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Commerce secretary tells Granville audience that some signs are positive

By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer

OXFORD — State Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco says while the nationwide economy is far from great, North Carolina continues to attract business and industry. The Tar Heel State is the 10th most populated in the nation — and could be Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE seventh by 2020 — and is ranked No. 1 in the nation Traffic barriers block travel across the bridge on Nutbush Road Monday morning after water by Site Selection magafrom Kerr Lake crept onto the roadway Sunday. Three bridges in Vance County and one in zine for the best business Granville County are closed due to water. climate and is the sixth most visited by tourists, Crisco said. And Crisco quipped, “Even a tall bald-headed man could sell that.” Crisco, who was in Granville County, spoke briefly about his and Gov. Beverly Perdue’s trade mission to Asia, but he point and popular fishing “But we weren’t really From STAFF REPORTS drew applause from the hangout on Kerr. caught off-guard, by any area and local audience In Granville County, means, with all the rain Days of rain from the when he said, “Closer to SR-1443 northbound near we had,” Fleming told passing of late-Hurricane Oxford has been closed WRAL. “We expected this here, the good news is Ida didn’t just soak the we’ve got a lot of projects. with a detour due to high to happen.” ground around the area. I think we’ll have 12 waters. DOT reported the While some docks have That rain — both here announcements, 12-14, beclosure at 9:27 a.m. been pulled away from and upstream — has swoltween now and Christmas. The roads might be shore and picnic tables len Kerr Lake to a level cleared by midmorning and other lake landmarks That’s a tick up.” of 11 feet above normal, “A lot of these are just today as waters recede, in low-lying areas are flooding several local kind of breaking loose,” the DOT said. under water today, there roads. Bryce Fleming, superin- is no major threat to other Crisco said. “They’ve been The North Carolina tendent for Park Services property. Boaters, Fleming sitting there for a while — Department of Transpeople not quite wanting at Kerr Lake, told WRALsaid, are cautioned. portation reported early to pull the trigger.” TV that a normal lake “There is a lot of debris, Monday that at least four Crisco was the top a lot of logs and those level for this time of year roads in Vance and Granstate executive official types of items out there is around 296.5 feet above ville Counties were fully mean sea level. As of 11 floating, so here are a sig- at the Nov. 10 welcomor partially submerged. a.m. on Monday, that level nificant amount of hazards ing of Shalag Industries, In Vance County, the an Israeli-based supplier had risen to 307.5. out there,” Fleming told bridges over state roads of non-woven fabrics in Fleming said that WRAL. 1369, 1374 and 1308 are spring is usually the time the hygiene and sanitary closed due to high water. Send comments to news@ when rains swell the lake wipes markets that is That includes the Nutbush hendersondispatch.com. to such levels. committed to opening its Bridge, a vital crossing

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first-ever U.S. plant just east of Oxford and near the interchange of Interstate 85 and U.S. Crisco 158. The commerce secretary noted he had been in Greensboro for a session about the military textiles sector. “We expected 90 people. We had 175,” Crisco said, additionally referring to an announcement by Richmond Specialty Yarns to create 135 new jobs and invest $1 million during the next three years. Of the textile industry in North Carolina, Crisco said, “No, it’s not what it was, but it’s still a big deal.” Speaking about his and Perdue’s trip last month, he said that, in Japan, everywhere the North Carolina delegation went, the Japanese dignitaries, leaders and officials recalled Jim Hunt, who served as the state’s chief executive from 1977-85 and from 1993-2001. Hunt is presently a Raleigh attorney. “We have some work to do in China. It’s changing so fast,” Crisco said. Crisco noted North Carolina has good corporate and university contacts. And the Chinese-owned computer maker Lenovo’s world headquarters is in the Research Triangle Park. Please see COMMERCE, page 4A

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NEW YORK — Most women don’t need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. It’s a major reversal that conflicts with the American Cancer Society’s long-standing position. Also, the task force said breast self-exams do no good and women shouldn’t be taught to do them. For most of the past two decades, the cancer society has been

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Railroad crossing closure workshop tonight An informational workshop for citizens about the proposed closures of railroad crossings in Henderson is set for 5 p.m.-7 p.m. today in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 134 Rose Ave. N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) representatives will not make a formal presentation, but will receive comments and questions about a study performed by NCDOT’s Rail Division. The proposal includes shutting off crossings at: • St. Matthew’s Street. • Spring Street. • Orange Street. • Winder Street. • Rock Spring Street. • Carolyn Court. • Harris Street. • Railroad Street. The study additionally includes the upgrading of safety equipment as well as other railroad crossing improvements, NCDOT officials said. The proposal is part of an effort to reduce the number of redundant and/or unsafe crossings statewide, NCDOT officials said. Additionally, President Obama in April called for the U.S. to move quickly to a high-speed rail system to ease vehicle bottlenecks and snarls, to help clean up the environment and to conserve fuel. Obama allocated $8 billion of the more than $780 billion federal economic stimulus spending package for a start on setting up high-speed rail corridors throughout the nation. And Henderson and Vance County leaders have made clear they want Henderson to be one of the stops on the proposed high-speed rail route from Washington to Richmond, Va., Raleigh, Charlotte and Atlanta. City Manager Ray Griffin has told the Dispatch that some initial thoughts about a possible station for Henderson were about tying into the city-countyowned former First National Bank building along Garnett Street in the city’s once-proud central business district.

recommending annual mammograms beginning at 40. But the government panel of doctors and scientists concluded that getting screened for breast cancer so early and so often leads to too many false alarms and unneeded biopsies without substantially improving women’s odds of survival. “The benefits are less and the harms are greater when screening starts in the 40s,” said Dr. Diana Petitti, vice chair of the panel. The new guidelines were issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, whose stance influences coverage of screening tests

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by Medicare and many insurance companies. But Susan Pisano, a spokeswoman for America’s Health Insurance Plans, an industry group, said insurance coverage isn’t likely to change because of the new guidelines. No changes are planned in Medicare coverage either, said Dori Salcido, spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services department. Experts expect the task force revisions to be hotly debated, and to cause confusion for women and their doctors.

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By JENNIFER LOVEN AP White House Correspondent

BEIJING — President Barack Obama declared Monday the world is urgently watching for a “meeting of the minds” between the U.S. and China as he meets with President Hu Jintao on the globe’s biggest issues — climate change, economic recession, nuclear proliferation Obituaries, 4A and more. Obama also prodded

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Mark It Down Today Masonic meeting — Henderson Masonic Lodge #229 will hold a Stated Communication at 7 p.m. at the lodge, 401 Brodie Road. Dinner is at 6 p.m., followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. All Master Masons are invited to attend. Information session — The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a citizens’ informational workshop from 5-7 p.m. in Henderson’s City Council Chambers to answer questions related to the proposed closing of existing railroad crossings at St. Matthews St., Spring St., Orange St., Winder St., Rock Springs St., Carolyn Court, Harris St. and Railroad St. For more information, call (919) 715-3686 or e-mail Nancy Horne at nhorne@ncdot.gov. Downtown Development — The Downtown Development Commission will meet at 10 a.m. at the HendersonVance County Chamber of Commerce, 414 S. Garnett St. Community Watch — The Carey Chapel Community Watch will hold it’s next meeting at 7 p.m. at the Aycock Recreation Center. Holiday safety will be the topic of the meeting. Community watch — The West End Community Neighborhood Watch meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the West End Baptist Church fellowship hall. Brian Short, director of the emergency management services for Vance County, will be the guest speaker. The public is invited to attend. Kiwanis Club — The Kiwanis Club of Henderson meets at 6:30 p.m. at the Dabney Drive Restaurant on West Andrews Avenue. Winston Kerley, Ph.D., retired principal of L.B. Yancey Elementary School, will give a talk on the history of Kittrell. Interested non-members may call Opie Frazier for reservations or membership information at (252) 430-1111. Open house — The Vance Family Resource Center will hold an open house at 6 p.m. at the Head Start Annex Building, 155 W. Andrews Ave., Henderson. Parents, grandparents, and other primary caregivers are encouraged to attend to learn how the Family Resource Center can help strengthen their families including parenting classes, support groups, crisis assistance and more. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please call (252) 431-1400.

Wednesday Heritage book meeting — Efforts are underway to produce a family heritage book for Vance County that will include family stories and photos from current and former residents of the county. The group working to produce the book will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Miss Lou’s Quilting Studio, 4733 Raleigh Road, Henderson. All are welcome to attend. For more information, call co-chairpersons Judy Stainback at (252) 492-3051 or Mark Pace at (919) 693-1121. Seafood festival — The South Hills Shrine Club will hold its 27th annual Seafood Festival at the Golden Leaf Warehouse in South Hill, Va. The meal will include shrimp, fish, oysters, hushpuppies, baked beans, cole slaw, iced tea and social beverages for $25. Eat-in or take out. All proceeds will benefit the Shriner’s Children’s Hospitals. Tickets must be purchased in advance from any Shriner or by calling Jimmie K. Crowder at (434) 447-7171. Pesticide disposal — Bring unneeded pesticides in original containers to the Henderson Public Utilities Building, 900 S. Beckford Dr. for free disposal from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc. will be accepted. Products older than three years may have lost effectiveness and should be considered for recycling! For more information, call (252) 438-8188.

Guidelines The “Mark It Down” calendar announces events happening in the community that are sponsored by civic organizations, non-profit groups, government organizations and similar groups. The Daily Dispatch staff asks that items intended for inclusion in the calendar be submitted in writing at least five days in advance of the event. Please include a contact person’s name and phone number in case there are questions. Items for this listing can be e-mailed to communitynews@ hendersondispatch.com. Due to the overwhelming number of churches served by the Dispatch, church events cannot be listed in the “Mark It Down” calendar.

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‘Apply Early’ Is Advice For Spring Semester The Spring 2010 semester at Vance-Granville Community College begins on Jan. 6, 2010, but college officials advise students to apply and register for classes as early as possible, starting in November. The spring course schedule is now available on VGCC’s web site (www.vgcc.edu) by clicking on “Web Advisor,” then “Prospective Students” and finally “Curriculum Course Schedules.” During registration, printed schedules will also be available at all VGCC campuses and in boxes at the following community locations: the Henderson Post Office, Henderson Square Shopping Center, Henderson Mall, Warren Corners Shopping Center in Norlina, the Youngsville Post Office, Moss Foods in Louisburg, the Oxford Post Office, the Creedmoor Post Office and the Butner Post Office. Orientation sessions for new students in curriculum programs will be held on Nov. 24 (5 p.m.) and Jan. 4 (5 p.m.) in the Civic Center on VGCC’s main campus in Vance County. Orientation sessions will also be offered on the college’s other campuses (located in Warren, Granville and Franklin counties). Current students returning for another semester can

start registration and advising at VGCC’s four campuses on now. New and returning students may register during one of three periods: today through Nov. 19; Nov. 30 through Dec. 3; and finally on Jan. 5, 2010. Hours for registration are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Registration for high school students interested in dual enrollment, also known as “A Step Ahead,” will be held on Jan. 5, 2010 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Students may pay, verify payment or charge tuition and fees at the VGCC business office on the main campus (or at the campus where they are enrolled) on the same days as registration. Students can also now make payments online at www.vgcc.edu by clicking on “Web Advisor.” The main campus Business Office hours of operation during registration are 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on MondayThursday, and 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Fridays. The payment deadline for early registration is Dec. 16 at 5 p.m. For students registering later, the payment deadline is Jan. 5 at 5 p.m. For more information about registration at VanceGranville, call the college’s main campus at (252) 4922061 or visit any of the other campuses.

Jaycees to sponsor reverse raffle The Warren County Jaycees will sponsor a reverse raffle on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Warrenton Golf Club. Cost to join in the raffle is $50 per couple, and includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages the night of the event. The reverse raffle will begin at 8:30 p.m. with a grand prize of $2,500; second prize, a signed Bob

Timberlake print of “Afternoon Flight;” and third prize, a $50 gift certificate from Norlina Auto Parts. Music and dancing will follow the raffle. Only 150 tickets will be sold. For more information, contact Joey Andrews at (252) 213-4304.

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Several local elementary schools have already held or are getting ready to hold their annual media center book fairs. The book fairs offer a perfect opportunity for students and family members to visit the school media center and help raise funds for new materials. Students also get to purchase their own books. In the photo, L.B. Yancey Elementary School students hold books they selected at their school’s book fair.

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a day before flying to China’s capital for a state visit with President Hu. The town hall meeting showed how difficult it is for the governments to work together. The U.S. initially requested a larger venue and a live broadcast on a major network. In the end, Chinese officials put the event on the eastern fringes of the city. Only local Shanghai TV carried it live, though it was streamed on two popular Internet portals and on the White House’s Web site, which is not censored. Eager to achieve a successful summit, the leaders were likely to avoid public spats on economic issues. With America’s deficit soaring to a yearly record of $1.42 trillion, China is the No. 1 lender to Washington and has expressed concern that the falling dollar threatens the value of its U.S. holdings. In the U.S., manufacturers blame China’s own low currency value for contributing to the loss of 5.6 million manufacturing jobs over the past decade. During that time, America’s trade gap with China has soared. Obama was greeted at Beijing’s airport by Vice President Xi Jinping, a red carpet lined by soldiers in dress uniforms and a dusting of snow on the grass. He had brief talks and a private dinner with Hu on the graceful grounds of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. In brief remarks before the initial talks, Hu noted Obama’s Shanghai meeting with students, calling the session “quite lively.” Obama smiled broadly throughout the welcoming remarks, then told Hu that “the world recognizes the importance of the U.S.-Chinese relationship” in tackling

“Our concern is that as a result of that confusion, women may elect not to get screened at all. And that, to me, would be a serious problem,” said Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, the cancer society’s deputy chief medical officer. The guidelines are for the general population, not those at high risk of breast cancer because of family history or gene mutations that would justify having mammograms sooner or more often. The new advice says: —Most women in their 40s should not routinely get mammograms. —Women 50 to 74 should get a mammogram every other year until they turn 75, after which the risks and benefits are unknown. (The task force’s previous guidelines had no upper limit and called for exams every year or two.) —The value of breast exams by doctors is unknown. And breast selfexams are of no value. Medical groups such as the cancer society have been backing off promot-

global problems. The two were meeting again more formally on Tuesday, complete with the military pomp of a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People and a joint appearance before reporters. With sightseeing in Beijing’s Forbidden City sandwiched in between, the two leaders’ day was to end at a lavish state dinner in Obama’s honor. Obama was spending Wednesday in Beijing as well before completing his weeklong Asia travels in South Korea. As is now becoming familiar, Obama was full of compliments for China during the town hall, lauding its scientific achievements, rich history and astounding economic rise. As is also familiar, the president balanced the warm words with polite nudges in more sensitive territory, for instance on the need for Beijing to move toward a more consumer-driven economy and to improve human rights and freedoms for its people. Even as he spoke, China continued its practice of cracking down on dissent ahead of major events, detaining dozens of activists and petitioners, according to friends, family members and a human rights group. International activists have urged Obama to talk tougher and more specifically in public about China’s human rights record, but Obama again didn’t do so in the town hall. However, he was unexpectedly pointed on the question, chosen from more than 1,000 posed over the Internet to the U.S. Embassy, of the Internet-limiting “Great Firewall of China.” The students at the event were chosen by party-connected school officials.

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ing breast self-exams in recent years because of scant evidence of their effectiveness. Decades ago, the practice was so heavily promoted that organizations distributed cards that could be hung in the shower demonstrating the circular motion women should use to feel for lumps in their breasts. The guidelines and research supporting them were released Monday and are being published in Tuesday’s issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. The new advice was sharply challenged by the cancer society. “This is one screening test I recommend unequivocally, and would recommend to any woman 40 and over,” the society’s chief medical officer, Dr. Otis Brawley, said in a statement. The task force advice is based on its conclusion that screening 1,300 women in their 50s to save one life is worth it, but that screening 1,900 women in their 40s to save a life is not, Brawley wrote.

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Deaths Louise H. Andrews HENDERSON — Louise Hargrove Andrews, 71, of 4145 Warrenton Road, died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at her residence. The family will receive friends at the residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Davis-Royster Funeral Service.

Lillie L. Connell OXFORD — Lillie Mae Lloyd Connell, 95, died Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, at Bayview Nursing Center in New Bern. She was a native of Granville County and was the daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Mamie Nevilles Lloyd. She was the widow of the late Joseph Clarence Connell. She was a member of Corinth Baptist Church and lived in Oxford most of her life. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in the Gentry-Newell and Vaughan Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Neil Woodlief. Burial will be in the Corinth Baptist Church cemetery. Surviving are a son, Cleveland E. Connell of Richmond, Va.; a daughter, Rachel Connell Sugg of New Bern; a sister, Barbara Lloyd Walls of Forest City; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Thomas Sugg; brothers, William Maurice “Tot” Lloyd and Herbert Weldon Lloyd; and a sister, Pearl Lloyd Dean. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Corinth Baptist Church, c/o Frank Schmidt, 3639 Highway 96 South, Oxford, N.C. 27565. Funeral arrangements are by Gentry-Newell and Vaughan Funeral Home of Oxford.

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Street with the late Levy Mitchell. In 1968 after selling the store to Buddy Thomas, he started an antique business, first restoring and refinishing and eventually crafting period reproduction furniture from antique lumber bought from estate sales in upstate N.Y. and Pennsylvania. He operated the business for over 25 years with the help of Mabel. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. Graveside services with Military Honors will be held today at 11:30 a.m. in the Daniels Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery in Goldsboro with the Rev. George D. Speake officiating. He is survived by his daughters, Lee Anne Dorr of Henderson, and Jean Lusted and husband, Carl, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; three grandchildren, Heather Diana, Dr. Jud Ready, and Grace Holmes; three great-grandchildren,

Shyama Diana, Vivian, and Lucas Ready; and one brother, Norman Dorr. He was preceded in death by Mabel, his wife of 63 years; son, William Leslie “Billy” Dorr; daughter, Nancy Dorr; brother, Walter Dorr; and sisters, Irma Benedict and Ruth Dorr. The family received friends Monday from 4 until 5:30 p.m. at J.M. White Funeral Home. At other times they will be at his home at 102 Fernwood Creek Court. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 114 Church St., Henderson, NC, 27536; or Daniels Memorial United Methodist Church, 2803 E. Ashe Street, Goldsboro, NC, 27533. His daughters would like to thank all of the caregivers for their love, dedication, and service over the past four years. Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home.

and he joined together to form the Happyland Jubilee singers, later to be popularly known as the Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama. Fields was the manager and booking agent for the group for over 55 years until his health declined. The Blind Boys of Alabama have traveled all over the country as well as overseas. Some of the most memorable places they have performed were Carnegie Hall, New York; The White House under President Bill Clinton, and the Gospel at Colonus, a well renown gospel play in Chicago, Ill., from the early 1990’s. On this past February 2009, the surviving members of the Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama, deacon Johnny Fields and Clarence Fountain, were awarded the Lifetime Achievement Grammy

Award, the highest honor given by the Grammy Academy for their outstanding achievements in the gospel field. Fields was a deacon at St. Andrews Christian Church for many years and was an active member until his health declined. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, deaconess Mattie Alston Fields; six children, Dwight Fields of Jersey City, N.J., Vickie Henderson of Durham, Evelyn Alston of Henderson, Sgt. Derrick Fields of Durham, Allen Fields of Henderson, and Wanda Eborn of Raleigh; 19 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, the Rev. Keith Fields. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at Saint Andrews United Church of Christ

Leslie K. Dorr HENDERSON — Leslie Kenneth Dorr, age 88, of 102 Fernwood Creek Court, died peacefully Saturday, November 14, 2009, in a local nursing home. Mr. Dorr was born in Lee Center, N.Y., and was the son of the late Willard John and Bessie Clemens Dorr. Known as Les, he graduated from Groton High School in Groton, N.Y., in 1939. He served in the United States Army in World War II being stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C., where he met his future wife, Mabel Irene Daniels. In 1955, he moved with Mabel and their four children from Goldsboro to Henderson to open the GE Appliance Sales and Service on Garnett

Johnny L. Fields HENDERSON — Deacon Johnny Lee Fields, 82, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center. Born Sept. 9, 1927, he was the son of the late Pleas and Ethel Lee Fields from Tuscaloosa, Ala. He was the husband of deaconess Mattie Alston Fields. He attended the Talladega School of the Deaf and Blind in Talladega, Ala., where he finished his education. While he was there, his favorite subjects were reading and music. In the mid 1940’s, he left the school and united with four other blind students. Velma Trailer, Clarence Fountain, George Scott, Olice Thomas

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Crisco did touch on the OXFORD — The issue of using financial Granville County Board incentives to lure business of Education has called a and industry to the state, special session for 6 p.m. particularly after Dell announced intentions to close the Triad area-based desktop computer assembly facility by January. And Crisco made clear that the state’s policy is incentives must be performance based. Dell has repaid more than $1.5 million to the state for grants for 2006 and 2007 and reports said the company was in the process of repaying $26 million in local incentives. Approximately 900 persons are expected to be laid off. While in Granville County, Crisco recalled his company, Asheboro Elastics, and representatives of Ideal Fastener having always gone to the same trade shows and sharing a warehouse in the Carib(Champion Rep. On Site) bean. And Crisco recalled that while growing up in Stanly County, his favorite great uncle, Dan Miller, a Mason who died at 95, had spent 42 years of every Sunday waking up at 4 a.m. to 10% off Footware and Carhart Apparel drive from Albermarle, (Mens, Ladies and Children) which is east of Charlotte, to the Masonic Home for Children. “And he would be with the boys all day at the orphanage and he’d get back about nine o’clock,” Crisco said. “The stories he told were a part of my youth, of the people he saw here and the support and what he 537 Cross Creek Road got out of his work at the orphanage,” Crisco said. Henderson, NC 27536

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with the Rev. C. Jerome Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday. The family will receive friends at the residence, 214 Swain St. The public viewing will be Wednesday at E.C. Terry’s Funeral Service Chapel from noon until 8 p.m. Floralbearers will be Tonya Henderson, Latisha Alston, Jessica Fields, Amanda Eborn, Sade Fields, Shontavia Wynn, and Antavia Wynn. Pallbearers will be Kendrick Hicks, Sharon Hicks, Joe Foster, Marvin Lattimore, Samuel Hubbard, James “Smitty” Smith, Andrew Crews and Bobby Butler. Arrangements are by E.C. Terry’s Funeral and Cremation Services.

Emma Goode MACON — Emma Goode, 84, of 974 MaconEmbro Road, Macon, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, at Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson. Funeral services are incomplete at this time, but will be announced later by Boyd’s Funeral Service in Warrenton.

Bernell Jordan WARRENTON — Bernell Jordan, 83, of 627 Baltimore Road, Warrenton, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at his residence. Funeral services are incomplete at this time, but will be announced later by Boyd’s Funeral Service in Warrenton.

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HENDERSON — James “Buck” Mitchell Jr., 53, died Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at the Wakemed Hospital in Raleigh. He was born Oct. 3, 1956, in Vance County and was the son of the late Lillie Mae Daniels and James Mitchell Sr. He attended Vance County public schools and then pursued his career in the U.S. Army and worked as a mechanic for many years. He was preceded in death by a son, James A. Mitchell; a sister, Laura V. Daniels; and a brother, Isaiah Daniels. He is survived by a son, Shyheem Mitchell, a daughter, Cornisha Mitchell, and a fiancée, Barbara R. Southerland, all of the home; and three step-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at Room at the Cross on South Carolina Avenue in Henderson. The Rev. C.J. Dale will give the eulogy and the burial will follow in Blacknall Cemetery. Arrangements are by Garnes and Toney Funeral Home.

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world, which it didn’t do from 2000 to 2004. “We were too busy looking at the dashboard in front of us and not sufficiently paying attention to the world outside our windshield,” he said. The company believes that the world will be a different place in the next decade, with more consumers in the middle class and more living in urban areas. Coke said people — many of them young consumers the company will target — will also want their brands to show that they have values, such as being environmentally responsible, Kent said. “Consumers now value and are defining themselves more and more by their identity, their values and their beliefs and they are insisting that companies do the same,” said chief marketing and commercial officer Joe Tripodi. For example, the company plans to highlight its environmental efforts, he said, such as the Plant-

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Health care reform? Well, yes and no An Associated Press poll shows that Americans are heavily in support of President Barack Obama’s vision of bringing health care to every citizen. Until you get down to the specifics and the costs of making it happen, that is. The survey of 1,502 adults conducted by Stanford University and the nonprofit Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows that when the questions are framed broadly, respondents were heavily in favor of the concept of health care reform. But when getting down to the nuts and bolts of the overhaul, that’s where the wheels fall off. For example, the poll indicated that public support was at 82 percent in favor of a government ban on the practice of denying insurance coverage due to pre-existing conditions. But when told that such a law would likely cause most people to pay more for their health insurance — because now people who are already known to be sick are included in the pool with those who are presently well — support for banning denials on pre-existing conditions fell to just 43 percent; almost cut in half. When asked whether every American should be required to carry some form of health insurance — an element of both House and Senate bills — 67 percent said “yes” and only 27 percent said “no.” But when asked whether that mandate on the public should be enforced by cash fines from the government, the numbers were almost completely reversed. A whopping 64 percent opposed a financial penalty on members of the public who don’t buy insurance, while only 28 percent would approve of such fines. While 73 percent of respondents agreed that all employers should be required to give their workers at least some health insurance, only 52 percent agreed that government fines against business should be used to enforce that mandate. A new report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, finds that the health care legislation currently under consideration will indeed aid the uninsured, but would raise America’s total health care costs and reduce choices for senior citizens. “These trade-offs really matter,” said Robert Blendon, a professor at the Harvard University School of Public Health. “The legislation contains a number of features that polls have shown to be popular, but support for the overall legislation is less than might be expected because people are worried there are details about these bills that could raise their families’ costs.” What is often forgotten in the health care debate is that more than four out of every five Americans already have health insurance. The AP poll shows that the 80-odd percent of insured Americans aren’t necessarily unfeeling toward the fewer than 20 percent who are uninsured (some of them by choice). But they’re also not convinced that a sweeping health care overhaul that puts more control in government hands and at a higher national and personal cost is what’s really necessary to help this relatively small percentage of Americans.

Quotable “The United States does not seek to contain China. On the contrary, the rise of a strong, prosperous China can be a source of strength for the community of nations.” — President Barack Obama, in a speech from Tokyo two days before his first trip to China where he will seek to enlist help in tackling urgent global problems while weighing when and how — or if — he should raise traditional human rights concerns.

“So how do you think Obama is doing?” The question came not once but many times during a trip this past week to Ireland and England. From friends. From journalists. Even cab drivers. “How do you think Obama is doing?’ It was not asked the way we might ask it here, in an evaluative way — Do you like him? Do you not like him? How do you think he’s doing? — but rather in an almost hopeful tone, the way one mother might ask another mother about her son’s progress in a new school. How do you think he’s doing? The desired answer, you could tell, was, “Wonderful.” So it seems that, one year after his election, Barack Obama still remains an idea of an ideal in places overseas, including the parts I visited. I was amazed at the uniformity of the admiration of the man, as if it were something any sane person would agree on, no different than saying Shakespeare was a good writer or Mother Teresa had a good heart. With each inquiry, I tried to explain that, to the major-

ity of Americans, Obama is a president, that we didn’t elect him because of his skin color, that we didn’t elect him as a symbol, that we elected him because we wanted a change and because the majority of the country felt he was the best candidate to do it. But just Mitch as a pebble, Albom when Tribune Media thrown in Services a pond, creates ripples larger than itself, so, too, in parts of the world, does Obama ripple larger than his daily splash in the American spotlight. The Irish and British attitudes I observed were almost defensive. Some were surprised, for example, that I had been at all critical of Obama’s getting the Nobel Peace Prize. When I tried to explain that I would rather see him get it two years from now — which would mean there would be tangible

change to measure — they seemed disappointed that I didn’t think tangible change already had transpired. And upon thinking about it, although I was bothered at first by the nature of their questions (after all, I said, average Americans don’t need a symbol, we need someone to get our budget in line, to put people to work, to ensure our military is both strong yet safe, to get the Senate and the House to work together), upon further reflection, I think I see a positive in all this. And here is the positive. Despite the bashing the United States takes in many corners of the world, it clearly remains a country of inspiration unlike any other. People still look to America to pave a way. To set a tone. To show that what seems impossible in some places — democracy, peace, prosperity — is very real between our shores. Most U.S. citizens couldn’t care less about who governs Italy, Norway, Nigeria or, for that matter, the United Kingdom. It doesn’t really matter to us, But who governs America matters to a lot of people.

I think this makes us unique. The world wants to believe in us. It waits anxiously for an American compass turn. Sure, this may decrease as our economy gets overshadowed by places like China, but ideologically, no one is looking to China with anything more than fear. America they look at with hope. It doesn’t mean Obama should live in that atmosphere. His job is to do for his people, to serve them and their needs, not his legend or a global coronation. It is why we can and should scrutinize him a much as any president, to do less would be to suggest that somehow his history and ethnicity gave him a free pass. No free passes. Not in our eyes. And there shouldn’t be one in foreigners’ eyes. But it is the beauty of America ideal that countries much older still look our way for inspiration. So when they want to know how he’s doing, I say he’s doing the best he can and time will tell. And I do thank them for asking. Because in a certain way, as an American, the question is a compliment.

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Truth vs. PC at Fort Hood I admit it. As the early horrifying news of the Fort Hood massacre unfolded and I was jerked alert by the word that the suspect was a Muslim, a thought-prayer suddenly flashed across my mind: Oh, please don’t let him be black. It’s the sort of reflex that is familiar to many black Americans. We like to see the best of our ethnic group spotlighted in the media, not the crooks, thugs and nutcases. But there were other reasons why I was alarmed at the prospect of black Muslim suspect at For Hood. Two others have been known perpetrators of strikingly, chillingly similar murders. In June, a black Muslim convert named Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad was charged with killing one soldier and wounding another at a Little Rock military recruiting center. Another black converted Muslim, Sgt. Hasan Akbar, formerly Mark Fidel Kools, of Los Angeles, has been convicted of killing two officers in the 101st Airborne Division during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Both men claimed a mix of religious and political reasons for their acts. Still, I was not much relieved when the accused Fort Hood gunman turned out to be Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an America-born Muslim of Palestinian descent who was not black. Gen. George Casey, U.S. Army chief of staff, warned us all against any backlash against Muslim soldiers over the Texas attack, which killed 13 on the nation’s largest military post. Casey was not just

being a nice guy. A generalized backlash against Muslims would be not only unfair but a poisonous way to undermine the diversity that has been a real strength in our volunteer military. Even so, human nature being what it is, a stealth backlash seemed to bubble beneath the Clarence surface as politicians Page and pundits Tribune Media asked how Services blinded military leaders might have been to Hasan’s militant Islamism by political correctness? The question is politically loaded, but that should not stop us from pursuing it as we seek the whole truth about Hasan, just as we should seek it regarding the accused black Muslim gunmen. In Hasan’s case, we know that the joint terrorism task force had him under surveillance at one point. Doctors and staff in the military also say he had behavior problems and disturbing expressions of Islamic extremism. Maybe his fellow officers bent over too far backwards in tolerating behavior that looks so obviously bizarre in hindsight. If so, we should be able as a nation to agree that the alleged over-tolerance was a mistake without going so far as to penalize the thousands of Muslims who serve honorably and courageously in our military.

“PC” won’t make us safer, but irrational stereotyping of ethnics based on the wrongheadedness of a few won’t make us safer, either. The same must be said of the question of whether the mass murder at Fort Hood should be investigated as a heinous crime or a terrorist attack. A Rasmussen poll released on Wednesday found that 60 percent of respondents want the Fort Hood shooting “investigated by military authorities as a terrorist act,” while 27 percent “want the incident investigated by civilian authorities as a criminal act.” The public apparently wants to make sure that a terror investigation is not left out in the prosecution of this crime. So, why not have both? I hope President Barack Obama puts this question to rest with the review he has ordered of all intelligence related to Hasan. Particularly important is the question of whether information about him was properly shared within and between government agencies. The Department of Homeland Security was formed at great expense to deal with such interagency problems. But a gathering of intelligence is only half the battle for our military and security agencies. They also have to make intelligent use of the information after they receive it. E-mail Clarence Page at cpage@ tribune.com, or write to him c/o Tribune Media Services, 2225 Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Buffalo, NY 14207.

Hertford County Animal Shelter is located in rural northeastern North Carolina. The county seat has a population under 1,000. We are the little guys, the Davids of shelters. Have you ever wanted an opportunity to make a big difference in a small way? Help PAWS of Hertford County, Inc. win $10,000 in Care2’s America’s Favorite Shelter Contest. Go online to PAWSofHertfordCounty.com and VOTE. Help us win for our puppy and cat room, spaying and neutering, vet bills, food and litter. Help us slay the giants! Every vote is important to the cats and dogs at the Hertford County Animal Shelter waiting for a forever home. Please help us help them. JoAnn Jones, chairman PAWS of Hertford County Inc.

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