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FAMILY FEATURES

ustom window treatments such as blinds, shades and draperies can add a whole new feel to a room while controlling light and adding privacy. They are an easy way to change the look of a room, however with the vast choices available it can be tricky choosing just the right coverings for your window and room.

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There’s a window covering for every personality. Styles can range from formal to funky and can coordinate or illuminate a room’s good looks. Choosing your perfect window “match” is about more than colors and textures, so while one of the key considerations is that the treatment fits your style, also make sure to consider the functional benefits that these products can add to your home. A few important questions to consider; Do you need to filter light, or let more light in? Will flowing fabrics or solid lines best complement your look? Is safety a consideration for your small children or pets? If so, you may prefer a cordless style that operates with a spring system rather than strings. Get your matchmaking started by understanding the “personality traits” of these popular options:

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Cellular (or honeycomb) shades get their name from unique air-trapping “cells” that expand and contract like an accordion when open and closed. When open, the accordion-like cells create an air barrier between the shade and the window, providing a cushion of insulation. “Cellular shades can significantly reduce energy loss,” said Bryan Nicklas, Director of Custom Marketing for Levolor, “providing a fashionable way to save on energy bills and maintain comfortable indoor temperatures in any season.” Several cellular shade fabric options are available, in many colors and with varying degrees of privacy. � Sheer fabrics softly filter light and allow vision from inside and outside. � Woven fabric cellular shades provide more privacy than sheers. Slight details and shapes are visible through these fabrics. � To really control light, such as in a bedroom, look for a blockout shade. “The Levolor Evening Star Blockout shades can control up to 99 percent of light,” said Nicklas. “They also provide excellent y insulation.”

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Wood and faux D wood are known for ailyblinds Dispatch Writer the warmth, beauty and stylish looks they bring to both the inside and outside of a home. Wood blinds allow precision light control through tilt and lift ability, and with a wide range of finishes available, it is easy to coordinate with existing wood finishes such as furniture, cabinets and flooring.

Henderson Collegiate, the proposed charter school for Roman shades blend fabric for the timeless silhouette of drapery with the performance qualities of a traditional shade, adding rich Vance County, will hold a comtexture, depth and a dramatic presentation to any window. munity forum on Tuesday, Have aSept. Fear of Natural shades come in a variety of Commitment? fabrics blended with 5:30 natural elements and 22, from to 7:30 p.m. in the soft materials such as jute, bamboo, reeds, If you’re not sure what grasses and other textiles. The rich, casual treatment Farm Bureau Room oftype H.of window Lesley elegance of natural shades can be adapted to to purchase, many Web any room with liners that provide sheer, light sites offer free sample Perry Memorial Library. filtering or room darkening effects. swatches. For example, at Levolor.com, you Roller shades bring contemporary yet can order up to 10 free InstylesAugust, the classic in a variety of fabrics and North Caroswatches with delivery screens, with opacities ranging from sheer to your door. Seeing what to complete light block out. They add simple lina State Board of Education your window coverings lines and sophisticated style for any will look like in your number of living spaces. gave preliminary approval afor room can befor a test run a long-lasting relationship Panel track window coverings between your window and provide a versatile, modern and sleekschool in second charter Vance its perfect match. option for larger windows, sliding doors or open spaces withBefore a series of slidingfinal approval, County. fabric panels. Soft vertical shadesstaff offer the must develop the school functionality of a vertical blind with the soft character and appearance of stylish policies, bylaws and procedures draperies, ideal for oversized windows and doors.

Custom draperies and valances

which will be reviewed by the of the inspiration for Henderstate board in March 2010, when son Collegiate came from their final approval is expected. Plans experience there. call for the school to open in Sanchez is working as school August 2010. planner this year and will beEric Sanchez and Carice come the school leader when it Cantelupe are the force behind opens. Cantelupe is continuing the new school. Both were with Gaston Prep this year and Teach for America participants will assume the position of grade who began their educational level chair in the new school. careers with the Vance County The school will open with shades provide a fashionable way to stay Schools before moving to Gas-Cellular 100 graders in the warmer in theabout winter and cooler in thefourth summer. ton College Preparatory School first year. It will add a grade in Northampton County. Much each year for the following four

unlike ready made draperies, custom draperies allow the ultimate flexibility and ensure a perfect match with contours, textures, colors and style that align precisely with your specifications.

City candidate forum is today No Strings Attached

Looking for a way to create a clean, streamlined appearance? Choose the cordless option. It’s a great way to avoid dangling cords that clutter your view and also offer a safer option for homes with children and pets. The cordless option is offered on a variety of products, so make sure to check for availability before committing.

By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

All but four candidates seeking election to Henderson municipal offices have pledged their participation in today’s forum. Ward 1 Councilwoman Mary Emma Evans, Ward 4 at large council candidate Ranger Wilkerson and mayoral candidate Tina Hunter will not be attending. There is no confirmation whether mayoral candidate Tammy Sue Lightfoot will show up. The Dispatch is joining the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, radio station WIZS and the Home in Henderson Web site in hosting the forum, which will be from 3 p.m.5:15 p.m. in the Vance County Commission meeting room at 122 Young St. Evans, who is pastor of Room at the Cross Pentecostal Holiness Church, had already told the newspaper she would be unable to participate because of a prior commitment to go to Antioch United Church of Christ, which is just on the Vance side of the North Carolina-Virginia border. Evans said the pastor of Antioch is reaching his first anniversary there. Wilkerson told the newspaper he would have to go to Greenville to be at the side of a sick family member. Hunter, when asked by a chamber representative whether she would participate in the forum, replied, “I’ll pass.”

Index

The HendersonVance Black Caucus is supporting Juanita Somerville for mayor over incumbent Pete O’Geary and the three other challengers, Tina Hunter, Tammy Sue Lightfoot and Tim McAllister. The rest of those the caucus is backing for election to Henderson municipal offices in contested races are City Council incumbents. Please see CAUCUS, page 3A

A phoned Lightfoot’s residence and her daughter answered and said her mother was not at home. A message asking Lightfoot to reply was not returned. In addition to the city chief executive’s position, five of the eight council positions are being contested and they are as follows heading into the Oct. 6 election: Please see FORUM, page 3A

Today Mild

High: 80 Low: 60

Monday High: 81 Low: 67

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Deaths

Thornie Edwards, 93 Robert L. Foster, 66

Top Down/Bottom Up

For the ultimate in privacy and light control, the Top Down/Bottom Up option gives the shade the ability to be lowered from the top and raised from the bottom. Top Down/Bottom Up shades from Levolor are available in cellular, natural and roman shades and also are available cordless.

Day/Night

The Day/Night option, available in Levolor custom cellular and natural shades, combines two fabrics in one shade. Use the lightfiltering fabric during the day and blockout fabric for privacy at night. The blockout fabric also can be used during the day for maximum room darkening.

LightMaster

Only from Levolor, LightMaster is a no-rout hole design that blocks light for enhanced room darkening and increased privacy in wood and faux wood blinds.

By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

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There are various levels of light control on blinds and shades, letting you determine the amount of light in your room.

Black Caucus backs a new mayor for Henderson

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Wood blinds can bring the look of any room to a whole new level.

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years, until it includes grades four through eight. In an interview with the Daily Dispatch, Sanchez said they plan to apply later to continue through the twelfth grade. Henderson Collegiate will provide more hours of learning for students. School hours Monday through Friday will be from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Friday the hours will be 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The school will also include a two-week session in August.

According to Sanchez, the community forum is intended to accomplish several things: • Describe the school’s educational approach. • Give the public an opportunity to interact with the staff and board of the new school. • Answer questions and respond to concerns citizens may have. • Present the school’s marketing plan and plan of operation. • Enlist support of the community.

Kittrell Richard W. Moss, 72 Stem Peggy D. Joyner, 48 Warrenton Augusta Williams, 83

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A U.S. flag flies over the entrance to the ACORN Community High School in New York on Friday. The school was formed in 1996 in a partnership between ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) and the New York City Board of Education.

What has ACORN grown into? Arkansas civic activist group gone national now mired in controversy By SHARON THEIMER and PETE YOST Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON — Activist group ACORN started in 1970 to help the poor in Arkansas and quickly went national, growing into a multimillion-dollar conglomerate with a mission so far-flung that schools now bear its name, two radio stations are affiliates and a man it backed is the president. Oh yeah, it’s also the unwilling star of a hot Internet video featuring a couple dressed as a hooker and her pimp. And that last bit is just one of its problems. The organization praised for its Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and treated by federal, state and local governments as a valuable public resource has had nearly $1 million embezzled by its founder’s brother. The openly Democratic-leaning group has seen its employees accused of voter registration fraud, and taking it down has become a cause celebre for Republican lawmakers, activists and pundits. As if volunteers allegedly signing up cartoon character Mickey Mouse to vote didn’t give ACORN enough bad publicity, the public is enthralled with new videos appearing on

the Internet and TV news shows showing ACORN employees in Brooklyn, N.Y., advising a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp to lie to get housing aid, and employees in other cities counseling the pair on tax, banking and immigration issues. Many Democrats used to advertise their ACORN connections. Now, however, the Democratic-led Senate has voted to cut off its grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Democrat-dominated House doesn’t want it to get any federal money, period. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs called the conduct in the videos “completely unacceptable” and a prominent ally of President Barack Obama, John Podesta, is on an ACORN advisory panel working to clean up the mess. Republicans are using ACORN to portray Democrats as corrupt and distract Obama from his policy agenda, the same way Democrats used issues involving Halliburton, the giant government contractor and ex-employer of former Vice President Dick Cheney, against the GOP during the Bush years. Top Republicans from congressional leaders

to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger want criminal probes of ACORN and conservative voters are pressuring news organizations for coverage. The Census Bureau this month cut ties with ACORN for the 2010 census, and a nonpartisan watchdog group, Citizens Against Government Waste, named senators who voted to continue financing ACORN the “September Porkers of the Month.” New York Gov. David Paterson on Friday ordered state agencies to examine contracts with ACORN and place holds on them in the meantime. ACORN has portrayed its problems as the unfortunate work of a few employees. In the best case, that suggests it made bad hires and gave them poor training and supervision. But when the founder of a national organization admits attempting to keep quiet his brother’s theft of more than $900,000, it’s a sign that ACORN’s problems may rise high and run deep. How did ACORN wind up in this mess? Did it simply grow too big for its own good? The scope of government investigations into its activities is unknown. Voter registration fraud

cases involving ACORN workers are pending. HUD’s inspector general has acknowledged an investigation is under way. ACORN this past week announced it would investigate the video scandal and suspend the admission of new clients into its housing program. ACORN chief executive Bertha Lewis has pledged do whatever necessary “to re-establish the public trust.” She condemned the actions of the two employees who appeared in the Brooklyn footage, but ACORN also contends segments of the video shot there and elsewhere by the hidden-camera couple were manipulated to make it look bad. “We understand that the Republican Party is upset and the right wing is upset because they are out of power now,” Lewis said Friday on New York radio station WNYC. James O’Keefe, one of the two filmmakers, said he went after ACORN because it registers minorities likely to vote against Republicans: “Politicians are getting elected singlehandedly due to this organization,” O’Keefe told The Washington Post. “No one was holding this organization accountable.” Please see ACORN, page 3A

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Program teaches pre-kindergarten students about â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;real schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Today Candidatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; forum â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A candidatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; forum for City of Henderson municipal elections will be held at 3 p.m. in the Vance County commissionersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meeting room in the former courthouse on Young Street. All candidates for the Oct. 6 election have been invited to attend. The event is sponsored by The Daily Dispatch, WIZS 1450 AM, Home in Henderson.com, and the Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce.

Monday VGCC Trusteesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meeting â&#x20AC;&#x201D;The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m. in the board room in Building 1 on the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main campus. Regular board meetings are held bimonthly on the third Monday of the month. Committee meetings are held on the same day usually beginning at 5 p.m. Water Advisory Board â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Kerr Lake Regional Water System Advisory Board will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the large conference room of Hendersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. Grant workshop â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eat Smart Move Moreâ&#x20AC;? mini-grant information session will be held at 4 p.m. in the Granville County Commissionersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meeting room at 145 Williamsboro St. in Oxford. All interested applicants should attend. Call Jackie Sergent at (919) 693-2141 or 492-7915 for more information. Golden LEAF meeting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The public is invited to attend a community forum hosted by the Golden LEAF Foundation and Vance County at 6 p.m. at the Civic Center, located in Building 9 on the main campus of Vance-Granville Community College in Henderson. The purpose of the forum is to complete discussion on the process for prioritizing projects for the Golden LEAF Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Assistance Initiative. For more information, please contact Courtney Mills or Pat Cabe by e-mail at cmills@goldenleaf.org or pcabe@ goldenleaf.org or by phone at 1-888-684-8404. Planning board â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A special meeting of the City of Hendersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Planning Board is set for 3:30 p.m. in the City Council chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. The session is being called because the Planning Board lacked a quorum of city appointed members at the Sept. 14 meeting. Water system board â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Kerr Lake Regional Water System Advisory Board will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the conference room of Hendersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Hall, 134 Rose Ave.

Tuesday Community watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Carey Chapel Community Watch will hold itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next meeting at 7 p.m. at the Aycock Recreation Center. Please plan to attend as mailbox and roadside signs will be available for pickup at the meeting. Charter school forum â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A community forum to provide information about Henderson Collegiate, the new charter school opening in Vance County in the fall of 2010, will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library in Henderson. Everyone interested in learning more about the school is invited to attend. Land use committee â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The City of Hendersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Land Use Plan Steering Committee will meet at 5 p.m. in the City Council chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. City/county meeting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Henderson and Vance County government officials will meet jointly at 6 p.m. at The Silo restaurant near the I- 85/Ruin Creek Road interchange. Board of Elections â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Vance County Board of Elections will meet at 4 p.m. in the Board of Elections office in the Henry D. Dennis Building, 300 S. Garnett St.

Tears, unhappy faces, and excessive energy are just a few of the words that described the entering classes of pre-kindergarten students this year at Carver Elementary School. Marion B. Perry, sponsor of the Tokens of Love (TOL) Program, and Jerriann Thacker, director of Youth Services at H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library, sponsored a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Welcome to Real Schoolâ&#x20AC;? program for the incoming pre-kindergarteners. The program centered on fun activities that allowed the students to interact with the leaders. Perry and Thacker demonstrated and spoke to the students about the behavior expected of them in â&#x20AC;&#x153;real school,â&#x20AC;? and then allowed the students to demonstrate the accepted behaviors. Thacker read two books to the students, and took questions from the teachers present. She also shared information about the weekly childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs going on at the Perry Library. Teresa Lewis (left) and LaVonda Williams (right) are shown with their students for this year.

Henderson Family YMCA sponsors â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;America on the Moveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Week activities The Henderson Family YMCA is planning the following events in celebration of the YMCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s America on the Move Week Sept. 21-25. All events are for YMCA members and non-members. â&#x20AC;˘ Monday: Line dancing lessons from 11 a.m. to noon and kickball on the Y field beginning at 6 p.m. Bring yourself or bring a team to have a great time! â&#x20AC;˘ Tuesday: Kickball at 6 p.m. on the Y field and line dancing lessons from 7:45-

The Vance County Senior Center will sponsor an information session by Triple D Security on Thursday at 11 a.m. in the dining room. Jackie Richardson, along with David Daniels, will discuss safety and crime prevention tips and provide information on non-lethal weapons. The public is invited to attend. The senior center is

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A Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Candidatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Forum will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Vance County Senior Center, 126 S. Garnett St. A group of concerned community citizens is sponsoring the event, said spokesperson Deryl von Williams. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All candidates are invited to come and tell the people what they have done for us lately, and all people in the community are invited to come hear what the candidates have to say about topics of concern,â&#x20AC;? said Williams. For more information, contact Williams at 432-4117.

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NATIONAL WEATHER

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Seattle 69/51

Billings 66/45

Minneapolis 78/59

San Francisco 82/57

Detroit 72/60

Chicago Kansas City 72/55 82/63

Denver 80/43

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Raleigh-Durham through 6 p.m. yest. High .................................................... 81° Low ..................................................... 62° Normal high ........................................ 81° Normal low ......................................... 60° Record high ............................ 94° in 1978 Record low .............................. 43° in 1959

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The group is confident it can ride out its troubles. • Hunter, Lightfoot, Tim “The majority of our fundMcAllister and Juanita ing comes from our memberSomerville are challenging ship and from our supporters,” Mayor Pete O’Geary. spokesman Brian Kettenring • Cathy Ringley is chal- said. “Any attempt to try to lenging Evans for the Ward limit our access to particular 1 council position. sets of funding is not likely • Sara Coffey is again to have much impact on our challenging incumbent core operations. It will hurt Bernard Alston for the the individuals that benefit from that particular project. Ward 1 at large council It’s pretty clear this sort of position. • Lewis Edwards is chal- attempt to cut off funding is lenging incumbent Michael politically motivated more than sort of driven by a Rainey for the Ward 2 high-minded concern for good council position. governance.” • Former Councilman ACORN’s annual budget Bobby Gupton and Lowell is $25 million, Kettenring West are challenging insaid. Of that, about 10 cumbent Michael Inscoe for percent is federal money and the Ward 2 at large council a much smaller share comes position. • Wilkerson is challenging incumbent George Daye for the Ward 4 at large council position. They are as follows: Unopposed are Council• Ward 1’s Mary Emma man Garry Daeke, who Evans. She is being chalrepresents Ward 3, Counlenged by Cathy Ringley. cilwoman Brenda Peace, • Ward 1 At Large’s who represents Ward 3 at large, and Mayor Pro Tem Bernard Alston. He is again being challenged by Sara Lonnie Davis, who repreCoffey. sents Ward 4. • Ward 2’s Michael RainAdditionally, One Stop ey. He is being challenged by No Excuse Absentee Voting Lewis Edwards. started on Thursday, with • Ward 2 At Large’s 19 having shown up at the Michael Inscoe. He is being County Board of Elections challenged by former counoffice to cast ballots. On Friday, the pace picked up, cilman Bobby Gupton and by Lowell West. with 52 having cast ballots. • Ward 4 At Large’s The process will conGeorge Daye. He is being tinue weekdays from 8:30 challenged by former couna.m.-5 p.m. at the Board cilman Ranger Wilkerson. of Elections office, which And the caucus endorsed is located in the Henry the three unopposed council Dennis Building at 300 S. members: Ward 3’s Garry Garnett St. Daeke; Ward 3 At Large’s The final hours of early Brenda Peace; and Mayor voting will be on Saturday, Pro Tem Lonnie Davis, who Oct. 3, from 8:30 a.m.-1 represents Ward 4. p.m. Henderson’s election is Oct. 6. Contact the writer at bwest@ Additionally, in the race hendersondispatch.com

from state and local governments, he said. The budget covers ACORN’s national office, its state and local chapters and the ACORN Institute, Kettenring said. ACORN doesn’t file a publicly available report with the Internal Revenue Service detailing its finances, spending, relationships and activities. Some of its arms do, but those reports do not reflect the full range of money ACORN gets or all the things it does. HUD said this past week that it has given ACORN roughly $42 million since the 2000 budget year. A July report by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee,

said ACORN had received more than $53 million in federal money since 1994. ACORN — short for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — began in Little Rock, Ark., in 1970 as the Arkansas Community Organizations for Reform Now. Founded by community organizer Wade Rathke, ACORN’s goal was to merge the varied interests of the economically disenfranchised, from welfare mothers to working people in need, regardless of race. In the 1970s, Rathke succeeded in spreading the vision of civil rights leader George Wiley to other states and in 1978, ACORN held its first national convention.

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for mayor of Kittrell, the caucus is supporting candidate Sandra Hubbard over candidate Jerry Joyner. Longtime incumbent J. Howard Wynne told the Dispatch that he did not file qualifying papers by the July 17 deadline because he had resigned, effective at the end of that month. Kittrell’s election is Nov. 3. The endorsements were made at the Sept. 1 caucus meeting. The leader of the caucus, County Commissioner Terry Garrison, for a Sept. 6 Dispatch story told a reporter he would make known which candidates were being backed by the caucus if the membership authorized him to do so, adding, “We have our strategy as far as to how we support our candidates.” When asked by for the endorsements for the Sept. 6 story, Garrison said, “I am

not at liberty to disclose that at this point.” And Garrison said caucus meetings are for the members and are not open to the press and public. The Internet Web site Home in Henderson obtained the list, which was being distributed late last week at the Henry Dennis Building, which is the home of the County Board of Elections Office and where One Stop No Excuse Absentee Voting was taking place. Contact the writer at bwest@ hendersondispatch.com.

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Deaths Thornie Edwards

Richard W. Moss

HENDERSON — Thornie “Jock” Edwards, 93, of 506 East Andrews Ave., died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, at his residence. He was born in Vance County and was the son of the late Ozie and Susie Green Edwards. He joined Mt. Olive Baptist Church at an early age and in later years he served as an usher, member of the deacon board, past Sunday school superintendent and coach of the youth softball team. He worked many years at the former Harriet & Henderson Cotton Mill and was also a farmer. He was a member of the Beacon Light Lodge 249 and was a Master Mason. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. today at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church by the Rev. Melvin Solomon. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Lottie Mae Bailey of the home; two daughters, Carolyn Baskett and Mary Ann Edwards; six sons, Carl Edwards of Newark, N.J., James Edwards, Roscoe Edwards and Michael Edwards, all of Henderson, Issac Harris and Bobby Harris, both of Gadsen, S.C.; 20 grandchildren; 31 greatgrandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the residence and the body will be on view at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Beacon Light Masonic Lodge #249 and floralbearers will be Goodwill Baxter Chapter #562. Funeral arrangements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.

Robert L. Foster HENDERSON — Robert Lee Foster, 66, of 1161 Morgan Road, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, at Duke Medical Center. He was born in Franklin County and was the son of the late Arthur and Viola Jones Foster. At an early age, he joined Nelson Chapel Baptist Church and later as an adult he joined New Bethel Baptist Church after moving to Henderson. Later he joined Red Bud Baptist Church where he served faithfully as chairman of the deacon board for many years. He was educated in the Franklin County public schools and was a graduate of the former Henderson Institute. Before retirement, he was employed with Rose’s Warehouse of Henderson. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at noon at Red Bud Missionary Baptist Church by the Rev. Isaac Thomas. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

KITTRELL — Richard Waymon Moss, 72, of 297 Egypt Mountain Road, Kittrell, died Saturday, September 19, 2009, at Maria Parham Hospital. Born in Vance County, he was the son of Nettie Hicks Moss Akers of Henderson and the late Donald Moss. Mr. Moss was an employee of Eastern Minerals Inc. and was owner and operator of Richard’s Tack Barn. He was a former employee of Burlington Mills Inc. in Franklinton, and was a former owner of Moss Country Store in the Bobbitt Community. He was a member of Union Chapel United Methodist Church. He loved horses, goats, and other animals. Funeral services will be held Monday, September 21, 2009 at 11 a.m., at Union Chapel United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Dennis Gossett and the Rev. Bud Budzinski. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. A loving and devoted husband, father, and Survivors include his wife, Patty Yarborough Foster of the home; two daughters, Karen Foster of Henderson and Kathy Durham of High Point; four sisters, Cordelia Sneed of Plainfield, N.J., Ethel Robinson of Henderson, Barbara Fuller of Irvington, N.J., and Hattie Foster of Queens, N.Y.; and four grandchildren. The family will receive friends today from 6-7:30 p.m. at the funeral home and at other times will be at the residence. Arrangements are by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.

grandfather, he is survived by, in addition to his mother, his wife of 53 years, Faye Kerley Moss; a daughter, Elizabeth M. Wilson, and husband, Keith, of Kittrell; two sons, Dale Moss, and wife, Audrey, and Chris Moss, and wife, Annette, all of Henderson; a brother, Erwin Moss, and wife, Juanita, of the Bobbitt Community; four grandchildren, Steven Moss, Chad Moss, Philip Moss, and Bobbi Jean Moss; and his granddog, “Rochester.” The family will receive friends at the home, 297 Egypt Mountain Road, Kittrell. Serving as active pallbearers will be Chad Moss, Steven Moss, Philip Moss, Wayne Moss, Gary Tucker, Donnie Mitchell, Odie Pernell, Dennis Kearney, Charles King, Marvin “Buddy” Matthews, and Reuben “Popeye” Perkinson. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to Union Chapel United Methodist Church, Building Fund, 6479 Raleigh Road, Kittrell, N.C. 27544. Arrangements are by Flowers Funeral Home. Paid Obituary

C.J. Jones CREEDMOOR — C.J. Jones, 76, of 639 Coley Road, died Sept. 19, 2009, at his home. A native of Wake County, he was the son of the late Clarence and Nellie Forsythe Jones. He was of the Baptist faith and retired from the City of Durham. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Eakes Funeral Chapel in Creedmoor by Pastor Ron Watts and the Rev. John Monderen. Burial will follow in Carolina Memorial Gardens. Surviving is his wife,

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Martha Cates Jones of the home; four daughters, Ellen Jane Allen of Durham, and Brenda Williams, Judy Harris and Jo Ann Cruz, all of Creedmoor; a son, Pete Jones of Creedmoor; two sisters, Frances Ferrell of Durham and Ruth Oakley of Wake Forest; a brother, Troy Jones of Creedmoor; 12 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren. The visitation will be from 7–8:30 p.m. today at Eakes Funeral Home in Creedmoor and at other times at the home. Eakes Funeral Home in Creedmoor in charge of arrangements.

Peggy D. Joyner STEM — Peggy Dement Joyner, 48, of 1540 North Ridge Drive, died Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, at her home. A native of Mecklenburg County, Va., she was the daughter of Sarah Beal Cutts and the late Lonnie Dement. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Memorial funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Sarah Cutts by the Rev. Dr. Mark Tilley. Surviving are her mother, Sarah Beal Cutts; a daughter, Becky Leigh Joyner of Stem; a son, Ronnie W. Joyner of Stem; a sister, Brenda Ayscue of Middleburg; two brothers, Larry T. Dement of Henderson and Richard W. Dement of Oxford; and a granddaughter. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to Sarah Cutts, P.O. Box 462, Oxford, N.C. 27565 The visitation will follow the memorial service. Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford in charge of arrangements.

Augusta Williams WARRENTON — Augusta “Rock” Williams, 83, died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2009. He was born Nov. 12, 1925, in Warren County and was the son of the late Willie Gus Williams and Lula Jones Williams. He was educated in the Warren County public school system. At an early age, he was baptized and joined Coley Springs Baptist Church. On March 25, 1945, he married the late Mary Alice Fields and they had six children together. He was employed with Blank’s Construction Company for many years. Later, he was employed by Faulkner Farms until he retired. In addition to his parents and his wife, Mary Alice, he was preceded in death by two daughters, Peggy Alston and Rosalee Bullock; and his daughterin-law, Gwendolyn Williams. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. today at Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church, where the Rev. Carson F. Jones Jr. is pastor. The Rev. Hubren Davis will deliver the eulogy. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. He is survived by a daughter, Lula Mae Hargrove of Norlina; three sons, Allen Williams and Jesse Williams of Henderson and Alvin Williams of Tampa, Fla.; 23 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; and six great-greatgrandchildren. The body may be viewed today from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. and at the church one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are by R.H. Greene Funeral Home of Warrenton.

COLLEGIATE, from page one Sanchez said, “This school is being created to serve the historically underserved.” He emphasized the following points: • The school is free. • Transportation and food service will be provided. • The school will be open to all, but will market itself to low-income students. • The goal is for every student to graduate. Three activities are being pursued during the planning year. First, Sanchez and the board are devoting their efforts to raise funds. “We get no state funds during the planning year,” he said. The number of foundations offering funds is limited, he said, especially in a down economy and for a small town that lies outside the “back yard” of many potential donors. The search for an appropriate facility is also under way. Sanchez said the building must be able to accommodate its first year’s group of fourth-graders and should be within a half-mile of downtown Henderson. Sanchez and the board are actively marketing the school. This involves recruiting potential students as well as garnering community support. In addition to the community forum, Sanchez will be interviewed on WIZS Radio at 10:40 a.m. on Tuesday. Information can also be found on their website at www.hendersoncollegiate. com. Sanchez sees Henderson Collegiate as providing students and parents another educational option to complement those offered by other schools in Vance County. He and his colleagues are basing their work on the theme, taken from a quotation by writer James Baldwin: “The children are always ours, every single one of them.” Contact the writer at dirvine@ hendersondispatch.com.

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The Board will not be required to hold any of the above listed meetings unless, since its preceding meeting, it actually received one or more applications, which it has not passed upon. James C. Kearney, Chairman VANCE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS 300 S. GARNETT STREET HENDERSON, NC 27536 Phone: (252) 492-3730

Home In Henderson The Candidates Forum will be broadcast on WIZS and webcast on HiH at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

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Local Internet provider now offers phone service NCOL will focus first on Vance County

By DAVID IRVINE Daily Dispatch Writer

NCOL, a locally owned technology company, now offers telephone service. For more than a decade, the company has provided its customers computer services, Internet service, Web site design and hosting. Now it has added telephone service to this array of communication offerings. Located at 410 Dabney Drive, NCOL has been in business since 1997. Walter Pegram, Bill Hissong and Stephanie Rogers bought the business in 2001. The company has 10 employees, three

performing administrative functions and seven providing technical services. The new service includes the options telephone customers expect: call waiting, caller ID, voice mail and call forwarding. A customer is able to send voice mail to a computer and receive a text message when getting voice mail. Hissong, with a master’s degree in information systems, brings several years of experience with AT&T and Mechanics and Farmers Bank to his work with NCOL. Pegram, trained as an electrical

engineer, has worked for Vanstar in the Research Triangle Park and for Nortel. While NCOL offers Internet and computer services in a fourcounty area, Hissong and Pegram plan to focus the telephone service on Vance County initially. “We’d like to do well in one county before we branch out to another,” Pegram said in an interview with The Daily Dispatch. Telephone service is available for both residential customers and businesses.

Hissong and Pegram point out that a small, local technology company such as NCOL can offer great flexibility in designing services for its customers. “We can mold a plan around the needs of a business,” Hissong points out. “It’s not ‘One plan fits all.’” NCOL is licensed by the North Carolina Public Utilities Commission to provide telephone service. Customers can expect to see their numbers listed in the telephone directory. They can also place listings in the Yellow Pages. Contact the writer at dirvine@hendersondispatch.com.

Official: FCC to propose ‘Net neutrality’ rules By DANIEL LOVERING AP Business Writer

The head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks, an official at the agency said Saturday. The Federal Communications Commission chairman, Julius Genachowski, will announce the proposed rules in a speech Monday at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, the official said on condition of anonymity because news of the announcement had not been formally released. The proposals would uphold a pledge Barack Obama made during the presidential campaign to support Internet neutrality — the equal treatment of Internet traffic. That would bar Internet service providers such as Verizon Communications Inc., Comcast Corp. or AT&T Inc., from slowing or blocking certain services or content flowing through their vast networks. Without strict rules ensuring Net neutrality, consumer watchdogs fear the communications companies could interfere with the transmission of content, such as TV shows delivered over the Internet, that compete with services the ISPs offer,

like cable television. Internet providers have opposed regulations that would inhibit the way they control their networks, arguing they need to be able to make sure applications that consume a lot of bandwidth don’t slow Internet access to other users. “This is about whether I can turn off my cable TV and watch TV over the Internet,” said Dave Burstein, editor of the DSL Prime broadband industry newsletter. “Comcast cares about this because they don’t want people to turn off their cable TV.” The FCC adopted four principles on Internet policy in 2005. Two years later, it said it would study the business practices of high-speed Internet providers and consider whether a principle of nondiscrimination in traffic should be added. Burstein thinks the FCC probably will adopt a fifth principle on nondiscrimination as part of the expected new rules. The FCC’s existing net

neutrality principles have focused on high-speed Internet access delivered over wireline systems. But Google Inc. and other big technology companies, as well as consumer advocacy groups, have called for rules that would require wireless networks to be similarly open to all devices and applications. UBS analyst John Hodulik said extending the principles to the wireless arena is going to be “a bit difficult because the regulation of wireless is very different than the regulation of the wireline networks, where the FCC has played a much stronger role.” “In wireless, these companies typically have paid billions of dollars to buy licenses ... and now operate in a very independent market with absolutely no government subsidies or government involvement,” he said. “So it would be a new era of regulation for what is a very competitive market.” But the rules’ effectiveness “really depends on

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the details,” Hodulik added. “These could be just relatively vague rules that prevent obvious forms of discrimination, like blocking a Web site or mowing down the packets from a competitor’s service.” The FCC official declined to elaborate on the new rules, but said the agency wants to create a baseline standard for all platforms that deliver the Internet. The proposed new rules were reported earlier by The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. “We are concerned about the unintended consequences that Net neutrality regulation would have on investments from the very industry that’s helping to drive the U.S. economy,” Chris GuttmanMcCabe, a vice president at CTIA, a wireless trade group, told the Post. The FCC began wading into the issue even before Genachowski became FCC

chairman. Last year the FCC rebuked Comcast for blocking or delaying some forms of Internet filesharing. Comcast agreed to stop the practice. A spokeswoman for Philadelphia-based Comcast declined to comment on the FCC’s planned announcement. A spokesman for Verizon of New York did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.

Henderson Walmart remodel continues From STAFF REPORTS

The Henderson Walmart Supercenter is in the midst of a major remodeling and reconfiguration that is expected to continue into the next month. The megastore, which is located at 200 N. Cooper Drive just off Dabney Drive, recently was undergoing a change on the outside, as evidenced by earth-tone colors replacing the past red-white-andblue look, while the inside was being rearranged. Walmart, in a statement late last week, gave no specific date when the work will be complete. The supercenter dates back to August 2002, having replaced a discount store dating back to the middle 1990s. The changes are part of a corporate-wide revamping and upgrading called “Project Impact,” with the Oxford supercenter, which opened on Wednesday, being an example of the new look and arrangement. The Oxford supercenter replaced a discount store dating back to the early 1990s. Send comments to news@ hendersondispatch.com.

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Toughest test coming up for health care overhaul By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Writer

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WASHINGTON — Keep going. You don’t have to fix all of it now. Just please don’t let it stall. That’s the essence of the message that Senate Democratic leaders have for their Finance Committee senators, who plan to start voting Tuesday on a remake of the nation’s health care system. Democrats on the pivotal committee are disappointed with the bill from the chairman, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. Republicans see a chance to deliver a stunning blow to President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority. The stakes are so high because this isn’t just another committee. The 23-member panel is a microcosm of the Senate, the narrow gate through which legislation to cover the uninsured and try to control medical costs has to pass. If the committee can’t produce, then the ability of Obama and the Democrats to pass a bill this year will be seriously questioned. “If it can’t get through the Finance Committee, the mountain that has to be climbed is a much higher mountain, and I don’t know whether they’ll have the ability to climb that mountain,” said Christine Ferguson, a Senate GOP health aide during the Bill Clinton-era health care debate. Now a George Washington University professor, Ferguson was part of an effort to find a bipartisan deal. Baucus, an optimist by nature, says he has the votes. “Oh, yeah — no doubt,” he says. But last week the chairman stood alone as he explained and defended his 10-year, $856-billion plan. No Democrats joined him

Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid and other government health programs

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Taxes, fees and spending cuts around $900 billion

Taking apart the $856 billion health care bill

Cuts in Medicare and Medicaid account for nearly 60 percent of the funding for the $856 billion health care overhaul bill proposed by the Senate Finance Committee. NOTE: The Congressional Budget Office calculates the cost at $774 billion. Sen. Max Baucus aides say the discrepancy is mainly because he is adding up all the costs, while CBO uses some net numbers.

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its grip each year. Republicans will try to bar funds for abortions and tighten rules to prevent benefits from going to illegal immigrants, although Baucus says his bill already does both. And they’re pushing for a bolder approach on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits. Many committee members would like the bill that emerges to be significantly different from the plan Baucus placed before them. But they’re up against a hard barrier on costs. Obama has said he wants legislation that’s about $900 billion over 10 years. The Baucus plan is right under that level. Sweeten the subsidies too much and the cost could zoom above $1 trillion. That’s why Democratic leaders and major interest groups backing a health care overhaul are urging the committee to pass a bill now — and try to work out problems later. Action by the committee is the first of four big steps before any legislation can be signed into law. Next, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada would “meld” the Finance Committee bill with a more liberal measure from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Then, the House and Senate would pass its own version of legislation. Finally, a negotiating committee with representatives from each chamber would have to reconcile the two bills. “The important thing is to keep moving the process forward, and to keep the big goals in mind, even if there are concerns about the specifics,” said John Rother, the top policy strategist for AARP.

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Flu shots offered for seniors John R. Hawkins The Vance County Health Department will administer seasonal flu shots to persons 60 and older at the Vance County Senior Center on Sept. 30. Pneumonia shots will only be offered to those 65 and older who have never had one before. All other clients will have to see their personal physician for any follow-up pneumonia shots. Appointments will only be scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Interested persons

should call the senior center at 430-0257 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to register in advance for the shots. Those who receive Medicare Part B (red, white & blue card) or Medicaid should remember to bring their card and the shots will be filed through Medicare or Medicaid. In addition, Wellpath and Blue Cross Blue Shield will be accepted. However, those with any other supplemental

insurance such as Humana or Premier will need to get flu and pneumonia shots at a doctor’s office. Shots not covered by Wellpath, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicare or Medicaid will be $32 for the flu shot and $50 for the pneumonia shot. Those participating are asked to please wear short sleeves to the appointment. The senior center is located at 126 S. Garnett St., Henderson. For more information, call 430-0257.

Senior center planning trip to Myrtle Beach The Vance County Senior Center is coordinating a trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Nov. 13-14. The chartered bus trip will include one night’s ocean front lodging at Beach Cove Resort, one buffet breakfast, one seafood dinner and Christmas shows at the Alabama Theatre and the Carolina Opry. While traveling, activities will include playing bingo with prizes. Snacks and drinks will be provided. The cost of the trip is based on the number of people per room and the price per person is as follows:

single - $300; double - $265; triple - $250; quad - $245. A deposit of $150 per person is required for the trip and due at registration. All deposits are due by Sept. 30. Those wishing to room together must register at the same time to assure that accommodations are available as needed. Final payment will be due to the senior center on Oct. 16. The bus will depart from the senior center, located at 126 S. Garnett Street, at 6 a.m. sharp on Nov. 13 and return at approximately 10 p.m. on Nov. 14. Interested persons may

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come to the senior center Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to register for the trip. Those participating should park in the public parking lot on Chestnut Street and meet the bus at the senior center. For more information, call the center at 430-0257.

Class of 1969 John R. Hawkins High School Class of 1969 is planning its 40th reunion. Classmates interested in attending should contact crewsmusic@aol.com, (240) 350-4822; raymanley@ aol.com, (908) 307-0220; or gf69jrh@aol.com, (919) 599-1457 for information.

Vann Family reunion The descendants of Evangelist Louis and Amanda E. Eaton Vann will be hosting a “meet and greet” in Vance County at the Satterwhite Point State Park Glass House on Sept. 27. The theme for the gathering is “Sharing and Remembering our Heritage, Achievement

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Upcoming Reunions and Legacy.” The families hosting include the Vann, Edwards, Evans, Royster, Kittrell, Daye, Rainey, Green, Marable, Speed, Ellis, Glover, Wilson and Williams families. Activities are as follows: • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., registration and receiving of potluck items. • 1 p.m., family luncheon and business meeting. Registration deadline is Sept. 23 and registration can be mailed to Loretta Royster Hunt at P.O. Box 673, Oxford, N.C., 27565, or e-mailed to Andre D. Vann at avann6@nc.rr. com. Family members who have stories, artifacts, heirlooms and photographic information relevant to the history of the family are urged to bring it to the gathering. The luncheon will be potluck and there

will be indoor and outdoor seating. Those planning to attend are asked to contact the following for local arrangements: Loretta R. Hunt, 430-4197; Laquitta Lindsey, (919) 339-0216; Joseph Ellis, 492-8644; Annie Mason Young, 4307860; or Andre D. Vann, (919) 598-1147.

Vance High School Class of 1975 The 35th reunion for the Vance Senior High School Class of 1975 is being planned for 2010. Members of the class interested in information should call or e-mail Oney Venable Jones at 492-9887 (heavenchild@embarq.com) or Gloria Wilson Hawley at 492-5851 (gloria.hawley@ yahoo.com).

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Vance county sheriff’s office Arrests • Darren Antwoine Henderson of 752 David St. on Sept. 16 was served an order for arrest for misdemeanor failure to appear. Bond was set at $600. Court date Nov. 17. • Kervin L. Kersey, 41, of 4121 Jacksontown Road was arrested Sept. 17. Misdemeanor assault on a female. Bond was set at $500. Court date Oct. 26. • Robert Lewis Somerville, 26, of 2019 Frances Ave on Sept. 16 was served an order for arrest for failure to appear. Bond was set at $3,500 secured or $325 cash. Court date Sept. 24. • Robert Lynn Perry, 40, of 754 Newton Dairy Road was arrested Sept. 17. Misdemeanor communicating threats. Misdemeanor assault on a female. No bond. Court date Oct. 5. • Jerry Allen Steed Jr., 37 of

100 Clark Lane was arrested Sept. 17. Misdemeanor assault on a female, 2 counts. Misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon. Misdemeanor communicating threats. No bond. Court date Oct. 6.

Larceny • William David Harris, 65, of 79 Holly Circle reported Sept. 16 the theft from the residence of a Remington 1100 semiautomatic shotgun valued at $1,200 and a Remington 870 pump shotgun valued at $500. • Andrew J. Clement, 39, of 293 Regina Lane reported Sept. 17 the theft from the residence of the following items and their values: black Onkyo stereo receiver, $100; black Pioneer CD player, $100; 3-piece black IBM computer set, $175; black 22-inch SVA computer monitor, $160; and an Internet router and 3-piece black Dell computer set, values unknown.

granville county sheriff’s office • Candice Williams Burwell, 38, of 7034 U.S. 15 North, Oxford, was booked Sept. 10. Failure to appear. Bond was set at $500. • Christopher Antonio Bailey, 26, of 1737 Lake Road, Creedmoor, was booked Sept. 11. Failure to appear. Bond was set at $1,600. • Brian A. Boldin, 24, of 4035 Crestview Lane, Oxford, was booked Sept. 11. Contempt of court. Perjury. Court violations. No bond was set. • Crystal Marie Fowler, 36, of 2182 Smith Road, Oxford, was booked Sept. 11. Felony larceny by an employee. Bond was set at $1,500. • Michael A. Gordon, 32, of 7652 Sam Hall Road, Oxford, was booked Sept. 11. Contempt of court. Perjury. Court violations. Bond was set at $60. • Ronald Edward Johnson, 42, of 602 A W. B St., Butner, was booked Sept. 11. Con-

tempt of court. Bond was set at $1,500. • Amanda Kathleen Vanteger, 23, of 7014 Red Oak Drive, Oxford, was booked Sept. 13. Failure to appear. Bond was set at $1,000. • Jason Puryear, 32, of 2159 Grassy Creek-Virgilina Road, Bullock, was booked Sept. 13. Failure to appear. Bond was set at $500. • Ricky Leonard Jackson, 47, of 539 A Woodland Church Road, Wake Forest, was booked Sept. 14. Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. No bond was set. • Emmanuel Brent Clark, 21, of 3171 Gela Road, Oxford, was booked Sept. 14. Misdemeanor second-degree trespassing. Bond was set at $400. • Jessie William Lee, 53, of 1071 Wildlife Drive, Stem, was booked Sept. 14. Three counts of misdemeanor assault on a female. One count of misdemeanor assault and battery. No bond was set.

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Oxford police department • Nevin Webb, 28, of 7052 Hitch Drive, Holly Springs, was booked Sept. 12. Misdemeanor possession of an illegal drug. No bond was set. • Dana Evans, 31, of 201 Lewis St., on Sept. 13 was served a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. Bond was pre-set at $500. • Matthew Canaday, 21, of 3060 U.S. 15 Stem, was booked Sept. 13. Misdemeanor driving while impaired. No bond was set. • Brittany Gruber, 19, of 9309 N.C. 57, Rougemont, was booked Sept. 13. Misdemeanor consumption of alcohol while being less than 21 years of age. No bond was set. • Latonya Walker, 29, of 105 A Griffin St., was booked Sept. 14. Five counts of misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon. Felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. Felony hit and run. Bond was set at $10,000. • Tammie Evans, 31, of 623 Raleigh St., was booked Sept.

Arrests • Angelo Evans, 22, of 408 Roxboro Road, was booked Sept. 11. Felony common law robbery. Misdemeanor assault. Bond was set at $20,000. • Walter Rigsbee, 24, of 2928 Rustic Court, Hillsborough, was booked Sept. 11. Misdemeanor possession of an illegal drug. No bond was set. • Shacarta Perry, 18, of 517 Orange St., was booked Sept. 11. Misdemeanor communicating threats. No bond was set. • Willie Evans, 30, of 611 B Raleigh St., was booked Sept. 12. Making a false report to a law enforcement agency. Bond was set at $2,000. • Kevin Faulkner, 18, of 4651 Old N.C. 75, was booked Sept. 12. Misdemeanor possession of an illegal drug. No bond was set. • Stewart Dickey, 18, of 4569 Watkins Road, was booked Sept. 12. Misdemeanor possession of an illegal drug. No bond was set.

15. Misdemeanor failure to return rental property after failing to pay rent due. No bond was set. • Hattie Royster, 27, of 419 Bullock St., was booked Sept. 15. Misdemeanor assault. No bond was set. • Terelle Royster, 22, of 110 Summitt Ave., on Sept. 15 was served two misdemeanor failure to appear warrants. Bond was pre-set at $2,000. • Cleveland Wortham, 61, of 583 Devin Road, was booked Sept. 15. Misdemeanor driving while impaired. No bond was set. • Keith Baskerville, 31, of 117 Frost St., on Sept. 15 was served a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. Bond was pre-set at $800. • William Royster, 36, of 312 Sycamore St., was booked Sept. 16. Misdemeanor breaking and entering. Misdemeanor larceny. Bond was set at $1,000. • Grace Johnson, 37, of 4050 Shanon Drive, was booked Sept. 16. Misdemeanor trespassing. Misdemeanor possession of an

illegal drug. Bond was set at $500. • Ernest Moss, 62, of 304 Howard Drive, was booked Sept. 16. Misdemeanor trespassing. Bond was set at $500. • James Bumpass, 61, of 206 Howard Drive, was booked Sept. 16. Misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Misdemeanor communicating threats. Misdemeanor resisting, obstructing and delaying an officer. Misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond was set at $10,000. • Michael Harris, 37, of 216 A Forest Ave., was booked Sept. 16. Misdemeanor larceny. Misdemeanor possession of stolen goods. Misdemeanor trespassing. Bond was set at 10,000. • Barry Hunt, 21, of 105 Alex St., on Sept. 17 was served a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. No bond was set. • Jonathan Jones, 27, of 414 A Taylor St., was booked Sept. 17. Misdemeanor resisting, obstructing and delaying an officer. No bond was set.

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N.C. Crime Briefs Ex-NC Habitat director accused of sex with inmate ROCKY MOUNT (AP) — Authorities say a former North Carolina Habitat for Humanity director has been charged with inappropriate sexual conduct with a prisoner. Multiple media outlets report that 69-year-old William Reid Mcauley Jr. was charged Friday with two counts of sexual activity by a custodian. Authorities say the former director of Rocky Mount Habitat for Humanity was a custodian for a 29-year-old female prisoner at Fountain Correctional Center for Women who was taking part in a work-release program. Investigators say the woman told them the alleged activity began in August 2008 and continued until this past April. Bond for Mcauley was set at $52,000. There was no answer Saturday at a phone number listed for him, and it was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.

Judge to rule over releasing video in UNC student death ASHEBORO (AP) — A North Carolina judge says he will decide soon whether to release recordings from the police video camera that captured the shooting death of a University of North Carolina student Multiple media outlets reported Saturday that Superior Court Judge Brad Long will decide whether to unseal the video that shows the events surrounding the shooting of 21-year-old Courtland Smith. Several media outlets including The Associated Press have requested access to the dashboard camera video from the car

that pulled Smith over last month. Radio traffic recordings indicate shots were fired 35 seconds after officers stopped Smith’s car. Smith had called 911 while on the road, saying he was trying to kill himself, had been drinking and was carrying a gun.

Man arrested in S.C., charged with injuring N.C. cop ZEBULON (AP) — South Carolina authorities have arrested a man involved in a police chase that injured a North Carolina officer. Multiple media outlets reported Saturday that 32-year-old Jason Earl Anthony was arrested Friday in Greenville County, S.C., when authorities realized he was wanted by North Carolina police. Zebulon officers approached Anthony’s truck Friday after noticing it matched a description from a convenience store robbery. Authorities say Anthony pinned Officer Brandon Atwood with his car door and dragged the officer several yards before running over him. Atwood has a broken leg but has been released from the hospital. Anthony is being held without bond on charges including attempted murder of a police officer. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.

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DENVER â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A man under investigation in a terrorism probe in New York and Colorado didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t report for a fourth day of FBI questioning Saturday so he could spend a much-needed day with his attorney, the attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spokeswoman said. Najibullah Zazi had been scheduled to go to the Federal Building in Denver on Saturday. But Wendy Aiello, a spokeswoman for Zaziâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense team, told The Associated Press that Zazi and his attorney contacted the FBI to cancel the meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are meeting as client and attorney to review the case and the entire situation,â&#x20AC;? Aiello said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Further meetings with the FBI are not being ruled out.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do know that Mr. Zazi is very tired,â&#x20AC;? she added. The FBI had no immediate comment. Zazi, a 24-year-old airport shuttle driver, insists he is not involved in terrorism and has no links to al-Qaida. He is not under arrest. He completed a third day of questioning Friday and was allowed to return to his suburban Denver apartment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Denver FBI office has been very professional and courteous to Mr. Zazi and his family, and Mr. Zazi has cooperated fully with the Denver FBI office,â&#x20AC;? Aiello said. Zaziâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense team denied reports that Zazi is considering a plea deal related to terror charges, and Zaziâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney, Arthur Folsom, has dismissed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;rumorâ&#x20AC;? remarks by a senior U.S. intelligence official in Washington that Zazi played a crucial role in an intended terrorist attack. The official told the AP on Friday that Zazi has indicated he is directly linked with al-Qaida. The

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Officials reportedly found DNA from Le and Clark in the ceiling and in the recess where Leâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body was found. The evidence is so overwhelming that police believe they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily have to uncover Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motive for the killing to convince jurors of his guilt, according to a law enforcement official who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. That likely leaves Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorneys with going after how that evidence was gathered â&#x20AC;&#x201D; rather than what it shows â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and have prosecutors defend their decision not to seal the lab building until Leâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body was found. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You attempt to attack the investigative process as well as the conclusions,â&#x20AC;? said William Dow III, a prominent New Haven-based defense lawyer, who does not represent anyone in this case. Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s court-appointed attorneys did not return calls seeking comment Saturday. Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bond was set at $3

million, and he did not enter a plea. Yale students were allowed into the basement of the research Clark building for at least three days after Le disappeared. The Hartford Courant reported that Clark was in the lab cleaning while police were conducting interviews shortly after the grad student disappeared, and tried to hide lab cleaning equipment that they later discovered contained blood spatters. At the time, police said they were not sure whether the Le case was a homicide or a missing persons case. The building wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sealed until Leâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body was found. â&#x20AC;&#x153;DNA can be transferred in many, many ways, and when people work together, DNA can be transferred in ways that are very legitimate,â&#x20AC;? said Michael Georgetti, a Hartford defense attorney.

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Ex-aide says Edwards really fathered mistress’ child CHAPEL HILL (AP) — A man who once claimed to have fathered the child of John Edwards’ mistress says in a book proposal the former presidential candidate is the real father and that Edwards and worked with his campaign finance chairman to hide that secret, according to a newspaper report published online Saturday. The New York Times said the book proposal by former Edwards aide Andrew Young states he helped facilitate the affair between Edwards and Rielle Hunter. According to the newspaper, Young wrote that Edwards once told Hunter they would wed after Edwards’ wife, who has cancer, died. Edwards told Hunter that the ceremony would be held on a rooftop in New York and the Dave Matthews Bands would make an appearance, the newspaper said, citing its examination of the book proposal. St. Martin’s Press has said Young signed a book deal with the publisher

in June and it involved a strict confidentiality agreement. A spokesman for the publisher did Edwards not immediately return a phone message and e-mail seeking comment Saturday. Edwards has said the affair with Hunter ended in 2006. That year, Edwards’ political action committee paid Hunter’s video production firm $100,000 for work. Then the committee paid another $14,086 on April 1, 2007. The Edwards camp has said the latter payment from the PAC was exchanged for 100 hours of unused videotape Hunter shot. The same day, the Edwards presidential campaign had injected $14,034.61 into the PAC for a “furniture purchase,” according to federal election records. Edwards, a U.S. senator representing North Carolina from 1998 until his vice

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Rielle Hunter and child presidential bid in 2004, acknowledged in May that federal investigators are looking into how he used campaign funds. Grand jury proceedings are secret, and the U.S. attorney’s office in Raleigh has declined to confirm or deny an investigation.

Edwards would not comment Saturday. Smith has said Edwards may make a statement at some point in the future about the paternity of Frances Quinn Hunter, who is 19-months old, but there was no timetable for that. Young hasn’t spoken publicly since saying he was the father in 2007 and has repeatedly ignored reporter requests for interviews. Young got his last campaign paycheck in the middle of November, a month before he and Hunter publicly declared through attorneys that he was the father. Fred Baron, who was Edwards’ national finance chairman and a wealthy Dallasbased trial attorney, said last year he quietly sent money to Hunter and to

Young’s family to resettle in California. Baron, who died following complications from cancer just a few months after Edwards acknowledged the affair, said he provided the money on his own, to “help two friends and former colleagues rebuild their lives when harassment by supermarket tabloids made it impossible for them to move forward on their own.” The New York Times said the book proposal states Edwards knew from the start that he was the father of the child and expended considerable effort trying to conceal that. The proposal says Edwards pleaded with Young to claim paternity and asked Baron to check whether a doctor would fake the results of a paternity test.

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Daily Meditation For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:11-13

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Attend the forum Pardon our interrupting your pleasant Sunday afternoon. But this is important. Today at 3 p.m., in the commissioners’ meeting room at the old Vance County Courthouse building, candidates for mayor and Henderson City Council — most of them, anyway — will be on hand to answer a few questions. And there’s much to ask. We of course won’t use this space to let on what all, or even any, of the questions will be prior to the forum today. Suffice to say that between the partners in this biannual city political forum — that is, WIZS radio, Homeinhenderson.com and The Daily Dispatch — we have a pretty good feel for the pulse of this community. That means we know the issues that are important to you as readers of this newspaper and residents of Henderson. The forum certainly is worth attending in person. Typically we have plenty of room still available when the forum gets under way, so don’t worry about not finding a seat. And there’s nothing quite like being there to see how candidates respond under fire, and to gauge for yourself who seems best-suited for the job. If you can’t attend in person, be sure to listen to the forum on WIZS or view the Webcast on Homeinhenderson.com beginning at 6 p.m. Our new site at Hendersondispatch.com will also flex its greater technological capabilities and present video from the event, as well. So even if you can’t leave the house, if you have a radio or Internet service, there will be no reason to miss this forum. And, if you do lack a radio and computer, at least you’ll get to read the roundup from the forum on Tuesday. Rest assured, it will be well-covered in these pages. Every local election is an important one. With Henderson experiencing considerable turnover on its city council the past few years — but not yet considerable progress — we know that knowledgeable voters out there are anxious to make their preference known. Either those in power need more time, or someone else needs to be in charge. It’s your choice, but you should make it from an informed position. And this forum is your chance as a voter to get informed. Most of you will have time between Sunday morning and evening church services to be in attendance. And football, well, that’s just going to have to wait.

Quotable “Absolutely no way, it’s a rumor.” — Attorney Arthur Folsom, in response to a senior U.S. intelligence official, who linked 24-year-old airport shuttle driver Najibullah Zazi to a terrorist plot being investigated in New York and Denver. “When they really picked it up, and you could see the liquid and food dripping out of their mouths, that was pretty disgusting.” — Spectator Dolores Lucero, of Albuquerque, N.M., after the burrito eating contest at the New Mexico State Fair. “I’m scared.” — Gorki Aguila, Cuban dissident punk rocker. in the U.S. for 15 days to promote his new CD. Aguila is not sure if he’ll be able to return home because of his sharp criticism of the Cuban government.

This column was originally published Nov. 23, 2003. I like to think that I am a modest person. (I also like to think that I look like Brad Pitt naked, but that is not the issue here.) There comes a time, however, when a person must toot his own personal horn, and for me, that time is now. A new book has confirmed a theory that I first proposed in 1987, in a column explaining why men are physically unqualified to do housework. The problem, I argued, is that men — because of a tragic genetic flaw — cannot see dirt until there is enough of it to support agriculture. This puts men at a huge disadvantage against women, who can detect a single dirt molecule 20 feet away. This is why a man and a woman can both be looking at the same bathroom commode, and the man — hindered by Male Genetic Dirt Blindness (MGDB) — will perceive the commode surface as being clean enough for heart surgery; whereas the woman can’t even “see” the commode, only a teeming, commodeshaped swarm of bacteria. A woman can spend two hours cleaning a toothbrush holder and still not be totally satisfied; whereas if you ask a man to clean the entire New York City subway system, he’ll go

down there with a bottle of Windex and a single paper towel, then emerge 25 minutes later, weary but satisfied with a job well done. When I wrote about Male Genetic Dirt Blindness, many irate readers complained that I was engaging in sexist Dave stereotypBarry ing, as well as makTribune Media Services ing lame excuses for the fact that men are lazy pigs. All of these irate readers belonged to a gender that I will not identify here, other than to say: Guess what, ladies? There is now scientific proof that I was right. This proof appears in a new book titled “What Could He Be Thinking? How a Man’s Mind Really Works.” I have not personally read this book, because, as a journalist, I am too busy writing about it. But according to an article by Reuters, the book states that a man’s brain “takes in less sensory detail than a woman’s, so he doesn’t see or even feel the dust and household mess in the same way.” Got that? We can’t see or feel the

mess! We’re like: “What snow tires in the dining room? Oh, those snow tires in the dining room.” And this is only one of the differences between men’s and women’s brains. Another difference involves a brain part called the “cingulate gyrus,” which is where emotions are located. The Reuters article does not describe the cingulate gyrus, but presumably in women it’s the size of a mature cantaloupe, containing a vast quantity of complex, endlessly recalibrated emotional data involving hundreds, perhaps thousands of human relationships; whereas in men it’s basically a cashew filled with NFL highlights. In any event, it turns out that women’s brains secrete more of the chemicals “oxytocin” and “serotonin,” which, according to biologists, cause humans to feel they have an inadequate supply of shoes. No, seriously, these chemicals cause humans to want to bond with other humans, which is why women like to share their feelings. Some women (and here I’m referring to my wife) can share as many as three days’ worth of feelings about an event that took eight seconds to actually happen. We men, on the other hand, are reluctant to share our feel-

ings, in large part because we often don’t have any. Really. Ask any guy: A lot of the time, when we look like we’re thinking, we just have this low-level humming sound in our brains. That’s why, in male-female conversations, the male part often consists entirely of him going, “Hmmmm.” This frustrates the woman, who wants to know what he’s really thinking. In fact, what he’s thinking is, literally, “Hmmmm.” So anyway, according to the Reuters article, when a man, instead of sharing feelings with his mate, chooses to lie on the sofa, holding the remote control and monitoring 750 television programs simultaneously by changing the channel every one-half second (pausing slightly longer for programs that feature touchdowns, fighting, shooting, car crashes, or bosoms) his mate should not come to the mistaken conclusion that he’s an insensitive jerk. In fact, he’s responding to scientific biological brain chemicals that require him to behave this way for scientific reasons, as detailed in the scientific book “What Could He Be Thinking? How a Man’s Mind Really Works,” which I frankly cannot recommend highly enough. In conclusion, no way was that pass interference.

Letters to the Editor ‘Internet Safe for Children’ ends its mission; thanks public for support To the editor: After 13 years of service, Internet Safe for Children is closing down, and we wish to offer the public our thanks. Internet Safe for Children was started in October 1996 to inform parents and school officials of the potential harmful effects of some Internet content: pornography, bigotry, racism, bomb-making, violence, etc. We have addressed every school superintendent and school board chairperson in more than 40 states, and have reached out to parents in an effort to inform in a parts can find to stand against “free information service” context. Hopefully, we is the idea their pants should fit their waists. Popular culture reached part of our goals. Now, it is time for us to is increasingly home to artificlose down completely. I cial outlaws and fake rebels, recently retired after 20 revolution on the cheap that blessed years of teaching at looks like the real thing unless Vance-Granville Commuyou look too close. Then you recognize the rictus grin of the nity College and, reachbirthday party magician, sweat ing an age that calls for moderation in activities, pebbling his brow as he prays am slowing down also. no one sees the rabbit in his The Internet has grown cummerbund. to be one of the most influA few days after the MTV ential outgrowths of our exshow, I got an e-mail from my panding technology world. friend, Grayson Hugh, who is But, with all its benefits, the greatest singer/songwriter it is even more harmful to you’ve never heard. He was our children today, touchfuming over West’s behavior: “I ing almost every area of was just reflecting how dearly I their lives. would treasure one minuscule We would like to point fraction of the financial support out some of the multitude he is being given by the record of other folks, who, through industry! It pains me (and their many efforts have angers me, too) to see ‘celebrity’ sought to inform of potenmusicians being so ungrateful tial Internet content harm. and ungracious.” These folks would appreciBut what else can we ate your support: expect in an era that accepts • Enough Is Enough ungraciousness and ungrate- organization site, http:// fulness as synonyms for www.enough.org courage and rebellion? This is • http://www.protectnot, let me add, an argument kids.com/dangers/childacabout sound or style, but cess.htm substance. Revolution is not • Liberty University and a stunt. others have worked in the And I submit that we actupast for the Child Online Protection Act, http://www. ally have no shortage of condilc.org/profamily/copa.pdf tions that still require rebel• And, many others lion. What we lack is the will to act. That’s sad. Once upon a have worked to inform and to pass laws, people and time, music was brave. organizations too numerNow we have only echoes of ous to list. the bang. The Platform for Internet Content SelecLeonard Pitts is a columnist for tion (PICS), http://www. the Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, w3.org/PICS, the heart of Miami, Fla., 33132. Readers may contact him via e-mail at lpitts@ Please see LETTERS, page 13 miamiherald.com.

Music has lost its meaning I blame Elvis. With Chuck Berry, Little Richard and other icons from rock’s first generation, he pioneered an incendiary idea: that music could be more than a medium of entertainment, that it could and should also be a tool of cultural revolution. It was not, after all, just music that moved town fathers to ban rock concerts and angry men with sledgehammers to smash jukeboxes containing rock records. No, it was what that music “meant,” the notion of white kids mixing with black ones, of status quo under siege, of girls having sex before they were 30. More, it was the realization that the staid old lives the town fathers lived and the staid old things those angry men believed were about to be washed away upon a tide of change. That big bang still echoes; nearly 60 years later, we are still wed to the idea that the music that has “meaning” is the music that causes unease. But it takes more to do that now than it did in Elvis’ day. So pity Kanye West, the mercurial rapper who is in America’s dog house for his antics at last week’s MTV Music Video Awards. If you haven’t heard about it, you need to get out more. Suffice it to say he rushed the stage as doe-eyed teenage country music star Taylor Swift was giving an acceptance speech, grabbed her mike and declared that she didn’t deserve the award, Beyonce did. It was par for the course for West, whose previous stunts and intemperate outbursts

have earned him a reputation as unhinged and self-centered. Some have suggested this incident, along with Serena Williams’ tennis court meltdown and Rep. Joe Wilson’s boorish behavior in a joint session of Congress signals a loss of American civility. Maybe it does. But I feel it also suggests a popular Leonard culture that Pitts has run out Distributed by of things Cagle Cartoons to rebel against. Think about it: everything those city fathers and angry men of six decades ago feared has come to pass and then some. The black kids are making “babies” with the white ones, status quo died of natural causes and penis jokes are at home on prime-time TV. What was once the outrageous is now the everyday. As popular music’s ability to shock has declined, its attempts to do so have only become more naked and needy. From Britney kissing Madonna on MTV to Janet Jackson’s bared breast at the Super Bowl to West’s serial episodes of juvenility, pop musicians now give us stunts that seem more desperate than truly dangerous. It is perhaps enough to note that whereas John Lennon took a stand against war that nearly cost him the ability to stay in this country, the best many of his modern counter-

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Section B Sunday, September 20, 2009

Battle in Blacksburg Hokies come from behind, score late to beat Huskers — Top 25, page 3B

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ALSO INSIDE: BYU gets a pounding from FSU — page 3B

Phillies rally late, but fall to Braves — page 4B

Walt finishes in top 20 after best season yet

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Duke quarterback Sean Renfree is hit by Kansas defensive end Jeff Wheeler during the second half of Saturday’s game. The ball fell as an incomplete pass.

Well, the good news is that I will not be losing my deposit I had paid a while back on my campsite in Smallwood State Park on the Potomac River near La Plata, Md. The bad news is I didn’t catch enough in last weekend’s BFL on Gaston to bring home a paycheck. This was, however, by far my best season on that trail in the five years that I have competed. After consistently finishing near the middle of the pack, averaging around 90th place out of 200 each year, this year’s 20th-place final standing has me brimming

with confidence and ready to win big time on the Potomac River in early October. Discussing this with Vern Fleming, my team tournament partner, I pointed out that Walt in four other Bowen years of BFL On the Water competition I Weekly had always been in the middle of the pack at year’s end and not once had I qualified for the

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but after catching a nice keeper on my third cast in the deeper water, I decided I would start there in the tournament, confident that I would load the boat with bass as I had done regular in the weeks before. Unfortunately I had not landed a fish there by around 9 a.m. and finally decided to head to another area where I had also been catching a lot of fish, only they had been a lot smaller. After catching nonkeepers for two hours, including

Falcons expecting a much-improved Delhomme

Jayhawks jump all over Duke, 44-16

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer

By DOUG TUCKER AP Sports Writer

LAWRENCE, Kan. — When it comes to beating Kansas, Duke better stick to basketball. Catching the No. 22 Jayhawks on what Todd Reesing called his best day so far this year, the underdog Blue Devils jumped on their hosts with a long two-play touchdown drive on their first possession. But after that it was all Reesing and Kansas as the senior threw for 338 yards and three touchdowns in a 44-16 romp on Saturday. “I felt a lot sharper in the passing game,” Reesing said. “I was able to make some plays with my legs in the running game, some scrambles. I’m definitely a lot more pleased.” Beefy freshman Toben Opurum rushed for 73 yards and two touchdowns, filling in for Jake Sharp, who was injured and limited after rushing for more than 100 yards each of the first two games. The lopsided victory gave Kansas and its fifth straight 50,000-plus crowd perhaps a small measure of revenge for the 2-6 record that Duke holds over the Jayhawks’ beloved basketball program. It also made the Jayhawks 3-0 for the third time in five seasons. The Blue Devils (1-2) came in as one of 21 teams in the country that had not thrown an interception. But early in the third quarter, defensive end Maxwell Onyegbule snared Thad Lewis’ Please see DUKE LOSS, page 4B

ATLANTA — The Falcons expect to see an entirely different Jake Delhomme on Sunday. You know, the guy who led the Carolina Panthers to their only Super Bowl. Not the one who ended last season and started this one by turning over the ball 11 times. “After somebody has a bad game, I always look for them to come back and AP Photo/Sara D. Davis play very well,” Falcons defensive end John Abraham North Carolina’s Erik Highsmith rushes through the East Carolina defense during the first half of Saturday’s game said. “I don’t see it as, ’Oh in Chapel Hill. Highsmith had six catches for 113 yards and a score leading the Tar Heels to a 31-17 win. yeah, we’ve got him, we can get him.’ I look at like we’ve really got to prepare this week. I know if I have a bad game, the next week I’m trying to play the best I can.” Delhomme certainly had a bad game in the opener, throwing four interceptions and coughbeat East Carolina 31-17, giving were NFL draft picks in the By AARON BEARD ing up a fumble before he the Tar Heels their first 3-0 start spring, including first-rounder AP Sports Writer was yanked from a dismal in a dozen years. Hakeem Nicks. 38-10 home loss to the Ryan Houston also ran for “We’re a work in progress,” CHAPEL HILL — One Philadelphia Eagles. a pair of touchdowns, part of a coach Butch Davis said. “Let’s freshman ran with the steady The Panthers are stickdon’t make any mistakes about confidence of being the go-to guy. balanced day from a young ofing with Delhomme, insistfense that had been plagued by it. We’re going to have challengThe other managed a juggling ing they haven’t lost faith dropped passes and bad blockes. We’re going to have adversity. 59-yard touchdown for his first in the quarterback who led ing in its earlier games. North ... But our kids believe in each collegiate catch. them to a Super Bowl in Carolina finished with 433 total other and the coaches believe It turns out No. 24 North 2004 and the NFC South yards, including a season-high in the kids and they just keep Carolina just might have some title just a year ago. 285 through the air, and put the trying to find a way to fight and receivers after all. But there are plenty of game away with a clock-draining give us the best chance to play as Erik Highsmith had six doubters, especially among drive that ended with Houston’s well as we can each Saturday.” catches for 113 yards and a all those fans who booed 5-yard run with 1:58 left. 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Well-balanced Heels

Carolina offense powers past Pirates, 31-17

Washington stuns No. 3 USC with game-winning FG By GREGG BELL AP Sports Writer

SEATTLE — Southern California was leveled by another post-Ohio State funk, taken down by upstart Washington with a late drive that must have looked familiar to the Trojans. Erik Folk kicked a 22-yard field goal with 3 seconds remaining and the Huskies’ fired-up defense stymied fill-in quarterback Aaron Corp and No. 3 USC in a 16-13 victory Saturday. Trojans quarterback Matt Barkley, who directed an epic game-winning drive to beat the Buckeyes 18-15 in Columbus, Ohio, last week, could only watch the latest stunning upset loss by the Trojans from the sideline. The 19-year-old freshman was out with a sore shoulder. It was Washington quarter-

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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Two-minute drill Skinner, defense lead Wake past Elon 35-7 College Football Morehead St. downs N.C. Central 13-10 DURHAM (AP) — Rainer Duzan kicked a 45-yard field goal in the second overtime and Morehead State defeated North Carolina Central 13-10 on Saturday. Wes McDermott gave Morehead State (2-1) the chance to win after he intercepted N.C. Central’s Michael Johnson pass in the first overtime. But Duzan missed a 38-yard field goal. Jerrod Pendleton led Morehead State with 72 yards on 17 carries. Evan Sawyer was 11 of 25 for 121 yards and two interceptions for Morehead State. N.C. Central (0-3) could have won in overtime too, but Frankie Cardelle missed a 49-yard field goal. Cardelle also missed two other kicks — a 25-yard attempt to end the first half and had a 31-yard kick blocked in the opening quarter. Duzan, a freshman, had made only two fields goals in his career from 27 and 29 yards before his gamewinning kick.

Hampton defeats N.C. A&T 24-14 GREENSBORO (AP) — Herbert Bynes threw for 208 yards and two touchdowns to lead Hampton to a 24-14 victory over North Carolina A&T on Saturday night. Bynes hit Damon McDaniel on touchdown passes of 62 and 23 yards and LaMarcus Coker rushed for 112 yards on 24 carries for the Pirates (2-1, 1-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). McDaniel finished with five catches for 104 yards. Brand Roundtree scored on a 5-yard interception return for Hampton’s other touchdown with 12:27 left in the game. Mike Mayhew led North Carolina A&T (21, 1-1) with 77 yards on 11 carries, including a 59-yard touchdown run. Carlton Fears threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Terrance Whitaker in the second quarter for the Aggies.

NASCAR Kyle Busch picks up fifth truck win of season LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Kyle Busch held off Ron Hornaday and Kevin Harvick to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday. Busch had just enough fuel to survive, running out of gas as he made his way to Victory Lane. The NASCAR star has now won a Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Truck race at the 1.058-mile oval. The real intrigue came behind Busch, where series leader Hornaday spent the last 50 laps battling with Harvick, his boss. Harvick appeared to be agitated that Hornaday would not let him pass, at one point bumping into the back of Hornaday under caution.

Local Preps Monday, Sept. 21 Soccer n Southern Vance at Louisburg 6 p.m. n Kerr-Vance at Northern Vance at Southern Vance High School 7 p.m. n J.F. Webb at Roanoke Rapids 7 p.m.

Tennis n Kerr-Vance at Roanoke Rapids 4 p.m. n J.F. Webb at Northern Vance 4:30 p.m. n Southern Vance at Chapel Hill 4:30 p.m.

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Sports on TV Sunday, Sept. 20 AUTO RACING 2 p.m. n ABC — NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, Sylvania 300, at Loudon, N.H. 7 p.m. n ESPN2 — NHRA, Carolinas Nationals, final eliminations, at Concord, N.C. (same-day tape) GOLF 8 a.m. n TGC — European PGA Tour, Austrian Open, final round, at Vienna, Austria 3:30 p.m. n TGC — Champions Tour, Greater Hickory Classic, final round, at Conover, N.C. 4 p.m. n NBC — LPGA, Samsung World Championship, final round, at La Jolla, Calif. 7 p.m. n TGC — Nationwide Tour, Boise Open, final round, at Boise, Idaho (same-day tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. n TBS — L.A. Angels at Texas 8 p.m. n ESPN — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. n CBS — Regional coverage, doubleheader

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doubleheader game 8:15 p.m. n NBC — N.Y. Giants at Dallas SOCCER 12:55 p.m. n ESPN2 — Spanish Primera Division, Real Madrid vs. Xerev WNBA BASKETBALL 3 p.m. n ESPN2 — Playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinals, game 3, Detroit at Atlanta (if necessary) 5 p.m. n ESPN2 — Playoffs, Western Conference semifinals, game 3, Los Angeles at Seattle (if necessary) Monday, Sept. 21 NFL FOOTBALL 8:30 p.m. n ESPN — Indianapolis at Miami WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. n ESPN2 — Playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinals, game 3, Washington at Indiana (if necessary) 10 p.m. n ESPN2 — Playoffs, Western Conference semifinals, game 3, San Antonio at Phoenix (if necessary)

By MIKE CRANSTON AP Sports Writer

WINSTON-SALEM — Riley Skinner threw for a career-high 289 yards and three touchdowns, and Wake Forest tuned up for its conference schedule by beating Elon 35-7 on Saturday night. Not that they needed it, but even the officials helped the Demon Deacons (2-1) in the first meeting in 70 years between the neighboring schools. Skinner’s 54-yard touchdown pass to Chris Givens late in the second quarter came after back judge Tommy Pace inadvertently tripped Elon cornerback Karlos Sullivan near the goal line. The blooper made it 21-0, and Skinner was through for the night after throwing an 80-yard touchdown to Marshall Williams late in the third

quarter. Never threatened against the Phoenix (21) — a Football Championship Subdivision program — the Demon Deacons won their second straight. Wake Forest plays at Boston College in ACC opener next week. Terrell Hudgins caught 13 passes for 113 yards and a touchdown for Elon. Building off its comeback win over Stanford a week earlier, Wake Forest held Elon to 68 yards rushing and dominated special teams. Gelo Orange’s third career blocked kick — on Scott Riddle’s punt — led to Josh Adams’ 1-yard TD early in the second half for a 28-0 lead. Coach Jim Grobe — who used true freshman Jimmy Newman on extra points ahead of struggling Shane Popham —

soon began substituting freely. The crowd watching the schools separated by 50 miles included former Wake Forest basketball star and NBA player Rodney Rogers. Paralyzed after a dirt bike accident late last year, the wheelchairbound Rogers was given a standing ovation before the game. The 2000 NBA Sixth Man Award winner was mobbed by the Wake Forest players as they ran onto the field before kickoff. Skinner soon led Wake Forest on two long scoring drives. His 5-yard pass to Jordan Williams made it 7-0 and the Demon Deacons doubled their lead before the quarter was over on Mike Rinfrette’s 1-yard plunge. The most bizarre TD came at the end of the half, when the back judge

couldn’t get out of way of way. After knocking down Sullivan, Pace got up and signaled touchdown. Sullivan got up and was incredulous, palms pointed to the air. But officials are considered part of the field and Elon’s coaches could do nothing. Riddle, Elon’s decorated quarterback, struggled to find time to throw. He was 24 of 43 for 195 yards and was pressured all game by the Boo Robinson-led defensive line. Elon, which came in ranked No. 11 in the FCS polls, had beaten Davidson and Presbyterian by a combined 97-7. Wake Forest, however, proved to be too strong and fast for the Phoenix, whose 28-13 loss to South Florida in 2007 was its only other game against a Bowl Subdivision school since they moved to Division I a decade ago.

Wilson leads NC State’s 45-14 rout of Gardner-Webb

But Gardner-Webb (2-1) was no match for a Wolfpack team that outgained the Bulldogs 477213 and kept them off the scoreboard until Marquis Sanders’ 18-yard scoring run midway through the third quarter. Baker got the rout started by capping each of the Wolfpack’s first two lengthy possessions with touchdown runs. His spinning, 11-yard scoring run closed out a 10-play opening drive, and he followed that by plowing in from 2 yards out to make it 14-0.

The Wolfpack welcomed back receiver Donald Bowens, who checked in shortly before halftime for his first game action since 2007; he missed last season with a stress fracture in his lower back and also had knee surgery. But they lost another player: Owen Spencer suffered a concussion while attempting to make a catch late in the second quarter and did not return. Aside from Wilson’s personal accomplishments, this one was little more than a glorified scrimmage for N.C. State. Teams may count only one victory against an FCS team per season toward bowl eligibility, and the Wolfpack already claimed theirs last week. But it also was a welcome final tuneup for coach Tom O’Brien’s team before it faces college football’s big boys again: Pittsburgh, the favorite to win the Big East, visits next week, and a trip to instate rival Wake Forest looms after that. The only Football Bowl Subdivision team N.C. State has faced so far — South Carolina — held the Wolfpack without a touchdown in winning the opener 7-3. Stan Doolittle was 14-for-22 for 112 yards and rushed 1 yard for a touchdown in the closing minutes for GardnerWebb.

but they were impressive today.” The Pirates handed Davis his first loss as North Carolina’s coach in 2007 with a last-play field goal in Greenville. Patrick Pinkney threw for 406 yards and three touchdowns in that game, but threw for just 157 yards and a touchdown in this one. He got no help from the rushing attack, either; East Carolina had 55 yards on 30 carries against the Tar Heels’ defensive front. Pinkney found Jamar

Bryant for a 7-yard touchdown and the game’s first score and Dwyane Harris later ran for a touchdown to make it 14-all in the second quarter. But Houston put the Tar Heels ahead for good with a 1-yard run late in the half for a 21-14 lead at the break. East Carolina still hasn’t scored a second-half touchdown, outscored 41-5 after the break this year. “When you’ve got NFLbound players coming at you every play,” Pinkney said, “it’s hard.”

By JOEDY McCREARY AP Sports Writer

RALEIGH — Russell Wilson had four touchdown passes for the second straight week, threw for a career-high 345 yards and set an NCAA passing record in North Carolina State’s 45-14 rout of Gardner-Webb on Saturday night. Toney Baker had two early scoring runs before Wilson threw touchdown passes covering 17 and 12 yards to George Bryan, 24 yards to T.J. Graham and 16 yards to Jarvis Williams for the Wolfpack (2-1). For most of the game, the only question was whether Wilson would play long enough to break the NCAA record of 325 consecutive passes without an interception, a mark set by Kentucky’s Andre Woodson from 2006-07. He entered 32 attempts behind Woodson but surpassed him late in the third quarter with a 13-yard dump-off over the middle to running back James Washington. Six plays later, Wilson threw his fourth touchdown pass — the strike to Williams that capped his night and extended the pick-free streak to 329. His 26 completions and 36 attempts were career highs, and he easily sailed past his 279-yard outing in last year’s 41-10

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N.C. State’s Russell Wilson looks to pass during the first half of Saturday’s game against Garder-Webb in Raleigh. upset of North Carolina. N.C. State scored the first four times it touched the ball, led 24-0 before Gardner-Webb crossed midfield and routed a Football Championship Subdivision team for the second time in eight days. Coming off last week’s 65-7 rout of Murray State, N.C. State expected more of a test from the Bulldogs. They returned 10 starters from a defense that last year held Georgia Tech more than 200 yards rushing below its average in a 10-7 loss.

BALANCED, from page 1B 3-0 since Mack Brown’s last team started 8-0 in 1997. It opened with a romp against The Citadel, then rallied in the fourth quarter to win at Connecticut 12-10 last weekend. This time, they faced a veteran instate rival that had knocked off Virginia Tech and West Virginia last season on the way to the Conference USA championship. The Tar Heels got another tough defensive performance, holding East Carolina (1-2) to 247 total yards. They also recovered a fumble, blocked a secondhalf field goal and got two sacks from Robert Quinn. Only this time, the offense kept up the entire way. “We see it at practice all the time,” defensive tackle Marvin Austin said. “We know they can move the ball. They just had to get in a rhythm and go out and execute. I’m glad they’ve got that thing rolling now. It’s going to help us on defense. We can pin our ears back and go get ’em now.” Highsmith was particularly impressive, starting with a 16-yard catch for

North Carolina’s first score. But he made his biggest plays in the fourth quarter after the Pirates had closed to within 2417. First he took a quick out from T.J. Yates and sprinted 43 yards for first down. Two plays later, Yates rolled to his left and found Highsmith again for a 10-yard gain and another first down that ultimately led to Houston’s second score. “I’m probably nervous every game the first play,” Highsmith said. “But after that, the game just slowed down for me. It felt like high school again.” In perhaps a good omen, Highsmith became the first true freshman to crack the 100-yard mark here since Nicks did it three times in 2006. Even better, he wears Nicks’ No. 88 jersey. “Their receivers showed more today than they had showed on film,” Pirates coach Skip Holtz said. “They were dialed-in and focused. They did a nice job with it ... because when you watched them on film, they had dropped a bunch and their passing game was a little bit out of whack,

Winning Tickets RALEIGH — These numbers were drawn Saturday afternoon by the North Carolina Lottery: Early Pick 3: 8-3-4 Late Pick 3: 0-6-6 Pick 4: 5-7-9-5 Cash 5: 36-28-3-29-26 DES MOINES, Iowa — These numbers were drawn Saturday by Powerball:

Numbers: 5-24-25-30-49 Powerball: 23 Powerplay: x3 RICHMOND, Va. — These numbers were drawn Saturday afternoon by the Virginia Lottery: Pick 3: 1-1-9 Pick 4: 0-7-4-5 Cash 5: 1-5-12-15-29 These numbers were drawn Saturday night: Pick 3: 3-7-4 Pick 4: 3-7-1-4 Cash 5: 6-14-16-17-23 Win for Life: 2-7-26-3031-39 Free ball: 14

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 25

Seminoles down No. 7 BYU; Hokies score late to beat Huskers No. 1 Florida 23, Tennessee 13 GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — No. 1 Florida didn’t embarrass Tennessee and its new coach, they simply beat Lane Kiffin’s Volunteers behind Tim Tebow and a stingy defense. Tebow ran for 76 yards and a touchdown, Caleb Sturgis kicked three field goals and the Gators opened Southeastern Conference play with their fifth straight victory against their East division rival. The Gators (3-0, 1-0) also set a school record with their 13th consecutive victory. Florida started counting down the days for this one more than nine months ago, right after Kiffin vowed to sing “Rocky Top” all night long after being the Gators. Kiffin also riled up Florida with his false allegations of NCAA violations by Florida coach Urban Meyer. Tebow completed 14 of 19 passes for 115 yards, but had two turnovers that Tennessee (1-2, 0-1) turned into 10 points. Brandon James returned three kickoffs for 97 yards, helping set up Florida’s first 13 points. The defense harassed Jonathan Crompton and twice held the Vols to short field goals when they were in position for touchdowns. No. 2 Texas 34, Texas Tech 24 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Colt McCoy threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Dan Buckner in the fourth quarter and No. 2 Texas got a measure of revenge against Texas Tech with a 34-24 win Saturday night. McCoy’s 3-yard TD to Buckner with nine minutes left put Texas ahead 31-17 and shook off an otherwise shaky outing for last season’s runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. McCoy finished with 205 yards and two interceptions on 24-of-34 passing for the Longhorns (3-0, 1-0 Big 12). Taylor Potts passed for 420 yards and three touchdowns for Texas Tech (2-1, 0-1), but fumbled on sack by Sergio Kindle to set up McCoy’s TD pass. Texas Tech beat the Longhorns 39-33 last season, a loss that cost the Longhorns a shot at the national title. No. 4 Alabama 53, North Texas 7 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Greg McElroy passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another before sitting out most of the second half for Alabama. Mark Ingram ran for 91 yards and a TD on eight carries, and scored on a 29-yard reception for the Crimson Tide (3-0) in its final pre-SEC tuneup before Arkansas visits. Freshman Trent Richardson ran for 87 yards and a touchdown and Terry Grant scored twice and gained 79 yards. It was the highest-scoring game for Alabama since a 56-7 win over UTEP in 2001.

team, but if he’s to play for his second national title in football, LSU’s offense may need improvement. The Tigers (3-0) were hampered by sloppiness as Jordan Jefferson again struggled to complete deep passes and instead threw his first interception of the season. Jefferson’s 165 yards passing and two touchdown tosses to Brandon LaFell were enough against the overmatched Ragin’ Cajuns (2-1). Charles Scott and Trindon Holliday also scored for LSU.

AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Stephen M. Dowell

Florida State running back Ty Jones leaps over BYU defensive back Brian Logan on his way to a 47-yard run during Saturday’s game in Provo, Utah. With starting quarterback Riley Dodge out with a separated non-throwing shoulder, North Texas (1-2) was outgained 523-187.

No. 5 Penn State 31, Temple 6 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Evan Royster ran for 134 yards and Penn State revived its rushing attack against Temple. Royster had 119 yards by halftime, including the 7-yard scoring run that gave the Nittany Lions a 14-3 lead late in the second quarter. Daryll Clark threw for 167 yards and two scores as Penn State (3-0) won its 27th straight against its instate rival. While run blocking improved, coach Joe Paterno’s squad put on an otherwise uninspiring performance against another overmatched nonconference foe. Clark didn’t look sharp at times and endured several big hits from Temple defenders. No. 5 Mississippi 52, SE Louisiana 6 OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jevan Snead threw three touchdowns, Brandon Bolden rushed for 105 yards and freshman linebacker D.T. Shackleford returned in interception for a touchdown for Ole Miss. The Rebels (2-0) won their eighth straight game — their longest winning streak since they won 10 in 1971-72. But the offense and special teams needed plenty of help from Shackelford and the defense to erase several mistakes against an FCS opponent. Ole Miss steps up in class next week with its Southeastern Conference opener at South Carolina on Thursday night. Shackelford recovered two fumbles and finished off the scoring with a 58-yard interception return for a score against the Lions (2-1). No. Florida State 54, No. 7 BYU 28 PROVO, Utah (AP) — Christian Ponder threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Florida State

ended the Cougars’ 18-game home winning streak and probably any hopes they had of a BCS berth. Florida State (2-1) was too fast for the BYU (2-1) and avoided its first 1-2 start in 20 years. Three weeks after upsetting Oklahoma in the season opener, BYU’s Bowl Championship Series aspirations faded a little bit on each drive by the Seminoles. The Seminoles pounced for 10 points in the final 24 seconds of the second quarter and added two touchdowns in the third, running away in the Cougars’ home opener. Ponder was 21-for-26 for 195 yards and Ty Jones ran for 108 yards and a touchdown. Max Hall completed 20 of 31 passes for 306 yards and two touchdowns for BYU, but also threw three interceptions.

No. 11 Ohio State 38, Toledo 0 CLEVELAND (AP) — Terrelle Pryor hooked up with Dane Sanzenbacher on two early touchdown passes and Ohio State defused Toledo’s high-scoring spread attack at Cleveland Browns Stadium. It was a resounding response after Ohio State (2-1) lost 18-15 to Southern California last week. Pryor feasted on a Toledo defense giving up 45 points and almost 500 yards a game. He passed for three scores, completing 17 of 28 passes for a career-high 262 yards, including a 76-yard strike to Sanzenbacher on the Buckeyes’ third offensive play. Pryor also ran for 110 yards on 12 carries, including a touchdown.

After two unencouraging plays, Taylor scrambled around for what seemed like a minute before connecting with Roberts. The victory was the 32nd in a row for Virginia Tech at home against non-conference opponents. Nebraska (2-1) lost for the 21st time in its last 22 games against teams ranked in the Top 20.

Oregon 31, No. 14 Utah 24 EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — LaMichael James rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown, and John Boyett made a crucial interception to help Oregon snap the nation’s longest winning streak. Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli also ran for two touchdowns, but had two fumbles and an interception in the second half to help Utah rally from a 21-7 deficit to within 28-24 by the end of the third quarter. An interception by linebacker Eddie Pleasant set up a 31-yard field goal by Morgan Flint with 3:30 left in the game to give the Ducks (2-1) a 31-24 lead. The Utes (2-1) drove to the Oregon 37 with under two minutes to play, but Boyett picked off a pass from Terrence Cain at the 5 yard line to preserve the victory.

third-year starting quarterback as a junior, was 18-of-24 for 222 yards and a touchdown in his 19th career victory — one more than Davey O’Brien, 10 fewer than TCU leader Sammy Baugh.

No. 16 Oklahoma State 41, Rice 24 STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Zac Robinson rushed for one touchdown and threw for two to Dez Bryant as Oklahoma State rebounded from its first loss. While Oklahoma State (2-1) didn’t exactly get its offense rolling, the Cowboys did enough to beat Rice (0-3), which has opened the season with three straight road games, two against Big 12 Conference foes. Against a defense that entered the game last among 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams against the pass, Robinson completed 14 of 20 passes for 227 yards while Bryant had nine catches for 161 yards, including touchdown grabs of 23 and 10 yards. Their play helped Oklahoma State overcome the absence of star running back Kendall Hunter, who missed the game with a sprained right ankle.

No. 17 Cincinnati 28, Oregon State 18 CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Tony Pike threw for 332 yards and hit Mardy Gilyard with an 18-yard scoring pass in the fourth quarter as Cincinnati stopped a second-half Oregon State comeback bid. The Bearcats (3-0) snapped Oregon State’s streak of 26 straight nonconference victories at Reser Stadium, dating back to a 67-28 win over Northern Illinois on Nov. 16, 1996. Tony Pike completed 31 of 49 passes and two touchdowns and Gilyard had nine catches for 65 yards. Sean Canfield completed 29 of 45 passes for 240 yards and an interception for the Beavers (2-1). Jacquizz Rodgers’ 9-yard scoring run to open the second half was Oregon State’s lone touchdown.

No. 23 Georgia 52, Arkansas 41 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Joe Cox threw for 375 yards and five touchdowns, and No. 23 Georgia pulled away for a wild 52-41 win over Arkansas on Saturday night. The Razorbacks (1-1) led 35-34 in the third quarter, but the Bulldogs’ struggling defense held Arkansas to two short field goals the rest of the way. It was the second straight high-scoring win for Georgia, which edged South Carolina 41-37 last weekend. Ryan Mallett set two school records for Arkansas, throwing for 408 yards and five touchdowns. The teams fell short of the Southeastern Conference record of 104 points in a non-overtime game, set when South Carolina beat Mississippi State 65-39 in 1995.

No. 9 LSU 31, La-Lafayette 3 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Chad Jones two interceptions, leading a dominant defensive performance by LSU. Jones also was a relief pitcher on LSU’s 2009 national champion baseball

No. 13 Virginia Tech 16, No. 19 Nebraska 15 BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Tyrod Taylor dodged several defenders and then rifled an 11-yard touchdown pass to Dyrell Roberts with 21 seconds left for Virginia Tech. Taylor, known for his running much more than his passing, completed two big, late throws for the Hokies (2-1). Taylor first hit Danny Coale for 80 yards down the right sideline with 1:11 left, setting the ball up at the Nebraska 3, where Coale was forced out of bounds.

No. 15 TCU 56, Texas State 21 FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Joseph Turner ran for 129 yards and three touchdowns, Jerry Hughes had three sacks and TCU won its eighth consecutive home opener. Mistakes by the Horned Frogs (2-0) allowed their Football Championship Subdivision opponent to stay close early — giving coach Gary Patterson plenty of teaching points before going to Clemson next weekend. The Frogs, who scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, got the expected outcome against a lower-division team on the same day Mountain West Conference foes and fellow hopeful BCS busters No. 7 BYU and No. 18 Utah lost. Andy Dalton, the Frogs’

No. 25 Michigan 45, E. Michigan 17 ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Carlos Brown had a 90-yard touchdown run and a career-high 187 yards rushing for the Wolverines. Freshman Tate Forcier had a lackluster day after two spectacular games for Michigan (3-0). He was 7 of 13 for 68 yards and left the game briefly in the second half after getting hit by two Eagles. Freshman QB Denard Robinson scored on a pair of TD runs, but the freshman also threw two interceptions. Andy Schmitt injured his right knee in the fourth quarter for Eastern Michigan (0-3). He was 13 of 22 for 97 yards and an interception, and ran for a score.

Bowen were already at the mouth of Eastland Creek when I arrived before daylight, and they landed a nice striper right when I pulled up. I also caught a couple later on when a big school surfaced on a long point, then watched as three fellows in another boat landed several nice ones. They were using white pencil poppers with red heads, which seemed to be the ticket as they were out catching everyone else by 3 to 1. After the striper bite died down, I headed down to the Nutbush Bridge area to try for a bass or two before calling it a day.

After getting hung up in an abandoned shad net in about 15 foot of water, I broke out my grappling hook and drug up the net to retrieve my lure. Not only was my lure in there, but also another nice crank bait, and a large carp that apparently had gotten tangled up in the net while feeding on the bottom. While freeing him, my thoughts went back to the fable about the escaped slave Androcles, who, while walking through the forest, happened upon a lion with a thorn in its paw. Fearing for his life he ran, but returned when

the lion didn’t follow. Upon removing the thorn from the lion’s swollen paw, he protected Androcles and provided him with meat. Both were later captured, and Androcles was sentenced to being thrown to the lions. It just so happened that the lion they turned loose on him was the same one that he had aided in the woods. Instead of being eaten alive, the lion licked his hand and lay down beside him. The Emperor, surprised at this, summoned Androcles to him, who told him the whole story. Where upon the slave was pardoned and freed, and

the Lion let loose to his native forest. I wonder if I will ever see that carp again? If not, I do know he appreciates being set free, as he was looking kind of puny from being wrapped up in that net. Next week’s article – Top water striper fishing on Kerr Lake with Sam. Tip of the week – Try using the new tungsten weights when flipping heavy brush. Their small size-to-high weight ratio will help get your baits deeper in the bushes.

No. 8 California 35, Minnesota 21 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jahvid Best rushed for 131 yards and a school-record five touchdowns to lift the Golden Bears. Kevin Riley overcame a shaky start to finish with 252 yards for Cal (3-0), which had lost eight of its last nine on the road, including four in a row to end last season. Eric Decker caught eight passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns and threw another TD for the Golden Gophers (2-1), who gave Cal everything it could handle in their shiny new stadium. But Adam Weber threw a costly interception late in the game and Best had too much speed for the Gophers, who were in search of their first victory over a top-10 team at home since beating No. 1 Michigan in 1977.

No. 12 Oklahoma 45, Tulsa 0 NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Landry Jones set a school record with six touchdown passes and Oklahoma recorded its second straight shutout after Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford went out with an injury. The Sooners (2-1) broke the school record for consecutive wins on Owen Field by holding opponents scoreless in back-to-back games for the first time since 1987. Ryan Broyles caught a career-high 11 passes for 128 yards and three touchdowns, and Brandon Caleb emerged as a potential second viable target with 104 yards on five catches and two scores. Jones finished with 336 yards passing. Tulsa (2-1), which had the nation’s top offense each of the past two seasons, was shut out for the first time since 2004 against Navy.

FISHING, from page 1B one that was only an eighth of an inch too short, I headed back to my deep spot just before 11 a.m. and tried it for an hour, again without a bite. By 12:45 p.m. I was getting nervous, knowing that I needed to catch one keeper in order to remain in the top 40 and qualify for the Potomac championship. Feeling a good bite on a Carolina rigged worm, I set the hook and knew that I finally had a keeper on the line. It was followed a few minutes later by another nice one, giving me two fish weighing around 4.5 pounds for the day, enough to move me up two

places for the year to 20th place and qualify me for the big game in October. Sunday morning I planned to spend the early morning hours fishing for stripers on Kerr Lake before heading back to the house to play with my grandson John. On the way to the ramp I saw a mother deer with two fawns standing right beside the road, both youngsters with white spots all over them. I stopped the truck and spoke to the family as they stood staring, before they turned and quickly dashed off into the woods. Randy Owen and Jim

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NL Roundup

ACC WRAP-UP

Vazquez outpitches ailing Martinez in Braves’ win Braves 6, Phillies 4 ATLANTA (AP) — Javier Vazquez outpitched an ailing Pedro Martinez, and the Atlanta Braves survived a shaky ninth inning to snap Philadelphia’s sixgame winning streak with a 6-4 victory over the Phillies on Saturday night. Ryan Howard hit his 41st homer, a two-run shot off Rafael Soriano in the ninth, to make it 6-2. Soriano, who began the ninth with a 6-0 lead, also gave up pinch-hit RBI single to Greg Dobbs and Jimmy Rollins’ RBI single before he stranded two runners on Ben Francisco’s pop-up. Martinez (5-1) left his start after three innings because of neck stiffness. The three-time Cy Young Award was trailing 3-0 when he approached the mound to begin warming up for the fourth, but he never got the chance as manager Charlie Manuel brought in Chad Durbin. Dodgers 12, Giants 1 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ronnie Belliard hit a grand slam, Matt Kemp and James Loney added backto-back drives off former teammate Brad Penny and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the San Francisco Giants 12-1 on Saturday. The Dodgers, who lost the series opener 8-4 on Friday night, began the day with a five-game lead over Colorado in the NL West. The Giants were 2 1/2 back of the wild card-leading Rockies before Saturday’s games. Los Angeles’ victory reduced its magic number to six for clinching its third postseason berth in four years.

for the second straight day, winning 3-2 on Saturday night. Jorge Cantu also homered for the Marlins, who scored four times in the ninth inning Friday to beat the Reds 4-3 and end a nine-game skid in Cincinnati that dated to April 2006.

AP Photo/Gregory Smith

Atlanta’s Chipper Jones celebrates as he enters the dugout after scoring against Philadelphia on a single by Adam LaRoche during the third inning of Saturday’s game in Atlanta.

Cardinals 2, Cubs 1 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brendan Ryan hit an outfielderassisted homer and singled in the winning run in the ninth inning, helping St. Louis reduce its magic number for clinching the NL Central to four. The Cardinals beat the Cubs in the ninth inning for the second straight game, this time prevailing after Ryan Franklin’s third blown save in his last five appearances. Franklin (4-3) allowed two hits and a tying sacrifice fly to Jeff Baker in the ninth. Mets 3, Nationals 2 NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Redding pitched splendidly into the eighth inning and New York ended its sixgame losing streak. The Mets won for only the second time in 12 games and avoided their longest skid since dropping 11 straight Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, 2004, according to STATS LLC. New York scored twice in the seventh to snap a 1-all tie. David Wright opened the inning with a liner to right that Ian Desmond

misplayed into a double in his first professional game in the outfield. Jeff Francoeur doubled in Wright and eventually scored on Daniel Murphy’s RBI grounder, which scooted past first baseman Adam Dunn for a two-base error.

Padres 2, Pirates 1 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Henry Blanco hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to lead San Diego to the victory. In a game between two teams a combined 49 games under .500, two of the runs were scored without the benefit of a hit. The winner came when Chase Headley reached on an error by second baseman Brian Bixler and Phil Dumatrait (0-2) walked the next two batters before Blanco’s fly to deep center off Denny Bautista. Marlins 3, Reds 2 CINCINNATI (AP) — Pinch-hitter Ross Gload connected for a two-run homer in the eighth inning, Ricky Nolasco pitched seven sharp innings and the Florida Marlins rallied to beat the Cincinnati Reds

Brewers 7, Astros 2 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jeff Suppan pitched seven strong innings and Jody Geruts pinch-hit single in the seventh inning drove in the go-ahead run to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. It was the fourth straight win for Milwaukee, which hadn’t won that many in a row since May 16-19. The Brewers broke open a close game with five runs in the seventh inning as they sent 10 batters to the plate. Rockies 10, D-Backs 4 PHOENIX (AP) — Troy Tulowitzki homered for a career-best fourth game in a row, Jason Giambi hit his first home run since coming to Colorado and the Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-4 Saturday night to open a little breathing space in the wild-card race. Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez hit solo home runs in the first inning and Giambi had a three-run shot as a pinch hitter in a five-run ninth as the Rockies won for just the second time in seven games. The victory, combined with San Francisco’s 12-1 loss at Los Angeles, extended Colorado’s wild-card lead over the Giants to 3 1/2 games. Florida remained four behind and Atlanta 4 1/2 back.

AL Roundup

Blalock homers in Rangers’ win over Angels Rangers 3, Angels 2 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Hank Blalock homered to help lift Texas’ slumping offense, Scott Feldman picked up his 17th victory and the Texas Rangers kept their slim playoff hopes alive, beating the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 Saturday night. The Rangers, who snapped a five-game losing streak, moved within 6 1/2 games of the divisionleading Angels in the AL West. Texas is also 6 1/2 games behind Boston in the wild-card chase. The Red Sox played at Baltimore on Saturday night. Texas had been shutout in four of its previous five games, the first time in club history that happened. The Rangers had scored once in 48 innings before bringing home a run in the third. Twins 6, Tigers 2 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The latest ball lost in the Metrodome’s deceiving roof spoiled Justin Verlander’s stellar start in the eighth

inning, and the Minnesota Twins rallied past the Detroit Tigers 6-2 Saturday to move within two games of the AL Central lead. Jason Kubel’s two-run single with the bases loaded sent Verlander (16-9) to the dugout after a season-high 128 pitches, and Michael Cuddyer greeted Brandon Lyon with a three-run homer to break the game open. The Twins won their sixth straight and moved four games above the .500 mark, both season highs, in front of the largest crowd, 43,338, at the Metrodome since opening day

Athletics 8, Indians 4 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland’s Mark Ellis homered to break the franchise record for second basemen and the Athletics extended their winning streak to six games. Ellis connected in the second inning against Jeremy Sowers for his 79th career homer and No. 77 while playing second for the A’s,

moving past Dick Green on the club’s list.

White Sox 13, Royals 3 CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Peavy allowed three runs and three hits over five innings in his first start in over three months Saturday night as Chicago got a grand slam from Carlos Quentin, scored six times in the eighth and beat the Kansas City Royals 13-3. Peavy (1-0) hadn’t pitched in a major league game since June 8 when he beat the Diamondbacks while with the Padres. Five days later, he went on the disabled list with a strained tendon in his right ankle.

Roy Halladay 4-2 on July 24. The right-hander is 3-5 — with all three victories coming against Toronto — over his past 15 starts.

Rays 4, Blue Jays 0 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Matt Garza struck out 10 while stopping a personal nine-game winless streak and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0 on Saturday night. Garza (8-10) allowed three hits over 7 1-3 innings in winning for the first time since beating Blue Jays ace

Red Sox 11, Orioles 5 BALTIMORE (AP) — Jon Lester pitched into the seventh inning to win his sixth straight decision, and the Boston Red Sox feasted on the Baltimore Orioles bullpen in an 11-5 victory Saturday night. Josh Reddick, J.D. Drew and Brian Anderson homered for the Red Sox, who dropped their magic number to clinch the AL wild card below double figures. Any number of Boston victories or Texas defeats totaling nine will put the Red Sox in the playoffs. Lester (14-7) wasn’t at his best, but the left-hander was still plenty good enough to run his career record against Baltimore to 10-0, including 4-0 this season. Despite giving up three runs and 10 hits — at least one every inning — he improved to 6-0 in 11 starts since July 19.

minutes to go. Abraham had two sacks, one coming when he ran right over mammoth tackle Jake Long. Undersized end Kroy Biermann came up with two sacks of his own. Atlanta recovered three fumbles and picked off a pass, winning the turnover battle 4-0. “We’ve been preaching it the whole offseason, the whole training camp: ’Play with a lot of intensity. Play with a lot of energy,”’ said linebacker Mike Peterson, one of the newcomers on defense. “We want to be one of the top defenses in the league. If you do your homework, you see the top defenses play with a lot of energy, all of them having

fun. That’s when you cause turnovers.” The Dolphins’ defense focused on stopping Atlanta’s running game, holding Michael Turner to 65 yards on 22 carries. But that opened up things for new tight end Tony Gonzalez, who caught five passes from Matt Ryan for 73 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown late in the third quarter that essentially sealed the victory. “We’ve got a lot of weapons on this offense,” said Turner, the NFL’s secondleading rusher in 2008. “We’ll just take turns each week. As long as we’re still getting the ‘W’ it doesn’t matter. I don’t have to rush for 100 yards every week for us to win.”

PANTHERS, from page 1B We’re pointing fingers at each other, not one individual.” The Panthers don’t have a lot of options, anyway. Backup Josh McCown was lost for the season with knee and foot injuries after replacing Delhomme. Carolina quickly signed journeyman A.J. Feeley, who’s filled in at Philadelphia for Donovan McNabb, but he’s still learning the offense and would be a stopgap solution at best. Plus, Carolina has a lot of money tied up in Delhomme, who received a five-year, $42.5 million contract during the offseason. “I’d like to erase any doubts,” he said, looking for signs that his teammates

might be losing confidence in their gritty leader. “I don’t think they have any. I really don’t think they do. But I’d like to erase them if there are any at all this weekend.” The Falcons eased a lot of doubts about their defense in Week 1. After ditching five starters from last year in hopes of getting younger and quicker, Atlanta struggled to stop first-team offenses during the preseason. The first game that counted was another matter. The Falcons held Miami scoreless for most of a 19-7 victory, finally giving up a meaningless touchdown with less than 3 1/2

AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain

Clemson’s Brandon Thompson recovers a fumble by Boston College quarterback Dave Shinskie during the first half of Saturday’s game.

Spiller comes up big in Clemson win over BC Clemson 25, Boston College 7 CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — C.J. Spiller showed more punch on his first ever punt return for a touchdown than Boston College had all game in Clemson’s 25-7 victory Saturday. Spiller had a 77-yard return score, kicker Richard Jackson added a school-record tying six field goals and Clemson’s defense bottled up the Eagles in a game that took nearly five hours to finish because of two rain delays. Spiller, who finished with 219 all-purpose yards, didn’t return after the second stoppage. Athletic spokesman Tim Bourret said Spiller hurt his foot, but it was not considered serious. Boston College (2-1, 0-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) ended with 55 yards. The teams have played tight, dramatic football since the Eagles joined the league in 2005. This time, the Tigers (2-1, 1-1) ended any drama early. Middle Tennessee St. 32, Maryland 31 COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Alan Gendreau made a 19-yard field goal as time expired and Middle Tennessee rallied for a 32-31 victory over turnover-prone Maryland on Saturday. Dwight Dasher completed 27 of 44 passes for 324 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score for the Blue Raiders (21). Dasher was 4 for 4 for 69 yards on the decisive drive — an eight-play, 73-yard march — that began with 1:30 left after

Maryland’s Nick Ferrara went wide right on a 42yard field goal attempt. Da’Rel Scott rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown for the Terrapins but fumbled three times. Maryland quarterback Chris Turner was 19 for 30 for 288 yards, threw two touchdowns and an interception. Maryland (1-2) took a 7-0 lead on Scott’s 48-yard run 6:66 into the game, but Middle Tennessee converted a pair of Scott turnovers into touchdowns for a 13-7 lead.

Southern Miss 37, Virginia 34 HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Tory Harrison’s 57-yard touchdown run capped a Southern Mississippi rally as the Golden Eagles defeated Virginia 37-34. Southern Miss (3-0) trailed until the fourth quarter, with fumbles and penalties allowing the Cavaliers to surge to a 13-0 lead after one quarter. Virginia (0-3) scored on a 69-yard pass from Jameel Sewell to Tim Smith and had two field goals, thanks to Southern Miss fumbles. A roughing the passer call on Southern Miss set up 4-yard TD run by Sewell to give the Cavaliers a 27-10 lead at halftime. The victory is Southern Miss’ eighth straight. Southern Miss is 4-2 in home games against BCS conference opponents since 2001. The last big conference school in town was North Carolina State, which fell 37-17 in 2006.

DUKE LOSS, from page 1B pass just beyond the line of scrimmage and rumbled 48 yards into the end zone. It was Kansas’ first interception return for a TD since Aqib Talib victimized Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl in January 2008. “He did a great job of hiding,” Lewis said. “I didn’t see him at all.” On Duke’s first play, Lewis flipped the ball to Austin Kelly on a shallow crossing pattern and caught the defense flowing the wrong way. After Kelly took it 66 yards to the Kansas 21, Lewis sprinted into the end zone on a quarterback draw on the next play. “I think more of it was because that first play on defense, you’re excited,” said Kansas safety Darrell Stuckey. “You’re trying to fly to the ball real fast and you can kind of over-pursue.” Kansas had been practicing against those sorts of plays all week. “We knew Duke likes to throw a lot of screen passes,” coach Mark Mangino said. “But they executed perfectly and

got the draw and got it in the end zone, so give credit to them.” That would be Duke’s last touchdown until Sean Renfree threw an 11-yard scoring pass to Donovan Varner 5 minutes into the fourth quarter to make it 3716. Lewis and Renfree shared time for the second week in a row. Lewis was 16 of 27 for 184 yards, with two interceptions. Renfree was 14 of 23 for 115 and a TD. Reesing put up the 14th 300-yard day in a career that has erased almost every school passing record as the Jayhawks won for the 25th time in 29 home games. His TD passes covered 14 yards to Dezmon Briscoe, 7 yards to Sharp and 6 to Kerry Meier. Briscoe had six catches for 117 yards. “Todd did a great job,” Mangino said. “He threw some balls in tough coverage. (Duke) mixed things up pretty well and gave us a lot of looks, man looks and zone looks. But Todd got in a rhythm and he saw what they were doing.”

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In this March 17 file photo the East Room of the White House is bathed in green light at a St. Patrick’s Day reception hosted by President Barack Obama. The roomy space is located at the east end of the White House’s main floor, far opposite the West Wing, where the president does most of his office work.

The president’s room for all seasons, and reasons The East Room has a 200-year history as an all-purpose facility serving the chief executive’s every whim By BEN FELLER Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Sure, the West Wing gets the glory. But the East Room gets the action. Indispensable, yet overshadowed by more famous rooms like the Oval Office, the roomy space at the end of the White House’s first floor is more than a hub of activity. It’s the most important allpurpose room in America. And has been for more than two centuries. Consider that in President Barack Obama’s first two months in office, this was just a slice of his East Room lineup: two news conferences, two policy summits, four signings of bills and orders, a Cabinet announcement, a dinner for lawmakers, a reception for governors, a speech for mayors, an online town hall, and a performance by Stevie Wonder. Oh, and a conga line. By now Obama and his wife, Michelle, have used the chandeliered room more than 60 times for a remarkably diverse string of events. Like that stretch in May when the room held a naturalization ceremony, a Cinco De Mayo party, a poetry slam and the introduction of a Supreme Court nominee. The first occupant of the

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In this March 26 photo, President Barack Obama speaks in front of a portrait of President George Washington that was saved by Dolly Madison when the White House was set ablaze by British troops during the War of 1812. not-really-finished White If the White House has one House set the anything-goes room to count on, this is it. tone in 1800. First lady AbiUnion troops encamped gail Adams, wife of President here during the Civil War. John Adams, ended up hangThe Civil Rights Act was born ing out laundry in this room here. Gerald Ford ended the built to host elegant public “long national nightmare” gatherings because she had no here as he succeeded Richard other good options. Nixon after Watergate.

The Cold War even did some of its thawing here, when Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a disarmament deal. Today’s East Room visitors stand where Abraham Lincoln’s son Tad played with his pet goats, Teddy Roosevelt arranged a wrestling match for his guests, Susan Ford held her senior prom and Amy Carter roller-skated. This is where presidents party: Reagan once cut in when his wife, Nancy, was dancing with Frank Sinatra. This has been a room of opera, poetry, jazz, rock, country music, ballet and Shakespeare. And it has marked moments of national sorrow. Seven presidents have lain in state in the East Room, including John F. Kennedy. “It is just massively important, as far as I’m concerned, to the history of the country,” said Gary Walters, who worked at the White House for more than 30 years, including two decades as the mansion’s chief usher. “The more I think about it, the more spectacular the activities that have taken place in that room.” Why the East Room? Well, where else? In a building with more than 130 rooms, none is as big and flexible as this one — at nearly 80 feet (24.4 meters) long and 40 feet (12.2 meters)

wide, it’s almost the size of a high school basketball court. For a gathering of notable size, the gold-and-white East Room often is the only option, especially if dicey weather rules out the Rose Garden and the South Lawn. “The fact that it’s large, and usually empty, makes it so practical,” said White House curator William Allman. “It doesn’t need to be reconfigured. It’s already waiting to be configured.” History will show that the East Room is the place where Barack Obama loosened restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, expanded health coverage for poor children, launched his first efforts to limit greenhouse gases, and signed legislation to help workers sue for pay discrimination. With some rearranging, the Obama White House also has used the East Room for black-tie entertainment, holiday celebrations, and a foot-stomping concert for 200 school children. It came in handy when Obama invited Democrats and Republicans alike for legislative schmoozing and a dinner of steelhead salmon and couscous. “It’s hard to move around out there sometimes,” he told his guests, “so I’ve got to bring the world to me.” With all of the White House’s demands for hosting

and toasting, the place might well be sunk without the East Room. The Obamas have put it to use again and again as they try to keep their pledge to make the executive mansion more open to the public. The room is used so often that its history can be taken for granted — another day, another East Room event. Yet it boasts one of the most valuable items in the White House, the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, the single oldest possession in the White House. Martha’s portrait hangs nearby, keeping her husband company. The room’s aura changes with the context. On the night that Wonder performed, it felt like an entirely different room than the place where Obama holds prime-time news conferences and daytime policy sessions. During the holidays, invited guests pack the parqueted floors here for cocktails and schmoozing. Perhaps the East Room never will hold the majesty or mystique the Oval Office, Rose Garden or other prime locations in the White House. But try finding one of them that can host an Earth, Wind & Fire concert one day — complete with governors dancing a conga line — and a fiscal responsibility summit the next.

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At left, in this Feb. 25 file photo, President Barack Obama hosts “Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize” in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Above, photo members of “the President’s Own” United States Marine Band listen to the performance through the doors. The expansive East Room at the end of the White House’s first floor is the most important all-purpose room in America. And it has been for more than two centuries.

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Christina Marie Inman and Gregg Edward Neumann of Raleigh marry Christina Marie Inman and Gregg Edward Neumann, both of Raleigh, were married on July 25, 2009, at 5:30 p.m. in Raleigh. The Rev. Allen Ayscue officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Charles and Helen Inman of Henderson and the granddaughter of the late Henry and Margaret Tippett and the late Clyde and Mary Inman. She is employed as an associate buyer with Variety Wholesalers. The groom is the son of Peter and Susan Neumann of Rolesville and the grandson of the late Edward and Dorothy Bodetka and the late John and Anne Neumann. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from East Carolina University and is employed as a buyer with Variety Wholesalers. The bride was escorted by her father and given in marriage by her parents. She wore a strapless princess-cut gown with rich embroidery and beading around the neckline, with a similar pattern wrapping around the hem and extending down the semicathedral length train. She wore a gold tiara with

the bride and groom. Following a Caribbean cruise, the couple now resides in Raleigh.

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Mrs. Gregg Edward Neumann pearls and rhinestones attached to an ivory veil with gold sequins. Her round bouquet included white, ivory, lime green, pink, orange and yellow gerber daisies. Nancy Thompson, best friend of the bride, served as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Kelly Currin, friend of the bride, and Sharon Neumann and Jacqueline Neumann, sistersin-law of the groom. Jonathan Neumann, brother of the groom, served as best man. Groomsmen were Scott

Neumann and Eric Neumann, brothers of the groom, and David Inman, brother of the bride. Gail Pulley, second cousin of the bride, served as flower girl. Patrick Pulley, also a second cousin of the bride, served as ring bearer. Danielle Pulley served as the wedding director. Program attendants were Charlotte and Joe Kane. Following the ceremony, a reception featuring a seated dinner was held at the Crabtree Marriott, hosted by the parents of

• The rehearsal dinner was held at the home of the groom’s parents on July 24, 2009. • A bachelor party was held on July 23, 2009, in Raleigh, hosted by family and friends of the groom. • A bachelorette party was held on July 23, 2009, in Raleigh, hosted by family and friends of the bride. • A bridal shower was held on July 14, 2009, at Variety Wholesalers, hosted by Candy Stevens. • A bridal shower was held on May 31, 2009, at James and Rhonda Tippett’s home in Henderson, hosted by the bride’s mother, Rhonda Tippett, Dorothy Tippett and Nancy Thompson. • A bridal shower was held on April 18, 2009, at the home of Charlotte Kanes in Connecticut, hosted by Kanes and the groom’s mother.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thomas Marsalone

Brooke Nicole Arrington weds Paul Thomas Marsalone

Brooke Nicole Arrington and Paul Thomas Marsalone, both of Henderson, were married at 6 p.m. on Aug. 15, 2009, at Ashland Plantation in Henderson. The Rev. L.T. Harris officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Phil and Diane Arrington of Henderson. She is the granddaughter of Shirley McDaniel of Henderson, the late Billy McDaniel, and Marion and Paulette Arrington of Henderson. The bride is a friends of the groom. graduate of Northern Vance Bill Lutz, David Eidson, High School and is attending Geoff Christman, Jimmel Dumas and Ian McDowell, Vance-Granville Community College. all friends of the groom, The groom is the son of served as ushers. Larry and Sandra West of Wedding greeters were Henderson and the late Mike Brandon Simmons, Jared Marsalone. He is the grandSimmons and Kyle Simson of the late Charles T. and mons, all cousins of the Ethel Finch and the late Paul bride. and Mildred Marsalone. Debbie Pender was the The bride was escorted wedding director. Following the ceremony, by her father and given in a reception was held at the marriage by her parents. She wore a white, strapless Jefferson Landing Club, dress with a laced-up back hosted by the bride’s parand silver beading down the ents. Greeters at the reception were Sarah Gates front and back. The dress flowed into a long train. She and Kristine Sanderson. wore a long, sheer white After a wedding trip to veil adorned with matching Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, silver beading and carried the couple now resides in a cascade bouquet of white Altanta. lilies and green ivy. Maid of honor was Melissa Wedding Arrington, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Jessica showers/events Short and Krystal Schronce, • The rehearsal dinner was held at Chetola Resort in Blowing Rock, N.C., and hosted by the groom’s parents. The groom’s cake was decorated to resemble a Scrabble game board, which the groom had used in his proposal. • A cookout and couples’ shower was held on June 6, 2009, at the home of Brian and Sarah Parrish in Dunwoody, Ga., and also hosted by the groom’s father and brothers, along with David Boyd and Josh Knight. • A shower was held on April 18, 2009, at the home of Robin and Bethany Foster in Raleigh.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carter Parrish with a beaded lace netting overlay. The gown featured an A-line silhouette, a sweetheart neckline, a scalloped-edge hemline and a chapel-length train. The bride wore a fingertip veil and carried a bouquet of flame calla lilies, white roses, yellow wax flowers, cranberry way flowers and stephanotis, wrapped with an ivory satin ribbon with pearls. Bethany Foster, sister of the bride, served as maid of honor. Bridesmaids

were Elizabeth Peterkin, friend and sorority sister of the bride, and Jessica Daniels, Logan Breedlove, Kathryn Siegel and Sarah Morrison, friends of the bride. Brinkley Elizabeth Parrish, niece of the groom, served as the flower girl. The father of the groom served as best man. Groomsmen were Brian Parrish, Scott Parrish and Tate Parrish, all brothers of the groom, and David Boyd and Josh Knight,

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Kristin Elizabeth Foster and Richard Carter Parrish, both of Atlanta, Ga., were married on June 20, 2009, at 4:30 p.m. at Bethany United Methodist Church in West Jefferson, N.C. The Rev. Rick Wilkerson and the Rev. Mark Blanton officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Bruce and Robin Foster of Raleigh and the granddaughter of Robert and Elizabeth Doyle of Belle Mead, N.J., and Dr. Glen Foster and Patricia Foster of Lititz, Penn. She is a 2005 graduate of Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., with bachelor’s degrees in graphic arts and imaging technology, and communications and advertising. She is employed as a digital strategist with Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide in Atlanta. The groom is the son of Stuart and Dianne Parrish of Acworth, Ga., and the grandson of Dalton and Blanche Harper of Acworth, Ga. (formerly of Henderson) and the late Charles and Ruth Parrish. He is a 2005 graduate of Appalachian State University with a bachelor’s degree in business management. He is employed as a sales representative with Bridge Way Solutions in Morganton, N.C. The bride was escorted by her father and given in marriage by her parents. She wore a traditional ivory satin strapless gown

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Kristin Elizabeth Foster exchanges vows with Richard Carter Parrish

Engagement Announcements

Ms. Tate and Mr. Wood

Tate/Wood

Stevenson/Ayscue

John and Valerie Tate of Boydton, Va., (formerly of Henderson) announce the engagement of their daughter, Molly Jo Tate of Raleigh, to Nicholas Gerald Wood, also of Raleigh. The groom-elect is the son of Dan and Donna Wood of Raleigh. The wedding is planned for Oct. 10, 2009, at Winbourne MethodMs. Stevenson and Mr. Ayscue ist Church in Raleigh.

Billy and Linda Stevenson of Henderson announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Mae Stevenson, to Marty Jay Ayscue II, son of Marty and Anne Ayscue of Henderson. The wedding is planned for Oct. 17, 2009, at 4 p.m. at Central Baptist Church in Henderson.

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friends of the bride and groom. Kylie Marsalone, daughter of the couple, was the miniature bridesmaid. Michael Marsalone II, brother of the groom, served as best man. Groomsmen were Brian Choplin, friend of the bride and groom, and Nate Arrington, brother of the bride. Gary Finch, uncle of the bride, served as the usher. Jaci Carpenter, niece of the bride, was flower girl. Pianist and vocalist Laurie Walker provided a program of wedding music. Wedding directors were Elaine Slaughter and Lynn Veldkamp. Register attendant was Kelsey Maddox and program attendant was Brittany Orr. Following the wedding, a reception was hosted by the families of the bride and groom at the Henderson Family Moose Center. After a wedding trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., the couple now resides in Henderson.

Wedding showers/events • The rehearsal dinner was hosted by Sandra West and Diane Arrington on Aug. 8, 2009, at West’s home. • The bride and groom hosted a wedding party cookout on July 31, 2009, at their home.

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Louisburg Three VGCC employees receive Glen Raven College to Excellence in Teaching and Leadership Awards host concert At Vance-Granville Community College’s annual convocation in August, President Randy Parker presented several awards to outstanding VGCC employees. Collectively, the honors are known as the Glen Raven Excellence in Teaching and Leadership Awards. Glen Raven Inc., the manufacturer with a site in Norlina, is a longtime VGCC partner and the largest corporate donor in the history of the college’s Endowment Fund. The company’s support includes sponsoring the annual stipends to recognize excellence among VGCC instructors and staff members, and endowing many college scholarships. Mary H. McMannen of Oxford, an accounting technician in the VGCC business office, was named Staff Member of the Year for 2009, while music instructor Michael Stephenson of Henderson was chosen as the Faculty Member of the Year. Parker also presented the President’s Leadership Award to VGCC Director of Admissions and Records/Registrar Kathy Ktul of Louisburg. Stephenson and McMannen are now eligible to be considered for the N.C. Community College System’s statewide Excellence in Teaching award and Staff award, respectively.

Mary McMannen Mary McMannen is not only a dedicated veteran employee of VGCC but also a graduate of three different programs at the

college. After earning a GED at VGCC, McMannen enrolled in the college’s executive secretarial science program in the fall of 1978. While pursuing her degree, she worked as a work-study student in the VGCC financial aid office. That was the beginning of a career for her, as she was hired to work in the financial aid office immediately after her graduation in 1980. Since then, McMannen has worked in various departments related to student affairs, including admissions and records. Committed to “lifelong learning,” she has taken VGCC classes on taxes and accounting, and graduated with an associate in arts degree in 2001. Subsequently, she became an accounting technician in the VGCC business office. McMannen has served on numerous college committees, including serving as co-chairperson of the VGCC Professional Advisory Committee and as a member of the alumni sub-committee formed in conjunction with the college’s 40th anniversary in 2009. She graduated both from the VGCC Leadership Institute and from Leadership Granville in 2006.

Michael Stephenson Michael Stephenson has been an instructor of music at VGCC since 2008, but has been a music educator for 20 years. Stephenson grew up in Henderson and today splits his time between Henderson and Greenville. He earned

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On Sept. 22 at 8 p.m., Louisburg College will present a one-of-a-kind concert event that will feature the zany antics of Aleksey Igudesman and Richard Hyung-ki Joo. These two musicians have taken the world by storm with their unique and hilarious theatrical shows, which combine comedy with classical music and popular culture. Their clips on YouTube, to date, have gathered over 15 million hits, and they have appeared live on television in several countries, including an exclusive interview for CNN. Equally comfortable VGCC’s 2009 award winners included, from left, President’s Leadership Award winner Kathy Ktul, performing in classical conFaculty Member of the Year Michael Stephenson and Staff Member of the Year Mary McMannen. cert halls as well as in stadiums in front of crowds of a bachelor’s degree at the and music theory. In addi- of New York College of 18,000, their unified dream N. C. School of the Arts tion to his duties at VGCC, Technology. Ktul went on is to make classical music and his master’s in music Stephenson is the soprano to earn a bachelor’s degree accessible to a wider and at Ithaca College in New saxophonist for the New at Cornell University and younger audience. Show York. As a visiting artist, Century Saxophone later a master’s degree tickets include admission Stephenson performed Quartet. The quartet has at N.C. State University. to a pre-concert reception starting at 6:30 p.m. in the recorded seven CD’s, and over 400 concerts across After serving as a Peace auditorium lobby featuring has performed in some of North Carolina, as well Corps volunteer in Sierra hors d’oeuvres and beverthe most prestigious venas at the Kennedy Center Leone in West Africa for ues all over the world. for the Performing Arts in two years, Ktul joined the ages. Tickets are available Stephenson and his Washington, D.C. As an staff of Wake Technical by calling the Louisburg wife, Cheryl, founded the orchestral saxophonist, Community College in College Box Office at (919) Music Academy of Eastern 1985. She became regishe has appeared with the 497-3300 (local) or toll-free Carolina (MAEC), a nonNorth Carolina, Winstontrar at VGCC in 2001 and at 1–866-773-6354. Tickets profit community music Salem, Greensboro and later additionally became may also be purchased Western Piedmont symschool, in 1997 in Greendirector of admissions and at the door on the day of phonies as well as the U.S. ville. records. Ktul was recogshow. The Box Office is open Monday through Navy Band. At VGCC, nized this year for the Friday from 1-5 p.m. in the Stephenson created and leadership and direction Kathy Ktul main lobby of Louisburg directs the Vance-Granshe has provided during College’s Frances Boyette ville Community Band, the college’s conversion Kathy Ktul has worked Dickson Auditorium, as which combines comto the Datatel computer in community colleges well as one-and-a-half munity college students system, and the WebAdvifor the past 24 years and hours before show time. and interested musicians sor and Campus Cruiser also started her education Tickets are sold on a firstfrom throughout the area. services. Her efforts have as a community college come, first-served basis, He teaches a variety of student. She earned an as- been appreciated both by and seats are not reserved. music courses at VGCC, students and by full-time sociate in applied science Tickets may also be purincluding music appreciaand part-time faculty degree at Alfred State chased on-line at www. louisburg.edu tion, American music, pep College, a State University members. band, music fundamentals

Bess Hoyt wins national title Bess Hoyt, 7, captured the Miss Novice Princess 2009 title at the Drum Majorettes of America (DMA) Nationals held at Gardner Webb College recently. In addition to winning the national title, Hoyt also won first place in the “Fancy Strut” category, first place in basic strut, first place in fashion modeling, first place in the

“Best Appearing Fancy Strut” category, second place in solo category, and second place in “Queen of the Day.” This Hoyt is the second year in a row that Hoyt has captured the national title. Last year, she was

crowned DMA’s “Summer Starlette Princess.” Hoyt is a student at Ballet Arts, where she is a member of the “All Stars” Company and takes baton, ballet, tap and jazz classes. She is also coached in baton by Gail Bordner. Hoyt is the daughter of of Dr. Stephanie Hoyt and is a homeschooled second grader.

Birth Announcements Kenise Lanae Brodie Joseph and Marcie Brodie of Henderson announce the birth of their daughter, Kenise Lanae Brodie, on Sept. 11, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed five pounds, seven ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Joseph and Beatrice Brodie of Plymouth, N.C.; Mattie Johnson of New York, N.Y.; Gloria Freeman of Morristown, N.J., and the late Allen Freeman.

Ja’Vion Ray’Quon Harper Roy and Tarqueenia Harper of Warrenton announce the birth of their son, Ja’Vion Ray’Quon Harper, on Sept. 9, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed six pounds, two ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Larry and Lauren Burton of Henderson and Carol and Carlton Townes of Warrenton.

Riley Addison McMillen Jordan and Randi McMillen of Henderson announce the birth of their daughter, Riley Addison McMillen, on Sept. 11, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed seven pounds, 14 ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Randy and Darlynn Oxendine of Henderson and John and Joanne McMillen of Loysville, Penn.

Sa’Miya Imani NaJae Miles Sha’keyla Bailey and Micheal Miles Jr.,

both of Henderson, announce the birth of their daughter, Sa’Miya Imani NaJae Miles, on July 20, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed five pounds, 14 ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Latania Rainey, Rodney Bailey Sr., Theresa Branch and Jerl Branch, all of Henderson.

Brayden James-Michael Nowell Ashley Nowell of Louisburg announces the birth of her son, Brayden James-Michael Nowell, on Sept. 12, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed seven pounds, 15 ounces. The baby’s grandmother is Denise Johnson of Louisburg.

Carson Grace Rowan Jeff and Keesha Rowan of Henderson announce the birth of their daughter, Carson Grace Rowan, on Sept. 9, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed seven pounds, 15 ounces. The baby’s grandparents are Tuan and Tina Phan of Henderson and Robert and Sylvia Rowan of Herkimer, N.Y.

Matthew Allen Strickland Mr. and Mrs. Danny Strickland of Wise announce the birth of their son, Matthew Allen Strickland, on Sept. 14, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. The infant weighed seven pounds. The baby’s grandparents are Mike and Debra Poynter of Wise and Sidney and Nancy Strickland of Henderson.

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Carver Elementary Summer Reading Challenge scholars Zachary Williamson (left) and DeVonda Fuller.

Two Carver students surpass Tokens of Love challenge The Tokens of Love Program at Carver Elementary School has sponsored a summer reading challenge for the past three years for students at the school. “Our public libraries have had reading programs for many years,” said Marion Perry, founder of the program. “Also, some of the public schools have summer reading incentives for their students, but even with these programs, many young students go throughout the entire summer months without ever opening a book of any kind.” Benefits of reading during the summer include: • An increase in creative thinking skills

• An increase in reading levels • Increase in vocabulary and writing skills. Over the past two years, all the students who participated in the Tokens of Love Summer Reading Challenge have been awarded certificates of participation, and other incentives. “Two students, DeVonda Fuller and Zachary Williamson, not only met the reading challenge for this year, but they both surpassed it,” said Perry. Each of these reading scholars received a certificate, a book, and a monetary gift donated by one of the program sponsors.

Community Workforce Solutions honors community partners Community Workforce Solutions formally acknowledged the commitment of Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company recently with Community Excellence Awards. Community Workforce Solutions has partnered with Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions for a number of years to provide poly reclamation services. This partnership contributes to the company’s ability to provide high quality retread tires to the commercial trucking industry while simultaneously offering valuable work experience to individuals served by Community Workforce Solutions. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company has had a very positive impact on the participants of Community Workforce Solutions by offering subcontract work such as packaging and working with tobacco paper. This type of work offers individuals with disabilities or other barriers to employment an opportunity to increase vocational skills and work towards

independent community employment. “Companies such as Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company truly understand how significantly our partnerships can impact the community,” said Community Workforce Solutions Executive Director Roger McGee. “It is an honor to provide quality production services to organizations such as these who show a commitment to help others. Both of these companies are quite deserving of the Community Excellence Award.” Community Workforce Solutions is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people, the success of business, and the quality of community life by matching the right person to the right job. Through job training and placement services, persons with disabilities or other barriers to employment are placed in productive positions and encouraged to meet their own vocational goals. For more information, visit www.communityworkforcesolutions.com.

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‘Giant Dahlia’ scores big for Jewel Hawkins at Miss Lou’s Quilt Contest Jewel Hawkins was the winner of the 2009 Miss Lou’s Quilt Contest. Her prize, valued at $450, was awarded by Miss Lou’s Quilting Studio on Raleigh Road in Henderson. Hawkins is shown with her winning “Giant Dahlia” quilt.

VGCC Dean’s List Vance-Granville Community College has announced that nine students earned Dean’s List honors for the summer semester that ended in August. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student had to maintain a 3.5 grade-point average and

have no grade lower than “B” while carrying at least 12 semester hours, according to VGCC Vice President of Instruction Angela Ballentine, Ph.D. Summer Dean’s List honorees are listed by program area and then by residence:

Associate in Arts, Cynthia V. Boyd of Henderson; Associate in Science, Michael A. Haskins of Henderson; Business Administration, Delois Hart of Henderson; Criminal Justice Technology, Thomas B. Overcash of Henderson and Christopher

M. Carter of Warrenton; Medical Office Administration, Lara P. Rose of Warrenton; Pre-Health, Brenda M. Faulkner of Henderson; and Teacher Associate, Tina M. Noblin of Bullock and Bonnie F. ParezoGooch of Oxford.

Kerr-Vance Four Kerr-Vance Academy students have qualified for the AP Scholars with Honors Award in recognition of exceptional achievement on the College Board’s AP exams. Kevin Bell, Chrissy MacInnes, Jenna Spain and Patricia Terry each earned the award for achieving at least

3.5 on all exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. The exams are scored on a scale from one to five, with five being the highest. Members of KVA’s graduating class of 2009, MacInnes and Terry currently attend N.C. State University, and Spain is a

freshman at UNC-Chapel Hill. Bell is a senior at Kerr-Vance Academy this year. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high

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Sunday, September 20, 2009

‘The Beatles: Rock Band,’ here comes the fun By LOU KESTEN Associated Press Writer

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In this video game image released by MTV Games, a scene is shown from “The Beatles: Rock Band.” note, you have to hold down the green fret and hit the strum bar. Drummers need to pound colored drumheads, while singers need to match pitch and phrasing. The $250 Beatles premium bundle includes all the gear you need, but you can use instruments from previous “Rock Band” or “Guitar Hero” games. And if you have a few extra microphones, you can reproduce the band’s three-part harmony.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ve wished to take a trip, and suddenly it is possible for you to do this. But at the same time, an opportunity at work makes it hard to leave. Think bigger — a creative solution will free you to do both. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). An old friend from the past returns to your life. A pleasant surprise, but are they passing through or digging in? Hard to say, but important information will be relayed. Something is shifting. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Everyone has unfinished business. Forgive yourself for yours and move on. You will cross the finish line in your next endeavor. You can fully accomplish anything you start now. Say that you can, and believe it. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Sometimes it’s nice to be needed. Other times — like now — you might get scared or put off by someone’s dependence on you. Selfsufficient people will be extremely attractive, and there’s nothing wrong with that! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The spirit of competition is alive, but you’ll be better off if you make this a contest between you and you. Tell yourself that you don’t have to be the best in the world; you just have to do better than you did the last time. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). When you love, you give your whole heart. You’re willing to do anything for the other person. This is who you are, but sometimes you forget. Remember how you felt when you first fell for someone, and keep that feeling alive. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are curious and open-minded. One question leads to another, and soon a whole new area of study will appeal to you. You’ll be delighted by what you learn, whether or not it’s what you were trying to find out. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Now is a good time for renting a movie or cozying up with a good book. You haven’t felt like going out lately, so why do it? This time of personal retreat is going to serve you well in the challenges just around the corner. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). A surprising event gives you pause from the daily circus. Take this opportunity to inventory your priorities and make corrections, particularly in your career. Consider whether your job is taking you where you want to go. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Be friendly. Give a new person a chance. You might not initially be attracted, but you could be missing something. Appearances will be deceiving. There’s a fascinating person inside an unusual façade. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). A wonderful new influence comes onto the scene. Romance was never far from your mind, but it’s now in sharp focus. Knowing the difference between diversion and destiny is a tricky business. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Mundane activities give you immense satisfaction, especially now, when the domestic tasks seem to be piling up like dead leaves under a tree. Make a list and get to the most important things first.

The game play is intuitive enough that just about anyone can join in, and the use of Beatles songs this time around makes it even more accessible. However, with only 45 tracks, not all of your favorites are here (no “Yesterday” or “Strawberry Fields Forever”). There are more tunes on the way, and before the end of the year, you’ll be able to download “Abbey Road,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely

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“The Beatles: Rock Band” produced more buzz than any video game since the last “Grand Theft Auto.” When Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr took the stage at Microsoft’s Xbox press conference at E3 this summer, they were greeted with a standing ovation. Gamers, then, already know and love the Fab Four, so the idea that “The Beatles: Rock Band” (MTV Games, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, $59.99) will introduce their music to a new audience is nonsense. A more important question: Will the more technophobic members of the Beatles’ massive fan base finally be motivated to pick up a game controller? In “Rock Band,” designed by Harmonix Music Systems, the controllers are ersatz guitars, drums and microphones. The object is to match the on-screen notes: If you see a green guitar

Hearts Club Band” and “Rubber Soul” in their entirety. The initial track list, drawn from all the Beatles’ studio albums, smartly follows the arc of the band’s career. It begins with “I Saw Her Standing There” at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England (the band first played a lunchtime session at the club in 1961), followed by gigs on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and New York’s Shea Stadium. After the band stops touring in 1966, the music gets considerably more challenging. From the woolly psychedelia of “I Am the Walrus” to the ominous proto-metal of “Helter Skelter” to the minimalist blues of “I Want You (She’s So Heavy),” you get a musical outline of the band from its peak to its disintegration. (The band broke up in 1970.) Without any concert footage to work from, the Harmonix animators illustrate the studio years with hallucinatory “dreamscapes.” “Yellow Submarine,” for example, reprises

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images from the 1968 movie, while “Here Comes the Sun” transports the boys to an idyllic field. It’s irresistible, even for those of us who preferred the Rolling Stones. And it could serve as a gateway for music lovers who have resisted the whole “Rock Band” trip. On the other hand, fans of the genre are likely to feel disappointed. Harmonix’s take on the Beatles doesn’t offer the depth of its previous games. You only get half as much music, and the linear story mode (you can whip through it in an afternoon) doesn’t offer the unpredictable, globe-hopping challenges of the tour mode in “Rock Band 2.” Still, this is a first-class production that lives up to the high standards set by the band as well as the developers. It’s guaranteed to raise a smile. Three stars out of four. On the Net: • http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com/

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DEAR ABBY: I am a divorced woman with one child, and I’m in a relationship with a younger man. He has his own home, and I have mine. He stays at my house three nights a week and every other weekend, when my child is not with me. He eats and grooms himself in my home and swims in the community pool. He never offers to pay for anything, like food, movie tickets, etc. If we go out, he expects me to pay my own way. In today’s world is there any responsibility on a man in a relationship to pay for anything other than himself? Are the days of men taking women out and paying for the date gone? Shouldn’t he offer to bring groceries during the times he spends at my home? What should a lady expect from a man in a dating relationship? — GAL IN VIRGINIA DEAR GAL: More than you’re getting. When someone is in a romantic relationship, there is usually some “courting” behavior involved. (Even birds of prey will bring their prospective mate a dead rat occasionally.) When two people care about each other, there is usually some give and take. But in your case you appear to be doing all the giving.

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children’s lives as well. Her lifestyle is radically different from ours and that of our younger daughter. We have distanced ourselves. It’s not that we don’t love her — we just cannot accept the way she chooses to live her life. Her teenage children have begun to mirror her bad behavior. I feel guilty about it, but the drama is more than I can stand. Are we terrible parents? — DESPAIRING MOM IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR DESPAIRING MOM: No, you’re not “terrible.” In a case like this, backing off is a rational, self-protective reaction to the reality that your daughter is an adult and responsible for her own choices.

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DEAR ABBY: My mother and stepfather are divorcing after 30 years together. Mama has moved in with my husband, children and me. My stepfather is alone in their house and struggling to pay the bills. The problem is Mama wants to confide in me and tell me all her troubles with “Donald.” I told her I don’t want to hear any of it because I don’t want Dear to end up Abby hating U niversal Press him. Donald is my Syndicate children’s grandfather and the only father I have ever known. (There was no abuse involved in their marriage.) Mother said I am her “best friend,” and I should “be there” for her. Then she burst into tears and left. Was I wrong? I told her I support her in every way, but I don’t think I should be the one she talks to about her failed marriage. I don’t discuss their relationship with my stepdad either. Please tell me how to handle this. — CAN’T LISTEN IN DELRAY BEACH, FLA. DEAR CAN’T LISTEN: Please forgive the understatement, but the process of divorce is an extremely emotional one. Your mother may be trying to justify why she walked out and force you to take sides. Encourage her to express her hurt and disappointment to her spiritual adviser. He or she is more qualified to guide your mom because there is no emotional involvement. P.S. You are not only a caring daughter, but also a very intelligent one. Hang in there.

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Today’s Birthdays: Chulalongkorn, reformist king of Siam (1853-1910); Richard Griffith, Irish geologist/engineer (1784-1878); Upton Sinclair, U.S. novelist/activist (1878-1968); Leo Strauss, German philosopher (1899-1973); Anne Meara, U.S. actress/comedian (1929-); Sophia Loren, Italian film actress (1934--). Thought For Today: Men hate those to whom they have to lie — Victor Hugo, French author (18021885).

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