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Gerald Hege, controversial former sheriff of Davidson County, will run again for sheriff next year, his son told FOX8 News. The earliest Hege could file for the Nov. 2010 election is February, but FOX8 reports that “Vote for Hege” signs already have appeared across the county. Hege held the office of Davidson County Sheriff for 10 years, beginning in 1994. During his decade as sheriff, Hege’s eccentric management style and public persona made him a polarizing figure in the county. The selfproclaimed “America’s To u g h e s t Sheriff ” had the D av i d s o n County Jail painted pink with crying blue Hege teddy bears, removed all TVs and books — except the Bible — from the jail and reinstituted chain gang labor. Hege, a Vietnam veteran, was also well-known for wearing paramilitary fatigues and driving a sheriff ’s car painted with silver spiders. One year, he sent out Christmas cards featuring him and the severed head of Osama bin Laden, titled “Happy Ramadan.” In May 2004, Hege pleaded guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice for attempting to cover up money missing from the vice and narcot-
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fire service. To have 343 firefighters die in one incident has never been heard of. It was a big shock and brought a lot of attention to fire service and what we do. We are a fire department of 61, so to hear they lost 343 is hard to imagine for us.” Firefighters, regardless of jurisdictions, are one big family with the loss of one affecting all. Dailey looked back on that day and recalled being in a staff meeting at the fire station when news broke of the attacks. Being staff meeting were usually held at different locations, Dailey found it ironic that they were all art the station when the tragic events unfolded. “One of the captains came in and gave us the news,” said
Davidson County Community Action celebrated its 44th anniversary Thursday with a Community Awareness Banquet at First Reformed United Church of Christ. “We have to thank our staff and board of directors for helping us to survive for 44 years,” said Charles Holloway Sr., the agency’s executive director. DCCA is a communitybased non-profit organization that provides employment, education, housing counseling, personal development and financial management services to disadvantaged citizens of Davidson County. It was chartered in 1965 as part of the “War on Poverty.” At the end of the program year in July 2009, the DCCA had helped 977 people who sought assistance from the agency. Gene Nichol, professor of law and director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, spoke to those in attendance about the reality of poverty in this state and the nation. “I was delighted to come because of those who are at every table here who do such powerful work ... in the venue of poverty, working against the odds, trying to make the promise of this noble democracy real,” Nichol said. He said that drastic steps being taken at the state and federal level, such as costly bailout bills and calls for national-
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Area firefighters greet students at Thomasville Primary School Friday morning in honor of the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Other emergency service workers also participated in the morning event.
Remembering 9/11 BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer Students at Thomasville Primary School paid tribute to firefighters and police officers Friday morning on the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington D.C. and Shanksville, Penn. First responders greeted students as they arrived at school with some children taking time to pose for pictures. TMS has held this tribute for the past couple of years, and Thomasville Fire Chief Martin Dailey called it “an honor to be there.” Kids interacted with fireman and policeman and the school played the song “Proud to be an American.” Dailey said one class went
‘It’s a day of remembrance and a way for the teachers to say thank you to us.’ — Martin Dailey Thomasvillle Fire Chief
out to the flap pole where a student personally thanked those in attendance. Everybody then joined in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. “It’s a day of remembrance and a way for the teachers to say thank you to us,” Dailey said. “I enjoyed it. [9/11] changed a lot in everyone, but especially to the
Birthday party to raise funds for local child BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer
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Earlier this year, two young Thomasville girls met through mutual friends and developed a bond of their own. This afternoon, one of those girls will be helping the other as she battles a deadly disease. Kate Thornton is four years old and was diagnosed with leukemia last August. She has spent the past 12 months receiving chemotherapy in her spine and struggling to walk around a house that is not accommodated for her needs. Those close to her see the every day battles Kate goes through and have been more than willing to help any way they can.
For 10-year-old Haley Stanley, a fifth grader at Hopewell Elementary, the way to extend a caring hand was simple — turn her birthday party into a fundraiser with all the proceeds and donations going to little Kate. At 3 p.m. today, Haley’s birthday will be held at Temple Heights Baptist Church at 2969 Coltrane St. in Trinity. Businesses throughout the Chair City and surrounding areas have come together and donated hot dogs, chips and other party accessories for the afternoon in an effort to raise money for the Thornton family’s mounting medical bills. A hot dog dinner will cost $3. A total of 500 hot dogs have already been donated.
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What’s happening? Craft vendor’s at Farmers Market
The Thomasville Farmers Market will be hosting local crafters along with regular produce vendors today at its location at the corner of Guilford and Commerce streets. Local wood crafters, leathersmith and artists will be selling their wares from 8 a.m.-noon. Fairview United Methodist Church will also be at market selling baked goods and their famous chicken pies. Local songwriter and musician Ken Davis while you shop. The market is open Saturdays from 8 a.m.-Noon and Tuesdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Planter raffle
The City Beautification Committee is holding a raffle for a Pamela Crawford planter. The planters are the same as those recently installed at the Big Chair. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5, and the drawing will be held at Everybody’s Day. Proceeds will benefit the City Beautification Committee. See City Administration or a Beautification Committee member for tickets or purchase at Everybody’s Day.
Horse show
The Humane Society of Davidson County is sponsoring its sixth annual horse Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Fox Den Farms, 2585 Jerusalem Road in Lexington. Rain date is Sept. 20. Admission for the public is adults $2 and children under 12 free. Concessions will be available with all the proceeds going to the Humane Society.
There will be a cruise-in at Harrison Park in Denton Saturday from 9 a.m. until. Music will be provided by “Southern Justice.” Food will be available. For more information, contact Ronnie Harrison at 250-9525
Community Garden Each Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon, volunteers will gather to work on a community garden to help feed needy families. The garden is located at 9 Memorial Park Drive on land owned by Thomasville Habitat for Humanity. Organizers are asking for volunteers in the community to assist in this endeavor. Anyone wishing to volunteer can park in the Thomasville Farmer’s Market parking lot and bring basic garden hand tools. Donations of tools, plants, seeds and money will be accepted. Organizers are planning on expanding the program to other sites throughout the city next year. For more information, contact Doug Gore at 476-8433.
Big Chair tulips Thomasville City Beautification Committee is taking orders for “Big Chair” tulip bulbs. The cost is 25 bulbs for $20; 50 bulbs for $35; 75 bulbs for $45; or 100 bulbs for $50. Make checks payable to City Beautification and mail to P.O. Box 368, Thomasville, N.C. 27361. Please include your name, address, phone number and email address. Deadline for ordering is Oct. 15. Delivery will be in November.
Hospice volunteer training Hospice of Davidson County will offer volunteer training for administrative and patient/family volunteers Sept. 22 – 24 from 1–5:00 p.m. Classes will be held at the agency Home Care & Administrative office located at 200 Hospice Way, Lexington. The training sessions are coordinated through the agency’s Support Services Department and will provide the necessary skills for volunteer opportunities in the administrative office, Home Care program, or The Henry Etta and
Bruce Hinkle Hospice House. Areas for involvement include: office support, arts and crafts, fundraising, music, cosmetology, baking, reading and compassionate listening. To find out more about volunteer opportunities or to register for the September training session, contact Windy Cole-Hedrick, Volunteer Coordinator, at 336-474-2068 or whedrick@hospiceofdavidson.org.
Fire Prevention Week coloring contest Mighty Dollar and Thomasville Fire Department will be hosting the annual coloring contest for Fire Prevention Week. Copies of the Fire Safety Coloring Contest Form can be picked up at the Mighty Dollar at 856 Julian Ave. Entries must be returned in person to the Mighty Dollar by Sept. 23. Entries will be judged and winners will be put on display at the Mighty Dollar from Oct. 3-11. Only one entry per person is allowed. Entries will be judged on originality, color and creativity. Winners will be notified by phone. Contestants will be broken down into the following age categories: 4 and under, 5-7, 8-10 and 11-13. First, second and third place winners in each category will receive a ribbon and gift bag. For more information, call Dolly Hulin of the Thomasville Fire Department at 475-5545 or Beverly Pierce of Mighty Dollar at 475-5082.
THS class reunion Thomasville High School Class of 1974 will have its 35th Reunion on Sept. 12 at Big Game Safari Steakhouse, 15 Laura Lane. Social hour will be from 7-8 p.m. For more information, contact Jerri Moore Murphy 476-4538.
Horse show The Humane Society of Davidson County will sponsor its sixth annual horse show sanctioned by the Piedmont Horseman’s Association on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Fox Den Farms, 2585 Jerusalem Road, Lexington. Rain date is Sept. 20. Fox Den Farms is located on Old Hwy.
64 East, 4 miles east of I 85. Turn right on Young Road, go 2 miles and turn left on Jerusalem Road, go .2 miles to top of hill to gray barn on left, turn left into driveway. Admission for the public is adults $2 and children under 12 free. Concessions will be available with all the proceeds going to the Humane Society. More than 1500 animals were helped last year. The public will enjoy a fun, inexpensive event while supporting the Humane Society. Bring yard chairs or blankets. The admission for showing horses is $7 for PHA members, $8 for nonmembers, and $10 for jackpot classes.
High school reunion
The Denton High School classes of 1949 and 1950 will hold a joint reunion at the Classic Restaurant in Denton on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. Details have been mailed to each class member. For more information, call Jim Harrison at (704) 983-2186 or Mary Ruth Sheets (336) 357-2602.
Glass Bead Jewlery class at the Thomasville Senior Center
Learn to make unique wearable jewelry Sept. 17 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Thomasville Senior Center. Pre-register by calling 474-2754 by Sept. 15. The cost is $13.
Final Summer Music Stroll
PACE of Thomasville announces the final installment of the Third Thursday Music Stroll for Thursday Sept. 17 at 6:30 p.m. Performers will include local artist Scott Huffman and friends and Second Chance Bluegrass from Welcome. This will be an exciting combination for country and bluegrass music fans of all ages. The event is sponsored by Academy Eye Center, Dr Danford E Raymor and The Eye Care Clinic, Dr James S Pope. The Third Thursday Music Stroll was created to bring extra foot traffic to the downtown merchants, provide free entertainment to the community, and give local area artist an outlet to get noticed.
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Today we will see mostly sunny skies with a high temperature of 84º, humidity of 61% and an overnight low of 63º. The record high temperature for today is 97º set in 1983. The record low is 44º Average temperature . . . . . . .72.6º set in 1993. Sunday, skies will remain mostly sunny Average normal temperature .72.7º with a high temperature of 86º, humidity of 61% and Departure from normal . . . . . .-0.1º an overnight low of 64º. Expect partly cloudy skies Data as reported from Greensboro Monday with a high temperature of 82º.
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Eanes ~ Martin PARTY From page A1
tained at several pre-nuptial events in San Francisco, Calif.; Atlanta, Ga.; Park City, Utah; and London, England. A bridesmaid’s luncheon was hosted at Hampton’s at JH Adam’s Inn in High Point on Friday, Sept. 4. It was hosted by Sharon Hart, Amy Hart Petley, Sandra Dunn and Tracey Tucker. A rehearsal dinner for the wedding party and all out-of-town guests was hosted that evening by the groom’s parents, Paula and Ted Martin, at the family home of the bride in Thomasville. A sending-off brunch was held on Sunday, Sept. 6, for the wedding party and all out-of-town guests. It was hosted by Kay and Carey Eanes and Rachel Cranford at the Eanes Home in Thomasville. A wedding trip to New Zealand and Bali is planned, and the couple will reside in San Francisco, Calif.
The bride is a 1995 graduate of East Davidson High School in Thomasville. She is a 1999 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication (visual communications sequence), with a double major in communications studies. She is employed by Lucas Arts, a Lucasfilm Company in San Francisco, as project lead in external production (video games). The groom is a 1995 graduate of Paulding County High School in Dallas, Ga. He is a 1999 graduate of Chattahoochee Tech with a degree in printing and graphics. He is employed by Zynga Gaming Networks Inc. in San Francisco as a designer and art director.
a new home more suitable for Kate’s needs. The family needs people to e-mail castingnorthcarolina@ gmail.com and ask the show to come to Thomasville for Kate. Should the show come to town, volunteers also will be needed to help with any construction. If anyone is interested in helping, send the e-mail and write a name and contact information into the subject line. For those who can’t make the fundraiser today and still want to help, send donations to Temple Heights Bsptist Church or visit www.caringbridge. org/visit/kittykorner.
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“The Thornton family is well known,� Michelle Houge, Haley’s mother, said. “[Kate] is a really good friend of a friend. They all play together. Instead of kids bringing bir thday gifts for her party, she Stanley wants them to bring donations for Kate. We were having just a small birthday at the church but it has turned into something bigger. [Kate] is very sweet and loving. She’s very energetic when she can be.� This isn’t the first time one of Kate’s friends has reached out. Kaylee and Lauren Hutchens, Megan Jobe, Matthew Wolff, Keyton and Dylan Riggs, Saige Spoon and Joseph Yarborough, all children, have put their friend first and their birthday or personal interests second in
the same way Haley is. Kate is one of five kids in the Thornton family. “They are a very humble family,� said Houge. “I just had surgery myself, and with everything her mother has been dealing with she still called my house and asked if she could bring me a meal. She’s a tremendous Christian lady.� Kate’s needs won’t end today, but more help may be on the way if enough people in the community get involved. The Thornton’s are in the running for support from ABC’s Extreme Home Makeover, where the TV show comes in and helps build
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Kellam Marie Eanes and Allister Paul Martin, both of San Francisco, Calif., were united in marriage on Sept. 5, 2009, at Memorial United Methodist Church in Thomasville. The Rev. Ralph H. Eanes Jr. and Dr. Ivan Peden officiated. Music was provided by organist Brian Vannoy, bagpiper Charles Hatley, and soloists Anitra Black Spencer and Johanna Wallgren. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carey Mason Eanes of Thomasville. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Eanes of Thomasville, Rachel B. Cranford of Thomasville and the late Herman C. Cranford. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Paul Martin of Douglasville, Ga. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Clifford F. Humphries, Mary Martin of Atlanta, Ga., and the late Paul Thomas Martin. The bride, who was escorted by her father, was attended by maid of honor Amy Hart Petley of Chicago, Ill., and matron of honor Victoria Eanes Lopez, cousin of the bride, of Wake Forest. Other attendants were Ella Brooks Clinard cousin of the bride, of Thomasville; Sofia Agren of London, England; Laura Dare DeLapp of Lexington; Andria Key of Philadelphia; Hilary McVicker of Asheville; Erica Snider Ross of Hickory; Susie Lynch Strull of Asheville; and Johanna Wallgren of London, England. Serving as best man was David Cutts of Atlanta, Ga. Groomsmen were Morgan Douglas of Marietta, Ga.; Jeremiah Eanes of Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Ryan Fisher of Cullowhee, N.C.; Brandon Gilbreath of Hiram, Ga.; and Keefe Justice, Patrick Page and Jeff Wilson, all of Atlanta, Ga. Serving as flower girl was Isabella Lopez of Wake Forest. Special attendants were cousins of the bride, Katie Benton of High Point, Julia Eanes of Thomasville, Becca Huneycutt of Thomasville, Sylvia Randall of Winston-Salem and Haley Walters of WinstonSalem. The couple was enter-
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At left, is Mr. and Mrs. S. Aldeen Robbins on their wedding day, Sept. 7, 1949. At right, is the couple as they are today.
Robbins celebrate 60th anniversary TIMES STAFF REPORT
S. Aldeen “Deen” and Anne Bell Robbins celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Sept. 7, 2009. They were honored at a dinner with some of their friends and family in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The couple were mar-
ried on Sept. 7, 1949, in Suffolk, Va. Mr. Robbins, a Statesville native, retired as director of the Thomasville Housing Authority. Mrs. Robbins is the former Anne Bell of Suffolk, Va. Both are active members of First Baptist Church on Randolph Street.
The Robbins’ children are Dena R. Ford and Sara R. Cole. Dena and her husband, Jim, have two children, Keyser Russ and J.T. Ford, and they live in Harrisburg. Sara and her husband, Bob, also have two children, Matt and Erin, and they live in Concord.
The e-NC Authority announces today the award of $64,757.82 in grant funding for capital expenditures at seven PEG channels across North Carolina. The City of Thomasville received $4,120.87 for its public broadcast channel. Funds for these grants came from a $1 million appropriation from the N.C. General Assembly. PEG channels are public, educational or governmental access channels provided to a county or city. PEG channels are a critical medium for local programming and citizen awareness of community resources. Administered by the eNC Authority, the Capital Expenditure Grant Program for Qualified PEG Channels was created by the N.C. General Assembly to help replace cable franchise fee revenues that were lost by local communities as a result of recent changes in the state video franchise system. Local governments with PEG channels that are certified with the N.C. Department of Revenue were given the opportunity to apply for the grant and each applicant
was eligible to request up to $25,000 in funding per fiscal year. The legislation requires that local governments receiving funds for PEG channel support must match the e-NC Authority’s award dollar-for-dollar. The grant program is designed to boost programming efforts through capital improvements. These grant awards mark the fourth and final cycle of funding made available through the program. With these awards, all funding from the original $1 million appropriation has now been obligated. At this time, no other funding sources have been identified to continue this program. Other counties and municipalities awarded grant funds in this cycle, include: • Currituck County – $22,912.20 • Town of Oak Island – $25,000 • Onslow County – $4,840 • Town of Rolesville – $4,109.22 • City of Salisbury – $2,575.53 • Scotland County – $1,200 The e-NC Authority was created by the N.C. General Assembly under Session Law 2003-425, with a legislative man-
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Lessons of Obama’s school speech VIEWPOINT
STEVE CHAPMAN Syndicated Columnist On Tuesday, as children in many places went back to school, the world’s most prominent black leader undertook to expand a worshipful cult of personality as part of a systematic effort to achieve absolute power. You may have heard about it: Oprah Winfrey kicked off her 24th season on the air by taking over Chicago’s Michigan Avenue for a live show in front of thousands of adoring fans. Oh, there was also that business involving the president of the United States going on TV to urge students to work hard and stay in school. In the end, Barack Obama’s televised speech didn’t quite evoke the sight of Red Guards cheering Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square. But the more inflamed reactions from the right do not excuse his presumption in commandeering the nation’s classrooms for purposes that are beyond his rightful duties. No, I don’t mean an effort to “indoctrinate America’s children to his socialist agenda,” as the head of the Florida Republican Party fantasized. If Obama had a socialist agenda, he’d first have to indoctrinate his own economists, who are committed believers in capitalism. The president is certainly a liberal who favors more government control of our economic system, but not a radical who wants to remake it from the bottom. His offense was to use his office to impose on a captive audience of youngsters in an appearance that inevitably carries the odor of politics. No one objects when he speaks to the nation or Congress on TV, because we can ignore him or jeer him as we choose. But some parents who distrust him feel aggrieved that he can force his message on defenseless children. Who can blame them? Whether you welcome Obama’s speech depends largely on your opinion of him. Had George W. Bush done this, you can bet that parents in Boston and San Francisco would have pulled their kids out rather than expose them to a dangerous, power-mad warmonger. Being no fan of Bush’s, I would have sympathized with them. For the record, Democrats did complain strenuously when President George H.W.
Bush gave a televised speech to schoolchildren in 1991, with House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt denouncing the spectacle as “paid political advertising for the president.” The parents this time had equally legitimate grounds to complain. When they submit to the requirement of compulsory schooling, they do it because they recognize the need for their kids to be educated. But even in the president’s absence, many parents harbor reservations about some of the influences that go with government-run institutions. That’s one reason 5 million children are enrolled in private or parochial alternatives. It also helps explain why parents of another 1.5 million — 1 in 34 kids — have taken the drastic step of doing the teaching themselves. Even if Obama had made an exceptional effort not to raise hackles, he would have raised hackles among some Americans. But he didn’t make quite the effort he should have. What particularly provoked suspicion was the Education Department’s lesson plan, which recommended that students compose “letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president. These would be collected and redistributed at an appropriate later date by the teacher to make students accountable to their goals.” Again: Imagine the liberal uproar had George W. Bush’s administration tried that. By the day of the speech, the administration had retracted the suggestion. But amid Obama’s wholesome exhortations was a boast that he is “working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books, equipment and computers you need to learn.” David Boaz, executive vice president of the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington, told me, “That suggests that education is the responsibility of the federal government and the personal responsibility of the president,” something some Americans don’t buy. Not only that, says Boaz, but it conveys the message that “I, Barack Obama, am fighting for you and fighting against someone” — an implicit rebuke of his political opponents, many of whom think the emphasis on physical resources misstates the nature of our educational failures. Maybe his other messages were valuable enough to overshadow that one. But the students who heard Obama’s speech are not the only ones who could learn some useful lessons from it.
A perfect storm of idiocy VIEWPOINT
JOE CONASON Syndicated Columnist The wild furor over President Obama’s speech to the nation’s schoolchildren raises many questions, but there is only one that really matters. How did America surrender its political discourse — not to mention the news cycle — to the most unreasonable and unstable elements of the far right? Not so many years ago, nobody would have imagined that a bland presidential address to young students, urging them to remain in school, study hard and nurture their aspirations for success, could engender a raging national controversy. Nobody would have believed that such an ordinary event could excite suspicions among a significant part of the population that the chief executive is “indoctrinating” their children into a “socialist ideology,” or that the fate of the republic depended on parents keeping their innocents away from the classrooms, lest they hear his words. And nobody would have believed that the resulting wave of paranoia, supercharged by talk radio and cable television, could actually grip the attention of the public when real issues demand action. When the nation’s first African-American president proposes to urge children, and in particular those
children who regard him as a role model, to behave wisely and avoid self-destructive behavior, liberals and conservatives alike ought to be expected to applaud him. Indeed, conservatives especially should be clapping loudly, since they have so often bemoaned the cultural barriers to advancement faced by poor and minority students. So why have the idols of the right, notably Glenn Beck of Fox News Channel, instead seized this moment to stir anger and fear among Republican parents by claiming that the president intends harm to their kids? Why did many Republican leaders, notably the party chairman of Florida, echo the craziness? (And why would any parent take advice from Beck, a college dropout and recovering alcoholic?) While many Obama critics advertise themselves as “libertarians” who distrust any message from Big Brother in Washington, that healthy skepticism cannot be the reason for the current outcry — because two of the past three Republican presidents spoke directly to the nation’s schoolchildren without provoking any significant reaction at all. In the fall of 1991, President George Herbert Walker Bush delivered a speech in a classroom that was broadcast live nationwide by the Pubic Broadcasting System, Mutual Broadcasting and NBC Radio Network. The blanket media coverage was arranged by the Education Department (which gave rise to a few grumpy remarks by Democrats in Congress that were duly noted but mostly ignored by the press). “Thanks for allowing me to visit your classroom to talk to you and all these
students,” he said politely to the teacher who was hosting him, “and millions more in classrooms all across the country.” He went on to tell his audience: “Make your teachers work hard. Tell them you want a first-class education. Tell them that you’re here to learn. Block out the kids who think it’s not cool to be smart. I can’t understand for the life of me what’s so great about being stupid.” His predecessor, Ronald Reagan, addressed students directly on at least two occasions — once in a broadcast speech in 1988 and once in a session with high-school students at the White House in 1986. Both times, the Gipper seized the chance to promote his own policies, with particular attention to cutting taxes and his “vision of economic freedom.” In fact, Reagan’s remarks were entirely political, if not partisan. He did precisely what the right has wrongly attacked Obama for doing — but that was a message that conservatives like to hear, so they didn’t object to the “indoctrination” of students at the public’s expense. The irony of this tempest of idiocy is that the same blowhards who constantly slander and slur President Obama were telling us, not too long ago, that criticizing the commander in chief during wartime was tantamount to treason. But of course, they are patriots of political convenience — with no allegiance to anything except their own power and their extreme ideology. Joe Conason writes for the New York Observer (www. observer.com). To find out more about Joe Conason, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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OBITUARIES Index Thomasville Myrtis Rowe Browning, 92 Rev. Claude Garrett Sr., 92 Colleen Hilliard, 79 Lexington Joe Riddle Jr., 79 Colene Tussey, 80 Other Areas William Hoyt Davis, 93 Lisa B. Plyler, 44 Myrtis Rowe Browning
Myrtis Rowe Browning, 92, of Thomasville, passed away peacefully on Sept. 10, 2009, at the home of her daughter with her beloved family by her side. Browning was born April 1, 1917, in Dublin, Ga., the last of five children born to Oscar Rowe and Eva Grant Rowe. In 1935, she married Neal Sylvester Browning, and she later moved to Norfolk, Va., where she raised her family and was an active member of Woodland Heights Baptist Church. After the death of her husband in 1982, she moved to Thomasville to be near her daughter and was an active and vibrant grandmother to her grandchildren. She is best remembered by her determined, often witty spirit and her unbounded love for her family. Browning is survived
by her children, Charlotte Browning Lloyd and husband Don and Wiley Russell Browning and wife Cindy. She is also survived by her four grandchildren, Dr. Elizabeth Lloyd Golding and husband Christopher, Susan Lloyd Merriman and husband Jim, Douglas Browning Lloyd and wife Patti and Matthew Rowe Browning and wife Courtney; and three great-grandchildren, Lilly Elizabeth Lloyd, Amelia Rose Lloyd and Caroline Rowe Browning. Browning was preceded in death by her husband, Neal Sylvester Browning, of Dublin, Ga., and siblings, Broughton Rowe, Herbert Rowe, Nello Rowe and Ruby Rowe Hendrix. The family would like to extend thanks to the Hospice of the Piedmont and to the physicians and staff at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro who provided wonderful care during her illness. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday in Dublin, Ga., in the chapel at Towsend’s Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Browning Family Plot at the Bethesda Baptist Church cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to www.jcgreenandsons.com. ***
William Hoyt Davis DENTON — William Hoyt Davis, 93, of Old N.C. Highway 49 in Denton, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at Randolph Hospital. Davis was born July 8, 1916, in Randolph County, to the late Robert Lee Davis and Metta Russell Davis. He was a World
War II veteran of the U.S. Navy, and he had worked at Asheboro Hosiery Mill and was owner and operator of Maple Grove Service Station. Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Liberty Fellowship Church with the Revs. Jamie Draughn and John Leviner officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with military graveside rites by the Randolph County Honor Guard. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Briggs Funeral Home in Denton and other times at the home of the son on Brantley Gordon Road. Memorials may be made to Liberty Fellowship Church Building Fund in Denton. Online condolences may be sent to www.briggsfuneralhome.com.
Rev. Claude Garrett Sr. The Rev. Claude Garrett Sr., 92, of 2997 Upper Lake Road, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at the Henryetta & Bruce Hinkle Hospice House. Garrett was born Oct. 24, 1916, in Cherokee County, a son of Willis Garrett and Anna Lunsford Garrett. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served during World War II, and he was a long time pastor of Wayside Tabernacle Freewill Baptist Church. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Wayside Tabernacle Freewill Baptist Church by the Revs. David Atkins, M.E. Cox and Bobby Parker. Entombment will follow in Holly Hill Me-
morial Park Mausoleum. The family will be at the church from 6-8 p.m. Sunday and other times at the home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Building Fund of Wayside Tabernacle Freewill Baptist Church in Thomasville. Online condolences may be sent to www.jcgreenandsons. com.
Colleen Hilliard Doris Colleen Hilliard, 79, died unexpectedly Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at the High Point Regional Hospital. She was born on Jan. 16, 1930, in Thomasville, a daughter of Thomas Edgar Hilliard and Jessie Lee Morgan Hilliard, and she had lived her entire life in Thomasville. She retired from Duke Power Company after 35 years of service in the Thomasville office. She was a member of Calvary United Church of Christ. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Maxine Hilliard and Betty Childers. Surviving are a brother-in-law, Charles Rex Childers Sr., of Cornelius; two nephews, Thomas Lee Childers and wife Vicki, of Cornelius, and Charles Rex Childers Jr., of Davidson; and three friends and caregivers, Frieda Long, Gail Alcon and Donna Orman, all of Thomasville. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. today in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Kelly Barefoot officiating. Hilliard will remain at the J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home in Thom-
asville until the hour of the service. Memorials may be directed to Calvary UCC in Thomasville or Davidson County Humane Society in Lexington. Online condolences may be sent to www.jcgreenandsons. com. ***
Lisa B. Plyler JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Lisa B. Plyler, 44, went home to her Lord and Savior on Sept. 7, 2009. She was born in Daytona Beach, Fla., and she was a devoted member of Christian Family Chapel. Lisa attended and served as a leader Plyler in Bible Study Fellowship International (BSF) for 13 years, and she was a loving support to her many friends. Lisa enjoyed spending time with her family and loved her husband and children more than anything in the world. She was loved by all who knew her and she will be missed every day. A Celebration of Life was held at 2 p.m. Friday at Christian Family Chapel, 10365 St. Augustine Road in Jacksonville, Fla. Interment will be held at Bess Chapel near Cherryville. Arrangements are entrusted to Hardage Giddens Mandarin Chapel, 904-288-0025. Lisa leaves behind to cherish her memory her loving husband of 21 years, David C. Plyler; a daughter, Caroline G. Ply-
From page A5 1ized health care and even banks, are evidence of a society that thinks it is facing a crisis. With state and national deficits running high and unemployment figures reaching record levels, people have felt an urgent need to take action. “We’ve done all of this because we believe our plight to be unacceptable,” Nichol said. “But what have we, for the last decade, believed to be acceptable?” Even while many people were content, about 15 percent of North Carolina citizens — more than 1.4 million people — have been living in poverty, he said. Ethnic minori-
ties, coastal plain counties and children face the worst of it. “Easily, one in five North Carolina kids are living in poverty — one in three black kids and four out of 10 Hispanics,” he said. “Of any state, North Carolina has the second highest number of kids who live with repeated hunger.” He cited the increasing income disparities in the United States, rising inequality in educational opportunity, and the growing number of uninsured Americans as reasons not to be content with the state of society. “How can we have been satisfied, thinking it was no emergency?” Nichol said. “We need to keep in mind that lots of us have been in peril long before
the crashes of 2008 and 2009.” Nichol praised DCCA’s work and encouraged them to keep helping people that might otherwise be forgotten. Holloway said that the speech made him think about DCCA’s role in remedying those situations. “It brought up some things that we need to address in cultural issues, poverty, and the economy,” Holloway said. “It was good food for thought.” Also at the banquet, Belinda Clark received the Winifred Blanton award for board member service, Christie Jarrell received the Helen Caple award for self-sufficiency and Kimberly Hume received Barbara Walser award for service.
MARRIAGE LICENSES July 13-17
Nicholas Anthony Lage, 35, of Lexington, to Stephanie Michele Collins, 37, of Lexington. Michael Alan Rupp, 32, of Lexington, to Lori Beth Curtiss, 28, of Lexington. Zachary Mark Watson, 27, of Lexington, to Angela Luise Ward, 23, of Lexington. David Powers Smith, 26, of Lexington, to Joanna Faye Hale, 27, of Thomasville. Jerome Albert LaPoint Jr., 44, of Thomasville, to Laurie Ann Johnson, 41, of Thomasville. Rodney Lee Graham, 40, of Denton, to Mary Lou Tate, 9, of Denton.
July 20-Aug. 3
Charles Carroll Wall III, 61 of Lexington, to
Sherry Rose Wood, 36, of Lexington. Randall Scott Bean, 44, of Lexington, to Jennie Viola Cockerham, 43, of Lexington. Larry Joe Harrington, Jr., 19, of Thomasville, to Jesica Leann Harrison, 18, of Lexington. Michael Dean Gobble, 35, of Lexington to Catherine Lee Seay, 36, of Lexington. Michael Gray Lowery, 30, of Walkertown, to Faith Alexandra Newby, 26, of Sophia. James Matthew Delisle, 70, of Lexington, to Debbie Edwards Byrd, 61, of Lexington. David Shane Durham, 24, of Mocksville, to Crystal Lynn Livengood, 25, to Lexington. Alan Edward Gordon, 36, of Penns Creek, Pa., to
Kara Lynn Shelley, 21, of Lexington. James Nathan King, 48, of Davidson, to Teresa Lynne Woody, 53, of Davidson. Charles Max Graeub III, 26, of Thomasville, to Cheryl Ann Sloan, 24, of Thomasville. David John Strich, 32, of Washington, D.C., to Jean Coleman Blackerby, 32, of Washington, D.C. Gregory Clay Cowan Jr., 32, of Lexington to Christy Dawn Goodin, 33, of Lexington. Jose Donaldo Mazariegos Angel, 27, of Asheboro, to Leyvi Adamaris Perez Roblero, 22, of Asheboro. Gary Dean Ratliff Jr., 39,, of Thomasville, to Willia Mae Earnhardt, 48, of Thomasville.
HEGE From page A1 ics unit of the sheriff ’s department. He was removed from office and served three years of probation, which ended in 2007. Hege was indicted on five counts of embezzlement by a public officer, five counts of obtaining property by false pretenses, two counts of obstruction of justice, one count of endeavoring to intercept oral communication, one count of aiding and abetting to endeavor to intercept oral communication and one count of aiding and abetting to obtain property by false pretenses. As part of his plea bargain, 13 of the 15 charges were dismissed. Allegations against Hege included that he misappropriated county funds and equipment, ordered prisoner abuse, promoted racial profiling, falsified crime statistics and engaged in speeding and reckless driving in
9/11 From page A1 Dailey. “We didn’t really have a meeting, we just tuned into the TV. The fire service is certainly one that pulls together. We’re really a family unit and it impacts you. I was watching the news this morning and it really brought back memories. It’s a day I’ll never forget.” Thomasville Police Capt. James Mills said the tribute was a good way to bring visibility on public service and the risks first responders take in
Joe Riddle Jr.
LEXINGTON — Joe Dan Riddle Jr., 79, of Linwood Southmont Road, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at Lexington Health Care, after a four-week illness. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Sanford, with the Brother Charlie Riddle of Hanes Baptist Church in Winston-Salem officiating. Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel is serving the family. Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.
Colene Tussey
LEXINGTON — Colene Leona Tussey, 80, of Abbotts Creek Care Center, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at the nursing home. Services will be held at a later date. The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. today at the home. Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, is serving the family. Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.
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ler; a son, James C. Plyler; parents, James and Julia Bolte; sisters, Debbie Renfroe (Mark), and Donna Raulerson; nieces, Stephanie, Vicki and Alecia; nephews, Jeff and Corey; and many treasured friends. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Bible Study Fellowship, www. bsfinternational.org, or Christian Family Chapel. ***
his “spider car.” Current Davidson County Sheriff David Grice, who has held the office since 2004, said that he plans to run for reelection in 2010. “I will be running next year on the Republican ticket for sheriff in the primary and general elections,” Grice said. “I feel like the sheriff ’s office under my administration has done an excellent job, and we’ve earned a second term.” He said that Hege’s “in-your-face” leadership style was diametrically opposed to his own, which he considers to be more professional. “We run an honest, professional organization with good management.” Grice said. “My interest in being sheriff is what is best for the people of the county, the victims of crimes and the taxpayers.” Grice also said that as a convicted felon, Hege cannot own a firearm, but he is allowed to run for public office.
an emergency. Mills said that seeing police and fireman in uniform offers parents and children a way to reflect on the real meaning of the day. “A loss of one life or multiple lives of uniformed officers affects the entire community,” Mills said. “I remember where I was when news came in that the World Trade Center was struck by not one but two airplanes. When we heard about the loss of all the emergency workers, it affected all of us. We realize the gravity of what we do and the ultimate price that could be paid.”
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APOSTOLIC BORN AGAIN FREE 315 Spring St. 472-2030 GREAT TRUEVINE MINISTRIES 308 Randolph St. 472-8361 TRUE DELIVERANCE APOSTOLIC 702 Pineywood Rd. 475-3042
BAPTIST AMAZING GRACE BAPTIST 661 Light Rd. 472-9533
WAYSIDE TABERNACLE FREE WILL BAPTIST 3035 Upper Lake Rd. 476-3055
CATHOLIC OUR LADY - HIGHWAYS CATHOLIC 943 Ball Park Rd. 475-2732
CHRISTIAN
NAZARENE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 600 Dillion St. 475-0324
PENTECOSTAL HARVEST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 120-B W. Main St. 688-6034 NEW BEGINNINGS 162 Brantley Dr. 475-1275 NEW HOPE TABERNACLE OF
CHRISTIAN CATHEDRAL 8096 E. Holly Grove Rd. 475-1739
PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE 508 Carlton St. 475-7843
BETHANY BAPTIST 574 Tower Rd. 472-7822
CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER ASSEMBLY 880 N. NC Hwy. 109, 472-0710
FIRST PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS 506 Cloniger Dr. 476-4341
BRIGHT LIGHT FREEWILL BAPTIST 200 Sunset Ln. 475-8108
CITADEL OF FAITH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP 7 J.W. Thomas Way 476-7218
BROWN NEW CALVARY BAPTIST 200 Doak St. 476-6514
TRUE VINE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY 412 Lexington Ave. 475-1022
ANTIOCH BAPTIST 216 Albertson Rd. 475-3757
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH 1360 Fisher Ferry St. 880-2984 CAROLINA MEMORIAL BAPTIST 422 Liberty Dr. 472-7028 CEDAR LODGE BAPTIST 1305 Cedar Dr. 475-1152 CHARITY FREE WILL BAPTIST 4580 Burton Rd. 476-7830 COMMUNITY BAPTIST 503 Turner St. 472-8386
CHURCH OF CHRIST CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF CHRIST 1102 Short St. 472-5175 THOMASVILLE CHURCH OF CHRIST 1084 N NC Hwy. 109, 472-6960
CHURCH OF GOD
PNEUMA PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF DELIVERANCE INC. 200 Kern St. 472-8567 ZION TABERNACLE FBH CHURCH 701 Douglas Dr. 476-6715
PRESBYTERIAN FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 21 Randolph St. 476-4110
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST THOMASVILLE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 5 Sharon Dr. 476-5726
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CALVARY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 1410 Lexington Ave. 476-4113
CUNNINGHAM BAPTIST 2000 Liberty Dr. 472-3239
THOMASVILLE CHURCH OF GOD 1220 W. Holly Hill Road 476-1417
EAST DAVIDSON FIRST BAPTIST 1360 Fisher Ferry Rd. 475-7380
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY 707 Stemp Everhart Rd. 472-9525
EMMANUEL BAPTIST 204 Turner St. 475-1018
ZION TABERNACLE FBH CHURCH
HEIDELBERG UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 118 Salem St. 472-7024
OF GOD OF THE AMERICAS 710 Douglas Dr. 476-6715
ZION UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 130 Hasty School Rd. 475-7447
FAITH BAPTIST 902 Mendenhall St. 476-4149 FIRST BAPTIST 11 Randolph St. 476-6131 FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 103 Church St. 475-9632
“Give thanks to the God of Gods, for his steadfast love endures forever” -Psalms 136:2
VICTORY BAPTIST 280 Clodfelter Rd. 476-1740
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST 106 Smith St. 472-9361 FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST 310 Hinkle St. 475-6353 GOSPEL LIGHT FREEWILL BAPTIST 4014 Ball Park Rd. 475-2943 GREENWOOD BAPTIST 1010 Lexington Ave. 472-7314 HASTY BAPTIST 161 Joe Moore Rd. 885-5608 HILLSIDE PARK BAPTIST 7593 E. Holly Grove Rd. 472-6192 HILLTOP BAPTIST 160 Gate Rd. 475-9816 HUGHES GROVE BAPTIST 547 Hughes Grove Church 472-6522 LIBERTY BAPTIST 225 Liberty Ave. 472-1328 LOVE OF GOD BAPTIST 5606 S NC Hwy. 109, 476-1031 MIDWAY SCHOOL ROAD BAPTIST 6736 Midway School Rd. 475-8694 MILLS HOME BAPTIST 701 Watson Cir. 474-1200 MT. OLIVE BAPTIST 7987 S NC Hwy. 109, 476-1399 NEW BEGINNINGS MISSIONARY BAPTIST 2352 Upper Lake Rd. 476-8249
EPISCOPAL ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL 108 Salem St. 472-7396
FRIENDS THOMASVILLE FRIENDS 369 S. Old Raleigh Rd. 475-2255
GOSPEL FULL GOSPEL FREEWILL HOLINESS 1021 W. Holly Hill Rd. 475-9048 GOSPEL TABERNACLE 2007 Fuller Mill Rd. N. 476-4127
HOLINESS BETHEL TABERNACLE HOLINESS 105 Forsyth St. 475-1027 MT. OLIVE FIRE BAPTIZED HOLINESS 305 Tremont St. 476-5962
LUTHERAN GRACE LUTHERAN 115 Unity St. 476-5553
METHODIST BETHEL UNITED METHODIST 508 Fisher Ferry St. 476-4222 CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST James Ave. 475-9658 CLARKSBURY UNITED METHODIST 639 Clarksbury Church Rd. 476-5926 COMMUNITY EV METHODIST 1275 Joe Moore Rd. 887-0179 FAIRGROVE UNITED METHODIST 204 Cedar Lodge Rd. 475-2598 FAIRVIEW UNITED METHODIST 2876 Old Greensboro Rd. 475-3181
WESLEYAN CENTRAL WESLEYAN 300 Hinkle St. 472-7053 EVANGELICAL WESLEYAN 605 Carolina Ave. 472-7927 HOLLY HILL WESLEYAN 202 W. Holly Hill Rd. 476-6628 MEMORIAL PARK WESLEYAN 100 Leonard St. MT. ZION WESLEYAN 222 Mt. Zion Church Rd. 472-4239
OTHER AMBASSADOR TEMPLE 801 Martin Luther King Dr. 472-9330 ARIEL-PHILADELPHIA WORLD HARVEST 119 Church St. 476-1007 CHURCH OF TOMORROW 906 Oaklawn Dr. 475-8472 EMANUEL REFORMED CHURCH 1170 Emanuel Church Rd. 475-7590 FAITH COMMUNITY CHAPEL 381 Faith Chapel Rd. 472-6881 FREE PILGRIM CHURCH 1321 Free Pilgrim Church Rd. 472-7671 FROM BEHIND THE VEIL MINISTRY 156 Friendly Rd. 472-3915 HIGH ROCK COMMUNITY CHURCH 18870 South N.C. Hwy 109 Denton, N.C. 336-859-0799 HIS LABORING FEW MINISTRIES 812 Martin Luther King Dr. Thomasville, 475-2455 KINGDOM VISION MINISTRIES 5043 Meadowbrook Drive, Trinity 434-9428
NEW GRACE BAPTIST 1029 Blair St. 475-1076
FIRST UNITED METHODIST 100 E. Sunrise Ave. 476-4223
NEW HEART BAPTIST 628 National Hwy
FREE WILL UNION METHODIST 110 Carr St. 475-2921
NEW LIFE BAPTIST 152 Litwin Dr. 475-0856
MOUNT SINAI FAITH, HOPE & LOVE MINISTRIES 11267 E. US Hwy. 64, 475-5800
JOHNSONTOWN UNITED METHODIST 1057 Johnsonstown Rd. 476-4619
PERRY MEMORIAL CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD 113 Jewell St. 476-7323
MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST 101 Randolph St. 472-7718
PRAYER, PRAISE, WORSHIP CHURCH 707 Stemp Everhart Rd. 472-0328
OAK HILL MEMORIAL BAPTIST 1793 Tower Rd. 476-6096 PARK PLACE BAPTIST 201 Kern St. 472-7149 PILOT VIEW BAPTIST 7173 Prospect Church Rd. 886-5867 PROMISE BAPTIST 11 Maiden Park Dr. 475-8542 RICH FORK BAPTIST 3993 Old Hwy. 29, 476-6258 SOUTHGATE BAPTIST 104 Cloniger Dr. 475-8825 SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST 712 Fisher Ferry St. 472-7103 SOLID ROCK FREEWILLL BAPTIST 9 Trade St.-Pastor Anthony Hancock TESTIMONIAL BAPTIST 16799 Old Hwy. 29, 476-3249 UNION BAPTIST 828 Mary James Ave. 476-4948
MT. PLEASANT UNITED METHODIST 6516 Old Greensboro Rd. 475-6757 PINE WOODS UNITED METHODIST 199 Pine Wood Church Rd. 476-7725 PLEASANT GROVE UNITED METHODIST 1393 Hasty School Rd. 475-1124 PLEASANT HILL UNITED METHODIST 2624 Fuller Mill Rd. N., 472-9453 ST. JOHN A.M.E. ZION METHODIST 307 Church St., 472-8572 TRINITY UNITED METHODIST 609 Liberty Dr. 472-7970 UNITY UNITED METHODIST 608 National Hwy. 472-7348 WEST END UNITED METHODIST 600 Lexington Ave. 476-4550
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Having respect and tolerance for each other VIEWPOINT
DOUG CREAMER Guest Columnist
I was driving home from work last Friday when I discovered that there was a big controversy about President Obama’s speech that he presented to school students on Tuesday of this week. I can’t believe that people would be upset about such a speech. Our President has the potential to reach students and possibly impact some of them to change the course of their lives so they have a positive impact on the world in which they live. I am trying to figure out why there is a contro-
versy. I am struggling to understand why people would be disrespectful toward our President. It would be political suicide for him to speak to the students and attempt to convert them to a particular ideology. I have to believe he is much more intelligent than that. Besides, most high school students are more concerned about what they are going to be doing on Friday night than politics. Two political columnists who contribute to NPR, David Brooks and E. J. Dionne, are on opposite ends of the political spectrum and they couldn’t understand the controversy over the President’s speech, either I decided my best course of action would be to read President Obama’s speech, which was posted online on Monday. I wanted to see first hand what he would say and decide for myself if there was anything controversial. After reading the speech, I couldn’t
imagine any parent who would want their child to miss such powerful and encouraging words. President Obama challenged the students to be respectful, to stay in school, to give their best effort even if they come from broken or dysfunctional families, to find something in school to challenge themselves with, and to never give up on themselves. He pointed out to them that the future of this country depended on them discovering their unique abilities and developing them to their fullest potential. It was positive, challenging, and uplifting. I watched him give the speech today while I ate my lunch. If you have school age children I encourage you to get on the internet and watch it with them. Sadly many students didn’t get to see this great speech because politically motivated people produced a lot of negative publicity about it. There is no reason why
any student should have missed this motivational speech at the beginning of the school year. Why can’t we come together and show respect for our President and have tolerance for different political beliefs? This country was founded on the fact that we could and should have open political discussions, not hate-filled backstabbing comments for people who think and believe differently from us. This inability to have civil discussions has leaked over into the realm of faith. People believe that the church down the road is not like us so they must be wrong. How can we think that way? In my opinion, each different type of church is meeting different people’s needs. Some people dress up for church on Sunday while others are more casual, is one right and the other wrong? My grandmother took me to church when I was a kid and the church was absolutely silent,
which was uncomfortable for me, but she met God and I knew He was present in that service. I believe God wants to touch our country and this world with his message of love and hope. If churches worked together, even though we approach worship and sermon presentations differently, imagine what an impact we could have on our world. If we came together whatever our skin color, or church background, in spite of our individual preferences, and presented the gospel message of salvation to the world we might see the largest world revival in history. The question is simple, are we willing to put aside procedural differences, like being sprinkled or dunked in baptism, for real-heart issues like believing in Jesus as the Savior? Which is more important, a changed life because of an encounter with God, or procedural differences in how we express and
experience our faith? I believe it’s more important to have respect for procedural differences and tolerance for other people’s expression of their faith if we can become united in Christ. I want to encourage you to consider how respectful you are to both our political leaders and to people from other churches. Can we be united and share the gospel message of hope and love with a world that desperately needs God? Can we set aside our differences to win a soul for Christ even if they choose to go to church somewhere besides where we attend? Some people’s eternal destination will be determined by how we answer that question.
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nity. For more information, call 769-3360 or visit www.newmtvernonumc. org.
Doug Creamer teaches Marketing at East Davidson High School. His website is located at www. dougcreamer.com Contact him at PO Box 777, Faith, NC 28041 or email doug@dougcreamer.com.
CHURCH NOTES United Methodist Women’s Breakfast
United Methodist Women will hold a breakfast from 7-10 a.m. Saturday in the Bethel United Methodist Church fellowship hall, located at 508 Fisher Ferry St. in Thomasville. The breakfast will include country ham, sausage, bacon, eggs, grits, stewed apples, gravy, homemade biscuits, coffee, juice, tea and soft drinks. The cost is $6 for adults and $2 for children under 12.
Bake Sale
The United Methodist Women of Fairview United Methodist Church, located on Old Greensboro Road in Thomasville, will be having a bake sale from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. today at the Farmer’s Market on the corner of Commerce and West Guilford Streets in Thomasville. Many items for sale will include pies, cakes, cookies, candies and homemade jellies, along with our special homemade chicken pies.
Chicken pie supper and silent auction
The Emanuel Reformed Church Choir will be having a chicken pie supper and silent auction from 5-7 p.m. today in the fellowship hall at the church, located on Emanuel Church Road. Takeout will be available. All proceeds will go toward the purchase of a new piano for the sanctuary.
Drama presentation
Faith Baptist Church, located on 2984 Rob Cruthis Road in Archdale, will host a drama called “I Looked All Over Heaven For You” at 6 p.m. today. The drama will be presented by East Hudson Baptist Church, located on 344 Mt. Herman Road in Hudson, where the pastor is the Rev. Jimmy Greene. For more information, call Faith Baptist at 4344330 or East Hudson Baptist at 828-754-5739.
3180 Old Greensboro Road in Thomasville, will hold its annual cookout and the unveiling of a brand new community playground at 6 p.m. today. Please join in for the church’s annual cookout and the celebration of the new community playground at Fairview United Methodist Church. All are invited. For more information or directions please email ashleydarr@ gmail.com.
Chime choir concert The Zion Church Youth Chime Choir will share music during the 10:30 worship hour on Sunday at at Zion United Church of Chirst, located at 130 Hasty School Road in Thomasville. At the miniconcert, they will play classical songs by composers such as Beethoven and Bach.
Unitarian Universalist water service The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem, located at 4055 Robinhood Road, will have its annual water service conducted by the Rev. D. Charles Davis at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The choir will present special music. At the pre-service forum at 9 a.m., member Elisabeth Motsinger, a member of the citycounty school board, will
speak on “Our Schools and You: How You Can Help.” A family-friendly Soulful Sundown service at 6:30 p.m. will be led by Pam Lepley, the director of religious education. For more information, visit www.uufws.org or call 659-0331.
Homecoming Greenwood Baptist Church, located at 1010 Lexington Ave. in Thomasville, will hold a homecoming on Sunday. They all will be outdoor services unless weather prohibits. At 9:45 a.m., there will be a joint adult Sunday school class taught by Associate Pastor Mitch Hayworth. At 10:45 a.m., there will be a worship service with a former pastor, the Rev. Steve Livengood. Lunch will be provided by church, and there will be no evening service. For more information, call 472-7314.
Homecoming celebration First Pentecostal Holiness Church, located on East U.S. 64 in Lexington, will have its 86th Homecoming Celebration on Sunday. The Rev. James Ward Jr. will be the speaker. He served at the church from 1993 to 1995 as a youth pastor before becoming a senior pastor, and he currently serves the Stoneville Church as senior pastor. The Lebeaus will be the guest singers. They are well known in the area and will be ministering at the morning service. Service will start at 10:30 a.m., and a meal will fol-
Kidzone Live New Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church is offering “Kidzone Live… Live It,” an elementary age fellowship meeting for children in third through fifth grades, beginning Sunday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and continuing throughout the school year. Come join in the Bible lessons, crafts, service projects, fellowship and refreshments. The church is located at 6408 Friendship-Ledford Road in the Wallburg commu-
Community Outreach
Mountain View Baptist Church, in association with Freedom Crusade Ministry in WinstonSalem and His Laboring Few Ministries in Thomasville, will host an outdoor Community Outreach the week of Sept. 13-19. The tent will be located on Highway 8 in the Southmont area. The event will begin each evening at 7 p.m. with guest evangelist Jerry McGee.
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Book study First Presbyterian Church located at 21 Randolph Street will host a four-week study on the best-selling novel, The Shack by William P. Young. The study will begin Sunday at 7 p.m. Bring your Bible and a copy of the novel.
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Albemarle holds off THS rally BY ZACH KEPLEY
VOLLEYBALL DCCC vs Johnston CC 2 p.m.
MONDAY SOCCER Thomasville @ HP Andrews 6 p.m. SOCCER E. Davidson @ Trinity 6 p.m. SOCCER Lexington @ Ledford 7 p.m. TENNIS C. Davidson @ E. Davidson 4:30 p.m. TENNIS W. Davidson @ Thomasville 4:30 p.m.
Sports Editor Down by one point with 11 seconds to go, Thomasville was presented the choice of playing for overtime or going for the win after scoring a touchdown. Head coach Allen Brown took the second option, but the plan came up one yard short. Quarterback Sam Nelson rolled out to his right on the two-point conversion and saw a small hole that he tucked his head down and went for. He kept the feet moving, but there were too many Albemarle defenders to go through, as the Blue Dogs held and preserved a hard-fought 14-13 win on the road at Cushwa Stadium. “Philosophically, I do not like to kick for a tie,” Brown said afterwards. “I would rather try to go ahead and win it. We didn’t have any advantage in overtime, so that is what I normally do.” It was the latest heartbreak for a team that has come so close to a win the last few weeks, only to see it go the other way. Thomasville (1-3) had to dig deep even to put itself in position for a win. Albemarle scored with under three minutes to go in taking a 14-7 lead, and had THS in a fourth down situation at the 40 of Thomasville as the clock wound down. Needing six yards, Donovant Merchant got them 18 catching a pass over the middle
East offense gets job done in second half BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer ASHEBORO — In a classic case of never give up, the East Davidson Golden Eagles pulled victory from sure defeat Friday night against Southwestern Randolph at Ivey
B. Luck Stadium. After watching SWR convert a key fourth down to the East four in the game’s final minute, the Golden Eagles defense kept digging, hoping that the Cougars would stumble. Stumble they did as running back Matt Berry
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fumbled with 50 seconds, allowing East to secure a 16-14 victory. “I told them to play every play,” Eagles coach Bryan Lingerfelt said. “Even when we were running out the clock, I told them to secure the handoff. We did what we were
supposed to do and that’s taking care of the ball.” Dylan Gallimore led a second half offensive surge for East. After rushing for minus-5 yards in the first half, the junior went for 76 in the second, helping open up an offense that got better
as the game wore on. “I think we made some adjustments at halftime,” said Gallimore. “We must have because I couldn’t get to the line of scrimmage in the first half. The line did a good job keep-
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THS return man Dee Dow is upended by Albemarle’s Malcolm Hammond on a kick See HOLDS, Page B5 return during Friday’s nonconference tilt at Cushwa.
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PANTHER ON THE LOOSE Ledford midfielder Tim Kassakatis dribbles in open space looking for a teammate to pass to on Thursday against West Davidson. The Green Dragons won 1-0.
Heading into the race weekend at Richmond, I asked my mom to say a little prayer for Brian Vickers; Mom has better connections in that area than I do. “Why?” she asked. “Is there something wrong with him?” I assured her that Vickers was doing just fine as far as I knew, but that I would really like for him to make the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field, and Richmond was his final opportunity. I am a sucker for a good Cinderella story. “I thought you were a Tony Stewart fan,” she said suspiciously, as if the Almighty might suspect my intentions were something other than consistently honorable. “What does NASCAR want?” Well, I am obviously not the official spokes-
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CATHY ELLIOTT NASCAR Columnist person for NASCAR, but I felt confident enough to give this one a shot. NASCAR wants the best story. Well, obviously that would be Tony Stewart. Start-up teams — what some other sports leagues might refer to as expansion teams — traditionally don’t perform too well during their first season, or even
during their first five. While “start-over team” is probably a better descriptive for Stewart Haas Racing than start-up team, there can be no argument as to what word best describes their season: impressive. Stewart has won three races and has been sitting atop the driver standings for about as long as anybody can remember. For him to win his third championship in his first year as a team owner would definitely be the best story, right? Well, maybe. The Mark Martin fan base, and it is a big one, might beg to differ. What a pure pleasure it has been to watch Martin this year. At the age of 50, he is literally twice as old as many of his competitors on the
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Just in case Anyone who spends time hunting, fishing, shooting, or almost any other outdoor activity, has suffered painful consequences as a result of poor planning. Sometimes the consequences can be funny and ironic, sometimes, they’re deadly. I carry a canvas doctor’s bag that has almost everything I need. It contains: binoculars, medicine, band-aids, toilet paper, a cloth with oil for guns, a compass, a GPS, batteries, a pair of small Motorola radios, fire starter, lighter butane, a lighter, a Pelican light on a lanyard looped around the handle so I can find it in the dark to look for everything else, business cards, chapstick, bee sting dope, bug spray, sun-block, a Charter Arms .38, a camera, a ball cap that also serves to keep stuff from banging against the camera, a spare dog leash, a pair of reading glasses, a pair of sun glasses, three harmonicas?, a knife sharpener, a lens cleaner, a small rain-slicker and a compass/thermometer zipper hanger. All this is in a nine pound bag that is always in the car, truck, or boat. When something can go wrong, it likely will go wrong. Being prepared makes the difference between ending your trip or just slight delay. Last Saturday, sitting under an oak and waiting for the doves to fly, one of the guys showed me his “just in case” kit for his shotgun. It was three parts that are prone to break on a Berretta 390 in a plastic bag. When I shot NRA High Power Rifle, I carried a plastic box in my stool with a firing pin, a firing pin spring and an extractor. I used the extractor once, putting it in the gun just behind the firing line and then stepping up to shoot my alibi relay. Without those parts, I’d have been done for the day. Of course, the ultimate “just in case” accessory is a Leatherman or similar pocket tool. There are countless times that having a Leatherman has proven to be a lifesaver. I have at some time used every function on my Leatherman including using it as a hammer. Once, we were stuck on the Pamlico Sound with a loose ground wire on the boat motor. My old shooting partner, Russell Jones, who
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DICK JONES Outdoor Columnist happened to be a great mechanic, figured out what it was and fixed it with my Leatherman. He probably saved us from spending a night on the water with folks looking for us. We almost all remember the big “just in case” issues like life vests in the boat or seatbelts in the truck, but you have to take advantage of what you’ve prepared for. Everyone has life vests on their boat but, unfortunately, many of us don’t actually wear the life vest and a lot of folks drown because when something goes wrong, it’s too late to get the vest out and put it on. I’ve started wearing an inflatable because it’s comfortable enough that I WILL wear it. Of course, I can think of a few times when I had what I needed but didn’t remember it was there. Once, Billy Lagle and I were duck hunting in the Bogue Sound. That morning when we started out, it was so foggy you couldn’t see 50 yards. We decided to go anyway since we had a GPS plot from the night before. We got about 200 yards out into the sound and the GPS went dark. I had my everything bag in the boat and Billy waited while I replaced the batteries. No problem, right? Wrong, it was an older GPS and it required us to travel at speed to give us a heading. We were still in the channel and there were eight inch pilings all around us to mark the channel. There was no compass in the little duck boat to tell us which direction to start in. We couldn’t see well enough to avoid a piling at speed so we were stuck to wait till the fog lifted or it got lighter. Billy reminded me that I should have changed the batteries. I reminded him that any boat that will ever experience salt water or darkness should have a compass. Fortunately, someone else as dumb as us was on the water and they made a wake that passed
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us. When we heard the waves lapping on the shore, we headed slowly for the sound and came out in the channel leading out of the little harbor we’d left from. When it was all over and the boat was tied up, I realized I had a compass on my jacket loop. We could have just used it and motored off. As foggy as it was, we were probably better off that we didn’t. The best “just in case” items are never used. I’m reluctant to let anyone on my boat without a rain slicker. The way I see it, getting on a boat without a slicker is just teasing nature and pushing your luck. If we needed rain, I could go out in a boat without a slicker and I’m pretty sure my bad luck would break the drought. Floating the creeks for wood ducks is one of my favorite ways to hunt waterfowl. Normally, in wood duck weather, it’s not too cold but canoes, dogs, and guns on small rivers and creeks are a recipe for a soaking. I always carried a vacuum sealed bag with a fire starter, some matches, and a dry pair of socks. I NEVER go on a duck hunt without it. I’ve never had to use it. I’m convinced, if I left it in the truck, I wouldn’t get 200 yards down the river before going into the drink. Conversely, being over prepared can tempt nature into throwing you for a loop. Bringing a camera to take a photo of you and the huge deer you’ve been seeing around your stand will guarantee that you’ll only see squirrels on opening day. Taking an extra cooler to carry the fish you’re going to catch assures you’ll have a poor day of fishing. While there are a limited number of things that can go right, there are a million things that can go wrong on an outdoor adventure. Somehow, good or bad, being prepared seems to keep things from happening.
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Ledford fell to 8-2 on the year dropping a straight set match to North Davidson, 19-25, 20-25, 13-25 Thursday in Welcome. Brittany Wiggins was the lone top performer with six service points, four assists and four digs.
Panther JVs outlast North Ledford’s junior varsity volleyball team defeated North Davidson in Welcome on Thursday, 25-18, 17-25, 25-18. Tori Griffits had 11service points and nine assists while Madelyn Leonard added five kills and four digs.
The Thomasville Parks and Recreation Department has a limited number of tickets available for the Carolina Panthers game on Dec. 6 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It is first come first serve. To secure tickets contact Tony Ingram at 4754280.
Concealed Hangun class There will be a concealed handgun class Sept. 26 at Pilot Fire Department. The class is from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 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. To sign up call Livingston at 687-0290.
DCCC chalks up win Davidson County Community College handed Division I Guilford Tech its first loss of the season defeating them 25-22, 2125, 25-17, 25-22 on Thursday. Logan Ballue had 19 kills for the Storm, Lauren Leonard 11 kills and six aces, Whitley Saintsing 16 kills and 12 blocks, Katie Watkins 21 kills and nine blocks and Shannon Mayo had 57 assists.
Dick Jones is a freelance writer living in High Point. He writes about hunting, fishing, dogs, and shooting for several N.C. newspapers as well as magazines. He gives informative and humorous speeches for groups and can MC your outdoor event or help your church or youth organization with fundraising. He can be reached at offtheporch52@yahoo.com or offtheporchmedia.com.
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SPORTS STORY From page B1 track. Instead of letting that bother him, Martin has taken his cane and routinely whacked those whippersnappers over the head with it, winning four races headed into Richmond. Some people say that the only thing preventing Martin from being considered one of the greatest drivers of all time is the absence of a championship from his racing resume, although he has finished second in the driver standings four times. Surely a series title for Mark Martin would be the greatest story of the year. What’s that I hear? Oh, yes, I recognize that. It’s the howls of Jimmie Johnson fans crying, “Foul!� In 2008, Johnson accomplished what many considered the nearly impossible feat of winning his third consecutive championship. This tied the record set by one of NASCAR’s true legends, Cale Yarborough. It was an emotional moment, and a groundbreaking one. But Johnson looks equally strong this year. He has been to Victory Lane three times in 2009, and like that wacky cousin who shows up at your door unannounced around dinner time, there is always a chance you’ll find him there again, grinning and waiting for you to invite him in and hand him a Pepsi. For a driver to win a fourth consecutive title would be unprecedented. It would be the best story
of the year, no question. Unless, that is, you would like to talk about Juan Pablo Montoya. All the hard work NASCAR had put into its diversity initiative has hit the jackpot with Montoya this season. The former Formula One star and Indianapolis 500 champion had no wins in 2009 heading into Richmond, but has been a fierce contender all year. He has done what he needed to do to get where he wanted to be. For the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title to be won by a Hispanic driver for the first time in history, now that would indisputably be the story of the year, wouldn’t you say? Not so fast. In the immortal words of that great philosopher Ron Popeil, “Wait. There’s more.� How about the resurgence of Jeff Gordon, a strong contender for his fifth championship, or Kurt Busch, who sits in good position to win his second title? And could anyone with a heart resist the image of Kasey Kahne and Richard Petty raising the championship trophy together? Any driver in the top 12 would make a worthy champion. It’s too bad that 11 of them will lose, because thanks to them, all of us — the fans — are big winners. In fact, the story of the year may not be who comes out on top this season. The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season itself may be the story of the year.
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Hanson got nod over Paulus BY BRIANA GORMAN Durham Herald Sun CHAPEL HILL — In the fourth quarter of North Carolina’s 40-6 season-opening win over The Citadel last Saturday, starting quarterback T.J. Yates was taken out to give his backups some snaps of game action. But in a surprise twist, the first quarterback to come off the bench for the Tar Heels was not sophomore Mike Paulus but rather redshirt freshman Braden Hanson. Paulus and Hanson both were listed second on the depth chart, but Paulus was the more experienced after having seen action in four games of the 2008 season. “The quarterbacks are honestly no different than any of the other positions,” Davis said. “We take a look at every single thing that every kid [does], … and just watching scrimmages, watching blitz drills, watching team performances and those kinds of things, there was just a slight little bit of an edge of that particular time for Braden.” Hanson mostly handed the ball off, but his first throw was intercepted and his second was incomplete. Davis said the plan was to get Paulus in the game — he warmed up on the sidelines — but the two muffed punts in the fourth quarter didn’t allow that to happen. “The only thing that I can tell you is that people’s evaluation of any of the players is based on how they do,” Davis said. “It has zero to do with how they were recruited. It has zero to do with five-star, four-star ranking. It’s all about performance. “On this team, nobody cares what your bio said, they all care, ‘Can you help us win?’ And if you’re the best guy, then that’s the way it’s going to have to be.” Paulus, who is 6-4 and 214 pounds, was a fourstar recruit by Scout. com but went 4-of-13 for 33 yards and two interceptions a year ago. Hanson, who stands 6-6 and 200 pounds, was North Carolina’s Gatorade football player of the year in 2007 and a three-star recruit. But Davis said even though Hanson got in the game first Saturday, that doesn’t mean he’s the backup for the rest of the season. “It’ll be an ongoing situation, nothing’s ever etched in stone,” Davis said. “It may change from week to week.”
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ning team this season, running back Shaun Draughn has another goal in his sights. He hopes to become the Tar Heels’ first 1,000-yard rusher since 1997, when Jonathan Linton ran for 1,004 yards. Draughn said the mark isn’t something he dwells on, but after accounting for 118 of UNC’s 261 rushing yards in Saturday’s victory he said he thought to himself, “I’m on track.” The junior had 866 yards on 198 carries a year ago, which were the most rushing yards by a UNC back since Linton. Draughn said he wants the ball in his hands, but breaking the 1,000-yard mark will take more than just him. “It’s up to the Oline; it’s not up to me,” Draughn said. “They open up the holes, and I just run where they are.”
Swine flu causes postponement of game in Davidson County
Bruce is loose When UConn visited Chapel Hill a year ago, the Tar Heels’ Bruce Carter blocked three punts to help his team win 38-12. When UNC travels to Connecticut today, the Huskies will be running a new punt formation. Coincidence? “Well a lot of people have been saying [they changed because of me], but I don’t know,” Carter said with a smile. The junior linebacker said he hasn’t thought about how many blocks he might get against UConn on Saturday, but the new formation should make his job a little tougher. The Huskies will be running an elephant punt scheme, which spaces out the players more. “It makes it a little bit more difficult, being everybody’s spread out,” Carter said.
BY ZACH KEPLEY Sports Editor The H1N1 virus, or swine flu, is hitting even closer to home here in Davidson County on the gridiron. Friday’s football contest between Central Davidson and North Davidson at Spartan Community Stadium was canceled due to the outbreak on the Central squad, as several of the Spartan players have become infected. Here in the Chair City, Thomasville and East Davidson remain healthy as of Friday, but it could only be a matter of time before it spreads this way. Over at THS, head coach Allen Brown reported Friday that there are no cases of the outbreak on his team thus far, and hopes it stays
that way. “Knocking on wood, our guys have been healthy and we have been lucky in avoiding it,” Brown said. Likewise, East Davidson has also remained safe from the H1N1 virus, as head coach Bryan Lingerfelt has repeatedly reminded his players of the dangers in spreading it. “We talk to the players all the time about if they
are not feeling well then they should stay home and rest,” Lingerfelt said. “We are crossing our fingers that none of our guys get it.” The game between the Spartans and Black Knights has been rescheduled for Monday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m.
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SPORTS HOLDS From page B1 from Nelson. Later in the drive the scenario was a bit worse as the Red Dogs needed 11 on fourth down. Nelson found Brandon Lucas this time for a completion to the Albemarle 23. A pass interference call brought it to the 12 with under 20 seconds left, when Nelson hit Dee Dow on fade in the corner of the end zone for the score. “We kept our composure and made some plays,” Brown said. “Merchant made a great play for us on fourth down and Nelson made some good plays, but it was not enough to win so it is tough.” In the first half, the defenses bent on the first five drives, but refused to break in letting the oppo-
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From page B1 ing their heads up and they got it down in the second half.” The Cougars were in position to steal the game after Dalton Fletcher hauled in a 40-yard pass on fourth and 11 from the Eagles 45 with a minute left. Two plays later, Berry coughed it up and Hedrick Duncan was there to capitalize. “I had to get on it,” Duncan said. “That’s all I can say. I saw the ball and I got on it. We’re real excited. We’ve been working hard all week. We worked hard and fought as a team. We deserve this win.” SWR’s offense imposed its will on East at the start of the third quarter, driving 69 yards in 15 plays. Cougars quarterback Butch Dunn picked his spots, completing three passes for 56 yards. On third down and 8 from the Eagles 11, Dunn found Alex Hughes alone over the middle for a touchdown, putting the hosts up 14-7. The Cougars chewed up nearly eight minutes on the drive. With its defense reeling, the East offense provided some support. The Golden Eagles countered with a scoring drive of their own, driving 60 yards in 10 plays, capped by Taylor Warren’s touchdown pass to Duncan Bean from the SWR 20. The Cougars missed the extra point, however, leaving them down 14-13. “That was big,” said Lingerfelt. “We made our adjustments and was able to do some things that threw them off stride. We did we wanted to do.” A gamble on East’s first possession didn’t pan out as Warren’s short pass on third and one got picked off by Hughes and returned to the Eagles’ 47. Dunn capitalized, connecting on two big pass plays, the latter to Hughes for a 16-yard touchdown. East, after gaining negative yardage for much of the first half, finally got it together late in the second quarter. Following a SWR fumble at midfield by Matt Berry, the Golden Eagles strung together a 10-play drive that ended with Warren finding Dustin Sipes in the flat on fourth down from the Cougars 6-yard line with less than two minutes to go before halftime. Warren’s extra point tied the game at seven. Defenses dominated the first half. EDHS mustered just 70 yards of total offense and the Cougars managed only 115.
sition score. With the run game getting closed down by the big boys up front of Albemarle, Brown opened up the playbook and went to the air. One play after Dee Dow returned a punt from the THS 23 down to the 34 of Asheboro, quarterback Sam Nelson found his goto receiver in Lucas. With two defenders draped on him, Lucas sealed off the inside man and kept a defender on his back, leaping to make the catch.
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host of Thomasville tacklers, but bulled his way in to tie the game at 7-7 with 10:37 to play. For a second straight game, the THS offense was silent for much of the second half as both the run and pass game were completely cut off by the Albemarle defense. “We didn’t block them very good and they did a real good job against us,” Brown said. It turned into a game of field position over the final minutes and Thom-
asville seemed to have the advantage pinning AHS back at its own 15. Dunlap, however, picked the perfect time to make his first completion, hitting Malcolm Hammond by the Albemarle sideline for a 32 yard gain that brought the ball out close to midfield. Three plays later the two decided to try it again, this time going the distance for a 52yard scoring pass play, surging AHS ahead 14-7 with 2:36 to go.
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most damage on his first carry of the game, using his fresh legs to break free over the left side for a 22-yard scamper to the 15 of Thomasville. The Blue Dogs kept the ball on the ground to work it inside the five setting up a fresh set of downs to work with. THS stuffed Parks on two straight runs for no gain, but the Blue Dogs gave it to their bruiser Little on third down. He went over the left side and was met around the goal line by a
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Lawson Hodges tacked on the extra point to make it 7-0 with 7:10 to go in the second quarter. That lead would hold into the half. Albemarle (4-0) started moving the chains with backs A.J. Little and Rusty Parks on its second drive of the second half, moments after forcing a three-and-out. Getting great field position at its own 43, the Blue Dogs put together an 11-play drive to find the end zone. Demetrius Hamilton did the
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SCHOOL MENUS Thomasville City Schools
Middle/High schools Monday, Sept. 14 — Breakfast: Muffin, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: BBQ pork, chef salad, BBQ chicken sandwich, cole slaw, potato tots, stewed apples, fresh fruit, milk. Tuesday, Sept. 15 — Breakfast: Sausage biscuit, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Nachos with ground beef, chef salad, refried beans, corn, pears, fresh fruit, milk. Wednesday, Sept. 16 — Breakfast: Cereal w/animal crackers, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Pizza, chef salad, carrot sticks, broccoli salad, sherbet, fresh fruit, milk. Thursday, Sept. 17 — Breakfast: Superdonut, milk; Lunch: Oven fried chicken, chef salad, creamed potatoes, green beans, stewed apples, fresh fruit, milk. Friday, Sept. 18 — Breakfast: Breakfast pizza, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Country fried steak, macaroni and cheese, chef salad, cabbage saute, potatoes au gratin, blueberries.
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Monday, Sept. 15 — Breakfast: Muffin, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: BBQ Pork, chef salad, cole slaw, potato tots, stewed apples, ,fresh fruit, milk.
Tuesday, Sept. 16 — Breakfast: Sausage biscuit, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Nachos w/ground beef, chef salad, refried beans, corn, fresh pears, milk. Wednesday, Sept. 17 — Breakfast: Cereal w/animal crackers, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Pizza, chef salad, carrot sticks, broccoli salad, sherbet, fresh fruit, milk. Thursday, Sept. 18 — Breakfast: Pancake on a stick, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Oven fried chicken, chef salad, creamed potatoes, green beans, stewed apples, fresh fruit, milk. Friday, Sept 19 — Breakfast: Breakfast pizza, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Country fried steak, chef salad, macaroni and cheese, cabbage saute, potatoes au gratin, blueberries, milk.
Davidson County Schools Monday, Sept. 14 — Breakfast: Pancake and sausage on a stick, assorted fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Pizza, spaghetti w/roll, mini corn dog, green beans, baby carrots w/dip, garden salad, peaches, assorted fresh fruit. Tuesday, Sept. 15 — Breakfasst: Breakfast chicken fillet, assorted
fresh fruit, milk; Lunch: Hot dog w/slaw and chili, breaded chicken w/roll, turkey combo sandwich, tater tots, vegetable medley, garden salad, pears, assorted fresh fruit. Wednesday, Sept. 16 — Breakfast: Super donut, assorted fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Chicekn nuggets w/roll, pinto beans and corn bread, pizza dippers, mixed greens, steamed carrots, garden salad, strawberry cups, assorted fresh fruit. Thursday, Sept. 17 — Breakfast: Egg and cheese omelet on English muffin, assorted fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Nachos, quesadillas, turkey and gravy casserole, rice, refried beans, garden salad, fruit cocktail, assorted fresh fruit, apricot crisp. Friday, Sept. 18 — Breakfast: Peanut butter and jelly breakfast sandwich, assorted fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Chicken fillet, hamburger/cheeseburger, lasagna w/wheat roll, steamed broccoli, green peas, garden salad, applesauce, assorted fresh fruit. * Chef salad meal w/ crackers, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and boxed raisins offered daily.
Session to cover Abbott’s Creek Watershed Plan TIMES STAFF REPORT
The public is invited to a free BBQ luncheon and public information session at Finch Park on Saturday, Sept. 26 at noon to celebrate the kickoff of the Abbotts Creek Watershed Restoration Plan. Once completed, this plan will guide stakeholders in their efforts to ensure the waters of Davidson County are clean and healthy for future generations. Abbotts Creek is currently listed as “impaired” by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for biological habitat. Low dissolved oxygen and high levels of fecal coliform bacteria can destroy wildlife habitat and may create potentially hazardous conditions for manycitizens in Davidson County. If water quality continues to degrade, Davidson County may lose valuable recreation and economic benefits provided by the Lake. The Abbotts Creek Watershed Restoration Plan is part of a larger effort to improve water quality in High Rock Lake. The completed Abbotts Creek Water Restoration Plan will identify pollution sources, conservation priorities, and potential projects that will help restore the creek to healthy ecological conditions. Help is needed in identifying areas along Abbotts Creek that may be polluting our waters. Join the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments (PTCOG) for a kick-off event at Finch Park to learn more about Abbotts Creek and our other environmental planning efforts. Abbotts Creek Meeting Schedule • Wednesday, Sept. 16, 6 p.m. at Davidson County Agricultural Center • Thursday, Sept. 17 – 6:30 p.m. at Southmont Community Center • Tuesday, Sept. 29 – 7 p.m. at Davidson County Agricultural Center • Wednesday, Sept. 30 – 6:30 p.m. at Southmont Community Center
PTCOG is working closely with Davidson County Planning and the City of Lexington torestore clean waters to Abbotts Creek. PTCOG is
a membership organization of 34 local governments in Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham counties.
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NORTH CAROLINA DAVIDSON COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Michelle L. Mohney Administratrix of the Estate of Anthony Michael Mohney 808 Kenreed Drive Thomasville, NC 27360 September 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2009 Ads that work!!
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T HE UNDER SIGNED, hav ing qual ified as Administratrix of the Estate of Anthony Michael Mohney, 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 3rd day of December, 2009, or th is Notic e will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
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Facility Services Engineer Upscale Retirement Community seeks Director of Facility Services. Will direct and oversee the activities of facility services, maintenance, pest control, security and grounds. Qualified candidate will possess general knowledge of operation & maintenance of facility mgmt services, boilers, refrigeration & air conditioning equip, plumbing & electrical systems, construction documents, security systems & equip maintenance. Strong leadership & supervisory skills, dispute resolution skills, customer service, hands-on knowledge, and computer exp required. 5+ years exp in Facility Services in a Retirement Community necessary. High School education required. Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, architecture, safety, or related fields preferred. Please send resume to Pennybyrn at Maryfield, 109 Penny Rd, High Point, NC. Email khardin@pbmccrc.com. Fax 336-821-4019.
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Students should protect themselves from H1N1 TIMES STAFF REPORT
As public health experts warn of potential widespread outbreaks of H1N1 flu this school year, a new study from North Carolina State University shows that students do not comply with basic preventative measures as much as they think do. In other words, the kids aren’t washing their hands. “Hand washing is a significant preventative measure for many communicable diseases, from respiratory diseases like H1N1 to foodborne illness agents, such as norovirus,” says Dr. Ben Chapman, assistant professor of family and consumer sciences and food safety extension specialist at NC State. The new study, which examined student compliance with hand hygiene recommendations during an outbreak of norovirus at a university in Ontario, finds that only 17 percent of students followed posted
hand hygiene recommendations - but that 83 percent of students reported that they had been in compliance. Norovirus causes gastrointestinal problems, including vomiting and diarrhea. Every year there are 30 to 40 outbreaks of norovirus on university campuses, affecting thousands of students. Chapman, who co-authored the research, says this is the first study to observe student hygiene behavior in the midst of an outbreak. Previous studies examined selfreporting data after an outbreak - and the new research shows that the self-reporting data may be inaccurate. “Typically, health officials put up posters and signs and rely on selfreporting to determine whether these methods are effective,” Chapman says. “And people say they are washing their hands more. But, as it turns out, that’s not true.
“The study shows that while health authorities may give people the tools we think they need to limit the spread of an outbreak, the information we’re giving them is not compelling enough to change their behavior. Basically, it doesn’t work. But we do it again with every outbreak, and we’re doing it now with H1N1.” Chapman says the study shows that health officials need to target specific audiences, such as students in a particular dorm or who eat at a particular cafeteria, and tailor their information to those audiences. For example, telling them where the nearest washrooms are, or pointing out where hand sanitizer units are located. “The more specific the information is for an audience, the better off you are,” Chapman says. Chapman adds that health authorities also need to use language appropriate to their target
audience. “For example, don’t refer to something as a ‘gastrointestinal illness,’” he says, “instead, tell them ‘this could make you puke’ or ‘dude, wash your hands.’ The idea is to craft compelling messages that create discussion in that audience. Make them talk about it.” Chapman also says that health officials should take advantage of social media, such as text messaging and Facebook, to raise awareness. “If your audience consists of students,” he explains, “you should use media that students use. “Campuses need to expect outbreaks will happen and plan accordingly. Have the response tools
in hand.” The study, “University Students’ Hand Hygiene Practice During a Gastrointestinal Outbreak in Residence: What They Say They Do and What They Actually Do,” was co-authored by Chapman,
Dr. Douglas Powell of Kansas State University and Brae Surgeoner, a former graduate student at the University of Guelph. The study was published in the September issue of the Journal of Environmental Health.
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Seasonal flu vaccine to be administered at schools TIMES STAFF REPORT
School nurses and public health nurses from the Davidson County Health Department will be administering seasonal flu vaccine (annual flu vaccine people get every fall) to grades pre-K through 4th grade. This will require parental consent. Consent forms and informational packets will be sent home soon to parents. The seasonal flu vaccine will primarily be FluMist (a gentle nasal spray), unless there is a medical reason not to administer it. Those who have a medical reason not to receive FluMist will be offered the injectable vaccine. The vaccine will be administered at the elementary schools. The health department will be vaccinating students and school staff. FluMist is approved in people age 2 years through 49 years of age. FluMist is given as a quick spray in each nostril. The most common side effects include runny nose, nasal congestion, sore throat and fever. In addition to receiving the flu vaccine, there are steps people can take to prevent the spread of the flu, including washing hands, avoiding touching mouth, nose or eyes and avoiding close contact with people who are sick. If possible, stay home from work, school, and errands when sick. It will help prevent others from catching the illness.
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