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UNNECESSARY FARCE, PRESENTED BY RHINOLEAP PRODUCTIONS

Two motel rooms. Three crooks. Eight doors. Go!

RhinoLeap Productions will present Unnecessary Farce at the historic Sunset Theatre for three weeks beginning April 22, 2022 and closing May 8, 2022. Written by Paul Slade Smith, the play follows two cops as they try to save their jobs by cracking the biggest case their small town has ever seen. Come on a wild ride of mistaken identities, sharp dialogue, and show-stopping physical comedy as this hilarious comedy deftly makes a place for itself in the grand comedic tradition of farces. The cast will feature Alex Bodine, Ali Evarts, Georgia Morgan, Chris Osteen, Patrick Osteen, Phil Shore and Allen Tedder. The production will be designed by Evan Finch, David Griffie, Jennifer O'Kelly, Tara Raczenski and David Rawlins. RhinoLeap Artistic Director Jeremy Skidmore will direct the production. About RhinoLeap: Based in Asheboro, NC RhinoLeap is one of the fastest growing arts organizations in the state. It is our mission to produce stories that reflect the diversity of North Carolina while offering educational programing for teenagers that builds empathy, increases communication, and equips teenagers to generate social impact in their communities. Our professional artists come from all over North Carolina as well as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, and Washington, DC. We also hire current students from many of North Carolina's top arts programs.

RhinoLeap's Upcoming Offerings

June 18th through July 3rd Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea George Washington Carver Center

Before Dontrell Jones the Third goes off to college, he decides it is his destiny to venture into the Atlantic Ocean in search of an ancestor lost during the Middle Passage. But Dontrell's family is not at all ready to abandon its prized son to the waters of a mysterious and haunting past. Blending humor, dance, and ritual, Dontrell takes us on a present-day hero's quest exploring the lengths and depths we must go to discover the truth about our history. Ticket Information Ticket prices range from $10 to $25 depending on the venue. Tickets available at www.rhinoleap.com or Brightside Gallery located at 170 Worth Street, Asheboro, NC. Tickets to ALL RhinoLeap productions are free for ALL high school and college students living in Randolph County. Just show up to ANY performance 30 minutes before showtime to get your free ticket on a first come, first served basis.

April 22nd - May 8th

Sunset Theatre

234 Sunset Avenue Downtown Asheboro

ASHEBORO CHILDREN’S HEALTH EXPANDS REACH OUT AND READ PROGRAM

Four additional well-child visits added to practice’s early literacy outreach

Starting March 1, Dr. Chamberlin at Asheboro Children’s Health on Cox Street in Asheboro will provide free Reach Out and Read books along with early literacy guidance to parents during well-child visits starting at birth. This expands the program, which formerly included well-visits from 6 months to 5 years, by four additional well-visits. The expansion was made possible through a Medicaid initiative with the NC Department of Health and Human Services, originally approved December 2020. Expanding the Reach Out and Read program to include children from birth is one of the four goals in the initiative. "Books are ideal for stimulating brain development in infants,” Dr. Pat Chamberlin said. “Babies are visually stimulated by the images and colors, and they are starting to learn language by hearing their parents talk about the book." Reach Out and Read encourages families to read together and builds a foundation for success by combining children’s books and literacy tools with pediatric visits. Pediatricians like Dr. Chamberlin incorporate books into visits to evaluate development and “prescribe” family reading time. The child receives a free book at each wellchild visit through age 5. For 10 years, Randolph Partnership for Children (RPC) has facilitated Reach Out and Read at Asheboro Children’s Health, Randolph Health Pediatrics, and Randolph Health-Liberty for well-child visits beginning at the 6-month visit. RPC’s program is designated as High Quality by Reach Out and Read-Carolinas. Asheboro Children’s Health is the first of the three sites to meet the requirements to roll back to birth. The other two sites have plans to do the same in the near future. “Reach Out and Read is an efficient and innovative intervention,” Reach Out and Read Carolinas Executive Director Callee Boulware said. “Everyday moments created together around a book have the potential to build resilience in both children and adults, buffer stress, and support safe, stable, and nurturing relationships that allow children to thrive.”

About the Randolph Partnership for Children:

Since 1999, the Randolph Partnership for Children (RPC), a nonprofit organization, has positively impacted the lives of Randolph County’s young children. As the community’s lead organization for young children and their families, RPC works with and through diverse agencies, individuals, organizations, and communities to ensure all children enter school healthy and ready to succeed in school and life. RPC is a United Way agency. For more information, visit www.randolphkids.org.

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ACS BANDS RECEIVES HIGHEST MARKS AT MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADJUDICATION

Last week, Asheboro City Schools learned BOTH the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Band returned to Asheboro High School earning a “Superior” rating for their performances! A rating of “Superior,” is the highest level bands can achieve at the Music Performance Adjudication. Assistant Director of Bands, Tucker Smith said, “All students worked vigorously to achieve this accomplishment. They represented AHS with the highest standards both on and off the stage." The North Asheboro Middle School Band also participated in a Music Performance Adjudication and earned an overall rating of, “Excellent.” NAMS Band Director, Ms. Janet Longerbeam said, “We are very proud of our young musicians.”

TWO ACS EDUCATORS RECOGNIZED FOR SERVICE FROM THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

Congratulatiions to Mrs. Nikki Domally and Dr. Drew Maerz for receiving top recognitions from the Boy Scouts of America last week. Mrs. Domally received the Elbert K. Fretwell Outstanding Educator Award. This award is named after Elbert Fretwell, the BSA's second Chief Scout Executive and a former professor of education at Columbia University. The Fretwell Award is presented to teachers, educational support staff, or school administrators who model Scouting values in their students, classrooms, and schools and separate themselves from their peers as educational leaders and advocates for the youth in our communities. It recognizes a person’s work for students in his or her professional role — not for what the person does directly for Scouting. Mrs. Domally was recognized as a 2021 Elbert K. Fretwell Recipient. Drew Maerz was awarded the Silver Beaver Award from the Old North State Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The Silver Beaver Award is bestowed upon persons who have given continued, unselfish, and effective service to the community, usually through the program of the Boy Scouts of America, but not limited to Scouting. Only those persons who have been nominated by their Scouting peers are considered. The Silver Beaver Award is the highest recognition a local Council can bestow upon volunteer leaders.

NEW WEBSITE CREATED WITH RCC STUDENTS IN MIND

GET YOUR REALTOR CREDITS AND TRAINING THROUGH RCC

Lately, Randolph Community College has a very different look. No, the colors haven’t changed or the school mascot, and there aren’t any groundbreakings planned in the near future. The change is online. On Dec. 1, RCC launched a new website that was 18 months in the making, and on March 1 the College added a chatbot to the new site. All of the changes are geared toward making the new and current students’ experience better. “At RCC, students come first,” Vice President for Student Services Chad Williams said. “The new website has been a welcome change, especially for our students. Our hope is the addition of the chatbot will improve the student experience and make it much easier to find the information they need.” Designed by Beacon Technologies Inc. of Greensboro in collaboration with RCC’s Institutional Advancement Department, the website was a complete, from-the-ground up update. Beacon also has designed several other North

Are you a realtor who needs to fulfill your annual Continuing Education credit or do you need some extra training? Randolph Community College has you covered with courses in April and May on the Asheboro Campus. “General Real Estate Update” fulfills the annual continuing education credit for Real Estate Brokers as mandated by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission. The Commission changes the subject matter of this course each year. The course (#79448) is from 8 a.m.-noon on Wednesday, April 27. “The Contract Maze” is an elective course designed to navigate the intricate details and elusive question of “When does an offer become a contract?” This class (#79450) meets from 1-5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27. The third class (#79451) being offered is “Broker-in-Charge Real Estate Update (BICUP),” which will fulfill the annual continuing education credit for Brokers-in-Charge. The course is from 8 a.m.-noon on Wednesday, May 25. “Real Estate Agency — Art or Agony” is designed to cause brokers to “stop … and … think” about their actions or inactions when working with buyers and sellers or landlords and tenants, especially when acting as a dual agent. The class (#79452) is from 1-5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25. All of these classes are in room 103 of the Continuing Education & Industrial Center on the Asheboro Campus. The cost for each class is $45. All Real Estate courses require students to bring a photo ID and pocket card. Students will receive a 100% refund if a class fails to “make” due to insufficient enrollment. A student Carolina higher education institutions’ websites and boasts several RCC graduates on its payroll. The chatbot is through Ocelot Inc., which specializes in higher education chatbots that are used at more than 400 institutions. Check out RCC’s new site at www.randolph.edu.

who officially withdraws from a class prior to the first class meeting will be eligible for a 100% refund. No refunds are given for students that are listed as “no show. For more information or to register, contact RCC’s Workforce Development and Continuing Education Division at 336328-1750 or visit https://selfservice.cloud.randolph.edu/ Student/instantenrollment/Search?keyword=real+estate.

RCC PTK CHAPTER GARNERS AWARDS AT REGIONAL CONVENTION

Beta Theta Rho, Randolph Community College’s Five Star Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, won several awards at the Carolinas Regional Convention at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem on March 4. The awards were based on various projects completed by the chapter’s members and led by the 2021 Officer Team — Grayson Greenwood, Kristen Jensen, Tia Meredith, Emily Ramirez, and Faith Staton. The chapter received the following awards: • International Level: Five Star Chapter (19th consecutive year for the chapter with only 14 of 58 community colleges in N.C. receiving the honor for 2021), • International Level: Distinguished Chapter Honorable Mention, • Carolinas Region Service Project Award: Carolinas Plastic Pollution Initiative (clean up at Worthville Dam), • Carolinas Region Honors in Action Project Award: School supplies bags for low-income students at Franklinville Elementary School, • International Level: Distinguished Honors in Action Project Honorable Mention (First Responders Day at Faith Christian School), • International Level: Distinguished Chapter Officer Team Honorable Mention, • International Level: Competitive Edge Award: Grayson Greenwood, • REACH Reward for Membership Acceptance Rate: (sixth consecutive year). Throughout 2021, chapter members and officers assisted the College in establishing an Armadillo Career Closet to provide graduates with professional clothing for job interviews. They also volunteered several Saturdays with the Habitat for Humanity of Randolph County, spent a Saturday cleaning up trash at Worthville Dam, provided bags of school supplies for students at Franklinville Elementary School, Randolph Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK), Beta Theta Rho, and organized a First Responders Day recently received several awards at the society’s Regional Convention, held March 4 at Forsyth event for Faith Christian School, which consisted of representatives from Technical Community College. Pictured, left to right, are English/Communication Instructor and PTK Advisor Clark Adams, 2022 PTK Vice President Aliza Abdul, 2022 PTK President Praise Ayodabo, and Spanish Instructor and PTK Advisor Dolores Vargas Benavides.

Franklinville Fire Department, Randolph County Sheriff’s Department, Asheboro Police Department, Emergency Services of Randolph County, and the North Carolina Wildlife Commission. Established by junior college presidents and students in Missouri in 1918, Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) is the oldest and largest international honor society serving two-year institutions. It recognizes the academic achievement and integrity of students enrolled in curriculum programs. Students who are invited to join PTK must have completed 12 credit hours and must possess a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. RCC’s chapter was chartered Nov. 1, 1999, and has maintained a Five Star status for 19 consecutive years. This Five Star status is the highest level that chapters can receive, recognizing chapters that have completed every requirement set by PTK and for chapters that go above and beyond to make sure their projects and service to the college and community are the very best they can be.

Interested in a job in the medical field? There are plenty of online opportunities to take a step in the right direction this summer at Randolph Community College. If you’re detail-oriented and organized, a career as a certified medical coder might be up your alley. Medical coders play a key role in reviewing and analyzing medical billing and coding for processing. In two online classes, students learn medical terminology and anatomy as well as how to use the CPT manual and the ICD-10-CM to work as a coder in the healthcare field (doctors’ offices, clinics, public health facilities, hospitals, etc.). These classes help prepare students for the

American Academy of Professional Coders CPC (Certified Professional Coder) National exam. The CPC is the gold standard for medical coding in physician office settings.

The first course (#79068), “Medical Terminology & Anatomy,” is May 16-Aug. 12. A high school diploma or equivalency diploma is required. The cost is $180, plus approximately $60 for a textbook. The registration deadline is April 25. If you’ve already taken “Medical Terminology & Anatomy,” “Medical Coding,” is May 16-Aug. 12 (#79069). The cost is $180, plus approximately $400 for textbooks. The prerequisites for this course include a high school diploma or equivalency and successful completion of the first course. The registration deadline is April 25. If you are both detail-oriented and a “people person,” you are the perfect candidate for being a medication aide. Medication aides perform a variety of patient care duties, including administering medication, reporting changes, collecting samples, and recording medication dosages. RCC’s online “Medication Aide” class is designed to prepare non-licensed personnel with the skills required by the North Carolina Board of Nursing to practice as a Medication Aide in long-term care/skilled nursing facilities within the state of North Carolina. Topics include oral, topical, and instillation medication routes; medical asepsis; hand hygiene; terminology; and legal implications. Upon successful completion of this course, students are eligible to take the NCBON/NNAAP (North Carolina Board of Nursing/National Nurse Assistant Assessment Program) Medication Aide Exam in order to become listed in the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation Medication Aide Registry. Students must: • Have high school diploma or high school equivalency, • Be 18 years of age, • Have a current listing with the Division of Health Service Regulation as a Nurse Aide I with no substantial findings of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of property, • Have proof of completion of a minimum 75-hour, stateapproved Nurse Aide I course, • Have a Social Security card (name must match a government-issued photo ID), • Have a government-issued photo ID (name must match Social Security card). RCC is offering four sections of this class, each with its own registration deadline — May 9-25 (#78983, May 2 deadline), June 1-20 (#78984, May 25 deadline), July 1127 (#78985, June 27 deadline), or Aug. 1-17 (#78986, June 25 deadline). All sections are Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-10 p.m. The cost is $70. Heart disease is still the leading cause of death in the United States. You can be a part of the solution by taking RCC’s 132-hour “Electrocardiograph Essentials” hybrid class. It is designed and approved to prepare students to become certified EKG Technicians through the American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians Inc. (ASPT). The course covers the anatomy and physiology of the heart; principles of EKG, dysrhythmia recognition of sinus; junctional/atrial rhythms; heart blocks and bundle branches; and ventricular ectopy rhythms. Skills will include operating EKG equipment and running and mounting strips as well as reading and interpreting cardiac lead tracings produced from 12 lead monitors as it relates to heart function. The class (#79094) is May 2-July 29 online with two on-site clinical days, July 22 and 29 from 9-11 a.m. in room 250 of the Dr. Robert S. Shackleford Jr. Allied Health Center. The cost is $180.55 plus the required textbook, “ECG Essentials of Electrocardiography,” which can be purchased through the RCC Campus Store by calling 336-633-0236. Students are asked to prepay two weeks in advance of the start of class. The cost does not include the cost of the EKG Certification Exam, which will be administered during the on-site clinical portion and costs $60 plus a membership fee of $30. The cost of the exam must be paid prior to the exam date. For information or to register for any of these courses, call 336-328-1750. For a complete list of RCC’s Workforce Development and Continuing Education summer courses, visit https://www.randolph.edu/academics/workforcedevelopment/summer-courses.aspx.