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Oxford authority partner after city restores funding By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

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John Soles holds a dust pan Saturday morning while John Rice sweeps up dirt from the floor of the new homeless shelter for men in the basement of First Presbyterian Church. A group of volunteers removed bricks and other materials along with thoroughly cleaning the ceiling, walls and floors in anticipation of moving beds in next week.

Shelter inches toward opening Homeless men could have place to stay by month’s end By DAVID IRVINE Daily Dispatch Writer

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The proposed homeless shelter in First Presbyterian Church in Henderson is inching toward an opening date. Joel Rice, housing coordinator for Five-county Mental Health Authority, said the shelter could be open by the end of the month or, if progress is smooth, by Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Rev. Doug Addington, vice-chairman of the Ministers Community Partnership and pastor of West Hills Presbyterian Church, said the original goal was to have the shelter operating by November. However, the zoning issue and building code requirements have delayed the opening. More than a year ago, the Ministers Community Partnership anticipated the need for a shelter — although probably not the Please see SHELTER, page 3A

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Volunteers Leon Smith, left, and Carl Lewis Pettiford load bricks into a wheelbarrow Saturday morning to remove them from the inside of the new homeless shelter for men in the basement of First Presbyterian Church.

OXFORD — The City Commission will be considering appointing City Manager Mark Donham as Oxford’s representative on the local Airport Authority Board. The matter is on the agenda for the commission’s 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting. Mayor Al Woodlief at the Monday evening commission Donham agenda meeting cited Donham’s prior experience and said he believed Donham would be a good representative for Oxford. Donham was hired as Oxford’s manager in May 2008 after having been assistant manager of Monroe, which is southeast of Charlotte. While working for Monroe, Donham’s job included directing airport operations. If the City Commission approves the appointment, then Donham would replace Jimmy Brummitt. Donham told the Dispatch that Brummitt requested to be replaced. When the Dispatch asked Donham why Brummitt wanted out, Donham replied, “He’s got a lot of other responsibilities.” City records show Brummitt’s two-year term ended in July. The previous City Commission on Nov. 18, 2008, voted for full funding for a restored partnership on the local Airport Authority Board. The city appropriated $14,022 on top of an already $12,000 amount to get back on the team at the facility, which is off Salem Road just on the Granville County side of the Granville CountyPlease see AIRPORT, page 3A

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The Raleigh City Council has approved a contract with the design firm Kimley-Horn and Associates to conduct a transportation planning study of the N.C. 50 corridor from Interstate 540 toward Creedmoor for the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO). CAMPO, in partnership with the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT), Wake County, Granville County, Creedmoor and Triangle Transit, will evaluate transportation and land use along the hilly, two-lane route. Raleigh’s government made the announcement in a news release Tuesday. The purpose of the study is to explore mid-term and long-term solutions to improve traffic flow between Granville County and Raleigh.

A meeting of leaders and officials is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at City Hall to review public comments received about the proposed closure of eight railroad crossings in Henderson. During a Nov. 17 workshop at City Hall, the N.C. Department of Transportation got both an earful and written feedback. A group of citizens wants to keep the Harris Street crossing open on the northeast side, while another group of citizens wants to keep the

St. Matthew’s Street crossing open on the south side. Residents say if the Harris Street crossing is done away with, then they would have to use the Main Street crossing, which would mean driving on narrow pavement and past decrepit structures. And residents expressed concern about the ability of Vance County Fire and Ambulance to quickly respond by having to take longer routes. Residents near the St. Matthew’s crossing expressed similar concerns about the impact on

access by emergency and rescue personnel. In addition to the Harris and St. Matthew’s crossings, NCDOT is proposing closing crossings at Spring, Orange, Winder, Rock Spring and Railroad streets and Carolyn Court. A consultant for NCDOT told the Dispatch on Nov. 17 the situation boils down to the presence of redundant crossings, many of which are low volume. Although officials have said the proposal is separate from the bullet train route project, President

Obama in April called for the U.S. to move quickly toward having a high-speed rail system nationwide to ease vehicle bottlenecks and snarls, to help clean up the environment and to conserve fuel. Obama allocated $8 billion of the more than $780 billion federal economic stimulus package for a start on setting up corridors, including the proposed one from Washington to Richmond, Va., through the Carolinas and into Atlanta. Send comments to the newspaper at news@hendersondispatch.com.

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Mark It Down Monday City Council — The Henderson City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. Board of Education — The Granville County Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. at the school district’s central office, 101 Delacroix St., Oxford. Granville Board of Education — The Granville County Board of Education will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. at the Granville County Board of Education Administrative Offices, 101 Delacroix St., Oxford. Vance Board of Education — The Vance County Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center Board Room, 1724 Graham Ave. Recycling meeting — The Granville County Citizens’ Advisory Committee for Environmental Affairs will meet from 4-5 p.m. in the first floor conference room of the Tobacco Research Station, 300 Providence Road, Oxford. W.W. (Billy) Yeargin III, owner of Granville Recycling Center, will make a short presentation on the operation of his metal recycling center in Oxford. Genealogical society — The Vance County Genealogical Society will meet at 6 p.m. in the N.C. Farm Bureau Room at the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library. Members please note the new meeting time.

Tuesday Oxford City Commission — The Oxford City Commission will meet at 7 p.m. in the City Commission meeting room, 300 Williamsboro St. Retired government employees’ meeting — The Butner chapter of the North Carolina Retired Governmental Employees’ Association (NCRGEA) will hold its semiannual meeting at 1 p.m. in the Murdoch Chapel at the Murdoch Center Campus on “C” Street in Butner. Guest speakers will be Toretta Snipes, senior vice president of the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU), who will discuss reverse mortgages, and a representative from the N.C. Attorney General’s Office, who will lead a workshop and discussion on senior fraud and scams. This free meeting is open to all retired North Carolina state and local government (city/county) employees in Durham, Franklin, Granville, Nash, Orange, Person, Vance and Warren counties. Refreshments will be served. Appearance commission — The Henderson Community Appearance Commission and the Vance County Appearance Commission will meet jointly at 3 p.m. in the City Hall conference meeting room on Rose Avenue. Mental health meeting — The Five County Mental Health Authority’s Consumer and Family Advisory Committee (CFAC) will meet at 6 p.m. at the Vance-Granville Community College, Warren campus, Building 4, Room W432, 210 W. Ridgeway St., Warrenton. Consumers can sign-up to discuss issues with the CFAC from 6:15-6:30 p.m. The committee meets monthly to assist in developing and revising the mental health plan that drives mental health, developmental disability and substance abuse services for the five-county area. For more information, call 430-1330, ext. 3035 and ext. 3050.

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At the Henderson Institute Triad Chapter’s year-end meeting, Horace Bullock, president, thanked guest speaker M. W. Putney, principal of Dabney Elementary School, for sharing his views on the importance of education and its impact on his life. The chapter also donated $450 and over 150 pounds of non-perishable food items to Area Christians Together In Service (ACTS) that was collected during its annual Christmas food drive. Margie Watkins and Patti Kittrell (pictured) were thanked and given a hearty applause for arranging a delicious Christmas brunch to close out the year.

JobsNOW training begins at VGCC With an infusion of federal funds, a state job training program is underway at VanceGranville Community College. Through community colleges across North Carolina, the JobsNOW “12 in 6” initiative provides training that can be completed in six months or less in a dozen high-demand occupations. At VGCC, students can choose from three JobsNOW opportunities, all focusing on jobs in the health care field: nursing assistant (CNA), phlebotomy and medical billing and coding. A CNA class based at the college’s South Campus between Creedmoor and Butner became the first VGCC JobsNOW-affiliated course when students met for the first time on Oct. 26. The 14 men and women in the class will continue training through February, and will learn nurse aide, medication aide and geriatric aide skills, in addition to employability skills provided by the VGCC Human Resources Development department. The students, under the direction of instructor Alyssa Brodie, started with classroom and lab training at South Campus. There, they learned about pa-

tient-care techniques using patient simulator manikins before they began working with real patients in clinical experiences at local nursing homes and hospitals. “In partnership with the Kerr-Tar Workforce Development Board and local Employment Security Commission/JobLink offices, we have been able to recruit for the JobsNOW program, VGCC Nursing assistant instructor Alyssa Brodie (standing) and and connect students students share a light moment during their training at the college’s with WIA (Workforce South Campus in Granville County. Investment Act), which offers finanment and in turn, allows us to College System and the N.C. cial assistance to those who jump-start the local economy.” Department of Commerce. qualify,” said VGCC Human She said the program’s short VGCC also received a $50,000 Resources Development Coor- time frame benefits employees “Partnership in Progress” dinator Kyle by letting them get back to Golden LEAF Opportunities Burwell, who oversees the work quickly, while employers for Work (GLOW) grant from program at the college, along benefit from workers who are the Golden LEAF Foundation with JobsNOW Coordinamore educated and skilled. to support JobsNOW. The tor Courtney M. Cooke. “We “JobsNOW will continue to grant will help students in are currently recruiting for offer as many class bundles the JobsNOW program defray other CNA courses, as well as possible in the program’s some of the costs of their tuas phlebotomy and medical allotted time, through October ition, fees, materials, uniforms billing and coding classes.” 31, 2010,” Burwell said. and needed supplies. Burwell added that JobsNOW JobsNOW at VGCC is supFor more information on “allows us to educate and ported by $250,000 in federal JobsNOW, call Cooke at (252) train people in our service recovery funds, administered 738-3427 or Burwell at (252) area for lucrative employthrough the N.C. Community 738-3276.

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Web-based survey and a newsletter. More than a few Granville commuters, leaders and residents have complained about the hassle of driving N.C. 50 to and from Raleigh and have clamored for a four-lane road. Compounding traffic problems on N.C. 50, drivers have to slow for vehicles turning into and out of Falls Lake’s scenic recreation areas, plus those entering and exiting the increasing numbers of upscale residential areas south of the reservoir. There are some poten-

Maria Parham Medical Center has donated linens and laundry needs. Fort Bragg has donated 40 cots. Lifeline Outreach has offered help with food preparation. The Henderson Police Department has agreed to provide security. In addition, the organizers have received donations of toiletries, other supplies and financial contributions. First Presbyterian Church is donating the space. Vance County currently has no shelter for homeless men. The nearest shelter for men is in Granville County and has only six beds. Lifeline provides a shelter for women and children, but not men. The shelter in First Presbyterian Church will be able to accommodate

20 men. The plan calls for the doors to close at 7 p.m. each evening and for occupants of the shelter to leave by 6:30 a.m. the next day. Rice said he hopes the shelter program will be part of an effort that will, first, help homeless men transition into permanent housing and, second, alleviate the conditions that made them homeless. Volunteers have been trained to staff the shelter during the overnight hours. The organization is still soliciting individuals and groups to provide meals or assist with other tasks related to the shelter’s operation.

tial drawbacks to improving N.C. 50. One of them is that bringing N.C. 50’s rolling vertical alignment up to major highway standards would likely be quite disruptive to the nearby properties. Granville is the only county bordering the northern side of Wake that does not have a four-lane link to Wake. And Wake, in addition to being the home of North Carolina’s capital city, is the home of Raleigh-Durham International Airport. And the airport is just across the Wake County-

Durham County line from the Research Triangle Park. CAMPO grew from a collaborative project between Cary, Raleigh, Garner and Wake County known as the Greater Raleigh Urban Area Thoroughfare Plan. And CAMPO has grown to include Apex, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Knightdale, Wendell, Zebulon, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Morrisville and Wake County and parts of Granville, Franklin, Johnston and Harnett counties.

AIRPORT, from page one Vance County line. As part of a five-year plan at Oxford-Henderson Airport, Oxford was supposed to pay $26,022 for 2009, but Oxford lost representation on the authority because the city did not pay the full amount, with the airport having returned the $12,000. There was a bit of discussion toward the end of the Nov. 18, 2008, commission meeting about Oxford’s future role at the facility. Then-Commission Finance Committee Chairman Chance Wilkinson deferred to Donham. The bottom line, Donham said at the time, is that for Oxford to have influence, “We have to be at the table with the other members.” The local Airport Authority dates back to 1966 and Oxford, Granville County, Henderson and Vance County are the partners. The N.C. National

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to be approved in turn by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. First Presbyterian Church is situated in an O-I district. In its October meeting, the Henderson City Council unanimously approved the amendment. Then on Dec. 8, the Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to grant the special-use permit. With those approvals out of the way, organizers moved to prepare the space in the basement of First Presbyterian Church to make it appropriate as a shelter and to meet building code requirements. Volunteers spent Saturday morning cleaning out the facility so a plumber can install showers. Meanwhile, offers to provide resources for the shelter have been received.

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Census briefing for Warren clergy, faith-based groups By DAVID IRVINE Daily Dispatch Writer

WARRENTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jana Martin, Executive Director of the Warren County Chamber of Commerce, will hold an informational meeting about the 2010 U.S. Census for ministers and faith-based organizations on Wednesday, Jan. 13. The meeting will be take place at 10 a.m. in the Community Meeting Room of Warren County Memorial Library. The purpose of the meeting is to recruit faithbased organizations in spreading the word about the importance of the census. Census officials, as well as state and local elected officials, are emphasizing how important it is for everyone to be

counted. The census, which is conducted every 10 years, determines the number of U.S. representatives a state has. But it is also used to determine how federal funds are spent, potentially affecting local development of roads, parks, infrastructure and other public services. Questionnaires will be mailed to each household this spring. Census takers will follow up where a response is not received in order to assure a complete count. Martin asks individuals and organizations interested in attending the meeting to call 257-2657 to reserve a spot. Contact the writer at dirvine@ hendersondispatch.com.

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Year-old girl drowns in mop bucket SUMTER, S.C. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A 1-year-old South Carolina girl has drowned after she fell into a mop bucket. The Item of Sumter reported Saturday that Khianna Benjamin died around 11:30 p.m. Thursday night. Authorities say Khiannaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father woke up Thursday night and saw his daughter headfirst in a mop bucket in the kitchen. Robert Benjamin and his girlfriend, who was not the girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, took Khianna to a neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house

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Deaths John E. Vernon HENDERSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; John Ellis Vernon, age 82, a lifelong resident of Henderson, died Friday, January 8, 2010, after several years of declining health. Born in Vance County on August 28, 1927, he was the son of the late Ellis Edward Vernon and Bessie Hock Vernon. John was a loving, loyal, and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He was a proud veteran of the United States Navy, serving during World War II. He served as vice president of Rose Oil Company where he worked for over 60 years, and will be remembered among his many accomplishments as being instrumental in the building of many of the area Shell Service Stations and the Silo Restaurant. He was a member of St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church where he served as a former Senior Warden and Junior Warden, and also served in many other capacities. He was a member of the American Legion Post #60 in Hen-

Alberta C. Dunson NORLINA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alberta Cobb Dunson, 95, of Norlina, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, at Maria Parham Medical Center. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced later by the R.H. Greene Funeral Home of Warrenton.

Jackie R. Terry CLARKSVILLE, Va. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jackie Ray Terry, 53, of 85 Epps Fork Road, Clarks-

derson for many years. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Betty Turner Vernon, of the home; daughter, Angela Vernon Christopher and husband, Lee H. Christopher, and his grandchildren, L.H. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chrisâ&#x20AC;? Christopher III, John Vernon Christopher, and Alexis Nicole Christopher, all of Raleigh; and one brother, Arthur Edward Vernon of Raleigh, and his children, Artie Edward Vernon and Debbie Vernon Laplaine. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at J.M. White Funeral home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church by the Rev. Ted Malone. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. Serving as active pallbearers will be Sam Watkins, George Watkins, Buddy Thomas, Richard Bullock, Henry Riggan and Charles Fletcher. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 974, Church and Main Street, Henderson, N.C. 27536. Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home. Paid Obituary

ville, Va., died Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, at Universal Health Care in Oxford. At an early age, he attended Antioch United Church of Christ and the Vance County public schools. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Antioch United Church of Christ by the Rev. John T. Saddler. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Survivors include his mother, Marie Terry Fisher of Clarksville, Va.; four sisters, Connie Terry,

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She is survived by two daughters, Sandra S. Catherwood and husband, Bob, of Henderson, and Patricia S. Stephenson and husband, Glendel, of Mebane; two sisters, Earline B. Blue of Henderson and Maxine B. Sink of Frisco, Texas; two grandchildren, Edee Wilcox and husband, Mike, and Kyle Perkinson and wife, Amy; two stepgrandchildren, Grady Catherwood and wife, Nicole, and Kyle Catherwood, and wife, Robertha; four great-grandchildren; and four great-stepgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, E.B. South Jr.; one sister, Evelyn B. Howard; and one brother, William P. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dickieâ&#x20AC;? Baker Jr. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the Fellowship Hall of North Henderson Baptist Church. At other times they will receive friends at the home of Bob and Sandra Catherwood at 237 Willowood Drive. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the North Henderson Baptist Church, 1211 N. Garnett St., Henderson, N.C. 27536. Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home.

Edith B. South HENDERSON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Edith Baker South, age 91, a resident of 237 Willowood Drive, died Friday, January 8, 2010, in a local nursing home. Born on December 16, 1918, in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late William P. Baker Sr. and Mary Sue Ethel Horton Baker Colclough. Mrs. South was a retired payroll clerk at Harriett & Henderson Yarns Inc. She was a member of North Henderson Baptist Church, and was a member of the Joy Sunday School Class, a former Sunday school teacher for over 60 years, choir member, and lay speaker. She was honored by having the Edith B. South Sunday School Class named for her. She was a former member of Oxford Baptist Church for over 20 years where she was ordained and served as deacon. A private interment will be held by the family at the Columbarium Wall of the First Baptist Church. A memorial service will follow on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at North Henderson Baptist Church by the Rev. Brent Kasey.

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Former prosecutor opens law office By DAVID IRVINE Daily Dispatch Writer

Nathan Angus Baskerville had an unusual way of ringing in the New Year. On Jan. 1 he officially opened the doors of his law office in Henderson. He is launching a general law practice with emphasis on criminal defense, traffic infractions, personal injury, estates and wills. Baskerville Baskerville is no stranger to the criminal justice system. He has served as an assistant district attorney in Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin counties since 2007. Before that, he held a similar position in Person and Caswell counties. Baskerville says he is looking

eSolar strikes deal to build power plants in China BEIJING (AP) — A U.S. solar power company said Saturday it will help build a series of solar thermal power plants in China, as the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases tries to decrease its heavy reliance on coal, imported gas and oil. California-based eSolar Inc. will provide Shandong Penglai Electric Power Equipment Manufacturing Co. with the technology and information to build the concentrated solar thermal power farms with a capacity totaling 2,000 megawatts. The $5 billion investment would be the largest such project in China, though the companies didn’t say who would be investing how much.

forward to serving the community in a new way. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time working in the district attorney’s office,” he said, adding that he formed valuable relationships with courthouse personnel, from clerks to judges. “My experience will allow me to serve our community most effectively, and I am very excited about that opportunity,” he said. Baskerville comes to the profession naturally. His father is an attorney and now serves as a district court judge in the 9th Judicial District of North Carolina, which encompasses Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin counties. Baskerville said his father never directly tried to influence him to become a lawyer. “He told me to be anything I wanted to be,” he said. But he got

a sense of the profession when he spent time in his father’s office. “I heard people who came to him for advice and help.” Now Baskerville the younger is in the position to offer advice and help. Baskerville received his bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College and law degree from North Carolina Central University. The law office of Nathan A. Baskerville, PLLC, is located at 424 N. Williams St. It is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Baskerville can be reached by telephone at (252) 572-4495 and (252) 432-2352; by e-mail at info@ baskerville.net; or online at baskervillelaw.net. With a minor in Spanish, Baskerville adds: Se hablan espanol. Contact the writer at dirvine@hendersondispatch.com.

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An animal rights group figures if KFC can use fire extinguishers and hydrants to promote chicken wings, it should be able to use city fire trucks to denounce cruelty to chickens. People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals has offered Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard $7,500 in reAP Photo/Brian Bohannon - Kentucky Fried Chicken turn for advertising space This handout photo from KFC shows Indianapolis Fire Deon the vehicles, after the partment Chief Brian Sanford, left, with “KFC Colonel” lookfast-food chain announced 220 Seafood Trout Special alike Bob Thompson, center, and Indianapolis Mayor Greg this week that it will pay Every Wednesday in the Ballard in the Garfield Park Family Center Tuesday. for city fire extinguishers month of January in exchange for advertising KFC wants to expand sponsoring programs at an on them. It also is paying animal shelter might be the monthlong campaign for smoke detectors the more appropriate. to three other cities naNo baked potatoes on take out orders city will give away. PETA spokeswoman tionwide. PETA’s proposed ad Lindsay Rajt said the Wed. thru Sat. 5 PM - 9:30 PM So far, it also is giving shows a plucked and Sun. 12 PM - 2:30 PM for Lunch • 4:30 PM - 9:30 PM group’s legal staff was $2,500 to Brazil, Ind., for scalded chicken with the 1812 N. Garnett St. • Henderson the right to emblazon local reviewing the city’s policy phrases “Chickens Are and questioned the public 492-8084 hydrants with the face of Burned To Death At KFC” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! Colo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! benefit of encouraging the chain’s founder, and Cruelty.” The Reports: JAL could !"#$%#$&'($")&#*"+'' ' ' ''',-./'0*"1)"'2$3$14'5*63' #$&'($")&#*"+'' ' ' ' “Boycott ''',-./'0*"1)"'2$3$14'5*63' people to eat “unhealthy' nel Sanders. group claims many KFC products.” 8'796":;'<=7>' ' ' ''''''''''''?'@$9)%'1*"#A'*B'CDB*"3'E6":' 7$138'796":;'<=7>' ' ' ''''''''''''?'@$9)%'1*"#A'*B'CDB*"3'E6":' Jen Pittman, spokesfile for bankruptcy chickens are scalded to woman for the Indianapo- ! death during processing; lis mayor, said Friday that TOKYO (AP) — Strugit has long criticized the PETA’s offer would have to gling Japan Airlines Corp. restaurant’s treatment of meet city guidelines that ! ! could file for bankruptcy animals. require corporate sponas early as Jan. 19 under KFC spokesman Rick sorships to yield a public a government-backed Maynard defended the '( !"#$%& "#$%&')()*+%$,'!-./01/.-23!! !"#$%&'("#$%&')()*+%$,'!-./01/.-23!! benefit. restructuring plan that restaurant’s practices and ! ! But she said city ofincludes 13,000 job cuts, said PETA was known ficials contacted PETA reports said Saturday. for resorting to publicity Friday and suggested Saddled with +, mas(. stunts. * %- biggest "#$%&')()*+%$,'!/.-210.-23) *+,%-(."#$%&')()*+%$,'!/.-210.-23) sive losses, Asia’s FOR behaviORal health /(.%&*a(.state /(.%&*(."#$%&'!()*+%$,'!0.-214.-23!! "#$%&'!()*+%$,'!0.-214.-23!! airline is seeking ! ! bailout. On Friday, the “As a board certified physician practicing psychiatry government approved a court-led bankruptcy opat Granville Medical Center, my patients tion proposed by a stateArtistic Director come to me when they are challenged by (. backed corporate /(.%&*turn"#$%&'!()*+%$,'!4.-215.-23!! /(.%&*(."#$%&'!()*+%$,'!4.-215.-23!! anxiety, eating disorders, post traumatic around body, the business ! NBCT ! newspaper Nikkei said, stress,! or multiple other difficulties that citing no sources. can affect their quality of life. GHS With government apBehavioral Health offers services proval, the airline, known that help patients become more as JAL, could file for Singing and Movement bankruptcy with the Tokyo self-confident, independent and -USICAL 4HEATER s 'ROUP 6OICE ! ! District Court as early as self-reliant. My female patients Jan. 19, it said. #LASSICAL 2EPERTOIRE 3IGHT 3INGING often express their appreciation In a bid to-3ease JAL’s -3%% -3 4' -3 -3%% -3 4' 0RE+ TH 'RADE debt burden, the corpofor our services and the difference rate turnaround body will ! that our practice has made in '() '() ask banks01'1+2)$%& to forgive $3.8 2"3,#!!!"#$%&'()!*+,,%-+./ ! 01'1+2)$%& 2"3,# !!! "#$%&'()!*+,,%-+./ ! dealing their lives, especially when June and July Sessions +, by billion01'1+2)* of debt owed %-(.)the 2"3,#!!!!!!!"#$%&'()!0,+,,%0+,,! 01'1+2)*+,%-(.)2"3,#!!!!!!!"#$%&'()!0,+,,%0+,, ! with prenatal and postpartum troubled airline, it(.said.(.) (. (.) Located at 6513 Horner Siding Road (2 miles north of Oxford Park) 01'1+2)/ %&* 2"3,#!!!!"#$%&'()!0+1,%.+1,! 01'1+2)/ %&* 2"3,# !!!!"#$%&'()!0+1,%.+1, JAL is also weighing depression. We give them !the ability *"Ê "8ÊÓ{ÈÈ]Ê"Ýv À`]Ê

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Crime Stoppers asks help from public in solving three crimes Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help in solving the following crimes: On Jan. 5 around 12:45 p.m., officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to the Cracker Barrel restaurant on Ruin Creek Road where two Time Warner vehicles were broken into. Property was taken from both vehicles. The Criminal Investigations Section is continuing the investigation. On Dec. 28, 2009, about 8:15 p.m., Henderson police responded to the Henderson Moose Lodge where Rachel Nicholson of Oxford was assaulted and robbed by an unknown black male with a handgun. Nicholson was hit several times with the handgun and her purse

was taken. The subject left running toward Rowland Street. On Nov. 6, 2009 about 10:30 a.m. the Vance County Sheriff’s Office responded to Satterwhite Point Marina in reference to a breaking and entering and Larceny. Catherine Hughes reported that suspects took a welding rig and two 15-gallon fuel tanks with gas and cut the fuel lines on two boats. Vance County Sheriff’s Office needs your help in finding suspects in this case. If any one has information on this case call Henderson – Vance Crime Stoppers at 492-1925 and also you can put anonymous tips on the web site www.hvcrimestoppers.com.Or the Vance County Sheriffs Office

Two more women accuse N.C. officer CHARLOTTE (AP) — Investigators say two more women have accused a North Carolina police officer of sexually assaulting them during traffic stops. Multiple media outlets report that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Sgt. Darrell Price said Friday that Officer Marcus Jackson’s patrol car dash cam caught him inappropriately touching two 21-year-old women during a search in north Charlotte

Dec. 28. Jackson was fired after he was arrested Dec. 30 and charged with sexually assaulting three other women. So far, five women have accused the 25-year-old Jackson of either fondling them or forcing them to have sex. Jackson faces multiple charges including sexual battery, kidnapping, extortion and indecent exposure. He is being held in jail on $423,000 bond.

Va. jury: 100 years for soliciting child RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Louisa County jury has recommended a 100year sentence for a Henrico County man convicted of five counts of soliciting a child for sex over the Internet. Prosecutors say 55-yearold George Spiker met what he believed was a 13-year-old girl online last year and that he offered her clothing, jewelry and

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HENDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT Arrests • Latesha Yevette, 33, of 632 Breckenridge St. was arrested Jan. 8. Misdemeanor drunk and disruptive. Secured bond was set at $1,000. Court date Feb. 8. • Tyrell Xavier Fitts, 20, of 1263 U.S. Hwy. 1 South, Manson, was served Jan. 7 with a citation. Misdemeanor failure to stop at a crash. Court date Feb. 18. • Amitarshus Southerland, 30, of 275 Faulkner Drive was served Jan. 7 with an order for arrest. Failure to appear, 2 counts. Secured bond was set at $10,500. Court date Jan. 26. • Gina V. Jones, 28, of 328 Winder St. was served Jan. 8 with a criminal summons. Misdemeanor communicating threats. Court date Jan. 19. • Demetrius Maurie Henderson, 26, of 641 Marshall St. was arrested Jan. 8. Misdemeanor possession of stolen goods. Misdemeanor larceny. Secured

bond was set at $1,000. Court date Jan. 18. • Decarla Cheek Solomon, 29, 315 Davis St. was served Jan. 7 with an order for arrest. Felony failure to appear. Secured bond was set at $50,000. Court date Feb. 23. • Robert Earl Ross Jr., 19, of 144 N. Shank St. was served Jan. 7 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear. Secured bond was set at $24,000. Court date Feb. 8.

Larceny • Shonta Taylor, 28, of 809 Eastway Drive reported Jan. 7 the theft from the residence of a 52-inch Mitsubishi plasma TV valued at $1,000 and Nintendo Wii game console valued at $200. Damage to a window estimated at $200. • Pamely Rainey, 41, of 1405 Parham St. reported Jan. 7 the theft from the residence of an a 32-inch RCA flat screen TV val-

ued at $400 and assorted rings and necklaces valued at $800. • Eaton Johnson Middle School, 500 N. Beckford Drive, reported Jan. 7 the theft from the school of a Dell laptop computer, no valued listed. • Christopher Lewis, 55, of 309 Foxborough Lane reported Jan. 7 the theft from an outbuilding of a Winchester 30/30 valued at $400, a 20-gauge shotgun valued at $300 and a .22-caliber rifle valued at $150.

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OXFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT Arrests • Kelly Smith, 45, of 600 E. Winder St., Henderson, was booked Dec. 23. Misdemeanor larceny. Misdemeanor possession of stolen property. Bond was set at $2,500. • June Southerland, 39, of 141 Grace Road, Norlina, was booked Dec. 26. Misdemeanor larceny. No bond was set. • Joshua Harrison, 29, of 308 E. Quail Ridge Road, was booked Dec. 26. Misdemeanor driving while impaired. No bond was set. • Frank Anderson, 34, of 402 Santree Drive, was booked Dec. 26. Misdemeanor resisting, obstructing and delaying an officer. Bond was set at $500. Anderson also was booked Dec. 27 for misdemeanor damage to personal property and felony possession of a firearm by a felon. Bond was set at $20,500. • Briki Terry, 30, of 2613 Little Mountain Creek Road, on Dec. 27 was served a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. Bond was pre-set at $500. • Thomas Reed, 39, of 207 Black St., was booked Dec. 28. Misdemeanor assault on a law enforcement officer. Misdemeanor resisting, obstructing and delaying an officer. Bond was set at $2,500. • David Reece, 23, of 2578 Enon Road, was booked Dec. 29. Misdemeanor shoplifting. Bond was set $500. • Jessica Norton, 23, of 413 S. Elm St., was booked Dec. 29. Misdemeanor shoplifting. Bond was set at $500. • Carolyn Moss, 55, of 417-B Taylor St., was booked Dec. 30. Misdemeanor communicating threats. No bond was set.

• Gloria Cross, 60, of 300 E. McClanahan St., was booked Dec. 31. Misdemeanor trespassing. No bond was set. • Christopher Harris, 20, of 2596 Salem Road, on Jan. 1 was served a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. Bond was preset at $30,000. • Kevin Ashby, 26, of 423 Linden Ave., on Jan. 2 was served a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. No bond was set. • Nancy Sousa, 46, of 110 W. Thorndale Drive, was booked Jan. 2. Two counts of misdemeanor worthless checks. No bond was set. • Demetrica Williams, 35, of 205 Polly Drive, was booked Jan. 2. Misdemeanor worthless check. No bond was set. • Carvie Boyd, 32, of 320 Henderson St., was booked Jan. 2. Misdemeanor secreting lien property. No bond was set. • Barry Hunt, 21, of 105 Alex St., on Jan. 2 was served a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. No bond was set. • Angela Hamlin, 27, of 7544 Sam Hall Road, was booked Jan. 2. Misdemeanor larceny. Bond was set at $500. • George Bailey, 24, of 8022 Harts Crossroads, Stovall, was booked Jan. 2. Misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. No bond was set. • Demarkus Wright, 29, of 504 Henderson St., was booked Jan. 3. Misdemeanor communicating threats. No bond was set. • Sha’Lisa Lewis, 21, of 1536 Hight St., Henderson, was booked Jan. 4. Misdemeanor assault on a law enforcement officer. Misdemeanor resisting, obstructing and delaying an officer. Bond was set at $1,000. • Kurt Wade, 45, of 102 King St., was booked Jan. 4. Felony

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possession of an illegal drug. Bond was set at $2,500. • Michael Wright, 49, of 203 Wilmington Ave., was booked Jan. 5. Misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond was set at $500. • Akeem Muhammad, 39, of 212 Wilmington Ave., was booked Jan. 5. Felony possession of illegal drugs. Bond was set at $3,000. • Ophelia Speed, 60, of 148 Webb Place, on Jan. 6 was served two misdemeanor failure to appear warrants. Bond was pre-set at $1000. • Steven Clark, 28, of 410 Sycamore St., was booked Jan. 6. Misdemeanor larceny/shoplifting. No bond was set. • Ebony Satterwhite, 26, of 221 Lanier St., on Jan. 6 was served a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. Bond was preset at $3000. • Monica Saldana, 19, of 234 Maple Drive, on Jan. 6 was served a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. Bond was preset at $800. • Willie Lawrence, 42, of 4014 Red Mountain Road, Rougemont, was booked Jan. 6. Misdemeanor larceny/shoplifting. No bond was set. • William Saunders, 58, of 105 Albert St., was booked Jan. 6. Misdemeanor possession of non-tax-paid alcoholic beverages for sale. No bond was set. • Sherry Clayton, 31, of 2675 Joe Pruitt Road, was booked Jan. 7. Felony possession of illegal drugs. Misdemeanor possession of illegal drugs. Bond was set at $5,000. • Jerry Spencer, 41, of 1107 Autumn Park Apartments, was booked Jan. 7. Misdemeanor failure to return rental property. No bond was set.

GRANVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Arrests • Joshua Kenneth Thompson, 27, of 2000 Sanders Road, Stem, was booked Dec. 23. Felony breaking and entering. Felony larceny after breaking and entering. Felony possession of stolen goods. Bond was set at $30,000. • Daniel Corey Ferguson, 21, of 2769 Falls Road, Moravian Falls, was booked Dec. 26. Drunk and disruptive. Bond was set at $1,000. • Jerry Wayne Beck, 43, of 1524 Olive Circle, Creedmoor, was booked Dec. 29. Misdemeanor threatening phone calls. Bond was set at $500. • George Solomon, 63, of 1408 Hight St., Henderson, was booked Dec. 30. Two counts of misdemeanor injury to real property. Bond was set at $500. • Cameron Russell Harris, 18, of 1724 Sanders Road, Stem, was booked Dec. 30. Contempt of court. Bond was set at $400. • Marty Earl Sherron II, 19, of 4050 Raney Way Drive, Stem, was booked Dec. 31. Misdemeanor assault on a female. Bond was set at $1,000. • Michael Ray Greenway, 19, of 2086 Grassy Creek-Virgilina Road, Bullock, was booked Dec. 31. Felony breaking and entering. Felony larceny after breaking and entering. Bond was set

at $5,000. • Craig Lee Clark, 42, of 2535 Conyers Road, Franklinton, was booked Dec. 31. Misdemeanor assault on a female. Misdemeanor injury to real property. No bond was set. • Christopher Lamar Harris, 20, of 3596 Chewning Road, Oxford, was booked Jan. 1. Misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon. Misdemeanor breaking or entering. Misdemeanor injury to real property. Bond was set at $1,000. Harris was booked Jan. 3 for contempt of court, perjury and court violations. Bond was set at $1,000. • Jerome Edward Fogg, 22, of 308 Lyon St., Creedmoor, was booked Jan. 1. Contempt of court, perjury and court violations. Bond was set at $17,900. • Ana Quetzala-Medina, 27, of 1662 Carter Circle, Creedmoor, was booked Jan. 1.

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Failure to appear. Bond was set at $800. • Phillip White, 33, of 301 Hillsborough St., Creedmoor, was booked Jan. 5. Felony failure to register as a sex offender. Bond was set at $25,000. • Tommy Ray Dean, 43, of 4329 Belltown Road, Oxford, was booked Jan. 6. Three counts of felony larceny. Three counts of felony possession of stolen goods. Two counts of misdemeanor altering/removing a non-motorized vehicle serial number. Bond was set at $20,000. • Erica Sharee Couch, 24, of 476 Julia St., Henderson, was booked Jan. 6. Two orders for arrest. Bond was set at $2,000. • Jemall Marrow, 36, of 601 Hicksmill Road, Oxford, was booked Jan. 6. Contempt of court, perjury and court violations. Bond was set at $2,343.

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Arrests • Robert Andrew Yancey, 34, of 615 Dr. Finch Road was arrested Jan. 7. Misdemeanor assault on a female. Misdemeanor child support. No bond. Court date Feb. 2. • James Benjamin Duke, 42, of 519 Gillburg Road was served Jan. 7 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor child support. Cash bond was set at $1,500. Court date Jan. 14. • Esther Mae Williams, 64, of 3586 Dabney Road was served Jan. 7 with a criminal summons. Misdemeanor worthless check, 2 counts. Court date Jan. 26. • Stephen Richard Griffith, 48, of 94 Griffith Lane was served Jan. 7 with a criminal summons. Misdemeanor worthless check. Court date Jan. 26. • Jacob Aaron Elliott, 24, of 169 Roberts Ave. was arrested Jan. 7. Misdemeanor trespassing. Unsecured bond was set at $500. Court date Jan. 19. • Debbie Baggett Travis, 53, of 227 Parrott Road Lot 7 was served Jan. 7 with a criminal summons. Misdemeanor worthless check, 2 counts. Court date Jan. 26. • Decarla Cheek Solomon, 29, of 315 Davis St. was served Jan. 7 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charge of failure to comply with child support. Secured bond was set at $250. Court date Jan. 13. • Jason Humphries, 28, of 315 Walter Bowen Road was served Jan. 7 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor child support in Guilford County. Cash bond was set at $1,300. Court date Feb. 19. • Lonnie Demon Yancey, 26, of 1628 Stewart Ave was served Jan. 7 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charges of driving while license revoked and failing to yield for a stop sign. Secured bond was set at $500. Court date Jan. 28. • Angela Hendricks Alashmli, 40, of 2375 N. Garnett St. was arrested Jan. 7. Misdemeanor

harassing phone call. Unsecured bond was set at $500. Court date Jan. 19. • Hartwell Read Harp, 67, of 1841 Garland St. was arrested Jan. 7. Misdemeanor worthless check. Unsecured bond was set at $300. Court date Jan. 20. • Dwayne Lamont Marrow, 36, of 1410 Satterwhite Point Road was arrested Jan. 7. Misdemeanor injury to personal property. Misdemeanor injury to real property. Misdemeanor assault on a female. Unsecured bond was set at $500. Court date Jan. 19. • Connie Lamar Wiggins, 53, of 110 Oak Hill Loop Road was arrested Jan. 7. Misdemeanor assault on a female. Domestic bond. Court date Feb. 2. • Marcus Hargrove, 18, of 550 W. Andrews Ave. Apt. 22 was arrested Jan. 7. Misdemeanor assault on a government officer. Misdemeanor communicating threats. Secured bond was set at $300. Court date Jan. 26. • Stoney Leon Johnson 26, of 711 Southerland Mill Road was arrested Jan. 7. Misdemeanor second degree trespassing. Secured bond was set at $300. Court date Jan. 25. • Omar Shaheed Hargrove, 27, of 1269 N. Chavis Road, Kittrell, was served Jan. 7 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charges of first degree trespassing and

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communicating threats. Secured bond was set at $1,000. Court date Jan. 25. • Eddie D. Williams, 40, of 1830 Farm St. was served Jan. 7 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear in Wake County. Misdemeanor failure to appear in Vance County. Secured bond was set at $20,000. Court in Wake on Jan. 13. Court in Vance on Jan. 22. • Kevin James Pulley, 19, of 2519 Satterwhite Point Road was arrested Jan. 7. Misdemeanor injury to personal property. Unsecured bond was set at $500. Court date Jan. 26. • Scotty Jerome Hargrove, 39, was served Jan. 7 with an order for arrest. Secured bond was set at $1,000. Court date March 1. • Donnie Allen Haines, 30, was served Jan. 7 with an order for arrest. Secured bond was set at $1,200. Court date Jan. 28. • Michael Edward Crawford, 44, of 3965 Weldon’s Mill Road was served Jan. 7 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear in Franklin County. Cash bond was set at $350. Court date Jan. 25.

Larceny • Barry Swain, 37, of 316 Harris St. reported Jan. 7 the theft from the residence of $650 and a 19-inch TV and DVD player, values not listed.

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Daily Meditation Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him [that is] alone when he falleth; for [he hath] not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

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New year brings good news to area Now that the first full week of 2010 is behind us, let’s look back at some of the good news the new year brought. • The City Council and the County Commission have each recently approved resolutions declaring 2010 as the Year of Community Watch. The purpose is to unify community watches, as well as to establish community watch organizations where none exist. • The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a special use permit for the future Henderson Collegiate Charter School at the southwest corner of County Home Road and Health Center Road. The school would join Vance Charter as the second charter school in Henderson. • The Eat Smart, Move More challenge returns this week, and we could all use a little help with our New Year’s resolutions to lose weight. The challenge is sponsored by the Granville-Vance District Health Department, Granville Health System, Maria Parham Medical Center, and the Henderson Family YMCA. Organizations have donated $3,000 in gift cards, which will be awarded to teams and individuals who accomplish their goals. • The third annual Dream On Drafting Show opened in the McGregor Gallery of the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library in Henderson. Student work from the Northern Vance High School drafting program was once again on display. Student projects included original designs of cars, machines and dream houses. • With warnings that swine flu is showing no signs of letting up, new supplies of the H1N1 flu vaccine have arrived in the area and are available at the health department.

Quotable “Not in the name of Islam.” Sign among demonstrators outside federal court in Detroit where Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arraigned on charges he tried to blow up a U.S. airliner. “It wasn’t some prank that didn’t do any harm.” New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, on the arrest of a man believed to have breached security to bid his girlfriend goodbye, triggering the shutdown of a busy Newark Airport terminal that led to snarled flights worldwide. “Talk about waving a red cape in front of a bull.” Criminal law professor Stan Goldman on balloon boy father Richard Heene. Heene now says there was no balloon hoax, even though he pleaded guilty and agreed to be sentenced to 90 days in jail, angering prosecutors and law enforcement officials.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This column was originally published Dec. 5, 1999.) It is with great verisimilitude that we present another installation of “Ask Mister Language Person,” the column that answers your common questions about grammar, punctuation and unwanted body hair. This is the ONLY language column to receive the coveted Lifetime Bathroom Pass from the American Society of University Professors Who Are Never in Their Offices. We will commence the onset of today’s column by beginning with our first question, which concerns a basic rule of business grammar: Q. What is the proper way to begin a formal letter? A. The proper beginning, or “salutatorian,” for a formal business letter is: “Dear Mr. or Ms. Bob Johnson as the Case May Be.” This should be followed by a small dab of imported mustard. Q. What if the person’s name is not “Bob Johnson”? A. Then he or she will just have to change it. Q. What is the correct way to conclude a formal business letter to a cable television company? A. “I Spit on Your Billing Department.” Q. Like millions of Americans, I cannot grasp the extremely subtle difference

between the words “your” and “you’re.” A. Top grammar scientists are often confused by these two words, which are technically known as “bivalves,” or words that appear to be identical and have hinged shells. The best way to tell them apart is to Dave remember Barry that “you’re” Tribune Media Services

is a contraction, which is a type of word used during childbirth, as in: “Hang on, Marlene, here comes you’re baby!” Whereas “your” is, grammatically, a prosthetic infarction, which means a word that is used to score a debating point in an Internet chat room, as in: “Your a looser, you morron!” Q. What about “yore”? A. That refers to “the days of yore,” when there was a lot of yore lying around, as a result of pigs. Also in those days, men would augment their personal regions by wearing “codpieces,” which were pieces of actual cod. Q. Yuck. A. Yore telling us. Q. What is the correct usage of the word “compunction”? A. It may be used as a medi-

cal term (“a compunction of the left exterior vestibule”) or in the name of a rock band (“DeWayne Hurlmont and the Compunctions of Soul”). Q. Speaking of music, does it make you suspicious that “Barry Manilow” and “Busta Rhymes,” in addition to sounding EXACTLY alike, have “conveniently” never once appeared onstage together? A. It is time to end the charade. Q. While viewing ESPN’s broadcast of the IndianaKentucky football game, did you hear an example of language usage so excellent that it caused you to spew beer from your nose? A. Yes. The color commentator referred to a former coach as “a living legend when he was still alive.” Q. Can you give some other examples of powerful language, sent in by alert readers? A. Certainly: — Trudy McDaniel sent in the instructions for putting together an Ikea desk, which state: “It is advisory to be two people during assembly.” — Doug Gordon sent in the instructions for a set of Tama brand drums, containing this warning: “Stay away from the drum set if an earthquake occurs.” — Dave Zarrow reports that he saw a sign making this appealing offer: “I Lost 40 Lbs.

in Two Months! Call for Free Samples!” — Joe Bays sent in a glossy color brochure for the American Standard “Cadet II” model commode, featuring the slogan: “Get more out of your toilet.” — Sandra Bowers sent in a story from the Akron BeaconJournal headlined, “Police Find Man Dead to Death in Motel.” — Paul Morrill sent in a story from the Santa Cruz County Sentinel, concerning a man who was arrested when he attacked some sea lions “because they constantly defected on his boat.” — Jeanne Reed sent in a bulletin from Weatherby Health Care, a physician-placement firm, with this headline: “Born and Raised in the Midwest, This Very Talented Surgeon Is Looking for His Nitch Back Home.” Q. You hate it when a surgeon loses his nitch. A. Let’s hope he didn’t leave it inside a patient. TODAYS “TIP” FOR FICTION WRITERS: To make your writing more vivid, insert a literary device. WEAK: “Detective Jake Turmoil slowly opened the door to the killer’s room.” STRONG: “Detective Jake Turmoil slowly opened the door to the killer’s room and a metaphor sliced off his head.” GOT A QUESTION FOR MISTER LANGUAGE PERSON? He truly does not care.

What the GOP can learn from a pizza chain This is one of those rare moments when the conventional wisdom in Washington is right. The Democrats are poised to have a bad year; the only argument is over how bad it will be. And that question rests on whether or not the Republican Party crafts an agenda voters will support. So far the GOP has shrewdly been the “party of no.” Since I disagree with so much of the Obama-Pelosi-Reid agenda, I happen to think that “no” is the correct position on the merits. But that’s not the point. Saying “no” has worked because that’s what most Americans say, too. The trick for the GOP is to figure out what it will say yes to. Republicans are a bit like the Democrats in 2006 and 2008. Americans were sick of Bush and the Republicans back then, so they threw their support behind the Democrats by default. The Democrats overread this support as a sweeping mandate for their agenda. This has given the GOP an opportunity many Republicans feared just a year ago might not come for a generation. Now comes the hard part: seizing the opportunity. Fortunately, I’m not a political consultant. But if I were giving my two cents — and whaddya know? I am! — I’d tell the GOP to look not to Reagan in 1980 or Gingrich in 1994, as so many pundits suggest.

I’d look to Domino’s in 2010. You may have seen the commercials or the four-minute YouTube video touting the iconic pizza-delivery chain’s reinvention. But if you haven’t, Domino’s new campaign can be summed up easily enough: “We blew Jonah it.” Goldberg Focus groups and Tribune Media consumer Services surveys revealed something pretty much everyone outside of Domino’s has known for years: Their pizza stinks. It tastes as if aliens tried to copy real pizza but just couldn’t capture its essence. In their four-minute video executives, employees and chefs at the company confront their harshest reviews head-on. They talk about how much it hurts to hear that their product “tastes like cardboard” and is worse than microwave pizza. But they admit the truth and commit themselves to starting over with more flavor, better crusts, and cheese that doesn’t taste like discount weather caulking. Domino’s says that the American palate has improved, and they want to update their

recipe to take account of that fact. The appeal of the campaign should be obvious: honesty. Domino’s admits they lost their way, and they want a second chance. They’re confronting the criticism head-on rather than denying it. Obviously, the analogy to the GOP isn’t perfect. For example, last I checked, Domino’s didn’t get bogged down in an unpopular war. But the GOP’s troubles over the last decade have a lot to do with the fact that Americans didn’t stop liking what the Republican Party is supposed to deliver. They stopped liking what the GOP actually delivered. As a conservative who cares more about policies than partisan success, I would hate to see the GOP abandon conservative policies in order to be more popular. That would be like Domino’s listening to critics and then deciding to get into the Chinese food business. Indeed, by my lights, that’s what George W. Bush tried to do with his “compassionate conservatism.” He surrendered to liberal arguments about the role, size and scope of government on too many fronts. In effect, he said you can have your pizza and Kung Pao chicken all in the same dish. That’s not a good meal, it’s a bad mess. Moreover, abandoning

conservatism would be silly. According to Gallup, Americans identify themselves as conservative over liberal by a margin of 2-1, the same proportion as just after 9/11. So what would a GOP-turnaround recipe look like? That’s a subject for any number of other columns. But for starters, I’d look to young political chefs like Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). He’s been the leader in attacking “crony capitalism” — the corrupt merger of big business and big government, a hallmark of the Obama administration. For too long Republicans confused supporting big business with supporting free markets, when big business is often the biggest impediment to fair competition. Other fresh new ingredients would almost surely include pro-family tax policies and the de-linking of legal and illegal immigration as interchangeable terms. But first, the GOP needs to admit it screwed up. That’s what Democrats did with Bill Clinton, and it gave the “New Democratic Party” a new lease on life. F. Scott Fitzgerald couldn’t have been more wrong when he said there are “no second acts in American lives.” More than any nation on earth, America is about second acts. We love contrition and redemption. We love it in pizza companies and politicians alike.

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Filipino devotees try to climb a carriage of the Black Nazarene as others crawl on top of people Saturday at Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines.

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Charred statue of Christ said to have mystical powers By OLIVER TEVES Associated Press Writer

MANILA, Philippines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholics in the Philippines followed a centuries old statue of Jesus Christ through the streets of Manila on Saturday as part of annual ritual in which devotees express gratitude and seek redemption from sins, miracle cures and a better life. The Black Nazareneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mostly male devotees â&#x20AC;&#x201D; barefoot and clad in maroon shirts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; converged for an early morning mass at the sprawling grounds of a seaside parade grandstand before the statue was paraded toward Manilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Quiapo Church, its home. The crowd numbered at

least 1 million, Manila police said, but there were no independent estimates. The life-size wooden statue of Jesus Christ was brought from Mexico to Manila on a galleon in 1606 by Spanish missionaries. The ship caught fire, but the charred-black statue survived and thus was called the Black Nazarene. Some believe the figureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continued survival of fires and earthquakes through the centuries, and bombings during World War II, are testament to its mystical powers. As the statue was pulled through the streets Saturday the most ardent devotees jostled each other to make their way toward the Black Nazarene to touch or kiss it, while others wiped it with

towels and handkerchiefs hoping its powers would rub off. Ricardo Arias, a 59-yearold street vendor, said he vowed to join the annual procession in 1978 to seek a cure for his asthmatic son. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I brought him to hospitals but the doctors gave up on him,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I made a vow to the beloved Nazarene, and by the grace of God he was cured and now he works in Dubai. I will continue doing this as long as I can.â&#x20AC;? Monsignor Pedro Quitorio, spokesman for the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines said devotees have been moved by their â&#x20AC;&#x153;personal religious experienceâ&#x20AC;? but said they should not get carried away, warning that otherwise â&#x20AC;&#x153;it may sink to fanaticism.â&#x20AC;?

Two men decapitated, women killed on Mexico border CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Police found two severed heads and the bullet-ridden bodies of two women and a handicapped man in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, the latest chapter in Mexicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increasingly gory drug war. The killing of women or handicapped people has been rare in a conflict that has cost more than 15,000 lives in the past three years. But drug gangs appear to using such killings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and progressively more gruesome mutilations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to intimidate rivals and the public. Prosecutors in northern

Chihuahua state, where Ciudad Juarez is located, said the first manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body was found on a street late Friday with its hands and head cut off. Between the hands was a message with characteristics similar to those usually left by organized crime gangs. Another manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body, with its head cut off and eyes gouged out, was found elsewhere. Mexican news media reported that a handwritten message was found nearby but Mexican police rarely disclose the contents of such notes, which the cartels use

to insult and intimidate their rivals. The two womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bodies were found in a vacant lot in Ciudad Juarez late Friday. The body of a man whose legs had been surgically amputated some time ago was also found Friday on a dirt road on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. Also Friday, a man riding a bicycle was shot to death in the city, five people were killed in drive-by shootings and a group of three men were shot to death at a fast-food restaurant near a school.

HONG KONG (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; News reports say an attacker has dropped a bottle of acid into a crowd in Hong Kong and injured at least 15 people. Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official Xinhua news agency says some of the victims burned in the Saturday acid attack included tourists. It says a bottle of acid was dropped from above on the crowd in the busy Kowloon area of the city at about 9:30 p.m. Xinhua quotes Hong Kong Cable TV as saying the injured have been rushed to the hospital and police have cordoned off the area. A series of acid attacks have hit Hong Kong since December 2008 injuring more than 100 people. Densely populated Kowloon is across the harbor from Hong Kong island. It has narrow streets crammed with snack vendors and shops.

Bomb explodes in central Athens ATHENS, Greece (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Police say a bomb has exploded near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Parliament in central Athens. They say nobody was injured in the blast. An anonymous caller had telephoned a national newspaper about 17 minutes earlier warning that a bomb had been planted, and police had cordoned off the area before Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blast, shutting down a major avenue in the center of the capital. Police say the explosive device had been placed in a trash bin in the area in front of Parliament, near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Several extremist leftwing groups operate in Greece, and they often plant bombs targeting businesses, government offices and banks. The bombs are usually planted late at night or preceded by warning calls and rarely cause any casualties.

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Two intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed two people in Pakistanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s North Waziristan tribal region. The Saturday strike was the sixth in about a week in the area. Two missiles fired by a suspected unmanned drone hit a house in Data Khel, an area that is a stronghold of the Haqqani militant network. The intelligence officials say three people have also been wounded. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information. The Haqqani network is suspected of involvement in a Dec. 30 attack on a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan that killed seven Americans.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Venezuela is at risk of a devastating power collapse that could also pose a serious political threat to President Hugo Chavez. The South American country relies on a single hydroelectric dam for most of its electricity and drought has swiftly brought the damâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s levels to dangerous lows. Chavez on Friday said his government is determined to keep Guri Dam from falling to a critical level that would cause its electricity-generating turbines to fail. He has also imposed rationing measures including penalty fees for energy overuse, shorter workdays

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Carolina Briefs Texas company says DMV shutting out state business RALEIGH (AP) — A Texas company that makes machines used to test the sobriety of convicted drunken drivers before they start their cars says it was unfairly shut out of doing business in North Carolina. Multiple media outlets reported that Smart Start Inc. of Irvine, Texas, filed a lawsuit Friday at North Carolina’s Office of Administrative Hearings. The company says the Division of Motor Vehicles has unfairly blocked its attempts to win the state’s contract. Smart Start makes ignition interlock devices and sells them in 40 states. Morrisville-based Monitech has held the contract to sell the devices in North Carolina since 1989. Smart Start’s lawsuit says the DMV selection process requires patents that give Monitech an unfair advantage to win the state business.

Unions honor inspiration for movie ‘Norma Rae’ GREENSBORO (AP) — Friends and union leaders are held a memorial honoring the North Carolina woman whose fight to unionize textile plants was dramatized in the movie “Norma Rae.” A gathering Saturday in Greensboro celebrated the legacy of Crystal Lee Sutton,

who died in September. The 68-year-old became an icon of the union movement in 1973 when she was fired for pro-union activity from her job folding towels at a J.P. Stevens textile plant in Roanoke Rapids. The following year, the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union won the right to represent 3,000 employees at seven textile plants in northeastern North Carolina. The head of that union’s descendent group spoke at Sutton’s memorial.

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Reports: Pete Carroll agrees to deal with Seattle Seahawks By GREGG BELL AP Sports Writer

SEATTLE — Pete Carroll reportedly agreed to leave Southern California after nine years to return to the NFL and coach the Seattle Seahawks. ESPN cited multiple league sources Saturday, saying Carroll reached an agreement with a team that went 5-11 and fired coach Jim Mora on Friday after

one season. The Los Angeles Times reported Carroll also will be team president. The Seahawks also are speaking with Minnesota defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier. Teams must interview minority candidates for head coaching jobs. Carroll’s agent, Gary Uberstine, did not return calls and e-mails from The Associated Press. The Seahawks are not

commenting and chief executive Tod Leiweke did not return repeated messages Saturday. Carroll was 6-10 in 1994 with the New York Jets and then 2721 while twice reaching the playoffs from 1997-99 with the New England Patriots. He restored a dynasty at USC beginning in 2001. A month before firing Mora, the Seahawks forced general manager and president Tim

Ruskell to resign. That left them without a coach, general manager or president less than four years after they reached the Super Bowl. Until now. The Los Angeles Times reported that Leiweke flew to California before firing Mora to interview Carroll. The newspaper said that Seattle — owned by Microsoft Corp. tycoon Paul Allen — is believed to be offer-

ing Carroll a five-year contract worth $7 million a season to be president and coach. That would be a raise of more than $2 million annually on what Carroll is thought to be earning at USC. The opportunity is unique for Carroll. The Seahawks still do not have a GM, so he conceivably will have authority over football matters as he does Please see CARROLL, page 4B

Freezing temperatures could bode well for fishing on Kerr Lake

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Duke's Jon Scheyer is double-teamed by Georgia Tech's Gani Luwal and Iman Shumbert during the first half in Atlanta.

While I don’t have a lot to report on fishing in North Carolina, I did catch some nice fish down in sunny Florida, at least it was sunny last week when I was down there. This week, the state is experiencing record-low temperatures down into the mid 20’s in Astor, where I was fishing on the St. Johns River and Lake George with my wife Susan and our dog Fred. I guess maybe now we are Walt experiencBowen ing global On The Water cooling. Weekly My cousin Jim is 0-for-3 for the blue fin tuna on his boat, The Stick Slinger so far. He has been leaving the

dock in the dark in below 30 degree temperatures searching the electronics for signs, which has made for some tough starts to the day. He isn’t convinced that the fish are really here yet like they should be and he hopes to get back to me soon when he has something better to report. The report from Kerr Lake is that there is some surface freezing in sheltered coves and that there are a few duck hunters out and about. Otherwise, it has been so cold that many have forgotten all about fishing. Hopefully, the forecast for a slight warm-up next week will hold and I can get out there next weekend and jig for stripers, bass and anything that wants to bite. This extreme cold snap we have been in for the last month should have the fish stacked Please see WALT, page 3B

Devils downed in Atlanta Lawal leads No. 20 Ga. Tech over No. 5 Duke, 71-67 By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer

ATLANTA — Georgia Tech was a team on a mission. It showed. Duke was just plain tired. That showed, too. Gani Lawal scored 21 points, including a crucial shot with just over a minute remaining, and No. 20 Georgia Tech bounced back from a dismal loss with a 71-67 upset of the fifth-ranked Blue Devils on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets avoided an 0-2 start in conference play and made up for Tuesday’s 7366 loss to state rival Georgia, a team that doesn’t have nearly as much as talent.

“This was a great bounce-back win,” Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt said. “The guys were really disappointed about that game the other night.” Lawal worked the boards hard, putting back two straight misses during one pivotal stretch, and Georgia Tech (12-3, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) went ahead for good on yet another hustle play. Zachery Peacock grabbed an airball under the basket and flipped in a shot that put Georgia Tech ahead 6260 with 1:52 remaining. After Kyle Singler missed again for Duke (13-2, 1-1) on a 3-pointer — the junior forward was 2 for 13 from the field — Lawal knocked down an awkward

turnaround jumper from about 10 feet to give the Yellow Jackets some breathing room. “I’ve practiced that shot. I knew it was good when it left my hand,” Lawal said. “I told the guys, ’Just find a way to get me the ball.”’ The Blue Devils were stymied by a miserable performance beyond the arc (6 for 28 on 3-pointers), had their slim depth exposed by foul trouble (Lance Thomas picked up his fifth with more than 10 minutes left, three other players finished with four) and didn’t provide star Jon Scheyer much help. The point guard followed up Please see DUKE, page 6B

Jets fly by Bengals into second round AP Photo/The News & Observer, Ethan Hyman

By JOE KAY AP Sports Writer

CINCINNATI — With their rookie quarterback playing mistake-free, the New York Jets turned their surprising playoff appearance into a long-running production. Mark Sanchez handled singledegree wind chills and the playoff pressure with no problems Saturday, throwing a touchdown pass on a rollout play, and the NFL’s top running game took it from there, setting up a 2414 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. Sanchez went 12 of 15 for 182 yards, becoming the fourth rookie quarterback since 1950 to start and win a playoff game. Considered the Jets’ weakest link heading into the playoffs, he became their rallying point. “He just kept getting better as the season went along,” coach Rex Ryan said. “I told him this was his second season now. His first season is over. This is the playoffs.”

North Carolina State's Dennis Horner shoots between Virginia's Sammy Zeglinski, left, and Will Sherrill during the first half.

Bennett wins first ACC game, Cavaliers knock off Pack at home By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer

AP Photo/Ed Reinke

Cincinnati receiver Andre Caldwell is upended by New York Jets safety Jim Leonhard for an incomplete pass during the first half of an NFL wildcard playoff football game, Saturday in Cincinnati. Third-round pick Shonn Greene ran for 135 yards, including a 39-yard touchdown, as the Jets’ rookies made plays under the biggest pressure. The Jets (10-7) got their first playoff victory since 2004 and

pulled off a rare back-to-back sweep of the Bengals (10-7), who got a team playoff-record 169 yards from Cedric Benson but little else. Cincinnati’s streak Please see JETS, page 2B

RALEIGH — Tony Bennett has simple goals for his first Virginia squad: play hard, play smart and don’t make it easy for an opponent to beat you. The Cavaliers lived up to all that in his first Atlantic Coast Conference game. Trailing by 10 points midway through the second half, the Cavaliers rallied to get back in the game and played with cool composure in the final 5 1/2 minutes to beat North Carolina State 70-62 on Saturday. It gave Bennett his first ACC victory with the Cavaliers, while the program won its league

opener for just the third time in 15 seasons. Bennett said coaching in the tradition-rich ACC was one of the draws that lured him from Washington State. He clearly had plenty to feel good about following his first taste of league play. “I didn’t really come in with any expectations,” Bennett said. “It’s an unbelievable opportunity and with that comes a great challenge. I just know that when conference play starts and you’re on the road, you’d better be locked in.” The Cavaliers (9-4, 1-0) sure looked that way in the final Please see PACK, page 6B

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Two-minute drill Local Sports Register for baseball/softball classes soon Registration will be held soon for classes at Next Level Baseball, located at 328 Red Oak Road in Henderson. A Baseball Skills Class for two age groups will be held on Wednesdays. The 5-7 age group will meet from 6 until 7 p.m., while ages 8-15 will meet from 7 until 8 p.m. A Baseball Hitting Class will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The 6-12 age group is scheduled to meet from 6 until 7 p.m., while ages 1318 will convene from 7 until 8 p.m. A Softball Skills Class for ages 6-15 will be held from 5 until 6 p.m. on Wednesdays. A Softball Hitting Class for ages 6-18 will meet from 6 until 7 on Wednesday. Cost for the skills classes are $95, while the hitting classes are $165. There is a registration fee of $25 if not already registered. The time for registration will be from 6 until 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 13. Next Level will also be holding four baseball camps: a skills camp for ages 8-18 (Feb. 4 and 11, from 5-7 p.m.); a hitting camp for ages 13-18 (Feb. 1 and 8 from 5-8 p.m.); a hitting camp for ages 6-12 (March 6 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and March 7 from 1-4 p.m.); pitching and catching (Jan. 30, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and Jan. 31, 1-4 p.m.). Cost for the camps is $110. Registration for two camps is $200, and three will cost $295.

College Hoops NC A&T falls to Florida A&M, 70-66 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Bryant scored 19 points as Florida A&M defeated North Carolina A&T 70-66 on Saturday night, giving the Rattlers their first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference win of the season. Larry Jackson added 14 points and Yannick Crowder had 13 for the Rattlers (3-11, 1-1), who have won three of their last four games since opening the season on a 10-game losing skid. Jackson and Christopher Walker led the Rattlers with eight rebounds apiece. Florida A&M led by three points at halftime and did just enough to seal the win in the second half, outscoring the Aggies 43-42. Thomas Coleman recorded a double-double for the Aggies (5-10, 1-1), scoring 19 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Tavarus Alston added 14 points and Dwane Joshua had 10.

Doherty and SMU top NC Central DALLAS (AP) — Papa Dia scored 16 points and Derek Williams added 12 to lead SMU to a 78-50 victory against North Carolina Central on Saturday. Paul McCoy had 10 points and six steals for the Mustangs (6-8), who shot a season-high 65 percent (32 of 49) from the floor. Nick Chasten led North Carolina Central (2-14) with 16 points and seven rebounds. C.J. Wilkerson added 13 points. SMU led 36-19 at halftime and squelched any hope of a North Carolina Central comeback by opening the second half with a 15-2 run. During the stretch, McCoy had three steals that led to layups, and Papa had seven points.

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Sports on TV Sunday, Jan. 10 GOLF 9:30 a.m. n TGC — European PGA Tour, Africa Open, final round, at East London, South Africa (same-day tape) 6 p.m. n TGC — PGA Tour, SBS Championship, final round, at Kapalua, Hawaii MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1:30 p.m. or 4 p.m. n CBS — National coverage, Kansas at Tennessee 3:30 p.m. n FSN — Washington St. at Arizona St. 5:30 p.m. n FSN — Florida St. at Maryland 7:30 p.m. n FSN — Virginia Tech at North Carolina 10:30 p.m. n FSN — Oregon St. at Oregon NBA BASKETBALL 9 p.m. n ESPN — Cleveland at Portland NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. n CBS — Playoffs, AFC Wild-card game, Baltimore at New England 4:40 p.m.

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 3 p.m. n ESPN2 — Temple at Xavier 5 p.m. n ESPN2 — Southern Miss. at Marshall Copyright 2010 World Features Syndicate, Inc. Monday, Jan. 11 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. n ESPN — Villanova at Louisville 9 p.m. n ESPN — Oklahoma St. at Oklahoma NHL HOCKEY 8 p.m. n VERSUS — Pittsburgh at Minnesota SOCCER 2:55 p.m. n ESPN2 — Premier League, Manchester City vs. Blackburn, at Manchester, England WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. n ESPN2 — Maryland at Virginia

Sunday, January 10, 2010

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Spartan wrestling takes two in Greensboro By DAILY DISPATCH STAFF

Kerr-Vance wrestling notched its first wins of 2010 with two victories at the Greensboro Day Duals Saturday. After dropping a match

against Franklinton Thursday, KVA got back on track with wins over Ravenscroft and Cary Academy. The Spartans fell to Greensboro Day, 41-40 on a tiebreaker before earning a 53-30 win over Ravenscroft

and a 42-36 win over Cary. Chris Frampton, Brett Greenway, Josh Smith, Jake Dorrance, and Parkins Davis each finished the day undefeated with three wins. KVA pinned out to earn

the last win over Cary. Josh Smith defeated his opponent in the 145 lbs class to seal the team win for the Spartans. KVA hosts St. David’s and Granville Central Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Cowboys end playoff skid, eliminate Eagles

the Cowboys haven’t even trailed any of the last four games. “This team has hung together all year, got stronger at the end of the year and is playing our best football,” Phillips said. “I think we’re playing as good as anybody right now.” The Eagles are one-and-

done in the playoffs for the first time under coach Andy Reid. Philadelphia had been 7-0 in playoff openers with Reid and 6-0 with Donovan McNabb at quarterback. Dallas beat Philadelphia twice in the regular season, including 24-0 last weekend at Cowboys Stadium. About all that changed for the Eagles was getting Michael Vick back from an injury and using him in place of McNabb for a few plays — for better and worse. Vick threw a 76-yard touchdown pass that made it 7-7 early in the second quarter, but later messed up a handoff deep in his own territory, with Dallas recovering the fumble. Romo turned it into a touchdown that made it 24-7 on the way to 27-7 at the half. “They were better all the way around,” Reid said. “When you get your tail kicked, it’s not a great feeling. No one expected it.

20 interceptions in his rookie season — secondmost in the league. The Bengals wanted to put the game in his hands. Playing without a glove on his passing hand in an 8-degree wind chill, the kid from Southern California handled it without a bobble. The Jets pulled ahead 14-7 by halftime with two big plays off Sanchez’s hand. He faked a handoff and made a perfect pitchout to Greene, who needed only one block to find open space for a 39-yard touchdown run, the longest of his career. Sanchez led an eight-

play, 75-yard drive that culminated in Thomas Jones’ 9-yard run for a 21-7 lead late in the third quarter. Benson broke a 47-yard touchdown run — the longest in Bengals playoff history — that got Cincinnati within a touchdown, but Sanchez and Greene turned it on again, setting up Jay Feely’s 25yard field goal. It ended with a little more Jets serendipity. Shayne Graham, the Bengals’ franchisetagged player, missed two field goals in the second half, including a 28-yarder with 3:49 to go that essentially sealed it.

By JAIME ARON AP Sports Writer

ARLINGTON, Texas — These aren’t the same old disappointing Dallas Cowboys. If anything, they’re starting to play like some of the really old versions. Tony Romo broke open a scoreless game with five straight scoring drives in the second quarter and Dallas’ defense kept up its recent dominance, sending the Cowboys past Philadelphia 34-14 Saturday night for their first playoff victory since 1996. Dallas had lost six straight postseason games and would’ve set an NFL record with another. But now those skids are history, buried along with the notions that Wade Phillips (0-4 as a head coach) and Romo (0-2) couldn’t win a playoff game. “The demons are gone!” owner Jerry Jones said. The way the Cowboys have played over the last

AP Photo/David J. Phillip

Dallas tight end John Phillipsreaches the end zone for a touchdown as Philadelphia safety Quintin Mikell attempts the tackle in the first half. four games — all wins, powered by the defense and an efficient offense — they could be sticking around a while this postseason. Next up for Dallas is a trip to Minnesota on Sunday, with Romo taking on childhood hero Brett Favre. Since losing back-to-back games in early December,

JETS, from page 1B without a playoff win reached 19 years and counting. Cincinnati went to the Meadowlands six days earlier and got turned into road kill. The Jets ran for 257 yards, and the Bengals managed a total of 72 yards, with Chad Ochocinco getting shut out. Little changed the second time around. No one should count the Jets out now, not the way their coach did two weeks ago. Ryan thought the Jets were out of contention following a 10-7 loss to the Falcons that was set up by Sanchez’s three interceptions.

Then, everything lined up in their favor. The Colts pulled their starters a week later, allowing the Jets to rally for a win, while four other playoff contenders lost. Then, the AFC North champs showed up at the Meadowlands last week and lost 37-0 with little at stake. Sanchez played like a playoff pro, joining Shaun King, Joe Flacco and Ben Roethlisberger as rookie quarterbacks to win in the playoffs. His passer rating was a stratospheric 139.4. Sanchez was by far the lowest-ranked passer in the playoffs, throwing

Mizzou keeps homecourt streak alive against No. 11 K-State By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Marcus Denmon scored nine of his 14 points in the final six minutes and Zaire Taylor hit a big 3-pointer late, lifting Missouri to a gritty 74-68 win over No. 11 Kansas State on Saturday in the Big 12 opener for both teams. Missouri (13-3) overcame poor free-throw shooting with tenacious defense and huge plays down the stretch to extend the nation’s second-longest home winning streak to 30 games. Taylor had 14 points and Laurence Bowers finished off the Tigers’ eighth straight win with two free throws and a dunk in the final 13 seconds. Kansas State (132) matched Missouri’s defense in an ugly stop-and-start game that featured poor shooting, 56 fouls and 41 turnovers. The Wildcats just couldn’t keep their composure against the Tigers’ pressure, losing for the 24th time in their last 26 games in Columbia. Jacob Pullen scored 21 and Denis Clemente had 16 for Kansas State. Missouri went without a field goal for nearly 10 minutes in the second

AP photo/L.G. Patterson

Missouri's Kim English battles Kansas State's Chris Merriewether for the ball as teammate Jacob Pullen looks on. half and found itself trailing 53-48 after Kansas State went on a 14-2 run. Denmon got the Tigers back on track with consecutive 3-pointers, then hit a jumper and a free throw to put them up 66-63 with just over a minute left. Pullen answered with a long 3-pointer, but Taylor came right back with a 3 at the other end, putting Missouri up 6966 with 33 seconds left. Dominique Sutton scored off a blocked shot to cut the lead to one, but Kansas State couldn’t keep Bowers off the glass after J.T. Tiller missed the second of two free throws. Bowers hit

two free throws with 13 seconds left and threw down a breakaway dunk

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after the last of Kansas State’s 21 turnovers. This game was supposed to be a blur, like a shaky-camera chase scene in one of those Jason Bourne movies. Missouri calls its brand of breakneck hoops “The Fastest 40 Minutes in Basketball” and leads the nation in steals and turnovers forced. The Wildcats don’t have any nifty catch phrases, but they can play a little defense, too. Led by Dominique Sutton, a shutdown corner of a forward, Kansas State has gotten 25 percent of its scoring off turnovers in Frank Martin’s three years as coach and is averaging 22.3 points per game this year. Numbers: 20-41-44-50-54 Powerball: 22 Powerplay: x2 RICHMOND, Va. — These numbers were drawn Saturday afternoon by the Virginia Lottery: Pick 3: 2-8-0 Pick 4: 6-7-7-9 Cash 5: 3-7-11-18-34 These numbers were drawn Saturday night: Pick 3: 5-7-7 Pick 4: 5-0-4-5 Cash 5: 13-27-28-30-33 Win for Life: 21-28-3335-36-37 Free ball: 29

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Wallace tips in game-winner over Griz By MIKE CRANSTON AP Sports Writer

CHARLOTTE — Gerald Wallace tipped in Raymond Felton’s missed shot at the buzzer to give the Charlotte Bobcats an 89-87 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night, continuing their home dominance. Moments after O.J. Mayo’s 3-pointer tied it, Felton drove to the basket on DeMarre Carroll. His floater was too strong and didn’t hit iron, but Wallace leaped over Zach Randolph and put it through as time expired. Wallace tumbled to the floor, then jumped up and was mobbed by his teammates. Felton scored 19 points and Wallace had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Bobcats, who won for the fourth time in five games to improve to 13-4 at home. Mayo scored 25 points for the Grizzlies, who fell to 0-8 on the second night of back-to-back games. A night after they beat Utah for the first time in 12 tries, the Grizzlies seemed poised to snap a couple of other ugly streaks as they built a 13-point, secondquarter lead behind Mayo’s hot shooting. Memphis had a chance to get to 19 wins, a feat it didn’t accomplish until March 30 last year. A ninth road win would match last season’s season total, and it would have been only the fourth win in 30 tries on the second nights of backto-backs in the past two seasons. Instead, the Grizzlies were left stunned as Wallace and the Bobcats celebrated.

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Charlotte’s Raymond Felton shoots over Memphis’ Marc Gasol in the first half in Charlotte. Charlotte took an 87-84 lead on Felton’s driving layup with 1:36 left. Randolph then missed two free throws for Memphis and Wallace had a spectacular block of Mayo’s driving layup. But Felton missed both free throws at the other end with 14 seconds left to give the Grizzlies a chance, and Mayo buried a 3-pointer over Wallace from the top of the key with 8.8 seconds left to tie it.

Wallace’s heroics allowed Charlotte to overcome a subpar game from Stephen Jackson, who scored 15 points but made just 6-of20 shots and committed six turnovers. Reserve Flip Murray added 14 points and helped lead Charlotte’s fourthquarter comeback in the opener of its six-game homestand. Randolph had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Rudy Gay had 15 points and 10

rebounds for Memphis, which had won eight of 10. The Bobcats took their first lead since early in the second quarter and extended it to 83-78 with 4:37 left, thanks to Jackson’s three-point play and consecutive 3-pointers by Murray. The Grizzlies responded to Charlotte’s 9-0 run with a 6-0 spurt, with Marc Gasol’s dunk with 3:01 left putting Memphis ahead 84-83. Charlotte got three shots on the next possession, capped by Boris Diaw’s driving layup to make it 85-84. Memphis played without starting point guard Mike Conley, who was a late scratch with a sore lower back. Marcus Williams started in his place and had seven points and eight assists. Jamaal Tinsley added three points and five assists after missing the past two games because of a death in the family. NOTES: Bobcats C Tyson Chandler (foot) missed his eighth straight game and remained in a walking boot. ... Grizzlies G Lester Hudson, claimed off waivers Friday from Boston, was active ahead of C Hamed Haddadi. Hudson didn’t play. ... Bobcats coach Larry Brown said he wouldn’t make any changes regarding card games on planes in the wake of the Gilbert Arenas situation. “I don’t have a problem with my guys,” he said. “Every plane I’ve ever been on with this team all the people that work the flights say our guys are the greatest, well mannered and well behaved.”

Bulldogs upset No. 14 Rebels 80-75 in Mississippi rivalry By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press Writer

OXFORD, Miss. — Dee Bost tied his career high with 25 points and fueled Mississippi State’s 80-75 upset of No. 14 Mississippi on Saturday with fearless drives to the basket. Bost scored 17 points in the second half for the Bulldogs (13-3), drawing fouls as he attacked the paint

against the Rebels (12-3) in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. The Bulldogs trailed 42-37 at halftime, but used runs of 8-2 and 13-2 to rally from as much as nine down. His drives led to free throws and the Bulldogs hit 7 of 8 during the second run, finally taking a lead on a layup in transition from Bost to make it 61-59. Bost hit 9 of 12 free throws and

overall Mississippi State was 22 for 33 in the game, far outpacing Ole Miss, which attempted just 13. Chris Warren led Ole Miss with 15 points. Ravern Johnson added 15 for the Bulldogs, who have won 10 of 11 games, and Kodi Augustus had 13 and 12 rebounds. The Bulldogs opened the game with a 20-8 lead after hitting five of their

first eight 3-point shots, but the Rebels began hitting 3-pointers and answered with a 27-8 run that included four 3s to take the halftime lead. They quickly cooled off in the second half, though, as Mississippi State settled into a pattern. Augustus hit 4 of 4 free throws in the Bulldogs’ first second-half run, then Bost hit 6 of 6 in the second.

No. 12 Georgetown nips No. 13 UConn in Big East battle By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer

WASHINGTON — Georgetown coach John Thompson III was asked to describe his demeanor at halftime Saturday after watching his Hoyas go without a field goal for nearly 10 minutes and fall behind by as many as 19 points against Connecticut. Before Thompson could answer, two players piped up. With a knowing smile, Austin Freeman said: “He was calm.” Then Greg Monroe also offered: “He was calm.” After a pause, Monroe added, with perfect comedic timing: “for a couple seconds.” Whatever Thompson told his team, it worked wonders. Freeman scored 28 of his career-high 33 points in the second half, and No. 12 Georgetown came back to beat No. 13 Connecticut 72-69 in a Big East matchup. “In the first half, our execution, I thought, was horrible. And that’s the only way to put it,” Thompson said. “We were just out there running around,” he added. “Our focus at both ends of the floor was lacking. And they realized it. And they decided at halftime: ’We’re not going to do that.”’

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Georgetown’s Austin Freemandrives the lane as Connecticut forward Stanley Robinson defends during the first half in Washington. Buoyed by scoring 16 consecutive points, UConn led 40-21 with a little more than a minute left in the first half, and the margin was 40-25 at halftime. But Freeman scored eight points during a 10-0 run by the hosts that turned things around. “It’s the most heartbreaking loss this year. It’s not even close,” said UConn coach Jim Calhoun, whose team lost by two points at Cincinnati and by three against Kentucky. He said his team wasted

a “brilliant first half” with an “awful five minutes” early in the second — “when we took our 20 minutes of work, threw it away and said, ’OK, now let’s play an even game.”’ Monroe added 15 points and 10 rebounds for Georgetown (12-2, 3-1), while Chris Wright scored 14. The Hoyas’ noted defense was tight down the stretch, holding the Huskies without a field goal over the final 3 1/2 minutes. Stanley Robinson led UConn (11-4, 2-2) with 16

points and eight rebounds, but he only scored four in the second half. Calhoun thought his team should have tried to get the ball to Robinson more, and the coach was particularly critical of guard Kemba Walker. Robinson delivered three resounding dunks early — off a follow, off his steal that led to a fastbreak the other way, and off an alley-oop from Walker. That last jam opened the big run by the Huskies that allowed them to go from trailing by a point to leading 34-19 with less than 5 minutes left in the first half. The Hoyas went scoreless for more than 5 1/2 minutes — and without anything other than a free throw for nearly twice that. Georgetown missed 11 consecutive shots during that drought, and at one point, its shooting accuracy for the game dipped to 24 percent: 6 for 25. Freeman, though, made the difference after halftime. These two teams are rich with tradition and high school All-Americans, and there were 25 scouts from 17 NBA teams at the game, according to Georgetown. All of those pairs of professional eyes surely took note of Freeman’s performance.

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Connecticut's Kalana Greene steals the ball as North Carolina's Italee Lucas chases during the first half in Storrs, Conn., Saturday.

No. 1 Huskies blow out No.7 Heels, 88-47 in Storrs By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Writer

STORRS, Conn. — Not even the nation’s top teams have provided Connecticut with much of a challenge during its 54game winning streak. The top-ranked Huskies have made a habit of raising their game to another level, turning supposed challenges into routs. Tina Charles scored all of her 25 points in the first half and grabbed 13 rebounds to help UConn demolish No. 7 North Carolina 88-47 on Saturday. The streak ties one Louisiana Tech made from 1980-82 as the second-longest in Division I women’s basketball history. UConn also has the longest streak, 70 straight between 2001 and 2003. The Huskies have run through their opponents during the current streak, winning every game by at least double digits. Connecticut has really turned it on against the top 10 teams its faced, winning the nine games by an average of just over 27 points. “It’s easier to get excited for ranked teams,” said Maya Moore, the reigning national player of the year. “We know that we have to be focused, and usually when we can put that pressure on ourselves and face good competition, it brings out the best in us.” Tiffany Hayes had 15 points and three players recorded double doubles for UConn. Maya Moore had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Kalana Greene added 11 points and 10 boards for the defending national champions, who are 15-0 for the third consecutive season. She’la White scored nine to lead North Carolina (13-2), which had only lost to Michigan State before Saturday. Last season, the Tarheels lost 88-58 at home to UConn in a 1 vs 2 showdown that sent North Carolina into a tailspin.

“I just told the players, ’Forget this game was ever played. Let’s go home and get ready for the ACC,”’ said UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell. “ North Carolina ran with UConn early and jumped out to a 10-7 lead 3 1/2 minutes into the game. Then UConn took over. A basket by Moore forced UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell to call her first timeout 5 minutes later with UConn up 22-10. The bucket was part of a 23-0 UConn run that ended when North Carolina’s White hit a 3-pointer that made it 30-13. By that time, Charles already had 17 points. She had outscored the entire North Carolina team 25-24 at halftime, hitting 11 of her 14 shots. She played just 9 minutes in the second half. That’s the most points since Moore had 25 points at halftime of a game against Marquette during her freshman year. She finished that game with 31. UConn led 56-24 at the break. Midway through the second half it was 73-35. Charles said she got the feeling during UConn’s early run that the Tar Heel’s wanted nothing to do with her. “When I’m just running the floor, and I’m just wide open and I don’t see any players who are defending me around me ... I can tell,” she said. Moore has hit double figures in 90 of her 92 games at UConn. Connecticut has beaten four ranked teams this season, with wins earlier over Stanford, Florida State and Texas. The Huskies face No. 3 Notre Dame next Saturday. North Carolina and UConn have each won five games during their 10-game series, but UNC is 1-3 in Connecticut. The Tar Heels are now 2-26 all-time against teams ranked No. 1 in the AP poll.

WALT, from page 1B up on points in 25 to 30 feet of water. Sometimes you can see them on your depth finders and it looks like they are so close together that they are touching. I guess the fish are trying to huddle together for warmth. Next week’s article – Depending on the weather this Sunday afternoon, I may get out for a little while on Kerr Lake, and I may just go squirrel hunting Saturday. Tip of the week – In order for your depth finders to work best, the transducers (sounders) need to be set up properly. For ones mounted outside the boat (on a trolling motor for ex-

ample), make sure that the transducer is pointed straight down when in use. For ones mounted inside the hull and shooting through, makes sure you follow the directions for installation so that no air bubbles are left between the device and the hull, otherwise you won’t get a good reading. When installed properly, you should be able to see fish (represented on the screen as arches) and even your lure at times. If you are having any trouble let me know by email and I will try to help you sort it out. Contact the writer at waltbowen@yahoo.com.

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Ravens, Patriots anticipate close game By HOWARD ULMAN AP Sports Writer

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Final minute. Game on the line. Ravens vs. Patriots. That’s the way it’s been the last two times those teams met and that’s the way New England coach Bill Belichick expects it to be on Sunday when he faces Baltimore in a wild-card playoff game. 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League The Patriots won the AP first SOURCE: The Patriots (10-6) wonAP TheyNational were Football leading the one 27-24 on Tom Brady’s the AFC East, but the New York Giants 14-10 in D - C A R D 8-yard P L AY O Ftouchdown F A F C W I L D - C A R D P L AY O F F pass to Jabar Gaffney with 44 QTKVG VCTIGV $TCF[ OKUUKPI HCXQTKVG VCTIGV thatHouston, kept them nee injuryseconds last weekleft against After losing Wes Welker to a knee injury last week against Houston, d themselves without one of their toponly Tom Brady and the Patriots find themselves without one of their top on course toward the he Baltimore Ravens Sunday. offensive threats as they host the Baltimore Ravens Sunday. 16-0 regular season in NFL GLAND (10-6) • Sun. • 1 p.m. EST • CBS BALTIMORE (9-7) at NEW ENGLAND (10-6) • Sun. • 1 p.m. EST • CBS ar-season history. statistics They held on for Regular-season statistics (league rank) POINTS OFFENSE DEFENSE OFFENSE DEFENSE a 27-21 win in the second SS RUSH YARDS PASS RUSH YDS SCORING ALLOWED PASS RUSH YARDS PASS RUSH YDS one when Mark Clayton 3.7 137.5 351.2 207.2 93.2 300.5 24.4 16.3 213.7 137.5 351.2 207.2 93.2 300.5 th) (5th) dropped (13th) (5th) (3rd) (9th) (3rd) (18th) (5th) (13th) (8th) (5th) (3rd) a(8th) fourth-down 7.2 120.1pass 397.3 209.7 110.5 320.2 26.7 17.8 277.2 120.1 397.3 209.7 110.5 320.2 with 28 seconds left d) (12th) (3rd) (12th) (13th) (11th) (6th) (5th) (3rd) (12th) (3rd) (12th) (13th) (11th) that would have given the AP SOURCE: National Football League AP Ravens a first down inside 10-yard line. 010710: Ravens (9-7) won’t have theGraphic 2008 Super when <AP>the AFCPatriots WILD CARD MATCHUPS looks atBowl the AFC Editor’s Note: It is mandatory to include all sources thatWes accompany this graphic wild-cardSo matchups and Ravens-Patriots; 2c xthe 1 close. between the Jets-Bengals to face Welker, the when David Tyree, now with repurposing or editing it for publication 3/4 inches; 96.3 mm x 44 mm; with related stories; ED; ETA 3:30 p.m. Then throw in the five NFL’s leading receiver with Ravens, caught a 32-yard </AP> games each team lost by 123 catches, who seriously pass against his helmet on seven points or less this sea- fourth down that set up the injured his knee in last Sunson and players’ thoughts winning 13-yard touchdown day’s 34-27 loss to Houston. could turn to what might pass to Plaxico Burress with But the Patriots should have been. have their best defensive 35 seconds left for a 17-14 “It’s the small things that victory. That gave the NFC linemen back. Nose tackle would make us win those Vince Wilfork missed the wild-card team the champiclose games.” last three games with a foot onship. The Ravens reached injury and end Ty Warren “The thing you take from

sat out two of them and much of the third with an ankle injury. That should help against the outstanding running duo of Ray Rice and Willis McGahee. “You cannot play that defense without recognizing that guy, Vince Wilfork,” Rice said. “When he wants to stop a play, he’ll stop a play.” Quarterback Joe Flacco doesn’t care who he hands the ball to, “it’s just a matter of what they do with it afterwards,” he said. The Ravens were 1-6 this season against playoff teams and have never beaten the Patriots, losing all five matchups. At home, the Patriots were 8-0 this season and have won their last 11 playoff games, the last seven with Brady. “We’ve always played well in the cold weather, too, just because we’re out there practicing in it every day,” he said. Sunday’s forecast is for high temperatures in the low 20s and cloudy skies. Both sides say that first meeting or any of the other 15 regular-season games no longer matter. Clayton said he doesn’t think about his drop and, Harbaugh said, “you always have second chances.” All that counts now is 60 minutes on Sunday, every single one of them, just like the last time the Ravens visited the Patriots. “It was a game that went down to the wire, the last seconds of the game,” Warren said. “They played us tough at home last time and, with there being a lot on the line, I’m sure they’ll do the same in this game.”

Packers bring confidence back to Arizona By BOB BAUM AP Sports Writer

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Green Bay Packers are back in Arizona on a wave of momentum and confidence. This time, they’ll face the “real” Cardinals. The NFC matchup Sunday is the last, and perhaps most intriguing, of the four wild-card games. A young, marvelously talented quarterback, AP Photo/Paul Connors Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers, is in his first playoff start. Meanwhile, Arizona’s Green Bay tight end Jermichael Finley pulls in a touchdown pass as Arizona cornerback Greg Toler defends during the Kurt Warner, at 38 a master of the postseason, plays second half. his 12th. The Packers (11-5) Whisenhunt, on the other second-most yards passhave won seven of their hand, had three significant ing in Packers history, and last eight, the lone loss a players go down — wide Ryan Grant finished third last-second heartbreaker receiver Anquan Boldin, in the NFC with 1,125 to Pittsburgh. NFC West defensive end Calais Camp- yards rushing. champion Arizona (10-6) bell and cornerback DominRodgers says there’s do is a better team than the ique Rodgers-Cromartie. danger of his team being one that made its stunning Boldin, with a left high overconfident despite breezSuper Bowl run a year ago, ankle sprain and sprained ing through the Cardinals a Warner said. left knee, is the least likely week ago. “I don’t think there’s any to play after missing pracThe Cardinals hope to question, outside of maybe tice all week. If Campbell slow this juggernaut the some of the injuries that we plays, it’ll be with a cast way they did in their 30-17 have right now,” Warner to protect his broken left victory over Minnesota on said. “The way we’ve played thumb. 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In a key matchup, the Cards Larry Fitzgerald – the catalyst of last to our potential, I think anketed by All-Pro CB Charles Woodson. year’s Super Bowl run – will be blanketed by All-Pro CB Charles Woodson. there’s no question we’re a NA (10-6) • Sun. • 4:40 p.m. EST • FOX GREEN BAY (11-5) at ARIZONA (10-6) • Sun. • 4:40 p.m. EST • FOX ar-season better statistics football team.” Regular-season statistics (league rank) OFFENSE The teamsDEFENSE OFFENSE DEFENSE POINTS have played SS RUSH YARDS PASS RUSH YDS SCORING ALLOWED PASS RUSH YARDS PASS RUSH YDS twice this season, yet in 1.2 117.8 379.1 201.1 83.3 284.4 28.8 18.6 261.2 117.8 379.1 201.1 83.3 284.4 h) (14th) (6th) ways (5th)have (1st)never (2nd) (3rd) (7th) (7th) (14th) (6th) (5th) (1st) (2nd) many 1.0 93.4really 344.4played 233.7 each 112.8 other 346.4 23.4 20.3 251.0 93.4 344.4 233.7 112.8 346.4 th) (28th) (14th) (23rd) (17th) (20th) (11th) (15th) (12th) (28th) (14th) (23rd) (17th) (20th) at all. AP SOURCE: National Football League AP Green Bay dominated the games, both in Arizona, crucial in defending Rodquarterback with an unpreD - C A R D P L AY O F F N F C W I L D - C A R D P L AY O F F once in the preseason, then gers’ passing game, was dictable array of defensive 33-7 a week ago in a largely at*GCVGF TKXCNT[ KPVGPUKHKGU KP &CNNCU nearly full strength by sets and stunts. GPUKHKGU KP &CNNCU 101 timesmeaningless but only three ofregular-season those games Philly and Dallas have clashed 101 times “If but you only three thosein games week’s end after bruising guysoftune on boys haven’t won a playoff game since were playoff matches. The Cowboys haven’t won a playoff game since finale. his left kneecap. Sunday,” nose tackle Bryan st week en route to the NFC East title. 1996 but shut the Eagles out last week en route to the NFC East title. “I think we know who Another starter, safety Robinson told reporters, LLAS (11-5) • Sat. • 8 p.m. EST • NBC PHILADELPHIA (11-5) at DALLAS (11-5) • Sat. • 8 p.m. EST • NBC are as a football team,” Antrel Rolle, sat out last “we’ll show you some of ar-season we statistics Regular-season statistics (league rank) POINTS OFFENSE DEFENSE OFFENSE DEFENSE Whisenhunt said. “If the weekend’s game with a those tricks.” SS RUSH YARDS PASS RUSH YDS SCORING ALLOWED PASS RUSH YARDS PASS RUSH YDS right team shows up on bruised right Packers re5.6 102.3 357.9 216.4 104.7 321.1 26.8 thigh. 21.1 He 255.6 102.3The 357.9 216.4defense, 104.7 321.1 th) (22nd) (11th) we’re (17th) (9th) (5th) (11th) (12th) Sunday, pretty(12th) good.” finally was able (19th) to get in(10th) a (22nd) modeled to (17th) a 3-4 (9th) set under 7.9 131.4 399.4 225.4 90.5 315.9 22.6 15.6 267.9 131.4 399.4 225.4 90.5 315.9 The gung-ho Packers little practice late this first-year h) (7th) (2nd) (20th) (4th) (9th) (14th) time (2nd) (6th) (7th) (2nd) coordinator (20th) (4th) Dom (9th) escaped last week’s game week. Capers, ranks first in the AP AP SOURCE: National Football League largely without injury, The Packers bring imNFL against the run after thanCARD aggravating cor-010710: pressive both finishing last season. <AP> other NFC WILD MATCHUPS Graphicstatistics looks at theon NFC Editor’s Note: It26th is mandatory to include all sources that accompany this graphic when wild-card matchups between the Eagles-Cowboys Packers-Cardinals; nerback Charles Woodson’s sidesand of the ball. Overall, the defense is repurposing or editing it for publication 2c x 1 3/4 inches; 96.3 mm x 44 mm; with related stories; ED; ETA 3:30 p.m. They broke the franchise second in the league. </AP>sore shoulder, something the star defender says is record for scoring, Rodgers Woodson, at 33 having no big deal. The cautious passed Bret Favre for the perhaps the best season

of his great career, loves Capers’ approach. “I’m unbelievably happy,” he said. “I keep telling people that I’ve been a fan of the defense for a while, just watching other teams, the likes of Baltimore and Pittsburgh. It always seemed like they were having fun, moving around, giving quarterbacks different looks, and not just being a stagnant defense the way I felt we kind of were my first year here.” The Cardinals’ run game has improved markedly through the last half of the season, with the emergence of rookie Beanie Wells, but Arizona’s biggest threat is always Warner, who’s 8-3 as a playoff starter and has led teams to three Super Bowls. He’s vulnerable when under severe pressure but as adept as anyone at taking advantage of the blitz, too. “That’s the first thing you notice on film,” McCarthy said. “He’s done it for so long and has such a positive reputation for getting the ball out of his hands. More importantly than getting it out of his hands, he’s so accurate.” As is Rodgers. “He’s very calm back there. He’s seeing the field very well. He’s very decisive and accurate,” Arizona defensive coordinator Bill Davis said. “Great NFL quarterbacks are accurate above all things, and he’s throwing the ball very accurately.” The Cardinals haven’t lost consecutive games all season. “That’s cool. They should be confident,” Dockett said of the Packers. “Whatever they put on the field, if that’s the best they have, then they should feel confident. But us, we are just preparing well and being able to get ready to get in a dog fight on Sunday. At the end of the day, that’s all that matters.”

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In this Sept. 21, 2009 file photo, Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning celebrates after the Colts defeated the Miami Dolphins 27-23.

Peyton Manning wins record 4th AP Most Valuable Player By BARRY WILNER AP Football Writer

NEW YORK — Maybe the award should be renamed Most Valuable Peyton. Peyton Manning became the first player to win The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player honors four times. The Indianapolis Colts’ sensational quarterback romped to the award Saturday in balloting by 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the league. He received 39 1/2 votes to 7 1/2 for Drew Brees of New Orleans. Only four players — all quarterbacks — earned votes. The other two were Philip Rivers of San Diego (2) and Brett Favre of Minnesota (1). Manning also won in 2003, 2004 and 2008, breaking a tie with Favre at three MVPs. “I’m very humbled and grateful to be honored with this award and I really feel like it is a reflection of our team,” said Manning, who guided the Colts to a 14-0 record before they rested starters in the second half of two games and finished 14-2. “I have to believe that starting 14-0 and having seven comeback wins has a lot to do with this award coming our way, and I’m very grateful to all the players and the coaches and our fans, who were a big part of it. There were a number of other extremely deserving candidates.” The Colts play in the divisional round next week and have home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. The Super Bowl is Feb. 7 in Miami, the same place they won it three years ago. Manning threw for 4,500 and 33 touchdowns this season. Perhaps most impressive, he led the Colts to all those comeback victories. He is durable and dynamic, dependable and decisive. In other words, most valuable. “He’s been such a highly accomplished performer year in and year out. Just when you think you’ve seen his best, he improves upon it,” said Jim

Caldwell, who succeeded Tony Dungy as coach and benefited from the same kind of performances Manning gave Dungy. “This year is one of those in terms of when you look at his numbers and how he’s been able to play consistently well over a long period of time. It’s been remarkable. “I think a lot of it has to do with his drive. He just has an innate sort of will to excel. He never gets bored with it. That, I think, is highly unusual.” Manning joined the truly elite of team sports: Wayne Gretzky (9), Barry Bonds (7) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6), the leaders for MVP awards in their sports. Manning, the 2007 Super Bowl MVP when he won his only league championship, noted the support and stability he’s enjoyed in his career. But even when Dungy turned over the coaching to Caldwell last year, Manning and the Colts adapted. Manning lost his longtime favorite receiver, Harrison, this season. Harrison’s replacement, Anthony Gonzalez, went down with a right knee injury in the opener. Manning simply turned to his latest fave, Reggie Wayne, who had 100 catches for 1,264 yards and 10 touchdowns. And to Dallas Clark, who joined Tony Gonzalez as the only tight ends with 100 receptions in a season when he grabbed exactly that many for 1,106 yards and 10 scores. Plus, Austin Collie tied for the rookie lead in receptions with 60 and scored seven times. Pierre Garcon, nurtured in dozens of passing sessions with Manning, developed into a prime deep threat and averaged 16.3 yards on 47 catches, with four TDs. “What he’s been able to do this year with Pierre and Austin — and obviously Dallas had a year that will go down in the record books,” linebacker and defensive captain Gary Brackett said. “And I think it really says something when you can work young guys like that.”

CARROLL, from page 1B at USC, and far more than he would have had filling any of the NFL coaching openings to which he’s been connected in recent winters. And this was perhaps the best time to leave the Trojans since he arrived. USC’s string of seven consecutive Pac-10 titles ended with four losses this season. The school has been under several years of NCAA scrutiny for alleged improprieties. When receiver Damian Williams announced he would enter the NFL, the news release of his departure Friday night didn’t include a comment

from Carroll, who often lavishes praise on his early entry candidates. If Carroll is indeed leaving college, USC’s recruits must now decide whether to honor their commitments to the Trojans or re-enter the recruiting derby late in process. University of Washington coach Steve Sarkisian left his friend Carroll and the Trojans 12 months ago for his first head coaching job. He was asked if he’d like to be a head man in the same city as his mentor. “That would be kind of fun,” Sarkisian said. “He’s a great coach.”

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Tommy Tuberville to replace Mike Leach as Texas Tech coach By BETSY BLANEY Associated Press Writer

LUBBOCK, Texas — Tommy Tuberville will inherit a proven spread offense when he returns to the sidelines next season as Texas Tech’s new coach. After a year away, Tuberville is taking over the reins of the Red Raiders. He replaces Mike Leach, who was fired last month amid allegations he mistreated a player who suffered a concussion. The school announced the hiring in a release on Saturday and said that Tuberville would be introduced on Sunday. Tuberville, who abandoned his attempt at implementing the spread offense halfway through his final season at Auburn in 2008, will lead an offense that routinely sends numerous receivers down-

NBA Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 25 9 .735 Toronto 19 18 .514 New York 15 21 .417 Philadelphia 11 25 .306 New Jersey 3 33 .083 Orlando Atlanta Miami Charlotte Washington

Southeast Division W L Pct 25 12 .676 23 13 .639 18 16 .529 16 19 .457 12 22 .353

Cleveland Milwaukee Chicago Detroit Indiana

Central Division W L Pct 28 10 .737 15 18 .455 15 20 .429 11 24 .314 11 25 .306

GB — 7 1/2 11 15 23 GB — 1 1/2 5 1/2 8 11 1/2 GB — 10 1/2 11 1/2 15 1/2 16

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Dallas 25 12 .676 San Antonio 21 13 .618 Houston 21 16 .568 New Orleans 18 16 .529 Memphis 18 18 .500

GB — 2 1/2 4 5 1/2 6 1/2

Northwest Division W L Pct Denver 23 13 .639 Portland 23 15 .605 Oklahoma City 20 16 .556 Utah 20 17 .541 Minnesota 8 30 .211

GB — 1 3 3 1/2 16

L.A. Lakers Phoenix L.A. Clippers Sacramento Golden State

Pacific Division W L 28 8 23 14 16 18 14 21 11 24

Pct .778 .622 .471 .400 .314

GB — 5 1/2 11 13 1/2 16 1/2

Friday’s Games Washington 104, Orlando 97 Toronto 108, Philadelphia 106 Atlanta 93, Boston 85 Memphis 91, Utah 89 New Orleans 103, New Jersey 99 Minnesota 116, Indiana 109 Milwaukee 96, Chicago 93 Dallas 112, San Antonio 103 Miami 109, Phoenix 105 Portland 107, L.A. Lakers 98 Golden State 108, Sacramento 101 Denver 99, Cleveland 97

In this Nov. 29, 2008 file photo, Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville walks the sidelines during a 36-0 loss to Alabama in a game at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. field and consistently put up gaudy numbers in the past 10 seasons. Tuberville stepped down at Auburn in December 2008, ending a 10-year tenure that included a perfect season and a string of teams that contended for

Chicago Nashville Detroit Columbus St. Louis

Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF 45 31 10 4 66 151 45 26 16 3 55 128 43 22 15 6 50 111 46 17 20 9 43 122 43 17 19 7 41 111

GA 99 127 109 154 127

Colorado Vancouver Calgary Minnesota Edmonton

Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF 46 25 15 6 56 135 44 27 16 1 55 143 44 25 14 5 55 120 45 22 20 3 47 122 44 16 23 5 37 121

GA 132 106 106 134 147

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF 44 28 9 7 63 146 46 26 15 5 57 120 44 25 16 3 53 131 44 19 14 11 49 128 45 19 19 7 45 126

GA 113 112 124 139 142

San Jose Phoenix Los Angeles Dallas Anaheim

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday’s Games Carolina 2, Colorado 1 Buffalo 3, Toronto 2 Dallas 4, N.Y. Islanders 3 Columbus 3, Calgary 2 Tampa Bay at New Jersey, ppd., power outage Saturday’s Games Colorado 4, Buffalo 3, SO Minnesota 6, Chicago 5, SO N.Y. Islanders 5, Phoenix 4, SO N.Y. Rangers 3, Boston 1 Pittsburgh 4, Toronto 1 New Jersey 2, Montreal 1, OT Florida 3, Ottawa 0 Philadelphia 4, Tampa Bay 1 Washington 8, Atlanta 1 Anaheim 3, Nashville 2 Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m. St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Ottawa at Carolina, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 6 p.m. Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Chicago, 7 p.m. Monday’s Games Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Colorado at Calgary, 10 p.m. Nashville at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

COLLEGE HOOPS Saturday’s Men’s Scores

Saturday’s Games Charlotte 89, Memphis 87 Orlando 113, Atlanta 81 Philadelphia 104, Detroit 94 Oklahoma City 108, Indiana 102 Chicago 110, Minnesota 96 Houston 105, New York 96 Utah 111, Dallas 93 Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Washington, 1 p.m. Miami at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m. New Jersey at San Antonio, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Portland, 9 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Monday’s Games Toronto at Indiana, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. New York at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 9 p.m. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Miami at Utah, 9 p.m. Cleveland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF New Jersey 42 31 10 1 63 124 Pittsburgh 46 28 17 1 57 146 N.Y. Rangers 45 22 17 6 50 120 Philadelphia 44 22 19 3 47 134 N.Y. Islanders 46 19 19 8 46 118

GA 90 126 122 125 144

Buffalo Boston Ottawa Montreal Toronto

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF 44 28 11 5 61 123 44 22 15 7 51 114 45 22 19 4 48 125 47 22 21 4 48 119 46 15 22 9 39 123

GA 102 107 137 126 160

Washington Atlanta Florida Tampa Bay Carolina

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF 44 27 11 6 60 162 44 19 19 6 44 137 45 18 20 7 43 128 43 16 17 10 42 107 43 12 24 7 31 106

GA 121 149 140 130 151

WESTERN CONFERENCE

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SOUTH Alabama 66, LSU 49 Appalachian St. 78, Davidson 68 Ark.-Pine Bluff 82, Alabama A&M 72 Arkansas St. 69, South Alabama 63 Bethune-Cookman 77, Norfolk St. 61 Campbell 63, Kennesaw St. 53 Charleston Southern 77, UNC Asheville 74, OT Charlotte 57, St. Bonaventure 54 Clemson 72, Boston College 56 Coastal Carolina 80, Gardner-Webb 64 Coll. of Charleston 61, The Citadel 55 Delaware St. 49, Winston-Salem 48 E. Kentucky 78, Tennessee Tech 73 Florida A&M 70, N. Carolina A&T 66 Florida Atlantic 74, Louisiana-Monroe 61 George Mason 59, UNC Wilmington 46 Georgia Southern 81, W. Carolina 76 Georgia Tech 71, Duke 67 Hampton 69, Coppin St. 67 High Point 83, Radford 77 James Madison 69, Towson 66 Kentucky 76, Georgia 68 Lipscomb 80, S.C.-Upstate 66 Louisville 75, St. John’s 68 MVSU 76, Alabama St. 73 Marshall 83, East Carolina 65 Memphis 59, Southern Miss. 57 Mercer 83, ETSU 78 Miami 67, Wake Forest 66 Mississippi St. 80, Mississippi 75 Morehead St. 78, Jacksonville St. 71 Morgan St. 90, Howard 58 Murray St. 69, Austin Peay 53 Nicholls St. 79, Northwestern St. 72 Northeastern 66, Georgia St. 54 Oakland, Mich. 88, Centenary 50 Old Dominion 57, Hofstra 46 Presbyterian 89, VMI 75, OT S. Carolina St. 80, Md.-Eastern Shore 67 SE Louisiana 78, Lamar 56 South Carolina 80, Auburn 71 Southern U. 73, Grambling St. 67 Tennessee St. 73, Tenn.-Martin 59 Troy 84, Fla. International 68 UAB 58, Tulane 49 UCF 77, Rice 58 UNC Greensboro 88, Furman 78 UTSA 78, McNeese St. 69 Va. Commonwealth 77, Delaware 64 Vanderbilt 95, Florida 87 Virginia 70, N.C. State 62 Winthrop 65, Liberty 62 Wofford 72, Elon 55 EAST Boston U. 84, Hartford 70 Buffalo 73, Miami (Ohio) 55 Canisius 72, Marist 57 Colgate 68, Army 58, OT Fairleigh Dickinson 83, Cent. Connecticut St. 74 Georgetown 72, Connecticut 69

Southeastern Conference championships. The 55-year-old Tuberville was 85-40 at Auburn, including a 13-0 season in 2004 when the Tigers finished No. 2, won the SEC title for the first time in 15 years and Tuberville

Harvard 76, Dartmouth 47 Iona 69, Rider 49 Lafayette 84, Holy Cross 74 Lehigh 78, American U. 67 Long Island U. 89, St. Francis, Pa. 80 Monmouth, N.J. 67, Bryant 62 Mount St. Mary’s, Md. 69, Sacred Heart 65 Navy 69, Bucknell 67 Providence 94, Rutgers 81 Quinnipiac 78, Wagner 66 Robert Morris 67, St. Francis, NY 63 Saint Joseph’s 82, Fordham 69 Seton Hall 83, Cincinnati 76 Siena 83, Niagara 65 Villanova 78, Marquette 76 William & Mary 73, Drexel 48 Yale 79, N.J. Tech 48 MIDWEST Akron 71, Bowling Green 45 Cent. Michigan 59, Toledo 48 Cleveland St. 70, Ill.-Chicago 63 Dayton 78, Duquesne 72, OT Drake 70, S. Illinois 65 E. Illinois 88, SE Missouri 68 IUPUI 67, W. Illinois 54 Illinois 66, Indiana 60 Iowa St. 73, N. Dakota St. 71 Kent St. 62, Ohio 60 Michigan St. 71, Iowa 53 Minnesota 73, Ohio St. 62 Missouri 74, Kansas St. 68 Missouri St. 88, Bradley 69 N. Illinois 62, Ball St. 48 N. Iowa 59, Illinois St. 44 Notre Dame 70, West Virginia 68 Saint Louis 63, Richmond 58 South Dakota 100, SIU-Edwardsville 76 W. Michigan 61, E. Michigan 47 Wichita St. 70, Creighton 58 Wis.-Milwaukee 71, Wis.-Green Bay 51 Wisconsin 73, Purdue 66 Youngstown St. 71, Loyola of Chicago 67 SOUTHWEST BYU 83, UTEP 77 Baylor 91, Oklahoma 60 Middle Tennessee 66, Ark.-Little Rock 52 North Texas 71, New Orleans 57 Oklahoma St. 81, Texas Tech 52 Oral Roberts 68, IPFW 55 Prairie View 65, Texas Southern 60 SMU 78, N.C. Central 50 Sam Houston St. 66, Stephen F.Austin 57 Texas 103, Colorado 86 Texas A&M 64, Nebraska 53 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 64, Cent. Arkansas 59 Texas St. 64, Texas-Arlington 60 Tulsa 86, Houston 80 FAR WEST Cal St.-Fullerton 69, UC Riverside 56 Colorado St. 70, Air Force 48 Fresno St. 78, Hawaii 64 Long Beach St. 55, UC Irvine 53 Louisiana Tech 77, Idaho 71 Montana 90, Portland St. 58 N. Colorado 78, Idaho St. 66 New Mexico St. 88, Boise St. 85 S. Dakota St. 72, S. Utah 62 Sacramento St. 80, Seattle 67 Stanford 70, UCLA 59 UNLV 74, New Mexico 62 Utah 65, TCU 45 Utah Valley 48, Chicago St. 43 Weber St. 87, N. Arizona 62 Wyoming 85, San Diego St. 83

Saturday’s Women’s Scores SOUTH Alabama St. 48, MVSU 46 Ark.-Monticello 69, Christian Brothers 44 Ark.-Pine Bluff 75, Alabama A&M 59 Austin Peay 83, Murray St. 79 Bethune-Cookman 79, Norfolk St. 61 Bridgewater, Va. 79, Emory & Henry 45 Bryan 60, Va. Intermont 55 Carson-Newman 88, Mars Hill 80 Catholic 55, Susquehanna 45 Chattanooga 60, Appalachian St. 53 Coastal Carolina 74, Charleston Southern 68 Coll. of Charleston 57, Georgia Southern 53 Coppin St. 58, Hampton 52 Davidson 78, Samford 77, OT Delaware St. 57, Winston-Salem 39 ETSU 81, Mercer 60 Elon 59, W. Carolina 54 Florida Atlantic 77, Louisiana-Monroe 60 Florida Gulf Coast 73, Jacksonville 66 Fort Valley St. 61, Albany, Ga. 56 Freed-Hardeman 59, Cumberland, Tenn. 53 Gardner-Webb 70, UNC Asheville 54 Georgetown 66, South Florida 52 Georgia College 73, Clayton St. 60 High Point 78, Radford 67 Jackson St. at Alcorn St., ppd. Jacksonville St. 70, Morehead St. 60 Kennesaw St. 75, Campbell 65 Kentucky St. 58, Paine 37 Lambuth 96, Fisk 48 Lander 81, Flagler 75 Lane 60, Benedict 55 Lee 61, Auburn-Montgomery 51 Liberty 67, Winthrop 38 Lincoln Memorial 74, Brevard 56 Lindsey Wilson 98, Olivet Nazarene 64 Louisiana-Lafayette 53, Savannah St. 35 Louisville 67, Providence 48 Loyola, NO 58, LSU-Shreveport 53 Lyon 74, Mid-Continent 59 Md.-Eastern Shore 82, S. Carolina St. 67 Morgan St. 57, Howard 48 N. Carolina A&T 79, Florida A&M 72 Newberry 77, Lenoir-Rhyne 59 Newport News 83, S. Virginia 60 Northwestern St. 97, Nicholls St. 67 Nova Southeastern 64, Eckerd 43 Oakland, Mich. 75, Centenary 32

was named AP Coach of the Year. Tuberville and his family were flying to Lubbock later Saturday, a person close to the decision to hire Tuberville told The Associated Press. The person was not authorized to discuss the decision and spoke on condition of anonymity. No contract has been signed, the person said, but Tuberville and the university have “an agreement in principle in place.” Voice messages left on the cell phones of athletic director Gerald Myers and Kent Hance, the university system’s chancellor, were not immediately returned Saturday. Tuberville also didn’t immediately return messages left on his cell phone. Tuberville will be officially introduced as the

new coach at 2 p.m. CST Sunday at the school’s basketball arena by Myers and Guy Bailey, Texas Tech’s president. In 2000 Leach brought a pass-happy offense to Texas Tech that put up gaudy numbers in his spread offense. Every quarterback but two led the nation in passing in his 10 seasons. Last week, Myers told the Lubbock AvalancheJournal that Tuberville told him he would keep the Red Raiders’ aerial offense in place and wanted to maintain continuity in the program, which hasn’t had a losing season since 1992. Tuberville told the newspaper he would change some things defensively, drawing on success he had at Auburn. Before going to Auburn, Tuberville coached at

Mississippi and compiled a 25-20 record in four years after inheriting a program under NCAA scholarship sanctions. He also spent a year as defensive coordinator at Texas A&M when the Aggies finished 10-0-1 and were among the nation’s defensive leaders. The university fired Leach, the school’s winningest coach with 84 wins, with cause on Dec. 30, two days after it suspended him while the school investigated claims of mistreatment of Adam James — son of former NFL player and ESPN analyst Craig James. Leach has denied he mistreated the sophomore receiver and his attorneys have filed claims in state district court, alleging university officials libeled and slandered him to intentionally harm his reputation.

Pikeville 98, Berea 46 Rhodes 78, Birmingham-Southern 74 Richmond 65, La Salle 52 Roanoke 66, Va. Wesleyan 57 S.C.-Aiken 64, Armstrong Atlantic 60 S.C.-Upstate 63, Lipscomb 51 SMU 64, Memphis 59 Southern U. 65, Grambling St. 40 St. Augustine’s 84, Virginia Union 70 Stetson 58, North Florida 56 Tennessee St. 51, Tenn.-Martin 38 Tennessee Tech 75, E. Kentucky 47 Thomas More 82, Waynesburg 52 Troy 61, Fla. International 59 Tusculum 71, Catawba 55 UAB 63, Tulsa 55 Union 86, Martin Methodist 66 West Florida 78, Ala.-Huntsville 66 West Liberty 98, Glenville St. 89 Xavier, NO 64, Tougaloo 61 EAST American U. 69, Lehigh 65, OT Amherst 75, Williams 51 Army 63, Colgate 57 Babson 73, Mount Holyoke 28 Bentley 66, S. Connecticut 48 Binghamton 74, Stony Brook 58 Bloomfield 82, Chestnut Hill 62 Bridgeport 62, Queens Coll. 52 Brooklyn 85, Medgar Evers 46 Bryant 72, Monmouth, N.J. 62 C.W. Post 71, St. Thomas Aquinas 53 California, Pa. 80, Cheyney 66 Cent. Connecticut St. 76, Fairleigh Dickinson 73 Clarion 65, Mansfield 24 College of N.J. 55, New Jersey City 44 Columbia, Mo. 67, Park 48 Connecticut 88, North Carolina 47 Dayton 59, George Washington 55 DeSales 71, Eastern 54 Defiance 93, Mount St. Joseph 82 Dickinson 55, Bryn Mawr 12 Duquesne 70, Charlotte 68, 2OT E. Connecticut 54, Mass.-Boston 34 Edinboro 66, Kutztown 52 Felician 95, Philadelphia 61 Gettysburg 79, Washington, Md. 63 Goldey Beacom 59, Concordia, N.Y. 45 Hamilton 50, William Smith 48 Hartford 72, New Hampshire 45 Holy Family 66, Dominican, N.Y. 43 Iona 60, Canisius 48 Ithaca 75, St. John Fisher 55 Johnson & Wales, R.I. 51, Connecticut Coll. 46 Kings, Pa. 51, FDU-Florham 40 Lafayette 43, Holy Cross 39 Lycoming 61, Albright 60 Manhattan 70, Niagara 54 McDaniel 76, Haverford 66, OT Misericordia 56, Delaware Valley 48 Mitchell 57, Wheelock 47 Molloy 70, Mercy, N.Y. 49 Montclair St. 64, Richard Stockton 60 Mount St. Mary, N.Y. 65, Old Westbury 38 Mount St. Vincent 54, NYU-Poly 41 Princeton 70, Penn 39 Quinnipiac 66, Wagner 56 Rhode Island 58, Massachusetts 57 Robert Morris 87, St. Francis, NY 60 Sacred Heart 67, Mount St. Mary’s, Md. 56 Saint Joseph’s 62, Fordham 57 Springfield 63, Wellesley 53 St. Bonaventure 75, Saint Louis 63 St. Francis, Pa. 82, Long Island U. 69 St. Joseph’s, L.I. 63, Sage 49 Stonehill 62, Pace 52 Swarthmore 55, Franklin & Marshall 43 Tufts 78, Bates 52 W. New England 82, Curry 54 Washington & Jefferson 65, Westminster, Pa. 51 Wentworth Tech 67, Gordon 65, OT West Virginia 64, DePaul 57, OT Yale 68, N.J. Tech 58 MIDWEST Akron 72, Buffalo 56 Alma 56, Albion 55 Alverno 61, Lakeland 55 Anderson, Ind. 67, Mount Olive 53 Aquinas 76, Madonna 70 Ashland 69, N. Michigan 64 Aurora 76, Marantha Baptist 49 Baldwin-Wallace 75, Muskingum 50 Ball St. 64, N. Illinois 62 Beloit 72, Carroll, Wis. 64 Benedictine,Ill. 61, Marian, Wis. 36 Bethel, Minn. 68, St. Olaf 64 Bluffton 56, Rose-Hulman 43 Bowling Green 77, Ohio 42 Bradley 72, S. Illinois 61 Butler 57, Valparaiso 43 Calvin 58, Trine 40 Cedarville 79, Carlow 47 Cent. Missouri 75, Nebraska-Omaha 69, OT Cleveland St. 73, Ill.-Chicago 64 Concordia, Moor. 68, St. Benedict 56 Concordia, St.P. 84, Minn. Duluth 68 Concordia, Wis. 62, Milwaukee Engineering 47 Cornerstone 97, Indiana Tech 65 Daemen 85, Mount Vernon Nazarene 79 Davenport 76, Michigan-Dearborn 47 Drake 68, Wichita St. 54 E. Illinois 67, SE Missouri 39 E. Michigan 61, W. Michigan 52 Edgewood 60, Wis. Lutheran 56 Ferris St. 61, Saginaw Valley St. 60 Franklin 64, Manchester 51 Grace 66, Spring Arbor 52 Grand Valley St. 73, Lake Superior St. 49 Gustavus 85, Hamline 67 Hillsdale 70, Wayne, Mich. 56 Hope 80, Kalamazoo 51 Indiana Wesleyan 57, St. Francis, Ind. 54 Kansas St. 59, Kansas 35 Kent St. 50, Miami (Ohio) 39 Lake Erie 74, Central St., Ohio 63 Loyola of Chicago 75, Youngstown St. 49 Macalester 84, Augsburg 50 Martin Luther 73, Crown, Minn. 32

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Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody drives the lane as West Virginia forward Wellington Smithdefends during the second half.

Harangody, Notre Dame upend No. 8 West Virginia By TOM COYNE AP Sports Writer

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame guard Tory Jackson expected West Virginia’s Da’Sean Butler to take the last shot for the win and made sure he got a hand in his face. “My hand was so close to him he could smell what I ate,” Jackson said. Butler, who hit a winning 3 at the buzzer against Marquette on Dec. 29, couldn’t do it again against the Fighting Irish. His shot at the buzzer rolled around the rim and out and Notre Dame, which led by 22 early in the second half, held on for a 70-68 victory over the eighth-ranked Mountaineers on Saturday night. “He has made shots like that before. It almost went in,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. The Irish (14-3, 3-1 Big East) were 14 of 20 on free throws in the final 11:20, while West Virginia was 2 of 4 for the game. It was the second straight game where the Irish pulled out a win in the closing seconds. Luke Harangody, who led the Irish with 24 points against West Virginia, hit the winning free throw with 1.9 seconds left against South Florida on Tuesday after the Irish squandered a 13-point second-half lead. “I think we have a pretty mentally tough group, a poised group,” Irish coach Mike Brey said. “Both nights, Tuesday night and tonight, you could panic a little bit and wonder.” The Mountaineers (122, 3-1) got back in it by hitting 9 of 19 3-pointers

in the second half, closing to 67-66 on a shot from behind the arc by Dalton Pepper with 4:50 left. But Harangody muscled his way in down low to score inside to give the Irish a 3-point lead. After Pepper missed a 3, Jackson hit a free throw with 3:25 left to make it 70-66. After Jackson missed a pair of 3-pointers, Joe Mazzulla banked in a shot inside to cut the lead to two, but the Moutaineers couldn’t hit the last shot. Tim Abromaitis added 17 points for the Irish, who didn’t have a basket from the floor in the last 4 minutes. Tyrone Nash added 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting, all in the first half. Kevin Jones led the Mountaineers with 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting. Butler was 4 of 20, 3 of 12 from 3-point range, and finished with 13 points. Darryl Bryant scored all of his 11 points in the second half, after going 0 for 6 in the first. Devin Ebanks, who averages 13.3 points a game, played just three minutes in the second half. Huggins said he switched his lineup and Mazzulla played well. “Maz came in gave us good minutes,” he said. The Fighting Irish dominated early, hitting their first nine shots to open a 25-4 lead on an outside jumper by Harangody. The Moutaineers went 2 for 16 from the floor during that span, including 0 for 6 from 3-point range. The Mountaineers used runs of 11-0 and 10-2 in the second half to get back in the game.

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The Daily Dispatch

Sunday, January 10, 2010

ACC HOOPS

Clemson bounces back with win over BC By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer

CLEMSON, S.C. — Trevor Booker scored 19 points and Clemson bounced back from a loss at Duke to win its first Atlantic Coast Conference game this season, 72-56, over Boston College on Saturday. The Tigers (13-3, 1-1) played an awful game at Cameron Indoor Stadium last Sunday night, netting just 12 points at halftime and falling from the rankings after a 74-53 defeat. Clemson discovered its shooting touch — the Tigers hit nearly 60 percent of their shots in the opening half — to win its fourth straight against the Eagles (10-6, 1-1), who have lost two of their past three. Joe Trapani led Boston College with 13 points. Booker added four blocks and two steals for Clemson, which faces North Carolina at home on Wednesday night. Demontez Stitt added 15 points, just one of those coming after halftime, for the Tigers. Clemson turned up its defense in this one, too. Rakim Sanders and Corey Raji, who both came in

AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain

Clemson's Trevor Booker drives for the basket during the first half against Boston College Saturday. averaging double digits, were a combined 5 of 20 for 13 points. Clemson, ranked most of the season, dropped out after last Sunday night’s debacle at Duke where the poor-shooting Tigers managed only 12 points by

halftime and fell 74-53 in their first ACC game. The Tigers didn’t let that happen this time, hitting nine of 12 shots during one stretch of the opening half to move in front 21-11. Boston College, meanwhile, had trouble finding

the basket. Sanders and Raji went 2 of 12 in the opening period and the Eagles hit just one of their nine 3-pointers in the period. They finished 2 of 16 from behind the arc for the game. The Tigers ended the half making 17 of 29 and to lead 41-29 at the break in what was a raucous, sold-out Littlejohn Coliseum. It was the first ACC home game of the spring semester and drew university president James F. Barker along with current and past football legends, coach Dabo Swinney and Danny Ford, who led the Tigers to the 1981 national championship. Swinney showed off the school’s latest trophies from winning the ACC Atlantic Division and the Music City Bowl, then promised the cheering crowd 2010 would start the greatest decade Clemson football had ever seen. The Tigers basketball players kept the good vibes going the rest of the way. Clemson hit its first three shots of the second half to keep a comfortable lead. The Eagles never got closer than 13 points after that.

Dews put back lifts Hurricanes over Demon Deacons, 67-66 By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Off to their best start in 50 years, the Miami Hurricanes might finally have a victory that will impress poll voters. James Dews sank a follow with 30 seconds left to put Miami ahead to stay Saturday, then grabbed a defensive rebound as time ran out to seal a seesaw victory over Wake Forest, 67-66. Dwayne Collins had 11 rebounds and a seasonhigh 23 points for Miami (15-1, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). The latest win was the biggest this season for the unranked Hurricanes, who have won seven in a row while drawing little notice because their schedule so far has been rated one of the nation’s weakest. “I’m not concerned about the polls; I don’t want our guys concerned about the polls,” coach Frank Haith said. “Let’s just get better.” Wake Forest (11-3, 1-1) had won seven games in a row, the past two in overtime. But the Demon Deacons couldn’t get Miami into OT, missing two of four free throws in the final 1:26 and three shots in the last 13 seconds. “It was a really hardfought, typical ACC game that came down just the final few possessions,” coach

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Miami's Dwayne Collins scores over Wake Forest's Chas McFarland in the first half in Coral Gables, Fla. Saturday. Dino Gaudio said. After Dews put Miami ahead for good with the ninth lead change of the night, Gary Clark missed a 3-point try for Wake Forest. Al-Farouq Aminu rebounded, but Collins blocked his shot out of bounds with 10 seconds left. Ishmael Smith missed under heavy pressure with

3 seconds left, and Dews won a scramble for the ball, giving Miami its first 15-1 start since 1959-60. “Our guys played great down the stretch and had some big stops,” Haith said. “Close games are going to be a part of this league. The margin of error is very slim.” Malcolm Grant had 14 points and six assists for

the Hurricanes, and Durand Scott added 10 points. Collins had 15 points in the first half, when he went 6 for 6. Collins’ most spectacular basket came when he caught an alley-oop pass leading a fast break and dunked. His longest shot by far was a 15-footer to beat the shot clock, leaving the Demon Deacons trailing 65-62 with three minutes left. “They’re a real good team, and their front line is really good, too,” Collins said. “But I go into every game just to play hard. I don’t really think about who I’m going to play.” While Collins started fast, Aminu was held to two points in the first 17 minutes and finished with nine, half his average. He grabbed 12 rebounds but shot only 3 for 12. “He had some really good looks,” Gaudio said. “He just didn’t make them.” Still, Wake Forest took the game down to the wire. Chas McFarland made one of two free throws with 1:27 left to tie the game at 65. Aminu then stole the ball and fed Ari Stewart, who was fouled and made the second of two free throws with 53 seconds left to put Wake Forest ahead. When Collins’ scoop shot rimmed out, Dews won a tussle under the basket and sank his shot for the game’s final points.

DUKE, from page 1B a 31-point effort against Iowa State with another strong showing. He scored 25 points and chipped in with six assists. But Mason Plumlee, with 10 points off the bench, was the only other Duke player in double figures. The Blue Devils were playing their third game in a week, and it showed. After a pair of 21-point wins over Clemson and Iowa State, they seemed to run out of steam against a Georgia Tech team with superior depth. “They were fresher than we were,” said coach Mike Krzyzewski, whose team had been on a seven-game winning streak. “They wore us down some. That can tell in the shooting, when your legs aren’t completely there.”

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Georgia Tech students storm the court the Yellow Jackets defeated No. 5 Duke 71-67 Saturday. Especially from 3-point range, though Duke never stopped firing up the longrange shots. They had twice as many attempts as the Yellow Jackets but didn’t get much more out

of it. Georgia Tech was 5 for 14. No one looked more weary than Singler. The junior forward was held to nine points — nearly seven below his average.

“Obviously, we didn’t get the game we needed from Singler,” Krzyzewski said. “I thought he had some really open looks that were there. But sometimes you don’t hit.” The Yellow Jackets managed to avert an 0-2 start in conference play by turning up the defensive pressure on Duke, pressing and trapping much more than they did against Georgia, and crashing the boards in the second half. Each team had its run early on. Duke ripped off 12 straight points shortly after the opening tip, then Georgia Tech responded with a 14-2 spurt. The Blue Devils led 35-29 at halftime, and the margin was never more than that the rest of the way.

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Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor shoots against Purdue's Kelsey Barlow during the second half in Madison, Wis. Taylor had a team-high 23 points in Wisconsin's 73-66 win.

Taylor’s 23 lead No. 17 Wisconsin past No. 4 Purdue By COLIN FLY AP Sports Writer

MADISON, Wis. — Jordan Taylor scored a career-high 23 points, Jason Bohannon tied a career high with 20, and No. 17 Wisconsin beat No. 4 Purdue 73-66 Saturday to hand the Boilermakers their first loss this season. Purdue’s 14-0 start tied the best in school history, but both the 199394 squad led by Glenn Robinson and this year’s had their streaks end in Madison. With former coach Gene Keady watching from behind the bench, Matt Painter’s Boilermakers (14-1, 2-1 Big Ten) trailed most of the game. Wisconsin (13-3, 3-1) beat a top 10 team in Madison for the second time this season and improved to 130-10 at home in coach Bo Ryan’s nine seasons. Still, Purdue, which got 24 points from E’Twaun Moore and 13 from Robbie Hummel, has given Wisconsin headaches. But no visiting team has ever won three in a row in the 11-year history of the Kohl Center and Wisconsin took control in the opening minutes of the second half. Keaton Nankivil followed a miss with an of-

fensive rebound and slam. Trevon Hughes, who had 14 points, and Bohannon added consecutive 3-pointers to give Wisconsin a 42-31 lead with 15:31 left. Moments later Taylor, a sophomore who has provided a big boost to the offense, found Ryan Evans with an around-thedefender pass for a 12-foot jumper that made it 47-33 with 14:22 left and forced Purdue to burn another timeout. The Boilermakers, who rallied from 16 down in the second half last month at Alabama, couldn’t manage a similar escape from Wisconsin. Moore hit a 3-pointer from the left corner and added another basket with 1:18 left to cut Wisconsin’s lead to 63-57. But Taylor added four free throws and Wisconsin hit eight straight from the line that appeared to seal it until Hummel banked in a 3 that cut it to 71-66 with 10 seconds to play. That was as close as it got. Wisconsin, which had a six-game win streak snapped with a 54-47 loss at No. 10 Michigan State on Wednesday, improved its home record to 10-0 and improved to 7-18 against the top 10 under Ryan.

PACK, from page 1B 10 minutes. They didn’t panic when the Wolfpack (11-5, 0-2) pushed ahead to rev up its home crowd and even thrived in the critical final minutes. That included knocking down just about every free throw in the game, including a perfect 10-for-10 mark in the final minute to maintain its grip on the victory. Sylven Landesberg scored 23 points to lead the Cavaliers, while Mike Scott added 14 points. “I think everybody feels the freedom (under Bennett),” Landesberg said. “When you get the ball, you’re able to make a play for yourself or a teammate. It’s not really set where somebody has to be here at a particular time. It’s freelance a little bit.” In a matchup of teams picked to finish at the bottom of the league, the difference came at the foul line, where the Wolfpack again struggled while the Cavaliers made every shot look easy. Virginia went 19-for-20 for the game, including 17 straight to close the game. N.C. State went 16-for-26 at the line and missed plenty that would have helped build an

even bigger lead midway through the second half. The Wolfpack, who led 30-26 at halftime, pushed ahead 42-32 with 13:22 left on a free throw from Tracy Smith (team-high 18 points). But N.C. State missed four of its next six free throws that could have maintained control, and that gave Virginia the opening it needed. It was a familiar feeling of failure for the Wolfpack, who went 10-for-19 at the line and missed several that could have sealed a win against Florida last weekend. Not that the Wolfpack shot all that well from the field, either. Dennis Horner banked in a running shot and drew the foul for a 53-49 lead with 5:30 left, but N.C. State managed just one field goal in the next 5 minutes as the Cavaliers took control. Jeff Jones hit a 3-pointer to answer Horner’s basket, then Scott tipped in a miss from Landesberg to put the Cavs ahead for good. Scott followed with a basket over Smith, then Landesberg hit that tough one-hander in the lane to cap the run.

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Artificial attraction Machine-made snow provides winter fun without usual chills DORIE TURNER Associated Press Writer

TONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — Sledding, snowball fights and building a snowman are not typical Atlanta activities. (As it turns out, the area is expecting the white stuff in the next few days). But on Snow Mountain at Stone Mountain Park, which just opened for its second season, 240 tons of machine-made snow a day allows Southerners to experience winter fun without the usual Northern chills. Ten-year-old Nick Velez from Clermont, Fla., who visited the park recently, didn’t remember ever seeing snow before. “I think it’s cool, how you can make snowballs and how you can have fun in it,” he said, dragging his inner tube behind him as he followed his grandmother, Deborah Rosa, up the hill. Southerners dressed for their artificial snow day in a variety of get-ups. Rosa wore leopard-print boots and a fur-lined jacket, but some visitors wore cowboy boots or just tennis shoes and a fleece pullover. Others donned full snowsuits or ski pants and heavy boots. As a Southerner originally from Memphis, I arrived at the park stuffed into multiple layers of clothing — gloves, hats, scarves, fleece vests, extra socks, tights and ear muffs. My husband John, who grew up in a snowy Pennsylvania farm town, was a little more cavalier, with one pair of socks, jeans, a few layers of shirts under his wind breaker and gloves. We headed first for the tubing queue, grabbing donut-shaped inflatables and jumping on a conveyor belt to take us up to the top of the hill. The park was sold out for the day, with hundreds of people on the hill and a 20-minute wait to shoot down one of the 12 tubing lanes. Brendan Sheppard, IF YOU GO — SNOW 35, of nearby Norcross, Ga., was happy to be MOUNTAIN AT there despite the lines. STONE MOUNTAIN “I thought it would be fun for the kids, but PARK: I ended up having a lot more fun that I In Stone Mountain, thought,” Sheppard Ga., about 15 miles said. “You don’t usueast of Atlanta; ally get to do this at http://www.snowhome.” mountainpark.com My first trip down or 770-498-5690 the 400-foot tubing hill (metro Atlanta area), was exhilarating: wind 800-401-2407 elsein my hair, my inner where. Open Fridays, tube turning rapidly in Saturdays and circles as I sped to the Sundays, through bottom. I wanted more. March 7, with two Even my husband, holiday Mondays, who’d been grumbling Jan. 18 and Feb. about the wait, was 15. Check Web site smiling. calendar for exact The next two trips hours. Tickets, $25; down the tubing hill parking, $10. Some were just as fun as the first, and the line went days do sell out; faster each time. On advance ticket the third try, we opted purchase for a double inner recommended. tube so we could go together, though that turned out slower than the single ones. At the park’s Snow Zone, a machine spits white, fluffy flakes into the air every few minutes and a kiosk provides free accessories for guests building snowmen in the park: scarves, hats and even eyes. A park worker warned the crowd in the large snowy field not to throw snowballs, but many visitors couldn’t resist. I was hit at least once in the shoulder by an errant pitch. My childhood did not prepare me for the art of making snowmen, so I put my husband in charge of that while I made snow bricks using a rectangular mold. Snow Mountain is scheduled to remain open until March 7, when the weather typically gets into the 60s and 70s, but the snow-making process and technology used at the park can keep the snow fresh at even higher temperatures, a park spokesman said. It takes 70,000 gallons of water per day to create Snow Mountain. In 2007 — the year Snow Mountain was set to debut — the attraction was canceled at the last minute because of drought. In 2008, park officials created a looping system where water is collected from the park’s lake, which is replenished by the melting snow. We ended the day with hot chocolate and s’mores by fire pits designed for do-it-yourself marshmallow melting. We happily ate our graham cracker, chocolate and marshmallow treats while watching the tubing and snow playground from distance. It was a perfect day for a girl from below the MasonDixon line.

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Above, this photo taken Dec. 30 shows families playing at Snow Mountain Park in Stone Mountain, Ga. At left, two children make snow angels at the park.

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Chasity Nicole Felts and Derek Lynn Gooch exchange wedding vows Chasity Nicole Felts of Norlina and Derek Lynn Gooch of Henderson were married at 2 p.m. on Dec. 5, 2009, at Thomas Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church in Henderson. The Rev. Alan Ray Ayscue officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Felts and Lisa Wright, all of Norlina, and the granddaughter of Dorothy Francis of Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. George Felts of Norlina. She graduated from Warren County High School in 2006. The groom is the son of Linda E. Pulley of Hender-

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son and the late Billie L. Gooch. He is the grandson of Mary A. Evans of Henderson, the late George W. Evans, and the late Mr. and Mrs. James I. Gooch. The groom graduated from Northern Vance High School in 1996 and is currently employed by the high school. The bride was escorted and given in marriage by her father. Her gown featured a halter-top beaded bodice with a flowing satin skirt. She wore a traditional lace veil and carried a bouquet of red roses. Matron of honor was the groom’s sister-in-law Erin

Birth Announcements Caiden Levi Ellis

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Randy and Kristie Ellis of Henderson announce the birth of their son, Caiden Levi Ellis, on Dec. 29, 2009, at Granville Medical Center in Oxford. The infant weighed five pounds, 14 ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Walter Jr. and Kathy Wade of Henderson and Bobby and Maria Ellis of Henderson.

Andy and Lisa Lister of Henderson announce the birth of their son, Cayde Charles Lister, on Jan. 4, 2010, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed nine pounds, three ounces. The baby’ grandparents are Tom and Mildred Lister of Oxford, Brenda Seaman of Henderson and the late Charles Seaman.

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Michael and Yolanda Shearin of Henderson announce the birth of their daughter, Kiara Mishay Shearin, on Dec. 7, 2009, at Granville Medical Center in Oxford. The infant weighed seven pounds, 10 ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Joe and Varanie Lewis of Norlina and George and Annie Royster of Henderson.

Wedding showers/ events • The rehearsal dinner was hosted by the groom’s mother in the fellowship hall of Thomas Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church. • Renee Welborn and Melissa Ayscue hosted a “His and Her’s” shower for the couple.

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Pulley of Henderson announce the engagement of their daughter, Ginger Paige Pulley, to Clinton Manell Glover of Henderson. The groom-elect is the son of David and Leva Glover of Henderson. The wedding is planned for 4 p.m. on July 10, 2010, at Providence Baptist Church. Friends and family are invited to attend.

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Paynter/Abbott Mr. and Mrs. Calvin H. Paynter announce the engagement of their daughter, Candice Michele, to Jeremy Thomas Abbott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Abbott and Mr. and Mrs. Rocky Ross. The wedding is planned for May 1, 2010.

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In conjunction with the Warren County Library and the Smithsonian Museum Traveling Exhibit, The Lakeland Ambassadors present “Ragtime and Tin Pan Alley: A Celebration of American Music” on Jan. 23. A collection of songs and stories from the early days to the present, the event will bring back great memories and create new ones, too. The Lakeland Ambassadors, a group of young people dedicated to Lakeland Theatre Company and its work, will showcase their diversity of styles, music and range during the performance. Tickets are available now by calling (252) 586-3124 or 1-877-330-0574 for more information.

hosted a reception following the ceremony in the fellowship hall at Thomas Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church. The couple now resides in Henderson.

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Carolyn Faucette of Henderson announces the birth of her son, Jaden Thomas Faucette, on Dec. 30, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed six pounds, 14 ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Howard Jr. and Joyce Faucette of Henderson.

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H. Gooch. Bridesmaids were Kristi Ellington and Jenny Clark. James I. Gooch Jr., uncle of the groom, served as best man. Groomsmen were the brothers of the groom, Troy L. and Billy I. Gooch. Rebecca Felts, sister of the bride, served as flower girl, and Holden Welborn served as the ring bearer. A program of wedding music was provided by Mark Brame. Jason Gooch Jr. was register attendant and Mark and Peyton Welborn were program attendants. The groom’s mother

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Daisette Youth gardeners learn about symbols of Christmas The Daisette Youth Garden Club met in December at the home of Edith Carroll. Nyasia Miller led the devotion by reading the prayer “A Prayer For True Gardeners.” Ariel Zackery, president, conducted the business session. Following the business session, Vivian Bullock, youth advisor, shared the following information about some of the different symbols of Christmas: • Wreaths: Often used as a decoration during the Advent season, the wreath symbolizes the crown of thorns placed on Jesus’ head when he was crucified. The unique feature of the wreath is that it is in the form of a circle and it stands as a symbol of eternity. The circle, once constructed, has no beginning and no end.

• Evergreens: Meaning “ever green,” this green seasonal foliage is the symbol of life, growth and the production of the fruit of life. • Candy cane: The candy cane is in the shape of the shepherd’s staff. It reminds us that the Good Shepherd cares for each of the sheep in his fold. • Poinsettia: Upon close examination, one will discover that there is a cluster of small yellow flowers in the center of the red (or pink or white) colored leaves. It was in 1825 that Joel Robert Poinsettia of South Carolina saw these flowers called “flame flowers” or flowers of the Holy Night, which were used as decorations in festive Nativity precession. • Angels: Many Christmas trees are topped with a Christmas angel. The pur-

pose of the angel was to help God convey his message to the people who needed to hear about what God was doing. Therefore, the angel becames an important symbol for the whole experience of Christmas. • Doves: The dove is also pictured with the olive branch in its mouth as a symbol of peace, from the story of Noah and the flood. It is needed to remind people that God is always present in his spirit, to teach and guide and comfort. Bullock displayed the items to the group as she talked about them. Following the presentation, the youth played a game of unscrambling the names of Christmas songs. “Happy Birthday” was sung to Ariel Zackery and Samayia Floyd. The group then presented a box of Christmas gifts for

The Daisette Youth gardeners are shown with Angela Pugh, assistant principal at Henderson Middle School, with the box of Christmas gifts for the school’s Exceptional Children’s Department. the exceptional children at Henderson Middle School to Angela Pugh, assistant principal.

The meeting was closed with the group repeating the youth garden club pledge.

Garden Club tours Governor’s Mansion Members of the Calla Lily Garden Club recently visited the Governor’s Executive Mansion in Raleigh to observe the decorations during a holiday open house tour. Upon entering the grounds of the mansion, gardeners viewed simple, but beautiful, garland and bows on lamp posts. Fresh wreaths with red velvet bows and other elegant arrangements consisting of greenery were also in evidence. “Decorations are donated and reused from year to year. Some natural items are also gathered from the grounds of the mansion,” said Laura Alston-Dudley. The group then took a self-guided walk-through tour of the downstairs rooms. Guides were available at the Gentlemen’s Parlor, the Ball Room, the Library, the Morning Room, the Dining Room and the Ladies’ Parlor to answer questions. A wide variety of evergreen, magnolias, flat cedar, hydrangeas, and other seasonal greens were displayed throughout the mansion. The mantel arrangements consisted of seasonal foliage,

On Dec. 12, the youth participated in the bell ringing for the Salvation Army at Walgreens.

Carver Elementary Honors The Carver Elementary School Principal’s Breakfast Club members for December are: Kentrell Henderson, Kelayziah Brown, Bryanne Arias, Marco Balderas, William Short, Tyah Crute, Jakayla Henderson, Charles Hayes, Emma Kiefer, Christian Vooris, Dustin

Gouldman, Shantayah Norman, Payton Rainey, Janiah Hopkins, Donna Glasco, Tederian Harris, Axel Artega, Christian Cruz, Mihoshi Taylor, Malik Glasco, Elijah Branch, Imanni Rainey, Jasmine Rodriguez, Jamal Williams, Katelyn Closs and Nasjir Cousar.

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CLASSIFIED DEPT. Calla Lily Garden Club members who toured the Governor’s Executive Mansion were (left to right) Laura Alston-Dudley, Barbara Hargrove, Patricia Adams-Ellis, Yvonne George and Willie Mae Hill. birch branches, cardinals and glittery garland, which set the tone for each room. “The arrangement on the marble table in the Ladies’ Parlor enhances the Victorian style of the room,” said Barbara Hargrove. The huge trees in the various rooms, decorated with thousands of lights, held cardinals, dogwoods branches, bird’s nests, sea shells, nuts

and other items found in North Carolina. Decorations on the tree in the Morning Room spotlighted children of military parents from North Carolina. The grand staircase was adorned with lit garland and white and silver bows. “Beneath the grand staircase was a display using deer to depict a winter wonderland which also symbolized a

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Kittrell Job Corps certified nursing assistant graduates

In December, Kittrell Job Corps Center’s health occupation students (above) participated in Vance-Granville Community College’s certified nursing assistant commencement. The graduates are now eligible to take the North Carolina state competency exam to receive their certification, which will allow them to work in area health-care faculties as certified nursing assistants.

Evening pool league forming at senior center The Vance County Senior Center is forming an evening pool league. Starting Tuesday, the pool league competition will run for 13 weeks on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. The game will be eight-ball, abiding by Billiard Congress of America (BCA) rules (ball in hand). The winner must win two out of three games nightly, and cue ball scratches are 25 cents each. Membership dues are $20 per season and payable over the 13-week period. A payment of $5 is required the first night of play. A banquet for all members and a guest will be held the 14th week. All money received will be redistributed for the banquet and as prize money. Open membership with no age or gender restrictions. Call (252) 430-0257 for more information.

OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE 2009 “BEST OF VANCE COUNTY” 65. Best Golf Course Business _______________________ 66. Best Church Supplier Business _______________________ 67. Best Medical Wear Business _______________________

People 1. Best Contractor Name _________________________ 2. Best Electrician Name _________________________ 3. Best Pharmacist Name _________________________ 4. Best Doctor Name _________________________ 5. Best Nurse (RN, LPN) Name _________________________ Location________________________ 6. Best Medical Assistant (CNA, office assistant) Name _________________________ 7. Best Dentist Name _________________________ 8. Best Optometrist Name _________________________ 9. Best Insurance Agent Name _________________________ Business _______________________ 10. Best Waiter/Waitress Name _________________________ Restaurant ______________________ 11. Best Car Salesperson Name _________________________ 12. Best Hair Stylist Name _________________________ Salon __________________________ 13. Best Sales Team Business _______________________ 14. Best Auto Mechanic Name _________________________ Business _______________________ 15. Best Attorney Name _________________________ 16. Best Elected Official Name _________________________ 17. Best Real Estate Team Business _______________________ 18. Best Real Estate Agent Name _________________________ 19. Best Dental Hygienist Name _________________________ Office _________________________ 20. Best CPA Name _________________________ Firm __________________________ 21. Best Chiropractor Name _________________________ 22. Best Barber Name _________________________ 23. Best Veterinarian Name _________________________

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44. Best Florist Business _______________________ 45. Best Home Improvement Company Business _______________________ 46. Best Nursery/Garden Center Business _______________________ 47. Best Car Wash/Detail Business _______________________ 48. Best Shippers Business _______________________ 49. Best Gift Shop Business _______________________ 50. Best Funeral Services Business _______________________ 51. Best Nail Salon Business _______________________ 52. Best Barber Shop Business _______________________ 53. Best Carpet Dealer Business _______________________ 54. Best Drug Store Business _______________________ 55. Best Manufactured Homes Business _______________________ 56. Best Plumbing Company Business _______________________ 57. Best Appliance Store Business _______________________ 58. Best Electronics Store Business _______________________ 59. Best Mattress Dealer Business _______________________ 60. Best Heating & Cooling Co. Business _______________________ 61. Best Preschool or Day Care Center Business _______________________ 62. Best Print Shop Business _______________________ 63. Best Internet Provider Business _______________________ 64. Best Wireless Store Business _______________________

68. Best Mexican Food Business _______________________ 69. Best Italian Food Business _______________________ 70. Best Chinese Food Business _______________________ 71. Best Cup of Coffee Restaurant or Store ________________ 72. Best Pancake and Waffles Restaurant ______________________ 73. Best Stew Restaurant or Deli _________________ 74. Best Hot Dogs Restaurant or Grill _________________ 75. Best Hamburgers Restaurant or Grill _________________ 76. Best Barbeque Restaurant ______________________ 77. Best Fried Chicken Restaurant ______________________ 78. Best Chicken Sandwich Restaurant ______________________ 79. Best Hushpuppies Restaurant ______________________ 80. Best Fast Food Restaurant or Grill _________________ 81. Best Salad Bar/Soup Restaurant or Grill _________________ 82. Best Buffet Restaurant or Deli _________________ 83. Best Pizza Restaurant or Delivery Service ________ 84. Best Steaks Restaurant ______________________ 85. Best Seafood Restaurant ______________________ 86. Best Iced Tea Restaurant or Grill _________________ 87. Best Ice Cream Location________________________ 88. Best Milkshakes Location________________________ 89. Best Desserts Restaurant, Deli or Bakery ___________ 90. Best “Southern Style” Meal Restaurant ______________________ 91. Best Home-Cooked Breakfast Business _______________________ 92. Best Chicken Tenders Business _______________________ 93. Best Fish Sandwich Business _______________________

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Pay close attention to what’s going on around you. There may be reason to intervene when it comes to a loved one who isn’t being responsible. Be kind and offer assistance instead of forcing issues that are not that easily resolved. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A visit will pay off in terms of what you learn and whom you meet. Love is in the stars and spending time with someone special will enhance your relationship. Make a change that rectifies a problem that has been looming. 3 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): An investment will pay off if you do the work yourself. You can dig your way out of a financial hole if you go about it the right way. Don’t limit yourself by hanging onto something that is no longer feasible. 3 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your main concern should be the important relationships in your life. Take time to reinforce the way you feel about the people you love. Heart-to-heart talks will serve you well, bringing you clarity and relief. 3 stars LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Plan a day of activities that brings you close to the people you care about the most. An educational spin to the entertainment you plan will bring about some plans for a lucrative pastime in the future. With a little aggressive action, you can pull everyone together. 5 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Turn this into a day of fun with the older and younger people in your life, but leave the evening hours open for your lover. Your kindness and affection will be repaid and will change the way you feel about your future. 2 stars LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t hide when what’s required of you is to face any troubles head-on. It may not be easy but, in the end, you will be relieved that you prepared to move forward. Speak up, let the truth be known and prepare to get on with your life. 4 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Focus on the positive. Spend time with inspiring and enthusiastic people. You need change in your life if you want to allow your creativity to start flowing again. Don’t hold back. 3 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Someone is making changes that you aren’t aware of. Discover what’s going on behind your back without getting others suspicious of your prying. Be prepared for what’s to come but stay calm. 3 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Do something nice for someone and it will speak volumes about who you are and what you are capable of doing. Your generosity and kindness will be rewarded. A change in your direction will lead to advancement and greater security. 4 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Someone will mislead you or try to twist your story. Stick to the truth and follow through with your plans. Don’t let someone’s indulgence and emotional problems cause grief for you or lead you down the wrong path. 2 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Think positive thoughts and follow through with your plans. An emotional problem must be discussed so you can resolve issues and move forward without fear. Love is in the stars. 5 stars Happy Birthday: You have to avoid falling into a trap that may lead to loss. Go over your plans carefully and find out the facts before you make a promise to do something for someone else. Get ready to deal with institutions, government agencies and corporate problems. Your strength is in your willingness to listen, observe and rely on knowledgeable people. Your numbers are 4, 10, 16, 23, 37, 39, 44 If you were born on this date: You are determined and intense about business and personal relationships. You always follow through with your plans and prefer to follow your own path. Eugenia’s Web sites: eugenialast. com for confidential consultations, myspace.com/eugenialast for Eugenia’s blog, astroadvice.com for fun. COPYRIGHT 2010 UNIVERSAL UCLICK, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. 64106; (816) 581-7500

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caregiver assistance. • Teens And Tweens Club (for middle and highschoolers): Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. Join Programming Specialist Ms. Barbara and other teens and ‘tweens to hang out and chat, discuss books and listen to interesting guest speakers. • Anime/Manga Madness (ages 13 & up, ages 10-12 with parent’s permission): Wednesdays at 4 p.m. Are you crazy about graphic novels? Join Youth Services staff to discuss all things animated and to watch a new featured selection each week! • Mother Goose Time (for infants and toddlers, ages birth-3): Thursdays at 11 a.m. Songs, rhymes, books, clapping, laughing and fun! • Young @ Art (Ages 7-14, older if interested and materials are available): Thursday at 4 p.m. Join Ms. Jeriann for a fun arts & crafts project! Remember, dress to get messy. Younger kids may need caregiver assistance.

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Pierre D. Perry, a local Henderson resident, is now a published author. PublishAmerica, a Maryland-based traditional publishing company, has published Perry’s first book of poetry, “The Voice of Blackness,” a book of 54 short poems that would be considered African-American poetry, said Perry. “But this book is not just for African-Americans, it is a book of poetry for people of all races,” he added. Perry has been writing poetry for over 20 years as a hobby. He also works for the N.C. Department of Correction and RHA Health Services. Perry is currently working on his second book of poetry “Brown Eyed Vision” which he hopes to have completed in the near future. He also has a collection of children books that he’s written, but has not yet published. Perry’s book can be ordered at www.PublishAmerica.com. It will soon be available at other sites such as Amazon.com and Barnes and Nobles. Perry is available for poetry readings and book signings. He can be contacted at (252) 430-8951.

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

• “Let’s Talk About It – 2010” at Perry Library — The Friends of the Library are gearing up for the 2010 season of the popular book talk program “Let’s Talk About It,” from the N.C. Humanities Council (“Many Stories, One People.”) The theme will be law and literature. This series is named for Eva Rubin, a leading scholar on public policy and the U.S. Supreme Court. The books focus on the formidable interactions between the justice system and the lives of individuals. The books featured include Billy Budd & Other Stories by Herman Melville, The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines, Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson, and The Emperor of Ocean Park by Yale University law professor, Stephen L. Carter. This project is made possible by a grant from the N.C. Humanities Council the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, in partnership with the North Carolina Center for the Book, a program of the State Library of North Carolina. The first program begins Tuesday and will continue every other Tuesday through March 9. The books have arrived at Perry Library for check out.

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DEAR ABBY: My 18-yearold son, “Brandon,” dated several girls in high school — none seriously. But now that he’s thinking about colleges, he has fallen head-over-heels for someone named “Michelle.” I’m OK with that; my problem is Michelle’s mother. It’s like she’s trying to get them married as soon as possible. This woman manipulates situations so that her daughter and Brandon spend the majority of their time at her house. Every time we make plans to have Michelle over for dinner or a movie, there’s either a reason she can’t come, or her mother calls asking her to return home. Michelle’s mom constantly calls and texts my son. On Facebook she carries on about how much she misses him. Whenever Brandon makes a comment about his wonderful girlfriend, her mother chimes in with, “What about her wonderful mother?” Brandon is being set up and manipulated, but becomes defensive if I try to point it out. We live in a small town, and I have had several unsolicited warnings of “watch out for the mother” whenever people find out who Brandon is dating. Would it be wrong to approach this woman? — LEVEL-HEADED IN MONROE, N.C. DEAR LEVEL-HEADED: It appears that Michelle’s mother is living vicariously through her daughter and is trying to “help” her land your son. Although the woman’s behavior is over-the-top, I doubt that confronting her would discourage her. Before this goes any further, Brandon needs to understand that Michelle’s mother is a textbook example of a problem mother-in-law. If your son has a father, uncle or grandfather in the picture, he may be more receptive to a man-to-man talk about what’s going on than he is to a warnwill fill his mother. ing from

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DEAR ABBY: My husband constantly leers at women. He bases many of his choices on the “best views” available for girl watching: his seat in a restaurant, where he parks to pick up the kids from high school, seats at sporting events that are close to the cheerleaders, even TV shows that feature cute blondes — the scantier clad the better. The most upsetting incident happened when we were saying goodbye to our daughter whom we had taken to college. With tears in my eyes, I turned to my Dear husband for comfort. Abby Abby, Universal Press instead of Syndicate offering any, his eyes were glued on the rear end of a cute co-ed as she crossed the lobby. I have begged, pleaded and explained repeatedly to my husband that his behavior is humiliating, degrading to all involved and just plain disgusting. He either denies he’s doing it, becomes defensive, says I need help or tells me I’m “overreacting” — that ALL men do it. I have had enough, but at my age starting over seems scary. AM I overreacting? — YOO-HOO, I’M OVER HERE! DEAR HERE!: If your husband was 20 years younger, his behavior would be classified as “boys will be boys.” But he is no longer a boy, and the older he gets the more his behavior is beginning to resemble that of a creepy old man. Most men may look occasionally, but it appears your husband is obsessive. He owes you an apology for his lack of sensitivity regarding your feelings and should make an effort at behavior modification. Staying in an unhappy marriage because the idea of starting over “seems scary” is client the wrong reason. But before

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Today’s Birthdays: Opera singer Sherrill Milnes is 75. Blues artist Eddy Clearwater is 75. Rock singermusician Ronnie Hawkins is 75. Baseball Hall of Famer Willie McCovey is 72. Singer Scott McKenzie is 71. Movie director Walter Hill is 70. Singer Frank Sinatra Jr. is 66. Singer Rod Stewart is 65. Rock singer-musician Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) is 62. Former boxer and entrepreneur George Foreman is 61. Roots rock singer Alejandro Escovedo is 59. Rock musician Scott Thurston (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) is 58. Singer Pat Benatar is 57. Race car driver and IndyCar team owner Bobby Rahal is 57. Rock musician Michael Schenker is 55. Rock singermusician Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) is 51. Actor Evan Handler is 49. Rock singer Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) is 46. Actress Trini Alvarado is 43. Actress Sarah Shahi is 30.

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