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DOBSON — Earlier this year, 28 teams made up of business partners and affiliates of Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corporation (SYEMC) teed off in an 18-hole… ....
By EDWARD MARTIN SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE With what felt like a grizzly in his chest, Jim Benfield’s legs buckled, and he crashed onto his living room floor. A Mount Holly policeman who had helped first responders break down doors to rescue ailing 911 callers, he frantically fumbled with his cellphone. “Dummy me, why didn’t I call the ambulance?” he shrugs. “I knew I was dying, and all I could think was that I wanted to speak to my wife one more time.” As he stepped out of the shower, a clot blocked the left anterior descending artery of Benfield’s heart, triggering paroxysms of pain that he compares to the claws of an angry bear. ....