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Regional Briefs: Man with gun robs cafeteria at church
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Published: November 5, 2009
Winston-Salem police are looking for a man who robbed the cafeteria at Salem Baptist Church last night.
According to police, a man entered the church at 400 S. Broad St. at 6:38, showed a gun and then took a money box and its contents.
The man then left the church on foot. A police dog was brought in to try to track the man.
Witnesses said that the robber wore a ski mask, but they described him as a black male, 18 to 25 years old, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, 160 to 180 pounds, and wearing an orange or yellow shirt or jacket.
No injuries were reported.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 727-2800.
Extreme Makeover to give Triad family a new home
The ABC-TV series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will come to the Triad next week to give a local family a new home, the network confirmed yesterday.
Which family, and where they are, will be announced Wednesday. The family's existing house will be demolished and a new house will be built within one week.
Hedrick Creative Building in Lexington will oversee the construction work. The company has set up a Web site with more information, as well as solicitations for donations and volunteers, at www.hedrickextreme.com.
A pep rally for volunteer contractors and subcontractors will be held Friday morning at Reeds Baptist Church in Lexington. The rally is not open to the public.
Short circuit in cord starts fire, displaces two adults
A fire started by a short circuit in an extension cord damaged a house at 512 Pitts St. yesterday and displaced the two adults living there, authorities said.
The fire started shortly after 7 a.m., Battalion Chief Marlin Parker of the Winston-Salem Fire Department said. It took 20 firefighters nine minutes to put it out.
The fire caused $16,500 in damage to the house, Parker said.
The American Red Cross is assisting the two adults.
Liz Cheney to speak Friday to Republican women's group
Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, will speak Friday to the N.C. Federation of Republican Women at the Embassy Suites hotel in Winston-Salem.
She is scheduled to speak about 7:30 p.m. to the organization, which will hold its fall board meeting, said Valerie White, the federation's president.
Cheney, a former deputy assistant secretary of state, recently started a new advocacy group in Washington called "Keep America Safe" designed "to provide information for concerned Americans about critical national security issues," according to the group's Web site.
Cheney and her father have criticized President Obama on national-security issues and his handling of the war in Afghanistan.
Surry college gets grant from Tobacco Trust Fund
DOBSON -- Surry Community College has received $20,000 from the Tobacco Trust Fund to help farmers in Surry and Yadkin counties learn to grow vegetables and fruit safely and economically.
The college will work with the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service to train farmers to earn their certifications in Good Agricultural Practices, said Terri Cockerham, a spokeswoman for the college.
For farmers, the training will include sustaining and enhancing natural resources, maintaining viable farms, and meeting cultural demands in which people want to eat locally grown organic vegetables and fruits, Cockerham said.
The Golden Leaf Foundation administers the tobacco fund that provides grants to stimulate the economy in areas that are dependent upon the tobacco industry.
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