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Kansas over the
weekend.
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THOMASVILLE
Tuesday, October 5,2010
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Thomasville man charged with murder
BY ELIOT DUKE
Staff Writer
A Thomasville man is
charged with allegedly
murdering his girlfriend
and could face the death
penalty if convicted.
According to a David
son County Sheriff’s Of
fice press release, Zach-
ery RusseU Bowman, 21,
of 262 Wintbrook Road,
was arrested Friday and
charged with murder
ing Tosha Gail Powers,
30, 288 Gobel Road Lot 1,
at a residence on Calvin
Road. Powers’ death ini
tially was reported as a
suicide by hanging but
evidence from a crime
scene investigation led
police to allege the victim
was murdered.
“We can’t really say a
whole lot at this point
without compromising
our investigation,’’ Da
vidson County Sheriff
David Grice said. “We
were highly suspicious
and treated this as
a potential homi
cide from the start.
Right now, we’re
finishing up our
investigation and
working on collect
ing physical evi
dence.”
Davidson Coun
ty 911 received a
call stating a female had
committed suicide last
Wednesday at around 12
p.m. at a mobile home on
Calvin Road. Emergency
Bowman
personnel arrived
and found Powers
unresponsive. At
tempts to resus
citate the victim
were unsuccess
ful. Bowman used
the mobile home
for storage and
the couple was
there to retrieve
some items. Detectives
and crime scene inves
tigators conducted in
terviews and looked at
evidence from the mobile
home to determine if foul
play was involved, which
is standard procedure
for DCSO. Once autopsy
results on Powers came
back, detectives held a
conference with the Da
vidson County District
Attorney’s Office and
had a warrant drawn on
Friday.
“There was a call into
911, I think from one of
the neighbors, that this
person had attempted
suicide,” said Grice.
“There was no power to
the house, they just used
it for storage. [Bowman]
and the girl were over
there moving some stuff
that morning. They were
boyfriend, girlfriend and
had been for some time.
Whenever we respond to
a call involving a suicide,
we conduct a crime scene
Investigation. It was dur
ing the course of this
investigation we found
See MURDER, Page 4
DCS Board
approves
plans for
middle school
BY ERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
LEXINGTON — David
son County Board of Ed
ucation approved plans
for a new middle school
and passed a resolution
to send the plans out for
bids Monday, pending ap
proval by the Davidson
County Board of Com
missioners.
Davidson County
Schools has been ten
tatively approved to re
ceive $10 mUllon worth
of leftover interest-free
2010 Qualified School
Construction Bonds
money. DCS already re
ceived $3 million in the
first round of QSCB ap
plications, but since not
aU of the bond money
was used up, the state al
lowed school systems to
apply for more.
“County commission
ers have given the ap
proval to go ahead with
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Bandits steal the show
Phil Griffin presents Denton's Bobbie and Brian Troutman with this year's Chili
Cook-Off Trophy. The Chili Bandits edged out Barefoot Chili Peppers from Calvary
United Church of Christ at First Presbyterian Church Saturday afternoon. Hospice of
Davidson County finished third with Thomasville Rotary Club claiming the People's
Choice Award. The annual Chili Cook-off raises money for four area food banks.
Kisses4Kate to
help local boy
BY ELIOT DUKE
Staff Writer
Kat Manzella and Kayte Oliver made a promise
. they intend to keep and step one took place Sun
day
Manzella and Oliver created the non-profit orga
nization Kisses4Kate as a way to help the,Thorn
ton family move into a new home so theylcpuld
aU be together while 5-year-old Kate Thornton
battled leukemia. In the days leading up to Kate’s
death on Sept. 5, the duo worked frantically, mak
ing all the necessary arrangements to ensure the
Thorntons would be moved in and together under
one roof. The Thornton’s ThomasviUe hom|Lwas
ill-equipped for Kate’s many medic^ needk^^ithe
family spent much of the last year apart:
But that was only the start of their journey The
two also pledged that Klsses4Kate woidd continue
helping children who are battling deadly diseases
in an effort to keep Kate’s memory alive. With a
few weeks of healing behind them, ManzeUa and
Oliver have focused their attention on Christopher
Lemmons, an 11-year-old boy from High Point who
is diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma, a common
type of bone cancer.
“Maybe that was the purpose of [Kate’s] life is
that we are now going to help other children like
her,” Manzella said. “I wasn’t even aware of the se
verity of children who are suffering with these dls-
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West’s Broadway named
Principal of the Year for 2010
BY ERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
TYRO — Passion often stems
from experience, and Tabitha
Broadway’s love for education
developed no differently. In
spired by the many wonderful
teachers in her life, Broadway
graduated from high school not
doubting for a second down what
path her future would take her.
But one name in particular
stands out against the other
faces spanning back in time —
Broadway’s Denton High School
English teacher, Ms. Juanita
Smith.
“I wanted to be just like her,”
said Broadway, who did go on to
teach English before entering
administration. “I always had
so many teachers who took such
an interest in me or were such
positive influences on my life,
and that’s elementary aU the
way through some of my high
school teachers. There was just
no question in high school what
I was going to do, and that was to
get into education.”
Currently the principal at
West Davidson High School,
Broadway not only succeeded in
her dream to become an educa
tor, she has excelled at it. Broad
way was named Davidson Coim-
ty School’s 2010 Principal of the
Year.
“I was shocked. I’m stUl in
shock,” Broadway said. “I work
with 32 other principals in the
system who all, in my opinion,
go above and beyond. To be rec
ognized by them as doing my job
well really, really means a lot.”
TIMES PHOTO/ERIN WILTGEN
Tabitha Broadway, principal at West Davidson High School, received
Davidson County Schools' 2010 Principal of the Year award.
Broadway embarked on her
educational journey in 1995 as
a language arts teacher at Tyro
Middle School, where she re
mained for two years. The next
several years she spent teaching
English at East Davidson High
School before transferring to
South Davidson High School in
2004 to become lead teacher.
In 2005, Broadway moved to
West Davidson High School as
assistant principal, and she be
came full principal in 2008.
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