City Schools Battle Music Store Recruitment Plan
City school officials and Harris Music Co. clash over a program design that uses a single outside firm Pearson Music Co. to recruit students for band and strings. Officials say the process upgrades programs. Harris calls it influence peddling and restraint of trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Mortimer
Harris Music Co
Pearson Music Co
Durham
Greensboro
Jim Harris
Harris
Larry
Anderson
Edwin West
Laurin Welborn
Harrises
Larry Harris
Mth
National Assn. of Music
North Carolina DUI laws face split GOPlegislative push
North Carolina legislators debate DUI penalties with Sen. McNeill Smith seeking to remove the lesser charge of careless and reckless driving from DUI cases while Sen. Robert Swain pushes to broaden that lesser offense. The proposals aim to tighten or loosen consequences for driving under the influence.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
McNeill Smith
Dguilford
Robert Swain
D Buncombe
Smith
Swain
I Cannot Do These Everyday Tasks
A humorous reflection on common small failures from threading a needle to sharpening knives. The writer lists everyday flubs like failing to thread a needle, peeling cucumbers, sharpening knives, handling checkout counters, pulling cups from coffee machines, and sharpening pencils. The piece ends with proud boasts about sneezing and picking up paper off the floor without bending knees.
Clear Skies Forecast Through Tonight
The National Weather Service expects clear skies and warm weather through tonight. Daytime highs today and Monday will be in the low 80s with a low tonight in the low 50s and near zero chance of rain.
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National Weather Service
Local bills on High Point zoning and ABC profits advance
Two local High Point measures move in the General Assembly. One would raise the percentage of ABC store profits used for education and law enforcement, endorsed by the ABC Board and City Council. The other would repeal existing county zoning limits to allow up to three miles outside city limits, facing county opposition and ongoing talks for a compromise.
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Carol Wilson Utley
Morgan
High Point
Randolph County
Cy Brooks
Board of Commissioners
Apology Cites Mobil Toter Shortcomings in City Cleanup
A writer apologizes to the city public works for criticizing the Mobil Toter. She concedes the device functions, but notes its appearance and arrangement cause ugliness and slovenly streets when tipped over or lined up on collection day.
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City Public Works Department
Mobil- Toter
Mobil-Toter
Grand Canyon
Sanitation Department
Mobil- Critters
Mobil
Mobil Toters Parade Draws Mixed Reactions in Plains
A reader recalls a cartoon of Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford in Mobil Toters as a humorous Plains Georgia tourist sight. The piece critiques the green “Sherman tank” displays and calls for moving them to the back after trash collection.
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Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Plains
Lillian
Billy
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W. G. Anderson
Pearson
Farmers’ Market
Margaret
High Point Enterprise
City
Forrest
Guilford
Charlie Webb
House Water and Air Resources Committee
House
Webb
Sec. of Transportation
Legislative Research Commission
Dental Society
North Carolina Dental Society
Pinehurst
Frank P. Bowyer
Knoxville
Tenn
American Dental Assn
Puenes
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
AP News
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Landon Associates
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