February 3, 2010
Click on the related tlink to check out the photos some of our readers submitted from the snowy weekend Jan. 30-31.
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February 7, 2010
After braving frigid temperatures for nine days in the mornings and afternoons, the students at Greensboro Montessori School raised more than $2,000 to help with Haiti Earthquake disaster relief. About 60 GMS students took turns standing outside during mo...
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Eighth-grader Grayson Thompson has performed in numerous Greensboro Day School theater productions since he was in second grade. When he heard the school would be producing “The Sound of Music,” he knew he wanted to be a part of the excitement...
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Description: Luxury charters and tours What sets your business apart? Diamond Travel offers a new wave of land-based travel — luxury coaches — combined with expertise to provide our customers with an above-standard way of travel. We offer exec...
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Twenty years ago, I got an excellent deal on a 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais. A program car sold through a dealership, it was as good as new with only 4,000 miles showing on the odometer. Our family was thrilled. It was equipped with a few frills of its...
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FUNDRAISERSOngoingAluminum Can Collection, ACES office at Brooks Global Studies Elementary is collecting aluminum cans as a service project for Ronald McDonald House Charities. Mail or bring cans to Nathalie or Brooke, 1215 Westover Terrace, Greensboro, N...
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February 5, 2010
Business: Wright Choices Description: Wright Choices is a retail shop specializing in gifts, stationery, jewelry, handbags and home decor. What sets your business apart? Great customer service and unique items. Owner: Gretchen Wright Address: Millis Squar...
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February 4, 2010
Part 2 of “Separate but Hardly Equal” Through the years, I have read or heard civil rights leaders talk about what they did and what they endured as part of the civil rights movement. This is all fine and dandy and serves to keep A...
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February 2, 2010
Despite the cold, dreary conditions this morning, the Natural Science Center's groundhog, Woody, predicted an early spring during Groundhog Day festivities on Tuesday. Using his state-of-the-art weather center and his weather sense while listening to the...
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January 31, 2010
Linda Anderson fondly remembers going downtown and visiting a bank on a field trip as a child. “Of course, field trips were fun, but I remember how meaningful they were, too, getting to tour places behind the scenes,” said Anderson, chairwoman...
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Marlene Hawkins, an administrator at Greensboro Performing Arts, grew up in three orphanages in North Carolina, so when the arts center chose “Annie” for its upcoming production, she openly shared with students about her childhood. “I th...
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First of three parts on teacher pay equity. At some point after slavery, die-hard segregationists coined the phrase “separate but equal.” This phrase served to deprive the black race of many of the benefits that members of the white race were...
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FUNDRAISERSOngoingAluminum Can Collection, ACES office at Brooks Global Studies Elementary is collecting aluminum cans as a service project for Ronald McDonald House Charities. Mail or bring cans to Nathalie or Brooke, 1215 Westover Terrace, Greensboro, N...
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Final part in a series, “Helping People You Know — Right Here, Right Now,” from United Way of Greater Greensboro. Every dollar matters. Dollars serve as the link between those who are in need of critical services in Guilford County and...
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Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise! — Psalm 98:4 Brian Beane is a musician, father, husband, son and student. He has been making a joyful noise and singing praises to the Lord since he w...
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Some may argue with me on this, but I feel the time has come to take a stand on an important issue that affects many of us with touch-screen phones: Butt-call eavesdropping has got to stop! To join me in support of this worthy cause, all one needs to do i...
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January 25, 2010
Those of you who have kept up with my column over the years will recall many of the corrections and additions that I have brought forth regarding High Point Normal & Industrial Institute. Each time I write something about HPN&I, it seems to spark...
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January 24, 2010
As Tyler Perkins, 16, and her mother, Olga, headed home from their ballroom dance class one frigid day last winter, Perkins noticed several homeless people on the side of the road. Their hardship tore at Tyler’s heart and led her to put a plan into...
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National Network Services’ Small Business Development Program will host a seminar, “Getting Opportunities for Your Future” at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 30. The seminar will introduce businesses and organizations to funding resources and assi...
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The High Point Public Library’s Children’s Room will host the grand opening of the new Children’s Storyroom on Saturday. The Storyroom will provide a space for programs, crafts and events. Prior to the library’s renovations and exp...
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Children sometimes follow in the footsteps of their parents. You might say Stephen Duncan has followed in the notes of his father. In 1969, David Duncan and his wife, Jane, started Duncan Piano . David Duncan was the band director at Northeast Junior High...
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Since January seems to be the time to set goals, I’d like for us to work together on this one. What’s on your “bucket list?” In case you don’t know, a bucket list is an inventory of things you’d like to do before you......
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With former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire admitting earlier this month that he took steroids during his record-setting home run rampage of 1998, the final nail is driven into the heart of this baseball fan. Deep in my heart, I figured McGwire w...
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Business name: High Point Jewelers and Fine GiftsDescription: Retail fine jewelry with complete custom design, repair and appraisals and an extensive gift department, including home decor, silver service pieces, traditional baby gift items and a full brid...
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January 17, 2010
When Brad and Vickie Ingle’s 9-year-old son Alex was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare type of cancer, in October, their world was turned upside down and inside out. “Our ‘normal’ is no longer normal, and making a plan h...
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