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BY ERIN WILTGEN Staff Writer

Thomasville City Council’s proposed 2010-11 budget will mean an 8 percent increase in the city’s utility rates if approved in the coming weeks.

The budget, as presented to the council at its May 17 meeting by City Manager Kelly Craver, totals $33 million and calls for a 2.8 percent increase in utility costs in addition to the 5.2 percent previously recommended.

“Our consumption rate in water

and sewer is down 50 percent,” Craver said. “We’ve depleted our reserve funds. That precipitated the need for an 8 percent increase.”

The Chair City’s total revenue from utilities is $10.5 million, and 85 percent of that comes from the per-thousand-gallon cost paid by utility customers each month. The increase would cost each resident about $5 more a month.

In 2008, Thomasville completed a rate study, calling in an outside consultant, Utilities Advisory Network. The group looked at

everything independently, from revenues and expenditures to debt service. Then the study looked at what rates the city would need to cover everything.

“We want to make sure that our rates are competitive from the standpoint that we will be able to sustain our operations,” said Finance Director Tony Jarrett.

The study recommended an increase in rates of 5.2 percent. Jarrett said the city cut the budget request and tried to trim as much

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BEAR NECESSITIES The North Carolina Zoo will hold the first of four June weekend celebrations of bears and bees on Saturday when guests can explore life as a bear and later catch the buzz on bees.

This weekend’s bear event, “Polar Paws & Claws,” will feature polar bears and will be highlighted with keeper talks from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., and information stations and educational displays manned by volunteers at the polar bear exhibit between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Additionally, visitors can view the new Lemur Island exhibit, featuring both ring-tailed and red-ruffed lemurs, in the Africa Region.

Get more information on all the June weekend activities at the zoo Web site: www.nczoo.org/.

Just getting by isn’t good enough for Thomasville High School Principal Deboy Beamon.

During a presentation at Thomasville City Schools’ monthly board meeting, Beamon pointed out that students can still graduate with a 1.0 grade point average, but simply doing enough won’t work in this day and age. Getting students prepared for college continues to be a work in progress for Beamon and the rest of the staff at THS. “We looked at every senior to

Staff Writer A Thomasville High School teacher known for her positive attitude and zest for life died Saturday following a traffic accident on N.C. Highway 47 while riding motorcycles with her husband.

Sink D o n n a Elizabeth Carnell Sink, 49, of Will Johnson Road, succumbed to injuries she sustained when a SUV pulled out in front of her motorcycle Saturday evening at 5:50 p.m. as she and her husband were traveling West on N.C. Highway 47, 1.9 miles outside the Lexington city limits. According to Sgt. Mark Ivey with the state highway patrol, a Mitsubishi SUV, driven by Alexandria Jewel Shirley, 17, of Linwood, attempted to turn left onto Highway 47 from Morgans Way Lane into Sink’s path as her husband, Ted Sink, a civil officer with the Davidson County Sheriff ’s Office, followed close behind. Ted Sink was not injured in the crash that ignited a fire under the SUV

when Donna’s motorcycle slid underneath it.

“She can’t be replaced,” THS Principal Deboy Beamon said of Sink.

“This is a huge loss for our school and our system. She was so sweet and was the type of person who never had a bad day. She loved the kids and had so much patience with the students. She will be missed.”

EMS workers rushed Sink to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem where she later died. Sink was a media coordinator at THS and had worked for Thomasville City Schools since 1990. Sink graduated from Ledford High School in 1978, and was recently named a VITAL award winner by TCS for her exemplary work both in and out of the classroom.

“I thought about the words people used about Donna and what she was about and I remember the word passionate,” said TCS Superintendent Keith Tobin. “She was passionate about her job and was the type of person who was willing to do whatever it took to get the job done. She had great character and was such a

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important and unprecedented national effort to help more of our students Davidson County Com- succeed and develop to munity College joined their greatest potential,” five other community said Dr. Mary E. Rittling, colleges across the state DCCC president, in a press reto make an lease. organized The other commitment ‘We are proud North Caroto increasing lina commustudent sucto have been nity colleges cess. chosen for this to join ATD One of this year three North important and were Central Carolina unprecedented Piedmont community Community colleges to national effort ...’

College and become a Asheville2010 member — Dr. Mary Rittling B u n c o m b e of Achieving the Dream DCCC President T e c h n i c a l Community — an orCollege. ganization The netdedicated to improving student suc- work of colleges will colcess and decreasing the laborate to share data, achievement gap — DCCC research and strategies joined 26 other U.S. com- — all in an effort to inmunity colleges approved crease student success.

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THS teacher killed in motorcycle wreck

see how many had taken the SAT and were appalled to find 70 had not taken it or signed up to take it,” Beamon said. “Some of the students had a high GPA and still hadn’t taken it. My focus this year has been college, whether two or four years, for our students. You can graduate high school making a D in every course and athletes can play football making Fs and one D. What do you do with that?

You go nowhere.”

Beamon pointed out that upcoming ninth graders will need a 2.5 GPA in order to attend college and juniors need a 2.3 GPA. Students are being encouraged to

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take pre-SAT classes, and those who participated saw their scores go up significantly. Students are granted two free waivers for the SAT, but Beamon said not enough kids are taking advantage of the opportunity.

“It’s no longer about just passing,” said Beamon. “Getting a D isn’t good enough. We’re trying to focus kids on not just passing.

Just passing isn’t good enough.

We’ve got to work harder on getting the kids to realize they only get two free waivers whether you show up or not.”

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2 – Thomasville Times – Thursday, June 3, 2010 Thomasville High School Baccalaureate

Democratic Women meeting

Thomasville High School will hold a Baccalaureate service Sunday, June 6, at 7 p.m. at T. Austin Finch Auditorium.

Guest speaker is the Rev. Dr. Ivan Peden of Memorial United Methodist Church.

What’s happening?

Democratic Women of Davidson County will meet on June 8 at 7 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 419 South Main St., in Lexington. Membership is open to all registered Democratic Women in the county. For more information, call Faye Powell at (336) 475-1247.

Hospice 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.

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

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

COPD clinic COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe. COPD can cause coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and other symptoms. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of COPD. Long-term exposure to other lung irritants, such as air pollution, chemical fumes or dust, may also contribute to COPD. To learn more about COPD, join the Davidson County Department of Senior Services Senior Dynamics program, along with guest speaker Tom Bainbridge, director of respiratory therapy with Lexington Memorial Hospital, on June 10 from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Lexington Senior Center, located at 106 Alma Owens Drive, for a free educational seminar.

For more information or to register, call 242-2290 or email Stefanie.Poore@ DavidsonCountyNC.Gov. Registration deadline is June 7. Open to Davidson County residents 18 and older.

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

Bingo 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.

Texas Pete Twin City RibFest The sixth annual Texas Pete Twin City RibFest will be held at the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds June 10 through 13. Several new sponsors have joined the event this year, including the N.C. Department of Agriculture, which will sponsor the Homegrown Music Stage, and “Got to be NC” Village.

The 2010 Texas Pete Twin City RibFest also will feature several new rib cookers (ribbers), including for the first time an entrant from Lexington.

Joining Lexington’s Whitley’s BBQ as newcomers to the RibFest will be “2 Fat Guys” from Massillon, Ohio, “BBQ Masters” from Morrow, Ga., and BBQ circuit superstars, “Camp 31” from Castleberry, Ala. Returning ribbers include Bib’s Downtown (Winston-Salem), Carolina Rib King (Spartanburg, S.C.), Big Boned BBQ (Hixson, Tenn.), Pigfoot BBQ (Salem, Ohio), and Smokin’ Rednecks (Gainesville, Fla.) This year’s musical line-up is the largest in the event’s history. More than 24 acts will fill up three performance stages. Funk and blues star Cyril Neville headline the event’s “Bayou Blast” night on Saturday, June 12. Other acts of note playing the festival include Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Nash Street and Kenny Neal & the Louisiana Band.

Brinkley Entertainment will once again provide a full complement of kids’ rides at the RibFest and Captain Jim will again entertain with his magic. New to the Kids Zone this year will be camel and pony rides provided by

Carolina Camel Rides of Ramseur, NC. AKA Entertainment & Media will produce the event.

Country dance

Woody Powers & the Midnite Express Country Band will hold a family-style (alcohol & smoke-free) country dance on Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Lil Carolina Opry Dance Hall, formerly J. R. County Line Music Hall, 8154 Highway 64-West, in Trinity. Bring a covered dish to eat at 6:30 p.m. Linedancing begins at 7 p.m. Band starts at 7:30. Cost is $6 for adults and free for children ages 12 and under.

Also, Linedance lessons begin at 6:30 for $5. For more info call (336) 847-9740 or go to www.lilcarolinaopry.com.

Outdoor dog adoption fair

Ruff Love Rescue will hold an outdoor dog adoption fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, June 12, at Summer Farmers Feed, 311 N Main St., in Kernersville.

For more information, go to www.ruffloverescue.com or call (336) 880-5431.

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.

Wine tasting at Barnhill’s Books

Divine Llama Winery will be present for a wine tasting on Saturday, June 12, from 2-5 p.m. at Barnhill’s Books — Wine — Art — Gifts, 811 Burke St. Author Nancy Henderson-James will be on site with her book “At Home Abroad” from 2-3 p.m. at the store. Children’s author and illustrator Michele Manderine will be on site with her book “Tristan, The Maine Coone Cat” from 2-4 p.m.

Author Helen Akinc will be on site with her book “The Praeger Handbook for College Parents” on Sunday, June 13, from 2-4 p.m.

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Weather Trivia Why did the Greeks and Romans erect temples at sites where lightning struck?

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AREA NEWS BNC Bank names new South Carolina president TIMES STAFF REPORT

MYRTLE BEACH –— BNC Bank, a whollyowned subsidiary of BNC Bancorp (NASDAQ: BNCN), recently announced Thomas Bouchette as its South Carolina President.

“We are pleased to welcome Tommy to Bouchette BNC Bank,” said BNC Bancorp Executive VicePresident and Chief Operating Officer Richard Callicutt II. “His vast career has been exemplary and we’re excited to have someone of his caliber leading our South Carolina branches. Tommy’s leadership will continue to make this transition as seamless as possible.

We’ve retained the majority of Beach First employees and are moving forward with providing the best financial products and services for our customers and the community. We’ve only been in South Carolina for a few weeks and already feel as if it’s home.”

Bouchette comes to BNC Bank with 24 years experience in the community banking industry.

Most recently Bouchette served as Regional President and Executive Vice President for another South Carolina Bank. Prior, Bouchette organized the holding company that founded SunBank, serving as President, CEO and Director. During his career, Bouchette also has worked for South Carolina Bank & Trust, The Citizens Bank, South Carolina National/Wachovia Bank and Pee Dee Farm Credit Banks.

Bouchette’s civic & community leadership roles include Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors; Horry Georgetown Technical College Foundation Board of Directors; Leadership Grand Strand; Leadership Georgetown; Leadership Sumter; Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce; Pawleys Island & Litchfield Business Association; Pawleys Island Rotary Club and the local RMA chapter. Bouchette & his family reside in Murrells Inlet and are members of the Pawleys Island Baptist Church.

Better Business Bureau warns of lottery scam TIMES STAFF REPORT

GREENSBORO – The Better Business Bureau of Central N.C. has issued a warning about phony lottery calls claiming to be from the Better Business Bureau.

Carolyn Conrad of Thomasville was called Wednesday morning by a man who told her he was from the BBB and she had won the International Lottery, but first she had to send him $450. Ms. Conrad said she was suspicious immediately and when she expressed her concerns, the scam artist lowered his “fee” to $250.

While he claimed to be in Las Vegas, Nev., the call to Ms. Conrad came from the 876 area code, which is in Jamaica. The man gave her an incomplete local telephone number with a 336 area code, presumably to bolster his credibility.

Kevin Hinterberger, president and CEO of the Greensboro BBB, said, “This is the most common type of scam that we hear about, the fake lottery. But the BBB angle is a new one.”

Hinterberger said that the BBB has nothing to do with any lotteries. He reminded consumers that if they win a lottery, they should not have to pay anything. It is also illegal in this country to play a foreign lottery.

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BCH School Readiness Program holds graduation ceremony TIMES STAFF REPORT Graduating and Ready for Kindergarten The School Readiness Program, funded by Smart Start of Davidson County, held its countywide graduation ceremony on June 1st at Baptist Children’s Homes. Over 80 candidates participated in their first graduation exercise celebrating their successful completion of the nationally renowned Parents as Teachers Program, All of these four and five year olds will be entering Kindergarten in the fall. The graduation ceremony took place at 6:30pm in the Chapel on the Baptist Children’s Home campus in Thomasville.

The school readiness program provides in-home visitation for families of children birth to age five. Using the national curriculum, Parents as Teachers, the specialist provides information and developmentally-appropriate activities for families in their home. Parents and/or caregivers receive support and resources to help them ensure a positive school experience for their child. The program is funded

through Smart Start of Davidson County and is free to families!

The following children received their school readiness diplomas: Victoria Littlejohn, Phalona Baxter, Xavier Camp, Jacob Woodrow, Joshua Woodrow, Kara Wright, Samantha Ensley, Emma Justice, Killian Walser, Joshua Halsey, Blake Jacoby, Ryan Canup, Zachary Brinkley, Ryan Sokol, Jonathan Morton, Jeffrey Morton, Brittany McIver, Emily Rodiguez, Corey Sperber, Haley Atwood, Jakob Curtis, Geron Carter, Kindal Leonard, Caleb Moore, Sarahi Chavez, Jaccob Fair, Ethan Gappa, Logan Peterson, Natalie Soles, Davey Fesperman, Camden Bray, Katie Sledge, Emily Tiller, Dylan Moore, Hailey Calhoun, Evan Rhymer, Stormy Grant, Jaidyn Watts, David Hill, Summer Lewis, Tyler Coble, Jenna Young, Andrew Michaels, Samantha Griffin, Christa Hartley,

Briar Hunt, Rachel Beck, Lukas Ferguson, Khylli Fuentes, Caleb Luther, Dillion Ivey, Trevor Marsh, Eric Ingram Jr., Allison Holmberg, Mason Tucker, Jonathan Sechrest, Aluna Willis, Lexi Welch, Jonathan Perez, Karina Flores, Jessica Castrejon, Katherine Meza, Elder Adonis Silva, Jonathan Barrios Diaz, Jayce Davis, Sydney Hedrick, Jonathon McHenry, Taje Robinson, Dawson Walser, Caelan Warg, Jack Blanton, Joseph Sink, Jarred Lindholm, E’woyne Watts, Garret Kepley, Damien Royal, Zaden Mclamb, Riley Scarlett, Braxton Payne, Aden Tyre, Maggie Stewart, Taylor Bowman, Logan Clodfelter, Chad Dehart, Jordan Dehart, Joshua Hedrick, Elizabeth Holt, Jackson Parks, and Gabrielle Vogt For more information on the graduation or the Parents As Teacher program, contact Bleasha Carroll at 472-4666.

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Rail Days coming to Spencer

TMC hosts day camp for children with asthma

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SPENCER – The N.C. Transportation Museum’s 2010 Family Rail Days Festival, scheduled June 12 and 13, will celebrate the golden age of railroading and offer something for every member of the family.

Featuring historic locomotives and rail cars displayed alongside modern rail equipment, the event will give visitors a chance to enjoy train rides, great music, model train layouts and a model train expo.

This year’s 2010 Family Rail Days will be held in association with 2nd Saturdays, a partnership between State Historic Sites and the N.C. Arts Council. Artists will be given the opportunity to show and sell their work June 12. Poetry, music, painting, drawing, photography and more will be offered.

Visitors to the 2010 Family Rail Days Festival will have numerous chances to ride the rails.

Boarding at the pedestrian crossing, the passenger train will offer a 25 minute ride around the museum property on classic rail cars pulled by vintage diesel locomotives. The caboose train, boarding at the Barber Junction Visitor’s Center, gives everyone a chance to ride in their favorite train car. At the Roundhouse, motor car rides will be offered, giving

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The N.C. Transportation Museum will hold the 2010 Family Rail Days Festival on June 12 and 13. visitors a chance to ride these smaller pieces of rail equipment used to repair tracks.

An up-close view of the N.C. Transportation Museum’s classic steam and diesel locomotives will be available during the Parade of Power. Engines are placed on the Roundhouse turntable for great photo opportunities. The Parade of Power takes place at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday.

Turntable rides will be offered throughout the Rail Days festival. Families can take a spin and get a closer look at how the Spencer Shops operated during the good ol’ days.

While train rides and

views of railroad equipment are always exciting, visitors will also be able to see railroading on a far smaller scale. The North Raleigh Model Railroad Club and the Atlantic Coast S-Gaugers will set up in the Bob Julian Roundhouse throughout the event, showing off their incredible displays.

Rail Days is also home to a huge model railroading show, also in the Roundhouse, with vendors providing all types of model locomotives, train cars, model railroading supplies and accessories.

Tickets are $12 each, with discounts available for museum members.

Visitors can also save $2 on each ticket by order-

ing in advance by mail or online through June 4.

Tickets entitle visitors to unlimited train rides and all the sights and sounds around the museum. Saturday train rides take place every 45 minutes between 9:15 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., then resume every 45 minutes between 2:15 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. Sunday train rides take place every 45 minutes between 9:15 a.m. and 12:45 and every 45 minutes between 12:45 and 3:45 p.m.

The N.C. Transportation Museum, located in historic Spencer Shops, is located just five minutes off I-85 at Exit 79 in Spencer, N.C., and about an hour from Charlotte, Greensboro or WinstonSalem.

Thomasville Medical Center Foundation will host the 10th annual Willie Wheezer Asthma summer day camp for children 7 to 12 years of age ,in an effort to provide an environment for campers to experience outdoor adventure and to grow physically and mentally while increasing their ability to manage asthma.

The camp will be held July 7 – 9 from 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at Camp Keyauwee in Sophia, N.C. Campers will begin and conclude the day camp at Thomasville Medical Center. Daily activities will include swimming, hiking, arts and crafts, fishing, canoeing and paddleboats, as well as asthma management counseling.

The Cardio-pulmonary Department of Thomasville Medical Center is providing medical expertise and will serve as counselors for the “Willie Wheezer’s Asthma Week at Camp Keyauwee.�

Mike Crabb, registered respiratory therapist and manager of Cardio-Pulmonary Services, said “The American Lung Association reports that 6.2 million children under the age of 18 suffer from asthma. In addition, asthma accounted for an estimated 14 million lost school days in children,

and is the third leading cause of hospitalization among children under the age of 15. “Our goal is to provide the children a camp that will be a time of recreation and eduction in hopes of reducing lost school days or hospital admissions for the attendees by helping them better manage their asthma.� “Sponsorships are available for children who have financial need,� said Linda Hunt, executive director of the Thomasville Medical Center Foundation. “The Foundation is providing the funding for the camp and fees will only reimburse us for a small portion of the costs. The Board wants children who can benefit to attend regardless of financial status. The camp has been such a success to those who have attended in the past. We are anticipating a larger group of campers this summer. “Thomasville Medical Center is committed to meeting the needs of the community, and the Foundation is pleased that the generous donations from community minded citizens will allow us to sponsor this camp. We want to make a positive difference in the lives of the children in our area with asthma.�

For more information or to register for the day camp, call Mike Crabb at 10463 N. Main St. Archdale 861-5806 Fax 861-2281

TRIP to offer creative photography workshops

The Tourism-Recreation Investment Partnership for Davidson County Foundation (TRIP) will for the third consecutive year sponsor two Newell Clark Creative Workshops, both relating to the art of photography, on June 26 and 27.

On Saturday, June 26, Newell Clark will lead his popular workshop, Photography: More Than Pushing a Button.

The class is a basic level workshop for beginning photographers and photographers who wish to learn the key techniques and photographic principles that result in better pictures. This first day workshop will include more information on the camera mechanics; what are the camera’s settings and how they work.

On Sunday, June 27, Clark will lead a more advanced photography workshop relating to

lighting techniques particularly electronic flash to consistently create quality photographic images. Clark will help unlock the challenge of flash photography and how to use it as a more consistent tool.

Newell Clark is a Davidson County native who returned home from California in 2007 to join his family’s business, Standell Properties. Newell taught photography at the Brooks Institute for Photography in Santa Barbara and worked as a commercial photographer in Los Angeles.

Since returning home to Lexington, Newell continues to work extensively as a professional photographer, with current clients ranging from Savannah to Chicago. Examples of Newell’s work may be viewed at www. newellclark.com.

Both workshops are intended to help the participants to progress from

simply capturing images with a camera to learning to use their camera as a means of true artistic expression. The workshops include classroom instruction and practical application of the techniques discussed. Participants will receive a personalized workbook to keep.

The workshops will be conducted at Pandora’s Books in Uptown Lexington from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Lunch is provided and each participant is asked to bring his or her own camera. The workshops are intended primarily for digital photographers but film photographers are welcome also.

The cost of each workshop is $75. Pre-registration is required by June

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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

The rush to judge Israel

BY DAVID HARSANYI Syndicated Columnist Unsure whether Israel has acted in self-defense? Just check whether the United Nations has called for an “emergency session.” At the U.N., Jews’ wielding guns always precipitates an international crisis.

Now, I’m not one of those who reflexively accuse critics of Israel of anti-Semitism.

That would be preposterous.

Or nearly as preposterous as pretending that Judaism has nothing to do with the defense, criticism or the never-ending war waged against Israel.

And it is undeniable that there are those who consistently and disproportionately vilify the Jewish state as an impediment to peace and rationalize or ignore far greater injustices and dangers in the world — often simultaneously.

The brouhaha over the skirmish on a Turkish flotilla with humanitarian aid headed to Gaza — to help fix a self-inflicted crisis — was only the latest case in point.

It must be noted that unlike the typical “humanitarian” aid vessels, these were filled with violent activists rather than the normal caches of weaponry.

The impulse toward peace was so strong among passengers, in fact, that rather than allow an Israeli search for armaments — a blockade necessitated by Hamas rockets falling on Israel daily — the mob, chanting songs about invading Israel, attacked those who boarded with sharpened iron bars, poles, rifles and clubs.

Before boats were boarded, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, whose Jew hating would make Heinrich Himmler proud, already had said, “If ships reach Gaza — victory. If terrorized by Zionists — victory.”

Using civilians as human shields, stocking weapons in schools, mosques and boats, and relying on death and martyrdom as forms of depraved propaganda is the game plan.

Yet from the bullet-riddled environs of Time and Atlantic magazines to the crater-filled battlefields of

cable news studios, courageous pundits judged that the Israeli commandos’ response, which killed 10, was “disproportionate.”

They should be content with disproportionate. A proportional response by Israel would have meant upscale Jewish condos on the Gaza beachfront about 40 years ago.

Though all the evidence isn’t in, Israel no doubt will investigate the incident, as is the custom in democracies that feature political parties and a free press.

In Gaza, on the other hand, Hamas rarely relies on NGO reports. A boatload of Jews — any kind of Jews — would have had no chance.

Still, commentators such as Alan Colmes opine: “To speak out against this despicable act isn’t to hate Israel, but rather to love it, and peace.”

So why don’t left-wing pundits love Turkey for a while? That nation, after all, not only instigated this event but also is home to more than 25 million Kurds living in occupied territories — Kurds who deal with daily human rights abuses: torture, mass disappearances and assaults on their language and culture.

No emergency sessions at the United Nations for them.

No editorial cartoons depicting their victimhood.

Not many columnists spinning overwrought tales about their plight.

And no U.S. administration is pressuring Turkey to give Kurds their own state.

Why? Because there is always a disproportionate response by critics who claim that Israel and its supporters are the ones with naked and irrational hostility toward ... well, folks who want to see them as smoldering ash.

In all probability, Israel’s biggest failure is taking the bait.

David Harsanyi is a columnist at The Denver Post and the author of “Nanny State.” Visit his website at www.DavidHarsanyi.com. To find out more about David Harsanyi, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

The third Gulf War VIEWPOINT

WILL DURST Political Comic The president may have wrestled Afghanistan and Iraq to shaky standoffs but the newest skirmish in the heads-up display of Air Force One shows him losing the third Gulf War and losing bad. Taking shots from both sides -- from both sides. Republicans are yelling at Obama for holding BP responsible for the Deepwater Horizon disaster AND for not doing enough to clean it up. That man sure is a geographic oddity. On two wrong sides of the same issue. Which ain’t easy.

The main burst of charges that Obama is scapegoating British Petroleum are oozing from the newest Republican Senate candidate from Kentucky, Rand Paul. A man naturally disposed to disturbing people with both his views and his coif. Please, someone, have the simple common human decency to tell him that 1985 is calling and it wants its hair back. Not even Lyle Lovett wears it like that anymore. Anthony Geary maybe.

But I digress. Calls are

streaming across the aisle for the president to ignore BP’s jurisdictional claims and have the military take over. Because people suspect BP cannot be trusted.

About anything. If they smile and say, “Hello,” check your back for shards of a malfunctioning Blowout Protector. “We’re trying our best.” We are familiar with your best. Your best sucks.

Top Kill was supposed to take 12 hours, then 24, 48 and now 96. You don’t have to be Stephen Hawking to spot a mathematical progression here. 12,288 is a mere seven press conferences spewed down the line. They didn’t want the video feed to go public because even you and I and your five-year-old helper-monkey would see the ferocious gushing and realize, “Whoa, that’s more than 5,000 gallons a day.

That’s 5,000 gallons a frame.

Where’s my banana?”

BP’s sole object is protecting profit. Covering corporate butt. In the last six weeks, not a single word that has leaked out of their mouths has been true.

Eventually they will divest themselves of all U.S. assets, change their name and seep offshore to escape financial culpability in the courts, but until then the main object is to deflect blame, keeping responsibility to a minimum. And when I say responsibility, I mean money.

The ultimate lubricant.

BP is not concerned with plugging or cleaning or stopping or fixing or reimbursing, except for how it affects

the quarterly dividend. To that end they will lie and deny and in-comply and do whatever it takes. They will lie about what happened, what is happening and what will happen. They will lie because that is the culture in which corporations live.

They will lie because it is their nature. They will lie because they’re good at it. They will lie to stay in practice. They will lie about lying. Offer up proof. They will lie. They will claim it was their evil twin. Remember when this all started on Earth Day and they said there was no leak. Why? Because they were hoping to get it under control and nobody would be the wiser.

Some people are calling for a boycott of BP. Not enough.

Don’t just boycott British Petroleum; ride a bicycle to one of their stations, seize their toilet paper assets and send them to the Gulf. To help clean up. If Obama and the Oil Flushers can’t do the right thing, we’ll do it for them. Then stay on that bicycle for as long as you can.

Will Durst is a San Francisco-based political comic who often writes. This being an indignant example. Catch his one-man show, “The Lieutenant Governor from the State of Confusion,” at the Vallejo (Calif.) Naval Museum June 3, and at the 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, Calif., June 5. His new CD, “Raging Moderate” from Stand Up! Records, is now available on both iTunes and Amazon.

Letters to the Editor To the Editor Thank you, Thomasville.

It was great to be back in North Carolina this past Memorial Day weekend. As someone who grew up in Winston-Salem, your Memorial Day Parade and events were a great experience for me and my daughter.

I was invited to participate, as the Fort Jackson, S.C. representative, in the Wreath Laying event at the Vietnam

Memorial Wall, where I was asked to speak a few words about Memorial Day. It was an honor to participate in your Memorial Day program.

I would like to thank Maj. Gen. Hubert Leonard, Mr. Joe Leonard, Colonel Guard, Mayor Bennett, Ms. Vickie and the driver of the red convertible that we rode in during the parade for your kindness and support. What you folks in Thomasville

do for our veterans and the families who have lost a loved one during conflict means a great deal to those who have served and lost someone.

Thank you again Thomasville for a great Memorial Day celebration.

Col. Benjamin McDonald US Army Basic Combat Training Center of Excellence & Fort Jackson

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is more important than ever now due to a national shift toward a skilled labor force, a national need for more college graduates, a record numbers of students enrolling in higher education and the demand to earn higher wages, according to ATD. Created in 2004 by Lumina Foundations for Education and seven other partner organizations, ATD asks each member college to make an initial twoyear commitment. During that two years, ATD coaches and data facilitators will meet with college personnel to look at how the administration collects and communicates data.

A further analysis of the data will reveal where achievement gaps appear, and coaches will work with college administrators to form solutions and priorities to close those gaps, such as peer mentoring, improved orientation or improved student counseling.

“All of those things have an effect for students with different needs,” said Richard Hart, communications director for ATD. ATD focuses especially on closing the achievement gaps for low-income students and students of color, those who haven’t been as well-served by American universities, Hart said.

“We want to work with colleges that have a large number of those students because that’s where the need is,” he said. “We both recruit but we also look for colleges that have the needs and capacities that we’re looking for.”

Though member colleges must go through an application process, Hart said that ATD also recruits colleges they think might work well in the system.

DCCC was one of those colleges.

“It was a good fit for Achieving the Dream because we’ve got such a good, strong foothold in North Carolina,” Hart said. “They decided this was important work and would help them improve the success rates of their students.”

The crucial tool that ATD supplies community colleges to achieve that increase in success is the ability to conduct studies and analyze data. Hart said that when looking to close achievement gaps, programs can’t be developed based on anecdotal information, just what appears to be right on the surface or a onesize-fits-all solution.

“Every college is different, every community is different,” he said. “You can’t just come in with a solution. You may find out that students at a particular

From page 1 Beamon’s goal coming into the school year was to have 70 percent of THS seniors attend college.

Out of 142 seniors, 90 received acceptance letters, and students received more than $1.7 million in scholarship money.

“We’re close, but we still have work to do,” said Beamon.

Every student taking a math class at THS now has a T-83 calculator, and writing scores also have increased.

Incoming freshmen will now have a peer connection with an upper classmen, dealing with character and choices. THS also has paired up with Winston-Salem State University where three incoming freshmen will be selected for a Students Preparing for Careers in Engineering and Science program. Students will

Bill Helms

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About 6.7 million students — nearly half of all undergraduates in the U.S. — are being educated at 1,200 community colleges. Historically, fewer than 50 percent of community college students succeed in earning a degree or transferring to a four-year institution.

Today, 42 percent of whites ages 2564 have an associate’s degree or higher, compared with 26 percent of AfricanAmericans and 18 percent of Hispanics.

Fewer than 46 percent of students who enter community college with the goal of earning a degree or certificate have met their goal six years later.

Every taxpayer dollar invested in community colleges yields $3 in taxes from economic growth. college may be having trouble because the transportation system doesn’t serve them well or the schedule of the classes doesn’t work. There are lots of factors.”

Some factors impeding students from graduating range from a lack of adequate childcare to not enough assistance in applying for student loans.

Even having a dispersed campus community can lead to dropouts as students might feel alienated.

“They’re barriers that you find that certain groups of people just don’t get passed, whether it’s returning workers or dropouts or whoever,” Hart said. “We need to do whatever we can to make sure people stay in school from semester to semester, year to year, and finish.”

Davidson County has had some trouble with student dropouts, particularly in the public school system, said County Commission Chairman Dr. Max Walser.

“We are losing a lot of students for a lot of different reasons,” Walser said.

“Whatever we can do to keep kids in school I think is a good idea.”

With success rates at Guilford Technical Community College and Danville Community College in Virginia, Rittling says she thinks ATD will do wonders for DCCC. “This exciting initiative will help us increase the number of students who successfully complete their courses and programs and move further up the college and career ladder,” Rittling said in a press release. “It will also assist students as they advance from basic skills to college prep curriculum or creditbearing courses.”

be in a three-year commitment to the program and will go on a field trip to NASA. “I’m very proud of what’s going on at the high school,” TCS Superintendent Keith Tobin said. “There’s a clear focus there and great things are happening. It’s all about expectations, and clearly there are expectations at THS.” In other news: • TCS tabled a revised version of its wellness policy that will now include mental health.

Part of the mental health policy includes counseling, character education, tobacco, alcohol and substance abuse prevention education, student mediation and anti-bullying education. TCS will be proactive in dealing with mental health issues and will maintain a Traumatic Event Debriefing [TED] action plan to address situations including the death of a student

WRECK From page 1 positive person who was willing to go beyond the call of duty. She touched the lives of everyone she encountered. It’s a devastating thing for our school system to lose an employee like that. She’ll be missed but definitely not forgotten.”

Beamon said students were told of Sink’s death Tuesday morning at a meeting in the media center and a prayer service was held before classes started. Several distraught students elected to go home for the day after learning of Sink’s death. Her funeral will be held today at 2 p.m. at Memorial United Methodist Church, and Beamon said students will be dismissed early so they can attend.

“A lot of people kind of let loose [emo-

or staff member. Counselors and other staff members will receive training on the administration of the TED plan. Should board members adopt the wellness policy, TCS will be the first school system in the state to include mental health.

• Board members approved a contract for Jeff Hargett Mechanical, Inc., to replace the chiller at Thomasville Middle School. The new unit is a magnetic bearing chiller that will cost $221,000, but should save the school system in energy costs and maintenance. The chiller also qualifies for a Duke energy rebate.

• Mike Ingram, TCS’s technology director, said he expects the new computers for the school system’s one-to-one laptop initiative will arrive within the next few weeks. TCS ordered 725 laptops for the initiative, and teachers will start taking professional devel-

tionally] and that was a good thing,” Beamon said of the meeting. “We had grief counselors on stand-by for students. Some students put out flowers and wrote things to her on Facebook.

She was really special and touched people in a lot of ways. She told my wife she was working her dream job. She was so excited about the direction the school is going.”

Sink is remembered as a person who loved outdoor activities like canoeing and kayaking, and was an avid motorcycle rider. Due to a personnel issue at THS, Sink took on the job of helping students with their senior projects at the last minute. Beamon said Sink never complained and students presented their projects last Tuesday.

Shirley was charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and failure to yield the right of way, Ivey said.

Index Thomasville Bill Helms, 73 Donna Sink, 49 Lexington Bobby D. Wallace, 70 Other areas Dallas C. Cecil, 64 Margaret G. Slack, 85

Dallas C. Cecil WINSTON-SALEM — Mr. Dallas Clayton Cecil, “Chunk,” 64, a resident of Bailey Road, died Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at the Hospice Home at High Point.

Born on Oct. 15, 1945, in Guilford County to Clayton Grayson Cecil and Velna Pearl Cashatt Cecil, he was employed with Thayer Coggin and Wilbert Vault Company and was a lifetime member of Spring Hill United Methodist Church.

Funeral service will be held on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Spring Hill United Methodist Church with the Rev. Hubert Brown and the Rev. Chuck Garner officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Cecil will remain at J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home in Wallburg until taken to the church 30 minutes prior to the visitation.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.

Memorials may be directed to Hospice Home at High Point, 1803 Westchester Drive, in High Point. Online condolences may be sent to www. jcgreenandsons.com.

WATER From page 1 as possible from the proposed budget, but staff still felt that an additional 2.8 percent increase was needed.

“Since the drought in 2005-06, usage is down as well as commercial usage, and in some cases the existing businesses are kind of flat,” Jarrett said. “When people conserve or businesses don’t use as much water and sewer, that’s the same as sales being down. Our revenue stream for this year is 4 percent under projection.”

While conservation of resources is a good thing, Jarrett said that the end result is people using less water and the government receiving less in revenue.

But the economy isn’t the only driving force behind decreased consumption, nor is a heightened awareness of the environment. Craver said

Mr. Billy Joe “Bill” Helms, 73, a resident of Thomasville, died Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at GrayBrier Nursing and Retirement Center.

Bill was born Nov. 6, 1936, in Alamance County, a son of William Arthur and Allie Pattishall Helms, who preceded him in death. He was a retired sales representative, having worked for Demps Saw and Tool Co., and later worked for NAPA. Bill was also a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. On Nov. 12, 1994, he married Mary Allen, who survives of the home.

Also surviving is his son William Helms and his fiancée, Mitch Lawson, of Greensboro, his daughter Laura Helms and special friend, Dexter Jackson, of Pleasant Garden, grandson Colin Helms, of Greensboro, brothers, Ronald Helms and his wife, Carol, of Archdale, Donald Helms and his wife, Florence, of Topsail Beach, N.C., and nieces and nephews.

In honoring Bill’s wishes, there will not be a formal service, but the family will receive friends today from 6 until 8 p.m. at the home of Bill and Mary Helms.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 202 Center Port Drive Suite 100, in Greensboro. Online condolences may be sent to the Helms family at www. jcgreenandsons.com. ***

Margaret G. Slack

DENTON — Mrs. Margaret Goodwin Slack, age 85, of Garner Street, Denton, died Tuesday, June 1, at Mountain Vista Health Park in Denton.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church with burial to follow at Mountain View Memorial Gardens. The family saw friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Briggs Funeral Home in Denton.

Donna Sink Mrs. Donna Elizabeth Parnell Sink, 49, a resident of Will Johnson Road, died Saturday, May 29, 2010, in Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

Born Aug. 23, 1960, in Davidson County, a daughter of Larry Parnell and Elizabeth Ann Yokeley Parnell, Mrs. Sink was a

that the about average rainfall this spring has done little to make up for major shortfalls last fall.

“If water consumption increased due to a dry spring, that would offset some of the revenue losses in the prior summer and fall, where we typically see the largest water use,” Craver said.

“We really haven’t seen much recovery.”

The total increase also will go to cover the debt service, Jarrett said.

“They have gone up in order to meet the debt coverage as well as to continue keeping the operation running,” he said.

“Thomasville’s had to incur quite a large amount of debt in the last couple of years.”

Most of that debt comes from sewer spills. The city has spent a large por-

Bobby D. Wallace

LEXINGTON — Robert “Bobby” Douglas Wallace, age 70, of Lexington, died Wednesday morning.

Memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Tabor United Church of Christ.

Davidson Funeral Home Lexington made arrangements.

tion of its water and sewer reserve fund cleaning up spills, including the major spill last summer when 15.9 million gallons leaked over 20 days.

The cleanup for the spill cost about $550,000.

“We had to go into our reserves in order to budget for that repair,” Jarrett said. “That took all of our remaining reserves.

That wasn’t the only reason, but that has an impact because you have no reserves to go to.”

The council will hold a public hearing to discuss the proposed budget on June 7 at 7 p.m. in the council chambers of the Thomasville Police Department. Copies of the budget can be viewed in City Hall.

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Funeral service will be held today at 2 p.m. in Memorial United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Ivan H.M. Peden and the Rev. Peggy Finch officiating. Burial will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Sink will remain at J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home until the service hour. The family received friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and other times at the home.

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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL

Thomasville-Davidson falls, 8-4 CALENDAR TODAY CPL

HiToms @ Morehead City 7:05 p.m.

FRIDAY CPL

Forest City @ HiToms 7 p.m.

LEGION

Post 87 @ Randolph 7 p.m.

LEGION

W. Forsyth @ Post 284 7 p.m.

SATURDAY CPL

HiToms @ Martinsville 7:20 p.m.

LEGION

Burlington @ Post 87 4 p.m.

LEGION

Post 284 @ Surry 2 p.m.

SUNDAY CPL

Edenton @ HiToms 5 p.m.

Bats wake up too late in loss to Winston-Salem

BY ZACH KEPLEY Sports Editor WALLBURG — By the time the ThomasvilleDavidson bats came alive Tuesday evening at Gary Hinkle Field, WinstonSalem had a firm grasp on their American Legion meeting.

Post 284 scored three runs in the eighth inning to make things interesting, but Post 55 stood their ground to capture an 8-4 win, dropping Thomasville to 1-3 for the year.

“We are doing a good job defensively, but you have to score runs in American Legion baseball,” said Post 284 coach Dale Moser. “We are just not hitting the ball right now.”

The came played out in reverse compared to the last meeting between the two. In that game, it was Thomasville driving the ball to all parts of the field while Winston-Salem had trouble putting the ball in play and scoring runs. Thomasville won that meeting 7-2.

The biggest difference Tuesday night was

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Top left, Thomasville-Davidson shortstop Casey Jones fires the ball to first base on the run for the out on Tuesday. At right, Jesse Cooper hauls in a fly ball in right field as second baseman Justin Mounts looks on.

Post 55 getting the Sunday hops and Post 284 catching the bad breaks.

Thomasville-Davidson would hit the ball hard, but it was either right at someone or slowed up for the defender to make an easy play on the ball.

“We haven’t had some bounces go our way the last few games, but maybe we will start living

right and get some of the breaks we need to get,” said Moser.

Winston-Salem got the barrel on the ball often against starter Keaton Hawks, scoring five runs behind two home runs against the East Davidson product in just threeplus innings.

Jesse Cooper came on to relieve Hawks, doing

Taylor to suit up for Storm

BY ZACH KEPLEY Sports Editor Davidson County Community College added more depth at the guard position on Wednesday, signing Chad Taylor from St. Andrews College.

Taylor spent last season playing for the Knghts, where he saw

limited time on the floor.

Before St. Andrews, Taylor starred at Southern Lee High School, where he averaged 15 points per game with an average of four assists.

“He is not the kind of guy that is going to come in and average 20 points a game, but he is going to make everybody better,” said Storm head basket-

ball coach Matt Ridge.

While at Southern Lee, Taylor was named to the Cape Fear Valley Conference 1st Team three times, and he also was a four-time member of the All-Academic Team.

“Chad is a winner and he has great basketball fundamentals, instincts

See TAYLOR, Page 12

MONDAY CPL

Wilson @ HIToms 7 p.m.

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Kernersville @ Post 284 7 p.m.

TUESDAY CPL

HiToms @ Martinsville 7:20 p.m.

GAME REPORT DEADLINES: Monday-Friday 9 p.m.

Busch to make 200th career start NASCARMEDIA.COM Kyle Busch will make his 200th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start on Sunday in the Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 presented by Target at Pocono Raceway.

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an admirable job in keeping it a 5-1 score through six innings.

“When you play American Legion ball you need all the pitching you can get,” said Moser. “I was pleased with our pitching tonight. Jesse did a great job keeping us in the game.”

In the seventh, Cooper began to tire, yielding

two more runs as the visitors took an 8-1 lead to the eighth.

The bats finally showed signs of life in the home half, only after some help from Post 55. Davin Lawson struck out to open the inning, but reached first safely after the ball slipped away from the

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Rotary Clubs honor athletes at monthly meeting

BY ZACH KEPLEY Sports Editor

LEXINGTON — The Lexington and Thomasville Rotary Clubs joined forces Wednesday afternoon at the Conference Center on the campus of Davidson County Community College, to honor athletes in the Central Carolina Conference for their excellence in sports this past year.

Representatives from Central Davidson, East Davidson, Lexington, Salisbury, Thomasville and West Davidson High Schools were in attendance to enjoy the first ever awards ceremony for the conference. Rotarian Stan Styers, voiced his appreciation for the men and women that dedicate their lives to helping youth reach their athletic dreams.

“You do so much in giving your lives to young people,” said Styers. “Even though the focus today is on athletics, we know that not all that you do is X’s and O’s. You do so much towards the education process and also the growth and development of healthy young folks.”

Four awards were handed out, the first going to student-athlete Olivia Myers of West Davidson, who was presented the Female Athlete of the Year award by Green Dragon Athletic Director, Charles Elmore.

Myers lettered in six different sports in high school, earning All-Conference honors in tennis, track and cross country. She is ranked first in her class and is the student body president. She was recently given the Miss Green Dragon award, which is the highest honor an athlete can receive at West. Her plans are to compete in cross country next year for Catawba College.

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SPORTS Fortunes reversed for Myers and Brown BG REPORT The 2010 campaign continues to be a reversal of fortunes from the 2009 season at Bowman Gray Stadium.

Last season, it seemed like Burt Myers of Walnut Cove couldn’t catch a break. He battled with repeated mechanical problems and run-ins on the track which added up to a series of poor finishes at the start of the season. The first few weeks of competition left him with a points deficit that he was unable to overcome. Meanwhile, Tim Brown flawlessly racked up a string of strong performances and went on to win the championship for the Bill Plemmons RV World Modified Series.

Now in 2010, the situation has switched. Brown has uncharacteristically finished 12th and 13th in the last two events, erasing the points lead he held earlier in the season. He now ranks fourth on the points ladder, a full 37 points away from Myers.

Myers, on the other hand, has only improved as the season has gone along.

The season-opener left Myers with a sixth-place finish, but in the four races since then, Myers has piloted his No. 1 car to three wins and one second-place finish — including winning the Whelen 100 in last event.

But both competitors know that plenty of trials are still left ahead of them.

In particular, this Saturday will be key in their battle for the championship. It will be Double Points Night, and the racing docket will feature twin 25-lap Modified races.

With the starting lineup for the first 25-lapper being based strictly off qualifying, Brown will have his chance for redemption: Brown has qualified on the pole three out of five times so far in 2010, but he still knows that Myers will be tough competition.

“That No. 1 car is pretty stout right now and running well. He’s hooked up,” said Brown, who also adds that he’s not too disheartened with his re-

cent performance. “You can’t win them all, so we’re just doing the best we can trying to build the fastest race car and come over here and win races. We’ve got wrecked a couple of times this year, and we’re not complaining about it. It’s part of racing. We take the good with the bad,” said Brown.

Myers knows that he’ll have his work cut out for him this Saturday, and every Saturday at Bowman Gray Stadium.

“Over here you just take it one week at a time. You can’t ever let your guard down,” said Myers.

Lee Jeffreys of Wallburg fought his way forward from a 12th place start to finish second on Saturday, keeping him right behind Myers on the points rankings. Rookie Zach Brewer of WinstonSalem shows that he has what it takes to compete with the veterans at Bowman Gray: Brewer currently sits third in the points. Tim Brown ranks fourth.

In the Webb Heating & A/C Co. Sportsman Series, Derek Stoltz of Walkertown continues to power ahead. Stoltz took the checkered in the first race of last event, keeping him in the points lead.

Ryan Robertson of Winston-Salem is right on his heels though.

John McNeal of Winston-Salem was involved in a collision on Saturday which forced him to pit early and finish 20th. He relinquishes the points lead and drops down to second. Matt Cotner of Rural Hall takes his place, jumping up into the points lead after finishing fifth on Saturday.

In the Time Warner Cable Stadium Stock Series, Gerald Robertson of Germanton soared on Saturday, claiming victory in the first 15-lapper. The win continues Robertson’s dominance in the Stadium Stock Series: out of five races, Robertson has finished in the top three each and every time. Saturday’s win strengthens his points lead. Wayne Hill of Kernersville moves up to second in the points after taking the checkered in the second Stadium Stock race.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS BASKETBALL Ledford camp 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 8161058.

“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 preregistration 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 under the direction of past and current college basketball players.

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

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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.

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The goal of the camp is to give campers instruction in the fundamentals of basketball as well as emphasize team play and sportsmanship.

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Troops Helping Afghanistan

Civil affairs The need The Afghan people have suffered a lot after years of war. The former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979. After the Soviets left, Afghans experienced years of fighting among local tribes and groups such as the Taliban. After 9/11, troops from many countries, including Americans, arrived.

The years of fighting destroyed a lot of the country’s roads, plumbing, electricity and other facilities.

In rural mountain areas, people might have to walk miles for water. If they have any electricity, it may be on only an hour or two a day.

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U.S. troops have many different jobs in a war zone.

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In a big conflict with lots of fighting, such as World War II, civil affairs troops mainly work with civilians to help protect them. For instance, they might make sure civilians are out of the way when tanks come rolling through.

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U.S. troops talk with kids in Angory village just outside of Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

U.S. and Afghan troops helped deliver supplies to the village.

Medical teams of U.S. and international troops and civilians also travel to different villages, helping to train people in healthy practices. They give what medical help they can.

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Afghanistan is divided into provinces, which are much like small states in America. U.S. civil affairs teams try to help rebuild, or reconstruct, one province at a time.

Troops and civilians are divided into units called Provincial Reconstruction Teams, or PRTs. PRTs work with local people, international troops, civilians and aid agencies such as the Red Cross or Red Crescent.*

'OING TO SCHOOL IS A LUXURY IN Afghanistan. Most kids who get to go to school must stop going after they reach age 12. At that time, they need to help the family.

Boys might spend their days tending cattle or working at a job.

'IRLS MIGHT START TAKING CARE OF THE house full-time. Families are often very poor, and they need the extra income and help.

In some areas, girls are not allowed to attend school at all. Boys may be allowed to go only to special Muslim schools called madrassas (muh-DRA-suhs).

'IRLS ARE OFTEN IN DANGER IF THEY GO TO SCHOOL 'ROUPS SUCH AS THE 4ALIBAN threaten and attack girls who go to school.

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Students receive new backpacks after their school tents were set on fire.

The PRT replaced the tents and gave the kids school supplies.

Afghan schoolgirls wait for their lunch in their temporary school in Farah province.

Officials from Farah and U.S. troops were there to see what was needed at the elementary school and a nearby clinic.

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Cultural differences, or different ways of life, can create misunderstandings. Civil affairs troops get training from people who have been in the country before them. But it takes a long time to learn about another culture, especially when it is very different from our own.

In city areas, Afghan ideas about Americans might come from movies.

They often think all Americans have gun battles in the streets and drive around in fast cars.

A U.S. sergeant and a U.S. Department of Agriculture representative plant Afghan pine tree saplings at a demonstration farm on a U.S. base. U.S. agricultural experts use the farm to teach Afghan farmers about advanced techniques.

National Guard troops from farming areas in the U.S. led the way in creating programs to improve Afghan crops. Troops help with everything from grape production to rice harvesting.

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One of the biggest cultural differences is that in Afghanistan men and women are often kept separate except within families.

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PRTs try to learn about the Afghan people. They may begin by sitting down with people in the village and having a cup of tea.

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In many parts of Afghanistan, widows cannot remarry. They can’t get jobs. Their male relatives must support them and their children.

PRTs are setting up programs to help women support themselves. For example, U.S. military and Afghan doctors are training women to be midwives, or women who help deliver babies.

One PRT program helped women start a poultry farm. The women live there, caring for chickens and eggs.

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U.S. military families collect most of the school supplies that troops give to kids in Afghanistan.

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SPORTS FALLS From page 7 catcher. Hawks then hit into what should have been a double play, but an errant throw put runners on first and second with no outs. Cody Beck sizzled a single to right to score Lawson, moving Hawks around to third.

Another passed ball scored Hawks to make it 8-3, with Post 284 still

Hawks doubled off the fence in center, and was brought home one batter later with a Beck single up the middle.

Winston-Salem’s Adam Smith picked up the win, tossing seven quality innings in which he struck out 10.

threatening with no outs.

Jonathan Colyn struck out for the first out, but Ledford teammate Brock Phillips picked him up with a single to center to bring home Beck. The rally was halted one batter later, as Ryan Coleman hit into a 4-3 double play.

Thomasville-Davidson scored its first run in the opening inning when

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This class is mandatory for anyone wishing to get a concealed handgun permit. The class is covered by Jason Livingston, N.C. certified firearms instructor and 16 years law enforcement experience. The class covers laws for citizens governing the use of deadly force to protect their homes, as well as deadly force laws in general as they pertain to citizens of N.C. Also, gun safety, marksmanship and fundamentals are covered and practiced during the class, with hands on range time.

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The race’s headquarters, start and finish will be at Greensboro Marriott Downtown, 301 N. Greene St. Run or walk in honor of the dedicated Military Personnel & Veterans.

Registration is the day of the race from 6:30-7:30 a.m., or beforehand online at www. funfourthfestival.org.

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.

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Receiving the Male Athlete of the Year award was Central Davidson’s Kirk Brown. He threw for 1,100 yards and six touchdowns for the football team in the fall, and he also ran for eight more touchdowns. He also participated in basketball and track. He, too, received the top sports honor at his school winning the Spartan Award.

“I have not had the privilege of coaching Kirk, but I have witnessed him for four years now, and he has been a great athlete and a fine young man,” said CDHS Athletic Director Gene Poindexter. “He has a bright future.”

The Charles England Sportsmanship Award was presented to Central Davidson. England was a longtime Lexington High School coach.

The last award was presented to Salisbury High School, who won the George Cushwa Cup. This is awarded to the school that has accumulated the most points throughout the year in each of the 18 sporting events for both boys and girls.

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SPORTS Residents urged to adopt healthy swimming habits TIMES STAFF REPORT

Davidson County Health Officials Encourage People to Adopt Healthy Swimming Behaviors as Part of National Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week Davidson County health officials are reminding swimmers to follow a few safety tips to prevent getting sick this summer. “Summer is a fantastic time to lounge by the pool but a few basic precautions may just prevent you from becoming sick,” said Jen Hames, Health Education Supervisor with the Davidson County Health Department. “Infectious agents from animals or on swimmers’ bodies can end up in the water and make other people sick. It is important to adopt health swimming behaviors to prevent illnesses associated with recreational swimming venues.”

There are seven key steps to avoid waterborne illnesses this summer.

1. Do not swim or allow children to swim if you or they have diarrhea.

2. Do not swallow pool/ river/ocean water or get it in your mouth.

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Everyone should shower before swimming.

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Children should wear tight-fitting swim diapers, and diapers should be checked before entering the water.

6. Take children on bathroom breaks.

7. Change children’s diapers often and in a bathroom, not at the poolside.

Following simple health guidelines like good hygiene and avoiding getting water in one’s mouth can help protect swimmers from a variety of infectious illnesses, and if one does become ill, ensure that they get prompt medical attention. Although healthy swimmers can get sick from recreational water illnesses, or RWIs, the young and elderly, and persons with a weakened immune system, as well as pregnant women and diabetics, are especially at risk.

State and local health officials have investigated numerous cases of RWI caused by Cryptosporidium, a chlorine-resistant parasite primarily associated with treated recreational water venues such as pools and water parks. It also can be found in natural bodies of water, soil, food or on surfaces that have been contaminated with infected human or animal feces.

Although cryptosporidiosis usually causes only mild gastroenteritis in healthy persons, it may cause serious illness in those with compromised immune systems. This parasite is able to survive and remain infectious for long periods of time, even in chlorinated pools.

Water contamination by sewage or storm water runoff also can cause problems. People also have an increased risk of becoming sick from swimming in natural waters in both coastal and inland areas, especially in areas downstream from sewage treatment facilities and in all areas after storm events. Storm events are associated with runoff from cities as well.

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To help meet demand, the NIH’s Web site now offers a variety of quick and easy online exercise ideas for seniors at nihseniorhealth. gov/exercise. Seniors can peruse sample exercises in four categories of physical activity.

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