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Today at 6 p.m. atThomasville Police Department on West Guilford Street. Tuesday, August 3,2010 r I 1 THOMASVILLE llMES WWW. DCCC atNNO Test drive a career as a first responder when DCCC's new driving simulator is shown to the public for the first time at National Night Out! 119th Year-No. 119 50 Cents TPD works to strengthen community ties BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer When Thomasville Police Department divided the Chair City up into three districts, the goal was to create a set ting where citizens and law enforcement interacted on a more personal level, sharing information and concerns about what can be done to improve the quality of life for everyone. 'We want to meet the people so we can work on their problems together.' - Lt. Donnie Rowe District 2 Commander In an effort to bridge the gap between community and po lice, district commanders are venturing into neighborhoods and hearing community con cerns about what can be done to make Thomasville a better place to live. Lt. Donnie Rowe, commander of District 2, which encompasses much of northeast Thomasville from Main Street to Ball Park Road, is holding a community meet ing next Monday at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at TPD where citizens are asked to at tend and give input as to what their neighborhood concerns are and how police can help. By giving citizens the chance to express whatever concerns or problems they may have, Rowe said TPD wUl be able to develop a better understand ing of what needs exist in a particular part of town. “We want to meet the people so we can work on their prob- See TIES, Page 3 Grant keeps TCS children eating healthy BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer Raising healthy, happy children is the goal of any parent. Getting chDdren to eat healthy food, on the oth er hand, is an entirely dif ferent matter, as candy and sugar snacks almost always trump grapes and apples. Thomasville City Schools encourages and empha sizes eating healthy among its students, and a recent grant wiU enable the school system to continue teach ing children the benefits of good nutrition. ThomasvlUe Primary School and Liberty Drive Elementary School wUl be participating in the United States Department of Ag riculture Fresh Fruit and Vegetable program for the second straight year, offer ing even more variety and education to children who may not always be getting what they need at home on a regular basis, . “It’s a good program and we’re all about wellness and nutrition,” TCS Superinten dent Keith Tobin said. “Our food and nutrition folks do a great job with that. When you look at childhood obe sity and the problems we have there, we really want to emphasize healthy living See GRANT, Page 3 COURTESY PHOTO It's a Girl ASHEBORO — A chimpanzee was born early Monday at the North Carolina Zoo, the first of its spe cies to be born at the zoo in 12 years. The yet-to-be-named infant is a female and was delivered around 7:30 a.m. The mother is Maki, a 16-year-old female who was born at the N.C. Zoo. The father is Sokoto, a nine-year-old male who came to Asheboro in 2007 from the Miami Metro Zoo. Both mother and infant were in good condition Monday afternoon. They are expected to be on exhibit when the zoo opens at 9 a.m. today. Mondays birth brings the number of chimps in the N.C. Zoo to 13 and remains the largest chimp troop in U.S. zoos. County schools see significant increase in AYP scores BYERINWILTGEN Staff Writer Davidson County Schools had 29 of the 33 schools make Ad equate Yearly Progress (AYP), reaching 87.9 percent, staff told the Board of Education at its Monday night meeting. The achievement ranked the district eighth in the state and marked a dramatic improvement from last year, a jump up from 75 percent. “We are extremely proud,” said Assistant Superintendent Dr. Sandi Lee. "That is quite a distinction for Davidson County Schools.” AYP is defined by various subgroups, comprised of 40 stu dents, meeting standards set by the state. Davidson County met 438 of the 446 goals - 98.2 percent of the targeted goals. All 18 el ementary schools met AYP goals along with five of the six middle schools and five of the eight high schools. “We believe that we’re on the right track,” Lee said. “We’ve in creased our proficiency scores, and aU of our grade levels have made significant improve ments.” In 2010, grades 3-8 math scores Increased from 86.5 percent to 87.3 percent and reading scores Increased from 75.6 to '76.7 per cent. Grade 5 science scores in creased from 67,3 to 76,6 percent. Grade 8 science scores increased from 82.9 to 84.8 percent. In high school, overall End of Course proficiency Increased from 74.2 to 87.8 percent. “We’re extremely proud of our proficiencies, especially our high school proficiency, which went up sufficiently,” Lee said. “I want to congratulate all of our teachers, but especially our high school teachers and administra tors.” Lee says that the continued improvement seen in the school system is a tribute to not only the staff but also the students and parents Involved in educa tion. “I think it really is a tremen dous tribute to our teachers and administrators as well as to our parents and students,” she said. See SCORES, Rage 12 Rustic photos earn spot in ‘Our State’ BYERINWILTGEN Staff Writer Jennifer Westmoreland had her first camera at age 6 — a twin lens reflex she used to document her whirlwind of a childhood, be ginning with slanted photos and progressing to more advanced composition. “My dad used to give me film, and 1 would play with the cam era,” Westmoreland said, reflect ing on how she grew away from her passion as she got older. “You get lost in what you enjoy doing, and there are boys and there’s high school.” By the time Westmoreland en tered college, she had aU but for gotten about her earlier dreams of photography. She pursued a political science major, and viewed the art form as a hobby. “I took one photography class, and it just sort of fizzled on me,” she said. It wasn’t until coming out of the Army — which she joined right out of college at age 21 — that she found the wUl to pursue her childhood passion. Westmo reland graduated from Randolph County Community College in 2000 with a degree in photogra phy, using her GI check to pay tuition. And the time and effort seem to have paid off. Westmoreland, who also owns See PHOTOS, Page 12 Photographer Jennifer Westmo reland sits in her studio at 32 W. Main St. Her rus tic photographs recently were se lected for a lay out in 'Our State' magazine. TIMES PHOTO/ERIN WILTGEN Community Sponsor TlKHnasvfll^MEDicy^L c»4nrER RfxsarAaAix /Wjplac. Xn’mmrAtdrk JMnufiiixwe. Today's Weather Moaly Sunny 93/73 Full Forecast Page 2 Weather Health What's Opinion Obituaries Inside Sports Comics Classifieds 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 Thomasville, North Carolina • Your Town. Your Times.
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