August 30, 2009
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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York Martin Careful Hands Ministry at Triad Community Church What he does: About a year ago, York Martin was looking for a way the college ministry at his church could get involved and give back to the community. After a little research, he found out abou...
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Core City and the Children’s Home Society will shine the spotlight on Uptown High Point with Ilderton’s High Point Beach Music Blast every Thursday from Sept. 10 through Oct. 1. The Children’s Home Society has hosted the BB&T beach m...
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She looked so cute. I just couldn’t help myself. I’m not sure exactly what I was thinking. I didn’t really have a plan.I acted on impulse when I wrapped my arms around my wife, Michele, and kissed her. We were standing in aisle five, in...
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My friend Lois Haizlip recently shared some wonderful pictures with me for my upcoming books. The pictures were taken in the late ’40s and early ’50s by Puolan Armstrong. His name and studio were stamped on the back of many of the pictures. As...
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“Some may disagree, but I think music is the expression of our souls,” said Jane McKinney, chairwoman of the music department at Greensboro College from 1992 until 2008. McKinney said her career has been driven by a love of music and the proce...
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August 26, 2009
An area group wants to search for buried treasure in your yard. The Old North State Detectorists want to volunteer their services to people who have lost things or homeowners with old homes. “We’ll be glad to search it at no charge ,and whate...
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August 23, 2009
Some Guilford County Schools will have new leadership when school begins Tuesday. Rodney Wilds will take the reins at Andrews High School. He served as principal at Jackson Middle School last year. A school administrator for six years, Wilds choose educa...
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The Records team is updating the community calendar. If you do not see your organization listed or the information is incorrect, please contact Janice Carmac at people@news-record.com or 373-7098. FUNDRAISERSOngoing The ACES office at Brooks Global S...
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Name: Ashley AtkinsAge: 11Hometown: GreensboroSchool: Our Lady of Grace Catholic SchoolGrade: Rising sixth-graderSports: Power tumbling and trampolineTeams: Ultimate AirPositions: Level 6 and 7Family: Parents, Annette and Day Atkins; sisters Hayley and Ka...
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Children’s Home Society in High Point will offer a free information session Saturday or people interested in providing foster care for children with special needs. “This meeting is for people who want to feel the real satisfaction that c...
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During these steamy days of late summer, nothing cools my overheated soul better than a tall glass of ice water or a refreshing dip in a pool. So, for the 10th annual N.C. trivia quiz, our focus will be on bodies of water and water-related information acr...
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Pete Oliphant can’t remember when hanging around a car repair shop wasn’t a big part of his life. He was only 6 when his father went into the car-repair business. “I got my first toolbox when I was 5, and I’d try to fix toys and t...
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Todd SilberHandy Capable What he does: Todd Silber has been a faithful volunteer with the Handy Capable Network for about three years. He uses his training as an IT specialist to repair and restore computers for Handy Capable. After graduating from...
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The Senior Resources of Guilford are looking for seniors 55 and older who can S-P-E-L-L. The nonprofit organization will host the fourth annual Senior Spelling Bee at 1 p.m. Sept. 24 at Jamestown Town Hall and Civic Center. “It’s a good...
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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 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 18, 2009
The Jamestown Town Council Tuesday night asked the town clerk to investigate if property located on High Point Road qualifies for voluntary annexation. Developer Oakdale Village LLC requested the voluntary annexation earlier this year and has divided the...
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August 17, 2009
High Point residents can't park willy-nilly across their yards after High Point City Council approved text amendments to its development ordinance Monday night. Changes also limit the number and location of disabled vehicles stored outside. Only one disab...
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August 16, 2009
The new Jamestown Middle School is still on track to be open in fall of 2010. “We’re really excited about it,” Denise Richmond , principal of Jamestown Middle School, said Wednesday . “It’s really coming along. It’s alm...
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Earlier this summer, I had an unfortunate episode with my fertilizer spreader. I must have had the toggle set too aggressively, because two days later my grass began dying in a strange pattern. The full extent of the damage was a 10-inch-wide stripe of br...
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Second of two parts about music festivals in the early black community in High Point. Up until the 1940s, National Music Week and the annual music festival offered colored school students, as well as their parents, a chance to enjoy the art of communicati...
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Like many local Brazilians, Fátima Charlton traveled to Charlotte to visit two stores that carried products from her homeland. Those store owners said a lot of customers came from the Greensboro area to buy products, even coffee. At Easter , Charl...
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During the past three and a half years, I have learned that there’s a story waiting to be told; all I have to do is look and listen. That is exactly how this one came to be. I had already returned from Pleasant Garden’s summer farmers&rsquo......
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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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