July 12, 2009
Part one of three. On May 10, I wrote “Hoops History Made in High Point” about a championship game between the two best women’s basketball teams in the nation. They just happened to be black. The game featured the 11-time national profes...
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FUNDRAISERSOngoingThe Sanctuary, a place for all people to explore spirituality through a variety of creative endeavors, needs monetary contributions to further scholarships for art classes, book groups and meetings addressing recovery issues. 621-1514 or...
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July 5, 2009
FUNDRAISERSOngoingThe Sanctuary, a place for all people to explore spirituality through a variety of creative endeavors, needs monetary contributions to further scholarships for art classes, book groups and meetings addressing recovery issues. 621-1514 or...
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J. Hyde Savage, one of the tough guys on the Oak Ridge Institute football team during the 1925-26 season, wanted his only child to attend the school — an idea that at first didn’t appeal to his son. “My father had such good memories of h...
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When Adam and Betsy Greer participated in a mission trip to South America 18 years ago, the couple said that one day they would like to serve children overseas on a more permanent basis. As the years went by, they became busy raising their own childre...
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As a rule, I don’t do well in grocery stores. I backtrack. I meander, and I zig-zag all over the place because I never know quite where anything is. Once I do find what I’m looking for, I usually become even more bewildered by the incredible v...
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July 3, 2009
The following students in the Guilford County Schools have achieved academic distinction for the fourth quarter and are included on the school system’s “A Team.” Students in Grades 9-12 who received a 4.0 or better grade point average du...
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July 2, 2009
Greensboro Day School Head’s List, Spring 2009: Students who maintain an average of 90 with no grade below 70 are recognized on the Greensboro Day School Head’s List. The following Middle and Upper School students earned placement on the GDS...
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The following students in the Guilford County Schools have achieved academic distinction for the fourth quarter and are included on the school system’s “A Team.” Students in grades 6-8 who made all A’s during the Fourth nine-week g...
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June 29, 2009
Twelve Guilford County churches, three churches in Lexington and one each in Archdale, Kernersville and Reidsville joined forces recently to collect more than 5,500 pairs of shoes for victims of natural disasters and those living in extreme poverty. Th...
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Music has a special place in the lives of many people. It has the power to provide pleasure, assist in healing both the mind and the body and in unlocking the creative spirit. We are blessed to have people among us who provide the hard work and funding ne...
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Pleasant Garden Town Council approved the 2009-10 budget of $417,219, a reduction of 5.4 percent from the previous year’s budget. Council members voted 3-2 to approve the budget, with Rick Wallace and Bob Wyrick dissenting. The tax rate will remai...
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June 28, 2009
FUNDRAISERSOngoingThe Sanctuary, a place for all people to explore spirituality through a variety of creative endeavors, needs monetary contributions to further scholarships for art classes, book groups and meetings addressing recovery issues. 621-1514 or...
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June 21, 2009
We invited readers to share tributes to their dads this Father’s Day. I’m your No. 1 fan, 11-year-old tells dad Dear Dad, You are my idol. You have fans all over Japan and the United States, but I am your Number 1. You’re always maki...
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Weaver Academy theater students are the only representatives from North Carolina chosen to attend the 2010 Fringe Festival in Scotland. An international theater event attracting thousands of performers and audience members from around the world, the fes...
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High Point Midnight Basketball, in its seventh year, will start July 13 at Morehead Recreation Center, 101 Price St., High Point, and Aug. 3 at Southside Recreation Center, 401 Taylor Ave., High Point. Capt. Al Williams of the High Point Police Depa...
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Those of you who have kept up with my stories over the past six years know I often mention my big-head friend, Clarence “Headquarters” Kennedy. At the beginning of the year, Kennedy and I started walking 2½ miles every morning. Our 40......
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Karen Eggart of Greensboro is a breast cancer survivor and is anxious to share with others about her 15-year journey with this dreaded disease. Eggart particularly wants other women to know there is hope and a life after breast cancer. Eggart describes he...
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FUNDRAISERSOngoingThe Sanctuary, a place for all people to explore spirituality through a variety of creative endeavors, needs monetary contributions to further scholarships for art classes, book groups and meetings addressing recovery issues. 621-1514 or...
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Seven teenage boys from Daystar Christian Fellowship have found a way to blend their hobby and passion for God to help raise money for a New York mission trip. “Board for the Lord” will take place from June 28 through July 3, when Cody Bisho...
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Grayson Sherrell was an exceptional child, an autistic boy full of love and happiness. And his parents, Roger and Donna Sherrell, and others who are helping them are doing exceptional things in Grayson’s memory.Grayson, 6, drowned last Aug. 8. The S...
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Someone with a passion for their work can really affect many lives. I realized this when I talked recently to Lula Hoskins, who has been in education since 1942. “Teaching is a profession,” Hoskins said. “One that should encourage human...
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June 17, 2009
Some town employees left the Jamestown Town Council meeting Tuesday night with a bang of the front door after the council approved removing merit pay raises from the 2009-10 budget. “My job is not to be the popular person or a go-with-the-flow perso...
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June 14, 2009
Thanks to the hard work and determination of Tim and Joey Upper, recent Caldwell Academy graduate Josue Mendez- Contreras is a step closer to fulfilling his dream. The Upper brothers started a fundraising campaign to help Mendez-Contreras, a native of Ho...
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Molly Dickinson Jordan and her mother, Kay Dickinson, spent many Saturdays at Perkinson’s Jewelers in downtown High Point. Not only was Perkinson’s the place for gift buying, it also was where so many High Pointers registered for their wedding...
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