School Controversy Over Pearson Music Meets Umstead Act
A local inquiry into an arrangement between High Point Schools and Pearson Music Co. of Durham questions potential Umstead Act violations. State official Speas says the issue is for local officials to handle while noting the attorney general’s non binding guidance.
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High Point
Edwin Speas Jr
Speas
Edwin West
Pearson Music Co
Durham
West
School Board
D.P. Whitley
Pearson
Supt. West
W.G. Anderson
Curtis Pearson
Anderson
New Absentee Balloting Scheduled For Election
Enterprise reports a new one step absentee voting process for the November 8 election. Voters can complete absentee applications and ballots in one visit at the Guilford County Board of Elections, with deadlines November 2 for applications and November 7 for ballots. curbside voting is available for those unable to enter polling places.
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Carol Wilson Utley
Guilford
Tom Gilmore
House Elections Laws Committee
Guilford County
County Board of Elections
Board of Elections Office
High Point
S. Hamilton Street
Gilmore
Fall Fuzz Fling Dance Planned in Sears Lot High Point
High Point police celebrate community outreach with The Fall Fuzz Fling a Saturday night event in the Sears parking lot. The dance runs 6 to 11 pm with the High Point Rescue Squad and Volunteer Patrol hosting a hot dog supper to fund a new ambulance. The event features the rock country band Back Road and a call for bright colors to offset blue uniforms.
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John Lowe
High Point
Sears
Wrenn Street
Commerce Avenue
High Point Rescue Squad
High Point Volunteer Patrol
Pendry
City Partisan Politics Switch Appears Doubtful
The Enterprise reports weak prospects for switching City Council elections from partisan to nonpartisan. Of 12 candidates nine Democrats and three Republicans, four favor dropping partisan elections. Mayor Roy Culler, unopposed, shows no fixed opinion and may study the issue.
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Roy Culler
Culler
Students Tour Local Businesses For Special School Program
About 300 junior and senior students from Central and Andrews high schools visited 18 local businesses as part of the first Business-Industry Education Day this fall. They met leaders, toured operations, and learned about economic function and hiring policies. Two more events follow on November 8 and December 6.
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Central and Andrews High Schools
High Point Vocational Education Advisory Council
Cooperative
Frances Frye
Central
Nellie Westbrook
Andrews
Trials Set for Father and Sons in Ga Murder Case
Homer Georgia. Lewis William Hardy and his sons Billy and Kenneth Hardy pleaded not guilty to the August murder of Lewis J. Ingram of Thomasville. They are slated for separate trials this month in Banks County Superior Court. if convicted, they face possible death sentences. Ingram's body was found in a burning pickup near Homer while visiting relatives.
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Homer
Thomasville
N.C
Banks County
Lewis William Hardy
Billy
Kenneth
Commerce
Lewis J. Ingram
Broad St
Ingram
Hardys
Georgia
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