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Mayoral hopefuls vie for votes in forum Water, taxes, Embassy Square among issues raised by media questioners

By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

A candidate for mayor not only supports expanding the Kerr Lake Regional Water System plant in northeastern Vance County, he would favor North Carolina’s capital city being a water customer.

“If Raleigh wants to buy it, we should sell it to Raleigh,” Tim McAllister said at Sunday’s pre-election forum for candidates for Henderson’s chief executive position.

“We should take the money and go ahead and fix our infrastructure and prepare for the future growth that we hope will come.”

The Kerr Lake System has been work-

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ing toward obtaining state authorization to move massive amounts of water from one river basin to another so the system can increase the daily capacity of the water plant to 20 million gallons to meet expected future demand. The project is expected to cost $24 million-$25 million.

The system’s partnership of Hen-

derson, Oxford and Warren County is authorized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw up to 20 million gallons from John H. Kerr Reservoir.

The partnership has made clear there are no plans to sell water to Raleigh, with Henderson City Manager Ray Griffin having said he believes there are fears the Kerr Lake System will become a pipeline to Raleigh and Durham.

Creedmoor has been interested in a utilities link with Oxford. Henderson is selling water to Franklin County and Vance County voters in May 2008 narrowly agreed to a countywide water system.

The subject came up at the Sunday forum when the three mayoral candidates

present who attended City Council the forum — candidates talk incumbent Pete 0’Geary A full page of Henderson and challengCity Council candidate ers McAllister forum coverage. and Juanita Somerville — Page 12B were asked whether they believed the capacity of the water plant should be increased and how the increase should be funded.

N.C. nuke plant shuts down 2 units WILMINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say both units at a North Carolina nuclear power plant were shut down when maintenance workers were unable to repair an emergency diesel generator.

The Star-News of Wilmington reported Monday that the units at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant in Southport were shut down Sunday.

According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, both reactors, which were operating at full power early Sunday, were completely shut down by early Monday.

An NRC report showed the utility said the shutdowns were required because the emergency diesel generator was inoperative for more than seven days.

Progress Energy spokesman Ryan Mosier said maintenance workers were still troubleshooting the problems with the emergency generator.

Mosier said while the plant is shut down, maintenance scheduled for later in the year needing full shutdown is being performed.

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Grand grant panel $2.1 million local Golden LEAF effort results in forming of 21-person committee

By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer

Chosen by their peers to represent three interest groups Monday night, the 21 members of the Golden Leaf Foundation’s local review team will meet Sept.

30 to begin picking worthy projects among 22 entries to recommend them for grants totaling $1 million.

Four alternates were also named.

Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE The board members will meet in public at 6 p.m. in the Civic Center at VanceGranville Community College, according to Patricia Susann Elliott, an employee in the reclamation department at M.R. Williams, Inc., receives a flu shot from Valerie Ingram of WalCabe, the foundation’s greens, in the company’s break room Monday morning. For the fifth year, M.R. Williams offered free flu shots to their employees. vice-president of Programs/ Off site employees received a certificate to get the flu shot at their nearest Walgreens store. According to Barbara Krahn, human Community Assistance and resources manager, M.R. Williams, Inc. wanted to offer the shots to employees because they care about the health of their emOutreach. ployees and with their busy schedules, this makes it easier for them to protect themselves.

“We’d love to be writing checks by Christmas time,” Cabe told everyone who gathered and keep it going until the

By AL WHELESS at the Civic Cabe early spring.

Daily Dispatch Writer Center on On Monday, Marchita B. VGCC’s main campus. “We Vann, vice-chairwoman of the want projects that can do Henderson City Council planning board, told Baxley: members will consider at the most good.”

“We used to have one (hometheir October meeting the Those selected from Planning Board’s recommen- less shelter for men) at Jubilee the economic developHouse before it caught on fire.” dation to amend the zoning ment sector were: AnShe said law enforcement ordinance to allow First drea Harris of the N.C. Presbyterian Church to have personnel would be on hand at the new shelter if it mate- Institute of Minority a homeless shelter for men.

Economic Development; rializes.

The facility would be run Many of the occupants, who Bill Edwards, president by volunteers, according to of the Henderson-Vance would be given rooms for the Rev. Paul Baxley of First Chamber of Commerce; night, will have mental probBaptist Church. He is chairAbdul Rasheed, president lems and other issues such as man of the Ministers Comdrug-related ones, Vann added. and CEO of the North munity Partnership.

Daily Dispatch/KELLY BONDURANT Carolina Community DePlanning Director “I want to thank the PlanErris Dunston told the board velopment Initiative and ning Department for your members, “We don’t have a member of the Vanceinterest in this,” Baxley said Granville Community Monday during a hearing on any regulations on how to govern or regulate them College Board of Directhe proposed project.

“Your This praying mantis rested on the back glass of a car on a recent morning, seemingly (homeless shelters).” help has been invaluable.” tors; Cornell Manning, a oblivious to the fact that — with autumn arriving today — the days will soon be numBaxley has previously said member of the Henderson bered for local insects. While temperatures will be in the 80s the next few days, overnight Contact the writer at awheless@ Planning Board; Sam that the plan is to open the readings are dipping ever closer to the 50s. hendersondispatch.com. shelter in early November Watkins, chairman of the Henderson-Vance Economic Development Commission; Nancy Wilson, executive director of the Henderson Wednesday Our Hometown . . . . . 2A Today Vance County Tourism Madison L. Ayscue, infant Authority; and Phil LakBusiness & Farm. . . . 5A Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . 6A Nokesville, Va. ernick, executive director P.M. rain Wet again Light Side . . . . . . . . . 7A of the Henderson-Vance Walter Clemon Smith, 79 High: 80 High: 83 Nation & World . . . . . 8A Downtown Development Low: 63 Oxford Low: 68 Sports. . . . . . . . . . 1-7B Patricia W. Colenda, 81 Commission.

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Mark It Down Today Community watch — The Carey Chapel Community Watch will hold it’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 — 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 — The City of Henderson’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 — 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.

Wednesday VGCC event — Vance-Granville Community College’s (VGCC) Warren County Campus in Warrenton will hold an event to celebrate VGCC’s 40th anniversary from 5-7 p.m.

Prostate cancer screening — Dr. Linga Vijaya, Dr. Adrian Ogle and Dr. Kirit Trivedi, in conjunction with Maria Parham Medical Center, are offering a prostate cancer screening to local men from 5-7 p.m. at the medical center. Participants are asked to enter the main entrance of the hospital and will receive further directions from there. No appointments are necessary, but anyone seeking additional information about the screening may call Lee Anne Peoples at Maria Parham at 436-1116.

Wednesday Farmer’s market — The Wednesday Farmer’s Market, located near the track behind the Henderson Family YMCA, 380 Ruin Creek Road, is open from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. selling local produce. The market is sponsored by the YMCA, the Vance County Cooperative Extension Service and Maria Parham Medical Center. Venders interested in selling at the market should contact Wayne Rowland at 438-8188.

Oxford Farmers’ Market — The Oxford Farmers’ Market, located on the corner of McClanahan and Lanier streets across from the police station in Oxford, is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Senior workshop — The Vance County Senior Center will sponsor a presentation at 11 a.m. on “Falls in the Elderly”

by Nick LaRaia, physical therapist at Maria Parham Medical Center, and Marci Ryan, physical therapy student at Duke University. The public is invited to attend. The center is located at 126 S. Garnett Street. For more information, call 430-0257.

Board of Elections — 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.

Thursday Alive After Five — The Granville County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor an “Alive After Five” from 5:30-8:30 p.m. in downtown Oxford featuring The Craig Woolard Band.

Red Cross training — The Central North Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross is seeking volunteers in Granville and Vance counties. A volunteer information session will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 200 West D Street in Butner. Volunteers are needed at local blood drives and disaster volunteers are needed to respond to disasters in the area, which includes home fires.

Paint-in — Art du Jour, 209 E. Nash St. in Louisburg, will host a “paint-in” for all area artists from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call Art du Jour at (919) 496-1650.

Grant workshop — An “Eat Smart Move More” mini-grant information session will be held at 4 p.m. at the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library, 205 Breckenridge St. in Henderson. All interested applicants should attend. Call Jackie Sergent at (919) 693-2141 or 492-7915 for more information.

Business After Hours — The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce will hold a Business After Hours at 5 p.m. at Franklin Family Farms on Vicksboro Road. Chamber members and potential members are encouraged to bring their families. The maze and the pumpkin patch will be open, and hay rides and carriage rides will be conducted throughout the evening. Thousands of plants including garden mums will be on display.

Chess Club — The Henderson/Vance Chess Club, affiliated with the U. S. Chess Federation, meets at the First United Methodist Church from 6 to 9:30 p.m. All are welcome, adults and youths, novice or experienced. For more information, call Rudy Abate at 438-4459 (days) or 738-0375 (evenings).

Candidate’s forum — A people’s candidates’ forum will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the Vance County Senior Center, 126 S. Garnett St. A group of concerned community citizens is sponsoring the event. For more information, contact Deryl von Williams at 432-4117.

Forestry meeting — A landowner forestry/natural resources meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Aycock Recreation Center on Carey Chapel Road. The meeting will focus on giving landowners new information on forestry management, selling of timber, cost share opportunities, grants to protect natural resources and alternative enterprises. Dr. Joshua O. Idassi from N.C. A&T State University will be the speaker. The meeting is sponsored by the Vance County Cooperative Extension Office. For more information, contact Wayne Rowland at 438-8188.

Registration deadline — Registration closes today for The Incredible Years Parenting Program for parents of children 2 -5 years of age. Classes are Thursdays, 5-7 p.m., at the Vance County Cooperative Extension Center, 305 Young St. The classes are funded by Smart Start and are available at no charge. To register, call the extension center at 438-8188.

Safety tips for seniors —The Vance County Senior Center will sponsor an information session by Triple D Security 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 located at 126 S. Garnett Street. For more information, call the center at 430-0257.

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Warren Family Institute sponsors classes, workshop on communication The Warren Family Institute will be offering “Nurturing Parenting” classes, a 24-week course for parents of children from birth to 12 years, beginning today.

The program is designed to increase family communication, cooperation, closeness and respect. Practical, effective techniques

are taught for handling challenging behaviors and conflicts. The classes take place in a supportive and confidential atmosphere, and are offered at no charge. Classes will be held on Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Warren Family Institute. A light lunch will be provided.

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laboration with the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service, will also host its second Academic Success Workshop on Thursday at 6 p.m. entitled, “Establishing A Relationship With Your Child’s Teacher.”

Rachel Monteverdi will be the speaker for the evening.

Activities will be provided for the children and light

refreshments will be served.

Parents will learn about steps to take in a parent/ teacher conference and who to go to when they have concerns or problems with their child at school.

For more information and to register for either the classes or the workshop, contact Lori Parrott at 2571134.

Are you or is someone you love suicidal?

By Gina DeMent Five County Mental Health Authority

Did you know that in the United States, an average of 91.2 individuals per day, one every 15.8 minutes, will die by suicide? Or that it’s estimated that more than five million people in the United States have been directly affected by suicide? Or that 52 percent of all persons who die by suicide use a firearm, kept in the home, to kill themselves?

Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. For young people between the ages of 15 -24, suicide is the third leading cause of death after accidents and homicides. The elderly make up 12.4 percent of the population, but account for 16.6

percent of all suicides.

Experts believe that most suicidal individuals do not want to die. They just want to end the pain they are experiencing.

Experts also know that suicidal crises tend to be brief. When suicidal behaviors are detected early, lives can be saved. There are services available in our community for the assessment and treatment of suicidal behaviors and their underlying causes.

Here are some of the possible signs that someone who may be contemplating suicide may display: • threatening to hurt or kill oneself or talking about wanting to hurt or kill oneself • looking for ways to kill oneself by seeking access

to firearms, available pills, or other means • talking or writing about death, dying or suicide when these actions are out of the ordinary for the person • feeling hopeless • feeling rage or uncontrolled anger or seeking revenge • acting reckless or engaging in risky activities – seemingly without thinking • feeling trapped – like there’s no way out • increasing alcohol and drug use • withdrawing from family, friends and society; feeling anxious, agitated, or unable to sleep; or sleeping all the time • experiencing dramatic mood changes; • seeing no reason for liv-

ing or having no sense of purpose in life.

Many of these signs are related to depression or other mental health issues, but feelings of hopelessness are found to be more predictive of suicide risk. Suicide can be prevented by raising awareness, seeking help for yourself or those close to you, and recognizing the warning signs.

For more information about available services, contact your local mental health provider at 1-877619-3761, or contact the 24-hour National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or go to www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Those who make contact will be routed to the closest crisis center.

Craig Woolard Band to be at ‘Alive After Five’ The Granville County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its third “Alive After Five” event of the season Thursday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in downtown Oxford’s parking lot behind Main Street at the intersection of Littlejohn and Gilliam streets. The music of The Craig Woolard Band will entertain the crowd.

As the ambassador of beach music, Woolard enjoyed a stellar career as the front man of one of the Carolinas’ premiere bands, The Embers. After 27 years with his former group, Woolard took on a new persona and founded his current band, which performs music from a variety of genres, including beach music, R&B, Top 40, Motown, and rock and roll from the 70s and 80s.

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NATIONAL WEATHER Seattle 88/55

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O’Geary replied, “Yes, we need to expand our water plant. And that’s what we’re working for.”

Somerville said she believes the plant needs to be expanded to attract jobs, but emphasized the need to take care of infrastructure.

The City Council majority, in approving the municipal budget for this current fiscal year, agreed to increase the Kerr Lake System rate by 6 percent, as recommended by the system’s Advisory Board, to pay for increasing operational costs.

The three mayoral candidates participated for approximately a half hour at the forum, with Somerville arriving 11 minutes into the session.

Somerville, when asked by the Dispatch afterward why she was late, said she has to care for her father, who suffers from dementia.

McAllister said at the forum that he has lived in the city more than a dozen years, but that, “It’s gotten to the point now where I believe special interests have firmly entrenched in Henderson city politics.

“And it’s no longer for the people but for the special interests,” McAllister said, adding that needs to change and in a hurry.

“We don’t need any more committees to study the same problems we’ve known about for years. It’s time to fix the problems and stop avoiding them,” McAllister said.

O’Geary said that he believes in Henderson and that the city can and must have a brighter and more prosperous future.

And O’Geary said that he wants to continue working in partnership with the council, partners and staff to improve the city by lay-

RALEIGH (AP) — The president of a North Carolina women’s college has announced that she will retire from her post next summer.

Peace College President Laura Carpenter Bingham announced Monday that she will end her term as the Raleigh college’s ninth president, and its first

alumna president, after 12 years in office.

Under Bingham, Peace College completed its transition to, and established its identity as a four-year baccalaureate institution, grown its campus and expanded its facilities. The school also set a succession of record enrollments.

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After Somerville arrived, she and the other two mayoral hopefuls were asked what they would do to increase the collection of back taxes.

O’Geary said, “I think we need to go after people that don’t pay their taxes more aggressively.”

McAllister said, “Saying something and doing something are really different things.”

“I believe with proper pressure put on the tax office and the county commissioners, I think these things can change and the collection rate can pick up,” McAllister said.

And playing on an old saying, McAllister said, “It’s time to be the squeaky wheel. It’s not time to keep saying, ‘We’re gonna. We want to. We’re gonna try.’

It’s time to do it.” Somerville expressed her support for going after those who owe back taxes, adding, “Once you let something go and you let it go, it has a tendency of no one actually being accountable.”

Somerville said she believes the form or the measure of how to collect taxes has just come to the forefront because of the tight funding situation.

“But, this is something that the county has let go on for quite some time,” Somerville said.

Mayoral candidates Tina Hunter and Tammy Sue Lightfoot were no shows at the forum, which was sponsored by the Dispatch, the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, radio station WIZS and the Home in Henderson Web site. The election is Oct. 6.

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as a good business venture,” McAllister added.

O’Geary said he supports building the center, adding, “I think it would be wonderful for this city” because children and seniors to have a place to go to see some of the programs often found in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.

“However, I think we need to find the funds to fund this. I know that there are a lot of people who are involved and want to see this come to pass,” O’Geary said.

McAllister and O’Geary were asked their positions on jointly funded city-county projects.

O’Geary said the reason for the library, the Aycock Recreational Center and the Emergency 911 system “is because the county and the city came together to have these things.

“And we must think about what benefits our citizens get from the library and from the recreation complex,” O’Geary said.

O’Geary said the city is involved in looking at the funding.

“And I think you will see some changes coming to pass in the funding,” O’Geary added. “But it’s great that the city and the county are working in those terms to do something that’s good for our community.”

McAllister said that he favors all of the projects, but that he is not in favor of how they are funded.

“I think they could be funded through a line item added to the county tax bill,” McAllister said.

“This is pretty simple problem to solve if people would work toward solving it,” McAllister said, noting the city could rebuild the fund balance, which is the

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“I believe these are the right things to do. I want to continue helping this city move forward,” O’Geary said.

McAllister and O’Geary were asked whether they are for or against the performing arts center at Embassy Square and whether federal, state or local tax dollars be used in building the facility.

The Embassy Square Cultural Center Foundation is the nonprofit fundraising arm of the redevelopment project that resulted in the McGregor Hall Gallery and the relocated H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library in 2006 along Breckenridge Street.

The second phase of the project called for a performing arts center to seat 1,000 spectators. The state on Aug. 14 turned down the council’s Nov. 24 request for a $1 million Community Development Block Grant to help with paying for the proposed cultural focal point.

During the Sunday forum McAllister said, “I am for the construction of the performance hall as soon as we can afford to construct it and run it.” And McAllister said if grants are available to those seeking them, then so be it.

“But, I think if this thing were as prosperous as was stated by the Embassy Square Foundation, I think they could find the money privately,” McAllister said.

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Toddler among 6 dead in Southern storms gia have had more than 20 inches since Friday.

“Any rain that fell has no place to go,” said Georgia climatologist David Stooksbury. “This rainfall on top of already saturated soils really made the situation worse.”

Many parts of north Georgia have experienced “historic” amounts of rain well in excess of so-called 100-year predictions, which describe a storm with the likelihood of happening once every century, said Stooksbury. The downpours come just months after much of the region emerged from an epic drought that plagued the region since 2007.

As the storm front rumbled through west Georgia, it turned a normally docile creek into a surging headwater that tore apart 2-year-old Preston Slade Crawford’s mobile home around 2 a.m. The boy’s body wasn’t found until hours later, but his parents had been rescued as another son, age 1, clung to his mother’s arms in the county west of Atlanta.

“By the time we got into our vehicle, they were screaming at the back of our house,” said Pat Crawford, the boy’s grandmother, who watched as the family’s mobile home was whisked away. “We could see them, but the current was so bad, we couldn’t get to them.”

Crawford said she was

By GREG BLUESTEIN Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA — Surging floodwaters ripped apart a west Georgia trailer home, drowning a 2-year-old boy swept from his father’s arms. In Atlanta, stranded motorists scrambled to the tops of their car as waters rose on one of the city’s busiest highways. To the north, crews worked furiously to shore up a levee holding a surging river back from an isolated town.

Storms that pounded the Southeast on Monday turned sleepy creeks into rivers, and rivers into raging floodwaters. Six people were killed across the region, including five in the Atlanta area. Aerial shots showed schools, football fields, even entire neighborhoods submerged by the deluge, sending some unlucky residents scurrying for higher ground.

“It’s a mess all over,” said Lisa Janak of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.

At least two people were missing, including a Tennessee man who went swimming in an overflowing ditch on a $5 dare and a 15-year-old Georgia teen who never returned from a swim in the surging Chattooga River.

The storm came after days of rain pounded most of the region and saturated the soil. Some parts of Geor-

on higher ground, unable to help her family members.

Craig Crawford clung to his 2-year-old son, but the boy was pulled away in a strong undercurrent.

To the northwest, crews in the tiny Georgia town of Trion worked to shore up a levee breached by the Chattooga River and in danger of failing. The town evacuated more than 1,500 residents, and Red Cross workers quickly set up an emergency shelter able to help hundreds nearby.

“It’s a grave situation for us,” said Lamar Canada, Chattooga County’s emergency management director.

Most of the dead were motorists trying to navigate the treacherous roadways.

Seydi Burciaga, a 39-yearold woman from Georgia’s Gwinnett County, was found dead in her vehicle after it was swept off a road by flooding, said Gwinnett County Fire Capt. Thomas Rutledge.

But the surging waters weren’t just dangerous for drivers. A 22-year-old Alabama man, James Dale Leigh, drowned when a pond’s rain-soaked bank collapsed beneath him, said Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin.

Among the hardesthit areas was Georgia’s Douglas County, where as much as a foot of rain fell Monday. Flooding there was blamed for the deaths

LEAF, from page one Grainger, assistant chief of the Townsville Volunteer Fire Department; Henry Crews; Angela Jefferson; Mack Bobbitt; and Charles Holtzman, No alternates were selected.

Under a timeline agreed upon by consensus: • The review team will work from today through Oct. 22.

• A priority slate of projects will be established

by Oct. 26.

• The meeting with representatives of the Golden Leaf Foundation Board, priority applicants and review team members will be held Nov. 4 or 5.

• Full projects are due Nov. 13.

• The Golden Leaf Board will make funding decisions on Dec. 3.

“We don’t want you sectioning off and holding meetings,” Cabe said after the three elections were conducted in different parts of a large room.

“We want you all to work together.”

At the same time, Cabe mentioned that the foundation’s staff members will not police the decisionmaking process. “You all

Listed as alternates by the economic development group were Brenda Peace of the Henderson City Council and Dennis Tharrington, chairman of the Henderson-Vance Economic Development Partnership.

Those chosen from the education sector as members were: Margaret Ellis, vice-chairwoman of the Vance County Board of Education; Brian Creasman, principal of Northern Vance High School; Terry Garrison, Vance County Commissioner; Marta Brooks of Life Line Outreach Ministries; Vanessa Jones of VGCC; Jill Ulman of Citizen Schools; and Norman Shearin, superintendent of Vance County Schools.

The two alternates from education are Deryl von Williams of the Vance County Learning Center and Lucille Quintichette of Holy Faith Temple.

Those chosen from the emergency services group were: Daren Small, chief of the Townsville Volunteer Fire Department; Dan Brummitt, chairman of the Vance County Board of Commissioners; Renee

are going to have to police yourselves.”

She added that those on the review board are expected to talk among themselves when they are not all meeting together. “Our board members get calls from applicants every day.”

Cabe also told the panel: “You are required to be as objective as possible.

Know that your work will be under scrutiny.”

She said the foundation board will meet in November, December and February.

“I think it would be really tough to be ready by November,” Cabe cautioned.

When Terry Garrison questioned whether review team members could vote on their own projects, she replied that they will be asked to refrain from doing that.

“You need to manage the conflict of interest,” Cabe said at one point Monday night. “Most folks (in the past in other communities) have been able to lay down some ground rules.”

Cabe also discussed various criteria for ranking grant proposals, and

of a man and two women in three separate situations, said county spokesman Wes Tallon.

Emergency officials were often forced to improvise to rescue dozens of people stranded in their homes and cars.

“We’re using everything we can get our hands on,” Tallon said. “Everything from boats to Jet Skis to ropes to ladders.”

Other southeastern states were hit less severely.

In Kentucky, rescue crews went on more than a dozen runs to help stranded people after 4 inches of rain fell on parts of Louisville Sunday, said Louisville fire department spokesman Sgt. Salvador Melendez.

Water rose as high as window-level on some houses in North Carolina’s Polk County, forcing emergency officials to evacuate homes along a seven-mile stretch of road. Flooding in more than 20 counties in western North Carolina closed roads, delayed school and forced evacuations.

The forecast held little good news for Georgia: Another round of storms was expected to move in Tuesday from the west.

“Don’t remind me,” Carroll County Emergency Management Director Tim Padgett said of the forecast.

“That’s the worst news we could hear.”

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He is survived by his wife, Joyce W. Smith; four children, Walter C. Smith Jr., Michael K. Smith, Carolyn Roberson and Debra Hearn; two sisters, Madeline Wester and Jamie Kemp; two brothers, Chester Smith Jr. and Jimmy Smith; 13 grandchildren; 21 greatgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two children, Peggy Pitchford and Linda Lassiter.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Thursday at Pierce Funeral Home, 9609 Center St., Manassas, Va., where services will be held on Friday at 1 p.m.

Interment will follow at Stonewall Memory Gardens.

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A graveside funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Williamson Family Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Allen R. Ayscue.

Surviving, in addition to her parents, are a brother, Hunter Wayne Ayscue, of the home; maternal grandparents, Cassandra and Michael Ewing, of Henderson; paternal grandparents, Judy and Wayne Ayscue, of Henderson; maternal greatgrandparents, John Godwin, of Palmetto, Fla.; and Donna and Michael Ewing, of Macomb, Ill.; and paternal great-grandparents, Kennon Lassiter, and Effie and John Ayscue, all of Henderson.

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• Direct relation of the She retired from Oxford Orproject to the key issue phanage Masonic Home.

Funeral services will area and the priority be conducted Wednesday objective. at noon at Oxford United • The project’s potenMethodist Church by the tial to impact the most Rev. Pat Hawkins. Burial citizens. will be in Bayview Cemetery • The applicant’s abilin Morehead City on Thursity/capacity to achieve day at 2 p.m. desired objectives.

Surviving are a son, Allen • Sustainability of the Colenda Jr. of Maryland; a project. daughter, Ann Colenda of • Partner support and Oxford; a sister, Shirley W. participation.

Lucas of Morehead City; • Leveraging of new or three grandchildren; and existing resources. eight great-grandchildren.

• Eligibility of the apShe was preceded in death plicant. by her late husband, Allen • Project resources G. Colenda; and a son, Kenmust be used for eligible neth Colenda. activities.

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By ALEX VEIGA AP Real Estate Writer

LOS ANGELES — Asians, many of them living in foreclosure-ravaged California, suffered the sharpest drop in homeownership last year, eclipsing declines felt by whites, blacks and Hispanics, according to new Census data.

The decline was surprising, because Asians tend to earn more than other minority groups and have less debt. But one out of three Asian homeowners lives in California, which has seen foreclosure rates skyrocket and home values plummet since the housing bubble burst. And that appears to have disproportionately exposed them to the effects from the housing collapse, experts suggested.

The U.S. homeownership rate fell to 66.6 percent last year, the lowest in six years, after hitting a peak of 67.3 percent in 2006, according to figures from the American Community Survey, which was released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Homeownership for Asians fell 1.24 percentage points last year to 59.4 percent.

The decline was 0.88

percentage points for blacks to 45.6 percent. Hispanics experienced a similar decline, down 0.80 to 49.1 percent. Whites suffered the smallest decline, down 0.40 to 73.4 percent.

But because Asians only represent 3.3 percent of all U.S. homeowners, the decline in the number of black and white households was greater. The number of Hispanic homeowners actually rose, reflecting trends in immigration and higher birth rates.

Nevertheless, as a population group, Asian homeowners fared far worse than others.

That revelation surprised some experts such as Edward Wolff, an economist at New York University.

“Based on their income and relatively low debt,

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By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday it will go to trial against Bank of America Corp. over bonuses at Merrill Lynch, opening the possibility of also bringing charges against bank executives, a week after a judge’s stinging rejection of a $33 million settlement of the case.

The SEC said it will “vigorously pursue” its case against Bank of America, which acquired Merrill in a hastily arranged deal a year ago. The agency had accused the bank, one of the biggest U.S. financial institutions, of failing to disclose to shareholders that it had authorized Merrill to pay up to $5.8 billion in bonuses.

The SEC has been weighing its options since U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff called the proposed settlement a breach of “justice one would expect that and morality” and ordered they would have a smaller the case to trial. Another decline in homeownership,” route would have been to Wolff said. try to renegotiate the accord The median annual with Bank of America.

“We firmly believe that household income for Asians the settlement we submitwas just over $70,000 last ted to the court was reasonyear, higher than for any able, appropriate and in the other racial group. public interest,” the SEC “It’s possible that it’s said in a statement issued a regional effect,” Wolff Monday night. The agency suggested. “There’s a high had made that argument in concentration of Asianbriefs filed in recent weeks Americans in California, to Rakoff. Bank of Amerand California got particuica also had defended the larly hard hit by property settlement as appropriate. (price) declines and high Rakoff had questioned foreclosure rates.” why individual executives at While foreclosures have been declining on a monthly Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank basis in California this year, of America weren’t charged the state continues to have by the SEC. His unprecedented rejection of the the most foreclosures in settlement put the SEC in a the country and one of the highest rates of foreclosure- touchy legal situation. The related filings, according to agency on Monday notified the federal court in ManhatRealtyTrac Inc.

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POOLER, Ga. — After sitting vacant for seven years, a 1,500-acre industrial site near Savannah landed its first manufacturer Monday as Mitsubishi Power Systems announced plans to produce giant steam and gas turbines in coastal Georgia.

The company said it will begin construction before the end of the year on a $325 million plant that will employ about 500 workers. The plant will manufacture and service turbines used by power plants to generate electricity.

The state bought the industrial site for $23 million in 2002, as part of an incentive package Georgia used to woo DaimlerChrysler to agree to make cargo vans here. The deal, expected to bring 3,000 jobs, fell through in 2003 because of economic turbulence.

State economic development officials held out for years trying to find a single manufacturer. Finally, they opted to parcel out smaller tracts of the site to different businesses.

During Mitsubishi’s announcement at the plant site, covered by tall weeds, Gov. Sonny Perdue acknowledged the state’s seven years or corporate courtship in search of a match for the site.

“This state has dated a lot of pretty girls, but it hadn’t found the right one yet,” Perdue said. “You got one to bring home to momma today.”

Mitsubishi Power Systems, which is based in Lake Mary, Fla., will build its plant on 119 acres, leaving about 600 acres open to future development. Roughly half the site is protected wetland.

Koji Hasegawa, the company’s president and CEO, said a major draw was the site’s location at the intersection of Interstate 95 and I-16, and just a few miles from Savannah’s airport and its bustling container port — the nation’s fourth largest.

“The availability to us of this portion of the mega site made locating a new facility here a very easy decision,” Hasegawa said.

Senior Vice President Dave Walsh said the firm plans to begin construction in December and start hiring in 2010.

He said it plans to employ 200 workers within two years.

State officials said wages at the Mitsubishi plant will average about $58,000 a year.

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tan, where Rakoff issued his ruling a week earlier, that it had decided to proceed to trial in the case.

The SEC said it could seek to bring additional charges if supported by the record of evidence that develops in the trial, meaning that it could seek to charge individual executives.

“As we consider our legal options with respect to the court’s ruling, we will vigorously pursue our charges against Bank of America and take steps to prove our case in court,” the SEC statement said. “We will use the additional discovery available in the litigation to further pursue the facts and determine whether to seek the court’s permission to bring additional charges in this case. In deciding how to proceed we will, as always, be guided by what the facts warrant and the law permits.”

Bank of America spokesman Scott Silvestri had no immediate comment.

Bank of America agreed to pay the $33 million in the settlement without admitting or denying wrongdoing.

The bank has said it didn’t violate disclosure rules but wished to avoid litigation with the SEC at a time of market uncertainty.

Rakoff, in his ruling, found that the settlement “suggests a rather cynical relationship between the parties.”

“The SEC gets to claim that it is exposing wrongdoing on the part of the Bank of America in a high-profile merger, the bank’s management gets to claim that they have been coerced into an onerous settlement by overzealous regulators.

And all this is done at the expense, not only of the shareholders, but also of the truth,” he wrote.

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SEATTLE (AP) — An insane killer who slipped away from the staff of a mental institution on a field trip Thursday to the Spokane County Interstate Fair was recaptured Sunday without injury more than 180 miles away in south-central Washington.

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Insane killer. Mental institution field trip. Spokane County Interstate Fair.

And the full story is actually even worse than it sounds.

Apparently staff from Eastern State Hospital in Washington took a number of patients on an outing to the Spokane County Interstate Fair. Which would be fine — commendable, in fact — if those patients only included individuals whose disabilities are severe enough to require institutional care, but do not make the patients a threat to themselves or to society. There is every reason to facilitate the disabled in enjoying a few of the good things life has to offer.

But among that group of patients was one Phillip Arnold Paul, 47.

Paul was committed to the state mental hospital after he was diagnosed as schizophrenic and acquitted by reason of insanity in the murder of an elderly woman in Sunnyside, Wash., in 1987. In that case, Paul didn’t just kill the woman, he also soaked her body in gasoline in hopes of throwing police dogs searching for the victim off the trail.

So, insane, he is, but obviously not beyond knowing right from wrong and that what he did merited some covering-up.

It gets worse.

Among the officers who caught up with Paul on Sunday — three days and 180 miles separated from his time and place of escape — was Spokane County sheriff’s Detective Roger W. Knight. And Detective Knight has been down this road before.

Knight, you see, captured Paul in 1991 after the “insane killer” escaped from another state hospital field trip. Following his recapture, Paul attacked Knight in the jail booking area, knocking the officer unconscious and separating the detective’s shoulder.

Paul as a result was convicted of firstdegree escape and second-degree assault.

Now, 18 years later, Knight is having to round-up Phillip Arnold Paul again because the state mental hospital decided to take the man — did we mention he is an “insane killer” — on another field trip.

To the Spokane County Interstate Fair.

Which is sort of like presenting a man who has already killed once with a veritable flea market of potential victims.

Susan Dreyfus, secretary of the Washington Department of Social and Health Services, issued a statement in the wake of the incident.

“We are committed to finding out how and why this happened, why there was an unacceptable (two-hour) delay in notifying local law enforcement of his escape, and how potentially dangerous patients were brought to such a public venue with the reported staffing ratios,” Dreyfus said.

We don’t know “the reported ratios” of supervision in this case; that is, how many staffers were assigned to monitor patients on the outing. What we do know is, it doesn’t matter.

After all, exactly what staff-to-homicidal-psychiatric-patient ratio is recommended for escorting an “insane killer” with a history of escape on a field trip to the Spokane County Interstate Fair?

It was late summer, a baseball night, and in downtown Detroit, the Tigers were playing. Miles away, sitting in his chair, Ernie Harwell wanted some ice cream.

“How about you?” he asked me. I said sure, and he turned to his beautiful wife of 68 years and said, “Lulu, let’s have some butter pecan ice cream,” and Lulu rose from the couch to get it, although I imagine Ernie would have done it first if he weren’t sick.

This was a last week, in his modest home, where The Last True Gentleman of the Booth spends every night now, reading quietly, going through letters, enjoying the moments he has left because his moments are dwindling, a game in the late innings. Ernie has inoperable cancer. He accepts it the way a good ballplayers accept a strike call. May not like it. Can’t change it.

Anyhow, Ernie Harwell is 91 years old and he has long since learned to make the best of things. He did it as a young broadcaster on away games when he stayed in the studio, read the ticker, then waited for the sound effect of a smacked bat. He did it for decades in the cramped bird’s nest booth in old Tiger Stadium, where your spine surrendered to inhuman angles.

He learned it from his father,

who suffered an illness in his later years that cost him his eyesight. Radio was how his father followed baseball after that, and for every game in his 55 years of broadcasting, through the Dodgers, Giants, Orioles and Tigers, Ernie never forgot that, never forgot how Mitch he might be Albom the his eyes Tribune Media and ears for Services someone like his father, who was making the best of it.

Now Ernie makes the best of it, with grace, warmth and faith. Above all, faith.

Blessed with modesty “A church wants you to do the Sunday sermon,” his friend and attorney Gary Spicer said, sitting with stacks of mail and requests. I mentioned that would be a sure way to increase church attendance.

“Oh, I dunno,” Ernie answered, laughing, “They might throw tomatoes.”

It came out “tamay-tahs,” the soft Georgia coda to his words, easy on the ears, like cool tea to the lips. Ernie’s

voice has always been soothing — he sounds like baseball would sound if the game could talk — but we forget it’s soothing mostly because Ernie himself is soothing, He is as gentle, open, kind and decent as anyone I have ever met. In two days, he was scheduled to say a farewell at Comerica Park. Spicer told him there would be a long video, and a salute, and then he’d be given the microphone.

“Well, I’ll just talk for 30 seconds,” Ernie said.

And sure enough, when the night came, last Wednesday, he didn’t go much longer. He walked out briskly, offering his most healthy posture, and told the crowd he was lucky and blessed, especially because his journey was “going to end in the great state of Michigan.” He finished with a “God bless you” and walked to the tunnel. No surprise Ernie always preferred to tell the story, not become it.

Still time to do good Too late. Harwell’s illness and his farewell speech became national news. Endless accounts of his long career were written, hosannas were thrown, all deserved.

But be careful not to eulogize Ernie, because he’s not only still with us, he is enter-

ing a phase where he may be more precious than ever.

“Maybe I can help somebody else,” he said, after we’d finished the ice cream.

Harwell has been an example of grace over every game he’s called, genteel, respectful, never in the way, accepting that he is there to paint the picture, but he doesn’t own the brush. He has that same approach to life and now to death.

He says he has long believed that his life is in God’s hands, and he’s lived it that way.

And he will continue to do so. To the end. I have written a new book about faith, part of which chronicles a broken down church in Detroit led by a poor pastor who fights to keep it going. Ernie read an advanced copy of book a few weeks ago.

He told me he liked it.

That was special enough.

But do you know that on his way down to his big night at Comerica Park, Ernie first drove by that crumbling church, unannounced, in a rundown section of Detroit, and when he saw the pastor, he rolled down his window and said “Hi, I’m Ernie Harwell, I just wanted to meet you.”

Nobody looking. Nobody taking notes. Just something he wanted to do.

The Last True Gentleman of the Booth is making the best of it. We are all better for it.

Letters to the Editor In food safety, what are our priorities?

To the editor: It appears to be a conflict in the safety issues.

We have been told for years through investigative journalism how improper food processing is handled.

The latest food recalls have been from commerical processors. I never hear of local producers having recalls.

The pros of small farms is keeping private land in the hands of local residents, jobs for residents, less chemical uses as organic farming is catching on with small farms.

The enviromental footrienced some of the discrimination that he was talking about. print is lessened by saving Yet I disagree that race is fuel and less polluted air. “an overwhelming portion” of We know the jobs stay in Obama’s opposition. There are our country rather than plenty of legitimate reasons for some of the processing people to oppose Obama’s polibeing sent across borders cies, whether I agree with them where U.S. regulations do or not, without racism having much, if anything, to do with it. not exist. Less waste from packaging and more recyAfter all, political and cling is encouraged. culture clashes between what I call “Obama Country” and “Sarah Palin’s Nation” have a Dr. Delores Harris, long tradition in America. Palin Louisburg thrills the Republican base by extolling the virtues of “small towns” in much the way past populists and progressives traditionally have railed on behalf of “ordinary people” against “fat cats” and educated “elites.” It is an odd sign of progress that a black man can rouse so much “anti-elitist” fervor.

Sometimes asking to be treated like every other presiThe Daily Dispatch weldent doesn’t really ask for as comes letters to the editor. much as one might think it Letters must be signed, does. Even the more vulgar politically incorrect signs at Town include the author’s city Hall and Tea Party demonstraof residence, and should tions hark back to days when be limited to 300 words.

Abraham Lincoln was porPlease include a telephone trayed as an ape. After moving number for verification. aggressively to tackle problems We reserve the right to ranging from economy to edit comments for length, global warming to health care, clarity, libelous material, Obama was bound to bring on a backlash even if he were a fullpersonal attacks and poor blooded Caucasian. taste. We do not publish What matters as we navigate anonymous letters, form these age-old differences now letters, letters with names is our sense of civility, that withheld or letters where ultimately we are in this mess we cannot verify the together. Whether we come writer’s identity. from the worlds that produced Writers should limit the music of Kanye West or Taylor Swift, we share probthemselves to one letter lems in common that beg for us every 30 days. to come together as Americans.

Letters can be acLet Beyonce be our guide. cepted by e-mail, but city of residence and a phone E-mail Clarence Page at cpage@ number for verification tribune.com, or write to him c/o purposes still must be Tribune Media Services, 2225 included.

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Obama Country vs. Palin Nation I understand why President Obama didn’t want reporters to tell the world that he thought Kanye West behaved like a “jackass” at this year’s “MTV Video Music Awards.” After all, politicians get in trouble when they tell the truth.

It was double-plus un-good for the hip-hop star to snatch the microphone from sweet Taylor Swift’s hands as the 19-year-old country music star was accepting her first VMA award.

Then he announced that he thought the award should have gone to Beyonce Knowles, who cameras caught with a look of shock and awe as the audience erupted in boos and jeers for Kanye. Well deserved.

Bless Beyonce, who received another award, for later saving the evening. She called a grateful Swift back on stage to finish her rudely interrupted acceptance speech. What a relief.

In a program that historically erupts with weird scene-stealers, there was at least one grown-up in the room.

It was ironic, then, that Obama could not have taken a more public stand. Even in this age of culture wars and polarized politics, Americans of good will can stand together in our contempt for West’s mirrorkissing narcissism.

The same can be said regarding tennis start Serena Williams’ profanity-laden eruption against a line judge’s call. Both West’s and Williams’ exercises in incivility happened to come a few days after South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie” outcry interrupted Obama’s health care speech to Congress. A door was opened wide for Obama to stand tall for better manners in these raucous times. But he passed.

He even tried to persuade the nearby pool of White House reporters that the remark about West was “off the record,”

according to reports that leaked out anyway.

Reporters should cut the president “some slack,” the president said, since “I’ve got a lot of other stuff on my plate.” Right.

The last thing Obama wanted was to step on his own health Clarence care momentum, as he Page did in his Tribune Media last primeServices time news conference with off-the-cuff allegations of racial profiling.

This time, even when talking about health care, Team Obama dodged persistent questions about how much racism might be playing a role in the raging anger, fears, suspicions and resentments expressed by some opponents of his policies across the nation.

The White House left it to the likes of former President Jimmy Carter, who continued his tradition of saying things that cause consternation to sitting presidents of both parties.

On Kanye, Carter said West’s behavior was “completely uncalled-for.” He then cleverly declared that West’s “punishment was to appear on the new Jay Leno show.” Good one, Jimmy.

On race, the great peace negotiator was not nearly as sanguine. “I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he’s African American,” Carter said, recalling the nation’s long, sad history of racial segregation, particularly in his native south.

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Today’s Birthdays: Michael Faraday, British physicist (1791-1862); Caroline Astor, U.S. aristocrat of New York high society (1830-1908); Erich von Stroheim, German director and actor (1885-1957); Louis Botha, South African soldierstatesman (1862-1919); John Houseman, U.S. stage/radio actor (1902-1988); Fay Weldon, British writer (1931--); Joan Jett, U.S. rock singer (1960--).

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Today’s highlights: 1609 — The king of Spain orders the deportation of the baptized former Muslims known as Moriscos.

1792 — French Republic is proclaimed and revolutionary calendar goes into effect.

1862 — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in the Confederate States free as of Jan. 1, 1863.

1927 — Slavery is abolished in Sierra Leone in Africa.

1949 — The Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb.

1970 — Arab chiefs of state send envoys to meet with King Hussein and Yasser Arafat to persuade them to find a way to contain the fighting between the Jordanian army and Palestinian guerrillas.

1975 — Sara Jane Moore fails in an attempt to shoot U.S. President Gerald Ford outside a San Francisco hotel.

1980 — Iraqi tanks enter Iran, marking the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War as a fullscale conflict.

1988 — The government of Canada apologizes for the World War II internment of Japanese-Canadians and promises compensation.

1995 — America’s Time Warner Inc. and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. announce a merger with Time Warner purchasing TBS in a deal valued at $7.5 billion, creating the world’s largest media company.

1996 — Typhoon Violet veers into the North Pacific after killing seven and setting off landslides that paralyzed transportation in Japan.

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Bill Clinton, speaking at the United Nations, announces he will submit to the Senate a treaty banning all nuclear explosions.

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2001 — Pope John Paul II visits Kazakhstan and Armenia and cautions against allowing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States to create divisions between Muslims and Christians.

2006 — Pope Benedict XVI invites Muslim envoys to meet with him at his summer residence for what the Holy See says is urgently needed dialogue following a crisis ignited by his remarks on Islam and violence.

2008 —The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archaeologists say.

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DEAR ABBY: Our daughter, “Daisy,” had some really bad relationships in the past and held on to them far too long. At 33, she finally met a man, “Melvin,” who was good to her and fun to be with. We were relieved that she had finally made a right choice.

Melvin was divorced with a son. He told Daisy he was a police officer who retired early because of the stress, and regaled her with stories about the many outrageous incidents he’s been involved in. They married and now have a new baby. Daisy is happy, loves being a wife and mother, and we were pleased that she has what she always wanted.

My husband and I became suspicious about some of Melvin’s stories about the wild and crazy situations that had happened to him on a daily basis. In them, he was always defending helpless people against brutal attackers, saving people in imminent danger, and he was always the hero. My husband decided to check out Melvin’s claim of having been a cop. We were shocked and sickened to learn that he never was. All of his stories are lies.

I want to tell Daisy, but I’m not sure how or when. They live in another state, far from us. I don’t want to expose him while she is not near us. It will crush her. But our daughter is married to a stranger! Everything Melvin told her about himself is a lie. How should we handle this? — HEARTBROKEN MOM DEAR MOM: First of all, your husband should finish what he started. If Melvin wasn’t a police officer, what was he? Is he really divorced?

How many times? Is his name really Melvin? Has he done time?

Once you have accurate information, you and your husband should pay your daughter a visit — proof in hand. How she chooses to handle things from then on will be will fill her decision. But from where I sit, she could qualify for an annulment because whoever her husband is, he married her under false pretenses.

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DEAR ABBY: “Ingmar” and I have been married — on and off— for 12 years.

We have married each other twice. Ingmar loves “big” women.

The last time we separated was three years ago, after I lost 105 pounds. I lost the weight because my doctor said I had to for health reasons. When I first met Ingmar, I let him know my large size was not normal for me and was a result of some medications I was on.

After my weight started dropping, Ingmar told me I “grossed him out” and I was starting to resemble a “little girl.”

We have had no physical contact in four years, and we sleep in separate Dear rooms.

Abby He often goes off by Universal Press himself for Syndicate two or three days at a time. I know he isn’t involved with another woman because he can’t do anything anymore and he’s not willing to fix it.

I feel like a roommate instead of a wife. We don’t eat together, watch TV together or kiss anymore. Although I care for my husband, I’m not in love with him anymore.

But I’m scared of going out in the “dating world” again. I’m 46 and no longer a “spring chicken,” but I crave affection. What do I do? — AT A CROSSROADS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEAR AT A CROSSROADS: The dating world is no lonelier than the one you’re living in now — but at least in the dating world there is hope that you’ll connect with someone.

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Baucus changing health care overhaul to please his party Cost is a problem, penalties against public might be lowered

By ERICA WERNER Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee was revising his sweeping health care bill Monday to address serious concerns from fellow Democrats and a key Republican about insurance costs, part of his ongoing struggle to deliver on President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority.

The changes — which include possibly halving a penalty for people who don’t comply with a new requirement to purchase insurance — came a day ahead of a committee session beginning Tuesday to amend and vote on the bill, which Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., hopes his panel will approve by the end of the week.

“We’ve come a long, long way to satisfying the affordability concerns,” Baucus said Monday evening after meeting with committee Democrats.

“There will still be amendments offered, as there should be … But my sense is the meeting today went a long way to dealing with a lot of the concerns that senators had,” he said.

Baucus’ 10-year, $856 billion package would extend coverage to about 29 million Americans who lack it now and institute insurance market reforms, such as prohibiting higher premiums for women or the denial of coverage to sick people. It would make almost everyone buy insurance or pay a fee, give subsidies to the poor to help

them buy coverage and create new online exchanges where small businesses and people without government or employer-provided insurance could Baucus shop for plans and compare prices.

Release of the bill last week gave a boost to Obama’s health care agenda after a summer of angry town hall meetings, though plenty of political and policy hurdles remain before Congress could send a bill to Obama’s desk.

In the days ahead, Baucus faces the difficult task of keeping his 13 committee Democrats on board without moving so far to the left that he alienates Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, the only one of the panel’s 10 Republicans seen as likely to vote for the bill.

Snowe’s support could become even more critical presuming health overhaul legislation makes it to the Senate floor, as Democrats look for the 60 votes needed to advance the bill.

Snowe and a number of Finance Committee Democrats had raised concerns about whether subsidies in Baucus’ bill are generous enough to make insurance truly affordable for low-income people. There were also concerns about a new tax on high-value insurance plans, which some fear would hit middle-class workers even though Baucus is directing it at so-called “Cadillac” insurance plans that he says are enjoyed by

a minority of U.S. workers.

Senators offered a raft of amendments on both those issues, and Baucus was incorporating some of the approaches in revised legislation he’ll unveil at Tuesday’s committee meeting. Details weren’t final, but Baucus said he was looking at lowering a $3,800 penalty that his bill would levy on households that don’t comply with a new “individual mandate” to purchase insurance.

Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota, a key Finance Democrat, said senators were discussing cutting that penalty in half, to $1,900.

The $950 penalty for individuals who don’t buy coverage, however, would not be changed.

Also under discussion, according to Conrad, was lowering the maximum amount of income people could pay in premiums before becoming eligible for subsidies.

It’s now 13 percent. Senators were also looking at adjusting the new insurance excise tax — now set to hit plans valued at $21,000 for a family and $8,000 for an individual — so that it’s limited to even more expensive plans over time, Conrad said.

The changes could add to the cost of the $856 billion bill, but since the bill would raise about $50 billion more than it spends over 10 years, there is some wiggle room.

Conrad said new cuts were being considered to pay for the changes but he declined to specify what they were. The bill already would cut planned Medicare spending by $500 billion over a decade.

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WASHINGTON — Memo to President Barack Obama: It’s a tax.

Obama insisted this weekend on national television that requiring people to carry health insurance — and fining them if they don’t — isn’t the same as a tax increase. But the language of Democratic bills to revamp the nation’s health care system doesn’t quibble. Both the House bill and the Senate Finance Committee proposal clearly state that the fines would be a tax.

And the reason the fines are in the legislation is to enforce the coverage requirement.

“If you put something in the Internal Revenue Code, and you tell the IRS to collect it, I think that’s a tax,” said Clint Stretch, head of the tax policy group for Deloitte, a major accounting firm. “If you don’t pay, the person who’s going to come and get it is going to be from the IRS.” Democrats aren’t the first to propose that individuals be required to carry health insurance and fined if they refuse. The

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During the 2008 political campaign, Obama opposed making coverage mandatory because of the costs. His position has shifted now that it’s becoming clear such a requirement will be part of any legislation that Congress sends him. Conservative activists are calling it a violation of his pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class.

“This is exactly what George Bush Sr. did when he said he wouldn’t raise taxes, and it cost him the next election,” said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.

“Obama is doing the same thing, but he’s insulting people by telling them that if you don’t call it a big purple banana, somehow it wouldn’t be a tax.”

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Sports

Leave it to Chipper Red-hot Braves win another

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Manning makes history with win over Dolphins

By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer

AP Photo/J. Pat Carter

Indianapolis cornerback Melvin Bullitt, right, and safety Antoine Bethea take down Miami running back Patrick Cobbs during the first quarter of Monday night’s game.

MIAMI — While the Miami Dolphins’ celebrities were making a Hollywood-style grand entrance, Peyton Manning slipped in a side door and stole the show.

Manning threw two touchdown passes to take some sheen off the Dolphins’ glitzy makeover under new owner Stephen Ross, and the Indianapolis Colts came from behind four times to win 27-23 Monday night.

The Dolphins rolled out an orange carpet for the pregame arrival of Ross’ celebrity partners. The crowd included Serena and Venus Williams, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Buffett and Colts rooter Tiger Woods.

But Manning was the big star.

He had the ball for less than 15

Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning celebrates after the Colts defeated the Miami Dolphins 27-23 Monday.

AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan

minutes but threw touchdown passes of 80 yards to Dallas Clark and 48 yards to Pierre Garcon.

The first came score on the first play from scrimmage, the latter with 3:18 left for the game’s final points.

“It was about being efficient when it counted, in the fourth

Good Jake back, Peppers disappoints for Panthers

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From STAFF REPORTS

Southern Vance’s volleyball team made quick work of Roxboro Community Monday, beating them in three sets (2511, 25-8, 25-10).

Shauna Terry had 12 kills, and Tremanisha Taylor had three.

Julia Sumner had 13 assists, and Ashley Meador had five. Morgan Adcock had eight aces and 19 digs.

Southern has a tough test today when they travel to Carolina 3A Conference opponent Orange for a 6 p.m. scheduled match.

Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE

Kerr-Vance’s Dallas Smith traps the ball in front of Northern’s Nick Sharpe during their 1-1 tie Monday night. To view or purchase photos, visit us on the Web at www.hendersondispatch.com.

Dueling to a tie

KVA, Northern trade own goals in 1-1 match

By ERIC S. ROBINSON Dispatch Sports Editor

The first time Kerr-Vance and Northern Vance played soccer this season at the Burger King Classic on Sept. 11, the Spartans won handily, 5-2.

Monday night’s game was a lot different. Both teams dueled in a hard-fought, evenly matched 1-1 game.

Both goals were scored in the first half by own goals.

“We’re just playing better soccer, and I thought we did a better job of going to the ball tonight,” said Northern coach David Hicks. “The big thing we talked about tonight was ‘don’t wait for something to happen.’

There’s 11 people in there, go make something happen. And I thought that was the effort we got from everybody.”

Both teams have had plenty of ties this season. Northern is now 4-4-3, while KVA is 6-6-4.

“I thought we had a ton of opportunities and we didn’t finish our chances. We beat ourselves tonight. We should have had goals and we didn’t,” said Spartan coach Rick Frampton. “Northern’s improved from the Burger King Classic, most definitely.”

Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE Monday’s game was delayed for some time with 24 minutes Kerr-Vance's Chris Frampton runs left in the second half. KVA goal- under the ball as Northern's Joseph Please see TIE, page 3B Falkner defends during the first half of their 1-1 tie Monday night.

First Chase race sets stage for exciting title hunt

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

CHARLOTTE — If the first round of the Chase for the championship is any indication, NASCAR is in for a doozy of a title race.

That practice of riding around for a few hundred miles in cruise control before turning it up at the end of the race? There’s clearly no time for that now.

The contenders went all-out from the drop of the green flag Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where they were racing three-wide early and gambling on pit strategy to pick up every possible position. The result was an entertaining race

Please see COLTS WIN, page 2B

Raiders beat Roxboro in three

By MIKE CRANSTON AP Sports Writer

CHARLOTTE — Jake Delhomme, move over. Julius Peppers has taken your spot as scapegoat for Carolina’s dismal start.

While Delhomme recovered from a two-game, 11-turnover stretch to throw for over 300 yards on Sunday in Atlanta, the defense reverted to its lateseason form of 2008 to keep the Panthers winless.

There was no pass rush, poor run defense, shoddy tackling — and another nearly invisible performance by this season’s highest-paid NFL player.

A day after Carolina’s 28-20 defeat, the defense had such a long film session Monday that players said there was a “halftime” break. Then Peppers — who managed two tackles and no sacks against the Falcons — left the stadium without speaking to reporters.

With a $16.7 million salary, that amounts to more than $500,000 per tackle. Through two games Peppers has one of Carolina’s two sacks and the defending NFC South champions are stuck at the bottom of the division.

“I understand the criticism, not just of Julius, but our team,” coach John Fox said.

“As I said last week when everybody wanted to blame Jake to this week when everybody wants to blame Julius, I don’t think that’s the answer.”

With his giant franchisetag salary and coming off an offseason where he did everything he could to leave town,

quarter,” Manning said. “That’s really what the game’s about.”

Manning finished 14 for 23 for 303 yards, and the Colts improved to 2-0. The Dolphins fell to 0-2 even though they had 239 yards rushing, including 107 with the wildcat.

that saw Chase drivers take the top four spots and 10 of the top 15.

“I think everyone panics,” said second-place finisher Denny Hamlin. “When you see at the beginning of the race the top 10, and they’re all Chase guys, you’re like, ‘Man, I’ve got to fight for every position I can.’ Every hole that you see on the race track, you immediately go for.

“Everyone is just jumping at every opportunity that they can, and that’s why you see the three wide. Everyone is just trying to make up all the spots they can, and a lot of it has to do with the excitement of the start of the Please see CHASE, page 4B

Raider soccer falls to Louisburg From STAFF REPORTS

Southern Vance soccer suffered its first loss of the season Monday, 2-1 at Louisburg.

Southern is now 4-4-1 on the season.

The Raiders took a 1-0 lead into halftime. Joel Lopez-Hernandez scored on a Cameron Eatmon assist.

The Warriors tied it up at around minute 55, and knocked in the game-winner with about four minutes to play.

“I think it was a well-played soccer game,” said Southern Vance coach Mike Rotolo. “We just didn’t make enough plays.”

Southern Vance will host Warren County Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Viking netters edge Warriors From STAFF REPORTS

Northern Vance’s girls tennis team defeated Carolina 3A Conference rival J.F. Webb 5-4 Monday.

Northern Vance improves to 5-4 (2-2 in the conference) on the season. They play at Southern Vance Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

Webb hosts Cardinal Gibbons Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

N. VANCE 5, J.F. WEBB 4 Singles n No. 1 — NV’s Sierra Hanks def. Claudia Willett 6-1, 6-2 n No. 2 — Webb’s Nishi Jindal def. Laura Copley 6-4, 6-2 n No. 3 — NV’s Alex Hughes def. Leslie Currin 7-5, 6-3 n No. 4 — Webb’s Mallory Burton def. Amelia Aycock 6-3, 6-1 n No. 5 — NV’s Mary Griffin def. Haley Tunstall 7-5, 5-7, 11-9 n No. 6 — NV’s Amy Baskett def. Sarah Clayborne 7-5, 7-6

AP Photo/Mary Schwalm

Mark Martin celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Sunday.

Doubles n No. 1 — NV’s Hanks and Copley def. Willett and Tunstall 8-0 n No. 2 — Webb’s Jindal and Currin def. Aycock and Griffin 8-4 n No. 3 — Webb’s Burton and Clayborne def. Baskett and Julia Auguilar 8-5

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Two-minute drill Local Sports 3-on-3 hoops tourney coming up The Henderson Collegiate 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Aycock Recreation Center at 2689 Vicksboro Road.

The tournament will take place from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

All boys and girls age 10 to 18 are invited to play. The cost is $15 per player for those who register early at the Marketplace Cinema on Saturday from noon until 5 p.m. The cost to register on the day of the event is $20.

Each team must be all girls or all boys, and all three players must be in the same age group: 1012, 13-15 or 16-18.

Each participant receives a T-shirt and admission to all games.

The cost of admission to watch the tournament is $3 per person, and refreshments will be sold.

All of the proceeds will go to Vance County’s new charter school, Henderson Collegiate, which will begin holding classes in August 2010.

E-mail any questions to schoolplanner.HC@ gmail.com, or visit www.hendersoncollegiate.com.

College Hoops Charlotte to host NCAAs in ’11, Greensboro in ’12 CHARLOTTE (AP) — After a rare year coming up without the NCAA tournament, North Carolina will host the event in consecutive years beginning in 2011.

The NCAA announced Monday that Charlotte’s Time Warner Cable Arena will be the site the first and second rounds in 2011. The Greensboro Coliseum will host the opening two rounds in 2012.

Charlotte has hosted 20 times and ranks third among cities for most NCAA games hosted. The East Regional was last held in the city in 2008.

The 2010 games will be held on Friday and Sunday, March 18 and 20.

Greensboro has played host 12 times, including the first and second rounds earlier this year. It will host games in 2012 on Friday and Sunday, March 16 and 18.

Terps’ Williams gets extension to 2013 COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland men’s basketball coach Gary Williams has received a oneyear extension on his contract, which could keep him at the job into 2013.

Williams’ contract includes automatic extensions for achieving benchmark standards by the Terrapins, both athletically and academically.

Williams is entering his 21st season as head coach at his alma mater. The extension takes the term of his contract through June 30, 2013.

He is the winningest coach in Maryland history (418) and ranks sixth nationally among active coaches with 625 victories (625-357) in 31 seasons overall.

College Football ACC awards two from FSU, Clemson GREENSBORO (AP) — Two players each from Florida State and Clemson are among the Atlantic Coast Conference’s six weekly award winners.

The ACC on Monday named Seminoles guard Rodney Hudson and Greg Reid, and Tigers’ defensive end Ricky Sapp and kicker Richard Jackson, as its players of the week.

Joining them are Miami quarterback Jacory Harris and Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams.

Hudson and Reid helped Florida State upset then-No. 7 BYU last week. Sapp helped Clemson hold Boston College to 54 total yards while Jackson matched an ACC record with six field goals in a 25-7 victory over the Eagles.

Local Preps Tuesday, Sept. 22 Cross Country n J.F. Webb at Southern Vance 4:30 p.m. n Northern Vance at Cardinal Gibbons 5 p.m.

Soccer

n Crossroads Christian at

Cresset Christian 4 p.m.

Tennis

n Franklinton at Warren

County 5:30 p.m. n Cardinal Gibbons at Northern Vance 6 p.m. n J.F. Webb at Chapel Hill 6 p.m. n Southern Vance at Orange 6 p.m.

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Cresset Christian 4 p.m.

n Greenfield at Kerr-Vance

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n Victory Christian at Norlina

Christian 4 p.m. n Crossroads Christian at Cresset Christian 5 p.m. n Kerr-Vance at Halifax Academy 5:15 p.m.

n Kerr-Vance at Halifax

Academy 4 p.m.

n Franklinton at Warren

County 4:30 p.m.

n Cardinal Gibbons at North-

ern Vance 5 p.m. n J.F. Webb at Chapel Hill 5 p.m. n Southern Vance at Orange 5 p.m.

Sports on TV Tuesday, Sept. 22 MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL n ESPN2 — Playoffs, Triple-A National Championship, Memphis vs. Durham, at Oklahoma City

SOCCER 3:55 p.m. n ESPN2 — Spanish Primera Division, Racing de Santander vs.

Barcelona, at Madrid, Spain

Tuesday, Septembe 22, 2009

YSB Bulls compete in first tourney From STAFF REPORTS

The Warren County Youth Services Basketball Team (YSB Bulls) competed in its first basketball tournament on Saturday, Sept. 5 at the Chestnut Street basketball court in Henderson.

The Charlie Hodge Classic is an annual event held during the Labor Day weekend. It is sponsored by the Charles Hodge Basketball Program for Youth.

Boys between the ages of 13 and 15 are recruited to participate.

For more information regarding recruitment in Warren County, contact

coach Roy Crews at (252) 257-0428.

The Youth Services mission is to keep kids safe, families together, and reduce the incidence of juvenile crime in the community. YSB offers services and activities that promote personal and social development in children and youth between the ages of seven and 17.

Programs include an after-school life skills program, a mentoring program, parenting program, weight-lifting, gang awareness and counseling to youth and families in the Community Service Program.

Photo provided to the Dispatch

Kneeling: Dennis Waddell, coach Roy Crews, Darius Hargrove, Michael Hargrove; first row: Wayne Timmons, Jamal Jones, Tywayne Timmons, Niqwan Johnson, Allen Henderson; back row: Phillip Bailey, John Taylor.

Singletary: NFL will handle any tampering charges

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer

SANTA CLARA, Calif.

— The 49ers have filed tampering charges against the New York Jets regarding top San Francisco draft pick Michael Crabtree, Jets coach Rex Ryan confirmed Monday.

“My understanding is they filed charges with the league,” Ryan said. “I’m saying my response is it’s not true. I mean, it’s not accurate. It’s not true, but, hey, we’ll let the league figure this out.”

When asked Monday if his team filed charges, 49ers coach Mike Singletary said it’s a situation “the league is going to handle internally.”

“I’m not going to get into that. We’ll let that play out, the process,” Singletary said. “I’m not even going to go there.

We’ll let the league handle that and go from there.”

The 22-year-old Crabtree, selected No. 10 over-

all by the Niners in April’s draft, is the last draft pick not signed. The wide receiver is seeking money comparable to higher picks and hasn’t accepted the 49ers’ offer for approximately five years and $20 million, with a reported $16 million Crabtree guaranteed.

The Jets, in need of a game-changing wideout, declined comment. The tampering charges were first reported by the New York Daily News.

Earlier, Ryan commented during a radio interview that he wished the Jets played the 49ers this season.

“Yes, and I’ll stand by that comment,” he told reporters later in the day.

“That means we’re in the Super Bowl, so I’ll definitely take that. “

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in an e-mail to The Associated Press the league doesn’t comment on alleged tampering, but would announce any disciplinary action taken against a team found in violation of the NFL’s tampering policy.

While Crabtree falls further behind with each passing day — former 49ers great Jerry Rice questioned Sunday what kind of impact Crabtree would have if he did finally show up — Singletary isn’t ready to say he’s better off without the Texas Tech star in San Francisco’s run-oriented offense.

“I would never say that. ... We need every football player that can help us win that’s supposed to be here, here,” Singletary said. “I think he’s a talented guy. Hopefully it works out that he gets here. If he doesn’t, I feel comfortable with what we have.”

The 49ers were caught

tampering two years ago. They forfeited their fifth-round pick in the 2008 draft and switched third-round picks with the Bears after commissioner Roger Goodell said they tampered with Chicago linebacker Lance Briggs.

Goodell said the 49ers violated the NFL’s anti-tampering policy by contacting Briggs’ agent, Drew Rosenhaus, about his client during the 2007 season. Niners general manager Scot McCloughan said at the time the team believed it acted “within the NFL guidelines.”

Crabtree caught 97 passes for 1,165 yards and 19 touchdowns last year during his sophomore season at Texas Tech. He finished his college career with 231 receptions for 3,127 yards and 41 TDs. ——— AP Sports Writer Dennis Waszak Jr., in Florham Park, N.J., contributed to this story.

Pirates off to a slow start in 2009 GREENVILLE (AP) — Three games into the season, East Carolina looks a little lost.

The Pirates figured they had the experience to pick up where last season’s Conference USA championship squad left off. Yet they have lost games at West Virginia and North Carolina in which their offense played inconsistently, and had to sweat out a tougher-than-itshould’ve-been win against Appalachian State for their only win.

East Carolina (1-2) is preparing to host UCF to open its league title defense Saturday, and coach Skip

Holtz wants his players to take charge of their own destiny.

“I said to the team (Sunday night), ’If we don’t like where we are, we have the option to change it,”’ he said Monday. “If we don’t like what we’ve been doing to this point, we can come in and study more film and do what we have to do to get better as a football team.”

The Pirates won’t have to look far to find problems to fix.

Their offense has been lackluster after halftime.

The unit scored its first points on a field goal from Ben Hartman in the 31-17

weekend loss to the No. 22 Tar Heels. East Carolina has been outscored 41-5 after the break.

“We’ve got to do a better job of running the football and we’ve got to create some big plays,” Holtz said.

“That’s one of the things that has really been lacking right now, those large chunks of yardage.”

On defense, East Carolina has spent some long days on the field thanks to those offensive difficulties.

But in the last two games, the biggest problem has been an avalanche of big pass plays allowed by the Pirate defensive secondary.

West Virginia’s Jarrett Brown threw four touchdown passes while North Carolina’s T.J. Yates threw two.

Three of those six scoring passes have gone for at least 46 yards. The Pirates have plummeted to 96th in the nation in total defense (396 yards per game).

“The elephant in the room on defense is the big pass,” Holtz said. “It’s something that we have to be able to eliminate. Defensively, we’ve played 130 plays the last two weeks.

We’ve given up 940 yards and 500 of it has come on 16 plays.”

Indy quickly pulled even again. Manning hit Clark for 49 yards to set up a 15yard scoring run by Donald Brown.

Miami drove 51 yards and broke a 20-all tie with Dan Carpenter’s 45-yard field goal with 3:50 left. He made two other field goals but also missed from 49, which kept the Dolphins from trying a game-winning kick in the final seconds.

The Colts struck 12 seconds into the game when Manning threw deep to tight end Clark, who had slipped 5 yards behind linebacker Akin Ayodele. Clark broke a tackle by Gibril Wilson near midfield and

sprinted to the end zone.

Miami responded with a 75-yard drive to tie the score. Three wildcat plays netted 28 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown run by Ronnie Brown.

After Carpenter kicked a field goal with 43 seconds left in the second quarter, a call overturned by a replay review allowed the Colts to kick a field goal on the final play of the half for a 13-all tie. Wilson intercepted Manning, but a review determined the pass instead was incomplete. Manning then hit Clark for 20 yards with two seconds left, and Adam Vinatieri kicked a 48-yard field goal.

COLTS WIN, from page 1B Indianapolis had the ball for only 14:53, the lowest time of possession for a winning team in the NFL since 1977.

“It’s really disheartening,” Miami coach Tony Sparano said. “That’s exactly the formula to beat that team.”

Indy trailed 10-7, 13-10 and 20-13, but each time pulled even. Down 23-20 after Miami scored with 3:50 left, the Colts rallied one more time with a big play by Garcon.

“Pierre was patient,” Manning said. “He was more talkative than he had been all game, saying, ’I can beat him. I can beat him.’

Of course we didn’t get many possessions, but he came up big when we really needed him.”

After completions of 15 and 17 yards, Manning hit Garcon with a short pass on the right side. Garcon cut to the middle, then broke back toward to the corner of the end zone to score.

Miami reached the Colts 30-yard line with 6 seconds left, but Chad Pennington’s desperation pass was intercepted in the end zone

by Antoine Bethea.

That was the Dolphins’ lone turnover. They were 15 for 21 on third-down conversions, punted once and controlled the ball for a team-record 45 minutes.

They had to wonder how they lost.

The answer: Manning.

He earned his 119th victory with the Colts, breaking the team record for a quarterback he shared with Johnny Unitas.

“I don’t feel comfortable with these comparisons to Unitas,” Manning said.

“But I’m very proud to wear the same uniform as Johnny Unitas. He was a real winner.”

Miami’s Ronnie Brown rushed for 136 yards, including 62 in the wildcat, taking a direct snap each time. Teammate Ricky Williams added 69 yards rushing.

Manning took only three snaps in the third quarter.

The Dolphins controlled the ball for nearly nine minutes on a 13-play, 80-yard touchdown drive capped by Brown’s 3-yard run. That put them ahead 20-13 early in the fourth quarter.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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Already a big letdown for Cowboys

a head coach, once as a coordinator,” he said.

Phillips said the defensive plan has been to be aggressive man to man, but he is already talking about making adjustments, though he wasn’t specific about what they might be.

Except for field goals on the Giants’ opening drive of the game, and their last two, the rest of New York’s 24 points were set up by the interceptions and Felix Jones’ fumble on a kickoff return.

Romo apologized after the game for how badly he played and said he’d be better.

Teammates said Romo, who probably had his worst game as Cowboys starter with only 127

yards and a 1-yard TD pass to Jason Witten, didn’t owe them any apology.

“He’s going to take it very hard, but he’s going to respond in a very positive way,” center Andre Gurode said. “We’re going to rally around the guy.

We’re going to pick the guy up and we’re going to tell him it’s not his fault, and we’re going to more forward for this.”

Romo isn’t the only player who has stood up and accepted blame for the loss. Cornerbacks Terence Newman and Orlando Scrandrick both acknowledged bad play on their parts — New York had two 100-yard receivers after a 13-game stretch without any — as did several other players.

Maybe all that offseason talk about accountability in a locker room ridded of Terrell Owens is going to be true.

“The scapegoats are gone,” James said. “Everybody can see when somebody makes a mistake.

When they make a mistake, that’s when it needs to be said. It doesn’t just need to be said, it needs to be meant. That’s the only way we can progress and move forward.”

Dallas has a little extra time before another primetime showcase came in the new stadium, next Monday night against Carolina (0-2).

More time for Romo to watch film and overcome his frustration with himself, more time for Marion Barber to heal from a quadriceps injury sustained on his last carry, and more time for the Cowboys to remember it’s only going to be Week 3.

“There’s no question that injuries have been problematic,” Fox said.

“They were through preseason and they’ve continued into the regular season. It happens to different teams at different times.”

But Peppers is healthy, and the same problems that plagued Carolina when it allowed 30 or more points in five of the final seven games last season were on display at the Georgia Dome.

Ryan wasn’t sacked and threw 13 straight completions at one point.

The secondary’s soft zone coverage gave receivers a cushion as Ryan was 21 of 27 for 220 yards and three touchdowns. Michael Turner added 105 yards rushing and another TD. It’s not the results the Panthers can accept when they’re paying Peppers about 14 percent of the

salary cap. But as he was a week earlier with Delhomme, Fox was in full-defense mode Monday.

“He draws some attention. They’ve got chips.

There are protection sets to him quite a bit,” Fox said of Peppers. “John Abraham is a pretty good player, and I’m not sure how many sacks he had.

The difference was their team won.”

Left tackle Jordan Gross did hold Abraham without a sack, part of the much improved play by the offensive line that helped Delhomme regain his poise. But it wasn’t enough to overcome a pedestrian performance

by Carolina’s career sacks leader.

“He executed well enough for us to be in position to win,” Fox insisted.

“The reality is we didn’t, but I don’t know that it is Julius’ fault.”

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer

IRVING, Texas — Only two games into a new season and Dallas Cowboys linebacker Bradie James already finds himself in an all-too familiar spot.

James was standing at his locker the day after a loss trying to explain what’s going wrong.

After missing the playoffs in the 2008 season that started with Super Bowl expectations and ended with that blowout loss in Philadelphia, there has already been a big letdown in front of the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history.

“Even though it’s the second game of the season, it’s an adverse situation,” James said Monday, only about 13 hours after a 3331 loss in their inaugural game at Cowboys Stadium on a last-play field goal by the New York Giants.

“It’ll be a crying shame if we just fall apart right now,” James said. “We’ve just got to bounce back, pick ourselves up.’

Sure, it would have been nice to christen the nearly $1.2 billion showplace with a victory over the defending NFC East champion in front of 105,121 fans.

But the concerns facing the Cowboys (1-1) certainly aren’t about where they play.

—Tony Romo, who made such a conscious effort during the offseason to eliminate turnovers and silly mistakes, threw three interceptions a week after a nearly flawless opener.

All three picks led to touchdowns for the Giants, the last a long heave when Romo didn’t realize a

AP Photo/LM Otero

Dallas quarterback Tony Romo walks off the field following their game against the New York Giants Sunday in Arlington, Texas. The Giants won 33-31. defender was even deeper than his receiver.

—The Cowboys are the only defense in the league that hasn’t yet forced or a turnover or recorded a sack.

—A week after giving up 450 yards in the season-opening victory at Tampa Bay, the Giants piled up 427 yards even though running back Brandon Jacobs was stifled by Dallas. Jacobs got 31 of his 58 yards on one run.

“Anytime you have one, it seems like the worst loss ever, and I still feel that way right now,” coach Wade Phillips said.

Things are doubly tough for Phillips, who is also his own defensive coordinator.

“I lost twice, once as

PANTHERS, from page 1B the Panthers knew Peppers would be under intense scrutiny this season.

So far, not so good.

The four-time Pro Bowl pick’s sack in the season-opening 38-10 loss to Philadelphia came after the game was out of hand. The lone time he was seen near Atlanta’s Matt Ryan Sunday came on an incompletion in the fourth quarter, just before Carolina’s last-ditch drive ended with Delhomme throwing an interception on fourth down.

But that was Delhomme’s only pick a week after throwing four and losing a fumble. Delhomme completed 25 of 41 passes for 308 yards and a touchdown. DeAngelo Williams added 79 yards rushing and a TD. The offense did its part.

The defense faltered. And now Carolina is 0-2 with a Monday night game at

Dallas up next.

“We just need to get it down,” injured safety Chris Harris said of new coordinator Ron Meeks’ Cover-2 system. “We need to get as close to perfect with it as we possibly can — and soon — before it’s too late.”

Harris, who has missed the first two games with a sore knee, was optimistic he could return for the Dallas game. But Carolina has more injury headaches.

Defensive tackle Louis Leonard broke his left ankle on the final defensive play Sunday. He’s out for several weeks, if not the season. Leonard, who has the only other Carolina sack this season, was acquired from Cleveland on Sept. 1 for a late-round 2010 draft pick to make up for Maake Kemoeatu’s season-ending torn Achilles’ tendon.

AP Photo/Sara D. Davis

North Carolina’s Quan Sturdivant celebrates knocking down East Carolina’s final pass in the second half of Saturday’s game. North Carolina won 31-17.

No. 22 Heels ready to slow Ga. tech again

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer

CHAPEL HILL — Don’t fault North Carolina for feeling confident about taking on Georgia Tech’s spread-option offense.

Sure, the No. 22 Tar Heels’ defense hasn’t let opponents move the football much through three games. Yet behind the size and fly-to-the-ball instincts carries another asset into Saturday’s game against the Yellow Jackets: the experience of having shut down an offense that typically frustrates defensive coordinators.

Last year, the Yellow Jackets reached the end zone just once in the 28-7 loss to the Tar Heels, one of only two games in which they failed to score at least 10 points in Paul Johnson’s first season. Georgia Tech’s rushing totals looked solid at first glance — 54 carries, 326 yards — but the Yellow Jackets didn’t push deeper than North Carolina’s 23-yard line except for a lone 85-yard touchdown run from Jonathan Dwyer midway through the fourth quarter.

The Tar Heels had an extra week to prepare for that game. They don’t have that luxury this time around, but coach Butch Davis said Monday the team has been reviewing the option since spring drills — with much of that based on the experience from last year’s matchup against Georgia Tech (2-1, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).

“It certainly is one of the things you talk to your football team about — option responsibility,” Davis said. “You’re going to see it over the course of the season so you have to spend some time on it.”

North Carolina is brimming with confi-

dence after its weekend win against East Carolina. The Tar Heels are off to their first 3-0 start since Mack Brown’s final team started 8-0 in 1997, which coincidentally was the last time they won in Atlanta.

The team is built around a defense with nine returning starters, and that group hasn’t disappointed. North Carolina ranks sixth nationally in total defense (198.7 yards), sixth in third-down conversion defense (22.2 percent) and seventh in rushing defense (52.3 yards).

That has allowed the Tar Heels to overcome the growing pains of a young offense that is trying to develop its receivers and an offensive line.

Georgia Tech’s scheme forces a defense to be disciplined in performing every assignment. Miss one and it could result in a big gain, such as Dwyer’s TD run last year.

At a minimum, it can leave defenders so preoccupied in reading what’s happening that it can slow them down a tick and lead to chain-moving plays.

“If you start over thinking and trying to do too much, that’s when things get out of whack,” defensive end Robert Quinn said. “You listen to the call, try to be disciplined and read your keys and assignments.”

Still, Davis figures the Tar Heels are wellsuited to match up with the Yellow Jackets. He’ll just have to wait to see how they’ll handle the on-field part again.

“The recognition is good,” Davis said.

“They’ve got game experience. Their ability to read and react is good.

They play with poise. We are fortunate that we’ve got some experience on defense that hopefully they’ll remember some of the lessons they learned last year.”

TIE, from page 1B keeper Rick Davis charged the ball as Northern’s Kevin Byrom attempted a shot. Byrom’s foot connected with Davis in the face. No foul was called on the play.

“It was a clean, hard hit, and two players going after it. I had no problem with it at all,” said Frampton.

Both team’s coaches tended to Davis on the sideline before he was taken to the emergency room.

Chris Mitchell finished the rest of the night in the goal for KVA. “That’s just a hardnosed play by two soccer players,” said Hicks. “It could have been Kevin’s leg just as easy as it was Rick’s nose.”

Frampton said Davis’ nose was crooked, he had two chipped teeth and will have a black eye. He was also dizzy coming off the field, and Frampton said it was possible he may have

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Kerr-Vance’s Dallas Smith battles Northern’s David Porter and Ethan Byrom for the ball during their 1-1 tie Monday night. To view or purchase photos, visit us on the Web at www.hendersondispatch.com. had a concussion.

“Both of (the players) did their jobs, just Rick got the worst of it. Hopefully he’ll be all right and with

us soon,” Frampton said.

Northern got on the board first less than six minutes into the match.

Ethan Byrom’s cross

deflected off a KVA player and into the net.

Both teams had opportunities throughout the game, on corner kicks and throws near the goal, but both had trouble scoring in the back-and-forth game.

KVA out-shot Northern 14-13.

Northern’s corner kick at minute 17 was kicked around in the group near the goal but was eventually cleared.

A Spartan corner four minutes later was knocked away by goalie Aaron Daeke and cleared by the Northern defense.

Northern Vance had a shot deflect off the top crossbar with less than two to play in the first half.

KVA got on the board shortly before intermission. Chris Frampton threw towards the goal, and the ball hit Daeke’s hand and went in to make it 1-1.

Davis made a save on a head shot at minute 44, and Daeke saved one 2:30 later.

Daeke saved nine shots on the day, and KVA’s keepers combined for six saves.

Right at the 61 minute mark, a KVA shot went just wide to the left of the goal. Mitchell made a stop on a Northern drive, intercepting a Kevin Byrom pass intended for Justin Munn, with 13:30 to go.

Ethan Byrom’s shot was past a diving Mitchell with just under 10 minutes left, but narrowly missed the goal. Mitchell made a save on another Ethan Byrom shot with 6:30 to go.

The Spartans held possession near the Viking goal in the final two, but Daeke knocked it away.

“I thought that we played well, there’s no reason to hang our head.

The one thing that we

didn’t do was put the ball in the back of the net,” said Frampton.

Frampton said that Davis is likely doubtful for Thursday’s game in Raleigh against conference opponent St. David’s.

“My first concern is that Rick’s okay,” he said. “I was really proud of (the team) coming back and playing hard for the next 24 minutes after he had to go to the hospital, because that’s not an easy thing to do. It’s not easy for me as a coach.”

Monday’s game was played at Southern Vance, since Northern’s track is being resurfaced. The Vikings are on the road the rest of the week, and are scheduled to return home Monday to host Orange.

They play at Cardinal Gibbons today.

Contact the writer at erobinson@hendersondispatch.com.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

NL Roundup

Chipper leads Braves past Mets, 11-3 6-2 lead in the eighth inning, their eighth win in 12 games.

Headley hit his 12th homer, and Adrian Gonzalez and Nick Hundley also hit home runs for San Diego, which has won 12 of its past 16 series.

Oscar Salazar added a two-run double, Hundley a sacrifice fly and Tony Gwynn a run-scoring single later in the 11th.

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Forget all that retirement talk.

Chipper Jones is starting to swing the bat again.

Jones homered and drove in four runs to power the Atlanta Braves to an 11-3 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night.

“The hitting just exploded tonight,” Braves manager Bobby Cox said.

“Long balls good to see once in a while when there’s a couple guys on base.”

Worn down by injuries, Jones has talked openly about calling it quits if he struggles again next season.

But the switch-hitter has shown some signs of life in his last six games, batting .350 (7 for 20) to help the Braves keep their faint playoff hopes alive.

“It’s coming,” Jones said.

“Right-handed, I feel a lot better. Left-handed is still, as you saw in the last couple at-bats, it’s just not there yet. But it’s good to contribute the last couple days. Almost makes the game fun again.”

Garret Anderson and Matt Diaz also connected for the Braves, who have won nine of 11. They moved within five games of idle Colorado for the NL wildcard lead with 12 games left.

“Mathematically, we’re still in it, even though it’s going to be tough,” righthander Derek Lowe said.

“But as long as we keep winning, put the pressure on everybody else, that’s all you can do.”

Atlanta opened a sixgame trip with its most runs since it set a season high in a 15-2 win at New York on Aug. 19. Martin Prado had three hits, Nate McLouth scored three times and Lowe (15-9) pitched five innings to help the Braves improve to 11-5 against the Mets this season.

Daniel Murphy homered and Luis Castillo had two hits for New York, which has lost seven of nine.

Castillo was replaced by

AP Photo/Kathy Willens

Atlanta’s Garrett Anderson, left, greets Yunel Escobar at the plate after Escobar scored on Anderson’s first-inning, two-run home Monday.

Anderson Hernandez with Atlanta leading 11-1 in the fourth and All-Star third baseman David Wright was taken out in the sixth.

Murphy, who doubled and scored in the second, is batting .358 (19 for 53) with three homers and 12 RBIs in his last 14 games.

“I like the way Daniel Murphy is swinging the bat,” said manager Jerry Manuel, searching for something positive in New York’s latest loss. “He’s really coming on.”

Atlanta jumped all over Pat Misch (1-4), scoring four times in each of the first two innings. Anderson capped the scoring in the first with a two-run drive into the second deck in right and Diaz started the second with a liner into the seats in left-center.

“I really threw bad pitches,” Misch said. “Just elevated, too much plate.

The last two starts I haven’t pitched down low.”

Jones drove in the Braves’ first run with a groundout and chased Misch with a towering three-run drive to left in the second for his 17th homer and first since Aug. 29, at

Philadelphia.

The 37-year-old third baseman has a .324 batting average, 42 homers and 133 RBIs in 203 games against New York. It was his first homer at Citi Field after hitting 19 at Shea Stadium, his most at any opponent’s ballpark.

“He’s starting to come around a little bit and he’s starting to feel good,” Cox said.

Lowe allowed three runs and six hits, and helped himself at the plate with his sixth career two-hit game.

Kenshin Kawakami pitched four innings of one-hit ball for his first career save.

Padres 11, Pirates 6 (11) PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chase Headley’s careerhigh fifth hit of the game drove in the go-ahead run in the 11th inning and the San Diego Padres won their third straight over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-6 on Monday night.

Headley hit a line drive into the right-field corner off Jeff Karstens (3-5) for his third double of the game to drive in Everth Cabrera and give the Padres, who saw their bullpen blow a

Cubs 10, Brewers 2 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez hit consecutive homers and Tom Gorzelanny tied a career high with nine strikeouts, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 10-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.

Lee drove in four runs and Ramirez scored twice and drove in two more for the Cubs, who won for the second time since general manager Jim Hendry suspended volatile outfielder Milton Bradley for the season on Sunday.

Bradley’s replacement on the roster, Tyler Colvin, made his first career start, driving in a run with a sacrifice fly his first time up as the Cubs built a 7-0 lead in the second.

Cardinals 7, Astros 3 HOUSTON (AP) — Mark DeRosa homered twice at Minute Maid Park for the second time this season and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Astros 7-3 on Monday night, a few hours after Houston fired manager Cecil Cooper.

Third-base coach Dave Clark was named Houston’s interim manager for the last two weeks of the regular season, but the Astros lost their eighth straight game in Clark’s majorleague managing debut.

DeRosa also had a tworun double for the Cardinals, who reduced their magic number for winning the NL Central to three.

Kyle Lohse (6-8) allowed three runs and five hits in six innings to earn his first win since Aug. 10.

AL Roundup

Royals Jacobs, Callaspo rally past Red Sox Royals 12, Red Sox 9 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Jacobs hit a three-run homer and Alberto Callaspo’s tworun double keyed Kansas City’s biggest inning in almost a year, rallying the Royals past the Boston Red Sox 12-9 on Monday night.

After falling behind 6-0 in the third and 8-2 in the fifth, the Royals seized an 11-9 lead with six runs in the sixth, the most they’ve scored in one inning since Sept. 24, 2008.

Billy Butler had an RBI double off Manny Delcarmen and then Callaspo hit a two-run double. Yuniesky Betancourt finished

it off with a two-run single off Daniel Bard (2-2).

Butler had another RBI double in the seventh, giving him 49 doubles this season.

Twins 7, White Sox 0 CHICAGO (AP) — Nick Blackburn pitched seven innings and Orlando Cabrera led the offense Monday night as the Minnesota Twins continued their late surge with a 7-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox. The Twins, who have won five of six, moved within 2 1/2 games of firstplace Detroit, which was idle, in the AL Central.

The fading White Sox lost

for the fifth time in six games and are seven back.

Blackburn (11-11) allowed eight singles with no walks and six strikeouts to earn his first road win since May 31 against Tampa Bay. He is 4-1 this season against Chicago.

Cabrera, who last season helped the White Sox win the AL Central title, had a triple, sacrifice fly, RBI single, reached on an error and scored three times.

Blue Jays 9, Orioles 2 TORONTO (AP) — Lyle Overbay and John McDonald homered, David Purcey won for the first time in more than a year and the

Toronto Blue Jays beat Baltimore 9-2 on Monday night, handing the Orioles their fifth straight loss.

Toronto has won 11 of 13 home games against Baltimore and 25 of 35 dating to 2006.

Adam Lind, Edwin Encarnacion and Travis Snider each hit a two-run single for the Blue Jays, who batted around in the third and eighth.

Purcey (1-2) had not won since pitching eight shutout innings on Sept. 7, 2008, against Tampa Bay. The left-hander allowed one run and four hits in a season-high 7 2-3 innings.

He walked four and struck out four.

Martin, who has repeatedly declared himself one of the world’s biggest Montoya fans, said he knew the Colombian would race clean at the end and any contact would be a mistake made

by Montoya.

“I know that he’s racing for his first oval track win, but I knew he wouldn’t slip on purpose,” Martin said. “I gave him the respect from day one on the race track. I thought that he would do the right thing, and if it didn’t turn out to be the right thing, I think it would have been a mistake, not something that he was going to do to try to knock me out of

the way or something to get the win. And he could count on the same from me.”

It was clean, intense racing and it gave NASCAR the buzz it needs in a season of sponsor struggles and ratings challenges. A grueling 36-race schedule makes it difficult for the sport to sustain any momentum for long stretches of the season, and it counts on its Chase to liven things up when NASCAR goes head-to-head each weekend with both the NFL and college football.

The Chase has been hit-or-miss since its 2004 inception, with bursts of excitement leading into

AP Photo/M. Spencer Green

In this Jan. 8 file photo, Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendrym, right, shakes hands with outfielder Milton Bradley as Bradley was introduced as the newest member of the baseball team during a news conference in Chicago. The volatile outfielder was suspended for the rest of the year Sunday, a day after criticizing the team in a newspaper interview. Manager Lou Piniella said Monday it will be Hendry's decision whether the Cubs bring back Bradley next season.

Cubs suspend Bradley for rest of season ST. LOUIS (AP) — Milton Bradley's season is finished. Perhaps his days with the Chicago Cubs are, too.

The Cubs suspended their volatile outfielder for the rest of the season Sunday, one day after he criticized the team in a newspaper interview.

Bradley was disciplined for conduct detrimental to the team.

General manager Jim Hendry said he decided to send Bradley home after learning of the player's remarks in the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald of Illinois.

Bradley, scratched from Saturday's lineup with a sore left knee, was quoted as saying "you understand why they haven't won in 100 years here."

Bradley has two years remaining on a threeyear, $30 million contract that he signed as a free agent last offseason.

Hendry said he doesn't know if the relationship can be salvaged.

"The last few days became too much for me to tolerate," Hendry said.

"I just decided late last night that's what I was going to do, and I didn't give it a lot of thought what's going to transpire moving forward."

Cubs manager Lou Piniella agreed with Hendry's move.

"Jim made the decision and I support it," the manager said. "I really do."

Chicago signed the switch-hitting Bradley to provide balance in the lineup, but he struggled throughout his first season with Chicago, batting .257 with 12 homers and 40 RBIs. He was booed vigorously by home fans at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs, who haven't won the World Series since 1908, began the day eight games out of the NL wild-card spot with 15 to play. They were 11 games behind first-place St. Louis in the NL Central.

Piniella said whether the 31-year-old Bradley

is with the team next season will be entirely Hendry's call. He wasn't sure why Bradley was unhappy in Chicago, and maintained he did his best to deal with a player who he quickly learned required plenty of space.

"I don't know what I could have done. I really don't," Piniella said.

"I tried to make it as comfortable as I possibly could for Milton."

In the newspaper story, Bradley also was quoted as saying the team did not have a "positive environment."

He said he didn't know if he'd be back next season.

"I need a stable, healthy, enjoyable environment," Bradley told the newspaper. "There's too many people everywhere in your face with a microphone asking the same questions repeatedly.

"Everything is just bashing you. It's just negativity."

Cubs outfielder Reed Johnson had trouble understanding why Bradley was so unhappy.

"I came from Toronto and come here and just like fall in love with the city and fall in love with the organization," Johnson said. "It's just hard for me to believe that you can come to this city, come to this organization, and not enjoy your time here."

Johnson didn't think Bradley had any reason to feel isolated from the rest of the team, saying "I think for the most part that was his choice."

Hendry was surprised to learn that Bradley wasn't enjoying Chicago after seeking a deal with the Cubs in the offseason.

"That's why it was so disconcerting to hear about negativity," Hendry said. "It's a great place to play. Great ballpark, great city, greatest fans in the world.

"That's just something that's intolerable to me, to blame the fans and the other things that were blamed."

CHASE, from page 1B Chase.”

It made for a great opening race, which was won by sentimental favorite Mark Martin in a three-lap sprint to the finish. He used pit strategy to take the lead, then schooled Juan Pablo Montoya with a veteran move that took the former Formula One driver by surprise.

Martin and Montoya share a tremendous amount of respect for each other, and Montoya has consulted Martin numerous times during his transition to stock cars on NASCAR etiquette and how to race different tracks. Despite the many tips Martin has

given him, Montoya never expected Martin to pull in front of him on the second of the last three laps and slow his momentum all the way to what Montoya considered a stop.

“He always runs very clean, so I was kind of surprised when he did that,” Montoya said. “I think you’ve got to do it to somebody that you trust is not going to knock you out, because I think if I would have done — if the second place guy wasn’t me — I think somebody else would have been a little bit more aggressive.

But you learn from it.

“It’s one of those deals that you’ve got to do what it takes, and he did.”

the first few races that typically peter out as just a handful of drivers stay in championship contention.

But a wide-open field has created renewed hope for the sixth edition of the Chase, and NASCAR needs to figure a way to find nine more repeats of New Hampshire.

Double-file restarts, implemented earlier this season after they successfully spiced up the All-Star race, have helped tremendously. It put Montoya next to Martin on that final restart, with hard-charging Hamlin right behind them.

It puts the leaders at the front of the pack

every time, turning up the heat on every driver to grab as many positions as possible during what’s become a harried few laps of racing.

Martin, who rarely makes mistakes, was impressed with the intensity and driver skill.

“It’s really tough, because on restarts these things really slip around,” Martin said. “I really gotta brag on the drivers — they did an awesome job and did a better job than usual not running over each other because it’s very, very hard. And when you have as much at stake as we have, you know, it pushes you to slip over the edge.”

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NFL Sunday Recap

Falcons 28, Panthers 20

ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Ryan threw three touchdown passes in the first half and Houston stopped a Jake Delhomme-led rally at the end, intercepting a pass at the Falcons 4 to preserve the win.

Delhomme had accounted for 11 turnovers in his two previous games, including a four-interception, one-fumble fiasco against Philadelphia to open the season. He was much better against the Falcons (2-0), completing 25 of 41 for 308 yards and a touchdown.

But the result was the same for the Panthers (0-2). Another loss.

Ryan had a big first half, including another touchdown pass to new favorite receiver Tony Gonzalez. Jason Snelling and Roddy White also hauled in early TD throws.

Giants 33, Cowboys 31

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Lawrence Tynes kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired, giving the New York Giants a 33-31 victory over the turnover-prone Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night and ruining the debut of their rival’s $1.15 billion stadium.

The Cowboys (1-1) went ahead 31-30 on a touchdown run by Felix Jones with 3:40 left.

It was the seventh lead change of a game in which neither team led by more than six points and it didn’t last.

Eli Manning drove New York 56 yards in seven plays. He got out of a first-and-20 on his 15 to start it and converted two third downs, including one on a tipped pass caught by Mario Manningham. Tynes actually made the winning kick twice; Dallas called time just before the first one was snapped, so he had to do it again.

New York (2-0) scored three touchdowns off interceptions of Tony Romo and won despite losing defensive end Justin Tuck to a shoulder injury and receiver Domenik Hixon to a sprained knee.

Manning was 25 of 38 for 330 yards with 22-yard touchdowns to Mario Manningham and Steve Smith, who had 10 catches apiece.

Jets 16, Patriots 9

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Mark Sanchez came out throwing in the second half after a quiet first two quarters, connecting with Dustin Keller on a go-ahead touchdown.

Brady had a chance to tie it, getting the ball at the Patriots 10 with 1:48 left, but the Jets’ defense stopped him as Dwight Lowery knocked away a pass to Joey Galloway on fourth down.

Brady was unable to engineer his 30th comeback victory as Sanchez took a knee twice to seal the first win for the Jets (2-0) over the Patriots (1-1) at home in nine games. Brady had beaten the Jets in 12 of the previous 14 games he had faced them overall.

Sanchez finished 14 of 22 for 163 yards and the touchdown to Keller, while Brady was 23 of 47 for 216 yards and an interception.

49ers 23, Seahawks 10

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Frank Gore had touchdown runs of 79 and a career-best 80 yards, and finished with 207 yards on 16 carries to lead the 49ers.

Gore nearly reached his franchise mark of 212 yards set in 2006 before leaving in the fourth quarter with a sprained right ankle. He’s the second player in NFL history to have two TD runs of 79 or more yards in the same game, joining Barry Sanders, who did it Oct. 12, 1997.

Seattle (1-1) lost quarterback Matt Hasselbeck to a rib injury just before halftime.

He didn’t return after completing 10 of 18 passes for 97 yards against the 49ers (2-0).

Gore also posted just the third 200-yard rushing game in team history. Charlie Garner ran for 201 yards at Dallas on Sept. 24, 2000.

Ravens 31, Chargers 26

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ray Lewis met Darren Sproles head-on on fourth-and-2 in the closing seconds, spoiling a monster afternoon by San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers He threw for a career-high 436 yards and two touchdowns, completing 25 of 45 passes, but San Diego still needed a touchdown to win with 33 seconds left. With the ball at the Baltimore 15, Lewis came in unblocked and slammed Sproles to the ground to preserve the win.

Joe Flacco threw two TD passes for the Ravens (2-0), and Willis McGahee ran for two more.

San Diego (1-1), missing four starters due to injuries, had the ball at or inside the Ravens 10-yard line four times and had to settle for field goals by Nate Kaeding each time.

Broncos 27, Browns 6

DENVER (AP) — Elvis Dumervil tied a franchise record with four sacks and linebacker Andra Davis had 10 tackles against his old team to lead the Broncos.

After beating Cincinnati last week on Brandon Stokley’s 87-yard touchdown catch with 11 seconds left, Denver is 2-0 under new coach Josh McDaniels, who worked with Browns coach Eric Mangini in New England.

Mangini’s new team is 0-2.

Denver quarterback Kyle Orton hit Jabar Gaffney with a 49-yard pass that led to Peyton Hillis’ 2-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter. That broke open a 13-6 game and atoned for Hillis’ lost fumble earlier. Correll Buckhalter then ran 45 yards for a sealing TD.

Bears 17, Steelers 14

CHICAGO (AP) — Jay Cutler came through with a big pass to Devin Hester on third down, and Robbie Gould booted a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to lift the Bears.

Cutler hit rookie Johnny Knox with the tying touchdown midway through the fourth quarter and, after Jeff Reed missed his second field goal of the period, Cutler set up Gould’s field goal with a 5-yard pass to Hester on thirdand-4 at the Steelers 39.

Cutler finished with 236 yards and two touchdowns against Pittsburgh (1-1), and didn’t throw an interception after being picked off a career-high four times last week against Green Bay. Ben Roethlisberger threw for 221 yards and Santonio Holmes caught five passes for 83, yet Reed’s problems in the fourth quarter gave the Bears (1-1) the opening they needed.

Bengals 31, Packers 24

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Bengals nearly blew another lead in the final minute, before the Packers ran out of time at the Cincinnati 10 yard line.

The Packers (1-1) kicked a late field goal and recovered an onside kick, and Aaron Rodgers marched them to the Bengals 10 before a false start call with two seconds left ended the game.

Chad Ochocinco delivered on his promise to perform a Lambeau Leap when he caught a 13-yard TD pass from Carson Palmer in the third quarter.

Defensive end Antwan Odom tied a team high with five sacks and Cedric Benson rushed for 141 yards for the Bengals (1-1), who rebounded from a last-minute loss to Denver in Week 1.

Saints 48, Eagles 22

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Drew Brees tossed three more touchdown passes, and the Saints rolled past an Eagles team missing Donovan McNabb because of a cracked rib.

Making his first NFL start, Kevin Kolb threw for 391 yards and two touchdowns, including

a 71-yard scoring pass to DeSean Jackson.

Kolb also threw three interceptions, though, including one returned 97 yards for a TD by Darren Sharper in the final minute.

Brees had six TD passes last week as the Saints (2-0) routed Detroit 45-27. He picked up where he left off, completing 25 of 34 passes for 311 yards and one interception.

The Eagles should get a lift on offense next week when Michael Vick is expected to play his first regular-season game since Dec. 31, 2006.

Texans 34, Titans 31

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Matt Schaub threw for 357 yards and four touchdowns, and Kris Brown kicked a 23-yard field goal in the closing minutes to ruin the Titans’ home opener.

The Texans (1-1) won their first game in the month of September since 2007, while the Titans (0-2) are skidding a different direction after starting 10-0 last season.

Brown kicked the go-ahead field goal with 2:55 left, leaving the defending AFC South champs with a chance— until Kerry Collins fumbled the ball away with 1:32 left. It ruined a career day from the Titans’ Chris Johnson, who scored three touchdowns and ran for 197 yards.

Vikings 27, Lions 13

DETROIT (AP) — Brett Favre set an NFL record with his 271st straight start in the regular season, then threw two touchdown passes to help beat the Lions.

Adrian Peterson’s 27-yard TD run midway through the third quarter gave Minnesota (2-0) its first lead. He finished with 92 yards rushing, handing Detroit (0-2) its 19th straight loss to tie the second-longest skid in NFL history. The Chicago Cardinals and Oakland Raiders also lost 19 straight.

Minnesota shut down rookie Matthew Stafford after some success early, taking control in the second half on Peterson’s TD, Favre’s second scoring pass and Ryan Longwell’s field goals.

Falcons 28, Panthers 20

ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Ryan threw three touchdown passes in the first half and Houston stopped a Jake Delhomme-led rally at the end, intercepting a pass at the Falcons 4 to preserve the win.

Delhomme had accounted for 11 turnovers in his two previous games, including a four-interception, one-fumble fiasco against Philadelphia to open the season. He was much better against the Falcons (2-0), completing 25 of 41 for 308 yards and a touchdown.

But the result was the same for the Panthers (0-2). Another loss.

Ryan had a big first half, including another touchdown pass to new favorite receiver Tony Gonzalez. Jason Snelling and Roddy White also hauled in early TD throws.

Bills 33, Buccaneers 20

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Donte Whitner returned an interception 76 yards for a touchdown, and Terrell Owens scored on a 43yard catch in his home debut for the Bills.

Whitner also made a key stop on fourth down less than a week after he was left crying in frustration when the Bills squandered an 11-point lead in a 25-24 loss at New England.

Buffalo (1-1) ended a five-game home losing streak. The Buccaneers (0-2) have lost six straight and continue to struggle on defense after allowing 438 yards.

Tampa Bay’s once-respected defense has now allowed 332 yards or more in each of its past seven games, and 400-plus yards in each of its two games to open this season.

Redskins 9, Rams 7

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Shaun Suisham kicked field goals of 21, 28 and 23 yards as the Redskins had four drives of more than 60 yards that faltered inside the 10.

Washington (1-1) put the game away with a 78-yard drive that ended with a failed fourthand-1 from the 2 with less than 2 minutes to play, leaving the Rams (0-2) with too far to go.

The Rams won only two games last season, one of them at Washington, and were the only team in the NFL not to score last week. Steven Jackson had 104 yards rushing on 17 carries for the Rams, while Marc Bulger threw for 123 yards.

Clinton Portis ran for 79 yards, and Jason Campbell threw for 242 for Washington.

Raiders 13, Chiefs 10

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Darren McFadden answered Kansas City’s go-ahead touchdown with just over a minute left, lifting the Raiders to the lackluster win.

Matt Cassel, making his Chiefs debut, hit Dwayne Bowe with a 29-yard scoring strike for a 10-6 lead with 2:38 left. But the Raiders (1-1), with barely 100 yards of offense to that point, drove 69 yards to hand KC its second straight loss under first-year head coach Todd Haley.

Russell hit Louis Murphy for 19 yards and connected with Todd Watkins for 28 on the nineplay drive. McFadden took a pitch and sped untouched for the touchdown with 1:07 left.

Cardinals 31, Jaguars 17

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kurt Warner completed his first 15 passes and broke the NFL’s single-game record for completion percentage to lead the Cardinals.

Jacksonville trailed 24-3 after two quarters — the largest halftime deficit at home in team history — and was down 28 points before mounting a mild comeback.

The only good news for the Jaguars (0-2) was that hardly anyone in Jacksonville saw it.

The game was blacked out on local television, and the stands were about half full.

With a big lead and the NFL record in hand, Warner headed to the bench late in the third quarter for the Cardinals (1-1). He finished 24 of 26 for 243 yards with two touchdowns.

Standings

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF N.Y. Jets 2 0 0 1.000 40 New England 1 1 0 .500 34 Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 57 Miami 0 2 0 .000 30

PA 16 40 45 46

W 2 1 0 0

South L T 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0

Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland

W 2 1 1 0

North L T 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .000

PF 69 27 38 26

PA 50 27 36 61

Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

W 2 1 1 0

West L T 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .000

PF 39 50 33 34

PA 13 51 34 51

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 2 0 0 1.000 56 Dallas 1 1 0 .500 65 Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 60 Washington 1 1 0 .500 26

PA 48 54 58 30

Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

Atlanta

Pct 1.000 .500 .000 .000

PF 41 41 29 41

PA 35 55 45 47

South W L T Pct PF PA 2 0 0 1.000 47 27

New Orleans 2 0 0 1.000 93 49 Carolina 0 2 0 .000 30 66 Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 41 67

Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit

W 2 1 1 0

North L T 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0

San Francisco Seattle Arizona St. Louis

W 2 1 1 0

West L T 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .000

PF 61 45 32 40

PA 33 46 35 72

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .000

PF 43 38 47 7

PA 26 23 37 37

Falcons fend off Panthers, 28-20

Sunday, Sept. 27 Washington at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at New England, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

New Orleans at Buffalo, 4:05 p.m.

Miami at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.

Denver at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 4:15 p.m.

Indianapolis at Arizona, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 28 Carolina at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

5B

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

AP Photo/Dave Martin

Carolina Panthers receiver Dwayne Jarrett dives for a bobbled pass on the final play of the game against the Atlanta Falcons in their game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Sunday. The Falcons won 28-20.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Sylvania 300 Results

Sunday, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway 1. (14) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 300 laps, 120.9 rating, 190 points, $232,750.

2. (4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 300, 121, 175, $179,275.

The Top 25 in The Associated 3. (1) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 300, Press college football poll through 134.6, Sept.175, 19 $195,998. (first-place votes): 4. (16) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 300, 115.5, RK TEAM W-L POINTS PV 165, $168,526.

1.

Florida (55) Toyota,3-0 1,488 5. (9) Kyle Busch, 300, 82.1, 155, 1 2. Texas (2) 3-0 1,428 2 $149,523.

3. Alabama (3) 3-0 1,390 4 6.

(3) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 300, 122.4, 155, 4. Mississippi 2-0 1,213 5 $114,750.

5.

Penn St. 3-0 1,212 5 7. (18) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 300, 93.9,8 6.

California 3-0 1,169 151, $131,679.

7.

LSU 3-0 1,120 9 8. (35) Elliott 79.7, 142, 8.

Boise St.Sadler, Dodge, 3-0300,1,038 10 9.

Miami 2-0 920 20 $103,500.

10.

Oklahoma 2-1 81.6,862 9. (22) Greg Biffle, Ford, 300, 138, 12 11.

Virginia Tech 2-1 852 13 $104,300.

12.

Southern Cal Chevrolet, 2-1 300, 82587.7,3 10. (17) Clint Bowyer, 13.

St. 2-1 810 11 134,Ohio $96,700.

14. Cincinnati 3-0 739 17 11. (26) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 300, 82.9, 130, 15. TCU 2-0 674 15 $113,723.

16.

Oklahoma St. 2-1 478 16 12. (13) David Reutimann,2-0 Toyota,455 300, 90.9, 17.

Houston 21 127,Florida $110,973.

18.

St. 2-1 363 – 13. (19) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 300, 19.

BYU 2-1 34968.3,7 124,Kansas $97,950.

20.

3-0 347 22 21.

Georgia 2-1 300, 318106.2, 23 14. (2) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 22.

Carolina 3-0 271 24 126,North $100,973.

23.

Michigan 3-0 300, 24795.6,25 15. (10) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 118, 24.

Washington 2-1 194 – $119,301.

25. Nebraska 2-1 132 19 16. (32) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 300, 83.1, 115, Others $123,406.receiving votes: Missouri 115, Tech Ford, 102, Auburn 17. (5)Georgia Carl Edwards, 300, 93.4,100, 117, Pittsburgh 91, UCLA 62, Iowa 39, $125,931.

Oregon 30, Texas Tech 19, Notre 18. (29) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 300, 68.3, 109, Dame 16, Utah 12, Clemson 11, $88,375. St. 4, Oregon St. 4, Colorado 19. (7) Martin Truex South Florida 1 Jr., Chevrolet, 300, 83.4, 106, $114,515.

20. (31) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 300, 64,AP 108, $95,548.

21. (33) Joey Logano, Toyota, 300, 58.5, 100, $124,326.

22. (8) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 300, 62.6, Editor’s Note: It is mandatory to include all 102, $78,650. sources that accompany this graphic when 23.

(38) Matt 54.8, 94, repurposing Kenseth, or editingFord, it for 300, publication $122,590.

24. (28) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 300, 51.1, 91, $96,910.

25. (34) AJ Allmendinger, Dodge, 299, 67.3, 88, $78,350.

26. (41) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 299, 47.4, 85, $85,900.

27. (21) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 298, 45.4, 82, $85,225.

28. (6) David Stremme, Dodge, 298, 71.3, 79, $109,515.

29. (39) Aric Almirola, Dodge, 297, 35.2, 76, $76,250.

30. (37) Erik Darnell, Ford, 297, 39.6, 73, $101,629.

31. (27) Scott Speed, Toyota, 297, 37.6, 70, $85,373.

32. (12) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 295, 59.5, 67, $110,403.

33. (42) David Ragan, Ford, 287, 47.7, 64, $81,800.

34. (40) Paul Menard, Ford, 287, 35.6, 61, $103,056.

35. (23) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, accident, 283, 84.2, 58, $90,450.

36. (25) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 263, 43.2, 55, $109,576.

37. (24) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, engine, 162, 62.3, 52, $91,785.

38. (11) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, engine, 66, 72.5, 49, $114,273.

39. (30) Mike Wallace, Toyota, brakes, 48, 31.5, 46, $71,700.

40. (20) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, transmission, 41, 32.5, 43, $71,550.

41. (43) Michael McDowell, Toyota, brakes, 36, 29.9, 40, $71,375.

42. (15) Dave Blaney, Toyota, electrical, 23, 28.9, 37, $71,250.

43. (36) Tony Raines, Dodge, overheating, 8, 28.8, 34, $71,618.

Gators stay on top

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 100.753 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 9 minutes, 1 second.

Margin of Victory: Under Caution.

Caution Flags: 11 for 48 laps.

Lead Changes: 20 among 10 drivers.

Lap Leaders: T.Stewart 1; J.Montoya 2-36; T.Stewart 37-68; J.Montoya 69-123; Ku.Busch 124-142; J.Montoya 143-147; D.Hamlin 148-152; J.Montoya 153-162; T.Stewart 163-180; J.Johnson 181-194; Ku.Busch 195-203; M.Martin 204-242; Ku.Busch 243-247; D.Hamlin 248-264; R.Newman 265; C.Edwards 266-267; T.Stewart 268; M.Ambrose 269-270; B.Labonte 271; M.Martin 272-300.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Montoya, 4 times for 105 laps; M.Martin, 2 times for 68 laps; T.Stewart, 4 times for 52 laps; Ku.Busch, 3 times for 33 laps; D.Hamlin, 2 times for 22 laps; J.Johnson, 1 time for 14 laps; C.Edwards, 1 time for 2 laps; M.Ambrose, 1 time for 2 laps; R.Newman, 1 time for 1 lap; B.Labonte, 1 time for 1 lap.

NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

Points Leaders

Top 12 1. M.Martin, 5,230 7. R.Newman, 5,151 2. J.Johnson, 5,195 8. B.Vickers, 5,140 3. D.Hamlin, 5,195 9. G.Biffle, 5,138 4. J.Montoya, 5,175 10. J.Gordon, 5,128 5. Ku.Busch, 5,165 11. C.Edwards, 5,117 6. T.Stewart, 5,156 12. K.Kahne, 5,069

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Gators stay on top

The Top 25 in The Associated Press college football poll through Sept. 19 (first-place votes): RK TEAM

1. Florida (55) 2. Texas (2) 3. Alabama (3) 4. Mississippi 5. Penn St. 6. California 7. LSU 8. Boise St. 9. Miami 10. Oklahoma 11. Virginia Tech 12. Southern Cal 13. Ohio St. 14. Cincinnati 15. TCU 16. Oklahoma St. 17. Houston 18. Florida St. 19. BYU 20. Kansas 21. Georgia 22. North Carolina 23. Michigan 24. Washington 25. Nebraska

W-L POINTS PV

3-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 3-0 2-0 2-1 2-0 2-1 2-1 3-0 2-1 3-0 3-0 2-1 2-1

1,488 1,428 1,390 1,213 1,212 1,169 1,120 1,038 920 862 852 825 810 739 674 478 455 363 349 347 318 271 247 194 132

1 2 4 5 5 8 9 10 20 12 13 3 11 17 15 16 21 – 7 22 23 24 25 – 19

Others receiving votes: Missouri 115, Georgia Tech 102, Auburn 100, Pittsburgh 91, UCLA 62, Iowa 39, Oregon 30, Texas Tech 19, Notre Dame 16, Utah 12, Clemson 11, Colorado St. 4, Oregon St. 4, South Florida 1

Hernandez 8-11), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Jurrjens 12-10) at N.Y. Mets (Figueroa 2-6), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Moyer 12-9) at Florida (A.Sanchez 2-7), 7:40 p.m., 2nd game Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 10-9) at Milwaukee (Bush 5-7), 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Pineiro 14-11) at Houston (Bazardo 0-1), 8:05 p.m.

San Diego (Mujica 3-4) at Colorado (De La Rosa 15-9), 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Cain 13-6) at Arizona (D.Davis 7-13), 9:40 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 10:10 p.m.

New York Boston Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore

Detroit Minnesota Chicago Kansas City Cleveland

Central Division W L Pct GB 79 70 .530 — 77 73 .513 2 1/2 73 78 .483 7 62 88 .413 17 1/2 61 88 .409 18

AP

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WNBA

Detroit 2, Atlanta 0 Wednesday, Sept. 16: Detroit 94, Atlanta 89 Friday, Sept. 18: Detroit 94, Atlanta 79 WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix 2, San Antonio 1 Thursday, Sept. 17: San Antonio 92, Phoenix 91 Saturday, Sept. 19: Phoenix 106, San Antonio 78 Monday, Sept. 21: Phoenix 100, San Antonio 92 Los Angeles 2, Seattle 1 Wednesday, Sept. 16: Los Angeles 70, Seattle 63 Friday, Sept. 18: Seattle 75, Los Angeles 74 Sunday, Sept. 20: Los Angeles 75, Seattle 64 CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE Wednesday, Sept. 23: Indiana at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 25: Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, Sept. 26: Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Wednesday, Sept. 23: Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 25: Los Angeles at Phoenix, 10 p.m. x-Saturday, Sept. 26: Los Angeles at Phoenix, 10 p.m. (x-if necessary)

MLB National League Standings

East Division

W L Pct GB Philadelphia 87 61 .588 — Atlanta 80 70 .533 8 Florida 80 70 .533 8 New York 65 86 .430 23 1/2 Washington 51 98 .342 36 1/2

St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Houston Cincinnati Pittsburgh

Central Division W L Pct 88 63 .583 77 72 .517 74 76 .493 70 80 .467 69 81 .460 56 92 .378

GB — 10 13 1/2 17 1/2 18 1/2 30 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB Los Angeles 90 60 .600 — Colorado 85 65 .567 5 San Francisco 80 69 .537 9 1/2 San Diego 69 82 .457 21 1/2 Arizona 65 85 .433 25 Sunday’s Games Cincinnati 8, Florida 1 N.Y. Mets 6, Washington 2 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 2 San Diego 4, Pittsburgh 0 Milwaukee 6, Houston 0 Colorado 5, Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, San Francisco 2 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 3, 11 innings

West Division W L Pct GB 89 60 .597 — 81 67 .547 7 1/2 78 72 .520 11 1/2 71 78 .477 18

Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia (Blanton 10-7) at Florida (Jo. Johnson 15-4), 4:10 p.m., 1st game Cincinnati (Cueto 9-10) at Pittsburgh (Duke 10-14), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 7-6) at Washington (Li.

L.A. Angels 10, Texas 5 Boston 9, Baltimore 3 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1 Kansas City 2, Chicago White Sox 1 Detroit 6, Minnesota 2 Oakland 11, Cleveland 4 Seattle 7, N.Y. Yankees 1 Tuesday’s Games Detroit (E.Jackson 12-7) at Cleveland (Laffey 7-6), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Hendrickson 5-5) at Toronto (Tallet 7-9), 7:07 p.m.

Seattle (Rowland-Smith 4-3) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 12-6), 7:08 p.m.

Boston (P.Byrd 1-1) at Kansas City (Greinke 14-8), 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Manship 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 12-9), 8:11 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Gaudin 1-0) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 7-8), 10:05 p.m.

Texas (McCarthy 7-3) at Oakland (Cahill 9-12), 10:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Seattle at Tampa Bay, 7:08 p.m.

Boston at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

NHL Preseason Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Rangers 2 2 1 5 15 N.Y. Islanders 2 2 1 5 14 New Jersey 1 0 0 2 3 Pittsburgh 1 2 0 2 11 Philadelphia 0 2 1 1 5

GA 13 13 2 12 12

Toronto Boston Montreal Buffalo Ottawa

Northeast Division W L OT Pts GF 3 1 0 6 15 3 1 0 6 9 3 2 0 6 11 2 0 1 5 8 2 3 0 4 12

GA 10 9 14 6 9

Washington Florida Tampa Bay Atlanta Carolina

Southeast Division W L OT Pts GF 2 1 0 4 8 2 3 0 4 9 1 1 1 3 6 1 1 1 3 5 0 2 0 0 4

GA 7 14 8 9 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

W L OT Pts GF Nashville 3 0 0 6 12 St. Louis 2 1 1 5 12 Detroit 2 2 0 4 10 Columbus 1 2 1 3 11 Chicago 0 1 1 1 2

GA 4 9 11 11 6

Northwest Division

W L OT Pts GF Vancouver 4 0 0 8 14 Edmonton 3 2 0 6 13 Colorado 2 1 0 4 7 Minnesota 2 2 0 4 7 Calgary 2 2 0 4 13

GA 4 9 8 8 14

Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF 2 1 1 5 11 1 1 3 5 16 2 1 0 4 9 2 1 0 4 9 2 2 0 4 8

GA 10 18 8 11 12

Los Angeles Phoenix Dallas San Jose Anaheim

Monday’s Sports Transactions

By The Associated Press BASEBALL n American League BOSTON RED SOX—Placed RHP Junichi Tazawa on the 60-day DL. Purchased the contract of INF Chris Woodward from Pawtucket (IL). National League CHICAGO CUBS—Activated OF Reed Johnson from the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of OF Tyler Colvin from Tennessee (SL). Designated RHP Thomas Diamond for assignment.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Fired manager Cecil Cooper. Named third-base coach Dave Clark interim manager. n Can-Am League BROCKTON ROX—Exercised the 2010 option on LHP Craig Anderson, RHP Steve Delabar, RHP Jerry Dunn, RHP Freddy Flores, LHP Brad Hertzler, RHP John Kelly, RHP Jeff Long, RHP Wayne Lundgren, RHP Paul Lussier, RHP Keith Noe, RHP Adam Piechowski, LHP Fraser Robinson, RHP Matt Zachary, C Jon Gossard, C Chris Grossman, INF Keith Brachold, INF Phil Cuadrado, INF Melvin Falu, INF Derek Kinzler, OF Palmer Karr, OF Chris Valencia and OF Clyde Williams.

x 142 mm; with BC-FBC--T25-College FB Poll; ED/CO; ETA 1:30 p.m. <AP> Sunday’s Games Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND (Best-of-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana 2, Washington 0 Thursday, Sept. 17: Indiana 88, Washington 79 Saturday, Sept. 19: Indiana 81, Washington 74, OT

Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Boston at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles vs. N.Y. Islanders at Kansas City, Mo., 8 p.m.

Florida at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Phoenix vs. Tampa Bay at Everett, Wash., 10:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS

American League Standings East Division W L Pct GB 95 55 .633 — 89 60 .597 5 1/2 77 73 .513 18 67 83 .447 28 60 90 .400 35

Monday’s Games Atlanta 4, Carolina 2 Buffalo 2, Washington 1 N.Y. Rangers 4, Detroit 2 Columbus 5, Minnesota 1 Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 3 Ottawa 3, Tampa Bay 1 Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.

FOOTBALL n National Football League JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed CB William Middleton off Atlanta’s practice squad and S Courtney Greene. Released TE Greg Estandia and WR Nate Hughes. Waived S Michael Desormeaux from the practice squad. Signed LB Justin Roland to the practice squad.

HOCKEY n National Hockey League NHL—Suspended N.Y. Islanders F Pascal Morency for the remainder of the preseason and five regular-season games for as the result of a game misconduct penalty in a preseason game against Calgary on Sept. 17.

ANAHEIM DUCKS—Assigned D Brian Salcido to Manitoba (AHL).

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Assigned F Mike Angelidis, F Nicolas Blanchard, F Nick Dodge, F Jerome Samson, F Chris Terry, D Zack Fitzgerald, D Jonathan Paiement, D Brett Bellemore and G Mike Murphy to Albany (AHL). Returned F Matt Kennedy to Guelph (OHL).

COLORADO AVALANCHE—Signed F Ryan O’Reilly to a three-year contract.

EDMONTON OILERS—Assigned RW Ryan O’Marra, D Alex Plante, D Jake Taylor and D Bryan Young to Springfield (AHL) and C Milan Kytnar to Saskatoon (WHL). Placed D Dean Arsene, C Ryan Potulny and LW Chris Minard on waivers for the purpose of assignment.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned G Cedrick Desjardins, D Chad Anderson, D Frederic StDenis, F Andrew Conboy, F David Desharnais, F Mike Glumac, F Ryan Russell, F Brock Trotter, F Ryan White, F J.T. Wyman, G Robert Mayer, D Andre Benoit, D Michael Busto, D P.K. Subban, F Mathieu Darche, F Mikael Johansson and F Dany Masse. to Hamilton (AHL).

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Assigned RW Josh Beaulieu, RW Rob Bellamy, LW Matt Clackson, LW Ryan Dingle, C Jonathon Kalinski, LW Garrett Klotz, C Jon Matsumoto, RW Andreas Nodl, LW Tomas Sinisalo, D Oskars Bartulis, D Marc-Andre Bourdon, D Joonas Lehtivouri, D Kevin Marshall, D Michael Ratchuk, D David Sloane, D Logan Stephenson, G Jeremy Duchesne, G Nic Riopel and G Michael Teslak to Adirondack (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES—Named Dave King assistant coach and Grant Fuhr director of goaltending development. Re-assigned director of prospect development Sean Burke to goaltending coach. Assigned D Jeff May, F Chad Kolarik, F Francis Lessard, F Viktor Tikhonov and F Kyle Turris to San Antonio (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned D Bryce Lampman, D Danny Richmond, F Lars Eller and F Brett Sonne to Peoria (AHL). Returned G Jake Allen to London (OHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Re-assigned RW Lauri Tukonen to Lukko Rauma (Finland). Re-assigned Norfolk (AHL) general manager Mike Butters to professional scout. Announced executive vice president and general manager Brian Lawton will assume the general manager duties for Norfolk.

COLLEGE ARKANSAS—Named Jeff Kent women’s cross country and track and field director of operations.

LA SALLE—Named Sean Neal director of men’s basketball operations.

LIVINGSTONE—Announced football coach Lamonte Massie has requested to be reassigned to another position at the school. Named Eric Brown interim football coach.

MARYLAND—Signed men’s basketball coach Gary Williams to a one-year contract extension through June 30, 2013.

MIAMI—Signed baseball coach Jim Morris to a contract extension.

OHIO WESLEYAN—Named Marcus Gill men’s assistant basketball coach.

WRIGHT STATE—Named Pete Samborsky golf coach.

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Score 27 27 27 26 26 26 26 25 25 25 25

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14.

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16.

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21.

Dickie Williams Amelia Aycock Rebekah Aycock Mike Grissom Clayton Harris Kevin Milton Chad Pruitt Wayne Pruitt Jerry Railey David Riggan 16 tied with 23

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Warren County will play their second straight conference game this Friday when they host North Johnston, and Southern Vance finally returns home after a long road trip to host Northern Nash. Warren County needs a win, and Southern will look make it two straight victories.

The Tar Heels travel to Atlanta and have a tough ACC test with the Ramblin’ Wreck. Speaking of tough ACC tests, Miami heads to Blacksburg to lock horns with the Hokies, and Boston College hosts Wake Forest.

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Gina Eaves

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Carolyn Williams

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Linda Gupton

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Last week: 10-2 Season: 23-13

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FSU

FSU

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TCU

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Miami

Miami

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Miami

Va. Tech

Va. Tech

Va. Tech

Va. Tech

Va. Tech

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Georgia

Georgia

Georgia

Georgia

Georgia

Georgia

Georgia

Georgia

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North Carolina A&T at Coastal Carolina

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Coastal Carolina

N.C. A&T

Coastal Carolina

N.C. A&T

N.C. A&T

Name Garry Daeke Sherry Felts Nancy Woodruff Rudy Abate Anie Bullock Tony Coghill Eddie Norris Zach Ayscue Joseph B. Clark Bubba O’Geary Bob Thomas

Score 27 27 27 26 26 26 26 25 25 25 25

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

Dickie Williams Amelia Aycock Rebekah Aycock Mike Grissom Clayton Harris Kevin Milton Chad Pruitt Wayne Pruitt Jerry Railey David Riggan 16 tied with 23

N.C. A&T

Coastal Carolina

N.C. A&T

Coastal Carolina

Only getting tougher...

Standings after Week Three

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

of Henderson

25 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24

Congratulations this week to Lauren Harris, who picked all but one game correctly, winning with the tiebreaker. We have three people tied in the lead heading into week four in the overall standings, and 35 others are within four wins from the leaders.

This week seems to be the toughest week yet. The Dispatchers had a hard time agreeing on some of the picks.

Warren County will play their second straight conference game this Friday when they host North Johnston, and Southern Vance finally returns home after a long road trip to host Northern Nash. Warren County needs a win, and Southern will look make it two straight victories.

The Tar Heels travel to Atlanta and have a tough ACC test with the Ramblin’ Wreck. Speaking of tough ACC tests, Miami heads to Blacksburg to lock horns with the Hokies, and Boston College hosts Wake Forest.

Tough weeks like this really present an oppotrunity to move up — or down — in the standings.

11. Notre Dame at Purdue

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SUDOKU

Today’s answer

HOROSCOPES ARIES (March 21-April 19). You will be around an optimist and also a killjoy. Recognize that neither person is inherently good or bad. Both are just engaging in a habit of thought.

Because of this experience, you'll be more conscious of your own thoughts.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You only have time for what you want to do. This should come as great news.

If you needed permission to cut out all of the activities you don't want to take part in, consider this your ticket.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). A sudden breakthrough is a wonderful feeling. Your vigor returns. Something is different, deeper. You're in the perfect place. This begins a new chapter in your creative life.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). It's true that you are unlike anyone on the earth. But avoid being an individualist. You may have been hurt in the past, but you're still better off when you connect with others. Foster a feeling of belonging.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When you feel stuck, the whole world reflects your position. The coffee seems to flow slower; the milk seems thicker.

Do something to hasten a fresh perspective, like rearrange the furniture or put some new shoes on.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

There's a reason why light is hitting you full in the face — it's your turn to shine. Your timing and wit have always been unusually keen, but now everyone notices. Who would have thought one afternoon would bring so much laughter?

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your place as the stable one in your circle is assured. Sometimes keeping your friends in line is just tiring. So let go!

Spend some time solo. You'll crack yourself up and find the sound of your own laughter to be marvelous.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Temptation abounds. It took you a long time to get here, so don't throw it away on a whim. Pan back and look at the bigger picture. The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Ambition and drive are attractive attributes, but they can also cause you to make some unattractive choices — like foregoing your own physical well-being as you take on too much work. Strive for balance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Work issues arise. You'll be torn between doing what's right for the company and being loyal to a friend. A candid conversation will help you sort out what you already know is best.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Your emotional warmth and kindness will bring an alpha-male into your realm. This person needs to connect and belong, but is having a difficult time doing so. Your actions teach him how to be more sensitive to others.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). If you're going to finish this project you started, you desperately need a breakthrough now. Keep moving forward. Hint: If you're still thinking about what happened yesterday or last year, you're not moving forward.

RAY BILLINGSLEY

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Opinions were split among City Council candidates about whether extending a sewer line to the town of Kittrell is important to economic development.

Supporters cited the potential to develop business and industry in a zone positioned in the path of sprawl from the Raleigh-Durham area, while opponents said there is no hard evidence to support a sewer link.

The question was brought up near the end of an approximately one-and-a-halfhour long pre-election forum on Sunday.

And the question was a reference to Kittrell Jobs Corps, which is having major issues with an aging sanitary system, having received federal backing to correct the problem.

And the question was a reference to sewer line proponents, led by Vance County Economic Development Commission Chairman Sam Watkins, seeking more money from Washington to instead build the line to both help the Job Corps and to open up land along the four-lane U.S. 1 for growth.

Ward 2 Councilman Michael Inscoe, in favoring the line, noted the closure of yarn giant Harriet and Henderson, the downsizing of hosiery giant Americal and the end of the J.P. Taylor tobacco processing facility.

“And anything that we can do to create or better our chances for economic development and create jobs is what this community has got to have to survive,” Inscoe said.

“And our only salvation is to increase our economic base,” Inscoe added.

Ward 4 at Large Councilman George Daye, in supporting the line, said, “We might not see anything today, but we’re basing it on the future.”

Additionally supporting the line are Ward 1 at Large Councilman Bernard Alston and Ward 2 Councilman Michael Rainey.

The nays were Ward 1 at Large council candidate Sara Coffey, Ward 2 council candidate Lewis Edwards and Ward 2 At large council candidates Bobby Gupton and Lowell West.

Coffey said she has not seen industry stating a need for a line to locate at that particular area and said Henderson needs to take care of the city’s lines.

Edwards said he does not believe the city’s water reclamation plant off N.C. Highway 39 north of the city has the present or future capacity to pump sewage to Kittrell.

“I think it’s very indicative of what’s wrong with Henderson today,” Edwards added. “All of a sudden, out of the clear blue sky, the idea comes up, ‘We need a sewer line from Kittrell to Henderson.’”

And Edwards said there is no feasibility study and absolutely nothing to support the claim this is for economically viable projects.

Gupton, echoing Edwards, added, “I travel that road every morning and I see more empty parking lots than anything else out that way. I certainly don’t see anybody wanting to come in here.”

West said he does not see a sewer line toward Kittrell as benefiting and helping Henderson.

Ward 1 council candidate Cathy Ringley said, “We can’t run the sewer line if we can’t within the same plan fund the city of Henderson’s sewer treatment.”

Ringley recommended sitting down and determining which employers and what type of employers “we want to bring to the area” and not necessarily be attractive to every potential investor.

City Manager Ray Griffin has said the line could create jobs and has said Henderson has surplus capacity at the water reclamation plant. And Griffin has noted he has not been told by anyone that the city would have to or need to put up any amount of money.

Ward 1 Councilwoman Mary Emma Evans and Ward 4 at Large council candidate Ranger Wilkerson cited other commitments in being unable to attend the forum, which was sponsored by the Dispatch, the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, radio station WIZS and the Home in Henderson Web site. The election is Oct. 6.

Contact the writer at bwest@hendersondispatch.com.

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Candidates for Henderson City Council answer questions during a forum Sunday inside the Vance County Commissioners chambers Sunday.

The event was sponsored by the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, WIZS-AM 1450, Home in Henderson and The Daily Dispatch.

Jurisdiction spat labeled ‘ridiculous’ by one candidate

By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

A candidate for City Council said at a Sunday pre-election forum it was “ridiculous” that the issue of Henderson Police Department jurisdiction in Vance County was even brought forward this spring.

“We are so interested in turf and we are so interested in making sure that I get my name in the paper or one thing or another we overlook the basic need, which is safety for our citizens,” said Lewis Edwards, who is seeking election on Oct. 6 in council Ward 2.

“And you can’t go out and ask a Police Department person to observe border lines when he’s trying to protect us,” Edwards said supporting police authority in the county.

“This issue should have never been raised. It particularly should have never come before the council and in particular it shouldn’t have gone before the press,” Edwards added.

Edwards and others in five contested races for the council were asked the question about police authority in the county.

Sheriff Peter White complained in a letter to Police Chief Keith Sidwell about city police officers and officers from other jurisdictions in April conducting Operation Blue Lightning along Interstate 85 and a mile beyond the municipal boundaries.

White argued police have no authority beyond that mile. City Attorney John Zollicoffer, citing the municipal charter, said city police authority may be exercised anywhere in the county.

Ward 1 at Large Councilman Bernard Alston at Sunday’s forum said the charter is “somewhat unique” in allowing police jurisdiction in the county and is not necessarily the tradition in

most communities.

“So, it does create a question about, ‘Who does what, when, where and how?’” Alston said.

Operation Blue Lightning, which reportedly focused on drug interdiction, netted 322 traffic stops and resulted in dozens of arrests and $176,000 in seized cash.

Alston, like Ward 2 at Large council candidate Bobby Gupton, said that haul of cash is a financial benefit to the city.

The other part of the story, Alston said, is if this situation remains, then there needs to be a greater spirit of cooperation.

“To a large extent, this thing is personality driven,” Alston said, adding he believes there are two personalities “that need to settle the issues between them.”

Gupton said he is all for city police officers being on I-85 because without the asset forfeiture program benefitting the Police Department, city residents are going to experience a hefty tax increase to replace such funding.

The jurisdiction matter was one of two major questions posed to the candidates on Sunday about law enforcement.

The other was about accusations of racism and abuse of power having surfaced against the Police Department. The candidaes were asked when those accusations are credible and, if the candidates believed there was a problem, how they would go about correcting this.

Edwards said if there are charges of racism against any city employee, then they should go through the process, which includes City Manager Ray Griffin and City Human Resources Manager Cathy Brown.

And Edwards was quick to refer to what he called the “debacle.”

This was a reference to the Aug. 24 council meeting, when a

20-year-old black man, Theodous Bryant, claimed he was the victim of police cruelty, along with degrading language because of his race, and claimed an officer physically abused his grandmother. And Bryant identified officers by name.

Bryant made his remarks with the Rev. Clarence “C.J.” Dale by his side. Dale said he believes Sidwell should be fired.

During the Aug. 24 council meeting, Daye said that, “What is the chief’s job of controlling his officers? We’ve got a problem,” a reference to Sidwell, who was not present.

Ward 1 Councilwoman Mary Emma Evans at the Aug. 24 meeting expressed sympathy to Bryant, but additionally took verbal shots at the court system, insinuating that unnamed black judges will not think about giving fellow blacks “a break.”

Edwards at the Sunday forum said, “The City Council is not the forum to discuss individual performances of city employees.

It is not only the improper forum, it’s against the law.”

Coffey said, “Well, I wouldn’t make any snap judgments, that’s for sure. And I definitely wouldn’t sit up on the City Council and point fingers at police officers or either people bringing the problem forward. I would want to know all the facts.”

Coffey said not everything brought to the table is an “honest fact.”

Coffey, noting she is a former police officer, said while sometimes police officers tend to overreact, they face difficult situations on the streets in trying to combat crime.

“I do believe there is racial tension here among our police force and our Sheriff’s Department,” Coffey added. “I’ve seen it firsthand.”

Ringley said, “We have a black

culture in Henderson and we have a white culture in Henderson.”

Ringley favored bring in help from outside, including having some perhaps teach police officers how to be more sensitive and how to defuse these issues.

Daye said he believes there are officers who sometimes “show up in another mode” and believes their conduct needs to be examined.

West said if an officer is a racist and is abusing power, then the officer should be fired.

Gupton said, “I think there’s definitely racial tension, but I think it’s escalated sometimes by certain individuals getting involved that really have no authority and no place.”

Gupton called for forming a committee “to bring these things to” so the city will not end up with what happened on Aug. 24.

Inscoe said, “I do think that there are some tensions that exist there” and added there may not be a clear-cut solution because of Henderson being racially diverse.

Inscoe and Rainey emphasized the procedures in place.

“The City Council itself can be just a sounding board,” Rainey said, noting the council does not have the authority to hire and fire department heads and personnel. The council’s hiring and firing power is over the city manager’s position.

Alston said, “This is an emotional issue that requires rational solutions,” noting the process needs to be allowed to work.

“Let the people who feel that they’re wronged have their say,” Alston said. “Let the people who should make the calls on whether they’re wronged have theirs.”

Contact the writer at bwest@ hendersondispatch.com.

Most council candidates think enough is enough for Section 8 housing

By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

The prevailing majority among City Council candidates is Henderson does not need extra Section 8 housing. There were candidates, however, who noted there are gray areas.

Questions posed to the candidates at a pre-election forum of council candidates on Sunday included whether the city should put on hold Section 8 housing and/or rental units and whether such a hold should include nonSection 8 apartments.

Section 8 means a landlord receives a rent subsidy on behalf of a qualified low-income tenant, which allows a tenant to pay a limited proportion of income toward the rent.

Ward 2 council candidate Lewis Edwards and Ward 2 at Large council candidate Bobby Gupton said they believe Section 8 housing puts burdens on the

education, health and safety systems locally.

“The wagon can only carry so much,” Gupton said. “Somebody has got to get out and pull and somebody has got to push.”

Ward 2 Councilman Michael Rainey said he believes Henderson has enough public housing and has more units than tenants.

Rainey said he does not favor any additional Section 8 houses in the city and in Vance County.

Ward 2 at Large Councilman Michael Inscoe said he believes the community has enough Section 8 properties and stated his support for homeownership, but noted the need to honor elderly, handicapped and disabled persons who have Section 8 vouchers.

Ward 4 at Large Councilman George Daye said he, too, is in favor of homeownership, “but right now with the job market the way it is, we have to do what we have to do.”

Ward 1 at Large Councilman

Bernard Alston said, “This is the practical versus the philosophical,” with the need being to take the practical view as to who needs housing, and where.

“People need to live some place and people need to be able to afford where they live. And if Section 8 is the only way that they can afford it, we can’t just throw the baby out,” Alston said.

Ward 2 at Large council candidate Lowell West, while saying he is unfamiliar with details of Section 8 regarding the city, said he is not in favor of bringing people from outside the county to live in housing locally. West did note he believes affordable housing must be available to city residents who are in need.

Ward 1 council candidate Cathy Ringley said while she would put a hold on Section 8 housing growth, she would like to see an improvement in “affordable housing,” noting there are a lot of substandard rental units,

many of which are vacant.

Ringley said she would like to see the empty, uninhabitable ones “go away.”

Ward 1 at Large council candidate Sara Coffey said while she does not think there needs to be more Section 8 housing, there are citizens who do not have the means for anything else.

“But I do think they would certainly appreciate if these properties were managed properly, if they were kept up properly, if they didn’t have to go to bed at night with looking at holes in the ceiling or overflowing toilets, as some of the Section 8 houses are until time for inspection again,” Coffey added.

Unopposed council members Gary Daeke, Brenda Peace and Lonnie Davis made opening statements, but did not answer any questions.

Contact the writer at bwest@ hendersondispatch.com.