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GIFT OF MUSIC: Songwriter battling MS brings message to High Point. 1C LOOMING HEADACHE: Medicare bidding change worries companies. 1B

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North Carolina storm roundup. 2A

Devastation Photos reveal scope of damage. 6A

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March 30, 2010

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BIG FINISH: Hamlin roars to victory at Martinsville. 1D State

TUESDAY

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WHO’S NEWS

Davidson copes with destruction. 1B

CITY RECOVERS

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Solomon Bililign, a professor of physics at North Carolina A&T State University, was recently selected to be an alumni fellow for the 2010 class of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa. As an alumni fellow, he is invited for a campus visit Sept. 23-24 to give a public lecture.

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SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE

Photo shows destruction to house at the corner of Hampton Park Drive and Silverstone Court in High Point after Sunday’s tornado.

Mayor declares emergency

Few injuries reported; crews restore outages BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – High Point Mayor Becky Smothers declared a state of emergency in the city as a result of Sunday’s tornado and the damage it caused. As a result of the move, officials will assess the

Extra police officers worked to maintain security. eligibility of homeowners, businesses and the city for state and/or federal assistance. An extra 25 police officers worked Monday night to maintain security in neighborhoods that were hit the hardest, restricting access to only residents of those neighborhoods. Police Chief Jim Fealy said there had been no reports of looting and the extra officers were working to protect the property of the storm victims.

SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE

Electrical crews work to clear and repair power lines along N. Main Street at the Plank Road intersection. “We’ve had a few suspicious people, but most of that has just been people wanting to get a look at the damage,” Fealy said. “We want to support the victims in this, and the best way we can do that is for people who don’t live in those neighborhoods to stay out of them.” The city will relax its yard waste regulations in the storm-damaged areas only. Limbs and branches do not have to be cut in 4foot lengths and bundled. Storm-damaged furniture and appliances will be collected as bulky trash on regular collection days,

according to the city. Residents are urged not to mix storm debris with yard waste. Shingles, gutters, and other building materials are banned from the city’s landfill. They must be disposed of by homeowners or contractors at the construction debris landfill on Riverdale Road, officials said. Public Services Director Chris Thompson said that lawn care contractors who pile limbs in the street will be fined. The yard waste must be placed behind the curb, clear of overhead lines, in order for city crews to pick it up. If they

do not want to wait for the city to collect it, homeowners can take yard waste to the Ingleside Composting Facility and dispose of it for free. Lawn care contractors pay a fee. City crews had cleared streets of debris by Monday and were expecting all power customers still in the dark to have regained service. “It’s well within our wherewithal as a city to handle,” City Manager Strib Boynton said of the cleanup. “I think it’s been phenomenal progress made so far.” pkimbrough@hpe.com | 888-3531

Davidson County residents displaced flipped over another mobile home.” According to WXII-12 TV, the Clark Road tornado was an F2 on the FuDAVIDSON COUNTY – Two torna- jita Scale of Tornado Intensity, prodoes Sunday night touched down ducing winds of 110 to 120 miles per in Davidson County, destroying at hour. least two mobile homes and displacThirty minutes after the first ing dozens of residents, officials tornado on Clark Road, Davidson said Monday. County’s second tornado, which Just before 7 p.m. Sunday, a tor- registered at F0 or F1 on the tornado nado touched down in the Chestnut scale, touched down on Sink Lake Grove Mobile Home Park on Clark Road, which is near W. Lexington Road in the southwestern part of Avenue. About 40 people were disthe county, damaging six mobile placed at a mobile home park on homes, said Davidson County Sher- Sink Lake Road, said Doug Lowe, iff David Grice. Two trailers were Davidson County’s emergency ser“totally devastated,” Grice said, vices director. adding about 60 people were imRegardless of the damage, the pacted at the Chestnut Grove Mo- storms produced only minor inbile Home Park. juries and no fatalities in David“The first fireman at the scene son County, Grice confirmed. Max found about 10 or 12 people in a Walser, chairman of the Davidson daze,” Grice said. “... One mobile County Board of Commissionhome was picked up, tipped over and ers, declared a state of emergency BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, but that was lifted at about 2 p.m. Monday, the sheriff said. “We had the county building inspector and fire marshals inspecting property, so they can reoccupy,” Grice said. “We are going to pull our people off at 6 p.m. (Monday).” Grice said the American Red Cross assisted families Sunday night and “a lot of them have been hooked up with family members.” Lowe also said a shelter did open at North Davidson High School Sunday night, where about 15 people spent the night. As of 7 p.m. Monday, Duke Energy had about 225 customers without power in Davidson County. The county had 4,200 power outages at 10 p.m. Sunday, said Dave Scanzoni, a Duke Energy spokesman. dignasiak@hpe.com | 888-3657

YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR NEWSPAPER.

HIGH POINT – A Sunday night storm that cut a swath of destruction through the city was confirmed Monday to be a tornado. A tornado touched down near the Old Mill Road/ Johnson Street area in north High Point about 7:30 p.m. and registered as an EF3 tornado with winds between 136 mph and 163 mph, according to the National Weather Service. The storm left widespread damage in the city –

DOMESTIC ASSAULT: Man faces attempted murder charges. 3A OBITUARIES

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M. Alexander, 80 Margurite Allred, 84 Dermont Beck, 92 Maxine Floyd, 86 Hobart Gullion, 66 Gracie Harris, 91 Myron Hinshaw, 73 Beverly Wade, 54 H. Jeffus-Thomas, 52 Elizabeth Matthews Donovan Smith, 46 Nelda Vernon, 70 Obituaries, 2-3B

WEATHER

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TORNADO, 2A

Weather delays paper delivery

Partly sunny High 63, Low 38 6D

ENTERPRISE STAFF REPORT

Road closings due to Sunday night’s storms and a major electrical malfunction with the printing press delayed delivery for many subscribers of The High Point Enterprise on Monday. Sunday night’s storms delayed printing by 31⁄2 hours. Some of the newspaper’s carriers also were affected by the weather, as were their delivery routes. According to Publisher Mike Starn, some of the carriers lived in areas affected by the storm damage and were unable to leave home. Those who were able to make deliveries were delayed or completely blocked from entering many neighborhoods, he said. “We’d like to thank our customers for their patience,” Starn said. “We appreciate the extra effort by carriers and circulation staff. The electronic malfunction has been fixed and delivery will be back in order except for problems from road closings.” Monday’s edition will be delivered today to subscribers who didn’t receive one. To report a missed delivery, call circulation at 888-3511.

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