Saturday's Internet Edition, March 13, 2010. RECENT NEWS Clerk Of Court A Popular Choice Filing For Local Offices Open Through Noon Feb. 26 Kevin Hendrix wanted to be the first to file for office in Davie County on Monday - and he was. An hour before filing opened at the Davie County Board of Elections, Hendrix was there. And the candidate was quickly joined by others also seeking the Republican nomination for Clerk . . . [ Full story ] Foster Brothers Continuing Farming Legacy Farming runs in the Foster blood. And Bryan and Wesley Foster are continuing the farming tradition passed down for generations. The Foster brothers of Lake Phelps Grains received the Distinguished Service Award at the recent joint conference of Corn, Cotton, Small Grains and Soybean Producers at the New Bern Convention . . . [ Full story ] Saturday School? More Snow Days Could Make It A Possibility Sleeping late and playing in the snow might have been a lot of fun for students last week, but the threat of Saturday school could wipe the smiles from their faces. There were five snow days listed on the 2009-10 school calendar, and one of those had already passed when . . . [ Full story ] GONE TO THE DOGS Sheriff’s Department Has Five K9s Trained To Detect Drugs, Protect Officers Police canines are used around the country by law enforcement departments. They assist, protect, and defend their handlers and aid in the apprehension of criminals. Five of these dogs serve with their handlers as members of the Davie County Sheriff’s Department. K9 Sgt. M.G. Snody Jr., and Bart; K9 Cpl. . . . [ Full story ] Schools Hire Architect, Engineer For Second Time For the second time in three months, the Davie County Board of Education has unanimously chosen Walter, Robbs, Callahan & Pierce (WRCP) as the architectural firm that will design the new high school. The board members also chose John Grey to be the civil engineer. Contracts with both firms were . . . [ Full story ] Extra Sales Tax Voted Down - Again Davie voters again have voted down an additional sales tax - this time a quarter cent tax that county leaders touted as an alternative to property taxes. With 10.61% of voters casting ballots, 1,749 of them - or 62.46 percent - said no to the new tax. Voters in only . . . [ Full story ] Early College Teacher Arrested A teacher at Davie County Early College was arrested last week for secret peeping at a Winston-Salem book store, and now he faces additional charges for exposing himself at another book store in High Point. Eric Jason Reeder, 34, of High Point was arrested last week while teaching across from . . . [ Full story ] Jobs The Topic As Leaders Gather The word is getting out about Davie County. And the groups putting the word out hope it will mean jobs - and students ready to take those jobs. From STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) funding to hospital plans, from interest in local company expansions to new businesses, folks are . . . [ Full story ] Cooleemee Mayor Resigns To Become Clerk COOLEEMEE - Change seems to be the word here these days. There was the appointment and election of three new commissioners to the town board at the end of last year. Last week, residents learned that Novant is closing Dr. Zastrow’s office. Sarah McDaniel has resigned from the planning board . . . [ Full story ] 1/4-Cent Sales Tax Vote Tuesday Davie voters will decide Tuesday whether to levy an additional quarter-cent sales tax on most items bought here. County commissioners put the issue on the ballot, and adopted resolutions saying the money would be used to pay for school construction debt. The tax would not apply to non-prepared food, such . . . [ Full story ] Mocksville Man Dies After Wreck, And Fight With Wife A Mocksville man died a week after his vehicle went past a stop sign and hit a tractor-trailer following an altercation with his estranged wife. According to Davie County Sheriff’s Sgt. B.T. Emory, Steven Michael Beaver, 57, of Country Lane, Mocksville was taken to Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem shortly . . . [ Full story ] People Of Haiti On Minds Of King Supporters St. John AME Zion Church was full Monday afternoon as Davie County celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But it was the people of Haiti who were on the minds of the people. The offering didn’t go to the Davie chapter of the NAACP. It went for Haiti relief. . . . [ Full story ] Architect, Engineer To Be Selected For New School - Again If the Davie County Board of Education broke the law in the selection of the engineer and architect for the new high school, they did so “mistakenly,” according to Chair Terry Renegar. But the result is the termination of contracts with John Grey and Walter, Robbs, Callahan and Pierce (WRCP). . . . [ Full story ] Residents Say Cooleemee Can Support Doctor’s Office Patients in Cooleemee and surrounding areas who have enjoyed the convenience of having a hometown doctor will soon have to look elsewhere for their medical care. Novant has announced it will close the office of the only doctor in town, Dr. Joseph Zastrow, Feb. 10. Zastrow will continue to see . . . [ Full story ] BUSTED Officers Round Up More Than 20 Suspected Of Selling Drugs An entire day was spent last week rounding up suspects and making more than 20 arrests around the county for selling illegal drugs. According to Capt. Chris Shuskey of the Davie County Sheriff�s Narcotics Division, officers with probation, the sheriff�s office, and Mocksville Police began their rounds of taking offenders . . . [ Full story ] Japanese-Born Doctor Building Family Practice Here HILLSDALE � Many 11-year-old boys and girls dream of growing up to become a doctor. For Takashi Hirata, M.D., the family physician at Medical Associates of Davie at Hillsdale, figuring out what he wanted to do when he grew up was not top-of-mind when his family moved to Mooresville from . . . [ Full story ] TO TAX OR NOT TO TAX? Davie Voters Can Cast Early Ballots Starting Thursday Davie voters will be able to cast early ballots beginning Jan. 14 on whether to approve a referendum levying an extra quarter-cent sales tax. Before that, Davie County commissioners have scheduled two �public information� meetings about the proposal: � 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at Cornerstone Christian Church, NC 801 . . . [ Full story ] Bank Robber Caught Here An alert teller and quick response from Mocksville police officers on Christmas Eve led to the arrest of a man wanted in more than 10 bank robberies. It wasn�t the suspect�s first visit to Mocksville. On Dec. 15, a man walked into the Sun Trust on Yadkinville Road and handed . . . [ Full story ] Storehouse Continues Ghana Outreach Michael Asentey has been from one end of Ghana to the other - to the remote villages where the children don�t wear clothes - to island villages where there is no contact with the outside world. There and many places in between, there are people who are hungry, need clothing. . . . [ Full story ] Sales Tax Meetings Coming Up Local Office Filing To Start In February Davie County commissioners are planning two public meetings to promote passage of the quarter-cent sales tax to be decided by Davie voters on Feb. 2. The meetings are tentatively scheduled for Monday, Jan. 11 at the Cooleemee VFW building on NC 801, and . . . 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