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Tuesday, August 3,2010 - Thomasville Times - 3 FROM PAGE 1 GRANT From page I and good nutrition among our children. This program helps us to do that.” A total of 106 schools across North Carolina were selected to par ticipate m the program that provides funds to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables for stu dents. At various times throughout the school day, students will have fresh fruits and vegeta bles available — whether in the classroom or on the playground — to snack on before they get ready to leave for home. “This is our second year receiving the grant and it was a terrl&c suc cess last year,” said Mary Jane Akerman, TCS well ness coordinator. “I don’t know if we are better or worse in North Carolina, but we certainly see it among our population that we do have quite a number of 'children who are overweight or in dan ger of being overweight. This program is a great way to educate both chil dren and parents.” A unique aspect of the program is the introduc tion of fruits and veg etables that children may not have heard of, such as pomegranates and star fruit. In some cases, chil dren have never tried a particular fruit and find out that they love it. In other cases, the selection is not quite as popular. “One of the neat things has been the reaction from kids,” Akerman said. “I heard a story about one of the kids who was so excited about the pomegranates that the next time he was at the store with his mother he told her to buy some and he would show her how to eat it. We also found out that the kids do not like asparagus. It’s a real cool way to get that informa tion out to families and it works.” For the 2009-10 school year, TCS received $50,000 from the program to be divided up between TPS and LDE. Akerman said this year, the school sys tem got a sizable amount more, enabling TCS to expand the program to every day instead of the three days a week like last year. Part of the program also includes education al material that is sent home to parents every weekend in both English and Spanish about the benefits of eating healthy, nutritious foods. “This grant is an impor tant thing for our commu nity and bur children,” said Tobin. “Many times, a child doesn’t even know they like a particular fruit or vegetable until they eat it. If you expose it to them now, they know how good it can be and they may continue eat ing it for the rest of their lives. We try to establish good habits for them aU the way around.” Studies show that eat ing five or more servings of fruits and vegetables every day improves over all health and can help prevent the risk of can cer. Lexington man sought on murder charges TIMES Staff Report Lexington Police Department is looking for a man wanted for murder. According to a LPD press release, PhiDip Scott Bak er, 31, of 1204 Regents Center in Lexington, allegedly shot Chadric Lee Newsome, 26, of 204 Reich St. in Lex ington, to death Saturday afternoon. Officers respond ed to 117 Dacotah St. at 3:49 p.m. Saturday in refer ence to shots being fired and a possible breaking and entering. As officers arrived at the scene, a call from Lexington Memorial Hospital came in that a gunshot victim with wounds to the chest had driven himself to the hospital. The victim, identified as Newsome, was involved in an altercation at the scene, and had to be transported to North Carolina Baptist Medical Center, where he later died. During the investigation, police identified Baker as the suspect'and he is wanted for Newsome’s mm-der. 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We can help you slay focused despite the market’s recent disappointments and find opportunities for the long term. Gall today to schedule your llnaneial review. i Kevin K White, AAMS® Financial Advisor 1152 Randolph Street Suite C Thomasville, NC 27360 336472-3527 wvm.edwardJones.com Member sipc Edwardjoties TIES From page lems together,” said Rowe. “In the past, we’ve gone in and enforced the law but we want citizens to be involved too, such as creating a community watch or adopt-a-street program. We want people to help take back their neighborhood and get everything cleaned up. A lot of people don’t under stand the resources we have and what we’re try ing to do. We want people to come, especially in that area because if we don’t know there’s a problem, we can’t fix It.” While police can make arrests and enforce the law Rowe said citizen in volvement plays a vital role in identifying spe cific areas of concern, and a collaborative rela tionship between the two is key to moving forward in a positive direction. TPD also plans on being more involved in city schools and helping cre ate awareness on various issues like texting while driving. “It aU comes down to accountability,” Rowe said. “We want to be held accountable for what we do, but we also want a neighborhood to be ac countable for where they live. I wouldn’t want drug dealing in my neighbor hood and I would want to be involved. We’re look ing beyond just putting a Band-Aid on a situation. We have an open-door policy and we want the public to know we’re not the bad guys all the time. We want people to know what we’re doing and we want to know what’s go ing on in the neighbor hoods.” Lt, Raymond Widener, commander of District 1, which covers the west ern and southern parts of ThomasvUle, already has conducted three such community meetings, and said in some cases people just wanted to know where they could go for help paying their biUs or finding a job. Widener said that whUe police can’t directly assist fami lies with every particular concern or problem, they can direct them to a per son or organization who can. “We go and everybody puts their concerns on the table,” said Widener, “We listen to their con cerns and try to develop strategies and tactics to meet those needs. Often times, law enforcement thinks speeding may be a concern of a particular neighborhood when actu- ‘ally it’s littering. What we try to do is get a real- world feel about what’s going on. It’s pretty sim ple really” During one such meet ing, Widener said citizens were concerned about re cent car break-ins around Dfilon Street. TPD re sponded with an increase in police presence and more traffic checks in the area. In another meeting, citizens were given basic information on how law enforcement works and Do you have TYPE 2 DIABETES and take Metformin? ways police can assist people other than simply enforcing the law. “We’re a clearing house for government and ser vices,” . Widener said. “We can connect people with agencies like Social Services, Senior Servic es, Job Link and. things like that. We do a lot of community stuff and there’s a whole lot going on that people don’t know about.” For more information on the three city districts, visit the TPD website at www.ci.thomasvfile. nc.us. Staff Writer Eliot Duke can be reached at 888-3578, or duke@tvilletimes.com. 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