November 19, 2009
Those shoebox people seem to be everywhere I go these days. Because we are a shoebox family, too, when I overhear people discussing shoeboxes for Christmas, I know what they mean. Operation Christmas Child was started in 1993 by Samaritan’s Pu...
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November 18, 2009
On Tuesday night, Jamestown Town Council turned down a request to rezone 7-plus acres at 300-399 Lee St. after hearing nearly a dozen residents' concerns. Kenny Caldabaugh of First Choice of the Carolinas, High Point, requested to rezone two lots from sin...
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November 16, 2009
Thanksgiving will arrive a bit sooner than usual for area foster families. Friendly Hills Church in Jamestown will hold its ninth annual Early Thanksgiving Dinner from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Foster parents and their families from Guilford and surroundin...
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The High Point City Council continued a public hearing on the proposed Market Overlay District to 5:30 p.m. Dec. 7 after receiving several comments and recommendations from close to two dozen public members Monday night. Several council members were absen...
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November 15, 2009
An Americorp ACCESS member through the Center for New North Carolinians, Katrina Siladi is assigned to work at the Greensboro Children’s Museum. “Part of my job is to make the museum more accessible for immigrants and refugee families,&rdquo......
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The recession has hit the Friends of Gateway Foundation, like many nonprofits, hard. “Attendance was way off at our spring event,” said co-founder Keith Bunch. “It’s definitely more challenging this year.” Bunch is hoping the...
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The recession has hit the Friends of Gateway Foundation, like many nonprofits, hard. “Attendance was way off at our spring event,” said co-founder Keith Bunch . “It’s definitely more challenging this year.” Bunch is hoping th...
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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. Charity...
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You can almost smell the turkeys cooking and the candied yams steaming with cinnamon and butter. The celery and onions for the dressing soon will be chopped. The green beans and rolls cooked. Delicious pie after delicious pie will be sliced and eaten. It...
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Please answer the following questions honestly. When you think of your Christmas shopping list, do you feel anxious?Is your gift-giving budget tighter this year than last? Does your child’s teacher really need another coffee mug labeled “World...
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Tears streamed down the two young women’s faces as they described their journey through addictions and how Freedom House transformed their lives. The occasion was the fourth annual banquet and celebration of two Freedom House graduates. Freedom Hous...
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Pat Magnuson is a runner, literally and metaphorically. Now 78, she still zips through each day, chasing after new travel, recreational and learning opportunities. While being interviewed at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Branch of the Greensboro Public Librar...
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November 13, 2009
Third-grader Amaya Waddy got a surprise Wednesday morning during Wesleyan Christian Academy’s elementary school Veterans’ Day celebration. Principal Perry Nicklow called 8-year-old Amaya, her mom and some extended family members to the stag...
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November 8, 2009
Al Armstrong, a technician at Kimberly-Clark of Lexington, holds up a Ziploc bag full of water. “What will happen if I stick a pencil through here?” he asks a room full of attentive Millis Road Elementary School students. The responses are typ...
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Several students and teachers hit the blacktop on Oct. 29 at Johnson Street Global Studies. Some walked. Some jogged. Some of them made the laps solo. Others chatted with friends. Each week, 50 students and eight to 10 staff volunteers meet for an hour of...
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Vienna sausage, tuna, dried fruit, nuts, cookies, crackers, candy (no chocolate), magazines, newspapers and microwavable popcorn are some of the items on the Christmas list for 43 men serving in a National Guard Reserve Unit from the Statesville area. The...
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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. Clothes...
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As we plan for Thanksgiving, let’s remember that every day people go hungry in our area. It is estimated that 12,767 people in Guilford County may fall under poverty levels or near those levels in 2010. This has a great effect on our senior populati...
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Despite the agony, inconvenience, frustration and unmitigated pain of having her pelvis broken in three places, Peggy Haymes started out writing a book of pseudo humor about being run over by an automobile while riding her bicycle. “Didn’t See...
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Can someone tell me why it’s called a slumber party? My wife doesn’t slumber. I don’t slumber. The dog doesn’t slumber. And, most importantly, the numerous teenage girls who are lying in sleeping bags on nearly every flat surface o...
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November 2, 2009
Check out the Halloween photos our readers have shared with us. Send your submissions to news@guilfordrecord.com
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After a closed session Monday night to discuss purchase of property, the High Point City Council asked staff to negotiate the purchase of 50 acres for a park. City Manager Strib Boynton said the property is located north of Burton Avenue, behind Cornersto...
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November 1, 2009
Lawrence Baird, a freshman at GTCC, loves music and rapping. He used to mainly rap about clubs, cars, money and girls, but an experience as a senior last year at Smith High School changed his focus for the better, he says. Baird, along with fellow Smith s...
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Mark Griffin’s ninth-grade civics students are learning about politics in class, but come Election Day, they will have the opportunity to experience what it’s like to actually be a part of the election process. Student volunteers from Gr...
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On Oct. 22 , two rooms at Southside Recreation Center buzzed with chatter as groups of boys and girls discussed how to paint their pumpkins. As members of the Southside Boys & Girls Club got ready to paint pumpkins, parent Mathia Cook showed a group...
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