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Catch results from Friday's games ih today's Sports, THOMASVILLE SatiflU^^ptember 18,2010 ^ more days until Everybody's Day, Find preview story in Tuesday's Times. WWW. tvilleUr^^Qom ; ijl , vr HOMASVlLll9t!j|P]a*:f Wo "IBS 50 Cents 'rrm 27360 Debate heats up at candidate’s forum BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer Incumbent House Major ity Leader Hugh HoUiman (D-NC) and Republican chal lenger Rayne Brown faced off Thursday during a forum at Piedmont Crossing and of fered differing opinions on a variety of topics leading up to their battle for the 81st House District seat in November. From the gas tax to educa tion, Brown and HoUiman of ten clashed on what direction North Carolina needs to go in order to stay competitive, both economically and academlcal- Brown ly, with the rest of the country. Brown feels spending is out of control in Raleigh and representatives are not being fiscaUy respon sible with tax payer doUars. “State and local govern ments are encouraged to put back eight percent every year for a rainy day,” Brown said. “North Carolina barely puts back five percent. If we had contributed to that rainy day fund like we should, that Holliman would have car ried us through this time of economic inac tivity We’ve got to operate state government like we oper ate our homes. We’re not doing that. Represen tatives need to understand that the money comes from the people. That’s a sacred trust.” HoUiman countered by say ing the state votes on a budget every July and that there wUl always be differing ideas as to what programs or projects shoiUd or shouldn’t receive funding. HoUiman said the state is operating on a $19 bU- lion budget and that there is a rainy day fund of $1 biUion that is avaUable in the event of an emergency, like a hur ricane. “We have to have 61 votes to pass the budget,” said HoUi man. “We have to compromise and get everyone together and support it. It’s easy to find an item in the budget and say this is wrong and this is what we should be doing, but you See DEBATE, PageAS TIMES PHOTO/ELIOT HEADOFTHECIAS! Tliomasville High School class oT 1960, the first one to graduate from the school after it moved from Main Street to Unity Street, presented current principal Deboy Beamon with $3,000 Friday afternoon to help support technology in the classroom. Past graduates were taken on a tour of the school to see how far THS has come in 50 years. THS opened its doors on Unity Street in September of 1959. INDEX Weather A2 Business A3 Focus A4 Opinion A5 Obituaries A6 Religion A8 Sports B1 Today's Weather . Sunny, 87/59 D s uu t 3 s Recovery Month looks to raise substance abuse awareness BYERINWILTGEN ■ Staff Writer The yoimg man who had just checked into Path of Hope substance abuse treatment facUity in Davidson County couldn’t believe his eyes. Attending an event in Winston-Salem celebrat ing the 21st National .Alcohol and Drug Addic tion Recovery Month, the young man caUed his mom and related in disbelief how he and his fel lows were enjoying themselves whUe not under the Influence. “These people were having a baU and they weren’t drinking,” said .Ann House, an employ ee at Path of Hope, who attended the event. “He said, ‘That’s one thing I’m learning. I can enjoy myself, I can have fun, and I can remember what I did to have fun.’” Recovery Month, which spans the month of September, seeks to raise awareness about sub stance abuse recovery by not only spreading the word that help is avaUable but also emphasizing that drugs and alcohol don’t have to be the ful crum for a fuU and enjoyable life. “Recovery is important,” House said. “People need to know that there is hope out there and they can get help. They don’t have to stay out there on the streets. They need to know that there’s some hope for them out there and that See ABUSE, Page AS TIMES PHOTO/ERIN WILTGEN Recovery Month looks to help those battling drug and alcohol addiction. Board hopefuls present ideas for job creation, education BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer Candidates for county com missioner, sheriff and register of deeds gathered at a Piedmont Crossing forum for a chance to put their best foot forward in ef fort to sway public opinion lead ing up to the November election. Four candidates, including two incumbents, running for county commissioner attended the fo rum where the economy of Da vidson County took center stage. Republican incumbents BUly Joe Kepley and Sam Watford were joined by newcomers Todd Yates and Jason Hedrick. With Davidson County pos sessing a double-digit unem ployment rate, turning around a struggling economy was at the forefront of many questions raised to the candidates. Yates and Hedrick both felt improving the county’s infrastructure was a good place to start in spurring economic growth. Hedrick feels the county should focus its atten tion on attracting as many jobs as possible, regardless of how many at a time. “We have to start small,” He drick, the lone Democrat can didate in attendance, said. “We need to be looking at how to get two jobs, 10 jobs, then it’s easier See BOARD, Page A6 County health survey to serve as national enumeration BY ERIN WILTGEN Staff Writer Davidson County has been selected to participate in a na tional health survey — one of 15 counties across the country chosen to contribute to this year’s data. The National Health and Nu trition Examination Survey (NHANES), which will begin data collection in the cormty on Monday, is a series of stud ies dedicated to assessing the health and nutritional status of United States citizens. The survey acts as part of the Na tional Center for Health Statis tics, which in turn is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a mix of interviews and physical examinations, the sur vey wUl study about 476 individ uals in the county. “It’s a combination of the ran domly selected and they take a look at which coimties demo- graphicaUy would represent the nation as a whole,” said Jen Hames, health educator with the Davidson County Health Department, adding that to her See SURVEY, Page A6 gs are 336475-7148 Thomasville, North Carolina • Your Town. Your Times.
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