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Man arrested after stand-off with police
BY ELIOT DUKE
Staff Writer
A man’s two-hour standoff
with police ended Sunday morn
ing when he fell through a ceU-
ing while trying to elude arrest.
ThomasviJle Police Depart
ment arrested Andrew Joseph
Gordon, 35, of 212 Arthur Drive,
Apt. 2-A, after responding to
a domestic violence call early
Sunday morning at his resi
dence. 'TPD responded to
the call from Gordon’s
girlfriend at approximate
ly 2 a.m. Sunday morning
and found the suspect
had barricaded himself
inside the apartment
and refused to come out.
It also was reported that
Gordon was in possession
of a small handgun and
Gordon
ing domestic assault.
“We got a caH that an in
dividual on Arthur Drive
had barricaded himself
inside his residence and
had a handgun,” Maj.
James MUls said, “We
got the female victim out
and proceeded to try and
talk to the victim, but he
refused to talk. We had
had outstanding warrants on papers on him.”
him for several charges, includ- According to a TPD press re
lease, officers evacuated the
apartment complex and set up
a perimeter while a negotiator
tried to get Gordon to surren
der. TPD’s Special Weapons and
Tactics Team arrived as police
made telephone contact with
Gordon, who said he was not
in the apartment but in High
Point. Two hours later, police
heard a loud noise coming from
See POLICE, Page 6
Cyclist stays focused
on goal, despite
bumps in the road
BY ERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
The road certainly hasn’t been easy. Since Chris
Boone began training for his state-wide bike ride,
he has battled tough workout sessions, two Ul-
nesses, grieving his father’s death, his mother-in-
law’s cancer diagnosis, his business burning to the
ground and the destruction of his bicycle.
But after aU the training, aU the bumps in the
road, Boone approaches his final week before the
ride with confidence.
' “I’ve loved the train
ing,” said Boone, an avid
bike rider from Bakers-
vUle, N.C. “I love the
idea of getting up in the
morning and going out
on my ovm and spending
time on the bike. It’s been
really good, just a few
side roads every once in
a whUe.”
Boone’s Journey
— dubbed RideNC2010
— not only seeks to
break the 564-mile cross
state biking record of 40
hours, but also to raise
money and awareness
WANT TO HELP?
Chris Boone and BCH
hope to raise $250,000
over the course of the
bike ride. BCH has yet
to reach-that goal and
will continue to take
donations up to and
even after the ride.
To become a sponsor,
call (828) 421-9300 or
donate online at www.
ridenc2010.org.
for Baptist Children’s
Homes of North Carolina (BCH) as part of the orga
nizations 125th anniversary BCH is headquartered
at its original MUls Home Campus in ThomasvUle.
“This is a sacrifice for him,” said Blake Ragsdale,
director of communications for MUls Home Cam
pus. “This is a tremendous imdertaklng, to train
and prepare for a ride of this magnitude. For some-
See CYCLIST, Page 9
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Reaching for the Top
Tvvo brave youths make a climb for the top of the rock climbing wall at the annual
Family Fit & Fun Fair Saturday at PACE Park. The event is sponsored by the Thomas-
ville Coalition on Altohol & Drug Abuse.
East Davidson Academy of
Finance program recognized
COURTESY PHOTO
JD Hoye, president of National Academy Foundation,
stands with Kim Cline, Academy of Finance director at
East Davidson, The school's Academy of Finance recent
ly was awarded the Aldo Papone Award for Curriculum
and Instruction.
BY ERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
Kim Cline sat stunned in her chair.
The academy of finance director at
East Davidson High School had listened
and clapped appreciatively for the vari
ous schools standing up to receive one
of the National Academy Foundation’s
(NAF) five awards, just as she had every
other year she attended the national
conference. To hear her school’s Acad
emy of Finance announced the witmer
of the 2010 Aldo Papone Award for Cur-
riciUum and Instruction, however, took
her completely by surprise.
“I was speechless,” Cline said. “I’m
not sure that is normal for me, but hon
estly, I had no words for it.”
Woodmen to
honor first
responders
on Sept. 11
BY ELIOT DUKE
Staff Writer
On Sept. 11, a Davidson
County nonprofit orga
nization wUl be holding
a ceremony to dedicate
a symbol of American
pride on a day remem
bered for aU those who
lost their lives nine years
ago.
Woodmen of the World,
a fraternal benefit orga- •
nization that was found
ed in 1890 and has lodg
es in both Denton and
Lexington with nearly
750,000 members nation
wide, is partnering with
a Central Davidson High
School Eagle Scout to
dedicate a new flag pole
and flag at the Davidson
County Hospice Center
on Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. The
new Hospice center is lo
cated at 200 Hospice Way
in Lexington, off of N.C.
Highway 64, and all first
responders are Invited to
attend.
“We’re the second larg
est purchasers of Ameri
can flags,” Danny Soles,
Davidson County field
representative for Wood
men of the World, said. “I
give American flags out
to school houses, fire de
partments and other non
profits. Most of the flags
you see around town, I’ve
given them out.”
Eagle Scout Aaron
Springer had a project of
putting a flag pole up at
the new Hospice center,
but found out it would
cost around $1,800, Soles
said. Woodmen of the
World came in and sup-
. plied the pole and the
flag, helping Springer
complete his project at
no cost. Denton Lodge
976 and Lexington Lodge
1069 are sharing the cost
of the pole and the flag.
Boy Scout Troop 200 al
ready dug the hole and
a side company helped
them stand the pole.
“We do an honor and
remembrance program
every year for 9/11,” said
Soles. “All the lodges
around wfll have stuff go-
See HONOR, Page 12
Out of 600 academies nationwide,
NAF distributes five awards in vari
ous aspects of academic prowess at its
annual convention, this year in Phila
delphia on July 8. The Aldo Papone
Award for Curriculum and Instruction
— named for the retired chairman and
chief executive office of American Ex
press Travel Related Services Company,
Inc. — recognizes excellence in NAF’s
academies that are on the leading edge
of high school reform,
“We worked very hard, and the kids
are really learning, and we’re really
preparing them for the 21st century,”
said Cline, who added that the program
began only nine years ago. “We have re-
See ACADEMY, Page 12
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