Reflective Period Proposed for Local Schools
School superintendent Dr. Edwin West urged a six to nine month reflective period to slow pace of change in the system. He spoke at the annual teachers and administrators meeting amid concerns over credibility and internal issues. The board will discuss a four point educator proposal and Bridgers plan on government for schools this summer.
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Edwin West
West
Board of Education
N.C. Assn
John Bridgers
Bridgers
Culler Maintains Backyard Garbage Service for Neighborhood
Mayor Roy Culler and about six neighbors still receive garbage pickup from a rear alley behind their Westwood homes. He explains the alley service has existed for 20 years and remains practical as crews can access back there as easily as the street. Public Works Director Carl Wills notes one other alley access case near Kivett Drive and Hoskins Street but says no objection to the mayor’s setup.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise
Roy Culler
Westwood
Culler
Public Works
Carl Wills
Kivett Drive
Hoskins Street
Wills
City Receives Ditch Proposal For Southside Drainage
High Point officials review an environmental study proposing a combined piping and rechanneling plan for the Big Ditch. The $240000 modification would pipe to Taylor Avenue, regrade and seed banks, and create surface areas for parks and play space as part of a larger $3.4 million renewal project.
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Linda Morris
High Point
Asheboro
Taylor Avenue
Southside
Grimes Avenue
W. Ward
W. Ward Avenue
High Point Girl Shot At Beach
A 15 year old High Point girl is in critical condition after being shot three times Sunday near North Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Patsy Curry of Dogwood Circle was abducted at gunpoint from the Ponderosa Campgrounds and led out of the city before being shot. A suspect from Siler City North Carolina turned himself in and aided police in locating the girl about ninety minutes later.
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North Myrtle Beach
S.C
Medical Hospital
Charleston
Patsy Curry
Dogwood Circle
Ponderosa
Myrtle Beach
Windy Hill
M. L. Bellamy
Bellamy
Siler City
N.C
Council To Review Proposed Water Rates
High Point city councilmen return to a budget study session to address under projected revenue from revised water rates. They may revert to a 110 percent sewer charge, amid uncollected bills totaling 42 000 and calls to improve collections while reconsidering mobile advertising sign restrictions.
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Council
High Point City
Is Oilmen
Winston Salem
Hal Scott Resigns Post With County
Guilford County confirms the resignation of Hal Scott from the local government personnel specialist post effective June 24. He will join the North Carolina Department of Human Resources to take a new position coordinating personnel actions.
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Guilford County
North Carolina Dept. of Human
DHR
Scott
Coor
Farmers Market Defended Over City Parking Issue
Parks director James H. Morgan defends the downtown farmers market at the W High Avenue parking garage amid complaints about parking fees and poor weather. He said market viability hinges on patronage and parking charges, noting winter cold and dry soil hurt crops and stalls.
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W. High Avenue
Parks and Recreation
James H
Bo”’ Morgan
Cyrus L. Brooks
Morgan
Central Ice and Coal Co
Jack Flynn
The
Coal Company
Few Guilford alcoholics sober after treatment, study shows
Guilford County'S alcohol program aims to open a 15 bed detox unit this year to serve about 1250 people annually. Only six of more than 300 treated in a three to five year period remain sober today, with 4 working in the program. Trail cites savings and social benefits and notes no local hospital detox beds exist.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
John Umstead Hospital
Steele Trail
Trail
Neighborhood Watch Signs Go Up on High Point Roads
High Point police crime prevention unit starts placing warning signs at city limits and near thirteen Neighborhood Watch areas. The signs, made by traffic engineers, accompany a Saturday banner flown by a Realtors group reinforcing burglary prevention month.
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High Point
High Point Board of Realtors
Bill Gant
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Ledger
Westwood Avenue
Ferndale Boulevard
Dogwood Circle In
High Point, N.C
Hal Scott
County
Farmers Market Defended
Wayside Haven
Jamestown
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High Point Policy
Buster Crabb
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