Friday's Internet Edition, 6:26 PM, July 3, 2009. Small Newspapers Still Making A Profit By Dwight Sparks - How odd that a UNC journalism professor should look at our little newspapers - often considered old school dinosaurs - as role models. Of course, we did earn a bigger profit than many of America’s daily newspapers last year - combined. More than the stately New York Times. More than most of the other recognizable big city newspapers, all of which reported staggering losses. By our standards, we had a pretty good year. We’ve never made a lot of money, but we’ve always made some. This year ... so far, so good, but it has been painful, and we’ve pinched . . . [Click for More] INSIDE NEWS STORIES Three Face Drug Charges After Raid Undercover drug operations by Davie County Sheriff’s Office and Mocksville Police Department led to an afternoon raid on a local home and three arrests. According to a news release from . . . [ Click for More ] Filing To Start For Town Offices Filings for the three municipalities in Davie County will begin Monday, July 6 at 8 a.m. and will close Friday, July 17 at noon. The two council seats in Bermuda . . . [ Click for More ] PASSING THE TEST Views On The Enterprise And Davie County From An Outsider Permit me to disabuse you of the notion that all newspapers are failing. Sure, we all know that many major metro dailies were already in a dismal state prior to . . . [ Click for More ] Picnic Grounds Get A Facelift The Masonic Picnic will take place on Aug. 6, just like it has for some 129 years. Folks will gather at Clement Grove at noon for the famous picnic-style meal . . . [ Click for More ] DOWN ON HIS LUCK Churches Hit By Apparent Scam Churches beware. That’s the warning one member of a local congregation wants to spread after a visit from a man claiming to be down on his luck. Davie Sheriff’s Capt. . . . [ Click for More ] Enterprise Record workers wear more than one hat. Here, Advertising Director Ray Tutterow, Sports Editor Brian Pitts and advertising representative, Bruce Hemming, get ready to deliver newspapers to subscribers. - Photo by Robin Snow Got an opinion? Do you fear losing your job, due to the economy? Click here and add your vote to our On-Line Poll Local Sports Cope Blazing Hot In Rout Of S. Rowan There are three good reasons that Tyler King’s hot streak has had a hard time escaping the shadows. King went 2 for 5 with four RBIs in Saturday’s impressive 11-1 . . . [ Click for More ] Local Obituaries Obits: Week of June 25, 2009 Brenda Boles Lisk Brenda Frances Boles Lisk, 65, of Southport, died on Friday, June 19, 2009, at the home of her son, Jeffrey B. Lynch in Advance. Hoyle Michael Combs . . . [ Click for More ] News Archive Sports Archive Local Obituaries Archive Woman Dies In Wreck After Police Chase By Mike Barnhardt - COOLEEMEE - A police officer here realized that the driver he was attempting to stop Sunday night had become dangerous. He was right. Michelle Deese, 32, of NC 801, was later pronounced dead at the scene of a wreck. Officer Brent Cranford had activated the blue light and siren on his patrol car at 11:40 p.m. in an attempt to stop a Chevrolet Cavalier that had been reported stolen - with Deese driving without a license. As the two entered Rowan County on NC 801, the suspect car sped up and turned right onto Needmore Road. “The in-car camera showed the pursued vehicle going left of center and passing vehicles on a double yellow line on hills and in curves,” said Police Chief Bobby West. It was traveling at an estimated 90 mph. What happened next makes West proud of his officer. “Officer Cranford realized it ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028. This is an on-line publication of The Davie County Enterprise-Record 171 So. Main St. P.O. Box 99 Mocksville, NC 27028 336-751-2120 Fax 336-751-9760 For comments or questions, email us Publisher: Dwight Sparks dsparks@enterprise-record.com. Advertising Director: Ray Tutterow erads2@davie-enterprise.com. Front Page - Sports - Davie People - Editorial - Obituaries - Archive - Real Estate - Classified - Subscribe On-line publication, Copyright 2001, TheEnterprise Record. Web page design, Copyright 2001, EZ Edit Web Publishing.