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Thomasville, North Carolina - Your Town. Your Times. ' - THOMASVILLE PUBLIC library M RANDOLPH STREET THOMASVILLE, NC 27XC DCCC battles for chance at Region X championship. See SPORTS, Page B1 Saturday, February 27,2010 THOMASVILLE inside Today Guest Columnist Larry Murdock shares letter ofThomasville memories and other this-n-thats. See Page. A5 119th Year - No. 64 50 Cents WWW.tvilletimes.com Course to cover early childhood parenting BY ERINWILTGEN Staff Writer Parents usually remem ber those first-time jitters, the moment the little baby, newly wrapped, is placed into waiting arms and the realization strikes — now comes the hard part. Parenting children of any age can present a daunting task, but new parents often face a seem ingly more terrifying prospect of raising a baby for the first time. To help aUay these fears. Fair- grove Family Resource Center will offer its first parenting class focusing on early childhood. Early Childhood STEP — Sys tematic Training for Ef fective Parenting of Chil dren Under Six. “I have had parents who are brand new, and they’re concerned, they’re nervous,” said Fairgrove Executive Director Terri Nelson. “They want to make sure they raise their children in the right way. I just felt like we had a hole in our services — this helped fill that gap.” The class, which looks at children from birth to age 6, will begin Thurs day, March 4, and lasts, seven weeks, ending on the eighth week with a celebration night. Each lesson will include a free meal at 6 p.m. and child care. The actual class be gins at 6:45 p.m. In a video-style learning environment, parents will follow along with a study guide to lessons designed to teach about misbehav ior, how to deal with mis behavior and how to han dle childhood challenges like temper tantrums and potty training. See COURSE, Page A3 TIMES PHOTO/ELIOT DUKE From left, Ron Jones and Nancy Whitman do their best 'Black-eyed Peas' impression when announcing Spark plug winner Martha Burrow at the 38th annual Tom A. Finch YMCA awards banquet Thursday. YMCA honors one of founders BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer On a night when the Tom. A. Finch Community YMCA named its yearly award wirmers, the organization honored one its founding fathers. Johnny Thomason received the YMCA’s Honorary Lifetime Membership award for helping bring the non-profit community service organization to Thomas- ville nearly 40 years ago. Thoma son not only played a key role in getting the Chair City its own YMCA location, but he also was a driving force in the construc tion of the home office at 1010 Mendenhall St. “[Thomason] has helped us in many ways that most people are not aware of,” said Stan Styers, former executive director of the Tom A. Finch YMCA. “What I appreciate more than anything is that he has always been a sounding board for all of us. His input from day one has always been highly valued.” Thomason said the vision for TIMES PHOTO/ELIOT DUKE From left, Tom A. Finch YMCA award winners Tony Hyde and Johnny Thomason stand with YMCA Director Tommy Hodges. a local YMCA started back in the 1960s with Brown Finch. Several years passed before a charter was granted and when it finally happened, Thomason said “we didn’t have a wall to hang it on.” The YMCA started out in a va cant ofiice on the second floor of the state commercial bank building downtovra. Eventually, the YMCA moved to the nation al armory building as plans for constructing a new facility took shape. “We didn’t need money, we need facilities,” Thomason said. “We used the armory’s parking lot for little league baseball. It See YMCA, Page A3 Filing ends for 2010 election BY ERINWILTGEN "Staff Writer With candidacy filings finally at an end. County Commissioner hopefuls are gearing up for the May primaries. As of Friday afternoon, 11 Republican and four Democrat candidates had filed for the four vacant County Commissioner seats, each with the hope to better serve the com munity. ' For Lexington resident Jason Hedrick—who filed as a Democrat—that com munity aspect forms the basis for his motivation to run. Owner of Hedrick Creative Building, the contractor just finished working on the extreme home for Extreme Make over — Home Edition. “It was great to see the community come togeth er,” he said. “I just want ed to be able to continue to help and maybe spur some growth in the David son Coimty area.” Though never before in volved in politics, Hedrick said his work in commer cial building has , given him experience working with other people to make decisions and strike com promises. “I’ve had to deal with a lot of people in a lot of different committees,” he said. With a fair and honest approach to government in mind, Hedrick said he hopes to not only contin ue infrastructure growth in terms of education and sewer lines, but also bring more businesses into the county “The county commis sioners are a key element in promoting Davidson County and promoting business and growth in See FILING, Page A3 Academy Eye Center named February Business of the Month BY ERINWILTGEN Staff Writer As February draws to a close. Academy Eye Center in Thomas- viUe celebrates its final days as the City Beautification Committee’s Business of tjie Month. Business of the Month, a City Beautification Committee tradi tion since the ‘90s, hinges on a company’s work to increase the aesthetics of its property, such as landscaping or structural renova tions. “We try to pick one that has done at least some t3rpe of improvement to its place,” said Carol Brown, chair of the committee. Academy Eye Center caught the committee’s attention because it remodeled an office at Southgate Shopping Center, converting it into a more modernized facility. “It’s very open and everything,” Brown said. “It’s a nice feel.” Christ! Stevenson, secretary for Academy Eye Center, said the old center had an ‘80s and ‘90’s style to the decor, while the new facility is much more up-to-date. “Dr. Pope’s office — it was old, it was outdated,” Stevenson said. “So was the other office that we had. Here, it’s a whole lot fresher-look ing.” Part of the motivation for the renovation was Academy Eye Cen ter’s merger with a partner compa ny, Eye Care Clinic of Thomasvflle. Both businesses decided to start fresh with a brand new location. “We kind of grew as a family for two years before we came together as one,” Stevenson said. Though pleasantly taken aback See EYE, Page A3 TIMES PHOTO/ERIN WILTGEN Academy Eye Center recently moved its operation to Southgate Shopping Center. 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