Man Wounded in Foot in Fight Outside Diner

GREENSBORO —- A man was shot in the left foot during a fight outside a Waffle House , police said.

At 2:28 a.m. Monday, officers responded to the restaurant at 3204 High Point Road regarding a large–scale disturbance outside and shots fired, police said.

Keven Crump, 21, was shot in the left foot while Roger Torrae Smith, 29, suffered a laceration to his left cheek from being hit with a gun, police said.

Christopher Bethel, 28, was arrested without incident. He was taken to the Guilford County jail and charged with one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and one misdemeanor count of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.

Josh Kobina Owens, 20, was charged with resist, obstruct or delay.

Casting call is scheduled for movie extras today

WINSTON–SALEM —- Universal Pictures needs all types and ages of background extras for the movie “Leatherheads,” parts of which will be filmed in the Triad and elsewhere in the state this spring.

The 1920s romantic sports comedy stars George Clooney and Renee Zellweger.

An extras casting call will be 4 to 8 p.m. today in conference rooms 5–7 in the lower level of the Benton Convention Center, 301 W. 5th St., Winston–Salem.

I t seeks professional shoeshine men, porters, extras with dance training or familiar with 1920s moves, a jazz trio, male cheerleaders, young adult males to work as cheerleaders, or those with marching band experience. Potential extras should bring a non– returnable, current photo of themselves. For more details, go to News–Record.com and type “Leatherheads” in the search field.

Report says Dell lures to cost more than return

Some of North Carolina’s incentives investments to attract business to the state, including the $242 million deal for Dell in Winston–Salem, will end up costing the state more money than it is getting back in taxes, according to an independent analysis to be released Wednesday.

“Incentives packages that are overly generous essentially subsidize corporate shareholders with taxpayer dollars that might otherwise be invested in alternative strategies that may, in fact, yield higher returns for the state and for taxpayers,” said a news release from the N.C. Justice Center, which is releasing the report written by the Corporation for Enterprise Development and the N.C. Budget & Tax Center.

The report, called “Getting Our Money’s Worth: An Evaluation of the Economic Model Used for Awarding North Carolina’s State Business Subsidies,” concludes that “the state’s incentives for business development should be accountable to citizens, and the assumptions underlying them should be tested more regularly.”

The legislature awarded Dell $242 million in incentives in 2004 to build a computer assembly plant . Local governments also added more than $30 million.

—- Staff Reports

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