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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE <br> Paul MacKenzie of High Point took tens of thousands of photos for the 13 Triad Flights of Honor, including the framed photo behind him, which shows a water-cannon salute at the first of the 13 flights
TO HONOR THEM: Local man chronicled Triad flights for WWII veterans
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – Paul MacKenzie’s photographs tell story after story about the Triad Flight of Honor, the goodwill mission that flew hundreds of Wo...
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SPECIAL | HPE <br> Ashley Chicoine and her newborn son, Jackson, share a tender moment. Only a few hours later, Ashley would nearly die from complications.
AID FOR ASHLEY: Churches aim to help family through medical crisis
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – Two local churches have joined forces to assist a woman whose family has been financially decimated by a recent medical crisis. F...
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SPECIAL | HPE <br> New exhibit at Greensboro Historical Museum focuses on U.S. presidents who have visited the city
HAIL TO THE CHIEF: Greensboro museum hosts exhibit on presidential visits
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER GREENSBORO – To hear Richard Nixon tell the story, he lost his first presidential election because of a visit to Greensboro. “While Nixon was ...
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SPECIAL | HPE <br> A new exhibit at the Greensboro Historical Museum focuses on U.S. presidents who have visited the city
HAIL TO THE CHIEF: Greensboro museum hosts exhibit on presidential visits
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER GREENSBORO – To hear Richard Nixon tell the story, he lost his first presidential election because of a visit to Greensboro. “While Nixon was ...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE <br> Nurse Sherika Johnson checks the blood pressure of new mother Jessica Bailey, who is holding her 1-month-old daughter, Ja Ziyah
HELPING MOM: Nurse-Family Partnership plays important role in educating new mothers
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – Jessica Bailey probably never dreamed she’d be observing her first Mother’s Day at age 21. Nonetheless, the young High Point mothe...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE <br> Seniors enjoy a game of chair volleyball at the Culler Senior Center this week as they practice for the Senior Games of Greater High Point
SPIRITED COMPETITION: Nearly 300 participate in this year's Senior Games
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – You’re never too old to go for the gold. That’s the message behind the annual Greater High Point Senior Games, which kicked off a...
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SPECIAL | HPE <br> Taylor Light, a senior at High Point Christian Academy, launched his own bakery in 2010 and specializes in cakes for all occasions
RECIPE FOR THE FUTURE: Young High Point entrepreneur delights in scholarship
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – The day two years ago when Taylor Light went to a cake-decorating class with a friend, he was just doing her a favor. “She just w...
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SPECIAL | HPE <br> Sgt. Joey Smith of Thomasville (far left in the front row, wearing sunglasses) participates in opening ceremonies of the 2012 Warrior Games, in which he won a gold medal in shooting competition
GOLDEN SHOT: Thomasville man gets gold medal at Warrior Games
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER THOMASVILLE – A local wounded warrior has struck gold. Sgt. Joseph “Joey” Smith of Thomasville won a gold medal in shooting Thursday at the 20...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE <br> Elaine Miles, who had a brain tumor removed two months ago, says the "Wine and Design" painting class is a great stress-reliever
PAINTING AWAY PAIN: Cancer patients find some relief during art classes
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – It’s amazing sometimes what a little paint can cover up. Once a month, in a classroom at the Hayworth Cancer Center, a dozen or s...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE <br> 85-year-old Rae Beck Logan will receive her diploma during Saturday commencement ceremonies at High Point University
A TREASURED DEGREE: High-school dropout gets college diploma - at 85
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – For the past few years, many students at High Point University must’ve wondered who that elderly woman was they kept seeing on cam...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE <br> Dr. Gary Biesecker estimates he s performed somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 surgeries during his lengthy career
SEWING IT UP: High Point surgeon retires after 36-year career
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – Dr. Gary Biesecker says it was serendipity that led him to his lengthy career as a surgeon in High Point. Case in point: Had it n...
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JIMMY TOMLIN | HPE <br> David Wiggins Jr., 17, has been playing disc golf since he was 4, and hr recently set the men s world distance record
AIR TIME: Teen disc golfer sets world distance record
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – The idea seems almost unfathomable. Yes, teenage disc golfer David Wiggins Jr. had been setting world distance records since he w...
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SPECIAL | HPE <br> This textile-related exhibit at the High Point Museum is part of the High Point Historical Society s inaugural Fiber Faire being held Saturday
FOCUS ON THE FIBER: Historical society hosts tribute to textile industry
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – Officials of the High Point Historical Society believe High Point needs a little more fiber in its diet. To that end, the organiz...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE <br> High Point sisters Meghan and Melissa Pope are the driving forces behind Sweet Meg s, a new bakery in Greensboro
A SWEET DEAL: Local woman cooks up a business with family members
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER While jobs may be hard to come by for some recent college graduates, Meghan Pope has gotten her career off to a sweet start. The 24-year-old H...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE <br> Iva Booker has been a sewing instructor at Guilford Technical Community College since 1967
THE SEWING MACHINE: High Point woman keeps on going at 89
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – For a multitude of women, and even some men, who have learned how to sew at Guilford Technical Community College over the past hal...
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SPECIAL | HPE Last year s Pack-A-Thon at Community Bible Church provided some 100,000 meals for needy children in Haiti
A CARING PACKAGE: Church's Pack-A-Thon aims to provide 100,000 meals
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – Last June, when Community Bible Church hosted an event to pack some 100,000 meals for the needy in Haiti, Lee Worden knew she was ...
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FILE PHOTO | HPE <br> The Harper family includes (from left, beside stairs) Shawne, Sara, Curtis, (on stairs) Shawnetta, Dynaya, Kylaya and Pierre. Sara and Curtis Harper s experience as kinship caregivers led her to found KinGap Services of North Carolina.
KINSHIP CARE: KinGap helps family members who care for relatives' children
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – North Carolina’s first kinship navigator program, a support agency for kinship caregivers, has opened its doors in High Point, cou...
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SPECIAL | HPE <br> Venture Crew 7 member Rebecca Gonzalez performs CPR on a home fire victim during an emergency preparedness scenario.
UNIVERSAL APPEAL: High Point's Hispanic Scout troops are unique to state
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – Hispanic Scout troops may not necessarily be rare nationwide, but there are only two in North Carolina, and they’re both in High ...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE <br> Becky Sage will compete in her first Ironman Triathlon in August in New York City
'CARING TO THE FINISH': Cyclists remember family members with hospice charity ride
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – When Becky Sage competes in her first Ironman Triathlon this summer, she’ll be raising more than her heart rate. Sage, a 34-year-...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE <br> Amber Hedrick enjoys walking her dog, Lucy, much more since her bariatric surgery in November has helped her lose weight and be cured of her diabetes
A POSITIVE LOSS: Bariatric surgery proves beneficial for diabetic patients
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – If the bariatric surgery community needs a poster child for the surgery and its impact on diabetes, Amber Hedrick would be a terri...
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SPECIAL | HPE <br> Seth Barwick gets some physical therapy assistance from his friend, Stephen Mabry, after the August 2006 wreck that nearly killed him
TAKING THE NEXT STEP: Seth Barwick sets his sights on walking again
Editor’s note: Sunday’s Enterprise featured the inspiring story of Seth Barwick, who spent nearly a month in a coma following a car wreck – which almost killed him – then went on to ear...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE <br> Seth Barwick, 28, was comatose and expected to die after a 2006 car wreck, but he s now a college graduate and continues to defy the odds
STRENGTH IN THE WORDS: Seth Barwick and family face the future with their faith
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – As a high-schooler, when he was striving to get a college baseball scholarship, Seth Barwick scribbled his favorite Bible verse un...
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SPECIAL | HPE <br> World-class speedskater Heather Richardson, a High Point native, will use her fame to help promote the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival
A COOL DEAL: Richardson becomes Shakespeare Festival's world ambassador
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – It’s not exactly “Shakespeare On Ice,” but the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival has come up with a cool idea that officials hop...
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HPE | SPECIAL <br> The historic Briles House, built in 1907, now serves as headquarters for the Junior League of High Point
BRILES HOUSE BOIL: Junior League plans fundraiser to support historic headquarters
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – The Junior League of High Point, which for several years has hosted a Kentucky Derby party to raise money, this year has a new fun...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE <br> Karla Webb, director of the Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library in High Point, says the library is not just for people in the furniture industry
UNDER COVERS: Furniture library plans to increase public exposure
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – For far too many years, people have judged this book by its cover. Now, though, officials of the Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Li...
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HPE FILE PHOTO <br> High Point Enterprise editor Tom Blount is retiring after a career that spans 60 years, the last 22 of those years in High Point
THE FINAL EDITION: Tom Blount caps a remarkable 60-year journalism career
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – They say the old-timers in the newspaper business don’t just get ink on their hands – they get it in their blood. If true, even t...
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SPECIAL | HPE <br> Author Tamar Myers will sign copies of her books Wednesday at the High Point Country Club
PERSEVERANCE PAYS: Author’s 23 years of persistence reverses string of rejection letters
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – For 23 years – nearly a quarter-century – Tamar Myers submitted novel after novel to publisher after publisher, only to get rejection letter a...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE <br> Landi Coltrain Bregman is planning a run/walk event to raise money for the LAM Foundation
TAKE A BREATH: Run/walk event raises funds for lung disease research
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER WINSTON-SALEM – When Landi Coltrain Bregman got married in June 2010, she was prepared for a wonderful lifelong journey with her husband, Ben. ...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE <br> Vietnam veteran Bob Wilgus, of Thomasville, is one of thousands who will attend Saturday s homecoming celebration at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
A LONG TIME COMING: Finally, Vietnam veterans get a proper 'Welcome home'
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER Nobody spat on Bob Wilgus when he came home from Vietnam in 1973, but they might as well have. “We didn’t get much of a welcome,” recalls Wilg...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE <br> High Point potter Susan O Leary and about 20 volunteers will hang bells all over High Point Tuesday morning in an effort to promote kindness
CLANGING FOR KINDNESS: Ben's Bells toll a message of support from friends, strangers
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – The message of a nonprofit organization in Tucson, Ariz., will ring loud and clear in High Point next week. On Tuesday morning, a...
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SPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRISE <br> Lexi Fulk (far left) is shown with her husband Jason, their 9-month-old daughter Hanauer, and Lexi s mother, Kimberly Ragsdale, on Match Day at Wake Forest School of Medicine.
IT'S A MATCH: But for some med students, Match Day isn't perfect
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER WINSTON-SALEM – Lexi Fulk’s future lay in a sealed envelope resting on a table, and the anxious med-school student couldn’t open it until noon ...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE <br> 81-year-old John Kortheuer of High Point has set more than 25 world and national records as a Masters swimmer, specializing primarily in the breaststroke
MASTER OF THE POOL: At 81, competitive swimmer Kortheuer has held plenty of records
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – When it came to sports, John Kortheuer was always a bit of a fish out of water. In hindsight, maybe that was the problem – he nee...
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SPECIAL TO THE HPE <br> Lee Bunemann and friends have been attending opening-round NCAA games, such as this 2009 game at the Greensboro Coliseum, for two decades
MORE THAN A GAME: It's the camaraderie - and the tailgating - that brings group together
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER GREENSBORO – Let the tailgating begin. For two decades, High Point pediatrician Lee Bunemann and friends have been attending first-round games...
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SPECIAL TO THE HPE <br> The Triad Highlanders, who specialize in Celtic music, will add a touch of authenticity to the Patty s Party fundraiser this weekend
PARTY TIME: Irish-themed fundraiser benefits arts council
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – Officials of the High Point Area Arts Council hope this weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day party will be an Irish blessing for the nonpro...
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SPECIAL TO HPE <br> Girl Scout troops get involved in many community service projects, such as recently making sandwiches for people at the Ward Street Mission.
100 AND COUNTING: Girl Scouts is more than just selling cookies
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – If you think the Girl Scouts are just about selling you shortbread cookies, then you’re the one who’s, well, selling them short. “Peo...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE <br> Emily Bland is shown with a replica of a sculpture placed at the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs in commemoration of the group that died in the 1980 airplane crash.
HEAVYWEIGHT MEMORIES: This time of year, Emily Bland's thoughts turn to tragic plane crash
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – Only his keys survived intact. Thirty-two years after High Point’s Joe Bland died in a plane crash some 5,000 miles away – a...
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RUNNING FOR CALLIE
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – Erin Moran may not know a lot about spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, but she knows enough. She knows it’s a fatal disease, for example, and sh...
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American art: N.C. Longrifles exhibit puts backcountry craftsmanship on display
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – There’s no question about the historical significance of North Carolina longrifles, but visitors to a new exhibit ...
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Katherine’s new Krib: Renovation project gives Trinity teen more space, independence
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER TRINITY – Katherine Nance used to dream about having a room that would give her some independence. Now, Nance – a 19-y...
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Let’s go bowling for the kids
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER HIGH POINT – A local nonprofit has come up with a new way to promote an old fundraiser, and the result is, well, pretty str...
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Shilo’s battle: Woman vows to make her best friend’s final days good ones
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER JAMESTOWN – Natalie Welch was more than 700 miles from home – about to enjoy a long-anticipated vacation in New Orleans ...
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Help Dr. Juncadella win
Want to vote? Today is the final day for voting in Parenting.com’s “Peds” Doing Good Deeds Contest. Dr. Beatriz Juncadella of Thomasville Pediatrics is one of 11 national finalists and is battling...
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A vote from the heart:Thomasville pediatrician needs your help in national contest
BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER THOMASVILLE – A local pediatrician could win a national competition – including a $5,000 donation to her medical-based ministry in her native Nicaragua – b...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE A spinal-cord stroke left Lauren Field unable to walk in a normal gait.
Looking for kicks: Despite a debilitating stroke, Lauren Field vows to play soccer
HIGH POINT – Having played soccer almost all of her life, including at the high-school and college levels, Lauren Field knows a thing or two about scoring goals. But life has taken some strange tw...
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SPECIAL | HPE Lexington artist Bob Timberlake says he was first drawn to art by the works of Andrew Wyeth.
Inspiring artist: Bob Timberlake reminisces with 'Biographical Conversations'
If you think you know all there is to know about Lexington artist Bob Timberlake, this weekend’s “Biographical Conversations” interview on UNC-TV may change your mind. UNC-TV’s Shannon Vickery int...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Oncologist Dr. Bernard Chinnasami and Cathy Weaver founded Guide Posts of Strength, a comprehensive cancer support group.
GPS shows the way: Program helps cancer patients gather information
HIGH POINT – Cathy Weaver knows firsthand that few things can turn a person or an entire family’s world upside-down more quickly than a cancer diagnosis. The High Point woman’s mother died of brea...
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2011: Another wild, wacky year
Well, the good news about 2011 is that those doomsday prophecies were all wrong, and we’re still here. The bad news about 2011 is that those doomsday prophecies were all wrong, and the Kardashians...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Lung cancer survivor Dusty Donaldson holds mail-in radon test kit.
The power of radon: Radioactive gas is second-leading cause of lung cancer
HIGH POINT – Dusty Donaldson’s lung cancer may not have been caused by radon, but she’s known people whose lung cancer was caused by the radioactive gas. Some of them are dead now. “Most people d...
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SONNY HEGDECOCK | HPE Amanda and Jonathan Greene stand with their daughter, Rhiannon, at Amanda’s parents’ home at Oak Hollow Lake.
Happy together: Called to war as his wife was battling cancer, Jonathan Greene is finally home
HIGH POINT – One day last week, Jonathan Greene watched a steady rain add to the waters of Oak Hollow Lake as he sat with his family in a room filled with Christmas decorations, gifts and pets. Th...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Gaye Frances Willard has enjoyed painting as long as she can remember.
Face painting: Trinity artist loves to capture emotions in her portraits
TRINITY – Ever since Gaye Frances Willard was old enough to scribble on the wall with a crayon, she has loved art. It should come as no surprise, then, that the Trinity woman has become a successf...
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SPECIAL | HPE Heart transplant recipient Anne Howell crosses the finish line in a triathlon.
Coming back to life: Local woman takes heart transplant right in stride
HIGH POINT – What a difference a race makes. In February 1993, it was a 10-kilometer road race that signaled the beginning of a long, difficult journey for Anne Howell. The High Point woman, 28 ye...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE High Point Place resident Mildred Lucas enjoys interaction with others during the holidays.
Keeping close watch: Holiday visitors often spot health concerns in elderly that others overlook
HIGH POINT – When you’re spending time with an elderly loved one over the holidays, your presence can be much more important than your presents. That’s especially true when it comes to spotting po...
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sPECIAL | HPE Celebrating at Raleigh kickoff party for Vyzion Radio, an Internet station, are (clockwise from right) Vyzion co-owner Eric Bostic; DJ Ty, aka Mr. HipHopNC; Bostic’s wife, Tomeka, president of Vyzion; and Greg Bailey, Vyzion co-owner.
Patriotic music: Army vet Eric Bostic wanted others in the military to be able to hear a variety of music, so he started an Internet radio station
As an Army veteran, High Point native Eric Bostic well remembers the frustrations of trying to listen to the radio when he served during the first gulf war. “The military radio stations were horri...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE High Point Museum’s tribute to old toys features a Ferris wheel and a truck.
Toy joy: Yesteryear's fun comes to life
HIGH POINT – Toy and game enthusiasts will find the High Point Museum’s newest mini-exhibit to be a fun-loving blast from the past. “The Joy of Toys,” currently on display in the museum’s front lo...
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Don Davis Jr. | HPE Keith Harrison of Thomasville, who served with the National Guard in Iraq, hugs his service dog Elliot, whom he received from the Patriot Rovers organization to help him combat the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Soldier's best friend: Organization provides dogs for traumatized veterans
HIGH POINT – War may indeed be hell, but for many returning soldiers, coming home isn’t much better. Consider, for example, the case of Keith Harrison of Thomasville, a National Guard combat medic...
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SPECIAL | HPE Olga Verro, who lives in High Point, edited her father’s writings on life under Soviet socialist rule.
Difficult history: Writings reveal much about life in the 'evil empire'
HIGH POINT – A Russian immigrant’s daughter now living in High Point has published a collection of her late father’s writings about Communist life in the Soviet Union. “Voices From the Past,” whic...
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The Interfaith Service Club is hosting a Faith and Culture Night Tuesday to raise money for an event next month that will benefit the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. Pictured are members (front, from left) Thomas Gooding and Rahma Syed, and (back, from left) Adele Price, James Price and David McDonald. Don Davis Jr. | HPE
KEEPING THE FAITH: High Point Central service club aims to promote acceptance
HIGH POINT – The Interfaith Service Club began with a simple, yet profound, concept: Can’t we all just get along? That was the basic idea last year when four International Baccalaureate students a...
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Roy Epperson’s collection of Santa Claus dolls, donated by his family, is on display at the Doll & Miniature Museum of High Point. According to one of his daughters, Epperson, a beloved community leader who died in January 2010, began collecting the figurines in the mid-1990s. Don Davis Jr. | HPE
Daughters gift dad’s Santa collection to museum, which is sponsoring counting contest for kids
HIGH POINT – Come to think of it, the late Roy Epperson kind of looked like Santa Claus – especially with his snowy-white beard – so the gift his daughters recently bestowed on his behalf seems all...
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Misty Wamsley (left) watches as mom, Patricia Moore, and stepdad, Edward Moore, move Christmas decorations around. Sonny Hedgecock | HPE
Mother’s lifelong message to paralyzed daughter rings true with opening of local floral shop together
HIGH POINT – For more than two decades, Patti Moore has preached a simple message to her paralyzed daughter, Misty Wamsley. You can do it. “The one thing I’ve told Misty her entire life is that t...
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JIMMY TOMLIN | HPE The Harp family – (from left) Jaimey, Tina, Hannah and Buddy – ring bells for The Salvation Army at Kmart on S. Main Street.
Harps & bells: Previously in great need, family now determined to help others
ARCHDALE – Six years ago this week, Tina Harp swallowed her pride and did something she’d never imagined herself doing. She asked for help. Reeling from a divorce and unable to pay her $93 electr...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Chef Kenneth Ross of Pepper Moon Catering prepares grits. Pepper Moon is one of more than a dozen local restaurants scheduled to participate in Saturday’s “Puttin’ on the Grits” fundraiser for the Community Clinic.
Puttin' on the Grits: Fundraiser for Community Clinic honors Bill Horney
HIGH POINT – The Community Clinic of High Point will celebrate two venerable Southern institutions – grits and Bill Horney – during its sixth annual “Puttin’ on the Grits” fundraiser Saturday morni...
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SPECIAL | HPE Balinda Ferree, who once worked at radio station WHPE, points to words “2 p.m. Death Time” and wonders if it is her father’s handwriting.
Type of history: High Point radio station teletype provides addition to JFK exhibit
Like most folks who are old enough, Balinda Ferree remembers exactly where she was and what she was doing when she learned President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. Ferree, however, took it...
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SPECIAL | HPE Former Randleman worship pastor Jason Bare is preparing to go on the road in 2012 as a full-time Christian recording artist.
Bare in pursuit: Jason Bare's dream of becoming a Christian recording artist is alive again
By the time Jason Bare settled into his first job as a worship pastor – at Randleman Church of God – he had more or less given up his dream of becoming a Christian artist. Today, though, the 36-ye...
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SPECIAL | HPE Mitzi Watts designed the Kozi after a frigid trip to Chicago.
Getting Kozi: Consumers warm up to Thomasville woman's idea
THOMASVILLE – On a wintry day seven years ago in Chicago, Mitzi Watts developed a new understanding of what it means to be cold. “The wind chill was 25 below,” the Thomasville woman says. “I had n...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Curtis Cecil works on crafting a dragon from glass rods.
No. 1 in his glass: From unicorns to hourglass urns, Curtis Cecil can churn 'em out
Curtis Cecil’s first attempt at making a glass creation – a unicorn – may not have been a success, but it didn’t shatter his dream of becoming a glass artist. Today, more than three decades later,...
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don davis jr. | HPE Saying he feels “probably 99 percent,” Spencer is a force to be reckoned with on the basketball court.
Back in the game: After battling cancer twice, Spencer Wilson is returning to a normal life, full of gratitude and going full speed ahead
HIGH POINT – Spencer Wilson stands at center court in the Wesleyan Christian Academy gymnasium, fidgeting with his basketball uniform. A new season is about to begin, and the possibilities are end...
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SPECIAL | HPE Junior ROTC members from area school respectfully salute veterans as they return to Greensboro from Washington, D.C., Friday on the final Triad Flight of Honor.
A generation worth saluting
GREENSBORO – In my mind’s eye, I keep seeing this one World War II veteran and the tired look on his face. He didn’t look sad, just exhausted. The occasion was Friday night’s return of the Triad ...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Kelly McCullough throws pottery at her studio, which is located within DeBeen Espresso.
Thrown for a loop: When Kelly McCullough first saw a potter at work, she knew she'd found her passion
HIGH POINT – Kelly Brooke McCullough may not be based in the pottery-centric town of Seagrove, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at her pottery. McCullough, a Greenwood, S.C., native who moved t...
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SPECIAL | HPE Robert Wilgus of Thomasville is pictured on Ryan Newman’s race car, just below the first period in “U.S. Army.”
Veteran driver: Vietnam vet from Thomasville will 'ride along' with Ryan Newman in Sunday's NASCAR race
THOMASVILLE – What’s the next best thing to riding in a NASCAR race car at speeds in excess of 175 mph? How about riding on the racecar? In a sense, that’s what awaits Thomasville’s Robert Wilgus...
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SPECIAL | HPE Crossing the GO FAR 5K finish line Saturday are (from left) Teresa Hill, Caleb’s mom; Caleb Epling, and Chris Pond, Caleb’s teacher at Trinity Elementary School.
Going far: Ten-year-old Caleb Epling completes the run of his life
HIGH POINT – Very few of the thousand or so runners in Saturday’s GO FAR 5K wore their finishing medals to school Monday, but Caleb Epling sure did. “He is so proud of himself today – he’s shown t...
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SPECIAL | HPE Local junior golfer Thomas Walsh participated in the recent Dormie Cup and helped raise some $27,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project. Pictured are (from left) caddie and Fort Bragg soldier Victor Lewis, Walsh, caddie and Fort Bragg soldier Devin Johnson, and golfer Ross Robison of Wilmington.
Soldiers of course: Golfers raise funds to help Wounded Warrior Project
It’ll be tough for Thomas Walsh to top the weekend of golf he participated in three weeks ago, but he’ll try. Next October, that is. Thomas, a world-ranked junior golfer from High Point, and one ...
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SPECIAL | HPE Officer George Arnold Kemp’s body was found in an elevator shaft in what is now City Hall in December 1942.
Book probes mysterious death: Fictional story based on 1942 case involving Thomasville policeman
THOMASVILLE – Chris Yarbrough simply wanted a fitting remembrance for the life of George Arnold Kemp, the Thomasville patrolman whose lifeless body was discovered at the bottom of an elevator shaft...
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SPECIAL | HPE HPU students Tyler McCoy (left) and Caroline Tillman don their PJs in support of PJ Aldridge and all those battling lung cancer.
A PJ day: Lung-cancer fighter brings message to HPU
HIGH POINT – The last time lung-cancer advocate PJ Aldridge came to High Point University, the students stunned him with their creative welcome. “I couldn’t believe it,” Aldridge said by phone fro...
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SPECIAL | HPE Sindy Martin’s book contains a piece of professional advice for each day of the year.
Tweets for success: Book provides daily tips on how to be professional
HIGH POINT – You may consider yourself a business professional, but do others consider you a professional? Do you, for example, whip out your cell phone in the middle of an interview? Do you view ...
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SPECIAL | HPE Megan Kurtzman holds photo of her childhood friend Heather Ann Ricci, whose organs helped save five lives after she was killed in a car accident 10 years ago.
In search of donors: HPU student wants others to donate organs and save lives just as her friend did
HIGH POINT – A High Point University student wants her fellow students – and the community at large – to embrace organ donation, a cause that’s very near and dear to her heart. Megan Kurtzman, an ...
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SPECIAL | HPE Organizers of Friday’s Expo Vino for the High Point Area Arts Council say they’ll have 110 wines and 14 different beers for sampling.
Plenty of taste: Expo Vino 2011 offers food, drink and lots of auction items
HIGH POINT – More than a hundred wines and nearly 200 silent auction items will be the centerpieces of Expo Vino 2011, the High Point Area Arts Council’s signature fundraiser. The event, held annu...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE There’s still plenty of little kid in Joh Harp, who says his dream job would be to own a haunted attraction.
Harp plays on: Makeup artist enjoys being a man of disguise
HIGH POINT – Even as a little boy, Joh Harp found himself drawn to the world of makeup artistry. “I would go through the cupboards at my parents’ house and steal everything that I could to make my...
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SPECIAL | HPE Homes For Our Troops is providing a specially adapted home for Afghan war veteran Sgt. Joey Smith.
Coming home: House ready for soldier, wife to move in
THOMASVILLE – At a glance, the new house on Jade’s Way doesn’t appear to be anything out of the ordinary. Only the American flag out front – flying free and proud atop a tall flagpole – hints at th...
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SPECIAL | HPE Land is being graded at YWCA on Gatewood Avenue in preparation for Saturday’s construction of a new playground.
Playground of dreams: YWCA gets prepared for building barrage
HIGH POINT – Welcome to “Extreme Makeover: Playground Edition.” More than 200 community volunteers Saturday will descend on the YWCA of High Point and – in a mere six hours – build the facility a ...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Savannah Tester, 7, has her makeup applied by her mother, Therese, during the theatrical makeup class held last week at the library.
Only make-believe: Library hosts theatrical makeup workshops
HIGH POINT – Some ghouls, ogres and fair princesses may look a little more realistic this Halloween. Approximately 20 children and young teens attended a theatrical makeup workshop last week at Hi...
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SPECIAL | HPE Brack Culler and Libby Langdon are debuting their 18-piece collection of upholstered furniture this weekend at the High Point Market.
Having a blast: Longtime friends Libby Langdon and Brack Culler decided it might be fun to collaborate on designing a collection of furniture – and they were right
HIGH POINT – This certainly isn’t Libby Langdon’s first trip back to High Point, but judging from what she brought with her this time, she clearly intends to stay a while. She brought furniture. ...
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SPECIAL | HPE Spookywoods is a favorite destination of local ghost chasers.
Local haunts: Book tells Triad ghost tales, some old and some new
If you want some spooky ghost stories to get you in the mood for Halloween, Triad ghost-hunters/authors Michael Renegar and Amy Spease may have just what you’re looking for. Their new book, “Ghost...
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Charlie McCarthy and Lionel construction set are part of the exhibit at the Doll & Miniature Museum. Don Davis Jr. | HPE
Toy, Joy Story: Collection from Concord pair on display at city’s Doll & Miniature Museum
HIGH POINT – A pair of Concord collectors hope their exhibit of toys and dolls from the past will help strengthen the Doll & Miniature Museum’s future. For the second consecutive year, Mike and Ga...
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Jimmy Newton and son Randy erect a marker for ancestor Jacob Newton at Prospect United Methodist Church. Jacob died of injuries in the war of 1812. Don Davis Jr. | HPE
FINAL RESTING PLACE: Soldier killed during War of 1812 gets government-issued headstone
HIGH POINT – Nearly 200 years after his death, Jacob Newton finally has received the recognition he deserves. Last weekend, Newton’s descendants – Jimmy Newton and his son, Randall, both of High P...
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SPECIAL | HPE The second annual Rotary Club of High Point BBQ and Auction is scheduled for Friday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Emerywood Baptist Church.
Food for a cause: Dinner and an auction benefit Rotary Club, Salvation Army
HIGH POINT – The Rotary Club of High Point’s annual barbecue and auction fundraiser, revived last year after a lengthy hiatus, appears to be gaining momentum this year. “We’re getting an even more...
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SPECIAL | HPE Lynn Fountain Campbell, the first black to attend High Point High School, came to her class reunion on Sept. 24. It was the first time she’d been back to High Point since she left in 1961.
Class hero: When members of the High Point High School Class of '61 reached out to Lynn Fountain Campbell, for the first time in 50 years, she reached back
HIGH POINT – For half a century, Lynn Fountain Campbell had avoided returning to High Point, content to bury what was a very difficult chapter of her life. “I just wanted to let it go and put it a...
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SPECIAL | HPE Cookbook author Sheri Castle will make a presentation during “A Taste of the South,” a fundraiser for the Friends of the Randolph Public Library.
Tasteful South: Food and pottery combine to help Randolph public libraries
ASHEBORO – Organizers hope next week’s “A Taste of the South” fundraiser will help satisfy the library system’s appetite for funding. The dinner event, featuring a presentation by well-known North...
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SPECIAL | HPE A scene from the locally filmed movie “Red Dirt Rising,” which will be screened Saturday at the High Point Museum during the History Rocks! fundraiser.
Rockin' some history: Historical Society puts together a fun-filled Saturday at the museum
HIGH POINT – The High Point Historical Society has a rockin’ good time planned for its fall fundraiser this weekend. History Rocks!, taking place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the High Point ...
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SPECIAL | HPE Preparing for Mission: Possible by knitting items are (from left) Pat Smith, Jackie Templeton and Debbie Mellinger.
Mission: Possible -- Church's efforts will aid several nonprofits
HIGH POINT – With local charitable organizations facing a nearly impossible uphill climb in the current economy, First Presbyterian Church has planned a rescue mission this weekend. Mission: Possi...
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Photo Courtesy of Lisa Hudok Tim Hudok and his Cessna 150 plane, which crashed June 26 near an Alaskan glacier. Hudok died in the crash, and his passenger – Bob Goodwill of High Point – was critcally injured.
Journey to recovery: High Point man 'as lucky as you can get' to survive plane crash
HIGH POINT – No one walks away from an airplane crash unchanged. Of course, in Bob Goodwill’s case, he didn’t exactly walk away from the June 26 accident that killed pilot Tim Hudok, Goodwill’s lo...
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SPECIAL | HPE A CD release concert for High Point’s Lacy Green will take place Saturday night, featuring several recording artists in addition to Green.
Lacy Green's friends help launch CD
HIGH POINT – As an aspiring female country soloist, Lacy Green knows the odds are stacked against her, so the High Point artist has done a little stacking of her own. Green’s debut CD, which will ...
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SPECIAL | HPE Artist Jeremy Sams painted this portrait of Archdale Elementary School on Trindale Road.
A cool school: Artist's prints to help Archdale Elementary buy air conditioning for gym
ARCHDALE – When Jeremy Sams experienced the heat of the Archdale Elementary School gymnasium firsthand, he came up with a cool idea. The Archdale artist volunteered to paint a portrait of the scho...
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SPECIAL | HPE “The Four Corners of the Sky” is Michael Malone’s most recent novel.
Versatile writer: North Carolina author enjoys telling stories in variety of ways
HIGH POINT – No matter the genre – whether a novel, short story, play or soap opera – author Michael Malone enjoys crafting a good story. “I’ve always been a person who liked to make up stories, a...
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FILE | HPE Ricky Parrish died of colon cancer in 2010. His wife, Terrie, and others established a fund in his memory to help other cancer patients.
Fund to aid cancer patients
During his year-and-a-half battle against colon cancer, Ricky Parrish often spoke of his desire to help other cancer patients with their medical bills – just as he and his wife, Terrie, had been he...
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SPECIAL | HPE Homeless veterans get haircuts at last year’s Stand Down in Greensboro. On a given night, there are an estimated 107,000 homeless vets in the U.S.
A fighting chance: Stand Down provides assistance to homeless veterans
GREENSBORO – An event this week designated to assist homeless veterans operates on the simple premise that those men and women fought to defend our streets, not live on them. “It’s bad enough for ...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE The exhibit that runs through Oct. 14 contains the signature of every U.S. president, including No. 16, Abraham Lincoln.
A signature event: HPU hosts memorabilia of U.S. presidents
HIGH POINT – Hail to the chiefs. A new historical exhibit at High Point University’s Sechrest Art Gallery may be a departure from the gallery’s usual art exhibits, but the results have been positi...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Unique marker of Elisabeth Bodenhamer, a family still well-known in Davidson County, can be found in the cemetery at Abbotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church.
Eternal designation: Historical marker recognizes uniquely carved tombstones
WALLBURG – A group of little-known, but historic, tombstones in Davidson County has received national recognition, courtesy of an organization devoted to Colonial history. Last week, a historical ...
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SPECIAL | HPE Meeting with the media in Los Angeles are principal figures driving the new NBC sitcom “Up All Night,” (from left) creator and writer Emily Spivey, actors Maya Rudolph, Will Arnett and Christina Applegate, and executive producer Lorne Michaels.
Writing for laughs: Former High Pointer Emily Spivey is the creator of a new NBC sitcom
Emily Spivey has gone from “Saturday Night Live” to, um, “Wednesday Night Taped,” but the former High Pointer is no less excited about this latest development in her television career. Spivey, a 1...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Janet Geisler, a retired nurse, gets emotional as she recalls volunteering in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
Giving it her all: High Point native Janet Geisler lived in upstate New York in 2001, and all she wanted to do on Sept. 11 was help
Janet Lanier Geisler couldn’t sleep. Curled up on a mat at Chelsea Piers – a sprawling athletic complex along the banks of Manhattan’s Hudson River – Geisler found sleep elusive, her body’s need f...
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SPECIAL | HPE Tony Griffey (right) poses with Andre Previn, who was conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra shortly after Sept. 11, 2001.
Soloist's lament: On Sept. 11, tenor Tony Griffey watched from the window of his New York apartment as the twin towers burned
Ten years ago, the day terrorism turned New York City into a war zone, Tony Griffey had a bird’s-eye view of the destruction from his high-rise apartment building near Times Square. “I could see t...
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