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Local candidate for judgeship arrested BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – A local lawyer running for a Guilford County Superior Court judge’s seat was arrested Sunday in Mecklenburg County. Joseph D. Floyd II, 43, was arrested by the Davidson Police Department on misdemeanor charges of breaking and entering and making a harassing phone call, according to authorities. He is accused of entering the home of an ex-girlfriend in Davidson without permission and of

calling the woman repeatedly after being warned not to, said Davidson police Sgt. Barney Poole. Floyd, who practices law in High Point and lives in Floyd II Greensboro, is running in District 18D – which encompasses Greensboro – against incumbent Judge Lindsay R. Davis Jr. Police said the complainant in the case, Ashley Cannon, filed a police report and took it to a

Mecklenburg County magistrate, who issued arrest warrants for Floyd. Poole said Floyd allegedly went to Cannon’s residence and knocked on the door, but when no one answered, he used a key that was apparently hidden outside to gain entry. He was not authorized to use the key and was not supposed to have it, Poole said. Once inside, Floyd called for Cannon, Poole said, but when no one answered, he left. Floyd also is accused of calling Cannon on numerous occasions

and leaving her voice messages after he had been asked to stop doing so. Poole said reports did not indicate the dates or number of calls allegedly made. Floyd was released from the Mecklenburg County jail on Sunday after posting an $800 bond. He could not be reached for comment Monday. According to his website, he has practiced law since 1994 in the family firm his father, Joe D. Floyd Sr., started in 1966. pkimbrough@hpe.com | 888-3531

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Janice Edwards Steede was elected president of the Rotary Club of High Point for the 2010-11 Rotary year. She is a partner at Robertson, Neal & Co. CPAs in High Point and Greensboro.

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BY PAM HAYNES ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – The hottest items on the shelves this summer are the ones that are keeping shoppers cool in the unusually high temperatures, local retailers said. While the heat has lowered foot traffic in some stores during what is usually the slowest season of the year for retail, it’s also boosted sales for the chilliest of items like refrigerators and air conditioning units, said John Capes, store manager at Sears at Oak Hollow Mall. “This is the time of year when you see a lot of new (appliance) lines come out,” Capes said. “Our air conditioning unit sales have definitely trended upward, more so than last year. Summer items in general have done well.” Patio furniture, grilling accessories and freezers also have been a big hit this year, a sign that people may be continuing the trend of entertaining at their homes instead of vacationing or going out, Capes said. But, realistically, he also said they’re continuing to limit their spending. “People are still being very mindful of their dollars,” he said. “We see people come in and shop around and then tell us they’ll be back.” While new, energy-efficient appliance lines have

CLOSED FOR BUSINESS: Archdale Soda Shop shuts down High Point location. 1B OBITUARIES

---- William Agnew, 60 Harold Boone, 62 Polly Byrd, 77 Mary Cox, 87 Stokes Hepler Sr., 89 Aline Hicks, 83 David Hill Jr., 30 Debra Holt, 56 Walter Kirkman, 82 John Little Jr., 51 Payson Loflin, infant Billy Owens, 83 Obituaries, 2B

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Verna Harris of B&H Pool and Patio Shop poses in front of an in-ground and above-ground pool Monday. helped sales at the store, other best-selling items from summers past have lost their steam in recent years. New pool construction, for example, has seen declines in the United States since 2005, according to The Associated Press. The trend can be seen at local pool shops like B&H

Pool and Patio Shop on W. Market Center Drive in High Point, where pool service calls and maintenance have seen steady business but construction has taken a dive. “The people that already have pools are still buying stuff, but as far as new construction, it has definitely slowed,” said

Verna Harris, president of the company. “In the retail store (where supplies are sold), we’re doing pretty good. We have a charcoal grill that we sell, and sales have been up on that. But (pool) construction has slowed in the last two years.” Last summer, an assis-

tant manager at City Lake swimming pool reported a nearly $10,000 increase in revenue from pool memberships. While sales haven’t increased this year, they’ve stayed on track with last year, according to another manager. phaynes@hpe.com | 888-3617

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Board members call claims baseless. 1B BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – A former employee of High Point’s Alcoholic Beverage Control system wants his job back, claiming he was fired with-

‘I think they were getting frightened I was going to blow the whistle on them.’ Bill Lyle Former ABC employee out cause after he voiced concerns about business practices and other issues. Bill Lyle worked for about two years as an assistant manager at different ABC stores in the city until he was terminated last month,

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The state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control system has been a hot topic of late. Last week, Gov. Bev Perdue signed into law a bill designed to reform the system by barring local ABC board members from accepting gifts from liquor vendors. The measure came about after scandals involving ABC boards in Mecklenburg and New Hanover counties. This month, a report released by the state ABC Commission suggested that the general manager of Greensboro’s ABC system may

he said. After he made a mistake scanning a $3 bottle of liquor into a cash register, his employer seized upon what was a simple oversight and termed it an illegal sale of alcohol, citing it as one reason for his dismissal, Lyle said. He said he didn’t do anything wrong and believes his superiors used the episode as an excuse to fire him because he raised questions about having to sign sworn statements that made false claims

inappropriately have taken meals, travel accommodations, liquor, sporting event tickets and other perks from the companies with which the Greensboro ABC Board does business. The High Point ABC system was embroiled in a scandal a few years ago. The system’s former general manager and threemember board resigned in 2006 amid a state investigation that found financial misdeeds and other improprieties.

about who was responsible for broken shipments of liquor bottles. “I think they were getting frightened I was going to blow the whistle on them. I wasn’t trying to be a whistleblower; I was just trying to be honest,” Lyle said. “All I want is my job back.” The city’s ABC board looked into Lyle’s allegations and did not find

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The list of victims owed restitution from a High Point man who bilked them out of some $6 million over a four-year period with a Ponzi scheme totals 122. After pleading guilty to mail fraud, bank fraud and money laundering, the con man was sentenced in 2007 to five years and nine months in federal prison. He also was ordered to pay $4.49 million in restitution. Read all about the Ponzi scheme only in The High Point Enterprise’s Hometowns section on Thursday.

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Black bear makes itself at home MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

HICKORY – City dwellers say a black bear seems to be frequenting a riverside neighborhood between Bud Geitner and Glenn C. Hilton parks. Shirlene Thompson thinks the bear made her Lakeland Park home its home base while she and her husband were on vacation last week. They came home to seven or eight piles of bear feces, broken, emptied bird feeders, hummingbird feeders torn from trees and limbs scattering the yard. Thompson said her messages to animal control went unreturned, but area hunters told her the mess was evidence of a

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CHARLOTTE – A quirk of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools busing policy has parents and even public officials baffled, as hundreds of magnet families seek alternatives to the neighborhood bus stops they’ll lose in August. Consider the case of April Sipprell, a Randolph Middle School parent who was told her daughter can’t use a neighborhood stop just a few blocks from home. Instead, Sipprell had to team up with other fami-

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At issue is the cost-cutting measure that eliminates bus stops for 11 magnet schools. lies to create a new stop, which requires her to drive past the existing one to get her daughter to the bus. “The lack of common sense here is unbelievable,” Sipprell e-mailed the Observer. At issue is the costcutting measure that eliminates neighborhood bus stops for 11 magnet schools. The new plan means all students at four magnet high schools must go to neighborhood schools which may be miles from their home to catch a bus to their school. That’s also where they’ll be dropped off in the afternoon. For seven elementary and middle schools, neighborhood busing was cut for students who live more than five miles from the school. The five-mile lines split neighborhoods, leaving some families a stone’s throw from stops they can’t use. Sipprell is one of them. Her house is a couple of blocks outside Randolph’s five-mile radius.

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A story about a bidding war regarding land around All-A-Flutter Butterfly farm that ran in the July 17 edition of the High Point Enterprise incorrectly identified Donna Pless, owner of the farm, as the person who petitioned the court to have the 24 acres divided instead of sold as a whole. Pless’ sister, Sandra Hughes Clark, petitioned the court to have the land divided between the five people who were deeded the land as tenants in common. A clerk of court ruled in 2009 that the land could not be divided without “greatly damaging the value of the parcel” due to zoning and road frontage restrictions, according to court documents.

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Friday night lights Those attending games at Simeon Stadium this fall may notice that the field is considerably lighter. This workman was replacing the burnedout lights high atop the stadium. From the looks of things, there were a lot of burned-out bulbs.

Raleigh to make way for high-speed trains MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

RALEIGH – People want to know how Raleigh and northern Wake County will change when streets are closed and new bridges built for a high-speed rail line that will carry trains at speeds up to 110 mph between here and Richmond, Va. They want to know what it will feel like – and how it will sound – when those trains roll through town. “Is everything going to shake for a couple of blocks away?” asked Chip Russell, the Wake Forest town planning director. “How loud is this thing going to be? Is it a swoosh, or is it a roar?” State Department of Transportation officials are soliciting feedback as they refine a $2.3 billion plan to build the Raleigh-to-Richmond line as part of the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor from Charlotte to Washington. All rail crossings would be closed to keep people from walking or driving across the tracks. Some roads would become dead ends, and the others – nine or 10 in Raleigh and Wake – would be replaced with bridges and

underpasses to take cars over and under the trains. Depending on which of two routes DOT chooses between Jones Street and Wake Forest Road in downtown Raleigh, 37 to 70 businesses in the city and county would be forced to move out of the way – along with nine to 11 homes. Other property owners would have to sell strips of their yards and

All crossings would be closed to keep people from walking or driving across the tracks. pastures along the 19 miles of track planned from downtown Raleigh through northern Wake. Most of the tracks would be built in existing railroad right-of-way. Starting in downtown Raleigh, the DOT plan would convert the West Hargett Street rail crossing into a long bridge spanning a triangular confluence of tracks known as the Boylan Wye. This is where the city wants to build its Union Station for trains and beefed-up regional transit service.

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any evidence to substantiate them, said Chairman David Wall. Wall and ABC system General Manager Rosalind Stewart declined to discuss the circumstances of Lyle’s departure, citing state laws that allow public bodies to keep personnel information private. Lyle’s main complaint has to do with how the ABC system handled bottles of liquor that were broken in the process of being brought to High Point for sale at the six retail locations in the city. He said he witnessed boxes of liquor dropped by local ABC employees, who sometimes carelessly rolled cases off the delivery truck, only to have one or more of the bottles inside a box break. In some such cases, he said he and other employees were directed to sign affidavits stating that the bottles were broken in transit by LB&B Associates Inc., a Raleigh company that supplies local ABC boards with liquor from the state ABC Commission warehouse. “I said to my managers, ‘This is wrong. You’re charging LB&B for breakage they never did,’ ” Lyle said. “We had to sign affidavits that no one is there

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take at a cash register, he said he thinks another incident played a role in his firing in which he took a few dollars out of his own pocket and placed them in the register to reconcile a cash shortage involving three minibottles. Lyle said he did this so his store wouldn’t fall out of contention for monthly recognition as the most profitable location in the system, and would never have done it if he had known it was against policy.

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bear. Saturday night, the bear proved them right. The animal came back, knocked down the replacement bird feeders and was seen by neighbors who called the family. Thompson called police and warned other neighbors. Police say they will send an officer when residents report bears, but they normally tell people to stay away and let the creatures return to the woods. Thompson said police cars spooked the bear in her yard, which climbed a fence and disappeared, but she wonders whether that’s the best solution. “It’s a little scary that the bear is wandering the neighborhood and nobody seems interested,” she said.

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A Gaston County man was charged this afternoon with second-degree murder after a Jeep Cherokee he was driving Sunday night slammed into a car and killed a 17-year-old girl who had recently graduated from North Gaston High. Authorities arrested Howard Pasour, 28, of Bessemer City, this afternoon and charged him with second-degree murder, habitual DWI, two counts

Howard Pasour, 28, has three prior DWI convictions since 2002. death by vehicle, said a spokeswoman with the Gaston County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department. Pasour, who has three prior

DWI convictions and an array of other arrests, is being held in the Gaston County Jail. Shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday, he was behind the wheel of a Jeep Cherokee, traveling about 60 mph, when the SUV crossed the center line and collided head-on with an 1984 Oldsmobile driven by 19-year-old Victoria Elizabeth Iffergan, the N.C. Highway Patrol said this morning. The brunt of the impact was on the Oldsmobileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passenger side, instantly killing Laura

Elizabeth Fortenberry, 17, who had graduated from North Gaston High in June. She was pronounced dead at the scene, Patrol First Sgt. Tracy Greene said this morning. Iffergan and a back-seat passenger, 17-year-old Evan Griffith, were air-lifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Iffergan, Greene said, underwent surgery Sunday night. The condition of the two teens isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t known at this time. Pasour was treated and released and was at his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

home in Bessemer City, Greene said Pasourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father reported to the highway patrol. So far, the patrol has charged Pasour with DWI â&#x20AC;&#x201C; his fourth since 2002 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; possession of open alcohol containers, driving with a revoked license and reckless driving. N.C. court records show that Pasour has been charged with offenses dating back to 2002, including three DWI convictions, all in Gaston County, and other traffic charges, drug charges, larceny and shoplifting.

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Foothills YMCA day campers look at the thousands of trout in one of several â&#x20AC;&#x153;racewaysâ&#x20AC;? at the South Carolina Fish Hatchery in Walhalla, S.C.

SCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only trout fishery keeps anglers, kids happy MOUNTAIN REST, S.C. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; For trout fishermen, this could be nirvana. Trout by the thousands â&#x20AC;&#x201C; rainbow, brook and brown â&#x20AC;&#x201C; swim around concrete â&#x20AC;&#x153;racewaysâ&#x20AC;? filled with water, some only a few inches long, others 15 inches and longer. But these fish arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for catching, at least here, anyway. They will be, when they reach the target sizes of 9 inches or 12 inches, said Scott Poore, manager of the Walhalla State Fish Hatchery, found off S.C. 107 about as far north as you can go in Oconee County before hitting North Carolina. Poore and his crew produce fish for stocking public waterways capable of sustaining trout in Oconee, Pickens and Greenville counties, and in the tailwaters of Hartwell Lake and Lake Murray. Each year, about 500,000 fish are taken from the hatchery and delivered to rivers, streams and creeks around the Upstate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a piece of property thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open to the public that can support trout, odds are we stock

it,â&#x20AC;? Moore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to produce these fish and release them in streams to target a wide array (of uses) for the general public, from food consumption to sport fishing.â&#x20AC;? Five days a week, from midFebruary to late October, trucks with 200 to 1,200 fish head from the hatchery to area waterways. The load size depends on the size of the fish the truck carries. Four full-time and two part-time employees keep the hatchery running year-round. The complex operates with water drawn from local streams, mostly from the east fork of the Chattooga River, using gravity rather than pumps, to run fresh, oxygenated water through the raceways before it is returned to the streams. That system doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rely on electricity and isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t vulnerable when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a power outage, Poore said. But using a freshwater source does introduce fish to viruses and pathogens, and the staff needs to be vigilant to keep the fish healthy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water quality is our No. 1 enemy,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Droughts can be a problem, too. During the recent drought, water flow through the complex dropped from a normal 3,200 gallons a minute to as low as 1,300 gallons per minute, stressing both fish and hatchery employees. Besides being the hatchery manager, Poore is a biologist, which is required for each of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six hatcheries. He also lives at the site, which can be good and bad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice at times,â&#x20AC;? Poore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult when you need to run to the grocery store. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 35 minutes back to Walhalla.â&#x20AC;? Beyond managing the hatchery, his goal is to educate the public about its history. This year 12 schools, including Palmetto Middle School in Williamston, participated in the Trout in the Classroom program in which students watch the life cycle of trout from eggs to fingerlings. Now that school is out for the summer in the area, Poore and workers at the hatchery are beginning to see vacationers, families and summer camp groups. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cheap vacation,â&#x20AC;? he said, chuckling.

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He has also volunteered with animal groups, and, wearing his animals-that-needhelp hat, he has become familiar with how much such groups could benefit from wholesome food that ends up in a Dumpster. About a year ago, he started working on finding ways to get that food to organizations that can use it. This spring, Share the Love established its nonprofit status. At the moment, he gets from 1,000 to 3,000 pounds of food a month from various sources, and, depending on what is available, passes it on to one or more of 22 organizations in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The rescue network is vast,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, that leads to more mouths than I can feed.â&#x20AC;? The Yadkin County Humane Society has been working with Share the Love from the beginning.

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Republicans now use budget-thing excuse The Republican statement concerning the unemployed recently was in comparison to Marie-Thérèse Antonite, the wife of King Louis XIV. The quote, “Let them eat cake,” thus eventually came to symbolize the queen who can eat brioche when her peasants are starving. Did not the Republicans really say the same? And use that budget-thing excuse? It’s OK to spend $51.5 billion a month for the next five years rebuilding that godforsaken dirt holes Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as for Mr. Tea Bagger or tea party conservative saying my payback will come this fall when all the so-called liberals are thrown out of office. Oh me oh my, what a payback that will be? Duh? Does that mean we can have 10 more years of the Bush mobile/ Gee Wiz/ thanks’ Pop/it’s a real Wurlitzer? Comparing those two parties, the Republicans and the Demo-

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crats, is like comparing the Taliban and the Northern Alliance. WAYNE S. SWANSON II High Point

Turning to God, following Bible, brings peace It appears that, more than ever, people think the Bible is compared to a joke book. So did I, once. More or less, do what you want to my feelings. Suddenly, I started to be tormented in my mind (head). I would walk the floors all night sweating; a torment in my head that was like a living hell. This went on for several months. I wouldn’t talk, drive or eat. Finally, I got a gun, went out in the back of my house. I shot in the woods to be sure it would fire.

Then, I turned the gun on myself. I couldn’t pull the trigger. I remember walking back in the house and, as a last attempt, I got on my knees and asked God, why I was going through this. Then, like a slap in my face, all the mean deceitful things I had done popped in my face in an instant. Things I had never even thought about. I found Christ. Slowly, he healed my mind. My mother told me later she had asked God not to kill me but to show me how wicked I was. God listens to a praying mother. I’ll never go back or disbelieve in God again. He is our peace. CARL TYSINGER Trinity

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There’s a rally Aug. 14 at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in support of Americans’ right to bear arms. Will you attend and openly carry firearms? Should such a rally be permitted on national park property? In 30 words or less (no name, address required), e-mail us your thoughts to letterbox@hpe.com. • Didn’t know until now it was happening, but, yes, I will try to attend. We need to support our rights or lose them.

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ow hot has it been? Last month was the hottest June ever recorded worldwide and the fourth consecutive month that the combined global land and sea temperature records have been broken, according to the U.S. government’s climate data centre. Figures released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggest that 2010 is now on course to be the warmest year since records began in 1880. In North Carolina, there were 17 days with maximum temperatures of 90 degrees or higher, second only to June 1944 and 1952 with 20 (normal is 8).

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economist Eric Hanushek lmost everyone agrees that imand Education Trust CEO proving the quality of the educaKati Haycock approach edutional workforce is an indispenscation policy from different able element of any program to improve points of view, but they both school performance. agree that teacher quality is I use the term “almost” because there measurable and important. is a significant player in North Carolina’s Based on research Haschool-reform debate that doesn’t agree: nushek and his colleagues the North Carolina Association of Educa- OPINION have conducted, he argues tors, the state’s largest teacher union. that while objective meaOh, I know that the NCAE and its allies John sures such as value-added say they favor measures to attract and Hood assessments of teaching retain good teachers. But as a practical ■■■ performance have value, the matter, they oppose virtually all policies result doesn’t different much that would accomplish the goal – from from a more subjective process based on ending tenure and paying for perforprincipals watching and evaluating the mance to parental-choice measures that teachers they manage. would give parents more freedom to Unfortunately, state education officials choose schools based on the quality of defer to the teacher union on such matters, teachers and academic programs. and the union will never go along with any As a theoretical matter, this shouldn’t proposal to allow for large differences in be surprising. As a labor organization tenure status or pay based on teacher qualseeking to advance the interests of the ity – measured either through value-added majority of its members, a teacher union tests or principal evaluation. can’t be expected to conclude that meThat puts the union squarely opposed diocre education is caused by mediocre to policies embraced by the vast majoreducators. ity of North Carolina voters. It also puts Teacher unions like the NCAE simply the union squarely opposed to any policy want the existing public-school workoffering a real prospect of improving force to receive higher salaries, richer education for the poorest-served students benefits, and better working conditions. in our state. But as serious education analysts across If our goal is helping North Carolina the political spectrum would agree, raisyoungsters learn, we should adopt ing overall teacher pay – or raising pay policies likely to result in a significant based on union-backed criteria such as turnover in the teaching profession – as longevity and advanced degrees – will not improve the average quality of teach- bad teachers are fired, mediocre teachers improve or depart, good teachers are ers. It pays bad and mediocre teachers at rewarded and retained, and new teachleast as much as the good ones. ers are brought into the profession by If you’ve ever been tempted to believe the creation of new schools. the union spin that it’s impossible to The teacher union will never stand for design a fair and accurate process for distinguishing the good teachers from the that. It cannot be persuaded. It must be bypassed. bad ones, check out a forum on teacher quality in the Summer 2010 edition JOHN HOOD is president of the John Locke Foundaof EducationNext (available online at tion and publisher of CarolinaJournal.com. EducationNext.org). Hoover Institution

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igh Point is losing an old friend to many in the downtown area. It’s a shame that Jim Craddock and his wife Bobby have to close the Cloverleaf Supermarket that has been at its Montlieu Avenue location since 1987, but business is business and, with revenue falling below expense costs, they have no choice. Cloverleaf’s original owners, B.W. and Alma Haithcock, had opened the first Cloverleaf store in High Point in 1956. Not only is it a sad situation for the Craddocks but it also leaves a void for many people in the surrounding Montlieu area who have walked to the store and now will have to find transportation to big-box supermarkets to the north and south. Cloverleaf is the last supermarket left in downtown High Point. Superior Foods, located just outside the central downtown area at 220 Centennial, and the Food Lion store in College Village Shopping Center each is about a mile away from Cloverleaf; the Harris Teeter at High Point Mall is 11⁄2 miles away; and the Sav a Lot store on Greensboro Road at Five Points is at least two miles away. Those are long distances to walk with bags of groceries, even in nice weather, let alone in 90-plus-degree temperatures, especially if some of the items are frozen foods. Cloverleaf indeed will be missed.

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Experts slam organizers over Love Parade DUISBURG, Germany â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Prosecutors on Monday opened a criminal investigation into the deaths of 20 young adults who were trampled to death at the Love Parade. Experts accused the techno festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organizers of ignoring Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exemplary safety standards and setting up a death trap.

US shows its power to North Korea ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The East Sea off the coast of the Korean peninsula roiled with U.S. and South Korean ships, submarines, fighter jets and helicopters Monday. It was high-profile military maneuvers intended to show North Korea that it is being watched after its sinking of a South Korean sub.

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Face transplant man displays new look MADRID â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Spanish man who underwent the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras Monday for the first time since his surgery, thanking his doctors and the family of the donor. Identified only as Oscar, the 31-year-old spoke with considerable difficulty at a news conference at Barcelonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vall dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hebron hospital.

Venezuela seeks talks with Colombian leader UNITED NATIONS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Venezuela is warning that there is a greater probability of military action by Colombia forces supported by the United States than in the past 100 years. It is urging dialogue with Colombiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incoming president Juan Manuel Santos, who takes office next month. ENTERPRISE NEWS SERVICE REPORTS

Iraqi army soldiers stand near a massive crater outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. The bomber was apparently waved through the first checkpoint at the Al-Arabiya television station.

Afghans: 52 die in NATO attack KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Afghan government said Monday that 52 civilians, including women and children, died when a NATO rocket struck a village in southern Afghanistan last week â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a report disputed by the international coalition. The allegation was raised as the founder

ed Sunday on the Web by WikiLeaks included unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings. President Hamid Karzaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spokesman, Waheed Omar, said the Afghan government was â&#x20AC;&#x153;shockedâ&#x20AC;? that such a large number of documents were leaked but that most of the information wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t new.

Blast kills 7 in Pakistan PABBI, Pakistan (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Taliban suicide bomber struck Monday near the home of a Pakistani provincial minister whose only son was recently killed by the militants, officials said. Seven people were killed and 25 wounded. Mian Iftikhar Hussain, information minister of Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province and an outspoken critic of the Taliban, was the apparent target. He was receiving condolences from visitors elsewhere in Pabbi town at the time of the blast and was safe. Some of his

Report: 4 bodies found at Romania crash site BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A rescue official said four bodies have been found in a mountainous area where a helicopter carrying a Romanian and six Israeli soldiers crashed Monday during training exercises, a Romanian news agency reported. Fanica Boboc, head of mountain rescue in the Bran region of central Romania, told the Mediafax news agency that four bodies were found and that the Israeli helicopter had caught fire. The bodies have not been identified.

of WikiLeaks claimed thousands of U.S. attacks could be investigated for evidence of war crimes, and a leading human rights group alleged that NATO has an â&#x20AC;&#x153;incoherent processâ&#x20AC;? for dealing with civilian casualties. Some of the more than 90,000 secret U.S. military documents on the Afghanistan war post-

The CH-53 transport helicopter crashed near the central Romanian town of Zarnesti, some 120 kilometers (75 miles) northwest of Bucharest. Romanian media reported that rescue workers said it apparently crashed at 2,246 meters (7,369 feet). The Israeli military said in a statement that seven people were aboard the helicopter â&#x20AC;&#x201C; four Israeli pilots and two aerial mechanics, as well as a member of the Romanian air force. The statement said families of the Israeli airmen have been notified.

relatives were also receiving mourners at a mosque near the house, and two were hurt, police said. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying their goal was to kill Hussain because his political party is allied with the United States. The Awami National Party is a secular-leaning political group that has been outspoken against militant activity in Pakistan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is just beginning,â&#x20AC;? Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan said.

While violence has dropped dramatically in the past years in Iraq, suspected Sunni insurgents regularly target Shiite religious ceremonies and holy places in an attempt to re-ignite sectarian tensions that brought Iraq to the brink of civil war in 2005 and 2007. The Shabaniyah festival marks the birth of Imam Mohammed al-Mahdi â&#x20AC;&#x201C; known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hidden Imamâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a Shiite saint who disappeared in the ninth century, and is held in the middle of the month preceding the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Earlier Monday in Baghdad, a suicide bomber driving a minibus blew himself up in front of the Baghdad office of a popular Arabic news station, killing six people and burying a lawmaker alive under the rubble of his collapsed home, police and hospital officials said.

Police: 26 dead in Afghan bus crash KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A speeding bus flipped over Monday in southern Afghanistan, killing 26 people who were on board, Afghan police said. The bus ran off the road in Daman district south of Kandahar city just after dawn and

flipped over, said the head of traffic police for the province, Mohammadullah Khan. Twenty-two people had originally been reported killed, and Khan said another four died of their injuries later in the day. More than 20 were injured, he said.

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BAGHDAD (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Two car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims during a religious festival in the holy city of Karbala killed 25 people on Monday, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. Sunni extremists are suspected. Militants detonated two parked cars filled with explosives about two miles (three kilometers) apart as crowds of pilgrims passed by. Police and medical officials in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, said 68 people were injured in the attacks. The pilgrims were on their way to Karbala to take part in an important religious holiday, known as Shabaniyah, that attracts devout Shiites from around the country. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Monday bombings, but the method is the hallmark of Sunni extremists.

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Leaks create doubt about Afghan war The torrent of more than 91,000 secret documents, one of the largest unauthorized disclosures in military history, sent the Obama administration scrambling to repair any damage to the war effort, abroad or in the U.S. The material could reinforce the view put forth by the warâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opponents in Congress that one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longest conflicts is hopelessly stalemated.

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The monumental leak of classified Afghan war documents threatened Monday to create deeper doubts about the war at home, cause new friction with Pakistan over allegations about its spy agency and raise questions about Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own ability to protect military secrets. The White House called the disclosures â&#x20AC;&#x153;alarming.â&#x20AC;?

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Nissan recalls 51,100 Cubes over fuel spills WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nissan is recalling 51,100 of its Cube hatchbacks in the United States and Canada because of possible problems with fuel spilling during rear end collisions. In documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nissan Motor Co. said Monday tests conducted by NHTSA safety regulators found more fuel spilled than federal standards allow.

Bell mayor to stop taking high salary BELL, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The mayor of Bell has apologized for the excessive salaries paid to city officials and says he will step down after completing his term without pay. Mayor Oscar Hernandez said in a statement posted Monday on the Bell city clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website that the salaries were indefensible. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief administrative officer was earning nearly $800,000 a year. Hernandez last week defended the salaries.

Fast food toy probed after safety complaint HARTFORD, Conn. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Federal consumer safety officials are investigating a complaint that a 4-year-old Connecticut boy nearly strangled himself with a toy from a McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Happy Meal. Connecticut consumer protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. said Monday that the boy from the New London area put the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last Airbender Kataraâ&#x20AC;? braceletlike toy around his neck June 30 and began to lose consciousness. He says his mother removed it before any serious harm was done. ENTERPRISE NEWS SERVICE REPORTS

customers were without power in Washington and neighboring Maryland counties. The widespread damage made it unclear when most would be restored, spokesman Bob Hainey said. Other electric companies in the region predicted power would be mostly restored by Monday or tonight.

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Judy Rashid, associate vice chancellor for Student Affairs/ dean of students at North Carolina A&T State University, was invited by the book review editor for The Review of Higher Education, the official journal for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), to provide a peer review of the selected book “Unearthing promise and potential: Our nation’s historically black colleges and universities.” The review will be included in the spring 2011 issue of the journal.

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Ex-manager says firing was unfounded. 1A BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – During a meeting last week, High Point’s ABC board looked into former employee Bill Lyle’s allegations of possible fraud at length. According to ABC officials, there is no evidence that any fraudulent affidavits related to breakages of liquor shipments were signed. In addition, a sophisticated inventory system that is used to track bottles would likely have flagged any problems, which it didn’t. “We looked into it and discussed everything we knew to discuss. If there is something there, I can’t find it,” said board Chairman David Wall. “Based on the information we have, we have discussed it and think we’ve gone as far as we can go with the information we have. If we get more information, we’ll dig deeper.” According to Wall and General Manager Rosalind Stewart, all cases of liquor shipped to High Point are checked by two employees and the driver of the truck for the transport company, LB&B Associates Inc. Bottles with obvious damage are taken back to Raleigh by LB&B. Once the truck leaves, the system generally doesn’t have any other claims with LB&B. Bottles broken or otherwise damaged after they’ve arrived at local ABC stores or the system’s warehouse are stored in a secured closet and must be destroyed after their contents are poured out in the presence of a distiller representative. Lyle said employees responsible for breakages were directed to sign forms indicating that LB&B was responsible until about six months ago, when new forms went into use stating that the breakage was the responsibility of the employee. Stewart said the system used a method for about 25 years to handle bottles broken by employees. In those cases, forms were filled out indicating the bottle was broken in its case, and the cost was absorbed by the distiller, not LB&B, she said. The policy changed in January to indicate that such breakages are the responsibility of the employee, and the cost is now taken off the ABC system inventory, she said. Stewart made the change because of Fair Labor Standards Act considerations and in an effort to retrain employees responsible for repeated breakages, she said. “We’ve spent four-and-a-half years trying to keep everything on track and be as open as we can,” said Wall, who was appointed to the board in 2006 in the wake of a scandal involving the system’s previous leadership. “My goal is to have a system the people of High Point can be proud of,” Stewart said. pkimbrough@hpe.com | 888-3531

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Brian Coward, manager of the Miracle League of High Point and recreation specialist for the city recreation department, sits on one of the bleachers at the Miracle Field. The league is hosting a Friday Night of Fun on Aug. 6.

Miracle League bringing family fun to Friday night BY DIANNA BELL ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – The Miracle League of High Point is hosting a Friday Night of Fun on Aug. 6 in the hopes of bringing the community out to experience America’s pastime in a different light. The league invites children ages 5 to 18 to play free of charge in an environment that is centered around promoting a team atmosphere for those with disabilities who otherwise would not get the chance. Coaches, volunteers, the children and their families all unite to play a game where striking out is not the concern – having fun is. “The city was prompted by several individuals who had experienced the Miracle League in other communities to start one in High Point,” said Teresa McKeon, director of volunteers for the Miracle League of High Point as well as director of outreach for the Arc of High Point. “Socialization for the kids and parents is a big plus,” said

Brian Coward, who serves as the league’s manager as well as a recreation specialist for the High Point Parks and Recreation Department. “It also gives them an outlet for physical activity.” On Sept. 26, 2009, the hard

‘We’re hoping to have 10 teams with eight to 10 players per team’ this season. Teresa McKeon Director of volunteers, Miracle League of High Point work of civic organizations and community members paid off. he first games and the dedication ceremony of the field were held that day. Since then, the organization has grown from 42 players on four teams in its first Fall season, to 80 players on six teams in the spring. “We’re hoping to have 10 teams with eight to 10 players

per team,” McKeon said of the upcoming season. The Aug. 6 event is about showing High Pointers what the league is about and hopefully getting more individuals involved, McKeon said. Coward added that a goal of the Friday Night of Fun is to “showcase the people that have been out there” on the field. Friday’s fun will include hot dogs, snacks and drinks served at 6 p.m.. An information session will follow at 6:30 for those interested in coaching, playing, volunteering or sponsoring the Miracle League. A highlight of the evening will be an exhibition game of returning players, coaches and “buddies,” a term given to the volunteers who help the players. Another information session will be held after the game at 7:45 p.m. Those interested in volunteering or playing can visit the Miracle League of High Point’s website www.hpmiracleleague.org. No prior knowledge of baseball is necessary for either position. editor@hpe.com | 888-3537

Soda shop quickly closes in High Point BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – The High Point location of the Archdale Soda Shop has closed just several months after the outlet opened along N. Main Street. Co-owner Jerry Rozier said the second location closed because its size didn’t turn out to be suited to the business’ needs. The other longtime location in Archdale remains open, as it has been since 1948.

The High Point location closed earlier this month “because the building was not big enough to accommodate our customers,” Rozier said. “We simply didn’t have enough room, and with our prices we go off of volume. We were not able to turn the amount of volume up there to cover the overhead of that building,” he said. The owners of Archdale Soda Shop still would like to

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have a High Point location. Rozier said the business may consider the area around the Palladium theater and shopping complex in north High Point. “But right now, we’re just going to focus on our main one that’s been here for 62 years,” he said. The High Point location was the first expansion for Archdale Soda Shop. pjohnson@hpe.com | 888-3528

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William Agnew...High Point Harold Boone.......Asheboro Polly Byrd............High Point Mary Cox.............High Point S. Hepler Sr.......Thomasville Aline Hicks...........Lexington David Hill Jr...............Denton Debra Holt..Winston-Salem W. Kirkman.......Greensboro John Little Jr....Brooklyn, NY Payson Loflin....Thomasville Billy Owens............Linwood The High Point Enterprise publishes death notices without charge. Additional information is published for a fee. Obituary information should be submitted through a funeral home.

William Gibson Agnew, Jr. HIGH POINT – Mr. William Gibson Agnew, Jr., (Bill), 60, passed away July 24th, 2010, in Wilmington, NC., after a six-year battle with cancer. Bill was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, son of the late William Gibson Agnew, and Margaret Neef Agnew, of Greenville, SC. He was predeceased by his wife of 35 years, Brenda Anderson Agnew, in 2007. Bill is survived by his two sons Patrick William Agnew, of Charlotte, NC, and Michael Thomas Agnew, of Asheville, NC. Also surviving are his mother; sister, Ann Agnew Stewart, and her husband, Steve, of Greenville, SC; and two brothers: Bruce David Agnew, of Chattanooga, TN; and Brian Edward Agnew, and his wife, Dianne, of Union Springs, AL; 4 nieces, and 10 nephews. Bill was a 1967 graduate of Notre Dame High School, Chattanooga, and a 1971 graduate of Clemson University, with concentrations in both economics and history. He had lived in the High Point area since 1990. Bill worked his entire career in the flooring and furniture business, most recently as Regional Sales Manager for Quick Step, Inc. He had a strong passion and talent for business, and loved traveling all over the country, bringing joy and laughter to all that he came in contact with. Bill loved spending time with family and friends, Clemson football, the beach, the Elks Club pool, traveling, reading the Wall Street Journal, telling jokes, and his Labrador retriever, Marley. He will be deeply missed and the family would like to thank all medical Oncologist teams at both Duke University and High Point Regional who served him throughout the years. The family also thanks Vanessa Resler, whose love and care for Bill was an immense help and source of happiness for him. A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted Saturday, July 31st, 2010, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church at 9 a.m., with Father Joseph Zuschmidt, O.S.F.S. officiating. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the (Capital Campaign) I.H.M. Church, 4145 Johnson Street, High Point NC 27265.

Stokes Evert Hepler Sr. THOMASVILLE – Mr. Stokes Evert Hepler, Sr., 89, a resident of 119 Hillcrest Road, died Sunday evening, July 25, 2010, in the Britthaven of Davidson Nursing Center. He was born April 11, 1921, in Davidson County, a son of the late Lacy Evert Hepler and Ella Stokes Howard Hepler. He was the former owner and operator of Stokes Auto Parts of Thomasville. Mr. Hepler was a member of former member of the Horseless Carriage Club. He was also former members and was instrumental in the organizing of the Fair Grove Lions’ Club and the Fairgrove Fire Department. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. On August 29, 1968, he was married to Jewel Klass Rollins, who survives of the home. Also surviving are two sons, Stokes E. (Sunny) Hepler, Jr. and wife Lu and Randy H. Hepler and wife Anne. Both of Thomasville; a step-daughter, Sherry Neeley of Thomasville; a step-son, Randall Rollins and wife Sandy of Thomasville; a sister, Mabel Clinard of Thomasville; a brother, Bobby Lee Hepler of Thomasville; two grandchildren, Bart Hepler and Christy Thomas and husband Kevin; great-grandchildren, Austin Thomas and Jordan Thomas; step-grandchildren, Scott Neeley, Jay Rollins and wife Rebecca, Andrew Neeley and wife Courtney and Adam Rollins and wife Meredith; and step-great-grandchildren, Kate Madison Rollins, Madeline Claire Rollins, Jordon Neeley, Lilian Neeley and Denver Rollins. Funeral services will be held Wednesday July 28, 2010, at 11 a.m. in J.C. Green & Sons Chapel with Rev. Christopher Uren and Rev. Kenneth Miller officiating. Burial will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. until the service hour and other times at the home. The family request memorials be directed to First United Methodist Church, 100 E. Sunrise Avenue, Thomasville, N.C. 27360. On-line condolences may be sent to the Hepler family at www.jcgreenandsons.com.

Billy Owens LINWOOD – Billy B. Owens, 83, of Lakeview Church Road died July 25, 2010, at Lexington Health Care. Funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Greer’s Chapel United Methodist Church. Visitation will be at the church following the service. Davidson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

David Hill Jr. DENTON – Mr. David Lee Hill Jr., 30, of Denton, died Sunday, July 25, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Thursday in the chapel of Cumby Family Funeral Service in Archdale. Burial will follow at the Floral Garden Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Cumby Family Funeral Service in Archdale.

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HIGH POINT – Mrs. Mary Eunice Cox, 87, of High Point went to be with the Lord on July 25, 2010, at High Point Regional Hospital. She was born July 17, 1923, in Columbus County to Mayo and Daisy Duncan. Mrs. Cox moved to High Point from Clarkton, N.C. in 1968. She retired from Ritch Face Veneer in 1996. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church in High Point. Mrs. Cox was married to Johnnie Cox who preceded her in death in 1996. She was also preceded in death by her precious step-mother, Carrie Duncan, brothers, Leamon and Billy Duncan and sisters, Pearl Duncan and Ruby Catron. Mrs. Cox is survived by her daughter, Zelma Beck Eldridge and husband, Ray of the home, grandchildren, Carol Holden, Allen Beck, Michael Beck and fiancé , Jessica Transou, Tim Hulin and wife, Leslie and Stephanie Ramey; step-grandchildren, Dwayne and Willie Eldridge ; great-grandchildren, Little Ron, Lindsey, Noah, Nick, Chad and Brad; step-great-grandchild, McKenzie ; sisters, Alice Duncan, Nellie Vines, Helen Harmond and Frances Terrell, all of High Point and Shulah Mae Ezzell of Bladenboro; brothers, Royce and Larry Duncan of High Point, Earl Duncan of Madison and Alton Duncan of Thomasville and a special friend, Whitney Kirk of High Point. The Funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of Cumby Family Funeral Service in Archdale by Reverend Todd Brock and Reverend Allen Hulin. The interment will be in Floral Garden Memorial Park. A visitation will be from 6 until 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the residence. Online condolences may be made through www. cumbyfuneral.com.

HIGH POINT – Mrs. Polly Carroll Byrd, 77, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2010 at her residence. Mrs. Byrd was born in High Point, July 6, 1933, the daughter of William Edward Carroll and Nona Foust Carroll. A lifelong resident of High Point, she was a faithful member of First Baptist Church and past president of the Junior Women’s Club. Polly was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who enjoyed gardening and being with her family and friends, nieces and nephews. She especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Billy, Bobby and Bennie Carroll. Surviving are her husband of 57 years, Jerry B. Byrd of the home; a daughter, Paige Humbert and her husband Chris of Fuquay Varina; two sons, Jerry B. “Chip” Byrd, Jr. of High Point and Kent C. Byrd and his wife Denese of High Point; seven grandchildren, Mary Katherine Byrd and fiancé, Nick Baker of Charlotte, Caroline Elizabeth Byrd of Raleigh, Allison Shaver Byrd of High Point, Christina Scheper and husband Patrick of Durham, William Greg Smith of Raleigh, and Christopher Bryce Humbert and Bayleigh Paige Humbert, both of Fuquay Varina; a sister, Geraldine Lawhorne and her husband Paul of Indian Head, MD. A Celebration of Life service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in First Baptist Church by the Rev. Bruce Hartgrove. The family will receive friends at the church following the service. Entombment in the Floral Garden Memorial Park Mausoleum will be private. Memorials may be directed to First Baptist Church or Hospice of the Piedmont. Davis Funerals and Cremations are serving the Byrd family. Online condolences may be made at davisfuneralsandcremations.com.

Infant Payson Leigh Loflin THOMASVILLE – Infant Payson Leigh Loflin, daughter of Jeremy and Amy Loflin who are residents of 703 Dogwood Road passed away Friday, July 23, 2010, in Thomasville Medical Center. Surviving in addition to her parents are, One brother, Landon Jeremy Loflin of the home; Maternal Grandparents, Paul and Tammy Carawan of Lexington; Paternal Grandparents, Sebrina Loflin of Thomasville and Roger Loflin of Lexington; Maternal GreatGrandparents, Barney King of Thomasville, Jerry and Peggy Carawan of Oriental; Paternal GreatGrandparents, Lacy Cowart; Two Uncles, Andrew Carawan of High Point and Derek Loflin of Thomasville; GreatUncle and Aunt, Dwayne and Connie Worley of Thomasville. Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. July 27, 2010, in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Ben Shepherd officiating. This little Angel that is Heaven’s gain was named by her older brother Landon. In Lieu of Flowers memorials may be directed to a College Fund for Landon, C/ O Landon Loflin, 703 Dogwood Rd. Thomasville, NC 27360. On line condolences may be sent to the Loflin family at www.jcgreenandsons.com.

Aline B. Hicks LEXINGTON – Aline Biles Hicks, age 83 of Bethany Road, Lexington passed away Thursday afternoon (July 22, 2010) at Forsyth Medical Center. Graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday (July 28, 2010) at Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church Cemetery in Trinity. No formal visitation will be held. Aline was born in Guilford County, NC, May 2, 1927, to Claude Davenport Biles and Lula Hopkins Biles. She was a former cook and attended High Rock Community Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Earl Franklin Hicks, Sr. in 1995, and son Earl Franklin Hicks, Jr. May of 2010. Surviving are; one daughter, Cathy Williamson of Lexington; one son, Tony Hicks of Trinity; twelve grandchildren and twenty one great-grandchildren; two sisters, Elaine Payne and Jane Starret of Trinity; four brothers, Vernon Biles and Pete Biles of High Point, Ray Biles of Simpsonville, SC and Bobby Biles of Trinity, NC. Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.

Debra Johnson Holt WINSTON-SALEM – Mrs. Debra Johnson Holt, 56, went home to be with the Lord on July 25, 2010 at High Point Regional Hospital surrounded by her family. Debbie was born on October 18, 1953 in Thomasville to John Harry Johnson and Mary Frances Kennedy Johnson. She graduated from Ledford High School and has been employed for ten years at Old Dominion Freight Lines. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Patricia Ann Jones. Surviving is her husband Roger Lee Holt of the home, whom she married on April 6, 1974; two sons, Christopher Lee Holt and wife Christa of Midway, and Daniel Wayne Holt of the home and Amanda Darr; five sisters, Brenda Draughn and husband Kenneth of Thomasville, Mary Frances White of Asheville, Jerry Tuttle and husband Harold of Kernersville, Sarah Draughn and husband Roger of Thomasville, and Kathy Peacock and husband Jerry of Georgia; three grandsons, Bryson Ward, Dakota Phillips, and Sterling Phillips; and many nieces and nephews. A celebration of life service will be held on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home Chapel in Thomasville with Dr. Joe D. Coltrane and Mr. Harold Tuttle officiating. The family will receive family and friends on Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The American Cancer Society, 4-A Oak Branch Dr. Greensboro, NC 27407. On-line condolences may be sent to www.jcgreenandsons. com.

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Walter Edward Kirkman GREENSBORO – Mr. Walter Edward Kirkman, 82, died July 25, 2010, at his residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Hanes-Lineberry Fuenral Homes, Sedgefield Chapel. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.

Harold Boone ASHEBORO – Harold Lloyd Boone, 62, died July 25, 2010. Graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Ridge Funeral Home, Asheboro.

John Lewis Little Jr. BROOKLYN, N.Y. – John Lewis Little, Jr., 51, died July 23, 2010. Funeral will be held at 11 a.m. today at Phillips Funeral Service Chapel, High Point.

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NC forecasters spot aging baby boomersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; troubles RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; North Carolina is preparing for a coming bulge of baby boomers who are expected to be beefier and poorer than they would like. The second wave of boomers now 55 to 60 years old may find themselves in rough shape later from a combination of unhealthy living and poor personal finances, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Monday. North Carolina health statistics show that state residents between 55 and 64 years old exercise less and have more strokes than younger groups.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also more likely than any other group to gamble once or more a week and are increasingly using marijuana and other illegal drugs, the newspaper reported. The indicators arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all bad. The stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baby boomers smoke less than younger generations. Seven out of 10 eat green salad at least once a week, the highest figure for any age group. North Carolina researchers say the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s over-60 population will grow by about 40 percent between 2009 and 2030, when their

numbers outstrip the number of youths 17 and under. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to get the word out about the things people have to learn before they get to retirement,â&#x20AC;? said Joan Pellettier, 58, director of the Triangle J Area Agency on Aging, which coordinates aging programs in seven central North Carolina counties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am thinking moving our focus from people who are 60 and older to people that are 50 and older.â&#x20AC;? The state Center for Health Statistics says more than a third of state residents between 55 and

using,â&#x20AC;? said Pete Delany, director for the Office of Applied Studies at the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to start asking elderly people, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;By the way, do you smoke and use marijuana?â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Delany said. As people head into their 60s, they are often taking prescription medicines, and doctors arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure what the interactions with illegal drugs might cause. But some studies show that certain levels can lead to hypertension.

64 are obese. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bulkier than those a decade younger as well as those a decade older. One in six of this group has been told by a doctor that diabetes has affected his or her kidneys â&#x20AC;&#x201C; again more than the next younger and next older group. A federal snapshot taken between 2002 and 2007 showed that illegal drug use by people in their 50s increased by 46 percent over the five-year period, from about one in 20 to about one in 10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a population that was involved in drug use in their 20s or 30s and have just continued

Marine training complex simulates â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;fog of warâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; WILMINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A North Carolina Marine base is building an indoor training complex to simulate the â&#x20AC;&#x153;fog of warâ&#x20AC;? of Afghan combat, a project designed to reduce mental health problems by better preparing Marines for battle stress. Camp Lejeune project officer Will Smith says the infantry immersion trainer is scheduled to open in February. Construction started earlier this month on the warehouse-sized range that

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Dear Abby: Dear Please Abby settle â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; something for me. As I was getting into my car, which was parked on the street, my cell phone rang with an important call. I took the call and wanted to finish the conversation before I pulled out and started driving. Meanwhile, someone had pulled up and wanted my parking spot. He honked his horn at me repeatedly. It was a diagonal space, and he would not have seen my arm if I had waved him on. I know it was frustrating for this person who wanted to park, but I thought it was more important for me not to drive while on the phone. My husband thinks I should have pulled out anyway, or postponed the call. Who do you think is right? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Careful In La Jolla, Calif.

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o you snore? Do you have trouble staying awake during the day, dozing off every time you sit down? You may have sleep apnea. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 12 million Americans are affected. Sleep apnea is a condition in which there are frequent pauses in breathing or shallow breathing during sleep. The airway closes either partially, causing snoring, or completely, causing a pause of a few seconds to minutes. The pause can end with a gasp. A person can experience these pauses several hundred times in a night, which can seriously impair the quality of sleep. This is what causes the daytime sleepiness. Sleep apnea can be difficult to diagnose primarily because the sufferer is unaware of the interruptions in sleep because the person is asleep. If you think you may have sleep apnea, ask your spouse, family member or close friend to check in on you while you sleep. Usually the snoring and/or pauses are apparent. If you suspect sleep apnea, check with your doctor. After a few questions and a physical exam, your doctor may recommend a sleep study. This can give an accurate picture of breathing patterns while you sleep. Why is it important to diagnose sleep apnea? When oxygen levels drop due to the pauses, it causes your body to awaken partially. This disrupts sleep, which can lead to dangerous daytime sleepiness and an increase in work and driving related injuries. The disruption in sleep also triggers the release of stress hormones, which raises the heart rate and increases the risk for high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke and irregular heart beats. Untreated sleep apnea can also affect the way your body uses energy and can lead to obesity and/or diabetes. Sleep apnea is more common in men than in women, and the incidence increases with age. More than half of the people with sleep apnea are overweight. Other risk factors include smoking, high blood pressure and family history. Treatments include: lifestyle changes, mouthpieces, breathing devices and/or surgery. So, if you are falling asleep at your desk or shaking the rafters with your snoring, consider a visit to your doctor. You may have sleep apnea.

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Guilford County Schools The following students in Guilford County Schools were named to the fourth-quarter A Team of students in grades 6-8 who received all Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s:

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ear Dr. Donohue: Our basement flooded, and I was chosen to clean it. All that pushing, lifting and scrubbing did a number on my back. It’s been bothering me for two weeks. I never had a back problem before, but my dad used to have them all the time. He said it was sciatica. I believe that’s what I have. How can I get rid of it? – M.J.

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ten what you said. I have learned that my dad was just diagnosed with COPD, and I would like to pass that information to him. Will you please repeat it? – S.A. That is pursed-lip breathing. The person puckers the lips as though going to whistle or give a kiss. Then he inhales through his nose and exhales through the pursed lips. Exhaling should be more prolonged than inhaling. This technique keeps the airways opened to allow more air to get into the lungs and more carbon dioxide to get out of them. “COPD” stands for “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”: emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Dear Dr. Donohue: My grandson recently had scarlet fever. In my day, this was a very frightful disease. My daughter has taken a ho-hum attitude toward it. What are its complications? – W.B. Scarlet fever is a strep throat with one addition – a red skin rash. That’s the only difference between the two. Penicillin is its treatment. When treated early, there should be no complications from it. If not treated, then it can have the same complication strep throat has – rheumatic fever.

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100 years old Crissie Smith Brendle turned 100 years old on July 7, and she celebrated the milestone on July 11 with family and friends at a party given by her son, Hollis; her daughter, Eldene; and her daughter-in-law, Carolyn. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren attended. Brendle attended Shady Grove School and graduated from Wallburg High School. She married Ray Brendle in 1933, and they lived in Davidson County. She was an active member of Canaan United Methodist Church until her health prevented her from attending events. She retired as a seamstress from Sherrod Shirt Co. in High Point. After retiring she enjoyed making quilts. She lives at Britthaven of Davidson, and she loves to read and play word games and bridge.

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Question: Can seed be saved from this year’s squash crop for planting in next year’s garden? Answer: No, this is not a recommended practice. Because squash has male and female blooms and need bees for pollination, seed saved from this year’s crop probably

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Answer: Squash matures rapidly, requiring only five to seven days from flowering to maturity in hot weather. The key to high quality is timely harvest, every other day in hot weather. Good yellow summer squash should be 1 to 2 inches in diameter at the base and pale yellow colored. Dark yellow or yellow-orange squash with a firm rind is over-mature. Remove it from the plant and discard it. If overmature fruits are not removed, the plant will stop yielding.

will not breed true when planted next year. This is especially true if you are growing more than one type of squash. If you are only growing one type of squash and there are no other types of squash in the area, then seed can be saved with a fairly high degree of genetic purity. If you are growing hybrid squash, such as the variety Dixie, do not save seeds as they will not breed true.

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cutting it open. The larvae hatch from eggs laid by a bright colored, wasplike moth on the foliage or stems. The eggs hatch and the larvae travel down the plant to the stem and literally core it out. The chemicals to prevent this are no longer on the market. However, you can use a sharp knife and slit the stem prying the borer out, then repack with soil. If done early, they can often be saved. During the fall growing season, begin treatment shortly after plant emergence. MASTER GARDENERS will answer 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 27405-7605, telephone (336) 375-5876, e-mail karen_neill@ ncsu.edu, on the web at www. guilfordgardenanswers.org.

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Mike Simmons leans close to his 3-year-old daughter, Addison, at Brenner Children’s Hospital in Winston-Salem. Doctors believe brain damage caused by a virus will prevent Addison from walking or talking again.

Hanging on to hope Parents pray that their child will overcome gloomy prognosis BY JIMMY TOMLIN ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

ix weeks ago, Addison Simmons was a cheerful, smart, vibrant 3-year-old girl. She loved gymnastics, loved her friends and family, loved learning to count, loved playing with her dog, Shadow. On June 16, though, a nasty virus attacked Addison’s heart and turned her world – and her parents’ world – upside-down. “It’s been a horrific nightmare,” says Mike Simmons, Addison’s father. “She’s our only child, and (June 16) was her first day of preschool. We were worried about how she would do being left there, but she did great. So to go from that to having your child on life support three

hours later will really knock you for a loop.” Since then, Simmons and his wife, Amy – who live in the Union Cross community – have Addison spent long days at Brenner Children’s Hospital in Winston-Salem, where Addison spent a couple of weeks on life support and 27 days in intensive care. She’s in a regular room now but remains heavily sedated and nonresponsive. “The doctors tell us she has extensive brain damage and that she won’t walk and won’t talk,” Simmons says. “But on June 16, her heart was barely contracting and they told us she probably wouldn’t make it through the night. They

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had doubts that she would come off the ECMO machine (a medical device that provides cardiac and respiratory support), but she did. So we’re kind of keeping that in perspective when they tell us she won’t walk or talk.” In other words, they’re clinging to hope and faith that the doctors are wrong about Addison’s brain damage and the potential she has. “Absolutely,” Simmons says. “We’re still very hopeful.” Addison, who turned 3 on Mother’s Day, had been battling what doctors thought was a minor infection and were treating with antibiotics. When she developed a cough, she went for X-rays to make sure she didn’t have pneumonia, and it was there at the doctor’s office that the virus that was attacking her heart caused her to go into cardiac arrest. Medical personnel performed CPR on Addison for more than an hour before they could stabilize her enough to get her on life support, according to Simmons. Despite what doctors have told them, the Simmonses find reasons for hope. For one thing, the fact Addison is even alive amazes and

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encourages the couple. They’re also encouraged she’s off life support, she’s off her heart medicines, and her other organs all seem to be working fine. Furthermore, they believe Addison may have some level of consciousness. “She’ll open her eyes some, and she’ll sort of cut her eyes toward you when you speak to her,” Simmons says. “Doctors say she doesn’t know who’s in the room, but my dad comes in and her heart rate and blood pressure go up, and they go back down when he leaves. That’s tangible proof to me that there’s some recognition there.” Meanwhile, the couple’s family members, friends, church and community have surrounded them with support. A Facebook page – “Pray For Addison Simmons” – has garnered nearly 14,000 members. This evening, Skate World of Kernersville will host a skating fundraiser for Addison’s family. “Everybody loves Addison,” Simmons says. “She just brought a spark to a lot of people’s lives, and we believe she still will.” jtomlin@hpe.com | 888-3579

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es, it’s still July, but before we know it, the school bell will be ringing, so you might as well get started on that back-toschool to-do list now. Let me help you get started. 1. Shots. Kids hate them, but immunizations are a fact of life and are a good thing. They protect children from life-threatening diseases. Some are required by law – children have to have them in order to go to school, including college. Some are recommended. Ask your child’s pediatrician or call the department of public health for a list of these vaccinations (336-641-7777). If you prefer, visit the website www.guilfordhealth. org and click on the Immunization page link on the home page. If you have questions about immunizations, contact our medical director, Dr. Ward Robinson, at www. askguilfordhealth.com. Record all immunizations on the shot card.

You will need to show this at your child’s school. 2. Physical exam. If you have a child who will be starting kindergarten, a physical exam is FOR THE required. A special form is needed to HEALTH record the exam OF IT findings. Contact your child’s school Lynne for this form. Again, Beck be ready to show ■■■ this at school. 3. Early to bed, early to rise. You have a few weeks to start working the kids back into a more acceptable routine. The younger the child, the more sleep he needs. Once the school year has begun... 4. Emergency contact and telephone number. Your child’s school needs this. If it changes during the

year, make sure you tell the school. 5. Student pickup. Who can do this? Tell the school, in writing. 6. Key information. Provide the school with information about significant medical conditions your child may have, such as asthma, diabetes, severe allergies, sickle cell or seizures. Notify the school of any “life-changing event” that may affect your child’s behavior or school performance (death in the family, divorce, etc.). 7. Medications to be taken at school. You must provide these medications in the original bottle or carton and with a completed medication form. This form is available at your child’s school. 8. School nurse. Your child has one. Get to know him or her. 9. Fuel for the day. Have your child eat a healthy breakfast every morning. Send healthy snacks for break time. Pack a healthy lunch or encourage healthy choices if

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, 33; Maya Rudolph, 38; Julian McMahon, 42; Maureen McGovern, 61 HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Emotions will be hard to deny and will prompt you to reevaluate what’s important and where you should put your time, money and energy this year. There are plenty of possibilities that can develop if you join forces with the right people. Tying your old ideas into new plans will lead to your success. Your numbers are 4, 18, 22, 27, 29, 35, 41 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take responsibility and you will have no regrets. Emotions will stand in the way of being able to make a good decision, especially with matters pertaining to work. Avoid anyone with the potential to bully you. ★★★★ TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Think before someone talks you into doing something that isn’t really your responsibility. You can easily be taken advantage of. You have a choice: Stand up for yourself or give in to pressure. ★★ GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Showing your originality in the way you present and promote your attributes will entertain a captive audience and help you structure your plans for the future. Don’t let love stand in the way of your progress. Put your emotions on hold. ★★★★★ CANCER (June 21-July 22): Talks will be necessary if you plan to make some changes at home, work or within an organization you belong to. Expect someone to push you regarding work that has to be done. If you aren’t planning on finishing the job, say so and walk away. ★★★ LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You can’t count on anything, especially if it has to do with money. Pay off debts and research before you invest. A financial mistake can be made easily if you aren’t well-informed. ★★★ VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Question anything or anyone that appears shady. A big talker is likely to lead you in the wrong direction. Be responsible for the jobs expected of you. A lack of production will belittle your reputation. ★★★ LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Share your thoughts, ideas and talents and you will be given a chance to put what you have mastered to the test. Get serious about work and partnerships that can help you earn a higher income and allow you greater freedom. ★★★★★ SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Nothing will go according to plan. You will have to be ready to make last-minute alterations if you are going to come out ahead. An emotional situation will take an unexpected turn. ★★ SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Be open about what you want to see unfold if you expect to achieve your dreams. Travel will lead to interesting conversations, giving you greater insight into the possibilities available and what you can achieve. ★★★★ CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Creative accounting will help you get what you want. You will find a way to enhance whatever you get involved in, be it business or personal partnerships, money deals or a contract for services you can offer. ★★★ AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll know instinctively what needs to be done and, whether you like it or not, you will have to follow through. Living up to a standard or upholding what’s being asked of you will be necessary, even if everyone else is reneging. You will win in the end. ★★★ PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Stick to your own affairs and you will avoid trouble. Someone is likely to try to pull you into a situation offering no benefits. Emotional manipulation is apparent where work-related matters are concerned. ★★★ ONE STAR: It’s best to avoid conflicts; work behind the scenes or read a good book. Two stars: You can accomplish but don’t rely on others for help. Three stars: If you focus, you will reach your goals. Four stars: You can pretty much do as you please, a good time to start new projects. Five stars: Nothing can stop you now. Go for the gold.

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Movie Extras to Stand in the Backgrounds for a major film. Earn up to $200 per day. Exp Not Req'd. 877-292-5034 need Exp'd Pattern Band Saw Operator & Slitter Operator. Must have Valid Id & SS#. Apply in person at 605 Sunset Dr, Randleman. Warehouse Worker needed versed in Hand Truck Operations, Office Personnel needed versed in Customer Communications & Computer Operations. Send resumes to PO Box 1786, Jamestown, NC 27282

Administrative

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Professional

Experienced Crane Operator and Sign Installer needed for Local Sign Company. Must have CDL. 336-887-3211

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Medical/Dental

Assistant Director of Nursing Must be a Registered Nurse; Must Possess Skills of Management, Patient Care and Knowledgeable of the Federal and State Regulations for Long Term Care. Must be able to work flexible hours as necessary and assist with call. Please apply in person at Britthaven of Davidson 706 Pineywood Rd, Thomasville AAE/EOE/Drug free Workplace

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MAKE Extra $$ Sell Avon to family, friends & work 908-4002 Independent Rep. Material Handler, Fabric Cutter, Ship/Rec Duties. Exp'd Pref'd, Great Work Record. Apply in person: 2410 Schirra Pl, High Point. M-F 8:30-4:30

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25 Truck Driver Trainees Needed! Learn to drive at Future Truckers of America! No experience needed! CDL & Job Ready In 4 weeks! Swift, Werner & Stevens on site hiring this week! 1-800-610-3777 Furniture Movers/Drivers, Experience Required Thomasville Call 336-476-5757

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*Buffer: Must have 3-5 years of experience buffing steel and aluminum furniture parts. *Machine Room: Must be experienced in setting-up and running various woodworking machines (drill press, router, boring machine, moulder, etc). Experience in frame building and sanding also required. *Metal Fabricator: Must have 3-5 years general metal fabricating experience to include welding, cutting and machining. We offer comptitive pay and benefits in an excellent, drug-free working environment. Qualified applicants should apply in person to: Davis Furniture Industries 2401 S. College Drive High Point, NC 27261 An EEO/AA Employer

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Trinity Furniture has openings for the following positions: Upholstery Pattern Maker, and Sewer - double needle experience is a plus. 3-5 years of experience is required for both positions. Apply in person to: 6089 Kennedy Rd., Trinity. 472-6660, M-TH 8-4

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High End Cutter Needed for Re-upholstery. Call 336-852-5050 ask for Michael

Adorable Poodle Puppies. White & apricot. 7 wks old. 1st shots & dewormed. Parents on site. $325. 336-434-4916 Black 1 years old Female Cat to Good Home only. Up to date on shots and Spayed. Call 336-886-1045 or 869-3973 Blue Pitt Bull Puppies, 3 Males, 1 Female, APBR Reg. $300 each. Call 336-688-9883 Free 5 Adult Pitt Bull Terriers. All Reg. Good Homes Only. Call 336-491-8749 Also Blues Free Kittens to good homes only. Have been wormed and vaccinated. If interested, Please call 336-431-2818 Free Puppies To Good Homes. 8 weeks. Dewormed, Brown, White & Spots. Call 336-472-7111 Maltese Males, $700 Call 848-1204 Puppy Sale $200 Off: Bichon-Poo, Maltese, Maltipoo, Shorkie & Other Breeds Available. Call 336-498-7721

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Misc. Items for Sale

Commercial Fan 3ftx3ft, Broadcast spreader, Office desk solid wood 28 in x 5 ft. Call 707-1739

Yorkshire AKC pup Beautiful little guy no shedding, shots, full of love 450.00 cash 431-9848

SCA Wolff System Tanning Bed, Less than 300 hours. All new Bulbs. Just Serviced. $900. Call 336-289-5209

Yorkshire Terrier 1 female 9wks all shots AKC very small maybe 3 pounds at the most when grown $1000 Get what you for! 336-476-5026

Tanning Bed for Sale. Good condition $500 Call 336-870-2229

ABDA Blue Pitt Blue Puppies Ready to go. Papers Included. $200 & Up. Call 336-307-0002 or 336-989-0430 We are currently interviewing experienced applicants with excellent work records for the following positions.

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0786 Wanted to Buy Real Estate 0793 Monuments/Cemeteries 0800 TRANSPORTATION 0804 Boats for Sale 0808 Boat Slips 0812 Boat Storage 0816 Recreational Vehicles 0820 Campers/Trailers 0824 Motor Homes 0828 Snowmobiles 0832 Motorcycles 0836 Airplanes & Equipment 0840 Auto Services 0844 Auto Repair 0848 Auto/Truck Parts & Accessories 0852 Heavy Equipment 0856 Sport Utility Vehicles 0860 Vans for Sale 0864 Pickup Trucks for Sale 0868 Cars for Sale 0872 Classic/Sports/ Collector Cars 0876 Bicycles 0880 Off-Road Vehicles 0900 FINANCIAL 0910 Business Opportunities 0920 Loans 0930 Investments 0950 LEGALS 0955 Legals 1000 HOME SERVICE DIRECTORY 1006 Additions & Renovations 1012 Appliances 1018 Asphalt/Concrete 1024 Backhoe 1030 Basement Waterproofing 1036 Carpet Cleaning 1042 Carpet Sales/ Installation 1048 Cleaning Services 1054 Crane/Lift Services 1060 Custom Cabinets 1066 Decks/Porches/ Enclosures 1072 Demolition 1078 Ditches & Trenches 1084 Driveways 1090 Drywall 1096 Duct Cleaning 1102 Electrical Services 1108 Excavating

Registered Exceptional Bichon Frise Female Puppies. All shots & dewormed. $600. Call 336-255-4454

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FISH - Grass Carp to control vegetation: also 4-6" channel catfish, beautiful koi and goldfish. 336-498-5417

1br Archdale $395 2BR Archdale $495 1BR Richardson $325 Daycare $3200 L&J Prop 434-2736

1BR, Remodeled. Range & Refrigerator. Gas heat. $295 mo. Call Darlene Kinley Realty 887-2273

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Unfurnished Apartments

WOW Summer Special! 2br $395 remodeled 1/2 off dep-sect. 8 no dep E. Commerce 988-9589

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Homes for Rent

2BR/1BA 1112 Richland St, $395 336-434-2004 1 Bedroom 217 Lindsay St.................$400 2 Bedrooms 709-B Chestnut St...........$350 713-A Scientific St...........$375 2405 Fala.........................$400 318 Monroe Pl.................$400 309 Windley St................$425 3117-B Bowers Ave........$435 920 E. Dayton.................$450 203 Brinkley Pl................$500 5928 G. Friendly Ave......$700 3 Bedrooms 302 Ridgecrest.................$500 1108 Adams St................$525 504 Blain St.....................$650 1427 Madison St.............$675 Call About Rent SpecialsFowler & Fowler 883-1333 www.fowler-fowler.com 1604 Boundary 2br 340 209 Murray 2br 315 415 Cable 2br 325 804 Forrest St. 2br 375 HUGHES ENTERPRISES 885-6149

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2BR Apt. Archdale area, $375 mo. + dep. Refs and background ck req'd. Call 231-2711

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

2BR, 1 1/2BA Apartment. Thomasville. Cable TV, Appls Incld. $450 mo. 336-561-6631

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2BR, 1BA avail. 2427 Francis St. Nice Area. $475/mo Call 336-833-6797

1650 SF Archdale, 5367 Jennifer Ct., $550mo www.ces4.net/rentals/5367/

2br, Apt, Archdale, 302 D. Goodman, Cent. A/C Heat, W/D hook up, Refrig/Stove $495/mth. 434-6236

2 Br 2 Ba Home for rent 20x20 stg bld $600mo + dep Tville & Pilot Schl area. 336-870-0654

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Furniture

Sofa & Loveseat, Multi Colored. Excellent Condition $200. Call 336-887-6205

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Wanted to Rent/ Buy/Trade

BUYING ANTIQUES Pottery, Glass, Old Stuff 239-7487 / 472-6910

Cash 4 riding mower needing repair or free removal if unwanted & scrap metal 882-4354 QUICK CASH PAID FOR JUNK CARS & TRUCKS. 434-1589. Top cash paid for any junk vehicle. T&S Auto 882-7989

OTR DRIVER AD WANT TO MAKE OVER $1000* FOR5-6 DAYS WORK?? Want to see your family more often than every2 or 3 weeks? High Point-based refrigerated carrier needsdependable, safety-oriented team drivers orsingles willing to team up to make weekly ded.runs to California. Good mileage rate. Health,life, dental & prescription cards after 60 days.Assigned trucks. 1 week vacation after 1 yr. ofservice. Consistent work. 2 yrs. verifiableCDL-A exp. req. Only a few positions available.Apply today! Call 800-804-0185 or e-mailjmone@northstate.net. *= Average gross pay/run

2BR/1BA,. 700 Trotter St. Duplex, T-ville. Appl incld, Cent H/A. $475/mo+dep. 476-9220 3 ROOM APARTMENT partly furnished. 476-5530 431-3483 Clositers & Foxfire 1 1/2 mo free move in special 885-5556 Must Lease Immediately! 1, 2, & 3 Br Apts.Starting @ $475 *Offer Ending Soon* Ambassador Court 336-884-8040 1 & 2 BR, Appls, AC, Clean, Good Loc. $380-$450 431-9478 T'ville 2BR/1.5BA Townhouse. Stove, refrig., & cable furn. No pets. No Section 8. $440 + dep. 475-2080. Thomasville, E. Guilford Apts. Nice 2BR/1BTH, $500/month, $500 dep, 12 mo Lease, No Pets. Section 8 Compliant. Call 336-474-0623 WE have section 8 approved apartments. Call day or night 625-0052.

3BR Remodeled Central H/A, Fenced Back, No Pets. $650. Call 882-9132 2BR, carpet, blinds, appli. gas heat, $500. mo. 883-4611 Leave mess. 3BR, $585, Cent H/A, Storage Bldg, blinds, Near Westchester Dr. Sec 8. No Dogs. 882-2030 3BR, 3 full baths, 2029 Chestnut St. Ext. Friendship-Ledford Schools. Nice yard, good area. $1200/mo. Includes mowing. Dep. No pets. 336-888-8251 3Br/1BA In N. High Point, W/D Conn, Refrigerator, Stove, Quiet Rd, Very Private. Huge Lot. Dogs welcome. $600/mo. Call after 6pm. 869-1595 A-1 ROOMS. Clean, close to stores, buses, A/C. No dep. 803-1970. Archdale, Nice 2BR, $450 mo. Call 336-431-7716 Down Stairs Apartment for rent. 3BR, 2BA, Nice Neighborhood. $700 month. Call 472-0310 or 491-9564.

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0754 Commercial/Office

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Excellent Location. 3BR, 1.5BA, References, $500 Mo. Call 336-880-1771

Private extra nice. Quiet. No alochol/drugs 108 Oakwood 887-2147

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

Houses $295-$495 in High Point Area. Phone day or night 336-625-6076

For Rent - 1104 Cedrow Dr, 3BR/1.5BA, Cent H/A. Montilue School Dis. $700 mo. No Pets. Call 336-255-9788

ROOMS 109 Oakwood St 336-688-3923

0665 Vacation Property

1800 Sq. Ft. Davidson County Conrad Realtors 336-885-4111

03 Taraus, 90K, Excellent Condition. $2,900 Call 431-6020 or 847-4635 2005 Ford Focus FX4, SE. 28-34 mpg. 73K miles. $6800 obo. Call 336-442-9283 2007 Impala, 68K miles. Serviced & Very Clean. $9900. Call 336-869-9417 96 Monte Carlo. 50,000 mi. Very Nice. $2700. Call 431-6020 or 847-4635 98 Lincoln Cont Mark VIII Black, Loaded, Very Nice. $4,295 obo. 336-906-3770

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House for rent 405 N. Centennial. 2BR, W/D conn. Newly Renovated. Call 336-918-1087 House for Rent: Nice 2 Bedroom House in Thomasville. $450 per month plus deposit and reference. (336) 472-9498 916 Ferndale-2BR 318 Charles-2BR 883-9602 Spacious 2BR, 1BA, W/D Hook upsMove in Specials. Call 803-1314 4 BEDROOMS 809 Doak.........................$775 507 Prospect....................$500 3 BEDROOMS 1209 N. Rotary...............$1100 3603 Grindstaff..............$1195 2457 Ingleside................$1050 202 James Crossing........$895 1312 Granada..................$895 1420 Bragg Ave..............$750 2709 Reginald..................$700 1122 Nathan Hunt...........$695 112 Hedgecock................$675 2713 Ernest St.................$675 2109 Friends....................$649 222 Montlieu....................$625 1700-F N.Hamilton...........$625 813 Magnolia...................$595 1205 Fifth.........................$595 726 Bridges......................$575 1020 South.......................$550 2507 Dallas......................$550 2208-A Gable Way...........$550 507 Hedrick......................$525 601 Willoubar...................$525 324 Louise.......................$525 637 Wesley......................$525 409 N Centennial............$500 1016 Grant.......................$475 919 Old Winston..............$525 101 Chase.......................$500 1220-A Kimery.................$500 2219 N. Centennial..........$495 609 Radford.....................$495 127 Pinecrest..................$500 836 Cummins..................$450 913 Grant........................$450 502 Everett......................$450 410 Vail...........................$425 328 Walker......................$425 322 Walker......................$425 914 Putnam.....................$399 1303-B E Green...............$395

2 BEDROOM 495 Ansley Way..............$750 1720 Beaucrest...............$675 1111 N. Hamilton.............$595 1112 Trinity Rd................$550 1540 Beaucrest...............$525 101 #13 Oxford..............$525 305 Barker......................$500 903 Skeet Club...............$500 204 Prospect..................$500 808 Virginia....................$495 120 Kendall....................$475 905 Old Tville Rd............$450 509 North.........................$450 1101 Pegram..................$450 215 Friendly....................$450 1198 Day........................$450 205-D Tyson Ct..............$425 700-B Chandler..............$425 1501-B Carolina..............$425 324 Walker....................$400 2306 Palmer..................$400 713-B Chandler.............$399 204 Hoskins..................$395 622-B Hendrix..............$395 1704 Whitehall..............$385 129 Pinecrest...............$385 609-A Memorial Pk........$375 601-B Everett.................$375 2306-A Little..................$375 501 Richardson..............$375 1227 Redding.................$350 1709-B W. Rotary..........$350 311-B Chestnut...............$350 1516-B Oneka.................$350 309-B Griffin...................$335 815 Worth.......................$325 12109 Trinity Rd. S.........$325 4703 Alford......................$325 301 Park..........................$300 313-B Barker...................$300 1116-B Grace...................$295 1715-A Leonard...............$285 1515 Olivia......................$280

1 BEDROOM 1123-C Adams...............$450 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 1317-A Tipton..................$235 CONRAD REALTORS 512 N. Hamilton 885-4111 AVAILABLE RENTALS SEE OUR AD ON SUN, MON, WED & FRI FOR OUR COMPLETE HOUSING INVENTORY

Tville, Hasty/Ledford Schl 3BR/2BA House. No Pets. $700/mo. 475-7323/442-7654

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Rooms for Rent

A Better Room 4U HP within walking distance of stores, buses. 886-3210/ 883-2996 AFFORDABLE rooms for rent. 1/2 off 1st Weeks Rent Call 336-491-2997 For Rent Furnished Bedroom, Kitchen, and Laundry Privileges. NW High Point. Tel 889-3077 LOW Weekly Rates - a/c, phone, HBO, eff. Travel Inn Express, HP 883-6101 no sec. dep.

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Rooms for Rent

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MB Condo, 2BR, 2BA, Pool, Oceanview, $700. Wk 869-8668

Rooms, $100- up. Also 1br Apt. No Alcohol/Drugs. 887-2033

Myrtle Beach Condo. 2BR/2BA, Beach Front, EC. 887-4000

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101 Havenwood.............$1300 317 Washboard................$950 330 W. Presnell................$790 1506 Chelsea Sq.............$850 205 Ridgecreek................$875 405 Moore........................$640 1806 King.........................$600 1704 Azel.........................$600 603 Denny.......................$600 523 Player.......................$565 1014 Grace......................$575 281 Dorothy.....................$550 116 Dorothy.....................$550 1414 Madison..................$525 1439 Madison..................$495 404 Shady Lane..............$450 920 Forest.......................$450 326 Pickett......................$450 1711 Edmondson............$350 2 BEDROOMS 1100 Westbrook..............$650 1102 Westbrook..............$615 3911 D Archdale.............$600 524 Player.......................$595 6712 Jewel......................$550 931 Marlboro..................$500 285 Dorothy...................$500 532 Roy............................$495 112 A Marshall................$450 1037 Old Thomasville....$450 110 Terrace Trace...........$450 410 Friddle......................$435 10721 N Main..................$425 500 Lake.........................$425 1303 W. Green...............$410 215-B W. Colonial...........$400 600 Willowbar..................$400 304-A Kersey...................$395 5496 Uwharrie #3...........$395 412 N. Centennial............$385 1418 Johnson.................$375 1429 E Commerce..........$375 802 Barbee.....................$350 417 B White Oak..............$350 1223 Franklin...................$295 1 BEDROOMS 313 B Kersey..................$340 203 Baker.......................$325 205 A Taylor....................$285 909 A Park.....................$250 KINLEY REALTY 336-434-4146

Business Places/ Offices

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Monuments/ Cemeteries

1 Plot at Holly Hill Cemetery in the Front Sec. Will Sell Cheap! 336-491-9564 or 472-0310

1000 SF retail space close to new 85. $595/month. Call day or night 336-625-6076

2 Plots Floral Gardens, Section T, Garden of Time. $6400. Call 336-885-6534

900+ SF Business Space Available. Hwy 62, Thomasville. $595/mo + dep. Call 442-4467

Office 615 W English 4300 sf. Industrial 641 McWay Dr, 2500 sf. Fowler & Fowler 883-1333

Mobile Homes for Rent

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2 & 3 BR MH $450 mo, Will Consider Weekly + dep. , 841-8071 / 687-0449 2BR, Large Yard, Glenola Area. Storage Bldg. NO Pets! Call 431-9665 or 689-1401. 2 bdrs available, Silver Valley/Tville area, Sm. Pets only. $325-$385/mo. No Dep. with proof of income. Police Report Req'd., Call 239-3657

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Homes for Sale

Thomasville 3BR. Just renovated. Will finance for the right Buyer. $74,900. Call 704-807-4717

0754 Commercial/Office 1,000 sq. ft retail space near new 85. Reasonable rent & terms. Phone day or night 336-625-6076. 70,000 ft. former Braxton Culler bldg. Well located. Reasonable rent. Call day or night. 336-625-6076 Almost new 10,000 sq ft bldg on Baker Road, plenty of parking. Call day or night 336-625-6076

RANSPORTATION

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Boats for Sale

1990 Ranger, 361V Johnson, 150hp GT Loaded/Exc Cond $7,000, 431-5517

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Motor Homes

'01 Damon motorhome. 2 slides, 2 ACs, 10k, loaded. 36ft. Very good cond., $52,000. Back-up camera. 431-9891

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Motorcycle - Honda Shadow Ace. VT1100C2. 2495 miles. Mint Condition, Must See! $3,995 Firm. Call 476-3729

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Sport Utility Vehicles

95 Toyota 4-Runner, 145K miles, Exc Cond. $5,200. Call 336-687-8204

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Vans for Sale

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

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Pickup Trucks for Sale

1984 GMC Caballero, 93K miles. Very Good condition. Runs Good. $5000 obo. Call 336-841-1525 2003 Chevrolet S-10, 6 Cylinder. 85,000mi. 1 owner. EC. $6500 Call 884-5408

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AP FILE

North Carolina football coach Butch Davis, shown in this Aug. 7, 2009 file photo, faced plenty of questions at ACC Football Kickoff in Greensboro about the ongoing NCAA investigation into potential improper contact between Tar Heel players and agents. UNC was picked to finish fourth in the Coastal Division in the preseason media poll.

UNC’s Davis sticks to script BY GREER SMITH ENTERPRISE SPORTS WRITER

GREENSBORO – University of North Carolina head football coach Butch Davis continued to follow the script on Monday. Speaking to the media at the Atlantic Coast Conference media kickoff, Davis said as little as possible about an NCAA investigation into the Tar Heel program. The investigations reportedly surround whether two players, Marvin Austin and Greg Little, received improper benefits from player agents. “The most prudent thing I can say is a lot of people would like to ask a lot of questions about the NCAA review,” Davis said. “As I have redundantly said throughout the course of today is that there is no way I can comment. The NCAA has said one of the fastest ways to get this process to happen as quickly as possible is have as few comments as possible in the newspaper. So I can’t answer those questions.” Davis was confident the cloud surrounding the program will not have an adverse effect on his team, which was picked to finish fourth in Coastal Division and was named to win the ACC title game on two of the 98 ballots. The Tar Heels have high hopes, returning 10 starters on offense and nine on defense. “They’re excited about getting started with the season and about Aug. 6 when training camp starts,” Davis said. “Guys are anxious because of the expectations and they are looking forward to it. Davis refused to say if any of the players involved in the investigation would be held out of the opening game against LSU on Sept. 4.

All of that is dealing with hypotheticals,” he said. “Give me a specific fact and I can tell you what will happen.” He also declined comment on whether he thinks the NCAA will hand down a ruling before the Tar Heels’ season opener. At least three Southeastern Conference schools are also under investigation. “I think our institution has done everything it can from am from a compliance standpoint. The feedback we’ve gotten from the NCAA is that the more help we can provide, the faster this will go,” Davis said. “I don’t know how it is progressing relatively to other institutions. I don’t know if we are going to be the first or the 10th. “We are not in contact with NCAA. The ball is in their court. We’ve done our role and they’ve done their role. We just have to wait until further notice.” Davis also said he was unaware of what the athletes in question said to the NCAA. “The thing that I can tell you is the only instruction we gave the players is tell the truth,” he said. “The only smart rational instruction is to tell the truth.” If players are disciplined and barred from playing in games, Davis said he would approach their absence the same as a player missing a game because of injury. “One of the things you deal with as a team, you deal with the anticipation of the unexpected,” Davis said. “I talk to the players about how are you going to react in the face of adversity. Like who is going to get hurt. Last year, we had 13 players miss two or more games because of injury.” gsmith@hpe.com | 888-3519

ACC PRESEASON POLL RESULTS

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CHAMPIONSHIP VOTING

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Hot-lanta: Like old times for first-place Braves ATLANTA (AP) – Brian McCann grew up cheering for Glavine and McGriff, Maddux and Justice, guys who expected to make the playoffs year after year after year. The Braves catcher is starting to get that feeling himself. Atlanta has reclaimed a oncefamiliar position, first place in

the NL East for going on two months now. Even after losing two of three at Florida over the weekend (just their second series loss since early May), the Braves enjoyed a day off Monday with a 4 1⁄2-game lead over Philadelphia, the league’s two-time reigning champs. “I was a huge baseball fan grow-

ing up. This was the team I rooted for,” said McCann, a five-time All-Star and native of suburban Atlanta. “I definitely think the team we have here now is how they played in the ’90s.” The formula sure sounds similar: Stingy pitching, solid defense, opportunistic hitting, that familiar face running it all from

the dugout. Yes, even Bobby Cox is starting to get that feeling again, too. “It’s great chemistry right now,” said Cox, who has more wins (2,465) than all but three other managers in major league history. “They’re all pulling together.” Cox, 69, will retire as manager after this season.

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f you believe the voting by the media attending the ACC Football Kickoff at Grandover Resort, this season will be another long one for the Big Four. Among the four schools located in the state of North Carolina, only the University of North Carolina drew votes for ACC champion, and the Tar Heels were named on just two of the 98 ballots. None of the Big Four was picked higher than fourth in either the Coastal or Atlantic Division. Carolina, which boasts 21 returning starters, received five first-place votes, but still didn’t get enough love to finish better than a close fourth in the Coastal behind Virginia Tech, Miami and Georgia Tech. The Tar Heels return the defense that helped fashion last year’s upset of Virginia Tech, the pick to win this year’s title.

Carolina coach Butch Davis declined to speculate if the cloud of a looming NCAA investigation which reportedly involves starters Marvin Austin and Greg Little hampered the Tar Heels ranking. Despite being loaded with talent, the Tar Heels were slotted just one spot ahead of Duke, which enjoyed its best conference campaign in 10 years by going 3-5 last year. Duke coach David Cutcliffe believes that around the league, the Blue Devils aren’t regarded as the pushover they were when they won just one league game from 2005-2008. “You ask any of the teams in our division and none of them are really looking forward to playing us,” Cutcliffe said. In the Atlantic, N.C. State, which showcases quarterback Russell Wilson and also has a suspect defense, was slotted fourth behind

Florida State, Clemson and Boston College. Wake Forest, trying to regroup after the graduation of school-record setting QB Riley Skinner, was picked fifth. Wolfpack coach Tom O’Brien dismissed the rankings. “I don’t put much stock in them,” O’Brien said. “If you could show a year when they were right, then maybe I would.” Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe joked about the Deacons ranking. “I was hoping we would be last,” he said. “We were picked last the year we won the ACC championship game (2006). So I was hoping we would have that going for us.” As in most years, the Big Four doesn’t have much going for it as a new football season starts.

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Hornets star guard Chris Paul did not request a trade Monday in his meeting with new coach Monty Williams and top team officials, general manager Dell Demps said. Demps, essentially in his first day on the job since his hiring last week, added that he was confident Paul would still be with New Orleans when the coming season opens. The meeting was held at an undisclosed downtown location before Demps made his way back to the Hornets’ corporate offices to meet with reporters. Although Paul did not speak with the media, the team released statement from him that indicated the three-time AllStar and Olympic gold medalist was encouraged by the Hornets’ recent coaching and front-office overhaul. “The meeting went well. It was great to get an opportunity to sit down with coach Williams, president Weber and our new general manager, Dell Demps,” Paul’s statement said. “I expressed my desire to win and I like what they said about the direction that they want to take the team. I have been a Hornet my entire career and I hope to represent the city of New Orleans and state of Louisiana for many years to come.” Paul has two years remaining before he can opt out of his current contract with the Hornets.

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h 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1

r 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 9

h bi 1 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 13 9

Baltimore 000 002 210 — 5 Toronto 010 340 01x — 9 E—C.Izturis (5). DP—Baltimore 1. LOB— Baltimore 9, Toronto 5. 2B—B.Roberts (2), Ad.Jones (13), Fox (8), Y.Escobar (2), J.Bautista (22), V.Wells (29), Lind (15). HR— Scott (17), Wieters 2 (8), J.Bautista (28), Lind (14), A.Hill (14). IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore Bergesen L,3-9 5 10 8 8 1 1 Albers 3 3 1 1 0 4 Toronto Morrow W,7-6 6 5 2 2 4 6 Janssen 12⁄3 5 3 3 0 2 Purcey S,1-1 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Bergesen pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. HBP—by Albers (J.Molina), by Janssen (Markakis). T—2:39. A—17,422 (49,539).

Yankees 3, Indians 2 New York ab Jeter ss 4 Swisher rf 3 Teixeir 1b 3 ARdrgz 3b 4 Cano 2b 3 Posada dh 3 Grndrs cf 3 Cervelli c 3 Gardnr lf 3 Totals 29

r 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3

h 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4

Cleveland bi 0 Brantly cf 1 ACarer ss 0 Choo rf 0 CSantn c 0 Hafner dh 0 JhPerlt 3b 2 LaPort 1b 0 Crowe lf 0 Donald 2b 3 Totals

ab 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 31

r 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

h bi 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 2

New York 000 100 020 — 3 Cleveland 010 001 000 — 2 DP—New York 2, Cleveland 1. LOB—New York 3, Cleveland 5. 2B—Choo (17), Jh.Peralta (23), LaPorta (9), Donald (16). HR—Swisher (18), Granderson (10), Hafner (9). IP H R ER BB SO New York Vazquez W,9-7 7 5 2 2 3 5 D.Robertsn H,9 21⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Logan H,7 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 M.Rivera S,21-23 1 1 0 0 0 0 Cleveland Westbrook L,6-7 8 4 3 3 2 5 C.Perez 1 0 0 0 2 1 Vazquez pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. WP—Vazquez, C.Perez. T—2:43. A—27,224 (45,569).

Phillies 5, Rockies 4 Colorado S.Smith lf JHerrr 2b CGnzlz cf Giambi 1b Splrghs rf Stewart 3b Olivo c Barmes ss Mora ph Hamml p RFlors p Fowler ph TBchlz p Hawpe ph

Totals

Philadelphia bi ab 2 Rollins ss 5 0 Polanc 2b3b5 0 Ibanez lf 3 1 Howard 1b 3 1 Gload rf 3 0 Werth rf 1 0 Victorn cf 4 0 Dobbs 3b 4 0 WValdz 2b 0 0 Schndr c 3 0 C.Ruiz c 0 0 Blanton p 2 0 Ransm ph 0 0 Durbin p 0 JRomr p 0 BFrncs ph 0 Lidge p 0 35 4 10 4 Totals 33

ab 5 3 5 2 4 4 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 1

r 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

h 2 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Str W-1 W-3 L-2 L-1 L-2

Home 34-16 27-20 30-20 24-22 18-33

Away 28-19 33-18 25-24 26-27 13-34

L10 4-6 7-3 3-7 3-7 7-3

Str L-2 W-2 L-1 L-1 L-2

Home 27-19 30-20 35-17 20-25 22-24

Away 26-25 23-26 16-30 22-31 19-33

L10 7-3 5-5 8-2 4-6

Str W-1 L-1 W-2 W-2

Home 34-20 27-21 30-22 24-28

Away 24-21 25-28 20-26 15-32

L10 5-5 6-4 2-8 7-3 3-7

Str L-1 W-5 L-2 W-1 L-3

Home 34-13 29-17 30-16 28-26 25-21

Away 23-28 24-29 20-33 21-23 17-36

L10 7-3 6-4 7-3 6-4 4-6 4-6

Str W-1 L-1 W-4 L-1 W-1 L-4

Home 34-16 31-22 23-26 26-27 21-28 23-26

Away 21-28 24-23 24-27 19-27 19-30 11-38

L10 8-2 8-2 4-6 2-8 3-7

Str W-3 W-4 W-2 L-6 L-4

Home 30-19 28-18 32-21 31-16 24-29

Away 28-20 28-25 21-25 20-32 13-33

NATIONAL LEAGUE Sunday’s Games Florida 5, Atlanta 4, 11 innings Philadelphia 4, Colorado 3 San Diego 6, Pittsburgh 3 Houston 4, Cincinnati 0 Milwaukee 8, Washington 3 L.A. Dodgers 1, N.Y. Mets 0 San Francisco 3, Arizona 2, 10 innings St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 11 innings Monday’s Games Philadelphia 5, Colorado 4 Chicago Cubs at Houston, 8:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Florida at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Today’s Games Arizona (R.Lopez 5-9) at Philadelphia (Hamels 7-7), 7:05 p.m. Atlanta (Hanson 8-6) at Washington (Strasburg 5-2), 7:05 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 14-5) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 6-4), 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lilly 3-8) at Houston (Myers 7-6), 8:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Volquez 1-1) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 9-4), 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Duke 4-9) at Colorado (De La Rosa 3-2), 8:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 8-5) at San Diego (Garland 9-6), 10:05 p.m. Florida (Jo.Johnson 10-3) at San Francisco (M.Cain 8-8), 10:15 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Houston, 2:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Arizona at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Florida at San Francisco, 7:05 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

April 17 — Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado at Atlanta, 4-0 x-perfect game

Rays 5, Tigers 0 Detroit

L10 7-3 6-4 4-6 6-4 2-8

r 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

h bi 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5

Colorado 200 000 002 — 4 Philadelphia 030 002 00x — 5 E—Giambi 2 (4). DP—Philadelphia 2. LOB— Colorado 10, Philadelphia 9. 2B—S.Smith (11), Olivo (9), Dobbs (5). 3B—Schneider (1). HR—S.Smith (14). SB—C.Gonzalez (14), Victorino (19). S—Ransom. IP H R ER BB SO Colorado Hammel L,7-6 521⁄3 7 5 4 3 8 R.Flores ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 T.Buchholz 2 0 0 0 1 2 Philadelphia Blanton W,4-6 6 6 2 2 3 2 Durbin H,8 1 1 0 0 0 1 J.Romero H,6 1 0 0 0 1 1 Lidge S,10-13 1 3 2 2 2 0 WP—Hammel, Lidge. Umpires—Home, Jim Wolf; First, Marvin Hudson; Second, Derryl Cousins; Third, D.J. Reyburn. T—2:54. A—44,838 (43,651).

2010 no-hitters American League July 26 — Matt Garza, Tampa Bay vs. Detroit, 5-0 May 9 — x-Dallas Braden, Oakland vs. Tampa Bay, 4-0 National League June 26 — Edwin Jackson, Arizona at Tampa Bay, 1-0 May 29 — x-Roy Halladay, Philadelphia at Florida, 1-0

No-hitters vs. Tigers July 26, 2010 — Matt Garza, Tampa Bay, 5-0 June 2, 1990, Randy Johnson, Seattle, 2-0 July 15, 1973, Nolan Ryan, California, 6-0 April 27, 1973, Steve Busby, Kansas City, 3-0 Sept. 10, 1967, Joel Horlen, Chicago, 6-0 April 30, 1967, Steve Barber (8 2-3 innings) and Stu Miller (1-3), Baltimore, 1-2-x July 1, 1951, Bob Feller, Cleveland, 2-1 June 30, 1948, Bob Lemon, Cleveland, 2-0 April 30, 1922, Charley Robertson, Chicago, 2-0-y June 3, 1918, Hub Leonard, Boston, 5-0 Aug. 30, 1912, Earl Hamilton, St. Louis, 5-1 Sept. 6, 1905, Frank Smith, Chicago, 15-0 Sept. 20, 1902, Jim Callahan, Chicago, 3-0 x-Orioles lost when Detroit scored twice in the top of the ninth inning on a wild pitch and an error. y-perfect game

Carolina League Northern Division W L Pct. Potomac (Nationals) 17 12 .586 Wilmington (Royals) 18 13 .581 x-Frederick (Orioles) 15 15 .500 Lynchburg (Reds) 13 17 .433 Southern Division W L Pct. x-Win-Salem (WhSox) 16 14 .533 Salem (Red Sox) 15 15 .500 Myrtle Beach (Braves) 14 17 .452 Kinston (Indians) 12 17 .414 x-clinched first half Monday’s Games Lynchburg 7, Frederick 4 Winston-Salem 7, Kinston 2 Potomac 10, Wilmington 1 Salem 5, Myrtle Beach 4 Today’s Games Lynchburg at Frederick, 7 p.m. Kinston at Winston-Salem, 7 p.m. Myrtle Beach at Salem, 7:05 p.m. Potomac at Wilmington, 7:05 p.m.

GB — — 21⁄2 41⁄2 GB — 1 21⁄2 31⁄2

South Atlantic League Northern Division W L Pct. GB x-Lakewood (Phillies) 19 11 .633 — Hickory (Rangers) 17 13 .567 2 Delmarva (Orioles) 15 15 .500 4 Greensboro (Marlins) 15 15 .500 4 Kannapolis (WhSox) 13 17 .433 6 West Virginia (Pirates) 13 18 .419 61⁄2 Hagerstown (Nats) 11 20 .355 81⁄2 Southern Division W L Pct. GB Greenville (Red Sox) 20 10 .667 — Asheville (Rockies) 17 13 .567 3 Augusta (Giants) 16 14 .533 4 1 Lexington (Astros) 15 16 .484 5 ⁄2 Charleston (Yankees) 14 16 .467 6 Rome (Braves) 14 16 .467 6 x-Savannah (Mets) 13 18 .419 71⁄2 x-clinched first half Monday’s Games West Virginia 8, Hagerstown 4, 1st game Lakewood 4, Delmarva 3, 10 innings, 1st game Charleston at Greensboro, 7 p.m. Greenville at Rome, ppd., rain Savannah 3, Lexington 0 Asheville at Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Hickory at Augusta, 7:05 p.m. Hagerstown 9, West Virginia 3, 2nd game Lakewood at Delmarva, 8:35 p.m., 2nd game Today’s Games West Virginia at Hagerstown, 11:05 a.m. Asheville at Kannapolis, 11:05 a.m. Charleston at Greensboro, 12:30 p.m. Greenville at Rome, 6 p.m., 1st game Savannah at Lexington, 7:05 p.m. Lakewood at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m. Hickory at Augusta, 7:05 p.m. Greenville at Rome, 8:35 p.m., 2nd game

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BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL — Reduced the suspension of Baltimore INF Ty Wigginton from three to two games. Suspended L.A. Dodgers minor league OF Prentice Reman 100 games for his second positive test for a banned amphetamine and Milwaukee minor league 3B Allixon Cequea, OF Erickson Salaya and RHP Leonard Lorenzo, Detroit minor league RHP Jose Valdez and Oakland minor league RHP Leudis Benzant 50 games for testing positive for steroids under baseball’s minor league drug program. American League MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled C Jose Morales from Rochester (IL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Signed 3B Kellen Sweeney. National League NEW YORK METS — Placed C Rod Barajas on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 25. Selected the contract of INF Mike Hessman from Buffalo (IL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Promoted LHP Corey Hamman from Altoona (EL) to Indianapolis (IL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Signed F Josh Powell. BOSTON CELTICS — Re-signed G/F Marquis Daniels. CHICAGO BULLS — Signed Kurt Thomas. NEW JERSEY NETS — Named Bobby Marks assistant general manager. TORONTO RAPTORS — Signed F Linas Kleiza to a multiyear contract. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Named Robert Gulliver executive vice president of human resources and chief diversity officer and Paul Hicks executive vice president of communications and government affairs. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed RB Montario Hardesty to a multiyear contract. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed DE Mike Neal. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Promoted running backs coach Eric Bieniemy to assistant head coach/offense. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed OT Charles Brown to a four-year contract. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Released WR Jared Perry. COLLEGE PFEIFFER — Named Amy Yates softball coach. UNC GREENSBORO — Named Jessica Schmidt and Steven Hassen assistant cross country coaches.

NASCAR Sprint Cup leaders

Through July 25 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 2,920. 2, Jeff Gordon, 2,736. 3, Denny Hamlin, 2,660. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 2,659. 5, Kurt Busch, 2,658. 6, Kyle Busch, 2,630. 7, Jeff Burton, 2,615. 8, Matt Kenseth, 2,573. 9, Tony Stewart, 2,544. 10, Carl Edwards, 2,496. 11, Greg Biffle, 2,462. 12, Clint Bowyer, 2,446. 13, Mark Martin, 2,384. 14, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,353. 15, Ryan Newman, 2,299. 16, Jamie McMurray, 2,295. 17, Kasey Kahne, 2,290. 18, David Reutimann, 2,269. 19, Joey Logano, 2,241. 20, Martin Truex Jr., 2,145. Money 1, Jamie McMurray, $4,687,502. 2, Kurt Busch, $4,628,322. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $4,408,193. 4, Kevin Harvick, $4,306,470. 5, Kyle Busch, $3,792,817. 6, Jeff Gordon, $3,595,042. 7, Denny Hamlin, $3,498,233. 8, Matt Kenseth, $3,307,517. 9, Kasey Kahne, $3,299,607. 10, Tony Stewart, $3,208,357. 11, Jeff Burton, $3,176,307. 12, David Reutimann, $3,162,218. 13, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,155,253. 14, Carl Edwards, $3,138,541. 15, Greg Biffle, $3,058,162. 16, Joey Logano, $3,007,293. 17, Ryan Newman, $2,982,052. 18 Juan Pablo Montoya, $2,978,237. 19, Clint Bowyer, $2,778,329. 20, A J Allmendinger, $2,764,493.

IRL Honda Indy Edmonton Late Sunday At Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Canada Lap length: 1.96 miles (Starting position in parentheses)

TRIVIA QUESTION

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Q. Can you name the N.C. State center who captured college football’s Outland Trophy as the top interior lineman of 1979?

TENNIS

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Federer to work with coach Annacone

MIAMI (AP) — With his ranking on the decline, Roger Federer is working with coach Paul Annacone on a trial basis. Annacone, an American, is the former coach of Pete Sampras. He also coached Marat Safin and Tim Henman, and is now the head coach of men’s tennis for Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association. “I’ve been looking to add someone to my team, and I’ve decided to spend some days with Paul Annacone,” Federer said on his website Monday. “As Paul winds down his responsibilities working for the Lawn Tennis Association, we will explore our relationship through this test period. Paul will work alongside my existing team, and I am excited to learn from his experiences.” In the past two months Federer has slipped to No. 3 in the ATP rankings, the first time since November 2003 he’s been that low. He trails No. 1 Rafael Nadal and No. 2 Novak Djokovic. Federer has worked with coaches Darren Cahill, Jose Higueras and Tony Roche, but has also gone without a coach for extended stretches. He’s scheduled to play his first tournament since Wimbledon beginning Aug. 9 in Toronto. He plans to play in Cincinnati the following week before heading to the U.S. Open, and may be accompanied by Annacone. “They will take the necessary time to see if the relationship can work,” Federer’s agent, Tony Godsick, said in an e-mail. “I would assume that Paul, if he can work it in with his remaining responsibilities and schedule with the LTA, will join Roger for some of his upcoming summer hard court events in North America.” Federer’s most recent title came in January at the Australian Open, his 16th Grand Slam championship. His record streak of reaching the semifinals at 23 consecutive major tournaments ended when he lost in the quarterfinals at the French Open. At Wimbledon, he also lost in the quarterfinals following seven consecutive appearances in the final. Federer topped the rankings earlier this year but was overtaken by Nadal after the French Open. That left Federer one week shy of tying Sampras’ career record of 286 total weeks at No. 1.

At Istanbul, Turkey WTA Tour Istanbul Cup Monday at Sadi Gulcelik Spor Sitesi Purse: $220,000 (Intl.) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles First Round Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, (4), Kazakhstan, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Vera Dushevina, Russia, def. Petra Martic, Croatia, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. Andrea Petkovic (6), Germany, def. Pemra Ozgen, Turkey, 6-2, 6-1. Francesca Schiavone, (1), Italy, leads Anne Keothavong, Britain, 4-0, susp., rain. Doubles First Round Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, and Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, and Irena Pavlovic, France, 6-3, 6-0. Alexandra Panova, Russia, and Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, def. Ekaterina Dzehalevich, Belarus, and Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, 6-3, 6-2. Sophie Lefevre, France, and Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, def. Derya Turhan, Turkey, and Hyuliya Velieva, Bulgaria, 6-0, 6-4.

At Gstaad, Swit. ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad Monday at Roy Emerson Arena Purse: $580,750 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles First Round Alexander Sadecky, Switzerland, def. Yann Marti, Switzerland, 7-5, 1-6, 6-0. Michael Lammer, Switzerland, def. Dustin Brown, Jamaica, 7-5, 7-5. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4. Richard Gasquet (7), France, def. Farrukh Dustov, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-4. Daniel Brands, Germany, def. Peter Luczak, Australia, 6-4, 7-5. Frederico Gil, Portugal, def. Tommy Robredo (5), Spain, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. Doubles First Round Johan Brunstrom, Sweden, and Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver and Albert Montanes, Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 tiebreak. Georg Bastl, Switzerland, and Dustin Brown, Jamaica, def. Igor Andreev and Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 2-6, 6-4, 10-3 tiebreak. Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares (4), Brazil, def. Thomaz Bellucci and Franco Ferreiro, Brazil, 3-6, 6-4, 10-7 tiebreak. Wesley Moodie, South Africa, and Dick Norman (1), Belgium, lead Marco Chiudinelli and Michael Lammer, Switzerland, 7-6 (2), 55, susp., rain.

At Umag, Croatia ATP World Tour Studena Croatia Open Monday at ITC Stella Maris Purse: $580,750 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles First Round Aleksandr Dolgopolov (6), Ukraine, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3). Franco Skugor, Croatia, def. Filippo Volandri, Italy, 6-2, 6-1. Juan Ignacio Chela (8), Argentina, def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 6-4, 6-1. Doubles First Round Maximo Gonzalez and Sebastian Prieto, Argentina, def. Jan Hajek and David Skoch, Czech Republic, 1-6, 6-2, 10-8 tiebreak. Marin Draganja and Dino Marcan, Croatia, def. Tomasz Bednarek and Mateusz Kowalczyk, Poland, 3-6, 6-4, 10-5 tiebreak.

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World Golf Ranking

Through July 25 1. Tiger Woods USA 9.97 2. Phil Mickelson USA 9.24 3. Lee Westwood Eng 9.04 4. Steve Stricker USA 7.35 5. Jim Furyk USA 6.65 6. Ernie Els SAf 5.71 7. Luke Donald Eng 5.67 8. Rory McIlroy NIr 5.64 9. Paul Casey Eng 5.46 10. Ian Poulter Eng 5.29 11. Graeme McDowell NIr 4.92 12. Martin Kaymer Ger 4.86 13. Anthony Kim USA 4.86 14. Robert Allenby Aus 4.31 15. Louis Oosthuizen SAf 4.13 16. Retief Goosen SAf 4.03 17. Edoardo Molinari Ita 3.97 18. Justin Rose Eng 3.96 19. Padraig Harrington Irl 3.93 20. Zach Johnson USA 3.81 21. Sean O’Hair USA 3.81 22. Camilo Villegas Col 3.78 23. Henrik Stenson Swe 3.76 24. Matt Kuchar USA 3.76 25. Tim Clark SAf 3.74 26. Lucas Glover USA 3.58 27. Dustin Johnson USA 3.56 28. Charl Schwartzel SAf 3.56 29. Y.E. Yang Kor 3.48 30. Hunter Mahan USA 3.47 31. Robert Karlsson Swe 3.45 32. Nick Watney USA 3.45 33. Geoff Ogilvy Aus 3.42 34. Rickie Fowler USA 3.33 35. Fran. Molinari Ita 3.28 36. Ross Fisher Eng 3.27 37. Miguel A. Jimenez Esp 3.21 38. Stewart Cink USA 3.12 39. Kenny Perry USA 3.11 40. Angel Cabrera Arg 3.06 41. Alvaro Quiros Esp 3.03 42. Ben Crane USA 2.76 43. Ryan Moore USA 2.75 44. K.J. Choi Kor 2.71 45. Sergio Garcia Esp 2.70

46. Adam Scott Aus 47. Scott Verplank USA 48. Bo Van Pelt USA 49. Peter Hanson Swe 50. Rhys Davies Wal 51. Bubba Watson USA 52. Ryo Ishikawa Jpn 53. J.B. Holmes USA 54. Yuta Ikeda Jpn 55. Jeff Overton USA 56. Kevin Na USA 57. Thongchai Jaidee Tha 58. Ricky Barnes USA 59. Oliver Wilson Eng 60. Heath Slocum USA 61. Brian Gay USA 62. Hiroyuki Fujita Jpn 63. Kim Kyung-Tae Kor 64. Jason Day Aus 65. Michael Sim Aus 66. Stephen Marino USA 67. Soren Kjeldsen Den 68. Soren Hansen Den 69. David Toms USA 70. Davis Love III USA 71. Vijay Singh Fji 72. Bryce Molder USA 73. Jason Bohn USA 74. Fred Andersson HedSwe 75. Rory Sabbatini SAf

2.67 2.58 2.52 2.52 2.51 2.50 2.44 2.38 2.31 2.29 2.27 2.24 2.14 2.12 2.11 2.08 2.06 2.06 2.00 1.99 1.98 1.95 1.94 1.93 1.91 1.90 1.88 1.87 1.86 1.85

PGA Tour FedExCup leaders Through July 25 Rank Name Pts Money 1. Ernie Els 1,751 $3,941,028 2. Steve Stricker 1,575 $2,982,169 3. Justin Rose 1,542 $3,159,748 4. Phil Mickelson 1,541 $3,220,969 5. Jim Furyk 1,479 $2,883,915 6. Tim Clark 1,370 $3,031,948 7. Matt Kuchar 1,243 $2,545,705 8. Ben Crane 1,222 $2,396,357 9. Anthony Kim 1,215 $2,518,521 10. Dustin Johnson 1,193 $2,400,564 11. Robert Allenby 1,169 $2,519,867 12. Jeff Overton 1,136 $2,411,781 13. Bubba Watson 1,124 $2,072,761 14. Camilo Villegas 1,121 $2,367,848 15. Rickie Fowler 1,100 $2,171,531 16. Carl Pettersson 1,081 $1,804,080 17. Luke Donald 1,067 $2,095,770 18. Bo Van Pelt 1,061 $2,095,308 19. J.B. Holmes 1,028 $1,969,338 20. Zach Johnson 976 $1,886,368 21. Hunter Mahan 950 $1,857,545 22. Bill Haas 949 $1,585,320 23. Ricky Barnes 946 $1,750,862 24. Jason Bohn 922 $1,776,491 25. Retief Goosen 883 $1,887,589 26. Paul Casey 882 $2,047,144 27. Nick Watney 878 $1,694,084 28. K.J. Choi 872 $1,496,764 29. Jason Day 865 $1,668,839 30. Rory McIlroy 850 $1,909,071 31. Adam Scott 841 $1,620,635 32. Ryan Moore 832 $1,686,873 33. Vaughn Taylor 822 $1,513,153 34. Brendon de Jonge 799 $1,360,173 35. Geoff Ogilvy 771 $1,521,795 36. Fredrik Jacobson 768 $1,432,327 37. Scott Verplank 756 $1,564,665 38. Sean O’Hair 743 $1,453,438 39. Brian Davis 731 $1,432,291 40. Ian Poulter 729 $1,753,114 41. Ryan Palmer 721 $1,362,112 42. Kevin Na 713 $1,332,998 43. Brian Gay 709 $1,254,558 44. Bryce Molder 681 $1,215,033 45. Charlie Wi 681 $1,127,330 46. Heath Slocum 657 $1,313,294 47. Y.E. Yang 656 $1,196,307 48. Brandt Snedeker 654 $1,037,207 49. Charles Howell III 649 $950,598 50. Matt Jones 647 $1,115,911 51. Steve Marino 635 $1,259,363 52. Marc Leishman 617 $1,099,010 53. Lucas Glover 609 $1,252,750 54. Paul Goydos 597 $1,059,092 55. Padraig Harrington 590 $1,235,789 56. Spencer Levin 590 $680,104 57. Rory Sabbatini 576 $1,052,988 58. Stewart Cink 576 $1,047,084 59. Shaun Micheel 575 $956,589 60. Kris Blanks 553 $1,008,949 61. Vijay Singh 549 $962,530 62. Greg Chalmers 542 $825,456 63. Chad Campbell 521 $740,963 64. D.J. Trahan 515 $985,329 65. Charley Hoffman 514 $741,653 66. Kenny Perry 504 $872,327 67. Blake Adams 502 $905,568 68. Angel Cabrera 489 $969,615 69. Kevin Sutherland 483 $685,838 70. Alex Prugh 483 $778,651 71. Stephen Ames 479 $743,933 72. Tom Gillis 468 $709,160 73. Pat Perez 468 $651,460 74. Jeff Maggert 463 $783,354 75. John Rollins 457 $786,926 76. Tim Petrovic 457 $718,814 77. Jason Dufner 456 $680,903 78. Chad Collins 456 $733,911 79. Derek Lamely 455 $913,400 80. Davis Love III 452 $1,020,867 81. Jimmy Walker 450 $694,199 82. Stuart Appleby 447 $767,762 83. Ryuji Imada 445 $686,997 84. J.P. Hayes 439 $767,548 85. Aaron Baddeley 437 $634,751 86. Joe Ogilvie 436 $608,994 87. John Merrick 435 $563,310 88. Corey Pavin 433 $839,193 89. Steve Elkington 429 $578,994 90. Alex Cejka 426 $723,853 91. Boo Weekley 425 $655,634 92. John Senden 424 $481,283 93. Chris Couch 419 $754,695 94. Cameron Beckman 413 $978,516 95. Kevin Streelman 412 $644,227 96. Sergio Garcia 408 $851,945 97. Nathan Green 408 $544,900 98. David Toms 404 $576,184 99. Chris Riley 403 $760,488 100. Garrett Willis 402 $675,339 101. Webb Simpson 401 $493,397 102. Matt Bettencourt 397 $713,557 103. Jerry Kelly 396 $685,884 104. Kevin Stadler 394 $750,801 105. Briny Baird 394 $619,070 106. Josh Teater 390 $633,592 107. Tiger Woods 389 $789,511 108. J.J. Henry 383 $537,947 109. David Duval 382 $712,629 110. Dean Wilson 378 $616,570 111. Andres Romero 377 $721,135 112. Michael Sim 377 $673,263 113. Ben Curtis 370 $660,644 114. Graham DeLaet 368 $564,040 115. Martin Laird 368 $620,585 116. Robert Garrigus 367 $676,239 117. D.A. Points 360 $566,955 118. Mike Weir 345 $513,092 119. Jeff Quinney 342 $403,360 120. George McNeill 338 $518,293 121. Bob Estes 331 $583,193 122. James Nitties 329 $466,256 123. Michael Letzig 324 $404,914 124. Tom Pernice, Jr. 323 $503,131 125. Henrik Stenson 321 $626,570 126. Matt Every 317 $426,097 127. Mark Wilson 316 $513,491 128. Brett Quigley 314 $367,204 129. Justin Leonard 308 $457,311 130. Jonathan Byrd 306 $410,751 131. Troy Merritt 306 $637,408 132. Chris Stroud 302 $464,172 133. James Driscoll 300 $417,672 134. Michael Bradley 292 $326,425 135. Michael Connell 291 $448,944 136. Lee Janzen 280 $517,526 137. Chris DiMarco 280 $313,628 138. Troy Matteson 279 $424,464 139. Rod Pampling 269 $290,384 140. Steve Flesch 267 $409,485 141. Nicholas Thompson 266 $478,938 142. Joe Durant 262 $447,625 143. Chris Tidland 260 $324,200 144. Woody Austin 258 $353,205 145. Jay Williamson 256 $360,808 146. Trevor Immelman 253 $410,738 147. Billy Mayfair 252 $442,431 148. Nick O’Hern 247 $398,633 149. Ted Purdy 244 $281,498 150. Michael Allen 243 $327,231

PGA Tour schedule-winners Jan. 7-10 — SBS Championship (Geoff Ogilvy) Jan. 14-17 — Sony Open in Hawaii (Ryan Palmer) Jan. 20-24 — Bob Hope Classic (Bill Haas) Jan. 28-31 — Farmers Insurance Open (Ben Crane) Feb. 4-7 — Northern Trust Open (Steve Stricker)

Feb. 11-14 — AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (Dustin Johnson) Feb. 17-21 — WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Ian Poulter) Feb. 18-21 — Mayakoba Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun (Cameron Beckman) Feb. 25-28 — Waste Management Phoenix Open (Hunter Mahan) March 4-7 — Honda Classic (Camilo Villegas) March 11-14 — WGC-CA Championship (Ernie Els) March 11-14 — Puerto Rico Open (Derek Lamely) March 18-21 — Transitions Championship (Jim Furyk) March 25-29 — Arnold Palmer Invitational (Ernie Els) April 1-4 — Shell Houston Open (Anthony Kim) April 8-11 — The Masters (Phil Mickelson) April 15-18 — Verizon Heritage (Jim Furyk) April 22-25 — Zurich Classic of New Orleans (Jason Bohn) April 29-May 2 — Quail Hollow Championship (Rory McIlroy) May 6-9 — THE PLAYERS Championship (Tim Clark) May 13-16 — Valero Texas Open (Adam Scott) May 20-23 — HP Byron Nelson Championship (Jason Day) May 27-30 — Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial (Zach Johnson) June 3-6 — the Memorial Tournament (Justin Rose) June 10-13 — St. Jude Classic (Lee Westwood) June 17-20 — U.S. Open Championship (Graeme McDowell) June 24-27 — Travelers Championship (Bubba Watson) July 1-4 — AT&T National (Justin Rose) July 8-11 — John Deere Classic (Steve Stricker) July 15-18 — The Open Championship (Louis Oosthuizen) July 15-18 — Reno-Tahoe Open (Matt Bettencourt) July 22-25 — RBC Canadian Open (Carl Pettersson) July 29-Aug. 1 — The Greenbrier Classic, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Aug. 5-8 — WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Akron, Ohio Aug. 5-8 — Turning Stone Resort Championship, Verona, N.Y. Aug. 12-15 — PGA Championship, Sheboygan, Wis. Aug. 19-22 — Wyndham Championship, Greensboro, N.C. Aug. 26-29 — The Barclays, Paramus, N.J. Sept. 3-6 — Deutsche Bank Championship, Norton, Mass. Sept. 9-12 — BMW Championship, Lemont, Ill. Sept. 23-26 — THE TOUR Championship, Atlanta Sept. 30-Oct. 3 — Viking Classic, Madison, Miss. Oct. 1-3 — Ryder Cup, Newport, Wales Oct. 7-10 — McGladrey Classic, St. Simons Island, Ga. Oct. 14-17 — Frys.com Open, San Martin, Calif. Oct. 21-24 — Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals Open, Las Vegas Nov. 11-14 — Children’s Miracle Network Classic, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

PGA Tour statistics Through July 25 Scoring Average 1, Ernie Els, 69.67. 2, Shaun Micheel, 69.69. 3, Justin Rose, 69.74. 4, Steve Stricker, 69.84. 5 (tie), Phil Mickelson and J.B. Holmes, 69.87. 7, Matt Kuchar, 69.88. 8, Retief Goosen, 69.91. 9, Luke Donald, 69.95. 10, K.J. Choi, 70.04. Driving Distance 1, Robert Garrigus, 318.1. 2, Bubba Watson, 306.7. 3, Dustin Johnson, 306.6. 4, Graham DeLaet, 305.4. 5, Angel Cabrera, 304.6. 6, J.B. Holmes, 304.4. 7, John Daly, 301.8. 8, Charles Warren, 301.6. 9, Phil Mickelson, 300.5. 10, Rory McIlroy, 298.9. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Omar Uresti, 75.34%. 2, Brian Gay, 74.09%. 3, Tim Clark, 73.15%. 4, Joe Durant, 72.31%. 5, Heath Slocum, 71.43%. 6, Zach Johnson, 71.04%. 7, Justin Leonard, 70.39%. 8, David Toms, 70.38%. 9, Garrett Willis, 70.36%. 10, Craig Bowden, 70.35%. Greens in Regulation Pct. 1, Kevin Sutherland, 71.18%. 2, Rickie Fowler, 70.79%. 3, Nick Watney, 70.46%. 4, Troy Matteson, 70.37%. 5, Bubba Watson, 70.34%. 6, Kris Blanks, 70.28%. 7, Adam Scott, 70.20%. 8, Heath Slocum, 70.04%. 9, D.J. Trahan, 69.94%. 10, Bo Van Pelt, 69.89%. Total Driving 1, Hunter Mahan, 76. 2, Kenny Perry, 89. 3, Ryan Moore, 90. 4, Mathias Gronberg, 93. 5 (tie), Charles Warren and John Merrick, 95. 7, Retief Goosen, 101. 8, Bo Van Pelt, 102. 9, Rickie Fowler, 105. 10, Chris Couch, 106. Putting Average 1 (tie), J.P. Hayes and Brandt Snedeker, 1.715. 3, Carl Pettersson, 1.724. 4, Matt Bettencourt, 1.728. 5, Steve Stricker, 1.732. 6, Shaun Micheel, 1.734. 7, Paul Stankowski, 1.735. 8, Tim Clark, 1.736. 9, Chris Couch, 1.738. 10, Aaron Baddeley, 1.740. Birdie Average 1, Bubba Watson, 4.15. 2, Steve Stricker, 4.08. 3, Justin Rose, 4.02. 4, Kevin Streelman, 4.00. 5 (tie), Paul Stankowski and Paul Casey, 3.97. 7, Matt Every, 3.96. 8, Bo Van Pelt, 3.95. 9 (tie), Phil Mickelson and Tom Gillis, 3.94. Eagles (Holes per) 1, Dustin Johnson, 74.6. 2, Harrison Frazar, 79.2. 3, Matt Bettencourt, 80.4. 4, Adam Scott, 88.0. 5, Martin Laird, 93.3. 6, Bubba Watson, 95.4. 7, Paul Casey, 102.0. 8 (tie), Phil Mickelson and Scott Piercy, 108.0. 10, Kevin Sutherland, 115.2. Sand Save Percentage 1, Luke Donald, 72.37%. 2, Carl Pettersson, 65.57%. 3, Greg Chalmers, 62.89%. 4, Mark Wilson, 61.73%. 5, Ryuji Imada, 61.22%. 6, Trevor Immelman, 60.87%. 7, Paul Stankowski, 60.53%. 8, Brandt Snedeker, 60.50%. 9, Justin Rose, 59.80%. 10, Tim Clark, 59.63%. All-Around Ranking 1, Matt Kuchar, 291. 2, Ben Crane, 307. 3, Paul Casey, 328. 4, Robert Allenby, 335. 5, K.J. Choi, 336. 6, Bubba Watson, 351. 7, Matt Jones, 382. 8, Charley Hoffman, 385. 9, Steve Stricker, 390. 10, Justin Rose, 396. PGA TOUR Official Money Leaders 1, Ernie Els (14), $3,941,028. 2, Phil Mickelson (14), $3,220,969. 3, Justin Rose (16), $3,159,748. 4, Tim Clark (17), $3,031,948. 5, Steve Stricker (13), $2,982,169. 6, Jim Furyk (15), $2,883,915. 7, Matt Kuchar (18), $2,545,705. 8, Robert Allenby (17), $2,519,867. 9, Anthony Kim (8), $2,518,521. 10, Jeff Overton (19), $2,411,781.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Indiana 15 7 .682 Atlanta 15 9 .625 Washington 13 8 .619 Connecticut 12 10 .545 Chicago 12 12 .500 New York 11 11 .500 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct x-Seattle 20 2 .909 Phoenix 10 12 .455 San Antonio 8 14 .364 Minnesota 7 14 .333 Los Angeles 7 16 .304 Tulsa 4 19 .174 x-clinched playoff spot Sunday’s Games Atlanta 82, New York 75 Seattle 75, Tulsa 59 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games Atlanta at Tulsa, 1:30 p.m. Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m. Washington at Connecticut, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio at New York, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.

GB — 1 1 1 ⁄2 3 4 4 GB — 10 12 121⁄2 1311⁄2 16 ⁄2

1. (3) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 95, Running. 2. (1) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 95, Running. 3. (4) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 95, Running. 4. (5) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 95, Running. 5. (8) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 95, Running. 6. (15) Paul Tracy, Dallara-Honda, 95, Running. 7. (14) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 95, Running. 8. (6) E.J. Viso, Dallara-Honda, 95, Running. 9. (13) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 95, Running. 10. (2) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 95, Running. 11. (16) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 94, Running. 12. (24) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 94, Running. 13. (10) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 94, Running. 14. (20) Bertrand Baguette, Dallara-Honda, 94, Running. 15. (21) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 94, Running. 16. (23) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 93, Running. 17. (11) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 93, Running. 18. (18) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 92, Running. 19. (12) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 90, Running. 20. (22) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 90, Running. 21. (9) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 88, Running. 22. (7) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 87, Off Course. 23. (19) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 52, Contact. 24. (17) Mario Romancini, Dallara-Honda, 52, Contact. 25. (25) Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda, 4, Handling.

Race Statistics Winners average speed: 101.666. Time of Race: 1:50:37.0551. Margin of Victory: 2.6688 seconds. Cautions: 4 for 10 laps. Lead Changes: 4 among 3 drivers. Lap Leaders: Power 1-34, Dixon 35, Power 36-77, Castroneves 78-94, Dixon 95. Points: Power 420, Franchitti 370, Dixon 349, Briscoe 324, Hunter-Reay 316, Castroneves 305, Kanaan 291, Wilson 252, M.Andretti 244, Wheldon 243.

Di Montezemolo backs team after rules violation MARANELLO, Italy (AP) — Ferrari chief Luca Di Montezemolo has backed the team in the aftermath of a passing rules violation during the German Grand Prix. The Italian team was found guilty of breaking team order rules and fined $100,000 after Felipe Massa appeared to let teammate Fernando Alonso pass him to win the race Sunday. Massa led the Formula One race for 49 of 67 laps before he was passed by Alonso following Ferrari messages over the team radio.

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2010 NFL preseason schedule

Sunday, Aug. 8 Hall of Fame Game: Cincinnati vs. Dallas at Canton, Ohio, 8 p.m. (NBC) Week 1 Thursday, Aug. 12 New Orleans at New England, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Baltimore, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Oakland at Dallas, 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13 Buffalo at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Kansas City at Atlanta, 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14 Tampa Bay at Miami, 7 p.m. Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Green Bay, 8 p.m. Houston at Arizona, 8 p.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Chicago at San Diego, 9 p.m. Tennessee at Seattle, 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15 San Francisco at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Denver at Cincinnati, 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16 New York Giants at New York Jets, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Week 2 Thursday, Aug. 19 Indianapolis vs. Buffalo Bills at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. New England at Atlanta, 8 p.m. (FOX) Friday, Aug. 20 Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 8 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Aug. 21 Baltimore at Washington, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at New York Giants, 7 p.m. Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. New York Jets at Carolina, 8 p.m. Oakland at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Dallas at San Diego, 9 p.m. Detroit at Denver, 9 p.m. Green Bay at Seattle, 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22 Minnesota at San Francisco, 8 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Aug. 23 Arizona at Tennessee, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Week 3 Thursday, Aug. 26 St. Louis at New England, 7:30 p.m. Indianapolis at Green Bay, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Aug. 27 Atlanta at Miami, 7 p.m. Washington at New York Jets, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Kansas City, 8 p.m. San Diego at New Orleans, 8 p.m. (CBS) Saturday, Aug. 28 Cleveland at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m. Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. New York Giants at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Tennessee at Carolina, 8 p.m. Dallas at Houston, 8 p.m. (CBS) Arizona at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. San Francisco at Oakland, 9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29 Pittsburgh at Denver, 8 p.m. (FOX) Week 4 Thursday, Sept. 2 Buffalo at Detroit, 7 p.m. Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 7 p.m. New England at New York Giants, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. New York Jets at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Baltimore at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Chicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Green Bay at Kansas City, 8 p.m. Miami at Dallas, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 8 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 10 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 10 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 10 p.m.

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Star Aquatics

Star Aquatics finished 6th at NC Senior Champs held this past weekend at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary,NC. Faith Johnson Wins 50 Fr (26.24) and 100 Fr (57.63), 4th in 200 Fr (2:07.16) (all Jr National Qualifying times), Charity Byrum: 3rd 100 BR (1:15.57), Alistair Stephens-Pickeral:2nd 100 BR (1:15.13), Nancy Larson: 5th 50 FR (27.57), 7th 100 FR (1:00.15), Lauren Mock: 8th 50 FR (27.68), Lillian Gordy: 7th 200 FR (2:09.31), 2nd place finish for Girls 400 FR Relay (Lillian Gordy, Lauren Mock, Charity Byrum, Faith Johnson) (3:58.47).

TRIVIA ANSWER

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SPORTS THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010 www.hpe.com

HOF CHANGES VOTING FOR VETERANS

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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) – The baseball Hall of Fame has changed the way that managers, umpires, executives and long-retired players will be considered for election. Candidates will be reviewed in three eras: Pre-Integration (1871-1946), Golden (1947-1972) and Expansion (starting in 1973). One composite ballot will be considered in each era. The Expansion Era ballot will include 12 candidates, while the Golden and Pre-Integration era ballots each will have 10. The changes were announced Monday and go into effect immediately.

NFL: No change in Vick’s playing status

Tampa Bay starting pitcher Matt Garza throws in the first inning of Monday night’s game against the Detroit Tigers in St. Petersburg, Fla. Garza no-hit the Tigers, striking out six and walking just one.

Garza tosses first no-hitter in Rays history THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Matt Garza pitched the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay Rays history and the fifth in the major leagues this season, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-0 Monday night. Garza faced the minimum 27 batters, allowing only a second-inning walk to Brennan Boesch, for a team that’s often been on the wrong end of pitching gems lately. The Rays have been held hitless three times since last July, including a pair of perfect games. “It was one of those days where everything lined up,” Garza said. “The defense made great plays. I really can’t say enough about them.” Garza was the latest to enhance the Year of the Pitcher. The last time there were at least five no-hitters in a season was 1991, when Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan threw one of seven in the big leagues that year, according to STATS LLC. Garza, the 2008 AL championship series MVP, rebounded from one of his worst outings of the season. He retired pinch-hitter Ramon Santiago for the final out on an easy fly ball to right fielder Ben Zobrist, who made a terrific running catch in the third to rob Danny Worth. “That ninth inning,” Garza said, “I kept telling myself, ‘Just finish it, just finish it, just battle, battle. If it’s meant to happen, it’s going to happen.’” Garza’s teammates mobbed him near the mound after a performance that left the New York Mets and San Diego Padres as the only big league teams without a no-hitter. The Rays began play in 1998 – the Padres in 1969 and the Mets in ’62. The closest Detroit’s injury-depleted lineup came to a hit was Worth’s two-out liner in the third, but Zobrist made a leaping catch

above his head as he retreated toward the wall. Miguel Cabrera hit a hard liner to left leading off the eighth. Carl Crawford barely had to move to make the play. The Tigers were no-hit for the first time since Randy Johnson shut them down at Seattle on June 2, 1990. Garza (11-5) struck out six in Tampa Bay’s 2,039th game – and on a night when the Rays struggled to generate much offense themselves. Matt Joyce’s grand slam with two outs in the sixth was the first hit off Detroit starter Max Scherzer (7-8). The next batter, Jason Bartlett, singled for the only other hit of the night until Crawford homered in the eighth. The 26-year-old Garza, who tossed a onehitter at Florida on June 26, 2008, retired Don Kelly on a routine grounder to second base in the ninth and struck out Gerald Laird before getting Santiago to end it on his 120th pitch before a crowd of 17,009. In addition to the five no-hitters thrown this season was the perfect game Detroit right-hander Armando Galarraga was denied because of a missed call at first base by umpire Jim Joyce. Oakland’s Dallas Braden tossed a perfect game against Tampa Bay on May 9, and Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay also was perfect at Florida on May 29. Arizona right-hander Edwin Jackson threw 149 pitches for a no-hitter against the Rays, his former team, at Tropicana Field on June 26. Colorado ace Ubaldo Jimenez pitched a no-hitter April 17 at Atlanta. Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game for the Chicago White Sox against Tampa Bay on July 23, 2009.

YANKEES 3, INDIANS 2 CLEVELAND – Curtis Granderson hit a

two-run shot and Alex Rodriguez missed out on his 600th homer in the New York Yankees’ 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night. Granderson connected with one out off Jake Westbrook (6-7), who held Rodriguez hitless in three at-bats and was clinging to a 2-1 lead. Jorge Posada reached on a oneout single before Granderson delighted the many Yankees fans in the crowd of 27,224 hoping to see homer history. Rodriguez popped out to first against reliever Chris Perez in the ninth to finish an 0 for 4 night.

BLUE JAYS 9, ORIOLES 5 TORONTO – Jose Bautista hit his major league-leading 28th home run, Aaron Hill and Adam Lind also connected and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Baltimore 9-5 on Monday night for their 10th straight win over the Orioles. Hill hit a two-run homer in the fourth, and the Blue Jays smacked two more in the fifth. Bautista hit a three-run shot and Lind added a solo blast. Toronto leads baseball with 152 homers this season, including a league-high 37 in July. The Blue Jays also lead the majors with 82 homers in home games.

PHILLIES 5, ROCKIES 4 PHILADELPHIA – Brad Lidge pounced on the soft tapper from Ryan Spilborghs, set his feet and fired to first baseman Ryan Howard. Out. The Phillies closer had escaped yet another bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning, and Philadelphia held off the Colorado Rockies 5-4 Monday to complete a four-game sweep. Generally calm after saves, Lidge showed some emotion this time with a fist swipe. Backup catcher Brian Schneider’s tworun triple sent the Phillies toward their fifth straight win.

Forest City trips HiToms, 7-2 ENTERPRISE STAFF REPORT

FOREST CITY – The Thomasville HiToms dropped a 7-2 Coastal Plain League decision at Forest City on Monday night. The Owls improved to 12-8 in the second half of the season and 3117 overall. The HiToms fell to 3-18, 13-36. Tanner Mathis finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and a walk for the HiToms, while teammate Alex Yarbrough went 3-for-5 with a run.

Michael Sanders, a Post 87 callup, was 2-for-4 in his season debut for Thomasville. Kyle Putnam got the victory for the Owls. He scattered nine hits, struck out three, walked three and allowed two runs in six innings of work. T.J. Clarkson took the loss, surrendering three runs, a hit and five walks with six strikeouts in 52⁄3 innings. The HiToms play host to Asheboro tonight at 7 at Finch Field.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) – Michael Vick said Monday that he cried following the shooting after his 30th birthday bash, but not because he had done anything wrong. The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback said he cried because he had let people down by putting himself in situation he now knows he should have avoided. However, through police investigations, probes by the NFL and his team, Vick never doubted he would report to the Eagles’ training camp on time. On Monday, there he was. At no point, Vick said, was he formally cleared by the league. “I just always thought I was good to go,” he said. “I just woke up this morning planning on being here. Didn’t talk to anybody. The plan was for me to be here today, and I’m here.” The NFL never took any disciplinary against Vick as a result of the incident and on Monday NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told the Associated Press that there had been no change in Vick’s playing status. When asked whether a league investigation of Vick had been completed, Greg Aiello told the AP via e-mail that the league would have no further comment on the matter at this time. The NFL and the Eagles have been looking into a June 25 shooting outside a restaurant in Virginia Beach, Va., where Vick’s birthday party was held. Police have said no charges will be filed in the case because of a lack of cooperation on the part of witnesses or the victim. Vick’s attorney, Larry Woodward, has identified the victim as Quanis Phillips, co-defendant in a dog fighting case that resulted in Vick serving an 18-month sentence in federal prison.

Finch throws shutout in final international start for U.S. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – After throwing one last shutout wearing the USA uniform, Jennie Finch stood near the dugout as her son Ace came running from the outfield to greet her. “Did we win?” the 4-year-old asked her. “We did, bud,” she said after

picking him up and hugging him. “Now can we be loud?” “We can be loud on the bus, yes,” Finch said, passing along the spoils of a 3-0 win against the USA Futures team at the World Cup of Softball. It’s those family moments that are drawing Finch away from the

U.S. softball team after a 10-year career in which she’s won an Olympic gold medal and become the face of the sport. She planned to retire from international softball after the U.S. played Japan later Monday night in the World Cup championship game, allowing her to focus on her family.

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Home sales rise, but remain slow WASHINGTON (AP) – Sales of new homes jumped last month, but it was the second-weakest month on record. The lackluster economy has made potential buyers skittish about shopping for homes. New home sales rose nearly 24 percent in June from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual sales pace of 330,000, the Commerce Department said Monday. May’s number was revised downward to a rate of 267,000, the slowest pace on records dating back to 1963. Sales for April and March were also revised downward. High unemployment, low job growth, and tight credit have kept people

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Lorillard profits drop in 2nd quarter RICHMOND, Va. – Lorillard Inc., the nation’s third-biggest cigarette maker, said Monday lower volumes and higher promotional costs drove its net income down 8 percent in the second quarter as it raised its prices. The maker of Newport, Maverick and True cigarettes said its volume fell less than a percent to 9.78 billion cigarettes. The company estimates that total industry volumes fell about 7 percent during the quarter.

Documents detail billions in AIG payouts NEW YORK – International banks and financial companies were indirect beneficiaries of the government’s 2008 bailout of American International Group Inc., according to newly released documents. The documents released by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, contain a list of the 27 banks, hedge funds and financial companies that received $4.3 billion from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The money was to reimburse them for losses on credit default swaps that plunged in value during the financial crisis.

NC jobless benefits to be paid quickly RALEIGH – North Carolina’s employment agency says it will move quickly to get overdue jobless benefits paid next week. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Saturday the Employment Security Commission expects to process 100,000 claims for backlogged benefits almost immediately. ENTERPRISE NEWS SERVICE REPORTS

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from buying homes. The industry received a boost this spring when the government offered tax credits to homebuyers. But since they expired in April, the number of people looking to buy has dropped, even with the lowest mortgage rates in decades available. “There’s no question that this is a weak number, but it seems to be more stable,” said Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group. “The bottom line to all of this is that we need more jobs.” Sales are down 72 percent from their peak annual rate of 1.39 million in July 2005. More than 600,000 new homes were

sold annually from 1983 through 2007. After the housing bubble popped, sales plunged to 375,000 last year. That was the weakest yearly total on records dating back to 1963. New home sales made up about 7 percent of the housing market last year. That’s down from about 15 percent before the bust. Weak sales mean fewer jobs in the construction industry, which normally power economic recoveries. Each new home built creates, on average, the equivalent of three jobs for a year and generates about $90,000 in taxes paid to local and federal authorities, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

FedEx boosts current forecast NEW YORK (AP) – In another sign of confidence in the global economy, FedEx Corp. on Monday raised its earnings outlook for the current quarter and full year. The world’s secondlargest package delivery company said an overall boom in air and truck shipments is being driven by its speedy international priority service, where it ships high value goods like computers, iPhones and e-readers. Shipments are particularly strong out of Asia. Besides gadgets, the company’s next largest international priority segments are electrical components like disk drives and flash memory, vehicle components, high-end luxury goods and drugs and medical supplies. International priority shipments are expected to jump 20 percent this quarter – showing that customers are increasingly willing to pay more to get packages faster.

FedEx shares climbed $4.50, or 5.8 percent, to $83.56 in midday trading. Because of its renewed optimism in its business, the Memphis, Tenn., company said it will fully reinstate the company match for 401(k) plans across the company on Jan. 1. FedEx rescinded the match when the economy was near its worst point, and said it would reinstate a 50 percent match for most U.S. employees late last year. The cost of this move is included in the company’s new earnings forecast. The company, a bellwether for U.S. economic health, expects to earn between $1.05 and $1.25 per share for its first fiscal quarter that will end Aug. 31, up from 58 cents a share a year ago. The forecast is up from its previous guidance of 85 cents to $1.05 per diluted share. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, on average, expected earnings of $1.01 a share.

China pledges bigger private role in industry BEIJING (AP) – China’s Cabinet promised private investors a bigger role in industries from oil drilling to finance, apparently responding to complaints that state companies were boosted by Beijing’s huge stimulus while private enterprise withered in the global crisis. The Cabinet announcement Monday appeared to apply only to Chinese investors, not foreign companies, and gave no details of their possible role in politically sensi-

tive areas such as energy. It also promised to help private companies invest more abroad. Beijing’s stimulus spending fed an expansion of state industry while private companies shrank or struggled amid plunging global demand, temporarily reversing the trend of three decades of economic reform. Chinese media dubbed the phenomenon “guo jin, min tui,” or “the state advances, society retreats.”

LOCAL FUNDS Name

Last

Change

50-day Average

% Chg.

200-day Average

AMERICAN BALANCED FUND, CLASS A 16.42 0.11

0.67%

15.99

16.40

AMERICAN FDS BOND FD OF AMERICA 12.24 0.00

0.00%

12.14

12.02

CAPITAL INCOME BUILDER CL A SHS 47.02 0.27

0.58%

45.39

46.79

AMERICAN FDS CAPITAL WORLD GROW 32.36 0.27

0.84%

30.79

32.50

AMERICAN FDS EUROPACIFIC GROWTH 37.14 0.25

0.68%

35.29

36.77

AMERICAN FDS FUNDAMENTAL INVS A 32.48 0.30

0.93%

31.34

32.62

AMERICAN FDS GROWTH FD OF AMERI 27.03 0.23

0.86%

26.20

27.27

AMERICAN FDS INCOME FD OF AMERI 15.52 0.12

0.78%

15.04

15.42

AMERICAN FDS INVESTMENT CO OF A 25.44 0.23

0.91%

24.50

25.67

AMERICAN FDS NEW PERSPECTIVE A 25.17 0.16

0.64%

24.18

25.11

WASHINGTON MUTUAL INVS FD CL A 24.54 0.25

1.03%

23.67

24.61

DAVIS NEW YORK VENTURE FUND A 30.73 0.27

0.89%

29.80

30.96

DODGE COX INCOME FUND 13.30

0.15%

13.23

13.16

DODGE COX INTERNATIONAL STOCK 31.38 0.26

0.02

0.84%

29.70

31.14

DODGE COX STOCK FUND 95.35

1.24

1.32%

92.45

97.34

FIDELITY CONTRA FUND 58.91

0.39

0.67%

57.39

58.50

FIDELITY DIVERSIFIED INTERNATIO 26.63 0.22

0.83%

25.35

26.75

FIDELITY FREEDOM 2020 FUND 12.69 0.09

0.71%

12.33

12.63

FIDELITY GROWTH CO FUND 70.77 0.98

1.40%

68.00

70.15

FIDELITY LOWPRICED STOCK FUND 33.39 0.41

1.24%

32.28

33.28

FIDELITY MAGELLAN 62.86

1.08%

61.40

64.52

TGIT TEMPTON INCOME FUND CLASS 2.56 0.01

0.67

0.39%

2.50

2.58

HARBOR INTERNATIONAL FUND INSTI 53.36 0.29

0.55%

50.41

52.51

PIMCO FUNDS TOTAL RETURN FUND C 11.33 0.01

0.09%

11.22

11.07

PIMCO FUNDS TOTAL RETURN FUND A 11.33 0.01

0.09%

11.22

11.07

PIMCO FUNDS TOTAL RETURN FUND I 11.33 0.01

0.09%

11.22

11.07

VANGUARD 500 INDEX FD ADMIRAL S 102.77 1.14

1.12%

99.50

103.59

VANGUARD INDEX TRUST 500 INDEX 102.76 1.13

1.11%

99.48

103.58

VANGUARD GNMA FUND ADMIRAL SHS 11.06 0.01

0.09%

10.99

10.82

VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL INDEX 102.10 1.13

1.12%

98.84

102.90

VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL INDEX FU 102.11 1.13

1.12%

98.85

102.91

VANGUARD MID CAP GROWTH FUND 15.84 0.23

1.47%

15.23

15.65

VANGUARD PRIMECAP FUND 57.96 0.65

1.13%

55.98

58.84

VANGUARD BOND INDEX FD TOTAL BO 10.73 0.00

0.00%

10.66

10.52

VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATIONAL ST 13.98 0.10

0.72%

13.20

13.88

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET IND 27.76 0.35

1.28%

26.81

27.89

VANGUARD WELLINGTON INCOME FUND 29.00 0.23

0.80%

28.30

29.00

VANGUARD WELLINGTON FD ADMIRAL 50.08 0.38

0.76%

48.89

50.10

Dow closes with 3rd triple-digit gain NEW YORK (AP) – The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 100 points for the third straight day Monday after traders got some unexpected good news about the economy. A report on the housing market came in better than traders anticipated. And shipping giant FedEx Corp. released a forecast that was more upbeat than the prediction it made just six weeks ago. The news pulled stocks out of a slow start and sent the Dow up 100 points by the close for a three-day gain of 405. The Dow has now closed higher in 12 of 17 trading days this month. Trading volume was light Monday, a sign that traders might be a little cautious despite the gains. But FedEx gave traders reason to buy when it said its overnight and ground delivery businesses are doing better than expected, and that it expects a moderate global economic recovery. “FedEx tells you a lot about overall manufacturing in the country,” said Russ Koesterich a managing director at the money manager BlackRock Inc. “The positive release tells investors the recovery is bumpy but is still on pace.” About four stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange.

STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST Name

Symbol

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

Last

T 25.96 28.58 AET ALU 2.78 AA 11.23 ALL 28.33 AXP 45.43 AIG 38.7 AMP 38.5 ADI 31.2 AON 36.81 AAPL 259.28 AVP 29.9 BBT 25.99 BNCN 10.19 BP 38.65 BAC 14.15 BSET 4.54 BBY 36.9 BA 68.85 CBL 14 CSX 53.86 CVS 31 COF 41.45 CAT 69.99 CVX 74.62 CSCO 23.61 C 4.15 KO 54.94 CL 83.74 CLP 16.38 CMCSK 18.38 GLW 17.9 CFI 11.04 DDAIF.PK 56.1 DE 64.98 DELL 13.74 DDS 23.92 DIS 34.4 DUK 17.1 XOM 60.39 FNBN 0.67 FDX 83.39 FCNCA 196 F 12.94 FO 44.3 FBN 5.56 GPS 19.04 GD 62.49 GE 16.14 GSK 36.74 GOOG 488.97 HBI 25.99 HOG 28.88 HPQ 46.57 HD 28.99 HOFT 11.86 INTC 21.71 IBM 128.41 JPM 40.33 K 51.34 KMB 64.13 KKD 3.91 LZB 9 LH 74.4 LNCE 23.25

Chg. 0.42 0.43 0.06 0.18 0.05 0.64 1.93 -0.15 0.34 0.19 -0.66 0.46 0.45 0.04 1.79 0.41 0.02 1.11 0.92 0.25 1.21 0.07 0.61 0.68 1.1 0.26 0.13 0.19 0.27 0.63 0.15 -0.11 -0.15 1.05 0.48 0.23 0.76 0.27 0.16 0.67 0.05 4.43 1.46 0.22 0.54 0.15 0.63 1.2 0.43 0.24 -1.09 1.4 0.52 0.42 0.74 -0.15 0.02 0.03 0.5 0.24 0.49 0.16 0.35 1.44 0.12

High 26.09 28.74 2.8 11.37 28.45 45.55 39.48 38.76 31.21 36.91 260.1 29.9 26.06 10.19 39 14.21 4.56 36.91 68.99 14.2 54.24 31.24 41.7 70.08 74.62 23.61 4.15 54.98 83.98 16.51 18.4 18.04 11.27 56.2 64.99 13.76 24.03 34.72 17.1 60.44 0.67 83.64 197 13.15 44.32 5.6 19.04 63.08 16.16 36.74 490.75 26.12 28.88 46.58 29.07 12.06 21.74 128.43 40.36 51.51 64.19 3.92 9 74.48 23.45

Low 25.67 28.12 2.71 11.01 27.93 44.73 36.66 38.15 30.37 35.87 257.71 29.13 25.28 10.15 37.74 13.71 4.35 35.61 68 13.6 52.44 30.58 40.59 69.08 73.41 23.2 4.02 54.7 83.18 15.73 18.09 17.82 10.81 54.88 63.9 13.45 22.84 34.09 16.89 59.63 0.63 82 193.5 12.75 43.69 5.38 18.32 61.29 15.7 36.19 484.88 24.5 28.05 46.02 28.23 11.64 21.41 127.14 39.5 51 63.42 3.71 8.5 73.08 22.89

Name

Symbol

Last

Chg.

High

Low

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

30.08 22.09 24.77 21.8 70.87 35.27 39.84 26.1 50.61 27 7.86 14.26 9.74 3.7 57.16 49.2 40.11 38.58 4.73 68.2 78.27 15.59 25.73 15.02 64.98 27.2 81.97 62.52 42.19 39.24 1.52 4.49 33.22 57.68 50.83 36.99 1.6 14.98 2.88 70.24 69.68 36.08 21.49 5.05 23.81 25.39 7.58 26.38 43.6 45.7 21.45 52.85 87.32 31.76 10.91 4.01 64.88 81.88 31.99 28.28 23.5 47.38 51.13 27.91 14.15

0.99 0.72 0.16 0.69 0.97 0.4 0.3 0.29 1.11 0.11 0.11 0.27 0.49 0.3 0.7 -0.01 0.27 0.72 0.34 0.55 2.21 0.44 0.67 0.44 0.53 0.6 2.75 0.61 0.38 0.16 -0.01 0.26 0.01 0.6 0.63 1.15 0.08 0.13 0.2 2.67 0.69 0.19 0.26 0.36 0.41 0.01 0.38 1.34 -0.04 1.08 0.52 0.96 1.15 0.39 0.56 -0.14 1.21 2.1 0.35 0.26 0.26 1.17 -0.54 0.49 0.16

30.18 22.18 24.9 21.82 70.87 35.3 39.95 26.2 50.91 27.2 7.91 14.27 9.75 3.87 57.87 49.3 40.18 39.19 4.77 68.24 78.29 15.7 25.75 15.09 65.03 27.25 82.01 62.58 42.2 39.28 1.54 4.49 33.64 57.68 50.97 37.02 1.6 14.99 2.95 70.27 69.85 36.1 21.53 5.06 23.94 25.57 7.59 26.42 43.78 45.86 22 52.97 87.47 31.89 10.94 4.22 65 82.11 32 28.35 23.63 47.42 51.67 27.92 14.22

28.96 21.43 24.19 21.08 69.9 34.81 39.24 25.8 49.32 26.67 7.68 13.87 9.22 3.44 56.45 48.71 39.51 37.65 4.39 67.33 76.33 15.1 24.72 14.61 64.19 26.49 79.11 61.66 41.67 38.72 1.52 4.21 32.97 57 50.12 35.8 1.55 14.81 2.63 66.83 68.8 35.69 21.16 4.68 23.29 24.98 7.13 24.88 43.4 44.26 20.8 51.75 85.89 31.31 10.37 3.96 64.17 79.63 31.54 28.03 23.39 46.09 50.91 27.23 13.95

METALS PRICING NEW YORK (AP) – Spot nonferrous metal prices Monday. Aluminum -$0.9107 per lb., London Metal Exch. Copper -$3.1704 Cathode full plate, LME. Copper $3.1850 N.Y. Merc spot Fri. Lead - $1930.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. Zinc - $0.8574 per lb., London Metal Exch. Gold - $1183.50 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Gold - $1187.70 troy oz., NY Merc spot Fri. Silver - $18.200 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Silver - $18.096 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Fri. Platinum -$1555.00 troy oz., N.Y. (contract). Platinum -$1538.70 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Fri.

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High Point Enterprise Weather Wednesday

Scat'd T-storms

87º

Thursday

Isolated T-storms

74º

91º

72º

Isolated T-storms

93º

Saturday

Friday

90º

Kernersville Winston-Salem 86/73 87/73 Jamestown 87/74 High Point 87/74 Archdale Thomasville 87/74 87/74 Trinity Lexington 87/74 Randleman 88/74 87/74

Partly Cloudy

Mostly Sunny

72º

Local Area Forecast

88º

68º

71º

North Carolina State Forecast

Elizabeth City 89/68

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

Asheville 86/68

High Point 87/74

Denton 88/75

Greenville 89/70 Cape Raleigh Hatteras 89/72 85/73

Charlotte 89/72

Almanac

Wilmington 86/74 City

Wednesday

Hi/Lo Wx

ALBEMARLE . . . . . .88/74 BREVARD . . . . . . . . .86/68 CAPE FEAR . . . . . . .86/74 EMERALD ISLE . . . .86/73 FORT BRAGG . . . . . .89/75 GRANDFATHER MTN . .77/65 GREENVILLE . . . . . .89/70 HENDERSONVILLE .85/68 JACKSONVILLE . . . .87/70 KINSTON . . . . . . . . . .87/70 KITTY HAWK . . . . . . .86/74 MOUNT MITCHELL . .84/67 ROANOKE RAPIDS .89/72 SOUTHERN PINES . .89/74 WILLIAMSTON . . . . .90/70 YANCEYVILLE . . . . .91/72 ZEBULON . . . . . . . . .88/72

t t t t t t t t t t pc t t t t t t

91/72 86/68 88/76 86/76 93/74 78/65 92/74 86/69 89/74 90/74 87/77 84/67 92/74 92/74 93/74 90/73 93/73

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Sunrise . . Sunset . . Moonrise Moonset .

Across The Nation 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 . . . . .

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Wednesday

Today

Hi/Lo Wx

City

91/63 93/74 92/61 91/73 93/79 93/74 91/74 88/71 93/71 93/77 90/67 88/60 91/72 89/65 88/76 88/75 93/74 91/80

LAS VEGAS . . . . . .102/85 LOS ANGELES . . . . .80/62 MEMPHIS . . . . . . . . .93/78 MIAMI . . . . . . . . . . . .90/79 MINNEAPOLIS . . . . . .93/69 MYRTLE BEACH . . . .88/76 NEW YORK . . . . . . . .92/72 ORLANDO . . . . . . . . .95/76 PHOENIX . . . . . . . . .102/88 PITTSBURGH . . . . . .86/66 PHILADELPHIA . . . . .90/73 PROVIDENCE . . . . . .90/66 SAN FRANCISCO . . .63/54 ST. LOUIS . . . . . . . . .91/75 SEATTLE . . . . . . . . . .80/59 TULSA . . . . . . . . . . . .93/75 WASHINGTON, DC . .89/72 WICHITA . . . . . . . . . .94/73

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Hi/Lo Wx

Today

Wednesday

Hi/Lo Wx

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Today

City

Hi/Lo Wx

COPENHAGEN . . . . .73/61 GENEVA . . . . . . . . . .72/55 GUANGZHOU . . . . . .91/82 GUATEMALA . . . . . .74/63 HANOI . . . . . . . . . . . .90/79 HONG KONG . . . . . . . .85/82 KABUL . . . . . . . . . . .90/67 LONDON . . . . . . . . . .79/58 MOSCOW . . . . . . . . .97/77 NASSAU . . . . . . . . . .90/81

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Today

Hi/Lo Wx

City

PARIS . . . . . . . . . . . .80/61 ROME . . . . . . . . . . . .82/69 SAO PAULO . . . . . . .73/59 SEOUL . . . . . . . . . . .86/74 SINGAPORE . . . . . . .88/76 STOCKHOLM . . . . . . .80/61 SYDNEY . . . . . . . . . .65/49 TEHRAN . . . . . . . . . .97/74 TOKYO . . . . . . . . . . .91/78 ZURICH . . . . . . . . . . .67/53

Last 8/2

UV Index for 3 periods of the day.

8 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Noon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 4 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

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Full 8/24

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 655.2 653.6 +0.2 Current Level Change Flood Stage Yadkin College 18.0 1.03 -0.14 Elkin 16.0 1.24 -0.12 Wilkesboro 14.0 2.04 -0.14 High Point 10.0 0.59 -0.01 Ramseur 20.0 0.94 +0.18 Moncure 20.0 M M

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Today: Low

Hi/Lo Wx 74/55 89/67 75/61 86/73 88/77 77/60 64/50 95/72 91/79 72/53

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Tony Brown, group vice president for global purchasing at Ford Motor Co. (left), stands with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk as the new Ford Explorer is unveiled at the Newseum in Washington on Monday.

Ford introduces new, untraditional Explorer hicle for Ford, who says the Explorer is its bestknown product after the Mustang. “Explorer is really still the backbone of the brand,” Ford’s marketing chief Jim Farley said recently at a gathering to introduce the Explorer to the media. The new Explorer has been completely redesigned. The most obvious difference: It’s built a car platform, not a truck one, so it sits lower to the ground and has a smoother, more fuel-efficient ride. It shares a platform with the Taurus X sedan. Ford is taking a risk

with customers who expect a truck-like SUV. The new Explorer will have less towing capacity than the outgoing model – 5,000 pounds, versus 7,115 pounds – and it won’t offer a V-8 engine. “Ford’s challenge is to match the idea of the Explorer to this product,” said Aaron Bragman, an analyst with IHS Automotive. “It’s a good test for Ford to determine what an SUV is these days.” Trends in the market suggest most buyers aren’t looking for the power of traditional SUVs and would prefer a more fuel-efficient vehicle.

Air Quality

Predominant Types: Grasses

100 75

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

0 Trees

Grasses

Weeds

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

NEW YORK (AP) – ABC’s “The View” has welcomed many notable guests, but none more prominent than President Barack Obama, who is scheduled to visit for Thursday’s edition. In making the announcement on Monday, executive producers Barbara Walters and Bill Obama Geddie said this marks the first time a sitting U.S. president has visited a daytime talk show. They said the majority of the hour will be devoted to Obama’s appearance, which will touch on topics including jobs, the economy, the Gulf oil spill and family life inside the White House. It is scheduled to tape on Wednesday. “We are so pleased and honored,” Walters said. Walters will make a special return to the studio for the occasion.

Today: 54 (Moderate) 0-50: 51-100: 101-150:

Obama to appear on ABC’s ‘The View’

BUSINESS

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – The Ford Explorer, the hulking family-hauler that helped launch the SUV boom in the early 1990s, is back. And it hopes to define a new generation of more streamlined, fuel-efficient sport utility vehicles. Ford begins a marketing campaign Monday for the 2011 Ford Explorer, which will be in dealerships this winter. The automaker promises a utility vehicle with seating for seven that has similar fuel economy to a Toyota Camry sedan. Pricing hasn’t been announced. It’s an important ve-

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UV Index

Pollen Forecast

Hi/Lo Wx

ACAPULCO . . . . . . . .84/78 AMSTERDAM . . . . . .71/61 BAGHDAD . . . . . . . .114/91 BARCELONA . . . . . .81/70 BEIJING . . . . . . . . . .94/77 BEIRUT . . . . . . . . . . . . .95/77 BOGOTA . . . . . . . . . .62/51 BERLIN . . . . . . . . . . .75/60 BUENOS AIRES . . . .63/41 CAIRO . . . . . . . . . . . .98/77

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Statistics through 6 p.m. yesterday at Greensboro

Wednesday

Around The World City

Precipitation (Yesterday) 24 hours through 6 p.m. . . . . . . .0.00" Month to Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.00" Normal Month to Date . . . . . . . . .3.76" Year to Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.74" Normal Year to Date . . . . . . . . .25.16" Record Precipitation . . . . . . . . . .1.74"

Sun and Moon

Around Our State Today

Temperatures (Yesterday) High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Normal High . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Normal Low . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Last Year’s High . . . . . . . .94 Last Year’s Low . . . . . . . . .69 Record High . . . . .98 in 2005 Record Low . . . . . .57 in 1947

Pollen Rating Scale

Today

Good Moderate Unhealthy (sensitive) Unhealthy Very Unhealthy Hazardous

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

FAMOUS, FABULOUS, FRIVOLOUS

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Christopher Schauman waits in line to attend a panel at Comic-Con in San Diego, Calif., on Sunday.

Comic-Con festival closes after 4 days SAN DIEGO (AP) – Light cycles, wizards, vampires and superheroes made for another colorful Comic-Con. San Diego’s annual pop-culture convention wrapped up Sunday after four days of comic books, costumes, celebrity appearances and TV and movie previews. A new take on “Tron,” the latest “Harry Pot-

ter” film, HBO’s “True Blood” and Marvel’s “The Avengers” were among the highlights of the 41st annual festival. More than 120,000 fans attended the soldout event at the San Diego Convention Center. They came for the toys and collectibles, the people-watching and a chance to see early footage from anticipated films.

Louis Prima gets posthumous star LOS ANGELES (AP) – “King of Swing” Louis Prima has received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a centennial celebration that included dancing in the street to his big-band sounds. The influential band

leader was honored at a Sunday ceremony attended by his son Louis Prima Jr., who continues the legacy of his father’s music, his daughter Lena Prima, celebrities, dignitaries and fans. “Louis Prima was a great entertainer and

presented a great show. But more than anything else, he brought happiness to his audiences,” said Bill Cosby in a message read at the midday ceremony. Prima, who died in 1978, would have been 100 years old this year.