C. Tyner, both of WinstonSalem; sisters-in-law, Beryl Craven and Joan Craven, both of WinstonSalem; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held Monday at 3 p.m. in Bethany United Church of Christ with the Rev. James W. Whitley and the Rev. Banks Shepherd officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with military honors by the Randolph County Honor Guard. Mr. Craven will remain at J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville until taken to the church 30 minutes prior to the service.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. and other times at the home.

The family request memorials be directed to Bethany United Church of Christ, 1066 Bethany Church Road, in WinstonSalem. Online condolences may be sent to the Craven family at www. jcgreenandsons.com. ***

LEXINGTON — Joe Bill Greene, 73, of Lexington, died on May 26, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center.

Guneral service will be held at 12:30 p.m. today at Davidson Funeral Home, Hickory Tree Chapel.

Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.

Sara F. Hege Sara Francis Hege, 88, died Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at Thomasville Medical Center.

She was born January 21, 1922 to the late Giliam and Rose Mae McCarter.

The family received friends Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. A Graveside service followed at 11 a.m. at Holly Hill Memorial Park.

Earl F. Hicks LEXINGTON — Earl Franklin Hicks Jr., age 64, of Bethany Road, Lexington, died Tuesday at Lexington Memorial Hospital.

Memorial service was held at 7 p.m. Friday at High Rock Community Church with Pastor Ron Loflin officiating. The family received friends at the church from 6 until 7 p.m. prior to the service and other times at the home.

Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.

Kelly E. Lowder LEXINGTON — Kelly Elizabeth Lowder, 53, of Weaver Drive, Lexington, died Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro. Memorial service will be held today at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Dr. Ray Howell III, Dr. David Whiteman, the Rev. Jimmy Lancaster and the Rev. Richard Lowder II officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, Building Fund, 301 W. Third Ave., in Lexington, or to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Arrangements are under the care of Davidson Funeral Home Lexington.

Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.

sister, Patty Speight and husband, Dale, of Trinity; brother, Robin Russell and wife, Nina, of Trinity; grandchildren, Katie and Alex Payne, Sam and Ava Willard, and Max and Brooklyn Hurt; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Guneral service will be held on Monday at 3 p.m. at Zion United Church of Christ with the Rev. James Simonds, the Rev. Rickey Payne, and Dr. Joe D. Coltrane officiating.

Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Russell will remain at J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville until taken to the church 30 minutes prior to the service. The family will be at the funeral home on Sunday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and at other times at the home.

Memorials may be directed to Zion UCC Youth and Music Ministries, 130 Hasty School Road; Hasty Lions Club c/o Keith Sink, 4342 Burton Road; or to Midway Lions Club, 175 Holiday Drive, in Welcome. Online condolences may be sent to www. jcgreenandsons.com. ***

Martha K. Wilson

LEXINGTON — Martha “Sissy” Lorene Kearns Wilson, 72, of Welcome, died on Wednesday, May 26, 2010.

Funeral will be held at 11 a.m. today at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Doug McGee officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park.

Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.

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Michael “Mickey” O. Russell Mr. Michael O. “Mickey” Russell, 67, a resident of Bowers Road, passed through Heaven’s gate to join his wife on Wednesday evening, May 26, 2010, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center.

He was born on March 25, 1943, in Guilford County to William Earl Russell and Helen Overcash Russell. He was a vice president/loan officer with Lincoln Financial formerly Jefferson-Pilot Financial for 43 years and past president and instructor for the North Carolina Chapter Appraisal Institute. He was a member of Zion United Church of Christ, where he served as consistory president and was active in the church choir and men’s chorus. He was a longtime member of the Midway Lions Club.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Kirkman Russell, on Jan. 7, 2004, whom he married on June 27, 1965, and an infant sister, Ramona Diane Russell.

Surviving are his daughters, Kim Payne and husband, Aldine, of High Point, Janell Willard and husband, Michael, of Thomasville, and Joanna Hurt and husband, Carlton, of Ashburn, Va.;

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RELIGION Church name change

St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church of Thomasville is now St. Stephen Progressive Baptist Church.

Memorial service

Emanuel Reformed Church will host a memorial service Sunday for fallen soldiers of all wars.

Service begins at 10:45 a.m. Church is located on Emanuel Church Road.

Families of those being honored are welcome.

Health care appreciation

Pastor Reginald Holiday and the Gate Church International will continue outreach efforts by hosting its first health care appreciation on Sunday at 9 a.m. The location is 7003 Ballpark Road. All people who work in any area or capacity in the field of healthcare are invited to attend. Family and friends of the honorees are also encouraged to attend.

For more information, call the church at (336)

392-5510

Community Salute to America Zion United Church of Christ will host the third annual Community Salute to America on Sunday at 6 p.m. The service will honor the men and women from North Carolina who have died in service during the past year. Family members of the eight of those service persons will be at the memorial. The service will also honor each branch of the military. Music will be presented by the Hasty Community Choir and members of the Ledford High School band.

Presenting the colors will be the Thomasville High School ROTC.

The Rev. D. Charles Davis to speak The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem, 4055 Robinhood road, will have the Rev. D. Charles Davis speak on “Pride and Patriotism” at 10:30 a.m.

Sunday. At the 9 a.m. pre-

service forum, Al Sutton will lead a discussion of “Probation/Parole: A Life’s Work.” For more information, see uufws. org.

Memorial Day service Central Wesleyan Church will have its annual Memorial Day service Sunday at 11 a.m. in which the congregation will be remembering veterans as well as honoring veterans and current military personnel. Veterans are invited to attend the service. Special music will be presented by the church choir and Mark Bayse. The church is located at 300 Hinkle St.

Hasty Community Salute to America The Hasty Community Salute to America is Sunday at 6 p.m. at Zion United Church of Christ.

Family members of the 21 North Carolina service persons who have died during the past year will be honored. A combined community choir will sing at the service in

addition to members of the Ledford High School band playing at the service.

Memorial service On Sunday, Zion UCC hosts a memorial service where the families of the soldiers from North Carolina who have died in combat over the past year are honored. There will be at least 21 soldiers’ families honored this year.

Fifth Sunday chicken pie luncheon New Jerusalem United Church of Christ will have its fifth Sunday services on Sunday. In addition, the Women’s Guild will have its famous chicken pie lunch consisting of chicken pie, green beans, macaroni and cheese, slaw, dessert, and drink for $6 per plate.

Take outs will be available.

The church is located in the Silver Valley community just off Old Hwy 64 at 4104 Jerusalem Road.

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New Jerusalem United Church of Christ will have its fifth Sunday services on Sunday. In addition, the Women’s Guild will have its famous chicken pie lunch consisting of chicken pie, green beans, macaroni and cheese, slaw, dessert and drink for $6 per plate.

Takeout will be available.

The church is located in Silver Valley just off of Old Hwy 64 at 4104 Jerusalem Road.

For more information, call 475-6146.

Fall soccer registration Fair Grove United Methodist Church, 38 Fairgrove Church Road, will have fall soccer registration beginning June 1. All boys and girls ages 4 years old through sixth grade are welcome to register. Scholarships are available. For more information or to register, call (336) 475-2598.

Community fair First Presbyterian Church, 21 Randolph St., will hold a community fair on June 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Many local nonprofit agencies will be represented to provide information and answer questions about their services and how they can help during these times of struggle. Babysitting services will be available, and light refreshments will be provided. Agencies committed to attend include Davidson medical Ministries, YMCA, Habitat for Humanity, Boys & Girls Club, CCM, Red Cross, Citadel of Faith Brown Bag Ministry, His Laboring Few and the Life Center of Davidson County.

For more information, call (336) 476-4110.

Yard, bake and craft sale New Jerusalem UCC will hold its annual yard, bake and craft sale on Saturday, June 5, beginning at 7:30 a.m. The yard will be filled with different stations with trash to treasure yard sale finds, crafts and baked good items. Biscuits and coffee will be available.

The church is located in Silver Valley just off of Old Hwy 64 at 4104 Jerusalem Road.

For more information, call 859-2754 or 475-6146.

This event is sponsored by the Church Women.

Wagner family reunion

The family of Jacob and Mittie Wagner will have a reunion on Sunday, June 6, at Rich Fork Baptist Church beginning at 12:30 p.m. For more information, call Yvette Hicks at (336) 476-4717.

“100 Women and children”

Zion Tabernacle FBH Church, 710 Douglas Drive, will hold “100 Women and Children” in white, sponsored by the YPI Department, on Sunday, June 6, at 4 p.m.

Speaker for this service is Elder Donna Canty from Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.

Vacation Bible School

Greenwood Baptist Church, 1010 Lexington Ave., will hold a Vacation Bible School for children age infant through adults free of admission Sunday, June 13, from 6 to 8 p.m., and Monday, June 14, through Thursday, June 17, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

A light meal will be provided each night.

Teenagers can experience pick up and go with bible study and special activities planned just for them. Adults also will have the opportunity to participate in a Bible study. For more information, call (336) 472-7314.

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a little bit.”

Considering the lapse the team had just a few weeks ago against Southern Guilford, Brown was not too sure about Ledford’s chances entering the playoffs.

“I was concerned about the direction we were going, but we made a nice run the last few games so I am really proud of how

we turned it around,” Brown said.

Ledford loses Jessica Christian, Sara Persiani and Brittany Williams, but have a strong group returning that could make a serious run again next season.

“We have a good group coming back and I am already excited about next year,” said Brown.

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well.”

Harnett scratched for three runs in the first and led 5-0, before the Lady Panthers got on the board in the latter innings. The loss ends Ledford’s season at 18-9.

“We got off to a slow start and they got off to a very fast start,” said Brown. “It took us a while to figure out their pitcher

Special to the Times With the college season still in its final stages, the HiToms only dressed 11 players for their home opener Thursday against defending Coastal Plain League champion Forest City.

No problem.

Kyle Barbeck threw seven no-hit innings and the Owls committed four errors and threw four wild pitches to help the HiToms roll to an 11-1 win. The HiToms applied constant pressure with 13 hits, roughing up three different Forest City pitchers.

All of that was more than enough with Barbeck on the mound. He escaped a basesloaded, one-out jam in the first with a double play grounder, then breezed through the next six frames with little trouble. HiToms coach Tom Dorzweiler lifted him after seven innings, with Barbeck’s pitch count at 117.

Wes Walker lined a one-out single in the ninth off reliever Ben Grisz, who started the game in right field, to break up the nohit bid.

For Barbeck, it was just good to be on the mound. “It’s kind of a relief to face some

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See TOMMIES, Page B3 Thursday evening in the home opener for the Tommies.

Double duty thanks to Armed Forces Points lead widens for Burt Myers at ON NASCAR Bowman Gray

The Memorial Day weekend is a pivotal point in racing for far more than one reason.

The first and most obvious reason is the same one that explains why buffet restaurants continue to do a booming business, even in a tough economic climate: quantity. There’s so much good stuff to consume, and so little time in which to do it, that we run the risk of surfeiting ourselves, worried that we’ll miss something really tasty.

It is a risk race fans are willing to take, and have been taking since 1974, the first year the Indianapolis 500 and CocaCola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway competed head to head on the same day— Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.

The day really is an embarrassment of racing riches. The Indianapolis 500 is celebrating its 94th birthday in 2010, and for probably as long as any of us can

CATHY ELLIOTT NASCAR Columnist remember has been considered the gold standard of motorsports.

Personally, my family was focused on baseball and college basketball, and as a kid in the 1970s, my racing vocabulary consisted of exactly eight words — Richard Petty, Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500 and Mario Andretti.

(On a side note, Andretti provided one of the best bridges between series, becoming one of only two drivers — A.J. Foyt is the other one

— ever to have won both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. Plus, to a kid growing up on the sand dunes of North Carolina, “Mario Andretti” is just fun to say.)

The point is that we didn’t really follow racing, but we were certainly aware of the significance of the Indianapolis 500.

Beginning in 1994, staggered start times made it possible for NASCAR drivers to compete in both races on the same day, the motorsports version of an Iron Man competition.

Dog, meet pork chop.

While John Andretti was the first to attempt the Indy-Charlotte double in 1994, Tony Stewart became the first driver to complete the full 1,100 miles, in 2001.

He did pretty well that year, finishing sixth at Indy and third at Charlotte. Robby Gordon has also competed in both

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BG REPORT Hard work. That’s been the key to Burt Myers’ recent success: hard work on the track and hard work off the track.

“The car’s running exceptionally well right now,” said Myers. “We continuously work on it.

Some people say, ‘If your car’s running well, why do you keep coming back on Saturday morning practice?’ Whenever we quit working is whenever everyone else is going to keep working and pass us. So we’re just staying on top of it. We’re trying different things just to keep getting better and better — right now it’s paying off.”

Myers had to work hard on Saturday to grab the lead, and then to keep it for caution after caution as Brian Loftin tried again and again to steal

the top spot away. The victory keeps Myers in the points lead.

Reigning Champion Tim Brown, had a disappointing night on Saturday. Things looked fine at first after Brown qualified on the pole for the USG Modified 50 for the Bill Plemmons RV World Modified Series. Then, after drawing a starting position of third, Brown stole the lead away from Burt Myers on lap 8.

Brown’s night took a turn for the worst as Myers began nailing the rear bumper of Brown in an attempt to steal back the lead. Two laps later, Brown was sent sliding to the outside after a bump from Myers.

Brown was caught on the outside and fell back several positions — only to be involved in several

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Life on and off the porch

DICK JONES Outdoor Columnist Robert Earl Keene is my idea of what a songwriter/musician should be. He wrote a song about his landlord, Jack Boyette, while he was living in College Station, Texas, called The Front Porch Song. In the song, there’s no mention of porches. The song is about a 70-year-old man who’s happy with his life, busy with his work, and has been passed by in the whirlwind of change that eclipses every fading generation.

The world is becoming uncivilized. Webster’s short version of the definition is: “characterized by taste, refinement, or restraint.” To my personal way of thinking, modern society is lacking in all three descriptions.

It may well be that air

a cane made from the foot of a deer and Ernie hated that cane so much we had to put it in the house to keep him from glaring at it and barking. We sat there, drank ice water, and talked about his life. It’s my fondest memory of him.

Later, Ernie and I lived in Uncle Roby’s house for a couple of years and we spent a lot of time on that porch in chairs or on the swing. I sat out there one summer evening pondering life and realized for the first time that a mocking bird has a repertoire of several dozen songs consisting of three or four calls in repetition. He sings every song in sequence and when he’s sung them all, he repeats the set.

The best place to go through your tackle box is on the porch.

It’s the perfect place to plan a surf fishing trip with friends. Stories are always better on a porch from a rocker. If you’ve built your house right, there’s a place on the porch where you can clean fish or birds.

If we could somehow bottle the sleep dogs manage on hard porch planks, we could sell it to insomniacs for a hundred dollars an ounce.

Ledford will host a basketball camp June 7-9 at the school gym. The camp, for players grades 1-8, will run from 5-8 p.m. each night. Cost is $50 per camper which includes camp, pizza on Wednesday, insurance and T-shirt.

The Panther Booster Basketball Camp is designed to provide campers with a positive basketball experience, with an emphasis on teaching and developing basketball skills and a love for the game, in a fun and competitive environment. A staff of high school coaches, as well as current and former players, will be on hand to help campers improve their game, while promoting the principles of good character, teamwork, and sportsmanship.

For more information contact Ledford coach Scott Dalton at 847-1879, or Andrew Stone at 816-1058.

“She Got Game” camp Former East Davidson standout Katie Freeman will host the “She Got Game” girls basketball camp June 28-July 1 at the Brown Middle School gym. The camp is for rising third through ninth grade girls and will run from 8 a.m.-noon each day. Cost is $50 for pre-registration and $55 at the door.

Cost includes instruction, T-shirt, insurance and certificate.

This camp is a great opportunity for girls to better their all-around game

those days of drinking ice water at the end of the day or a little celebration involving cutting a cool watermelon. Our lives are just too rushed now. We have the lure of 200 channels of air conditioned drivel that we can numb our minds with and most of us succumb to the temptation. Many of us who don’t, sit glaring into a screen plumbing the depths of the internet, or perhaps, we’re slaves to the game schedules of our kids or grandkids.

I guess there’s nothing wrong with any of those pursuits, I sup-

pose, but the temptation of the porch calls me with a stronger note. If you think all this porch business is just the ruminations of an old man yearning for a simpler time, you’re probably right. Bring two good cigars over to my house and we’ll sit out there and discuss it civilly. If everyone would try it, we could put all the laid off carpenters back to work building porches for people without them.

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When I built the house Cherie and I live in, I resolved that it must have a porch in the grand tradition of the South.

Our porch covers two full sides of the house including what used to be called a sleeping porch. We sleep out on that sleeping porch a lot. Our porch is the best feature of the house.

When I drive through the country and I see houses I admire, all have a porch and some comfortable rockers or a swing. Huge houses of brick and stone don’t attract me; I look for a comfortable porch.

Those grand houses often have only a couple of residents. I think many times they’re built as a monument to the life of the owner. With the rusty old tools, the old sink, refrigerator and stove, and the talking deer head, I suppose my front porch is a monument, not to me, but to those who raised me and gave me an appreciation for a simpler time.

I think I’m starting to feel a little like old Jack Boyette, myself these days. I think modern society has blown past those things I believe are most effective in enriching our lives. I miss

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The porch, front or back, was a major part of life before air conditioning. It was in a rocking chair on my Uncle Jim’s front porch that I heard great stories when I was a boy. Uncle Jim was, for all practical concerns, illiterate. He could cipher enough to figure how much money his tobacco crop would bring but he wasn’t a reader at all. I remember sitting on his little porch on what’s now called Lexington Avenue Extension but we then called it Old Greensboro Road. He had a small piece of paper and a stubby pencil and he put some numbers on it. He handed it to me, a boy of nine.

He’d written the number 1961, the current year.

“You can turn it upside down and it will still be the same thing,” he said, “it’ll be a long time before that happens again.”

Years later, I sat on my Uncle Roby’s front porch on Chestnut Street Extension. Uncle Roby admired my old Lab, Ernie and he told me dog stories from 70 or 80 years back. He had

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under the direction of past and current college basketball players.

Instructors include Anna Freeman (Appalachian State), Alyssa Cutshaw (Brevard College) and Elizabeth Merritt (Catawba College).

Girls will be divided into groups that will maximize their ability to either learn basic skills or improve upon their current skill level. Instruction will include team-oriented as well as position-specific drills and competitions. Daily motivational sessions will encourage girls to develop skills that will help them achieve success in basketball, as well as life.

For more information contact Katie Freeman at 802-9537 or kfreeman20@ gmail.com.

DCCC offers camp Davidson County Community College will conduct a camp June 28-July 2 for boys and girls grades 4-12. The camp will run each day from 8:30 a.m.noon.

The goal of the camp is to give campers instruction in the fundamentals of basketball as well as emphasize team play and sportsmanship. Campers will be divided into groups based on age and ability level. Instruction will be provided by members of DCCC coaching staff, players and other area coaches.

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Army Scout to sing National Anthem before race NASCARMEDIA.COM DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Cpl. John Hyland, an Army Scout badly injured in Iraq, helped by NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick, and featured in a new NASCAR Library Collection book honoring the sport’s most remarkable fans, has been selected to sing the national anthem for the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Cpl. Hyland joined the U.S. Army when he was 33 years old and trained to be a scout, an elite position performing reconnaissance and enemy intelligence gathering.

Hyland was deployed to Iraq in October 2006 on a small team of scouts searching for combatants in dangerous territory. On a mission near Baghdad on Sept. 11, 2007, Hyland was severely wounded when his team’s vehicle ran over two anti-tank bombs. He was literally blown up — from shattered heels to shattered shoulder blades. Hyland endured 33 operations and had his lower left leg amputated.

During his long hospital recovery, NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick read in the Charlotte Observer the Army Scout was unable to come home for Christmas. Hendrick donated a special van to bring Cpl. Hyland home and arranged for a well-deserved hero’s welcome.

“John continues to amaze me,” Hendrick said. “You look at the pain he’s been through and what he’s lost and sacrificed, but he’s not one time had a negative or bitter word. Getting to know John has been a humbling experience for me.”

Cpl. Hyland’s poignant story is a lead chapter in the new NASCAR Library Collection book, The Weekend Starts on Wednesday: True Stories of Remarkable NASCAR Fans by Andrew Giangola, beginning with a conversation with Dale Earnhardt after the driver wrecked during qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway. After graduating high school, Hyland enrolled in the North

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TOMMIES From page B1 live hitters, it’s been a while since I’ve done that,” the redshirt freshman from Ole Miss said.

“I had to fight through some walks, but the defense, I can’t thank them enough.”

Dorzweiler certainly appreciated not having to make too many scratches on his lineup card. “I was hoping to get six (innings) out of Kyle, and he just started cruising,” he said. “I couldn’t ask any more out of him.”

Grisz put the Tommies on the board first with an RBI double in the bottom of the second. Trinity alum Matt Dillon made it 2-0 when he scored in the

Carolina School of the Arts and began singing opera, even serving as an understudy for Phantom of the Opera in New York and performing arias at the Opera Festival di Roma in Italy. Returning to restaurant work, he ran several Hooters restaurants, where he was inspired by members of the local police force. He joined a private police agency and then met a U.S. Army veteran who influenced him to pursue a military life.

Hyland’s chapter in the NASCAR book, “A Purple Heart and a Titanium Leg,” concludes with the author, who is NASCAR’s director of business communications, vowing to help the army veteran renew his passion for opera and pursue a singing career.

Giangola writes, “By the time you read this, if I’ve done my job, and presented my case to the right executives in a convincing way, the would-be opera singer from North Carolina who sacrificed so much in the Middle East will be scheduled to sing our National Anthem at a NASCAR race, this proud and honorable man’s rich tenor adding poignancy to each word while he balances a brave body held together by sutures and screws on one amazing titanium leg.”

When presented the opportunity for Hyland to perform following publication of the NASCAR fan book, Coca-Cola and Charlotte Motor Speedway, which both have a long history of supporting the military, were glad to oblige. Hyland’s rendition of the national anthem will conclude the Let Freedom Race CocaCola 600 pre-race show on May 30.

“This is something I’ve always wanted to do,” Cpl. Hyland said. “It’s hard to put into words what this means to me.

It’s more than an honor for me to sing the anthem in front of thousands of fellow race fans. I’m proud to represent the Army, my country, my family, Charlotte and all of the wounded soldiers out there.

“I believe there’s a silver lining to everything.

Events in our lives happen for a reason. My

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injuries provided the opportunity to hit the reset button in life. Singing the Star Spangled Banner on Memorial Day weekend at one of NASCAR’s marquee races is hopefully the start of my new singing career.”

After reading the chapter, “A Purple Heart and a Titanium Leg” in The Weekend Starts on Wednesday, the legendary songwriters L. Russell Brown and Roger Cooke got in touch with Cpl. Hyland. He is now planning on recording Brown’s classic “Tie a Yellow Ribbon around the Old Oak Tree.” The songwriting team is also composing several new songs for him.

“Our society casually throws around the word ‘hero’; John is the genuine article,” said Andrew Giangola, author of The Weekend Starts on Wednesday. “He’s a vivid example of the enormous, life-altering sacrifices members of the military continue to make for all of us. John will be first to tell you there are tens of thousands of others just like him. These individuals’ selfless service is reason for great hope and optimism for our country.”

Hyland’s participation in the Let Freedom Race Coca-Cola 600 pre-race show is just one part of the spectacular tribute planned by Charlotte Motor Speedway to honor generations of men and women who have served, are currently serving or have made the ultimate sacrifice in the U.S. armed forces. The CocaCola 600 pre-race festivities will honor veterans from World War II, the Vietnam War, the Korean

War and more modernday conflicts including Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, as well as active military currently serving worldwide. Special fly-overs, static displays and decorated heroes from each era will be part of the festivities.

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third, thanks to a strikeout wild pitch, an error and another wild pitch.

Michael Patman’s solo homer and Daniel Kassouf ’s two-run single made it 5-0 after three, and the HiToms were rolling.

On the night, John Caroll Neese had three hits and Dillon, Kassouf, Rob Froio and Dave Roney added two hits apiece.

That approach certainly pleased Dorzweiler. “We struggled last night,” Dorzweiler said about the season-opening loss in Martinsville on Wednesday.

“They knew what work had to be done, so they were here at 10:30 in the morning taking BP. They knew what they did wrong, and they came ready to play.”

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MYERS From page B1 more incidents throughout the race.

“We had a fast race car, sat on the pole, and had a good car in the race. We just got in about three or four wrecks there and got torn up — we just didn’t have a good night,” said Brown. “Burt went on and won the race and I got beat back through the field towards the rear. We ended up getting turned twice and wound up finishing poorly.”

Brown slips down to third in the points as a result of his 12th place finish. Rookie Zach Brewer of Winston-Salem finished second on Saturday, boosting him up to tie Brown for third in the points — an impressive feat for a Modified rookie. Wallburg resident Lee Jeffreys’ 10th place finish on Saturday keeps him second in the points standings.

In the Webb Heating & A/C Co. Sportsman Series, Derek Stoltz of Walkertown loses a little ground in the points race. Stoltz was involved in an incident in the second Sportsman race that relegated him to a 19th place finish. Stoltz holds on to the points lead but the healthy gap that separated him from the rest of the pack is whittled down to only 10 points.

Ryan Robertson of Winston-Salem finishes an impressive fourth and eighth on Saturday, keeping him second in the points and moving him closer to overtaking Stoltz. Barry Edwards of Pinnacle moves up to third in the points after finishing 11th and sixth.

John McNeal of Winston-Salem claimed the checkered in the K&N Filters Street Stock 50 on Saturday — the longest and most prestigious race of the season for the 104.1 WTQR Street Stock Series. The win keeps McNeal on top of the points ladder. But Matt Cotner of Rural Hall, who entered Saturday’s event ranked second in the points, finished second place on Saturday, keeping McNeal’s points

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In the Time Warner Cable Stadium Stock Series, Gerald Robertson of Germanton takes over the points lead, putting the veteran of nearly 50 years the closest he’s ever been to a points championship. Stephen Sanders of Midway, son of former champion A.J. Sanders, leaps from fifth to second in the points after finishing second on Saturday.

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SPORTS DUTY From page B1 races on the same day.

Any chef worth his salt will tell you a pot can always be sweetened. That happened just recently, when Bruton Smith, owner of Charlotte Motor Speedway, publicly announced his company is working on a plan to offer a nice little bonus for winning both races. Some tweaking would need to be done in order to make the accomplishment feasible, but the paycheck is a nice incentive — $20 million to the guy who wins both the Coca-Cola 600 and Indianapolis 500.

Yes, I said $20 million.

Dog, meet entire pig.

Don’t roll your eyes.

Given the proper circumstances, there are a couple of guys — on the NASCAR side at least — with a legitimate shot at it, namely Stewart and Juan Pablo Montoya.

And getting away from the word “guy” for a second, Indy racing superstar Danica Patrick’s inroads into NASCAR have not only been respectable from a competitive standpoint, but surprisingly well received.

Can you imagine if she became the first driver to win both races in a single day? Talk about historic.

All this rhetoric does my work for me, clearly illustrating the second reason why Memorial Day weekend is such a banner date for racing: quality. The Indianapolis 500 is simply the benchmark in its class, and the Coca-Cola 600 is considered one of the top five annual NASCAR races. The weekend is like having your cake and eating it, too; who knew that was even possible?

I like open wheel racing, but NASCAR is my thing, so my primary focus on Memorial Day weekend is always the 600. With the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup now being so top of mind — even before the green flag drops on the Daytona 500 each season — what I have actually found most compelling this year is the fact that the Coca- Cola 600 is race number 13 on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule. That’s halfway next time by to the Chase.

It’s on now. If you think of it like a road trip, where you measure your progress according to what Interstate exit you’re passing, we’ve traveled a fair distance, almost without even realizing it. And as great as the competition has been so far, I have the distinct feeling that the best is yet to come.

But perhaps the most noteworthy thing about racing on Memorial Day weekend is how it reminds us of the things that make America, and all of its all-American sports, so great, things like God, and country, and family. And hot dogs.

Kim Wilson is a race fan — and the wife of a soldier serving in Baghdad — who told her story of watching last year’s Coca-Cola 600 with her young son Dakota in the book “Chicken Soup for the Soul: NASCAR.” Marathon race days, midway points and millions of dollars are cool incentives. But after this story, there’s really nothing left to say.

That race, as you may recall, was run on Monday — Memorial Day — due to weather issues on Sunday. Mid-afternoon, and mid-race, the event

was halted. The race was red (white and blue) flagged in order to observe Memorial Day’s National Moment of Silence.

Kim looked over to see Dakota, who was 8 years old at the time, standing quietly with his small hand resting on his heart.

When the race resumed, he said, “Mommy, NASCAR loves the troops.”

“Yes they do, honey,” Kim replied.

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From left are sisters Kathy Anderson and Malinda Frye; their mother, Mary Presnell; and sister, Glenda Whitt. Anderson and Whitt were guest speakers at DCCC’s GED Graduation ceremony on May 20.

Three sisters pursue business careers at DCCC TIMES STAFF REPORT

The sisters were happy with their lives or content to say the least. The three of them, just a few years difference in age, were much alike. From a close-knit Davie County family, the sisters, ages 51, 53, and 57, enjoyed seeing each other during the week since all were long-time employees of the Jockey International, a textile manufacturing company in Cooleemee.

Their comfortable yet predictable 18 years at Jockey passed quickly, like the line of cotton garments they proudly produced each day. But suddenly their lives were turned on end when they were among more than 200 Jockey employees who lost their jobs in late 2008 and early 2009 when the plant closed.

Kathy Anderson, the youngest, was hit the hardest. Without a high school diploma, she could not find other work.

Married with four children and two grandchildren, she turned to the Davie Campus of Davidson County Community College to earn her GED so she could enroll in college and become more employable.

Starting in January 2009, Anderson first earned her Career Readiness Certificate, a portable credential that guarantees certain skills required by many employers. Anderson learned of the opportunity through DCCC’s Rapid Response Team made up of staff and faculty who meet with dislocated workers at their places of employment as soon as a lay-off announcement is made.

It took her only six months to complete her GED, take ACE college refresher courses to prepare her for the college entrance exam, and enroll in DCCC business administration courses on the Davidson Campus.

Middle sister Glenda Whitt, 53, earned her Career Readiness Certificate, enrolled in ACE refresher courses in January 2009 to become more confident with her academic skills to help qualify for college curriculum courses.

She, too, enrolled in business administration courses, hoping that she and her sisters can one day open and manage a retail business together.

“I have gained so much knowledge from my classes,” said Whitt. “I know I can go on and get a career and make a difference; our mother raised us with great morals and great values; I am so proud she got to hear our speech at graduation,” said Whitt. “We really put a lot of hard work into it, and it is very rewarding.”

Malinda Frye, 57, was the third and final sister to enroll at DCCC in January 2010. After earning her Career Readiness Certificate, she registered for business administration courses as well.

Married with two children and four grandchildren, she delights in getting together with her sisters during lunch and class breaks.

They are especially happy to be on the DCCC campus, learning new things and expanding their worlds instead of inside a factory where each day is the

same. “We are so thankful the college is there with plenty of resources. All you have to do is ask, and you can get help,” said Whitt. “This has been a life-changing experience for all of us.”

The sisters live near each other, so it is convenient for them to study together in person or on the telephone in the evenings. All made the DCCC Dean’s List, much to the delight of their 87-year-old mother, Mary Presnell. Whitt, married with two children and four grandchildren, said she and her sisters take advantage of various DCCC coaching labs to help them with academic skills outside of class.

“We each received a great deal of help in the English and computer coaching labs,” she said. “All our instructors at DCCC are fantastic. You could not ask for a greater team of people standing by us, giving us confidence. I feel it is the biggest support I’ve ever had in my life besides my parents.”

The sisters entered DCCC through the college’s Basic Skills program offered within the DCCC School of Foundational Studies and Academic Support.

It features free GED preparation and testing, college refresher courses and preparation for the Accuplacer college entrance assessment. The program recently earned explempary ratings from the North Carolina Community College System, making it a national and state model for student and program success.

“I sincerely congratulate the faculty and staff of the DCCC Basic Skills program for the excellent report they received following a monitoring visit in March 2010,” said Jeannine Woody, interim DCCC Vice President of Academic and Support Services. “Our Basic Skills program exceeded both state and federal benchmarks,” she added.

The DCCC Basic Skills program enrolls an average of 3,400 students each year. It earned a score of 201 on federal outcomes measures, which is 200 times higher than the minimum required to meet the outcome measure. Other above average marks included a score of 71 percent on a post-test rating for which the state minimum score is 65 percent.

The state retention rate of 75 percent was also exceeded by DCCC with a 97 percent rate of student retention.

The visiting team noted impressive and exemplary features such as the variety of relevant learning methods and materials geared to adults; transitional services offered to students such as the “Microcomputer Evaluation of Careers and Academics Lab;” the “Backpacks to Briefcase” program; the Achieving College or Career Entry (ACE) college refresher program; the effective integration of technology including distance learning; the use of the Accuplacer assessment as an exit exam; and the culture of learning that was evident among the Basic Skills staff and faculty led by Pat Phillips, Associate Dean of DCCC Basic Skills and Extension Sites.

For more information about DCCC Basic Skills, visit the DCCC website at www.davidsonccc.edu.

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Having qualified as the Executrix of the estate of Mary E. Hilton, deceased, of Davidson County, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate to present the same, duly proven, to the undersigned on or before the 16th day of August, 2010 otherwise this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. All person, firms, and corporations indebted to the estate will please me prompt settlement with the Executrix.

Linda H. Ridge Executrix of the Estate of Mary E. Hilton 6658 Midway School Road Thomasville, NC 27360 J. Frank Green Attorney at Law 22 West Guilford St. Thomasville, N.C. 27360 (336)475-0557 May 15, 22, 2010 June 5, 2010

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Having qualified as the Executrix of the estate of Marshall Howard Hilton, deceased, of Davidson County, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate to present the same, duly proven, to the undersigned on or before the 16th day of August, 2010 otherwise this notice will be plead in bar of recovery.

All person, firms, and corporations indebted to the estate will please me prompt settlement with the Executrix.

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T HE UNDER SIGNED, hav ing qual ified as Executrix of the Estate of RUTH BRINKLEY LYERLY, deceased late of Davidson County, this is to notify all persons, f i r m s , a n d corp oration s having claims against said Estate to present t h e m t o t h e undersigned on or before the 19th day of August, 2010, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 19th day of May, 2010.

Ruth Ann Lyerly Morton Executrix of the Estate of Ruth Brinkley Lyerly 5000 Glen Forest Drive Raleigh, NC 27612 May 22, 29, 2010 June 5, 12, 2010 It;s all in here today!!

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Heritage Child Enrichment Center in T-ville taking applications for Exp’d Childcare teachers w/credentials to work with all ages.

Please call Wendy or Sharon at 4725800 for more info

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Climber with 2 years exp. Needed MonSat, 7a-5p. 20% on daily pay. Graham’s Tree Service. Call 336-245-0300 ask for Justin.

Project/Mechanical Engineer Growing manufacturer of industrial recycling equipment/systems is seeking a Project/Mechanical Eng i n e e r .

Responsibilities will include system and facility layout, equipment specification and procurement, system pricing, and project management through startup. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with experience in project design and management.

Must have B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or equival e n t .

Comprehensive benefits package, vacation and retirement plan.

Send resume to: Attn: Gary Kolbet, Vecoplan, LLC, PO Box 7224, High Point, NC 27264.

J. Frank Green Attorney at Law 22 West Guilford St. Thomasville, N.C. 27360 (336)475-0557 May 15, 22, 2010 June 5, 2010

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REAL ESTATE AUCTION SATURDAY, JUNE 12TH 11:00AM 295 CEDARLAND DR. THOMASVILLE, NC “PREVIEW“ SUNDAY, JUNE 6TH 2-4PM “CEDARLAND SUBDIVISION“ DIRECTIONS - T ake I-85 S. Exit #102 Left (Lake Rd.), Right Kendall Mill (At First Light), Left Cedarland.

DESCRIPTION - Brick Ranch w/Basement 2,828 SF., Lot 115x316 (.8343 AC.), 3BR, 1.5BA, Living Room W/New Hdws, Kitchen W/Dining Area and Appl., Laundry Room, Central A/C, Double Attached Carport, Basement w/fireplace and Lg. Den/Family or Game Room, Concrete Drive. House needs upgrades. In very quiet, well established neighborhood!

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2 yrs. CDL-A, Safe Driving Record!

Swing Transport: 1-800-849-5378 Drivers Needed Need more home time? Mid-week and weekends? $2,000.00 SERVICE SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE Immediate Employment Opportunities Our drivers are paid mileage, detention, stop pay, layover & hourly pay included Safety bonus Paid Quarterly Benefits Include Medical, Dental, Life & Disability Optional plans available Paid Holidays, Paid Vacations We require CDL-A & 2 yrs experience For more information call 1-800-709-2536 OR Apply online @ www.salemcarriers.com

2BR Apt, in Private Home. For rent. Call 336-476-1519 for more information Adale nice 2BR, 1BA Apt., W/D connect., Stove & Refridg. $450. mo., + $450. dep. 431-2346 Completely Furnished Clean 1BR Apt. Deposit Required. $125 week. 989-6172 Must Lease Immediately!

1, 2, & 3 Br Apts.

Starting @ $475 *Offer Ending Soon* Ambassador Court 336-884-8040 Nice 1BR Condo $450 Nice 2BRCondo $575 Convenient location Kitchen appls. furn.

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2800 sf Wrhs $650 10,000 sqft $1600 T-ville 336-362-2119 8000 SF Manuf $1800

168 SF Office $250 600 SF Wrhs $200 T-ville 336-561-6631

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104 Hasty School Rd. REDUCED $695. 3BR, 2BA, Hasty School.

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Town & Country Realty 336-472-5588 1BR House N. High Point. Available July. $450 mo. Reference Checks. 869-6396

2BR/1BA House Lg Backyard. W/D Conn.

Stove. Good Neighborhood. 475-4800

2BR House. $300 plus Dep. 3BR/1.5BA, $300 plu s Dep. In country. 476-9812 3BR, 2BA, $775 month. 222 Sam Kindley Dr, Thomasville 472-2187

Help needed for inhome furn. delivery.

Must hav e health card & Class A or B license & be at least 25 yrs. old. Exp’d in furn. moving required Call 336-431-2216

3BR House, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen.Cent Heat/Air. $750 mo. 852-7528

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RN CASE MANAGER Full time RN Nurse Case Manager to provide case management services for North Carolina Medicaid patients in Davidson County. Two years experience in medical case management and/or public health preferred.

Applicants must have excellent oral/written communication skills and be able to work independently.

Computer skills required. Position requires some local/state travel; reliable transportation required. Excellent employee benefits. Attention: Cherie Ross at hrcm@ncaccesscare.org or fax to 919-468-8573 Please reference Davidson County.

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T’ville Cab. Tv $450 mo. 336-561-6631

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The High Point Enterprise is seeking an individual that enjoys interacting with the public. Candidate must have good verbal skills and be very organized. This position will be answering incoming calls as well as calling past and current subscribers to The High Point Enterprise. Hours of o p e r a t i o n a r e 6:00am to 5:00pm Monday - Friday also Saturday and Sunday 6:00am12:00pm and Holidays. Must be flexible in scheduling.

Please apply in person at The High Point Enterprise Monday thru Friday 9am-3pm. No phone calls please. EOE.

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Britthaven Of Davidson has the following positions available: Full Time RN or LPN, Full Time Treatment Nurse Please apply in person at Britthaven of Davidson 706 Pineywood Rd. Thomasville AAE/EOE/Drugfree Workplace.

4 11 Gatew ood Ave, Behind HP Hospital.

5BR/2.5BA. $895mo.

Call 442-2168

SW Home 5BR, 4BA, 2 kit., 2 Living Rms, 2 car garage, $1350.

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1 acre Mobile Home lot & 1 Mobile Home for rent. Call 336247-2031 2BR/2BA, All appliances. On Welborn Rd in Trinity. 431-1339 or 210-4271 MH Lot for Rent. $175 mo. Including Water & Garbage Service.

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Holding crucial conversations TaylorMade

MARILYN TAYLOR Business Columnist

Is there a tough conversation that you have been putting off ? Perhaps you aren’t sure how to start because the topic is touchy. Maybe concern over how the other party will react is the real hold up. Or you may be secretly hoping that the situation will clear up on its own so you don’t have to address it.

Whatever the specifics of your situation, most people would answer YES to the question.

That may explain the success of the New York Times bestseller, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High. Authors Kerry Paterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler know that many of us ‘dodge touchy issues’, but hold that we CAN LEARN to master high-stakes communications.

First off, let’s define a crucial conversation: Definition: A discussion between two or more people where: Stakes are high Opinions vary Emotions run strong

That covers a lot of ground. Let’s look at some typical work situations that could qualify: Coaching an underperforming associate Critiquing a coworker’s work Talking to a team member who isn’t keeping a commitment Giving the boss some feedback Each of these scenarios contains opportunities to positively impact the strength of an organization. And they also contain risk. As we weigh it out, the benefits have to outweigh the risk for us to step in and hold a crucial conversation. So what about the total benefit package?

Additional benefits include being able to talk openly about high-stakes, emotional, controversial topics.

Many supervisors and managers struggle with these ‘mine-fields’ and avoid them at all cost.

Consequently, situations drag on too long or fail to be satisfactorily resolved. Another benefit lies in solving pressing problems about safety, productivity, diversity and/or quality. Professional relationships are also strengthened as a result of a larger ‘pool of shared meaning’.

Finally, personal health is cited as a benefit area due to reduced stress and increased confidence in dealing with others.

You may be wondering about their system by now. What are the tools?

What works? Philosophically, they suggest we

open Johari’s window by increasing the “what you know and what I know” quadrant. They argue for synergistic solutions.

And they suggest seven key skills that allow us to create favorable conditions and master the art of dialogue: Start with Heart Learn to Look Make It Safe Master My Stories STATE My Path Explore Others’ Paths Move to Action Next week we’ll begin to unpack those skills and look at how to apply.

Hey, is there a tough conversation that YOU have been putting off ?

Contact marilyn@ taylortrain.com to find out more about enhancing your communication skills, or for professional support services in organizational and personal change.

Marilyn Taylor is the owner of Taylor Training and a certified coach/corporate trainer with the Boston Coaching Company, home of PaperRoom System for Coaching. For more information, contact Marilyn locally at (336) 249-3194 or visit on the web at www.taylortrain.com Taylor Training & Development, Inc. provides consulting services and has also provided coaching and team development in this region for 18+ years. Team tools include Strengths Finder 2.0, EDGE 360, TKI, CPI 260, the Enneagram and the MyersBriggs Type Indicator.

Gulf Oil returns to North Carolina TIMES STAFF REPORT LEXINGON – Gulf Oil, L.P. today announced its momentous return to North Carolina by signing a branded distributor partnership with Hill Oil Company.

Hill Oil Company will rebrand six sites and build an additional motor fuel outlet in greater-Lexington. All of the sites will have the new Gulf “Sunrise” image. It will be first time since 1986 that the Gulf flag will fly in North Carolina.

“My father founded Hill Oil in 1957 with a single Gulf service station in the city of Midway,” said Andy Hill, Chief Executive Officer, of Hill Oil Company. “This partnership opens up another chapter for us, and we are very excited to return to the Gulf family. We are looking forward to a long and successful partnership.”

“Returning to North Carolina demonstrates the sustainable positive recognition Gulf has built over the years across the U.S.,” said Gulf Oil Senior Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Rick Dery.

“We remain committed to high standards and working with loyal partners, such as Hill Oil Company, to bring the Gulf brand back to its nationwide presence, and offer quality customer service that people expect from Gulf.”

Family Video rewards students with free rentals TIMES STAFF REPORT Family Video is giving free movie and video game rentals to students for getting good grades on their final report cards in June.

All students, kindergarten through college, are rewarded with one free overnight rental for each final grade of “A” (or equivalent mark) earned in any core subject.

Core subjects or courses include any geography, history, language, math, reading, science and spelling classes. Literally tens of thousands of titles rent free, and include all movies 30 days past their release date and all video games.

For more than 30 years, Family Video has been entertaining families in its communities. “We started giving the kids free rentals 28 or 29 years ago. Charlie, my father, thought it would be an incentive for students to study harder,” said Keith Hoogland, President of Family Video. “Every year we get letters from teachers, students and

parents thanking us for this program. We love rewarding kids for their hard work and it’s a great way for them to start their summer break.”

Last year, Family Video rewarded students with almost $2 million worth of free rentals through this program and is certain to give away even more this year.

Family Video is the second largest video rental chain in the country – and the largest familyowned. Staying ahead of its competitors through its philosophy of “Wowing” patrons, the rental chain believes its successful reputation is a combination of outstanding customer service, a wide selection of movies and video games and the lowest possible rental prices.

Unlike kiosks and online rental services where movies are not available on street date, all movies are available on the street date for Family Video customers.

Family vide also offers hundreds of free kids’ movie rentals, with no paid rental required.

First Bancorp announces cash dividend TIMES STAFF REPORT

TROY, N.C. -- The Board of Directors of First Bancorp (NASDAQ - FBNC), the parent company of First Bank, has declared a cash dividend of $0.08 per share payable July 23, 2010 to shareholders of record as of June 30, 2010. The $0.08 per share dividend rate is the same as the rate declared in the comparable period of 2009.