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Makeover team readies for big day BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer
LEXINGTON - With Tricia Creasey set to come home today, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition spent Monday putting the finishing touches on the Emmy award-winning show’s latest endeavor. An assortment of different trucks lined Allred Road as hundreds of spectators looked on. Much of the structural work on the Creasey’s new 3,100square-foot home was finished by Monday afternoon, despite distractions that accompanied the arrival of recording artist and songwriter Jewel and her husband, Ty Murray, a professional bull rider. “I think we’re ahead of schedule,” Jason Hedrick, owner of Hedrick Creative Builders, said. “We’ve had to hold off on some stuff for our guest stars. Today has been a little bit hectic, just trying to get all decisions
made and what the final finish was going to be on everything. We’ve done a lot standing around for awhile, but now all the decisions have been made and we’ve got to get everything fixed up.” Fans of Jewel didn’t see much of the celebrity, but she did make an appearance on the front porch of the house with her husband and Makeover host Ty Pennington. Jewel was seen handing Pennington a nail gun before the trio went back inside. According to Hedrick, construction on the house is complete. By Monday evening, volunteers were carrying plywood into the house with loaded trucks full of furniture, toys and household appliances standing by. “We’re done,” said Hedrick. “We’ve already been passed by the county inspection department, so everything’s good to go.”
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Week’s events overwhelming for family BY LISA WALL Editor
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From left, are Tricia Creasey’s sister, Sarah Sherman, and her parents, Janice and Richard Chapman.
When Extreme Makeover: Home Edition selects a family to receive a dream home, they chose someone who gives back to their community despite their own personal challenges in life. Tricia Creasey, teacher and mother of three, is one of those people. Tricia’s parents, Richard and Janice Chapman, and younger sister, Sarah Sherman, describe her as a quiet,
humble, but strong person, who is always busy and involved. From raising her own three daughters, to teaching seventh-grade students at Brown Middle, Tricia is all about helping others. Even after being diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, Tricia never complained about her own situation. Instead, she joined the efforts of Relay For Life to help raise funds for cancer research. “I’ve always been amazed by her strength, and over the past three years I’ve seen the
battle she has put up, which is so amazing to me,” Sarah said. “I’ve always said that I don’t know if I’d have the strength that she has. “Even when she doesn’t feel good, she’ll still go out to her kid’s soccer games and sits out in the cold. That’s amazing to me. She’s never once felt sorry for herself. She’s always been such a great sister and I’m so happy this happened for her.” According to Janice, Tri-
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Hagan plays key role in Coble to seek re-election health care legislation BY KEVIN REID
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GREENSBORO — Although it has been just over a year since she was elected to the U.S. Senate, Kay Hagan is playing a key role in the formation of the historic health care legislation, which has become the top domestic issue facing Congress. As a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee, North
Carolina’s junior senator is closely involved in the exact wording of what the Senate’s answer to the House bill (Affordable Health Care for America Act, which passed on Nov. 7) will be. “I’m on one of the two committees in the Senate that is actually looking at health-care reform,” Hagan said in her state headquarters at Green Valley Office Park. “Our committee passed a bill that says even if you’ve
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GREENSBORO - U.S. Rep. Howard Coble is indeed running for re-election next year, although he did entertain some thoughts of doing otherwise. “At one time I was, at least, considering retiring,” said the 78-year-old Congressman, who is seeking his 14th term. “I thought, ‘Well, I’ve been up here (in Washington) a long time and maybe going back home isn’t such a bad idea.’ But I never did anything else beyond that.” During the interview following the Veterans Day celebration at Well Spring retirement center, Coble credited his constituents for his decision to run again.
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“I bounced [the idea of retirement] off some folks throughout my district, and they said, ‘You’re still in good health. Why quit as long as your health is good and you’re accessible?’” Coble recalled. “Accessibility is one of the main keys to being a successful elected official, in my opinion.” This year, Coble is not the only Republican candidate seeking nomination to run for North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District seat. Cathy Hinson, 58, announced earlier this month her intention to file as a Republican candidate for the seat. Hinson, an alumnus of High Point Central High School and High Point University, is manager of
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