To the Editor

To all of those who called, visited, emailed, texted, or wrote in to express their concerns about my unscheduled visit to High Point Regional recently, I am pleased to report that I am feeling great and back at work. I want to publicly thank High Point Rotary Club, High Point Country Club, Guilford County EMS personnel, and the entire medical team at High Point Regional Hospital for their care and concern after I fainted. While I was being treated, I kept thanking everyone for all of the special attention I was receiving — and to a person — they kept reminding me that everyone receives the same level of care. What that reinforced in me is that we are lucky to live in such a special place with caring and dedicated professionals throughout our community. Again, thank you to all who expressed their concern for my well-being.

Howard Coble

Member of Congress

To the Editor

On behalf of the American Cancer Society and Relay For Life of Davidson County, we would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to the Creasey family and to all the volunteers who helped make the “Extreme Walk Through Tours” a success. Volunteers are the heart of the American Cancer Society and are what make our organization so remarkable in the fight against cancer.

Thank you, to the Relay For Life Committee — Sherry McBride (accounting chair of Relay For Life), Carolina Cancer Services, Robyn Dezego and once again our Relay family … The Creaseys!

It was great to partner with Carolina Cancer Services on this project. It’s was great to see two cancer organizations come together and serve the community of Davidson County.

In a nation where more than one million people will be diagnosed with cancer this year, Davidson County is inviting you to celebrate life at our Annual Relay For Life event held on May 21-22, 2010, at Thomasville High School.

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a unique fund raising event in which teams of participants take turns walking the track overnight in an effort to fight cancer. Teams campout, eat and play games.

The message of the event is cancer can be conquered. This year’s theme is “Hero’s Of Hope” in honor of Tricia Creasey. Mrs. Creasey is our Survivorship Chairman of the Relay For Life and invites all cancer survivors to come and support Relay through participating in the Survivor Lap at the event. This emotional lap honors the courage of all who have defeated cancer. All survivors (anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer) all walk the opening lap — unified in victory and in hope.

The atmosphere of Relay For Life is one of camaraderie and celebration, providing an opportunity for cancer survivors to pass the torch of hope on to those still battling cancer or those that might be touched by cancer in the future.

If you are a cancer survivor, a local business, a church, or family and would like to take part in the Relay For Life of Davidson County, please call your American Cancer Society at (336) 404-8965.

For more information on cancer, call the American Cancer Society at (800) ACS-2345, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, or visit www.cancer.org.

Jami Myers

American Cancer Society



To the Editor

Go Storm! We want to congratulate the Davidson County Community College men’s basketball team — the Storm — on winning the NJCAA Division III Region 10 Championship Tournament Feb. 27 in Brinkley Gym. The team will be back in the gym Saturday, March 6, at 3 p.m., playing for the District 7 Championship against Montgomery College-Germantown of Maryland; the winning team will play for the national championship title in Delhi, New York, March 11-13.

In January, we were both privileged to watch this team’s dramatic win over the UNC Junior Varsity team, previously unbeaten for the season. At the StormWatch viewing party in the new DCCC Conference Center, where the spillover crowd gathered because Brinkley Gym was sold out, we witnessed the Storm beat Carolina 101-69. It was a proud moment for the entire community, just as it was when the DCCC Storm women’s volleyball team also vied for the national championship in Minnesota in 2009.

Sports championships make us proud, and we are so glad that athletics have attracted additional attention to DCCC and given students extra opportunities outside the classroom. But what makes us even more proud is the college itself and the way it is growing and changing to meet new needs. DCCC is the community’s college, and sports are just one more way that we can cheer on this college, its students, and our community.

If you’re not already a Storm fan, we hope you will become one soon!

J. Larry Link

Lexington

 Don Clinard

Thomasville