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Ken Mclver Davis and Steve Lindsley wrap up the 2010 Sunset Sounds concert series today at 7 p.m. THOMASVILLE i-i V * Thursday, July 29,2010 Coming Saturday Business trainer Marilyn Taylor begins a new series on The Responsibility Revolution! 119th Year-No. 117 50 Cents WWW.toilletimes.com Ed Price Realtors join to help homeless BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer When deciding how to celebrate its first-year anniversary in Archdale, employees at Ed Price Re altors thought that with so many people strug gling in the area finan cially, a party wasn’t the prudent thing to do. Ed Price Realtors elect ed to engage in something that would help their i community and those who spend their time helping others in need. A simple party turned into a partnership between the Realtor and the Shep herd’s Inn, Thomasville lone homeless shelter for men and women, and an endeavor called the “One Dollar Campaign.” “Instead of having a party for our first-year anniversary, we thought that with people having tough times right now, it may be good to do some thing for an organiza tion,” Janice Spainhour, a broker at Ed Price Real tors, said. “We picked the homeless shelter because it’s kind of associated with us in that we both help people find homes. We decided to adopt this as a project for us and help them raise funds.” This year has been ex ceptionally difficult on The Shepherd’s Inn as more and more people with no place to go flock to the shelter, putting a strain on what little resources and finances are available. A recent plea for funding bought the Shepherd’s Inn a few See HOMELESS, Page A3 TIMES PHOTO/ELIOT DUKE Cedrick Bigirande and Alexis Lambert, rising juniors at Thomasville High School work to clear the air passage on a "batient," during Camp Med Wednesday. Clearing a Path Camp Med presents medical field options to prospective students BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer Students from Thomasville and Lexington high schools set rivalries aside and spent time together this week at Camp Med, getting hand-on experience for a possible career in the medical field. A total of 10 rising juniors — five each from THS and LHS — were selected to participate in the first ever Camp Med pro gram between the two schools, focusing on numerous facets of health care and applications. In- 'We wanted this to be hands-on so they can begin to make deci sions now before they get to college.' — Cynthia Tobin Health Occupations Teacher, Thomasville High School terested students took part in an application process at the end of the 2009-10 school year and were selected based on their dgsire to pursue a career in the medical field and willingness to learn in a hands-on environment. “This is the first time THS and LHS have gone in together and applied for a grant,” Cynthia Tobin, THS health occupations teacher, said. “Students wUl re ceive their own stethoscope and lab coat through the grant. So far, this has just been an awesome experience and we’re thrilled the two schools merged together to make this happen for the kids. We wanted this to be hands-on so they can begin to make decisions now before they get to college.” The three-day program started Tuesday with students learning about confidentiality in health care, medical ethics and cultaral diversity Students also inves tigated jobs in health care and took part in a career profile to help them narrow down possible career choices. Once classroom time ended, students spent time in the Davidson County Com munity College Medical Simula tion Lab, participating in patient See PATH, Page A3 Childhood experience leads to book concept COURTESY PHOTO Thomasville native Robin Parrish has penned his fifth novel. BYERINWILTGEN Staff Writer Robin Parrish may not con sider himself a connoisseur of the supernatural, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t had his own run-ins with the mysteri ous and unknown. As a child, Parrish lived in an apartment with his parents, the kind that has one long hallway from the front door to the back door. Young Parrish sat play ing in the living room when he saw a motion at the back of the house. He looked up and saw a robed and bearded man outside the screen door. “I told my mom that I had seen Jesus,” said Parish, who was born in Thomasville but currently resides in High Point. “I know that I saw some thing, and it wasn’t a regular person.” The memory didn’t exactly stick with the young boy as he grew into adulihood, but as Par rish began searching for ideas for his fifth novel, he settled on the concept of writing a ghost story. That memory, as well as the countless other moments Parrish felt eyes on him when nothing was there, intrigued his creative mind. “You can’t help wondering why, why do things like that give us the creeps, why do the hairs on the back of om- necks stand up?” he said. So began the production of Parrish’s newest novel, “Night mare, re leased at the begin ning of July The author began re searching paranor mal ac counts and uncovered volumes of information. “What I’ve fotmd is that as long as there has been recorded history, humans have reported encoimters with the dead,” said Parrish, a Christian writer, who even researched referenc es to spirits in the Bible. “This is something that every single See BOOK, Page A6 Businesses anticipate Tax-free weekend BYERINWILTGEN Staff Writer A little more than a week in advance, busi ness and shoppers alike have begun preparing for North Carolina’s tax-free weekend coming up Aug. 6-8. A tradition that the Pine State first partici pated in back in 2001, tax free weekend eliminates the 7.75 percent sales tax for items such as clothes, footwear, school supplies and computers. The event starts at 12:01 a.m. on the first ■ Friday in August — this year, Aug. 6 — and goes imtU 11:59 p.m. the following Sunday “Sales tax holidays are great for families try ing to stretch a dollar, but they’re also great for small businesses,” said Gregg Thompson, state TAX-FREE WEEKEND What: North Carolina tax-free weekend When: Aug. 6-8 What: Clothing, footwear, and school supplies under $100 Sports and recreation equipment under $50 Computers under $3,500 Computer equipment under $250 director of the National Federation of Indepen dent Business, in a press release. “They get people excited and in the mood to shop, and that’s exactly what our economy needs right now.” Items that are tax-ex empt include clothing, footwear and school supplies less than $100; sports and recreation equipment less than $50; computers less than $3,500; computer equip ment less than $250; and instructional material less than $300. Items that aren’t tax- free include clothing ac cessories, jewelry, cosmet ics, protective equipment,, wallets, furniture, items used in a trade or busi ness and rentals. But despite the some what-limited list, tax-free weekend’s coverage of clothes, school supplies and certain electron ics comes at the perfect time. See WEEKEND, Page A( Community Sponsor Xhomasvill^ medical center JRentarkabie People. Retnarkahle Medicine. Today's Weather Isolated T-storms 91/72 Full Forecast Page 2 Weather Focus What's Opinion Inside Obituaries Sports Crossword Classifieds A2 A4 A5 A6 B1 B4 B6 □ □ o j' Thomasville, North Carolina • Your Town. Your Times.
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