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All-Stars survive weather delays, Game 1 loss to take title

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Henderson/Vance’s Kara Reese rushes in and the fans go nuts after Hannah Thompson catches the final pop-up to give the 16U Babe Ruth All-Stars a 2-0 win Friday afternoon over Luzerne County, Pa.

hey had to battle through the elements and game-time adversity — the biggest obstacle in their path to the top. But in the end, they were champions. Rainy weather postponed Thursday’s Babe Ruth World Series finals, but the sun shone on the Henderson/Vance All-Stars on Friday the 13th. The summer belonged to them. Nearly every game heading into the World Series had been a blowout victory. Henderson/Vance had out-scored the competition 57-5 heading into the tournament at Dorey Park Softball Complex in Richmond,

Va. But the team met its match in Luzerne County, Pa. — the Babe Ruth champions of the Middle Atlantic region. The local team put itself in a hole in Game 1, falling 8-1 — the worst loss of the summer. The team had only fallen in two contests since the Eastern North Carolina tournament, and both came against Luzerne County. But Game 2 was a different story. A third-inning sacrifice fly from Hannah Thompson and a sixthinning RBI double from Morgan Adcock produced

Tech students help with new laptops Interns assist with installing programs, educating users By MEGAN REAVIS Daily Dispatch Staff

Local educators and administrators have logged hours of hard work in order to get laptop computers in the hands of Vance County’s ninth- and 10th-grade students. As is turns out, several students have as well. Since late June, 17 student interns from the Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) program — which is offered at all four Vance County public high schools

the only runs — and pitcher Jordan Garrett took it the rest of the way. Garrett added six more strikeouts to her recordbreaking total, and Henderson/Vance won 2-0 over Luzerne County to win the first Babe Ruth World Series title in team history. The team returned to Henderson to a hero’s welcome at the Aycock Recreation Center. Well over a hundred fans, family members and friends piled into the parking lot to welcome the team home mere hours after its historic win. For full game story, see page 1B.

Last chance to see Rec Players’ revue Daily Dispatch/AL CREWS

Justin Walker, Peyton Grissom, Riketa Smith, and Andy Dickerson (from left) sing about “The Little Things You Do Together” during the Henderson Rec Players’ presentation Friday night of “Side by Side by Sondheim.” Only one performance of the two-act musical revue remains. The curtain goes up tonight at 8 o’clock in the Vance-Granville Community College small auditorium on the main campus. Tickets are $7.

— have assisted with the distribution of computers. Seven students from Northern Vance, seven from Southern Vance, one student from Early College and two students from Western Vance have helped the district distribute more than 1,000 Dell Latitude laptops that were provided through the 1-to-1 Innovate Project. Funding for the project is being provided through a $1.2 million grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. The grant allows all North Carolina high school freshmen and sophomores to use laptops as a tool for classroom instruction and to Please see TECH, page 3A

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Mark It Down Today Masonic training — Ritual training for the Masonic Lodge 20th District will be held at Beacon Light Masonic Lodge #249 at 8:30 a.m. For more information, contact James Fisher at (252) 438-2680. Oxford Farmers’ Market — The Oxford Farmers’ Market, located on the corner of McClanahan and Lanier streets across from the police station in Oxford, is open from 7 a.m. to noon. Vance County Farmers’ Market — The Vance County Farmers’ Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon. The market is located at the intersection of William and Arch streets in downtown Henderson. Vendors interested in selling at the market should contact Wayne Rowland at (252) 438-8188. Warren County Farmers’ Market — The Warren County Growers Association Farmers’ Market, located in the Warrenton BB&T parking lot, is open from 8 a.m. to noon. Ridgeway Opry House — Performing are Joyce Chisenhall, Ronald Puett and Freida, Wade Shuster Music Review, Richard Minor, Vernon Bailey and Evelena Norwood. Guest Band: Wilton Junction Band. Doors open at 6 p.m. Music starts at 7 p.m. Master Gardeners’ clinic — The Vance-Warren Master Gardeners will hold a plant clinic from 9-11:30 a.m. at Rose Gin Lawn, Garden and Pet Center on U.S. 158 Bypass, Henderson. Anyone with a plant problem is asked to bring an example of the problem to the clinic for better diagnosis. Dee’s Music Barn — Dee’s Music Barn, 3101 Walters Road, Creedmoor, will be featuring the Destiny Band at 7 p.m. For more information, call (919) 528-5878. Johnson C. Smith alumni — Members and recent graduates of Johnson C. Smith University are urged to attend a meeting of the Northern Piedmont Alumni Association of Johnson C. Smith University at 10 a.m. at the historic Timothy Darling Presbyterian Church, 123 McClanahan St., Oxford. Come and hear about the great strides that the school is making and talk to a graduate of the class of 1936. For more information, contact the Rev. Dr. Tolokun Omokunde, president of the association, at (919) 691-4140 or email revtok@ msn.com. Yard sale — The Henderson Shrinettes will sponsor a yard sale from 7-11 a.m. at the Henderson Masonic Lodge, 401 Brodie Road, Henderson. Proceeds will benefit children in need. Car cruise-in — The Tar River Cruizers will sponsor a Classic/Muscle Car Cruise-In from 5-8 p.m. in the former Ashley Furniture Home Store parking lot on Dabney Drive. The event will feature 50’s & 60’s music, a 50/50 drawing, and door prizes. Henderson Rec Players — The Henderson Rec Players will present “Side by Side by Sondheim,” a musical review, at 8 p.m. at Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Auditorium. Tickets are $7 at the door. Please call (252) 431-6091 for more information.

Sunday Perkinson reunion — The family of Andrew Jackson and Laura Woodlief Perkinson will hold a reunion at the Kittrell Community House at 1 p.m. Each person attending is asked to bring a picnic lunch and beverage. Ice and paper goods will be provided. For more information, contact Deloris P. Lambert at (252) 438-7495.

Monday Relay Wrap Up — The Vance County Relay for Life Wrap Up 2010 will be held in the Maria Parham Classroom/Auditorium. Refreshments will be served from 6-6:30 p.m. and the awards ceremony will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Topics will include plans for next year. All committee members, team captains and co-captains are invited. If you plan to attend, contact Jeanette Brummitt at jbrummitt6@gmail.com so that she can plan for refreshments. NARFE meeting — The August meeting for NARFE Chapter 2289 will be held at 9 a.m. at the Dabney Drive Restaurant. A guest speaker from the Salvation Army is planned. All federal retirees or active employees, especially post office employees, are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Richard Pulsifer at (919) 603-3744. Vance Charter School —The board of directors of Vance Charter School will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. in the school library.

Tuesday Spay/neuter clinic — SNAP-NC (Spay Neuter Assistance Program of N.C.) will offer low cost spay/neuter services today at the Granville County Animal Shelter, 5650 Cornwall Road, Oxford, from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, call (919) 783-SNAP or visit www.snap-nc.org. Community watch — The West End Community Watch will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall of West End Baptist Church. Guest speaker will be Terri Hedick, who will speak on the Community Schools Program of Vance County Schools. Land planning/development meeting — The City of Henderson’s Land Planning and Development Committee will meet at 3 p.m. in the City Hall conference room, 134 Rose Ave., Henderson.

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Foundation shrubs play important role in the look of your lawn’s landscape Foundation shrubs play an important role in the landscape. I know this because we haven’t planted any at our new house, and it looks horrible. They soften the edges of the structure and help it blend into the surroundings. My house, on the other hand, looks like a big green box on top of a hill. Ideally, you should have two feet of clearance between your shrubs and the foundation. This doesn’t mean you plant the shrubs two feet away from the house. It means you plant them so that, at full-grown size, there is two feet of clearance. A shrub that grows four feet wide should be centered at least four feet away from the foundation. That two-foot gap can be left bare, or covered with gravel. Mulch next to the foundation is inadvisable as it can harbor termites. Selecting the right shrub requires some research. Amount of sun, obviously, is a key consideration. Also consider how big the plant will get. Full-grown size can be determined through various web sites, garden reference books, or your local horticultural expert. By selecting the right-sized plant, pruning can be kept to a minimum. However, given good soil and enough time, most plants will exceed

I doubt anyone has conducted a scientific study on foundation shrubs in home landscapes. If someone did, here is my prediction of the findings: 99 percent of homes have ugly, overgrown, misshapen, improperly pruned, disease-riddled, poorly installed and/or half-dead foundation shrubs. Or maybe I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Seriously, you’d think I’d find something more important to get riled up about. Too late, I’m Paul already rolling. McKenzie So go ahead and take a long Cooperative hard look at your Extension own foundation shrubs this morning. Are they full and healthy? Of relatively uniform size? Can you see clearly over the top of them when you look out the window? Can you easily get to the foundation of the house to turn on the spigot, clean the windows, and inspect for termites? Do they accent rather than hide the architectural details of your home? I rest my case.

Alzheimer’s support group meets Monday An Alzheimer’s support group will meet at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Vance County Senior Center, 126 S. Garnett St. For

more information, contact Stephanie Brown at (252) 430-0257. Meetings are planned monthly on the third Monday.

Free blood pressure screenings available Vance County Senior Center on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon taking blood pressure readings. The senior center is located at 126 S. Garnett St. and the public is invited to participate.

In recognition of Kindred’s Week of Caring next week, the staff of Guardian Care of Henderson will be going out into the community and volunteering. Several nurses will be at the

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that “maximum” size mentioned in the books. Garden writers obviously assume you will replace your shrubs in 10 years or so with something “new and improved.” Disease resistance is also important. Boxwoods and Japanese hollies, for example, are susceptible to root rot. If you plant them in our poorly drained clay soils underneath the eaves of a house with clogged gutters, you might as well put out the fungal welcome mat. A row of mixed shrubs is worth considering. It will certainly be more interesting and is easier to fix should one shrub in the row succumb to drought or plague. The bottom line is this — don’t hesitate to tear out and start over. For those who mourn the loss of a beautiful shrub that has outlived or outgrown its usefulness, may I suggest a shift of affections. Yes, individual plants can be lovely, but the world of plants is what leaves me truly in awe. If your attention is overly focused on a single specimen, there is a simple cure — get more plants! Paul McKenzie, agriculture extension agent for Vance and Warren counties, can be reached at (252) 438-8188.

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The new law will pay for the hiring of 1,000 more Border Patrol agents to be deployed at critical areas, as well as more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. It provides for new communications equipment and greater use of unmanned surveillance drones. The Justice Department gets more money to help catch drug dealers and human traffickers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill directing $600 million more to securing the U.S.-Mexico border, a modest election-year victory that underscores his failure so far to deliver an overhaul of immigration law.

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FROM PAGE 1A complete assignments at home. The project’s goal is to provide laptops to all public high school students in the county within four years. The majority of the students completed their internships Friday, with the others finishing next week. The student interns have had their hands in multiple portions of the laptop handout, including installing computer programs onto laptops, taking the laptops to the schools for distribution, assisting with Internet connectivity problems in classrooms and helping students at orientation and

training sessions. “The students have been a big help,” Terri Hedrick, public information officer for Vance County Schools, said. The interns also worked on other computer-related projects during the summer, including installing computers at the new Clarke Elementary School. Hedrick said the majority of the laptop computers have been distributed. However, the school system will add on hand-out days as necessary. The last distribution date is scheduled for Tuesday. “We’re going to do whatever we can to make sure students get their laptops,” Hedrick said. Open house at the high schools could serve as an

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Deaths Mary K. Teague HENDERSON — Mary Katherine Teague, 89, of 608 E. Montgomery St., Henderson, died Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at a local nursing home. Born Jan. 1, 1921, in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Jackson Uriah and Burla Shearin Teague. A 1937 graduate of the former Henderson High School, she attended Meredith College, Henderson Business School, and the Los Angeles Institute of Photographic Arts. Miss Teague was a retired negative retoucher and painter. She was a member of First Baptist Church. As a member of the Old Bute Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution since 1963, she served in the capacity as regent, vice-regent, secretary, chaplin, and registrar, and was assistant direc-

Joseph T. Kearney HENDERSON — Joseph Thomas “J.T.” Kearney, 87, of 8259 N.C. Highway 39 South, Henderson, died Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, at Veterans Hospital in Durham. Born in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Joseph Henry and Myrtle Dunn Kearney. He was the widower of Dorothy Wright Kearney. Mr. Kearney was a retired farmer and was a former employee of Camper Products Inc. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II, and was a member of New Sandy Creek Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, at 2 p.m., at New Sandy Creek Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Timothy J. Burgess. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Surviving are two sons, Larry “Spike” Kearney, and wife, Anne, of Louisburg, and Travis Kearney, and wife, Susan, of Henderson; four sisters, Susie Beal, of Kittrell, Mary Satterwhite, of Henderson, Rosa Abbott, of Henderson, and Margaret

Vernon “Pete” E. Ayscue BRANDYWINE, Md. — Vernon “Pete” Eugene Ayscue, 63, of Brandywine, Md., formerly of Henderson, N.C., died on Aug. 11, 2010, at his residence. Born on Feb. 24, 1947, in Henderson, N.C., he was the son of the late Ollie N. and Elizabeth Williamson Ayscue. He retired with UTZ Quality food as a route salesman. His enjoyments are working in the yard gardening, woodworking, and loved to laugh. Survived by his wife, Carolyn Satterwhite Ayscue, children, Melissa Einersen and Jeff Ayscue, sister, Roxanna Huffman, brother, Edward Ayscue, grand-

tor of District 6. She was also a member of the Vance County Historical Society. A graveside funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, at 11 a.m., at Sunset Gardens, conducted by the Rev. Frank Sossamon. Surviving are two sisters-in-law, Millie Williams Teague of Rocky Mount, N.C., and Jane Lively Teague, of Beaumont, Calif.; three nieces, two nephews, five great-nieces, three great-nephews, five great-great-nieces and four great-great-nephews. She was preceded in death by two brothers, W.R. “Rudy” Teague and Jasper U. Teague. The family will receive friends Monday, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., at Flowers Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Crossnore School Inc., P.O. Box 249, Crossnore, N.C., 28616-9988; or to the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home. Paid Obituary

Collins, and husband, “E.G.” of Henderson; two brothers, Robert Kearney, and wife, Roxie, of Kittrell, and Alvin Kearney, and wife, JoAnne, of Kittrell; six grandchildren, Joey Kearney, Amanda Hill, Melissa Denton, Emily Collins, Alan Kearney, and Clayton Kearney; 14 great-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Gracie Kearney, of Henderson. He was preceded in death by a brother, David Kearney. The family will receive friends Sunday, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Flowers Funeral Home. All other times, they will be at the home of Travis and Susan Kearney, 360 Club Pond Road, Henderson. Serving as active pallbearers will be Alan Kearney, Clayton Kearney, Joey Kearney, Walter Beal, Milton Abbott, E.G. Collins and David Kearney Jr. Flowers will be accepted; or memorials may be made to New Sandy Creek Baptist Church, Family Life Center, 1699 Weldon’s Mill Road, Henderson, N.C., 27537. Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home. Paid Obituary

children, Olivia, Natalie, Brooke, Trinity, Addyson, and Maddox. Predeceased by a brother, Jimmy N. Ayscue. A Life Celebration will be held on Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 2-3 p.m. at Cedarville Assembly of God, 11600 Cedarville Rd., Brandywine, MD where Funeral services will follow at 3 p.m. with Pastor Mark Einersen officiating. Interment will be held on Monday, August 16, 2010 at 12 noon at Island Creek Baptist Church, 950 Stage Coach Road, Henderson, NC. Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, P.A. of Charlotte Hall provided funeral arrangements.

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HENDERSON — Dorothy Small Floyd, 70, of 900 Carver School Road, died Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, in Duke Medical Center. She was born in Vance County and was the daughter of the late Matthew and Alice Montgomery Small. She attended the Vance County public schools and joined Young Memorial Holiness Church at an early age. She was a former employee of Americal Corporation and worked many years before declining health. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday at Young Memorial Holy Church by the Rev. Jimmy Ray Hawkins. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Survivors include her husband, James Floyd of the home; five daughters, Cynthia Floyd Martin, Yvonne F. Durham, Precious F. Crute and Delores Floyd and Pamela Floyd, all of Henderson; two sons, James Floyd Jr. and Clarence Harris, both of Henderson; a sister, Elsie Lee Hawkins of Durham; a brother, Fred Montgomery of Henderson; 14 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. The body will be on view today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and at the church one hour before the service. The family will receive friends at the residence. Arrangements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.

ZEBULON — William Howard Hall, 58, died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010, after a year-long battle with lymphoma. He was born in Henderson on Oct. 20, 1951. He worked at SureTech in Youngsville, attended Faith Baptist Church in Knightdale, was a youth and singles leader for many years, and was a musician, singer and guitarist. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 10, at Faith Baptist Church. Burial was in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Zebulon. The family received friends Monday, Aug. 9, at Faith Baptist Church in Knightdale. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Vicky Bullock Hall of Raleigh; parents, Billy and Erma Hall of Henderson; brother, Wesley Hall of Wake Forest; daughters, Beverly Hall Brown of Raleigh and Angela Hall Prescott of Knightdale; and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brother, Marty Hall. Contributions may be made to the music ministry of Faith Baptist Church, 2728 Marks Creek Road, Knightdale, N.C., 27545; or Caring Bridge, Donation Processing Center, P.O. Box 131447, Houston, Texas, 77219-1447. Arrangements are by Massey Funeral Home of Zebulon.

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CREEDMOOR — Barbara Jean Moore Green, 63, of 813 Woodland Road, Creedmoor, died Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, at Duke Medical Center. She worked at Murdoch Development Center for many years. Survivors include her husband, Leroy Green; a daughter, Kimberly Green of the home; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; four stepchildren; three sisters, Gladys Holder and Josephine Burt, both of Creedmoor, and Flora Ashe of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and three brothers, Haywood D. Moore and Thomas Moore, both of Creedmoor, and Gloss Moore of Baltimore, Md. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Cornerstone Christian Community Church by the Rev. J. Phillip Betts and Chaplain Willis Herman. Burial will follow in the South Granville Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The viewing will be Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Betts and Son Funeral Homeric. Arrangements are by Betts and Son Funeral Home of Oxford.

KITTRELL — Patricia Perkinson Jennings, 62, of 1059 Kittrell College Road, Kittrell, died Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at her home. Born in Vance County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Arnold and Sara Ellen Overby Perkinson. She was a homemaker, a member of Peace’s Chapel Baptist Church and attended New Hope Baptist Church. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Maple Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Henry Abbott. Surviving are her husband, John Francis Jennings; two stepdaughters, Shannon Renee Raines and Christina Franklin, both of Henderson; two sisters, Ellen Ann Goodson of Henderson and Jean Burger of Kittrell; two brothers, Willie Perkinson and Henry A. Perkinson, both of Henderson; and a step-granddaughter. She was preceded in death by a sister, Brenda Gayle Galantis. The family will receive friends today, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Flowers

HENDERSON — Florence Layne Pierce, age 82, a resident of 85 Crowder Court, died Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at Durham Regional Hospital. She was a loving and dedicated wife to Billy Pierce for 60 years. She was born in Cullen, Va., on May 31, 1928, to the late Spencer Hatcher Layne and Marion Allen Layne. She was one of 17 brothers and sisters from the same mother and father. She graduated from Randolph Henry High School in 1947. Mrs. Pierce is a member of Blessed Hope Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Blessed Hope Baptist Church by the Rev. Donnie Perkinson. Burial will follow in Sunset Gardens. In addition to her husband, Billy, she is survived by one son, H.B. Pierce Jr. of Henderson; two daughters, Ellen Lee of Henderson and Frances Fields and husband, Ray Fields, of Henderson; four grandchildren, Kevin Long and wife, Lizzie, of Henderson, Steven Long and wife, Aleshia, of Nashville, N.C., Lori Ellen Pierce of Henderson, and Benjamin Pierce III of Henderson; six great-grandchildren, Christopher, Matthew, Caitlyn, Jonathan, Justin and Blake Long; seven brothers and four sisters, Spencer Layne of Lake Haven, Pa., Floyd Lane and wife, Aggie, of Mel Hall, Pa., Oliver Layne of Cullen, Va., Norman Layne and wife, Ida of Cullen, Va., Ted Layne and wife, Georgia, of Farmville, Va., Billy Layne and wife, Eloise, of Victoria, Va., Nelson Layne and wife,

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Loretta, of Dinwiddie, Va., Virginia Franguvlakis of Salem, Va., Ruth Ferguson of Farmville, Va., Roberta Willis and husband, Charles, of St. Paul, Va., Gloria Adams and husband, Kendall, of Cullen, Va.; her sistersin-law, Janie Grey, Layne, Annette Layne and Linda Layne, and brother-in-law, Thomas Pierce and wife, Virginia, of Henderson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandchild, Melissa Ann Lee; five brothers, Carol Layne, Elbert Layne, Monroe Layne, Louis Alvin Layne and Ed Layne. The family will receive friends Sunday night from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at J.M. White Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Frances and Ray Fields, at 51 Ellington Road. Serving as active pallbearers will be Danny Chappell, Robert Maddox, Brady Maddox, Ronald Pittman, Cecil Long, Dickie Taylor, Scott Fields, Craig Fields, Tony Bowman, David Beckwith and Kenny Crowder. The family wishes to thank and express our heartfelt gratitude to the Staff at UNC Hospital Surgical ICU who provided such gentle and loving care for our mother for seven weeks and Durham Regional Hospital for three weeks in rehab. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Blessed Hope Baptist Church, c/o Frances Fields, 51 Ellington Road, Henderson, N.C., 27537. Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home.

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Couple accused of embezzling money from N.C. church MOUNT HOLLY (AP) — Authorities say a couple who worked at a Baptist church in North Carolina used their positions to steal more than $350,000 over a three-year period. Multiple media outlets reported Friday that Alan and Linda Roland of Gastonia face four charges, including embezzlement and conspiracy. Officials say Alan Roland worked as the treasurer at Way of the Cross Baptist Church in Mount Holly and that his wife was assistant treasurer. Authorities say the Rolands wrote 811 checks to themselves. The Rolands declined comment after a first appearance in court Thursday. They have been released on unsecured bond and have been ordered not to go on the church’s property. Pastor Robert Meeks says he’s hopeful they will find a way to reimburse the church.

Perdue’s military adviser to train Afghan army RALEIGH (AP) — The military adviser to Gov. Beverly Perdue is leaving the position to serve as a civilian adviser helping train the Afghanistan army. Retired Col. Mike Alexander joined the administration from his role as inspector general with the N.C. National Guard. His last day in the Perdue’s office is Aug. 16. During his Army career, Alexander trained as an elite Army Ranger and paratrooper. He commanded tanks and tank battalions, serving in Bosnia and in combat in both Iraq wars. In his last Army post before retiring in 2006, Alexander commanded the 16th Cavalry at Ft. Knox. The 16th Cavalry trains cavalry and armor officers throughout the Army. Alexander has received the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star.

Workers’ PAC won’t back legislative candidates in N.C. RALEIGH (AP) — The political action committee for North Carolina’s leading state employees’ group won’t endorse or give money to General Assembly candidates this fall. The Employees Political Action Committee for the State Employees Association of North Carolina voted at a meeting last month not to support any individual legislative candidates. Committee chairman Mark Dearmon says lawmakers haven’t had the courage to vote for oversight changes to the employees’ health insurance plan, even as workers have failed to receive pay

increases during the bad economy. Dearmon said the withholding will mean the committee will have more than $1 million at its disposal for the 2012 elections. The PAC does plan to endorse a U.S. Senate candidate this year.

N.C. man sent to jail after laughing in courtroom FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Court is no laughing matter as far as one North Carolina judge is concerned. A Fayetteville man who was waiting for his case to be heard Friday drew the ire of Judge Toni King after starting to laugh in a Cumberland County courtroom. Authorities said King asked 47-yearold Johnny Montgomery why he was laughing, but the man refused to say. King ordered Montgomery to jail on a misdemeanor charge. As deputies were preparing to take Montgomery to jail, they searched him and found more than 3 grams of crack cocaine. Montgomery is now charged with felony drug possession. Authorities said he was being processed Friday evening and does not yet have a court date nor an attorney.

Man found stuck in Tenn. chimney KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A chimney sweep may be lucky as lucky can be, but William Hussey was neither. The Knoxville News Sentinel quoted Knoxville police who said a homeowner heard cries for help and traced them to her chimney early Friday. Police found a sport utility vehicle abandoned with a door open in the road near the home. There were seven gasoline containers in it and a strong smell of petroleum coming from it. Then, they found Hussey in the chimney of someone he didn’t know. Hussey is 22 and is from Chapel Hill, N.C. The fire department used a rope to hoist him and he was taken to a hospital to be examined. Police charged Hussey with public intoxication, vandalism and aggravated trespassing. Officers had no explanation for why he was in the chimney.

Waters defends herself against ethics allegations WASHINGTON (AP) — Veteran Rep. Maxine Waters says she violated no House rules and did no wrong in connection with alleged ethics violations, including an assertion she sought federal assistance for a bank where her husband served on the board. The California Democrat said “I have not violated any rules.” She also told a Capitol Hill

news conference that she’s gone “above and beyond” what was required by House rules in reporting her activities. Waters said Friday she had worked to improve access to federal regulators for the National Bankers Association, which represents 133 minority banks, including OneUnited Bank, where her husband also owned stock. Waters contends the association requested a meeting with Treasury officials, which was held on behalf of the organization, not OneUnited. That institution eventually got $12 million in bailout money.

New claims for unemployment aid reach 484,000 WASHINGTON (AP) — New applications for unemployment insurance rose last week to their highest level in almost six months, a sign that employers are still cutting their staffs. The Labor Department says first-time claims for jobless benefits edged up by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 484,000. Analysts had expected a drop. That’s the highest total since the week of Feb. 20. Initial claims have now risen in three of the last four weeks and are close to their high point for the year of 490,000, reached in late January. The four-week average, which smooths volatility, soared by 14,250 to 473,500, also the highest since late February. The total number of people receiving benefits dropped 118,000 to 4.45 million, the department said.

Bike sold for $5 in Ky. once belonged to Floyd Landis LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The bicycle had two flat tires, but Greg Estes figured the $5 asking price still made it a bargain. Little did he know just how much. Estes checked on the bike’s origin after buying it at a yard sale in Owenton this month. He learned it was custom built for cycling star Floyd Landis for a 2007 mountain bike race

in Colorado, shortly after Landis’ now-vacated victory in the 2006 Tour de France. Landis crashed in the Colorado race and finished second. A manager at CycoPath Bicycles in California says they built the bike for Landis. He told Estes he could get $6,000 or more for it on the open market. The bigger mystery is how the bike got to Kentucky at all. The yard sale owner told Estes she found it abandoned on the side of a highway.

Publicist says Gabor returning to hospital LOS ANGELES (AP) — Zsa Zsa Gabor’s publicist says the actress is being returned to a Los Angeles hospital because of complications in her recuperation from a broken hip. Publicist John Blanchette says an ambulance was at her home Friday to take Gabor to the emergency room. Blanchette says Gabor’s husband told him that the 93-year-old actress is bleeding and in a lot of pain. But the publicist says he doesn’t know the exact nature of the complications. Gabor broke her hip July 17, had hip-replacement surgery and was sent home from the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center on Wednesday.

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Confrontation with repo man leads to felony charge SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — California prosecutors have charged a 46-year-old man with felony vandalism for ramming a U-Haul truck into a tow truck when he saw his vehicle was being towed. Bernard Veldhuizen of Tustin faced arraignment in Orange County Friday, two days after the incident led to an 11-hour standoff with SWAT officers outside his home. During the standoff, the bare-chested man yelled out a window and threw out a laptop computer, among other things.

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New sex ed program a smart move Teachers across the state, including Vance County, are preparing for new sex education classes that will give students more information about contraceptives than in previous years. The 2009 Healthy Youth Act also requires schools to give students access to more information on sexually transmitted diseases and sexual assault as part of a revised sex-education program. The law marks a change from an abstinence-only policy previously used to guide schools’ sex ed classes. The obvious goal is to reduce teen pregnancy rates — something Vance County could use some help with. Vance’s teen pregnancy rate is almost double that of North Carolina’s, 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 year-olds. The state’s rate per 1,000 was 58.6. Fifty-one of Vance’s teen pregnancies were repeats, meaning the teenager had been pregnant before. The county also recorded three pregnancies to girls ages 10-14. Granville County recorded 107 teen pregnancies and Warren County saw 36 teen pregnancies in 2008. While abstinence is clearly the best way to prevent pregnancies, teaching abstinence alone isn’t enough. Teens will have sex, that’s a given. So providing information on contraceptives is crucial to reducing the teen pregnancy rate — and increasing the graduation rate. Some argue that public schools (what they really mean is our government) have no business teaching children anything about a topic that is so personal and so closely tied to their religion. And those folks usually argue that teachers are ill equipped to teach a subject as sensitive as sex. Sure, we all remember feeling embarrassed and awkward as a teacher clumsily explained how the human body works. But for some students, that’s the only sex education they will receive. It’s encouraging that public schools will now provide a more-thorough sex education program. Hopefully, the result will be fewer pregnancies.

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By CINDY FAULKNER Chief Nursing Officer VP Patient Care Services Maria Parham Medical Center

I would like to take a few moments and provide some information about a very important, yet controversial subject — organ and tissue donation. Due to the nature of the subject, many people are reluctant to discuss this topic, and it often crosses the bounds of a person’s belief. It is also a highly regulated process and involves several outside agencies who oversee the entire process. The one thing that cannot be argued is that organ and tissue donation can help a person or persons in need. It is estimated that there are currently 100,000 people waiting in the U.S. alone for organ transplants. About 77 people per day receive transplants, but on average 18 people die each day because an organ did not become available for them. Organs such as lungs, heart, liver, pancreas and kidneys are rarely available. They can only be obtained from a donor who has been declared brain dead but is kept functioning by a ventila-

tor until the organs can be matched with a potential recipient and then removed. However, tissue donation is much more common because the donation can occur after the heart has stopped beating. Tissues that can be used include skin, bones, heart valves, and eye corneas. Nearly all people who pass away are potential tissue donors except in those cases when the day of death cannot be determined, if the patient was very elderly or if they had certain infectious diseases. The Federal Required Request Act of 1986 mandates that hospitals must offer the option of organ donation upon the death of any potential donor. Other laws require hospitals to affiliate with an organ procurement organization. Maria Parham Medical Center has affiliated with Carolina Donor Services. We must notify them within one hour of every death or after a person is declared brain dead. At that time, we give them the contact information for the family, if it is available. Because every patient is considered a donor until they are declined by Carolina Donor Services, we have protocols to

care for the body. That care includes placing moistened gauze over the eyes in case of potential cornea donations. The hospital does not ever remove any organ or tissue. This is done by the donor service and at no cost to the family of the deceased. Since Carolina Donor Services has been deemed the expert in talking to families about organ and tissue donation, it is mandated that our doctors and nurses should not have these conversations with the patient’s family members. If the patient is a registered donor, Carolina Donor Services begins the scheduling of organ harvest or collection and notifies the NC Eye Bank. Often this harvest may be done at the hospital, but the patient might be taken to a different location. If the patient is not listed as a registered donor, Carolina Donor Services and the NC Eye Bank contact the family to explain the process and ask them to consider donation. If the family says no, then the case is closed, and both Carolina Donor Services and the NC Eye Bank make separate calls to the staff at the hospital to state that the

Letter Vote Butterfield out of office in Nov. On Aug. 3, Congressmen Coburn and McCain released a report titled “Summertime Blues: 100 Stimulus Projects that Give Taxpayers the Blues.” In this 74 page report, they outline how the stimulus bill has spent taxpayer dollars. Let’s look at a few in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte received $762,372 to develop an interactive dance choreography program. In Winston-Salem, a university received $144,541 to study the effects of cocaine

on monkeys. Add to that $294,958 to study how yoga can reduce menopausal hot flashes. NC State University received $253,123 to increase storage capacity at their bug museum. N.C. State and Georgia Institute of Technology received $1.2 million to study how video games can improve mental health in the elderly. Duke University received $498,176 to improve privacy and networking for sites like Facebook and Twitter. That is just a sample of how our tax dollars have been spent. We were promised that if the stimulus bill were passed, unemployment

would not go above 8 percent. Months later, the U.S. unemployment rate is at 9.5 percent. Our congressman, G.K. Butterfield, voted for the stimulus bill and in N.C., unemployment stands at 10.1 percent. These numbers come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for June 2010. I have asked people, “Where does the government get its money?” The only money government has, was first taken from the taxpayers. That’s you and me. If I have a spare $100, would you rather I give it to you to spend or give it to the government to spend for you? I think we will all answer that

patient has been declined or released. The hospital cannot release the body to a funeral home until the patient has been declined or released by both Carolina Donor Services and the NC Eye Bank. Equally important, Carolina Donor Services and the NC Eye Bank cannot harvest from a patient at the hospital without written documentation that the patient is a registered donor or that the family has given permission. While much of this may seem cold and impersonal, it’s important to remember that the sole purpose of our legislators is to increase the number of available organs and tissues for those that wait desperately for word that something is available. It is also important for those that have become registered donors to communicate their wishes to their family. We are lucky to live very close to two renowned facilities that do many successful organ transplants: Duke University Medical Center and UNC Hospitals. There are many people in our community who have been recipients of tissue and organ donations and now have a better quality of life.

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question the same way. For every dollar government takes from the private sector, that is one less dollar that we could have spent at a private business. A private citizen allowed to keep enough of those dollars (through lower taxes) may decide to start a business. That is how jobs are created and that is how the economy is stimulated. Remember that G.K. Butterfield believes that he can spend your money better than you can and vote him out in November. Rory Richardson Warren County GOP chair

Other Views ‘Stupid and inappropriate’ When Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and John McCain, R.-Ariz., released “Summertime Blues” recently, it wasn’t exactly a dance tune for bobbysoxers. It was a dirge with the chorus “look how the government is wasting the stimulus package.” They are both running for re-election, so a certain amount of haymaking is expected, but we are astonished that a physician and a former pilot — someone who relied on technology to fly above the earth faster than the speed of sound — authored such a raw-throated lambasting of scientific research. It’s particularly amazing

that Coburn described the list as a collection of “things that we think are stupid and inappropriate.” The items include Alzheimer’s research at N.C. State University and a halfmillion-dollar Duke University study to increase security on social networks. “First, any piece of research that’s done anywhere can, if taken out of context, be made to look ridiculous,” said Michael Schoenfeld, Duke University’s vice president for Public Affairs and Government Relations. “Imagine, for instance, if the NIH had given somebody a grant to do research on bread mold.” He means, of course, penicillin, something Coburn may have found useful every now and then.

“The people in America who read this report ... who have some common sense, will raise the question: If we’re gonna have a stimulus bill, it ought to be truly about stimulating the economy, it ought to be creating real jobs, and it ought to be doing the thing that gives us the best bang for the buck,” Coburn said in a press conference. People who have common sense will also question where they might find the question in that particular piece of rhetoric. ... The good news is that there is, well, research that lets us measure the effect of federal dollars spent on science. A 2000 study by Dominique Guellec and Bruno Van

Pottelsberghe, “The Impact of Public R&D Expenditure on Business R&D,” calculated that every dollar invested in research results in an average of $1.70 that private companies spend on their own research and development. Get that? Public-sector financing spurs private sector spending and growth — in the exact direction that we want: toward an innovation economy that keeps us at the forefront of science, technology and engineering. ... So we say no to McCain and Coburn, to election-year politics and mock-it-beforeyou-understand-it thinking. We say yes to science, to research, to jobs and to innovation. The Herald-Sun

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