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Construction slump costs city millions BY PAM HAYNES ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

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A city water tank is under construction along U.S. 311 Bypass near Cedrow Drive.

HIGH POINT – Signs of a lagging construction industry crippled by a slow economy can be found in parts of the city’s revenue and operations. The revenue the city usually sees in permits and inspections from residential and commercial real estate, as well as renovations or remodeling projects, dropped drastically last year, said High Point Planning Director Lee Burnette. The High Point Economic Development Corp.’s 2009 annual report, released last week, also documents the drop in new construction. In 2009, the city issued $36.7 million in permits for new commercial projects and expansions, down from $158.1 million in 2008 and down from $175.2 million in 2007, according to the report.

Burnette said the institutional side of construction had fared better in the city last year than the residential or commercial sectors. The city saw some relief last year from construction projects at High Point University, Guilford Technical Community College, several churches and other institutional organizations, he said. “New buildings in general are down across the board,” he said. “We saw institutional (construction) heighten, but now it’s flattened as well.” When presenting the High Planning and Development work program for fiscal 2010-2011 to the High Point Planning and Zoning Commission this week, Burnette said the department had shifted its focus from construction inspections to local code enforcement actions after construction began to drop last year.

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“As inspections and permits have gone down, we’ve shifted our focus to code violations,” he said. “About this time last year, as their caseload began to decline, we started giving some of our construction inspectors public nuisance cases.” Code enforcements include public nuisances such as overrun lots or homes that don’t meet the minimum housing code. He said the department will continue to shift its focus from building permits and inspections to code violations. “We’ve seen some interest pick up, and there may be some housing pickups soon with programs in place like the homebuyer’s tax credit,” he said. “But as it stands right now, we aren’t seeing any new developments.”

Susan D. Brown was named market president for High Point for Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Co. She will manage relationships with business banking clients and will be responsible for bringing new business relationships to Wachovia.

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Fifth in a six-part series. BY DAVID NIVENS ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

GUILFORD COUNTY – Chris Hemric wants to follow in his father’s footsteps into aviation. And the Aviation Academy at T. EDUCATION W i n g a t e Andrews 2010 High School in High The Point could classroom be a way of the 21st for him to century do it. ■■■ DAVID NIVENS | HPE Hemric, 13, was one Chris Hemric, 13, takes a look at an Andrews Aviation Academy simulator program during a recent Guilford County of many middle school Schools Magnet Schools Fair. students who played with a flight simulator com- Fair where the Academy boro. “I’m glad Guilford helps kids find something education in the 21st cenCounty has these choices that interests them.” puter program during a sponsored a booth. tury, and Guilford County Hemric’s father works for students,” said mothrecent Guilford County Magnet schools are Schools Magnet Schools for HondaJet in Greens- er Rhonda Hamric. “It more common in public MAGNETS, 2A

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Panel OKs Thomasville business permits BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

THOMASVILLE – Thomasville City Council next month will consider a proposal to mandate that all business owners purchase permits from the city, a panel of City Council members decided Wednesday. During a special-called meeting at City Hall, members of the city’s Personnel/Finance Committee agreed to send a fee schedule to City Council for consideration. Depending on the type of business, fees

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More details. 2A range from $2.50 to $50. Councilman Scott Styers recommended forwarding the fee schedule to Council. Also attending were Councilmen Neal Grimes, Ronald Bratton and Raleigh York Jr., chairman of the city’s Personnel/Finance Committee. Styers recommended that City Council direct staff to bring a business privilege

license program “online” as quickly as possible, but under “no circumstances any later than Jan. 1, 2011, and sooner if possible.” Prior to Styers’ recommendation, City Manager Kelly Craver informed the committee that “there are multiple factors involved in determining the time required to have the program fully functional.” Earlier this month, the city’s Personnel/Finance Committee, which revisited the topic of business permits after it was tabled in 2008, reached a consensus that they wanted to charge

each business in Thomasville a flat fee of $50. Craver said Wednesday that further investigation of general statutes and inquiries to other cities that implement business privilege programs eliminated the possibility of a totally flat system. During Wednesday’s committee meeting, members expressed their views on an implementation timetable. If the City Council decided next month to implement a program, Bratton suggested that the city’s planning department handle the program. Earlier,

Craver said it would take four to six months to train an employee to handle the business privilege license program. Craver said the city’s finance department is estimating revenues from the program would be $18,750 for the first year of operation. He also said $49,235 would be budgeted for a new employee’s salary and benefits, with the entire program costing an estimated $74,160 for the first year of operation.

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Easter egg hunt Former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford poses for a photograph with Orie Lindler (from left) Anna Louise Lindler and Bradley Lindler during the annual First Lady’s Easter Egg hunt in Columbia, S.C. Children between ages 3 and 8 who were hospitalized during the past year were invited to the event at the Governor’s Mansion.

Traffic stop leads to drug charges BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

DAVIDSON COUNTY – Davidson County sheriff’s deputies arrested a motorist on drug charges and seized marijuana and cocaine after an interstate traffic stop earlier this week, the sheriff’s office reported. The sheriff’s Interstate Criminal Enforcement Unit stopped a 2003 GMC Yukon on Interstate 85 South about noon on Tuesday near mile marker 94 outside Lexington when deputies suspected the vehicle of having improperly tinted windows, deputies said. The vehicle’s license tag information indicated it was registered in Sanford. During the course of the stop, officers noticed the smell of marijuana emanating from the SUV, which gave

them probable cause to conduct a search of the vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office. Officers located small amounts of cocaine and marijuana within the vehicle. The exact amounts of contraband seized were not disclosed by investigators. The occupant, Randy Thomas Goss, 36, of Stem, N.C., was arrested and charged with felonious possession of cocaine, misdemeanor possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, which is a misdemeanor, according to the sheriff’s office. Goss was jailed under a $5,000 bond and has an appearance scheduled for April 27 in Davidson County District Court, authorities said. pkimbrough@hpe.com | 888-3531

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Instructor arrested for teaching while drunk THERMAL, Calif. (AP) – A Southern California school teacher has been arrested for allegedly teaching while drunk. Toro Canyon Middle School teacher Tonya Neff was taken to the Indio jail Tuesday afternoon and booked for investigation of felony child endangerment. Administrators at Thermal’s Toro Canyon Middle School told the Riverside County Sheriff’s Depart-

ment that the 47-year-old teacher was apparently intoxicated on campus. Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Tapp says Neff had taken prescription drugs and alcohol and an alcoholic beverage was found inside a container. Coachella Valley school district Superintendent Ricardo Medina says there was never a threat to Neff’s seventh-grade students. Neff has been placed on leave.

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Under a proposed schedule, business permit fees would vary on the type of business. Home occupation (day care, beauty shop), retail, general business, wholesale, manufacturer, service and warehousing businesses would be required to pay an annual fee of $50. The fee schedule specifically states that businesses, such as car washes, chain stores and branches, check-cashing businesses, collection agencies, licensed contractors, dry cleaners, flea markets, fortune tellers, florists, weapons dealers, mobile home sales, and tobacco warehouses would be required to pay an annual fee of $50. Auto dealers, bicycle dealers, dance studios, miniature golf and video rental or sales would be some of the businesses that would be required to pay an annual fee of $25. Nail salons would have to pay $2.50 per manicurist and hotels would have to pay $1 per room. Because of the uncertainty of when the program could be up and running, City Council could make the ordinance effective July 1, 2010 and decide at a later date when to begin charging fees.

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Schools is no exception. Nationally, they gained popularity in the 1970s as a means to enhance school desegregation by making the schools more attractive to both parents and educators. Magnet schools tend to draw in students of different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds with similar educational interests. The academy at Andrews is designed to steer students in a number of career directions, from aircraft sales to piloting to aerospace engineering. Industry leaders say the high school program will help fill a need for local talent in growing aviation fields. District officials are working on ways to tie the academy to the Montlieu Math and Science Academy and the Welborn Academy of Science and Technology, both in High Point. “The Montlieu program could be a good feeder for Welborn and that could feed to the high school,” Superintendent Mo Green said recently. “This is a good opportunity to attract parents and for students to do better academically.” The new program is starting slowly. Magnet schools often are supported with grants by related industries and the federal government. “This academy is an excellent opportunity,” Democratic Commissioner Bruce Davis of High Point said during a recent budget workshop with district officials. “But the dollars count too. Maybe we could work out something with HondaJet.” Students learn aviationrelated science and math

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as well as opportunities to work on and around aircraft. Students can gain up to 30 hours of college credit while they are still in high school and apply for a scholarship to complete courses toward an associate’s degree at Guilford Technical Community College. “I’m excited about this school and the relationship it can have with GTCC,” Democratic Commissioner John Parks of High Point said during the same meeting. The school system is using more than $1 million in federal grants to start one year of planning and two years of implementation the aviation program. It will tie into GTCC’s aviation systems technology program. The community college has the only aviation-technology training school in North Carolina. dnivens@hpe.com | 888-3626

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• Montlieu Math and Science Academy: District officials will install a refreshed 21st century technology theme which will bring more computers to the school. Total enrollment, 420 students, 80 in the magnet. Tests: Performance Composite, 40 percent, 2009; 32 percent, 2008 to rank 64th among 67 district elementary schools. Funding: $7,750 per student to rank 26th. • Parkview Elementary A+ Cultural Arts: The school will partner with Penn-Griffin School of the Arts, a performing arts magnet, as part of an Expressive Arts theme. Total enrollment, 420 students, 155 in the magnet. Tests: Performance Composite, 38 percent, 2009; 40 percent 2008, to rank 66th. Funding: $7,300 per student to rank 31st. • T.W. Andrews High School: 830 students; Tests: Performance Composite, 48 percent, 2009, 44 percent, 2008, to rank 23rd among 25 high schools; Funding: $8,600 per student, ranking seventh.

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Man sentenced to prison for killing NC teen WINSTON-SALEM (AP) – A man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison in the shooting death of a North Carolina teen nearly three years ago. Multiple media outlets reported that 20-year-old Francisco Javier Ramos pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder and assault and battery with a deadly weapon. Fifteen-year-old Chelsey

Powers was killed when a man shot into a crowd in Winston-Salem in 2007. Her twin sister escaped injury but another teen was hurt. Prosecutors say Ramos was trying to buy marijuana. Superior Court Judge John Craig sentenced Ramos to 16 to 20 years in the murder plea and from AP 7 to 10 years on the assault Katrina McCandies (from left) , mother of Chelsey Powers, Ciera Powers, twin sister of Chelsey Powers and Assischarge, with the sentences tant District Attorney Lizmar Bosques exit the court after the murder plea hearing of Francisco Ramos in Winstonto run consecutively. Salem Tuesday.

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MORGANTON – As owners and businesses approach Friday’s deadline to get rid of video and gaming machines in Burke County, towns and cities across the state are debating what to do about the parlors. Rich Ducker, a professor of public law and government at the UNC School of Government, said the consensus from government leaders around the state is the businesses are legal. He said some jurisdictions see the businesses the same as any other. Others view them “not

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The city’s zoning says the businesses have to be a certain distance from churches, schools and similar businesses. Grover Mayor Robert Sides asked Cleveland County commissioners in January to put a moratorium on the businesses for at least 60 days. The commissioners put off a decision for a work session. Terry Jordan, zoning administrator for the city of Morganton, said such businesses are uncharted territory. Jordan said there is nothing in Morganton’s city ordinance to keep the businesses out. While city

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Obama issues low-key order on abortions WASHINGTON (AP) – Anything but jubilant, President Barack Obama awkwardly kept a promise Wednesday he made to ensure passage of historic health care legislation, pledging the administration would not allow federal funds to pay for elective abortions covered by private insurance. Unlike Tuesday, when a beaming Obama signed the health care law in a nationally televised ceremony interrupted repeatedly by applause, the White House refused to permit coverage of the event. It occurred in the Oval Office in the presence of a small group of anti-abortion Democratic lawmakers who had extracted the commitment over the weekend. The president supports abortion rights. The political maneuvering occurred as the FBI announced it was investigating threats received by about 10 Democratic lawmakers in recent days in apparent connection with the intensely controversial health care law. “All threats and incidents directed

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We must stand up to this government takeover We, the people ... thought we elected a president. It has become crystal clear he understood it was dictator. A large majority of U.S. citizens did not want his health care legislation and preferred Congress start from scratch and address the real issues and costs carefully. Instead, what took place was the clearest and loudest statement in American history of “citizens be damned.” The majority members of Congress who are charged to represent the people and protect against such abusive seizure of power by a president, either acknowledge him as dictator or totally reneged on their responsibility. So now our government that has bankrupted every major service for which it has been responsible controls one-sixth of our economy as well as your health and that of your loved ones. Are you finally sufficiently fed-up to speak up, stand up, and actually do something or have you already accepted changing USA to USSA, “Un-united Socialist States of America”? Long ago it worked to contact our representatives to inform them how we felt. That has become a total sham; they no longer care. We need to change their title from “representatives” to “lords.” About 550 individuals are now controlling the lives of 300 million of us. On the surface, doesn’t that sound somewhat stupid to you? They see this recent corrupt legislative fiasco as completely proper since they know what is best for us and our families. What makes this even more ridiculous is that these self-anointed “elites” are actually our employees. When the people are ready to quit watching our freedom evaporate before our eyes, they

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Check many sources for your information on topics I have listed below the site in question for Bill McKenzie as well as a few others for readers to scrutinize. That’s all that is required for an individual to make determinations concerning truth. Familiarity with any and all information available allows one to intelligently come to conclusions. Apathy is the nation’s most serious enemy. Ignorance is bred from apathy and unfortunately both loom as a dangerous disease in our country. The links below are for anyone interested to read and then decide the accuracy for themselves. Their decision on what is factual

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and what is not is between them and their own common sense and values. That’s our right for the short-term at least. Act accordingly to facilitate convictions. Do not be influenced by anyone or anything that has a self-serving agenda. Facts are as readers determine them to be. I ask please always glean all available information from all sources and watch and listen. The extreme factions in our country can and will sway all who follow by blind ignorance. Know your choices before you choose. Today’s choices have ramifications that do indeed affect our survival as a nation and a free people. As for McKenzie’s rude March 16 response, which I expected, thank you. I do however urge him to go over the previous site again and discredit any part as well as the other offerings. Concerning reading comprehension, I would think a minimal amount would convince one of the strong socialistic leanings. Also as for McKenzie having no political objective, I would like to know how many readers believe that. My

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ACORN fall sprouts bad court ruling S t’s not really surprising that the once nationally powerful organization ACORN has fallen. The Chicago-based community action group announced Monday that it was disbanding because of declining revenues, although new splinter groups of the organization are sprouting up across the nation. ACORN, which stood for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, appeared headed for this fall after a scandal six months ago led Congress to ban the organization from receiving more federal funding. ACORN had received tens of millions in federal funds over its 40-year history. But puzzling is the court ruling that grew out of congressional action to sever ACORN’s funding ties. Earlier this month, a federal judge reiterated an earlier ruling that congressional action against ACORN and affiliated groups was unconstitutional because it singled them out. In a lawsuit filed by ACORN, its attorney argued the funding cutoff was a violation of Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution because ACORN was being punished without a trial. The attorney argued that Congress was wrong to be judge, jury and executioner and stop ACORN funding because of allegations of wrongdoing. We ask, where in law school are the seeds of such ridiculous thinking planted? Groups are not entitled to federal funds. They are earned and good stewardship is required. The action by Congress was not to punish ACORN, it was to protect the taxpayer. We don’t say this often: Thank you, Congress.

motivation is the survival of the greatest country in the world. By the way, that is the United States of America. • http://jillosophy.blogspot. com/2010/01/rogues-gallery-ofobama-appointees.html • http://www.keywiki.org/index. php/Barack_Obama_and_Democratic_Socialists_of_America • http://therealbarackobama. wordpress.com/2010/03/15/ loudon-obamas-faith-adviser-jimwallis-mixes-with-socialists-radicals-and-truthers/comment-page1/#comment-19017 • http://www.wnd.com/index. php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65066 • http://www.westernjournalism.com/?page_id=3930 ALAN PRIDDY Thomasville

Amy Kremer, coordinator of o it turns out that, contrary to what I the Tea Party Express, went on argued in this space a few weeks back, Fox News to dismiss what she racism is not “a major component” of the called an “isolated” incident. so-called Tea Party movement. I am informed Your first instinct may be to of this by dozens of Tea Party activists indigcede the benefit of the doubt on nant and insulted that I would even suggest that one. It seems unfair to tar such a thing. nine reasonable people with the In other news, Tea Party protesters called OPINION hateful behavior of one lunatic. John Lewis a “nigger” the other day in the But ask yourself: when is the shadow of the U.S. Capitol. For the record, Leonard last time organizers of protests Lewis wasn’t their only target. Pitts on other hot-button issues – say, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver was spat upon. ■■■ abortion rights or globalization Rep. Barney Frank, who is gay, was called – had to apologize for “isolated “faggot.” incidents” like these? But it is Lewis’ involvement that gives the Moreover, given how often tea party leaders Saturday incident its bittersweet resonance. have been forced to disavow hateful signs and The 70-year-old representative from Georgia slogans and even the presence of organized is, after all, among the last living icons of the white supremacist groups in their midst, is it Civil Rights Movement. Or, as Lewis himself really fair to use the word “isolated”? put it, “I’ve faced this before.” Is there not a rottenness here? And is not the Indeed. He faced it in Nashville in 1960 when unwillingness to call that rottenness by name he was locked inside a whites-only fast-food part and parcel of the reason it endures? restaurant and gassed by a fumigation maNo, my argument is emphatically not that chine for ordering a hamburger. every American who opposes health-care He faced it in Montgomery in 1961 when a reform is a closet Klansman. Certainly, people group of Freedom Riders was attacked and he can have earnest and honest disagreements was knocked unconscious for riding a Greyabout that. hound bus. But by the same token, as these “isolated” Most famously, he faced it on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma 45 years ago this month incidents mount, as the venom and the vitriol when his skull was fractured by Alabama state increase to the point where even proxy words no longer suffice, it insults intelligence to deny troopers who charged a group of demonstrathat race is in the mix. tors seeking their right to vote. Not that the denial surprises. In the very arc of his life, Lewis provides Often we tell ourselves lies to spare oura yardstick for measuring American progselves truths. Had you asked them, the people ress. The fact that he rose from that bridge to become a member of Congress says something who locked John Lewis inside that restaurant, the ones who mauled him at that bus station about this country. But the fact that people and smashed him down on that bridge, would demonstrating against health-care reform not have said they acted from a rottenness chose to chant at him, “Kill the bill, nigger!” within. well, that says something, too. No, like the ones who called him “nigger” Which is why Tea Party leaders have spent half a century later, they would have told you much of the last few days spinning the inthey were good people fighting for principle, cident, deflecting renewed suggestions that trying to save this country from the liberals, their stated fears – socialism, communism, the socialists and the communists. liberalism – are just proxies for the one fear They would not have said they were racists. most of them no longer dare speak. Some Racists never do. even faxed the McClatchy Newspapers news bureau in Washington to suggest, without LEONARD PITTS JR., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize offering a shred of evidence, that the episode for commentary, is a columnist for the Miami Herald. E-mail was sparked by Democratic plants within the him at lpitts@miamiherald.com. crowd.

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President Barack H. Obama, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. 20510; (202) 456-1414 U.S. Senate Sen. Richard Burr (R) 217 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-3154, (202) 228-1374 fax Sen. Kay Hagan (D) 521 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6342, (202) 228-2563 fax

U.S. House Rep. Virginia Foxx (R) (District 5), 503 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; (202) 2252071 Rep. Howard Coble (R) (District 6) 2468 Rayburn Building, Washington D.C. 20515; (202) 2253065; (202) 2258611 fax; e-mail: howard.coble@ mail.house. gov; web site: www. house. gov/coble Rep. Mel Watt (D) (District 12), 1230 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; (202) 2251510

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games n all the years I have together. written a column Too dull. in this space, I have A waste of often written about how time. to help students become 7. Give litmore successful readers. tle rewards I truly believe the large for reading. banner that hangs in my LESSONS Stickers, classroom: Reading Is LEARNED plastic Succeeding! toys, and I have not, however, Paula especially ever written a column Williams money. about how to raise a ■■■8. Don’t nonreader. First of all, expect your what parent ever intends children to enjoy readto do that? That is why ing. Kids’ books are for I was struck by a poster instructional purposes hanging just outside my only. principal’s office that is 9. Buy only 40-watt titled “Thirteen Ways to bulbs for your lamps. Raise a Nonreader.� 10. Under no circumThe ideas come from stances read your child Dean Schneider and the same book over and Robin Smith and were over again. Once a child published in the March/ has heard it, they will reApril 2001 issue of The member it and be bored. Horn Book Magazine. 11. Never allow a child Here are their 13 ideas to listen to books on tape. with a few additional That’s cheating. suggestions thrown in. 12. Easy books are a They really are food for complete waste of time. thought if you are in Kids should only read the midst of “raising a challenging books. reader.� 13. Absolutely, posi1. Never read where tively NO reading in bed. your children can see (This one really made me you. 2. Put a TV or computer laugh because my granddaughter, Deanna, absoin every room including lutely loves to read “by bedrooms and kitchen. flashlight� in bed with all Keep them on at all the lights off! You should times. try it sometime – it’s re3. Correct your child every time he or she mis- ally fun!) Developing good readpronounces a word. ing habits as well as a 4. Schedule activities love for reading is a huge every day after school challenge for all parents so your child never gets and teachers. I hope bored. Children should this list gives you some never have to entertain points to ponder as you themselves and should never pick up a book just approach this important task with a child you for fun. know and love. 5. Once your child can read independently, PAULA GULLEDGE WILthrow out the picture LIAMS lives in High Point and books. They’re for babies. And you don’t need teaches at Pilot Elementary to bother to read together School in Greensboro. Her columns appear on this page every anymore. other Thursday. 6. Don’t play board

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oday, Washington is so focused on expanding the size and influence of our federal government at the expense of taxpayers that they are overlooking one of the greatest security risks facing our nation – our failing education system. Our broken education system is failing America’s children while countries around the world, our own global competitors, are making dramatic strides in educating their future work forces. The consequences to this failure cannot be underestimated. A 2007 study from Columbia University revealed the scope of the consequences of simply failing to earn a high school diploma. High school graduates are healthier and more productive. They are far less likely to be dependent on government social services. In tax dollars alone, a high school diploma translates into upwards of $150,000 in the lifetime contribution of one person. High school dropouts make up over 50 percent of state prison populations. Across the board, the benefits from a well educated population are tangible and undeniable, and yet nearly three out of 10 American students now fail to graduate from high school. Looking at the results coming out of our current education system, I cannot help but be deeply alarmed. As detailed in The New York Times, Congress heard testimony recently from education experts on the state, national, and international level as part of the culmination of a year-long effort

by state leaders to establish new academic standards. Andreas Schleicher, of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OPINION (OECD) Directorate for Education, testiMichael fied that, “Among Reagan OECD countries, ■■■only New Zealand, Spain, Turkey and Mexico now have lower high school completion rates than the U.S.� He went on to say that, “If the U.S. would raise the performance of schools by a similar amount, that could translate into a longterm economic value of over $40 trillion.� The personal and economic benefits from a strong education system are clear. Moreover, in a global market, American students must compete in an increasingly educated, productive world. The moment we can no longer keep up, we will have surrendered our national prosperity and security. In light of this, our country now faces a decision regarding the proposed standards, which encompass achievement goals in English and math from kindergarten through 12th grade. I am pleased that governors and local educators took the lead on his project, but it is my conviction that we must walk a careful line

as we move forward in establishing protocols for our education. Schleicher’s testimony also revealed that most other successful countries, while utilizing national standards, give local schools a greater degree of freedom from regulation than the American system currently does. So long as federal taxpayer money goes to schools across the country, the government is right to demand accountability and a return on the investment. But when federal control threatens to stifle the creativity and productivity of our local schools, we must step back and return power to our communities. Our children’s future, our country’s future, must never be a political pawn in the government’s all-too-familiar gambit for more control. We must equip our schools, our teachers and our children with all the resources they need to lead academically the way we know we can, the way we have done in the past. We must equip local school districts not only with financial resources but with an investment of trust and authority, so that our schools can focus on the business of education, not bureaucracy. MIKE REAGAN, the elder son of the late President Ronald Reagan, is spokesperson for The Reagan Nation and chairman and president of The Reagan Legacy Foundation (www.reaganlegacyfoundation.org). E-mail comments to Reagan@caglecartoons.com.

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PETA says octuplets mom ponders offer to save home LOS ANGELES (AP) – Things have appeared to be going to the dogs for octuplets’ mom Nadya Suleman, who is in danger of losing her home. Now it turns out that dogs – and cats, too – might be able to keep a roof over the heads of Suleman and her 14 children.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals heard of a planned foreclosure on Suleman’s California house and has offered an undisclosed sum to put a sign in her front yard: “Don’t Let Your Dog or Cat Become an Octomom. Always Spay or Neuter.�

the Census Bureau said Wednesday. The figures are part of daily data the bureau is publishing on 2010 mailback participation for the U.S., broken down by state, county, city and zip code. Officials are hoping that state and local governments will use the data to promote friendly competitions as to who can get the best response

by the end of the census mail-back period in late April. “We’re off to a pretty good start,� said Census Bureau Director Robert Groves. The census data, available on interactive Google maps, reflect forms received as of Tuesday. Lower responses in some areas could be caused, at least partly, because parts

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Bradley said nothing during the two-minute hearing. Bradley, who was arrested in December, is being held in lieu of bail that Graves raised to $4.7 million. The 471 counts against Bradley include rape, sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful sexual contact, continuous sexual abuse of a child,

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Roughly 100 million households to go. One week after U.S. census forms were mailed to 120 million households, about 20 percent of the nation has completed those forms and sent them back. That number puts the government on its way to matching or surpassing mail participation rates in 2000 of 72 percent,

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Court weighs competency of murder defendant BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

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The winning Hasty team confers following a question. Members of the team are Jackson Mishoe (from left), Sevanah Jacoby, Morgan Miller, Santana Bailey, Caleb Smith and Katie Wooten. Not shown is team member Cheyenne Rogers.

They are the champions BY DARRICK IGNASIAK ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

DAVIDSON COUNTY – Hasty Elementary students and faculty members Wednesday continued celebrating the school’s title of 2010 Battle of the Books champions for Davidson County elementary schools. Competing against 17 elementary schools in the Davidson County Schools system, Hasty Elementary won the title Tuesday at Denton Elementary School. It was the first time the school had ever won the competition since Battle of the Books started four years ago on the elementary level. Thomasville area schools did well in the competition, with Pilot finishing a close second, Fair Grove

placing third and Friendship fourth. “I’m so proud of them,” Rhonda Florence, Hasty Elementary’s media coordinator, said of her team. “They worked really hard. They deserve all the credit.” For the competition, students were told to read 12 books, which many at Hasty Elementary read three or four times, according to Florence. Several students on the Hasty Elementary team also started reading the books last summer. After capturing the title Tuesday, Toni Embler, Hasty Elementary’s data manager, congratulated her school’s team by singing “We Are The Champions.” The celebration continued Wednesday, with the school being presented a trav-

eling plaque during morning video announcements. Stacy Wooten, the team’s assistant coach and substitute teacher at Hasty Elementary, had her daughter on the school’s team. A total of 90 students had expressed interest on being on the team. “I had never been so excited,” Wooten said. “I was more nervous and excited for them than if I would have been up there. All of those kids, I feel like they are all now my babies, too. I was so thrilled.” Hasty Elementary’s team consisted of Santana Bailey, Sevanah Jacoby, Morgan Miller, Jackson Mishoe, Cheyenne Rogers, Caleb Smith and Katie Wooten. dignasiak@hpe.com | 888-3657

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Members of the second-place Pilot team are Hannah Whitley (from left), Felio Torres, Claire Medlin, Sydney Williamson and Morgan Edly.

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HIGH POINT – A state mental health expert who examined Robert Demetrius Williams testified in a High Point courtroom Wednesday that, in his opinion, the murder defendant faked psychotic illness. During a competency hearing for Williams, Dr. Charles Vance, a forensic psychiatrist at Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, said the 21-year-old’s erratic behavior was contrived when he was treated there last year. At times, Williams was catatonic and mute, but later exhibited manic behavior. “I’ve never seen someone truly psychotic show that degree of day-to-day variability,” Vance testified. “There are many reasons why a defendant would feign mental illness. I don’t know what Mr. Williams’ might have been.” Williams is charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 22, 2004, shooting death of 22year-old Anthony Briggman Jr. at 707 Hines St. in an apparent drug-related robbery that went bad. Williams’ trial has been delayed several times since his 2006 arrest at the request of defense attorneys. He is one of six people from Bennettsville, S.C., charged and the first to stand trial in Briggman’s death. His court-appointed lawyer, Barry Snyder, requested the competency hearing to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand trial. According to Snyder, doctors at a mental health facility in South Carolina diagnosed Williams as psychotic or schizophrenic. Snyder has argued that Williams has exhibited bizarre and self-destructive behavior that calls his competency into question. “I cannot say with certainty (Williams) does not have a psychiatric condition,” Vance said. “My opinion is, he is malingering. I also think he doesn’t have a psychiatric condition, although I can’t rule that out.” Prosecutors maintain Williams contrived his symptoms to avoid trial and is competent. Superior Court Judge Ronald E. Spivey of Forsyth County presided over the hearing and will decide whether Williams is competent to proceed to trial.

Members of the Fair Grove team, which finished third, are Madison Jones (from left) Aubrey Dial, Caroline Sutphin, Breanna Slate and Chase Poole.

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Board to consider school changes ENTERPRISE STAFF REPORT

GUILFORD COUNTY – School officials will consider adjusting magnet school themes and school improvement plans tonight. Montlieu Math and Science Academy would focus on technology and Parkview A+ cultural arts would offer more arts specialties if the Board of Education approves the suggested magnet theme changes during a 6 p.m. meeting in Greensboro. District officials began

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Magnets: The Guilford County School District operates 50 magnet programs in 44 schools – 18 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, one high school and one alternative school. Performance: District officials are working to improve 10 schools on the state’s low-performing list. looking at Bluford Communications and Hampton Leadership Academy in Greensboro and the High Point schools because they met less than 70 percent

of district academic and curriculum target goals. Montlieu and Parkview A + are on the district’s list of 10 low-performing schools. Students from across the

county can attend magnet schools offering a focus they can’t get at their neighborhood schools. Parents told district officials in several meetings they want to keep some aspects of the existing themes. School officials must make a decision soon so they can apply for grant funding. At Montlieu, the 21st century technology theme would bring more computers to the school. Parkview would partner with PennGriffin Middle School,

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which also is a performing arts magnet as part of an expressive arts theme. District officials also are facing grant deadlines for improvement programs for low-performing schools, including Oak Hill Elementary in High Point. The district must choose a reform plan as soon as April 30 to be eligible for grants. To qualify for a federal grant, school officials must agree to a restructuring program that could include some staff changes.

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Kendall Hagar, an incoming freshman this fall at High Point University, was recently named as one of the 2010 9Kids Who Care – an honor bestowed upon nine area young people who go far beyond the ordinary in serving their community. The honor is awarded to the kids by 9NEWS, a TV station in Denver. Hagar is a native of Centennial, Colo.

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Victoria Ann Speciale HIGH POINT – Victoria Ann Speciale, 59, of High Point died March 11, 2010, at her home. She was born January 13, 1951, in Brooklyn, NY. Her family was the center of her life. She enjoyed shopping. Ms. Speciale will be remembered as a very strong, caring and giving person with a big heart. Ms. Speciale is survived by two children, Jennifer Stanley and husband Jimmy Dean Stanley and Christina Marie Montalto and husband Nicolo Montalto all of High Point, one grandson Sebastian Taylor Stanley and her parents Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Vilkauskas of New York. She is also survived by her closest friend Robert Speciale of New York and her dog Sonny. A Mass of the Resurrection will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 29, 2010, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church with the Reverend Jack J. Kelly OSFS, officiating. The family will greet friends following the service. Online condolences may be made at www. cumbyfuneral.com. Arrangements by Cumby Family Funeral Service in High Point.

Ellis N. Brown DENTON – Ellis N. Brown, 85, died March 24, 2010, at Mountain Vista Health Park. Services will be private. Briggs Funeral Home in Denton is serving the Brown family.

C.L. Sumpter HIGH POINT – Mr. C.L. Sumpter, 62, of High Point died Monday at the GrayBrier Nursing Center. Born October 25, 1947, in Lenoir, NC Mr. Sumpter is a son of the late Grady Anderson Sumpter and Jessie Coffey Sumpter. He is a graduate of Lenoir High School and High Point College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. On April 16, 1971, he married the former Susan McGeogh. He was the District Sales Manager of the Southern Region, for Frigidaire Home Products (which later became Electrolux). Mr. Sumpter was an avid golfer and was best known for his quick wit and sense of humor. He had an amazing repertoire of stories and jokes that he loved to share. In addition to his parents, Mr. Sumpter was preceded in death by a sister-in-law Susan Clark Sumpter. Mr. Sumpter is survived by his wife Susan McGeogh Sumpter of High Point, two sons Michael Joseph Sumpter and Sarah of High Point and Matthew Scott Sumpter and wife Laura of Apex, NC, and his devoted Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, “Chap.� Mr. Sumpter is also survived by two brothers, Gary Sumpter and wife Ann and Grady Sumpter all of Lenoir, father and mother-in-law James and Marguerite McGeogh of Silver Spring, Maryland, brother-in-law Edward McGeogh and wife Debbie of Laytonsville, Maryland, sisterin-law Donna McGeogh Himmelfarb and husband Dan of Gaithersburg, Maryland, five nieces and nephews, four great nieces and nephews and special cousins Dale and Maxine Matheson of Lenoir, NC. A memorial service to celebrate the life of C.L. Sumpter will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday in the sanctuary of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church with the Reverend Ashley Crowder Stanley and the Reverend Dave Howard officiating. The family will receive friends in the Asbury Room following the service. Entombment services will be private. The family wishes to express heartfelt thanks to all the nurses and staff of the GrayBrier Nursing Center. Your exceptional care was always extended with a special blend of love, patience and humor. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be directed to The GrayBrier Nursing Home, 116 Lane Drive, Trinity, NC 27370. Please designate for the Pet Therapy Program (veterinary expenses, food and supplies for mascot dog “Graycie�.) Online condolences may be made at www.cumbyfuneral.com. Arrangements by Cumby Family Funeral Service in High Point.

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THOMASVILLE – Minnie Abrams Hargraves, 67, died March 23, 2010, at Bowerwood Drive. Funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at hairston Fuenral Home, Martinsville, VA.

HIGH POINT – Beulah Bowman, 50, of Gavin Street died March 24, 2010, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by S.E. Thomas Funeral Service.

Roberta “Bobbi� Hill THOMASVILLE – Mrs. Roberta “Bobbi� Hill, 69, a resident of Jordan Street died Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Forsyth Medical Center. She was born on November 21, 1940, in Guilford County to Gilmer DeLappe and Jessie Jarrell. She was a homemaker and a member of Full Gospel Freewill Holiness Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Cheryl Tran and her twin sister, Rebecca Baker. Surviving are two sons, Mike Hill and wife Dreama of Chesterfield, VA and Kevin Hill and wife Amy of Thomasville; daughter, Karen Kollar and husband Thimi of Stedman, NC; brother, Jody Jarrell of Kernersville; nine grandchildren, Christopher Tran, Kimberly Tran, Jessica Tran, Heather Tran, Michelle Kollar, Dalton Kollar, Lindsey Hill, Hannah Hill, and Hayden Hill; and eight great grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 27, 2010, at Full Gospel Freewill Holiness Church with Rev. William T. Hutchins officiating. Interment will follow in Floral Garden Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 7-9 p.m. at Thomasville Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent www.thomasvillefh. com.

J. Douglas Bray THOMASVILLE – J. Douglas Bray died peacefully, at home, in Thomasville, NC early Sunday morning, 21 March 2010. “The Colonel� was 89 years young. He worked as a mortgage loan officer for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company in Greensboro, NC before moving to Columbia, SC to work in the same industry. He returned to his childhood home of Thomasville, when his wife, Dorothy Baumgardner Bray died. He then married Juanita Lee Lloyd in 1992. He was a member of Memorial Methodist Church, Colonial Country Club and the North Carolina National Guard. He was a combat veteran of World War II and Korea and received many awards including the Bronze Star. He made four “Holes in One� at CCC and shot his age too many times to remember. He is survived by two loving sons, four adoring grandchildren and five beautiful greatgrandchildren. A very brief memorial service will be held at the family plot in the Thomasville City Cemetery on Saturday, 27 March 2010 at noon. In lieu of flowers, Daddy would wish you to do something nice for a member of the North Carolina National Guard.

Annie B. McCormick HIGH POINT – Annie B. McCormick of Franklin Avenue died March 24, 2010, at her residence. Funeral service is incomplete. Arrangements entrusted to Gilmore Funeral Service.

Bessie Young LEXINGTON – Bessie Surratt Young, 78, died March 24, 2010. Funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Becks Lutheran Church. Arrangements by Davidson Funeral Home Lexignton Chapel.

WINSTON-SALEM – Mrs. Twana Faye Witherspoon Howard died March 22, 2010, at Wake Forest University Medical Center. Funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Hooper Funeral Home, Winston-Salem. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Margaret Smith HIGH POINT – Mrs. Margaret Hester Smith, 84, of The Wesleyan Arms died March 24, 2010, at Hospice Home at High Point. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Cumby Family Funeral Service on Eastchester Drive.

Patricia M. Aumick HIGH POINT – Ms. Patricia May Aumick died March 23, 2010, at the Hospice Home at High Point. Funeral will be held at a later date. Arrangements by Cumby Family Funeral Service in High Point.

Lonnie “Bo� Carter LEXINGTON – Lonnie Francis “Bo� Carter, 99, of Frank Hulin Road died March 20, 2010, at Hinkle Hospice House. Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Ezekiel AME Zion Church. Visitation will be held at 1:30 p.m. Arrangements are in the care of Roberts Funeral Service, Lexington.

GOP leaders want NC to sue on health care RALEIGH (AP) – North Carolina Republican leaders want state Attorney General Roy Cooper to sue and try to block the massive health care overhaul signed into law by President Obama. North Carolina’s five GOP members in the U.S. House, state Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger and state party Chairman Tom Fetzer all on Wednesday urged Cooper to join 14 other attorneys general challenging the constitutionality of the law pushed by Democrats. Berger told Cooper that protecting the constitution isn’t a partisan issue.

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Former McGraw-Hill CEO succumbs to natural causes NEW YORK (AP) – The chairman emeritus and former chief executive of McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc. has died of natural causes, the company said Wednesday. He was 92. Harold McGraw Jr. led the publishing and financial analysis company as CEO for eight years and never strayed far from his core belief that McGraw-Hill’s goal was to educate and inform. McGraw-Hill publishes trade magazines and educational materials, both print and online, and owns the Standard & Poor’s credit ratings agency. Although he was a grandson of company founder James McGraw, he worked his way up from sales representative to become CEO from 1975 to 1983, during which time the company’s revenue more than doubled and profit more than tripled.

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Perdue begins Medicaid fraud, waste prevention effort RALEIGH (AP) – Gov. Beverly Perdue said Wednesday that North Carolina can recover tens of millions dollars annually by shifting more Medicaid investigations from file cabinets to computer files that can be flagged for potential abuse and fraud in the state’s $10 billion system. Perdue rolled out the state’s latest effort to target patients or physicians who are gaming the system. The program will run Medicaid claims through a contractor’s software program, crunching raw electronic billing and other data to identify suspicious trends among the nearly 2 million Medicaid patients and 60,000 Medicaid providers in the state. Medicaid investigations have historically relied on paper documents and workers had trouble analyzing such data, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Other anti-fraud efforts, some using another computer program, have shown some success.

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A protester, Dante Strobino, is arrested outside the Wake County school board meeting as the board ends Wake County’s long-standing diversity policy Tuesday.

Wake County school board vote met with protests keep kids close to home. Reversing the diversity rules follows a cascade of similar shifts around the South, and particularly in North Carolina, which once was a model of desegregation. Racial tensions have lingered for weeks as the school board moved forward. State NAACP chief William Barber recently accused the new board majority of having “racist attitudes” after the chairman referred to his opponents as “animals out of the cages.” The NAACP supported the longstanding policy that uses socioeconomic background rather than race to assign students, and Barber continued to question the board’s plans during Tuesday’s meeting.

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ity and simply say I have chosen not to participate. I am met with blank stares and demands that I explain myself, and lectures about why I must “support the team.” I don’t feel my colleagues have any right to tell me what I should do with my money, but they obviously disagree and I am finding the situation very uncomfortable. Any suggestions? – Feeling Awkward in Australia

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Impromptu shrine to Shaniya Davis grows at site body found MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

SANFORD – Less than a half-mile off busy N.C. 87 on Walker Road is a memorial to a little girl whose brutal death sent shock waves through the Cape Fear region and beyond. Stuffed animals, cards, candles and messages of love have been piled into two makeshift shrines for Shaniya Davis. This is where the body of the 5-year-old girl was found six days after her mother reported her missing from her home in Fayetteville. An autopsy report re-

Feds accuse woman of stealing $32,000 RALEIGH (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a woman at a North Carolina Air Force base stole $32,000 from the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. Court documents filed on Wednesday accuse Tina M. Battko of converting the money to her personal use.

vealed that Shaniya had been raped and strangled. Her mother, Antoinette Davis, has been charged with prostituting her daughter. Mario Andrette McNeil, also of Fayetteville, is charged with killing and raping Shaniya. Most of the people who have paid homage to Shaniya never knew her. But they have been touched by the tragedy that made national headlines. The two makeshift shrines have been set up on the winding, rural road just south of Carolina Trace.

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The pressure to locate additional dollars in Medicaid is growing as state revenues stagnate and the state’s portion of the program is on track to cost $250 million more than budgeted this year. Medicaid is the federalstate government insurance program for low-income families and senior citizens, as well as people with disabilities. “There are better ways to do it in 2010,” Perdue said in a news conference held in a catherization lab at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. “This system has the capacity to identify potential fraud, waste and abuse and we’re doing it with the speed and efficiency that we never thought was possible before.” Perdue also wants to double the size of Attorney General Roy Cooper’s anti-fraud unit, so it can prosecute more lawbreakers, and she wants tougher laws to discourage fraud among health care providers. The initial effort won’t require a large state investment.

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Hayworth Christian The following students at Hayworth Christian School were named to honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2009-2010 school year: A Honor Roll: Grade six: Chelsea Davis, Regan King, Madison Labonte, Drew Mathison; Grade seven: Henderson Beck, Hannah Hagans, Seth Hodges, Madison Lomax; Grade eight: Stephanie Chang; Grade nine: Erica Lawrence; Grade 10: Brittany Farmer; Grade 11: Brittany Spencer. A/B Honor Roll: Grade six: Zach Cannon, Alexa Dodd, Emily Hoskins; Grade seven: Kellie Brown, Reid Butler, Rachel Hutton-Orr, Kailyn Rhue; Grade eight: Hailee Grissom, Colby Jones, Rachel Kennedy, Abbie Kingdon, Macy O’Brien, Coy Scarboro, Fletcher Swaim, Megan White; Grade nine: Whitney Poole, Taylor Sponaugle, Ashley Taylor; Grade 10: Rachel Horton, Meghan O’Brien, Ashley York; Grade 11: Laura Burbach, Seth Kingdon, Olivia Manning, Hannah Smith; Grade 12: Daniel Loggins, Hannah McMurtry, Kaitlyn O’Brien, Kennth Riffell , Joe Tatum, Andrew Turner.

The Piedmont School The following students at The Piedmont School received honors for the third quarter of the 20092010 academic year: A Honor Roll: Phillip Amos, Tim Christopher, Joe Johnson, Meaghan Lilly, Sydney Marenick, Jack Markun, Benjamin Medlin, Rachel Migliardi, Noah Nakayama, Zachary Pegram, Alex Porter, Jack Rindal, Benjamin Skidmore, Natalie Waldron, Edward Wright. A/B Honor Roll: Katherine Alford, Garrett Allman, Davis Armstrong, Britney Barricks, Mark Black, Connor Case, Lindsay Caylor, Denise Coleman, Lucas Escajeda, Christopher Frank, Jack Friend, Liam Gilchrist, Linsey Gillispie, Hansen Greeson, Benjamin Haile, Taylor Hicks, Kaleb Howell, Caroline Isaacson, Wayne Lewis, Joe Mahrt, Rafe Mahrt, Tori Marley, Anne Marie Martin, Christopher McAllister, Hillary Mieden, Kaylie Mills, Matthew Millsaps, Tatum Murrow, Cole Park, Christian Pickard, Connor Plunkett, Christopher Shell, Koyana Smith, Jessica Steadman, Selena Vincent, Jessica Wagner. Good Citizenship: Katherine Alford, Garrett Allman, Phillip Amos, Davis Armstrong, Britney Barricks, Mark Black, Lindsay Caylor, Tim Christopher, Denise Coleman, Christopher Frank, Jack Friend, Hansen Greeson, Benjamin Haile, Taylor Hicks, Caroline Isaacson, Joe Johnson, Meaghan Lilly, Joe Mahrt, Rafe Mahrt, Sydney Marenick, Jack Markun, Tori Marley, Anne Marie Martin, Christopher McAllister, Benjamin Medlin, Hillary Mieden, Rachel Migliardi, Kaylie Mills,

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Aidan Ganzert and Dominique Preudhomme, both students at Bishop McGuinness High School, recently were named North Carolina Junior Elon Scholars.

Yesterday’s Bible question: Who did God speak this blessing to: “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed”?

Spencer Mark Breeden of Lexington was nominated to the United States Merchant Marine Academy by U.S. Sen. Richard Burr.

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parsley and spicebush, to name just a few. The ideal flower for attracting hummingbirds is one that’s red and tubular (which is why hummingbird feeders look the way they do), but many other colors and forms also work Answers: For starters, well. try growing a butterfly bush (buddleia) or two. They attract both the hummingbird and the butterflies. Filling your yard with a wide variety of flowering plants is probably the best way to attract butterflies, because different species have different preferences, both in regard to sources of nectar and to host plants for their offspring. Spice bush and caryopteris are two other great shrubs. As for flowers, you could try verbena, cosmos, bee balm, purple coneflower, black-eyed Susan and of course butterfly weed and coreopsis. Host plants for butterflies larvae include plants such as milkweed, clover and Queen Anne’s lace, common paw paw, fennel,

My perennial blue salvia seems to be the biggest draw, although hollyhock, bee balm, trumpet vine, rose of Sharon and cardinal flowers are all good choices. The next time you put together a container planting, be sure to in-

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swer questions on horticultural topics. Karen C. Neill, an urban horticulture extension agent, can be contacted at the N.C. Cooperative Extension, 3309 Burlington Road, Greensboro, NC 274057605, telephone (336) 375-5876, e-mail karen_neill@ncsu.edu, on the Web at www.guilfordgardeMASTER GARDENERS will an- nanswers.org. anticipation of their return. For more information on hummingbirds and butterflies, go to the Web site www.ces.ncsu.edu/ nreos/forest/pdf/www/ www20.pdf

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ment, injections of cortisone drugs into the bald patches. Often such injections have to be repeated monthly. The cortisone blunts the immune attack. Other ways of doing the same are applying DPCP (diphenylcyclopropenone) lotion to the spots. Another treatment is patience. Quite often, the hair regrows spontaneously. A good omen for her is her age. Regrowth occurs more predictably at older ages. Dear Dr. Donohue: Three years ago, I had a stroke that left me with a mind that is still good. Within the past few months, I have started to develop essential tremor, and sometimes it is very bad. I take Lipitor, Toprol XL, Lotrel and Plavix. Is there anything that can help me with the tremor and not affect the other medicines I take? – R.H. Essential (also called familial) tremor is a common cause of shaking hands, and sometimes shaking head and shaking voice. The tremor comes on when a person moves the hand or arm. Bringing a spoonful of soup to the mouth can be an impossible challenge. One popular remedy is Inderal (propranolol), a beta blocker. You’re taking another beta blocker, Toprol. That makes Inderal a less-than-good choice for you. Primidone, however, is a totally different medicine, and it has a good record for controlling essential tremor. It’s not off limits for you.

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I continue a series on defensive signals. I expect most players think they know the meaning of a deuce, but in fact a deuce may send more than one message. Today’s West led the ten of hearts against South’s game: four, deuce, six. Ignoring his partner’s signal, West led another heart, and South took the ace, drew trumps and lost a club finesse. East exited with a club, but South cashed the clubs and led a diamond to dummy’s queen. East was endplayed.

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DAILY QUESTION JUDGMENT Defenders must use signals with judgment. A deuce may say “I have no strong opinion”; it may say “I can handle a shift”; it may say “Shift!” Here, East had many hearts from which to choose so his deuce demanded a shift – to a diamond since that shift was most logical. If dummy played low, East could win and exit with a heart, and South would lose a club and another diamond. South misplayed. He could succeed by winning the first heart, drawing trumps and exiting with a heart. Later, he could

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Thursday, March 25, 2010 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Marcia Cross, 48; Sarah Jessica Parker, 45; Elton John, 63; Aretha Franklin, 68 HAPPY BIRTHDAY: This is a year jampacked with opportunity and fast-paced deals. Prepare to give your all to whatever your cause, project, plan or goal. Be self- assured, focused and ready to counteract any pitfall that stands in your way. Personal relationships will get a long, overdue shakeup that will resolve pending problems. Your numbers are 4, 6, 15, 17, 23, 33, 41 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Love, socializing or networking will bring you the most satisfaction and can enhance your relationships with the people important in your life. You will discover something quite profitable by joining forces with someone able to contribute equally. ★★★★★ TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A quiet, secretive approach will allow you to do your research so you have your facts and figures ready should you be faced with resistance. Focus on yourself and your surroundings. Don’t let an emotional issue turn into an argument. ★★ GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Someone may be secretive. Don’t let your suspicious attitude cause you any grief. Go about your business and you will soon find out what’s going on. Short trips will bring about a chance to get ahead. ★★★★ CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take any opportunity you get to clear up odds and ends personally and professionally. The less you leave unfinished, the better you will feel about your future plans. Don’t hesitate to try something totally different. ★★★ LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Make enjoyment your prime concern. Love is in the stars and can help you make decisions regarding your future location and residence. A change will allow you greater opportunities and will open the door to all sorts of interesting activities. ★★★ VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t let a financial expense that belongs to someone else end up coming out of your pocket. Getting involved in a creative hobby will lead to new friendships. Offer suggestions to a group that shares your mindset. ★★★ LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll have plenty to mull over, especially when it comes to personal and professional dealings. Don’t let emotions influence what you decide to do. Base your choices on what suits you long-term. Organization and good planning is all it will take to be successful. ★★★★ SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may anger someone if you have to make a change of plans. An old friend or lover will make you consider changes that will affect your home, life and status. Before you make a decision, evaluate how it will affect your lifestyle. ★★ SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Bring on the good times but don’t shun someone in the process. If you leave anyone out, you will pay dearly for your mistake. Get approval before you make a change that will upset your home, family or friends. ★★★★★ CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll face some problems while traveling. Don’t mess with authoritative figures that can make your life miserable. An emotional situation can be avoided if you spend time nurturing a relationship that you care about. ★★★ AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Go back to some of the people you have worked with in the past and you will discover new opportunities. Your love life will pick up if you share your experiences and offer suggestions. Taking care of personal obligations is a must if you want to start fresh. ★★★ PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Incorporate some of the new skills you have picked up while researching or watching how someone has turned a hobby into a service. Being proactive will draw greater interest to what you have to offer. ★★★

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Copper sharks feed on sardine shoals off the coast of South Africa. an overview, then separate one-hour episodes broken into animal groups like mammals, primates, insects and birds. Two separate one-hour episodes are running each Sunday through April 18. “Life” claims many filming firsts. The cameras catch gobies in Hawaii climbing waterfalls to lay their eggs, a hummingbird courtship ritual, dolphins creating circles of mud to catch prey, more than a dozen polar bears dining on a whale carcass and Komodo dragons patiently poisoning a water buffalo for two weeks until it dies.

Plants also get an episode, where time-lapse photography is used to show the entire growing season in a woodland. Photographers needed patience. They often had to wait days or weeks just to get the specific shots they were look-

ing for, Bunting said. Then, it could all happen in a matter of seconds, like when a pebble toad rolled down a mountain in order to escape a tarantula. It was a requirement that the crews do nothing to alter the behavior of

the creatures, he said. “Life” is the most expensive project the network has ever embarked upon – executives won’t say how much it cost – and is being done partly to mark Discovery’s 25th anniversary this year.

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GO!SEE!DO! Hall at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. $25, $5 for students. Ticketmaster, www.greensborosymphony.org “SILVER SCREEN and Red Carpet,” a pops concert by the North Carolina Symphony, will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. South St., Raleigh. Soprano Heather PattersonKing will performed with the symphony. $30-$45, (919) 733-2750, www. ncsymphony.org

“Curious George Live!” will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday, 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday at the Greensboro Coliseum, 1921 W. Lee St.

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“CURIOUS GEORGE LIVE!” will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday, 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday at the Greensboro Coliseum, 1921 W. Lee St. In the musical stage production, the little monkey character is on a mission to help Chef Pisghetti save his restaurant by winning a world-famous meatball competition. $14 for all seats except Gold Circle tonight; $14, $20 and $27, Ticketmaster

“SONGS IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR” will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. The concert for voice and piano is a world premiere by N.C. composer Kenneth Frazelle. It is in conjunction with the Reynolda exhibit “William Christenberry: Photographs, 1961-2005.” It features Frazelle playing keyboard and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Laurelyn Dossett. $12, $8 for members, 758-5150 RONNIE MILSAP performs at 8 p.m. Friday at the Carolina Theatre, 310

STEPHEN FREEMAN and his Echos of a Legend Showband perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Liberty Showcase Theatre, 101 Fayetteville St., Liberty. Freeman is from Thomasville, and he does an Elvis Presley tribute act. $25 in advance, $28 at the door, $40 with dinner (reservations required), 622-3844, www.libertyshowcase.com, www. stephenfreeman.com

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IDOL, a talent show for advanced ASL students, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Elliott Center Auditorium, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The show is to honor Michael Jackson, and it includes signed interpretations of his hits. $5, free for members of the deaf community GOSPEL SINGING will be held 6:30-8 p.m. every Tuesday at Bojangles, 2630 N. Main St.

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including the latest Shrek sequel. This month, 3-D went small screen when Samsung and Panasonic began selling their first 3-D television sets for about $3,000 each. “It’s just a hot technology,” Reed said. “So I don’t see any reason why we shouldn’t use it for the purpose of connecting with younger people.” Most of the shows the network converted to 3-D had already aired, and its priority was to expose viewers to its range of offerings rather than to elicit any sort of “wow” factor.

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far more adept at that outreach, he said. But if the 3-D shows aren’t compelling, he said, it could backfire by reinforcing the notion that the Catholic Church is out of touch. “In some ways, it’s better to look like retro 2-D than bad 3-D,” he said. “Hip is a moving target. James Cameron is up more on that than Pope Benedict.” CatholicTV, based in Watertown, Mass., is jumping into 3-D in a year when an unprecedented 19 3-D movies are scheduled for release,

A GOSPEL MUSIC concert will be given at 6 p.m. Saturday at Asheboro High School Auditorium, 1221 S. Park St. Performers are Ivan Parker, The Greenes, The Hoppers, The Anchormen, Brian Free and Assurance.

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“FRENCH FARE with Stars of Tomorrow” will be performed by the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 tonight in War Memorial Auditorium at the Greensboro Coliseum, 1921 W. Lee St., and at 8 p.m. Saturday at Dana Auditorium at Guilford College, 5800 W. Friendly Ave. Soloists are violinists Stefani Collins, cellist Julian Schwarz and harpist Hannah Blalock. Pre-concert chats will be held at 6:45 tonight and 7 p.m. Saturday. $36, $31, $26, $21, $5 for students, $2 discount for seniors A related chamber music performance will be held lat 8 p.m. Friday in the School of Music Recital

JEFF AND SHERI EASTER perform gospel music at 7 p.m. Saturday at James Garner Center, 210 Burnette St., Troy. Proceeds go to the West Montgomery Lions Club. $20 reserved, $15 at the door (704) 985-6987)

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“FREAKY FRIDAY,” the movie, will be shown at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at Jamestown Public Library, 200 W. Main St. Free

S. Greene St., Greensboro. The country singer has won six Grammy Awards, and he is touring in support of his latest release, “Just for a Thrill.” $32.50, $29.50, $22.50, plus a $1.50 per ticket service charge, 333-2605

WAKE FOREST University sponsors the following performances in Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center, on the campus in Winston-Salem: • All-Bach faculty recital by violinist Jacqui Carrasco, flutist Kathryn Levy, pianist Peter Kairoff – 7:30 tonight, free; • Guest artist concert by Jon Schmidt, arranger – 79 p.m. Friday; $5 general admission, $10 premium seating; • Student recital by violinist Daniel Ruehr with pianist Joanne Inkman – 3 p.m. Saturday; free; • Italian pianist Giovanni Battel – 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

$20, (828) 297-3030 TATE STREET Coffee House, 3334 Tate St., Greensboro, sponsors the following: • Jazz Jam with the Jazz Men – 7 tonight; • Mark DeHaven –8 p.m. Friday; • Poetry – 8 p.m. Saturday; • Jake & the Burtones – 8 p.m. Sunday; • Laura Boswell – 8 p.m. Monday • English Society Poetry Night – Wednesday. 275-2754

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GO!SEE!DO! Yadkin River Theory, Mr. Gnome – 9 p.m. Tuesday, $5; • Open mic – 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, free. 777-1127, www.the-garage.ws

Reading A POETRY READING by John McAuliffe and Ralph Black will be given 7-8:15 tonight in Hanes Art Gallery, Scales Fine Arts Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem. McAuliffe is director of the Centre for New Writing at Manchester University in England, and he holds the Heimbold Chair in Irish studies at Villanova “Vernancularities� will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the UNCG University. Black teaches Dance Theater, Walker Avenue and Kenilworth Street, The University of North Caro- at State University of New lina at Greensboro. York at Brockport. Free Stage at 8 p.m. todaySaturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at 610 Coliseum Drive, Winston-Salem. The musical features the songs of Elvis Presley and tales of romance. $18-$22, 7254001, www.twincitystage. org

Dance “VERNANCULARITIES� will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the UNCG Dance Theater, Walker Avenue and Kenilworth Street, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It is a master’s degree thesis concert by Loren

Groenendaal. Works are inspired by ritual forms of dance. $12, $9 for seniors and children , $6 for UNCG faculty and students, 3344849

A CONTRA DANCE will be held Tuesday at The Vintage Theatre, 7 Vintage Ave., Winston-Salem. A newcomer lesson will be given at 7:30 p.m., and the dance begins at 10 p.m. Participants are asked to bring clean, soft-soled shoes. Atlantic Crossing will provide music, and Louis Cromartie will call dances. $7, $5 for full-time students

Party A HIP-HOP SKATE party will be held Friday night at Skate World, 1955 W. Mountain St., Kernersville. $10

Clubs THE GARAGE, 110 W. 7th St., Winston-Salem, has the following shows: • Open mic comedy –9:30 tonight, free; • Malcolm Holcombe, Brian Doub, Last Train Home – 8:30 p.m. Friday, $12; • Max Indian, Ryan Gustafson, Light Pines – 9:30 p.m. Saturday, $5; • Herb and Hanson,

Film REYNOLDA FILM Festival continues today-Saturday with film screenings and talks by industry representatives at Annenberg Forum, Carswell Hall, Wake Forest University, WinstonSalem. The following films will be shown at 8:15 p.m., and discussions precede them 6:30-7:45 p.m.: • “Beeswax,â€? about twin sisters living in Austin, Texas, with discussion, “The Storyteller’s Art,â€? by scriptwriters Josh Olson and Angus MacLachlan – tonight; • “Any Given Friday,â€? about a successful football

High Points this week Filmmaker SPIKE LEE will speak at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Wait Chapel, Wake Forest University, WinstonSalem. The award-winning film producer, director and writer will present “Spike Lee: Following Your Dreams� in conjunction with Reynolda Film Festival. $5 for the public, free to WFU students, faculty and staff, www. reynoldafilmfestival. com/Spike

Easter eggs NATURAL EGG dyeing will be demonstrated 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday

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EW YORK – The Americans who populate the ABC series “FlashForward� are, on balance, a morose lot. And justifiably so: They are paralyzed by their 137-second visions of the future, part of a weird global bout of unconsciousness in which all humans see glimpses of their lives at the same moment six months onward. The main character, recovering alcoholic FBI agent Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes), sees a tomorrow in which he’s drinking again and pursued by killers. His wife, Dr. Olivia Benford (Sonya Walger), sees herself intimate with another man – a potentially dangerous man. Benford’s partner, Demetri Noh (John Cho), is haunted by his complete lack of a vision – and his certainty that the blackness means he’s going to die. And from Nicole Kirby (Peyton List), a 19-year-old struggling with what she saw in her flash-forward, comes this intriguing bit of pretzel logic: “How do I atone for something I haven’t done yet?� The second show of the new season of “FlashForward� is at 8 p.m.today. All of this is not merely science fiction, though it fits nicely into the crop of weird-twists-on-reality programming in recent years – “Lost,� “Fringe� and “Life on Mars� among the offerings. With its meditations on inevitability, this show taps into something far more fundamental about the American character: the ability to shape our tomorrows. America started, for the most part, with a group of people – the Massachusetts Puritans – who believed that no matter

what they did in this world, they were predestined to a certain lot in the afterlife. In short, though good behavior was required, the activities of life weren’t worth much in the context of eternity.

But that quickly became the antithesis of what America was all about. This quickly became a society whose hallmark was the ability to write your own story, to shape what came next for you and yours.

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meditation of minimalism and African-American history through 14 sculptures, eight works on paper and an on-site installation in the Weatherspoon atrium.

“IMAGES FROM THE GREEN TABLE: Photographs by a Randolph County Photographer� opens Friday and continues through April 13 at Circa Gallery, 123 Sunset Ave., Asheboro. Routh, a professional photographer based in Greensboro, lives on his family’s farm in Grays Chapel. An opening reception will be held 5-8 p.m. Friday.

“SIMPLE COMPLEXITY� continues through May 14 in Mendenhall Building at Davidson County Community College, Lexington. It features works by 14 artists in a variety of media.

SOUTHWINDS GALLERY, 132 W. Mountain St., Kernersville, sponsors “Happy Hour� 4-7 p.m. Saturday. Works by oil painters Gail Mahood Morris and Marguerite “Marty� Tennille will be displayed, and music will be performed by guitarist Craig Burris. 993-0818

“BOTANICALS in High Definition and Portraits with Pulchritude - Fine Art by Judy Meyler� continues through Wednesday at Winter Light Gallery and Art Studios, 410 Blandwood Ave., Greensboro. Hours are 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. “FIGURATIVE WORKS Exhibition� continues through April 27 in Sechrest Gallery, Hayworth Fine Arts Center, High Point University, 833 Montlieu Ave. It features drawings of the human figure from private collections and artists, dating from the 1930s to the present, in a variety of media. It also includes sculpture. Hours are 1-5 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays. 841-4685 “TELL ME A STORY� continues through Aug. 31 at The Doll & Miniature Museum of High Point, 101 W. Green Dr. It features dolls from children’s literature, including Raggedy Ann and Andy and Edith the Lonely Doll. It is on loan from United

“NEW GENERATION of Seagrove Potters� continues through April 10 at the North Carolina Pottery Center, 233 East Ave., Seagrove. The exhibit features the works of 15 Seagrove potters younger than 40. “WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY: Photographs, 1961-2005� continues through June 27 at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. The exhibit includes 58 photographs, one sculpture and three signs intended to chronicle the passage of time on

buildings, back roads and landmarks in rural Hale County, Alabama, the artist’s former home. A film, “William A. Christenberry Jr.: A Portrait,â€? will be shown at noon today. 758-5580, www.reynoldahouse.org THEATRE ART GALLERIES, 220 E. Commerce Ave., sponsors the following exhibits through April 9: • “Foment,â€? abstract images by Ross Holt of Asheboro – Gallery B; • “Sports Exhibited,â€? a group exhibit of sportsthemed pieces by members of North Carolina Society of Illustrators – Main Gallery; • “Tarleton’s Quarter,â€? Revolutionary War reenactment photos by Holt – Hallway Gallery. 887-2137 “EXISTED: LEONARDO DREWâ€? continues through May 9 at Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Spring Garden and Tate streets, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The exhibit is a mid-career survey designed to examine Drew’s ongoing

“ALONG THE SILK ROAD: Art and Cultural Exchange� continues through June 5 at Ackland Art Museum, 101 S. Columbia St., Chapel Hill. It features more than 60 pieces created along the

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“A LAND OF LIBERTY and Plenty� continues through Wednesday at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 924 S. Main St., WinstonSalem. Items are from the museums collection of Georgia-made objects, including furniture, a sampler worked by Mary Smallwood circa 1778 and a ceramic jar. 721-7360, www.mesda.org

“AMERICAN EXPATRIATES: Cassatt, Sargent and Whistler� continues through April 25 at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road, WinstonSalem. It focuses on the group of young American artists in the mid-19th century who moved to Europe to live, work and study. 758-5150, www. reynoldahouse.org

“THE ANDES OF ECUADOR� continues through May 30 at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. The painting, the largest and most ambitious work of Frederic Church’s career, was completed in 1855, following the 27-yearold artist’s first trip to Columbia and Ecuador. 758-5150, www.reynoldahouse.org

“BARBIE – Simply Fabulous at 50!� continues through July 5 at the N.C. Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh. In addition to dolls that represent 50 years of the American icon, the exhibit includes 16 personal

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“LANDSCAPES OF PAINT� by Bruce Shores continues through Wednesday at The Artery Gallery, 1711 Spring Garden St., Greensboro. Shores is an instructor of visual arts at High Point University. The exhibit is composed of 18 small landscape paintings of rural farmland and coastal scenes of North Carolina. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. 274-9814, www.arterygallery.com

Federation of Doll Clubs, Region 8, and The Swell Doll Shop in Chapel Hill. Special events, including Saturday Story Time for children, will be held. Visit the Web site www.dollandminiaturemuseum. org for a schedule. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. $5 for adults; $4 for seniors, groups and students older than age 15; $2.50 for age 6-15, free for age 5 and younger

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“ONLY SKIN DEEP? Tattooing in World Cultures� continues through Aug. 28 at the Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem. It explores the history of tattoos and their meanings in different cultures. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Free, 758-5282

“Images From The Green Table: Photographs by a Randolph County Photographer� opens Friday and continues through April 13 at Circa Gallery, 123 Sunset Ave., Asheboro.

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THE HUMAN FORM in drawing, painting and sculpture is the focus of an exhibit that continues through April 27 at Sechrest Gallery, Hayworth Fine Arts Center, High Point University, 833 Montlieu Ave. Artists whose work is on exhibit include local sculptor James Barnhill, who created the General Nathaniel Greene Revolutionary War hero sculpture in Greensboro; Bruce Shores (paintings, drawings), who teaches at HPU; Virginia Rose Campbell (drawings and oil portraits that date back to the 1930s), a former resident of Trinity. Exhibit hours are 1-5 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 841-4685

ACKLAND ART Museum, 101 S. Columbia St., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, sponsors two exhibits through May 9. “Color Balance: Paintings by Felrath Hines� includes 14 paintings and four drawings from the 1960s to Hines’ death in 1993. The paintings are recent gifts to three museums from the painter’s widow. The exhibit opens at the Ackland before traveling to other museums. “Jacob Lawrence and The Legend of John Brown� includes Lawrence’s famous 1977 suite of 22 screen prints that chronicle the life of the famous and controversial 19th-century abolitionist. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays; 1-5 p.m. Sundays; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. on the second Friday of the month. (919) 9665736

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE UNDERSIGNED, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Delores S h e a n C o p e , deceased, formerly of Guilford County, this is to notify all person, firms and corporation having having claims against the Estate to present them to Dwight G. Cope, c/o James G. Williams, IV, 11234 N. Main St., Suite 310, Archdale, NC 27263 on or before June 20th, 2010 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their right to recover. All persons, f i r m s a n d c o r p o r a t i o n s indebted to said Estate shall make prompt payment to the undersigned at the address of the attorney. This the 10th March, 2010.

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Maid Service seeks honest, mature, hardworking women. Weekday hours. Comp. includes base pay, car allowance, bonus, & tips. Apply 131 W. Parris Ave., Ste. #14, High Point.

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Hiring Line Cooks, Apply in Person: Fri, Sat & Sun 8-11am or 3-6pm. 920 Randolph St, Thomasville. Experienced Friendly Waitstaff & Take out Person needed. Apply in peron. Sanibel’s 2929 N. Main St. No Phone Calls Please. Place your ad today & do not forget to ask about our attention getters!! Waitstaff experience wa n te d a t A u st in ’s Restaurant- 2448 N. Main St. HP

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Printing Company located in south High Point is seeking employees to run printers, frame prints and handle quality control. Not factory work, customer service skills a must. Hours 10-5 M-F. Pay starts at $8/hr. Please visit us on March 23rd & 25th between 10-3pm at 645 Mcway Drive, High Point, NC 27263

Local High Pointe community seeking HVAC Maintenance Supervisor and also Full Time Leasing Consultant both positions require experience in apartment setting. Pre employment testing include drug screening, background and credit checks. Reply in confidence to box 989, C/O High Point Enterprise, PO Box 1009, High Point, NC 27261

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FRONT Desk Clerk & Night Auditor, F/T & P/T. Exp. a plus. Apply at Country Inn & Suites in Archdale.

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2012 English ............4050sf 619 N Hamilton........ 2400sf

724 English........... 1200sf 131 W Parris............ 330-795sf

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651 Ward ...............38,397sf 2415 English Rd..........21485sf

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2112 S. Elm ............... 30,000sf 2505 Surrett ................ 8000sf 1125 Bedford ............ 30,000sf

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600 SF Wrhs $200 400 SF Office $250 T-ville 336-561-6631 70,000 ft. former Braxton Culler bldg. Well located. Reasonable rent. Call day or night. 336-6256076 Almost new 10,000 sq ft bldg on Baker Road, plenty of parking. Call day or night 336-625-6076 Medi cal Off/ Retail/ Showroom/Manufac. 1200-5000 sqft. $450/mo. 431-7716 It;s all in here today!! The Classifieds Office 615 W English 4300 sf. Industrial 641 McWay Dr, 2500 sf. Fowler & Fowler 883-1333

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SHOWROOM 207 W. High .........2500sf 422 N Hamilton ........ 7237sf

404 N Wrenn........6000sf 307 Steele St ............. 11,050sf 135 S. Hamilton ......... 30000sf

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Condos/ Townhouses

2BR/BA, Stove, Refrig, W/D, D/W, 802 English Ct, Trinity. Call 689-8291 /431-6256

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Homes Furnished

Furnished 1 bdr house incl utilities. 7 mins from Downtown HP, $650. Call 869-3714

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Homes Unfurnished

1 Bedroom 313 Allred Place...............$315 217 Lindsay St ................ $400 2 Bedrooms 709-B Chestnut St.......... $350 711-B Chestnut St ........... $375 316 Friendly Ave ............. $375 713-A Scientific St........... $395 1140 Montlieu Ave .......... $400 2301 Delaware Pl............ $400 318 Monroe Pl ................ $400 309 Windley St. .............. $425 5928 G. Friendly Ave............$700

205 Nighthawk Pl ........... $895 5056 Bartholomew’s... $950

3 Bedrooms 201 Murray St ................. $375 704 E. Kearns St ............ $450 805 Nance Ave .............. $450 500 Woodrow Ave ......... $500 105 Bellevue Dr. ............. $575 302 Ridgecrest .............. $575 1033 Foust St. ................ $575 352 Wingo St ................. $600 3503 Morris Farm Rd . $1150

1200 Wynnewood .........$1400 Call About Rent Specials Fowler & Fowler 883-1333 www.fowler-fowler.com

Equipment/ Building Supplies Electronic Equipment/ Computers Farm & Lawn Flowers/Plants Food/Beverage Fuel/Wood/Stoves Furniture Household Goods Jewelry/Furs/Luxury Livestock/Feed Corner Market Merchandise-Free Miscellaneous Musical Instruments Office Machines/ Furniture Sporting Equipment Storage Houses Surplus Equipment Swimming Pools Tickets Wanted to Buy Wanted to Swap

YARD/GARAGE SALE 8000

FINANCIALS 5000

1200 Corporation ..............3000sf

Place your ad in the classifieds!

2010

2100

4470 Nursing 4480 Painting/Papering 4490 Paving 4500 Pest Control 4510 Pet Sitting 4520 Photography 4530 Plumbing 4540 Professional Service 4550 Remodeling 4560 Roof/Gutters 4570 Schools & Instructions 4580 Secretarial Services 4590 Septic Tank Service 4600 Services Misc. 4610 Special Services 4620 Stump Grinding 4630 Phone Sales/ Service 4640 Topsoil 4650 Towing 4660 Tree Work 4670 TV/Radio 4680 Typing 4690 Waterproofing 4700 Welding

WAREHOUSE

Buy * Save * Sell

Management

F/T Property Manager needed. Multi-Family HUD experience a must, tax credit preferred, not required. Basic computer skills, and a good attitude a must. Fax resume with desired salary to 1-866-924-1611. EOE

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SERVICES 4000

Buy * Save * Sell 2BR, 1BA, House or Duplex Move in Specials. Call 803-1314 2BR house, fenced backyard, carport, storage building, behind T-vill Hospital. $575 mo + $575. dep. Call 336-689-6440 302 Lawndale-2br 212 Edgeworth-1br 883-9602 3 BEDROOMS 603 Denny...................... $750 601 E. Lexington............. $725 602 Lake ........................ $575 1014 Grace ..................... $575 281 Dorothy.................... $550 1511 Long........................ $525 1414 Madison ................. $525 205 Guilford ................... $495 1439 Madison................. $495 205 Kendall .................... $495 920 Forest ..................... $450 1217 Cecil ....................... $425 4846 Pike ....................... $400 1215 & 19 Furlough ......... $375 2 BEDROOMS 2847 Mossy Mdow ........ $850 1100 Westbrook.............. $750 3911 D Archdale.............. $600 208 Liberty ..................... $550 1806 Welborn ................. $495 8798 US 311.................... $495 8798 US 311 #2............... $495 906 Beaumont ............... $475 3612 Eastward ............... $465 302 Avery....................... $450 320 Player...................... $425 215-B W. Colonial........... $400 600 WIllowbar ................ $400 1035 B Pegram .............. $395 304-A Kersey................. $395 502 Lake ........................ $375 1418 Johnson ................. $375 1429 E Commerce ......... $375 517 Lawndale ................. $375 913 Howard.................... $365 10812 N. Main................. $350 802 Barbee .................... $350 503 Hill St ....................... $350 606 Wesley.................... $325 415 A Whiteoak.............. $325 1311 Bradshaw ...............$300 1730 B Braves ................ $295 1 BEDROOMS 2921 Archdale ................ $375 311 E. Kendall ................. $350 313 B Kersey .................. $340 205 A&B Taylor .............. $285 1007 A Park .................... $250 529 A Flint ...................... $250

KINLEY REALTY 336-434-4146 3BR/2BA, 2100sqft. Pilot School Area. No Pets. $850/mo + dep. Call 336-408-1304 Where Buyers & Sellers Meet

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3BR/2BA, Denton area, $500/mo. 2BR/2BA, T-ville, $600/mo. 870-0654 3BR/2BA Goldfish Pond in Garden, Cent H/A. $895 472-0224

Airplanes All Terrain Vehicles Auto Parts Auto/Truck Service/ Repairs Autos for Sale Boats/Motors Classic/Antique Cars Foreign Motorcycle Service/ Repair Motorcycles New Car Dealers Recreation Vehicles Rental/Leasing Sport Utility Sports Trucks/Trailers Used Car Dealers Vans Wanted to Buy

2170

Homes Unfurnished

4 BEDROOMS 112 White Oak.........$1195 3700 Innwood ........$1195 622 Dogwood ........ $895 3 BEDROOMS 1000 Ruskin............ $895 1312 Granada ......... $895 509 Langdale ..........$750 2705 Ingleside Dr ....$725 1700-F N.hamilton ... $625

813 Magnolia .......... $595 726 Bridges.............$575 1135 Tabor...............$575 2415 Williams ......... $550 1020 South ............. $550 2208-A Gable way .. $550

601 Willoubar.......... $525 1605 Staley............. $525 324 Louise ............. $525 1016 Grant .............. $525 919 Old Winston ..... $525 2209-A Gable Way .. $500 2219 N. Centennial.. $495 127 Pinecrest...........$475

1019 Montlieu ..........$475 1606 Larkin............. $450 502 Everett ............ $450 328 Walker............. $425 322 Walker............. $425 2 BEDROOM 2640 2D Ingleside $780

1048 Oakview......... $650 213 W. State........... $600 101 #6 Oxford Pl ..... $535 1540 Beaucrest ...... $525 1420 Madison......... $500 204 Prospect ......... $500 920 Westbrook ...... $495 419 Peace ...............$475 16 Leonard ............. $450 215 Friendly ............ $450 1198 Day................. $450 1707 W. Rotary ....... $450 111 Chestnut ........... $450 1101 Blain ................ $450 700-B Chandler...... $425 12 June................... $425 205-A Tyson Ct...... $425 1501-B Carolina ...... $425 1100 Wayside ......... $400 321 Greer ............... $400 324 Walker............. $400 713-B Chandler ...... $399 204 Hoskins ........... $395 2903-A Esco .......... $395 1043-B Pegram ...... $395 908 E. Kearns ........ $395 1704 Whitehall ........ $385 601-B Everett ..........$375 2306-A Little ...........$375 501 Richardson .......$375 1635-A W. Rotary ....... $350

1206 Adams ................$350 1227 Redding...............$350 305 Barker...................$350 406 Kennedy...............$350 311-B Chestnut............$350 1516-B Oneka..............$350 309-B Griffin ................$335 3006 Oakcrest ............$325 4703 Alford ..................$325 313-B Barker ...............$300 1116-B Grace ...............$295 1711-B Leonard............$285 1517 Olivia.....................$280 1515 Olivia.....................$280 1 BEDROOM 1123-C Adams ........ $450 1107-B Robin Hood........ $425 1107-C Robin Hood . $425

620-A Scientific .......$375 508 Jeanette...........$375 1119-A English......... $350 910 Proctor............. $325 305 E. Guilford ........$275 309-B Chestnut ......$275 502-B Coltrane .......$270 1228 Tank............... $250 1317-A Tipton.......... $235 608-A Lake ............ $225 CONRAD REALTORS 512 N. Hamilton 885-4111 Archdale , New 3BR 2BA, $800 month. Call 336-431-7716 AVAILABLE RENTALS SEE OUR AD ON SUN, MON, WED & FRIDAY FOR OUR COMPLETE HOUSING INVENTORY

600 N. Main 882-8165 3br 1 ba, Pilot School area, $475 mo. + $475. dep. Call 336408-1304

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Homes Unfurnished

Furnished Luxury 3br Townhome, w/ 2 car ga rage, an d Courtyard, Orchard Knob, $1350. per mo. Call 252-725-5375 N E E D S P A C E ? 3BR/1BA. CENT H/A CALL 336-434-2004

Nice 2BR/1BA, 6201 Modlin Grove Rd., HP, $500. mo. + dep. Call 312-5592 2BR Central Air, carpet, blinds, appls., No pets. 883-4611 LM

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Manufactured Homes

Nice 2BR MH in Quiet Park. $400/mo + $350dep req. Ledford Area. 442-7806

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THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE

Rooms AFFORDABLE rooms for rent. Call 491-2997

Furnished Rooms, Women Only. W/D, Cable, Near Hospital area. 336-987-1798 LOW Weekly Rates a/c, phone, HBO, eff. Travel Inn Express, HP 883-6101 no sec. dep.

Rooms, $100- up. No Alcohol or Drugs. Incld Util.. 887-2033

3040

Commercial Property

1800 Sq. Ft. Davidson County, Conrad Realtors 336-885-4111 30,000 sq ft warehouse, loading docks, plenty of parking. Call dy or night 336-625-6076

3060

Where Buyers & Sellers Meet

4480

Painting Papering

SAM KINCAID PAINTING FREE ESTIMATES CALL 472-2203

1.3 ac. 2400 sf. house $89,900. David. Cty. brokr-ownr 4752600

Vacation

6040

Clean 2br, 1ba, central ac, water incl, NO Pets $200 dep. $100. wkly, 472-8275

SCOOTERS Computers. We fix any problem. Low prices. 476-2042

A Better Room 4U HP within walking distance of stores, buses. 886-3210/ 883-2996

AKC Maltese Male Pup, Black point, 1st shots, health cert., $500. Cash Call 336-431-9848

4410 3030

Cemetery Plots/Crypts

2 Plots at Floral Gardens Section S, Value $3200, Selling $2900 ea. 336-240-3629 Nice Plot section T in Floral Garden Cemetery. $2500. 882-9132

Musical Instruments

Everett Piano with Bench. Walnut Finish. EC. $700. Call 336475-7757 for details.

7380

Wanted to Buy

BUYING ANTIQUES. Old Furn, Glass, Old Toys & Old Stuff. 1pc or all. Buy estates big/small. W/S 817-1247/ 788-2428 BUYING ANTIQUES Collectibles, Coins, 239-7487 / 472-6910

He athly Ne utered 8 mo old cat. Black/White. Inside only. UTD on shots. Call 336-475-3487

Landscaping Yardwork

Lawn Care

C & C Lawn Care. Mow, trim, aerate, fert., etc. Res & comm. 434-6924

6030

9110

High Point Hampton Park Community Garage Sale. Sat. 3/27 8am-11am, Btw Skeetclub and Old Mill Rd. off Johnson St.

9120

Movies, Misc items. Sat 3/27, 8a-1p. 4212 Cr eekview Dr, Kynwood Village Trinity

PLYMOUTH Concorde 1951. Sale or TradeNeeds restoring. $2100 firm. 431-8611

8015

Yard/Garage Sale

2 Family Yard Sale, 1 Moving Out, 1 Sold a 2nd Home. Don’t Miss Out! Sat 3/27, 8am2pm. Rain or Shine. 1352 & 1364 Bayswater Dr, Crosswinds Townhome off Westover. It;s all in here today!! The Classifieds

Pets

12 Blue Pitt Puppies. Parents ABDA & UKC Reg. Call for information 336-307-3757 or 336-989-0430

4 Family, 5892 Ashbrook Cir. Sat 3/27, 7am-1pm. Tools, Fishing equip, Clothes, Kid’s Stuff & Misc

Yard Sale Friday 7until TV, Jewelry armoire, Brown Leather Chair & Ottoman, Pictures, Stove, DW, Easter Decor., Leap Pad, Vtech. Blair Dr. Robins Nest.

Classified Ads Work for you! Yard Sale Sat 3/27, 7am-12pm. 914 Frendale Dr, 2-3X Men’s Shirts, Computer Desk, Thomasville Server, Children’s Clothes & Toys, Lots of Good Stuff

Boats/Motors

87 Wellcraft, 175 HP, good condition, 1 owner, $4000. Call 476-0928

Classic Antique Cars

FORD ’69. SELL OR TRADE. 429 eng., Needs restoring $1000/Firm. 431-8611

9170

Pets - Free

A & J Lawn Service Small lawn specialist. Cut, trim, & care. 336-869-0904

4420

Yard/Garage Sale

Yard Sale @ 16 Hillside Park Dr, T-ville. Baby Cloths/toys, cloths, furn, pics, hh items.

Free Pit Bull Puppies, male and female, 3 weeks old. Call if interested 336-991-0148

Computer Repair

8015

Sat. Large Yard Sale Furn., Decorative items, dish es, bedding items and nice clothing. 7am11:30am., 606 W. Parkway Ave. HP (Emerywood)

Yorkshire Terrier Pup, Male, Small, And Adorable, $475. Call 336-431-9848

4180

A-1 ROOMS. Clean, close to stores, buses, A/C. No deposit. 803-1970.

3 Pomeranian Males 2 Red & 1 Cream, will be small. $250 each . Call 336-905-5365

7310

Shih-Tzu Reg Puppy. Wormed, Shots, Beau tiful $275. Call 336-672-0630

Mobile Homes/Spaces

Rooms

The Classifieds

AKC Yorkie Pups, Ready now. 1 Female, $500, 2 Males, $450, Small. Call 345-6437

N. Myrtle Beach, Shore Dr area. 2 BR, 2 BA. Ocean view condo. Weeks ava. 336-476-8662

Mobile Homes & Lots Auman Mobile Home Pk 3910 N. Main 883-3910

Pets

Ads that work!!

Walking dist.HPU rooming hse. Util.,cent. H/A, priv. $90-up. 989-3025.

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6030

2 Male Shih-Tzu puppies. Black & White. For i nformat ion call 336-883-4664

Houses

2BR MH, For Rent. EC. No Drinking. References Required. $85/wk. 431-7359

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Lawn Care

Mowing & Trimming. Archdale, Trinity & Sophia. Reasonable Rates. Call 861-1803

Motorcycles

03 Harley Davidson Road King, 565 miles, $15,500. Call 8705127 2002 HD, Electra Glide Standard. Lots of Chromes. LN. $10,000. 289-3924 95 HD Road King. Less than 18K. Lots of Chrome. Blk & Silver w/hardbags. Reduced $9,500.obo 345-4221 1995 HD, Sportster, Lots of Chrome. $4,000. Call 336289-3924 98 Kawasaki Vulcan. 1500cc, 15k mi. Black. Lots of Chrome. $4800. 859-0689 EC

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Recreation Vehicles

’01 Damon motorhome. 2 slides, 2 ACs, 10k, loaded. 36ft. Very good cond., $52,000. Back-up camera. 431-9891 1990 Southwind Motorhome. 33ft, Full Body Paint. 454 C h e v y , J a c k s , Generator, $9250. Call 336-847-3719 ’90 Winnebago Chiefton 29’ motor home. 73,500 miles, runs

good,

$11,000.

336-887-2033

7015

Appliances

Hot Point Washer & Dryer. Super Capacity, heavy duty. Good Condition. 2 years, $300. Call 247-9711

9240

Estate/Yard Sale, Sat 7am. 303 Potter Dr, Jamestown. Furniture, Clothing, Kitchen ware, Decor, Cosmetic Jewlery & More.

98’ Jeep Wrangler 4WD auto, a/c, cruise, ps/ brakes, ex. cond. , $9000. 215-1892 2003 Toyota 4Runner. V8 engine. 115k miles. VGC. $7000. 869-2947

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Kenmore Washer & Dryer. Super Capacity, clean. Like New. 2 years, $300. Call 336-225-9606 USED APPLIANCES Sales & Services $50 Service Call 336-870-4380

7190

Furniture

Bassett 3 Piece Living Room Suite, Sofa, Chair and Love Seat. Excellent Condition Call 475-8565 leave message

7210

Household Goods

A new mattress set T$99 F$109 Q$122 K$191. Can Del. 336-992-0025

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First Time Yard Sale, Sat 3/27, 7am- Until it is gone. 2146 Chestnut St. Ext.

Miscellaneous

1982 Bob Timberlake print #623 of 1,000, $500.00 Call 336-889-3249

Need space in your garage?

Call Garage Sale, Sat 3/27 7am-12noon. Daniel Paul Dr (Kingsfield Sbd). Brass Sofa Table, 13“ TV, Air Conditioners, Lots of Plus Size Men & Womens Name Brand Clothing, 4 Prom Dresses, Todd ler & Young Girls Clothing, Teen Boys & Girls Clothing, Household Items

Garage Sale Sat 8am-12pm Rain or Shine 3327 Rockingham Rd

Lawn & Garden

2001 Toro Garden Tractor. With 54“ Hydraulic Deck. Hydrostat w/20hp Kohler eng. only 427hrs. Asking $2253. Call 336-240-3629

Garage/Yard Sale, Rain or Shine. Fri 3/26, 8am-1pm & Sat 3/27, 8am-12noon. 1937 Chestnut St. Furniture, Clothes, Misc.

Hand & Yard Tools & More. Fri 3/26 & Sat 3/27, 9am-4pm. 1219 Westover Dr

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Autos for Sale

07 Chevy Malibu, 35k mi, auto, 4 cylinder, new Michelins, $9,350. 510-8794 1965 Chevrolet Impala, 2 door hard top, no motor, parts car. $300. 336-6875199 1990 Honda Accord, 5 speed. Good Tires. PW, PS. $1,495. Call 336-475-2613 93 Honda Accord LX, 5spd, A/C, PW, PL, Runs Good. $895. Call 336-885-1521 98 Dodge STratus, Runs Good. Black, 4 door. $1,200. Call 336-247-5618 98 Lincoln Continental Mark VIII, 171k miles, VGC. Blk EXT & INT, loaded, $3995, obo. 336-906-3770 99 Chevy Lumina 95k miles, V6, clean dependable car, $2800. 689-2165 AT Quality Motors you can buy regardless. Good or bad credit. 475-2338

A Golden Opportunity Is Knocking

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9300

Vans

Large Comm. Van, ’95 Dodge Van 2500, new motor & trans., 883-1849 $3000 neg

9310

Wanted to Buy

CASH FOR JUNK CARS. CALL TODAY 454-2203 QUICK CASH PAID FOR JUNK CARS & TRUCKS. 434-1589.

Fast $$$ For Complete Junk Cars & Trucks Call 475-5795 Cash 4 riding mower needing repair or free removal if unwanted & scrap metal 882-4354

Top cash paid for any junk vehicle. T&S Auto 882-7989

Need to sell something fast? Placing a Classified ad in The High Point Enterprise will do just that. It s the best place to sell, and buy, just about anything. And it s easy. Our customer service representatives place orders quickly and efficiently. Then let the selling power of The High Point Enterprise Classifieds produce results-cash-fast. So the next time you need to sell something, place a Classified ad in the High Point Enterprise.

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CLASSIFIED Showcase of Real Estate NEW HOMES DAVIDSON COUNTY

Fairgrove/East Davidson Schools. Approximately 1 acre $15,000. More wooded lots available. Call Frank Anderson Owner/Broker

475-2446

Lots starting at $34,900 Homes starting at $225,000 Special Financing at 4.75% (Certain Restrictions Apply)

WENDY HILL REALTY • CALL 475-6800

Water View

Builders personal home with many upgrades: hardwood floors, jetted tub, separate shower, beautiful granite counters, fabulous kitchen, 2 story family room AND DRAMATIC VIEWS!! Plus much, much more….

WENDY HILL REALTY CALL 475-6800

3152 WINDCHASE COURT 3 BR 2 BA 1164 SF, New carpet & paint, New HVAC, GE Appliances. End Unit $96,900

ACREAGE

H I G H

7741 Turnpike Road, Trinity, NC 1844/1846 Cedrow Dr. H.P. New construction, 3BR, 2Bath, city utility, heat pump, Appliances included $99,900.00

CALL CALL CALL 336-362-4313 or 336-685-4940

*PRICE REDUCTION-POSSIBLE SELLER FINANCING! Quality built custom home on 40+ acres of beautiful woodlands & pastures. Many out buildings including a double hangar & official/recorded landing strip for your private airplane. Home features 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, sunroom, brick landscaped patio, hardwired sound system, 4 car carport, covered breezeway. You must see to fully appreciate this peaceful, private country estate -- Priced to sell at $579,000

PATTERSON DANIEL REAL ESTATE 472-2700 MORE INFO @ PattersonDaniel.com

3930 Johnson St.

A Must See! Beautiful home set on 3 acres, New cabinets, corian countertops, hardwood, carpet, appliances, deck, roof. Home has 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, formal living room, dining room, great room. $248,900.

Contact us at Lamb’s Realty- 442-5589.

6 Bedrooms, Plus 3 Home Offices Or 8 Bedrooms 19 Forest Dr Fairgrove Forest, Thomasville New Year New Price. $1,000. cash to buyer at closing. 1.5 Ac. landscaped. 3br. 2baths, kitchen, dining room, livingroom, den & office. 2 Fireplaces with gas logs, crown molding, attached over sized garage and a 50 x 20 unattached 3 bay garage. 2400 sq. ft. $250,000. 336-475-6839

HOME FOR SALE 1014 Hickory Chapel Road, 2br, Florida room, dining room, fireplace, garage, new heatpump, completely remodeled. Great for starter home or rental investment. Priced Reduced $59,900

CALL

Call 336-886-4602

336-870-5260

OPEN HOUSE

25% BELOW TAX VALUE

725-B West Main St., Jamestown Call: Donn Setliff (336) 669-0478 or Kim Setliff (336) 669-5108 (Owner is Realtor)

FOR SALE BY OWNER

398 NORTHBRIDGE DR. 3BR, 2BA, Home, 2 car garage, Nice Paved Patio Like new $169,900 OWNER 883-9031 OPEN HOUSE MOST SAT. & SUN. 2-4

P O I N T

8 Unit Apartment Building Available

All Brick Exterior Built 1987. Paved Parking. Each unit 2BR, 1BA (Approx. 750 square Ft.) Electric Heat & Air Conditioning. Many Upgrades and new appliances, floor coverings, cabinets, paint. Public water & sewer (individual meters). Fully rented with annual rents of $44,400.00 Conveinent to public transportation and downtown. Asking price $350,000.00. For additional information call (336)833-6797.

FOR SALE BY OWNER

LEDFORD SOUTH OPEN TUES-SAT 11AM-5PM OPEN SUNDAY 1PM-5PM

Office Condo For Sale – Main St., Jamestown, 1400 Sq. Ft. 1st Floor, 3 Offices, Break Area, Storage, Plus 1/2 Bath, 2nd Floor 2 Offices, Another 1/2 Bath, Good Traffice Exposure, Divided so that you may rent Part of Offices.

- 1.1 Acre – Near Wesley Memorial Methodist – - Emerywood area “Tell your friends” $239,900. Priced below Tax & appraisal values. Owner Financing

Greensboro.com 294-4949

Directions: Westchester to West Lexington, south on Hwy. 109, Community is on the left just past Ledford Middle School. Quality construction beginning at $169,900! Eight Flexible floorplans! - Three to seven bedrooms - 1939 square feet to 3571 square feet - Friendship/Ledford Schools - Low Davidson County Taxes - Basement lots Available. No City Taxes, No Slab, All Crawspace Construction MORE INFO @ PattersonDaniel.com Marketed Exclusively by Patterson Daniel Real Estate, Inc.

Debra Murrow, Realtor New Home Consultant 336-499-0789

3 bedroom/2bath house for sale, Fairgrove Area, Thomasville. Half basement, 2-stall garage, also detached garage. Call 472-4611 for more information. $175,000. For Sale By Owner 515 Evergreen Trail • Thomasville, NC 27360

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2 Bedroom/ 2 Bath Condo $82,000. Excellent High Point location convenient to Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Apprx. 950 square feet. Spacious bedrooms and closets. Garden tub in the master bath. Tray ceilings and crown molding in the living room. Private balcony overlooking a wooded area. Includes: Refrigerator, dishwasher, stove, microwave and washer/dryer connection MOTIVATED SELLER. **Will rent for $650 per month.

Call 336-769-0219

DON’T MISS TAX CREDIT

189 Game Trail, Thomasville

406 Sterling Ridge Dr Beautiful home in the Trinity school district. 3br/2.5 bath, walk in closet, garden tub/w separate shower, hardwoods, gas logs and more. $177,500.

Lamb’s Realty 442-5589

NEW LISTING

164 Emily Ann Drive, N. Davidson County-FSBO Desirable Davidson County Schools, gorgeous, custom brick home built in 2005, 2,864 SF, quiet cul-de-sac,3BR,2.5BA,possible 4th BR in unfinished space, spacious modern open floor plan on one level, HW floors, bonus room over garage, custom kitchen w/granite countertops, maple cabinets, SS appliances, and beautiful tile floor, wonderful master suite with HUGE walk-in closet, tons of storage, too many extras to list here. See our ad at http://www.InfoTube.net/236019 for more details or call 336-201-3943. Shown by appointment only. $389,900.00

Enjoy living in a quiet, distinctive neighborhood with no through traffic. 3 BR 2.5 BA, 2300 sq’, open floor plan, vaulted ceilings & lg. windows, Oak floors & carpeted BRs, marble tiled bathrooms, lg. large master bath with separate shower, double fire place in master BR & LR w. gas logs, kitchen w. granite counter tops, double oven, stereo system. 2 car garage, large patio overlooking a beautiful back yard. Low taxes. $329,000 $321,000 Visit www.forsalebyowner.com/22124271 or call 336.687.3959

505 Willow Drive, Thomasville

Over 4,000 Sq. Ft. Brick home with 4 Bedrooms & 4 bathrooms, 2 fireplaces, hardwood floors, updated kitchen, 2 master suites, fenced yard. Grand dining room – Priced at $319,900!!

Wendy Hill 475-6800

1812 Brunswick Ct. Chestnut Oaks High Point, NC TOWNHOUSE One Level w/front porch 1760 SQ Ft, 2 BR w/ walk-in closets 2 BA, Laundry RM, All Appliances, Eat-In Kitchen w/ lots of cabinets, Large Dining & Family RM w/ Fireplace & Built-In Storage & Bookcases, Private 2 Car Garage w/storage RM, Large Deck $159,000.

336-475-6279

OWNER FINANCING

Located at 1002 Barbee St, High Point 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath Fireplace, New Vinyl, Completely Remodeled. Garage & Storage. $89.900. Have other homes to finance. Will trade for land.

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CONSTRUCTION

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FURNITURE Wrought Iron and Metal Patio Furniture Restoration

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EXPERIENCE COUNTS: Past champions show way at Caraway. 4D Sports Editor: Mark McKinney mmckinney@hpe.com (336) 888-3556

DYNAMIC DUO: Bishop’s Toomey, Buckland earn all-state honors. 3D

HPU rips Wake BY STEVE HANF ENTERPRISE SPORTS WRITER

HIGH POINT – Hitting at the top of the order generally comes with the perk of a few more at-bats each game. Andrew Bartlett, Murray White IV and Nate Roberts each had four turns at the plate through four innings of High Point University’s rout of Wake Forest on Wednesday at Williard Stadium. “Everyone’s swinging the bat real well and you’ve got to give props where it is: Coach (Bryan) Peters has got the team rolling right now,” junior catcher Kyle Mahoney said of his hitting coach after the Panthers prevailed 11-3 against their neighbor from the ACC. “Everyone’s hitting the ball hard all over the place.” Wake (7-15) sent 10 pitchers to the mound against the still-surging Panthers, whose offense ranked fifth in the nation with a .365 batting average entering Wednesday’s game. The Panthers scored doubledigit runs for the 10th time in 21 games as they continued their bestever start in HPU’s Division I era. At 14-7, second-year head coach Craig Cozart may just have the firepower to lead HPU to its first winning season since 1990. “I thought tonight might be a little bit of a challenge offensively because I knew Wake was going

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in pitching one guy per inning, so you’re experiencing a new look every inning,” Cozart said. “I was very pleased with our guys and their approach.” Mahoney rocketed a two-run homer to dead center off starter and loser Alex Wiesner in the first frame. After an unearned run in the second, HPU unloaded on former Glenn star Eli Robins in the third. Roberts walked, Mahoney singled, Matt Gantner bunted them over and Max Fulginiti’s sac fly scored the first run. Steve Antolik followed with an RBI single, Mercurio doubled ahead of Pablo Rosario’s two-run double, and Bartlett’s RBI single made it 8-0. Fulginiti, Mercurio and White added RBI hits in the fourth. Freshman Zach Haile pitched well with all the run support, allowing four hits with two walks and four Ks in five innings. He improved to 2-0 for the year and five other HPU hurlers handled the mop-up duty, limiting Wake to three hits and two earned runs. “We just need to maintain our approach at the plate, clean up a little bit on the defensive end of things, but we still have to figure out exactly what everybody’s best role is on the mound,” Cozart said. “That’s what’s going to deliver us postseason-wise, is to solidify our pitching situation, and we’re getting close.”

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High Point University’s Nate Roberts (19) gives props to Kyle Mahoney after Mahoney crossed the plate to score for the Panthers during Wednesday’s game against visiting Wake Forest.

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SATURDAY 10:30 a.m. – Cup practice (Speed) 11:50 a.m. – Cup practice (Speed) 1:30 p.m. – Truck race (Speed)

SUNDAY 1 p.m. – 500-lap Cup race (WGHP, Ch. 8)

fans don’t like wings. If you want to watch something with a wing, watch Indy Car racing. I’ve been against the wing from the first day and so was Richard (Childress).” Because top straightaway speeds at Martinsville are around 120 miles an hour, the change to the spoiler is not expected to make much difference in how cars perform. What impact the switch will have on racing probably won’t be answered until the tour’s next race on a big track, which comes April 18 at Texas Motor Speedway. “It is great that Martinsville is the first race for the spoiler because we can see if we have any technical or procedural issues – like the inspection line

or something small like the gas overflow is in the wrong spot – at a place where it is not going to affect someone’s performance with the aerodynamics and things like that,” Harvick said. “It is not going to cause a huge change other than the attitudes and height of the front splitter are going to different. The attitude of the car is going to be different, and there will be small changes in spring and shocks and wedge. So your whole package is going to be tweaked around a little bit. The only unknown is how they are going to react in traffic. But, it seems from wind tunnel testing that they are going to react much the same way.” Another unknown is whether the switch to the spoiler will wipe out the gains RCR made while cars were equipped with the wing. “You have those concerns,” Harvick said. “Based on testing, there is no difference in the way the cars feel. The only big thing we don’t know about is how they will race around other cars.” Another concern for Harvick: RCR being able to keep up with the improvements that other teams will make during the season. “It’s more fun racing when you are going good,” Harvick said. “The big thing is to keep it going. Everyone is improving their stuff every week and that’s what we have to do. If we don’t, we aren’t going to be good enough when we get to halfway.” gsmith@hpe.com | 888-3519

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year,” Harvick said. “But, you can’t lose sight of that drive and ambition.” Harvick would like to win anywhere, but a triumph in Sunday’s SPORTS 500-lapper at Martinsville Speedway Greer would be particuSmith larly nice because ■■■ the track is less than 45 minutes from Harvick’s shop and home in Kernersville. From experience, he knows how sweet winning close to home can be, having scored two wins at the half-mile track in NASCAR’s lower divisions. He is the defending champion in Saturday’s Truck race and won a Nationwide race at the track where Victory Lane tends to be more well-attended than most other places. “I figured that out with the truck race last year and the Nationwide race (in 2008),” Harvick said. “There’s more people to take pictures of in victory lane. You have a lot more family and friends. It’s just cool because they normally don’t get to go to any of the races or have the chance to go to victory lane.” There will be a bit of a twist this weekend. Sunday’s race will be the first in which rear spoilers instead of rear wings will help provide downforce at the back of NASCAR’s new-generation car. “Bringing the spoiler back is right,” Harvick said. “NASCAR racing was built with the spoiler and the cars look right. NASCAR

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Harvick, RCR target victories olding the number one spot in the driver standings as part of the overall improvement at Richard Childress Racing is a pleasure for Kevin Harvick. One important thing remains missing. As competitive as all three RCR cars have been this season, the team still hasn’t won. Not that RCR hasn’t had its Harvick chances this season after rarely being in victory conversations last year. Harvick came within a half-lap of winning the Daytona 500, and Harvick and Jeff Burton swapped the lead at California before a caution period put Jimmie Johnson in control. That’s some consolation, but RCR has been shut out in points events since Burton won the fall race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2008. Harvick is working on a three-year drought dating to the 2007 Daytona 500, but has won the past two Shootout exhibition races. The best finishes for RCR last year were four second places (two by Harvick and one each by Burton and Clint Bowyer). “It’s a big deal,” Harvick said of the drought. “We want to win. We’re here to win races.” One thing Harvick said you won’t hear him do is air his feelings about not winning. “We need to win but we’re not going to complain about running second because we ran 32nd last

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Both teams showcase Final Four-caliber defensive credentials. In a close one, I like Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight with a 66-60 victory. The other West semifinal pits second-seeded K-State (28-7) against sixth-seeded Xavier (26-8) from the Atlantic 10. With the Jayhawks bounced in round two, the state of Kansas could be out of the NCAA Tournament after tonight. It could be, but it won’t. Look for the Wildcats to roll to an 82-72 triumph. The East Regional gives us a fascinating matchup between top-seeded NCAA blueblood Kentucky (34-2) and 12th-seeded Ivy League champ Cornell (29-4). Conventional wisdom has the Wildcats unstoppable on the road to the Final Four.

But the Big Red will provide a stiff test. I see this one staying close until the final minutes, when UK pulls away for a deceptive 90-80 victory. Finally, the second-seeded Mountaineers (29-6) take on the 11th-seeded Huskies (26-9). Many national observers made bad-mouthing the Pac-10 an art form this season, and not without some justification. Look for Washington to boost West Coast pride considerably with a 65-63 stunner. There you have it. Considering my lousy track record at predicting these sorts of things, I’ll probably go 0-for-4. But it’s always fun to keep trying.

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West Virginia point guard Darryl “Truck” Bryant broke his right foot during practice Tuesday and will miss the rest of the NCAA tournament. The secondseeded Mountaineers, who won the Big East tournament, play 11th-seeded Washington tonight in Syracuse, N.Y., in the East Regional semifinals. The school announced that the sophomore from New York fractured his fifth metatarsal. Bryant has started 31 games and averages 9.3 points and is second on the team in assists (3.1) and 3-pointers (40). He will likely be replaced in the starting lineup by junior Joe Mazzulla, who is more of a playmaker than a scorer. Mazzulla averages 2.2 points and 2.3 assists per game.

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NCAA Tournament

All Times EDT Opening Round Tuesday, March 16 At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Arkansas-Pine Bluff 61, Winthrop 44 EAST REGIONAL First Round Thursday, March 18 At New Orleans Arena Kentucky 100, ETSU 71 Wake Forest 81, Texas 80, OT At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif. Washington 80, Marquette 78 New Mexico 62, Montana 57 Friday, March 19 At HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. West Virginia 77, Morgan State 50 Missouri 86, Clemson 78 At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Fla. Cornell 78, Temple 65 Wisconsin 53, Wofford 49 Second Round Saturday, March 20 At New Orleans Arena Kentucky 90, Wake Forest 60 At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif. Washington 82, New Mexico 64 Sunday, March 21 At HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. West Virginia 68, Missouri 59 At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Fla. Cornell 87, Wisconsin 69 At The Carrier Dome Syracuse, N.Y. Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 25 West Virginia (29-6) vs. Washington (26-9), 7:27 p.m. Kentucky (34-2) vs. Cornell (29-4), 30 minutes following Regional Championship Saturday, March 27 Semifinal winners SOUTH REGIONAL First Round Thursday, March 18 At Providence, R.I. Villanova 73, Robert Morris 70, OT Saint Mary’s, Calif. 80, Richmond 71 At New Orleans Arena Old Dominion 51, Notre Dame 50 Baylor 68, Sam Houston State 59 Friday, March 19 At Jacksonville, Fla. Duke 73, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 44 California 77, Louisville 62 At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Purdue 72, Siena 64 Texas A&M 69, Utah State 53 Second Round Saturday, March 20 At Providence, R.I. Saint Mary’s, Calif. 75, Villanova 68 At New Orleans Arena Baylor 76, Old Dominion 68 Sunday, March 21 At Jacksonville, Fla. Duke 68, California 53 At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Purdue 63, Texas A&M 61, OT At Reliant Stadium Houston Regional Semifinals Friday, March 26 Saint Mary’s, Calif. (28-5) vs. Baylor (27-7), 7:27 p.m. Duke (31-5) vs. Purdue (29-5), 30 minutes following Regional Championship Sunday, March 28 Semifinal winners MIDWEST REGIONAL First Round Thursday, March 18 At Providence, R.I. Ohio 97, Georgetown 83 Tennessee 62, San Diego State 59 At The Ford Center Oklahoma City Northern Iowa 69, UNLV 66 Kansas 90 Lehigh 74 Friday, March 19 At The Bradley Center Milwaukee Georgia Tech 64, Oklahoma State 59 Ohio State 68, UC Santa Barbara 51 At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Michigan State 70, New Mexico State 67 Maryland 89, Houston 77 Second Round Saturday, March 20 At Providence, R.I. Tennessee 83, Ohio 68 At The Ford Center Oklahoma City Northern Iowa 69, Kansas 67 Sunday, March 21 At The Bradley Center Milwaukee Ohio State 75, Georgia Tech 66 At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Michigan State 85, Maryland 83 At Edward Jones Dome St. Louis Regional Semifinals Friday, March 26 Ohio State (29-7) vs. Tennessee (27-8), 7:07 p.m. Northern Iowa (30-4) vs. Michigan State (26-8), 30 minutes following Regional Championship Sunday, March 28 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL First Round Thursday, March 18 At The Ford Center Oklahoma City BYU 99, Florida 92, 2OT Kansas State 82, North Texas 62 At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif. Murray State 66, Vanderbilt 65 Butler 77, UTEP 59 Friday, March 19 At HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. Gonzaga 67, Florida State 60 Syracuse 79, Vermont 56 At The Bradley Center Milwaukee Xavier 65, Minnesota 54 Pittsburgh 89, Oakland, Mich. 66 Second Round Saturday, March 20 At The Ford Center Oklahoma City Kansas State 84, BYU 72 At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif. Butler 54, Murray State 52 Sunday, March 21 At HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. Syracuse 87, Gonzaga 65 At The Bradley Center Milwaukee Xavier 71, Pittsburgh 68 At Energy Solution Arena Salt Lake City Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 25 Syracuse (30-4) vs. Butler (30-4), 7:07 p.m. Kansas State (28-7) vs. Xavier (26-8), 30 minutes following Regional Championship Saturday, March 27 Semifinal winners FINAL FOUR At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis National Semifinals Saturday, April 3 East champion vs. South champion Midwest champion vs. West champion National Championship Monday, April 5 Semifinal winners

NCAA Women’s tournament

DAYTON REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 20 At Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Fla. St. John’s 65, Princeton 47 Florida State 75, Louisiana Tech 61

Sunday, March 21 At Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh Ohio State 93, St. Francis, Pa. 59 Mississippi State 68, Middle Tennessee 64

At Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Va. Connecticut 95, Southern U. 39 Temple 65, James Madison 53

At James H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa Wisconsin-Green Bay 69, Virginia 67 Iowa State 74, Lehigh 42

Second Round Monday, March 22 At Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Fla. Florida State 66, St. John’s 65, OT

Tuesday, March 23 At Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Va. Connecticut 90, Temple 36

At Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh Mississippi State 87, Ohio State 67

At James H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa Iowa State 60, Wisconsin-Green Bay 56

Regional Semifinals Sunday, March 28 At University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio Connecticut (35-0) vs. Iowa State (25-7), Noon Florida State (28-5) vs. Mississippi State (21-12), 2:30 p.m.

Regional Championship Tuesday, March 30 At University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio Semifinal winners, TBA

MEMPHIS REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 20 At Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. LSU 60, Hartford 39 Duke 72, Hampton 37

Georgetown 62, Marist 42 Baylor 69, Fresno State 55

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San Diego State 74, Texas 63 West Virginia 58, Lamar 43

Second Round Monday, March 22 At Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tenn.

FORMAT: Team score was the two best balls on each hole. Team pairings were drawn from a hat.

Tennessee 92, Dayton 64

At Haas Pavilion Berkeley, Calif. Baylor 49, Georgetown 33

At Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. Duke 60, LSU 52

Tuesday, March 23 At Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas San Diego State 64, West Virginia 55

WINNERS: Homer Baker, Bob Ingold, Jack Ellis, Ernie Lenz and Charlie Martin won at 6-under. Dick Angel, Ed Anthony, Gordon Thacker and Roger Hill placed second at 4under. Tony Dyer, Bob Crouch, Roger Tuttle and Gerald Boles were third at 1-under.

Regional Semifinals Saturday, March 27 At FedExForum Memphis, Tenn. Tennessee (32-2) vs. Baylor (25-9), Noon San Diego State (23-10) vs. Duke (29-5), 2:30 p.m.

Regional Championship Monday, March 29 At FedExForum Memphis, Tenn. Semifinal winners, TBA

SACRAMENTO REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 20 At Wells Fargo Arena At Bank of America Arena Seattle Texas A&M 84, Portland State 53 Gonzaga 82, North Carolina 76

Tempe, Ariz. Oklahoma State 70, Chattanooga 63 Georgia 64, Tulane 59

At Maples Pavilion Stanford, Calif. Iowa 70, Rutgers 63 Stanford 79, UC Riverside 47

Sunday, March 21 At Cintas Center Cincinnati Vanderbilt 83, DePaul 76, OT Xavier 94, ETSU 82

Second Round Monday, March 22 At Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Ariz.

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Georgia 74, Oklahoma State 71, OT

At Maples Pavilion Stanford, Calif. At Bank of America Arena Seattle Gonzaga 72, Texas A&M 71

Tuesday, March 23 At Cintas Center Cincinnati Xavier 63, Vanderbilt 62

Regional Semifinals Saturday, March 27 At ARCO Arena Sacramento, Calif. Georgia (25-8) vs. Stanford (33-1), 9 p.m. Gonzaga (29-4) vs. Xavier (29-3), 11:30 p.m.

Regional Championship Monday, March 29 At ARCO Arena Sacramento, Calif. Semifinal winners, TBA

KANSAS CITY REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 20 At Freedom Hall Louisville, Ky. Michigan State 72, Bowling Green 62 Kentucky 83, Liberty 77

Sunday, March 21 At Joyce Center Notre Dame, Ind. Vermont 64, Wisconsin 55 Notre Dame 86, Cleveland State 58

Quarterfinals March 27-29 Oregon-California winner vs. BYU-Wyoming winner Illinois State-Kansas winner vs. Illinois-Missouri State winner Maryland-Providence winner vs. North Carolina A&T-Miami winner Northwestern-Michigan winner vs. Syracuse-Virginia Commonwealth winner

Semifinals Wednesday, March 31 TBD TBD

Tuesday, March 23 At Williams Arena Minneapolis Nebraska 83, UCLA 70

At Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Okla. Oklahoma 60, Arkansas-Little Rock 44

At Joyce Center Notre Dame, Ind. Regional Semifinals Sunday, March 28 At Sprint Center Kansas City, Mo. Oklahoma (25-10) vs. Notre Dame (29-5), 7:30 p.m. Nebraska (32-1) vs. Kentucky (27-7), 10 p.m.

Regional Championship Tuesday, March 30 At Sprint Center Kansas City, Mo.

WBI All Times EDT Semifinals Thursday, March 25 College of Charleston at Appalachian State, 7 p.m. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Championship Sunday or Monday, March 28-29 Semifinal winners

NCAA Men’s Division II Tournament At Springfield, Mass. Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 24 St. Cloud State 92, Midwestern State 88 Indiana, Pa. 80, Valdosta State 64 Cal Poly Pomona 69, St. Joseph’s, Ind. 48 Bentley vs. Augusta State, 8:30 p.m.

Dayton champion vs. Memphis champion Sacramento champion vs. Kansas City champion

National Championship Tuesday, April 6 Semifinal winners

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St. Cloud State vs. Indiana, Pa., 6 p.m. Cal Poly Pomona vs. Bentley-Augusta State winner, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 27 Championship Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.

NCAA Women’s Division II Tournament Semifinals Wednesday, March 24

Fort Lewis 79, Franklin Pierce 64 Gannon vs. Emporia State

Friday, March 26

CBI

Mississippi 90, Texas Tech 87, 2OT North Carolina 60, UAB 55

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Semifinals Tuesday, March 30 At Madison Square Garden New York Semifinals Mississippi (24-10) vs. Dayton-Illinoi winner, 7 p.m. North Carolina (19-16) vs. Rhode Island (26-9), 9:30 p.m.

Rhode Island 79, Virginia Tech 72

RHODE ISLAND (26-9)

Ulmer 5-11 2-3 13, James 7-18 3-5 18, Martell 3-4 2-3 8, Jones 2-4 1-2 5, Cothran 3-9 0-2 7, Mejia 0-0 7-8 7, Eaves 0-1 0-0 0, Wilson 0-1 0-0 0, Richmond 5-8 0-0 13, Outerbridge 3-4 2-2 8. Totals 28-60 17-25 79. VIRGINIA TECH (25-9) Allen 7-10 1-1 15, Bell 2-3 0-0 4, Davila 11 0-0 2, Hudson 8-16 1-2 19, Delaney 5-17 12-13 24, Green 1-2 0-0 2, Witcher 0-0 0-2 0, Thompson 2-5 2-4 6. Totals 26-54 16-22 72. Halftime—Virginia Tech 42-40. 3-Point Goals—Rhode Island 6-20 (Richmond 3-6, Ulmer 1-1, Cothran 1-4, James 1-6, Eaves 0-1, Jones 0-2), Virginia Tech 4-12 (Hudson 2-3, Delaney 2-7, Allen 0-1, Bell 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Rhode Island 29 (Ulmer 8), Virginia Tech 35 (Allen 11). Assists—Rhode Island 16 (Mejia 6), Virginia Tech 11 (Bell 5). Total Fouls—Rhode Island 16, Virginia Tech 17. A—7,055.

Tuesday’s late game UNC 60, UAB 55

FG FT Reb UNC Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Thmpson 28 6-11 2-6 6-12 0 4 14 Henson 23 7-11 0-1 1-3 1 2 14 Ginyard 35 2-3 4-4 3-3 3 1 9 Drew II 35 3-7 3-4 0-7 6 2 11 Graves 23 0-5 0-0 0-3 0 2 0 Strickland 17 3-6 2-3 0-2 3 2 8 McDonald 11 0-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 TWear 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 Zeller 21 0-4 2-2 3-7 0 3 2 Totals 200 22-53 13-20 13-40 13 18 60 Percentages: FG .415, FT .650. 3-Point Goals: 3-14, .214 (Drew II 2-4, Ginyard 1-2, Strickland 0-1, McDonald 0-3, Graves 0-4). Team Rebounds: 3. Blocked Shots: 7 (Zeller 5, Henson, Ginyard). Turnovers: 15 (Drew II 3, Zeller 3, Thompson 2, Strickland 2, Ginyard 2, McDonald, Henson, Graves). Steals: 3 (Thompson, Strickland, Zeller). Technical Fouls: None. FG FT Reb UAB Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Crawford 31 1-10 3-6 2-7 1 4 5 Cooper 27 0-5 3-4 3-5 1 1 3 Johnson 35 0-5 2-3 1-2 4 3 2 Sanders 34 4-8 5-5 1-3 2 1 17 Millsap 37 7-14 4-6 2-7 0 4 18 Fields 12 2-4 0-0 2-3 0 2 5 Soko 7 0-0 0-0 2-4 0 0 0 Drake 17 1-6 2-2 0-5 0 0 5 Totals 200 15-52 19-26 14-38 8 15 55 Percentages: FG .288, FT .731. 3-Point Goals: 6-19, .316 (Sanders 4-8, Fields 1-2, Drake 1-4, Crawford 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Millsap 0-2). Team Rebounds: 2. Blocked Shots: 2 (Millsap, Drake). Turnovers: 12 (Crawford 6, Johnson 2, Sanders 2, Millsap 2). Steals: 7 (Johnson 2, Sanders 2, Fields, Crawford, Drake). Technical Fouls: None. North Carolina 25 35 — 60 UAB 25 30 — 55 A—8,889. Officials—Mike Stuart, James Barker, Bret Smith.

HOCKEY

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NHL

All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP Pittsburgh 74 New Jersey 72 Philadelphia 73 N.Y. Rangers73 N.Y. Islanders73

W 42 43 37 32 29

L OT Pts GF GA 25 7 91 228 212 25 4 90 195 172 31 5 79 212 201 32 9 73 191 197 34 10 68 189 227

GP 71 74 73 72 73

Buffalo Ottawa Montreal Boston Toronto

W 39 39 36 33 26

L 22 30 30 27 35

OT 10 5 7 12 12

Pts GF GA 88 200 180 83 198 212 79 196 200 78 180 181 64 193 242

GP y-Washington73 Atlanta 73 Florida 72 Tampa Bay 73 Carolina 73

W 49 32 30 29 30

L 14 30 31 32 34

OT Pts GF GA 10 108 287 206 11 75 218 234 11 71 190 210 12 70 191 227 9 69 203 229

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

Virginia Commonwealth 88, Boston U. 75 Princeton (22-8) at Saint Louis (22-11), 9 p.m.

Championship Series (Best-of-3) Monday, March 29

GP 72 74 73 73 73

Chicago Nashville Detroit St. Louis Columbus

W 46 42 37 34 29

L OT Pts GF GA 19 7 99 236 179 27 5 89 207 206 23 13 87 200 195 30 9 77 198 203 32 12 70 190 235

Northwest Division

Virginia Commonwealth (25-9) vs. Princeton-Saint Louis winner, TBD

GP 73 72 73 73 73

TBD

Vancouver Colorado Calgary Minnesota Edmonton

Missouri State 67, Creighton 61

GP San Jose 73 Phoenix 74 Los Angeles 71 Dallas 73 Anaheim 72

Wednesday, March 31 TBD

Friday, April 2

W 44 40 37 35 24

L OT Pts GF GA 25 4 92 238 190 25 7 87 216 194 27 9 83 187 182 32 6 76 199 215 42 7 55 187 250

Pacific Division

CIT

Semifinals Wednesday, March 24 Thursday, March 25 Pacific (22-11) at Appalachian State (2410), 7 p.m.

Championship Tuesday, March 30

NBA All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W 46 35 26 24 8

x-Boston Toronto New York Philadelphia New Jersey

L 25 35 45 47 63

Pct .648 .500 .366 .338 .113

W 50 46 37 37 21

L 22 25 34 34 49

W 56 39 33 26 23

L 15 30 37 46 48

Dallas San Antonio Memphis Houston New Orleans

L 24 27 33 33 38

W 47 47 42 42 14

L 25 25 27 29 58

Pct .789 .565 .471 .361 .324

GB — 161 22 ⁄2 301⁄2 33

Tampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Calgary at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m. Toronto at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Chicago at Columbus, 7 p.m. Florida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Nashville, 8 p.m. Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Pct .662 .609 .535 .522 .472

GB — 4 9 101 13 ⁄2

Pct .653 .653 .609 .592 .194

GB — — 31⁄2 1 4 ⁄2 33

Pct .743 .634 .366 .333 .271

GB — 71⁄2 261⁄2 29 33

Pacific Division x-L.A. Lakers Phoenix L.A. Clippers Sacramento Golden State

W 52 45 26 24 19

L 18 26 45 48 51

Wednesday’s Games

GB —1 3 ⁄21 121⁄2 12 ⁄2 28

Northwest Division Denver Utah Oklahoma City Portland Minnesota

Florida 4, Toronto 1 New Jersey 6, Columbus 3 Boston 4, Atlanta 0 Ottawa 2, Philadelphia 0 Tampa Bay 3, Carolina 2, OT Dallas 3, Nashville 1 San Jose 4, Minnesota 1 Chicago 2, Phoenix 0 Calgary 3, Anaheim 1 Edmonton 3, Vancouver 2

Pct .694 .648 .521 .521 .300

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W 47 42 38 36 34

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. y-clinched division

Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3, SO N.Y. Rangers 5, N.Y. Islanders 0 Detroit 4, St. Louis 2 Montreal at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m. Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Central Division y-Cleveland Milwaukee Chicago Indiana Detroit

L OT Pts GF GA 19 10 98 236 193 23 5 97 201 181 24 5 89 211 188 27 14 78 211 231 30 8 76 204 220

GB —1 10 ⁄2 20 22 38

Southeast Division x-Orlando x-Atlanta Charlotte Miami Washington

W 44 46 42 32 34

Tuesday’s Games

Missouri State (23-12) vs. Pacific-Appalachian State winner

x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Tuesday’s Games Charlotte 95, Washington 86, OT Indiana 98, Detroit 83 New York 109, Denver 104 Dallas 106, L.A. Clippers 96

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 86, Orlando 84 Boston 113, Denver 99 Charlotte 108, Minnesota 95 Indiana 99, Washington 82 Utah 113, Toronto 87 New Jersey 93, Sacramento 79 Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Cleveland at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Houston at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m. Memphis at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Dallas at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Purse: Men, $4.5 million (Masters 1000); Women, $4.5 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men First Round Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Daniel Koellerer, Austria, def. Christophe Rochus, Belgium, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Jan Hajek, Czech Republic, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, def. Marc Gicquel, France, 4-3, retired. Igor Andreev, Russia, def. Xavier Malisse, Belgium, 6-4, 6-4. Florian Mayer, Germany, def. Marco Chiudinelli, Switzerland, 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-2. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-4. Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Mario Ancic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-4. Michael Llodra, France, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-2, 6-2. Benjamin Becker, Germany, def. Simon Greul, Germany, 6-3, 6-2. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, def. Richard Gasquet, France, 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-4. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-3, 7-6 (3). David Nalbandian, Argentina, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-3, 6-2. Taylor Dent, United States, def. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, 6-1, 6-4. Michael Russell, United States, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Totals

Today’s Games

PREPS

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Junior varsity Baseball East Davidson 12, Wheatmore 1

Winning pitcher: Brock Goodyear (2-0) Leading hitters: East – Tyler Stroup (2 hits, 2 runs scored, 2 RBIs). Records: East 5-1 Next game: East hosts Lexington today.

Middle school Baseball Westchester 17, Canterbury 7 (5 innings) Winning pitcher: Abraham Hernandez Leading hitters: Westchester – Donnie Sellers (3-3, HR, 5 RBI), Messiah Henderson (1-2, triple, 2 RBIS) and Cameron White (2-2, double, 2 runs scored). Records: Westchester 3-2 Next game: Westchester ar Calvary Baptist on April 8

TENNIS

–At Key Biscayne, Fla.

Wednesday At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park Key Biscayne, Fla.

1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

000 010

000 210

000 22x

0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12

0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

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0 8

E—Wilkerson (1). DP—Atlanta 1. LOB—Philadelphia 8, Atlanta 11. 2B—Polanco (2), Freeman (2). 3B—Cabrera (1). HR—Prado (2), McCann 2 (4). IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia Happ L,0-1 5 6 4 4 3 3 D.Herndon 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 ⁄13 2 2 1 1 1 Baez M.Schwimer ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Madson 1 3 2 2 0 1 Atlanta Hudson W,3-1 6 3 0 0 2 4 Saito 1 0 0 0 1 0 Reyes 1 0 0 0 1 1 Kimbrel 1 0 0 0 2 3 HBP—by Baez (Infante). PB—Sardinha. Umpires—Home, Laz Diaz; First, Mike Reilly; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Jeff Nelson. A—9,466 (9,500).

Women First Round Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Anastasia Pivovarova, Russia, 6-1, 7-6 (3). Alize Cornet, France, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2. Sara Errani, Italy, def. Tatjana Malek, Germany, 6-1, 6-0. Kimiko Date Krumm, Japan, def. Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, def. Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-1. Tamira Paszek, Austria, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-4, 6-2. Melinda Czink, Hungary, def. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6). Pauline Parmentier, France, def. Sybille Bammer, Austria, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-3, 7-5. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-4, 6-2. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, def. Alberta Brianti, Italy, 6-2, 6-4. Justine Henin, Belgium, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 6-2, 6-2. Virginie Razzano, France, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 6-3, 5-0, retired. Mariya Koryttseva, Ukraine, def. Kristina Barrois, Germany, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-4, 6-4. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 6-4, 6-2. Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Regina Kulikova, Russia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Julia Goerges, Germany, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Elena Baltacha, Britain, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4.

Cabrera cf 3 Blanco ph-cf 1 Prado 2b 4 Saito p 0 Freeman 1b 1 Jones 3b 2 Thurstn pr-3b1 Glaus 1b 2 Reyes p 0 Conrad ph 1 Kimbrel p 0 McCann c 4 Sammns pr-c1 Escobar ss 2 B.Hicks ss 3 Heyward rf 4 A.Milligan lf 1 Diaz lf 3 M.Young lf-rf1 Hudson p 2 Infante ph-2b0 29 0 3 0 Totals 36

Philadelphia Atlanta

2010 MLB postseason schedule All Times TBA DIVISION SERIES

NOTE: Wild card teams play teams with best records unless in same division and wild card may not have home-field advantage.

American League Best Pct. vs. Wild Card Wednesday, Oct. 6 Wild card at best percentage

Thursday, Oct. 7 Wild card at best percentage

Saturday, Oct. 9 Best percentage at wild card

Sunday, Oct. 10 Best percentage at wild card, if necessary

Tuesday, Oct. 12 Wild card at best percentage, if necessary

2nd Pct. vs. 3rd Pct. Best Pct. vs. Wild Card Wednesday, Oct. 6 Wild card at best percentage

Thursday, Oct. 7 Wild card at best percentage

Saturday, Oct. 9 Best percentage at wild card

Sunday, Oct. 10 Best percentage at wild card, if necessary

Tuesday, Oct. 12 Wild card at best percentage, if necessary

National League Best Pct. vs. Wild Card Wednesday, Oct. 6 or Thursday, Oct. 7 Wild card at best percentage

Friday, Oct. 8

Northeast Division

Semifinals Wednesday, March 24

Championship Thursday, April 1 Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

3-Point Goals—Orlando 6-21 (Barnes 2-4, Nelson 2-6, Redick 1-2, Carter 1-3, J.Williams 0-2, Lewis 0-4), Atlanta 7-13 (Bibby 4-5, Evans 2-3, Crawford 1-3, M.Williams 0-1, J.Johnson 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Orlando 55 (Howard 24), Atlanta 45 (Horford 11). Assists—Orlando 20 (Nelson 8), Atlanta 21 (J.Johnson 8). Total Fouls—Orlando 17, Atlanta 24. A—16,887 (18,729).

Southeast Division

Championship Fort Lewis vs. Gannon-Emporia St. winner

Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 23

Rhode Island 79, Virginia Tech 72 Dayton (22-12) at Illinois (21-14), 9 p.m.

M.Williams 2-9 0-0 4, Jos.Smith 4-10 7-9 15, Horford 6-11 0-0 12, Bibby 5-9 0-0 14, J.Johnson 5-17 7-7 17, Crawford 4-14 2-2 11, Evans 4-5 0-0 10, Pachulia 1-1 1-2 3, Teague 0-0 0-0 0, West 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-76 17-20 86. Orlando 22 20 20 22 — 84 Atlanta 16 30 22 18 — 86

Semifinals Thursday, March 25

Semifinal winners, TBA

FINAL FOUR At Alamodome San Antonio National Semifinals Sunday, April 4

3-Point Goals—Minnesota 4-13 (Ellington 2-4, Pavlovic 1-1, Gomes 1-3, Love 0-1, Wilkins 0-1, Brewer 0-3), Charlotte 7-15 (Jackson 4-6, Wallace 1-1, Augustin 1-3, Diaw 1-3, Felton 0-1, Hughes 0-1). Fouled Out—Diaw. Rebounds—Minnesota 43 (Love 9), Charlotte 52 (Chandler 9). Assists—Minnesota 20 (Sessions 5), Charlotte 24 (Felton 8). Total Fouls—Minnesota 19, Charlotte 21. Technicals—Minnesota defensive three second. A—14,457 (19,077).

Barnes 4-8 2-2 12, Lewis 2-9 2-2 6, Howard 4-11 11-16 19, Nelson 6-13 6-6 20, Carter 7-16 1-2 16, J.Williams 0-3 0-0 0, Gortat 0-0 0-0 0, Redick 1-7 2-2 5, Pietrus 2-3 0-1 4, Bass 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 27-72 24-31 84. ATLANTA (86)

Semifinal winners

Notre Dame 84, Vermont 66

Wallace 9-16 4-7 23, Diaw 3-8 0-0 7, Ratliff 2-5 1-2 5, Felton 8-10 0-0 16, Jackson 15-24 34 37, Chandler 2-4 0-0 4, Thomas 3-6 2-2 8, Augustin 1-4 1-1 4, Hughes 2-6 0-0 4, Henderson 0-1 0-0 0, Brown 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 45-84 11-16 108. Minnesota 33 12 31 19 — 95 Charlotte 30 25 30 23 — 108

ORLANDO (84)

Championship Saturday, April 3

At Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Okla.

Kentucky 70, Michigan State 52

Gomes 5-10 1-2 12, Jefferson 9-16 3-6 21, Milicic 4-8 2-3 10, Flynn 2-7 4-5 8, Brewer 4-10 00 8, Love 2-6 1-1 5, Ellington 2-8 0-0 6, Wilkins 2-4 4-4 8, Sessions 6-11 2-2 14, Hollins 0-1 0-0 0, Pavlovic 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 37-82 17-23 95. CHARLOTTE (108)

Hawks 86, Magic 84

Thursday, April 1

Arkansas-Little Rock 63, Georgia Tech 53 Oklahoma 68, South Dakota State 57

Second Round Monday, March 22 At Freedom Hall Louisville, Ky.

MINNESOTA (95)

Providence (18-14) at Maryland (21-12), 7 p.m. North Carolina A&T (23-10) at Miami (1913), 7 p.m. Northwestern (18-14) vs. Michigan (19-13), 7 p.m. Kansas (17-15) at Illinois State (26-7), 8:05 p.m. Illinois (18-14) at Missouri State (22-10), 8:05 p.m. BYU (22-9) at Wyoming (19-11), 9 p.m. California (20-13) at Oregon (18-15) 10 p.m. Friday, March 26 Virginia Commonwealth (22-12) at Syracuse (24-10), 7 p.m.

At Williams Arena Minneapolis Nebraska 83, Northern Iowa 44 UCLA 74, N.C. State 54

Bobcats 108, Timberwolves 95

All Times EDT Third Round Thursday, March 25

Stanford 96, Iowa 67

Rollins ss 3 0 O.Chavz 2b1 0 Polanco 3b 3 0 Mayberry rf 0 0 Ibanez lf 2 0 Francisco lf 1 0 Howard 1b 3 0 D.Herndon p0 0 Baez p 0 0 M.Schwimr p0 0 Madson p 0 0 Schneidr ph0 0 Victorno cf 2 0 Wise cf 1 0 Dobbs rf-3b 3 0 Ruiz c 2 0 Sardinha c 1 0 Castro 2b-ss4 0 Happ p 2 0 Wilkerson 1b1 0

Wild card at best percentage

Sunday, Oct. 10

BASEBALL

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Best percentage at wild card

Monday, Oct. 11 Best percentage at wild card, if necessary

Wednesday, Oct. 13 Wild card at best percentage, if necessary

MLB spring training All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE W 12 14 12 11 9 9 8 10 8 8 7 8 6 6

Cleveland Tampa Bay Detroit Minnesota Toronto Oakland Kansas City Boston New York Seattle Chicago Baltimore Los Angeles Texas

L 6 7 8 8 8 10 9 12 11 11 11 13 12 12

Pct .667 .667 .600 .579 .529 .474 .471 .455 .421 .421 .389 .381 .333 .333

2nd Pct. vs. 3rd Pct. Best Pct. vs. Wild Card Wednesday, Oct. 6 or Thursday, Oct. 7 Wild card at best percentage

Friday, Oct. 8 Wild card at best percentage

Sunday, Oct. 10 Best percentage at wild card

Monday, Oct. 11 Best percentage at wild card, if necessary Wednesday, Oct. 13 Wild card at best percentage, if necessary

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES American League Friday, Oct. 15 at higher percentage

Saturday, Oct. 16

NATIONAL LEAGUE San Francisco Atlanta Colorado Chicago Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Houston Florida Cincinnati San Diego Arizona St. Louis Los Angeles Pittsburgh Washington

W 16 12 13 11 12 12 10 11 11 9 10 10 9 7 5 5

L 7 7 9 8 9 9 8 9 10 9 10 11 10 10 13 14

Pct .696 .632 .591 .579 .571 .571 .556 .550 .524 .500 .500 .476 .474 .412 .278 .263

at higher percentage

Monday, Oct. 18 at lower percentage or wild card

Tuesday, Oct. 19 at lower percentage or wild card

Wednesday, Oct. 20 at lower percentage or wild card, if necessary

Friday, Oct. 22 at higher percentage, if necessary

Saturday, Oct. 23 at higher percentage, if necessary

National League Saturday, Oct. 16 at higher percentage

Sunday, Oct. 17 at higher percentage

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. ———

Tuesday, Oct. 19 at lower percentage or wild card

Wednesday, Oct. 20 at lower percentage or wild card

Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 4, Tampa Bay 3 Florida 5, Baltimore 2 Houston 11, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 6 Kansas City 5, Chicago Cubs 5, tie Seattle 6, L.A. Angels 4 San Francisco 6, Chicago White Sox 1 Milwaukee 10, Cleveland 2 San Diego 9, Colorado 6 Detroit 6, Washington 2 Minnesota 7, Boston 2

Thursday, Oct. 21 at lower percentage or wild card, if necessary

Saturday, Oct. 23 at higher percentage, if necessary Sunday, Oct. 24 at higher percentage, if necessary

WORLD SERIES Wednesday, Oct. 27 (n) Thursday, Oct. 28 (n) Saturday, Oct. 30 (n) Sunday, Oct. 31

Wednesday’s Games St. Louis 4, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 4, Florida 1 Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 0 Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3 Boston 6, Pittsburgh 4 N.Y. Mets 5, Houston 2 Chicago White Sox 10, Arizona 3 Chicago Cubs vs Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels 8, Kansas City (ss) 6 Cincinnati 10, San Francisco (ss) 3 Washington vs N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (ss) vs Kansas City (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 9:05 p.m. Seattle vs San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs Oakland at Phoenix, 10:35 p.m.

Today’s Games N.Y. Mets vs St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m. Florida vs Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Minnesota vs Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Toronto vs Detroit (ss) at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Atlanta vs Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Houston vs Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs Arizona at Tucson, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Seattle (ss) vs Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Texas vs L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Seattle (ss) vs Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs Colorado at Tucson, Ariz., 4:10 p.m. Detroit (ss) vs Washington at Viera, Fla., 7:05 p.m. Oakland vs San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

Braves 8, Phillies 0 Philadelphia ab r h bi

Atlanta ab r h bi

Monday, Nov. 1 if necessary, (n)

Wednesday, Nov. 3 if necessary, (n)

Thursday, Nov. 4 if necessary, (n)

College scores EAST

Kean 11, Farmingdale St. 2 Mass.-Lowell 11, Bentley 7 Rutgers-Camden 5, John Jay 4 St. Augustine’s 5-15, Shaw 4-2 Susquehanna 5, King’s. Pa. 3 Swarthmore 11, Widener 8 William Paterson 7, Oneonta St. 6, 10 innings

SOUTH Carson-Newman 9, Limestone 1 Denison 5, Thomas More 3 ETSU 22, Radford 10 Emory 22, Sewanee 6 Hampden-Sydney 7, Christopher Newport 6 Mount Olive 15, Armstrong Atlantic 12 North Alabama 12, Christian Brothers 2 N. Kentucky 8-1, Ohio Dominican 1-5 W. Kentucky 14, Murray St. 5

MIDWEST Augustana, S.D. 15, Minnesota-Crookston 2 Minnesota 4, North Dakota St 2 Nebraska 15, N. Colorado 2

.SOUTHWEST Arizona 11, New Mexico 7 Oklahoma 6, Arkansas 1 Oklahoma St. 4, Alabama A&M 0 SW Oklahoma 11-3, Mid-Am Christian 0-4 Stephen F. Austin at Houston, ccd., weather Texas Tech 10, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 9

TRIVIA ANSWER

---A. Bill Walton.

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3D

Bishop’s Buckland, Toomey earn all-state honors RALEIGH (AP) – Kinston’s Reggie Bullock and Matthews Butler’s Cierra Burdick are unanimous picks to The Associated Press All-State prep basketball teams for North Carolina. A pair of Bishop McGuinness standouts made the team as Megan Buckland garnered all-state girls honors and Aaron Toomey earned a berth on the boys team. Bullock and Burdick were selected on all 22 ballots submitted by sports writers from across the state in results released Wednesday. Dudley’s P.J. Hairston and Forestview’s Shannon Smith each came

within a vote of being unanimous picks. The AP revised the selection process this year, doing away with its first and second teams in favor of a single 12-player squad for both the boys and girls. West Charlotte’s J.T. Terrell earned 20 votes after averaging 31.5 points per game. Charlotte United Faith senior Ian Miller and Toomey also returned to the AP team for a second straight season; both were second-team picks last year. The rest of the boys team included: Word of God senior C.J. Leslie, Concord Cannon senior Jarell Eddie, Rocky

Mount senior Tashawn Mabry, Cherryville junior Terry Whisnant, Lake Norman senior Paul Larsen, SW Onslow senior Jamaal Williams, Oak Ridge Military senior Jay Canty, Forsyth Country Day sophomore Tyler Lewis and Enloe senior Melvin Tabb. Canty, Lewis and Tabb each earned seven votes to tie for the final spot on the boys team. On the girls team, Smith – who has signed with UNC – averaged 23 points and seven assists per game to return to the AP team after being a first-team pick last season. Buckland, who averaged nearly 20

points and eight rebounds per game in leading the Villains to a fifth straight state 1A title, earned 20 votes. Williamston senior Katie Paschal was a second-team selection last year. The rest of the girls team included: S. Central Pitt junior Danielle Butts, East Bladen junior Courtney Melvin, Green Hope sophomore Kristen Gaffney, East Lincoln senior Lindsy Wright, East Mecklenburg senior Monet Tellier, Providence Day soph. Tiffany Mitchell, Salisbury senior Shanequa Phifer and Hickory Grove senior Chelsea Douglas.

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up the win on the mound and went 4-for4 at the plate as East Davidson blanked BASEBALL Trinity 14-0 in five innings Wednesday. Other leading hitters for the Golden EAST DAVIDSON 14, WHEATMORE 2 (5) Eagles (5-1) were Addie Chaney (2-for-4), THOMASVILLE – Thirteen proved a Caroline Fowler (2-for-4) and Miranda lucky number for East Davidson on Mullins (2-for-3), plus Kelsey Long and Wednesday night. Brittany Osborne (1-for-1). Scout AlbertThe Golden Eagles smashed 13 hits in son, Ashley Stacy and Dallas Paris each a 13-run third inning and rolled to a 14-2 got a hit for the Bulldogs (4-4). victory over Wheatmore in five innings. Tyler Lequire (2-2) got the win for East S. GUILFORD 6, NORTH FORSYTH 3 (4-3) against the Warriors (2-6). SUMNER – Southern Guilford opened Lequire led a balanced East attack, Mid-Piedmont 3A play by stopping East going 2-for-3 with a double and three Forsyth 6-3 on Wednesday. RBIs. Keaton Hawks went 2-for-3 with a Kayla Wainscott went 2-for-3 and beltdouble, homer and two RBIs, while Jus- ed a two-run double for the Storm (8-1). tin Mounts finished 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs. Justin Hulin was 2-for-2 SOCCER with a double and Preston Gammons was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs. TRINITY 10, T.W ANDREWS 0 Brandon Swift went 1-for-1 with an TRINITY – Taylor Hembree scored three RBI for Wheatmore. goals as Trinity tripped visiting T.W. Andrews 10-0 in a PAC-6 2A match. WILLIAMS 11, HIGH POINT CENTRAL 1 Natalie Hunter converted two goals BURLINGTON – Williams stopped High for the Bulldogs (10-2, 2-0). Logan Terry, Point Central 11-1 in nonconference M.K. Atkins, Elizabeth Atkins, Jordan action on Wednesday. Ben Horn went Bouldin and Chrissy Latta added a goal 1-for-2 with an RBI for the Bison (3-7). each. Terry and M.K. Atkins had two Evan Aguilar was 2-for-3 for Central. assists each. Courtney Cox, Elizabeth Atkins, Allison Lewis and Brooke Dill SW GUILFORD 4, R.J. REYNOLDS 1 each were credited with one. Morgan HIGH POINT – Davis Inman struck Loeffler, Andi Shelton and Patience Barout nine and allowed just three hits as nette split time in goal for the Bulldogs. Southwest Guilford stopped visiting Reynolds 4-1 on Wednesday. WHEATMORE 10, ATKINS 0 Brock Hudgens clubbed a two-run HIGH POINT – Paige Hudson put the homer to put the Cowboys up 3-1 in ball in the net four times as Wheatmore the sixth. Cal Sutphin tripled and then opened PAC-6 2A play with a 10-0 victory scored on a balk to add an insurance over Atkins on Wednesday. run in the seventh. Inman singled in Hannah Johnson, Leah Wright, Ashthe Cowboys’ first run after Reynolds ton Allan, Emmie Grantham, Josephine crossed the plate first. Watson and Maddy Myers added a goal Southwest managed just four hits and each for the Warriors (7-0). Lexa Wall, fell to East Forsyth 3-1 in a game that Abigail Byrd, Watson and Myers each ended late Tuesday. Elliot Slack scored had an assist. Allan and Hannah Ryan the Cowboys’ lone run on a Hudgens preserved the shutout in goal. double in the first. Losing pitcher Matt Orth went the distance, striking out 12. GLENN 2, SOUTHWEST GUILFORD 1 KERNERSVILLE – Jessica Wiffle scored RAGSDALE 11, GRIMSLEY 1 what proved to be the game-winner with GREENSBORO – Billy Stone drove in three minutes left as Glenn edged SW three runs and got the win on the mound Guilford 2-1 in a PTC 4A match. as visiting Ragsdale stopped Grimsley Clair Deese of the Cowgirls scored in 11-1 in six innings on Wednesday. the middle of the second half to force a Zach Hodges also drove in three runs 1-1 tie. Hannah Forbes got Glenn on the for the Tigers (7-1). DeSean Anderson had board less than a minute into the second two RBIs. Walt Sparks went 2-for-4. Stone period. Southwest fell to 2-6-1, 1-3 PTC. went the first two innings in getting the win as three Ragsdale pitchers threw for TENNIS two innings each. Mitch Carstens and Sparks were the other hurlers. WHEATMORE 9, T.W. ANDREWS 0 HIGH POINT – Avery Musgrave led a TRINITY 12, THOMASVILLE 2 (5) string of singles winners as Wheatmore TRINITY – Jake Smith went 4-for-4 with swept T.W. Andrews 9-0 in a PAC6 2A three RBIs to spark Trinity to a 12-2 vic- match on Wednesday. tory over Thomasville in five innings. Eric Lagueruela, Ross Blake, Aaron Ryan Spencer finished 2-for-3 with Stafford, Jordan McClure and Graham three runs and two RBIs for the home- Brown also won in singles for the Warstanding Bulldogs (6-2), while Adam riors (6-3, 2-1). Jack and Andy Mishoe, Lacombe was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Stafford and Jordan Wilson, and Bradley Chad Wagoner went 2-for-3 with two Barnette and Nate Hammett prevailed runs. Rhyne Kivett tossed all five in- in doubles. Andrews drops to 0-4. nings for the win, striking out nine.

LEDFORD 8, NORTHEAST GUILFORD 1 WALLBURG – Ledford topped Northeast Guilford 8-1 after scoring seven runs in the first two innings. Brock Phillips clubbed a three-run homer for Ledford, Spencer McLeod went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI, and Jonathan Colyn was 2-for-2 with an RBI. Brian Connolly picked up the mound win for the Panthers.

BISHOP MCGUINNESS 3, EAST SURRY 1 PILOT MOUNTAIN – Bishop McGuinness scored two runs in the top of the 10th inning to put an end to a pitcher’s duel against East Surry late Tuesday night. In the 10th, Bishop (5-2, 4-1 Northwest 1A/2A) reached the bullpen when Michael Urban’s double scored Brandon Gray. Jake LaRoe’s single made it 3-1.

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Taylor Tutton-Swing and Matt TuttonDaijia Ervin sparked Southern with Finnegan secured doubles triumphs for firsts in the 100 (12.6 seconds) and the the Bison (5-3). 200 (26.0), while Loyrissa Young was tops in the high jump (4-6) and pole vault (60). Southern also got wins from Ashley RAGSDALE 6, GRIMSLEY 3 JAMESTOWN – Ragsdale stopped Holder in the 800 (2:44), Debrisha Barnes Grimsley 6-3 in nonconference action on in the 300 hurdles (52.3) and Ivory Lloyd in the triple jump (30-2). Southern took Wednesday. Cameron Smith, Justin Koenig, Ste- the 1600 with Young, Staci Green, Raven phen Miller and Emmanuel Obi-Rapu Hamilton and Barnes in 4:44 and won the won in singles for the Tigers (8-1). Smith- 3200 with Holder, Aarion Moore, Jasmine Koenig and Miller-John Ritter prevailed Escobar and Laura Bishop in 13:26. in doubles.

AT TRINITY BISHOP MCGUINNESS 9, EAST SURRY 0 KERNERSVILLE – Joseph Riazzi led a parade of singles winners as Bishop McGuinness cruised past East Surry 9-0 in Northwest 1A/2A Conference action on Wednesday. Christian Immel, Kevin Weckworth, Lane Kiser, Conor Wilson and Michael Domabyl also won in singles for the Villains (4-3, 4-2). Riazzi-Weckworth, Kiser-Wilson and Immel-Steve Shin prevailed in doubles.

TRACK AND FIELD AT NORTHWEST GUILFORD GREENSBORO – High Point Central swept host Northwest Guilford in a Piedmont Triad 4A Conference dual meet Wednesday. Tyree Sparks won the 300 hurdles, long jump, triple jump and high jump as the Bison edged the Vikings, 69-67. Martize Smith prevailed in the shot put and the discus. Derek Grant sprinted home first in the 200 meter dash. Grant, Aaron Leach, William McCauley and Kevin Permenter took the 4x200 relay. Grant, McCauley, Leach and Al-DaQuan Teasley teamed to win the 4x100. Central’s girls came away with a 76-67 victory. Caprisha Pegram won the 100 and 300 hurdles. Garbrielle Gray took the 100 and 200 meter dashes and Alexis Williamson prevailed in the high jump and the 400. Tevyn Jones leaped to victory in the triple jump. Alexis Woodley won the shot. Gray, Pegram, Woodley and Alyiah Riley won the 4x100. Williamson, Aderike Anjorin, Dominique Hamlin and Alyssa Daniels took the 4x200. Pegram, Williamson, Gray and Jones won the 4x400.

TRINITY – Trinity’s boys and girls took a pair of meets from PAC-6 2A foes Wheatmore and Carver. The Bulldog girls had 92 points to top Carver (41) and Wheatmore (29), while the Trinity boys scored 77 points to Carver’s 54 and Wheatmore’s 35. Brittany Reeves led the Trinity girls with wins in the 1600 (6:20) and 3200 (14:11). Torey Loewen took the 800 in 3:05.78 and Brooke Hebert won the 300 hurdles in 1:01.28, while Trinity’s 400 relay team of Kyisja Rogers, Desiree Briley, Stephanie Key and Amber Simrel won in 56.34 seconds and the 3200 foursome of Key, Ashley Stone, Candise Owens and Kaitland Barker was tops in 12:20. In the field events, Alexandra Sechrest led Trinity with a throw of 28-1 to win the shot, Rachel Kozlowski took the discus in 84-2, Maya Thompson won the long jump in 12-3.5 and Kayley Williams took the high jump in 4-10. Trinity’s boys were sparked by Caden Pope’s wins in the 200 and 400 in 24.47 and 56.78 seconds, respectively. T.J. Bulla won the shot at 41-7.75, Austin Reitzel was first in the discus at 94-9, Mario McInnis took the long jump in 17-9.5 and Richey Sun was first in the triple jump at 33-10.5.

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BETHANIA – Ledford rolled to a 12stroke victory in Wednesday’s MidPiedmont 3A Conference match at Long Creek Golf Club. The Panthers carded 150, followed by Asheboro at 162, Southwestern Randolph at 164, North Forsyth at 191 and Northeast Guilford at 209. Southern Guilford did not post a team score. Three golfers shared medalist honors at 1-over 36: Ledford’s Chad Miller and Will Essick and Asheboro’s Kirby MofAT FORSYTH COUNTRY DAY LEWISVILLE – Forsyth Country Day’s fitt. Three Ledford golfers shot 39 – Aargirls and boys posted wins in tri-meet on Abts, Steven Fuquay and Cam Weis. action on Wednesday. The Furies took the girls meet with AT CROSS CREEK CLUB 125.5 points, followed by High Point MOUNT AIRY – Bishop McGuinness Christian Academy at 61.5, Wesleyan prevailed in a Northwest 1A/2A ConferChristian Academy at 43 and Salem at ence meet on Wednesday. 41. Bishop finished with a 158 total. North FCD won the boys meet with 95 points, Surry, North Stokes and East Surry tied followed by HPCA at 49 and Wesleyan for second at 169. South Stokes was next at 42. For the Cougar girls, Carly Black at 171, followed by Mount Airy (181) and won the 100 in 12.5 seconds and the 200 Surry Central (200). in 28.8. Kolton White took two events for Stanhope Johnson of the Villains took the Cougar boys. He won the 110 hurdles medalist honors with a 34, followed by in 18.9 and the 300 hurdles in 47.3 HPCA’s teammate William Whitaker with a 37. LEDFORD 9, NORTH FORSYTH 0 Justin Young of Bishop was sixth at 41. WINSTON-SALEM – Ledford cruised David Loy won the boys 3,200 in 10:49. past North Forsyth for a 9-0 victory on AT SOUTHWEST GUILFORD LACROSSE Wednesday. HIGH POINT – Parkland’s girls and Landon Rogers, Rick Ydrovo, Josh Edwards, Thomas Edwards, Jay Buchanan Ragsdale’s boys won Wednesday’s Pied- RAGSDALE 12, WATAUGA 11 and Jackson Somers won in singles for mont Triad 4A Conference meets. HIGH POINT – Ashley Kiser scored four The Parkland girls scored 69 points to goals as Ragsdale edged visiting Watauthe Panthers (9-1, 3-0 Mid-Piedmont 3A). Rogers-Thomas Edwards, Ydrovo- edge Ragsdale by three. Southwest was ga 12-11 on Wednesday. Abby Hall and Josh Edwards and Buchanan-Somers third with 35 points. Kathryn Carter each scored three goals. prevailed in doubles. Sarah Justice played a part in three Emily Byerly and Isabel Kenney added wins for the Tiger girls, capturing the one score each. Kenney, Emma Sonrick100 and 200 dashes along with running in er, Carter and Hall each set up a goal. HP CENTRAL TAKES TWO HIGH POINT – High Point Central dou- the winning 4x100 relay. Ragsdale’s boys Tiger keeper Kristen Eguren had six had 85 points to best Parkland (45.5) and saves. Ragsdale (4-3) goes to Page today. bled its pleasure on Wednesday. The Bison completed a 5-4 victory over Southwest (41.5). The Tigers’ Paul Sidam East Forsyth that was postponed due to won the 800, 1600 and 3200, while South- BISHOP MCGUINNESS 10, MT. TABOR 9 KERNERSVILLE – Stephen Marrujo and rain, then netted a 7-2 win over the Ea- west’s Desmond Stearns was a doublewinner in the triple jump and 200. Thomas Lawler scored four goals each gles. as Bishop McGuinness outlasted Mount In the delayed match, Taylor Tutton, Tabor 10-9 on Wednesday. Will Swing and Matt Tutton posted wins. AT ASHEBORO Cameron Bradford scored the other Taylor Tutton-Swing and Jeff SmothersASHEBORO – Southern Guilford’s girls Tripp Smith prevailed in doubles. captured a three-team Mid-Piedmont 3A two goals for the Villains (3-3). Lawler had two assists and Marrujo one. In the regularly scheduled match, Tay- Conference meet at Asheboro. Andrew Shortt had 10 saves in goal lor Tutton, Swing, Matt Tutton, Smith The Storm tallied 73 points to best the for Bishop. and Riley Finnegan won in singles. Blue Comets (59) and NE Guilford (58).

Tar Heels head to Big Apple for NIT semifinal showdown against Rhode Island BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – North Carolina will have to settle for a trip to the Big Apple instead of the Big Dance. Deon Thompson had 14 points and 12 rebounds to

lead the stingy Tar Heels to a 60-55 victory over UAB on Tuesday night in the National Invitation Tournament quarterfinals. The Tar Heels (19-16) held UAB without a field goal for nearly 10 minutes down the stretch to

earn their first trip to the NIT semifinals since 1973. They will face Rhode Island in New York’s Madison Square Garden. “We’re very happy to still be playing another day,” UNC coach Roy Williams said.

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SHORT TRACK ROUNDUP: The cream is quickly rising to the top in Caraway Speedway’s late model standings. Past champions at the .415-mile track hold the top four spots after two weeks, led by Brad Brinkley and defending champion Travis Swaim tied at the top. Defending champion Swaim got his first win of the season in the first of two 75-lap races last Saturday night and finished fourth in the second. Brinkley was fifth and third. They are four points ahead of openingnight winner Jason York, who finished third and ninth. Randy Benson, who was fourth and third, is in fourth and 14 out of first. Ryan Rhodes, who considered going home after breaking a clutch in practice, ended a long victory drought by winning the second race. Cory Donley was the fastest qualifier. Wallburg native Robert Tyler drew the pole for the first race, then suffered engine failure at the start. Harrison Rhodes of High Point, in his first late-model start, finished ninth in the first race and wound up 14th in the second race after he was caught in a wreck. Peter Stewart of Sophia was 11th and seventh. Five other divisions opened the season. Josh Lowder of Archdale began defense of his Limited Late Model championship with a victory. Gary Ledbetter of Lexington was second with Junior Kendrick of Thomasville third. Keven Wood prevailed in a 25-lap Leg-

ends Car race. Jan Ingram of Asheboro was third and first in the Masters division. Jason Austin of High Point was fifth and first in the Semi-Pro class. Glenn Chriscoe Jr. of Randleman was the Super Mini-Truck winner. Perry Haines became the Pure Stock winner when first-finishing Dave Hammond did not submit his car for post-race inspection. Zack Bralley won the U-Car race. Richard Jones of Archdale was fourth. The late models will be idle Saturday, while a 60-lap Sportsman race serves as the feature.

AROUND THE REGION Charlie Glotzbach, injured in the late model charity race Saturday at Bristol, was released from Bristol Medical Center on Wednesday. . .The Carolina Clash dirt-track series visits 311 Fastrack near Madison Saturday night. Dean Bowen won the series opener last Saturday at Carolina Speedway. Justin Labonte was sidelined by a wreck. Ken Schrader won a heat. ... The Lucas Oil dirt track series returns to action Saturday at Brownstown Speedway in Indiana. Earl Pearson Jr. of Bobby Labonte Racing is eighth in points, 200 behind leader Scott Bloomquist. ... The UARA late model series get back into action Saturday at Kingsport Speedway in Tennessee. ... Tickets for all races scheduled this season at North Wilkesboro Speedway went on sale Monday through the Save the Speedway website. Starting on April 3, tickets will be available at the track’s offices on Saturdays and days the Buck Baker Driving School is in session.

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DURHAM (AP) – If it’s the NCAA tournament, then it must be time for Duke star Kyle Singler to collect a few more scars. His latest badge of honor: Six stitches below his eye, courtesy of an errant elbow from a teammate this week during practice. The injury isn’t expected to bother him Friday night when the top-seeded Blue Devils (31-5) face the No. 4 seed Purdue Boilermakers in the South Regional semifinals in Houston. But it has led to some goodnatured ribbing from his teammates. “I think he tries to do it,� guard Nolan Smith said with a laugh. “I think he thinks he looks tough with stitches or a black eye.� Those battle scars also are painfully visible indicators of the energy and relentless drive Singler has brought to the postseason. First, he emerged from the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament two weeks ago with a couple of noteworthy souvenirs: A slice of the Greensboro Coliseum net, and a 4-inch gash on the back of his right shoulder – the result of a spill over a courtside table during which he landed on ESPN play-by-play man Dan Shulman and nearly took out Dick Vitale, too. Now this. Coach Mike Krzyzewski says Singler will be “ready to go� to face Purdue on Friday.

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The National Association of Basketball Coaches named Guilford College’s Tyler Sanborn as its NCAA Division III Player of the Year on Wednesday. Teammate Clay Henson earned NABC First Team All-South Region honors for the second straight season. Sanborn joins former teammate Ben Strong ‘08 as Guilford winners of the NABC’s top honor. Strong shared the NABC’s 2007 National Player of the Year Award with Amherst College’s Andrew Olson. The announcement marks Sanborn’s second national player of the year award, as he won the DIII News Player of the Year honor Mar. 22. The 6-10 senior center had 30 double-doubles and averaged 19.8 points, 14.1 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in 33 games. He ranked 44th among Division III leaders in scoring, third in rebounding, ninth in fieldgoal percentage (.643) and 38th in blocks per game. A two-time D3hoops.com All-American and First Team All-ODAC pick, Sanborn is Guilford’s sixth men’s basketball player to compile 1,000 points and rebounds in his career. He stands 16th among the Quakers’ career scoring leaders (1,398), fourth in rebounds (1,133) and third in blocks (200). Sanborn averaged 4.9 points and 5.0 rebounds per game his first two seasons as Strong’s backup. Henson, a 6-2 senior guard, averaged 17.8 points per game and set school records for three-pointers (98) and three-point attempts (267) in a season. A 2010 DIII News Third Team All-American, he earned Third Team All-South honors from D3hoops.com and his second straight First Team All-ODAC honor this year. The pair helped coach Tom Palombo’s Quakers to a 30-3 overall record and their second straight third-place finish in the NCAA Tournament.

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top five for most valuable teams. Forbes says the value of a top 10 team in NASCAR has dropped 10 percent since 2008. Forbes ranked three Hendrick drivers as the highest paid in NASCAR. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is first at $30 million, followed by Jeff Gordon ($27 million) and Jimmie Johnson ($23 million.)

team value has declined $5 million over the past year. Roush Fenway Racing is ranked second at a value of $238 million, and Richard Childress Racing is ranked third at $153 million. Joe Gibbs Racing ($144 million) and Richard Petty Motorsports ($124 million) round out the

RALEIGH (AP) – The Carolina Hurricanes are on the verge of regaining one key player and losing another for the season. Coach Paul Maurice said after practice Wednesday that forward Tuomo Ruutu will have season-ending shoulder surgery today but that injured goalie Cam Ward could return within a week. Ruutu initially injured his right shoulder during a fight with Colorado’s Darcy Tucker on Jan. 8. The physical forward missed 15 games and fought the injury even after his return.

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Hendrick valued as top NASCAR team by Forbes NEW YORK (AP) – Forbes’ annual rankings show that Hendrick Motorsports is the most valuable team in NASCAR for the second consecutive year. Forbes’ report released Wednesday shows NASCAR’s top team is worth $350 million. But the report claims the average NASCAR

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Gooden charged with driving on drugs in NJ FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – Former Major League Baseball star Dwight Gooden has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs and leaving the scene of an Gooden accident. The former pitcher had a child in his vehicle at the time of the twovehicle crash around 9 a.m. Tuesday, Franklin Lakes police Capt. Joseph Seltenrich said.

Balloon dad to finish sentence at home FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Colorado man who pleaded guilty to falsely influencing the sheriff by saying his son had floated off in a runaway balloon is completing his sentence at home. Larimer County sheriff’s spokeswoman Eloise Campanella said Wednesday that Richard Heene finished his time in jail and with a work-release unit. He was moved earlier this month to home detention and is wearing an ankle monitor.

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3 decades worth of tears, anger flow in NJ court NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – When relatives of five teens missing for more than 30 years came face to face Wednesday in court with a man accused of burning the boys alive, they didn’t see just a glowering stranger or a fugitive captured after years on the run. They saw a man many of them knew and suspected all along. The boys left their houses one night in 1978 and never returned. Authorities revealed this week that they believe they were killed in a fire at an abandoned building over an alleged drug theft. Two men were arrested. The revelations exposed painful memories among the victims’ families, pain deepened because at least one of the men charged had walked among them for the past three decades, his life intersecting with theirs. That man, 56-yearold carpenter Lee Evans, pleaded not guilty through his attorney to arson and five counts of murder Wednesday in state Superior Court. An

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Helen Simmons of Newark holds up a photo of her nephew Michael McDowell, Wednesday, in Newark, N.J. McDowell and four other teens went missing more than 30 years ago and are assumed dead. Philander Hampton of Jersey City and Lee Evans of Irvington have been charged with five counts murder and one count arson.

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attorney for Evans’ cousin and alleged accomplice, Philander Hampton, also entered a not-guilty plea

for Hampton. Judge Peter Vazquez continued bail for both men at $5 million each. Both men spoke only to answer several yesand-no questions from Vazquez during their separate two-minute appearances. Evans, handcuffed and dressed in street clothes, glanced briefly at the gallery where more

PEMBROKE, Va. – Police say the bodies of two elderly friends have been found in a Virginia national forest after their vehicle got stuck in a snow drift. Giles County Sheriff Morgan Millirons says a state transportation worker found Sam Marshall, 88, on Tuesday and his friend Frances Bradley, 84, was found a quarter-mile away.

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Claudia Chavez takes the fourth load of sleep mats back to storage Wednesday, the morning after a snowstorm dumped about 12 inches of snow on Denver International Airport, canceling many flights and stranding passengers in Denver.

Colorado snow heads out of state DENVER (AP) – A sloppy spring snowstorm caused mushy headaches Wednesday for travelers, students and businesses across Colorado. The storm dumped about 9 inches on Denver from Tuesday night to Wednesday. About 23 inches of wet, heavy snow were reported in the city’s western suburbs, and the southeast part of the state got about a foot or so. Skies cleared by lunchtime as the storm moved southeast.

Many of the 5,000 fliers who got stuck overnight at Denver International Airport remained hunched on blue plastic mats Wednesday morning waiting for news of rescheduled flights. Few seemed suprised by the weather. “It was nice a couple days ago, but you could feel the moist air and the temperature dropping, and you could tell a storm was coming,” said Debra Dusenbury, waiting with a Maeve Binchy novel for a flight home to Billings, Mont.

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Police inspect a car that was vandalized outside the MTV broadcasting office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday.

Akon delays Sri Lanka tour COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – R&B star Akon has postponed a planned concert in Sri Lanka following angry protests over a music video he is in where scantily clad women dance in front of a Buddha statue. Akon, who expressed regret and said he was not previously aware of

known address in neighboring Irvington is a few miles from where four of the five teens lived, regularly hired local youths for odd jobs. Since the five teens’ disappearance, he has remained a visible figure in the community, Simmons said, and his niece was close friends with her own granddaughter.

achievement of American students isn’t growReading scores for ing fast enough,” Educafourth and eighth grade tion Sec. Arne Duncan students held mostly said in a statement. steady last year, con- “Like the NAEP 2009 tinuing a stubborn trend of minimal improvement across most racial, economic and geographic groups. Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a series of federally funded achievement tests, rose in two states and the District of Columbia in grade four and in nine states for grade eight in 2009. Overall, the Arne Duncan fourth-grade average Education secretary remained unchanged while eighth graders math scores released rose one point. The average score for last fall, the reading both grades was only scores demonstrate that four points higher than students aren’t making it was in 1992. the progress necessary “Today’s results once to compete in the global again show that the economy.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

High court halts Texas man’s execution

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than 50 of the victims’ friends and relatives sat staring silently. “It’s hurtful because he knew about this from day one, and we knew it was him; you just know,” said Helen Simmons, aunt of victim Michael McDowell. “It’s very unsettling, it’s just an added hurt.” Evans, whose last

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Their vehicle was found another mile away.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday stopped the execution of condemned prisoner Hank Skinner about an hour before he could have been taken to the Texas death chamber. Skinner asked the court and Gov. Rick Perry for the delay for DNA testing he insisted could clear him in a triple slaying. The brief order grants him the delay but does not ensure he will get such testing.

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the statue in the video, would have been the highest profile international singer to come to this predominately Buddhist, Indian Ocean island since the end of a brutal 25-year civil war last year. Sri Lanka said Wednesday that it would not issue Akon a visa for next month’s concert.

NEW YORK (AP) – The manager for teen pop sensation Justin Bieber surrendered to police Wednesday in connection with a fan frenzy last year at a mall in Long Island that sent five people to the hospital with minor injuries. Scott “Scooter” Braun was awaiting arraignment on charges of reckless endangerment and criminal nuisance. His lawyer said he would plead not guilty. His arrest stems from a planned appearance in November by Bieber at Roosevelt Field Mall. Bieber’s album “My World 2.0” with the hit song “Baby” was released Tuesday.

‘Today’s results once again show that achievement isn’t growing fast enough.’

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Thursday March 25, 2010

Business: Pam Haynes

DOW JONES 10,836.15 -52.68

NASDAQ 2,398.76 -16.48

S&P 1,167.72 -6.45

PHaynes@hpe.com (336) 888-3617

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New home sales sink to low WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes fell unexpectedly to their lowest point on record in February, in part because stormy winter weather kept buyers away. The results pointed to the U.S. housing industry’s struggle to rebound from the worst slump in decades. Sales fell 2.2 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual sales pace of 308,000, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The news follows a report Tuesday that sales of existing homes fell for a third straight month in February, to the lowest level since July. The results “provide yet

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State settles with Countrywide BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts attorney general’s office has announced a $3 billion settlement with mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. The settlement filed Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Court expands on an agreement that Countrywide reached with the attorneys general in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Attorney General Martha Coakley alleged that Countrywide engaged in unfair lending practices by marketing some products without accounting for borrowers’ ability to pay.

Smucker to close plants, cut jobs ORRVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The J.M. Smucker Co. is closing four plants and cutting 700 jobs, about 15 percent of its workforce, the food maker said Wednesday. The company, which makes Folgers Coffee, Smucker’s jams and other products, said it is closing its fruit-spread plants in Memphis, Tenn., and Ste. Marie, Quebec, and moving the bulk of its production to Orrville, Ohio.

Oil falls below $81 on supply jump NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices fell on Wednesday, briefly dipping below $80, just after the government reported a larger-thanexpected jump in U.S. crude inventories last week. Benchmark crude for May delivery lost $1.46 at $80.45 a barrel in midday trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

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more evidence that the housing market is heading for a double-dip in both activity and prices, if it isn’t there already,” wrote Paul Dales, U.S. economist with Capital Economics. The drop in new-home sales was the fourth consecutive monthly decline and the worst showing on records dating to 1963. January’s results, meanwhile, were revised upward slightly to a pace of 315,000. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected new-home sales in February to rise to an annual rate of 320,000. “While bad weather

could well have suppressed the February result, it was dismal no matter how one tries to slice and dice it,” wrote Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at MFR Inc. As the housing market sputters, manufacturing remains a source of strength for the economic recovery. Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rose for a third straight month in February, bolstered by demand for commercial aircraft and machinery. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that orders for durable goods rose 0.5 percent last month.

Duke Energy CEO pay rises 19 percent MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

CHARLOTTE — Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers received $5.3 million in total compensation in 2009, about a 19 percent increase from 2008, according to a securities filing. As in 2008, nearly all of that, $4.9 million, came in the form of stock awards. Under a five-year employment agreement that began last February, Rogers receives no base salary or bonus, and he did not exercise any stock options in 2009. The head of the Charlotte energy company also received $391,212 in other compensation last year, including $363,573 related to personal use of company aircraft, the Monday filing said. The number stems from the tax write-off value that Duke loses when Rogers uses corporate aircraft for personal reasons, spokesman Tom Williams said. Duke’s compensation

committee, led by former Bank of America Chief Financial Officer James Hance, determines Rogers’ pay based on several factors, including stock performance, expense control, reliability and public policy and regulatory outcomes. Rogers exceeded performance targets for 2009, resulting in a payout of 150,786 shares, the filing said. The Observer counts salary, bonus, gains on exercised options, restricted stock awards and other pay, such as perks, when calculating CEO compensation. Charlotte-based Duke is one of the nation’s largest power companies, serving 4 million customers in the Carolinas, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Both it and competitors have felt the sting of the recession. Rogers told analysts in February that he expects demand for electricity to be flat this year after it fell 4 percent in 2009.

BofA to reduce mortgage principal CHARLOTTE (AP) — Bank of America is taking a major step to help some of its most troubled mortgage borrowers. The bank says it will forgive up to 30 percent of some customers’ loan principal. The bank has said Wednesday it will start forgiving principal for homeowners who owe more than 120 percent of their home’s value.

The plan, to begin in May, is among the first by a U.S. mortgage lender that takes a systematic approach to reducing mortgage principal when home values drop well below the amount owed. The effort is aimed at preventing foreclosures. Bank of America, based in Charlotte, N.C., is the largest mortgage servicer in the country.

LOCAL FUNDS % Chg.

50-day Average

AMERICAN BALANCED FUND, CLASS A 16.79 _ 0.10

_ 0.59%

16.38

16.09

AMERICAN FDS BOND FD OF AMERICA 11.94 _ 0.06

_ 0.50%

11.96

11.87

AMERICAN FDS CAP INCOME BUILDER 47.67 _ 0.40

_ 0.83%

47.11

47.49

AMERICAN FDS CAPITAL WORLD GROW 33.60 _ 0.36

_ 1.06%

32.81

33.41

AMERICAN FDS EUROPACIFIC GROWTH 37.88 _ 0.43

_ 1.12%

36.90

37.93

AMERICAN FDS FUNDAMENTAL INVS A 33.85 _ 0.22

_ 0.65%

32.57

32.10

AMERICAN FDS GROWTH FD OF AMERI 28.30 _ 0.19

_ 0.67%

27.21

26.85

AMERICAN FDS INCOME FD OF AMERI 15.71 _ 0.10

_ 0.63%

15.44

15.29

AMERICAN FDS INVESTMENT CO OF A 26.59 _ 0.23

_ 0.86%

25.72

25.43

AMERICAN FDS NEW PERSPECTIVE A 25.99 _ 0.22

_ 0.84%

25.15

25.20

AMERICAN FDS WASHINGTON MUTUAL 25.41 _ 0.21

_ 0.82%

24.60

24.20

DAVIS NEW YORK VENTURE FUND A 32.02 _ 0.26

_ 0.81%

30.89

30.36

DODGE COX INCOME FUND 13.23 _ 0.04

_ 0.30%

13.14

13.04

DODGE COX INTERNATIONAL STOCK 32.39 _ 0.43

_ 1.31%

31.27

31.74

DODGE COX STOCK FUND 102.07

_ 0.62

_ 0.60%

97.45

95.34

FIDELITY CONTRA FUND 59.95

Name

Last

Change

200-day Average

_ 0.43

_ 0.71%

57.79

56.69

FIDELITY DIVERSIFIED INTERNATIO 27.64 _ 0.32

_ 1.14%

26.98

27.61

FIDELITY FREEDOM 2020 FUND 12.93 _ 0.07

_ 0.54%

12.55

12.57

FIDELITY GROWTH CO FUND 73.13 _ 0.49

_ 0.67%

69.18

66.94

FIDELITY LOWPRICED STOCK FUND 34.57 _ 0.23

_ 0.66%

32.89

31.61

FIDELITY MAGELLAN 66.92

_ 0.82%

64.17

63.26

TGIT TEMPTON INCOME FUND CLASS 2.64 _ 0.01

_ 0.55

_ 0.38%

2.58

2.57

HARBOR INTERNATIONAL FUND INSTI 54.11 _ 0.92

_ 1.67%

52.79

53.84

PIMCO FUNDS TOTAL RETURN FUND C 11.01 _ 0.04

_ 0.36%

10.98

10.93

PIMCO FUNDS TOTAL RETURN FUND A 11.01 _ 0.04

_ 0.36%

10.98

10.93

PIMCO FUNDS TOTAL RETURN FUND I 11.01 _ 0.04

_ 0.36%

10.98

10.93

VANGUARD 500 INDEX FD ADMIRAL S 108.01 _ 0.59

_ 0.54%

103.08

101.23

VANGUARD INDEX TRUST 500 INDEX 107.98 _ 0.60

_ 0.55%

103.06

101.21

VANGUARD GNMA FUND ADMIRAL SHS 10.79 _ 0.04

_ 0.37%

10.77

10.77

VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL INDEX 107.28 _ 0.60

_ 0.56%

102.38

100.56

VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL INDEX FU 107.29 _ 0.59

_ 0.55%

102.39

100.57

VANGUARD MID CAP GROWTH FUND 16.22 _ 0.16

_ 0.98%

15.37

14.92

VANGUARD PRIMECAP FUND 61.59 _ 0.42

_ 0.68%

59.16

57.72

VANGUARD BOND INDEX FD TOTAL BO 10.43 _ 0.05

_ 0.48%

10.46

10.44

VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATIONAL ST 14.36 _ 0.20

_ 1.37%

13.98

14.38

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET IND 28.97 _ 0.29

_ 0.99%

27.69

27.06

VANGUARD WELLINGTON INCOME FUND 29.77 _ 0.22

_ 0.73%

28.95

28.69

VANGUARD WELLINGTON FD ADMIRAL 51.43 _ 0.39

_ 0.75%

50.01

49.55

VANGUARD WINDSOR II FUND 25.00 _ 0.11

_ 0.44%

23.90

23.44

Dow falls 53 points NEW YORK (AP) – Major stock indexes fell from their 2010 highs Wednesday as weakness in the housing market and rising European debt loads revived investors’ pessimistic view of the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 53 points. It was only the Dow’s second drop in 12 days. Broader stock indexes also slid. Treasury prices tumbled after a government debt auction drew only modest demand for a second straight day. That raised concern that the government will have to pay more to attract buyers for its debt. Washington has been issuing record amounts of debt to help revive the economy. The drop in stocks comes after Fitch Ratings lowered Portugal’s credit rating. The rating agency said the country’s recovery will be slower than others that use the euro. Fitch contends that could hurt Portugal’s ability to repay its debt. The Dow fell 52.68, or 0.5 percent, to 10,836.15, a day after closing at its highest level since September 2008. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped 6.45, or 0.6 percent, to 1,167.72. The index also closed Tuesday at its highest level in nearly 18 months. The Nasdaq composite index fell 16.48, or 0.7 percent, to 2,398.76.

STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST Name AT&T Aetna Alcatel-Lucent Alcoa Allstate AmEx AIG Ameriprisel Analog Devices Aon Corp. Apple Avon BB&T Corp. BNC Bancorp BP Bank of America Bassett Furniture Best Buy Boeing CBL & Asso. CSX Corp. CVS Caremark Capital One Caterpillar Inc. Chevron Corp. Cisco Systems Inc. Citigroup Coca-Cola Colgate-Palmolive Colonial Prop. Comcast Corp. Corning Inc. Culp Inc. Daimler AG Deere & Co. Dell Inc. Dillard’s Inc. Walt Disney Co. Duke Energy Corp Exxon Mobil Corp FNB United Corp. FedEx Corp. First Citizens Bank of NC Ford Fortune Brands Furniture Brands Gap Inc. General Dynamics General Electric GlaxoSmithKline Google Hanesbrands Harley-Davidson Hewlett-Packard Home Depot Hooker Furniture Intel IBM JP Morgan Chase Kellogg Kimberly-Clark Krispy Kreme La-Z-Boy LabCorp Lance

Symbol T AET ALU AA ALL AXP AIG AMP ADI AON AAPL AVP BBT BNCN BP BAC BSET BBY BA CBL CSX CVS COF CAT CVX CSCO C KO CL CLP CMCSK GLW CFI DAI DE DELL DDS DIS DUK XOM FNBN FDX FCNCA F FO FBN GPS GD GE GSK GOOG HBI HOG HPQ HD HOFT INTC IBM JPM K KMB KKD LZB LH LNCE

Last 26.26 34.41 3.16 14.32 31.33 41.01 33.17 44.68 29.06 42.42 229.37 32.08 32.12 8.08 57.23 17.57 5.47 41.18 72.32 14.25 51.1 35.51 41.26 62.06 73.93 26.45 4.15 54.62 84.34 13.7 17.41 19.46 11.7 45.88 60.49 14.99 24 34.39 16.32 66.5 1.25 90.24 204 13.9 49.21 6.71 23.06 75.74 18.45 38.64 557.33 27.72 27.8 53.06 32.32 14.99 22.43 128.53 44.94 54.61 62.89 3.94 13.44 73.98 22.59

Chg. -0.29 -0.58 -0.06 -0.18 -0.11 -0.23 -0.11 -0.01 -1.37 -0.47 1.01 -0.8 0.02 0.08 -0.72 0.44 0.19 -0.33 0.14 0.26 -0.65 -0.41 0.35 -0.35 -0.84 -0.19 0.02 -0.68 -1 0.23 0.13 -0.22 0.03 -0.96 -1.47 -0.23 -0.39 0.38 -0.14 -0.45 0.07 -1.39 -2.02 0 -0.59 -0.13 -0.15 -1.2 0.12 -0.34 8.33 -0.29 -0.68 -0.09 -0.27 -0.13 -0.24 -0.84 0.36 -0.15 -0.62 -0.07 -0.4 -0.35 -0.52

High 26.5 35.15 3.18 14.5 31.48 41.46 34.33 44.91 30.32 42.78 230.2 32.75 32.42 8.08 57.34 17.73 5.58 41.59 73.2 14.63 51.59 36.1 41.63 62.54 74.5 26.62 4.19 55.36 85.18 13.8 17.46 19.93 11.7 46.06 61.65 15.12 24.32 34.43 16.46 66.86 1.25 91.5 208.25 14.05 49.64 6.81 23.21 76.76 18.94 38.84 559.85 27.95 28.42 53.22 32.6 15.44 22.67 129.95 44.97 54.75 63.49 4.06 13.82 74.67 23.28

Low 26.12 34.41 3.13 14.32 31.09 40.85 32.94 44.25 29.03 42.36 227.51 32.03 31.92 7.97 56.92 17.1 5.36 41.11 71.78 13.84 50.72 35.42 40.66 61.42 73.78 26.44 4.1 54.61 84.09 13.35 17.15 19.38 11.37 45.41 60.31 14.91 23.92 33.87 16.3 66.23 1.2 90.1 203.51 13.76 49.07 6.65 22.95 75.6 18.27 38.5 539.7 27.36 27.63 52.79 32.24 14.91 22.32 128.47 44.2 54.34 62.7 3.93 13.41 73.77 22.55

Name

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Last

Chg.

High

Legg Mason Leggett & Platt Lincoln National Lowe’s McDonald’s Merck MetLife Microsoft Mohawk Industries Morgan Stanley Motorola NCR Corp. New York Times Co. NewBridge Bancorp Norfolk Southern Novartis AG Nucor Old Dominion Office Depot PPG Industries Panera Bread The Pantry J.C. Penney Pfizer Pepsico Piedmont Nat.Gas Polo Ralph Lauren Procter & Gamble Progress Energy Qualcomm Quest Capital RF Micro Devices Red Hat Reynolds American RBC Ruddick Corp. SCM Micro Sara Lee Sealy Sears Sherwin-Williams Southern Company Spectra Energy Sprint Nextel Standard Micro Starbucks Steelcase Inc. SunTrust Banks Syngenta AG Tanger Targacept Inc. Target 3M Co. Time Warner US Airways Unifi Inc. UPS Inc. VF Corp. Valspar Verizon Vodafone Vulcan Materials Wal-Mart Wells Fargo Yahoo Inc.

LM LEG LNC LOW MCD MRK MET MSFT MHK MS MOT NCR NYT NBBC NSC NVS NUE ODFL ODP PPG PNRA PTRY JCP PFE PEP PNY RL PG PGN QCOM QCC RFMD RHT RAI RY RDK INVE SLE ZZ SHLD SHW SO SE S SMSC SBUX SCS STI SYT SKT TRGT TGT MMM TWX LCC UFI UPS VFC VAL VZ VOD VMC WMT WFC YHOO

29.76 21.51 29.09 24.38 66.8 38.01 41.92 29.65 53.86 29.37 7.25 13.83 11.22 3.75 54.66 54.66 45.82 33.19 8.01 65.43 78.84 12.67 32.79 17.61 66.26 27.37 84.72 63.61 39.25 40.19 1.25 5.13 30.7 53.73 58.43 31.99 1.87 13.88 3.76 108.44 65.85 33.03 22.29 3.94 22.55 25.29 6.62 27.26 55.15 44.19 19.46 53.37 81.61 31.25 7.41 3.55 63.77 79.91 28.91 30.46 22.18 49.73 55.58 30.86 16.09

-0.09 -0.2 0.13 -0.45 -0.55 -0.49 -0.25 -0.23 -0.33 -0.16 -0.1 -0.11 0 -0.01 -0.58 -0.51 -0.51 -0.4 -0.17 -0.62 0 0.07 -0.8 0.07 -0.6 -0.35 -0.18 -0.92 -0.6 -0.33 -0.02 -0.08 0.53 -0.37 -0.82 -0.3 -0.08 -0.14 -0.02 -0.41 -0.61 -0.32 -0.19 0.11 -0.79 -0.12 -0.03 0.39 -1.13 -0.64 0.04 -0.52 -0.74 -0.04 0.02 -0.05 -0.85 -1.08 -0.29 -0.52 -0.39 -0.45 -0.31 -0.22 0.06

29.99 21.77 29.51 24.75 67.19 38.51 42.69 29.85 54.51 29.68 7.36 13.95 11.26 3.76 55.04 54.95 46.11 33.68 8.14 65.91 79.64 12.77 33.48 17.71 67 27.75 85.15 64.4 39.8 40.43 1.3 5.23 31.14 54.07 58.89 32.29 1.95 14.04 3.81 108.97 66.46 33.33 22.47 4.14 23.18 26 6.68 27.3 55.57 44.91 19.53 53.83 82.3 31.36 7.52 3.6 64.6 80.89 29.2 30.95 22.35 50.73 56 31.28 16.2

METALS PRICING NEW YORK (AP) — Spot nonferrous metal prices Wednesday: Aluminum - $1.0114 per lb., London Metal Exch. Copper -$3.3582 Cathode full plate, LME. Copper $3.3695 N.Y. Merc spot Tue. Lead - $2135.50 metric ton, London Metal Exch. Zinc - $1.0139 per lb., London Metal Exch. Gold - $1090.75 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Gold - $1103.50 troy oz., NY Merc spot Tue. Silver - $16.695 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Silver - $17.012 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Tue. Platinum -$1589.00 troy oz., N.Y. (contract). Platinum -$1608.50 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Tue.

Low 29.67 21.38 28.72 24.35 66.58 37.98 41.85 29.6 53.75 29.26 7.24 13.74 10.78 3.69 54.14 54.65 45.63 33.12 7.93 65 78.14 12.5 32.7 17.54 66.25 27.36 84.11 63.48 39.19 40.02 1.23 5.11 30.1 53.65 58.29 31.89 1.87 13.87 3.7 107.68 65.56 33.01 22.18 3.92 22.53 25.24 6.52 26.67 55.05 44.07 19.12 53.12 81.43 31.05 7.27 3.5 63.54 79.81 28.9 30.4 22.15 49.68 55.43 30.67 15.92

Charge added to case against ex- Madoff aide NEW YORK (AP) – Prosecutors have beefed up their case against a longtime accountant who served as the operations chief for jailed Ponzi king Bernard Madoff.

WEATHER, BUSINESS 8D www.hpe.com THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010 THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE

High Point Enterprise Weather Today

Friday

Mostly Cloudy

71º

Saturday

Rain Likely

54º

67º

Mostly Sunny

38º

56º

Monday

Sunday

Scat'd Rain

Scat'd Rain

57º

60º

39º

45º

Local Area Forecast Kernersville Winston-Salem 70/54 71/54 Jamestown 72/54 High Point 71/54 Archdale Thomasville 72/54 71/54 Trinity Lexington 71/54 Randleman 71/54 72/55

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North Carolina State Forecast

Elizabeth City 69/58

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Asheville 64/45

High Point 71/54 Charlotte 72/53

Denton 72/56

Greenville 74/55 Cape Raleigh Hatteras 74/56 66/56

Almanac

Wilmington 72/54 Today

Friday

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70/40 60/37 70/47 64/49 71/41 48/30 66/46 60/37 69/48 67/47 64/48 54/34 63/38 71/41 65/46 62/41 68/39

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Weather (Wx): cl/cloudy; fl/flurries; pc/partly cloudy; ra/rain; rs/rain & snow; s/sunny; sh/showers; sn/snow; t/thunderstorms; w/windy

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Across The Nation Friday

Today

City ALBUQUERQUE . . ATLANTA . . . . . . . BOISE . . . . . . . . . . BOSTON . . . . . . . . CHARLESTON, SC CHARLESTON, WV CINCINNATI . . . . . CHICAGO . . . . . . . CLEVELAND . . . . . DALLAS . . . . . . . . DETROIT . . . . . . . . DENVER . . . . . . . . GREENSBORO . . . GRAND RAPIDS . . HOUSTON . . . . . . . HONOLULU . . . . . . KANSAS CITY . . . . NEW ORLEANS . .

Hi/Lo Wx . . . . .

.61/31 .69/50 .51/35 .58/38 .75/58 . .67/49 . .59/34 . .45/35 . .47/30 . .64/42 . .52/25 . .49/26 . .71/54 . .49/21 . .71/48 . .83/69 . .49/33 . .71/55

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65/35 61/42 52/34 40/22 76/50 50/31 48/31 44/38 39/30 70/52 43/26 56/30 67/37 41/23 72/52 82/68 61/45 67/56

LAS VEGAS . . . . . . .73/54 LOS ANGELES . . . . .66/52 MEMPHIS . . . . . . . . .68/43 MIAMI . . . . . . . . . . . .79/71 MINNEAPOLIS . . . . . .43/27 MYRTLE BEACH . . . .71/54 NEW YORK . . . . . . . .61/44 ORLANDO . . . . . . . . .81/66 PHOENIX . . . . . . . . . .79/54 PITTSBURGH . . . . . .61/35 PHILADELPHIA . . . . .65/48 PROVIDENCE . . . . . .61/41 SAN FRANCISCO . . .59/49 ST. LOUIS . . . . . . . . .54/34 SEATTLE . . . . . . . . . .54/46 TULSA . . . . . . . . . . . .56/35 WASHINGTON, DC . .67/49 WICHITA . . . . . . . . . .57/35

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Friday

Hi/Lo Wx

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88/70 51/42 81/56 63/47 57/30 67/57 70/49 67/42 77/60 74/58

COPENHAGEN . . . . .49/40 GENEVA . . . . . . . . . .58/50 GUANGZHOU . . . . . .58/57 GUATEMALA . . . . . .80/59 HANOI . . . . . . . . . . . .66/61 HONG KONG . . . . . . . .62/59 KABUL . . . . . . . . . . .75/51 LONDON . . . . . . . . . .55/44 MOSCOW . . . . . . . . .33/16 NASSAU . . . . . . . . . .76/69

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52/40 50/40 68/58 83/59 71/59 68/56 68/47 54/45 39/17 78/70

PARIS . . . . . . . . . . . .61/45 ROME . . . . . . . . . . . .67/50 SAO PAULO . . . . . . .83/68 SEOUL . . . . . . . . . . .47/32 SINGAPORE . . . . . . .91/77 STOCKHOLM . . . . . . .39/32 SYDNEY . . . . . . . . . .78/67 TEHRAN . . . . . . . . . .68/50 TOKYO . . . . . . . . . . .46/45 ZURICH . . . . . . . . . . .59/45

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UV Index

.7:16 .7:36 .2:45 .4:12

a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m.

UV Index for 3 periods of the day.

8 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Noon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 4 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

71/53 71/51 57/43 84/67 53/37 71/48 48/29 78/59 74/52 45/27 52/32 44/19 63/49 55/39 53/44 66/46 50/31 62/42

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Full 3/29

Last 4/6

First 4/21

New 4/14

0-2: Low The higher the UV 3-5: Moderate index, the higher the 6-7: High need for eye and 8-10: Very High skin protection. 11+: Extreme

Lake Levels & River Stages Lake and river levels are in feet. Change is over the past 24 hrs. Flood Pool Current Level Change High Rock Lake 655.2 653.5 0.0 Flood Stage Current Level Change Yadkin College 18.0 4.06 -1.88 Elkin 16.0 4.68 -0.42 Wilkesboro 14.0 4.09 -0.11 High Point 10.0 0.79 -0.02 Ramseur 20.0 1.52 -0.04 Moncure 20.0 18.67 0.00

Pollen Forecast

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ACAPULCO . . . . . . . .89/69 AMSTERDAM . . . . . .56/44 BAGHDAD . . . . . . . .81/61 BARCELONA . . . . . .63/51 BEIJING . . . . . . . . . .46/30 BEIRUT . . . . . . . . . . . . .71/57 BOGOTA . . . . . . . . . .72/49 BERLIN . . . . . . . . . . .65/44 BUENOS AIRES . . . .77/60 CAIRO . . . . . . . . . . . .78/57

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Friday

Around The World City

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Statistics through 6 p.m. yesterday at Greensboro

Hi/Lo Wx

Friday

Today: Trees

Hi/Lo Wx 56/45 69/51 83/67 46/31 90/78 42/33 84/66 66/49 51/39 56/39

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Pollen Rating Scale

ALBEMARLE . . . . . .73/55 BREVARD . . . . . . . . .62/45 CAPE FEAR . . . . . . .72/54 EMERALD ISLE . . . .64/56 FORT BRAGG . . . . . .75/57 GRANDFATHER MTN . .54/39 GREENVILLE . . . . . .74/55 HENDERSONVILLE .63/46 JACKSONVILLE . . . .74/55 KINSTON . . . . . . . . . .73/55 KITTY HAWK . . . . . . .64/56 MOUNT MITCHELL . .60/43 ROANOKE RAPIDS .74/56 SOUTHERN PINES . .74/56 WILLIAMSTON . . . . .74/55 YANCEYVILLE . . . . .73/53 ZEBULON . . . . . . . . .74/56

Precipitation (Yesterday) 24 hours through 6 p.m. Month to Date . . . . . . . . Normal Month to Date . . Year to Date . . . . . . . . . Normal Year to Date . . . Record Precipitation . . .

Sun and Moon

Around Our State City

Temperatures (Yesterday) High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Normal High . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Normal Low . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Last Year’s High . . . . . . . .56 Last Year’s Low . . . . . . . . .40 Record High . . . . .86 in 1929 Record Low . . . . . .19 in 1940

Air Quality

Predominant Types: High

Today: 38 (Good) 0-50: 51-100: 101-150:

100 75

51

151-200: 201-300: 301-500:

50 25 0

Trees

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Grasses

Weeds

0: Absent, 1-25: Low, 26-50: Moderate, 51-75: High, >75: Very High

Good Moderate Unhealthy (sensitive) Unhealthy Very Unhealthy Hazardous

Air quality data is provided by the Forsyth County Environmental Affairs Department.

BUSINESS

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EU feels pressure from Greek crisis

BRUSSELS (AP) – The sinking euro and a downgrade of Portugal’s debt put renewed pressure on European leaders Wednesday to come up with a bailout plan for Greece and stem the government debt crisis undermining their shared currency. But agreement remained elusive as a Thursday summit approached. Markets increasingly expect any bailout for Greece to involve the International Monetary Fund — and EU governments are discussing whether they would permit that and add financial help from eurozone nations. Germany is holding back a deal, reluctant to put taxpayer money on the line for Greece. But failure to help an indebted

eurozone country would be an admission that Europe can’t halt the crisis in its currency union. The latest vote of no confidence in vulnerable eurozone economies came with Fitch Ratings’ downgrade Wednesday of Portugal’s debt. The credit ratings agency said Portugal’s prospects for recovery were weaker than others in the eurozone and it faces problems shrinking its budget deficit. The euro hit a 10-month low against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday on the Portuguese downgrades and the uncertainty over Europe’s dithering over Greece — which says it will need eurozone or IMF help if markets keep charging it painfully high costs to borrow.

Chamber takes heat for resistance to overhaul WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is going on the attack against the country’s biggest business lobby because of its resistance to an overhaul of the financial rules system. Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on its own turf Wednesday that the financial overhaul was sorely

needed and the lobby group’s obstruction was unacceptable. “... It is so puzzling that despite the urgent and undeniable need for reform, the Chamber of Commerce has launched a $3 million advertising campaign against it,” Wolin said in address to a conference of the group at its headquarters.

BRIEFS

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British Air axes perks for workers

AP | FILE

In this Sept. 12, 2008 file photo, Mildred McWilliams rubs out a scuff on Chrysler’s new 2009 Dodge Ram pickup being assembled at the Warren Truck Plant in Warren, Mich.

Chrysler reports rising sales AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) – A top executive at Chrysler Group LLC said Wednesday that retail sales to individual buyers are up 51 percent this month compared with February. But Fred Diaz, CEO of the company’s Ram truck brand, said overall sales, including fleet, are trending about 10 percent below March of 2009, when Chrysler spent thousands of dollars per vehicle on rebates and other incentives as it tried to win federal aid and forestall a bankruptcy filing. Diaz said incentives of up to $8,000 per vehicle last year cheapened Chrysler’s brands and probably backfired by helping send the company into bankruptcy protection. Chrysler has

since accepted billions in federal loans and is 10 percent owned by the government. But Diaz said the days of producing more vehicles than the market will buy are over as Chrysler focuses on rebuilding its image. He made the remarks at an event unveiling the marketing campaign for the Ram Heavy Duty pickup truck. Chrysler sold about 84,000 vehicles in February. That’s flat compared with last year as sales for the broader industry rose 13 percent from the same month in 2009. But half of Chrysler’s February sales were to rental car companies and other fleet buyers. The company also led the industry in incentive spending last month at an average of $3,388 per

vehicle, according to the Edmunds.com automotive Web site. Diaz wouldn’t break down how many cars and trucks were sold as fleet vehicles and how many were sold to individuals. But he said the company plans to be at 20 percent to 25 percent fleet for the full year. He said March sales have been helped by option packages and because consumers are starting to believe that Chrysler will be around for the long term. Industry analysts are predicting increased U.S. sales in March over last year due to heavy incentives from Toyota Motor Corp. as it tries to lure buyers in the wake of several safety-related recalls.

LONDON (AP) – The British Airways strike is getting personal – and nasty. The money-losing airline, facing its second straight weekend of wide-scale disruption, on Wednesday revoked from striking personnel the free and heavily discounted air travel that has long been a treasured perk of employees at major carriers around the world. British Airways executives informed the affected Unite union workers that those privileges, not being contractually guaranteed, had been unilaterally and permanently slashed, just like that. Here today, gone tomorrow.

China spat casts doubt on Google BEIJING (AP) – China issued a blistering public attack against Google on Wednesday and appeared to quietly begin getting businesses to abandon the U.S. Internet giant after it moved its controversial Chinese search engine offshore. The critical remarks in a high-profile Communist Party newspaper coupled with souring business deals underscored Beijing’s determination to settle scores with Google Inc. after a public two-month dispute over stringent Chinese censorship policies. By challenging the often tetchy government, Google appears to have violated an unspoken rule of doing business in China, especially in the Internet industry.

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