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Suspect in attempted murder sought BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer
Randolph County Sheriff ’s Office is looking for a Thomasville man who was involved in a stabbing and shooting in Trinity Monday and is considered armed and dangerous. RCSO issued a warrant for Charles Gray Gordon, 41, of 603 Pennington Ave., charging him with
two counts of attempted first degree murder, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, first degree burglary and impersonating a police officer. Gordon, and his son, Dustin Gray Gordon, were involved in an altercation with two men who were found by deputies suffering from gunshot and stab wounds at 5985 Jim Pierce Road in Trinity.
“If someone sees this man, do not app r o a c h him, call 911,” RCSO Lt. Barry H a z e l t o n C. Gordon said. “I consider him armed and dangerous.” Davie County police arrested Dustin Gray Gordon, 21, of 1044 Har-
vest Drive, at his job on Monday and transferred him to the Randolph County D. Gordon Jail where he facing the same charges as his father. Dustin Gordon was issued a $250,000 secured bond and is scheduled to
appear in Randolph District Court on Sept. 16. According to a RCSO press release, deputies arrived at the scene and found Toby McDowell shot in the lower abdomen and Trevor Kindley suffering from multiple stab wounds from an edged weapon. Both men were transported to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and are recovering from non-life threat-
Man arrested in weekend stabbing
EDC addresses economic future of county
BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer
A Thomasville man was arrested early Sunday morning for stabbing another man at a party. Thomasville Police arrested Jimmy Ray Routh Jr., 21, of 406 Sullivan St., and charged him with second degree attempted murder for stabbing Ian Michael Smith, of Archdale. The two men were attending a get-together at 10 E. Sunrise Ave. Saturday night when a disagreement happened, according to TPD Sgt. Les Rickard. Smith was found suffering from multiple stab wounds to his upper body and had to be transported to Wake forest Baptist Hospital, where he was treated and later released. “There was a argument that led to a physical confrontation,” Rickard said. “It ended with [Smith] suffering from multiple stab wounds throughout his body.” Due to the circumstances of the assault, Routh
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ening injuries. Hazelton did not want to comment on how the four men knew each other. “They’re doing well,” said Hazelton of the victims. “I talked to them at the hospital [Tuesday].” Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Charles Gordon are asked to contact Randolph County Crime Stoppers at 672-7463 or RCSO at 318-6699.
BY KARISSA MINN Staff Writer
One of Davidson County’s greatest assets is its skilled manufacturing workforce, says Steve Googe, executive director of the Davidson County Economic Development Commission. Despite recent hard-hitting job losses in the industry, he believes that in the next couple of years, this workforce will be able to return to what it does best. “We are a manufacturing community,” Googe said. “During these types of downturns, manufacturing is hit the hardest and the longest, but when it comes back, it always comes back fastest. Probably not this year, and maybe not until the latter part of next year, we expect to see some of these things coming back.” Googe presented the EDC’s economic development report on Tuesday to about 50 community leaders at Sapona Country
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BADGES FOR BASEBALL Thomasville Police Officer and K-9 Handler Chris Leonard offers some batting tips to a youngster at Doak Park. Leonard is active in the Badges for Baseball program offered through the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club of Davidson County that brings at-risk youths and police officers together once a week on the baseball diamond.
Commissioners approve new fire district maps BY KARISSA MINN Staff Writer
Piedmont Triad region, including medical and health sciences, creative enterprises in the arts, logistics and distribution, advanced manufacturing and teaching,” Ross said. “These are the industries that are going to grow and the ones that will need people to fill those jobs.” Committee members will meet this week with a consultant to discuss the next steps to creating the school, which is expected to have
The Davidson County Board of Commissioners has approved new maps of the county’s fire service districts increasing their size from five to six miles, allowing more residents to enjoy lower insurance premiums and pay taxes to the same fire departments that serve them. The public hearing about the fire districts from the board’s Aug. 11 meeting was continued on Tuesday, to allow time for the board to review last-minute adjustments to the maps. Paul Jarrett, Davidson County assistant fire marshal, said that on further review, only one of the corrections was needed. “We were able to determine through GPS coordination that the maps were in fact good,” Jarrett said. Nearly two years ago, the office of the state fire marshal found inconsistencies in maps of the county’s rural fire protection
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Plans for Career Technical Academy progressing BY LISA WALL Editor
LEXINGTON — Davidson County Board of Education was updated on the progress on the proposed Career Technical Academy during Tuesday night’s monthly meeting. Ben Ross, Executive Director of Davidson Vision, and Barry Sink of the Piedmont Triad Partnership, informed the board of the headway made in developing the school, which is aimed at preparing chil-
dren for the work place of the future. “We need to be sure the pathways or curriculum we are teaching in career technical education are going to yield students five years from now who are fully equipped to deal with the challenges they are going to face in this changing economy,” Ross said. In 2005, after years of watching jobs in the manufacturing sector being lost, Davidson County Schools officials identified a need for training students for
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jobs of the future. Recognizing that this is an issue facing more than just Davidson County, a committee was formed bringing on board officials and educators from four different counties — Davidson, Davie, Surry and Yadkin — along with eight school systems and two community colleges, to help bring the concept into fruition. This is the first such project in the state. “We concentrated on five industrial clusters that are most prevalent in the
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