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Crowd lines up on both sides of the street Monday at the North Carolina Memorial Day Parade in Thomasville.
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Benjamin Maxwell, 6, tries his hand at “flying” this Huey Vietnam veteran Ed Buie (left) talks with Jim Callahan, Cobra Gunship. The Cobra was one of several older hedressed in a World War I uniform complete with British licopters on display and provided by the Vietnam HeliEnfield rifle, just before the parade starts. copter Pilots Association. SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE
Showtime continues 20-year celebration HIGH POINT – The biannual fabric trade show Showtime will continue celebrating its 20-year anniversary as the summer show opens June 6. Held each June and December at the Market Square complex, Showtime celebrated its 40th installment in December along with its 20th an-
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Elizabeth “Libby” Messina, a rising senior majoring in chemistry at High Point University, recently received the award for Best Undergraduate Student Paper at the 2010 spring meeting of the North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. She received the award for her poster, “Accounting for Non-Constant Thrust in a Model Rocket Simulator.”
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DAVIDSON COUNTY – Veterans and civilians created a local version of Rolling Thunder with a full schedule of Memorial Day celebrations. Some began celebrations Monday at the Vietnam Memorial Wall on Interstate 85 in Davidson County, then moved to the North Carolina Memorial Day Parade that began in downtown Thomasville and continued to Cushwa Stadium. Twenty-three members of the Patriot Guard Riders, most from the Triad, carried flags and stationed themselves around the semi-circular walk at the Vietnam Memorial Wall for a wreath-laying ceremony in the morning, before they rode their motorcycles in the parade at midday. When asked why he participated, ride captain Stephen Melton of Lexington said, “Why doesn’t everybody do it?” “Every one of us has a different answer,” said Melton, who is not a veteran. “For me, it really isn’t about the hot dogs, hamburgers and day off
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niversary. Registration numbers at the December show increased 6 percent compared to December 2008. That increase, coupled with a slight registration increase at the spring High Point Market, leaves organizers expecting a stable attendance. “Our registration is steady for the show,” said Catherine Morsell, director of the International Textile Market Associa-
tion. “A lot of people are niture and design sectors, saying there isn’t a steady but also some retail fabric stream of increase in busi- store operators. ness, but there are bits and “I’ve had several retail pieces. We’re hopeful the fabric stores contact me bits and pieces are coming this year about coming to together.” the show,” Morsell said. Fabrics, mostly for the “These are people who home furnishings indus- haven’t been in several try, displayed at the event years. That’s a sign of the will show up as decorative economy to me. We’re coverings at the fall fur- still seeing the desire to niture market in October, get new product on the Morsell said. Attendees floor.” are usually from the furThe event runs through
June 9. It also will bring back its once popular fashion show on opening night, and models from the High Point Ballet will be wearing costumes made out of fabrics from exhibitors. The High Point Convention and Visitors’ Bureau estimates the show will bring 2,150 people to the city with an economic impact of $1.35 million.
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Mechanics, dealers embrace nitrogen tires BY PAM HAYNES ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
HIGH POINT – Tire pressure is one of those items you’ll want to check before throwing your bathing suit and suitcase into the car and heading to the beach this summer, according to Doug Gardner. Along with checking the oil and other fluids, tire pressure is a safety travel element that often gets overlooked. But a somewhat new alternative to filling tires with compressed air also often is overlooked, said Gardner, owner of Gardner Tire & Auto, 1725 Westchester Drive. “Filling regular tires with nitrogen has been around since about 2007,” Gardner said. “Some people look at me like I’m selling snake oil when I tell them to put nitrogen in their tires, but
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Justin Gardner of Gardner Tire Service puts nitrogen into tires. we believe it works better than compressed air.” The compressed air that is usually put into tires is more than 70 percent nitrogen. The alternative blend that some tire and service stations now offer is 99 percent nitrogen, Gardner
said, and it’s supposed to have a longer life span and less negative consequences on tires. “Usually in the fall, when the temperature first drops, we get 20 people in here with their lights on telling them to check their
tire pressure,” he said. “Nitrogen will remain the same PSI (pressure per square inch) when the temperature drops. It also runs cooler.” According to a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nitrogen did produce some more favorable results than compressed air in certain tire types on 2007 models and up. It rarely improves gas mileage, but it will keep tires running at cooler temperatures, which reduces wear and tear, Gardner said. But the price tag of $29.95 for four tires is one of the cons of nitrogen when compared to compressed air, which is usually free. It also isn’t offered at every service or tire shop. Gardner recently invested $8,000 into a nitrogen machine, which goes through
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a process of filling and flattening the tires twice to make sure all oxygen is expunged. Despite its higher costs, even auto dealers are catching onto the trend, according to Tony Biertchsie, general manager of Crescent Ford on Old Winston Road. “We do use nitrogen in all of our tires,” Biertchsie said. “Anyone who buys a car from us, we’ve already put it in there.” As the summer travel season picks up, Gardner hopes the nitrogen machine he invested in will be put to good use. “We’ve started to see more people (as summer approaches) on a daily basis,” Gardner said. “I do suggest the nitrogen to my customers.” phaynes@hpe.com | 888-3617
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