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Cyclist Chris Boone gives high-fives to a crowd of supporters as he makes his way through Lexington Wednesday
afternoon in his attempt to break the time record of cycling across North Carolina.
Cyclist pedals
toward record
BYERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
'Editor’s note: The last
names of Baptist Chil
dren’s Home residents
have been eliminated for
confidentiality.
. LEXINGTON — The lit
tle bit of drizzle couldn’t
dampen the energy at
Lexington’s Farmer’s
Market Wednesday af
ternoon as children and
staff from Baptist Chil
dren’s Home of North
Carolina (BCH), Mills
Campus, in Thomasville,
gathered with members
of the public to cheer on
Chris Boone.
Boone, a biker from
BakersvUle, N.C., passed
through Lexington about
16.5 hours after leaving
the post office in Mur
phy, N.C., to embark on
his cross-state ride. He
plans to not only break
the 15-year-held record
of 40 hours but also raise
money for BCH.
Boone left Tuesday at
about 10 p.m. from the
Murphy post office, head
ing for the post office m
Monteo, N.C., and aiming
to arrive at about 11:30
a.m, Wednesday A crowd
gathered to send him off,
including children from
BCH’s west campus.
“The adrenaline is just
flowing,’’ said BCH Presi
dent Dr. Michael Black-
well. “People are really
pumped over this.”
BCH campuses aU
across the state have
worked to raise money
and pray for a safe ride
for Boone. RideNC2010 —
as Boone’s trip has been
called — reached its goal
of $250,000 and continues
See RECORD, Page 6
Kisses4Kate to
continue helping
children with cancer
BY ELIOT DUKE
Staff Writer
Her story inspired a community
Kate Thornton’s two-year battle against leuke
mia may have ended on Sunday, but her legacy will
live on through others who are determined to help
children suffering from terminal disea'ses.
“There’s no way that this is going away, it can’t”
Kat Manzella, Kate’s godmother and volunteer
with Kisses4Kate, said. “This is bigger than any
of us. This has tapped into the hearts of this com
munity and beyond. We have girl scout troops from
Florida sending us money so we can keep going.
1 can’t make any sense of why Kate had to suffer
for so long. I do know
that she has a purpose
and aU of this has a
purpose. Through her,
we exposed everyone to
this vicious disease and
that it doesn’t take that
much to help.”
In the past year, Da
vidson County residents
have answered the caU
for help on two separate
occasions Involving a
family coping with can
cer. Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition buUt a
house for the Creasey
family last November with the help of himdreds
of volunteers. Trlcia Creasey, a science teacher at
Brown Middle School, is battling colon cancer and
her home was too small to meet her medical needs.
Last Friday, Kisses4Kate raised enough money for
a down payment on a new house so the Thornton
family could be together in Kate’s final days. The
Thornton’s lived in a small Thomasville home
where Kate was sleeping on the couch. Hopes are
that the momentum from stories like these wiU
continue and more families wUl get the help they
so desperately need.
“Kate left a large legacy even though she was
only 5 years old,” said Caron Myers, executive di-
See CHILDREN, Page 6
'Kate left a large
legacy even
though she was
only 5 years old.'
- Caron Myers
Carolina Cancer
Services
The Kisses4Kate
organization
will continue to
help raise funds
for children in
the area battling
cancer.
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BYERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
LEXINGTON — Chatter
and light laughter spread a jo
vial atmosphere over the first
meeting of Davidson County
Schools’ Board of Education
since school started. Board
Chair Allan Thompson called
to order a room filled with ed
ucators in high spirits Tues
day night.
“You really worry at the
start of the new year — is
it going to be safe, are some
kids going to get left beside
the road,” Thompson said.
“But everything seemed to get
pulled together.”
In addition to a smooth start
to the 2010-11 year, of course,
board members and county
staff had much to celebrate —
the acquisition of a grant, na
tional recognition for a county
academy, a positive hiring out
look, policy clarification and
construction progress.
Davidson County Schools
received $1.3 million through
the 21st Century Community
Learning Centers Grant, a
four-year grant designed to
provide academic enrichment
to students during non-school
hours.
“We are extremely excited
with receiving the 21st Cen
tury Commrmity Learning
Center Grant,” said Sandi Lee,
assistant superintendent of
public instruction. “This wUl
provide all kinds of tutoring
opportunities.”
The grant is designated for
students from Title I feeder
schools and will be used spe
cifically to serve Tyro, Cen
tral, Brovm and South David
son Middle schools as well as
South Davidson High School.
Programs will operate after
school from 3 to 6 p.m. and in
volve lessons focused around
an atypical academic topic
that win ultimately teach chil
dren the sknis needed to meet
state and local standards. For
example, a teacher that has
a passion for cooking might
show her students how to read
and follow recipes, working
with fractions and reading
skills.
Transportation home wiU
be provided.
“It will allow us to do tutor
ing, enrichment activities,
just a variety of things we
couldn’t do otherwise,” Lee
said. “We’re really excited
about this and the potential it
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Code of Ethics policy
revised
Davidson County Board of Educa
tion addressed two policy changes at
its 'Tuesday night meeting, .though
both will be put on hold for a vote in
October.
The first policy change came in the
Code of Ethics and Standards of Con
duct. Revisions clarified guidelines
for employee to employee relation
ships as well as staff to student rela
tionships.
“This is something we’ve taken
very seriously, and we’re trying to
make sure it’s up to date with any
clarifications our employees might
need or any clarifications we might
need as administrators,” Peel said.
The change prohibits teachers from
flirting with each other or otherwise
interacting in an Inappropriate and
non-work-related manner and in
cludes language from the system’s
sexual harassment policy regarding
teacher-student relations.
“We aU have to know — as adminis-
See ETHICS, Page 6
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