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Assault charge dismissed
BY ELIOT DUKE
Staff Writer
An assault charge agamst Lib
erty Drive Elementary School
Principal Benjie Brown was
dropped Monday afternoon at the
Randolph County Courthouse in
Asheboro.
According to Joann Clay, a
deputy clerk with the Randolph
County Clerk of Courts ofBce,
the case against Brown was dis
missed after the plaintiff, Luke
Starrett, dropped
the assault and bat
tery charge he filed
in January.
“That is the end
of the case,” Clay
said. “The charges
were dismissed
in court after the
prosecuting wit
ness asked for the
charges to be dismissed.”
Randolph County Sheriff’s Of
fice charged Brown, 39, of Long
Brown
street, with assault and battery on
Jan. 2 after Starrett, a physical ed
ucation teacher at Brown Middle
School, told police he was struck
several times in the head with a
closed fist, according to an arrest
warrant. RSCO issued a warrant
to be served by ThomasviUe Po
lice Department. Brown turned
himself into TPD the same day.
“What we do now is keep doing
what’s right for our children,”
See CHARGE, Page 6
Trip Back in Time
The 40th annual Threshers' Reunion kicked off Wednes
day at Denton Farm Park, 1072 Cranford Road, Denton.
The event showcases a variety of vendors, entertainers
and craftsmen, aiong with the iargest collection of an
tique tractors in the Southeast. Steam-engine train rides,
pony rides along with other family artivities are avail-.
able throughout the festival, which runs through Sun
day, July 4. A fireworks display also will be held Sunday
at 9 p.m. Gates open daily at 8 a.m.
Cagle named United Way chair
TIMES Staff Report
The Board of Directors of the
United Way of Davidson County
has named Frank Cagle, BB&T’s
senior vice president and area
manager for Davidson and Davie
Counties, as the 2010-11 United
Way Campaign Chair. Cagle’s ap
pointment comes in conjunction
with the announcement of the
agencies goal of raising more
than $2,1 million in support of
service agencies.
Cagle has been
a member of the
Board of Directors
of the United Way
of Davidson Coun
ty for the past four
years, and has been
actively involved in
Lexington, Thom-
asvUle, and David
son County civic
activities since becoming Senior
VP of BB&T in Davidson County
in 1989.
Cagle
A native of Roanoke Rap
ids, N.C., Cagle is a graduate of
Wingate University, Wake Forest
University, and the LSU School
of Banking of the South. Cagle
has served as a board member
of the Lexington Area Chamber
of Commerce, Sapona Country
Club, Uptown Lexington, David
son Progress, Davidson Vision
and Davidson Medical Ministries
Clinic.
See CAGLE, Page 6
ThomasviUe woman
killed in High Point
traffic collision
BY ELIOT DUKE
Staff Writer
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A ThomasviUe woman died Wednesday in High
Point after her minivan was struck and flipped sev
eral times on Westchester Drive, ejecting her from the
vehicle.
According to a High Point Police Department press
release, Talia Oxendine, 29, succumbed to injuries she
sustained Wednesday afternoon following a collision
with another vehicle that caused her 2000 Chrysler
mini-van to roU over. When officers arrived they dis
covered Oxendine lying in the roadway and unrespoh-
slve.
Oxendine was traveling south on Westchester Drive
at approximately 12:30 p.m. in her minivan with three
other passengers — Rhianna Annette Swinney,' 28,
TyreU LaShawn Scott, 9, and Alexis Shantel Swinney,
11 — when a second vehicle, a 2007 Lincoln Town Car
driven by Dainese Kennedy Hazzard, 77, of High Point,
pulled out of the Big Lots parking lot into traffic. Haz
zard coUided with Oxendine, causing her van to roU
over. Oxendlne’s three passengers were transported to
High Point Regional Hospital and treated for non-life
threatening injuries. A passenger in the Lincoln — 79-
year-old Albert Berndale Hazzard — was not injured.
HPPD stated that no drugs or alcohol are expected to
be involved in the wreck at this point in the investiga
tion, and it’s unknown if any charges wUl be filed. The
investigation is ongoing and investigators are asking
anyone with information concerning the coUision to
caU High Point Crimestoppers at 889-4000.
Lewis’ photos tell
tales of history
BY ELIOT DUKE
Staff Writer
Matthew Lewis’ career as a photographer almost
never got off the ground. Like most from his smaU
Pennsylvania town, Lewis worked in the steel mUls,
sand-blasting huge pieces of metal, peering through a
mask he couldn’t see through most of the time.
When a pay raise never materialized, the 26-year-old
Lewis decided to go in a different direction, following
a path laid down by his grandfather — a photogra
pher ahead of his time and known for being the best
at what he did.
Lewis’ journey would take him to the Pulitzer Prize
and his pictures of the CivU Rights Movement con
tinue to stand the test of time. Those photographs and
the their historical significance are now on display at
the new International ClvU Rights Center & Museum
in Greensboro. As part of its inaugural six-month
exhibition: The CivU Rights Movement Through the
Lens of Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer Mat
thew Lewis, the International CivU Rights Center wUl
See TALES, Page 14
TIMES PHOTO/ELIOT DUKE
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Matthew Lewis
looks through some of his famed photos.
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