A2 - Thomasville Times - Saturday, May 15,2010 Raffle The Silver Valley Civitan Club is con ducting a summer raffle with proceeds designated for various service projects, including those that benefit people with disabilities. The grand prize is a 32-inch flat screen television with the winning ticket to be drawn July 26. Tickets are available at $2 each or three for $5 from any Civitan member or by contacting President Roger Barker at 474-1438. Habitat For Humanity Habitat For Humanity is seeking volunteers to help build decent and af fordable homes in Thomasville. No con struction experience is necessary. Vol unteers must be at least 16 years of age. The work site is located at 508 Jarrett St. Work begins at 8 a.m. each Saturday and ends at noon. This Saturday’s work will include painting. For further in formation contact Linda Berrier at 476- 8570 or visit www.habitat.org. Relay For Life High Point’s 2010 Relay For Life will take place Saturday, May 22, 2010, at Southwest High School. Relay is a ma jor annual fund raiser sponsored by the American Cancer Society in the fight to find a cure for cancer. This event will be a character builder for participants while having a lot of fun working with peers from throughout the area and supporting a very worthwhile cause. In addition to the fundraising, there will be plenty of fun, food, ceremony, enter tainment and fellowship. This is a fam ily event. To enter a team, contact Rich at 336- 905-7954, or at rrichray@email.com. Day in the Cemetery The Thomasville City Cemetery, locat ed at 203 Memorial Park Drive, will be having its annual Day in the Cemetery today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This day is set aside for families of those buried in the old historic cemetery to come out and meet with the Cemetery Committee Members, research their family history and tour the cemetery grounds. A gene alogist will be on site to assist in family research. The cemetery museum will also be open to the pbulic. The day will feature various interest ing displays denoting the Civil War pe riod in which the City of Thomasville served as a hospital way station towards the last days of the war. The cemetery also features a Civil War section, per haps the only one in the nation where both Federal and Confederate soldiers from the 1861-1865 war are buried side by side. Several local Civil War Reenactors will be on hand giving talks throughout the day about life during the Civil Wa. Original Civil War artifacts will also be on display during the day. Parking is available on Memorial Park Drive. For inquiries contact Mr. Nat P Walker at (336) 596-0709. Casino night East Davidson Athletic Boosters will sponsor a casino night today at 12 West Main St. The event begins at 6 p.m. with heavy hor’devours and music. Games are from 7 to 10 p.m. Games will include Texas Hold Em, Black Jack, Roulette and Craps. There will also be prize drawings. Tickets are $50 per person. For more information or for tickets, contact a Booster Club member, or Mark Blevins at 215-7173. Beekeeper's meeting Davidson County Beekeeper’s Associ ation wifi, have a meeting Monday, May 17, at 7 p.m. at the Davidson County Ag ricultural Auditorium, 301 East Center Street, in Lexington. The meeting will feature a general discussion. June’s meeting date will be June 21 at 7 p.m. Weather program Davidson County Department of Se nior Services Senior Dynamics pro gram along with Fox 8 WGHP will hold a free informative and educational pro gram on weather-related topics on May 20 at 12:30 p.m. at the Lexington Senior Center, located at 555 West Center St. Ext. Guest Speaker Chief Meteorologist Van Denton will be here to answer ques tions. The program is free to all David son County residents 55 and older. CaU 242-2290 or email Stefanie.Poore® DavidsonCountyNC.Gov to register or for more information. Registration deadline is May 17. Yard of the Week The City Beautification Committee is currently seeking nominations for Yard of the Week. To be eligible for Yard of the Week, the yard must be maintained by the homeowner. Yards that are pro fessionally maintained are not eligible. To nominate a yard, contact Crystal Hodges at 476-8675. Have the homeown er’s name, telephone number and ad dress when calling. Yards are named for the weeks May 1 through July 31. 2010 Business Leaders Forum Thomasville Area Chamber of Com- mercie will hold a 2010 Business Lead ers Forum, Four Generations: Work force Survival, on Thursday, May 27, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 201 West 3rd Ave., in Lexington. Complimentary lunch will be served. The guest speaker will be Gustavo R. Grodnitzky, Ph.D. Learn what Davidson County leaders and parents can expect from Genera tion Y. No charge. Reservations are required. RSVP by May 20. For more information or to RSVP, e-mail ErinH@partnership- forchildren.org or call Smart Start of Davidson County at 249-6688. Out of School Awards Assembly Thomasville High School will hold its Out of School Awards Assembly at 9:30 a.m. at Finch Auditorium on Thursday, May 20,2010. Seniors will be recognized for scholarships and any awards that they are given outside of the school. Annual Academic Banquet The Thomasville High School An nual Academic Banquet will be held on Thursday, May 20, at 6 p.m. at Memorial Methodist Church Enrichment Cen ter, 101 Randolph St. Recognition will be given for all the students who have made the honor roU, had perfect atten dance for the school year. Top Twenty Juniors, National Honor Society, North Carolina Scholars, Presidential and Fu ture Business Leaders of America are invited to this event. Special recogni tion will be given to the senior honor graduates and their parents. The cost for parents and guests is $10. For more information, contact the school, Mrs. Heather Scarlette or Ms. Denise Griffin at 474-4250. Davidson County Relay For Life Davidson Coimty Relay For Life will be held May 21 and 22, 2010, beginning at 6 p.m. on May 21. The event will take place at Thomasville High School track and celebrates cancer survivors. The theme this year is Heroes for Hope and is meant to honor the community heroes: survivors, caregivers, doctors, nurses, hospitals, firefighters, EMS, po lice officers, teachers, military person nel and Relay sponsors. The event is free and includes enter tainment, food, children’s activities and music. United Way Cruise The Second Annual Kimberly-Clark/ United Way Cruise will take place Sat urday, May 22, 2010. The event will ben efit the United Way of Davidson County and is open to cars, motorcycles, and trucks. Registration begins at the Kimberly- Clark plant on Clyde Fitzgerald Road in Linwood at 8:30 a.m. The Cruise will leave at 9:30 a.m. and travel ap proximately 40 miles through Davidson County, ending at Finch Park. A cruise- in and car show at Finch Park wfil last until 1 p.m. and will feature a live DJ, food, snacks, drinks and a 50/50 Raffle. Car Show registration for those not participating in the cruise will start at 10:30 a.m. at Finch Park. Cost to participate in the cruise is $20 and includes a T-shirt, meal ticket, car show entry and a door prize ticket. Cost to register for the car show only is $10. All spectators are free. For more information, call Rose Den nis at Kimberly-Clark, 248-7303. Saturday Mostly Cloudy 86/60 Sunday Partly Cloudy 80/60 Monday Seat'd T-storms 77/61 Tuesday Isolated T-storms 79/59 Wednesday Partly Cloudy 78/56 Thursday Mostly Sunny 81/58 Friday Partly Cloudy 76/54 ■jnoq jod sei.iuj OZ 0} 91, ueaMjaq |0abjj Aiiensn seueoujnH :jaMSuv Day = Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday ' Monday .Tuesday ^ Wednesday Aimanae La>9t Week fn-Depth Local Forecast High 88 87 82 71 66 63 82 Day Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday . Wednesday Thursday Friday First 5/20 Low Normals Precip Precipitation 0.04" 63 75/52 0.00" Normal precipitation 0.91" 61 75/52 0.00" Departure from normal -0.87" 63 75/52 0.00" 47 75/53 0.00" Average temperature 66.3° 40 76/53 0.00" Average normal temperature .64.0° 55 76/53 0.04" Departure from normal +2.3° 60 76/53 0.00" ^ Data as reported from Greensboro Sunrisa Sunset Moonrise Moonset 6:1'5a.m. 8:19 p.m. 7:12 a.m. 10:25 p.m. 6:14 a.m. 8:20 p.m. 8:12 a.m. 11:20 p.m. 6:13 a.m. 8:21p.m. 9:18 a.m. Next Day 6:12 a.m. 8:22 p.m. 10:27 a.m. 12:09 a.m. 6:12 a.m. 8:22 p.m. 11:38 a.m. 12:50 a.m. 6:11a.m. 8:23 p.m. 12:47 p.m. 1:27 a.m. 6:10 a.m. 8:24 p.m. 1:55 p.m. 2:00 a.m. Full New / 5/27 6/4 6/12 Today we will see mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, high temperature of 86°, humidity of 42% and an overnight low of 60°. The record high temperature for today is 93° set in 1962. The record low is 37° set in 1959. Sunday, skies will be partly cloudy with a high temperature of 80°, humidity of 50% and an overnight low of 60°. 0-2 S 9 10 UV Index 0-2: Low, 3-5: Moderate, 6-7: High, 8-10: Very High 11+: Extreme Exposure Saturday Sunday Monday Lake level is in feet. Cily Hi/Le Wx HIA-O Wx HIAo Wx Asheville 82/56 t 78/60 t 75/59 t Cape Hatteras 76/65 me 71/65 t 74/67 me Chapel Hill 87/59 me 80/59 pc 77/60 t Charlotte 88/63 t 81/62 t 79/62 t Greenville 86/66 me 79/63 t 82/66 t Raleigh 87/60 me 80/60 pc 77/62 t Wilmington 83/68 pc 78/64 t 80/67 t Winston-Salem 84/58 me 79/59 pc 76/59 t Lake Thom-A-Lex Date Lake Level May 10 1”above full pond accEmmmeather. cam Eartit'a Leading Weatiher Provider Weather (Wx): cl/cloudy; fl/flurries; pc/partly cloudy; ra/rain; rs/rain & snow; s/sunny; sh/showers; sn/snow; t/thunderstorms; w/windy All forecasts, data and graphics provided by Accessweather.com, Inc. © 2010. All rights reserved. CONTACT US Publisher Michael B. 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