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Commerce secretary tells Granville audience that some signs are positive
By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer
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
New advice: Skip mammograms in 40s, start at 50
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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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