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TMWASVIUE PUBLIC 14 RANDOLPH STREET W0MASV1LLE,NC 27.^0 A3 DCCC signs speedy point guard for upcoming season. See SPORTS, Page B1 Saturday, July 17,2010 THOMASYILLE CAR WASH Wheatmore High School Marching Band will hold a car wash fundraiser today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at NewBridge Bank on Randolph St. 119th Year - No. 112 50 Cents WWW.tvilletimes.com Wei I Watchers helps keep parents on the job BYERINWILTGEN Staff Writer An only slowly rising economy can result m moimtmg pressure at work, and many parents who find themselves with a sick child also discover they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. ThomasviUe Medical Center’s new WeUWatch- ers program hopes to alle viate some of that stress. Open to the community and Novant Health em ployees from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 'WellWatchers is a WELLWATCHERS For 4 hours or less, cost is $6 For 5-8 hours, cost is $12 For more than 8 hours, cost is $18 For a no-show, cost is $12 sick child care program operated by TMC’s five- star chUd development center. The Learning Place. “As a community hos pital and on-site chUd development center, we recognized the need for such a service in our community and are re ally happy to make this service available,” said Nancy HoUis, manager of The Learning Place and WellWatchers, in a press release. See WORK, Page A9 TIMES PHOTO/ELIOT DUKE James Taylor holds a few of the many medals he received while in Chicago in June at the United States Achievement Academy. STAYING ON TRACK THS student awarded for academic excellence in earth science BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer J ames Nicholas Taylor is thinking of getting into journalism when he graduates from ThomasviUe High School in three years. The rising sophomore worked with THS’ newspaper, Mad Dog Dialogue, this past year, and is deciding between a career in me dia or the medical field. Consid ering Taylor’s accomplishments in the classroom are already making news, he may have found his caUing. Taylor was recognized by the United States Achievement Academy (USAA) as a student 'I keep my goals straight and I know what I'm going for in life. I know what the right choices are so I keep my grades high.’ - James Taylor of exceUence in Earth Science, joining an elite club that wel comes less than 10 percent of aU high school students in the coun try each year. “1 wasn’t completely sure at 'the time what it was untU 1 got the papers,” Taylor said. “When 1 read it, there was aU this stuff about scholarships and every thing. 1 received it from my health and physical education teacher, and she was the one who gave out the award because it also Included academics.” Recognition for the United states Achievement Academy is based on recommendation from teachers, counselors and other qualified sponsors, and stan dards for selection Include a 3.0 grade point average, academic performance, personal motiva tion, cooperative classroom atti tude, dependabUlty, enthusiasm for education, leadership quali- See TRACK, PageAB Benefit to support Victory Junction BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer CV Products and Xcel- dyne Technologies are two ThomasviUe compa nies that believe in giving back to the community and supporting organiza tions who help those in need. For the third year in a row, the two companies wUl be holding an an nual benefit today where aU proceeds wUl go to wards the Victory Junc tion Gang Camp, a place where chUdren with chronic medical condi tions or serious Ulnesses go to see dreams become reality; and the ChUdress Institute for Pediatric Trauma. “The proceeds this year wUl be split,” Melissa BlackweU, marketing communication special ist for CV Products, said. “Half wUl go to Victory Junction and half to the institute. The ChUdress Institute is trying to buUd a pediatric trauma center that wUl work hand-in- hand with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The closest pediatric trauma center to here is in NashvUle.” Today’s events wUl featm-e a 5K walk/run, car show and numerous activities for chUdren, such as bounce houses, a petting zoo, a dimklng booth, games and crafts. There also wUl be a live auction and raffie, and the day wUl wrap up with performances from two See BENEFIT, Page A9 Lost cmdf found/ Father, son face second round of distance BYERINWILTGEN Staff Writer Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series. Look for the final installment in Tuesday’s Times. The fairy-tale reimion of the summer of 1982 didn’t last. Though Patrick White waved goodbye to 13-year-old JP, think ing that their 10-year absence had ended, his son fiew off into obliv ion, faUing again into a black hole of names and addresses and phone numbers. The U.S. Coast Guard veteran searched long and hard. He threw his efforts back into scouring the Internet, trying tactics he had re sorted to when JP first disappeared with his mother 10 years earlier. But to no avaU. In 1987, Patrick remarried. Joan White embraced her new hus band’s emotional attachment to the missing JP, hanging pictures of the boy in the house.and telling friends and famUy the sad story “I was hoping for another re union,” Patrick said. “I was hop ing. But after this many years, I almost gave up hope and wondered if it was too late.” Across the country, JP ran into his own roadblocks — a mother who refused to answer any ques tions or help in his search for his father. So JP grew into adulthood, never quite forgetting about the man from North Carolina. JP tried once in 2002 to find Pat rick on his own. Locating a High Point man named Patrick E. White, JP called the number and a woman answered — Joan. The yoimg man asked for Pat rick, but he didn’t mention who he was, and, before his father took the call, he hung up. “I hung up immediately because of the anxieties of not knowing what I was getting myself into,” JP said. “I was thmkmg to myself then, T haven’t had a father. Why start?”’ But stUl Patrick lingered on JP’s mind and remained in his heart. The story of his long-lost father was a common one among JP’s See DISTANCE, Page A9 COURTESY PHOTC JP and Patrick White spent 28 years apart before locatinc each other again in 2010. Community Sponsor Thomasvill^ medical center Remarkable People, Remarkable Medicine. Today's Weather Scafd T-storms 89/72 Full Forecast Page 2 Weather Focus What's Opinion Inside Obituaries Religion Sports Classifieds A2 A3 A5 A6 A8 B1 B8 o O' ThomasviUe, North Carolina • Your Town. Your Times.
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