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Ledford and East Davidson face off on the diamond. See SPORTS, Page 7 THOMASVILLE Thursday, March 18,2010 Inside Today Business Columnist Marilyn Taylor offers Taylor Made advice on implementing change. See BUSINESS, Page 3 Operation Medicine Drop safely disposes drugs BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer Local law enforcement agencies are joining to gether in an effort to keep unused or outdated pre scription medications off the street. This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Thomas- ville, Lexington and Den ton police departments, are conducting Operation Medicine Drop through out the area where people can properly discard any old or leftover prescrip tions so they won’t end up in the wrong hands. “This is an excellent opportunity for these law enforcement agencies to partner together and address a problem that is affecting our whole community,” TPD Chief Jeff Insley said at a joint press conference Tuesday morning. “I think all of us, if you look in the medi cine cabinet, have a bottle with a few pills left in it. These are the drugs that are re-circulating and get ting into the hands of our kids. It’s becoming a very prevalent problem.” There will be a total of seven drop-off locations in the county, including ThomasviUe Fire Depart ment Station 2 at 815 N.C. Highway 109 South and Wallburg Fire Depart ment at 121 Georgetown Road. Drop-offs also can be made at Arcadia Fire Department at 1374 Ruff Leonard Road in Lexing ton, Tyro Fire Department at 4646 N.C. Highway 150 South in Lexington, Lex ington Fire Department Station 1 at 200 E. Center St., Southmont Fire De- See DRUGS, Page 6 WWW.tvilletimes.com MAKING IT WORK 4^%th Year - No. 72 50 Cents TIMES PHOTO/ELIOT DUKE Philip Young sits on one of the work stations at his business, Carolina Safety Sport, in ThomasviUe. Like many other small business owners, he is struggling to increase output and manpower at his facility. Diversity, technology key to small business success BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer Editor’s note: The following is the second in a three-part series on the struggles of small busi nesses. Philip Young and Carolina Safety Sport have seen it all re cently It wasn’t an that long ago when a new contract left Young’s company struggling to keep up manufacturing high visibility safety apparel for the state. Once that order finished, however, so did the rush to keep up, leav ing Carolina Safety Sport much like every other small business — struggling. “We’re back to square one '[New technology] would give us more capabilities to be cus tom ... Custom busi nesses keep people working' — Philip Young Carolina Safety Sport again,” Young told members of the N.C. House Select Committee on Small Business last Thursday at Davidson County Community College. “The federal highway put some new requirements in place and our business took off We couldn’t keep up. Then, ev erybody got outfitted, the econo my came into play and we nose dived right back in the other direction. We’re in the same boat as everybody else.” Young’s needs didn’t vary a common theme at last Thurs day meeting, as a dozen state representatives heard the same story — small businesses need cash and affordable insurance amidst the worst economic di saster since the Great Depres sion. As one of the last remain ing cut and sew operations in the state, Carolina Safety Sport’s survival hinges on its ability is diversify and find news ways of doing business. Young is doing just that. Last month, Carolina Safety Sport partnered with H.T. Authentic Sportswear, a new See SUCCESS, Page 11 'e.First Miss ThomasviUe receives new crown BY ERINWILTGEN Staff Writer The year was 1937. Elizabeth Darr Litwin stood in glory as she was declared the first Miss ThomasviUe in what would be come the longest- running pageant in the state of North Car olina. The youngwom- an stood Litwin draped in her Miss ThomasviUe sash, clutch ing a bouquet of flowers, awaiting her crown. Her paper crown. “This just broke our heart,” said NUe Goad, current executive direc tor of the Miss Thomas- vUle Scholarship Pageant. “What a nice gesture it wotUd be if we could pres ent her with a new prelim inary crown.” And the organization did just that. At the 2010 Miss ThomasvUle pag eant on Feb. 13, Goad and his associates presented Litwin with an honorary, real crown through the ef forts of the ThomasvUle Pageant Committee and the Miss North Carolina Scholarship Committee. “She was just over whelmed,” said long-time ThomasviUe resident Pa tricia CarroU, who works fuU-time at the Baptist Children’s Home and part-time at Piedmont Crossing, where Litwin, now in her 90s, currently resides. “She was just re ally speechless.” The pageant Litwin com peted in differed greatly from the one she attended See CROWN, Page 6 Childhood dream develops into fantasy novel COURTESY PHOTO The 'Gypsy Chronicles' is the first in a five-part book series by local author T.L.Bailey. BY ERINWILTGEN Staff Writer The image blurred and then focused — a red- haired woman draped in a pale blue gown standing alone on a dock, sUhouetted against black, turbulent clouds, gazing into the sea. At something. It’s impos sible to squint in a dream, but the vision sharpened anyway into three ships. That picture — the only scrap she remembers from her chUdhood dream — fol lowed Tammy HaU into adulthood, holding her in such fascination even after aU these years that it inspired her to write its story. “I got these images in my head, and I just wanted to see how far it could go,” HaU said. “It wasn’t like I knew what the book was going to be about, but I wanted to write about this girl.” And the Gypsy Chroni cles were born. Released on March 15 as the first in a five-book series, the G5q)sy Chronicles also marks the first book the ThomasviUe resident has pub lished. “It’s like a dream come true,” said HaU, 38, who goes by the pen name T.L. Bailey. “I keep feeling like I’m going to wake up any minute.” The book, set in the 1700s, stars a young girl named Gypsy who was born with a mark on her hand. She learns that she is the last known descendant of a race destined to protect mankind against an evU. race, the Rudari, set to put heU on earth. Also featuring a vampire and a host of pirates, the book echoes the science fiction and fantasy stories HaU loved in her younger days. “I grew up, and I knew that I wanted to write some thing that I knew about,” she said. “That’s what I loved doing.” The time period came about through not only the style of dress worn by the woman in her dream but also from HaU’s obsession with pirates. She said she See NOVEL, Page 11 Community Sponsor ThomasviUe) medical cekter Remarkable People. Remarkable Medicine. Today's Weather Mostly Sunny 69/39 Full Forecast Page 2 Weather Business What's Opinion Obituaries Sports Comics Classifieds Inside 2 3 5 6 7 11 14 LA FA M o p LA O ThomasviUe, North Carolina • Your Town. YourTImes.
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