Winston-Salem Journal articles from March 2007

Winston-Salem Journal archives from March 2007

Final Four showdowns feature big-game players: Buckeyes' Oden, Hoyas' Hibbert to battle in opener; Gators' Noah to take on Bruins' Afflalo in nightcap.
March 31, 2007... Byline: Lenox Rawlings Mar. 31--ATLANTA Forward Jeff Green steered Georgetown to the Final Four, and he could drive Georgetown to the national championship. As tonight's NCAA semifinals approached, however, Green sounded more...

More charges are filed in break-ins: Man previously arrested in connection to downtown thefts in March.
March 31, 2007... Mar. 31--Winston-Salem police filed more charges yesterday against a man arrested in connection with break-ins at downtown businesses in March. Antonio Taste, 38, who lives in homeless shelters, was charged with six counts of breaking and...

One Busy Man: Davidson's new veterans-service director finds he has plenty of work to do.
March 31, 2007... Byline: Michael Hewlett Mar. 31--LEXINGTON Every half-hour in his workday, Boyd Morgan meets with veterans or their widows. Morgan started March 5 as the director of Davidson County Veterans Service, replacing Bob Leonard, who...

Three men arrested in two shootings: Police have made arrests in four of five homicide investigations in March.
March 31, 2007... Byline: Dan Galindo Mar. 31--Winston-Salem police arrested three men yesterday in connection with two fatal shootings that happened this week. Two of the arrests were in the case of a man shot while walking to a store ear-ly Monday....

Carr blood test done: Officials won't talk about the results.
March 31, 2007... Byline: Patrick Wilson Mar. 31--The state's crime lab has finished testing TV anchorman Tolly Carr's blood in connection with the March 11 death of a man who police say Carr hit with his vehicle, but police and pro-secutors aren't...

Sex charges filed against pastor, who resigns: Policy say he tried to involve 17-year-old boy in bondage and sex video.
March 31, 2007... Byline: Dan Galindo Mar. 31--A pastor at a High Point church has resigned and faces charg-es that he tried to get a 17-year-old boy in his congregation to engage in bondage and to make a video of sex acts. Kernersville police...

Forsyth's practice over prayer draws lawsuit.
March 31, 2007... Byline: Blair Goldstein Mar. 31--Two civil-rights organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court yesterday against Forsyth County, challenging the board of commissioners' use of sectarian prayers at public meetings. The American...

Helms reflects on career after retirement: He expresses optimism about the real-estate business and predicts more consolidation.
March 31, 2007... Byline: Fran Daniel Mar. 31--Robert Helms retired this week from Prudential Carolinas Realty in Winston-Salem. He was chairman emeritus of the company. Tommy Camp, who joined in 2005 as president and chief operating officer, became the...

LIE: Courier says Nadal is misleading all tennis fans.
March 31, 2007... Byline: John Delong Mar. 31--Jim Courier is passionate about tennis and passionate about the Davis Cup. Courier is also angry. He read that Rafael Nadal will not play for Spain in next weekend's Davis Cup quarterfinal against the...

A Cool Spring: Retailers at furniture market seemed reluctant to broaden supplier base.
March 31, 2007... Byline: Richard Craver Mar. 31--HIGH POINT -- The spring High Point Market appears destined to join this decade's ranks of lukewarm trade shows when it ends Sunday. Analysts described the show as a "go to who you know" event, with...

Winston-Salem Journal, N.C., Lenox Rawlings column: Teetering: If Donovan leaves, the dominoes tumble.(Column)
March 31, 2007... Byline: Lenox Rawlings Mar. 31--ATLANTA -- Nature's clouds engulfed Atlanta yesterday. A thicker basketball cloud hung over the Final Four and Florida's Billy Donovan, the coach at the center of the speculative storm. Nature's clouds...

Ready to Hit Someone: Wake Forest's Godfrey, after a year off, is eager to regain his football mentality.
March 31, 2007... Byline: Dan Collins Mar. 31--When assistant coach Ray McCartney of Wake Forest talks about what Dennis Godfrey, a freshman defensive tackle, can bring to the table next season, he's obviously talking about a big table. "Speed, change of...

Martinsville requires big supply of oxygen tanks: Bowl-like shape of track causes an excess of exhaust fumes; Johnson says he has a specific treatment schedule designed.
March 31, 2007... Byline: Mike Mulhern Mar. 31--MARTINSVILLE, Va. If it's Martinsville, it's time for NASCAR drivers to hook up the oxygen tanks and dose up. That's the way a number of the drivers deal with this track, where more than one NASCAR star...

Minor-league Cyclones appear to be coming to town.
March 31, 2007... Byline: Tommy Bowman Mar. 31--Winston-Salem appears close to being home to a minor-league hockey team again. Bucky Dame, the coliseum manager for Winston-Salem, and Bob Kerzner, the principal owner of the Pee Dee Cyclones, said that...

Answering: Mexican minister's wife to be ordained in the Presbyterian Church USA.
March 31, 2007... Byline: Mary Giunca Mar. 31--Rosa Miranda first heard a call to ministry as a 16-year-old living in Mexico City. It wasn't that she thought of becoming a minister herself, however. "I understood my calling as finding a man who would...

Calendar bill approved by panel.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Danielle Deaver, James Romoser a Mar. 30--The state House Education Committee got a standing ovation from a crowd of about 200 school administrators yesterday when it voted 38-13 at its meeting in Raleigh to approve a bill that...

Regional Briefs.
March 30, 2007... Mar. 30--ADVANCE -- A man will have to pay back $1.78 million to banks and businesses after being convicted in federal court on fraud charges this month. He was accused of using a false Social Security number to get loans from banks,...

Injuries have Rams short on offensive line.
March 30, 2007... Byline: John Dell Mar. 30--Injuries have left Winston-Salem State's offensive line short on numbers. Already down two starters from last season, -- Bennie Barbour and Joe Blanks sat out spring drills with injuries -- the Rams lost...

Serious Business, Voting: Kindergartners use real electronic-touch machine to vote for their favorite books.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Danielle Deaver Mar. 30--For Emmanuel Hernandez, 5, Wednesday was a good day. Emmanuel, a kindergartner at Middle Fork Elementary School, was carrying a "caught being good" coin that he had gotten as a reward for excellent...

And Soon: U.S. should just leave Iraq, some local folks say.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Jim Sparks Mar. 30--Some reactions in Winston-Salem to yesterday's U.S. Senate vote that would require U.S. troops to leave Iraq by next spring ranged from relief at seeing some kind of withdrawal deadline set to worries about...

Davidson College alum returns as its new president: One of his priorities will be new financial-aid program.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Mary Giunca Mar. 30--The chance to return to the college that inspired him as an undergraduate has led Thomas W. Ross Sr. to become the 17th president of Davidson College. "It has played a major role in my life," Ross said...

VERSATILE: Taylor, an ex-Spartan, fits Tar Heels' version of the H-Back.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Bill Cole Mar. 30--CHAPEL HILL Butch Davis has seen what he calls significant progress in North Carolina's first seven days of spring-football practice, with some of the biggest help coming from a young receiver from...

Several Deacs need to 'lighten up' for fall.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Dan Collins Mar. 30--Wake Forest has traditionally recruited football players who are light for their positions with the plan of beefing them up once they arrive. But now that the Deacons have become an ACC heavyweight by...

Winston-Salem police name homicide suspect: No arrest yet in Cameron Avenue shooting.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Dan Galindo Mar. 30--Winston-Salem police said yesterday that they had drawn a first-degree murder warrant in connection with a fatal shooting Wednesday night. Police say they believe that Wesley Denard King, 23, shot Ronnie...

Two As One: Inseparable couple married after the war, lived a full life and died together.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Monte Mitchell Mar. 30--ELKIN They were together so much that people said their names like it was one word: HarlandHelen. After 58 years of marriage, Harley "Harl" Carter, 82, and Helen Luffman Carter, 73, will be buried...

Lottery no big win for schools: Proceeds are less than expected after first year.
March 30, 2007... Byline: James Romoser Mar. 30--RALEIGH The N.C. Lottery has made four people millionaires and raised hundreds of million of dollars for education, but today, on its one-year anniversary, it is falling short of expectations. In...

Robo Helper: More pharmacies are using automated system for dispensing medication faster, more securely.
March 30, 2007... Byline: M. Paul Jackson Mar. 30--An arm reaches past a row of pills to count and select the correct number of drugs for a patient. But increasingly, that arm is no longer human. Hospitals and pharmacies are starting to adopt...

Hanesbrands sale could bring key development, experts say: The site's proximity to interstate, mall make it desirable.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Fran Daniel Mar. 30--The proposed sale of the 27-acre Hanesbrands complex on Stratford Road could usher in major new development to an area already bustling with traffic and commerce. Ray Collins, the president of Collins...

Stewart: Bristol finish hard to take: His car of tomorrow ran well until a fuel pump failed late in the Food City 500.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Mike Mulhern Mar. 30--MARTINSVILLE, Va. Kyle Busch won Sunday's car of tomorrow debut, but car owner Joe Gibbs was clearly the big winner of the first run of the new car. Gibbs driver Tony Stewart dominated Sunday's Food...

Wacky Rackets: City's artists welcome the Davis Cup crowds.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Kim Underwood Mar. 30--In Winston-Salem, giant tennis rackets are serving as greeting cards. Local artists and schoolchildren have taken 8-foot-tall plywood tennis rackets and turned them into works of art that have been set...

Salvation Army unit will mark 100 years.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Janice Gaston Mar. 30--When Cryshawna Harris joined the Salvation Army Girls Club, she was a rude and unruly child, said Pappi Conrad, a unit director with the organization. Harris, now 18, agrees. "I was...

Not Just a Plant: Hanesbrands site, soon to be sold, is piece of local history.
March 30, 2007... Byline: Richard Craver Mar. 30--The longtime Stratford Road plant of Hanesbrands Inc. became just another local marker at the crossroads of global manufacturing yesterday. Hanesbrands said it is closing the 550,000-square-foot...

Roddick may miss Davis Cup: Top player for U.S. team suffers hamstring injury at Key Biscayne tournament.
March 29, 2007... Byline: John Delong Mar. 29--Rafael Nadal is already out. Now Andy Roddick's status for the Davis Cup quarterfinal between the United States and Spain at Joel Coliseum is in question. Roddick was forced to retire with a hamstring...

Red Bull drivers are struggling this year: Vickers, Allmendinger say Martinsville track will prove challenging.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Mike Mulhern Mar. 29--It's good that Dietrich Mateschitz is a patient man, because it looks as if it might take some time for his new NASCAR team, Team Red Bull, to get up and running with the big dogs. A. J. Allmendinger...

SCRIPTED: Rams to be in play on campus.
March 29, 2007... Byline: John Dell Mar. 29--The Winston-Salem State football team has a big event next week, but it has nothing to do with football. The entire team, about 55 players, will perform "The Crucifixion," a play derived from James Weldon...

Winthrop uses big inning to beat WFU.
March 29, 2007... Mar. 29--Winthrop scored 10 runs in the fifth inning, including three straight on bases-loaded walks, evening the season series against Wake Forest with a 15-9 win yesterday at Hooks Stadium. Wake Forest led 4-3 going into the fifth...

Dodge drivers hope their bad luck will end at Martinsville.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Mike Mulhern Mar. 29--Chrysler 's uncertain future is hanging over all the Dodge teams again this week as the Nextel Cup toward heads to Martinsville, but driver Scott Riggs has more on his mind than who might wind up owning the...

Hope springs eternal for Blue Devils' Roof.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Bill Cole Mar. 29--DURHAM As warm spring breezes flowed across Duke's practice football field and the sun's rays began to peek from behind late-morning clouds yesterday, Coach Ted Roof worked the third day of his most...

Family proud of its tradition: Father, mother, sons have been Marines; grandson in ROTC.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Melissa Hall Mar. 29--The motto of the U.S. Marine Corps is "Semper Fidelis" -- always faithful. The Gerichten family of Kernersville has taken the motto to heart. The family patriarch, Lt. Col. William S. Gerichten, retired...

Plan would expand space: Proposal involves village and school land, new building.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Paul Garber Mar. 29--The village council heard details of a proposal Monday that would expand the community space behind Clemmons Elementary School. The plan would offer more open space behind the school in exchange for the...

Woman pleads guilty to getting rid of body: She says she helped after boyfriend shot man.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Michael Hewlett Mar. 29--MOCKSVILLE A woman was convicted Tuesday of helping her boyfriend get rid of the body of a Winston-Salem man that he killed last summer. Judge Susan Taylor of Davie Superior Court sentenced Vickie...

Cutting Loose: Yadkin community's barber sells shop after 50 years behind chair.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Paul Garber Mar. 29--ENON The view from the window hasn't changed much for John Slater since he opened his barbershop 45 years ago on Old U.S. 421. The view hasn't changed much inside either. He still uses the chair he...

School study draws doubt: Some local officials criticize UNC look at Forsyth students.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Danielle Deaver Mar. 29--The head of the local chapter of the NAACP said yesterday that he doubts a recent study showing that school choice has had no effect on test scores of students in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. ...

Street plans upset some: Share of the fixes too high, residents tell town council.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Wesley Young Mar. 29--Tamra Eccles cried when she talked to the town council last Thursday about the money the town is willing to spend toward fixing her road. Larry Bolden appeared to be angry. He said that the town was...

Car club gives $700 to Next Step's work.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Melissa Hall Mar. 29--KERNERSVILLE Next Step Ministries is $700 richer thanks to the efforts of the Triad Classic Car Club. Clarence Lambe, a club member, presented Lynne Garms, the executive director of the ministry,...

Police arrest suspect in local man's death: Body was found near creek 2 weeks ago.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Patrick Wilson Mar. 29--Winston-Salem police detectives arrested a man yesterday in connection with the shooting of another whose body was found along Peters Creek earlier this month. Lancelot "Bobby" Muir, 44, was found shot...

The Hawks That Roared: Home-schooled basketball team from Forsyth wins state, regional titles.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Lisa O'Donnell Mar. 29--If you followed local high-school basketball this year, you might be familiar with the success of the Carver Yellowjackets and the Bishop McGuinness Villains. But the Forsyth Home Educators Hawks? ...

Lewisville Fire Department to get $77,000 grant.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Paul Garber Mar. 29--The Lewisville Fire Department received a $77,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx said in a statement this week. The money comes from the Assistance for...

Man held in rape: Suspect charged in two attacks on First Street.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Dan Galindo Mar. 29--Winston-Salem police have arrested a man on rape charges in connection with two incidents where women walking on First Street reported being attacked. Benny Allen Gregg, 26, of 1640 W. Northwest Blvd.,...

Civic club to have tourney every year: Golf tournament raises scholarship money for college.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Paul Garber Mar. 29--The Lewisville Civic Club has decided to make the golf tournament it started last year an annual event. Proceeds from this year's tournament will go toward the club's scholarship program, said Ed Rachlin,...

'A Good Boy': School honors former star pitcher.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Lisa O'Donnell Mar. 29--CLEMMONS -- The ting of aluminum bats and the pop of balls smacking into leather gloves gave way to silence Friday at West Forsyth High School's baseball field. In a ceremony before the Titans' game...

Vienna plan is called unusual.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Paul Garber Mar. 29--The Vienna area of Lewisville will remain a mostly rural area if county officials grant a request from the town council. It would mark a break from the typical trend for municipalities, which usually...

Questions lead to review of 1995 beating case: Duke law students pushed police to take closer look at how investigation was handled.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Patrick Wilson Mar. 29--The Winston-Salem Police Department has begun an administrative review of the near-fatal beating of Jill Marker in 1995 at a shopping center off Silas Creek Parkway. The man convicted in the case,...

Visitors get their hands on new keys.
March 29, 2007... Byline: Melissa Hall Mar. 29--Several members of the Winchester, Va., chapter of the American Guild of Organists stopped by Kernersville Moravian Church Saturday to check out the new pipe organ in the church's chapel and the organ in its...

Race didn't affect tests: Results of study surprise officials.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Danielle Deaver Mar. 28--The school-choice plan that Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools put in place more than 10 years ago created racially segregated schools but did not affect students' performance in school, according to a...

Swank scheduled for surgery: Deacons' star kicker suffered a sports hernia before Orange Bowl.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Dan Collins Mar. 28--Sam Swank of Wake Forest returned from the Orange Bowl with a souvenir he could do without. Swank, the Deacons' first-team All-ACC kicker and honorable mention All-ACC punter, first felt a pain in...

Preps Roundup: Mount Tabor, Reynolds win soccer semifinals.
March 28, 2007... Mar. 28--Soccer Mount Tabor 1, East Forsyth 0: Alix Sechrest scored a goal in the 22nd minute to help lift Mount Tabor to a win over East Forsyth in a semifinal game last night at Bolton Street Stadium. Rachael Handy set up the goal...

Nadal to miss Davis Cup matchup: World's No. 2 player has foot injury, is left off Spain's roster for quarterfinal against U.S.
March 28, 2007... Byline: John Delong Mar. 28--KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. The Davis Cup quarterfinal between the United States and Spain lost some of its sizzle yesterday with news that Rafael Nadal will not play for Spain. Nadal, the No. 2-ranked player...

Former leader of RJR, 89, dies: Sticht credited with taking it worldwide.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Richard Craver Mar. 28--J. Paul Sticht, a former chairman of R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc. and a force behind its growth into an international conglomerate, died yesterday. He was 89. Sticht twice served as the head of the...

Grocery store to open downtown: Some residents and the city loan committee say that it fills a need.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Bertrand M. Gutierrez Mar. 28--A Kernersville businessman is bringing something to downtown Winston-Salem that some people say is missing: a grocery store. Keith King, a self-described food-service man, plans to open Kingz...

Congress urged to act on predatory lending: Some officials use North Carolina's law as a model during hearing about practices.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Mary M. Shaffrey Mar. 28--WASHINGTON In 1999, North Carolina became the first state to enact a law against predatory lending. Yesterday, Congress took the first of what is expected to be many steps toward enacting a similar...

Winston-Salem Journal, N.C., Michael Hastings column: Web site gives direct access to home cooks.(Column)
March 28, 2007... Byline: Michael Hastings Mar. 28--Food Network executives take note: A new Internet site allows people to create their own cooking shows, or at least video segments, online. RealMeals.tv is a new online cooking channel featuring...

Man and wife killed in wreck after he fails to yield to truck, officer says.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Patrick Wilson Mar. 28--ELKIN A Wilkes County man and his wife were killed Monday when he pulled in front of a speeding pickup on Old U.S. 21 north of Elkin, the N.C. Highway Patrol said. Harley Haston Carter, 82, and...

Novant reports big jump in net income: Patient revenue, income from investments drive 75% gain to $201 million.(Financial report)
March 28, 2007... Byline: M. Paul Jackson Mar. 28--Novant Health Inc., based in Winston-Salem, said yesterday that its net income jumped about 75 percent to $201 million last year, compared with 2005, largely because of a significant gain in investment...

Forum touts getting degree: Authors of study say education will help Triad with disparity.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Richard Craver Mar. 28--GREENSBORO The co-authors of a state work-force development study tossed out an attention-grabbing idea for making the connection between education and a good wage. "Somebody should do an...

Man, 25, killed while heading to the store: He was walking with friend and brother, who said that two men tried to rob him.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Dan Galindo Mar. 28--A 25-year-old Winston-Salem man was fatally shot by two men early yesterday as he was walking to the store, police say. Nathaniel "Nate"Samuel Taylor died in an operating room at Wake Forest University...

Race shop gets cash: Davidson board OKs incentives.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Michael Hewlett Mar. 28--LEXINGTON RCR Enterprises in Welcome is getting up to $108,000 in economic incentives from Davidson County to help expand its racing shop. Davidson County commissioners unanimously approved the...

Rookie: Ragan is still learning on the job.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Mike Mulhern Mar. 28--Things haven't gone all that well for Jack Roush lately, and it might be time to start asking some questions. Rookie David Ragan, who took Mark Martin's seat with Roush's team, might be the man with some...

Piedmont Profile - (Not) Guilty: Lawyer in case that led to Alford plea says he worried about later questions.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Titan Barksdale Mar. 28--When Rep. Jim Black, the former speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives, pleaded guilty to bribery and obstruction of justice in February, local attorney Fred G. Crumpler Jr. said he had flashbacks...

Bok What?: This Chinese cabbage is loaded with nutrients and is plenty versatile.(Recipe)
March 28, 2007... Byline: Michael Hastings Mar. 28--Though it's time to get to work in the garden, harvests of most vegetables are months away. While we wait, it's worth scanning produce sections for some other kinds of vegetables. Spring is a time...

NASCAR fires back at AT&T in legal battle.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Mike Mulhern Mar. 28--AT&T has been pressuring NASCAR with its lawsuit over how to paint the quarter panels on Jeff Burton's Nextel Cup car as it rebrands Cingular under the AT&T logo. According to papers being filed in the...

Into the Future: Morton family in agreement on preservation.
March 27, 2007... Byline: Monte Mitchell Mar. 27--GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN -- Crae Morton is walking toward the Mile-High Swinging Bridge when a visitor introduces himself. "Are you Hugh's grandson?" says Jimmy Allen of Wake Forest. "We miss him.... Thank you...

Drivers give car of tomorrow thumbs down: Kyle Busch complains of lack of control after Bristol win.
March 27, 2007... Byline: Mike Mulhern Mar. 27--BRISTOL, Tenn. NASCAR's car-of-tomorrow experiment passed its first big test here Sunday -- barely. But a number of drivers, including Food City 500 winner Kyle Busch, gave it the raspberry. "I...

Winston-Salem may get hockey team.
March 27, 2007... Mar. 27--The Pee Dee Cyclones of the Southern Professional Hockey League are in negotiations to move to Winston-Salem, according to a story in today's Morning News of Florence, S.C. The Cyclones came up empty last night in an effort to...

Tar Heels search for answers after loss: UNC players say they let Georgetown dictate play in final minutes.
March 27, 2007... Byline: Bill Cole Mar. 27--EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. North Carolina was seven minutes from the NCAA Final Four and a shot at playing for another national championship. It also was 12 minutes from the end of its season and a bitter,...

Tourism's result: $15 billion: Visitors to N.C. spent $800 million more last year than they did in 2005.
March 27, 2007... Byline: Richard Craver Mar. 27--Visitors to North Carolina spent more than $15 billion on tourism-related activities in 2006, up 8.3 percent from 2005, Gov. Mike Easley said yesterday. The $800 million increase in spending was the...

Statesville youth faces murder trial over July attack.
March 27, 2007... Byline: Michael Hewlett Mar. 27--MOCKSVILLE A Davie County grand jury indicted a 17-year-old Statesville teenager on a charge of first-degree murder yesterday in the death of a Mocksville convenience-store owner, said Assistant...

Lexington approves incentives.
March 27, 2007... Byline: Michael Hewlett Mar. 27--LEXINGTON The Lexington City Council voted unanimously last night to give Chesapeake Packaging Co. up to $27,250 in economic incentives over five years. Chesapeake, a supplier of specialty...

Being poor is greatest health risk in area, panel of experts suggest: Poverty leads to stress, poor nutrition, homelessness, they say.(Discussion)
March 27, 2007... Byline: Laura Giovanelli Mar. 27--Being poor is one of the greatest risks to people's health in Winston-Salem, local public-health and social-services experts said yesterday. The officials were a panel of experts in public health,...

Doc's Place: 'Authentic' soul food is on Dr. J's menu.
March 27, 2007... Byline: Fran Daniel Mar. 27--John L. Johnson figured he could operate with just 10 to 15 employees when he opened Dr. J's House of Soul Food in Winston-Salem last month. Turned out he needed a lot more people than that to handle...

Forsyth County Championships Roundup: First-round soccer matches feature three shutout wins.
March 27, 2007... Mar. 27--Soccer Reagan 2, West Forsyth 0: Eleanor Davidson scored an unassisted goal and goalkeeper Cristina Martinez made 10 saves to lead Reagan past West Forsyth last night in a first-round game at the Bolton Complex. Taylor Norman...

Plan proposed for Heart of Triad committee spurs concerns: Officials: Residents should be on panel.
March 27, 2007... Byline: Blair Goldstein and Bertrand M. Gutierrez Mar. 27--Getting two counties and five municipalities to agree on how 6,300 acres near the county line of Forsyth and Guilford should be developed is a difficult task, officials say. ...

Winston-Salem Journal, N.C., Scott Sexton column: Pen proves to have big influence for some readers.(Column)
March 27, 2007... Byline: Scott Sexton Mar. 27--What do a U.S. Navy admiral, city boosters/basketball fans and a breast-cancer survivor have in common? Not much, other than the fact that they all know something about the power of the pen. Here's what they...

Eye for Detail: 'Barbaro' hobby horse goes to horse's owner and draws a thank-you.
March 27, 2007... Byline: Lisa O'Donnell Mar. 27--RURAL HALL -- Since she started making hobby horses more than five years ago, Dee Kegley has gained a loyal following among horse lovers who enjoy her fanciful creations. Her latest admirer is Gretchen...