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Vance ranks third in teen pregnancies Report for 2008 shows rate in county is almost double that of state By LUKE HORTON Daily Dispatch Editor

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Vance County’s teen pregnancy rate is almost double that of North Carolina, a report by the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina says. Vance was ranked No. 3 in the state for teen pregnancies in 2008, the most recent year data is available. The county recorded

182 pregnancies in women ages 15-19, which equals 107.3 teen pregnancies per 1,000 15-19 yearolds. The state’s rate per 1,000 was 58.6. Granville County recorded 107 teen pregnancies and Warren County saw 36 teen pregnancies in 2008, according to the report. Vance’s state ranking is down from 2007, when 184 teen pregnancies occurred. The county was ranked No. 1 in the state in 2007,

and No. 2 in 2006. Tyrrell County and Edgecombe County came in a No. 1 and 2 on the list in 2008. Orange County had the lowest ranking with 15.8 pregnancies per 1,000. Fifty-one of Vance’s teen pregnancies were repeats, meaning the teenager had been pregnant before. The county also recorded three pregnancies to females ages 10-14. Amanda Barker, public health

officer for the Granville-Vance District Health Department, said several factors contribute to the county’s high rate. “A lot of that comes from poverty levels, education levels, unemployment — all of that puts teens at risk of becoming pregnant,” she said. “Although Vance’s teen pregnancy rate has decreased 18 percent since 1995, it has been an Please see PREGNANCIES, page 3A

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Change is the only constant in life. Ask Jax, a 5-year-old Dutch Shepherd whose relatively new handler, Jeremy Pearce, is the Henderson Police Department’s Officer of the Month for December. Pearce was chosen to team up with the K-9 after his previous handler, Officer III T.W. Long, left the force last June. However, before that Please see OFFICER, page 3A

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LEARNING TO LOVE LEARNING — It’s probably the most important subject that Ruby Booth, North Carolina’s Exceptional Children’s Teacher for 20092010, is teaching to her class at Pinkston Street Elementary School. Members of the Vance County Board of Education took time at their meeting Monday night to recognize the 57-year-old Kittrell resident for her accomplishment. This is Booth’s 10th year at Pinkston.

‘Big numbers’ for police budget Oxford retreat focuses on needs of city departments By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

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Deaths Henderson Hilda A. Ball, 83 Clifton Burwell, 50 Perry A. Faulkner Jr., 67 Oxford Christine M. Jones, 82 Jerry W. Wilson, 54 Zelma B. Wortham, 88 Warrenton Emma Lee Alston, 65

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OXFORD — City Commission Public Safety Committee Chairman Howard Herring told Police Chief John Wolford to prepare a budget request for this coming fiscal year showing his department’s most pressing needs, including replacing aging patrol cars. “We can say we don’t have moneys for this or moneys for that, but, at some point, if we don’t keep up with our vehicle rotation, it’s going to cost us more down the road,” Herring said. Herring, stating his belief that public safety should be the top item when preparing the municipal budget, told Wolford, “From your desk, from this committee, you need to put forward what you need.”

“Yes-sir,” Wolford quickly replied. Herring’s remarks came near the end of an approximately 3 1/2-hour municipal governmental Herring retreat Thursday afternoon in which department heads made informational presentations to a City Commission that includes four new members. Wolford A yet-to-bescheduled session will focus on setting priorities. Wolford, in presenting the police department’s issues, said a department strategic plan dating back to 2007 included replacing vehicles. “If we followed it, we’d be in

pretty good shape, but we haven’t been able to do that from a funding point of view,” Wolford said. “So, when we get into this budget, you’re going to see some big numbers,” at least when the department’s request is presented, Wolford said. The commission will have to have the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 budget in place by July 1. Wolford additionally said he would like to see the police department have a succession plan for leadership and management. He said manpower and the need for volunteers always remains an issue at the department. The police station, which is at 204 E. McClanahan St., dates back to 1978 and has sinking spots, as evidenced by a decline in Please see OXFORD, page 6A

New Warren high school to be ready for opening in fall By DAVID IRVINE Daily Dispatch Writer

WARRENTON — Innovation has been the hallmark of Warren County schools over the past few years. Now a visible sign of that innovation is being erected beside Highway 158 Bypass. It’s a new school to house the Warren New Tech High School, which was created a little more than two years ago. Showing little more than excavation and foundation footings as 2009 ended, it is expected to be ready for occupancy in the fall of 2010. When WNTHS began operation in the fall of 2007, it used “borrowed” space in the Warrenton campus of Vance-Granville Please see WARREN, page 10A

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Mark It Down Today Warren County library — Billy Stevens, international lecturer and musician, will appear at the Warren County Memorial Library at 3 p.m. Stevens’ performance will demonstrate how historic interactions between African Americans and European Americans shaped the evolution of American popular music. He will be the first of three speakers at the library leading up to the “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music” exhibit opening May 1. The event is hosted by the Friends of the Library. Warren County MLK observance — The sixth annual Warren County observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be held at 3:45 p.m. at the Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church in the Afton community in Warrenton. The guest preacher will be the Rev. Dr. J. Vincent Terry Sr., pastor of Mount Peace Baptist Church in Raleigh. He will speak on the theme, “Building the Dream: Remembering His Life, Legacy and Work.” The Warren County Martin Luther King Community Choir will sing. The 2009 Martin Luther King Trailblazer Awards will also be presented. For more information, contact Larry M. Jones Jr., chairperson, at (252) 382-4180. Vance County MLK observance — The Vance County Ministerial Alliance will sponsor a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service at Spring Street Missionary Baptist Church at 4 p.m. The speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Reginald Van Stephens, who has been the pastor of White Rock Baptist Church since 1995. The public is invited to attend.

Annual Relay for Life kick-off event planned for Feb. 4 at MPMC Relay For Life of Vance County will hold its annual kick-off celebration on Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. at the Maria Parham Medical Center Auditorium. Volunteers are needed to help lead, organize and participate in this year’s campaign. Since its inaugural year in 1995, the Relay For Life of Vance County has raised over $3 million. Key planning committee positions are vacant this year and need to be filled with passionate, dedicated volunteers who have

King holiday luncheon — Professionals Organized for the Betterment of the Underprivileged (POBU) will sponsor a Martin Luther King Jr. Day luncheon at noon at the Ambassador Inn and Suites on Parham Road. The speaker will be the Rev. William Clayton from St. James Baptist Church in Henderson. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children. For more information on purchasing tickets, contact Stephanie Taylor at 492-2424 or Clara Foster at 438-7945. Granville King holiday breakfast — The Granville County Human Relations Commission and Oxford city government will sponsor its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast at 8 a.m. at Oxford Baptist Church, 147 Main St. Creedmoor Mayor Darryl Moss will be the guest speaker. Tickets are required to attend the breakfast. For ticket information, call the county administration office at (919) 693-5240. King holiday celebration — The Oxford-Granville Martin Luther King Celebration Committee will celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at 5 p.m. at the Northern Granville Middle School Auditorium. The keynote speaker will be Judge Quon Bridges, who will speak on the theme “Never Give Up On Your Dreams.” The event will also include the reading of essays and music by local choirs. Churches and youth organizations are particularly encouraged to bring young people to the event. The public will be admitted free of charge. Granville King holiday observance— At 7 p.m., the Granville County Interdenominational Conference will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day worship service at First Baptist Church off Granville Street. Irving Joyner, assistant law school dean at N.C. Central University, will be the speaker. Vance King holiday breakfast — The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast program will be held at 8 a.m. at Spring Street Baptist Church, 511 Orange St. The Rev. Dr. James W. Smith, pastor of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Bahama, will be the guest speaker. Smith is a consultant for continuing legal education, a former attorney, and the author of the book “Deal By Me.” Childbirth classes — Maria Parham Medical Center will offer Lamaze-certified childbirth classes at 6:30 p.m. at the hospital. Expectant moms who are between their fifth and eighth month of pregnancy are eligible to take the class. Participants do not have to be Vance County residents. Class size is limited and the fee is $50. Anyone who is interested in taking the course must call (252) 436-1881 to register. If you have questions about the class, please call Jackie Ross at (252) 436-1414.

A course entitled “Digital Photography and Photo Editing” will be taught at Vance-Granville Community College’s main campus in Vance County, starting Jan. 25. Classes will be held on Monday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. through March 15. Students will learn the basics of operating digital cameras. Then, they will learn how to manipulate and edit the digital photographs they have taken, using the Adobe Photoshop Elements software program. Jennifer Allen is the instructor. For more information and to register, call VGCC at (252) 738-3417 or 738-3324.

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happened, Jax and Long had been together for about two years when they were among the department’s five K-9 teams who got the Officer of the Month designation for April of 2009. After undergoing three months of K-9 training, Pearce was certified with the International Police Working Dog Association. Pearce, who won the same performance award for July of 2008, applied to become Jax’s partner because he had become familiar with the dog by helping out during aggression control training over a two-year period. His role was to play the bad guy while Jax chewed on his padded sleeve during Long’s directions to the K-9. They also worked drug cases together. According to Pearce, he was the one who had to do most of the learning during the training period that ended last November. “Jax already knows his stuff,” Pearce said. “I’ve just got to get acquainted with him.” Over the last couple of years, Pearce has learned 15 to 20 commands in

Dutch that allow him to converse with Jax in a language that almost no one else close by can understand. Sometimes his partner finds fault with Pearce’s pronunciation: “He just looks up at me and asks ‘What did you say?’” Pearce said he and his partner get along very well “because he wants to be as proactive as I am.” Jax is a happy employee and a great friend, according to Pearce. “I love him. He’s very sociable, just like any other dog when he’s not on duty. When it’s time to work, he’s all business.” So is Pearce. During last month, his supervisors said, Pearce made “several good drug arrests stemming from proactive patrols during his down time.” They also credited him with being “the highestproducing officer on Section One and the highest in the patrol division.” Pearce wrote 23 incident reports, served nine warrants, wrote 22 citations, made one felony arrest and made 11 on-view misdemeanor arrests.

ongoing battle locally for many years.” Vance County’s unemployment rate was at 13.5 percent in November. The state’s jobless rate was 10.8 percent for the same month. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 25 percent of Vance County’s residents live below the poverty line. That compares with about 15 percent for the state. Elizabeth Hundley Finley, Development and Communications manager for APPCNC, said the local health department has been working hard to get a pregnancy prevention program started, but that they haven’t gotten anything off the ground yet. “They applied for funding last year from the state but didn’t get it,” Finley said in an e-mail. “They are applying again this year to do a great program called Teen PEP.” The Teen PEP program’s goals are to provide a leadership and learning opportunity for participants, and to get to the point

where peer-to-peer communications about sex and relationships are factual and healthy. “By seeking funding and expanding partnerships, we hope to address this problem which can impact so many long-term health and life outcomes,” Barker said. Finley also pointed to another tool Vance County will have in its prevention efforts: The law. A law regarding sex education in public schools changed in the last legislative session, and those changes will go into effect in the 2010-2011 school year. The new law changes the state’s “abstinence only until marriage” education to “reproductive health and safety” education, Finley said. The new law says that schools must continue to teach that abstinence is the safest choice and the expected standard for schoolchildren, but also requires schools to add lessons on FDA-approved contraceptives, STD prevention and

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Power Shift which took a proactive approach to stopping and preventing crimes. Pearce joined the police force in Henderson in November of 2007. “He has been an asset to the Henderson Police Department since he started,” according to an “interoffice memorandum” on Pearce’s latest award. In May of 2006, Pearce graduated from Basic Law Enforcement Training at Vance-Granville Community College. He went to work at Louisburg College as a campus police officer in August of the same year. A native of Wake Forest, Pearce owned a martial arts studio in Raleigh prior to getting into law enforcement. It still shows. Jax’s 90-pound body is covered with black fur. As for his partner, he has a serious tattoo collection on both of his forearms. They reflect his martial arts career as a tournament competitor and an instructor.

transmission facts, and information on sexual abuse and sexual assault. “This change in the law is going to be big for Vance County — effective community programs are awesome but this is a shot at universal basic prevention education,” Finley said. “Education continues to play a vital role in the impact of a teen’s minds when it comes to responsible decision making,” Barker said. The health department does currently offer services aimed at curbing teen pregnancies. Some of these are: • Free family planning classes that address reproductive health education,

STD transmission, and proper use of condoms and contraception. • Free condoms during health department operation hours. The Franklin-GranvilleVance Partnership for Children also offers an adolescent parenting program. If you are interested in being part of the teen pregnancy prevention initiative in Vance County, contact Barker at (252) 492-7915 ext. 235 or abarker@gvdhd. org Online: Pdf of the teen pregnancy rankings

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WARRENTON — Emma Lee Alston, 65, of 123 Moor Road died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Boyd’s Funeral Serivces.

HENDERSON — Funeral services for Clifton Burwell, 50, of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Rowland Chapel Christian Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body will be on view at the church one hour before the services. Arrangements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — American rescue workers have freed a woman trapped for four days under the rubble of a collapsed university build- Hilda A. Ball ing, a rare miracle in a city HENDERSON — Hilda awash in death and misery. Aiken Ball, 83, of 358 The Associated Press witnessed the rescue of 29-year-old Southerland Mill Road, died Saturday, Jan. 16, Saint-Helene Jean-Louis on 2010, at Maria Parham Saturday evening, 97 hours Medical Center. Born on after the quake struck. May 4, 1927 in FrankShe had been trapped lin County, she was the between the second and third floors of a collapsed building at daughter of the late Ivan M. Aiken and Beulah Burthe Port-au-Prince university, surrounded by the bodies of at nette Aiken. She was employed at least eight people who died. the former Henderson Rescuers from the Fairfax County, Va., Urban Search and Drug Store, which later Rescue team tore away through became Mast Drug Store, for over 30 years, and was a few more layers, digging down and sideways to free her a member of Spring Valley upper body. She was able to sip United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be a little water. Nearly 30 hours later, work- held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the J. M. White Funeral ing in two shifts, they pulled Home Chapel by Pastor Jean-Louis out of the buildSteve Smith. Burial will ing — still alive. She was able follow in Sunset Gardens. to say her name before being She is survived by whisked away to an Israeli field one daughter, Anne B. hospital. Kearney of Louisburg; one It is increasingly a race against time: Red Cross spokes- son, Pat Ball of Henderman Simon Schorno noted that son; one brother, Bill Aiken of Cokesbury; six the critical 72-hour period for finding survivors “has past and grandchildren; and nine ... these stories of people surviv- great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by ing are getting rarer.” her husband, James Allen “The whole thing is pretty Ball. amazing,” Fairfax County Lt. The family will receive Evan Lewis said of Jean-Louis’ rescue. “I’ve been doing this for friends Monday night from 7 to 8:30 at J. M. White a long time and you don’t see Funeral Home. At other that many people buried for that long of a time who are still times they will be at the home of her son, Pat Ball coherent.” at 340 Southerland Mill Jean-Louis didn’t speak Road. English, but was able to talk Flowers will be accepted to a local Creole-speaking fireor memorial contributions fighter while rescuers sawed, may be made to Vance drilled, hammered and pulled County Relay For Life, P. at the rubble. She stated her O. Box, PO Box 914, Henage and what part of her body UPS Shipping Digital Color derson, N.C.Copies 27536. hurt. They inserted IVs into •her Arrangements Church Bulletins • Printing are by J. arms and began administering M. White Funeral Home. fluids andCopying antibiotics.Faxing & Bindery Services

Perry A. Faulkner Jr. HENDERSON — Perry Albert “P.A.” Faulkner Jr., 67, of 421 Pritchett Road, Warrenton, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at his home. Born in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Perry Albert Faulkner Sr. and Louise Denson Faulkner. Mr. Faulkner was a heavy equipment operator. He was a member of Faulkner Hunting Club and attended High Cross Cowboy Church. No service is planned. Surviving are his wife, Linda Huff Faulkner; three daughters, Dianne F. Ayscue, of Alert, Stacey Faulkner, of the home, and Brittany Faulkner, of the home; six sons, Matthew Faulkner, of Henderson, Wayne Faulkner, of Alert, Perry Allen Faulkner, of Alert, Chad Faulkner, of the home, Perry A. Faulkner III, of Warrenton, and Justin Faulkner, of Warrenton; three sisters, Edna D. Thomas, of Kittrell, Shirley D. Roberson, of Henderson, and Rita F. Boyd, of Oxford; six brothers, Douglas Faulkner, of Alert, Fulton Faulkner, of Alert, Dwight Faulkner, of Louisburg, Kirk Faulkner, of Louisburg, Gary Faulkner, of Louisburg,

and Thurston Faulkner, of Youngsville; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, Michael Faulkner and Bruce Dickerson; and a sister, Mildred D. Patton. The family will receive friends at the home, 421 Pritchett Road, Warrenton. Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home.

Ervin H. Stallings Jr. HENDERSON — Ervin H. Stallings Jr. of 991 Hicksboro Road died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at his home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by J.M. White Funeral Home.

Christine M Jones OXFORD — Christine McGarr Jones, 82, of 2570 Davis Chapel Road died Friday, Jan 15, 2010, at her home. A native of Granville County, she was the widow of Drewery “Doc” Jones and the daughter of the late Lewis and Susan Campbell McGarr. She was a member of Mountain Creek Baptist Church and retired from Home Care Industries. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. Johnny Richards and the Rev. Lemar Wheeler. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Surviving are four daughters, Julia Rodgers of Lexington and Linda Sharon, Kathy Jones and Patricia Mangum, all of Oxford; three sons, Drewery Jones Jr. and Bobby Jones, both of Oxford, and Louis Jones of Warrenton; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Two sons, Herbert and Julian Jones, and two grandchildren, John Mangum and Michael Jones, preceded her in death. Visitation will be Monday evening at Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford and at other times at the home.

Jerry W. Wilson OXFORD — Jerry William Wilson, 54, of 2694 D Lake Devin Road, died Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at his home. Born on Feb. 6, 1955, in Charlotte he was the son of the late Eugene R. Wilson and Ruby Turner Wilson. Jerry was a self-employed truck driver and was a member of Living Stone Church of God Worship Center. A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Living Stone Church of God Worship Center at 6096 Tabbs Creek Road by the Rev. Milton Abbott and the Rev. Frank Sossamon. He is survived by his wife, Angela Malugen Wilson of Oxford; two daughters, Jenna Wilson of Henderson and Amy Mayo of Clayton; his twin brother, Terry Edwards of Henderson; two sisters, Sandra W. Faulkner of Henderson and Sherry W. Tickle of Pageland, S.C.; his step-mother, Doris Wilson of Charlotte; his step-sister, Sissy Taylor of Charlotte; and his stepbrother, Freddie Gilliam of Rocky Mount. He was preceded in death by one

son, Tony Wilson. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 1 to 2 p.m. at Living Stone Church of God Worship Center and at other times at the home of Sandra Lawhorn at 124 Shadowbrook Drive, in the Watkins Community. Arrangements are by J. M. White Funeral Home.

Zelma B. Wortham OXFORD — Zelma Bass Wortham, 88, of 2046 Enon Road died Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, in Randallstown, Md. She was the daughter of the late Julius Bass and Nannie Mae Bass Satterwhite. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at Oak Grove Baptist Church by the Rev. Ray Allsberry. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. She is survived by a daughter, Judith C. Dickerson of Randallstown, Md.; four sisters, Ora Mae Bullock of Roxboro, Lovely Brandon of Oxford, Ersalene Vaughn of Atlanta, Ga., and Ernestine “Tine” Peace of Durham; three brothers, Willie Bass of Roxboro, and Julius “JT” Bass and Tom Satterwhite, both of Oxford; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Viewing will be today from 1 to 6 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home.

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Gypsy moth treatment topic of meeting in Warren RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is seeking input from residents in Granville, Warren, Currituck and Dare counties concerning treatment options for the non-native, highly destructive gypsy moth. Field monitoring activities conducted by NCDA&CS in 2009 determined that reproducing populations of the gypsy moth exist in these counties and represent a threat to hardwoods. Residents in or near the proposed treatment areas have been sent notices by mail.

Among the meetings scheduled to hear from residents is one at the Warren County Memorial Library, 119 S. Front St., Warrenton, on Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. This meeting is for the proposed treatment area near or associated with the Macon area in Warren County. Gypsy moths feed on the leaves of hundreds of plant species, predominantly hardwood trees. In heavily infested areas, trees may be completely stripped of foliage, leaving entire forests more susceptible to

attacks from other pests. Gypsy moths can also be a nuisance to the general public. Caterpillars may migrate in search of food, sometimes entering houses and ending up in swimming pools. Some people can have allergic reactions to the caterpillars’ tiny hairs. Options for dealing with gypsy moth infestations include aerial spraying of biological pesticides and aerial applications of products to disrupt gypsy moth mating. Trapping grids are used to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments.

Government fines United Airlines $30,000 for fare flub MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Transportation Department said on Friday that United Airlines must pay a $30,000 fine for failing to include a federal tax when it quoted some airfares on its Web site. The government said United left a 7.5 percent federal excise tax out of

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Hut Wester, treasurer of the Henderson Rotary Club, presents the Paul Harris Award to Jeanne Fox, librarian at H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library, in recognition of her contributions to the community.

Librarian receives Rotary Club award By DAVID IRVINE Daily Dispatch Writer

The Henderson Rotary Club presented Jeanne Fox, director of H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library, with the Paul Harris Award at its weekly meeting on Tuesday evening. The Paul Harris Award, named for one of the founders of Rotary, is given to individuals who have made significant contributions to their communities or to the goals of Rotary International — erasing illiteracy, promoting peace and conflict resolution, eradicating polio, fighting hunger and reducing child mortality. In presenting the award to Fox, chapter treasurer Hut Wester described the changes that have taken place in the library since Fox became librarian in 1990. He pointed out the following milestones attained under Fox’s leadership: • 1990 — The library had no computers. Now there are 69 computers, 49

of which are available for public use. • 1994 — The library record system became automated. • 1996 — The Internet became accessible at the library. • 2006 — The library moved into the new facility, built as part of the Embassy Block project. The importance of the library to the community is illustrated by statistics for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. During that period 161,112 people visited the library; 40,296 people used the library’s computers, an 8 percent increase over the previous year; and 2,729 new library cards were issued, bringing the total number of library card holders to 32,192. After giving a brief biography of Fox, Wester presented her with a certificate, a pin and a medallion carrying the image of Paul Harris. Contact the writer at dirvine@ hendersondispatch.com.

Federal inspectors seize $7 million worth of pirated DVDs at two California ports LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal inspectors at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have seized a shipment of pirated DVDs worth more than $7 million. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday that more than 250,000 of the discs were confiscated on Jan. 7. The shipment arrived on a sea container from South Korea and was

destined to an importer in Los Angeles County. Last year, U.S. Customs and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized more than $260 million worth of counterfeit items nationwide. Media items were among the top items taken. Customs spokeswoman Christina Gamez said the counterfeit DVDs will be destroyed.

• Erica Sharee Couch, 24, of 476 Julia St., Henderson, was booked Jan. 7. Failure to appear. Bond was set at $2,000. • Davelle Lamar Townsend, 26, of 1213 Hight St., Henderson, was booked Jan. 7. Failure to appear. Bond was set at $995. • Sedrick Sirous Blackwell, 28, of 2182-C Mountain Creek Road, Oxford, was booked Jan. 7. Misdemeanor communicating threats. Two counts of misdemeanor threatening phone calls. Failure to appear. Bond was set at $1,500. • David Jamal Hobgood, 26, of 5534 Tabbs Creek Church Road, Oxford, was booked Jan. 8. Two counts of domestic violence protective order violations. No bond was set. • William Chris Dalton, 18, of 1237 U.S. 158 W., Oxford, was booked Jan. 9. Misdemeanor assault and battery. No bond was set. • Mitchell Jay Currin, 19, of 7069 Mountain Creek Road, Oxford, was booked Jan. 10.

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Misdemeanor larceny of jewelry. Misdemeanor communicating a threat. Bond was set at $1,000. Currin also was booked Jan. 11 for misdemeanor communicating threats. No bond was set. • Deattre Robinson, 27, of 6635 Clearwater Drive, Oxford, was booked Jan. 11. Three counts of felony identity theft. Two counts of felony financial card theft. Bond was set at $5,000. • Rodney Surratt, 36, of 1515 U.S. 158 W., Berea, was booked Jan. 11. Domestic violence protective order violation. No bond was set. • Lisa Marie Allen, 21, of 539-A Woodland Church Road, Wake Forest, was booked Jan. 12. Two counts of felony obtaining property by false pretense. Bond was set at $5,000. Allen was booked the same day for one count of felony larceny and one count of felony possession of stolen goods. Bond was set at $2,000. • Kenneth Comer, 35, of 2582 Bodie Currin Road, Oxford, was booked Jan. 12. Contempt of court, perjury and court violations. Bond was set at $500.

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• Andell Harris, 34, of 206 Hicksmill Road, was booked Jan. 12. Misdemeanor failure to return rental property. No bond was set. • Sue Hobgood, 48, of 731 Baker St., was booked Jan. 12. Two counts of misdemeanor worthless checks. No bond was set. • Derrick Bullock, 43, of 209 Person St., on Jan. 13 was served a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. Bond was preset at $1,000. • Thomas Ragland, 60, of 8141-B Charlie Stovall Road, was booked Jan. 14. Misdemeanor larceny. Bond was set at $500. • Chastity Chavis, 21, of 512 Granville St., was booked Jan. 14. Misdemeanor failure to return rental property. No bond was set. • Cecil Puryear, 25, of 414 Person St., was booked Jan. 14. Misdemeanor assault. Misdemeanor fugitive warrant for probation violation. No bond was set. • Nanetta Bailey, 25, of 400 Sunset Ave., was booked Jan. 14. Misdemeanor worthless check. No bond was set.

• Ashley Boyd, 21, of 6547 U.S. 15 N., was booked Jan. 8. Misdemeanor larceny/shoplifting. No bond was set. • Michael Wright, 26, of 611 Granville St., was booked Jan. 9. Misdemeanor assault. Misdemeanor communicating threats. Bond was set at $1,000. • Larry Terry, 39, of 1075 Tungsten Mine Road, Townsville, was booked Jan. 9. Misdemeanor driving while impaired. Bond was set at $500. • Arnetta Alston, 27, of 122 Crescent Drive, on Jan. 10 was served two misdemeanor failure to appear warrants. Bond was pre-set at $500. • Jose Hernandez-Aguilera, 26, of 800 16 Tein Circle Mobile Home Park, Butner, was booked Jan. 10. Misdemeanor carrying a concealed weapon. Bond was set at $600. • Maurice Harris, 29, of 811 Goshen St., was booked Jan. 10. Misdemeanor larceny. Bond was set at $800. • Savonna Perry, 25, of 115 Green St., on Jan. 11 was served a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. No bond was set.

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meanor failure to appear on traffic charges. Secured bond was set at $800. Court date Jan. 26. • Sylvester Lyons, 28, of 524 Stone St. was served Jan. 14 with an order for arrest. Misdemeanor failure to appear on charge of fail to comply with child support. Secured bond was set at $750. Court date Jan. 27. • James Decarlos Alston, 30, of 663 Hibernia Road was served Jan. 14 with an order for arrest. Failure to appear on a charge of fail to comply with child support, 2 counts. Secured bond was set at $214. Court date Jan. 27.

nal pills valued at $323, Percocet Arrests • Dennis Wayne Boone, 26, pills valued at $323 and 12 CDs of 325 Vincent Hoyle Road was valued at $15. • James Ollis, 18, of 857 served Jan. 14 with an order for • Triple D Security, 317 S. Lamb St. was served Jan. 13 arrest. Misdemeanor failure to Garnett St. reported Jan. 14 the with a citation. Misdemeanor appear. Secured bond was set theft of the following items and simple possession of marijuana. at $600. Court date March 9. their values: Home Safe home Court date Feb. 11. • Kinte Sneed, 31, of 539 security system, $140; Strobe • John Edward Closs, 42, of Plum Nutty Road was arrested. home security system, $80; 274 Kittrell St. was served Jan. Misdemeanor assault on a Swat car security system with 14 with a criminal summons. female. Misdemeanor commuremote, $80; Mace pepper spray Misdemeanor worthless check, 2 nicating threats. No bond. Court gun, $75; 40-inch red sword with counts. Court date Jan. 26. date Jan. 25.• Corwin Philipe case, $35; 40-inch black sword • Gerald Christopher Jordan, Durham, 32, of 1444 N. Chavis with case, $35; and 40-inch yel43, of 917 N. Pinkston St. was Road, Kittrell, was served Jan. low sword with case, $35. Damarrested Jan. 14. Misdemeanor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 14 with an order for arrest. Misage to front window! estimated failure Secured bond !"#$%#$ !"#$%#$&'($")&#*"+'' ' ' ' to appear. ''',-./'0*"1)"'2$3$14'5*63' demeanor failure to appear on at $500. Larceny was set at $10,000. Court date charge of driving while license 7$138'796":;'<=7>' ' ' ''''''''''''?'@$9)%'1*"#A'*B'CDB*"3'E6":' 7$138' Feb. 15. revoked. Secured bond ! was set ! • Latonya Henderson, 28, of • Smith Allen Jones, 61, of at $500. Court date Feb. 16. 141 Pine Forest Drive reported 1106 W. Young Ave. was served • Laurie Cooke, 38, of 660 Jan. 14 the theft from the resiJan. 15 with a criminal sumOld Dam Road, Selma, was dence of the following items and mons. ! Misdemeanor worthless arrested Jan. 12. Misdemeanor their values: 26-inch flat screen check. Court date Jan. 26. worthless check/closed account. TV, $600; Kodak digital camera, Unsecured bond was set at Larceny $190; and Playstation 7 !"#$%&2'(and "#$%&')()*+%$,'!-./01/.-23!! $300. Court date Feb. 11. Playstation 2 games, no values ! • Dashon Jones, 18, of 1029 • Doris Faulkner, 39, of 510 listed. Corbitt Road reported Jan. 14 N. Pinkston St. was arrested hendersondispatch.com • Tiffany Brown, 27, of 69 +, (. the theft from a vehicle of OpaJan. 12. Misdemeanor disorderly Beaver Dam Road reported Jan. * %- "#$%&')()*+%$,'!/.-210.-23) conduct. Secured bond was set (.the residence 14 the theft from / %&*(."#$%&'!()*+%$,'!0.-214.-23!! at $1,500. Court date Jan. 26. of a 32-inch Vizio flat screen TV ! • Alan Adcock of 539 Vincent valued at $450. Damage to a Hoyle Road was served Jan. 14 back door and interior door not with an order for arrest. Misdeestimated.

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Editorial Board: James Edwards, Publisher • jedwards@hendersondispatch.com Luke Horton, Editor • lhorton@hendersondispatch.com Don Dulin, News Editor • ddulin@hendersondispatch.com Linda Gupton, Features Editor • lgupton@hendersondispatch.com 304 S. Chestnut St./P.O. Box 908 Henderson, N.C. 27536 PHONE: 436-2700/FAX: 430-0125

Daily Meditation For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Romans 13:9

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No shortage of good news The men’s shelter in Henderson officially opened Friday, rounding out a week of good news. Here’s a quick look back at some of the good news headlines from the past week. • Four students stood before an audience at Vance-Granville Community College to express their appreciation for Martin Luther King Jr. and his work. Shirlecia Hunt, who said: “Dr. King’s determination, wisdom, courage and strength to do the impossible have greatly encouraged me” won $100 for her speech. The celebration event in the Civic Center was sponsored by VGCC’s Global Awareness Committee. • Crossroads Christian School crowned its homecoming king and queen following a boys’ basketball game with Norlina Christian School. Reigning are Elizabeth McAuslan and Jacob Campbell. • Community leaders gathered to officially designation 2010 the Year of Community Watch in Henderson and Vance County. • Representatives of Shalag Industries will be in Oxford soon to begin transitioning the company’s future Granville County location to a manufacturing plant. The Israeli-based Shalag hopes to be operational by early summer. The Shalag plant will employ 42 persons. • William Black of Oxford was in Haiti at the time of the earthquake and was unhurt. Black quickly jumped into relief mode, aiding the injured. Black, a former member of the Oxford Police Department who has been working since February with the U.N. Mission to Stabilize Haiti, wrote in an e-mail that “I treated about 60 people where I lived with five different med kits and finally ran out at 1 a.m.” • The men’s homeless shelter in the basement of First Presbyterian Church in Henderson officially opened its doors for the first time Friday at 5:30 p.m. • Southern Vance’s Shauna Terry was given Tom Suiter’s Extra Effort Award by the WRAL-TV personality himself in Southern Vance’s Raider Gymnasium. After filming segments for a brief news piece — which will air Tuesday during the 6 p.m. program on WRAL — Suiter presented the plaque to the three-sport athlete. The award, handed out almost weekly, recognizes student-athletes that excel in their sport as well as the classroom. Candidates are selected through a nomination process.

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(EDITOR’S NOTE: This column was originally published June 17, 2001.) There’s nothing like taking your family on a camping trip. Getting away from civilization, sleeping under the open sky, looking up into the heavens and gazing upon an awe-inspiring vista of millions and millions of . . . what ARE those things? Bats? Very large mosquitoes? Oh NO! They’ve taken little Ashley! So perhaps it’s better not to sleep under the open sky. But you should still go camping, because it’s the best way to get close to nature, with “nature” defined as “anything that you would kill if it got inside your house.” Exposure to nature is healthy, especially for children. Kids today spend far too many hours sitting around indoors, watching moronic TV shows such as “the evening news.” By stark contrast, when I was a boy growing up in the rural town of Armonk, N.Y., in a house surrounded by rustic woodland, I spent countless carefree hours roaming free in my bedroom, learning to make flatulence noises with my armpit. But I’m sure

that if I HAD gone outside and interacted with nature, I would be a much healthier person today. That’s why I say: So WHAT if North America has more than 30 species Dave of rattleBarry snakes, as well as Tribune Media 60 species Services of spiders that inflict what are classified as “medically important” bites? Let’s start planning your family camping trip right now, using the “Q” and “A” format! Q. What equipment will I need to go camping? A. You need a tent. Tent sizes are measured in units of men, as in “a three-man tent”; this tells you how many men are required to erect the tent if they are all professional tent engineers equipped with Tent Viagra. Even then, the tent will collapse under unusual weather conditions, such as nightfall. You will also need a hatchet,

for the spiders, and a credit card, for the motel. Q. Where should I go camping? A. The United States has a spectacular national park system with millions of unspoiled acres, where wildlife is protected by federal laws. Avoid these places. You want a commercial facility with a name like “The Stop ‘n’ Squat Kountry Kampground,” where large animals cannot fit through the 6-inch gaps between the Winnebagos. Q. How much food should I take? A. A lot. You’ll be providing food not only for your family, but also for the entire raccoon community. When I was a boy in rural Armonk, our garbage cans were regularly terrorized by a gang of brilliant criminal raccoons. I recall being awakened at 3 a.m. by loud noises, and looking out the window to see, by moonlight, my father, a peace-loving Presbyterian minister, charging around in the bushes, wildly swinging a baseball bat and saying non-Presbyterian words. Of course, he did not get the raccoons; you NEVER get

the raccoons. The raccoons were safe in their secret headquarters, recording my father via high-resolution night-vision videotape technology that humans would not develop for another 25 years. That particular video is still hugely popular on Raccoon Entertainment TV (“Tonight we present the classic episode ‘Crazed Minister in Pajamas’”). Ten years later, I was a counselor at Camp Sharparoon, which meant that I had to go camping in the woods with a group of boys and a nutritionally balanced food supply consisting of 75,000 small boxes of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes. I tried to protect our food at night via the Boy Scout Handbook technique of suspending it from a rope strung between two trees; the raccoons thought this was hilarious. When darkness fell, they got the food down in seconds, using lasers. Q. What if I get lost? A. If you don’t have a compass, stand very still, and listen very carefully, until you hear this sound: “eh-eh-eh.” That is Canada. Whatever you do, don’t go that way.

Dems feeling heat over Kennedy seat In August, Ted Kennedy, the Lion of the Senate, the last son of Camelot, the soul of the Democratic Party, friend of the people and scourge of robber barons, fat cats and special interests, departed this mortal coil. Now, that’s not really my opinion of the man. But if you were inclined to imbue Tom Brokaw with pontifical authority or view the world through the prism of the New York Times, or its mini-me the Boston Globe, that’s how you’d see Teddy. So it should be of more than passing interest that “Ted Kennedy’s seat” in the Senate may go to Republican Scott Brown next week. And not just any Republican, but an actual conservative, as opposed to some me-too Republican who promises to drive in the same direction as liberals. Not long ago, Brown was down 30 points to Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley. Now it’s neck and neck, according to many polls. Brown is still the underdog, but the fact that it is even close is in itself hugely significant. It’s a bit like Tibet holding its own against China in a land war, or Abe Vigoda giving Tiger Woods a run for his money at Augusta (or, for that matter, at a Vegas nightclub). Even more astounding, Brown is running directly against what everyone agrees was Ted Kennedy’s signature

issue and legacy: health care reform. Massachusetts is the most famously Democratic state in the union. Barack Obama’s presidency and the Democratic congressional majority are invested in health care reform like a Bernie Madoff victim, and Brown is surging by running as the monkey Jonah for Goldberg wrench the whole Tribune Media thing. Services This is like a Democrat successfully running in Texas on tax hikes, gay marriage and funding the Pentagon solely through bake sales. The Democratic Party is panicking like brothel patrons with the cops at the door. They’re dropping shock troops of muckety-mucks, hacks, spinners and door-knockers into Boston like Rangers into Normandy. Meanwhile, the liberal press establishment is in near-total denial. Yes, the race is getting a lot of attention, but Coakley’s problems are being chalked up to the fact that she is a bad campaigner and that this is a bad “climate” for the Democrats. They use “climate” to suggest that things are bad

for Democrats for reasons beyond their control (ironically, they don’t talk about the climate that way when it comes to global warming). Orange growers in Florida can’t be blamed for a bad crop if the climate won’t cooperate, and Democrats can’t be held accountable for their crop failure now. It’s the economy! It’s the obstructionism of the Republicans and that satanic whatchamacallit, the filibuster. Jupiter is aligned with Mars, NutraSweet has poisoned the water supply, “Lost” has been on hiatus too long, Mongo likes candy: It’s the climate, you see, the horrible, horrible climate! Democrats didn’t do anything wrong! Except they did. The Democrats’ “bad climate” is a direct result of how they’ve governed. The populist backlash is fueled by a sense that Democrats are acting on their preferred agenda and by their own rules. From the shenanigans of the people who write our tax code and collect our taxes to special deals and secret arrangements for big businesses and legislators who play ball, the Democrats have abandoned transparency in favor of transparent arrogance. Coakley is a creature of this climate. She hasn’t been running for “Ted Kennedy’s seat,” she’s been strolling to it like someone who knows it’s been reserved for her and all she needs to do is swing by

the will-call window to pick it up. “The people of Massachusetts” are an abstraction whose assigned role is to ratify her entitlement to that seat. As for the actual citizens of the state her campaign can’t be bothered to spell correctly in campaign ads? By all means, keep them at a safe distance. When asked if her campaign style is too aloof, she snapped back: “As opposed to standing outside Fenway Park (the way Scott Brown does)? In the cold? Shaking hands?” Heaven forfend the royal heir apparent descend from her carriage and actually touch the prols. Brown has raised vast sums through the sorts of small donations that allegedly made Obama a man of the people. But Coakley attacks his fundraising as the tainted lucre of right-wing ogres lurking under America’s bridges (bridges no doubt paid for with stimulus dollars), while she shakes down health-care lobbyists eager to cash in on the “reform” she will ratify. Coakley may still win. But Democrats should be on notice: The fault for her sad performance lies not in the climate, but in themselves. You can write to Jonah Goldberg in care of this newspaper or by e-mail at JonahsColumn@aol.com.

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degree or two years of college transfer credit. “Vance-Granville has been a tremendous partner, ” Spain said. Warren County High School has not been left behind in innovation. A Freshman Academy helps students make the transition from middle school to the high school. In addition to traditional classes, students at WCHS have online access to a broad range of courses through five educational packages. These include: the North Carolina community college system’s Learn and Earn Program; Quest Academy, a virtual online high school; N.C. Virtual High School; the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s iSchool; and instruction by faculty of the N.C. School of Science and Math. The school also makes extensive use of resources of the College Foundation of North Carolina. As early as the eighth grade, a student

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ON THE WATER WEEKLY

Walt anxious about his new toy Well I am as excited as a six-year-old on Christmas Eve. Tomorrow morning before dawn I will be heading up to Morganton (near Asheville) to pick up my new fishing boat, and believe me, I cannot wait. While the economy isn’t the best it’s ever been, fishing is my passion, and if I am going to fish competitively, I need equipment I can depend on. My current boat is a 2002 model, and I have travelled over 40,000 miles in it on the water, or the same distance as almost twice around the earth at the equator. The GPS (Global Positioning System) on the boat has an odometer that keeps up with miles travelled and the unit is always on when I am on the water. In addition

this boat has also been towed at least 100,000 more miles down the highway. The boat and trailer Walt are in great shape since Bowen I spend a Dispatch lot of time Fishing Columnist performing necessary routine maintenance, and someone is going to get a great deal on a nice boat with many years of service left, but it’s time for me to move on to a newer model. As with anything new, I Please see FISHING, page 3B

Lady Warriors too strong in second half for Warren Co. By KELLEN HOLTZMAN Dispatch Sports Writer Daily Dispatch/EARL KING

J.F. Webb’s Darquis Thomas goes up for a lay-up as Warren County’s Terrell Roberson and Dion Hargrove defend during Saturday’s win for the Warriors.

Webb grounds upset-minded Eagles By KELLEN HOLTZMAN Dispatch Sports Writer

WARRENTON — One day removed from knocking off Orange in Carolina 3A play, J.F. Webb took a non-conference hiatus with a trip to Warren County Saturday. Webb suppressed a late, pesky Eagle comeback attempt in a 55-46 win, giving the Warriors a season sweep over Warren County. “I give Warren County a lot

of credit,” said Webb coach Leo Brunelli. “The coach does a great job. They were scrapping all the way to the end.” The Warriors held a comfortable 46-31 advantage entering the fourth quarter, but the Eagles chipped away at the lead. Warren County’s Adam Aycock nailed a 3-pointer from the corner with 2:28 remaining to make it 51-42. The Eagles forced two turnovers, eventually trimming the lead to seven, but couldn’t get

any closer. “We have to play four quarters. We played two and a half quarters of basketball,” said Warren County coach Ed Miles. Darquis Thomas continued to shine for Webb, leading the game with 20 points a night after scoring 23 against Orange. “He’s a dynamite guard. It was hard for us to find an answer for him,” said Miles. The Warriors led by 12 at Please see WEBB WIN, page 3B

‘We call that Vanguard basketball’ Vance-Granville pulls away in second half to beat Catawba Valley By ERIC S. ROBINSON Dispatch Sports Editor

Samuel Hilton and Raymond Dunn combined for two consecutive highlight reel plays, turning the tide and setting the tone in the second half of VanceGranville’s 75-64 win over Catawba Valley Saturday. In what had been a back-and-forth opening five minutes of the half, Hilton made it 47-44 with a big dunk. He followed it on the next possession with an alley-oop pass to Dunn, who put it down with a onehanded slam. “We call that Vanguard basketball,” Dunn VGCC coach Avery Wilson said with a laugh. “Vanguard basketball — getting out and running.” The Vanguards went on a mini-run to get some separation, and maintained an eight- to 10-point lead the rest of the way. After gaining the advantage early, leading 20-15 midway through the Please see VANGUARDS, page 3B

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Vance-Granville’s Samuel Hilton dunks while Catawba Valley’s Jacolby Corpening looks on during Saturday’s 75-64 Vanguard win.

The old adage “a tale of two halves” doesn’t do justice to the transformation J.F. Webb made from the first half to the second against Warren County Saturday. A struggling Eagle squad appeared to have the Warriors on the ropes, leading 17-15 at halftime — but Webb out-scored Warren County 46-7 in the second half of a 61-24 non-conference rout. “If that was not a fairy tale, I’ve never seen one in my life,” said Warrior coach Kenneth Rogers. “I’m glad it wasn’t a happy ending for them.” Webb, which improved to 10-2 overall, was without injured point guard Chasity White, but the Eagles were also without star player Khadija Brown. The Warriors regained the lead at the 6:20 mark of the third quarter and never looked back, out-scoring Warren County 26-2 in the quarter. “You play like that in the first half and you start having negative thoughts like, ‘this might really be their night to upset us,’” Rogers said. “Sometimes, good teams get upset on certain nights and I’m just thankful this wasn’t one of those nights.” But for the downtrodden Eagles coming off of a three-point loss to Louisburg Friday, the miraculous first half was something to hang their hats on. “I was like, ‘thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus.’” said Warren County coach Sheila Seward. “They just have to have a little more faith in themselves.” Webb’s suffocating press defense swallowed Seward’s young Eagles for the duration of the third quarter. The Warriors scored 10 points off turnovers in a 21-0 run to end the third. “That’s why I called a quick time out,” Seward said. “They have to learn to be players on the court without a coach telling them what to do.” Webb went on to out-score Warren County 20-5 in the final period. “We played much better defense,” said Rogers. “We stopped reaching, we stopped committing fouls. We were able to play better defense by moving our feet and not our hands as much.” Kiana Morton and Lameisha Terry led the Warriors with 14

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J.F. Webb’s Diamond Greene goes up for a shot as Warren County’s Mary Frances Johnson defends during Saturday’s game in Warrenton. points. Morton scored all 14 in the second half. Diamond Greene added 11. “I think we finally found out that we could play without Chasity,” said Rogers. “Then, we started putting things together in the second half.” Webb led 11-6 after the first quarter, but Warren County caught fire near the end of the second quarter. Dominique Solomon converted an inside basket with 25 seconds left in the half to tie the game before Lashonda Williams hit a shot that brought the Eagles’ faithful in attendance to their feet. Williams banked in a long 2-point jumper off the glass as time expired to give Warren County the surprising 17-15 halftime advantage. “You saw the excitement. It was like they won the championship at halftime,” said Seward. Williams and Calena Jeffries led Warren County with six points. The Eagles host Franklinton on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Webb looks to remain undefeated in Carolina 3A play with a road fixture at Chapel Hill Tuesday. Contact the writer at kholtzman@ hendersondispatch.com.

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Two-minute drill Local Sports Christian Faith Center to celebrate homecoming Creedmoor’s Christian Faith Center Academy will be celebrating its 2010 homecoming on January 22. The junior varsity boys’ basketball game will start at 4:30 p.m., with the varsity boys following at 6 p.m. At the conclusion of the second game, the homecoming king and queen will be coronated. The public is invited to attend. The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students. Concessions will also be nade available for purchase. For more information, contact the academy office at (919) 528-1581, extension 112.

AAU to hold youth basketball tryouts The Amateur Athletic Union will hold basketball tryouts boys’ eight and under and nine and under teams. Tryouts will be Saturday, Jan. 30 at Hawley Middle School in Creedmoor at 1:30 p.m. For more information, contact Terrence Harcum at (919) 450-7220, e-mail tharcum@ncswarm.com, or visit www.ncswarm.com.

Next Level Baseball to hold camps Next Level Baseball will be holding four 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. Next Level Baseball is localed at 328 Red Oak Road in Henderson.

Local Schedule Tuesday, Jan. 19 Basketball-Boys n Victory Christian at Norlina Christian 7 p.m. n Grace of Raleigh at Crossroads Christian 7:15 p.m. n Cardinal Gibbons at Northern Vance 7:30 p.m. n Parrott Academy at KerrVance 7:30 p.m. n Franklinton at Warren County 7:30 p.m. n J.F. Webb at Chapel Hill 7:30 p.m.

Basketball-Girls Christian at Norlina Christian 5:30 p.m. n Parrott Academy at KerrVance 6 p.m. n Grace of Raleigh at Crossroads Christian 6 p.m. n Franklinton at Warren County 6 p.m. n Cardinal Gibbons at Northern Vance 6 p.m. n Victory

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JV Basketball-Boys Academy at KerrVance 4:30 p.m. n Franklinton at Warren County 4:30 p.m. n Grace of Raleigh at Crossroads Christian 4:45 p.m. n Cardinal Gibbons at Northern Vance 4:30 p.m. n J.F. Webb at Chapel Hill 4:30 p.m. n Parrott

JV Basketball-Girls Academy at KerrVance 3:15 p.m. n Trinity of Raleigh at Crossroads Christian 3:30 p.m. n Warren County at Franklinton 4:30 p.m. n Parrott

Sports on TV Sunday, Jan. 17 BOWLING 1 p.m. n ESPN — PBA, Earl Anthony Memorial Classic, at Dublin, Calif. EXTREME SPORTS 3 p.m. n NBC — Winter Dew Tour, Wendy’s Invitational, at Ogden, Utah FIGURE SKATING 4:30 p.m. n NBC — U.S. Championships, men’s free skate, at Spokane, Wash. (includes taped coverage) GOLF 8:30 a.m. n TGC — European PGA Tour, Joburg Open, final round, at Johannesburg, South Africa (same-day tape) 7 p.m. n TGC — PGA Tour, Sony Open, final round, at Honolulu MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1:30 p.m. n CBS — Connecticut at Michigan 8 p.m. n FSN — Wake Forest at Duke NBA BASKETBALL 9 p.m. n ESPN — Utah at Denver NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. n FOX — NFC Divisional playoffs, team TBA at Minnesota 4:30 p.m. n CBS — AFC Divisional playoffs, team TBA at San Diego NHL HOCKEY 12:30 p.m. n NBC — Chicago at Detroit SOCCER 2:55 p.m. n ESPN — Spanish Primera Division, Tenerife vs. Barcelona, at

Tenerife, Spain TENNIS 7 p.m. n ESPN2 — Australian Open, first round, at Melbourne, Australia 3 a.m. n ESPN2 — Australian Open, first round, at Melbourne, Australia WOMEN’S COLLEGE B-BALL 3:30 p.m. n FSN — Nebraska at Baylor 5 p.m. n ESPN2 — UAB at UCF 5:30 p.m. n FSN — UCLA at Southern Cal 4 a.m. n FSN — Texas A&M at Oklahoma (delayed tape) Monday, Jan. 18 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 9 p.m. n ESPN — Texas at Kansas St. NBA BASKETBALL 5:30 p.m. n TNT — Phoenix at Memphis 8 p.m. n TNT — Dallas at Boston 10:30 p.m. n TNT — Orlando at L.A. Lakers NHL HOCKEY 8 p.m. n VERSUS — Minnesota at Dallas TENNIS 3 p.m. n ESPN2 — Australian Open, first round, at Melbourne, Australia (same-day tape) 9 p.m. n ESPN2 — Australian Open, first round, at Melbourne, Australia 3 a.m. n ESPN2 — Australian Open, first round, at Melbourne, Australia WOMEN’S COLLEGE B-BALL 7 p.m. n ESPN2 — Connecticut at Duke

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Colt defense stifles Flacco, Ravens By BARRY WILNER AP Football Writer

INDIANAPOLIS — There’s a price to pay for keeping the ball out of Peyton Manning’s hands. Once he gets it, he doesn’t give it back — at least not until he’s gotten the Indianapolis Colts plenty of points and a playoff win. In his first game since winning an unprecedented fourth NFL MVP award, Manning threw for two touchdowns Saturday night in a 20-3 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. The Colts will host the AFC championship next Sunday against San Diego or the New York Jets. Manning and the other Colts starters got lots of rest when rookie coach Jim Caldwell sat them for long portions of the final two regular-season games, both losses after they had opened 14-0. Then they had a bye, a reward for owning the league’s best record. And when the Ravens (10-8), who routed New England in the wild-card round, marched 87 yards for an early field goal, the All-Pro quarterback’s sour face told it all. By halftime, the scoreboard told it all: Indianapolis 17, Baltimore 3. It didn’t get any tighter, even though Ed Reed got his fourth career interception of Manning in the third quarter. Reed was stripped of the ball by a sprinting Pierre Garcon, the intended receiver, at the end of a

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Indianapolis linebacker Gary Brackett, left, and defensive end Dwight Freeney, right, sack Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco during the first half of Saturday’s game in Indianapolis. 38-yard return. Dallas Clark recovered, and Reed was robbed of another pick five plays later because of a pass interference call on Corey Ivy. The Ravens’ vaunted defense was self-destructing, and Manning gave it another push toward the offseason with a 14-play drive to Matt Stover’s 33yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. Directing a patient offense, Manning finished 30 of 44 for 246 yards. The last time the Colts hosted the conference title game was three years ago, when they won their only Super Bowl representing Indianapolis. That championship victory came in Miami, the same site as next month’s Super Bowl. Indy’s 18th-ranked defense gave Manning lots of help, shutting down a running game that romped for

234 yards against the Patriots. Even when Ray Rice, who had 159 yards rushing a week ago, burst through for a 20-yard gain, Raheem Brock forced a fumble and the Colts recovered. It was Indy’s third of four takeaways. Baltimore, with rookie Joe Flacco at quarterback, won two road games last January to get to the AFC championship game, where it lost to Pittsburgh. Flacco struggled in this postseason and was intercepted twice Saturday night. Stover, the career scoring leader for Baltimore who joined Indianapolis in October, also had a 44-yard field goal. Billy Cundiff had a 25-yarder for the Ravens’ only points. The Colts have won eight straight against Baltimore, a city they once called home. The last time they were so stingy in a

playoff game was as the Baltimore Colts 39 years ago, a 20-3 win over Cleveland — where the Ravens once lived as the original Browns. The Ravens threw a wrinkle at Indianapolis on their first possession, using a no-huddle offense for portions of the 15-play drive that kept Manning on the sideline for nearly 8 minutes. What Baltimore didn’t do was finish the drive with a touchdown, and it was fortunate to get Cundiff’s field goal after Antoine Bethea dropped an interception at the goal line. Manning must have been jealous of that series, because he soon led the Colts on an 8-minute, 75-yarder, converting a fourth-and-4 pass to Joseph Addai along the way. His pinpoint throw to Collie in the left corner of the end zone — the kind of pass that has become a Manning trademark — made it 10-3. Then it was back to the quick pace the Colts are known for. After Baltimore’s three-and-out, Manning needed just 1:23 to make it 17-3. The drive was aided by Ray Lewis’ personal foul on a helmetto-helmet hit against Collie in the end zone, and Wayne then leaned in with a 3-yard pass with 3 seconds remaining in the half. Following its impressive first possession, Baltimore had the ball for less than 4 minutes in the opening half, gaining 9 yards in the second period.

Brees, Bush lead Saints in rout of Cardinals By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer

NEW ORLEANS — Maybe a little rest was all Drew Brees and Reggie Bush needed to shift the Saints’ league-leading offense back into overdrive. That, and a visit from Arizona’s porous defense. Brees threw three touchdown passes, Bush scored on an 83-yard punt return and a spectacular 46-yard run, and New Orleans overwhelmed the defending NFC champion Cardinals 45-14 in their divisional playoff game Saturday. “We came off a stretch where we had all the advantages of being rested,” New Orleans coach Sean Payton said. “We played with a lot of energy.” One win from the Super Bowl, the Saints will host an NFC title game for the first time in franchise history next weekend when they play the winner of Sunday’s game between Dallas and Minnesota. “There’s been a lot of firsts since Sean Payton has been here in the organization and we want to keep that going,” Brees said. “We want to bring this franchise a championship.” Jeremy Shockey caught a touchdown pass in his return from a three-game absence. Devery Henderson and Marques Colston also had touchdown catches, and Lynell Hamilton had a short touchdown run for the Saints. Coming off its 51-45 overtime win over Green Bay in the wild-card round, Arizona wound up yielding 90 points in the postseason, the most ever allowed in consecutive playoff games in one season. Even the Saints’ sometimes soft defense played well, forcing two turnovers, harassing Warner often and knocking Arizona’s 38-yearold quarterback out of the game briefly when, during Will Smith’s interception return, he was blind-sided by Bobby McCray’s block. Warner was 17 of 26 for 205 yards, but was

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New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees reacts after Reggie Bush’s 46-yard touchdown during the first quarter of Saturday’s game. unable to move Arizona consistently. The Cardinals punted twice and missed a long field goal in the first half before heading into halftime down 35-14. Arizona punted twice more in the third quarter, with Bush scoring on the second to make it 45-14. Bush finished with 84 yards rushing, 24 yards receiving and 109 yards on three punt returns. Colston caught six passes for 83 yards. “We had a plan the whole time,” said Brees, who passed for 247 yards. “It was hard for anybody to understand that plan if you’re not a member of my team, but we trusted in that plan, that process. We executed throughout the week and it showed in the game.” The victory wound up being so easy for New Orleans that Payton began pulling his regulars early in the fourth quarter and going with basic run plays to chew up the clock. It was more like what Saints fans had gotten used to in the first 12 weeks of the season, when New Orleans was blowing out opponents en route to a 13-0 start. The Saints then finished

the season on a three-game skid, averaging 14.7 points during that stretch. But New Orleans finished as the NFC’s top seed anyway, and players said after their bye week that they’d return healthy and in early season form. Looking to inspire the club, Payton on Friday signed fan favorite Deuce McAllister, who was inactive but led the team out onto the field before the game alongside Bush, who was wielding a black baseball bat. It didn’t appear as though the Saints would be

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delivering a beating when the game started, though. Arizona took the opening kickoff, and with the Superdome crowd howling madly to fire up the defense, Tim Hightower burst through a huge hole on the first play from scrimmage, cut back left and stunned the crowd into silence with a 70-yard TD run. It was the fourth rushing touchdown of 66 yards or more given up by New Orleans this season. The good news for the Saints was they had 59:41 left to make up for it. They needed one series to tie it, with Hamilton’s 1-yard run capping a more methodical 10-play, 72-yard drive. On Arizona’s next possession, Warner hit Jerheme Urban cutting across the middle, but Randall Gay stripped him from behind and the ball bounced right to Darren Sharper, who returned it to the Cardinals 37. That led to Brees’ 17-yard scoring strike to Shockey, who hopped as if the right foot injury that kept him out of the last three regular-season games was bothering him. New Orleans was off to the races, scoring its third TD in 6:46 when Bush ran left, stopped, started again, danced away from two defenders who fell on each other missing him, then rocketed into the open field for his 46-yard TD. “He’s a guy who can change the game,” Payton said. Numbers: 41-8-7-55-23 Powerball: 23 Powerplay: x5 RICHMOND, Va. — These numbers were drawn Saturday afternoon by the Virginia Lottery: Pick 3: 1-4-0 Pick 4: 1-9-3-1 Cash 5: 2-3-5-11-17 These numbers were drawn Saturday night: Pick 3: 2-2-1 Pick 4: 1-5-2-6 Cash 5: 9-14-23-26-31 Win for Life: 2-7-8-1112-30 Free ball: 6

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NASCAR to switch to rear spoiler after testing By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth and others welcomed a seemingly minor tweak that could cause significant changes to NASCAR’s top series. The drivers, speaking at the sport’s preseason fan fest Friday at Daytona International Speedway, applauded NASCAR’s move from a wing to a rear spoiler. “I think it’ll be cool,” Kenseth said. “I’m all for mixing things up and trying something, especially the way we’re running at the end of the year. Whenever they change something and you’re not running great, it’s kind of a good thing because you hope to get back on top of it. ... I’m kind of looking forward to it.” NASCAR informed teams

Friday that it has scheduled an open test at Charlotte Motor Speedway as part of the transition. The change had been discussed individually with teams, but nothing had been announced until Sprint Cup Series director John Darby sent a memo to crew chiefs. “To help put some of the rumor mills to rest, I am sending you the following facts as they relate to changes for 2010,” Darby wrote in the memo, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. “We will be transitioning from the usage of the current wing to an aluminum spoiler.” A version of the spoiler already has been tested in wind tunnels with favorable results. Specifics, including the dimensions, have not been finalized. NASCAR plans to notify teams of proposed sizes in the next

few days. NASCAR will hold an informational meeting for teams in mid-March, and the spoiler will be tested March 23-24 at Charlotte. No race has been selected for the spoiler debut, but the March 28 event at Martinsville is the earliest the change could be implemented based on the timeline outlined by Darby. “When you’re running a business, you make decisions, and you’re hoping you’re making the right decisions,” Earnhardt said. “Not all decisions are the right ones, but you hope that you’re making them with the best intentions. ... They’re trying to make all these decisions with the best intentions to try to improve the racing for the fans. “They don’t make these changes for the drivers. But I like all the changes. ... The

only way to do anything better is to keep modifying and tweaking it, so I think it’s great.” The season opens Feb. 14 with the Daytona 500, and Martinsville is the sixth race on the schedule. Darby said in the memo that the rear spoiler will replicate the downforce and balance that is being produced on the current car. NASCAR in 2007 phased in a new model of race car that replaced the spoiler with a wing. Many drivers were slow to adapt to the new car, which went to fulltime use in 2008, and fans have claimed the car has made the racing boring. NASCAR last May began a series of town hall and individual meetings with teams, and one of the constant cries from participants was a need to alter the car design.

The Warriors began the game on an 11-0 run of their own, holding Warren County without a point until the 3:18 mark of the first quarter. Terrell Roberson led the Eagles with 11 points and Dion Hargrove chipped in with eight. Warren County faces a stern test this week with three Northern Carolina 2A games, beginning with a home match against Franklinton Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. “Next week has to be a tremendous week for us,”

Miles said. “We have to win at least two out of those three games to be in contention to make the conference playoffs.” Leon Greene contributed 12 points for Webb, which heads to Chapel Hill Tuesday. The Tigers lost a close match to Cardinal Gibbons before losing to Northern Vance Friday. “We’re just going to go on the road and try to grind one out Tuesday,” said Brunelli.

Salem and spend the first nice day of this year working. I came real close to having a case of the 24-hour swine flu. He planned to head out to the Gulf Stream for mahi, wahoo, and black fin tuna, then come back in a few miles to the temperature break and catch a limit of king mackerel (three per person) before stopping closer to shore in about 80 feet of water to finish up with a limit of black sea bass (10 per person), some of the best eating fish in the ocean. Maybe sometime soon my numbers will come up.

stuff. You’ll be better able to handle the big stuff.

WEBB WIN, from page 1B halftime and continued their steady play into the third, led by Thomas. The crafty junior connected for eight of this 20 in the third period. A Thomas pull-up jump shot gave Webb a 43-27 lead with 2:22 to play in the quarter. “We’re trying to get every player to their strong points. Everyone has their unique ability,” Brunelli said. “Darquis can hit that shot. He has a lot of strong characteristics and that’s one of them.” Warren County looked to have seized momentum at

the end of the second quarter when Aycock drained a 3 to pull the Eagles within 25-16 with six seconds remaining. Quentin Cooper answered for Webb with a 3-point dagger as the halftime horn sounded. “We miss that and everything is going in their favor,” said Brunelli. “You hit it and momentum builds — and that’s what you want. This game is all about momentum and runs.” Cooper’s shot ended a 9-0 run from the Eagles.

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FISHING, from page 1B am expecting to have a few months of dealing with working the kinks out. These are the types of things that might have made my blood boil 10 years ago. For some reason now things don’t seem to get me as worked up as they did back then. Maybe its age or just the result of dealing with so many problems over the years and finally coming to the realization that no matter what you do when a problem arises, it all passes over, and most of these things have little to no real impact in the long run. In fact, my motor blew up so many times between 2002 and 2007 (five times total) that the last time it happened, I just started whistling and fished my way back home on the electric motor. The first few times it blew up, my reaction wasn’t near as serene as that last time. In fact, had I been armed, I most likely would have been

guilty of assault on a Mercury Optimax with intent to cause serious damage. Wonder how the warranty department would have handled that one? While I had mentioned this in a column a year ago or so with limited response, it won’t hurt to do it again. If you are interested in promoting your business using my boat and truck as an advertising platform, please contact me at the email address below. For a very reasonable price, you can get a huge amount of visibility up and down the East Coast for your companies. My cousin Jim contacted me this past Wednesday afternoon at 4:56 p.m. with an invite to head out deep sea fishing the next morning at 5 a.m. How nice it would have been to be able to drop everything and head on down, but since I haven’t hit the lottery yet (note that I said ‘YET!’), I had to stay in Winston-

Next week’s article – I plan to spend a long weekend (I’m off Monday for the Martin Luther King holiday) breaking in my new toy while fishing for stripers and bass on Kerr Lake. I will probably not go all the around the planet this weekend, but I will put a good sized dent in that trip. Tip of the week – Don’t sweat the little

VANGUARDS, from page 1B first, the Vanguard offense hit a cold spell. Jacolby Corpening drained two at the line, giving CVCC their first lead of the game. The Buccaneers led 34-31 after Ramar Cuthbertson’s 3, and took a 35-32 advantage into intermission. Vance-Granville rallied early to get the lead back, and Ric Yarbrough’s 2 made it 37-35. The Bucs got the lead for the last time when Corpening sunk a 3 that made it 42-41. After Dunn’s dunk, CVCC attempted to halt the run by calling a quick time out. A Trentin Cozart 3 increased the VGCC advantage to 52-44. He drained two from long range in the half, and finished with a team-high 17 points. Dunn finished with 16 points, and Yarbrough had 14. Hilton had 12. Corpening’s 17 led the Bucs. Patrick Monroe finished with 15, and Clyson Beckford had 12.

“We came out with a little more energy in the second half. First half, we were really sluggish,” said Wilson. Wilson said the team was unable to use Western Vance’s gymnasium to practice this week. Saturday morning was their first practice of the week, he said. “I think it was an ugly game. We played okay, I’ll give it a ‘C.’ But it’s always good to win a Region X game,” he said. VGCC improved to 7-8 with the win, and 5-3 in Region X play. They are 2-0 since the second half of the season began on Jan. 4. Wilson credited the team’s improving play on players feeling more comfortable in their positions. He cited Cozart at the point guard position, and credited him as a major reason for his team winning the turnover battle 22-7. “That goes back to Trentin Cozart taking care of the basketball. That’s why he’s

in the position that he’s in right now, because he’s taking care of the basketball,” he said. The game was a rather low-scoring affair compared to recent Vanguard games. The offense combined for 224 points the last two times out. Last week, Dunn was named the Division II Player of the Week by the National Junior College Athletic Association for three stellar performances, highlighted by an incredible 52-point, 30-rebound game against Lenoir. Dunn was limited by an ankle injury Saturday, but still saw time on the floor late in the game. Yarbrough was on the bench late, nursing a wrist injury. Wilson said he would have X-rays on Monday. VGCC is scheduled to face Rockingham on the road Wednesday. Contact the writer at erobinson@ hendersondispatch.com.

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West Virginia’s Kevin Jones is defended by Syracuse’s Wesley Johnson during the first half of Saturday’s game.

No. 5 Syracuse escapes No. 10 West Virginia, 72-71 By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Brandon Triche scored 16 points and No. 5 Syracuse nearly blew a 10-point lead in the final minute before outlasting No. 10 West Virginia 72-71 on Saturday. Kris Joseph and Wes Johnson added 13 points apiece for Syracuse (17-1, 4-1 Big East), while Andy Rautins had 12. Syracuse led 65-55 with 1:18 remaining after a free throw by Johnson, but West Virginia (13-3, 4-2) came storming back. Darryl Bryant led West Virginia with 18 points and he hit two 3-pointers in the final 33 seconds, including one with 3 seconds left for the final margin. Joseph missed two free throws with 2.5 seconds left. West Virginia’s Da’Sean Butler got the rebound but couldn’t get off a quality shot as time ran out. Freshman Dalton Pepper added a career-high 15 points for West Virginia, while Butler scored 13 and Kevin Jones had 11. Syracuse beat West Vir-

ginia for the 11th time in the last 12 meetings. It was the first matchup between top 10 teams in Morgantown since 1960, when the third-ranked Mountaineers beat No. 9 Villanova in Jerry West’s senior year. Syracuse shot 58 percent from the field (26 of 45) but matched its lowest point total of the season. Syracuse went ahead to stay, 43-32, with 12 minutes left in the game on a rebound basket by Arinze Onuaku, and the Orange used runs of 9-0 and 7-0 to keep West Virginia at bay. Triche hit consecutive baskets to give the Orange their largest lead, 61-51, with 2:44 left. But Syracuse didn’t score another basket after Joseph’s layup and free throw put the Orange ahead 64-55 with 1:48 remaining. West Virginia outscored Syracuse 16-7 over the final 1:18. Bryant and Butler hit consecutive 3-pointers and Bryant made two free throws to cut the deficit to 71-65 with 7 seconds left. But Syracuse escaped by going 4 of 8 from the freethrow line over the final 23 seconds.

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Red-hot Bobcats rout Phoenix, 125-99 By MIKE CRANSTON AP Sports Writer

CHARLOTTE — Stephen Jackson scored 29 points to surpass 10,000 career points, Gerald Wallace added 29 points and 13 rebounds, and the Charlotte Bobcats continued one of their best stretches in franchise history with a 125-99 rout of the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night. Winning their fourth straight game and extending their team record to seven consecutive home wins, the Bobcats (19-19) were never threatened in a record-setting night that saw them reach .500 at the latest point in team history. They toyed with the Suns, who trailed by as many as 39 points a night after losing on a buzzerbeater at Atlanta. Amare Stoudemire also reached 10,000 points, finishing with 19 for Phoenix, which has dropped 10 of its past 11 road games. This one was never in doubt. The Bobcats set a team record for points in a quarter with 43 in the first and tied a team mark with

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Charlotte’s Derrick Brown tries to shoot over Phoenix’s Earl Clark in the first half of Saturday’s game in Charlotte. 74 points in the first half. Jackson, who has keyed Charlotte’s transformation since his November acquisition, reached his milestone on a layup with 7:15 left in the second quarter. When the feat was announced to the crowd at the next timeout, Charlotte led 58-27. The Bobcats, who hit their first six 3-point shots, led 74-47 at halftime and

Wallace already had 24 points. And to fans in Phoenix, it was the continuation of a rough day. Just as the Cardinals’ ugly playoff loss to New Orleans went final, fans who turned the channel to basketball found the lethargic Suns down 31 points. Later, Goran Dragic, who had been seeing increased playing time ahead of Jason Richardson, collided with DeSagana Diop early in the fourth quarter and limped to the locker room. At least this time Phoenix didn’t blow a big lead in what’s been a brutal 0-3 road trip. After Indiana rallied from 24 points down to win on Wednesday, Phoenix gave up another lead and lost to Atlanta on Friday on Jamal Crawford’s 3-pointer at the buzzer. Not even Alvin Gentry’s return home — he grew up about an hour away in Shelby, N.C. — could keep the Suns from losing their third straight. Gentry called a timeout 1:17 into the game and mo-

ments before Charlotte took a 12-0 lead on Jackson’s 3. It was 43-22 after the first quarter and not even Gentry picking up a technical early in the second quarter could get Phoenix out of its slumber. While the Bobcats entered as one of the league’s lowest-scoring teams and the Suns the highest, the roles were reversed. It was Charlotte beating the lifeless Suns in transition and from the outside. The latest the 6-year-old Bobcats had been .500 was at 6-6 in the 2007-08 season. But with seven wins in the last eight games, they are looking increasingly dangerous. The 27-year-old Stoudemire became the youngest player in Suns history to reach 10,000 points on a bucket midway through the third quarter that made it 85-54. He got little help. Grant Hill shot 1 for 4 and had three points in 18 minutes, Steve Nash was 2 for 7 and had five points in 27 minutes, and the Suns failed to reach 100 points for the first time in 13 games.

Kovalchuk, Pavelec lead Thrashers past Hurricanes RALEIGH (AP) — Ilya Kovalchuk scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period after Atlanta lost a two-goal lead, and the Thrashers held on to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on Saturday night. Jussi Jokinen and Ray Whitney scored 70 seconds apart in the third to make it 3-3, yet just when the Hurricanes appeared to have the momentum, Kovalchuk put Atlanta ahead to stay. He caught defenseman Joni Pitkanen on his heels and took a wrist shot near the left circle, and the puck cleanly beat Cam Ward to the glove side. Kovalchuk had a goal for the third consecutive game to help the Thrashers win for the second time in the past three games. Jim Slater, Rich Peverley and

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Carolina’s Eric Staal has his penalty shot blocked by Atlanta goalie Ondrej Pavelec during the second period of Saturday’s game in Raleigh. Nik Antropov also scored for Atlanta, and Ondrej Pavelec stopped 29 shots, including a penalty shot by Eric Staal in the second period with the score tied at 1. Staal had broken clear when Atlanta left wing Slava Kozlov was called

for slashing as he tried to knock the puck away from behind. But the penalty shot wasn’t even close, with Pavelec easily kicking away Staal’s attempt. Slater then gave the Thrashers the lead when he banked in a rebound off Ward’s right leg, and

Peverley made it 3-1 when he was in the right place at the right time to corral a pass from Eric Boulton. The puck slipped past Carolina’s Tom Kostopoulos, and Peverley only had to redirect it into the net. But the Hurricanes, still the worst team in the Eastern Conference despite winning four of their previous six games, bounced back thanks to a foolish penalty by Boris Valabik. With Atlanta already on the penalty kill, Valabik was called for roughing after he shoved Staal into the net as Pavelec made a save. That gave Carolina a 5-on-3 opportunity, and Jokinen took a pass from Staal to make it 3-2. Slightly more than a minute later, with Valabik still in the penalty box, Whitney took a rebound in the slot and scored to tie it at 3.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Coleman, Houston roll over East Carolina, 74-55 GREENVILLE (AP) — Aubrey Coleman, the nation’s scoring leader, scored 25 points to match his season’s average and Houston never trailed in a 74-55 victory over East Carolina on Saturday night.

The Cougars (10-7, 3-1 Conference USA) scored the game’s first nine points en route to a 30-22 halftime lead. The Pirates (6-12, 0-4) twice pulled within four points early in the second half before Houston went

on a 15-2 run, helped by four steals and two blocked shots, to open a 47-30 lead. The Cougars finished the game with 21 points off turnovers to nine for East Carolina. Coleman also grabbed 11 rebounds for Houston,

while Kelvin Lewis scored 13 points. Maurice McNeil had 11 points and Zamal Nixon 10 points. DaQuan Joyner led East Carolina in scoring with 12 points off the bench, while Erin Straughn had 11 points and 12 rebounds.

No. 1 Longhorns hold off Aggies 72-67 in overtime By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer

AUSTIN, Texas — Damion James scored 26 points, including seven in overtime, and topranked Texas survived its first week at No. 1 with a tough 72-67 win over Texas A&M on Saturday night. James made a 3-pointer with 1 minute left in overtime and blocked a 3-point attempt by Texas A&M’s B.J. Holmes that would have tied the game in the final seconds. J’Covan Brown made

two free throws with 3 seconds left to seal the win for the Longhorns (17-0, 3-0 Big 12). Gary Johnson added 18 points for Texas. Donald Sloan scored 21 points for the Aggies (125, 1-2), who didn’t trail in the game until James’ first basket of overtime. Texas earned its first No. 1 ranking in school history with a 15-0 start, then found itself in tough games on the road at Iowa State and at home against their big rivals. The Longhorns had to fight hard to earn another

week at the top. Texas A&M shut down hotshot Texas freshman Avery Bradley (3 points) and senior forward Dexter Pittman (4 points) and led almost the entire game while holding the Longhorns to 35 percent shooting. Johnson scored nine points in the first half to keep Texas in the game until James could get on track. James did everything Texas needed him to in the second half and overtime, scoring 23 points. The Big 12’s career

rebounding leader also grabbed a game-high 12 boards. Texas A&M was in control early in the second half and had taken the home crowd out of it when Bryan Davis spun around and underneath Pittman for a layup that gave the Aggies a 10-point lead. But Davis soon picked up his third foul and went to bench just as James was starting to get the Longhorns going. James pulled Texas to 44-37 with a 3-pointer and followed it with a three-point play after a steal.

No. 9 Tennessee beats No. 21 Ole Miss 71-69 in OT By BETH RUCKER AP Sports Writer

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Wayne Chism scored 26 points, including hit six consecutive free throws in overtime, to help No. 9 Tennessee beat No. 21 Mississippi 71-69 on Saturday.

Tennessee (14-2, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) had hit only 60 percent of its free throws before DeAundre Cranston’s fifth foul sent Chism to the line with 49 seconds left and the game tied at 65. Chism was perfect on all 10 of his free throw

attempts in the game and had his 14th career double-double grabbing 12 rebounds. Chris Warren, who helped Mississippi (13-4, 1-2) control most of regulation with his shooting, coughed up the ball twice after Chism hit free throws

— even though the Vols weren’t applying much pressure. Warren, who missed what would have been a game-winning 3-point shot just before time expired, led the Rebels with 19 points while Cranston grabbed 11 rebounds.

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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo looks to pass the ball during football practice at the team’s facility in Irving, Texas Wednesday.

Romo, Favre ready for another shot to dodge doubt By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer

MINNEAPOLIS — Brett Favre’s performance this season for Minnesota has defied much skepticism. He still has work to do. When the Vikings take the field for Sunday’s playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys, the pressure for Favre to deliver a victory will never be more clear. “I know how difficult it is to get here. I know how difficult it is to go on,” Favre said. “I’m sure that’s one of the reasons why I’m here, is to help this team advance.” During a lifetime of watching Favre work, Tony Romo has also dealt with doubt about his ability. The Cowboys just won their first playoff game in 13 years, and now they’ve got another goal of ending a streak: Their last postseason victory on the road was all the way back in the NFC championship game at San Francisco after the 1992 season. That sent “The Triplets” — Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith — to their first Super Bowl. This Dallas team is suddenly the trendy pick to get back there, with a rare December surge and two decisive victories over division rival Philadelphia behind the push. Just as with Favre, the focus will be on Romo. “I think the standard just gets higher and higher for him,” tight end Jason Witten said. “He realizes that, and he doesn’t really worry about it.” Earlier in the season, Favre described a startling depth of insecurity still present for him at age 40 as the uncertainty of his arm’s response to surgery complicated his decision about playing another year. This week, Favre acknowledged he deals with that regularly despite a season that went better than everyone anticipated. “I think it’s human nature,” he said. “For me, I know it’s always been a source of drive or a sense of always needing to prove myself, not ever being satisfied. I think it’s OK to be confident. I don’t think it’s OK to be overconfident. Doubt to me at times is a good thing. It makes you work harder. You never get complacent. “I just know for me it’s worked for me, but it teeters. Just like you wake up some days and you have better days than others.” Romo is from Wisconsin, raised in Burlington not far from Milwaukee, where it’s blasphemous for a boy to root for any team but Green Bay. Favre quickly caught his attention, but John Elway was a star in Denver then who also gave young Romo plenty to study and be awed by. That Broncos-Packers

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Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell watches quarterback Brett Favre throw during football practice Thursday in Eden Prairie, Minn. Super Bowl after the 1997 season? Tough to choose who to cheer for. “I went back and forth throughout the game,” Romo said this week. Perhaps out of respect for Favre, or simply because no two quarterbacks can truly be the same in such a complex game, Romo has publicly brushed off all the attempts at comparisons to a decadeago Favre. “Brett’s in a class by himself,” Romo said. “No one is really similar to him. A lot of people try to create some similarities, but when he’s done you’re not going to see a guy like him. That’s a testament to how great he’s been for so long.” Romo defended Favre’s all-time record for career interceptions, including a couple of costly gaffes for Green Bay in recent playoff games, as a product of healthy confidence and a competitive drive rather than recklessness. “He takes chances when he thinks it’s a healthy chance,” Romo said. “I don’t think he randomly throws the ball up in the air. If you feel like you can fit a ball through a hole, you throw it.” Romo also issued a challenge to the portion of the Packers cheering section embittered by Favre’s touchy departure. “I’m sure there are some that are hurt that he left the team, but some of that is out of his control,” Romo said. “I think his place up there should be cemented. He gave too much to that team and turned that organization around. I think if you’re a Packer fan, that needs to be where it stands with you.” Clearly, despite Romo’s attempts to downplay his affection for Favre, this game will mean a lot to him. “No question, that was Tony’s idol,” said Witten, a close friend. “I think he really got into football because of Brett Favre, but I think when you get to this level you really have to look at it from a different standpoint. I think Tony’s done a good job. That’s the opponent now. It’s a chess match between him and Brett.”

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Sunday, January 17, 2010

High-voltage Bolts put win streak on line vs. Jets By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer

SAN DIEGO — In typical Southern California fashion, the San Diego Chargers have been chillin’ since the end of the regular season. They’ve rested, rehabbed, practiced and largely kept their mouths shut about their chances of finally winning the Super Bowl. The NFL’s hottest team and AFC’s No. 2 seed, the Chargers (13-3) will try to win their 12th straight game when they host the New York Jets (10-7) in the divisional round on Sunday. It’s the first stop along the road that they hope ends with their first NFL title. It’s just that they’re not openly talking about being a Super Bowl favorite, something they’ve done in the past, only to fall short. “You have a team in the Jets that is very physical and wants to come in and kick our (rear),” Chargers outside linebacker Shawne Merriman said. “Here we’ve

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San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers looks for a receiver during football practice on Thursday in San Diego. The Chargers are to meet the New York Jets in a divisional playoff game on Sunday. got a team in this locker room that is very focused, humble about winning, not saying much, that’s eager to get on the field and play on Sunday. It’s going to be a battle.” The upstart Jets, on the other hand, aren’t

shy about proclaiming themselves as Super Bowl favorites, starting with their rookie head coach, Rex Ryan. Ryan even created a postseason itinerary for his players that included the Super Bowl in Miami

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Cincinnati Bengals head football coach Marvin Lewis is seen prior to the start of the Jan. 9 wild-card playoff football game against the New York Jets. Lewis won The Associated Press 2009 NFL Coach of the Year award for guiding his team to the playoffs during a season marked by tragedy.

Marvin Lewis named AP Coach of the Year By BARRY WILNER AP Football Writer

NEW YORK — Marvin Lewis had much more than game plans to deal with this season. Lewis won The Associated Press 2009 NFL Coach of the Year award for guiding his team to the playoffs during a season marked by tragedy. The Bengals won the AFC North with a 10-6 record, just their second division title since 1990, both under Lewis. They did so despite the deaths of wide receiver Chris Henry and Vikki Zimmer, the wife of defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. Several players’ families also were directly affected by the tsunami in the Samoan Islands. For holding his team together under such circumstances and leading a turnaround from a 4-11-1 record in 2008, Lewis earned 20 1/2 votes Saturday from a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the league. He beat Sean Payton of New Orleans (11 1/2), Norv Turner of San Diego (9) and Jim Caldwell of Indianapolis (7). Andy Reid of Philadelphia and Ken Whisenhunt of Arizona had a single vote each. “I’m flattered,” said Lewis, whose seventh season as Bengals coach ended with a 24-14 home loss to the Jets in the wild-card round. “I never took any credibility to it, that it could occur, but I am flattered. I would trade it to still be playing. “To me, this is more a recognition of the organization, for the coaching staff and the hard work they’ve done, and for the players.” Few coaches have dealt with such a season of grief. Vikki Zimmer, who

used to bake treats for the players, died unexpectedly in October. Two weeks earlier, defensive linemen Jonathan Fanene and Domata Peko and rookie linebacker Rey Maualuga struggled to contact family in American Samoa after the tsunami devastated the region. In December, wide receiver Chris Henry, on injured reserve with a broken left forearm, fell from the back of a pickup truck after an argument with his fiancee and was killed. So Lewis was as much a therapist and psychologist for his team as he was a strategist. “Just look at that load right there he’s beared,” veteran guard Bobbie Williams said. “With Chris, Vikki Zimmer, the Samoan Islands. ... There’s been a lot of weight on his shoulders, and through the not-so-good seasons when it seemed like the world might have been crashing down, he’s been that rock for the team and for the city. ... When you look at it, you’re like, ’Dang, that’s a lot, that’s a lot.’ But you know what? He’s still there and he’s still rolling and he’s still coach.” And he’s Coach of the Year, the first for the Bengals since the team’s founder, Paul Brown, won the award in 1970. “Our coaches did a great job of helping through those times and being there in support of Mike and his family, support of the players through the tsunami, and then with Chris’ death and how that affected certain guys,” Lewis said. “All that being said, I think again the credit should come to the entire group because they did this. I think we had a good group of leadership.”

followed by a parade two days later. He’s not sure of the exact route, “but I sure hope we find out,” said Ryan, who has presided over six wins in the last seven games. It’s a bold proclamation, considering that a few weeks ago, Ryan thought the Jets were out of the playoff picture. “I think the vision that we have for our football team is we only have one goal, and that’s to win a Super Bowl,” Ryan said. “Anything less than that is going to be a disappointment for us. That’s just how we go into it. It’s not a slight on who we play or anything else, it’s a belief that we have that this is why we’re here.” Ryan said he had “a great deal of respect” for the Chargers, whom he considers an elite team. “But that doesn’t mean that I’m coming in there not expecting to win, because we are,” Ryan said. Although the Chargers are favored by a touchdown,

it’s an intriguing matchup. The Chargers have a high-voltage offense that’s difficult to stop and sometimes can score at will, with Pro Bowler Philip Rivers throwing to Pro Bowl tight end Antonio Gates and 6-foot-5 receivers Vincent Jackson and Malcom Floyd. Rivers also has a healthy LaDainian Tomlinson and the speedy Darren Sproles at his disposal. The Jets have the NFL’s top-ranked defense and No. 1 running game, led by Thomas Jones and rookie Shonn Greene, who had 135 yards in the Jets’ playoff opener. While the Chargers rested during their bye weekend, the wild-card Jets went to Cincinnati and beat the Bengals 24-14 in a game that gave rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez some confidence. There’s talk that the Chargers need to shut down the Jets’ powerful running game and make Sanchez beat them. “They’re a physical bunch

San Antonio Houston Memphis New Orleans

W. Kentucky 81, Fla. International 64 William & Mary 73, Hofstra 66 Winston-Salem 55, Coppin St. 42 Winthrop 56, Presbyterian 42 Wis.-Parkside 62, N. Kentucky 61 Wofford 68, Davidson 62 Xavier, NO 66, Southern, NO 54

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 46 32 13 1 65 131 101 Pittsburgh 49 30 18 1 61 155 133 N.Y. Rangers 48 22 19 7 51 121 129 N.Y. Islanders 48 21 19 8 50 127 146 Philadelphia 46 23 20 3 49 140 132

Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 25 14 .641 — Portland 25 16 .610 1 Utah 22 17 .564 3 Oklahoma City 22 18 .550 3 1/2 Minnesota 8 33 .195 18

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Buffalo 46 29 11 6 64 127 106 Boston 47 23 16 8 54 122 116 Ottawa 49 24 21 4 52 133 149 Montreal 49 23 22 4 50 126 133 Toronto 49 16 24 9 41 130 170

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

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 47 29 12 6 64 177 133 Atlanta 47 21 19 7 49 149 155 Florida 48 20 20 8 48 140 149 Tampa Bay 47 18 19 10 46 122 144 Carolina 47 14 26 7 35 118 162

Saturday’s Games New Orleans 101, Indiana 96 Charlotte 125, Phoenix 99 Washington 96, Sacramento 86 Detroit 94, New York 90 Memphis 92, San Antonio 86 Oklahoma City 98, Miami 80 Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 48 33 11 4 70 161 107 Nashville 48 29 16 3 61 137 132 Detroit 47 24 16 7 55 120 120 St. Louis 47 21 19 7 49 124 132 Columbus 50 18 23 9 45 130 167 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Colorado 48 27 15 6 60 141 135 Calgary 48 26 16 6 58 126 115 Vancouver 47 27 18 2 56 149 117 Minnesota 49 24 22 3 51 135 146 Edmonton 47 16 26 5 37 128 159 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 49 31 10 8 70 157 123 Phoenix 49 28 16 5 61 131 122 Los Angeles 48 27 18 3 57 143 133 Dallas 48 20 17 11 51 137 154 Anaheim 48 21 20 7 49 133 150 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Saturday’s Games Dallas 3, Detroit 2, SO Los Angeles 4, Boston 3, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, Buffalo 2, SO Chicago 6, Columbus 5 Colorado 3, New Jersey 1 San Jose 4, Edmonton 2 Ottawa 4, Montreal 2 Florida 5, Tampa Bay 2 Atlanta 5, Carolina 3 St. Louis 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Phoenix 6, Minnesota 4 Pittsburgh at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Chicago at Detroit, 12:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 3 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Monday’s Games Ottawa at Boston, 1 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Nashville, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Colorado, 9 p.m. Calgary at San Jose, 10 p.m.

NBA Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 27 11 .711 — Toronto 20 20 .500 8 New York 16 24 .400 12 Philadelphia 13 26 .333 14 1/2 New Jersey 3 36 .077 24 1/2 Atlanta Orlando Miami Charlotte Washington Cleveland Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Indiana

Dallas

Southeast Division W L Pct GB 26 13 .667 — 26 14 .650 1/2 20 19 .513 6 19 19 .500 6 1/2 13 26 .333 13 Central Division W L Pct GB 30 11 .732 — 18 20 .474 10 1/2 16 21 .432 12 14 25 .359 15 14 26 .350 15 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB 26 13 .667 —

Pacific Division W L Pct GB 31 9 .775 — 24 17 .585 7 1/2 17 21 .447 13 15 24 .385 15 1/2 11 27 .289 19

Sunday’s Games Dallas at Toronto, 12:30 p.m. Utah at Denver, 9 p.m. Monday’s Games Portland at Washington, 1 p.m. Detroit at New York, 1 p.m. Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 2 p.m. Sacramento at Charlotte, 2 p.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 3 p.m. New Jersey at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m. San Antonio at New Orleans, 3:30 p.m. Chicago at Golden State, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Memphis, 5:30 p.m. Dallas at Boston, 8 p.m. Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

COLLEGE HOOPS Saturday’s Men’s Scores

SOUTH Alabama St. 83, Alabama A&M 69 Appalachian St. 72, UNC Greensboro 64 Austin Peay 79, Tennessee St. 77 Bellarmine 95, St. Joseph’s, Ind. 81 Brescia 86, Indiana-East 75 Bridgewater, Va. 64, Hampden-Sydney 59 Bryan 58, Bluefield 39 Campbell 81, Stetson 55 Carson-Newman 62, Tusculum 58 Charleston Southern 70, Radford 55 Clark Atlanta 68, Kentucky St. 53 Clemson 73, N.C. State 70 Coastal Carolina 75, High Point 58 Coll. of Charleston 90, Chattanooga 66 Delaware St. 77, Bethune-Cookman 60 E. Kentucky 79, SE Missouri 63 E. Mennonite 86, Randolph 74 ETSU 73, Florida Gulf Coast 51 Embry-Riddle 74, Northwood, Fla. 63 Faulkner 78, Truett McConnell 53 Florida 72, LSU 58 Florida Atlantic 61, Middle Tennessee 60 Florida Southern 98, Lynn 85 Florida St. 63, Virginia Tech 58 Furman 69, Georgia Southern 45 Gardner-Webb 92, VMI 84 George Mason 82, James Madison 71 Georgetown, Ky. 64, Campbellsville 51 Georgia Tech 73, North Carolina 71 Guilford 71, Va. Wesleyan 56 Houston 74, East Carolina 55 Howard 82, N. Carolina A&T 77 Jacksonville 82, Belmont 66 Jacksonville St. 73, Tenn.-Martin 63 Kentucky 72, Auburn 67 Kentucky Wesleyan 88, Ill.-Springfield 75 Lipscomb 79, North Florida 55 Louisiana-Monroe 64, Denver 53 MVSU 80, Alcorn St. 70 Marshall 89, Tulane 79 Md.-Eastern Shore 67, Florida A&M 51 Mississippi St. 72, Georgia 69 Montevallo 72, Flagler 66 Morehead St. 73, E. Illinois 51 Morehouse 62, Lane 60 Morgan St. 72, S. Carolina St. 67 Mount Olive 68, Erskine 50 Mountain St. 100, Lambuth 81 Murray St. 88, Tennessee Tech 66 N.C. Central 86, Newport News 65 Nicholls St. 70, Stephen F.Austin 63 Norfolk St. 66, Hampton 50 Old Dominion 71, Drexel 48 Richmond 67, La Salle 63 Sam Houston St. 84, SE Louisiana 79 South Alabama 69, Troy 67 South Florida 73, Rutgers 64 Southwestern, Texas 60, Oglethorpe 57 St. Augustine’s 79, St. Paul’s 62 Tenn. Wesleyan 78, Reinhardt 76 Tennessee 71, Mississippi 69, OT Texas Southern 74, Grambling St. 59 The Citadel 51, Samford 50 Thomas More 91, Thiel 88 Trevecca Nazarene 74, Cumberland, Tenn. 67 UNC Asheville 74, Liberty 70 Union, Tenn. 84, Freed-Hardeman 75 Va. Commonwealth 82, Georgia St. 69 Vanderbilt 89, South Carolina 79 Virginia 75, Miami 57 W. Carolina 83, Elon 81

EAST Albany, N.Y. 76, UMBC 69 Albertus Magnus 87, Rivier 80 Albright 59, Elizabethtown 58 Alderson-Broaddus 89, Pitt.-Johnstown 72 Baldwin-Wallace 79, Otterbein 63 Becker 57, Elms 50 Bentley 81, Assumption 59 Brooklyn 88, Hunter 73 C.W. Post 113, Mercy, N.Y. 75 Canisius 63, Manhattan 61, OT Cent. Connecticut St. 88, Sacred Heart 65 Clarion 70, Gannon 51 College of N.J. 71, Rutgers-Newark 63 Cornell 74, Columbia 53 Curry 72, Regis 66 DeSales 64, FDU-Florham 48 Delaware Valley 75, Eastern 69 E. Connecticut 77, S. Maine 69 Edinboro 82, Slippery Rock 80 Farmingdale 68, Mount St. Mary, N.Y. 48 Franklin & Marshall 67, McDaniel 49 Geneva 75, Westminster, Pa. 57 Gettysburg 67, Haverford 59 Gordon 81, E. Nazarene 58 Grove City 79, St. Vincent 66 Gwynedd-Mercy 90, Marywood 68 Hartford 56, New Hampshire 53 Holy Cross 82, Bucknell 69 Iona 64, Niagara 47 Ithaca 85, Stevens Tech 83 Kings, Pa. 67, Wilkes 57 Kutztown 83, Millersville 63 Lafayette 90, Navy 77 Maine 67, Stony Brook 61 Mansfield 81, Cheyney 72 Maryland 73, Boston College 57 Merrimack 82, Adelphi 74 Mount St. Mary’s, Md. 86, Long Island U. 67 N.J. City 57, Rutgers-Camden 38 N.Y. Maritime 84, Mount St. Vincent 69 Northeastern 79, UNC Wilmington 56 Penn St. Behrend 74, Penn St.-Altoona 61 Penn St.-Harrisburg 92, Penn St.-Berks 73 Pittsburgh 82, Louisville 77, OT Quinnipiac 80, Bryant 66 Rhode Island 85, Fordham 67 Robert Morris 78, Monmouth, N.J. 67 Rowan 79, Montclair St. 70 Siena 81, Fairfield 73 St. Bonaventure 68, Saint Joseph’s 65 St. Francis, NY 60, Wagner 53 St. Francis, Pa. 54, Fairleigh Dickinson 52 Stonehill 72, New Haven 58 Susquehanna 85, Scranton 74 Syracuse 72, West Virginia 71 Temple 76, Massachusetts 64 Towson 71, Delaware 68 Ursinus 75, Swarthmore 54 W. New England 97, Endicott 91, 2OT Wentworth Tech 71, Roger Williams 64 West Chester 78, Bloomsburg 77, OT Widener 66, Lebanon Valley 65 William Paterson 63, Richard Stockton 57 Worcester Tech 68, Coast Guard 55 MIDWEST Albion 81, Alma 53 Anderson, Ind. 74, Hanover 70 Aquinas 75, Michigan-Dearborn 64 Augsburg 73, Carleton 70, 2OT Augustana,S.D. 88, Winona St. 84 Beloit 75, Illinois College 72 Bethel, Minn. 54, Gustavus 52 Bradley 74, Missouri St. 56 Briar Cliff 109, Midland Lutheran 69 Butler 91, Youngstown St. 61 Calvin 68, Adrian 61 Carroll, Wis. 89, Monmouth, Ill. 86, OT Carthage 69, Augustana,Ill. 64 Cincinnati 60, Notre Dame 58 Cornerstone 81, Concordia, Mich. 66 Creighton 57, Wichita St. 56 Davenport 78, Siena Heights 55 Defiance 99, Franklin 83 Ferris St. 80, Ashland 69 Findlay 77, Michigan Tech 55 Grand Valley St. 63, Tiffin 54 Heidelberg 71, Muskingum 69 Hillsdale 78, N. Michigan 62 Hope 79, Kalamazoo 63 Houghton 78, Cedarville 76 IPFW 78, UMKC 69 IUPUI 74, Centenary 58 Indiana Tech 76, Madonna 73 Iowa 67, Penn St. 64 Iowa St. 56, Nebraska 53 Kansas 89, Texas Tech 63 Lake Forest 60, Lawrence 57, OT Malone 113, Ohio St.-Marion 57 Miami (Ohio) 79, Ohio 67 Michigan St. 73, Illinois 63 Minn. St., Moorhead 84, Minn.-Crookston 76 N. Illinois 77, E. Michigan 69 N. Iowa 62, Indiana St. 40 North Central 76, Millikin 69 North Park 75, Wheaton, Ill. 73, OT Northern St., S.D. 71, Minn. Duluth 48 Northland 67, St. Scholastica 64 Northwestern 72, Purdue 64 Northwestern, Minn. 76, Crown, Minn. 65 Oakland, Mich. 99, S. Utah 53 Ohio St. 60, Wisconsin 51 Olivet 85, Trine 80 Oral Roberts 74, W. Illinois 62 Ripon 96, Knox 63 S. Illinois 65, Evansville 57 Saginaw Valley St. 84, Northwood, Mich. 67 Sioux Falls 80, Nebraska Wesleyan 69 Spring Arbor 87, Marygrove 73 St. Francis, Ind. 92, Huntington 87

of guys,” Merriman said. “They’ve been really good at certain areas and just good at certain areas. They’re a good team all the way around, but they do certain things extremely well, like running the ball.” And Sanchez? “He’s good,” Merriman said. “He can make plays and he’s going to come in here and look for there to be a big playoff run as a rookie. He’s definitely capable.” Although it’s a road game for the Jets, it’s a homecoming of sorts for Sanchez. He grew up in Orange County and played at Southern California, so he’ll have lots of friends and family members cheering him on. Efficient against the Bengals, he’s trying to join Baltimore’s Joe Flacco (2008), Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger (2004) and Tampa Bay’s Shaun King (1999) as the only rookie starting quarterbacks to reach the conference championship game since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. St. Mary’s, Minn. 71, Concordia, Moor. 55 St. Norbert 109, Grinnell 72 St. Olaf 67, Macalester 62 Taylor 79, Bethel, Ind. 73 Valparaiso 78, Cleveland St. 71 W. Michigan 70, Cent. Michigan 61 Wabash 70, Denison 51 Wayne, Mich. 73, Lake Superior St. 61 Wis.-Eau Claire 80, Wis.-Whitewater 67 Wis.-Green Bay 74, Detroit 72 Wis.-Milwaukee 67, Wright St. 61, OT Wis.-Oshkosh 87, Wis.-Stout 76 Wis.-Platteville 79, Wis.-River Falls 65 Wis.-Stevens Pt. 56, Wis.-Superior 53 Xavier 78, Dayton 74 SOUTHWEST Ark.-Little Rock 76, Louisiana-Lafayette 69 Arkansas 71, Alabama 59 Arkansas St. 83, North Texas 70 Baylor 83, Oklahoma St. 70 E. New Mexico 72, Texas A&M-Kingsville 62 Lamar 79, McNeese St. 78 Mary Hardin-Baylor 104, Howard Payne 86 McMurry 74, Schreiner 64 Memphis 80, Rice 68 N.J. Tech 83, Houston Baptist 68 Oklahoma 66, Missouri 61 Texas 72, Texas A&M 67, OT Texas A&M Commerce 70, Cameron 58 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 98, Northwestern St. 83 Texas Lutheran 96, Hardin-Simmons 87, OT Texas St. 76, Cent. Arkansas 74 Texas-Arlington 72, UTSA 66 Texas-Dallas 78, LeTourneau 61 Texas-Pan American 63, Chicago St. 42 Tulsa 90, UCF 70 UAB 63, SMU 62 W. Texas A&M 79, Abilene Christian 68 FAR WEST Adams St. 49, Colorado Christian 47 Arizona 74, Oregon 60 Arizona St. 66, Oregon St. 57 BYU 91, Colorado St. 47 Cal Poly 90, Long Beach St. 79 Kansas St. 87, Colorado 81 Montana Tech 69, Lewis-Clark St. 61 New Mexico 70, Wyoming 68 Southern Cal 67, UCLA 46 Washington 84, California 69 Washington St. 77, Stanford 73 TOURNAMENT Wendy’s College Classic Championship Rochester 60, St. John Fisher 54 Third Place Roberts Wesleyan 99, Rochester Tech 76 Fifth Place Nazareth, N.Y. 96, Brockport 84 Seventh Place Geneseo St. 85, Keuka 67

TRANSACTIONS Saturday’s Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL n American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Agreed to terms with RHP Bobby Jenks and OF Carlos Quentin on one-year contracts. OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Acquired 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff and INF Eric Sogard from San Diego for OF Scott Hairston and OF Aaron Cunningham. n National League CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with RHP Nick Masset on a two-year contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with RHP D.J. Carrasco on a minor league contract. FOOTBALL n National Football League WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Re-assigned linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti to defensive assistant. Named Lou Spanos linebackers coach. HOCKEY n National Hockey League NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Reassigned C Cal O’Reilly to Milwaukee (AHL). OTTAWA SENATORS—Assigned F Kaspars Daugavins to Binghamton (AHL). ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned LW D.J. King to Peoria (AHL) on a conditioning assignment. Reassigned F Anthony Peluso from Peoria (AHL) to Bloomington (IHL). n American Hockey League ALBANY RIVER RATS—Recalled G Mike Morrison from Florida (ECHL). n ECHL ECHL—Suspended Kalamazoo C Darryl Lloyd two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for a game misconduct-charging penalty during Friday’s game against South Carolina. COLLEGE CALIFORNIA—Named Jeff Genyk special teams coordinator and tight ends coach. GEORGIA SOUTHERN—Named Brent Davis offensive coordinator, Brent Pry defensive coordinator, C. Ray Gregory assistant offensive coach, Mitch Ware quarterbacks coach, Brett Gilliland assistant offensive coach and John Scott Jr. defensive line coach. MISSISSIPPI STATE—Named Manny Diaz defensive coordinator and linebackers coach and Chris Wilson defensive line coach.

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ACC Hoops

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Heels edged by Jackets, 73-71 By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer

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North Carolina State’s Richard Howell is blocked by Clemson’s Jerai Grant during the second half Saturday’s game in Raleigh.

Clemson withstands late Pack surge, 73-70 By JOEDY McCREARY AP Sports Writer

RALEIGH — Clemson again had a letdown late. This time, the Tigers had just enough left to overcome it. Trevor Booker scored 20 points and No. 24 Clemson held on to beat North Carolina State 73-70 on Saturday. Tanner Smith added 11 points, including two late free throws, to help the Tigers (15-3, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) claim what center Jerai Grant called “maybe the most important win of the year for us.” Clemson never trailed but blew nearly all of a 21-point lead before making two defensive stops in the final minute to snap a pesky streak of post-victory letdowns that dated to 1997-98. “It’s a sign that we’re maturing, but at the same time, we can’t let teams come back like that,” Booker said. Julius Mays had a season-high 17 points for the Wolfpack (12-6, 1-3), who trailed 71-70 and had the ball when Grant appeared seemingly out of nowhere to block Richard Howell’s open layup with about 35 seconds left. “It’s just an effort play,” Clemson coach Oliver Purnell said. “You can look at it and wave at it ... but he had the courage and the energy, the will, to go get it.” Clemson milked some clock before Smith hit his free throws with 18.6 seconds left and N.C. State called its final timeout. The Tigers refused to give Wolfpack sharpshooter Scott Wood an open look, and Mays’ 3-pointer with about 5 seconds left went around the rim and out with the rebound going out of bounds under the basket with 2 seconds left. Mays launched a desperation 30-footer that went off the front of the rim at the buzzer. “The play kind of broke down. I saw my man help off on Scott, so I took a couple dribbles and got a good look,” Mays said. “It just got the last little bounce on the rim, and it was the wrong bounce. It just came out.” Grant finished with 11 points for the Tigers, who have been plagued by the letdowns that have followed some significant victories. After beating a ranked team, they had lost the following game 14 consecutive times before this one — which down the stretch bore a strong resemblance to the Tigers’ most recent attempt. After upsetting then-No. 12 Butler in November, they blew a 23-point lead and lost to Illinois.

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Clemson’s Trevor Booker shoots over North Carolina State’s Dennis Horner during the first half of Saturday’s game. “We wanted (this game) more. We dug deep,” Grant said. “We couldn’t let that firsthalf lead go to waste.” But this time, Clemson, which routed North Carolina by 19 points last time out, made just enough plays to hold off an N.C. State team that was trying to win consecutive games against ranked teams for the first time since 2006-07. “It’s just a tough thing (when) you have a big emotional win and then you’ve got to go on the road in the ACC, on Tobacco Road, and win,” Purnell said. “It’s a tough thing to do.” Tracy Smith scored 16 points and Howell finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Wood, a freshman who had a season-high 31 last time out, and Farnold Degand added 11 points apiece for N.C. State, which was coming off an upset at No. 25 Florida State. This one certainly didn’t seem like it would be headed to a tight finish after Clemson took apparent control with an overwhelming first half highlighted by two big runs. The Tigers opened the game on a 14-5 burst, then used a 16-2 run midway through the half to push the lead into double figures. Demontez Stitt capped the second run by driving the lane for a layup that made it 36-16 with 4:45 left, and Clemson went up 43-22 on Grant’s layup with 2:13 left. “It could have been ugly,” Tracy Smith said. Meanwhile, the Wolfpack went without a field goal for 10 minutes — including a 7-minute stretch in which they managed just one fieldgoal attempt. But that was well before Mays helped tighten this one, hitting a one-hander to cap the half-starting run that made it 54-48 with 12:15 to play. “We dug ourselves a big hole,” Wolfpack coach Sidney Lowe said. “I’m very proud of the way they continued to fight and try to get back into the ballgame.”

CHAPEL HILL — Georgia Tech overcame everything — a blown 20-point lead, the earringing screams of North Carolina’s blue-clad crowd and a second-half scoring barrage from Will Graves — to prove it has plenty of fight to go with all that talent. Now the defending national champions have to find the same kind of confidence. Zachery Peacock made the go-ahead shot with 25.7 seconds left to rescue the 20th-ranked Yellow Jackets, who shook off that blown big lead and held off the 12th-ranked Tar Heels 73-71 on Saturday. Iman Shumpert finished with a career-high 30 points to lead the Yellow Jackets (13-4, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who figured out a way to pull out a win after falling behind in the wild final minutes. Peacock managed just six points with one secondhalf field goal, but that shot in the lane rolled around the rim before dropping through to give Georgia Tech its first win in Chapel Hill since 1996. “They made plays down the stretch,” Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt said of his team. “It wasn’t about Xs and Os.” North Carolina’s comeback seemed perfectly tailored for the program’s storied history, but the Yellow Jackets regrouped and kept the pressure on the Tar Heels (12-6, 1-2), refusing to let the game slip away. After Graves buried a 3-pointer to give North Carolina its first second-half lead at 64-63, Brian Oliver responded by knocking down an off-balance jumper from the right side. D’Andre Bell answered Marcus Ginyard’s hanging layup with a jumper of his own. Then, after freshman Travis Wear put the Tar Heels up 71-70

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North Carolina’s Ed Davis (32) and Will Graves (13) defend as Georgia Tech’s Zachery Peacock shoots what proved to be the game-winning shot during Saturday’s game in Chapel Hill. on a short hook shot with 41.4 seconds left, Peacock answered with what turned out to be the game-winner. The teams traded the lead seven times in the final 4 1/2 minutes. “I wasn’t surprised that they came back,” Shumpert said. “I was surprised that they got a lead on us. I knew they would make their run, so we just had to take the blow and come out and win the game.” The game bore an eerie similarity to a matchup between the teams four years ago, when the Yellow Jackets led by 20 points at halftime before a freshman named Tyler Hansbrough led the Tar Heels back with a 40-point effort in the 82-75 victory. This time, Graves did his best to rally the Tar Heels by scoring 22 of his careerhigh 24 points after halftime, but missed a desperation 3-pointer at the final buzzer.

“It shows our toughness,” Peacock said. “To come into a tough environment like this and get a win, it just shows how tough we are. Our problem is being consistent, which we’re not too far away from.” Shumpert had 17 points in the first half and finished 10 of 17 from the field with six assists in his best game since returning from knee surgery, while Gani Lawal added 12 points and 12 rebounds for Georgia Tech. Still, there’s no escaping just how disastrous a loss this would have been for the Yellow Jackets, who ran out to a 29-9 lead and led by 16 points with about 12 minutes to play. They followed last weekend’s upset of Duke with a loss at Virginia — a team picked to finish near the bottom of the ACC — and squandering this one would have left a lingering sting. Instead, the Tar Heels

— who have lost two straight and three of four — are the ones questioning themselves. “I’m not used to coaching (Kansas) Jayhawk basketball or Tar Heel basketball without any confidence,” coach Roy Williams said. “We put ourselves in this spot and we’ve got to figure out a way to dig out of it. We can go belly up, but I choose not to do that and I told them that in the locker room.” They were coming off an 83-64 loss at Clemson on Wednesday night, the most lopsided defeat for the Tar Heels in seven seasons under Williams. In that game, the Tar Heels fell behind by double figures in the first 4 1/2 minutes and trailed 35-12 midway through the first half. In a disturbingly similar opening, the Tar Heels fell behind by 10 points in the first 6 minutes Saturday and trailed 29-9 with 8:23 left before halftime. “Point blank,” point guard Larry Drew II said, “we’ve got to come out and swing first instead of always being swung on first.” Graves offered probably the only real highlight for the Tar Heels. After managing just two free throws in the first half, the junior had a burst of eight points in 2 minutes — including two 3-pointers — to help the Tar Heels close within 60-56. A few minutes later, he took a feed from Ginyard and knocked down the 3 for the 64-63 lead — a basket that sent the Smith Center crowd into an ear-ringing roar. But after Peacock’s basket, Drew missed a layup and Georgia Tech got the rebound and managed to burn about 10 seconds off the clock before the Tar Heels were able to foul. Bell made 1 of 2 free throws with 3.4 seconds left, setting up Graves’ final miss on an inbounds play near midcourt after a timeout.

Noles get hard-fought win over Hokies; Terps blow by BC No. 25 Florida St. 63, Va. Tech 58 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Solomon Alabi and Deividas Dulkys scored 13 points apiece Saturday as 25th-ranked Florida State survived a furious last-minute Virginia Tech finish for a 6358 victory that snapped a two-game Atlantic Coast Conference losing streak. Florida State (14-4, 2-2) led by 10 points before Dorenzo Hudson’s layup with 37 seconds left cut the Seminoles’ lead to 57-49. Hudson, Terrell Bell and Malcolm Delaney then hit 3-pointers in a 21 second span that brought the Hokies (13-3, 1-2) within one point with four seconds left before Michael Snaer’s two free throws put the Seminoles up 61-58. A desperation pass for a possible game-tying shot was intercepted with 2.3 seconds left by Dulkys, who then sank two free throws to ice the game. Maryland 73, Boston College 57 BOSTON (AP) — Greivis Vasquez scored 17 points and dished out nine assists on his 23rd birthday to lead Maryland to an easy 73-57 victory over Boston College on Saturday. Adrain Bowie scored 15

trailed, led 38-28 at halftime. The Eagles had trailed by 18 points late in the first half before scoring the final 10 points, making it look like they may have momentum in the second half. But their success was short-lived, as Maryland opened the half by scoring nine of its first 11 points.

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Florida State’s Xavier Gibson blocks the shot attempt of Virginia Tech’s Cadarian Raines in the first half of Saturday’s game in Tallahassee, Fla. points, Cliff Tucker had 14 and Landon Milbourne added 13 for the Terrapins (11-5, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). Corey Raji finished with 14 points and seven rebounds for Boston Col-

lege (10-8, 1-3). Reggie Jackson added 11 points and Joe Trapani had nine points and nine rebounds for the Eagles, who lost their third straight conference game. Maryland, which never

Virginia 75, No. 23 Miami 57 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Sylven Landesberg scored 18 points and surprising Virginia won its seventh straight game and remained the only unbeaten team in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 75-57 victory against No. 23 Miami on Saturday night. The Cavaliers (11-4, 3-0 ACC) improved to 3-0 against ranked teams, holding the Hurricanes to 31.5 percent shooting and finally pulling them away in the final minutes. Miami (15-3, 1-3) concluded a dismal trip to Virginia. The Hurricanes joined the Top 25 this week for the third year in a row, a first in their history, but trailed at Virginia Tech by as many as 35 in the first half Wednesday night in an 81-66 loss — then they came to Virginia.

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Showcase

u Celebrate, 2-4C u Books & Leisure, 5C u Light Side, 6-7C u A to Z Kids, 8C

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Above, in this Oct. 29, 2009, photo first lady Michelle Obama talks to the crowd before she harvests vegetables from the White House garden with children from Washington’s Bancroft and Kimball Elementary schools on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Inset below, Obama helps students from Washington’s Bancroft Elementary School push a wheel barrow with sweet potatoes that they harvested from the first lady’s garden. At bottom, vegetables and herbs are seen in the garden.

Ex‘seeding’ expectations

ASHINGTON (AP) — To Michelle Obama, her White House garden is more than a plot of land. It’s also a soapbox. The South Lawn garden has given Mrs. Obama a platform to speak out about the country’s childhood obesity problem, extol the benefits of eating fresh food, and teach children early to appreciate vegetables. It also has offered Mrs. Obama another way to open the White House to people who don’t normally visit. The garden now is ready for winter, fitted with protective coverings called “hoop houses,” a kind of temporary green house, to help keep various crops — spinach, cauliflower, lettuce, carrots, cabbage and other greens — growing during the cold months. In its first year, aides say the garden has ex-”seeded” expectations. It’s become so popular that even foreign dignitaries ask Mrs. Obama about it when they meet. Crops have been donated to a neighborhood soup kitchen, and the first lady’s green thumb has inspired others to start gardening, too. Local fifth-graders whose public school has a similar garden helped prepare the plot, plant the crops and harvest the produce. They even were brought into the White House kitchen to cook some of the food and experience what eating “fresh” tastes like. During the first lady’s recent visit to “Sesame Street” to help Elmo and some kids plant vegetable seeds, Big Bird asked if he had heard correctly that she eats seeds. Not exactly, she replied, but “I do eat what grows from these seeds.” She encourages the kids to eat all their vegetables, telling them that if they do, they’ll “grow up to be big and strong just like me.” The garden also inspired a culinary showdown on an episode of “Iron Chef America.” Filmed partly at the White House, the contest paired White House chef Cristeta Comerford and Bobby Flay against the duo of Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse. Their challenge? Whip up five dishes using anything from the garden. The chefs harvested everything from fennel and collard greens to purple cauliflower and Japanese eggplant. Comerford and Flay won the cookoff. The 1,100-square-foot plot, about the size of a small apartment, has yielded more than 1,000 pounds of sweet potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, broccoli, fennel,

lettuce, other vegetables and herbs that White House and visiting chefs have used to feed the Obama family and guests. A nearby beehive, bolted to the South Lawn to withstand wind gusts from the president’s helicopter, produced 134 pounds of honey. Some was given to spouses who accompanied world leaders to an international economic summit last year in Pittsburgh. This year, Mrs. Obama plans to involve more students from other schools. Mrs. Obama’s plot is the first large-scale garden project at the White House since the “victory garden” first lady Eleanor Roosevelt planted during World War II. The government encouraged such gardens to make sure troops and civilians had enough to eat. Advocates of eating more fresh, locally grown food,

including California chef Alice Waters, spent months lobbying the Obamas to start the garden. Mrs. Obama has said it was something she thought about doing before moving from Chicago. She talks often about her experience as a busy, working mother trying to feed daughters Malia and Sasha but relying too much on processed, fast food or takeout meals like pizza, not realizing the toll it was taking on the girls’ health — and weight — until their pediatrician spoke up. The entire family began to feel better, she says, after she started serving more fresh fruit and vegetables, eliminated processed foods and cut back on sugary drinks. Her children were like sponges, she said, and soaked up the information about what foods do to their bodies. They even police her diet, too. “They started schooling me and lecturing me about what I should be eating, and what a carrot does, and what broccoli does. And sometimes they look at my plate in disgust now,” the first lady said. Statistics show that two out of three Americans are either overweight or obese, and childhood obesity has tripled in the past 30 years. Mrs. Obama aims to pay more attention to childhood obesity this year in hopes that America’s children will do like her daughters and help their families clean up their diets, too. Another benefit of gardening is cost. Mrs. Obama said it cost less than $200 to start the garden, which already has yielded a positive return on the investment. It’s also boosting interest in gardening nationwide. “That’s the first word out of people’s mouths when we talk about gardens,” said David Ellis, spokesman for the American Horticultural Society. Mrs. Obama’s garden has “just made an incredible influence on people who haven’t gardened before.” The garden is popular at the White House, too. Assistant chef Sam Kass, who cooked for the Obamas in Chicago and does the same at the White House, oversees the garden. But other chefs and staffers from throughout the White House office complex jockey to help care for it. Chefs love having fresh ingredients handy. White House pastry chef Bill Yosses spices up dessert with fresh herbs. Maricel Presilla, who cooked for a Latin music festival at the White House, said she was “absolutely flabbergasted” to find tomatillos.

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Engagement announcements

Mr. Davis and Ms. Dillard

Dillard/Davis Kimberly Joan Dillard of Raleigh and Heath Neathery Davis of Henderson announce their engagement to be married at 5 p.m. on April 10, 2010, at the Hudson Manor in Louisburg. The bride-elect is the daughter of Gerald E. Dillard of Hillsborough and the late Patricia J. McClung. The groom-elect is the son of H. Ray Davis and Barbara Neathery Davis of Henderson.

Celebrate Whites celebrate golden anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Hal Adams White Jr. celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 27, 2009. The couple was married at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ridgeway on Nov. 27, 1959. Fifty years later on the very same day of the week, St. Paul’s Fellowship Hall was the setting for the anniversary celebration. The couple’s children and their spouses, Debra and J.G. Clayton, Ashley and Margaret White, and Stuart and Virginia Rose White, honored them with a buffet dinner reception. Also in attendance were the couple’s grandchildren, Adam, Elizabeth, Matthew and Daniel White and

Christopher and Hamilton King. Upon arrival, Mrs. White was presented a yellow rose corsage tied with a gold ribbon and Mr. White was presented a yellow rose boutonniere by their daughter, Debra Clayton. As guests arrived, they were greeted by the couple’s children and then by Mr. and Mrs. White. While in the receiving line guests enjoyed viewing family photos, pictures from the couple’s dating years, and wedding photos, including Mrs. White’s wedding portrait. A family portrait of the couple with their children, their spouses and grandchildren was placed on an easel by the cake.

Throughout the evening, guests enjoyed music and viewed a slide show of pictures made throughout the White’s married life. As a special tribute to their parents, the couple’s children sang “O Perfect Love,” which was sung during their wedding. Paul Bumbalough accompanied on piano. Ashley, Stuart and Adam White and Bumbalough sang “The Gift of Love,” with piano accompaniment by Bumbalough. Cake servers were Barbara Holtzmann, sister-inlaw, and Patricia Lorenz, cousin of Mrs. White. The couple toasted each other in crystal glasses belonging to Mr. White’s mother. Mr. and Mrs. Hal Adams White Jr.

Birth Announcements

Ms. Gunderson & Mr. Roughton

Gunderson/Roughton

Ta’Quan Omari Hargrove

Blake Joseph Richardson

Neleh Katelann Sandlin

Channie Chanyell Yancey announces the birth of her son, Ta’Quan Omari Hargrove, on Dec. 15, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed eight pounds, three ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Ruby Fisher and Odell Yancey of Henderson.

Adam and Rachael Richardson of Rocky Mount announce the birth of their son, Blake Joseph Richardson, on Dec. 31, 2009, at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount. The infant weighed eight pounds, nine ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Timothy and Laurie Boemecke of O’Fallon, Ill., and Gene and Debbie Richardson of Norlina.

Dan and Aarika Sandlin of Henderson announce the birth of their daughter, Neleh Katelann Sandlin, on Dec. 21, 2009, at Granville Medical Center in Oxford. The infant weighed seven pounds, nine ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Ken and Ann Cupp of Lexington, N.C., and Dennis and Joi Sandlin of Henderson.

Jake Owen Radford Bryan and Jennifer Radford of Henderson announce the birth of their son, Jake Owen Radford, on Jan. 9, 2010, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed seven pounds, 15 ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Terry Boone, Hughie Vaughan, and Kenneth and Cindy Radford, all of Henderson.

Jan B. Gunderson of New Bern announces the engagement of her daughter, Elizabeth Anslie Gunderson of Greenville, to Alan Michael Roughton, also of Greenville. The bride-elect, formerly of Henderson, is also the daughter of the late Donn R. Gunderson. The groom-elect is the Four educators with son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Vance County Schools have Roughton of Chesapeake, Va. earned certification from The wedding is planned for the National Board for April 24, 2010, in New Bern. Professional Teaching Standards, the highest possible certification for a classroom teacher. The educators are Karen Rowland, a third-grade teacher at E.M. Rollins Elementary Rowland School; Valerie Hairston, a guidance counselor at Zeb Vance Elementary School; Cora Mr. Faulkner and Ms. Heredia Boyd, a guidance counselor at Henderson Middle Heredia/Faulkner School; and Tamekia Glass, a kindergarten teacher at Jony Nestor Heredia of Aycock Elementary School. Peru announces the engageEach received a $200 ment of his daughter, Rosa check from George Fowler, Cristina Heredia of Henderexecutive director of the son, to Cole Thomas Faulkner. Vance County Public School The bride-elect is also the daughter of the late Maria Emé de Heredia. The groomelect is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gray Faulkner Jr. of Henderson. The wedding is planned for May 22, 2010, at 6 p.m. at the home of the groom’s parents in Henderson.

Lamar Montrell Sanders Jr. Sherika Person of Henderson announces the birth of her son, Lamar Montrell Sanders Jr., on Jan. 9, 2010, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed eight pounds, three ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Erika Jordan and Bobby Lee Person, both of Henderson.

Abby Kate Twisdale Mr. and Mrs. Tim Twisdale of Bullock announce the birth of their daughter, Abby Kate Twisdale, on Jan. 12, 2010, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed nine pounds, nine ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Danny Ray, Wanda Matthews, and Stan and Barbara Twisdale, all of Bullock.

Vance County educators earn highest certification Foundation, in recognition of their outstanding achievement. Obtaining National Board certification by an educator is a difficult task, which involves several months of work and preparation. Applicants must submit several written works, include work from their students, provide lesson plans and videotape some of their classroom instruction sessions. They also must successfully complete an approximately four-hour test on computer. The educators worked on their certification materials during most of the 2008-2009 school year and completed the requirements in April. In early December, they learned that they had obtained certification. With the National Board certification, educators also earn a 12-percent annual

George Fowler (second from left), executive director of the Vance County Public School Foundation, presents $200 checks to three of the four educators who earned national certification. They are Valerie Hairston, a guidance counselor at Zeb Vance Elementary School (far left); Cora Boyd, a guidance counselor at Henderson Middle School (second from right); and Tamekia Glass, a kindergarten teacher at Aycock Elementary School (far right). pay increase. Vance County Schools now has over 40

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Williams/Rasor Mr. and Mrs. Ted A. Williams of Raleigh announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Gray Williams, to John Brooks Rasor of Clayton. The groom-elect is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Rasor of Clayton. The wedding is planned for June 19, 2010, at Kerr Lake, where the Williams’ family has vacationed for many years and now has a summer home.

Three Vance County guardian ad litem volunteers sworn in Judge S. Quon Bridges swore in three new guardian ad litem volunteers in Vance County District Court in December. Pictured (left to right) with Bridges are Sandra Williams, Jeanne Jones and Mark Thomas who will now serve as volunteer court advocates. The guardian ad litem program is a non-profit program that trains community volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children in court. Volunteers are trained to conduct an investigation to determine what is in the best interest of the child victim and report their findings to the judge when he makes decisions about their cases. Training is free and flexible schedules are offered. For more information about the program, contact Wynona Thomas, program supervisor, at (252) 738-9024, Mary Jo Van Horne, district administrator, at (919) 497-3010, or Samantha Branch, program specialist at (919) 497-3010.

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Guidelines for Announcements The Daily Dispatch publishes engagement, wedding and birth announcements at no charge as a service to the community. To be included in Sunday’s papers, announcements must be received by noon on Wednesday. Engagement, wedding or birth announcements can be submitted on-line at www. hendersondispatch.com. Go to the bottom of the home page and click on the appropriate form under “Announcements.” Forms can also be picked up from the front desk of the newspaper’s office at 304 S. Chestnut St., Henderson, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A photo may also be submitted with engagement and wedding announcements. Engagement announcements must be received at least one month prior to the wedding. Wedding announcements must be received within three months after the date of the wedding. Contact Linda Gupton, features editor, at (252) 436-2837 or e-mail at communitynews@ hendersondispatch.com.

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Concert series brings acclaimed pianist to the Civic Center

Rudolph Budginas is scheduled to perform Tuesday night in the Civic Center at Vance-Granville Community College.

Internationally renowned pianist Rudolf Budginas will perform at Vance-Granville Community College in Henderson on Tuesday at 8 p.m. The performance is presented as part of the 2009-2010 Henderson Community Concert Series. Budginas (pronounced bud-guinness) was born into a family of musicians in Lithuania. He began his studies at the age of four and made his debut at the age of nine with the Lithuanian National Symphony. Subsequently, he trained at the prestigious Moscow Conservatory. Thereafter, he rose to international prominence performing solo concerts throughout the world. Moving to the United States in 1994, Rudolf’s passion is to expand the accessibility of classical music to wider audiences. When not playing solo concerts, he joins his musical group in a program called “Rudolf: Cutting

Edge Classics” to perform concerts that brilliantly balance pop, jazz and wellknown classical works, featuring stellar guest musicians. Budginas is known for interacting with the audience by presenting information and humorous asides about the program. With his charmingly accented English, he talks about the impetus for his new concerts: “I felt that after my strictly classical recitals, I was questioning if I had more to offer to my audiences. It was clear that they loved classical music but I felt there was more I wanted to do. I want to present an evening with more variety of musical styles. I want to keep my audience constantly surprised and excited throughout a concert. Also, I really enjoy working with other creative and talented musicians — that inspires me, too. So the hoped for result will be that we will

create something new.” In “Rudolf: Cutting Edge Classics,” Budginas creates his own arrangements for piano, bass, percussion and guitar of classic and jazz hits such as “Claire de Lune,” “Moonlight Sonata,” Bizet’s “Carmen” and pieces by Chopin and Brubeck. This meld of musical genres shows how classical music has influenced contemporary music. Budginas shows the audience the direct musical line from Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody” to Johnny Cash’s “Walk the Line” and how Billy Joel might have drawn on classical structure to get to “Piano Man.” “I like to relax the atmosphere of the concert,” said Budginas. “Because, you know, the concert is a very formal thing. I like people in general. I like to talk to them. And when you have friendly atmosphere, when you explain what they’re going to hear, it’s much

better, it’s much easier.” As an accomplished soloist, Budginas has performed in Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Budapest, Salzburg, Cologne, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Riga, Moscow, Los Angeles, Seattle and Fort Worth. His artistic poetry, virtuosity and passionate interpretations have received critical praise. He came to the United States upon being awarded a full scholarship at USC, where he earned a doctorate in music. He resides in the San Luis Obispo area of California’s Central Coast and teaches at Cuesta College. He is the conductor/chamber music director at Thomas Aquinas College. Admission is by season ticket only – there will be no tickets available at the door. Anyone interested in more information about purchasing tickets for an upcoming series can call (252) 492-2954 or (252) 430-8640.

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Rotarians receive Paul Harris Fellow designation During its Jan. 12 meeting, the Henderson Rotary Club recognized four members for their contributions to the Rotary Foundation. The Paul Harris Fellow designation was awarded to (left to right) Jim Davis, Archie Taylor, David Irvine and Marshall Cooper. Each recipient received a certificate naming him a Paul Harris Fellow and expressing “appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world.” The award is named for Paul Harris who, with several others, founded Rotary in 1905. By 1910, the idea had spread to warrant the establishment of the National Association of Rotary Clubs. Harris was the first national president. Rotary chapters have been established in countries throughout the world, gathered under the title of Rotary International. In 1917, the Rotary Foundation was established “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” To date, more than $1 billion has been donated to the foundation. Resources of the foundation have been used to eliminate illiteracy, fight world hunger, eradicate polio, fund a Group Study Exchange for young professionals, support programs to promote peace and conflict resolution and other Rotary goals. At the meeting, the club also awarded an honorary membership to Scarlett Daeke, who serves as assistant treasurer for the club.

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Countless hours of hard work and preparation have paid off for 14 Granville County teachers who have been awarded certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the highest possible certification for a classroom teacher. Twelve classroom teachers were awarded certification for the first time and two were recertified. The teachers who received certification are: Bobby LeQuire (recertification), C.G. Credle and Stovall Shaw Elementary schools; Elizabeth ScottKing and Raisse Ward, G.C.

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exercises. Specific entries and exercises vary among 25 certificate areas but all require a three-hour test measuring content knowledge. They also all require video presentations, student products, teaching artifacts and candidates’ analyses of their teaching practice. Fewer than 40 percent of all candidates who begin the process achieve certification.

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Barbara Carroll displays the arrangement she created.

Daisy Garden Club holds Christmas fellowship Kay Nutt recycled her Christmas tree into a creative bird feeder.

Attracting birds with feeders and landscaping is topic of Woodland Garden Club meeting The January meeting of the Woodland Garden Club was held at the home of Kay Nutt on Parrott Road. The meeting was called to order by President Peggy Polak. Devotions were presented by Jackie Hubbard, who referenced two books. In “Something to Life By,” authored by Dorothea Kipplin, the writer stated that “the treasures of nature are open to all who will see them — to learn of every bird its language, how it builds its nest, and where it hides itself in winter. From the beaver, you may learn how it builds its lodge, where the squirrels hide their acorns, how the reindeer run so swiftly, and why the rabbit is so timid.” From the book, “The New England Buttry Shelf Almanac,” by Mary Mason Campbell and illustrated by Tasha Tudor, Hubbard noted that the writer recalls from the book of Job the treasures of the snow. “This passage reminds us that all things need a time of rest, a change of pace, and a fresh approach. The miracle of snowflakes is that no two are exactly alike. New Englanders love to watch the snowstorms and study the formation of frost, ice and snow,” she said. Hubbard concluded her remarks with a reminder that we, too, need a time of rest, a change of pace and a fresh approach. The horticulture report was also presented by Hubbard, entitled “Growing into the Houseplant Habit.” According to Hubbard, Larry Hodgson, author of “Houseplants for Dummies” says, “the benefits of houseplants are manifold. They provide a person with physical activity and mental stimulation.” When growing plants outside, Hubbard said, nature does most of the work. Indoors they depend upon the grower. “There is more responsibility with houseplants than with other plants,” she said. Pest-free compost is suitable for all indoor plants, Hubbard advised. She said to prune plants regularly to keep them from becoming leggy. The most popular plant for beginners is the philodendron, which

will thrive in almost any conditions. Another hardy houseplant is the dracena, which does well in low-light areas. Light and water are also key factors in houseplant success, Hubbard said. She advised to always check to be sure there is a drainage hole at the bottom of the plant’s pot. Plants that get too much water can develop root problems. If the soil on top dries out and feel crusty, go down two or three inches to see if the soil is wet, she said. Hubbard advised keeping the soil evenly moist and using a little water soluble fertilizer once a month. Cats in particular like nibbling on plants, but some are toxic. Hubbard said that ingesting even small amounts of an Easter lily can cause kidney failure in cats. Other dangerous plants include mistletoe, oleander, English ivy, and tulip and narcissus bulbs. Nutt presented an interesting program on bird feeding, including attracting birds to feeders and backyards. She pointed out that hummingbirds eat 100 percent of their body weight each day. Chickadees eat 35 percent, blue jays 10 percent, and the common crow only nine percent of its body weight each day. All birds need extra food to keep their bodies warm. With all birds, the amount of food needed depends on species, size, activity and outdoor temperatures. Most birds do not have a sense of smell, Nutt said. This is the reason that placing capsaicin, or hot pepper, on bird seed to keep other animals away does not affect the birds. Birds are attracted to bushes, shrubs and trees for shelter and nesting space as well as a food source for fruits and berries. Birds are curious, especially if food is involved, said Nutt. She advised having a source of water for birds to bathe in and drink. “To attract birds to our yards and feeders, we need shrubs, bushes and trees around our lawns. We need a good source of water and plenty of food.”

Nutt said that seed can be thrown out on the ground, but it’s more enjoyable to selectively place feeders and use a variety of seeds in addition to suet, berries and fruit. Feeders are frequently placed near a window, on a deck, on a porch or around the yard. Nutt invited club members to see her discarded Christmas tree which she had moved to the deck. Using decorated plastic bags, she had filled them with finch food and mixed seeds. Candle volts were filled with crunchy peanut butter. Nutt reported that birds would feed at the tree in the early morning. Nutt said birds like shelled peanuts, sunflower hearts, suet, thistle, grape jelly, crunchy peanut butter, mealworms, soy nuggets, apples, grapes, berries and fruit. Hopper feeders serve almost all birds, Nutt said. Tray feeders with bottom screening allows the larger birds to feed in comfort, she said. Tube thistle feeders are good for goldfinches and house and purple finches. Suet is appreciated by woodpeckers, bluebirds, Carolina wrens and mockingbirds. Keep feeders clean, Nutt advised. Feeders have many birds visiting each day and some may carry diseases that could be picked up by another species of bird. A light solution of bleach (nine parts water to one part bleach) is suggested by the Audubon Society for cleaning feeders. To make homemade suet for birds, melt one cup beef suet, lard or bacon grease. Add one jar crunchy peanut butter. Mix and add one cup oatmeal, one cup cornmeal and two cups bird seed. Place in loaf pan and harden in refrigerator. Cut to fit suet feeder. Special appreciation was expressed to Nutt for hosting the meeting and presenting the program. Nutt serves as the club’s co-vice president and is a Master Gardener. Refreshments were served by Nutt and Dr. Sarala Reddy, co-hostess. The hostess gift was won by Jeanette Metzger.

The Daisy Garden Club held its Christmas fellowship Dec. 21 at 6 p.m. at the Mayflower Restaurant. Small poinsettias enhanced each table. As members entered, gifts for “secret sisters” were placed in a box. The program was opened with the group singing “Joy to the World,” followed with a prayer by Sharon Marshall. Barbara Carroll, president, welcomed the members and their guests. Vivian Bullock read a poem, “The Reason for the Season.”

Barbara Carroll conducted a Christmas demonstration using a clear vase and live holly, pine, cedar, poinsettias and a small American flag. Red food coloring was used in the water to cover the stems. Carroll said the arrangement could be used in any room of the home. Following the presentation, a moment of silent prayer was offered in honor of our nation’s soldiers at war. Rev. Gordon Marshall blessed the food. After the dinner, Shirlene Brown

distributed gifts to the members, revealing who each member’s “secret sister” was. Bernice Price conducted a drawing and distributed gifts to each guest. Members sang “Happy Birthday” to Patricia Banks. Special guests attending were Darryl Brown, Lonnie Davis, Sandra Dixon, William Green, Marshall, Dorothy Perry, Leroy Price and Alice Scott. The group ended the fellowship by singing, “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.”

Middleburg Garden Club holds annual Christmas luncheon Members of the Middleburg Garden Club met in December for their annual Christmas covered dish luncheon. The meeting was held at the home of Bonnie Wiggins. Marie Shepherd and Joyce M. Bobbitt were co-hostesses along with Wiggins. A brief business meeting was conducted by President Vivian Edwards prior to the meal. Devotions were given by Ann

Nicholson. Members were reminded that poinsettias were donated by the club in memory of Pearl Spain and in honor of Toby Kozak. Gardening tips were shared by Elizabeth Dale. Each person attending brought either a toy or food item. Those items were later distributed to a deserving family and to a local organization providing Christmas assistance. Members were given

special Christmas ornaments made by Shepherd and Nicholson. A short program entitled, “The True Master Gardener” was presented by Wiggins. Following the meal, members gathered for pictures and a special presentation to Kozak, a dedicated and beloved member of the club for 28 years. Each person attending also received a small gift as the meeting was adjourned.

Third annual Poultry Fun Day filled with enjoyment for participants Families from Vance, Warren and Franklin counties gathered recently for a day of chicken comedy and competition. The 4-H youth exhibited Rhode Island Reds and Silver-Laced Wyandottes that they had raised from day-old chicks. An addition to this year’s show was chickens that had been raised in previous years. Winners in the American breeds category (under one year) were: Grand Champion, Jackson Neal (Franklin County) and Reserve Champion, Darlene Brickles (Warren County). Awards in the American breeds category (over one year) went to Grand Champion, Amy Smith (Vance County) and Reserve Champion, Jimmy Zuniga (Vance County). Awards in the English breeds category went to: Grand Champion, Jackson Neal, and Reserve Champion, Lauren Edwards (Vance County). Awards for Bantam breeds were won by: Grand Champion, Jacob Edmonson (Vance County) and Reserve Champion, Arah Wells (Vance County). Grand Champion awards also went to Arah Wells for Continental

breeds, Lauren Edwards for Mediterranean breeds, and Amy Smith for the miscellaneous division. The youth were also judged on their poultry knowledge and showmanship abilities. Awards in the Novice Division were given to Jackson Neal, Grand Champion, and Arah Wells, Reserve Champion. Junior division awards were won by Lauren Edwards, Grand Champion, and David Wells (Vance County), Reserve Champion. Senior Division winners were Selena Bullock (Vance County), Grand Champion; and Amy Smith, Reserve Champion. Fun events for the whole family included a crowing contest won by Novice Category crower Shannon Edmonson (Vance County), Junior Category crower Lacie Steffensen (Warren County), and Adult Category champion crower and grandmother, Linda Edmonson (Vance County). A “Çrack Me Up” contest for the best chicken joke was won by Novice Category winner Jackson Neal and Junior Category winner Lauren Edwards. The “Eggzackley How Many” egg

counting competition was won by Colton Steffensen (Warren County). Egg races were won by Novice Category Champion Ashley Juniga (Vance County), Junior Category Champion Colton Steffensen, and Senior Category Champion Selena Bullock. The fun-filled awards ended with Selena Bullock winning a trophy for “Most Unusual Chicken,” Arah Wells for the “Prettiest Pair,” Jimmy Zuniga for the “Longest Tail Feathers” and Kaci Roberson (Vance County) for “Longest Spurs,” “Biggest Comb” and “Most Colorful Chicken.” The Vance County Cooperative Extension Center staff judged the art and joke contest categories, and Leonard Elam, 4-H agent and poultry enthusiast from the Mecklenburg County, Va., cooperative extension office judged all other events. Awards were provided by Bullock’s of Henderson. Food was supplied by Chick-Fil-A and Carolina Country Snacks. Other sponsors were the N.C. Farm Bureau and Don’s Body Shop. Tickets were drawn for prizes during the show by the Vance County 4-H Livestock Club, which organized the event.

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Horoscopes Did you know that the Perry Library is online? Check out our Web site at http://www.perrylibrary. org/ to find links where you can add us to your Facebook account, follow us on Twitter and subscribe to the Perry Library Blog. Please note: The library will be closed on Monday in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Youth Services The Youth Services Department is welcoming donations to supplement our programming and collections for children and teens. The library can use the following items in new or gently used condition: children’s and young adult books, magazines, DVDs, music or audio CDs, games, puzzles, art supplies, toys, etc. Materials can be brought to the Youth Services Desk. For more information, call (252) 4383316, ext 225. Your donations make a difference! Coming this week: • 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

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• “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 North Carolina 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 next book featured will be The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain. The following sessions will include 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 next program will be held Jan. 26 and programs will continue every other Tuesday through March 9. Pick up your copy of Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain at the circulation desk.

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Today’s Birthdays: Leonhard Fuchs, German physician (1501-1566); Benjamin Franklin, U.S. statesman and scientist (1706-1790); Anton Chekhov, Russian dramatist (18601904); Alphonse Capone, U.S. gangster (1899-1947); Betty White, U.S. actress, (1922--); James Earl Jones, U.S. actor (1931--); Muhammad Ali, U.S. boxer (1947--); Jim Carrey, Canadian actor (1962--). Thought For Today: I am always ready to learn, but I do not always like to be taught — Winston Churchill, British statesman (18741965).

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