Exclusive

It's been a busy week of exclusives for Brent and me. You know, those Only on Fox stories all those in television news strive for. Oh sure, sweeps are over, but it's always nice to bag the exclusives.

I heard through the grapevine that our new Dell plant was planning on building servers soon. In addition to the desktop computers already being built at the W-S 1 plant, the capacity to build servers will give them options if something happens at the facility in Austin, Texas.




So, Brent and I went to the plant Monday afternoon to talk with Dell about the latest upgrade in their plant. We also talked about the early success of the Winston-Salem facility. We talked to a worker who had been laid off from 3 places in the past four years. She's now working at Dell and it looks like she's not going anywhere anytime soon.

It's nice to see how Dell officials are handling us in the media at this plant. I remember when Brent and I went to the plant in Lebanon, Tennessee. We visited not long after the announcement that Dell had chosen North Carolina for its newest production plant. We got a tour of the plant and a first-hand look at how they do things. But, I was told where and what I was allowed to shoot. "Don't point that way," and "you can't tape from up here," were common phrases uttered from our tour guide. Not that we have all-access at W-S 1 but it certainly was easier to shoot video without someone constantly in my ear yappin' about legal issues. It is quite a sight to see thousands of computers rolling off the assembly line at record pace.

Tuesday brought a tip from our friends at Old Salem. The old Coca-Cola plant close to the historical downtown attraction was being sold to developers to build some new townhomes and live-work space. Some of them will have retail type space on the bottom and livable units on top. The old Coke plant will be torn down, not a problem since the 1960's architecture left a little to be desired.



And then today, Brent got a call from one of his Davie County contacts. It seems the old Confederate Flag that has flown for about a decade on the Forsyth-Davie county line is coming down. You see Bert put up the flag to protest urban sprawl. Kinderton, a new housing community was set to start and Bert didn't like it. He wanted to keep Davie County the small farming community it was. So he put up the flag and there it has flown for all to see driving along Interstate 40 since then. But tomorrow afternoon, it comes down. A local soccer association is looking at putting playing fields and a park in the space so Bert agreed to take down the flag. He agreed it touched many people in different ways, some liked it, some hated it. He said, "at least I didn't put a picture of Muhammad on there." I guess it takes all kinds to make this world go around, huh?