Slush fund use questioned by High Point recreation panel
The High Point parks and recreation department faced questions over a so called slush fund used to buy a $300 Furniture Club membership for Marvin Keith the department’s recreation director. The fund sourced from softball receipts and Camp Anne contributions totals 1500 to 1800 dollars and does not involve tax funds. The commission said the matter would await the annual audit before further action.
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High Point Parks and Recreation Department
Furniture Club
Marvin Keith
Recreation Commission
Brooks Reitzel
Commission
Keith Flynn
Reitzel
Flynn
Keith
Enterprise
Recreation Department
Camp Anne
City Lake Park
The
Parks and Recreation Department
County agrees to lease Elm Street land for high point clinic
Guilford County commissioners approve a three year lease at 65 dollars a month for land from High Point Memorial Hospital to house a family planning clinic. The unit will be three 12 by 50 foot modular sections to form office space and parking will be provided near the hospital.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Elm Street
High Point
High Point Memorial Hospital
Ralph Walker
The
Guilford County Health
English Rd Bid Opening Date Set For Extensions
The North Carolina Highway Commission will open bids on Aug 24 for the English Road extension from Main Street to Centennial. T Linwood Smith said bids may be approved and contracts let at the Sept 2 meeting. Plans call for a three lane stretch with no parking from near Main to Beeson Hardware Co, joining Washington at Centennial. The project will form the westbound part of a one way pair with Broad Street and Washington as eastbound lanes. A second phase to extend from Centennial over a new bridge to Kivett Drive may be bid in September.
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North Carolina Highway Commission
English Road
Main Street
Centennial
Main
Beeson Hardware Co
Wrenn
Washington
Broad Street
Smith
Southern Railway
Kivett Drive
Resistance to outside voting powers in city planning discussed
City Council members debated proposals to grant full voting rights to extraterritorial members of the Planning and Zoning Commission. The discussion was postponed two weeks while council questions were answered. Some councilmen opposed increased voting power and density changes for MA MB districts. Public hearings set for Sept 13 include rezoning near Baker Road.
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
Arthur Kirkman
Planning Board
Planning Commission
Bill Bencini
Duncan McIntyre
Bencini
Davidson Budget Adopted By Davidson County Commissioners
Davidson County Commissioners adopted a 1971 72 budget of 4.929 million dollars with a tax rate of 95 cents per 100 valuation matching the present year. A 141000 cut from the Medicaid allocation followed recent General Assembly changes shifting costs to the state. The budget swap also moved 50103 from school capital outlay to current expenses at the school officials request. The board set November 2 for an 11 million dollar school bond referendum with 10 million to schools and 1 million to Davidson County Community College, plus a one cent sales tax for bonds and two state bond issues for environmental package and axe 200.
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Braxton Younts
Lexington
Davidson County Commissioners
General Assembly
Davidson County Community College
Iso
Avidson
High Point City Weighs Abandoning Night Council Sessions
High Point city councilmen consider ending the 7 pm Monday night meetings as a 90 day trial nears its September end. Mayor Pro-tem Roy Culler says attendance has not improved and debate continues in formal Thursday sessions. Mayor Bill Bencini favors keeping night meetings. Jim Pearce supports Monday sessions for convenience. Public hearings at committee meetings have drawn poor attendance.
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Roy Culler
Thief Discovered By Homeowner
Edward Lente of Albert Street found a stranger in his kitchen after entering his house. The visitor said he entered the wrong home and escaped via the back door. A bedroom window screen was cut and a pillow case of stamps and loot lay on the floor. Police continue investigation. Other larcenies Monday included a $10 bill, $20 worth of tools, and a radio from a car at High Point Datsun.
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Edward Lente
Albert Street
Lente
High Point
Datsun
Tape-Player Stolen From Whitaker Vehicle In Thomasville
John Whitaker of Murphy Drive reported a tape-player valued at 80 dollars stolen from his truck. Later, police investigated vandalism to vending machines at High Point Paper Box Co on Blair Street, with a Coke machine and a sandwich machine pried open and cash removed.
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Thomasville
John Whitaker
Murphy Drive
Whitaker
High Point Paper Box Co
Blair Street
County OKs 500000 for High Point school capital plan
Guilford County commissioners adopt a five year capital improvements plan allocating 500000 to the High Point Board of Education from a 2.5 million total for this year. The Guilford and Greensboro systems receive 725000 and 1150000 respectively with GTI getting 125000. Bond funds not discussed and some earmarks withdrawn for later county use.
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Guilford County Board of Education
Greensboro Board of Education
Guilford Technical Institute
Jamestown
Witherspoon
Local Boy Builds Backyard Moon Mission Suit
Eight year old Steve Bouldin son of Mr and Mrs Gene Bouldin of Country Club Drive pretends to be an astronaut. He wears a homemade spacesuit and excavates in his backyard imagining a future lunar trip.
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Steve Bouldin
Gene Bouldins
Country Club Drive
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Davidson
High Point Enterprise
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