August 23, 2009
Clifford Watkins, a talented musician, actor, lecturer, author and retired professor, is a man of many talents and is well-known throughout the Triad. Although he has been struck with Parkinson’s disease, he has a positive attitude, is active and is...
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August 21, 2009
With two years left in his term as a Stokesdale town councilman, Norman Cook handed in his resignation after Thursday night's meeting. "I don't want anything else to do with it," Cook said after the meeting. During Thursday's meeting, several re...
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August 19, 2009
Brady Mullinax, 88, the bee king of North Carolina, died today at the VA Medical Center in Salisbury where he had been a patient for several weeks. Mullinax became a legend in his own time by getting the N.C. General Assembly...
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August 16, 2009
Marilyn Tastet has always loved to dance, especially with her husband before his death. At 78 , she has had to slow down a bit and uses a cane to get around, but that hasn’t kept her from tapping her toes and swaying to the beat. Tastet is a member...
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Not every student will board a spiffy yellow bus as the 2009-10 back-to-school season kicks off. Some will sit school out at home — as will three of our grand-boys. As he prepped for a Home School Debate and Speech Tournament this past spring, I as...
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FUNDRAISERSOngoing The ACES office at Brooks Global Studies is collecting aluminum cans as a service project for the Ronald McDonald House Charities. Mail or bring cans to Nathalie or Brooke, 1215 Westover Terrace, Greensboro, NC 27408. 370-8347. Acceptin...
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Summerfield breaking ground on new park The town of Summerfield and the town’s athletic advisory committee will break ground on the town’s athletic park Thursday. At 6 p.m., town officials and advisory committee members will take the first ste...
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There’s a saying that greyhounds can capture your heart. The 50 or so volunteers who come each week to Greyhound Friends of N.C. in Oak Ridge would agree. These volunteers come from Guilford County and beyond to help look after “greys” a...
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Tracey McGill Natural Science Center What she does: Tracey McGill has been volunteering at the Natural Science Center for more than nine years. She began volunteering as a face painter for events and quickly became more and more interested in the Na...
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August 14, 2009
STOKESDALE — Town Council approved a site plan for a town hall building Thursday. The planning board had rejected the plan by Stewart Cooper Newell Architects, citing that the notes and directions to the technical review committee were not complete.
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August 13, 2009
The Summerfield Town Council agreed Tuesday night to look for a company that will provide soil testing services for Summerfield Athletic Park, according to the town clerk’s report. The contract is not to exceed $20,000. Because the qualifications fo...
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August 11, 2009
Americans place a high value on personal happiness. In fact, Thomas Jefferson wrote of a national entitlement to the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration of Independence. What does happiness mean to you? Would you define happiness as self-fulfillment?
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August 9, 2009
The Oak Ridge Fire and Rescue Company decided Thursday to decline a federal grant that would have funded salaries for six more firefighters. The grant requires matching funds that the fire district would not have been able to produce without a “sign...
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If you are looking for a companion animal, then the SPCA of the Triad is looking for you. As of last week, the organization’s shelter and foster home was overcrowded by more than 40 animals. “We’re overwhelmed with dogs and cats,&rdquo......
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FUNDRAISERSOngoingThe ACES office at Brooks Global Studies is collecting aluminum cans as a service project for the Ronald McDonald House Charities. Mail or bring cans to Nathalie or Brooke, 1215 Westover Terrace, Greensboro, NC 27408. 370-8347. Accepting...
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Nathan Cassidy The Barnabas Network What he does: Nathan Cassidy has been volunteering for the Barnabas Network since early May. The Barnabas Network is dedicated to providing furniture and encouragement to families taking s...
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June 18, 2009 Chavillia Blackwell and Demetrius Neal, Greensboro, a girl, Deana Gyvonne To announce your baby’s birth, fill out the form at news-record.com/community/births or request one by mail by calling Robyn Taylor, 373-7062. Each week, we will...
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The McArthur brothers — Owen, 6, Patrick, 8, and Aidan, 10 — are sharing this week’s spotlight. The boys are students at Our Lady of Grace School and the sons of Jerry and Deirdre McArthur of Greensboro. They each recently earned a new b...
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Summit House of the Piedmont, which opened in January 2008, is the newest of the Summit Houses in North Carolina. The state-of-the-art facility is on Fairview Avenue in Greensboro. Others serve High Point, Charlotte and the Triangle. This 20-year program...
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Grant Dawson , president of Greensboro Scuba School, has been diving since age 13. It all started while he was living in California and created a little business cleaning boats to make some spending money. One day a guy came around the marina with a scub...
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August 5, 2009
GIBSONVILLE — When the Aday family moved from the Florida suburbs to rural Guilford County two years ago, they planned just to raise alpacas on the land. Following conventional agricultural wisdom, they clear-cut 3.5 acres of trees to create grazing...
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August 2, 2009
Lake Jeanette area residents will have better access to the Greensboro Public Library services starting Monday. The Reading Railroad bookmobile will be parked next to Fire Station No. 3 three days a week. “Reading Railroad started off as a service v...
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Guilford County Schools will hold open houses for its 120 elementary, middle, high and alternative schools before the start of the school year. Parents and guardians are invited to join their students at these open houses to meet teachers, visit classr...
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Dozens of neighborhoods throughout the Triad will be participating Tuesday evening in National Night Out, an annual crime- and drug-prevention event. Here’s a sampling of some of the events. High Point Avalon Watch: Ingleside at Celtic Crossi...
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FUNDRAISERSOngoing The ACES office at Brooks Global Studies is collecting aluminum cans as a service project for the Ronald McDonald House Charities. Mail or bring cans to Nathalie or Brooke, 1215 Westover Terrace, Greensboro, NC 27408. 370-8347. Acceptin...
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