Aside from the fact that the surfers monopolize the prime waves, the best thing about being at Wrightsville Beach is watching the them paddle in ahead of an arriving water mass, rise to their feet as it surges beneath, perform a poetic slalom along its advancing line, turn 180s or take the express towards the shoreline before collapsing in the surf.

and members of the city's human relations commission to discuss recommendations to be presented to the city council, according to minutes from the project's June 24 meeting.

Welcome to the YES! Weekly Pop Quiz, where we ask politicians and public servants questions about their jobs. This week we called the mayor of High Point and three city council members. The rules are simple: The candidate must answer immediately no research, no callbacks.

Property owner Johnny Pitts is requesting a zoning change from Guilford Countyto allow residential, commercial and corporate development at the intersection of NC Highway 68 and Edgefield Road, a site that lies within the pathway of a future four-lane connector.

Property owner Johnny Pitts is requesting a zoning change from Guilford Countyto allow residential, commercial and corporate development at the intersection of NC Highway 68 and Edgefield Road, a site that lies within the pathway of a future four-lane connector.

The staff particularly Quick and Martin will handle things coolly and calmly without benefit of clipboards or earpieces, or to quote Divine Misfortune in Loserville, Dave Quick's hair will look perfect, even as he's running by like a chicken with its head cut off.

You will meet some of the friendliest freaks on the planet, see some of the most exciting bands around, marvel at the things people do to their cars and eat very little. Hope you like beef jerky. There are reasons people come from all over the world for this festival.

Elvis Presley was a badass. Yeah, he may have ended his reign as King as a bloated mass, dead on the toilet, but when Elvis was coming up, man, he had the stuff. Ducktail. Sideburns. Tight pants. He took that trashy hillbilly music, set it to a strong backbeat and just let those hips swing in a way that made people downright.

Prostitute and informant Brenda Weidman identified GPD Detective Julius Fulmore (lower left) to Detective Scott Sanders in a photographic lineup as someone who supplied cocaine to her and had sex with her. Prosecutors declined to bring charges. (courtesy of Julius Fulmore).

Prostitute and informant Brenda Weidman identified GPD Detective Julius Fulmore (lower left) to Detective Scott Sanders in a photographic lineup as someone who supplied cocaine to her and had sex with her. Prosecutors declined to bring charges. (courtesy of Julius Fulmore).

has never seen Detective Fulmore with drugs or known him to do or have any drugs. She also stated she has never used drugs mainly because of a diabetic medical condition.� Cpl. N. Davis and Cpl.

The NC Department of Public Instruction raised concerns this week that a conference budget distributed June 23 by the NC General Assembly's Joint Education Appropriation Committee would shortchange public schools by $80.

Winston-Salem police officers arrested Timothy Lamont Cobb, 30, on June 25 and charged him with assault with a deadly weapon for striking his neighbor, Timothy Marshall, with a weightlifting bar. When officers responded to Marshall's apartment on Akron Drive, they located the victim lying on the floor with a gash over his right eye.

All concert proceeds benefit Eastern Music Festival's student scholarship program. Tickets can be purchased from the Center for the Arts Box Office. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Also, Elon students, faculty and staff may receive free tickets.