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All-American
Ledford High School student Dewey Mullis Tuesday is presented a jacket by U.S. Army Lt. David Pumphrey (left) and
Sgt. Scott Owens. Mullis has been selected to be a member of the 2011 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band. He
will join an elite group of musicians who will perform during halftime at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Satur
day, Jan. 8,2011, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. See Story, Page B5.
Vigil to honor
victims of
domestic
violence
BY ELIOT DUKE
Staff Writer
October is domestic violence awareness month
and Thomasville Police Department is honoring
victims of this national epidemic with a vigil next
Thursday
TPD is holding a vigil called “Love Should Not
Hurt” Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in front of the depart
ment’s headquarters at 7 W Guilford St. to honor
victims and survivors of domestic violence and
also to raise awareness that help is out there for
people who feel trapped in a destructive relation
ship.
“We wanted to do something to show our stand
against domestic violence,” TPD Lt. Kimberly Se
bastian said. “It is an ongoing issue and has been
for a long time. Domestic violence for years was
just kept hidden. It was kept m the home and no
body talked about it. It was just one of those things.
More people are starting to take notice and are try
ing to do something about it.”
Joining TPD at the vigil wlU be Family Servic-
See VIGIL, PageAB
Race for District 81 seat heats up
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Holliman looks
to continue
work in House
BYERI^WILTGEN
Staff Writer
LEXINGTON — Hugh HoUi-
man came Into Tuesday’s candi
date forum at Davidson County
Community College with as
grim an outlook as any about
the challenges facing North
Carolina in the coming year but
also trumpeting successes of
the past.
As Hollunan, D-Davidson, fin
ishes off his fifth term as the
representative for North Caro
lina House District 81, the politi
cian looks to return strong and
finish what he started — and jiot
without a few tips from those
who put hun in office.
“We’ve always managed our
budgets well in this state, and
we always wUl, and we are mov
ing forward,” HoUunan said. “It
won’t be easy. It doesn’t matter
who’s doing it. We aU need to
come to the table with ideas to
improve how we run this state.”
A small business owner of 25
years, HoUlman says he has felt
the pam of the struggling econo
my and understands the plights
of independent business owners
in North Carolina.
“We didn’t ask for this reces
sion, none of us did, and we
are aU here to deal with it,” he
said. “It’s been a strange reces
sion. It’s deeper than most, and
it’s probably going to last longer
than most.”
TIMES PHOTO/ELIOT DUKE
Republican challenger Rayne Brown and House District 81 Rep. Hugh
Holliman square off recently at a candidates forum.
Economic development re
mains high on the list of issues
facing the state as unemploy
ment remains lower than pre
recession rates. Part of that pro
cess, HoUiman says, is offering
incoming companies incentive
grants.
“I support economic develop
ment Incentives, not because
I’m crazy about giving away
money,” he said. “It’s the game
we have to play. I’d be more than
happy to make an agreement
with other states to say let’s do
away with this, because I think
we’d do great in North Carolina
without it. I like a level playing
field.”
That being said, HoUiman
See HOLLIMAN, PageAB
LEXINGTON — Rayne Brown
began her segment of Tuesday’s
candidate forum at Davidson
County Community CoUege on
a light note.
Attempting to clear up any
constituent confusion, the Re
publican candidate chaUengmg
Hugh HoUiman for the North
Carolina House District 81 seat
mentioned that some citizens
had come up to her surprised
that she was a woman.
“For those of you who don’t
know. I’m a girl,” Brown said
laughing.
But next was aU business as
the legislator-hopeful tackled
various Issues facing next year’s
government officials. Chief on
that list — and on everyone’s
mind — remains jobs, jobs, jobs.
Brown vows to
protect private
property rights
BY ERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
Brown, however, says job cre
ation shouldn’t stay m the hands
of the state government.
“I don’t believe that govern
ment creates the first job other
than more government jobs,”
she said. “What government can
do is create the atmosphere that
fosters job growth. Regulation is
kUlmg us.”
As a one of the most regulated
states in the union with one of
the highest tax rates — and as
the only state in the nation that
raised four'basic taxes this past
fiscal year — North Carolina
shoots Itself m the foot as far as
economic development is con
cerned, Brown said.
“If you want more job cre
ation, then you’re sunply going
to have to take the tax burden
off smaU business, off the cor
porations, off the individual,”
she said. “We wonder why our
job creation is lagging behmd.
It’s not just a number — these
people are not statistics.”
And since government
shouldn’t play a role m job cre
ation, Brown says government
incentive grants are also not a
part of her vision.
“I don’t like to play games,”
she said in response to both Hol
liman’s and N.C. House District
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