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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 Fields 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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SPECIAL | HPE Henry Winkler will be in Winston-Salem Tuesday as part of the “Open Arms” education campaign to raise awareness about upper limb spasticity.
Fonzie's fight: Actor Henry Winkler spreads the word about ULS
WINSTON-SALEM – Why would Henry Winkler, a star of the beloved “Happy Days” sitcom of the 1970s and ’80s, care about joining an educational campaign regarding something called upper limb spasticity...
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SPECIAL | HPE Stories in "Wicked High Point" were compiled by Alice Sink.
Tabloid tales: Book reveals seamier side of High Point's past
HIGH POINT – Just when you thought it was safe to go to the bookstore, something wicked this way comes. Specifically, it’s local author Alice Sink’s new book, “Wicked High Point,” a compilation of...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Drum major Josh Caudle leads the T. Wingate Andrews band halftime show at the Aug. 19 game against High Point Central.
Banding together: At Andrews High School, they're rekindling the spirit and sound of their great marching bands of the past
When Joshua Caudle was just a kid, the marching band at T. Wingate Andrews High School probably made his eyes bug out. The Red Raider Marching Band back then – in its heyday, mind you – was all ab...
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SPECIAL | HPE The clapper rail, photographed Monday on the window sill at North State Pathology, is about the size of a chicken and is rarely spotted far from the coast.
Lost bird: Experts believe Hurricane Irene may have blown clapper rail as far west as High Point
HIGH POINT – To most of us, the bird that showed up in High Point earlier this week would be just another bird. But to the North Carolina bird-watching community, the sighting represents something...
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SPECIAL | HPE Ava Honeycutt was born with craniosynostosis and had to have surgery to restructure the skull and allow proper brain growth. Ava’s mother, Ashley, now sends personalized, stuffed elephants to other children facing the same surgery.
A special friend: Kids facing surgery for craniosynostosis get stuffed elephant
HIGH POINT – It started so innocently. Ashley Honeycutt had struck up a friendship with another woman whose young son had craniosynostosis – the same defect Honeycutt’s infant daughter, Ava, had h...
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A family of six mustangs camps out in the shade of this beach house in Corolla at the Outer Banks. “The hotter it gets, the more they like to get underneath somebody’s house,” according to Jim Shipley, a guide with Corolla Outback Adventures. Jimmy Tomlin | HPE
Wild mustangs remain a top tourist attraction at the Outer Banks
COROLLA, N.C. – About an hour into our behind-the-dunes tour of Corolla, home of the storied herd of Colonial Spanish mustangs living at the Outer Banks, we’ve seen exactly one horse. We’ve seen o...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Karen Philbin, Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary president, inspects a piece of furniture for sale at Salvation Army s annual furniture sale on Saturday.
Sale with a wrinkle: Annual Salvation Army event will feature silent auction
HIGH POINT – One of the most popular furniture sales in town – the annual fundraising furniture sale sponsored by the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary – returns with a new wrinkle this weekend. Th...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Edith Southerland (left) and Pat Townsend hold banner along Cedrow Avenue at the entrance to Memorial United Methodist Church to entice motorists to use the drive-through prayer service. The service is offered on Tuesdays from 4 to 6 p.m.
They brake for prayer: Church initiates drive-through service for motorists
HIGH POINT – In a world saturated with the convenience of drive-through outlets, from fast food and banking to prescription pick-ups and mail drop-offs – and even drive-through funeral visitation –...
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SPECIAL | HPE Author Marie Shull says she made the swing from liberal feminism to liberating faith.
Search for true faith: Author describes her journey to becoming an ambassador for Christ
HIGH POINT – Marie Shull found herself haunted by a conversation she’d had during a mission trip to Africa. “I was talking with a Peace Corps worker, and I wanted to share with her what the life o...
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don davis jr. | HPE Dan Addington can remain in Elm Towers after he received contributions of more than $2,000 for rent and medications.
Generosity saves man from eviction: Dan Addington ministers to homeless from his apartment
HIGH POINT – Dan Addington remains in his little slice of heaven at Elm Towers, courtesy of generous High Point Enterprise readers. The 59-year-old High Point man, who has health issues that requi...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Elm Towers resident Dan Addington, who once gave away $40,000 in a couple of months, ministers to other residents of the High Point public housing complex (where he faces possible eviction) and homeless in the area.
An unreal life: Dan Addington doesn't have much of anything except a never-ending desire to help his fellow man
HIGH POINT – It’s difficult to fathom all of the paradoxes in Dan Addington’s curious life. The 59-year-old High Point man once designed custom swimming pools for the wealthy. Now he lives in a sm...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Sign at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church has been taken down to make room for one that reads “Life on Lexington.”
Baptist revival: High Point church turns to another congregation to save its dwindling membership
HIGH POINT – Arnold Spaugh likes to joke about the age of the congregation at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church. “It’s pretty much all elderly except me,” the High Point resident says with a chuckle...
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SPECIAL | HPE Meagan Starling sits at one of numerous doctor’s appointments she’s had in recent years.
Meagan's cause: Church rallies to help teen with rare skin disorder
SOPHIA – Caraway Baptist Church will help one of its own Saturday, hosting a benefit dinner and auction for the family of church member Meagan Starling. Meagan, 18, suffers from a disorder called ...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Lily, the Labradoodle on Edgedale Drive, gets a treat from postman Dale Baity, who carried dog biscuits for all the canines on his route. Saturday was Baity’s last day carrying the mail.
Dogs' best friend: After handing out thousands of dog treats, letter carrier calls it quits
HIGH POINT – For 13 years, Dale Baity has been old Emerywood’s pied piper of pooches. As the veteran postal carrier walked his daily delivery route – Hillcrest Drive, W. Farris Street, Edgedale Dr...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Alex Hill has been training since January to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Alex and 10 other climbers will begin the six-day journey on Saturday.
Taking Kilimanjaro: 14-year-old Alex Hill and his father are climbing Africa's tallest mountain as a fundraiser
HIGH POINT – If you work out at The Rush in High Point, you may have seen a teenager on one of the stair-climbing machines, with a large pack on his back. That was Alex Hill, a 14-year-old sophomo...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE These clothes were found inside a suitcase on the Titanic. No clothing was taken from the wreckage if it was thought to have been worn by one of the victims at the time of the crash.
Sunken treasures: Titanic exhibition gives emotional look into ill-fated journey
GREENSBORO – Just how powerful is the new Titanic exhibition opening this weekend at the Natural Science Center? In the “Memorial Gallery” at the end of the exhibition, where a large memorial wall...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Library Associate Nic Covington joins his sisters Essence Miles (center) and Brea Miles (right) for a Wii bowling game Thursday at the Teen Garage.
A space for teens: Library's 'Garage' aims to pull youngsters in
HIGH POINT – The public library no longer is a place talking and laughing are met with a stern librarian’s “shhh,” at least not on the third floor. The third floor is the home of the Teen Garage, ...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Kostas Bakoulas, owner of Kozzy’s Grille in College Village Shopping Center, is recruiting people to run with him in the Mud Run.
Running for a cause: Six years after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Kostas Bakoulas is enjoying life again and helping others
HIGH POINT – Kostas Bakoulas was an athletic trainer, possibly in the best shape of his life, when he discovered he wasn’t nearly as healthy as he’d thought he was. Bakoulas, the 26-year-old owner...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Rev. Steve Welborn, pastor at Faith Baptist Church in Trinity for more than 25 years, found out on May 26 that he has brain cancer.
Preacher's fight: Steve Welborn knows his cancer is bad, but neither the Trinity pastor nor his friends are taking things lying down
TRINITY – The day before Easter, as he walked through God’s Acre – the beautiful, serene burial ground at Old Salem – the Rev. Steve Welborn suddenly couldn’t speak. That’s bad enough news when a ...
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SPECIAL | HPE Parker White, founder of BackPack Beginnings, and her daughter, Avery, show some of the food items her program accepts. This fall, the program will feed 487 children on weekends in Guilford County.
Feeding the children: Program helps school students get nutritious meals on weekends
Parker White thinks the statistics about hungry school-aged children in Guilford County will surprise you – and she hopes they’ll surprise you enough to move you. “I think people will be blown awa...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Instructor Tammy May of Computer Explorers shows fingerprints on screen to children at Creative Corner Child Care.
Little detectives: Day-care students get lessons in how to solve crimes
HIGH POINT – Five-year-old Megan Forthofer gently slides an index card under a digital microscope and watches for her red fingerprint to appear on a laptop monitor beside the microscope. “Wow!” sh...
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SPECIAL | HPE Christy Golden can’t get enough of her daughter’s happiness as Callie’s face erupts in laughter.
A beautiful life: A rare genetic disorder is taking their little girl away, but Nathan and Christy Golden enjoy the moments they can
HIGH POINT – From their living room, Nathan and Christy Golden can hear their daughter, 2½-year-old Callie, cackling joyously in another room. Is she laughing at Elmo, the mirthful Muppet who alwa...
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SPECIAL | HPE Lynn Leventry, a teller at the Fairfield Road branch of High Point Bank, adds T-shirts and caps donated by a screen printing company, to the Operation Ziploc collection.
Ziploc and load: Local groups collect items to send to troops abroad
HIGH POINT – Operation Ziploc, now in its fifth year locally, continues to make an impact for soldiers halfway across the world. “It’s been overwhelming,” said Ed Terry, executive vice president o...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE First Lt. Jesse Paris Julian from Randolph County received the Navy Cross for heroism under fire. His page in HPU’s “Roll of Honor” includes a copy of his commendation.
To those who served: HPU library holds vintage pages of its students who fought in WWII
HIGH POINT – Three thick scrapbooks at High Point University, each with an American flag adorning the cover, bear the dignified-sounding name “Roll of Honor.” Once a part of the general collection...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Robert Greene, employee at Coins & Stuff, says the store paid about $6,000 for baseball cards that are now worth about $100.
Striking out: As hot as a Nolan Ryan fastball 20 years ago, baseball cards are virtually worthless today
So you’re cleaning out your attic when you stumble across a couple of old, familiar-looking shoeboxes, stuffed with baseball cards. Ahhh, what fond childhood memories the cards stir as you recall ...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Today, Dianne and Wray Kidd will see the class ring Wray originally gave to Dianne in 1960.
Flushed out: Dropped down the toilet 51 years ago, a class ring will be returned to a High Point couple
HIGH POINT – Fortunately for Wray and Dianne Kidd of High Point, their relationship didn’t end up where Wray’s high-school class ring did – in the toilet. In fact, not only have the Kidds been mar...
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SPECIAL | HPE “Transformers” sequel will be shown tonight at the new IMAX theater on University Parkway in Winston-Salem.
IMAX to the Triad: High-tech movie experience opens tonight in Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM – The newest, hottest technological trend in the motion picture industry – movies in IMAX 3D – arrives in the Triad today. The Grand 18 multiplex on University Parkway, home of the T...
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PHOTO COURTESY HIGH POINT HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Rev. B. Elton Cox (right) walks with the Fountain sisters as they leave the High Point School Administration Building on English Road in this Sept. 1, 1959, photo. Cox and Perry Little escort (from left) Lynn Fountain and Brenda Fountain to school on the city schools’ first day of integration.
The life of a leader: High Point civil rights activist was at forefront of movement
If opponents of the civil rights movement had had their way, the Rev. Benjamin Elton Cox would’ve been dead decades ago. Instead, the pastor and civil rights leader – whose impact can be felt on p...
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SPECIAL | HPE Dan Arent (right) of High Point was close to needing dialysis until Feb. 22, when his son-in-law Mike Link donated a kidney.
Organ donor-in-law: Mike Link of Colfax happily gives a kidney to his father-in-law
HIGH POINT – Neckties and fishing rods are nice, but Dan Arent needs neither. The 70-year-old High Point man got the best possible Father’s Day present – from his son-in-law, no less – four months ...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Fawn spent a good part of three days this week on front porch of Emerywood Forest home.
Baffled by Bambi: Local residents surprised to find fawn visiting front porch
HIGH POINT – It’s not all that unusual for Emerywood Forest residents to spot a deer near the woods in their neighborhood, but a fawn on the front porch? That’s what Charles and Jayne Rhyne Chavis...
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SPECIAL | HPE The 2011 Alzheimer’s conference will be held Thursday at Millis Regional Health Education Center.
Living with Alzheimer's: Conference aims to help caregivers
HIGH POINT – A free conference being offered this week will focus not only on the needs of Alzheimer’s patients, but also on the needs of the people who take care of them. Brookdale Senior Living,...
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At the Jamestown fire department, Christine Fairley checks to be sure all meals are ready to be delivered. Sonny Hedgecock | HPE
Mobile Meals: Program sponsored by Senior Resources of Guilford always remains in fundraising mode
GUILFORD COUNTY – Only three weeks ago, 31 Guilford County senior citizens were on the waiting list for the Mobile Meals program sponsored by Senior Resources of Guilford. Three days ago, there we...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE About a quarter of a million Americans, about 17,000 of them under 19, were treated for lawn mower-related injuries last year.
Be in the know when you mow: Proper precautions can prevent lawn mower injuries
Preventing lawn mower injuries may seem like common sense, but national statistics suggest that sometimes common sense isn’t all that common. Approximately 253,000 people – nearly 17,000 of them y...
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SPECIAL | HPE Joey Hilburn (left) of Thomasville poses with Ryan Clanton of Lodi, Calif., when the two met May 22 at Hendrick Motorsports in Concord.
Ryan's lifesaver: Joey Hilburn meets 9-year-old boy who received his bone marrow
THOMASVILLE – About 2½ years ago, as a nurse swabbed Joey Hilburn’s cheeks – the standard procedure for adding an individual to the national registry of potential bone marrow donors – Hilburn praye...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Johnny Woodlief (left) pumps gas and talks with the Rev. Dale Kinley, associate pastor at Hillside Park Baptist Church.
Gas Relief Day: Church hopes discounting gas will be way to reach others
THOMASVILLE – A Thomasville church wants to serve its community – and hopefully entice a few folks to visit the church – by offering some heavenly prices at the pump this weekend. Hillside Park Ba...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Allyssa Stafford, an employee of Sun’s Edge Tanning Salon & Juice Bar, says teenagers rarely use tanning beds, except during prom season.
Tanning teens: Law would require prescription for most teens to use tanning beds
HIGH POINT – A proposed state law that would curb teenagers’ ability to frequent tanning salons has local owners of such businesses burning up. “I think it’s ridiculous,” Lori Shelton, owner of Th...
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DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Meredith Slane Michener stands among her collection of miniatures on display at the High Point Museum.
Special little gift: High Pointer donates miniature collection to local museum
HIGH POINT – It began as a simple hobby, something Meredith Slane Michener could do with her grandchildren when she was in town. Two decades later, though, the High Point native’s interest in minia...
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SPECIAL | HPE North Carolina Shakespeare Festival trustee Sue Hunter (back, second from right) poses with others at last year’s NCSF fashion-show fundraiser.
All dressed up: Shakespeare Festival holds fashionable fundraiser
HIGH POINT – The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival will step back in time next week to raise funding for its outreach and education program, Shakespeare To Go. “High Tea & Fashion: On the Home F...
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FILE | HPE Tom Burke is shown assisting Angie Cain and Suzie Kirk at Tarheel Lanes during Special Olympics bowling several years ago.
One-of-a-kind volunteer: After a quarter century helping with the bowling league he founded, Tom Burke is stepping down
HIGH POINT – Talk about a lucky strike. When Tom Burke started a bowling league for the developmentally disabled nearly 25 years ago – a league now known as the Lucky Strikes Bowling League – Burk...
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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Melissa Higgins prepares to take her sons, Andrew (center), 9, and Wil, 7, to school on a recent morning.
Fighting a rare fight: Melissa Higgins found answers to why she had been feeling poor, but it wasn't what she wanted to hear
SOPHIA – Two years ago, as doctors began to zero in on what might be causing Melissa Goode Higgins to have an enlarged spleen, she researched the problem online and made a checklist of the possibil...
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ELLA BELLA PHOTOGRAPHY | SPECIAL | HPE When Claire Culwell, who was adopted, met her birth mother, she decided it was time to air her pro-life views.
Living thankfully: Abortion survivor Claire Culwell tells her amazing story
GREENSBORO – Two years ago, Claire Culwell was, by her own admission, “a complete introvert.” That’s not something you’d typically find on the resumé of one of the pro-life movement’s most powerfu...
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